Chapter 368 (1/2)

Chapter 368

Chapter 368: Pride Was Not As Heavy As Gold

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Although ht's sleep, one to bed for the entire nightThe palace treasury spring bidding still opened on ti despite the major event that happened in Suzhou

These were the past rules of the court

Even though Eunuch Huang and Guo Zheng had cited the lockdown on Suzhou and Xia Qifei's assassination attempt in their request to postpone the date of the transport co for a few days, Fan Xian remained resolute and decisiveHe valiantly requested that the bidding start on ti faht of tiiven more reaction time, who knehat else could happen?

Fan Xian rubbed the sore point between his brows and forcefully hid the tiredness on his face as he watched the h the expressions' on these Jiangnan giant e emotion hidden in their eyesIt seemed that the ht had brought enormous complications for themFan Xian was teood…or bad for his plan

The father and son of the Ming family were the second last to enter the courtyardBehind them followed the clan's close servant and accounts masterHis face wore a warm smile, and he saluted all aroundThe officials and merchants skiazeNo one dared appear to be overly friendly in front of Fan Xian with the Ming fa fa and Guo Zheng greeted the their support of the other partyFan Xian watched coldlyHe s his hand for the other party to take their seatsMing Qingda's expression was very strange but appeared to be calmIt seemed that, for so revenge for the matter of Xia Qifei's attempted assassination

Before the front doors closed, the Jiangnan water bandits also arrived

Behind Xia Qifei, other than the few old officials of the Ministry of Revenue that Fan Xian had sent over, there were only three close guards leftThe other brothers had died last night on the street

Xia Qifei's face was deathly paleIt seemed that the heavy injury had not had a chance to heal at allToday's reat importance, so he had to coes on his body, the white cloth on his forehead appeared to be particularly piercing and brightHis subordinates behind hi white strips of cloth on their foreheadsIn the spring weather, it emanated an ice-like cold

This was the first tih the palace treasury doors

The gazes of everyone in the courtyard were ai and carried afamily and Quanzhou Sun fareeted Xia Qifei, quietly offering words of comfort

With the support of his subordinates, Xia Qifei slowly approached the lance at the father and son in the first roo and Guo Zheng's faces were a strange color

The corner of Fan Xian's eye twitched, but he iht hand and said fir as you come, there will be a seat for you here”

Everyone understood thewere completely unable to use these words to accuse Fan Xian of anythingThe Jiangnan governor, Xue Qing, had excused himself due to illness, so in the courtyard, Fan Xian's title was the highestIt was clear that Xue Qing was giving Fan Xian free reign to do as he liked

The Ming family's supporters would not just watch as the situation came under Fan Xian's controlAfter a quiet whisper, Eunuch Huang said, ”Sir Xia, I heard that the fighting aht in Suzhou, and you suffered many losses…but, it does not confor into the yard”

Xia Qifei's birth was, after all, dishonorable, thus thefa Conference carry out the killingAfter all, if they could kill Xia Qifei, it would solve many proble on the jianghu

Eunuch Huang's words were nothing more than to make this point real

Fan Xian did not care to bicker about such no's ”does not conforrewIn a quiet voice, he said, ”Eunuch Huang, do not h these words were spoken quietly, his voice was like it had been scraped out of a crevasse in a glacier, like it had coroundThat icy chill caused all those who heard it to shi+ver without being cold

Do not 's ears and caused him to involuntarily shi+verHe quickly shut his et in a huff with the wretched youth; he would let hihtAs long as he kept an eye out, nothing would go wrongIf, at this time, he let Fan Xian use this opportunity to flip out—who could stop hier picture

To the side, Guo Zheng, who had been about to open his mouth, also felt his heart chillHe quickly sed the words he had been about to sayLast night, they had all expected Fan Xian to act ier; they had all already written their ainst Fan XianUnexpectedly, he had, on the contrary, reatly disappointed hi, and they were both aware that they didn't knohen that nefarious flame Fan Xian kept bottled up in heart would explode out

Thinking of thealso retreatedThe Eldest Princess only wanted to protect the Ming family's shares, not their reputation

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There was another cannon boomThe confetti fleildly outside in the courtyard, and the sradually thickened

Fan Xian narrowed his eyes and looked at the somewhat familiar sceneFor sojing, Northern Qi, theMohanOn that day, the firecrackers on Shangjing's city gates that were sending hi

Were the firecrackers today sending off those who had died last night?

Xia Qifei led his subordinates silently into room B4 and removed the strip of white cloth froht as a brushHis brothers behind him followed their boss and removed their white cloths and spread them outLine by line, bold and powerful

Fan Xian's brows furrowed his brows very slightly, as to be barely noticeable, as he thought about so

The palace treasury official responsible for announceain stood at the top of the stone stepsThe second day of the palace treasury bidding had officially begun

Yesterday, there had been five lots; the palace treasury had 16 lotsOther than the last two portions that were bound eight lots, there were three lots left and placed at the start to be announced

The Ming fanan merchants and did not bidOn the contrary, it seeht's incident and made bids very steadilyHe took one of the lots, and the other ton by the Lingnan Xiong fa that had been agreed on last night at the Jiangnan Restaurant

The lots that Xia Qifei had taken were still on the Northern routeWhen Fan Xian received the bid from Flower Hall and confirmed that Xia Qifei had won the bid, he couldn't resist secretly nodding his headXia Qifei had not let his ereatly approved of this

The bidding on these three lots progressed without excitementThe prices were about the sa about them at allNone of the merchants and officials present had much of a reaction at all because everyone knew today's iht lots that the Ming family had to win

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”The southeast route and the sea route, goods of the Second workshopA total of four lots, bidding beginsThe highest bidder…wins…”

The official of the palace treasury transport company stood on the stone steps and called out with expressionHe had no idea howthese wordsEvery year after the words were called, only the Ming family would bid—no one would co, without interest and dull

But, this year was not the same

After the sound of the announcement landed, the first to push open their door and hand out the leather envelope was room B4

The courtyard burst into noise as countless voices rose in discussionXia Qifei, this abandoned Seventh young ainst the Ming fada in roo expected this situationIn previous years, because of the strength of his fa fronanfaht lots was the same as the Cui fa roles

After playing these roles for too long, it would eventually feel tiringToday, there was finally so a slight fear, Ming Qingda also felt a thread of excitehtly and said to his son beside hi Lanshi+ paled in shockHis father intended to raise last year's final price by 20 percent in the first round of bidding? If, in a h silver and continued on—how could they hold it?

Ming Qingda raised the tea cup beside him and drank a mouthful, and slowly said, ”The extra 20 percent isn't to crush Xia Qifei; it's to crush others”

Ming Lanshi+ was confusedToday in the palace treasury courtyard, other than Xia Qifei, who had the support of the imperial envoy? Who else dared to coe lots? In the heart of this young master, he was still convinced that Xia Qifei's confidence ca silver from the Ministry of Revenue, and the others did not have this power at all