For Fan Xian, it was a pity that Ming Qingda did not get confused in front of the sudden blow that he had hidden for a long time. Naturally, he admired it for the same reason.
Xia Qifei's real life experience is definitely one of the most secret events in the world. The Ming family didn't even know that the seventh son of Ming Dynasty was still alive in the world. The commander of the village, the Ming family even has some business contacts with the Jiangnan Water Village. If Ming Qingda had known Xia Qifei's identity, he would have already thought of a way to deal with him.
Facing Young Master Ming Qi who appeared like a ghost today, the contemporary master of the Ming family was only a little taken aback, and at least regained his superficial calm. This kind of energy-raising kung fu really deserves to be the richest man in the Qing Dynasty and the head of the Jiangnan family.
Although the Ming family had deep connections in the capital, it was impossible for them to know this. Because even Fan Xian only started to study the Ming family in a targeted manner after drawing up the plan for this year last autumn, and only then did he find this gap that could be used in the iron plate of Jiangnan.
Of course, this is all thanks to Yan Bingyun, the current leader of the Overwatch Council, and Young Master Xiaoyan's ability to comprehensively analyze information and meticulously trace the data. The most secret life experience.
If Yan Bingyun hadn't helped Fan Xian to lay the groundwork beforehand, Fan Xian's trip to the south of the Yangtze River would never have been so easy and confident.
The Ming family suppressed the shock in their hearts, and left the gate of the inner treasury mansion in silence, and walked out of the street blocked by soldiers. A carriage had already picked them up and drove to the Ming Garden outside the city. I don't know what kind of chaos Ming Yuan will be in tonight because of the news that Young Master Ming Qi has suddenly come back to the world, and what kind of response the Ming family will do.
Fan Xian stood at the gate of the mansion, smiling as he watched the Ming family's carriage disappear into the twilight.
The officials behind him and the business gentry in the south of the Yangtze River couldn't help but feel cold when they saw this scene. They felt that the smile on the corner of the imperial envoy's lips was extremely indifferent and cold-blooded.
Everyone couldn't help but glance at Xia Qifei again, as if they still couldn't connect the bandit leader of the Jiangnan water village with the young master Ming Qi who the Ming family believed dead many years ago. The legendary will, regarding the extremely huge family property of the Ming family, there will be a dispute in the future, although the Ming family can completely deny it, but things will always become fierce.
And what kind of benefits can these Jiangnan businessmen get from it
Xiong Bailing from Lingnan and Mr. Sun Jixiang from Quanzhou looked at each other, thinking in their hearts, for the party at Jiangnanju tonight... should we invite one more person
It's just that today's cards were revealed too suddenly, and the merchants in Jiangnan couldn't make up their minds for a while, and it was a bit too rash to reach out to Xia Qifei at this time, and besides, they didn't know who this Seventh Master Ming, surnamed Xia, was. What do you think.
Fan Xian didn't know what Xia Qifei was thinking. He only knew that in the action manual Yan Bingyun had drawn up for himself, Jiangnan and his party should split up from left to right. If they attacked the Ming family, they should be gentle to the rest of the merchants. . Xia Qifei grabbed so many bids today, and he is already faintly forcing the Jiangnan merchants to unite, and will start competing with the Ming family tomorrow, and once Xia Qifei's indistinguishable identity is revealed, those Jiangnan merchants should also be able to smell it. Intrigue flavors and opportunities.
Risk and opportunity have always been a pair of twins, and businessmen have an innate spirit of adventure.
So Fan Xian gestured to Xia Qifei.
Xia Qifei walked up to Xiong Bailing and Sun Jixiang with a smile all over his face, and whispered a few words under the slightly astonished stares of the other party. The merchants all laughed softly, as if they were talking about a very interesting topic, and then everyone dispersed and left the street.
Fan Xian turned around and said a few words to Xue Qing and Eunuch Huang, then took another look at Guo Zheng, and then left first under the protection of the tiger guards. When he was leaving, he glanced back and saw that although Xia Qifei was leaving in a different direction from those businessmen, he knew in his heart that there should be a chair for Xia Qifei at the party at Jiangnan Residence.
The Ming family suffered a loss, and the Ming family was being crazily attacked by Fan Xian, but Eunuch Huang and Guo Zheng, who were the representatives of the Ming family's backers, didn't seem to be very excited and cared. The two smiled and saluted Governor Xue Qing, and said softly Said a few words.
Xue Qing frowned slightly, shook his head, put his hands behind his back, got on his official sedan chair and left.
At this time, only Eunuch Huang and Yushi Guo Zheng were left in front of the mansion. They squinted their eyes as they watched Governor Jiangnan's sedan chair gradually turn the corner, and their expressions suddenly became ugly.
Guo Zheng said coldly: "This governor is too careful in doing things, there is nothing to be afraid of jointly signing the letter."
Eunuch Huang chuckled and said, "Master Guo, how many adults in this world can stand up to morality like you? Last year in the hall of the Ministry of Punishment, you were not afraid of the powerful and strictly examined Fan Xian. Li is very appreciative."
Guo Zheng laughed at himself and said, "Don't mention that."
Eunuch Huang calmed down and said softly: "Xue Qing has always been trusted by His Majesty, but in the officialdom, this person is the most cunning and elusive... This time Fan Xian secretly sent Xia Qifei out to win the bid. Rumors are written, but after all, there is no way to get real evidence. Xue Qing will definitely not get involved in it. When our family asked earlier, it was just to test his attitude. You also know that the place we are looking at is not in the south of the Yangtze River. .”
Guo Zheng smiled slightly, and replied, "It's natural. Officials are not allowed to do business. The imperial court has established this rule for so many years, and which adult has really followed it? Even if Xia Qifei is Fan Xian's pawn, we have solid evidence , stabbed at the court meeting... I'm afraid His Majesty will laugh it off, he didn't take care of it a few years ago, and now that Fan Xian's family is strong, there won't be any problem."
The two looked at each other again, and Guo Zheng continued to smile and said, "The affairs in Jiangnan will always end in the capital. Eunuch, where do you think Fan Xian got so much money from? Although we can't find the money How did you come to Jiangnan, but you can always check the room that was supposed to be full of silver... at this time, it was evacuated by the Fan family."
Eunuch Huang said with a sly smile: "Those masters in the palace originally thought so. In Jiangnan, let the imperial envoy make trouble... In two days, I am afraid that the household department in Beijing will start to check."
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Fan Xian stood in Huayuan's study room, leaning forward, looking at the small hand on the desk, holding the brush, writing seriously.
Among such young children, the third prince's handwriting is quite good. He is graceful but not soft, his frame is strong but rounded, he is contained but not exposed, and he is vigorous but not profuse. Seeing people with words, Fan Xian knows in his heart that This His Highness, who always likes to wear a shy smile on his face like he used to, is really not a simple character, but he is still young after all, and many things are not very clear.
Apart from dealing with Jiangnan affairs, Fan Xian's most important job was to fulfill the duties of the Imperial Academy and be responsible for the studies and self-cultivation of the third prince. Regarding the third prince's study, a few days ago Xue Qing kindly invited a famous teacher from Jiangnan to give the third prince a class, but was kicked out by the third prince.
After Fan Xian returned to Suzhou, when he heard about this, he was furious, and led the third prince to Jiangnan Academy to apologize to those gentlemen, and kindly asked those gentlemen to re-enter Huayuan as teachers, while he He even locked the third prince in the study and slapped his palms several times.
The ruler landed on the palm, and the sound was very crisp, especially when it landed on the third prince's palm, the ruler felt even more arrogant.
When Xue Qing heard about this and rushed over, he had already finished beating his palms. His Excellency the Viceroy looked at the Third Highness whose eyes were red but still obedient, and couldn't help being shocked. Although Fan Xian was the prince's teacher hand-picked by His Majesty, he really managed to fight... This little Lord Fan is really courageous!
After this incident was publicized, all the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River all praised the imperial envoy as indeed worthy of being a literati. With such respect for teachers, Fan Xian's excellent reputation was even more beautiful.
In fact, what everyone didn't know was that Fan Xian's teaching of the third prince had nothing to do with the emperor, but he simply didn't want to miss Yigui's solemn entrustment.
"Your Highness, it's almost done." Fan Xian said softly, looking at the third prince who was writing seriously at his desk.
"Teacher, there are still two pages left." The third prince looked back in astonishment, as if he did not expect Fan Xian to be so gentle today.
Fan Xian smiled and said, "Is your palm still hurting? I'll fix it tomorrow. Let's take a rest today and go out to play."
He rubbed the third prince's head, this action seemed a bit too cordial, even if he was a teacher, logically speaking, he should sit upright and be serious.
This is what the third prince was born with. Maybe the children who grew up in the palace have some contact deficiency, whether it is physically or psychologically, the little guy saluted with a smile, and ran out of the room. Running so fast, he didn't know what interesting things were waiting for him in the Ming Garden.
Looking at the back of San'er leaving, for some reason, Fan Xian felt a little empty in his heart, and began to miss his younger brother who was far away in Shangjing in Northern Qi. Wang Qinian wrote in a letter saying that Sizhe has been busy recently with the help of the Overwatch Council, gathering the Cui family in the north. It's just that Qiye can't go abroad. It's really hard for a young man like him to take charge of such a big matter.
As for the third prince leaving so happily, Fan Xian also understood the reason, because he asked the third prince to entangle Haitang these days. Yes, even if this matter doesn't work out in the future, it would actually be beneficial for everyone to let the third child learn some kung fu self-defense from Haitang and become a teacher and apprentice.
There was a knock on the door outside the study. Fan Xian woke up from his contemplation, looked up, and saw Shi Chanli was turning his head to look at the garden, but subconsciously knocked on the door with his fingers.
He couldn't help laughing, and said, "Come in, what's there to see?"
Shi Chanli walked into the door with a wry smile, and said: "Teacher, only you dare to let the third prince learn art from Miss Haitang... After all, the other party is a saint from the Northern Qi Dynasty... If this matter spreads to Beijing, I'm afraid It’s going to cause a lot of trouble.”
"What's the trouble?" Fan Xian said with a smile, "Your Majesty asked me to bring the Third Prince to Jiangnan, so of course I have to teach him carefully. As for things like martial arts, Haitang is more suitable than me."
The two stopped talking about this topic, Shi Chanli said with a bitter face: "Today Yang Jimei is here again and insists on treating me to dinner."
Yang Jimei is the largest salt merchant in the Lianghuai area, and the Huayuan where Fan Xian lives now is given up by this salt merchant. Fan Xian also knew that this salt merchant was Xue Qing's neighbor, so he always gave him some sympathy. Hearing what Shi Chanli said, he knew that although Yang Jimei didn't earn any benefits this year, but for next year's internal Ku has great expectations.
He smiled and said: "This garden belongs to his family. He wants to come and see it. Of course we don't want to quit... He knows he can't please me, so he has to please you. Eat it, you will also be there in the future." When doing business in Jiangnan, it is always beneficial to know more local snakes like this."
"Where is he going to invite you?" Fan Xian asked.
"Jiangnan residence."
The most high-end restaurants in Suzhou City are Jiangnanju and Zhuyuanguan. When Fan Xian first arrived in Suzhou, Jiangnan officials headed by Xue Qing chose Jiangnanju to welcome him. Now the Zhuyuanguan of the Ming family is half-bought and half-frightened by the third prince. The land was scooped up and planned to be transformed into a semicolon of Baoyue Tower. Yang Jimei wanted to treat guests, so of course he had to live in Jiangnan. Fan Xian thought that his question was indeed a bit superfluous.
After pondering for a moment, he said: "Today the Jiangnan merchants also decided to gather at Jiangnanju... The Ming family has to deal with Xia Qifei's affairs today, so they probably won't send someone to meet them. The imperial merchants climbed up. This opportunity...you give it to Yang Jimei, and take him to the table when the time comes."
Now everyone in Suzhou knows that Shi Chanli, the shopkeeper of the Baoyuelou branch, is actually Fan Xian's confidant. With Shi Chanli as the reference, those imperial merchants must be very happy to accept Yang Jimei's arrival. Of course, Fan Xian The idea is not only to repay Yang Jimei and Xue Qing's favor, but also to make other arrangements.
"Keep your ears open at the banquet." Fan Xian said, "If the Ming family is not present, those imperial merchants will not avoid you. Maybe they will deliberately pass your ears and pass on their arrangements for tomorrow to me."
Shi Chanli nodded, but he was still a little nervous: "Would you like to pay attention to Xia Qifei?"
After staying with Fan Xian for a long time, Master Shi, who used to only know how to read sage books hard, has also begun to get used to looking at everything in the world from the perspective of conspiracy theories.
This sentence obviously means that he doesn't trust Xia Qifei very much.
Fan Xian laughed and said, "Don't worry, Xia Qifei is a smart man, he won't be so stupid as to betray me at this time, it won't do him any good at all."
Shi Chanli smiled embarrassedly, and asked again: "Does your lord have anything to say that you want me to bring to those Jiangnan imperial merchants?"
"Hmm..." Fan Xian lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "Let's just say that I support them to do it freely. Even if they sell everything this year, I will make up for it next year."
He raised his head and exhorted: "Of course, you have to embellish what you said, don't say it too nakedly."
Shi Chanli took the order and was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something mysteriously mentioned by Yang Jimei earlier. After thinking about it, he said: "Yang Jimei said earlier that there is an organization in the south of the Yangtze River called the Junshan Society whose strength is somewhat mysterious. Please stay tuned." some heart."
Fan Xian thought for a while, and felt that the name Junshanhui was very strange. It seemed that there was no record in the files of the Overwatch Council. He frowned and said, "Mystery...is not necessarily powerful, I know."
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After Shi Chanli left, Fan Xian frowned more and more. What does an organization that he doesn't even know represent? he yelled.
Gao Da, who had been guarding the door all this time, came in with great strides. Now Fan Xian was doing less and less to avoid him. On the one hand, he deliberately passed the tiger guard to show his sincerity to the person on the dragon chair in Jingzhong, and on the other hand, he also wanted to try it out. The four words "touching people with emotion", let's see if it is possible to really turn these powerful tiger guards into real "own people".
Asked Gao Da to call the swordsman leader of the six divisions, Fan Xian frowned at that subordinate and said, "How many people are there in Suzhou City?"
This question is about the number of swordsmen of the six assassins. There are only a few tiger guards transferred by His Majesty. If they don't leave Fan Xian's side, and how many people will stay behind the third prince, this is absolutely impossible to transfer. Most of the assassins from the Sixth Division of the Overwatch Council are now led by Shadow, and the group of masters sent from Jiangnan and Dongyi City are fighting guerrillas, so the number of people Fan Xian can mobilize is suddenly at a disadvantage.
"There are still seven people from the six divisions...there are quite a few people stationed in the Suzhou Inspection Division." The subordinate replied in a deep voice.
Now the official leader of the Qi Nian Group, Wang Qinian, is in Northern Qi, Deng Ziyue is in Kyoto, and Su Wenmao was left by Fan Xian in the three major squares of Neiku in northern Fujian, so even if this person is Fan Xian's most direct subordinate, it just so happens that this person was also born in the past. Sixth Office, so he is the one who is best at defense work in the Qi Nian team.
"Don't adjust the people around." Fan Xian said with a sigh: "They are not good at fighting and killing people. If there is any damage, Yan Bingyun knows that I abuse his people. With his temperament, it is really not good." I know how I will react, but I will be criticized when I return to Beijing."
Gundam and the Qi Nian team member who were listening on the side laughed.
The subordinate asked suspiciously: "My lord, what are you doing today?"
"To protect a person." Fan Xian said in a deep voice, "You took the seven swordsmen from the Sixth Division to the Jiangnan Residence at this time, found Xia Qifei, and told him directly that this is my guard for him. Don't be suspicious, I will take it back as soon as the bidding for the inner treasury is over."
There is no need for suspects, no doubts for employers, no one knows whether Fan Xian put nails by Xia Qifei's side, but at least on the surface, except for a few senior officials from the household department, the Overwatch Council did not monitor Xia Qifei's every move , this is the way for both sides to get along, so Fan Xian decided to transfer someone to Xia Qifei's side today, and he always had to explain a few words.
The subordinate frowned and said, "My lord, all the adjustments have passed, what about you and the Third Highness?"
Fan Xian glanced at Gao Da, and smiled confidently: "Master Gao is naturally worried about my safety. Your task is to ensure that Xia Qifei himself will not be compromised in the slightest before the opening of the inner library."
Hearing this, Gao Da held the handle of the knife and saluted.
The subordinate stopped asking questions, accepted the order calmly, and was about to open the door to make arrangements.
Fan Xian frowned, and suddenly said, "Be careful."
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Today, the old lady of the Ming family seemed to be in a very bad mood. She didn't even take a sip of the warming and tonic pigeon soup, and sent it back to the small kitchen intact. I entered the back garden and never came out.
And the uncles and nephews of each house also got the order, and rushed to the courtyard of the old lady through the beautiful veranda and lake pavilion in Mingyuan with worried faces. The maidservants, who were full of confusion, looked at the fourth master who only loved to walk birds, the third master who only liked to marry concubines, and the sixth master who only liked to practice wrestling with martial artists, walking hurriedly and without hesitation. The men who are usually extremely difficult to get together at home have already arrived at this time, and they can't help but wonder, what happened
For a moment, the entire Ming Garden was shrouded in an atmosphere of tension.
Rumors spread faster than Qingguo's proud postal system. It didn't take long for all the servants in Mingyuan to know the shocking news. Suddenly, an enemy who dared to confront the Ming family appeared, and that enemy... turned out to be the legendary Young Master Ming Qi who had been dead for many years!
Back then, the previous master of the Ming family loved Young Master 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.
It's just that so many years have passed, and the Ming family has already become the long house's possession. At this time, such a person suddenly appears, what will happen
"Everyone calm down."
The wrinkled Old Madam Ming looked indifferently at the men of the Ming family all over the hall, and a wave of anger surged in his heart. These men were so flustered when they encountered such a trivial matter. How could they be at ease after a hundred years? Hand over such a large family business to them!
"Sister, it's no wonder the children are panicked by such a rumor suddenly."
Sitting next to the old matriarch Ming was the concubine of the old master Ming, who has lived to this day because she was good to his wife. She looked at the old matriarch Ming's face and said in a trembling voice: "If that ... Xia is really Xiaoqi, what should I do?"