"Newspaper. ”

The carriage stopped only two blocks away from Suzhou Mansion, and the tiger guards watched the movement around them with great vigour, when a secret agent of the Supervision Yuan dressed in civilian clothes leaned over, checked his waist plate, and leaned over the window of the carriage and whispered.

Fan Xian in the car was holding this thing and looking at it carefully, and nodded: "Say it." ”

"Mingyuan did not resist, the people from all over have already entered, and they are now searching, and there is no result for the time being. ”

Fan Xian pondered for a moment and said, "Pay attention to proportion, let Ziyue not be too arrogant." ”

The agent answered, turned and left the carriage, and disappeared into the morning crowd of Suzhou.

The carriage moved slowly again, and entered a distance of half a street in the direction of Suzhou Mansion, and another secret agent of the Supervision Yuan flashed out from the corner of the street, came to the side of the carriage, and reported in a low voice: "There is no movement at the dock. ”

Fan Xian was silent and waved his hand to let this person go.

From Huayuan to Suzhou Mansion, it is necessary to pass through a small half of Suzhou City, on this road, the carriage walks quietly, and does not attract too many people's attention, most of the citizens of Suzhou City, do not know that this morning, the officials of the Supervision Yuan have broken into the Ming Garden like wolves.

And in the middle of this distance, the crows temporarily transferred by the Supervision Yuan began to report news from all sides, and all the information related to the Ming family's response was gathered into this moving carriage.

For example, the situation of Ming Garden, such as the situation of the Ming Clan's trading house opening as usual, such as the response of the Governor's Mansion Yamen, all of them were transmitted to the carriage at the fastest speed, and handed over to Fan Xian for overall consideration.

In other words, this carriage is the central tent of the current Rì Supervisory Yuan's operations.

Fan Xian also felt a little strange, even if the Ming family showed weakness, it was impossible for them to be bullied in the face, and there was no counterattack, on the contrary, the governor Yamen began to get nervous, and there was already a rumor of troop transfer.

In today's plan, it is important to see that the reaction of the Ming family is Yichun, and to catch the housekeeper surnamed Zhou is the most important thing. For the past few days, Mingyuan has been under the close surveillance of the Supervision Yuan, and that Steward Zhou should have no chance to escape.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Ming family should not be clear until now, and the news that Steward Zhou is hiding in Mingyuan has been mastered by the Supervision Yuan.

Thinking of this, the corners of Fan Xian's lips couldn't help but smile with a hint of self-deprecation, the big families in this world, if they are killed from the outside, they are always hundred-legged insects, and they will not die for a while, but if they make trouble from the inside, they will face real difficulties - this sentence was said by Cao Xueqin in the Dream of Red Mansions, and the reason why he has such a sigh at this time is that the hiding place of Steward Zhou is the people of the Ming family, and the extremely powerful people within the Ming family have sued Fan Xian through a certain channel.

Otherwise, with the strict defense of Mingyuan, the Supervision Yuan has not succeeded in placing an upper-level nail for more than ten years, how can it be accurate that Steward Zhou is in Mingyuan?

As long as Steward Zhou is in Mingyuan, this matter will be done today.

............ As the carriage approached Suzhou Mansion, another spy from the Supervision Yuan came to report a certain piece of news, and then it was no different, and the carriage went into an inconspicuous alley, leaning against a thick wall, and stopped there, not knowing what it was doing.

Ten zhang away from the side hand of the Suzhou government is the prison where the prisoners are held. The prison kills people in the autumn and raises them in the sky, so now is the time when "people are prosperous", and there are forty or fifty people in one prison.

From the iron gate of the prison to the end of the straight road, there is a place where the light of the sky hits from above, a little warmer, and dispels a little dampness, which is much more comfortable than the other dungeons.

The cell was covered with hay, and under the grass there were faintly forbidden quilts and the like, and a middle-aged man was drinking alone in a way that ordinary prisoners did not enjoy.

This is the fourth master of the Ming Dynasty, because the Supervision Yuan wants to deal with the Ming family, he became the first person to be taken out to sacrifice the flag, and was forcibly imprisoned in Suzhou Mansion, it has been more than ten years, and there is no news of being released. However, after all, the Ming family is a big family, and Suzhou Mansion is like being raised by them, he lives in prison, and naturally there are people to take care of him from top to bottom, and he is quite comfortable. There were some Jiang Yang thieves in the cell next to him, and they all looked at him with envy.

Fourth Master Ming was lazy to pay attention to those thieves, but he just squinted his eyes and looked at the three officials outside the prison door, a shameful smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and said, "What's the matter today?"

The cell door clanged and was opened by the officials, and one of the officials bowed down and said with a flattering smile: "Fourth master, you have been suffering these days, but the Supervision Yuan is keeping an eye on it, and it is not easy for us to arrange a single room for you." ”

Fourth Master Ming shook his head, sighed and said, "It's a serious thing to go out earlier, did you say anything at home?"

At this time, the other two officials had already brought good food and wine, arranged in front of him, and the aroma was fragrant.

Fourth Master Ming was a little surprised, thinking to himself that it was not time for lunch, why did he come to deliver the food so early today? Suddenly, he thought of a thing, and he couldn't help but change drastically, and hissed, "What do you mean?"

"After this meal, let's go on our way. The officer sighed.

Fourth Master Ming's face was pale, and he didn't believe his ears, thinking that he was bullying the market at most, and he couldn't take the turn of a capital crime, and he was a member of the Ming family, how could the government dare to kill him so casually. He subconsciously stepped back, looked at the official with resentful eyes, and said fiercely: "What you mean, I don't understand. ”

The official lowered his head slightly and said, "What the Supervision Yuan means, the fourth master is not strange. ”

Fourth Master Ming is not a foolish person, after a little thought, he understood the front and back of this matter, and after being silent for a long time, he smiled miserably: "What kind of supervision yuan! I'm afraid that my family is going to kill me." ”

The official straightened up, lowered his voice and said, "Since the fourth master understands, then don't care too much, it's not for the good of the family...... I heard that the Supervision Yuan has entered the garden this morning, if you don't do something and make some noise, how can the Supervision Yuan be willing to stop? You are the fourth master, and it is always worth it to use your life to temporarily keep your family safe for half a year. ”

Fourth Master Ming scolded angrily: "You eight calves, how can you not let the old lady die if you want to die!

has come to the moment of life and death, of course he knows why the Ming family sent someone to kill him, this is definitely not to kill him, he doesn't know the core business of the family at all, this is just an ink, a stroke of ink on the face of the Supervision Yuan, the Ming family from the end of last year to plan the battle of weakness and sadness, it is necessary to use the death of the fourth master of the Ming Dynasty as an opportunity for that outbreak.

When he thought of this verse, his heart was so desperate and unwilling, how angry.

The officer's face changed, and he said: "The old lady is the protector of the family, and the fourth master is more respectful. ”

Fourth Master Ming smiled miserably, retreated to the corner, and scolded in his mouth: "I am also the master of the Ming family, why do you want me to die?

At this time, the two officials had already left Ming Siye's side, ignoring Ming Siye's scolding and resistance, and took out a dirty rag and stuffed it into his mouth, blocking his foul language, and at the same time tying his hands behind his back.

At this time, the commotion in the inner room had already alarmed the entire prison, and many prisoners looked at this side with curiosity and fear.

The official in the lead frowned and shouted, "The Supervision Yuan is doing things, give me some quiet!"

Even if they are locked up in prison, these prisoners also know that now the Supervision Yuan is suppressing the Ming family, but everyone did not expect that the Supervision Yuan would actually go deep into the prison to assassinate the fourth master of Ming, and they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, and gradually gave birth to some grievances for the Ming family. But no one dared to look over there again, for fear of getting into trouble.

............ The official looked at the food plate in front of him, shook his head, and said in disgust: "I can't eat the last meal, it's really hard for you." ”

After saying this, he waved his hand, and the two sentences twisted the four masters of the Ming Dynasty and put the rope around the neck of the fourth master of the Ming Dynasty.

Ming Siye's neck was tied, his face was suffocated red, his feet kept kicking the ground, the dry grass he kicked flew around, and the brocade below was dirty.

The rope is getting tighter and tighter, Ming Siye's eyes seem to be bulging out, the boss with open nostrils looks extremely terrifying, and the strength of his feet is getting smaller and smaller, like a dying frog, bounced weakly.

The fourth master of the Ming Dynasty who was dying, the despair in his heart can be imagined, and the resentment towards the old woman of the Ming family and Ming Qingda can be imagined, but he is about to die, what can he do?

The servant who looked coldly at the dying Fourth Master suddenly felt a little strange, and he glanced at the prisoner in the nearby prison cell, where the prisoner was looking at him.

Looking at himself very indifferently, it doesn't seem like watching the excitement in cold blood, and there is no trace of fear.

He turned in amazement, and then saw the prisoner take something out of the haystack and aim it at himself.

A crossbow!

............ Three crossbow bolts rang out, and three crossbow arrows came out, piercing the throats of the three officials with incomparable accuracy, and the three of them clutched their throats, and before they had time to make a sound, they fell to the ground, kicked their feet twice, and died.

As soon as the servant died, the rope was loosened, and the feet of the dying Ming Fourth Master who were powerless to kick gradually regained his strength.

He slowly opened his eyes and glanced at the prisoner next door with a confused and dazed eye, not knowing why the other party wanted to save him, let alone how the other party saved him.

The prisoner crouched beside the fence as if he had done nothing, his eyes were level.

Ming Siye was sore and soft, and he had drowned in his pants, which stinked, but he knew that he had escaped death.

At this time, behind him, the thick wall, as if it was being powered by ghosts and gods, quietly opened a hole, revealing the clear blue sky outside!

............ Gundam withdrew the long knife, his face was slightly pale, and forcibly broke through the thick wall of the Suzhou Mansion Prison, which also depleted a lot of his true qi. He entered the cell, carried Ming Siye in one hand, and got out of the prison.

Another officer of the Supervision Yuan entered, pulled out the crossbow bolt from the throat of the three officials, and carefully laid out the situation in the cell, and then walked to the fence and stretched out his hand.

The prisoner who had saved the life of Ming Siye before didn't say a word, handed the dark crossbow in his hand to the hand of the Supervision Yuan official, and pointed to the food box next to him.

The Inspectorate official picked up a chicken leg and put it in his hand.

The prisoner smiled, somewhat satisfied.

The official of the Supervision Yuan lowered his voice and said, "Wait for two more months, and your lord will still need you as a witness." ”

The prisoner nodded as he nibbled on a chicken leg.

Shortly after the inspectorate withdrew, the prisoner flicked the leftover chicken leg into a cell across the diagonal square with one finger, and suddenly his face changed and he was terrified, and he screamed: "Help, help! Someone has killed and robbed the prison!"

―――――――――――――――――――――――― carriage left the alley behind Suzhou Mansion and slowly drove towards the location of the yamen of the Governor's Mansion, but at this time, there was already one more person in the carriage.

Fourth Master Ming sat down under the carriage chair in great trepidation, looked up at the young and handsome man, and was speechless for a long time.

Fan Xian shook his head and sighed: "The wealthy family, sure enough, every yīn filth and dirty. ”

He immediately smiled and said: "Now that you have naturally seen it, the official doesn't need to talk much, the Ming family after rì, you have to grasp it well, and cooperate well with Ming Laoqi." ”

Ming Siye swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and the scene of escaping death had too much psychological impact on him, and he couldn't allow him to have the slightest consideration, so he nodded fiercely.

Fan Xian said softly: "The old lady wants to kill you, plant it on my supervision institute, publicize it to the people, create a shameless and cold-blooded image of my Fan Xian, and provoke the love of the people to protect her family...... But now that I have rescued you, I have planted it on the Ming family, indicating that the family robbed the prison...... You say, how will she respond?"

Fourth Master Ming's eyes were blank, he shook his head, endured the pain in his throat, and said in a hissing voice: "My lord...... Don't underestimate the old ...... That old bitch. ”