Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

His overly cautious attitude, seeking not to achieve anything but to avoid mistakes, also made him feel increasingly uncomfortable deep down.

In this disappointed mood, Ming Lanshi suddenly said: "Father, if we can't survive this year, let's stop!"

After saying that, Ming Lanshi turned to look at the old lady who was pretending to be asleep beside him, wanting to hear what she had to say.

The sad look on the old lady's face showed that she had heard these words, but she still closed her eyes and didn't want to say anything more.

The yard was quiet for a moment, but the silence was broken again when Ming Qingda shook his head.

"Some things cannot be withdrawn just because you want to."

"Let's not talk about how many people there are in the Ming family now. What will these parasites eat if we stop? Just take the eldest princess and the vampires in Kyoto as an example. Once we give up the inner treasury, they will have no money to earn, and they will attack our Ming family first!"

"Son, don't underestimate their greed. Sometimes, it's even greater than that of us businessmen!"

Ming Qingda spoke helplessly, but he did not mention how many families had been broken up and killed by the Ming family over the years.

Why is it so unacceptable when it happens to me?

This is the first wealthy family in Jiangnan, the helplessness of the richest man

"Please take me back to my room. I'm a little tired!" The old lady opened her eyes and sighed softly.

Ming Lanshi bowed slightly to his father, then walked up to the old lady and said, "Grandma, let me take you back to your room."

The old lady stood up slowly, leaning on a cane in her right hand and holding her grandson's hand with her left hand to gain some leverage.

He turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly stopped where he was and said calmly, "It would be better to go to Taiping Bank to borrow the three million taels of silver."

This was a huge loan. Although the Ming family was rich, most of the money was exchanged for real estate. This was the concept of the older generation.

I would never sell my house or land just to get this start-up capital.

For example, wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, such as the Cui Jiaming family, did not want to occupy too much cash flow in their daily business, so they would raise money from the Taiping Money House and use their products as collateral. This had become a common practice.

Taiping Money House has been our long-standing cooperative partner and we can trust them.

Not only is it convenient, it is also very safe.

After all, Taiping Money House belongs to Dongyi City, so those Dongyi people will always have to rely on them for supplies, right?

Ming Qingda thought for a moment and responded, "Of course, my son will contact Taiping Bank first!"

The old lady nodded, and then said something inexplicable: "I have already told people to take care of the sea affairs, you don't have to worry about anything."

Ming Qingda was slightly startled, then a smile appeared on his face.

"Thank you, mother, for all your trouble!"

"Let's go, help grandma back to her room." The old lady seemed a little sleepy. With the help of her confused grandson, she gradually walked out of the garden.

After the two left, Ming Qingda breathed a sigh of relief.

But the ferocious and cruel look on his face could not be suppressed.

"Mom, you are too old"

Hey.

Chapter 254: Bloodbath on the Island.

into the night.

In a remote corner in the west of Suzhou City, there is a small courtyard with two entrances. In the side room of the courtyard, Ming Lanshi was lying on his back on a hard bed carved from pear wood, staring at the ceiling with lifeless eyes, recalling what happened in Ming Garden during the day.

Beside him lay a gorgeous woman, completely naked, lying in his arms like a kitten, and from time to time she would slide her slender fingers across Akashi Ran's body.

"Lang Jun."

The woman's breath was as fragrant as orchid, and her eyes were as charming as silk. Seeing that Ming Shilan was thinking about something, she couldn't help but call out softly.

She is the concubine of Akashi Ran's third wife. Because of her status, she has always been kept outside and is considered a beautiful girl in a golden house.

No one in the Ming Mansion knew of this person's existence.

"What's wrong?" Ming Shilan frowned slightly. He was a little dissatisfied with his concubine interrupting his thoughts.

"Let me serve you one more time." The concubine said with a flushed face and panting.

At this moment, Akashi Ran has entered the sage mode. How could she respond? She just said with some disgust: "Let's stop here today."

Upon hearing this, the concubine gradually put away her smile, and revealed a bit of a weird rogue air, "Why? Do you think that my brother and I are no longer useful now that the situation has become tense and your Ming family doesn't dare to go out to sea?"

Ming Shilan smiled brightly and comforted him softly, "My dear, how could I think so? You two have worked hard over the years. You have earned so much money for my Ming family. I dare not despise you!"

After saying that, Ming Shilan turned over and rode on the concubine, looking at her with a smile.

As the concubine looked at her expectantly, a palm struck her throat. With a click, the concubine fell asleep silently.

But he will never wake up.

After doing all this, Ming Shilan lay down on her side as if nothing had happened, and asked softly to the lovely girl beside her: "My dear, tell me, why does a person still want to hold on to power and status when he is old, and is unwilling to give up his position?"

Seeing that no one answered him, he did not get angry, but said to himself: "They still think they can hide it from me, but they don't know that I have been in love with you for a long time. Today I pretended to be ignorant, which was better than the actors' performance!"

Ming Shilan smiled gently, then stood up and put on her clothes.

Then he did it himself, found a sack from some room, put his third concubine in it, tied the sack, and carried her out.

Late at night, a sack fell into the river.

"You two brothers and sisters were born and raised in water, and you are very familiar with water. Now you are like fish in water?"

"Don't worry, your brother will go down to accompany you, you won't be alone on the road to the underworld."

"Perhaps your brother is still walking ahead?"

After saying that, Akashi Ran began to sneer like a madman.

I think, from what the old lady said during the day, she had already arranged for people to go to the island and erase all traces.

Ming Shilan couldn't help but relax. That was the Ming family's biggest handle and stain. Now that these stains were gone, the Ming family was still the same Ming family.

"I just don't know which side of the military did my father use?"

Although he is the eldest son of the Ming family, there are many secrets that he doesn't know, and this is exactly what he is dissatisfied with.

"After many years of being a daughter-in-law, I finally become a mother-in-law. It seems that everything has to wait!" Ming Shilan hummed a little tune and got on a carriage hidden in the darkness. After a while, the carriage started to move away. A faint whisper came from the air: "If you don't want to wait, then you can only..."

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On an unknown small island, a flock of birds were already circling.

These birds, of many species, fought the waves on the sea and swooped down from time to time to land in various places on the island. They lowered their heads greedily and pecked at something with their sharp beaks.

The number has been very large in recent years, even to an exaggerated degree.

They ate very vigorously, and despite the large quantity and variety of food, they did not seem to be in any way chaotic.

Perhaps the reason why this miracle can be achieved is because there is so much food.

Today is their lucky day. They are grateful for the gift from nature and enjoy such a unique feast.

The entire island was now littered with corpses.

Even the air was filled with a pungent smell of rust. The blood had seeped into the surrounding sea water, slowly dyeing it blood red, and this dye was still spreading to the outside at an efficient speed.

A bird took a fancy to a piece of meat, but unfortunately, that was also a delicacy in the eyes of another bird.

In order to grab the food, two seagulls started to fight each other.

The first bird's feathers flew everywhere and it was defeated. It had no choice but to give up the best part, turned its head and moved upwards, pecked out a slightly cloudy eyeball, and flew away with a flutter.

At this moment, the original piece of flesh and blood suddenly squirmed, and a hand was raised with some difficulty, grabbing the defenseless seagull that was still eating frantically.

There was only a click, and the neck of the previously victorious seagull was broken, and blood was dripping vertically under the force of gravity.

Slowly, it changed from a dot to a blood line, and was hungrily swallowed by the piece of 'flesh and blood'.

This corpse... To be more precise, this person was not dead yet. He struggled to dig out the corpse beside him, and then he breathed heavily as if relieved. He used his remaining eyeball to look around.

Only after he saw that there was no other movement around except the seabirds did he let go of his tension.

When he regained his strength and slowly stood up, he could see that his body was covered with wounds and he didn't know how many times he had been stabbed.

It seemed a miracle that he had not died.

His real name is unknown, and perhaps even he himself can't remember it.

He was originally a sailor, but was robbed by pirates. Fortunately, he not only survived the incident, but joined the other side by accident. In the following years, he won the appreciation of the leader by his courage to fight and fearlessness of pain. Gradually, he slowly integrated into the group until he became a small leader.

The work after that seemed a little simple. In his opinion, it was at least easier than the work of a sailor.

They plundered non-stop, and their only target was the Ming family's merchant ships.

Thinking this way, the cause and effect are all connected, because he was a sailor on the Ming family merchant ship before.

"You've clearly begun to get into the secrets of these pirates."

It's such a pity that when the mission was almost completed, a group of navy with unknown name landed on the island and massacred us last night.

That group of navy soldiers is very powerful, well-trained, and their methods are extremely bloody. It is obvious that they are not ordinary people. I think their identities can be easily determined. Let's pass the news back quickly!

The man turned around and looked at the corpses on the ground, with a slightly strange look on his face.

After all, they have been together for more than half a year. It would be a lie to say that there is no fluctuation in my heart. These pirates really deserve to die, but their death makes me angry.

Now, your souls are free!

Chapter 255: Fall into the trap.

That’s right, this person is Fan Xian’s hidden man.

He was one of the five crows from Group B of the Supervisory Council's outer patrol office in Quanzhou, and he was also the spy who had previously reported to Fan Xian that the Ming family had connections with pirates!

These people were sent out in advance when Fan Xian first went to Jiangnan. Before Fan Xian arrived in Jiangnan, they joined the Ming family through various channels and mixed into all walks of life.

In the end, after experiencing all kinds of major changes, there are still five people who survived.

He first joined the Ming family's merchant ship. After working for half a year, he encountered pirates, and what happened afterwards was just as described before.

Who in the military was involved?

This person must be a person of high power, otherwise it would be impossible for him to mobilize such a large number of naval forces.

The second is the Ming family. All the previous actions of this group of pirates were centered around the Ming family, and they were smart enough to only target the Ming family, giving people the impression that they have a grudge against the Ming family.

One is to avoid provoking other merchant ships and prevent outsiders from noticing their presence.

The second is to give the Ming family a reasonable excuse to report the loss. These goods were looted and must be counted as normal losses.

After the storm had passed, the Ming family secretly took out the previously looted goods from the pirates, smuggled them to Northern Qi and Dongyi City, and made a fortune!

Yes, these pirates are also from the Ming family.

The spy 'Crow' leaned over and tore off a few strips of cloth from a nearby corpse, wrapped them around the wound randomly, and tied them tightly.

The severe pain only made him frown slightly.

After a while, he picked up a bloody iron knife on the ground, bit it in his mouth, walked to the beach and jumped into the water.

When the 'crow' swam back to the shore, it turned over and entered a house, tore off a piece of clothes that were hanging out to dry and wrapped it around itself, then climbed over the wall and left, heading straight in one direction.

At this time, the morning sun was already bright, and the moisture in the wind made people feel extremely stuffy.

Just like Fan Xian’s mood at this moment.

Although he was furious, Fan Xian forced himself to smile more warmly and said softly to the person in front of him, "Thank you for your hard work. You should take good care of yourself from now on."

"But, sir."

"It's okay, I'll make them pay the price they deserve!"

Although Fan Xian tried his best to appear amiable, Crow could still hear the rage in his voice. Feeling a little relieved, he said in a deep voice, "Thank you, sir!"

Afterwards, several doctors from the Third Division of the Supervisory Council rushed over and treated the wound of the "Crow" on the bed.

Fan Xian walked out of the room with a gloomy face, waved to someone and whispered something to him.

After the visitor went down to do his job, a sneer appeared on Fan Xian's face.

"Ming family!"

It's really ridiculous. If they wanted to kill people to silence them, they should have done it more than two years ago.