Chapter 121: The New Wind Pavilion’s Buns, the Emperor’s Son, and the Hall’s Counselor

“I always feel that something is missing in my life.”

On the last day of March in Jiangnan, the spring rain moistened the ground and fell on the Hua Yuan Pavilion, gently like the soft waves of lovers looking at each other. Under the pavilion a pair of men and women were reclining on two extremely comfortable chairs and talking.

Haitang glanced at Fan Xian and said with a shake of her head, “This life of yours, can you call it complete, and what are your shortcomings?”

Fan Xian thought carefully about this life’s past, but it is indeed said to be the spirit of the wind, reckless, want money money, want power, want someone, the enjoyment of the next person can have their own, the next person can not do the enjoyment of their own or can have, but I do not know why, he is the boss of the unfulfilled, how people’s lives should be spent, he thought that he was clear, but really so live up to the heart of the unknown longing but more and more heavy! He is not satisfied with the ideal humanities.

Nothing to do with the ideal humanities those imaginary things, he said with a bitter face: “There used to be an emperor, when he was old and confused when he thought back to the past, said that he had ten great martial arts skills, can be called ten full old man …… Of course, this emperor is also a confused ghost when he was young, but the person is a bit of the emperor, more arrogant than I could be , but I don’t want to be a confused ghost, nor do I think that there is really ten perfect things in the world.”

“You want to be an emperor?” With a wry smile, Haitang asked the topic that everyone who followed Fan Xian around, even a beloved among beloveds like Wang Qinian, didn’t dare to ask.

Haitang felt that Fan Xian was really a wonderful person, hearing himself, a Northern Qi man, ask such a treacherous question, he didn’t even have a hint of concealment, but instead, he very directly fell into contemplation, and this behavior, if outsiders saw it, must think that Fan Xian had already developed an insubordinate heart.

“Being an emperor is too tiring.” Fan Xian said with a headache, “Your family’s emperor, my family’s emperor, it seems that although you live comfortably, it consumes your mind and energy, and it’s really not much fun.”

Haitang smiled faintly and poked, “I see that it’s no easier for you to be this Chinaman than it is to be an emperor.”

Fan Xian said with a bitter smile, “When the emperor wants to see 10,000 people die in front of him without his heart trembling, this is something that I really can’t do.”

Haitang said in a slightly different way, “Haven’t you always thought of yourself as having a ruthless mind in front of me?”

“Killing a dozen people, killing a hundred, I can do it.” Fan Xian said seriously, “If I really want to swim in the sea of blood, I don’t know if I’ll have the ruthlessness by then.”

“The so-called quantitative change causes qualitative change, I’ve told you that before.”

He waved his hand, not wanting to continue this uninteresting topic, and lay back on the chair to listen attentively to those subtle and inaudible sounds of spring rain moisturizing the earth.

The pavilion faded into silence.

Not a moment later, a Supervisory Yuan official wearing lotus clothes, silently appeared at the entrance of the back garden of the Hua Yuan, the rainwater wet his official clothes, letting his body ooze a chilly flavor, it was Deng Ziyue who had just come from Kyoto.

Haitang smiled and said, “It looks like you’re going to continue to be busy again, continuing to plan to kill fewer people.” After saying this, the girlie didn’t wait for Fan Xian to reply, naturally tucking both her hands into her large pockets, she shuffled her steps, shook her waist, and transported her village girl’s steps to leave the pavilion.

Fan Xian smiled as he watched Haitang’s back as she left, only to see that in the drizzling rain, she lightly swayed away, the rain dampened the hair on her temples, it seemed that the girl did not utilize the true qi of the Heavenly Dao, the so-called pro-nature, naturally, only that the pair of feet that were stepping on the cloth shoes were not stained by the water on the ground, so it seemed that she still did some maneuvering.

Deng Ziyue saw Haitang leave, then silently entered the pavilion, opened his mouth and said: “Like yesterday, today the hall is still entangled in those Qing law provisions, although Song Shiren’s teeth are sharp, and he did not lose any ground on the scene, but there is no progress in substance, as long as the Suzhou House is holding on to the Qing law, and Xia Qufei has a will in hand, it is impossible for him to win this lawsuit. ”

Fan Xian nodded, indicating that he knew, and then fell into deep thought.

Today was the last day of March, and the case of the Ming Family’s family fortune that had stirred up Jiangnan had already reached its fourth day. After the blistering storm of the first day, the latter days of the trial were at a stalemate, and although this was something Fan Xian had expected, he was also a bit impatient after having to listen to the returns of his subordinate officials every day.

On the first day of the hearing, Song Shiren was extremely skillful in using the suicide note to determine that Xia Qufei was a descendant of the Ming family, and this news immediately spread from Suzhou to all up and down the south of the Yangtze River, and now all people know that the seventh young master of the Ming family has come back to life and is fighting with the Ming family family for the family property.

Just …… Qing law according to the spirit of the scriptures, the natural inheritance of the first born son has long been deeply rooted in the hearts and minds of the people, but also written explicitly in the law, that suicide note seems to have finished its historical role, for Xia Qufei’s desire, it is difficult to play a great help again.

If Xia Qufei wants to reclaim the huge family property of the Ming family, it is to overthrow the rules that people have been following for thousands of years. And this rule is really powerful not one person can overthrow, not only Fan Xian can not, only even the Emperor of Qing has scruples, if this case breaks the natural inheritance of the first born son, the impact is too great ……

Fan Xian frowned, suddenly thinking of a pile of very bizarre things, if the impact of the Ming family property lawsuit continued to expand to the point that it led to a great debate on the liberation of ideas, then the natural position of that crown prince in the palace?

He sucked in a mouthful of cool air, this plan was drawn up by Yan Bingyun, at the same time after Chen Pingping’s approval, that old cripple who is very resourceful, will not not be able to think of the subsequent impact of this matter, could it be that …… the old cripple has got the emperor’s secret instructions, which began to shake the atmosphere of the public opinion of the crown prince’s natural inheritance?

Jiangnan Ming family’s matter is very big, but if it affects Kyoto, then the matter is more and more big, so much so that Fan Xian does not want to see this situation at all. Although because of his mother’s relationship, Fan Xian could not possibly stand by and watch the crown prince succeed to the throne, and the empress who was bent on killing herself become the empress dowager, in the current situation, directly ruffling the crown prince could potentially prompt the crown prince to donate his former suspicions and join forces with the second prince of the eldest princess-such an outcome that Fan Xian did not want to see for the time being.

Fan Xian fell into silence, he originally gave Song Shiren’s explanation that he would try to drag this lawsuit on, and make this case as sensational and influential as possible, only to realize now that behind this matter lay some of that old cripple’s thoughts.

He is trusting Chen Pingping, but …… Chen Pingping seems to have been based on some kind of reason to protect him, and many things have not been pointed out to him. Fan Xian, on the other hand, was a person who was very willing to learn to understand the situation and take control of it.

“It seems that I really need to make a trip to Wuzhou after the Ming family’s affairs have temporarily subsided.” He sighed, feeling more and more that his father’s arrangement for him to go to Wuzhou to meet his father-in-law was such an intelligent judgment. It seemed that his father had long known that he would definitely have some sort of misgivings about the situation in the imperial court, and now that he was far away from Kyoto, the only person who could really help him solve the problem face-to-face would be the Sangha Master.

Deng Ziyue could not guess Fan Xian’s real worries, but he could also tell that Lord Tisi had some different ideas about the lawsuit over the Ming family’s property, and frowned as he asked for instructions: ”Isn’t it a good idea to let Song Shiren close the lawsuit? Anyway, Xia Qufei is now recognized as the Ming family’s seventh son, and in a few days, the Supervisory Court will step in and allow him to offer sacrifices to his ancestors and return to his family, and according to the Qing law, the Ming family will always give him some shares, and although those shares are not very eye-catching, they still achieve the Lord’s previous goal of allowing him to succeed in entering the interior of the Ming family.”

Fan Xian listened to Deng Ziyue’s analysis and felt slightly comforted, it did feel good to have a close friend by his side, but he did not answer his question, instead he carefully asked, “How is it going to be with this matter of letting the four places arrange for Xia Qufei …… Oh, now it should be called Ming Qingcheng, and letting Ming Qingcheng meet with the oldest member of the Ming family? ”

Since Xia Qufei wanted to stab into the Ming family’s throat like a thorn, of course he had to collude with certain dissidents within the Ming family. Fan Xian didn’t have a very detailed understanding of the obscene collusion of the big families, but in his previous life, he had watched the Hong Kong Wireless TV series for who knows how many times.

Teng Ziyue reported back, “It’s been connected, and we’ll have Xia Qufei meet with the Ming family’s oldest at the beginning of next month.”

Fan Xian nodded, and only then did he begin to talk about the previous question, gently biting his itchy inner lip and calmly saying, “Still let Song Shiren continue to fight, and keep this lawsuit going! The bigger the momentum created, the better …… even if you can not win, you can not lose! Give suzhou government pressure, do not let them force the case to close, has to fight until the whole world of the gentry and the people are beginning to think about that problem!”

Deng Ziyue raised his head, slightly startled, and said, “What problem, my lord?”

Fan Xian, realizing that he had spoken out of turn, laughed, and after thinking for a while, not intending to hide it from the crony in front of him, said, “To make the entire world begin to think about whether or not it is true that the first-born son, by nature, should inherit the family fortune.”

Deng Ziyue is now as the chief officer of the Qinian group, for Fan Xian’s everything is understood very clearly, listening to the Lord of the Tishek this, a little pondering, will taste the flavor of it, was shocked, a fist to dissuade: “adults, so not …… if you let the dynasty in the palace suspect adults …… heart, that can not end well.”

Fan Xian slightly lowered his eyes, said, “Zi Yue, you seem to forget the identity of this official, this official surnamed Fan, do not worry too much, as for doubt my heart …… only afraid of the Palace of the nobles will suspect that this Mr. I when some of the overdue only.”

He has thought about it, anyway, sooner or later is to be against the East Palace, at this time first according to the meaning of Chen Pingping, stabbing each other …… anyway, with his power position today, as long as it is not a conspiracy against the government, no one can put him how. What’s more, even if some people would think that he is creating this kind of public opinion for his own future, more people, should think that Fan Xian is making arrangements for the third prince.

“For this matter, do not report it to Lord Dean.” Fan Xian ordered, “It’s just a small matter.”

Deng Ziyue simply couldn’t hide his horror as he bitterly smiled at the thought that the propaganda offensive to seize the throne had officially begun, was it still just a small matter?

Fan Xian didn’t know what came to mind and suddenly lost his smile, “Song Shiren is just a litigant, but is he the fulcrum that pries the earth apart? Perhaps I have complicated this matter, arguing about the Qing laws in the public hall has little to do with the old rules of the world.”

Deng Zi Yue did not understand the earth these words, but also guessed the general meaning, a bitter smile responded: “That Song Shiren met Chen Bochang, can be said to be a good match, the two sides fight is the sparks, not only in the Qing law on the curves …… if they argue in the hall content really spread out, I’m afraid it will also let people more than one. I’m afraid it will really make people think about that issue more.”

Fan Xian was interested: “Oh? Then I must go and take a look. You go and call out to the Third Highness and Dabao, and then the whole family will go to Suzhou Mansion to watch the fun.”

Deng Ziyue smiled bitterly and led the way.

Under the fine rain, three all-black carriages left Huayuan, slowly drove to the street closest to the Suzhou government office, Huayuan people this is to use lunch to go, at this time, Suzhou government is also in a temporary rest, so everyone is not in a hurry.

Although it is the nearest food street to the Suzhou government office, but in fact the separation is still a little far, sitting on the third floor of the new wind museum Suzhou branch, Fan Xian leaned against the fence and stood, looking at the direction of the Suzhou government through the layers of the rain curtain, annoyed, said: “I’m not clairvoyant, how can I watch the fun?”

Deng Ziyue previously sent people to book the building, and at this time in the arrangement of the defense, listening to the Lord of the Division reprimanded, could not help but smile bitterly and said: “Lord of the Division, this is the most recent …… Although it is said to be a family outing to see the fun, but it is not good to three big carriages to drive to the Suzhou House. Alarmed the government, but also let the people jaw, is really not.”

Fan Xian sighed and said, “If I had known, I would have eaten at home with Yang Jimei’s cook, so why bother to come out in the rain.”

As he was talking, someone behind him pulled on the corner of his coat, he turned around and saw that it was the naive Dabao, he was surprised and asked, “Dabao, what’s wrong?”

Dabao grinned and said, “Xiaoyao …… this …… family also …… has a receiving hall bag.”

Dabao pointed to the top of the table with his thick fingertips, a single steam drawer with a single large white flour bun, bustling with activity, the fresh fragrance inside gradually overflowing.

Fan Xian sighed and sat down beside Dabao, and while using chopsticks to separate the hot buns and taking a spoon to scoop the oil soup from the buns into Dabao’s bowl, he said with a smile, “This is also the New Wind Pavilion, only it’s a branch in Suzhou.”

The New Wind Pavilion’s shopkeeper, who had been serving at the side with small intentions, hurriedly and attentively said, “Yes, Young Master Lin, although Jiangnan is far away, the flavor is not much different from Kyoto, try it.”

Dabao mumbled a few slurred sentences, and began to attack the buns in front of him, leaving the shopkeeper on the sidelines.

It was Fan Xian who was a bit curious and asked, “Boss, how can you call out the words Young Master Lin?”

The shopkeeper laughed dryly and said curtly, “What are you talking about, Mr. Tiji? In Kyoto, you often take young master Lin to eat at the New Wind Pavilion, which is a great honor for the store, and the old shopkeeper is proud and impressed every time he mentions this, even though I’m often in Suzhou, I also know that you have a long history with the New Wind Pavilion, so how would I dare to not serve you with all my heart?”

Fan Xian in Kyoto personally in charge of a, from a government office is the nearest to the new wind museum, so often take Dabao to eat his family to receive the hall baozi. At that time, the world style, but all the powerful and noble people eat, no matter when to make a big row, big feast, like Fan Xian this status of the characters, for receiving the Hall baozi and fried noodles so interested in really is not much, so the new wind Museum although the flavor is extremely beautiful, but because of the family style, even in the State of Qing opened three branches, the fame is also big, but the business has always been ordinary.

Until later, because of the reception of Fan Xian and Lin Dabao from time to time, the New Wind Pavilion in Kyoto has gradually upgraded the grade, I do not know how many students and scholars to attract, to sit in the seat where the Poetry Immortal had sat, to taste a taste of the small Fan Sir can not forget the steamed buns, so that the New Wind Pavilion of the old shopkeeper can not help but be overjoyed.

This Suzhou branch of the shopkeeper naturally know Fan Xian is his own and other guests, of course, fart like a tide, and extra care to spread some of the fishy flavor of the seasoning, shot Fan Xian extremely comfortable, for a time, even can not see the Suzhou House of the scene of depression also eliminated most of the half.

Fan Xian is eating noodles, Dabao is nibbling on buns, the third highness is extremely not in line with his age of stability, extremely polite eating a bowl of dumplings, Si Si led a few small maids drank two bowls of congee, then stood under the eaves, looking at the rain from the sky, stretching out of the eaves to continue, laughing and joyful, not lively.

Fan Xian has never been very much in charge of the subordinates, so these maids are very lively, listening to the sound of laughter coming from behind him, his mood is also good, waved his hand to summon Deng Ziyue, said: “Suzhou House should have already begun, you send someone to listen to, it is best to copy some to see.”

Deng Ziyue nodded and went to arrange for manpower.

Fan Xian waved his hand again and told Gouda a few tiger guards to go and eat next to him, before turning back to continue the bowl of noodles, in which he naturally could not be spared from snatching a piece of meat filling from Dabao’s plate once again and eating it. Dabao is still as usual that does not make any noise, the large size indicates a small grudge.

Haitang didn’t know where she had gone, and at this time the New Wind Pavilion was filled with Fan Xian’s subordinates, subordinates and relatives, and he was very relaxed and happy, enjoying the rain, picking at the white noodles, and putting all his thoughts aside.

When he realized that Dabao had finished eating, Fan Xian warmly asked if he wanted more, and Dabao shook his head, so Fan Xian took out a handkerchief from his pocket and carefully wiped off the grease around Dabao’s mouth.

The Third Prince looked at this scene, slightly surprised, an odd look flashing in his eyes.

The tiger guards at the table next to him also froze.

Fan Xian’s love and care for Dabao was well known to the world, but when they really saw this kind of scene, there were still a lot of people who couldn’t connect this Fan Xian with that vicious and harshly carved Minister of Supervision. This scene had touched Deng Ziyue and Mu Tie when they ate at the New Wind Pavilion, and today, the Tiger Guards and His Third Highness might also have a new perspective on Fan Xian.

For a demented great-uncle so heart, absolutely not simple can be used “love the house and the crow” to explain, although Fan Xian really love to respect his wife – these details in the performance, if always Fan Xian used to disguise, used to buy people’s hearts! If they had always been Fan Xian’s actions to disguise himself and buy people’s hearts, no one would have believed them. If he did this from the bottom of his heart all year long, he would be either a great traitor or a great sage.

What kind of person was Fan Xian?

In the rainy season of the Jiangnan water town, it was never possible to say that the spring rain was as expensive as oil, so the drizzle grew larger and larger, and the heavens did not spare any effort to moisturize and irrigate the earth.

Fan Xian squinted at the rain outside the eaves, but his mind had already turned elsewhere. It was clearly stated in the newspaper that this year’s precipitation in the upper reaches of the Great River was not very abundant, and although it would have some impact on the resumption of plowing in those affected areas, at least for the time being, there was no need to worry about the dreadful monster of the spring floods. In this way, the repair of the river things, can be carried out smoothly, at this time Yang Wanli should have just reported to the Kyoto, probably need some time to the river governor’s office.

As for the silver needed for the river project …… this time the inner treasury bidding than previous years more than eighty percent, the number of the surface has been closed, and through a series of complex procedures, began to transport to Kyoto, first into the inner treasury, and then by the emperor explicitly allocated a number of into the national treasury, and then sent to the river governor’s office.

And in the dark, in the supervision court household department of the full cooperation, in Fan Xian father sent the old officials carefully do the account, there has been a large sum of silver, began to through different ways, directly sent to the river transportation where needed, the name used has also been prepared. In this large sum of silver, there is a part from the inner treasury standard silver, the transfer division of the silver stored in the hard to squeeze out of the share, there is also a large part of Fan Xian through the Haitang, to the small emperor of Northern Qi temporarily borrowed the silver.

Anyway, those silver are placed in the Taiping money bank, Fan Xian first used to use, as for the return of …… that also have to wait for Xia Qifei and the north of the Fan Sicheng after the link, with the inner library of smuggled goods slowly to return. These things, although Fan Xian has done enough to cover up the effort, and the matter of the Emperor of Northern Qi is more cover up the knot, absolutely will not let the Qing Dynasty court hear any wind, but the silver to the river things, Fan Xian has been in the emperor’s secret message mentioned. This thing, Fan Xian has no selfishness, one or two silver are not fishing, and the whole thing is hidden operation, Fan Xian simply can not be invited from the matter of a few silk love of the people’s name …… all the benefits, all the people of the State of Qing got, in the final analysis, but also so that the emperor old man got the benefits of the Emperor naturally acquiesced to the matter.

Now Fan Xian only need to explain to the emperor’s old man problem, is – this large sum of silver, how he actually get his hands on.

Since he can’t say the emperor of north qi this big gold master, need a good reason, Fan Xian early in the beginning of the plan, for this thing has been made arrangements, part of the two years of the officialdom operation of the bribe silver, part of the subversion of Cui’s family before the benefits, part of the down to the south of the river after the internal library of the transshipment division scraped the land.

In the future, if the account with the emperor is still not right, Fan Xian also has a last trick, say that this silver is five bamboo uncle left himself.

Forgive the emperor is not likely to go to find five bamboo confrontation, if the river really good, maybe the dragon face a pleasure, the emperor will also use this year’s so rich treasury standard silver also part of Fan Xian.

Regarding the Ming family, Fan Xian naturally also has a backhanded arrangement, the investigation is slowly being carried out, just at present are covered up by that glorious lawsuit. Moreover, for Fan Xian, dealing with the Ming family is really a long-term job, and he can only gradually nibble away at it. If the means are really too fierce, and the Ming family is oppressed too much, affecting the stability of Jiangnan, I’m afraid that Xue Qing, the Governor of Jiangnan, will be the first one to come out and oppose it.

For the rule of the dynasty, stability, has always been the overriding requirement.

The survival of the Ming family, in fact, not in the Jiangnan lawsuit above, but in the Kyoto palace on the fight, if the master of the Ming family – the Princess and the princes fell in the power struggle, the Ming family naturally difficult to protect their own basket of eggs, if it is Fan Xian lost, the Ming family will naturally re-raise his eyebrows, Xia Qufei will be like a lost dog fleeing in all directions. If Fan Xian loses, the Ming family will naturally be back on their feet, and Xia Qufei will be running around like a dog in distress.

If Fan Xian and the Elder Princess still maintained the current state of not being on top of each other, then the Ming family would only be like this today, being crushed by Fan Xian, but never collapsing, stubbornly and humbly living, struggling, waiting.

“My lord.”

A soft shout pulled Fan Xian out of his contemplation. He shook his head somewhat drowsily, and only then did he realize that the light of the sky outside was much dimmer than it had been earlier, not only because of the heavier rain, but also because it was getting late in the day, and it was only then that he realized that he had spent so much time thinking about this. Thinking about this section, he couldn’t help but sigh, it seems that Haitang was right, his own life of this day, than the emperor can’t be easier.

Glancing at Si Si who was already tired of playing and was crouching at the edge of the railing for a nap, Fan Xian signaled with his eyes for a little girl to go and put a piece of clothing on her, and then glanced at Dabao who was squirming and talking about something with the Third Prince, before he lifted his spirits and took out his addiction to watching the theater, and said to Teng Zi Yue, “How’s it going over there?”

Teng Zi Yue smiled, handed over the paper in his hand, and said to his ear, “This is the defense that was written down in the courtroom……. Lord, do you think that you want the eight offices to make a collection of these defense statements and publish them in the world?”

This was a very venomous and bold idea, and it seemed that Deng Ziyue had finally recognized Fan Xian’s idea, knowing that the Supervisory Yuan could no longer remain neutral in the matter of the seizure of the first wife, as it had done all those years before.

Fan Xian laughed and scolded, “It’s only rumors, but if this is printed in a book, won’t the palace hate me to death?”

Hearing the word palace, the third prince on the other table glanced this way. Fan Xian pretended not to see it and sighed, “When it comes to the eight offices …… in Jiangnan, the manpower is too small, and that matter has not had much effect until today.”

This is talking about the action of propagating the story of Xia Qufei in Jiangnan, Fan Xian had thought that there are eight offices to start, in the rumor war in Kyoto can beat the second prince without the power of retort, and now there is the miserable story of Xia Qufei’s loss of his mother and expulsion to do the script, and there is the judgment of the Suzhou House as evidence, it can be a place to make a scene in Jiangnan, and the image of the Ming family as a good person created in the past few years will be destroyed all the time, and I did not anticipate that the strength of the Ming family is really deep in Jiangnan. The eight office in Jiangnan is too few people, the Ming family also sent a lot of storytellers outside the yelling, anyway, is the family property lawsuit and Xia Qufei’s mob background, the conspiracy of the Lord of Kyoto linked.

In comparison, Fan Xian’s reputation is much worse, although the people of Jiangnan believe that Xia Qifei is the seventh son of the Ming family, but they all think that the reason why Xia Qifei suddenly jumped out this year is because of the Kyoto officials represented by Fan Xian …… want to oppress the local good people of Jiangnan.

Fan Xian thought of this, is a burst of laughter, it seems that the master of the Ming family has been pretending to be sick in bed Ming Qingda, really for their own style of action to understand the very detailed, to cope with the means and speed of the means and speed is also incomparably accurate and fast, Ming Qingda, really not simple.

The power is in his hands, not in Jiangnan, so Fan Xian can be full of ease to the dispute with the Ming family as a game, for the Ming Qingda does not have too much hostility, but instead is a light appreciation, and so he will Deng Ziyue presented the paper after reading it again, but also can not help but laugh out loud.

Jiangnan more wonderful people, Kyoto to the Song Shiren can not be bad, this Suzhou House in the lawsuit, even has gradually separated from the scope of the Qing law, began to develop in the direction of Chen Pingping hope, the two sides cited the classics, words will be called the former Wei, arching hand will be Road Zhuang everyone, where it is like in the lawsuit, in order to the first-born son inheritance of this deeply rooted in people’s minds, both sides are like in the opening of a show of the pre-session feast!

Fan Xian smiled and shook his head, and the tense and absurd scene of the trial at Suzhou Mansion seemed to appear before his eyes.

Above the public hall in Suzhou Mansion. The debate is still going on, this is already the fourth day, both sides of the main war generals in the continuous use of the brain, are a little tired, so the gap between the opening of the hall is also much longer than the first day, not much to say, there will be someone will be the first to ask for a break.

Suzhou governor also understands that Xia Qufei side is trying to drag, but he had no choice, early to get the word of attention of the Lord of the Qinzai, to be their own public justice to break the case, and can not end the case haphazardly …… since it can not be haphazardly end, of course, by the two sides of the hall to argue.

But …… a Song Shiren, a Chen Bochang, are famous to be able to say the role, let them argue, I’m afraid they can say a whole year!

Suzhou governor also see white, look down, so every time both sides ask for a break, will smile and allow, but also commanded yamen to bring stools for both sides to sit, as for the tea and other things, more will not be less.

Ming Lan Shi sat on the stool with an iron color, these days the young master of the Ming family is also dragged miserable, the business of the family can not help at all, the several uncles are purely some of the dry rice does not do the work of the waste, bias after the opening of the internal treasury bidding, to the north of Fujian into the goods of the things need to be an important person in the family, so had to be claimed by the father who has been sick in bed to get up again, presided over these things.

The Ming family is clear that the Lord is trying to use this lawsuit to disorganize their own family’s position, so that their own family within the library of the shopping mall that some of the distraction. Just the Ming family does not have any too good response method, had to accompany each other has been dragging …… anyway, look at this situation, the lawsuit may also drag a year may not be, anyway, will not lose on the good.

At this time it is the turn of the Ming family to speak, the famous Jiangnan litigator Chen Bochang face a little gray, it seems that these days a lot of trouble and effort. He took the hot towel from the student beside him and wiped his face vigorously, regained his spirit, walked to the hall, and said with a straight face: “Ancient sages have said that the so-called five Confucianisms – fathers and sons have kinship, rulers and ministers have righteousness, husbands and wives have differentiation, the order of elders and children, and friends have faith. Your Excellency, since Mr. Xia has been identified as the Ming family’s seventh young master, the kinship of father and son is not at odds with the Ming family’s house ……”

Before the words were finished, Song Shiren on that side of the room had already intercepted in a conspiratorial manner, “It’s not Mr. Xia, it’s Mr. Ming, don’t say it’s wrong again, or else when the case is over, the Ming Qingcheng Ming Seventh Young Master can continue to sue you.”

Song Shiren’s face is not very good, eyes some deep-set, he came to Jiangnan this single, a due to the children and students are too late to bring, although there is the help of the Supervisory Yuan of the clerical staff, but in the pile of old paper to find the evidence, to find favorable to their own side of the scriptures, always not easy, and the other party is the local litigant, behind the back of the number of people do not know how many people to help, so even the war for four days, that is, the world’s number one litigant, the spirit of the spirit is also some can not stand it.

Listening to Song Shiren’s words, Chen Bochang was not in a hurry, smilingly apologized to Xia Qiu flying salute, and continued: “But the four words of the order of the eldest and youngest, but have to be careful, Ming Qingda Ming old man since the first son of the eldest house, of course, of course, have the right to dispose of the property of the Ming family.”

He continued in a loud voice: “The four systems of mourning service in the Book of Rites have the cloud, there are two days in heaven, there are two masters in the earth, there are two rulers in the country, and there are no two honors in the family.”

Chen Bochang said more and more vigor, voice also more and more impassioned: “Since ancient times, how can it change a little? Qing law has long been established, Mr. Xia …… Ming why bother to dwell on this? Also please your honor early finalized is.”

Song Shiren stood up with some difficulty, smiled in Xia Qufei’s caring eyes, walked to the front of the hall and said proudly, “The so-called family property, but the word of inheritance and disintegration, Mr. Chen said earlier, I have no objections, but the inheritance is a pile, disintegration of the property is another pile, the old master of Ming also had a knighthood in those years, and now has been inherited by the Ming Qingda, Mr. Ming Qingcheng does not doubt this, but the inheritance However, he only discusses the size of the first concubine, but there is another way to analyze the property.”

Chen Bochang said with a slight anger: “The inheritance is the protection of the analyzed property, the position is clear, the right to analyze the property is naturally called out.”

Inheritance and property separation, are the two most important parts of inheritance, Song Shiren said with a cold smile, “But property separation is the foundation of inheritance, you said Qing law earlier, I will also say Qing law!”

He slapped the golden fan in his hand, said loudly: “Qing law series note thirty-four small rules: the family government is unified in the honored elders, the family property is public property! My master, I have no opinion on the family government, but this family property, is really public property, of course, we must analyze it in detail, as for how to analyze the law, since the will of the old master Ming is here, of course, we must follow the former honored one!”

Chen Bochang was furious, which is so hard to separate the inheritance and analyze the reasoning?

“The Qing Law also states that if a cohabiting honorary elder does not share the family’s wealth equally, the crime will be treated as if the humble child had used the family’s wealth privately, with a 20-kan cane for every 20 kan!” Song Shiren looked coldly at Ming Lan Shi and said word for word: “My subject has been expelled from his home since he was a child, does this count as deliberate unevenness? If twenty Guan canes twenty …… Ming family more than two hundred thousand Guan? I see just how many asses the Ming family can be beaten!”

Ming Lan Shi stood up in great anger.

Song Shiren but turned the direction, to the hall of the governor smiled a salute, and then said: “This is the Qinghui Code, the Ministry of Justice, the humble young private trespassing property article in the negligence of the record, the adults back in the day is also a law degree, should know that the next people said is not wrong.”

Not waiting for the Ming family again, Song Shiren again proudly said: “On the law, I also have a pile, the Qing law of the marriage of righteous households in the explicitly stated that, that is, cohabitation should be divided, not equal equalizer, counted by the invasion of sitting on the spoils of the theory of the reduction of the third class! What kind of offense is this? This is a felony of theft.”

Chen Bochang’s eyes narrowed, admiring this litigator from Kyoto, obviously a simple and incomparable family property lawsuit, hard to be cut by him into two aspects of the inheritance and analysis of the property, and then jumped around like a monkey in the crevice, step by step, although he took the Qing law scripture firmly stood his ground, but it is really unimaginable that the other party even remembered those small provisions of the law of many years ago so clear.

Just now Song Shiren said that a few Qing law, are the court revision of the law forgot to change over the things, I’m afraid that has long disappeared in the cabinet of certain rats do not bother to pick up the dark place, at this time but the other party so carefully found, and in the public hall above the hall with out – this litigant is really powerful!

Song Shiren face serene, his eyes are blood gradually appear, can the lawsuit to the present extent, has been the limit of his ability, assault on the analyzed property, really want to round up really complicated, his heart gradually born a little grasp, even if the will is still invalid in the end, but at least he can try to play a “all the sons of the equal share” effect.

One seventh of the Ming family was not a small amount.

Although he couldn’t understand Fan Xian’s ambitions, since Lord Qin valued him so highly, he naturally wanted to make this lawsuit a beautiful one, and write the most beautiful and honorable piece of writing for the profession of a litigator.

To be able to participate in the Ming family estate this level of struggle, for the litigators, has been the highest level, something bigger, such as …… that the palace succession, a district litigators where there is the qualification to speak? And if not the court is divided into two parties, even into the wrestling thing, the Ming family’s family property lawsuit is also simply not possible to go to the court, more likely to file a case, Song Shiren is also unlikely to have the opportunity to participate.

So although he is very tired, the spirit has a kind of morbid exuberance, this kind of opportunity is too little, one must grasp.

If Song Shiren knew that this lawsuit he was fighting in Jiangnan would stimulate the sensitive nerves of certain people, thus indirectly leading to the cooperation of certain people, and make the conflict between Fan Xian and those people appear to be confronted in advance …… Even if he was given a few more stimuli to stay in the history of the world, he would only be scared and hurry up to slip away in anonymity.

Song Shiren didn’t care about that one: the so-called family property, everyone wants to fight for it, whether it’s the Ming family’s or the emperor’s.