Chapter 84 – Sublineage Zhongshan Wolf (Up)

The laughter didn’t last long before it stopped, as Fan Xian suddenly realized that he was a little too complacent and rampant, not a good sign.

And the fainted Ming Qingda also woke up, his big silk sheet cotton lined robe windless, his fists clenched, his eyes slightly red, staring fiercely at Fan Xian’s face.

The laughter stopped, and the fainting man woke up, as if the previous scene had not happened, but in fact, it was clear to all that 30% of the Ming family’s shares had already fallen into Fan Xian’s hands.

If it was only 30%, it was still far from enough.

Ming Qingda looked at Xia Qufei standing behind Fan Xian, thinking of the 10% shares in this man’s hands, and then thinking of that Fourth Master Ming who was gradually centrifuging from the family, his heart grew colder and colder, yet he still held a fluke of hope.

“Send off the guests.” The old master took one last look at the paperwork in Fan Xian’s hands, and said somewhat tiredly and feebly.

Fan Xian did not move, squinting his eyes at the gorgeous buildings in the Ming Garden, filled with admiration, as if the garden had become his.

Ming Qingda’s face changed again.

Xia Qufei flashed out from behind Fan Xian, glanced at his elder brother, and said softly, “Send off the guests.”

The same two sounds of sending off, but coming from the lips of two people, this represented that regarding the belonging of the Ming family, the identity of the master of the Ming family, Xia Qufei had formally stepped forward and started to challenge Ming Qingda.

The guests in the living room to watch the ceremony know that today this matter is big, and do not know what will happen immediately after, the Ming family master in anger will do what things, in order to seek a clear conscience, the crowd rushed to take off to leave, actually even the etiquette can not be cared about. The witnesses, including the officials of Suzhou Municipality, also hurriedly bowed to Fan Xian and fled out of the garden.

The hall was suddenly quiet, the people left behind included Fan Xian’s side and the two houses of the Ming family, although the number of people was not quite a lot, but knowing that the showdown was about to take place, no one dared to make a sound.

Ming Qingda glanced coldly at Fan Xian, pulling out a deed-end certificate from his pocket and slowly tearing it off, “Why don’t you make a rascal of yourself and swallow this half-percent of Lan Shi’s shares as well?”

Fan Xian glanced at him, shook his head, and said, “I’m a court official and I don’t do business, so what do I need your son’s shares for?”

He walked to the back of his party and sat down on a chair, no longer talking much, just quietly admiring the scene.

He rushed to suzhou today, on the one hand is to see this drama, on the one hand is also to give Xia Qifei support, Ming family in Jiangnan day long, under the hands of thousands of private soldiers, if really want to make a big deal, Xia Qifei’s Jiangnan water fortress and do not see to be able to resist head on.

Xia Qufei stood in front of Ming Qingda, a slight smile, said: “Merchants Bank proprietor wrote in advance to prepare the book, his hands of 30% of the shares, by my words. Years ago, Suzhou government judgment big brother discretionary compensation small seven, big brother generosity, gifted 10% of the shares, small seven grateful, in the future big brother end of the Ming garden, small seven will certainly serve with heart.”

Ming Qingda in his son’s support barely stood in the hall, he glanced at the Ming clan men behind him, a tragic smile emerged on his face, said, “It seems that secretly there are a lot of people cast to your side, otherwise you will not speak with this kind of bottom …… to say, within this year, my Ming family’s energy is used to dealing with Little Lord Fan, but I have neglected you.”

When these words came out, the expressions of the male members of the Ming Clan were complicated, those who had already secretly cast their lot with Xia Qufei looked ashamed, while those who didn’t know the inside story had a shocked look on their faces, but only the fourth master of the Ming Clan looked at the sky with both of his eyes, indescribable indifference.

Ming Qingda took a deep breath, his face looked incomparably old, he knew that since the other party dared to come to grab the position of the master of the Ming family, it must have a complete grasp, but he still stored the idea of a final struggle.

He looked back and stared coldly at the fourth master of the Ming family, saying word by word, “You gave him the shares as well?”

“The one who knows the time is a handsome man.” Fourth Master Ming said slowly.

Ming Qingda laughed miserably three times, pointing at his nose and cursing, “Idiot! The Ming family died from this, all because of you! I’ll see how you can meet the Ming Family’s ancestors after you die, and how you can face your mother later!”

Fourth Master Ming shuddered slightly, and then laughed coldly, the smile looked very vicious: “Big brother, I don’t have the face to meet? Last year I was caught in the Suzhou Prefecture prison, you don’t let people come to fish me out so be it, actually sent people to assassinate me …… such a brother, do you have the face to go see?”

Ming Qingda stared at his eyes and said, “The situation at that time had to be so ……”

“I understand.” The fourth master of Ming laughed nervously, “You want the Jiangnan gentry to sympathize with our Ming family, so you want me to die in prison …… But have you thought about it! I am also a son of the Ming family! Why should I die! Why don’t you go and die?”

Why don’t you go and die?

Ming Qingda was trembling, turned back to Xia Qufei and yelled in a sharp voice: “Show all your cards! Even if Lao San and Lao Si, the two aunties raised by them, voted for you, you’re still not enough!”

Xia Qufei glanced at him and slowly opened his mouth, “Merchants Bank has more than 30% on hand.”

“More than thirty percent?”

“Yes.” Xia Qufei calmly said, “Ming Lao six these years outside owed how much silver, you know …… he is the old Taijun most painful young son, you have always been scornful of him, so his dosage of gerrymandering, strictly prohibit him from meddling in the clan’s property, but he is greedy for fun, is a person who likes to use the silver …… Then he had to reach out and borrow from the outside, and he has no industry, of course, only to use the shares that the old Taijun left him back then as collateral.”

“Lao Liu?” Ming Qingda stared wide-eyed, how could he not have thought, the Ming family change of ownership of a key sum, is actually from his own brother, he was stunned to look back, looking at the crowd of fear, has been to the team backed up the Ming six masters, perplexed, said: “the old six …… you crazy? ”

Ming sixth master at this time a face of dead mourning, half rickety body hiding behind the crowd, avoiding the big brother devouring gaze. Under the accumulated authority of Ming Qingda’s family head, these male members of the clan were all scared back half a step by his murderous gaze.

“It’s not that he’s crazy, it’s that all the people in the Ming family are crazy.” Xia Qufei said indifferently, “Look at this garden, the people inside each have their own mind, a belly full of bad water …… including me, all the people surnamed Ming, born from the bones are permeated with selfishness and thinness, when the big trouble is approaching, who will still remember this family name? After all is said and done, the cause of the Ming family’s defeat is still you, you defend everyone in the clan, but give in to the pressure from the outside …… acting like this, how can you not lose?”

The hall was silent.

Ming Qingda suddenly laughed, just laughed with indescribable despair and anger, he pointed at Xia Qufei and said, “You think that if you take more than 50% of the shares, you can talk in the Ming family? Don’t forget, there is still the share of the palace in the Ming family’s industry, there is also the share of the military, what you can control …… is still less than a number!”

At this time has been silent for a long time Fan Xian finally opened his mouth, said softly: “That is the dry shares.”

The two words “dry shares” clarified the situation.

Fan Xian looked at Ming Qingda, who was on the verge of falling into a state of insanity, and said, “Can the shares that don’t go on the books be taken out openly to fight a lawsuit?”

Ming Qingda stared at Fan Xian’s abominably beautiful face and said, “Little Lord Fan, could it be that you …… really dare to eat the shares of the Elder Princess and Master Qin?”

Fan Xian stood up, slightly inclined his head, and after thinking for a while said with a gentle smile, “If I don’t dare to eat it, what am I doing here today?”

Inside a small secluded courtyard in Ming Garden, Ming Qingda sat alone in front of his desk, his face no longer had much luster, like a copper lamp that had been boiled dry of grease, indescribably haggard. This afternoon, Xia Qufei had already driven him down from the position of Ming family master by virtue of the shares occupied in his hands, and at the same time, under the dual notarization or surveillance of Jiangnan Road and the Supervisory Yuan, all the books of accounts had been sealed, and all the manpower in the garden had been uniformly replaced.

Ming Qingda, the previous master of the Ming family who had been holding back for a year, was even unable to get his orders out at all at this time. Although it was only half a day, he knew that once he was caught in this situation, it was only a matter of time before he was forgotten by the people of the Ming family and the people of Jiangnan.

“Why does …… Fan Xian dare to do this.” This old master was puzzled, the deep wrinkles on his forehead caught the color of dead ashes, muttering to himself, “The eldest princess will help me.”

“Do you think so?” He asked somewhat blankly.

A hint of a fearful scowl also spread across the aunt’s face. She was originally the Eldest Princess’s personal courtesan in the first place, and was sent to the Ming family in Jiangnan, firstly, to monitor, secondly, to be responsible for contacting, and last year, when Ming Qingda hanged his own mother, it was through this Ming Elder Taijun’s eldest maid that she obtained a nod from the palace.

“I don t know …… the palace has not been echoed, it will not be an accident, right?”

Ming Qingda laughed miserably, “No wonder …… no wonder Fan Xian will be so confident, the original he has long known that the palace can not help us …… If even the eldest princess is out of the question, we are just a piece of fat meat in his mouth, casually Whenever you want to eat can, he also made so many means, is also regarded me.”

“It’s not to look down on you.”

Fan Xian led Xia Qufei to push the door in, rubbing some cold hands, sitting opposite Ming Qingda, said, “From the very beginning, you and I know in our hearts, the court wants to destroy your Ming family, it is too easy a thing …… The problem is that the court does not want to destroy you. ”

Ming Qingda looked at him.

“His Majesty wants a whole intact Ming family, not a Ming family that is on the verge of bankruptcy, dying, and finally the family is broken, so to eat you, the difficulty is indeed not small.” Fan Xian said, “And it’s best for this matter to be resolved peacefully, without having to cause too many lives and mess up Jiangnan’s livelihood …… You know that the Ming family is a giant beast, and it’s not easy to tame it.”

He continued, “This official has given you the opportunity, but you did not seize it.”

Ming Qingda gasped somewhat roughly for two breaths and said, “What will you do next? You know that I still have at least close to half of the shares in my hands on my side.”

“From now on, you have no standing to speak in the Ming family.” Fan Xian said, “From today, the Ming family will be under the authority of Xia Qufei.”

Xia Qufei opened his mouth on the side, as if explaining to Ming Qingda, and as if delivering a final blow to the old man that hurt to the depths of his soul: “I have ordered that all the account books of the Ming Garden be sent to the Governor’s Office of the Jiangnan Road, and that all efforts will be made to cooperate with the court in reviewing the matter of the internal storehouse ships that were repeatedly robbed by the sea bandits in the past years.”