Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

But when it was first built, it was supervised by Old Lady Ming throughout the entire process, so its secrecy and security are beyond doubt. Even with the means of the Supervisory Council, they would not be able to find it in a short time.

Now all we have to do is wait for the news that the fourth brother was assassinated by someone from the Supervisory Council.

In fact, when things got to this point, Old Lady Ming also felt a little regretful.

The Ming family occupies the south of the Yangtze River. Although they have a deep foundation and are rich enough to rival a country, what kind of organization is the Junshan Society? It includes all countries, and its members are all great masters and royal families of various countries. Merchants like them should not be involved in it.

Old Lady Ming closed her eyes, not letting her emotions show, and waved her hand, saying, "You go and do your work first. I'm a little tired. Tell the people outside to be more careful and not disturb me."

"Don't worry, mother. Your son won't let anyone bother you again!"

Ming Qingda smiled and looked deeply at his mother, then bowed his head and retreated respectfully.

Chapter 268 You should have a good rest when you are old!

Old Lady Ming's eyes bulged and bloodshot were spreading rapidly in them.

Her old face had become sickly red due to excessive congestion. Her hands were stretched in front of her, grabbing something randomly. Her mouth and tongue were wide open and expanding and contracting, but the leather rope tightly around her neck was slowly shrinking, making it impossible for her to make any sound.

The son, who had lowered his head and retreated to the door, stopped moving.

Ming Qingda turned around with bloody emotions in his eyes, which made Old Lady Ming, who had lived with him for many years, feel very unfamiliar.

Why didn't he save me?

Yes, there was fear, terror, guilt and madness in his eyes, but there was no surprise!

Gradually, Ming Qingda, whose face became increasingly ferocious, walked quickly from the door to the front of Old Lady Ming, grabbed the leather ropes on both sides, and worked together with the maid behind Old Lady Ming to tighten the ropes with all their might.

Ming Qingda was trying hard while he kept yelling in the old lady's ear: "Go to hell! Go to hell! Why haven't you died yet? You should have died a long time ago. Why are you dying now?!"

Old Lady Ming kicked her legs wildly, with endless shock, anger and resentment flashing in her eyes. She stared at the stranger in front of her, as if she wanted to remember everything about him in her heart.

Slowly, her breathing became intermittent, and the burning pain in her lungs was the medicine that kept her alive, mixed with hatred and stimulating her brain.

Her eyeballs were about to fall out of their sockets, and her arms were waving wildly, exerting her last bit of strength as she grabbed Ming Qingda's sleeves.

"Mother, you taught me this!"

Ming Qingda kept exerting all his strength. He was not young anymore, and this mental and physical training made him gasp for breath. "Xiaofeng has been mine for a long time, but you still think of her as your trusted maid? To accomplish great things, some sacrifices are inevitable. For the Ming family, I think mother is willing to make sacrifices, right?"

"Just like when you sacrifice others!"

With a loud roar, Old Lady Ming's body suddenly went limp, her arms fell down weakly, and there was no more movement.

The temperature in the room was very low, so low that it made people feel cold.

The old lady Ming, who had managed the Ming family's business in Jiangnan for more than 20 years, had ascended to heaven.

Ming Qingda collapsed to the ground and laughed silently.

I'm old, it's time to take a good rest. Karma is a cycle, but he didn't know that after he killed his mother, his own son might do the same to him one day.

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Inside Ming Garden, people from the Supervisory Council were slowly gathering towards the front yard.

They searched the entire Ming Garden, and checked every place, big and small, no less than twice. Even with their skills, they found many secret rooms and hidden compartments, but they couldn't find a place where a living person could be hidden.

Feeling the growing anger of the people in Mingyuan, the people in the Overwatch Council hung their heads dejectedly, not daring to look into the eyes of the Chief Commissioner, filled with guilt for their own incompetence.

Looking at the mess in the garden, Fan Xian smiled slightly.

A house search is naturally very rough.

In the feudal dynasty, searching a house was only one level lower than confiscating property, so the means were naturally not too gentle. Seeing that more and more people from the Ming Mansion were gathering, and they were vaguely planning to surround the forty of them, Fan Xian walked out of the queue and said loudly: "Accompany me for one last time!"

"Yes!"

People from various supervisory offices placed their hands on the hilts of the swords at their waists, guarding against possible sneak attacks from people in Ming Garden.

The people in front of me are fine, but some servants and guards in the distance are all armed, so I have to be on guard!

Fan Xian walked straight to the back garden. He knew with his brain that it was impossible for anyone to hide in the front garden. Not only were there many people coming in and out every day, but there was also no suitable place to design a garden. There was no other way except to dig underground.

Fan Xian had not previously stopped the people from the Supervisory Council from searching the front garden, naturally with the intention of eliminating this option as a last resort.

"Wait!" Ming Lanshi angrily stepped forward, blocking everyone's path and said, "We've already checked and searched, why do we have to look for it again?"

"The back garden is where the elderly and women of the family live. We allowed you to search it once before, but this is not a reason for you to keep humiliating our Ming family!"

Fan Xian listened to Ming Lanshi's scolding without stopping for a moment.

Seeing the forty ferocious men getting closer and closer, Ming Lanshi opened his arms and refused to give in even a bit!

At this time, the outside of the garden was welcoming the troop dispatch of Governor Xue Qing. Upon hearing the news, Ming Lanshi smiled happily and felt more confident!

"Get out of the way! Are you going to disobey the order? Let me remind you, I am now the imperial envoy, representing the will of His Majesty. If you dare to stop me, you will be attempting to rebel!"

Fan Xian said coldly, almost pulling out the long sword in his hand.

Seeing that the situation was stronger than the people, Ming Lanshi thought that so many people from the Supervisory Office had not found anything before, so what was the use of relying on Fan Xian alone this time?

Don't make a fool of yourself and give Fan Xian an excuse to kill you.

Fan Xian stretched out his left hand and pushed Minglanshi aside. Then, just as he was about to stride forward, he heard a noise behind him.

It turned out that a servant from Ming Garden ran in, looking as if he had seen a ghost, his body trembling non-stop: "Dead, all dead! Young Master, the old lady is dead!"

"Who? Who's dead?"

Ming Lanshi's face showed a trace of anger, and he said in a hateful voice: "What nonsense are you talking about? If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kill you! Tell me, who died?"

The servant murmured and dared not say anything more, but the carrier pigeon in his hand reminded Ming Lanshi what to do.

Ming Lanshi hurriedly snatched the carrier pigeon from the servant's hand, took the note on it and began to read it. After reading the first line, he froze where he was.

"You still can't keep it secret for long?" Fan Xian felt a little sorry, and shook his head with a sigh.

“Stop! From now on, no more entering to search!” Ming Lanshi yelled with red eyes. In an instant, all the servants in Ming Garden who heard the news of the death of Old Lady Ming surrounded him.

Even though they were still a little shocked, they unconditionally stopped the more than 40 people from the Supervisory Council, holding all kinds of weapons in their hands and with hatred in their eyes!

Fan Xian frowned slightly and shouted, "Let's see who dares to stop me!"

"Fan Xian!"

"I, the Ming family, respect you as an imperial envoy to Jiangnan, so I tolerate you again and again. Even today when you had no reason to search the garden, I let you act recklessly!"

"Now that something terrible has happened to my Ming Mansion, you still continue to bully us again and again. Do you really think that the people of Jiangnan have lost their blood?"

"Be on guard!" Fan Xian shouted loudly and prepared to break out. Looking at the situation on the field, he felt that it was a bit difficult to deal with. He immediately had a reason after his eyes turned.

"We are all very saddened by the death of the old lady of the Ming family. After all, such a good old person died for no reason. But there is something strange about this matter. I have reason to suspect that the old lady did not commit suicide, but it was more like a man-made thing!"

"The Overwatch Council is searching the back garden to find clues. What? As a descendant of a human being, Master Ming, are you still determined to stop us from investigating the case?"

Chapter 269 Do you want to rebel?

"This is simply unreasonable!"

Ming Lanshi was extremely angry. Although he did not believe that his grandmother, who was as hard-hearted as him, would hang herself, there was no reason for him not to use the ready-made reason: "What if there is nothing unusual after this investigation?"

Fan Xian did not fall into Ming Lanshi's trap. He just said calmly, "Why don't we each take a step back and let me go alone to look for clues? This will not only comply with the rules of the Overwatch Council, but will also not disturb your family. What do you think, Master Ming?"

"Okay!" Ming Lanshi gritted his teeth and said, "I'll see how Lord Fan finds clues. If it's a failure, my Ming family will make Lord Fan pay the price even if we file a complaint to the capital!"

After saying that, he made way, but only allowed Fan Xian to pass.

Fan Xian nodded and said, "No matter what, I will give you an explanation!"

When Fan Xian walked past the crowd with a calm face, Ming Lanshi quickly winked at several guards, and several people immediately came out of the crowd and followed Fan Xian, walking towards the back garden together.

Soon after entering the back garden, Fan Xian jumped onto the roof and looked around.

He first glanced at the crowded front yard, only to see that the retreat was blocked by the people from Ming Garden. At this time, the private army of the Ming family no longer hid their tracks. A thousand people filled the surrounding area, staring at Fan Xian eagerly, watching his performance.

Without delay, Fan Xian observed the structures of the buildings in the back garden.

He knew that he couldn't retreat, and even if he wanted to retreat, it was not now.

If he withdrew at this moment and the whole story was spread out, how would outsiders view him, Fan Xian? And how would they view the Supervisory Council?

As soon as the old lady of the Ming family died, the people from the Supervisory Council quickly left Ming Garden. Isn't this a sign of guilty conscience?

On the contrary, the fact that the Ming family repeatedly stopped him from investigating the back garden was a sign of guilt! This also further strengthened his suspicion that the person was in the back garden!

A living person would need a lot of space to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, but these buildings obviously don't have such hidden areas. Is it underground? Fan Xian did not question the professionalism of the staff of the Supervisory Council.

Just as his sight swept across a scenic garden and lake, his mind exploded, and a flash of inspiration reminded him of the lake in Taiping Villa!

Could it be?

Fan Xian narrowed his eyes and used his Qinggong skills to get onto the artificial rocks on the surface of Jingyuan Lake.

After groping around for a while, Fan Xian noticed that there was something wrong with a piece of stone. Although the naked eye could not tell the difference between the new and old stones and the color, the feel was not deceiving!

"Someone is coming!"

"Kill these black dogs for me!"

Ming Lanshi's face darkened as he watched Fan Xian's actions. He felt something was wrong. Then his eyes turned red and his facial muscles became distorted. He howled like a madman, "Kill them all! Kill them all! I will bear any consequences!"

Fan Xian glanced at Minglanshi expressionlessly, then pressed hard with his hand!

'Boom!'

More than a thousand private armies of the Ming family started moving at this moment, and those servants who were guarding the garden had been waiting for their young master to say this. For a moment, the whole garden was filled with the sound of knives and forks, and flying arrows!

It is precisely because of these noisy noises that the sound of the fake stone vibrating is covered up!

The people from the Overwatch Council acted quickly. They were on full alert long before. They knew that the moment the news of the old lady's death came from Mingyuan, they would inevitably experience this fight! If things got out of hand, there was still the Lord of the Ministry to take the blame, but now what they had to do was to get out alive first!

The entire Ming Garden was filled with a festive atmosphere. Today happened to be the birthday and death anniversary of Old Lady Ming, which was very appropriate!

The people of the Overwatch Council gathered together and formed a small defensive circle, relying on the favorable terrain to resist. Most of them were good at fighting, and they were not the kind of people who had only been slightly trained that could be stopped.

But they did not dare to break out alone, and only left Lord Tisi to search for clues in the enemy camp.

So he could only hold on and buy time for his Lord Commissioner!

Minglan Shi saw that he couldn't capture these people for a long time, and there were still many people outside who couldn't get in, which was really a huge waste of manpower.

Then he waved his hand and said loudly: "Give half of the people to block Fan Xian!"

Mingyuan has a large number of people and there are some good players among that group of private armies, perhaps they are team leaders or coaches.

After hearing the order, these people turned their guns and ran towards the lake where Fan Xian was.

At this moment, a figure in the crowd suddenly moved!

Wu Zhu used his legs to exert force and stomped on the heads of several people several times. In an instant, he passed the crowd and came to the front. The iron rod in his hand slipped silently, and he held it in his hand and stood in front of the crowd silently without moving.

"kill!"

Seven or eight long forks were approaching them at the same time, but everyone only saw a flash before their eyes. The person who first touched Wuzhu was knocked back by a huge force, spitting blood and it was obvious that he was not going to survive!

The people behind were stunned for just a moment before they rushed forward one after another!

They are not afraid of death only because they are the death warriors trained by the Ming government.

For a while, the whirring sound was incessant, and the flashes of swords and sabers looked very mysterious with the golden light reflected by the sun on the lake. Seeing that everyone was killed and injured, several master coaches still could not break through the defense of the people in front of them, and they knew that they had encountered a master!

After looking at each other for a few seconds, they all flew up at the same time and leaped towards the lake from all angles!

Snapped!

Snapped!

Snapped!

Several piercing sounds mixed with the sound of air being squeezed were heard, and none of the master coaches who had jumped up earlier survived!

Ming Lanshi felt like he was going crazy at this moment. He was extremely anxious. Seeing that he had not been able to capture everyone in the garden for such a long time, how could he deal with the black cavalry from the outside world who might knock on the door at any time?

"Kill! Kill with all your might!"

"For every person you kill, you will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver! And you will be free!"

The crowd was boiling with excitement. Wave after wave of attacks swept through Wuzhu, but like waves hitting a rocky shore, the faster they went, the faster they broke into pieces!

The person in front of him clearly didn't show any signs of circulating inner energy, but why didn't he feel tired?

While this side suffered heavy casualties, the team besieging the Supervisory Council made progress!