Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 802 Zhu Han is as good as a god

Gao Fei watched on the roof all night and only heard the conversation between Fang Yuanruo and Yanhong, which did not reveal many problems.

After he returned, he told Zhu Han about this matter.

In the study, Zhu Han was extremely surprised. This was really too unusual.

If he were an ordinary man, he would definitely take action after visiting a brothel.

After all, all that cost money. Fang Yuanruo is indeed different from others.

"He didn't say anything else?"

Gao Fei quickly shook his head. The information he had obtained was actually not that comprehensive.

Fortunately, now I can understand that Fang Yuanruo and Miss Yanhong in the brothel are indeed closely related.

On the surface, he is an upright scholar, but I didn't expect that he actually did such things behind the scenes.

This made Gao Fei couldn't help but become curious about Fang Yuanruo.

His actions were so strange that Gao Fei had not even had the chance to check the wound on his hand.

"Your Highness, what should we do now? There must be something wrong with this man. The wounds on his body are hard to explain. I didn't expect that his mother was also a prostitute when she was sick."

Gao Fei’s words shocked Zhu Han.

He looked at Gao Fei in disbelief and his eyes widened involuntarily.

Even Zhu Biao, who was standing by, couldn't help but close the book in his hand out of curiosity and started asking more questions.

"Since his mother is a woman in a brothel, according to common sense, she should not have any connection with brothels."

He Fengyu, who was sitting next to him, also told Zhu Han everything about the pair of shoes he had found out.

He had also found out from the brothel girls that Fang Yuanruo had indeed been to brothels quite often, and there were many suspicious points.

"But I didn't expect that he actually had such a special liking for Miss Yanhong. He would go there several times on weekdays. Many people in the brothel knew him."

He Fengyu told Zhu Han the most crucial clue.

Fang Yuanruo usually had a good relationship with the women in the brothel, but if he had been in love with someone in the brothel for a period of time, the woman would die unexpectedly.

This made it so that no one in the brothel cared about and had much interaction with him.

Miss Yanhong was an old acquaintance of his.

The two have known each other for a long time, so Miss Yanhong was able to keep herself out of trouble.

"Master, don't you think this is very strange? If you get close to him, you will be killed, so why would the women in the brothel care about him? This is really shocking."

Zhu Han also felt that this matter was indeed beyond his expectations, but in order to find out some information as soon as possible, he had to find out.

"It seems that there are still many things about Fang Yuanruo that we need to investigate. There are more and more murder cases in Jiangnan now. If we can't even investigate this well."

"I'm afraid the people will doubt the ability of the Yingtian Prefecture to handle the case. The court has made great efforts this time, and you must investigate it thoroughly."

Zhu Han assigned tasks to Gao Fei and He Fengyu, asking them to keep a close eye on Fang Yuanruo and to immediately investigate if there were any problems.

Zhu Han and Zhu Biao were the only ones left in the study.

They all have their own opinions on this incident.

Especially Zhu Biao, he never expected that someone would go to such great lengths to persuade a woman to become a good woman.

"It seems Fang Yuanruo must have a lot to do with this matter. Fortunately, the emperor's uncle was able to make some judgments, otherwise, I really don't know how many tragedies he would have caused."

Zhu Biao being by Zhu Han's side was also the thing that made Zhu Yuanzhang most satisfied.

Now handling cases in Jiangnan has made him more determined in his ideas.

Zhu Han was calm and didn't take Zhu Biao's words to heart at all.

He took out the account book that had been prepared long ago from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Biao.

"Prince, you must follow me tomorrow and go to the East Sea Chamber of Commerce's several stores. We have already arrived in Jiangnan, and we have to show up for several days."

Zhu Biao agreed immediately.

The next morning, Zhu Han arranged a carriage and prepared to go out with Zhu Biao.

I passed Fang Yuanruo at the door, and I could smell a faint scent of rouge on her body.

Zhu Biao was sitting in the carriage, still feeling a little uncomfortable with Fang Yuanruo's arrogant behavior just now.

"If it weren't for the fact that he is Ma Rui's student, we could have arrested him and tortured him severely right now. I don't believe that there would be no clues on him."

Zhu Han smiled and shook his head. Even if he had any clues now, he couldn't alert the enemy.

Being able to kill so many women in one breath, it seems that this man also has martial arts skills.

Being a scholar is just a disguise of his appearance.

"Prince, please don't act rashly. After we have taken care of the business in the store, we will go to the government office. We will surely be able to find some clues about this matter as soon as possible."

Zhu Biao nodded repeatedly when he heard Zhu Han's words.

This trip to Jiangnan is to take care of the business of the East China Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber of Commerce's business has been declining rapidly these days, which is in stark contrast to that in Yingtian Prefecture.

Zhang Fengnian's business in Yingtianfu has long been revived, and now it has become the leading chamber of commerce in Yingtianfu.

The Jiangnan side gradually began to fall behind. Even with the support of Shen Wansan and others, they were still no match for Zhang Fengnian.

Zhu Han also wanted to see what the root cause was.

Zhu Han took Zhu Biao with him and found several drug stores according to the addresses given by Zhang Fengnian.

Here are the herbal medicine shop and the porcelain shop. These shops were all created by Zhang Fengnian.

But now that something has happened, a lot of letters have been sent to Yingtian Prefecture.

Zhu Han came to Jiangnan to investigate this matter. When he walked forward, he found Manager Li in the porcelain shop and hurried out.

"Sir, what do you want to buy? Although this is a store owned by Zhang Fengnian of the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce, you can buy anything you want."

Shopkeeper Li has begun to introduce slowly.

He saw that Zhu Han had already set his sights on their porcelain, so he stepped forward to introduce it.

"This guest has a good eye. These are some porcelains produced by the imperial kiln. They are among the best in Jiangnan. If you really want to buy them, I can give you a sincere price."

Zhu Han curled his lips into a smile, turned to look at Shopkeeper Li, and handed him the letter that Zhang Fengnian had already written.

"I just came to see how the business is going in this store. You will know why I am here after you read this letter."

Zhu Biao then started walking around the store. It had to be said that Zhang Fengnian's business was really good now.

Even in the faraway Jiangnan region, he was a master in business.

Merchants from all over the world who wanted to buy things from him had to pay more than the normal market price to purchase goods. After the operation of the East China Chamber of Commerce, even porcelain that could not be sold at a high price in Yingtian Prefecture would increase in value several times after being sent to Jiangnan, and it was already in short supply.

Shopkeeper Li was also a smart man. After reading the letter written by Zhang Fengnian, he was respectful to both Zhu Han and Zhu Biao.

He quickly invited the guests to the backyard, served them tea, and took out the store's account books.

"You two gentlemen's visit to Jiangnan this time has finally given us hope. Look at this account book. There has been no entry in the past few months. This business is really impossible to do."

Shopkeeper Li's business was almost going bankrupt these days. After taking a look at the account book, Zhu Han realized that something was wrong.

The porcelain in their store seemed to have seen a cliff-like sales surge three months ago.

I used to sell ten pieces of porcelain every day, but now I can’t sell even one.

"Did something unexpected happen before the business became like this? Otherwise, how could it be so bleak?"

After hearing Zhu Han's words, Shopkeeper Li immediately began to complain.

It turned out that after the first murder occurred, porcelain from their shop was found in the victim's room.

The officials even fined them a lot of money without any investigation.

Word of the story spread quickly, and some people even began to deliberately spread rumors that buying their porcelain would bring fatal consequences.

"Our store has suffered an unexpected disaster, but this is really hard to explain."

Shopkeeper Li's eyes were red with tears. He was struggling to support the business in the store just to make a living for his family.

But now that the store is in such a state, he doesn't know how to explain to Zhang Fengnian.

After looking at the account book, Zhu Han slowly closed it and looked at Manager Li.

"There is definitely room for maneuver in this matter. Please put up a notice at the door as soon as possible, saying that all the porcelain in the store can be discounted."

Shopkeeper Li originally still had hope, but after hearing Zhu Han's words, his heart sank.

"This can't be written carelessly by merchants. If we can get the government to intervene now, our business will improve. Otherwise, I'm afraid even the Shen family will go against us."

Shopkeeper Li also told Zhu Han that Shen Wansan was a powerful person in Jiangnan.

The East China Chamber of Commerce was already surviving in the cracks, and now faced with such a situation, it couldn't even raise its head.

He has always wanted to get the business done and everything arranged as quickly as possible.

But now that this has happened, they can't even protect themselves, let alone their business.

After Zhu Han thought about it, he made a decision immediately.

"In that case, I will go to the county government office. I want to see how they run their business in Jiangnan."

Zhu Han slowly stood up, glanced at Zhu Biao behind him, and gently waved the folding fan in his hand.

"It seems that the government officials look down on our Chamber of Commerce."

Zhu Biao couldn't help laughing.

Zhu Han usually handles cases in Yingtian Prefecture based on the evidence.

Now that this has happened, I naturally won’t let others waste their time in vain.

From the very beginning, if anyone wanted to interfere in this matter, it would have been impossible. Now that something like this has happened, hope has become even slimmer.

No one would cause trouble for Zhu Han at this critical juncture.

Zhu Biao and Zhu Han came out of the store. Zhu Han looked at each of the shops along the way.

"All these stores are the accumulation of fluid accumulated by Zhang Fengnian in the past, but he didn't expect that they would become like this now. If he knew, he would definitely be very anxious."

Zhu Han couldn't help but joke, and Zhu Biao, looking at so many stores, couldn't help but admire them.

Zhang Fengnian commented that he attached great importance to the store's business, and he would definitely not let others handle this matter.

"Uncle, I just don't understand why this store would be affected like this. If I had known this would happen, there would definitely be someone secretly causing trouble. We better be careful."

Zhu Biao even thought that someone might have deliberately made a big fuss about this in order to destroy their business.

Zhu Biao even thought that it was very likely that someone was jealous of their business.

If we act immediately at this time, we really don't know how many things will happen.
But if there is no evidence now, there is no reliable clue to be found.

"Your Highness, you still haven't seen the essence of the problem. Now someone is causing trouble for us, and it's nothing more than seeing this point clearly."

Zhu Han said this but shook his head, things were not as simple as they thought.

The occurrence of such a murder case in Jiangnan was definitely not a simple matter, as can be seen from the degree of importance Zhu Yuanzhang attached to it.

The two of them walked around and soon arrived at the government office.

"Boom boom boom!"

He Fengyu stepped forward and took the drum hammer, hitting it hard several times, and the man came out quickly.

"What are you doing! What are you doing!"

Two yamen runners suddenly stepped forward, snatched the drum hammer from He Fengyu's hand, looking ferocious and evil.

He Fengyu stood beside Zhu Han and began to accuse him with confidence.

"You government officials are not doing anything in broad daylight today. You are locking the door shut. Is there no injustice in Jiangnan?"

The bailiff had no intention of arguing with He Fengyu. As soon as he turned to leave, he was blocked by He Fengyu.

"Get out of here right now. This government office is not a place for ordinary people like you. Don't blame me for being rude. I'll put you in jail for a few days to let you see how powerful we are."

He Fengyu was already feeling irritated, and when he heard the bailiff's words, he became even angrier.

He put his hands on his hips, pointed at the broken gums in front of him and cursed.

"You dog officials are really taking advantage of the power of others. I naturally have an unjust case to report. Call your county magistrate to me as soon as possible."

Zhu Han and Zhu Biao were watching from the side, and both couldn't help laughing.

Officials and common people also came to watch the fun.

"There is no one in Jiangnan Prefecture who can rule for our people. You should leave immediately, otherwise they will really beat you away with big sticks."

"The murder case a few days ago has not been solved yet. They don't care about the lives of us civilians at all."

"You must be nobles since you are dressed so luxuriously. It's better to leave here than anywhere else."

Zhu Han was quite interested when he heard the discussions of the onlookers.

He walked up and started chatting with the people, hoping to learn more clues about the murders from them.

Why has my business become such a mess?

(End of this chapter)