Chapter 264 Searching Ming Garden!

In Suzhou city, in the residence of the third master Ming, the branch of the Ming family.

At this moment, a servant was bowing his head and reporting the situation to his master with a look of awe.

"Master, just as you expected, the Imperial Envoy Fan Xian is leading the officials of the Supervisory Council into Ming Garden. Ming Garden is being received by Young Master Shi, the eldest grandson Minglan. There is no resistance and they are searching the garden. Calculating the time, it should be half an incense stick of time since they entered!"

Master Ming San smiled slightly, and said with a smug look, "You still have to be careful to hide your tracks. Afterwards, I will just tell the new servant to keep his mouth shut. If he can't control himself, you can help him shut it up."

The servant was startled and responded carefully, "I understand!"

Master Ming San pondered for a moment, then stood up and said slowly, "Let's get ready, prepare some generous gifts, and we'll also go to the old lady's birthday banquet, hahaha!"

After waving his hand to let the servant leave, Master Ming San's eyes turned fierce and he stared at the servant who was walking away with a ferocious look.

His expression was full of satisfaction and joy.

"Xia Qifei? Do you think I won't recognize you just because you changed your appearance? My good seventh brother!"

Hiding his good intentions, Mr. Ming San slowly went to the dormitory and changed his clothes.

It was only two blocks from here to where the old lady was holding the banquet, but it took the carriage that Mr. Ming Sanye was riding nearly an hour to travel just these two blocks!
He will be the last to appear.

This is an inexplicable mentality, a revengeful mentality of being the only one awake while everyone else is drunk, staring at the old lady's special expression.
The Ming family is a wealthy and powerful family with too many people.

A centipede is still alive even after death, and this is just the beginning!

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Fan Xian stood in Ming Garden, not caring at all about Ming Lanshi's murderous expression, and leisurely admired the beautiful scenery of Ming Garden.

This garden is worthy of being one of the three largest gardens in the world, and its scenery is indeed unique.

What a pity, perhaps this will be the last time I enter here. Maybe soon, this place will also become history?

A spy from the Supervisory Council flashed out from the corner, approached Fan Xian and whispered something.

Fan Xian raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Just take your time. By the way, is there any unusual movement at the dock?"

The spy lowered his voice and said solemnly: "No unusual movement!"

"Very good, keep an eye on it!"

Afterwards, several people from the Supervisory Council came out one after another and reported the situation from the Ming family's shop and the Governor's Office in front of Ming Lanshi.
Fan Xian nodded, feeling a little relieved.

The Ming family is really generous. Today, whether it's Old Lady Ming's birthday party or Fan Xian coming to arrest someone, it's not an ordinary day.

Unexpectedly, the Ming's Business was still open for business as usual, and none of the chaos that was worrying happened. It made people feel uneasy, but more importantly, strange!
Fan Xian felt a little surprised. He had already expected that the Ming Mansion would still show weakness when he came here earlier. However, he personally came to the door today, which was tantamount to slapping him in the face. There was no action in public, and even in private, there was no means to counter him. This was puzzling!
There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
On the one hand, Fan Xian believed in the means of the people in the Supervisory Council and absolutely could not believe that Butler Zhou could escape. On the other hand, he also began to plan a backup plan.

As long as you catch that butler of the week, everything will be worth it!

As he was thinking, Fan Xian thought of the servant who brought food to Butler Zhou, and he could no longer hold back his chuckle.

"The people in the Ming family are really interesting. Do they really think that what they did was unnoticed?"

This was the direction that had been determined from the beginning. It would be extremely difficult to attack a giant like the Ming family that was entrenched in Jiangnan from the outside. It would even be counterproductive and arouse the other party's desire to unite and face the outside world together. If Fan Xian wanted to defeat the Ming family, he could only attack from the inside!

The five brothers who formed the branch of the Ming family were naturally the candidates who had been decided long ago.

Although the rules set by Old Lady Ming in the early years made the Ming family prosperous and ever-rising, they also left Fan Xian with loopholes that he could exploit.

Under the watchful eyes of the people from the Supervisory Council, even if Mr. Ming Sanye still wants to resort to some tricks, he will certainly be exposed.

But this time it is beneficial to him, so Fan Xian will just pretend not to know.

"He places bets on one side, but is also worried about revenge on the other side. What kind of person is this?"

As for the seventh son of the Ming family, Xia Qifei, it’s time to take action!
Fan Xian raised his hand and beckoned Ming Lanshi to his side under Ming Lanshi's puzzled gaze. Although Ming Lanshi was helpless, she had no choice but to cooperate.

"Master Fan, how long will it take you to find it? Moreover, you haven't even explained what you are looking for!"

Fan Xian waved his hand with a smile on his face, signaling the young master to be patient.

After a long silence, he said faintly, "It doesn't really matter what you're looking for. Aren't you ordered by your old lady to stay in the mansion?"

Upon hearing this, Young Master Ming could only remain silent.

The facts are indeed as Fan Xian said.

Fan Xian didn't beat around the bush and said, "I heard that your family has a private army of one thousand?"

Ming Lanshi was horrified, but pretended to be calm and said, "So what? Everyone knows about this, even the Suzhou government knows about it. These people are just Ming family farmers, just guarding against bandits. The court tacitly approved it because of the contributions of my Ming family! Do you have any questions, sir?"

Fan Xian thought to himself: Is it the contribution made to the imperial court or to the Junshan Society?
"Has your old lady been waiting for my action today?" Fan Xian suddenly asked, full of curiosity.

This time, even Ming Lanshi, who was somewhat cunning, was unable to withstand it.

A drop of cold sweat slid down the temple.

"I don't know what you mean, sir?" If you don't want to answer, just play dumb.

"The Ming family has been showing weakness for a long time, and they didn't fight back when I suddenly searched the garden today, which was so embarrassing. I guess they have a backup plan waiting for me!" Fan Xian analyzed to himself, while undermining Young Master Ming's defenses, he secretly became more cautious. "If a few more people die in the search today, Old Lady Ming only needs to stir up the emotions of the people a little bit, and then use the people of Jiangnan to her advantage. Under this kind of public opinion, even burying all forty of my people in this garden, it must not be impossible, right?"

This sentence almost broke Ming Lanshi's defense!

He really didn't know and didn't think about this!
If the old lady really arranged it this way, Fan Xian would certainly be in trouble, but he would also have no way to survive!

Putting aside whether Fan Xian would go all out and kill himself, or whether he could escape, the fact that the old lady insisted on letting him stay in Ming Garden on such an important occasion today made Ming Lanshi believe Fan Xian's words immediately!
This damn old woman!
Seeing Ming Lanshi's strange expression, Fan Xian guessed a little.

Then he made the final conclusion with one word.

"What a good move of retreating to advance, but I want to see how far she is prepared to retreat? Is it worth it to let the eldest grandson of the Ming family be buried with her?"

(End of this chapter)