Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

"Your Excellency is wise!"

"Don't be so frivolous. How long will it take to prepare all these things?" Fan Xian asked.

Wang Qinian thought about it and gave the answer: "Seven days!"

This is already a very short time. Not to mention the Suzhou City Guards, even if we notify the Black Cavalry, it will take time for them to rush into the city.

"When will the old lady of the Ming family hold her birthday banquet?" Fan Xian smiled slightly and had an idea in his mind.

Wang Qinian also laughed, his expression was indescribably vulgar: "Ten days later!"

"Well!"

Fan Xian exhaled and said loudly, "Then we will launch it in ten days. Let me give a good gift to this damn old lady of the Ming family!"

Having said that, Fan Xian was not just imagining things, nor did he have any patriarchal ideas.

This was an era of ancient feudal dynasties.

What is the situation in Qing Kingdom?

In Kyoto, although Emperor Qing is extremely domineering and his words are law, the women in the palace are causing trouble and hindering him. Not to mention the Queen Mother and the eldest princess, even the most inconspicuous and stupid Queen has her own tricks.

And what about Jiangnan, which is far south of Qing State?

The old man of the Ming family passed away early, leaving this big business in a mess. The old lady Ming stepped forward to support the family, which only makes people give her a thumbs up and praise her for being as good as men.

But the other party was in collusion with officials and businessmen, and even had connections with the military.

Not only did he make money in a dishonest way, but as an imperial merchant, he even colluded with Hai Dao and took advantage of the inner treasury.

The first one is the chaos in the harem, and the second one is the limitation of being a woman in this era. To put it bluntly, the pattern is not open.

After Fan Xian finished sighing, he returned to business: "Did the people who went to Quanzhou send back any news?"

"I sent two groups of people to act separately." Wang Qinian replied respectfully: "The first group went to the concubine's hometown and reported back that she did not return to the village. In addition, there has been no news of banditry along the way recently."

"The second group of people investigated the city gate order and found no record of this woman leaving the city. They are now looking for her whereabouts in the city, but have not found her yet!"

"It's impossible for a person to remain silent for several months!" Fan Xian guessed, "He must have been silenced in Suzhou City!"

"Have you found anything else in that village?"

Fan Xian said in a deep voice: "In the fishing village where the island leader was born, doesn't he have any relatives or fellow villagers doing business with him? Just ask around and you will know what the young people in the village have done! Now that the Ming family has contacted the military to destroy the island, it is equivalent to killing all their nephews and nephews. Will they still help the Ming family?"

"That village is deserted!"

Wang Qinian lowered his head and said helplessly: "Please punish me, sir. I was one step slower than the enemy in my thinking!"

"Was he killed or..."

There are nothing more than some dirty tricks, the most likely one is to use money to silence them.

"Some people disappeared, and the rest received compensation and relocated their families to other states."

This is the information Wang Qinian obtained from local officials.

After all, if all the people in a village were killed and disappeared, it would be considered a special case. It is not so easy to suppress it. There must always be a story about bandits passing through or visiting an island to cover it up.

After being bribed with silver to move to another place, one always has to go to the government to handle matters such as travel permits, and even the household registration has to be moved. This allowed Wang Qinian and others to find some clues.

“They just have too much money!”

Fan Xian sneered and said no, thinking that in addition to the open accounts, the other party must have accumulated a huge amount of wealth privately by relying on pirates!

"Sir, do you want us to kidnap Ming Lanshi and interrogate him for information? We can use the island leader's sister as a breakthrough point. He has a mistress, so it's impossible that no one knows about it. He must have arranged for servants to deliver food, drinks and daily necessities, right? I don't believe that we can't get anything out of him!"

Wang Qinian said hurriedly that maybe one or two things could be made up for.

Fan Xian shook his head: "There's no need to alert the enemy. Those servants who delivered the gifts would have been killed long ago."

"By the way, has the 'Crow' that sneaked into the pirates recovered?"

"Thank you for your concern, I have recovered!"

"That's good!" Fan Xian nodded and asked, "Some time has passed. Can you confirm which navy it is?"

"Back then, the Quanzhou Navy was known as the most powerful underwater force." Wang Qinian took out a simple map from his pocket and spread it on the table in the carriage. He pointed at the location of Quanzhou and frowned, "However, after the incident with Ye Liuyun and Xuankong Mountain, the court quietly reduced the influence of the Ye family in the Quanzhou Navy. After several disarmaments, the Quanzhou Navy is now divided into three!"

"Except for the Quanzhou Navy that is still in place, the Jiangnan Navy is now the nominal leader of the navy. Its office that oversees all affairs is in Shazhou!"

"When you first came to Suzhou, you met the officials of Shazhou. You naturally understand that if you send troops from Shazhou to this island to kill people, the journey will be very long and easy to be discovered. It will be a waste of effort to leave traces of the voyage."

The implication is that it can be ruled out.

Fan Xian nodded, agreeing with Wang Qinian's guess.

As for the taboos about the Ye family in his words, Fan Xian didn't feel anything.

"The last place is the people in the north!"

Wang Qinian glanced at Fan Xian, his eyes sparkling as he said, "The 'Crow' said earlier that the official ship went to the island late at night. In order to avoid so many hidden reefs and whirlpools, it must be a regular navy. The soldiers on the ship must also be professional navy, because the infantry will not have much combat power left after such a toss!"

"He looked at some people's faces, and they were obviously from the north!"

"The navy of Dongyi City?" Fan Xian frowned and stated a possibility.

Chapter 263: Stone falls into water.

A large portion of the goods shipped by merchants in the south of the Yangtze River flowed to Dongyi City. Whether they consumed it or transported it from there to Northern Qi and many vassal states, it represented that the connection between the two places was very close!

Some exchanges and cooperation are naturally very possible!

"That's another point I can confirm. 'Crow' said that he has a northern appearance, but his accent is not that of the Dongyi people."

"That leaves one more possibility, right?"

"Yes, the last of the three major navies of Qing Kingdom is the Jiaozhou Navy located in the Shandong Road in the north! Not only are they powerful, but they are also controlled by the eldest princess."

Not only did Wang Qinian's answer fail to clear up some of the doubts in Fan Xian's mind, but they became even more numerous!

Who is my cheap dad?

How could he not know the information that the Supervisory Commission could find out?

The princess could still defend her previous actions as being for the sake of Qing Kingdom, but what about now that she secretly controls the power of the military navy?

If someone said that the princess could master such powerful strength silently, Fan Xian would be the first one to not believe it!

It should be noted that in order to weaken the prestige of the Ye family in the army, Emperor Qing even went so far as to make a fuss about the chrysanthemum viewing ceremony on Xuankong Mountain. Given his habit of being reluctant to let outsiders take control of the military, there is still controversy behind the scenes of the Jiaozhou Navy.

Under the premise that Emperor Qing is mysterious and unpredictable, Fan Xian concludes that these are Emperor Qing's men!

"Which faction in the military does the Jiaozhou Navy Commander belong to?"

Wang Qinian recalled the other party's information and responded: "The other party is from the Qin family, but surprisingly, he has a very good relationship with Ye Zhong!"

Fan Xian sneered, this is consistent.

Then I fell silent. This made things complicated!

The carriage was moving silently, and it seemed that the destination was not far away.

After a long silence in the carriage, Fan Xian came back to his senses and said, "Now that the 'Crow' has recovered, let him follow me from now on!"

Fan Xian highly admired and was optimistic about the young official from the Supervisory Office who was able to infiltrate the Ming family and then go undercover as a pirate. He believed that the reason why he was able to survive in the end was not only due to luck, but more to his own abilities. Such a capable and young person was naturally what he needed!

Wang Qinian chuckled, without a trace of jealousy: "Then I will thank you on behalf of that man! This is really a blessing in disguise, he finally made it through!"

Fan Xian smiled slightly. His words represented a meteoric rise to fame. This person would become his confidant in the future. It was like he had been awakened from a nightmare of many years and had entered a dream reality.

But talking about this matter made Fan Xian think of another 'Crow'.

"By the way, who is sure that the accountant of Junshan Society is still in Mingyuan?" Fan Xian's heart tightened. It would be bad if another 'crow' was involved in this matter.

"Don't worry, sir. It's the servant who brought him food!"

Wang Qinian smiled slightly and explained, "The Ming family is also very careful. They recruited a local with a clean background to join the mansion. He doesn't do other chores, but only delivers meals to this person."

"We controlled this man's family and found out the appearance of the person who delivered the meal to him. After verifying with the 'crow', we confirmed the identity of Butler Zhou."

"What is the specific location and route?"

“They’re all here!”

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Time soon arrived and it was the birthday of the old lady of the Ming family.

And what about Fan Xian? He was also prepared to ignore the opinions of the people in Jiangnan and throw away the good reputation he had accumulated in the past today!

He finally understood that this reputation was tiring. It was something lost today and found tomorrow. Let's talk about it later!

In addition to the city guards who had quietly surrounded Suzhou City, even the Black Cavalry quietly came to the suburbs near Mingyuan and set up camp hidden among the mountains and forests.

To this end, the Black Knights wasted two more days to hide their tracks.

What surprised Fan Xian was that the Jiangnan Governor Xue Qing did not do anything unnecessary. Even the city guards, who were not favored by the generals, showed a high level of military accomplishment. It seemed that there were also extraordinary people in the army.

The reason why Fan Xian chose today as the day for the action is that today is the old lady's birthday. This happy event conflicts with an unfortunate event, which will surely leave a deep impression on the other party.

Another reason is that Fan Xian is waiting for news.

He mobilized the Black Cavalry to actually see the reaction from Kyoto.

The strike of the three major warehouses and the bidding for the inner warehouse made him realize the methods of the princess behind the scenes. Now that Jiangnan is the princess's base, apart from some insignificant difficulties, only one assassination can be regarded as worthy of attention, which makes Fan Xian feel that it is somewhat unlike the style of that crazy woman.

Now the bow is on the string and has to be shot, but the princess surprisingly has no reaction! (She had previously inserted people into the Supervisory Council, and the former head of the First Division, Zhu Ge, who was killed, was her man. Although she was reprimanded by Emperor Qing later, she still fooled him by saying that it was for the sake of Qing State and to prevent Chen Pingping's family from dominating the country.)

Fan Xian didn't believe that she didn't send people to the Black Cavalry later!

Even though the Black Cavalry is Chen Pingping's absolute power and is completely controlled by him, every time the Black Cavalry is deployed, all parties will get wind of it. How can this not make people wonder?

Without knowing the attitude of the people in Kyoto, Fan Xian would not dare to kill the families in Jiangnan!

Now that the princess is willing to cut off her arm to beg for mercy, Fan Xian will not be polite!

The sound of horse hooves echoed, and clouds of dust were rising outside Ming Garden.

Fan Xian didn't think about hiding his tracks. Since everyone was in the circle and hadn't escaped, there was naturally no need to hide anymore.

The Black Cavalry had surrounded Mingyuan, and then stopped where they were, but their hands did not leave their weapons and bows, their eyes full of desire, as if they were waiting for the signal to attack.

Afterwards, more than forty people from the Supervisory Office broke away from the formation and arrived at the gate of Mingyuan in broad daylight.

"Keep your eyes open after you enter," Fan Xian ordered softly, and the tiny voice was carried into everyone's ears by the true energy. "Watch out for the signal of the Crow in secret and identify the people from the Junshan Society. I will hold back the people from the Ming family, and you arrest them as quickly as possible!"

Behind Fan Xian was a man wrapped in a hooded cloak, and this man was the reason why Fan Xian gave up on having the Black Cavalry lead the way and instead led forty riders into Ming Garden.

And who else but Wu Zhu could give Fan Xian such confidence?

Wu Zhu silently raised his head and tilted it slightly. The calm and gentle feeling made it even colder!

outside world.

As early as when Fan Xian and others approached, several farmers ran towards Ming Garden. They were the secret agents of Ming Garden stationed on the outskirts.

The personnel that the Supervisory Commission had previously sent to this place to monitor the situation also disappeared without a trace.

Fan Xian raised his head and looked up. It was really tall!

Is this what outsiders often call a prestigious compound?

With a glance, Wang Qinian came closer and said, "They thought they were hiding well, but I still found out that there are many crossbows in the army on the inner side of the commanding heights!"

Fan Xian nodded and looked at the figure behind him.

Wu Zhu had no expression on his face and said in a deep voice, "Come in!"

Wang Qinian was secretly surprised, his heart tightened, and he took a deep breath. Who is this person? He looks very similar to Shadow!

"squeak!"

The solid wooden door was pushed open, and a young man with red eyes walked out.

It was Ming Lanshi, the eldest grandson of the Ming family. He looked tired, as if he had not rested enough. He bent his body and stretched out his left hand respectfully, saying, "Your Excellency, please!"

Chapter 264 Searching Ming Garden!

In Suzhou city, in the residence of the third master Ming, the branch of the Ming family.

At this moment, a servant was bowing his head and reporting the situation to his master with a look of awe.

"Master, just as you expected, the Imperial Envoy Fan Xian is leading the officials of the Supervisory Council into Ming Garden. Ming Garden is being received by Young Master Shi, the eldest grandson Minglan. There is no resistance and they are searching the garden. Calculating the time, it should be half an incense stick of time since they entered!"