The Incense Monopoly Order

Chapter 68 There are Japanese pirates in your house
"What a joke! How can there be private land high up in the mountains? Who hired you?" Cheng Mian stood in front of Shang Mingshu. "Your words are not enough to prove anything. Please show me the land deed or the lease documents!"

"Go away, this is not the place for you to act like a hero in front of the young lady." The guards were ferocious and resentful for being sent here, so how could they be kind? "Hurry up and leave. If you don't appreciate our kindness in this desolate mountain, we will leave two more nameless corpses in the wasteland."

Cheng Mian grabbed the hand that was pushing him and twisted it with his backhand. There was a snap and the strong man screamed.

Several accomplices rushed towards Cheng Mian with fierce looks on their faces. Shang Mingshu took a few steps back. Cheng Mian's martial arts were not as good as Cheng She's. These people were just thugs from the nearby village. Cheng Mian knocked them all down in a few moves.

"Tell me, who sent you to guard here?" Cheng Mian knew that Shang Mingshu cared about this place. Although he didn't know the reason, he still twisted the arm of the strong man who came out to stop him and asked.

"Let me tell you..." The burly man bared his teeth, trying to adapt to Cheng Mian's force in an attempt to ease the pain in his arm. "We are all farmers at the foot of the mountain. We were hired by people from the same village as Mr. Shi's family. Not only us, but several villages have hired people to send us to various mountaintops. If it weren't for the Shi family's generosity, who would be willing to take on this hard job?"

"Third Madam?" Cheng Mian turned and asked Shang Mingshu.

"Let's end the climb here and go down the mountain." Shang Mingshu glanced at the group of people, "Let's catch up with them."

Cheng Mian ripped off the belts of several people, tied them into a rope, and tied their hands together. He kicked the person in front and said, "Go ahead."

At this point, even without these people, Cheng Mian knew that the climb was almost over, but he could clearly chat and laugh with Shang Mingshu and go home, these people were too much of a spoiler.

Throwing the rope to his servant, Cheng Mian deliberately found a stream to wash his hands before approaching Shang Mingshu on his way down the mountain. "Third Madam, why are these people guarding here?"

"Behind them is a tea tree, a new kind of tea tree my second sister found, and the tea leaves are still under development." Shang Mingshu explained.

Cheng Mian was clever, and upon hearing this, he became worried: "Oh no! The Shi family has sent someone to guard here, and I'm afraid they'll get the official lease documents before you do."

Once the government leases this place to the Shi family, the tea trees will belong to the Shi family.

Shang Mingshu's brows were also filled with worry. "Yes, this place was occupied by the Shi family first. Well, from what that person just said, I'm afraid there are more than one."

"The Shi family is doing all the things that bandits do." Cheng Mian and Shang Mingshu shared a common hatred for the enemy. Suddenly, their eyes cast a deep shadow on the people in front of them. "Third Lady, do you want to compete with the Shi family for this place?"

"Fight?" Shang Mingshu smiled slightly. "My second sister discovered this first. Why should I fight with them?"

"But they need to get the official documents first." Cheng Mian suddenly leaned closer and whispered, "I have a plan that can help Miss San."

Shang Mingshu wanted to say no, but she was curious about his method, so she said, "I'm all ears."

"I will go back to find Shi Guangbo and set a trap for him. Shi Guangbo is a stubborn person. Once he says something, he will keep it." Cheng Mian said it very tactfully, because he didn't want Shang Mingshu to mistakenly think that he was a cruel person.

"I thought Third Brother Cheng was going to use a self-torture trick to put the blame on these people." Shang Mingshu's eyes fell on the people who were driven away by Cheng Mian's servants. The look in Cheng Mian's eyes when he looked at the people in front of him just now made her have a bad premonition.

"I'm willing to sacrifice my life for Miss Sanniang. Even a simple self-torture trick is out of the question." Cheng Mian first took the opportunity to express his feelings before clearing his name. "For such a small matter, I have to sacrifice myself to help Miss Sanniang get what she wants. I'm a bit incompetent."

"That's quite true." Shang Mingshu nodded seriously. "Brother Cheng, take better care of yourself in the future. Only when you are well can you spare the energy to protect the people you want to protect." "Okay, I promise you, Madam San, no matter what happens in the future, I will always think of you." Cheng Mian took Shang Mingshu's words as if they were golden rules. Moreover, she cared about him, so he didn't forget his business. "I just offered a suggestion, what do you think of it, Madam San?"

"Very good." Shang Mingshu nodded.

She had not had much contact with Shi Guangbo, but she only inquired about his character. Shi Guangbo studied at Ziyang Academy, and Cheng Mian must know him better than she did.

"I'll go down the mountain and implement it..."

"Brother Cheng San's brilliant plan will be used in the future. I have a plan to deal with it today." Shang Mingshu hurriedly stopped him.

"Mrs. San has a solution? What is it?" Cheng Mian looked at Shang Mingshu with sparkling eyes.

"You'll know if you follow me down the mountain." Shang Mingshu kept it a secret.

Cheng Mian was not annoyed, but full of anticipation, and he went down the mountain much faster.

The two men escorted the group straight to Jiekou Town. Although they were all from She County, the Shi family's old house was located in Jiekou Town, and the Cheng family and Shang family's old houses were both located in Shendu Town.

Today is the Double Ninth Festival, and the town is very lively. The Shi family has also built a stage at the town entrance and invited a troupe to perform for the entire town. Free tea is also provided at the town entrance, which is usually rated as good tea by the Shi family.

Shang Mingshu and Cheng Mian, dragging a group of people into the town, attracted countless onlookers. The Shi family had just finished worshiping their ancestors, and Shi Houqiong and his children were all in the old house. Shang Mingshu stood at the door of the Shi family's old house. Soon the doorman came to inform the manager that he wanted to negotiate first, but Shang Mingshu turned a blind eye.

"Mrs. Shang San, why did you tie up the people hired by my mansion?" Shi Houqiong came out quickly, followed by his two sons, one daughter, and many members of the Shi family.

After the last incident, Shi Houqiong no longer looked down on Shang Mingshu. In fact, in Shi Houqiong's heart, this young lady was much more difficult to deal with than the fool Shang Jinliang.

"Why did Mr. Shi hire them?" Shang Mingshu asked instead of answering.

"A few days ago, my son discovered some new tea trees on the mountain. New tea trees are rare. I think the tea leaves from these trees are extraordinary. After leasing the land from the government, I was worried that newcomers might discover the tea trees and mistakenly think they were ownerless, causing trouble. So I ordered my servants to hire idle men from the village to guard them." Shi Houqiong explained the whole story to Shang Mingshu slowly and clearly.

"I see. No wonder I ran into these people on the mountain." Shang Mingshu nodded in understanding. "Master Cheng and I climbed up to enjoy the view, but they drove us away, saying it was private land. I thought they were deliberately trying to cause trouble."

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding." Shi Houqiong waved his hand, "It is indeed the land I rented."

"Words are not enough. Where is Mr. Shi's document?" Shang Mingshu stretched out her hand to ask for it.

"We happen to be in the old house. Madam Shang and Mr. Cheng, why don't you come in with me to have some tea? I'll have someone bring it back for you to examine." Shi Houqiong opened the door and invited them in.

Shang Mingshu took a step back and said, "There have been Japanese pirates in Mr. Shi's house. I dare not enter."

(End of this chapter)