Chapter 283 Power!

"Thank you for your trust, sir. Please move into the cabin. I have prepared some light wine."

Xia Qifei clasped his hands together and bowed slightly. Before he could finish his words, Fan Xian waved his hand and interrupted him, saying, "Lead the way."

As they were talking, Wang Qinian and Gaoda also crossed the bow and came to Fan Xian's side.

After entering the cabin and everyone sat down, Fan Xian spoke first, taking the lead.

"Should I call you Master Ming or Chief Xia now?"

When Xia Qifei faced Fan Xian, he clearly felt that his momentum was weaker.

He still couldn't forget the scene when he first met the imperial envoy: that day at sunset, the great leader Xia was so frightened that he sat on the ground. He had been chasing a fishing boat, but was then surrounded by four huge ships.

The pressure brought by that oppressive giant is still fresh in my memory.

Especially Xu Shoushan, the commander of the Shahu Navy, who was on good terms with Fan Xian in the past, was standing next to him and coldly told this old acquaintance in an official tone that he was surrounded.
Even though that happened a long time ago, now Fan Xian and only three others were on board.

But after seeing Fan Xian's operations in Jiangnan and the terrifying financial resources used in the bidding for the inner treasury, Xia Qifei had no choice but to treat it with caution.

"You should just call me Xiao Xia, sir."

Fan Xian nodded and said, "Xiao Xia, the white cloth on your head is quite unique. If someone understood, they would know that you wore it to protect yourself from the wind. If someone knew, they would think that you had a headache or fever and were mourning for the old lady of the Ming family!"

"The villain dare not!"

As he spoke, he tore off the white cloth wrapped around his head and threw it out of the window.

Perhaps he was not used to the strange smell of sweat and water from the men in the cabin, so this time Fan Xian did not intend to argue with Xia Qifei any further and went straight to the point, "Do you know why I came to see you this time?"

The incident in the past two months caused a big stir, and the fact that so many faces suddenly disappeared from the water fort could not be hidden from the leader of the water fort.

Xia Qifei listened to these gentle words, and even though the wind was strong, sweat broke out on his forehead.

"clear."

"Then tell me! Don't try to hide anything. I can naturally judge the truth of the matter!"

Even if Fan Xian cannot judge, the Supervisory Council behind him will help him judge!
The atmosphere in the cabin was a bit tense. After all, they were the lowest of the lowest classes. Even though they had taken a few items from the inner treasury, it did not mean that their status had been improved much.

What's more, most of the bidding property comes from people right in front of us.

While Xia Qifei was still hesitating, some of his younger brothers who were used to being domineering could no longer hold back and did not hide their intentions. Some of them had already grasped the hilts of the knives.

Fan Xian just glanced lightly and did nothing else.

Wang Qinian sneered and picked up food and drank wine by himself. It was Lord Fan who talked about the matters and he was the one who drank the wine. It was really a pleasant and happy time!
As for Gundam, he was wondering how many breaths it would take to kill someone.
"Chief Xia is very good at managing his subordinates and is deeply loved by his brothers."

It would not be an exaggeration to say that Xia Qifei was sweating profusely at this moment. He was not very clear about the specific details of the previous incident, but he also knew that if he did not handle this matter well, it would make this already complicated matter even more troublesome!

"Put them all away for me!" Xia Qifei shouted angrily in a low voice, which startled the people behind him.

Although their faces were filled with confusion, those men still kept their hands away from the hilts.

"This is not enough!"

How can we get things done without punishment if we have the guts to use force?

After hearing what his master said, Gundam stood up and slowly took out the steel knife.
"My Lord! This matter is due to my lack of discipline. Please let me handle it myself!" Xia Qifei gritted his teeth and said. "Also."

Fan Xian agreed and also picked up the seafood with his chopsticks and drank it with the wine.

Xia Qifei turned around, suppressed his anger and ordered: "Each of you leave one hand free! Use the hand that touched the knife just now!"

The people behind him didn't even hesitate, their knives flashed, and several hands were placed on the table.

Instead of thinking about healing their wounds, they also had to protect their leader.

Listening to the sound of dripping water, Fan Xian praised: "Good trick."

"Let's just let this little episode pass. Next, Xiao Xia, please answer the question I just asked!"

Knowing that he couldn't get away with just a few hands, Xia Qifei had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I didn't know about it at first!"

Didn't he deny that the person who assassinated or killed Fan Xian was not from the Water Stronghold? Didn't he just say that he was not aware of it?

Fan Xian pondered for a moment, and he began to believe what the person in front of him said.

Otherwise, Xia Qifei would not dare to appear in front of him like this.

"How did you deal with it? Or, how do you plan to deal with it?"

Xia Qifei glanced at Fan Xian and became somewhat alert. It's not that he hadn't planned to fight to the death, but the previous six months were the most important six months in his life! He experienced something different!

A desire for power and wealth made him stay away from so-called emotional struggles.

He is not selfish, the fact that the brothers in the water fort are living a better life is proof of this!
The Ming family has an illegitimate son named Ming Qingcheng. After the old man died, he left too much inheritance to the seventh son in his will, so the eldest son Ming sent people to hunt down the illegitimate son at the instruction of his mother. The seventh son of Ming had nowhere to hide, so he simply joined the underworld and changed his name to Xia Qifei. In five or six years, he not only became the owner of Wanjinfang, but also secretly became the big boss of Jiangnan Water Village.

Today, Wanjinfang has become the new headquarters of the Water Fort Alliance.

Wanjinfang is not a fixed building, but is located on a very large ship and is quite magnificent.

After living like this, Xia Qifei doesn't want to go back to the past.
"I will handle it however you think it should be handled!" Xia Qifei said word by word with a ferocious look on his face.

Gundam was ready to attack at any time, but Fan Xian smiled slightly: "We are all acquaintances now, is there any need to be so nervous?"

The atmosphere was eased for a while, but Fan Xian suddenly made it even more tense.

"Your subordinates did such a big thing without telling you, the leader, and you, the chief leader of the Eighteen Waterways of Jiangnan, knew nothing about it! At this point, do you still feel wronged?"

"If there's one, there'll be another. This isn't a good sign for you!"

"Today they dared to do this behind your back, so next time they will force you, the leader, to step down because you did something unfavorable to them!"

"Not to mention the charge of assassinating the imperial envoy, and you are asked to take the blame. What, you still can't bear to kill him?"

In fact, Fan Xian's words were indeed a bit harsh, and he did some injustice to Xia Qifei.

Although he is the leader of the Jiangnan Water Fort Alliance, since it is an alliance, it means that some of the relationships are cooperative and are not directly under his leadership.

And Fan Xian's words undoubtedly showed that he regarded it as his responsibility.

This matter has its pros and cons, and it also gives Xia Qifei a real reason to unify the entire water fort!

(End of this chapter)