"Since you know it's a rumor, what's there to panic about!" Old Taijun screamed angrily, and the old woman's voice was sharpened by some wonderful sense of humiliation, as terrible as the tip of a knife slashing across a porcelain piece.

The aunt who was sitting next to her was frightened, and quickly sat back in the chair, not daring to say a word more.

The old lady of the Ming family was jealous and ruthless, so the old man of the Ming family only married three concubines back then, and now there are only two women left in that generation. Fortunately, the Ming family is prosperous, and now Xia Qifei, who is drinking in Jiangnan, is not counted, there are a total of six men in the two rooms with children, the eldest son of Ming Qingda's long house, is the head of the Ming family today, and the third and fourth are all born to this aunt, seeing their biological mother being yelled at by the old lady like this, these two will naturally not feel very comfortable, but the old lady has accumulated power for a long time, and no one dares to tell anything.

As the eldest son, Ming Qingda naturally had to come forward to explain the situation, but the old lady of Ming didn't even pay much attention to the nominal master of the Ming family, and said with a cold old face: "Remember it all for me! The seventh child of the Ming family has been dead for more than ten years, as for what Xia is in Suzhou City now...... wants to use the rumors more than ten years ago to make trouble, my Ming family can't tolerate him. ”

Ming Qingda was dismissed, but he still had a smile on his face, and said gently: "Mother, such a ridiculous rumor is naturally not believed by anyone. It's just that...... What if the court just wants to believe it?"

This sentence is very straightforward, Xia Qifei is Fan Xian's pawn, if the imperial court forces represented by Fan Xian just want to take this opportunity to absorb the Ming family's huge family property and strength without blood, this situation is the most dangerous.

The old lady blinked his somewhat cloudy eyes, and said in disgust: "That official surnamed Fan said yes? Could it be that this court is unreasonable?"

Ming Qingda thought to himself. It's just that in the past, the imperial court was on the side of its own family, so the truth and fists in the world were the hardest, and they were all their own families, and if there was a disagreement within the court, this own fist would have been cut off by itself.

He smiled wryly and said, "Please show your mother." ”

Xia Qifei is fierce, looking at the appearance of today's bidding, the money brought is very abundant, and he has the support of Lord Qincha. How to deal with this Ming family, there is always a need for the old lady Ming to draw up a charter.

Ming Lao Taijun is not necessarily as righteous and domineering as she seems in her heart, she did not answer Ming Qingda's question directly, just stared at the children of the Ming family who were all over the courtyard, and said in a cold voice: "Now the situation is different from previous years, a few days ago I asked Lan Shi to go to the various rooms to see you uncles, let you be honest...... Today, the old body repeats again, at this time, you don't want to bring any trouble to the Ming family, just walk the birds at home. Drive all those Lu Hans who can only wrestle out of the garden!"

"And no one is allowed to pass on this matter! If I hear anyone chewing their tongues behind their backs, beware that I will pull out your slips!"

Mrs. Ming said so anxiously and angrily that she coughed. The big girl behind her hurriedly gave her a gentle slap on the back, and the eldest grandson Minglanshi beside her hurriedly handed over a bowl of tea respectfully.

The children of the Ming family in the court leaned over in unison, not daring to disobey the old lady's order.

Ming Qingda glanced at his mother, and stopped talking.

Old Taijun Ming sneered in her heart, her son lacks the power to make decisions when he does things, this bad person, he always has to do it himself, she took a shallow sip of tea. He said indifferently: "Tomorrow is the second day of the bid opening, and you also know that Lord Qincha is coming for our family, and the eight bids behind are tied up in two batches, and the price will be much higher than in previous years." There is only one night, and then go to the current money bank to issue tickets. I'm afraid it's too late, so at this time, a few of you brothers will go back, collect the private money in your room, and hand it over to the account office for a while. ”

As soon as this sentence came out, the gentlemen of the Ming family in the court were dumbfounded, and they didn't let themselves walk the birds and wrestle, it was just temporary boredom, and no one could endure it, but ...... Why do you have to take those poor private houses to fill in the small amount of private silver back and forth? Every year when the inner treasury opens the bid, the family will prepare enough silver taels, if the price of the eight bids is outrageously high, if you don't grab it, how can you use it so desperately? The imperial court will not set an upper limit, who will know how much silver will be filled?

These men were born with a golden key, but they have no inheritance rights, and they only know the characters who enjoy life, where do they know the true meaning of the internal library bidding for the Ming family, which implies the struggle between the forces in the interior of the imperial court, listening to the words of the old lady, he subconsciously did not want to respond.

The sixth master of the Ming family is younger, he likes to wrestle on weekdays, and he is more courageous, so he mustered up the courage and said: "Mother, our brothers have never been able to participate in the business of the clan, they all live on a monthly basis, and each of them has a large family to support, even if they save some private money...... But the pitiful silver was filled in, and I was afraid that it would ...... It's not much use, it's better to ......."

Before he finished speaking, a teacup had already smashed in front of him, making a crisp sound!

Ming Liuye was startled, his body shook, and looking at the look of the old lady above, he was so frightened that his legs weakened and he knelt down.

The old lady looked at him with a cold face, and said, "Poor silver, don't you know how much you have benefited from the public over the years? Your wives and uncles are all famous and rich people in Suzhou now...... I used to be invisible, because after all, you are all the flesh and blood of the Ming family, and according to the ancestral rules, you are not allowed to take over the business of the clan...... But what kind of situation is it now? Kneel and obey me!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone, including Ming Qingda, knelt in front of the two Taishi chairs.

The old lady's voice was as chilling as a poisonous snake Nobuko: "The big tree has fallen, are you monkeys good?" I will make it clear, if the landmark cannot be marked tomorrow." Even if our Ming family can hold out for a few more years, but after all, it will only be a failure, at this time, we can't be allowed to retreat, we can only enter...... In this joint, you don't want to hide it!"

The aunt looked at her son in the court distressedly, and leaned over to persuade her: "Sister, don't be angry. They know how to do it. ”

The Ming family in the court was not lightly frightened, pounding their heads like garlic, and admitting their mistakes again and again.

"It's good to know what you're wrong. Mrs. Ming slowly leaned back in the chair, her eyes seemed to be closed, and she said, "Stay with you for a while."

Then they shall go back, and whatever method you may use, give the money to the tent before dawn to-morrow, two hundred thousand taels per room, and six hundred and fifty thousand taels for the old. ”

As soon as these words came out. The second, fourth and fifth children have no opinions, although they are still very distressed, but the third child quit, straightens his neck and says: "Mother, why does the sixth child only pay 150,000 taels?"

The old lady glared at him and said, "The sixth is the youngest, and he has been in contact with the garrison in the past two years, he likes to wrestle, and he spends more money, so you are a brother." What's the matter with him?"

The third child snorted rough air in his nose, and said dissatisfied: "Don't I spend money on weekdays?"

In fact, everyone knows that this is Lao Taijun's young son who feels sorry for him, but anyone can say this. can't let the third child say it, because the third child is the aunt's own son. When the aunt and grandmother saw that the situation was not good, they gave the third child a look again and again, but the third child really didn't take advantage of the recent money, so she refused to bow her head.

The old lady scolded angrily: "You know that you spent money in the Qinglou and bought those bitches back home, does this money make sense?"

From the tragic experience of Xia Qifei's mother and son, it can be seen that this old lady is good for some kind of ringworm in men. There's a very persistent sense of disgust.

"What about Big Brother?"

"I'm Nagafang. Ming Qingda knelt on the ground, looked at his brothers with a smile, and said, "Naturally, I have to do a little more effort, I think it's 500,000 taels." ”

Hearing that the eldest brother said this, the brothers couldn't say anything more. The Mingyuan family gathering broke up immediately, and the brothers hurried out of the garden to raise money. Although they did hide a lot of private houses, it was indeed difficult to raise these numbers overnight.

The third child of the Ming family followed the brothers outside, crying and being poor, counting on the brothers to help, but at this time, everyone was too busy to take care of themselves, and in front of the strict orders of the old lady Ming, no one dared to be sloppy, where could they take care of him!

......

......

"Time is too tight. ”

Aunt and grandmother also went back to their own yard at this time, and in the courtyard of the old lady, they only took one of the long rooms, Ming Qingda frowned slightly and said: "Lord Qincha's hand came suddenly, but he didn't give us much time to react. ”

Old Taijun Ming glanced at his son, sighed and said, "Today in the Neku Mansion, your reaction is good, at least you bought one more night." ”

Ming Qingda shook his head with a wry smile and said, "One night is too short, and look at today's summer ...... Qi Fei's shot, I'm afraid that there is still a lot of spare strength, tomorrow's battle, I'm afraid that it will be extremely dangerous, even if the brothers can make up enough money, it is only more than one million taels, maybe it's not enough. ”

Ming Lanshi was dumbfounded when he listened to it, and said suspiciously: "Father, in previous years, in the eight standard companies, forty percent of the fixed silver is five million taels, and this year we have prepared an extra two percent, plus the one million taels raised by the uncles, isn't it enough?"

Ming Qingda said with a wry smile: "The biggest problem is that Lord Qincha knows that we must win these eight bids, so Xia Qifei can shout the price indiscriminately, and the production and marketing are their internal affairs, and they can do it at a loss." ”

Ming Lanshi sighed, he is a smart person, he will not ask why the Ming family must compete for these bids, and regardless of the so-called situational problems, just talking about Dongyi City, he must also ask himself to win the eight bids, otherwise the price paid by Dongyi City for the production of the inner library in a year is only afraid that it will be far more than several million taels.

"Is there any news from Taiping Qianzhuang?" Old Taijun Ming, who was silent for a while, suddenly spoke.

Ming Qingda responded calmly: "They didn't expect this to be the case, and the preparation was a little insufficient. Xia Qifei's silver was all transferred from Taiping Qianzhuang, and now they can only issue a promissory note for us, but they can't issue a cash note. And tomorrow we have to get a ticket...... You know, they have fears, too. The shopkeeper had already talked back and forth before, and at most he could give me another 300,000 taels. ”

Ming Lao Taijun understands why the silver ticket deed of Qian Zhuang is issued, and it always needs to be cashed, Xia Qifei has already issued a huge amount of silver tickets, correspondingly. There are very few people who dare to open it, because the money bank must ensure that there is cash to pay, which is the most important credit issue of the bank.

Of course, the relationship between Yicheng and the Ming family, if it weren't for such a tense situation, Taiping Qianzhuang could have issued a false silver ticket, but the risk of taking the land was too great, and this method was too shoddy. Play one of the most shameless runs.

So much silver...... Even if Taiping Qianzhuang is an immortal, it is impossible to transfer to Suzhou in a short period of time.

If it comes, Taiping Qianzhuang will be ruined.

Although the economic ties between Taiping Qianzhuang and various countries are extremely close, generally speaking, no country's imperial court inner palace will do such a ruthless thing, but this time it is Fan Xian who presides over the opening of the inner treasury, and it is the most unclear context, and the most ruthless and domineering Fan Xian, Taiping Qianzhuang does not dare to take this risk even if he is killed.

The courtyard suddenly fell into a deathly silence, and the three generations of the Ming family began to feel a little nervous at this time. Is it tomorrow...... Do you really want to watch that Ming Laoqi snatch away the Ming family's business? Losing the marketing right of the inner library, the Ming family is just a rich man with the most land, and he may be slaughtered at any time.

This terrible fact. Old Taijun Ming's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, she suddenly thought of a name, and said coldly: "These days, has anyone come to that merchant bank?"

Ming Lanshi shook his head: "They knew that we were the big family of Taiping Qianzhuang, and they tried it a few times, and they probably knew that they couldn't pull us, so they retreated." ”

Old Taijun nodded subconsciously. Said: "It seems...... It's not what I thought it would be. ”

Because the account of Taiping Qianzhuang has always been in the hands of Ming Lao Taijun, Ming Qingda has always been a person who strongly advocates having a relationship with China Merchants Qianzhuang, listening to his mother's words a little loose, his heart was happy, but he said quietly: "It should be trustworthy." If there is a real problem, it should not be this way of doing things. ”

Old Taijun Ming frowned. It seemed that he was thinking about a very difficult question, and after a long time, he said: "Send someone to China Merchants Bank, no, don't send someone, Lan Shi, you go in person, and see how many cash tickets they can transfer tonight." ”

"Yes, Mother. "Ming Qingda is slightly one

smiled, and still asked: "How should Xia Qifei deal with it?"

Old Taijun Ming's face turned cold, and said: "I don't know that person, you don't know either, we don't know the Ming family, since this is the case, what should you do? Don't interfere in this matter, don't be played by Lord Qincha...... Now that Lord Qincha hopes that our Ming family will react violently, we should become more and more calm. ”

Ming Qingda stretched to the ground and exclaimed: "Mother is wise. ”

Ming Qingda wants to deal with the affairs of tomorrow's bid opening, and he wants to go to the account room to keep an eye on a few brothers, and Ming Lanshi wants to enter the city to find the merchants who have always been mysterious and secretive, and the legend is that there is also a Dongyi background, so he didn't stay in the courtyard for more, and then retreated after saluting.

Old Taijun Ming watched her son and grandson walk out of the small courtyard, her eyes suddenly changed from the previous sternness to the exhaustion at this time, she raised her tail finger a little weakly, and knocked on the armrest of the chair.

The big girl ring came to the old woman's lips.

The old woman closed her eyes and kept her tail finger cocked, and she did not put it down for a long time, nor did she speak, as if she was weighing something important.

Little Seven?

At this time, in the eyes of the old woman closed, there seemed to be a dark picture, in which a woman with a foxy face was tossing and turning under a familiar man, and was smiling proudly in front of herself...... Floating, floating, floating, all the way to the sky.

The old woman Huo Ran opened her eyes, her eyes were full of coldness, and her tail finger moved excitedly, bending slightly.

In this moment, she remembered a lot of things from the past, such as when those heavy rods fell on the woman. The beautiful scene of blood flowers, the woman was sunk to the bottom of the well by herself, and the snowflakes on the sky and earth were also fluttering and floating, until they floated to the sky, and the woman's corpse was afraid that it had already become dry bones - the rats were drilling on it, and they would only make ugly sounds, and they would never be able to make a silver laugh, right?

That old immortal died after death. This family has the final say, the woman died, but the child born by the woman was not easy to kill, after all, it was nominally the flesh and blood of the Ming family, but fortunately, Qingda was ruthless, and he beat it with a whip every day, and finally hit the ground The child couldn't stand this humiliation and pain, and ran out of the Ming Garden in the early morning.

Perhaps the kid never knew that he was looking at him indifferently from behind the door.

Maybe that kid never knew that he had already prepared a killer. Outside the Ming Garden, he waited to send him down the dry well to be reunited with his mother.

But...... Why didn't that kid die?

Why didn't you die!

......

......

A trace of anger flashed in the indifferent eyes of Mrs. Ming, and the fingers that had been curled and slightly bent were finally gently placed on the back of the chair, and at the same time, the slightly dry lips opened slightly, and whispered to the big girl ring attached to the lips: "Please Mr. Zhou." ”

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When Mrs. Ming finally made up her mind, her son and grandson were walking side by side.

Ming Lanshi looked at his father with admiration on his face, and said, "You mean that grandma will definitely do something to that bastard?"

"What bastard?" Ming Qingda smiled with a hazy smile, "That's your seventh uncle." Although he is our enemy now, it is always your seventh uncle. ”

Ming Lanshi laughed at himself, and suddenly frowned and asked, "Killing the seventh uncle, of course, can completely end this matter...... But. How will Lord Qincha's side react? No matter how powerful the Junshan Society is, it can't rebel. ”

"Your grandma is old. Ming Qingda sighed: "From the very beginning of this matter, the methods she used were wrong. ”

Ming Lanshi shook his head.

Ming Qingda suddenly smiled and said, "But her mistake does not represent the mistake of the Ming family...... If your seventh uncle is no longer so good this time, it may not be all bad, don't worry too much, I have a sense of proportion. ”

The apparent master of the Ming family sneered in his heart, let the Junshan who he could never control hedge with the Supervision Yuan. Scheming like him. Naturally, there is a way to clean up this mess, but I don't know what kind of tricks will be used.

"Uncle Sixth has made another favor this time. Ming Lanshi suddenly sneered and said.

Ming Qingda patted his son's shoulder lovingly, and explained: "The old man always likes the youngest son the most...... Of course, it had to be her birthplace. ”

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When the Ming family was in a mess, it became a pot of porridge. At the same time, there are many rats in this pot of warm porridge, and there are thoughts of trampling each other to death. The youngest son of the Ming family, Ming Qingcheng, now Xia Qifei, the leader of the Jiangnan Water Village, secretly supervised the inspection department and the supervision department in Jiangnan, and was standing on the highest floor in Suzhou City.

He stood on the edge of the building, caressing the wooden railing, and looked thoughtfully at somewhere outside the city, which was once his home, the home to which he had not been returned for many years—the Ming Garden.

The gathering of Jiangnan businessmen has ended, although everyone has not set any specific regulations, but looking at the greedy eyes of the Lingnan Xiong family and the Quanzhou Sun family, Xia Qifei knows that Lord Tisi's strategy has worked, tomorrow the Ming family will not only have to face their own attack, but also face those offensive similar to the joint efforts of the Xiong Sun family, the businessmen always have to eat meat, they are too hungry to panic, it doesn't matter whose meat are you?

Xia Qifei's eyes narrowed slightly, Mingyuan was too far from the ground, standing on the top of the high Jiangnan Residence, there was no way to see the lights clearly.

Today is the most presumptuous day he has lived after he was lucky enough to survive in this world, and he finally proudly said his name in front of everyone, Ming Qingcheng.

Compared with this, the pleasure of smashing people with silver, breaking away from the identity of Jianghu people, standing on the table of Qingguo, these things are nothing.

As long as he can say his real name, it is equivalent to a slap in the face of the vicious old woman of the Ming family, this pleasure of revenge covers everything, making Xia Qifei extremely grateful to Fan Xian, even Fan Xian sent seven swordsmen tonight, he did not have a trace of unpleasant feeling.

He was intoxicated and sad by everything that happened today, so much so that this heroic man on the rivers and lakes did not notice that several strange people appeared on the opposite street.