Chapter 150: The party of the abandoned children

Before Wan'er arrived, the people who had been scattered by Fan Xian in Suzhou began to come back one by one. They sowed Fan Xian's vicious seeds from all over the south of the Yangtze River and brought back the good news Fan Xian needed.

The first person to come back was Xia Qifei.

Fan Xian did not see him in Huayuan. Because Baoyue Tower was half collapsed, he had no way to meet him. Finally, he chose to come to Xia Ming's mansion in Nancheng late at night. Fan Xian paid for this garden, but after he came with the third brother once, he never came again.

Xia Qifei, who was looking like a dusty face, looked at Fan Xian who was stepping on the steps under the Tiger Guards, and was shocked. He was originally going to go to Huayuan in the afternoon, but was notified to wait in the mansion, but he never expected that Lord Tisi would come here in person.

Respectfully welcomed Fan Xian into the study, the two illegitimate children did not have too much fun. Fan Xian was also impatient to express the warmth of his superiors, so he directly entered the topic.

Through Xia Qifei's report, Fan Xian's heart that had been hanging a little was finally relieved. Since Xia Qifei took over the major bids in the inner warehouse, he began to mobilize the Jiangnan Water Village brothers with the help of the Supervisory Office and began to move forward. However, after all, they are all figures in the Jianghu. Fan Xian was always worried that the Ming Laoqi would not be able to handle the matter properly.

I was only really relieved tonight. It seems that Xia Qifei has indeed had some of the inheritance of Mr. Ming, including the necessary skills of businessmen such as purchase goods, bills of lading, opening the way, and bribing officials, but they have not been missed.

What made Fan Xian feel most at ease was that after the Xia Ming family's caravan crossed the north of the Yangtze River, they joined the Northern Qi people in a small town south of Cangzhou.

In the Northern Qi Dynasty, the young emperor arranged for Wei Hua, son of Changning Marquis, to be the leader of the Jinyiwei. Of course, there would be no safety issues when the goods were taken. But Fan Xian was very curious. Who personally went deep into the border of Nanqing to take the risk to pick up the first batch of goods.

"It's the commander himself." Xia Qifei himself seemed a little shocked at the meeting at that time.

Fan Xian was also shocked, and he couldn't help but have another judgment about Wei Hua. He was in a high position and entered the border of Nanqing so boldly, and he couldn't help but feel disdainful of the defensive power in Cangzhou.

The Jinyiwei of Northern Qi is only responsible for the safety issues along the way. It was the Empress Dowager of Northern Qi and the Princess who made a deal with him. After so many years of work, he has become a familiar player. Now it is the Little Emperor who made a deal with Fan Xian. Of course, you have to be more cautious in this first transaction.

"Where are the people in the north?" he said suddenly with a frown.

Xia Qifei looked at him carefully and took out a letter from his arms: "This is a letter brought back by a Lord Wang entrusted the official, and another gift came to the south."

Fan Xian took the letter and saw that it was Wang Qinian's unique handwriting, and he did not take the long box handed over by Xia Qifei. He signaled him to put it aside, shook his head and asked, "Wang Qinian is more afraid of death than me, of course he won't go south stupidly... but we always have to follow someone, which business in the north is taking over?"

In fact, he knew in his heart that all the routes of the Cui family in the north had been swallowed privately by him. However, the Nanqing court always thought that the young emperor of Northern Qi was in control... Fan Laoer was privately in charge of the smuggling routes in the north, only a few people from the Fan Mansion, the Yan family and Fan Xian were aware of it. Emperor Daqing only knew that Fan Laoer was in the north, but he could not have imagined that Fan Xian had the courage to let his younger brother take charge of such a big thing.

Fan Xian didn't plan to inform Xia Qifei about this. So he just asked casually, wanting to ask from the side how his brother passed by the north.

Unfortunately, Xia Qifei focused all his attention at that time on the commander of the Jinyiwei who was very brave, but he did not pay much attention to the business in the north. However, he also vaguely heard some rumors. He heard that the big businessman who was now responsible for handling private goods in the north was mysteriously cruel. Most people didn't even know whether the big boss was a man or a woman.

Fan Xian smiled. A hint of relief appeared in his eyes. Sizhe, this guy, seemed to have finally learned to be low-key and tolerant. However, Haitang is now in Jiangnan, and he and Wang Qinian are in the north. The spy system everywhere in the Supervision Bureau is not convenient for him to deal with too many things. The little emperor of Northern Qi certainly would not make things difficult for him for his own sake, but... a young man has to deal with such a dangerous situation. It really makes him suffer.

However, Fan Xian did not intend to send someone to help him, because his rebirth experience clearly told himself. Any cold front must be sharpened by oneself. Si Zhe has the talent for doing business. It would be a pity if he did not go through such difficult and complicated polishing.

After chatting with Xia Qifei a few more words, Fan Xian admired the leader of the Jiangnan Water Village in front of him. Now his subordinates seem to have been very beneficial to his Jiangnan plan.

"Everything is done according to the established policy."

Fan Xian said seriously: "Su Wenmao is in the inner warehouse, I will leave Deng Ziyue in Suzhou. The transfer of goods in the inner warehouse will be handled by the deputy envoy Ma Kai. If you have some problems with your account, listen to the opinions of those old officials more."

Those old officials were all good players who were taken out from the Ministry of Revenue. It was a big gift from the Minister of Revenue Fan Jian to his son. It was really simple and cruel to make some void accounts and play some tricks.

Xia Qifei responded and said hesitantly: "This is the first time. The route to the north has been opened... but it can't be hidden for too long."

Fan Xian thought for a while, and a sneer appeared between his eyebrows: "What are you afraid of? Xinyang smuggling every year, who doesn't know? As long as he doesn't hold on to the handle, who can take you and me again?"

Xia Qifei felt a stern and found that Lord Tisi was indeed extremely bold and confident, but he was always thinking about something else in his heart, and a few strange emotions appeared on his face.

Fan Xian looked at him and couldn't help laughing, looking at him quietly and said, "Are you unwilling to accept the Ming family's affairs?"

Xia Qifei thought about it and said that every bit of the past six months had made him know that it would be better not to hide anything in front of this young adult. He gritted his teeth and plucked up the courage to say, "Qingcheng is not willing to give up."

Fan Xian looked at him with a smile: "Old Mrs. Ming is dead."

Xia Qifei was silent. When Mingyuan was in chaos, he was receiving orders to go to the north to deliver goods, so he did not participate in this matter. But he received news on the way and had seen the last scene of the people in Jiangnan wearing mourning. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Although he was dead, he was still a dead scenery."

Fan Xian said softly: "Do you know how Old Lady Ming died?"

Xia Qifei raised his head in shock and looked at Fan Xian, thinking to himself that it wasn't you who helped me to death? Suddenly, his mind moved. He thought that the people in Jiangnan were a little confused and calm, and Mingyuan was extremely quiet after the funeral. He couldn't help but think of a terrible possibility.

"Ming Qingda?" he asked in disbelief.

Fan Xian nodded coldly: "I don't hide this from you. It's a trivial matter for Your Majesty to take over the Ming family, but it's extremely difficult to take over the Ming family smoothly. Now this situation has been planned by the official, so don't destroy it."

Xia Qifei immediately figured out everything. It turned out that Lord Tisi and Ming Qingda had an agreement in secret, and he couldn't help feeling mixed emotions. He was also a little scared, would he... become a useless abandoned soldier?

Fan Xian's next words shocked him again.

"You are unwilling to accept it, but I am not willing to accept it." Fan Xian said with a smile: "The six houses of the Ming family, now you and I can only hold two of them. Ming Qingda finally became the real landlord of the Ming family... But I can't do it openly... The old fox slandered me, do you think I won't let him come back?"

Xia Qifei opened his mouth slightly, and a eager hope flashed in his eyes: "When will we do it?"

"Don't let fanaticism go blinded by the matter of revenge." Fan Xian seemed to be teaching him a lesson, and also as if he was saying something great and distant, his career.

"The blood letter from Jiangnan has been sent to Kyoto. His Majesty's reprimanding me should arrive in two days."

Fan Xian continued: "At this time, I will naturally not attack Ming Qingda again."

"The official is unknown." Xia Qifei thought of something and said doubtfully: "What is the benefit of Ming Qingda doing this for him? Could it be that he believed so naively that as long as he lowered his head, the adults would give him a way out?"

Fan Xian glanced at him with appreciation and said, "It's just a delay."

“Procrastinate?”

"Not bad." Fan Xian sighed: "Take his mother's life for a year. I once said that day that you, your elder brother, do things better than me."

"A year?" Xia Qifei said in confusion: "What effect can it play?"

Fan Xian naturally would not tell him that the seemingly stable but extremely dangerous situation in Kyoto was just sneering and said, "Your elder brother was servile and patient, shaking on both sides, not just to see clearly the situation in a year. As for you and me, it's just a year."

A year later, you might not be able to help but attack, right? A year later, you can kill some people.

"Don't worry." Fan Xian convinced Xia Qifei, and at the same time convinced himself: "Your elder brother is a smart man. As a result, he was upside down between the two sides, thinking that neither side would offend him, so he would die in intelligence in the end."

"Because at the end of the day, he has no power."

When Fan Xian said this, he suddenly thought of the three words Ye Liuyun said to him before the sword slashed halfway through the building. He couldn't help but feel cold. Could it be that the great master was looking farther than him and had seen some dangers that he had not noticed?

After the imperial envoy was assassinated in Baoyuelou, the governor of Jiangnan Road Xue Qing was furious and immediately responded very strongly. All the private soldiers in Mingyuan were confiscated. Because of the death of the old lady of Ming, the hostility of the people of Jiangnan towards Fan Xian was also eliminated by Fan Xian's injury. It was such a strange thing.

In short, Mingyuan's power was once again weakened and had become a piece of dough in Fan Xian's hand. He could knead it anyway. However, the current situation in Kyoto is about to come, which requires him to push the date of cooking steamed buns later.

"Even if Ming Qingda completely surrenders to me, I won't accept it." Fan Xian's lips curled slightly and said something that made Xia Qifei extremely happy.

Fan Xian said calmly: "I am a very revengeful person. You may not care about the water village brothers who were killed in front of Jiangnan Ju, but I remember that I sent several of the six swordsmen to protect you.

Xia Qifei's sadness appears slightly.

Fan Xian continued: "Ming Qingda is a smart man. He said it before, so he thought that in the face of huge interests, I should be able to accept these seemingly ordinary people and deaths...but he was wrong."

He whispered: "Ming family asks people to kill my local people, and I want to kill them. Although this is his mother's debt and son repayment... isn't it fair?"

Xia Qifei couldn't help laughing and saluted respectfully, "What the lord said is. It's extremely fair."

Fan Xian patted Xia Qifei on the shoulder: "Don't talk about those boring things. In the past six months, you will still learn to manage the Xingbei route, and at the same time, you will have a good relationship with people like the Xiong family in Lingnan and the Sun family in Quanzhou. As for Yang Jimei, you can also date... In the future, you will have to manage such a huge family property as the Ming family, and you must handle the relationship with these giants."

Xia Qifei heard what Lord Tisi said, and couldn't help but be shocked, and immediately said, "Thank you for your accomplishment."

"It's still early." Fan Xian said calmly: "But I have already ordered Ming Qingda to celebrate the seventh anniversary of Qingli year, you must show up."

After Xia Qifei was shocked, a complex joy surged into his heart. This... is to recognize his ancestors? He has been wandering in the world for so many years and finally returned to Mingyuan!

Leaving Xia Qifei's house, Fan Xian disagreed with Xia Qifei's last joy and the tears in his eyes. It is really so important to recognize his ancestors? After all, he is a person with two lifetimes of experience. Although he knows how people in the world value bloodline and this matter, he still doesn't understand it very much, and even feels a little contemptuous.

Those who give birth to me are parents, those who raise me are parents, and those who take me as their sons, and I will regard you as my parents, and I will regard you as my enemies. This is the reason.

The second person who returned to Suzhou Huayuan surprised Fan Xian because at that time, Fan Xian was worried in his study and wanted to go to Hangzhou to pick Wan'er up. Should he take the box of silver in front of the hall with him? The box of silver... was too heavy.

While he was thinking hard, a shadow appeared at his desk and scared him.

"Next time to enter the door, please knock it." Fan Xian glanced at the shadow, lowered his head to read the hospital newspaper.

The shadow suddenly turned his head. The pale face was revealed in the black clothes, and he seemed to be very interested in Fan Xian. After all, even the dean treated him like a son and a nephew, but Fan Xian was a little different.

"Yun Zhilan has returned to Dongyi City."

Fan Xian raised his head, knowing that this showed that the guerrilla war between the Sixth Department of the Supervision Bureau and the Assassins of Dongyi City, the masters of Dongyi City finally came to an end after four months.

When Fan Xian fought wits and power with the enemy in the three major warehousings in the Neiku Square, in Suzhou City, and in Mingyuan, the silent battles on another secret front were actually an important part of the situation that could turn the situation around, and the wars on that front must be even more bloody and terrifying.

He was silent for a moment and said solemnly: "How many brothers have been sacrificed in the courtyard."

"Seventeen." Shadow still had no obvious emotional fluctuations in his speech.

"How many people died in Dongyi City?" This is a topic that Fan Xian is very interested in.

"Seventeen."

"Oh, change one, it seems that we didn't suffer any loss." Although he said that he didn't suffer any loss, Fan Xian's eyes still flashed with evil fire. He gently tapped the desk with his fingers and said slowly: "Remember this account firmly. After some time, we will get it back."

Shadow said, "Do you want it or I want it?"

Fan Xian glanced at him and said funnyly: "You can beat your idiot brother?"

Shadow was not angry: "I can't beat it, but you can't beat it either."

Fan Xian remembered Ye Liuyun's sword power, admitted this fact, and said, "Although it can't be beaten, it doesn't mean it can't be killed."

The shadow looked at him and didn't know where the young man's confidence came from. He dared to say that he could kill a grand master.

The study fell silent.

Fan Xian continued his official duties, and he didn't even look at the shadow in front of him.

After all, the shadow broke the silence itself.

"I heard... Ye Liuyun has been here?"
To be continued...