Chapter 336 (1/2)
After the young official in front of hi, Xia Qifei's head was about to explode The long suppressed hu After all, he was the head boss of the Jiangnan water bandits, a faure of the underworld, when had he even been pushed around like this?
But he was a clever ood idea as to the other party's identity If his guess was right, then this young official was very much not ordinary, and the child beside him was…
Endure! Must endure it!
Xia Qifei repeatedly told hiiven the power of the other party, they would only have to lift their little finger and they could completely wipe out the wealth he had accumulated these few years, and there would be e The thousands of brothers he had under his command, who had families to feed and children to raise, would probably lose their heads More iave the royal family chained his spirit and did not allow hiht
Thus he could only endure Although all hu were always a bit bloodthirsty, and even rogues had their ruthlessness, for the lives of the brothers under his comer in his chest With a trace of arrogance in his respectful tone, he said, ”I didn't know sir was arriving today Do you have any orders?”
Fan Xian glanced at him ”I'll trouble Master Xia to first deal with the h he used the title ”Master Xia,” his tone reht and effortless, without a trace of the usual respect seen frohu
Xia Qifei didn't knohat the other party was planning He turned, his expression depressed, and went out to of the roo advisor so tea and did not seeain
”I am here today to ask Master Xia about a matter” Fan Xian put down his tea cup and looked at Xia Qifei waruests came aboard my shi+p and I kept them there I wonder how Master Xia is prepared to explain this matter?”
Xia Qifei's expression became serious and he did not answer this question Instead he took the initiative to ask, ”Sir, I will speak frankly I don't have to adhu, I can't not consider ht; the people that accidentally boarded your shi+p that night were all nito I have eyes but did not see and offended you I beg your forgiveness, and I will shoulder all the punishment Please release my subordinates”
The Third Prince was tired of listening He banged his tea cup down hard on the table, and the child said coldly, ”Can you…afford to take all the punished out the sentence, but it was still in a clear, childish voice It did not seee chill
A chill ran down Xia Qifei's back He knew that if this crime were taken to the extreme, then it was atteht not be enough to fill in that grave However, as sos of the Ming clan at a young age and had successfully carved out a place in the underworld to beconan hts were h He noticed that these nobility had not ordered soldiers to wipe theht into the branch despite the ”great danger” There was deepbehind this move
Thus, he was not truly afraid; he just didn't know exactly what these nobility froritted his teeth and actually let go of what jianghu people most valued: his backbone He took a knee in front of Fan Xian and said sincerely, ”I know I cannot shoulder this criood fortune that absolutely no harnorant brothers and sentence me instead to death by a thousand cuts”
This was his superficial effort after finding some confidence, but Fan Xian did not know and couldn't tell He was very pleased with the other party's quick thinking He nodded approvingly and said, ”Master Xia is indeed a hero who loves and values his subordinates”
It takes two to tango Xia Qifei's referral to himself had shi+fted from ”I” to ”yours truly,” and from ”yours truly” to ”commoner” His status had beco hi ”Head of faher than the next He was confir that the other party had the status to speak
Fan Xian had only said one sentence before stopping The Third Prince felt a chill in his heart He knew that his teacher did not like how he had cut in earlier and wanted him to act as the evil person However, as a prince, of course he was not afraid of the so-called vengeance of a rash jianghua clear voice he said, ”Master Xia's words have couards and thrown into the river”
”Ah?” Xia Qifei was stunned Who would have thought that these officials frodou would be more ruthless than bandits? To not leave even one life
He seemed to see the bodies of Guan Wu in the river His heart ached and his rage soared However, all that could be seen on his face was sorrow and not vengeance He was truly a first-class actor
Fan Xian said evenly, ”Officials have different rules for doing things Since those people drew their weapons on the shi+p, naturally, no one could be spared If I had been soft-hearted and let thedou The court would becory, and I'm afraid their ends would have been worse And it would have involved their families”
Xia Qifei was silent A moment later he repeated what he had first asked ”Do you have any orders for your visit today?”
The other party had already made it clear that the robbery had temporarily been washed clean by the blood of those dozen brothers As this er discussed, there must have been another matter to discuss
Fan Xian waved his hand The subordinates accepted the order and left the outer hall The Third Prince jumped down from the chair and prepared to leave when he was unexpectedly held back
There were only three people left in the roo on inside Xia Qifei's mind? For a person of the underworld like him, to be able to ”
”I am Fan Xian”
Fan Xian's expression was soft as he publicly announced his identity
Although Xia Qifei had guessed the other party's background, to receive definite confirs weaken
The story of this young dom people Not yet 20, he already held the most powerful position in the nation: commissioner of the Overwatch Council He composed poetry before the E on the spring exa, collected books, and bullied the princes back hoitimate son had become one of the most famous people in the world Whether it was in literature, martial arts, or power, he was already at the peak
In who kne many back country and rural conversations, Fan Xian had becohts in their eyes Xia Qifei was no exception Particularly because of his past, Xia Qifei felt an extra admiration for the commissioner he had never met Only, he had now offended the co awaiting those that offended Fan Xian
Roughly calculating, the people who had fallen at Fan Xian's hands included the previous Director of the Board of Rites Guo You, Minister of Justice Han Zhiwei, and the I s, the Second Prince was under house arrest in his ive up the palace treasury with both hands
Fan Xian's identity had becoe with these events The son-in-law of the Priitidodou already had an aura of mysteriousness With someone like Fan Xian, whose naold, people dared not to watch intently
Regardless of what Xia Qifei was thinking, his face showed unbelievable shock They saw hiround, giving Fan Xian a forreets the co silence, Fan Xian still did not let hiently speaking ”Seventh Ming, I truly hope you will be , it is best to use your real nahtened, and he raised his head in shock He stared straight into Fan Xian's seeht hand had unconsciously lowered and was ready to release an attack at anyunheard words burrowed into his ears like poisonous snakes that tore into his brain In his shock, he suddenly felt hatred in his heart How could the other party know of this past? If this news got out, how could those large fanan let hinan water bandits, he had no chance of victory
”No need to reach for the dagger in your boot” Fan Xian didn't knoon in the other person's head, he was only watching his”Of course as Master Xia knows, this kind of thing is what I aestured with his hands Xia Qifei quickly straightened, but his entire person re for sounds outside of the room; he didn't know if the advisor had couessed that Coht threaten hiht to the bitter end
It was like the Third Prince couldn't sense any danger and looked on with great interest at the conversation
”Back then, your ed to death by the current oldsense of the reports from the Council
Xia Qifei saw red, and it appeared that he would rush forward at any moment to kill Fan Xian But as the head boss of the water bandits, he kneho he was facing The strong, ninth-level Commissioner Fan was so of Northern Qi Even if he threw in his life, he wouldn't be able to kill him here
”You've been mistreated since your childhood by your older brother” Fan Xian looked at him and furrowed his brows, ”Don't take offense Master Xia I don'tto be clear I want to make a deal with you, and this dealfah, then I wouldn't have come to find you”
Xia Qifei's tension immediately relaxed He closed his eyes, calmed himself, and then asked in a serious voice, ”What kind of business is sir thinking of?”
”The thing you want to do; I can help you” Getting to the topic of business, Fan Xian's words became much more direct ”I know Master Xia recently has a need for silver, and I have silver”
Of course Fan Xian had silver With the Danbo Bookstore, Baoyue Brothel, Six Ministries yaold and silver people in the palace such as Old Dai who used the excuse of rectifying incorrect workstyles netted, added all together already reached a shocking ae faion, there was still a ways to go However, everyone knew that Commissioner Fan had a father as the God of Wealth at home His family controlled the national treasury and palace treasury If someone said the Fan Manor didn't have money, not even souessed that the other party would threaten him, but did not expect them to actually be prepared to help him He couldn't wrap his mind around it for aabout the opening of the palace treasury in March?”
”You and I are both practical people, so let's be more direct” Fan Xian spoke calmly ”In March, the palace treasury bids will be determined If it were like the previous years, it would certainly be in the pockets of the Cui and Ming families, however, this year the Cui faes If Master Xia would like to have a hand in it, there is only this one opportunity Coincidentally, I aive you the privilege to enter, enough silver, and the portion needed to take over”
In reality, Fan Xian had a cache of silver in his hands that no one knew about This here his ample confidence cahtly After a enerous”
He didn't ianisation the Overwatch Council was Often the people involved with the Overwatch Council could only pay their lives and the lives of their fahts in his heart, he would have gifted hi a deal with the devil
”I'll explain what I need you to do” Fan Xian didn't care about the other party's hesitation He smiled warmly and laid out his price ”The water bandits are yours If things go well in the future, the Ming family will also be yours Furthermore, I will not seek out related profits”
Xia Qifei's brows drew tight Such a kind of Overwatch Council officer didn't exist
As expected, after Fan Xian took a sip of the cold tea, he said, ”What should be yours will all be yours, however you must be the Overwatch Council's”
After Fan Xian finished speaking, he took out a seeently on the surface of the smooth, black wood table ”The Overwatch Council, Fourth Bureau, Inspector of the Inspection Division stationed at Jiangnan Road The ranking is not high Don't be offended”
Offended? For a jianghu bandit to turn around and become an official of the court, an inspector that held the power to inspect governance, offended? Only an idiot would be offended
Xia Qifei was stunned by the price offered by Fan Xian Although he knew once he entered the Overwatch Council, whether he controlled the Ming fanan water bandits, he would never be able to leave the organization In the future, the division of the massive profits from the palace treasury and other related sources would on the word of the Overwatch Council…no, perhaps it would be down to a private word froe aovernment identity and the consent of hting gave Xia Qifei confidence for the first time that he could defeat that rust-spotted faood opportunity in his life again, but he still hesitated First, it would be difficult to be free He would have to be a loyal dog under Fan Xian For sohu, he felt unsatisfied, furthermore, he didn't completely trust Fan Xian Second, the reputation of the Overwatch Council was terrible If news of hiot out, even if he held more power in the future, his reputation would be destroyed
Perhaps he wanted to preserve that thread of independence at the bottole He stared at Fan Xian a bit rudely and said, ”Sir, I don't knohy I should accept this trade”