Before Wan'er arrived, the people Fan Xian in Suzhou had sent out began to come back one by one. They sowed the seeds of Fan Xian's insidiousness to various places in the south of the Yangtze River, and brought back the good news that Fan Xian needed.
The first one to come back was Xia Qifei.
Fan Xian did not meet him in Huayuan, because Baoyue Building was half collapsed, and there was no way to meet him in Baoyue Building. In the end, he chose to come to Xia Ming's mansion in Nancheng in the middle of the night. , this garden was also bought by Fan Xian, but after visiting with the third child once, he never came again.
Xia Qifei, with a dusty face, was shocked when he saw Fan Xian who came stepping up the steps under the guard of the tiger guards. He was planning to go to Huayuan in the afternoon, but he was told to wait in the mansion. He never expected it It was Master Tisi who came here in person.
Welcoming Fan Xian into the study respectfully, the two illegitimate children did not exchange too many pleasantries, and Fan Xian was impatient to express his superior's warmth, so he directly entered the topic.
Through Xia Qi Feidi's report, Fan Xian finally let go of his restless heart. Since Xia Qifei took over the big bids from the internal treasury, with the help of the Overwatch Council, he mobilized Jiangnan Shuizhai to send Jianghu brothers, and began to turn to Zhengxing, but after all, they are all people from the rivers and lakes. Fan Xian is always worried about this bright Lao Qi couldn't handle the matter properly.
It was only tonight that he really felt relieved. It seemed that Xia Qifei really had a certain amount of inheritance from Mr. Ming, and he did not lose the skills necessary for a businessman, such as buying goods, bills of lading, opening roads, and buying officials.
What reassured Fan Xian the most was that after Xia Ming's caravan traveled through Jiangbei, they hooked up with people from Northern Qi in a small town south of Cangzhou.
In the Northern Qi Dynasty, the little emperor arranged for Wei Hua, the son of Marquis Changning, to be the head of Jinyiwei. Of course, there would be no safety problems if he took the goods, but Fan Xian was very curious. shipment.
"It's the Commander himself." Xia Qifei himself seemed a little shocked by the meeting at that time.
Fan Xian was also taken aback, he couldn't help but have a different judgment about that Wei Hua in his heart, he was in a high position, and he dared to enter the territory of Nanqing so boldly, and he couldn't help but feel disdain for the defense forces in the Cangzhou area.
Jin Yiwei of the Northern Qi Dynasty is only responsible for the safety of the journey north. Back then, it was the Empress Dowager of the Northern Qi Dynasty who made a deal with the eldest princess. After so many years of doing so, they have already become familiar with it. Now, it is the little emperor who made a deal with Fan Xian. This is the first transaction. , of course, be cautious.
"Where are our people in the north?" He suddenly frowned.
Xia Qifei glanced at him carefully, and took out a letter from his bosom: "This is a letter brought back by a master Wang, and another gift is brought to the south."
Fan Xian took the letter and saw that it was Wang Qinian's unique handwriting. He didn't take the long box Xia Qifei handed over, motioned him to put it aside, shook his head and asked, "Wang Qinian is more afraid of death than me, of course. I won't go south foolishly...but we always have someone to follow, which firm in the north is taking over?"
In fact, he certainly knew in his heart that all the routes to the Cui family in the north had been swallowed by him privately, while the Southern Qing court always thought that the little emperor of Northern Qi was in control... Fan Lao Er privately controlled the smuggling routes in the north, only a few people from the Fan family , the Yan family, and Fan Xian's confidantes knew that His Majesty the Emperor Daqing only knew that Fan's second child was in the north, but he never thought that Fan Xian would have the courage to let his young brother preside over such a big event.
Fan Xian didn't intend to tell Xia Qifei about this, so he just asked casually, trying to find out how his brother was doing in the north through his mouth.
Unfortunately, at that time, Xia Qifei focused all his attention on the courageous commander of Jinyiwei, but he didn't pay much attention to the trading houses in the north. The big businessman who sells goods is mysterious and ruthless. Most people don't even know whether the big boss is a man or a woman.
Fan Xian smiled, with a hint of relief in his eyes. This guy, Sizhe, seems to have finally learned to keep a low profile and forbearance. It's just that Haitang is now in the south of the Yangtze River, and he and Wang Qinian are hanging out in the north. It is inconvenient to deal with too many things for him, the little emperor of Northern Qi will certainly not make things difficult for him because of his own face, but... a young man, it is really hard for him to deal with such a dangerous situation.
However, Fan Xian did not intend to send someone to help him, because his rebirth experience clearly told him that every Han Feng would come out of it, and Sizhe had a talent for business. If he didn't go through such difficult and complicated honing, It's really a pity.
After chatting with Xia Qifei for a few more words, Fan Xian became more and more appreciative of the leader of the Jiangnan water village in front of him. Now that his subordinates, it seems that taming this person in Shazhou was really beneficial to his Jiangnan plan.
"Everything is done according to the established policy."
Fan Xian said earnestly: "Su Wenmao, I will leave Deng Ziyue in Suzhou, and Ma Kai, the deputy envoy, will handle the transfer of goods from the inner treasury. If you feel unreasonable for a while, please listen more. Listen to the opinions of those old officials."
Those old officials were all good hands fished out of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and they were a big gift from the Secretary of the Ministry of Households, Fan Jian, to his son. It is really simple and ruthless to make empty accounts and play tricks.
Xia Qifei responded and said hesitantly: "This is the first time that the route to the north has been opened up... But it can't be kept secret for too long."
Fan Xian thought for a while, and a sneer appeared between his brows: "What are you afraid of? Xinyang is smuggled every year. Who in the world doesn't know? As long as you don't take advantage of it, who can do anything to you and me?"
Xia Qifei's heart shuddered, and he found that Mr. Tisi was indeed extremely bold and full of confidence, but he was always thinking about another thing, and there were some strange emotions on his face.
Fan Xian looked at him, couldn't help laughing, looked at him quietly and said, "Are you not reconciled to the Ming family's affairs?"
Xia Qifei thought about it, and the little things of the past six months let him know that it is best not to hide anything in front of this young adult. He gritted his teeth and summoned up his courage and said, "Qingcheng is not reconciled."
Fan Xian looked at him with a half-smile, "Old Madam Ming is dead."
Xia Qifei remained silent. When Ming Yuan was in chaos, he was on his way 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 scene of the people in the south of the Yangtze River wearing mourning at the end. He couldn't help but said with a wry smile: "Although it is dead, it is still the scenery of death."
Fan Xian said softly, "Do you know how the old Madam Ming died?"
Xia Qifei raised his head in astonishment, looked at Fan Xian, and thought, could it be that you helped me force him to death? Suddenly his mind moved, thinking of the people in the south of the Yangtze River who were a little chaotic and calm, and Mingyuan after the funeral was unusually quiet, he couldn't help but think of a terrible possibility.
"Ming Qingda?" He asked in disbelief.
Fan Xian nodded indifferently: "I will not hide this matter from you. It is a trivial matter for Your Majesty to find a family, but it is extremely difficult to find a family smoothly. Now this situation is something that I have managed to plan with great difficulty." Come out, don't destroy it."
Xia Qifei immediately figured out everything. It turned out that Master Tisi and Ming Qingda had an agreement in secret. He couldn't help but feel mixed feelings and a little fear in his heart. Will he... Will he become a useless abandoned pawn
What Fan Xian said next surprised him again.
"You are not reconciled, in fact, I am not reconciled either." Fan Xian said with a smile: "The sixth room of the Ming family, now you and I can only control two of them, Ming Qing Da Jing has finally become the real master of the Ming family. Master... But I can't do anything openly... That old fox has cheated on me, do you think I won't let him come back?"
Xia Qifei opened his mouth slightly, eager anticipation flashed in his eyes: "When will we do it?"
"Don't let the fanaticism go to your head as soon as you mention revenge." Fan Xian seemed to be teaching him a lesson, and also seemed to be stating a very great, very distant, own cause.
"The blood books of the people in the south of the Yangtze River have already been sent to the capital, and His Majesty's order to reprimand me should arrive in two days."
Fan Xian continued: "At this time, I will naturally not do anything to Ming Qingda again."
"I don't know," Xia Qifei thought of one thing and said doubtfully, "What good does Ming Qingda do to him? Could it be that he would be so naive to believe that as long as he bows his head, the lord will give him a way out?"
Fan Xian glanced at him appreciatively, and said, "It's just delaying time."
"Delaying time?"
"That's right," Fan Xian sighed, "Take his old mother's life in exchange for a year. I said that day, you big brother, you are even better at doing things than me."
"One year?" Xia Qifei asked doubtfully, "What can it do?"
Naturally, Fan Xian would not tell him about the seemingly stable but extremely dangerous situation in the capital. He just sneered and said, "Your elder brother groveled and endured, swaying on both sides, not to see clearly the situation in a year's time. As for You and I will only watch for a year."
After a year, the other side should not be able to help but do it, right? After a year, he will be able to kill some people.
"Don't worry," Fan Xian persuaded Xia Qifei and himself at the same time: "Your elder brother is a smart person, but he ended up falling on both sides. He wanted to offend both sides, so he would die on his intelligence in the end."
"Because at the end of the day, he has no power."
When Fan Xian said these words, he suddenly thought of the three words Ye Liuyun said to him before he cut half a building with his sword, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. Could it be that the great master looked farther than himself, and had already seen a certain What dangers did you not notice
After the imperial envoy was assassinated in Baoyue Tower, Xue Qing, the governor of Jiangnan Road, was furious and immediately reacted forcefully. All the private soldiers in Mingyuan were disarmed. The hostility, also because of Fan Xian's injury, eliminated a little - people's hearts, it was such a strange thing in the first place.
All in all, Ming Yuan's power has been weakened once again, and it has become a piece of dough in Fan Xian's hands. He can knead it as he pleases, but the current situation in Kyoto and the imminent imperial decree make him have to postpone the date of cooking the steamed buns. some.
"Even if Ming Qingda completely surrenders to me, I won't accept it." Fan Xian's lips curled up slightly, and he said something that made Xia Qifei very happy.
Fan Xian said calmly: "I am a very grudger, you may not care about those Shuizhai brothers who were killed before Jiangnan, but I remember, the six swordsmen I sent to protect you died several times. .”
Xia Qifei felt slightly sad.
Fan Xian continued: "Ming Qingda is a smart person. He said it before, so he thought that in the face of huge interests, I should be able to accept the death of these seemingly ordinary people... But, he was wrong."
He said softly: "The Ming family asked someone to kill my people, and I will kill their people. Although this is what the fuck did, but the mother's debt is paid... Isn't it fair?"
Xia Qifei couldn't help laughing, and saluted respectfully: "What your lord said is very fair."
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Fan Xian patted Xia Qifei on the shoulder: "Don't talk about those boring things. In the past six months, you should learn to take care of the route to the north, and at the same time, maintain a good relationship with the Xiong family in Lingnan and the Sun family in Quanzhou. Yang Jimei, you can also socialize... In the future, if you want to manage such a huge property of the Ming family, you must handle the relationship with these wealthy businessmen well."
Xia Qifei heard the meaning of what Lord Tisi said, and couldn't help trembling slightly, and immediately said: "Thank you, Sir, for your fulfillment."
"It's still early." Fan Xian said calmly, "But I have told Ming Qingda that you must show up for the seventh year of the Qingli Festival."
After Xia Qifei was shocked, a complex joy welled up in his heart. This... is to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors? After so many years of wandering in the rivers and lakes, I can finally return to Mingyuan!
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Leaving Xia Qifei's house, Fan Xian was somewhat disapproving of Xia Qifei's last joy and the tears in his eyes. Is it really so important to recognize the ancestors and return to the clan? After all, he is a person with two lifetimes of experience. Although he knows how much people in the world today value bloodlines and this matter, he still doesn't understand it very well, and even has some contempt.
The parents who gave birth to me, and the parents who raised me, treat me like a son, I will treat you as a parent, and if they treat me as an enemy, I will treat you as an enemy, this is the reason.
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The second person who returned to Suzhou Huayuan surprised Fan Xian a little, because at that time, Fan Xian was worrying in the study, going to Hangzhou to pick up Wan'er, should he take the box of silver in front of the hall with him, and the box of silver … and a little too heavy.
While he was thinking hard, a shadow appeared in front of his desk like this, startling him.
"Next time you come in, please knock." Fan Xian glanced at the shadow, then lowered his head to read the courtyard newspaper.
Shadow suddenly tilted his head. His pale face was revealed in his all-black clothes. He seemed to be very interested in Fan Xian. After all, even the dean treated him like a nephew, but Fan Xian was a little no the same.
"Yun Zhilan has returned to Dongyi City."
Fan Xian raised his head, knowing that this meant that the guerrilla war between the Sixth Division of the Overwatch Council and the master assassins of Dongyi City had finally come to an end after four months.
When Fan Xian was fighting wits and wits with the enemy in the three workshops of Neiku, in the bidding meeting, in Suzhou City, and in the Ming Garden, those silent fights on another hidden front were actually enough to turn the situation around Moreover, the war on that front must be bloodier and more terrifying.
He was silent for a moment, then said solemnly: "How many brothers died in the courtyard?"
"Seventeen." Shadow still spoke without any obvious mood swings.
"How many people died in Dongyi City?" This was a topic that Fan Xian was very interested in.
"Seventeen."
"Oh, one for another, it seems that we didn't suffer a loss." Although he said that he didn't suffer a loss, Fan Xian's eyes were still shining with evil fire, and he tapped his fingers on the desk lightly, and said slowly: "Take this account. Keep in mind, after some time, we will go get it back."
The shadow said, "Are you begging or should I beg?"
Fan Xian glanced at him and said amusedly, "Can you beat that idiot brother of yours?"
The shadow was not angry: "I can't beat it, but you can't beat it either."
Fan Xian recalled the power of Ye Liuyun's sword, admitted the fact, and said, "Although we can't beat it, it doesn't mean we can't kill it."
Shadow looked at him, wondering where this young man's confidence came from, and dared to say that he could kill a great master.
There was silence in the study.
Fan Xian continued with his official duties without even looking at the shadow in front of him.
After all, it was the shadow himself who broke the silence.
"I heard... Ye Liuyun has been here?"
Fan Xian glanced at him and asked curiously, "How do you know it's Ye Liuyun?"
"Because Sigu Sword is still in Dongyi City."
Fan Xian sighed and shook his head, thinking that with such a simple logic, even a guy like Ying who can only kill people can judge clearly, what is this old man Ye Liuyun thinking
"Couldn't Sigu Jian sneak out of Dongyi City?" Although Fan Xian thought that way, he still couldn't stop habitually wanting to frame Dongyi City, and he didn't want such a big crack to appear in Qing Kingdom. .
After a moment of silence, Shadow said, "He...has not been out of the Sword House for six years."
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Fan Xian was shocked. He knew the identity of the shadow, so of course he believed in the other party's judgment and the source of the news. If this is the case, this matter is too strange. No wonder the Qing people planted countless stolen goods on Si Gujian, but Dongyi City There has been no direct response.
Fan Xian suddenly thought of a wonderful possibility.
"You said..." He propped his chin and asked energetically, "Is it possible that your idiot brother has already burped?"
"No."
Shadow's words, had to be exchanged for Fan Xian's sigh.
"But as long as you don't go out." Fan Xian immediately thought of another good thing, and said with a smile, "As long as Si Gu Jian doesn't go out, I'm not afraid that someone will kill me."
Shadow thought for a while, acquiesced to this fact, and asked again: "I heard that Ye Liuyun has been here."
This is the second time that Shadow said this. Fan Xian obviously didn't want to discuss this issue, but he didn't expect the other party to be so persistent. He couldn't help but said angrily: "I also heard that love has come back... Is it Ye Liuyun? Didn't come, is that important?"
"It's very important." Shadow said earnestly in a rare way: "My idol is Lord Wu, and the person I most want to defeat is Si Gu Jian, but if I can fight Lord Ye Liuyun, it will be enough to satisfy my whole life, so... My lord, I envy you."
Fan Xian was defeated, and said sincerely: "Don't be jealous of me, next time there is such a good thing, I will definitely leave it to you. As for Ye Liuyun, I can assure you that if you fight him, the dead... must be you, And it’s going to die very clearly.”
Shadow was silent, then turned away, disappearing into the darkness.
Fan Xian suddenly thought of something, and said softly to the empty night, "I'm going to Hangzhou the day after tomorrow, follow me."
Going to Hangzhou to pick up Wan'er, I don't know if Haitang will go with her. For safety's sake, I should feel more at ease if I bring Shadow with me.
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After that night, Fan Xian and Haitang returned to the way they used to get along, but occasionally, when they thought about it, when their eyes met, there would be some more unclear and unclear things. It was strange to say that Haitang was slacking off as always, and Jiyue was reading, but Fan Xian felt a little awkward.
Haitang's eyes occasionally showed a smile, which annoyed Fan Xian very much.
However, this fact made it clear to Fan Xian that even if he used such a trick to spread the word about such a maverick woman, he might not be able to tie her by his side for the rest of his life.
Fan Xian once encouraged Ruoruo to walk around, let alone someone like Douduo.
But Fan Xian is as selfish as he has always admitted... There are very few young men in this world who dare to marry Begonia and Tang Duoduo. Who would dare to marry after he has caused such a big scandal
It's okay not to marry for life, as long as you don't marry someone else.
With a smirk in his eyes, he tore open the letter Wang Qinian sent back, scanned it hastily, and couldn't help laughing again. Old Wang seemed to have lived in Beiqi very uncomfortable, and the burden on his body was too heavy. Heavy, it's true that I'm not comfortable being by my side, this letter is asking about the return date.
Fan Xian understands his emotions. Being in a foreign country, he does feel lonely, and if there is any disagreement, either the Overwatch Council or the court may abandon him. This feeling of being an outcast is really uncomfortable. .
He thought about it, and suddenly sighed. Tonight, he saw Xia Qifei first, and then saw the shadows, including Wang Qinian who was far away in the north. He is the youngest person in the big clan, wandering in the world, unable to return home.
In fact, my life experience is not the same.
Gatherings of outcasts will eventually be hilarious.