Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

Master Ming San smiled slightly, and said with a smug look, "You still have to be careful to hide your tracks. Afterwards, I will just tell the new servant to keep his mouth shut. If he can't control himself, you can help him shut it up."

The servant was startled and responded carefully, "I understand!"

Master Ming San pondered for a moment, then stood up and said slowly, "Let's get ready, prepare some generous gifts, and we'll also go to the old lady's birthday banquet, hahaha!"

After waving his hand to let the servant leave, Master Ming San's eyes turned fierce and he stared at the servant who was walking away with a ferocious look.

His expression was full of satisfaction and joy.

"Xia Qifei? Do you think I won't recognize you just because you changed your appearance? My good seventh brother!"

Hiding his good intentions, Mr. Ming San slowly went to the dormitory and changed his clothes.

It was only two blocks from here to where the old lady was holding the banquet, but it took the carriage that Mr. Ming Sanye was riding nearly an hour to travel just these two blocks!

He will be the last to appear.

This is an inexplicable mentality, a revengeful mentality of being the only one awake while everyone else is drunk, staring at the old lady's special expression.

The Ming family is a wealthy and powerful family with too many people.

A centipede is still alive even after death, and this is just the beginning!

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Fan Xian stood in Ming Garden, not caring at all about Ming Lanshi's murderous expression, and leisurely admired the beautiful scenery of Ming Garden.

This garden is worthy of being one of the three largest gardens in the world, and its scenery is indeed unique.

What a pity, perhaps this will be the last time I enter here. Maybe soon, this place will also become history?

A spy from the Supervisory Council flashed out from the corner, approached Fan Xian and whispered something.

Fan Xian raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Just take your time. By the way, is there any unusual movement at the dock?"

The spy lowered his voice and said solemnly: "No unusual movement!"

"Very good, keep an eye on it!"

Afterwards, several people from the Supervisory Council came out one after another and reported the situation from the Ming family's shop and the Governor's Office in front of Ming Lanshi.

Fan Xian nodded, feeling a little relieved.

The Ming family is really generous. Today, whether it's Old Lady Ming's birthday party or Fan Xian coming to arrest someone, it's not an ordinary day.

Unexpectedly, the Ming's Business was still open for business as usual, and none of the chaos that was worrying happened. It made people feel uneasy, but more importantly, strange!

Fan Xian felt a little surprised. He had already expected that the Ming Mansion would still show weakness when he came here earlier. However, he personally came to the door today, which was tantamount to slapping him in the face. There was no action in public, and even in private, there was no means to counter him. This was puzzling!

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!

On the one hand, Fan Xian believed in the means of the people in the Supervisory Council and absolutely could not believe that Butler Zhou could escape. On the other hand, he also began to plan a backup plan.

As long as you catch that butler of the week, everything will be worth it!

As he was thinking, Fan Xian thought of the servant who brought food to Butler Zhou, and he could no longer hold back his chuckle.

"The people in the Ming family are really interesting. Do they really think that what they did was unnoticed?"

This was the direction that was determined from the beginning.

It would be extremely difficult to attack a giant like the Ming family that occupies Jiangnan from the outside. It would even backfire and arouse the other party's desire to unite and face the outside world together. If Fan Xian wanted to defeat the Ming family, he could only attack from the inside!

The five brothers who formed the branch of the Ming family were naturally the candidates who had been decided long ago.

Although the rules set by Old Lady Ming in the early years made the Ming family prosperous and ever-rising, they also left Fan Xian with loopholes that he could exploit.

Under the watchful eyes of the people from the Supervisory Council, even if Mr. Ming Sanye still wants to resort to some tricks, he will certainly be exposed.

But this time it is beneficial to him, so Fan Xian will just pretend not to know.

"He places bets on one side, but is also worried about revenge on the other side. What kind of person is this?"

As for the seventh son of the Ming family, Xia Qifei, it’s time to take action!

Fan Xian raised his hand and beckoned Ming Lanshi to his side under Ming Lanshi's puzzled gaze. Although Ming Lanshi was helpless, she had no choice but to cooperate.

"Master Fan, how long will it take you to find it? Moreover, you haven't even explained what you are looking for!"

Fan Xian waved his hand with a smile on his face, signaling the young master to be patient.

After a long silence, he said faintly, "It doesn't really matter what you're looking for. Aren't you ordered by your old lady to stay in the mansion?"

Upon hearing this, Young Master Ming could only remain silent.

The facts are indeed as Fan Xian said.

Fan Xian didn't beat around the bush and said, "I heard that your family has a private army of one thousand?"

Ming Lanshi was horrified, but pretended to be calm and said, "So what? Everyone knows about this, even the Suzhou government knows about it. These people are just Ming family farmers, just guarding against bandits. The court tacitly approved it because of the contributions of my Ming family! Do you have any questions, sir?"

Fan Xian thought to himself: Is it the contribution made to the imperial court or to the Junshan Society?

"Has your old lady been waiting for my action today?" Fan Xian suddenly asked, full of curiosity.

This time, even Ming Lanshi, who was somewhat cunning, was unable to withstand it.

A drop of cold sweat slid down the temple.

"I don't know what you mean, sir?" If you don't want to answer, just play dumb.

"The Ming family has been showing weakness for a long time, and they didn't fight back when I suddenly searched the garden today, which was so embarrassing. I guess they have a backup plan waiting for me!" Fan Xian analyzed to himself, while undermining Young Master Ming's defenses, he secretly became more cautious. "If a few more people die in the search today, Old Lady Ming only needs to stir up the emotions of the people a little bit, and then use the people of Jiangnan to her advantage. Under this kind of public opinion, even burying all forty of my people in this garden, it must not be impossible, right?"

This sentence almost broke Ming Lanshi's defense!

He really didn't know and didn't think about this!

If the old lady really arranged it this way, Fan Xian would certainly be in trouble, but he would also have no way to survive!

Putting aside whether Fan Xian would go all out and kill himself, or whether he could escape, the fact that the old lady insisted on letting him stay in Ming Garden on such an important occasion today made Ming Lanshi believe Fan Xian's words immediately!

This damn old woman!

Seeing Ming Lanshi's strange expression, Fan Xian guessed a little.

Then he made the final conclusion with one word.

"What a good move of retreating to advance, but I want to see how far she is prepared to retreat? Is it worth it to let the eldest grandson of the Ming family be buried with her?"

Chapter 265: Fourth Master Ming was attacked!

Mr. Ming Si was on his way to Mingfu Huayuan in Suzhou City.

Nothing happened at the moment, and he didn't know what Fan Xian was doing today or what the old lady of the Ming family was planning.

But along the way, I felt inexplicably a little nervous and a little surprised. I thought that there was still some time before the lunch party, I was not late, and my clothes and gifts were not impolite. I didn't know where this feeling of nervousness came from.

"How long will it take to get there? It would be embarrassing if we were to arrive too late!"

Mr. Ming Si calmed down and pretended to be calm, then asked the driver loudly as if to change the subject.

The driver had been driving for the Fourth Master Ming for many years, so he naturally understood his master's habits. He responded gently, "Master, this place is not far from Huayuan. It will probably take half a cup of tea to get there! Master, don't worry, I will definitely not delay your business!"

"That's good!"

Fourth Master Ming felt a little relieved, wondering if the fact that he had defected to Fan Xian had been exposed?

Why haven’t I seen any trace of my brothers along the way?

"Have you seen any of the other gentlemen's carriages?"

The driver had been driving for many years and paid close attention to the passing carriages. He replied affirmatively, "No, sir."

"what?"

Master Ming Si was a little annoyed. This dog slave spoke so softly, who could hear him?

Although I am still young, why does my hearing not work well?

He suppressed his anger and asked again: "Did you see it?"

Seeing that the coachman outside did not answer him for a long time, even though he was as stupid as a pig, he realized something at this time and was suddenly shocked!

Without hesitation, he quickly took out a piece of soft armor from the secret compartment under the carriage seat and put it on. Then he took out a crossbow and pointed it at the carriage door and shouted, "Who is it? You thief, do you know who my grandfather is?"

"Good Fourth Master, let's get on the road early!" A voice came faintly from outside, and then the sound of a torn sack falling came into the carriage.

Fourth Master Ming's face turned pale and he was extremely frightened. Judging from the sound, his people outside might have met with an accident!

I didn't expect that after running rampant in Suzhou City for so many years, I would actually encounter such a thing!

His legs were shaking from time to time, and he could hardly hold the crossbow in his hand. On weekdays, he was domineering and erratic, and at most bullied the vendors. He was just pretending to do that, and while destroying his character, he was also trying to reassure the old woman and show that he was not a threat.

Instead of being really strong!

Who can come and save me! Oh, right! Master Fan Xian!

His eyes rolled, and his first thought was to delay time and shout for help, so he raised his voice and shouted, "Who told you to kill me!"

I didn't expect the other party to answer, but I didn't expect that the person outside didn't seem to be in a hurry. Instead, he slowly responded: "Don't blame me, Fourth Master. These are the intentions of the Supervisory Council! This old servant had no choice but to do this!"

"Fuck your motherfucker!"

Fourth Master Ming shot an arrow in the direction of the voice outside, cursing angrily, "Do you think I'm a fool who's easy to bully? I can tell you, I understand everything! What does the Supervisory Council mean? I'm afraid it's not your family who asked you to kill me!"

There was silence outside for a while. Master Ming Si didn't know whether it was his own arrow that hit the other party, so why was there no scream?

After a while, the man who called himself the old slave spoke up: "Why must Fourth Master do this?"

"Today's matter is for the safety of our family. As a member of the Ming family, why don't you even have this kind of awareness?"

"Fan Xian came to our house today, and he was searching the whole yard with rough methods. The broken things are not worth much, but he obviously has a purpose. For the sake of peace in our family, I will borrow Fourth Master's life. This will buy peace for our family for half a year!"

"Fuck old Yu! You took my life for the sake of my family's safety, why don't you want to take that old thief's life!?"

Fourth Master Ming's voice became louder and louder. He wanted to make a scene that everyone knew about in order to save his own life!

He completely believed what the people outside said, and it all made sense!

After figuring out everything, Fourth Master Ming couldn't help but feel sad. He was just an insignificant little character. Not to mention that he had no value, he couldn't even get involved in some of the family's core industries, let alone know any confidential matters. Logically, the people in his family had no reason to kill him to silence him. Now, they were just framing Fan Xian.

The intense grief turned into extreme anger!

"I curse that old immortal to go to the eighteen levels of hell!"

"Why must the Fourth Master be so disgraceful!" The man outside's expression changed and his tone became cold.

Originally, he had said so much nonsense just to get Fourth Master Ming to cooperate a little so that it would be easier for him to arrange the scene, but he didn't expect that it would anger the people in the carriage instead.

"The old lady is the pillar of the family and has protected the Ming family for many years. Please be more respectful in your words, Fourth Master!"

Master Ming Si sighed inwardly and said, "My life is over!"

It seemed that he could not escape this disaster today. Was it because he was not the biological child of the old immortal? If it was her offspring, he did not believe that the old woman could still be so cruel!

He didn't know that in order to save the Ming family, Old Lady Ming was willing to sacrifice even her eldest grandson's life, let alone him.

"Don't worry, Fourth Master. I'll send you off right away!"

It seemed that both sides had lost interest. The old slave outside stomped his feet and flew towards the carriage!

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"The Ming family is waiting for me to take action, and I am also waiting for the Ming family to take action." Fan Xian smiled slightly, and Wang Qinian on the side was stunned.

"Sir, things are not going well, why do you look happy?"

Wang Qinian felt a little anxious, but seeing that the adults were so heartless, he didn't understand what he was worried about, so he just started chatting with Fan Xian.

"I just feel a little happy because my opponent is difficult to deal with!" Fan Xian smiled and said, "Tell me, if we don't find what we want today, I will directly order the Black Cavalry to massacre the entire Ming Garden. At that time, what will the reaction of the old lady of the Ming family be?"

"This..." Wang Qinian was sweating coldly. Is he so reckless? "Isn't this a bit inappropriate? I don't have a reasonable reason!"

"How not?"

Fan Xian looked amused, and said in front of Ming Lanshi: "Don't we still have a thousand private soldiers? Can't we just make up any excuse?"

"Just say they are rebelling. Anyway, they will be slaughtered and there will be no evidence!"

Are all officials in Qing Kingdom so unjust?

Ming Lanshi was thinking about his cousin, Zou Lei, the censor of the Jiangnan Censorate, who was also an official, and wondered if all officials were so dirty.

Maybe my cousin is not as simple as he seems!