In fact, the struggle between politics and business often has a common denominator. That is, whenever it seems that the mountains and rivers are exhausted, it seems that the willows and flowers are bright, and just as the oil is cooking the fire, who knows that it will turn into a cold autumn in an instant.

In the battle of the household department in Kyoto, Xinyang and Donggong thought that they had made the pulse clear and caught the biggest handle of the Fan family, and they were arrogant, Sen Senran made a move, and directly let the Fang Yuan Emblem of the Fan family change the owner, who knew that at the end, it was a toss upside down, and a large amount of strength was lost for no reason.

On the south of the Yangtze River again, Fan Xian held the Qincha Ming Sword in his hand, cleared the inner library, took charge of the transfer division, and through guò Xia Qifei hedged against the Ming family's monetary tightening, and then through the guò lawsuit, he successfully plunged the Ming family into chaos, and then with the help of the huge supervision institute, he embarrassed the Ming family everywhere in the world, and the momentum was aggressive, and it seemed that the Ming family could be crushed into a mess of powder at any time.

But at such a moment, who would have thought that so many shocking things would happen.

............ "My people will go into the garden." Fan Xian slapped the table, looked at the person in front of him coldly like a hook, and said word by word: "Lord Xue, I have been waiting for ten days, and I won't wait any more today." ”

Sitting next to him was naturally the most powerful person in Jiangnan, Lord Xue Qing, the governor of Jiangnan Road, and the place where the two of them were talking secretly at this time was in the study of the governor's mansion.

The tent master of the Junshan Society, that is, the chief housekeeper of the Ming family, Zhou someone, has been found out by the Supervision Yuan and is hiding in the Ming Garden. Whether it was for the assassination before Jiang Nanju, or Fan Xian's strong interest in Junshan Society, the Supervision Yuan had enough reasons to enter the Ming Garden and find out that person.

However, after all, it is the Ming Garden, one of the three major gardens in the world, which represents the interests of countless people in the south of the Yangtze River, the net worth of countless people, and the sustenance of countless people.

So even if Fan Xian wanted to send someone into Mingyuan to search for people, he had no choice but to go to the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion to communicate with Xue Qing first, as long as Xue Qingken nodded, what Ming family, what Jiangnan gentry, Fan Xian didn't really care.

It's just a pity that the time is a little tighter, so there is no way to send Dabao to Wuzhou first, and naturally it is impossible to clearly know what Xue Qing's bottom line is from his father-in-law's mouth.

Fan Xian had no choice but to go directly to the Governor's Mansion and bring up this somewhat appalling-looking Tiyì.

And Xue Qing's attitude is also very clear.

Do you want to search the Ming Garden?

If you want the Governor's Mansion to send someone to assist in it, there is no door!

The governor of Jiangnan is naturally not afraid of offending the Ming family, but he is clear in his heart, Mingyuan is like a door, in the first few months, he and Fan Xian cleaned up the Ming family's property outside the door, tossing the Ming family's jīng god, and did not touch the foundation of the Ming family, so the other party blindly retreated and tolerated to show weakness and seek perfection, but once the people of the official government stepped into the high threshold of the Ming family...... This means that the struggle has reached the core, and the two sides have torn their faces, which is the end of life and death.

The dignified Qingguo court naturally doesn't care about overturning a wealthy merchant family, even if this family is the richest family in Qingguo, but the problem is that the Ming family directly and indirectly raises more than 100,000 people, and it affects the lives of most of the people in Jiangnan.

Governor Xue Qing looked coldly at the young people beside him, thinking to himself that you are Lord Qincha, when the time comes, you can pat your ass and leave, after returning to Beijing, there will be His Majesty the Emperor, Dean Chen, Fan Shangshu and these people to support you, but what should you do? Could it be that all the mess afterwards was thrown to yourself?

Jiangnan is unstable, what should I, the governor, do?

So when Fan Xian came to the Governor's Mansion to discuss matters with great courtesy, Xue Qing resolutely refused the request of the two sides to cooperate in handling the case, his words were very clear, since it was the mysterious Junshan Society, since it was a problem found out by the Supervision Yuan from the beginning, and since it was not involved in local government affairs, it was okay for his own people to clean up the Supervision Yuan in the periphery, but he wanted to enter the Ming Garden directly, and he was unwilling to do this kind of troublesome thing.

This is the way to be an official, Xue Qingming knew that Fan Xian was not sure about the chaos that might be caused by the search of the garden, so he dragged himself into the water together, so how could he be willing to go into the water so obediently?

It's been ten days of delay, Xue Qing still refuses to let go, and Fan Xian's heart begins to gradually become annoyed.

After leaving the governor's yamen, Fan Xian got into the carriage, frowned, propped his chin, and began to be stunned.

Deng Ziyue glanced at the adults twice, and said softly: "People have been staring at the gate of the Ming Garden, that Ming Fourth Master heard that he didn't suffer much in Suzhou Mansion, when he wanted to enter the Ming Garden to arrest people, we did it ourselves...... In fact, it doesn't necessarily have to be foiled by the Governor's Palace, but I'm afraid that some manpower will be damaged. ”

Ming Yuan naturally has its own thugs, even powerful private forces, Fan Xian once glanced at that garden from a distance, and knew that the garden would become a strong castle if it was slightly modified, if the people of the Supervision Yuan wanted to attack it without the help of the black horseman, it would be a very difficult thing.

And if Xue Qing didn't nod, it would naturally be impossible for the black rider to go deep into the prosperous state city south of the Yangtze River.

"It's not hard to get in. Fan Xian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "As long as the Ming family is not ready to rebel, the Supervision Yuan will take my handwritten letter and enter the garden to search, will they dare to stop it?"

"What castle armament, it's all fake, and the old lady doesn't dare to adjust it alone. ”

His face gradually turned cold: "But if you want to enter the Ming Garden to get people, there are two problems. First, we don't know how many masters there will be in Junshan, if the housekeeper Zhou who knows the inside story of Junshan will not be killed, will those masters protect him away from Suzhou. The second is that things can't be too big, the Ming family has been showing weakness for a few months, and the atmosphere of sadness is extremely strong, especially after the fourth master of the Ming Dynasty was arrested in Suzhou Mansion, Suzhou Mansion has been locked up, and the rumors outside are getting more and more bizarre......"

Deng Ziyue listened quietly on the side, knowing what Lord Tisi was worried about, and now the whole Jiangnan is rumoring that the Supervision Yuan, under the command of Fan Xian, bullied the Ming family, intending to dominate their family property, and it was about to evolve into a story of murder and seizure of property.

The teacher must be famous, but the name of the imperial court to deal with the Ming family has not been straightened out, so the place south of the Yangtze River, from the gentry to the common people, began to stare at Fan Xian with that kind of fear and disgust, Fan Xian has built a reputation in Kyoto for two years, and has been greatly polluted.

"Ming Qingda is a smart person. Fan Xian frowned and said: "This hand is to retreat, it is indeed beautiful, it seems that they blindly retreat, we have to advance step by step, in the eyes of the world, there is always a tendency in feelings, and their Ming family has deep roots in the south of the Yangtze River, and the ability to mobilize public opinion is much stronger than our own eight places." ”

Since knowing that Zhou Da's housekeeper was hiding in the Ming Garden, the offensive of the Treasury and Transfer Division of the Supervision Institute against the Ming family has become more and more fierce, and the Ming family's industry has been constantly disturbed, and there is gradually a sign of falling in the West Mountain, which looks extremely pitiful.

"Public opinion is a very important thing, and reputation is also very important. Fan Xian sighed, "If I suppress the Ming family like this, not to mention that the people will be disgusted with me, even the imperial merchants contacted by Xia Qifei are afraid that they will also be afraid of the imperial court, and no one knows if they will be the second Ming family." ”

"The biggest headache for me is. He shook his head: "We don't know the situation in Beijing now, I don't know, if the action is too big, there are too many dead people, and there is too much criticism, will the people in Beijing find an excuse to transfer me back to Beijing." ”

In the current undecided situation in Jiangnan, Fan Xian is reluctant to return to Beijing, especially after returning to Beijing, he will be constrained by those ladies in the palace, which is not a situation that he can accept.

After driving to Huayuan and talking to the three princes, he took Deng Ziyue and a few close confidants into the study, spread out a map on the big desk, and began to ponder.

After thinking for a while, Fan Xian pointed to a certain state city on the map with his finger and asked softly, "Has the news from Quanzhou come back?"

The concubine of the young master Ming Lanshi of the Ming family, whose hometown is in a village next to Quanzhou, has been found out by the Supervision Yuan that the concubine's brother has been on the East China Sea, responsible for the pirate business for the Ming family, and robbing his own merchant ships. The pirate leader has been exterminated by the military personnel who colluded with the Ming family, and the concubine has also disappeared, in the words of the Ming family, she has gone home to save her relatives.

Of course, the Supervisory Yuan knows that this is a lie, but who can debunk this lie?

"The concubine did not return to the village. A member of the Qi Nian team reported: "There was no trace of bandits along the way, and they should have been exterminated in Suzhou." ”

Fan Xian nodded, this is something that he has expected for a long time, of course he will not be surprised, and asked directly: "The key is that in that village, since it is the hometown of that pirate, there will definitely be people who follow him to the island as bandits, and those relatives must know something about this matter." Since the Ming family has washed that island in blood, those villagers will not still stand on the side of the Ming family stupidly. ”

A hint of shame flashed across the face of the group member and said, "That village is empty. ”

Fan Xian frowned, the village is empty, there is no need to ask any more reasons, since it is empty, it is naturally inseparable from those dirty methods.

"What about the family members here?" his finger was still directly on Quanzhou, and he frowned and asked: "The officials of the ship department and the ship were killed by those pirates, when will those family members come to Suzhou Mansion to report the case?"

Another member of the Qi Nian group replied in a deep voice: "Most of those family members have returned to the mainland, and only some are still in Quanzhou, but people from all over the country have asked tentatively, and those family members have received a large amount of compensation, and their hearts about pursuing pirates have faded, and the key is ...... The Ming family was really good to them, and they didn't believe that the Ming family would collude with the pirates at all. ”

Fan Xian was stunned, and then said with a slight mockery: "Of course it's not collusion, the Ming family is a pirate." ”

Immediately afterwards, he asked a few more questions about the previous arrangements, and got not very good answers, only then did he know that when he cut down the Cui family in Kyoto, in Yan Bingyun's plot against the Ming family, the Ming family had also made full preparations, and there were not too many loopholes.

Fan Xian sat down and sat on the somewhat cold chair, holding a bowl of warm tea in his hand.

His subordinates looked at Lord Tisi and were silent, not knowing what to say.

It seems that it will be difficult to defeat the Ming family in a short period of time, but if you want to use the methods of the Supervision Yuan, Jiangnan is not elsewhere after all, you must always take care of the reaction of the people, and if you really make the whole people take a walk on the streets, the Supervision Yuan will not end well.

Thinking of this, Fan Xian began to be annoyed by Xue Qing's vacillation, if the governor of Jiangnan came forward, and he would follow up from behind, one in the light, one in the dark, one with a red face, and one with a white face, this matter might be much simpler.

However, Fan Xian didn't have too much frustration, because he knew that in the struggle between the imperial court and the Ming family, the Ming family could only stand on the side of passive defense. Fan Xian has time to play slowly with the Ming family, and the reason why he is in a hurry to enter the Ming Garden is that he wants to find out the corner of Junshanhui.

In the contest with the Ming family, he can keep trying to defeat the other party, even if he doesn't succeed once, he can have a second time after resting for a while. But the Ming family can't do it, this big family can't be defeated once, and once defeated, it will be ruined.

"Get ready. Fan Xian lowered his eyes slightly and said, "Be ready to enter the park at any time to arrest people." ”

............ Deng Ziyue hesitated for a while, then said, "Don't wait for Governor Xue to make a statement?"

Fan Xian sneered: "I don't like to follow in the footsteps of others, I waited for ten days, and I gave Xue Qing enough face, at this time I will do it myself, and he won't blame me for being ruthless." ”

"What about the discussion of the people in Jiangnan?"

"Discussion? Say that I bullied the Ming family? I went in gently, I didn't fight anyone, I didn't kill anyone, how could I bully me?" Fan Xian's face showed a smile, "Besides, I also figured it out, reputation is a thing that is broken in Jiangnan, and I will slowly pick it up in the future." ”

―――――――――――――――――――――――――――― Fan waited for ten days, not because he was not sure that he would enter the Ming Garden to catch Steward Zhou, not because he was simply scrupling to discuss, nor because he wanted to wait for Xue Qing to make a statement, but more importantly, he was waiting for news in Kyoto.

After the bidding of the inner library, he clearly knew that the faction of the eldest princess in Kyoto would launch an offensive against Tobe, and what he was waiting for was the result of this matter.

The matter is in Jiangnan, but the consul general is in Kyoto, and the situation in Kyoto is unclear, so it is difficult for Fan Xian to start in Jiangnan.

Second, the birds on the willow tops chirped, and the three fast horses rushed into Suzhou City under the cover of the morning, and the officials guarding the city only knew that the person who came was a secret agent of the Supervision Yuan, and they didn't dare to stop it.

The horses' hooves burst and rushed to the outside of Suzhou Chenghua Garden, and someone had already led the three horsemen into the garden.

This is the fastest way for the Supervision Yuan to transmit news, and it is countless times faster than the express post of the Qingguo Imperial Court.

Fan Xian took the hospital report from Mu Tie in Beijing, and was slightly happy, knowing that the result of the matter was really the same as he guessed, the household was fine, and the eldest princess suffered a big loss.

Just seeing the details, as smart as him, he naturally saw clearly the meaning of the emperor's majesty wanting to take the opportunity to let the old Fan family in Kyoto withdraw from the stage, and his face was slightly happy, and suddenly yīn sank.

However, he didn't have time to think about his father's matter, Fan Xian shook his head, and said to the officials of the Supervision Yuan who had been receiving orders around him: "Enter the Ming Garden and take people." ”

The officials of the Supervision Yuan took the order to go, and for a time, among the four official offices in Suzhou, there were many officials, and the horse's hooves broke the morning tranquility, and out of the city, more than 40 officials from the Supervision Yuan were under the leadership of Deng Ziyue, and they were going straight to the Ming Garden in a bright light.

"Stay safe. Fan Xian turned his head and said gently: "No one knows who is still left in Jiangnan in the Junshan Society." ”

The begonia girl put her hands in the big pockets of her floral clothes, tilted her head, and smiled.

............ Outside Suzhou in the early morning, after the early birds chirped once, they went back to the trees to sleep in their cages. There was a quiet area around the official road, especially around the wonderful and extremely spacious Ming Garden, and only the faint sound of pouring water and washing could be heard inside, one qiē and one qiē, which was no different from every rì in the past.

On the official road, dozens of horses suddenly galloped, and immediately everyone was wearing the official uniforms of the Supervision Yuan.

As these dozens of horsemen came to the outside of the Ming Garden with a bang, the secret agents of the Supervision Yuan who were hidden around the Ming Garden and were responsible for monitoring also appeared from the trees and from behind the mountain, some of them merged into the colleagues who came to inspect the garden, and some of the nails disappeared silently.

Deng Ziyue calmed his face, rode to the main gate of Mingyuan, turned over and dismounted, and the subordinates behind him also dismounted, and their movements were uniform.

At this time, Mingyuan was quiet like a shy virgin, but Deng Ziyue could clearly see that on the inside of the low wall, some metal lights were shining with the light of soul devouring, and on the commanding heights in the left-hand direction, the longbow and crossbow could be seen.

The other party is already in full swing, and if there is a round of Qi shè, I am afraid that none of these dozens of officials of the Supervision Yuan will be able to go back alive.

But Deng Ziyue's face remained unchanged, because he believed in Lord Tisi's judgment that although the Ming family was a bandit in their bones, in the face of the big bandit of the Supervision Yuan, they would not be stupid enough to take the initiative to carry out the fire merger.

Sure enough, the main gate of the Ming Garden was slowly opened, his eyes were slightly red, and it seemed that the young master of the Ming family, Ming Lanshi, who had not slept all night, stood respectfully by the door, spread his right hand and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please." ”