Chapter 111: A hair

For Fan Xian, it was a pity that Ming Qingda did not get confused in front of the sudden blow he had hidden for a long time. He admired him, and it was naturally because of the same reason.

Xia Qifei's real life experience is definitely one of the most secret events in the world. The Ming family had no idea that the seventh prince of Ming was still alive in the world. After being rescued by the old master of Jiangnan Water Village back then, he became the commander of Jiangnan Water Village. The Ming family even had some business dealings with Jiangnan Water Village. If Ming Qingda had known Xia Qifei's identity, he would have probably already found a way to deal with him.

Facing the young master Ming Qi who appeared like a ghost today, the contemporary owner of the Ming family was just a little surprised and at least returned to the surface calm. This kind of qi cultivation skill is indeed worthy of being the richest man in Qing Kingdom and the head of the Jiangnan clan.

Although the Ming family has a deep relationship in Kyoto, it is impossible for him to know this. Because even Fan Xian started to conduct targeted research on the Ming family after he formulated this year's plan last fall, and found this gap that can be used in the iron plate of Jiangnan.

Of course, this is due to the information summary information analysis and meticulous pursuit of Yan Bingyun, the leader of the Supervision Bureau, and Mr. Xiao Yan, the senior official of the Supervision Bureau, who has never been very revealing, successfully unearthed Xia Qifei's most secret life experience.

If Yan Bingyun had not helped Fan Xian take care of the foundation in advance, Fan Xian would never have been so relaxed and confident when he went to Jiangnan this time.

The Ming family and his group suppressed their inner shock and left the entrance of the Neiku Mansion in silence. They walked out of the street blocked by soldiers. A carriage came up to pick them up and drove to Mingyuan outside the city. I wonder what the Mingyuan would be like tonight because of the news that Mingqi was suddenly resurrected to the world, and what kind of response would the Ming family do.

Fan Xian stood at the entrance of the mansion, smiling as the Ming family carriage disappeared into the twilight.

The officials behind him and the merchants and gentry in Jiangnan couldn't help but feel the smile hanging on the corner of the lips of the imperial envoy looked extremely cold.

Everyone couldn't help but look at Xia Qifei a few times, as if they still couldn't connect the thief leader of Jiangnan Water Village in his heart to the Ming family, who had been deemed dead many years ago. They knew that there was an imperial envoy as his backer, the legendary will of the Ming family, and the extremely huge property, which would be very fierce in the future. Although the Ming family could completely refuse, things would always become fierce.

And what benefits can those of Jiangnan businessmen get from it?

Xiong Bailing, Lingnan and Sun Jixiang, the old man from Quanzhou, looked at each other, thinking in his mind that the party at Jiangnan Ju tonight... should one more person be invited?

But today's card was too sudden, and the merchants in Jiangnan were not sure about it for a while. And they reached out to Xia Qifei at this time, which was a bit too traded. Besides, I don't know what the Qi-Ming, surnamed Xia, thought.

What Xia Qifei thought? Fan Xian didn't know. He only knew that in the action manual for Yan Bingyun to draw up for himself, Jiangnan and his party should be divided into left and right, fighting against the Ming family, and then they should be gentle to the rest of the merchants. Today, Xia Qifei snatched so many marks and was already vaguely forced to join forces with the Jiangnan merchants to start fighting for food tomorrow. As soon as Xia Qifei's identity, which is undisputed, those Jiangnan merchants should also be able to smell the conspiracy and opportunities.

Risk and opportunity have always been a pair of twins, and businessmen have a natural spirit of adventure.

So Fan Xian made a gesture to Xia Qifei.

Xia Qifei walked to Xiong Bailing and Sun Jixiang with a smile on his face. He whispered a few words while gazes with a surprise look on the other side. The merchants all laughed softly, as if talking about a very interesting topic, and then everyone scattered away from the street.

Fan Xian turned around and said a few words to Xue Qing and Eunuch Huang, then looked at Guo Zheng again. Then he left first under the protection of the tiger guards. When he left, he turned around and glanced at him with his eyes. Although Xia Qifei was not the same direction as those merchants left, he knew in his heart that Xia Qifei should have a chair for the party in Jiangnan for a while.

The Ming family was at a disadvantage. The Ming family was attacking frantically by Fan Xian, but as the representative of the Ming family's backer, Eunuch Huang and Guo Zheng, did not seem to be very excited or caring. The two of them smiled and bowed to Governor Xue Qing, and then said a few more words.

Xue Qing frowned slightly, shook her head, put her hands behind her, and got into her official sedan chair and left.

At this time, only Eunuch Huang and Censor Guo Zheng were left in front of the gate of the mansion. They narrowed their eyes and watched the Governor Jiangnan's sedan chair gradually turn around the corner, and their faces suddenly became ugly.

Guo Zheng said coldly: "This Governor is too careful in doing things. What's the point of being afraid of when writing a letter to the joint letter?"

Eunuch Huang laughed and said, "Mr. Guo, how many other adults in this world can do morality like you? I think last year in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, you were not afraid of the powerful and strictly examined Fan Xian. This matter is quite appreciated in the palace."

Guo Zheng laughed at himself and said, "It's about Moti."

Eunuch Huang calmed down and said softly: "Xue Qing has always been deeply trusted by His Majesty. In the officialdom, this person is the most sleek and elusive... This time Fan Xian secretly sent Xia Qi out to win the bid. You are the censor and can write a letter, but after all, there is no way to take the evidence. Xue Qing will definitely not participate in it. When our family asked before, we just tested his attitude. You also know that the place we are looking at was not in Jiangnan."

Guo Zheng smiled slightly and replied: "This is naturally. Officials are not allowed to do business. The court rule has been set for so many years. Who has really abide by it? Even if Xia Qifei is a pawn from Fan Xian, we have captured the evidence and exposed it to the court meeting... I am afraid that Your Majesty will laugh it off and have not taken care of it a few years ago. Now that Fan Xian is in a strong family, there will be no problem."

The two looked at each other again. Guo Zheng continued to smile and said, "The Jiangnan matter always ends in Kyoto. Father-in-law, where did Fan Xian come from? Although we can't find out how the silver came from Jiangnan, we can always check the room that should have been filled with silver... Was it emptied by the Fan family at this time?"

Eunuch Huang smiled sinisterly and said, "The masters in the palace are thinking like this. In the south of the Yangtze River, let the imperial envoy make trouble... In two days, Beijing may start to investigate the Ministry of Revenue."

Fan Xian stood in Huayuan's study. His body leaned forward, looking at the little hand on the desk holding a brush and writing seriously.

Among such a big child, the third prince's word "di" is written quite well, beautiful but not soft, with a strong skeleton that is strong but round, with a skeleton that is not exposed, and powerful but not exuding. Looking at people with a character, Fan Xian knew in his heart that this highness, who always likes to smile shyly on his face, is not a simple character. But he is still young after all, and there are many things that are not very clear.

In addition to handling matters in Jiangnan, Fan Xian’s most important job is to fulfill the duties of the Imperial Academy and be responsible for the third prince’s academic performance and self-cultivation. Regarding the third prince’s study, Xue Qing kindly invited the famous master from Jiangnan to teach the third prince a few days ago, but was kicked out of the door by the third prince.

After Fan Xian returned to Suzhou, he was furious when he heard about this. He led the third prince to Jiangnan Academy to apologize to the gentlemen, and asked the gentlemen to go to Huayuan again as a seat in the west, and he even locked the third prince in the study and slapped the palm of his hand a few times.

The ruler fell on the palm of his hand and the sound was very crisp, especially when it fell on the palm of the third prince. The ruler felt even more arrogant and proud.

When Xue Qing heard about this, he rushed over and his palms were already beaten. The Governor looked at the third prince who was red in his eyes, but he was still obedient. Although Fan Xian was the prince teacher of the emperor's emperor, he was really able to beat him... This little Lord Fan is indeed extremely courageous!

After this incident was promoted, the scholars of Jiangnan all praised the imperial envoy as the glory of literati. He respected his teachers and Taoism so much that Fan Xian’s reputation was even more beautiful.

In fact, what everyone didn't know was that the third prince of Fan Xian had nothing to do with the emperor, but he simply did not want to miss the solemn entrusted by Concubine Yi.

"Your Highness, it's almost done." Fan Xian said softly as he looked at the third prince who was writing carefully at his desk.

"Teacher, there are still two pages left." The third prince looked back in shock, as if he didn't expect Fan Xian to be so gentle today.

Fan Xian smiled and said, "Is the palm still hurting? Just repair it tomorrow. Let's take a break today and go out to play."

He rubbed the third prince's head, and the action seemed a little too friendly. Even if he was a teacher, he should be sitting upright and not smiling.

The third prince just took this trick. Perhaps the children who grew up in the palace all had some contact deficiency. Whether physically or psychologically, the little guy bowed with a smile and ran out the door. He ran so fast that he didn't know what fun was waiting for him in Mingyuan.

Looking at San'er's back, somehow, Fan Xian felt a little empty and began to miss his younger brother who was far away in Shangjing, Wang Qinian wrote to him that Sizhe was busy collecting the Cui family's route in the north with the help of the Supervisory Office, but Qiye could not go abroad. It was indeed a bit hard for him, a young man, to take charge of such a big thing.

As for the third prince leaving so excitedly, Fan Xian also understood the reason, because he asked the third prince to go to Haitang these days, and as the prince's honor, he would have to worship Tianyimen. I believe Kuhe would not object too much. Even if this matter is not done in the future, it would be beneficial for everyone to let the third brother learn some kung fu from Haitang to protect himself and force him to gather a master and apprentice.

There was a knock on the door outside the study room. Fan Xian woke up from his thoughts. Looking up, Shi Chan stood at the right moment and turned his head to look into the garden, but his fingers were subconsciously knocking on the door.

He couldn't help laughing and said, "Come in, what's the best thing?"

Shi Chanli walked into the door with a wry smile and said, "Teacher, let the third prince learn the arts with Miss Haitang. Only you dare to do it... The other party is a saint of Northern Qi after all... If this matter is spread to Beijing, it will cause a lot of trouble again."

"What's the trouble?" Fan Xian said with a smile: "Your Majesty asked me to take the third prince to Jiangnan. Of course, I have to teach with all my heart. As for things like martial arts, Haitang is always more suitable than me."

The two stopped talking about this topic, Shi Chanli said with a bitter face: "Yang Jimei is here again today and insists on treating me to dinner."

Yang Jimei is the largest salt merchant in the Huayuan area. The Huayuan where Fan Xian lives is now given away by this salt merchant. Fan Xian also knew that this salt merchant was Xue Qing's close friend, so he always gave him some affection. When Shi Chanli said this, he knew that although Yang Jimei did not make any benefits this year, he had great expectations for the inner treasury next year.

He smiled and said, "This garden belongs to his family. He wants to come and see it. Of course we are not going to do it... He knows that he can't curry favor with me, so he has to come and curry favor with you. Just eat. You will also have to do business in Jiangnan in the future. It is always good to know more local snakes like this."

"Where is he going to invite you?" Fan Xian asked.

"Jiangnanju."

The most advanced restaurant in Suzhou City is Jiangnanju and Zhuyuan Pavilion. When Fan Xian first arrived in Suzhou, Xue Qing was the official in Jiangnan who was the leader of Jiangnan. Now the Zhuyuan Pavilion in Mingjiadi was half-buyed and half-frightened by the third prince, and was ready to be transformed into a branch of Baoyuelou. Yang Jimei wanted to treat her, so of course she had to stay in Jiangnanju. Fan Xian thought that what he asked was indeed a bit unnecessary.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Today, the merchants in Jiangnan were also booked together in Jiangnan... The Ming family had to deal with the Xiaqi enclave today, and probably wouldn't send anyone to the meeting. Yang Jimei insisted on treating you to dinner today, so she must have wanted to take this opportunity to meet those royal merchants. This opportunity... You give Yang Jimei and bring him to the table at that time."

Nowadays, people in Suzhou City know that Shi Chanli, the shopkeeper of Baoyuelou, is actually Fan Xian's confidant. With Shi Chanli as a guide, those royal merchants must be happy to accept Yang Jimei's arrival. Of course, Fan Xian's idea was not just to give Yang Jimei and Xue Qing a favor, but also to make other arrangements.

"Put your ears wider on the table." Fan Xian said: "If the Ming family is not present, the royal merchants will not avoid you. Maybe they will deliberately pass on your ears to me their arrangements tomorrow."

Shi Chanli nodded, but in fact he was still a little nervous: "Do you want to pay attention to Xia Qifei?"

After staying with Fan Xian for a long time, Shifuzi, who had only studied hard in his sages in the past, began to get used to looking at everything in the world with the eyes of conspiracy theories. This sentence obviously means that he does not trust Xia Qifei very much.

Fan Xian smiled and said, "Don't worry. Xia Qifei is a smart person. He will not be so stupid that he betrayed me at this time. This will not do him at all."

Shi Chanli smiled embarrassedly and asked again: "Do you have anything to say to me to bring to those Jiangnan royal merchants?"

"Well..." Fan Xian lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "Just say that I support them to let go. Even if the entire market is short this year, I will compensate me next year."

He raised his head and reminded, "Of course, you have to modify this, don't be too naked."

Shi Chanli was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something that Yang Jimei had mentioned mysteriously before. After thinking about it, he still spoke: "Yang Jimei said before that there is a local organization called Junshan Association in Jiangnan. Their strength is a bit mysterious. Please be careful."

Fan Xian thought about it and felt that the name Junshanhui was very unfamiliar. It seemed that there was no record in the case file of the Supervision Bureau. He frowned and said, "Mysterious...is not necessarily powerful, I understand."

After Shi Chanli left, Fan Xian's brows became tighter and tighter. What does a organization represent without even knowing himself? He shouted.

Gao Da, who had been guarding outside the door, walked in. Now Fan Xian is less and less avoiding him. On the one hand, he deliberately showed frankness to the person on the dragon throne in the capital through the tiger guard. On the other hand, he also wanted to try the four words "moving with emotion" to see if it is possible to really turn these powerful tiger guards into real "people of their own."

Asking Gundam to call the head of the swordsman from Liudian, Fan Xian frowned at the subordinate and said, "How many people are there in Suzhou City?"

This is the number of assassins and swordsmen in the six places. His Majesty transferred to the Dihu Guard in total. If he had to leave Fan Xian, there would be a few people behind the third prince. This would definitely not be mobilized. Most of the assassins in the six places of the Supervision Bureau are now led by Shadow, and the group of masters sent from Manjiangnan and Dongyi City are fighting guerrilla warfare, so Fan Xian could not get up for a moment.

"There are seven people in the sixth place...there are quite a few people stationed in Suzhou's inspection department everywhere." The subordinate responded in a deep voice.

Now Wang Qinian, the real leader of Qinian group, is in Northern Qi. Deng Ziyue is in Kyoto, and Su Wenmao is left by Fan Xian in the three major warehousings in northern Fujian. Therefore, even if Fan Xian is the most direct subordinate of Fan Xian, it happened that this person was from six departments back then, so he is the one who is best at defense work in Qinian group.

"Don't adjust the people everywhere." Fan Xian sighed and said, "They are not good at fighting and killing people. If there is any loss, Yan Bingyun knows that I use him randomly, with his temperament. I really don't know how to react. I will be criticized after returning to Beijing."

Listening while DiGundam and the Qi Nian team member laughed.

The subordinate asked in confusion: "Sir, what are you doing today?"

"Go to protect someone." Fan Xian said in a deep voice: "You brought the seven swordsmen from the sixth place to Jiangnanju, found Xia Qifei, and told him directly that this is my guard for him, and at the same time, he would not be suspicious. As soon as the bidding for the inner warehouse is over, I will take it back soon."

No doubts, no doubts about using people. No one knows whether Fan Xian puts nails beside Xia Qifei. But at least on the surface, except for a few old officials from the Ministry of Revenue, the Supervision Bureau did not monitor Xia Qifei's every move. This is how both sides get along. So Fan Xian decided to transfer people to Xia Qifei today, and he always had to explain one or two sentences.

The subordinate frowned and said, "Sir, you have transferred all over. What should you do with the Third Highness?"

Fan Xian glanced at Gao Da and smiled confidently: "My safety is naturally something Gao Da is worried about. Your task is to ensure that Xia Qifei himself cannot lose any loss before the bid is opened."

Gundam listened to this and bowed with a hilt.

The subordinate stopped asking questions and accepted the order calmly and prepared to open the door to make arrangements.

Fan Xian frowned and suddenly said, "Be careful."

Today, the old lady of the Ming family seemed to be in a very bad mood. She didn't even use a single daily warm-to-dump pig pigeon soup and sent it back to the kitchen intact. After Master Ming and the young master came back from Suzhou City today, they went straight into the back garden and never came out.

The uncles, uncles and nephews from all the houses also received the order and walked through the beautiful Linglanghu Pavilion in Mingyuan with a worried face and rushed to the old lady's courtyard. The maids with puzzled eyes looked at the Fourth Master who only loves to walk birds, the Third Master who only loves to marry concubines, and the Sixth Master who only likes to practice throwing with martial artists, walked hurriedly and unhesitantly. The men who were usually very difficult to gather together in the Ming family have already arrived at this time, and they can't help but wonder what happened?

For a moment, the entire Mingyuan was shrouded in a tense and uneasy atmosphere.

The spread of rumors is always faster than the postal route system that Qingguo is proud of. Not long after, all the servants in Mingyuan learned a shocking news. It turned out that today, the inner treasury of Suzhou City opened a bid, and an enemy who dared to fight against the Ming family suddenly appeared. That enemy... was the legendary Young Master Ming Qi who had been dead for many years!

Back then, the previous owner of the Ming family loved Mr. Ming Qi's mother the most, and in the will, it seemed that most of the property was left to the miserable young master Ming Qi's.

But so many years have passed, and the Ming family has long become the object of the house. At this time, such a person suddenly appeared. What would happen?

“Everything calms down.”

Old Lady Ming, with wrinkles on her face, looked coldly at the men of the Ming family all over the hall, and her boss felt angry. These men were so panicked when they encountered such a small thing. How could they be assured to hand over such a big family business to them in a hundred years?

"Sister, it's no wonder the children panicked when such a rumor suddenly broke out."
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