Celebrating more than two years of peace in the world

Chapter 204 Killing Intent Has Been Determined

As the head of the two families, this is the decisive action. At this time, Dong Qiaoxiang, Xia Qifei, and Haitang Duoduo all shut their mouths knowingly, watching the two heads of the family compete.

1000 million taels, the figure that the Cui family came up with is enough to drive away many people.

Of course, there were also strangers who were lower than this number in the front, and there were still many open bids in the back without bidding. Of course, they would not leave, even if they were just watching the fun, they would not leave.

Seeing Cui Zhen's arrogance, Ming Shilan bid directly, "100 million taels,"

Hearing the asking price, the secretary of the internal treasury was embarrassed. When someone called 1000 million, you asked for 100 million. Isn't the gap a bit big?

But since he called, there is no reason not to report it, so he immediately said, "Eleven one hundred..."

Before the voice finished speaking, it was about halfway through, and was immediately interrupted. It was still the old and thick voice, "500 million."

This is a real master, the secretary of the internal treasury looked at Cui Zhen with admiration, this master merchant who was once famous all over the world, is now as handsome as before, and even worse than before. People, seeing it at a glance now, is indeed a special feeling.

The people of the older generation are indeed very imposing, and they reveal a very strong style in every gesture. It is not something that ordinary people can do to build a huge business empire in an ordinary place like Cangzhou.

"Five million!" Said the secretary.

It's time for Akashi Lan. At this moment, Aka Shilan had already stood up. He walked forward slowly, his gaze never leaving Fan Xian above him, and they met each other, the two of them were speechless.

Fan Xian knew what Ming Shilan was thinking, and Ming Shilan thought she knew what Fan Xian was thinking, which was very interesting.The suspicion between the two parties has reached its peak, and now the psychological game may have become the key to the victory or defeat of the two. If they fail, they will lose everything, and there is no room for maneuver.The failure of the Ming family will declare that Jiangnan Dao has completely changed its family, and the rule headed by individual royal relatives in the capital city is about to come to an end. If Fan Xian loses, then a rising political star may soon fall.

Neither side can afford to lose.

Ming Shilan walked in front of Cui Zhen. The distance between the two was so close that their noses seemed to be touching each other. He looked at Cui Zhen calmly and looked at his ravine face carved out of years like a work of art, and asked indifferently , "It's better to be the same as before, you and I will split the bill [-]-[-]."

"In the past, I was a businessman. Splitting the accounts fifty-fifty is beneficial to me, and I will definitely agree." Cui Zhen said with a smile.

"Then you are not a businessman now?" Ming Shilan asked.

"I'm just a tool now." Cui Zhen is also very sensible, saying, "People are very interesting. You can't accept the old, and you can't accept the defeat. Once you accept the old, you can be at ease and won't be too obsessed with I don’t think about many things, so I can live longer.”

"If you accept defeat, you will be content, knowing that the sky is too high, you can't reach it, you can't reach the stars, and you can't photograph the moon." Cui Zhen said frankly, "The Cui family has never lost in their life, only once. I surrendered, so I stood in front of you, I surrendered, so I survived."

Ming Shilan looked at Cui Zhen, he knew that the other party had good intentions, but good intentions are your business, and acknowledgment is my business, he smiled calmly, "I should understand something, on you, I understand It can do many things, such as being subservient to others, or biting like a dog, and of course, the master must be strong enough."

Cui Zhen shook his head helplessly.

"Hiss..." Just as he was speaking, the Secretary of Internal Treasury behind him had already completed the marked price of the cattle.

In one day, a total of ten bids were shot, all of which were sold out, of which the Ming family only got three.

Compared with previous years, it is much less.It's even so rare that everyone is suspicious that the Ming family's next bid may really come up with their old ones to fight.

The end of this day does not herald the end of everything. The bidding of the inner library will always be carried out on two separate days. This is the same as before, and no one feels any surprises. They all left, and the only people left in the courtyard were members of the Cui family.

Of course, Xia Qifei and Haitang Duoduo just went out and changed places, and came in again.

The three super officials also left, but the Jiangnan prefect left relatively calmly, while Xue Qing and Chen Yuanhao both gave Fan Xian a hard look.

Fan Xian knew where their anger was, so he didn't bother to argue with these two elderly men.

"Thank you, Patriarch Cui." Fan Xian walked down the steps, without any so-called master-servant look, but said to Cui Zhen very humbly, with Fan Xian's nature, he could certainly see what Cui Zhen needed.

He gave Cui Zhen the safest environment, and now Fan Xian has done it steadily, and the benefits he wants Cui Zhen to bring to him are still on the way, but Fan Xian is just as Cui Zhen thought. , has completely trusted this person, but the price of trusting him is to have a team of Overwatch Council thoroughly stationed in Cui's house.

Fan Xian would not refute Cui Zhen's face, his respect for Cui Zhen had nothing to do with their deal.

"Master Fan is serious." Cui Zhen said.

"I am very grateful that the Patriarch can come here in person," Fan Xian said.

Cui Zhen smiled, "Such a major event must be done by myself. Dalong is still young and cannot take on the big responsibility alone, so I still have to take it a few times, so that I can rest assured."

Fan Xian looked at Cui Dalong who was laughing at him, and couldn't help frowning.

Cui Zhen seemed to see what he was thinking, and said, "My lord, since we have become people in the same boat, if you have any doubts in your heart, you might as well speak up."

"I just wonder why you have such deep affection for Dalong, and those..." Fan Xian smiled awkwardly, "After all, he is an adopted son."

"My lord." Cui Zhen laughed, and Cui Dalong also laughed.Only then did Cui Zhen say, "That's not the case, my lord. I never imagined that this behavior could be hidden from the Overwatch Council. This is something this old man has never even thought about."

Cui Dalong also laughed, "My lord father and I have been betting on the road, whether Lord Fan has investigated our relationship this time, but I didn't expect that my lord would still ask this question."

Fan Xian is dumb...

Cui Zhen was famous for being cautious, and Fan Xian was really shocked by how careful he was.

Cui Zhen started this plan after he knew that he had entered middle age.

At that time, Cui Zhen found three girls, the first two were all married into his family, and the third was raised secretly. The first two girls were the mothers of Cui Yiwen, the two brothers of the Cui family. , and the second girl is the mother of the young master of the Cui family. These two girls don't know the existence of the third person.

After the third girl was born, Cui Zhen settled her in a very safe place, and waited for them to raise her until they were five years old. The keen Cui Zhen found an opportunity, which was the opportunity for the Cheng family to rise. Although Mr. Cheng, the eldest of the Cheng family, has become the number one right-hand man of the Cui family, he has no descendants, and his wives can't have children at all.

I don't know if it is the problem of the old man of the Cheng family or the seven or eight wives, anyway, there is no heir. This time, Cui Dalong has completely entered the circle of Cangzhou City.Since he was a child, he lived with Mr. Cheng like a father and son, and secretly, Cui Zhen began to teach his youngest son various skills.

Give it all.

Sitting in the room, Fan Xian undoubtedly felt that Cui Zhen was a very terrifying person. He really thought that the eldest brother and second brother of the Cui family were not Cui Zhen's own, but now it seems that this person is indeed his own. He killed his two biological sons in order to preserve his family business, in order to leave a completely safe environment for the third son, who is also his own way out.

"Cui Zhen, we have to guard against him." Wang Qinian said, "A person with such a thoughtful mind can kill relatives righteously. For his own selfish desires, he will not spare his own flesh and blood. There may be changes."

"Brother Wang, you are worrying too much." Qu Han said, "Then tell me how such a thoughtful and thoughtful person was wiped out by Mr. Fan, and even almost killed him! Now Brother Wang is so worried, I am afraid A little unreasonable, right?"

Wang Qinian shook his head, "Since he can do such a thing, if we trust him completely, there is no guarantee that we won't do something even more terrifying."

"Since he can tell us these things, he will definitely not do such a thing." Qu Han looked at Wang Qinian wonderingly.

Wang Qinian walked to Fan Xian's side and said, "My lord, what do you think?"

"I'm thinking about one thing," Fan Xian said.

"What?" Wang Qinian frowned, "Don't tell me, my lord, you also think..."

"What shall we have for dinner?" Fan Xian asked.

Several people were stunned...

Fan Xian understood many things, for example, the Ming family must be lively today, for example, Xue Qing must not be able to sleep today, for example, Chen Yuanhao must be in a state of rage.

Also, there are countless people who want him dead today.

So the current Gundam is still standing by the window, and people still haven't closed their eyes.

Even though it's midnight.

Those who should sleep have already gone to rest, while those who should not sleep still have their eyes open.

"You won?" Ming Zhuxiang asked.

"At least we haven't lost yet." Fan Xian smiled.

"Do you know how dangerous it is to bring me here?" Ming Zhuxiang asked. She looked around. It is easy to be saved.

"Very dangerous," Fan Xian said.

"Then you still want to bring me here?" Ming Zhuxiang asked in surprise

"Take it." Fan Xian said.

Hearing Fan Xian's answer, Ming Zhuxiang smiled, "Sure enough, Master Fan's thoughts are very different from ordinary people's. I never thought that you would dare to do this."

"Whether I dare or not is not important, the important thing is whether you are brave or not." Fan Xian smiled, "Whether you dare to call out tomorrow depends on whether you dare to recognize Ming Shilan tomorrow."

"Why wouldn't I dare?" Ming Zhuxiang smiled, "Could it be possible that Mr. Fan really dared to kill a woman like me?"

"Whether I kill you or not doesn't depend on me, it depends on you." Fan Xian continued.

Ming Zhuxiang's complexion really changed, she frowned, "I don't like people who can't speak clearly."

"But I like it." Fan Xian said, "You can do what you want. You can guess for yourself. If I tell you everything, you don't need to live."

"You!" Ming Zhuxiang looked at Fan Xian, as if swallowing another wave of bad breath from Fan Xian, she couldn't get it out, and she didn't dare to get it out.

It is impossible for her to die at Fan Xian's hands before enjoying her wonderful youth, she hasn't enjoyed enough yet!
Looking at Fan Xian, Ming Zhuxiang's complexion gradually turned cold, and he smiled coldly, "Okay, okay, I understand, Master Fan, I just listen to you."

After finishing speaking, Fan Xian walked out.

The haze of the Ming family does not seem to have started from this day.

The problem of the Ming family does not seem to have arisen from this day.

It seems that people in the Ming family have been separated from each other since this day.

When Ming Shilan walked back to Ming's house, what was waiting might be blame, but Ming Shilan was not afraid, he had already had some arguments in his mind, although he felt that it was meaningless, but this was something he had to face He can't take it lightly, and he can't ignore it.

The opinion of the family has always been the most important, Aka Shilan can't deny this, even the old lady who is already old and out of shape is still the most important source of opinion.

Her role is to provide an opinion.

Although this is the old matriarch, in fact, there is not much family relationship with Ming Shilan. Even though the other party can watch him grow up, there are still many restrictions on Ming Shilan's growth. He has never received anything from the old matriarch Ming since he was a child. Consolation, if it wasn't for the family property, Akashi Lan might have crossed the ocean long ago to escape this secular place full of right and wrong.

But Ming Shilan didn't leave, he chose to stay, he wanted to change but he was powerless, he was waiting for one thing almost every day, that is, waiting for the person to take care of everything, to intervene in everything The soul of the old lady returned to the west, but obviously, waiting is futile, at least she is still there every time Akashilan needs to make a choice.

Yes, she was still there, and that old voice was still piercing into his heart one after another.

He felt suffocated, not because of bad air, but because of the oppression of the old lady in front of Ming Shilan, which made it very difficult for Ming Shilan to breathe.

"Are you back?" Ming Qingda spoke.

Ming Shilan nodded, and sat directly on the chair next to him. The maid handed him a sip of tea, and he took a sip, then sat down peacefully by the side, and said softly, "I'm back."

Ming Qingda looked at Ming Shilan, and asked with a gloomy expression, "How are your results?"

"Since you already know, why ask again?" Ming Shilan's attitude was not very good. After all, he just came back after being bullied, so his mood was already extremely bad. Ming Shilan didn't even look at Ming Qingda, just Sneered, "What's wrong?"

He knew that the storm was always coming, but he did not know where or how.

In short, when the old lady of the Ming family came out from behind the door, Ming Shilan wanted to vomit, very nauseous, and his stomach felt very uncomfortable.

"6000 million taels of silver, less than 2000 million taels are left, and three bids were taken, Shi Lan, do you think the Ming family will lose even if they lose like this?" The old lady Ming sat in front of the court On the seat in the middle, Ming Shilan, who was looking down at the hall, asked, her tone was very crisp and very stiff, as if she was already in a state of anger.

Ming Shilan didn't want to contradict the person opposite, he knew that after all, it was his grandma, and also the benefactor of the whole Ming family's development to the present level, he didn't want to do anything crazy, he sighed , stood up directly, ready to turn around and walk out of this hall.

Depressed, too depressing.

But obviously the old lady Ming didn't want him to go out so lightly.

"The information from the capital city, no matter what, if you go bankrupt, you must win at least half of the bids." The old lady Ming said.

Ming Shilan turned her head to look at the old matriarch Ming, her anger was not concentrated, and she said in a provocative tone, "Okay, then take all the family property to auction and bid."

"Bastard!" Ming Qingda immediately got up and looked at Ming Shilan, his tone was full of anger, "Do you know what you are talking about!"

"Isn't that what the other party said?" Akashi Lan was angry, and said stubbornly, "If you lose your fortune, you have to win ten Mingbiao? Is there something wrong with my ears and I can't hear clearly? Or is it something wrong with my grandma's mouth that I can't speak clearly?" , or father, do you have a problem with your ears? Are you old?"

Ming Qingda directly smashed the teacup in his hand, "Shi Lan, you passed!"

His face darkened, and the aura of the king who ruled Jiangnan Road for decades was fully revealed. His eyes were like torches, and his eyes were like murderous knives.

If Ming Qingda could do this on weekdays, Ming Shilan would have fled away in fright. He should admit his mistake and apologize, but the current Ming Shilan is not like this. He is not timid or cowardly, but wrinkled Mei asked, "Since you don't intend to follow the meaning of the capital city, why did you tell me these words? What do you mean? There must be a limit to being able to use both sides. Now that you are not present, there is no longer 300 million taels in that internal treasury." Take down the sign!"

"Also! Cui Zhen is here!" Ming Shilan also clenched her fists and said with a flushed face, "That Cui Zhen who is not in Jiangnan Road, but has overwhelmed Jiangnan for ten years is here! Father, he is here, what do you expect?" Hope I can defeat him? I don’t know if I can defeat him, but obviously I have already defeated you, because I am still facing him, and you are no longer afraid to face it!”

"You!" Ming Qingda looked at Ming Shilan angrily. He seemed to have never thought that Ming Shilan could say such a thing, so Ming Qingda seemed to be overwhelmed by surprise, and walked to Ming Shilan's room. In front of him, he slapped him with a slap.

This slap seemed to have stunned Ming Qingda, but woke Ming Shilan up again.

Ming Shilan covered his face. He had never been beaten like this since he was a child. Looking at the whole world, except for those who are related to the emperor, even the governor of Jiangnan, the admiral of Jiujiang, and the governor of Liangjiang would not dare to beat Ming Shilan. Beaten, beaten by this father who has made the Cui family fail for decades!
His anger suddenly rose, but this time he still held back, covered his face, and said indifferently, "Otherwise you will go tomorrow, I won't go, I will give you all the money, the world is big, You dismantled all of this Mingyuan and sold it, and it has nothing to do with me, you can shoot whatever you want!"

Said that Ming Shilan was about to leave, but this time it was the old lady Ming who stopped him.

She tremblingly pushed the crutch in front of Dun, and said, "Shi Lan, I told you that Fan Xian must die! You didn't listen to me, but now? What have you caused?"

"Imperial envoy, that is imperial envoy, you want to destroy the Ming family, I don't want to!" Ming Shilan said coldly.

"You tell someone to kill me, and then what? Tell me what the situation is now. Zhuxiang is still in Fan Xian's hands. If he uses Zhuxiang to threaten me tomorrow, let alone a quota, even if it is the first three. You have to hand it over obediently, didn't you teach me this?" Ming Shilan said.

"Then will you hand it in?" Old Madam Ming's expression changed.

Ming Shilan looked at the old matriarch Ming, her face wrinkled, "What do you mean?"

"If you want to save, why wait until now?" asked the old lady Ming.

It's an interesting question because it makes the world interesting, and it makes the family interesting.

Ming Shilan stared blankly at the old matriarch in front of him, he seemed to have thought of something, and it was from this sentence that he thought of it.

At this time, Ming Shilan suddenly smiled, and he walked towards the old lady with a smile, and said, "Grandma, I don't understand what you mean."

"Fan Xian is not of steel and iron, and Fan Xian is not invulnerable. The Ming family has a lot of property, and the Ming family has a large family business. We can cash in everything in the Ming family, and then die together with Fan Xian. Afterwards, the wealth will be enough for you to live your whole life, even if you come back from the mountain, change your name, change your identity, who can check you?" The old lady of the Ming family said, "At that time, our wings in the court will also be because we want to get rid of the scourge of Fan Xian. And even more expansion, wouldn't it be in an invincible position!"

"Fan Xian is younger than me." Ming Shilan said.

The old lady of the Ming family frowned, looking at Ming Shilan, not knowing what he was going to say.

"Fan Xian will definitely fail, and he will definitely die, but I don't want to let him die before I completely defeat him, and my Ming family wants to live openly and aboveboard, and will not live in hiding. It can be done." Akashi Lan's smile is very charming and weird.

The old lady of the Ming family shook her head, "Do you know who you are?"

Ming Shilan's eyes sharpened.

"That's Fan Xian. That's the most powerful minister who has climbed to the highest level in two years! That's the head of the Overwatch Council! That's the Chief Secretary of the Internal Treasury. That's the most popular person in the emperor's eyes besides Qin Heng. Do you have any questions?" Is this the ability? Shi Lan, listen to grandma's persuasion, when you try to win over Fan Xian and fail, you are already about to kill. No one can raise their heads and be a person for a lifetime. You must learn to admit defeat!" The old lady of the Ming family said, "You are not on the same level as Fan Xian at all, there is no victory between you at all, grandma, I have lived like this..."

When the words came to this point, the old lady of the Ming family stopped talking.

It's not that she stopped talking, but she couldn't.

In Ming Shilan's hand was a silk ribbon that was neither wide nor thin, but now only two ends were in his hands, and the middle part was strangled forcibly around the neck of the old lady of the Ming family.

Ming Shilan turned around and left, even though the old matriarch fell on the ground, she didn't help or care, but walked out directly, when he passed by Ming Qingda, she didn't even look at the hideous middle-aged man who was in the same place. Ming Qingda looked at Ming Shilan as if he saw a stranger.

When he turned around, his mother was already kneeling on the ground.Her eyes seemed to be desperate, but at the same time seemed to be confused, but she was still more puzzled, not understanding why it happened like this, and even more puzzled, why it happened like this.

……

In fact, what Wang Qinian said is very reasonable. Cui Zhen is a very scheming person.

It's not that Fan Xian didn't investigate Cui Zhen, he did, he also investigated Cui Dalong, and also investigated many people, including the local prefect Guan. In fact, these people were all under Fan Xian's investigation.

He knew that Cui Dalong was Cui Zhen's son. He knew it a long time ago. He also knew that the prefect of Cangzhou City was the father of the Cui family. It was just a cover. He knew the affairs of Cangzhou City very well.

Obviously, it was something that was not confirmed in the previous investigation. Fan Xian had already confirmed it when he came here, and this time Cui Zhen also explained the matter.

Fan Xian knew that Cui Zhen had done a lot of work to save his child, or in other words, to kill his child. Even at the last moment, he himself didn't know who would stay by his side. The three children were divided into three places, and they became people in the entanglement of the three forces, and their humanity was seen from it.

Cui Zhen doesn't trust anyone, let alone his own children.

Therefore, he would not trust Fan Xian either.

But Fan Xian believed in him and believed that he could kill him easily.

It was very late at night, when Fan Xian sat in front of Ming Zhuxiang, Ming Zhuxiang was already resting on the bed, but when Fan Xian sat on the table beside her, Ming Zhuxiang didn't even wake up. react.

Ming Zhuxiang, who was tossing and turning, suddenly woke up and saw Fan Xian in front of her.

"you……"

Fan Xian didn't speak, he raised his teacup and made the first sound when he arrived inside the room.

The sound of raising a teacup.

"Your strength has recovered really quickly, and I can no longer hear your movements." Ming Zhuxiang said in disbelief.

"The old lady of the Ming family is dead." Fan Xian said.

Ming Zhuxiang was startled, looked at Fan Xian, but couldn't say a word.

Fan Xian turned his head to look at Ming Zhuxiang, "Aren't you going to ask?"

"Ask what?" Ming Zhuxiang suddenly sneered.

"It's nothing." Fan Xian stood up, ready to go outside.

But before the door was opened, Ming Zhuxiang hugged Fan Xian directly from behind.

Fan Xian didn't move, just kept this movement.

"My mother died since I was a child." Ming Zhuxiang said.

Fan Xian still didn't speak.

"But my mother has seen my brother. When I was born, my mother never woke up again." Ming Zhuxiang said, her voice was trembling, as if she was about to tell a long story, but when her emotions were about to come , stopped abruptly.

Strange woman.

She suddenly smiled, but with tears in her eyes.

"Grandma loves me the most." Ming Zhuxiang said, but she didn't continue talking.

Fan Xian listened.

"Grandma is dead...Grandma is gone..." Ming Zhuxiang suddenly smiled again.

"She asked me to kill you. But... I haven't succeeded, she has already left." Ming Zhuxiang was sad again, her eyes were graceful, and her tears were dancing.

Fan Xian listened.

"She definitely wants me to kill you, no matter what method I use." Ming Zhuxiang said.

Fan Xian didn't turn around, and didn't say anything else, but he heard a sound, the sound of clothes falling to the ground after they were taken off.

It was the sound of the thin gauze slipping down.

Ming Zhuxiang lowered her head, she seemed to see the most beautiful scenery in the world, but she was not moved, because that scenery belonged to her, she smiled, it was beautiful.

"If my guess is correct, you have already figured out that this is the ending." Ming Zhuxiang said.

(End of this chapter)