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"Manager Fan, I'll make this a long story short. You and Hu Niu plus your caravan must leave Yi County immediately. We can't stay here any longer. When Xiao Letian saw Fan Lian and Hu Niu, she immediately cut to the chase without a second word.

The caravan had to separate from now on. They picked out the servants who were loyal to Fan Lian and the Second Manager s, forming a group to escort the jewels Xiao Letian brought back to Beijing. Wait until the Beijing, don't think about the matters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we will split up first.

There was no mistake, it was just a branch family. Right now, Fan Lian and Hu Niu were already completely disheartened towards their eldest uncle. Someone so cold-blooded that he could not be interacted with. At the beginning, Fan Lian was still a little worried about his business, but after he finished listening to Xiao Letian's plans, he finally let go of it.

"Manager Fan, don't be reluctant to part with that small business outside your mouth, the era is already different. In the future, the mainstream of the world will be the sea, and from today onwards, the ocean trade will be a thousand times more than the land trade. We will have to start our business at the port, and start from the bottom of the sea business.

Xiao Letian tried his best to fool Fan Lian, to the point where he even dragged Fan Lian to the corner of the wall and whispered to him for an entire fifteen minutes. Qing San Ye and Hu Niu looked at Fan Lian in astonishment as his expression changed back and forth like a kaleidoscope, until finally, Fan Lian gave a deep bow to Xiao Letian.

"Since ancient times, wealth comes from danger. Since the Mr. Xiao has such a huge ambition, how could I dare not follow you? Everything is as mister has arranged, today we will go to Beijing …"

After he finished speaking, Fan Lian even cupped his hands towards the Qing San Ye and said, "I'll have to trouble Master San on our way." Hearing that, Fu Qing hurriedly replied. "No need to say anything, after all these years of friendship, I will definitely escort old shopkeeper into the Beijing safely."

No matter how arrogant that old thing Lian Lian Er was, he wouldn't dare to lay his hands on the nobles with yellow flags. Furthermore, once the caravan entered the Beijing and left Lian Er's territory, everything would be fine.

In fact, during this period of time when Fan Lian was sick, the caravan had already made all the preparations. Now, when they heard the order from the old shopkeeper, they didn't even need an hour, they had already prepared all the things they needed.

He never thought that Fan Lian would be so swift and decisive. He was like a clown as he scurried around the caravan, "Brothers, masters, what are you all saying? Where are you all going? old shopkeeper still hasn't recovered from his illness, why are you going out? "

Unfortunately, no matter how much nonsense he spouted, no one in the caravan was willing to bother with him. Even Luo Huo and a few other kids were causing trouble for him. As he spoke, he smacked Manager Liu to the side.

This time, the caravan didn't have any actual goods to ship, the 110 thousand silver was also exchanged for jewelry, which saved the caravan even more energy, and at the last, more than 30 big horses brought Fan Lian's most loyal subordinates and left from the main gate of the Yi County.

"Aiyo!" Your movements are pretty fast, aren't they? Manager Fan was still very sick early in the morning, how did he manage to go out after lunch? "Don't let the cold weather shine again. I think you should rest for a while …" Just as Fan Lian walked out of the Guangde's entrance, he met Second Master Lian.

Behind her, there were more than a hundred guards, blocking the main street in front of the Guangde. Second Master Lian, who was wearing a white fox robe, held a horsewhip in front of the caravan and looked at Fan Lian with a cold smile.

"old shopkeeper, back..." Fan Lian had yet to speak, but ten Musketeers, led by Luo Huo, stood at the very front with their chests puffed out. Ten sturdy young men, each carrying a bird gun with a foot-long knife stuck in its waist, protected the caravan like a wall.

Luo Huo and the others no longer had the cautious temperament of a small farmer. The killing intent that radiated from them had even instantly surpassed the one hundred guards that Ning Xi had brought with her. On that night in Mountain Temple, these ten Musketeers killed on average three people each. These warriors who had killed people before, were countless times stronger than these old soldiers who smoked big cigarettes.

Furthermore, behind the ten Musketeers s, there were still the Mr. Xiao guarding them. Even the Qing San Ye was clearly protecting them, there was nothing for them to be afraid of.

"Aiyo!" Ouch … What do you want? Rebellion, Fan Lian, you are just a lowly commoner. How dare you, a despicable merchant, fight against me? "Come on, shoot at this grandpa's head. I'll see if you have the balls …" All of a sudden, the whip made a crisp sound, and hit Luo Huo's shoulder like lightning, causing the cotton to fly all over the place.

"Staring at me? You still dare to glare at me! " "Qing San Ye looked at Luo Huo's eyes and wanted to dig out his eyes." "This lowly commoner actually dares to stare at me? This grandpa will beat you to death! "A bastard who's not even worth a donkey's money …" As he cursed, he lashed out with the whip three times.

"Stop..." [What are you trying to do, Lian'er? Our Fan family has violated that royal law? On clear days, why can't our caravan leave? " Fan Lian was so angry that his entire body was trembling.

"On what basis? Your caravan has ten guns! Just based on your weapons! Based on my suspicions, you guys are hiding contraband! "Just based on the fact that I'm not in a good mood today …" I've lived for more than sixty years, but I've never heard of a f * cking smelly merchant asking me why? "I am the standard-bearer, you f * cking Chinese. This is the truth …"

Fan Lian's head buzzed, and he almost fainted from anger. Don't go overboard, the weapons that our Fan family's caravan brought are all already reported to the county magistrate, we are doing serious business here … "We, we …" The old tutor trembled as he pinched his temples.

"Father!" After a clear and melodious sound, Hu Niu jumped down from the black carriage and immediately supported herself. When Lian Rou saw that Hu Niu had appeared, she laughed obscenely and shouted, "Men, invite my concubine over. I want to have a bridal ceremony today …" After saying that, she took out Fan Ru's handwritten letter, and raised it above her head, and shouted to the surrounding Yi County citizens.

"Didn't you all say that I, Second Master, was unreasonable? This king will explain this to you, this is a marriage certificate written by the patriarch of the Fan family, and big uncle Hu Niu. He entrusted Hu Niu to me to be my concubine in black and white, today I will accept my own concubine right … "

The crowd was stirred, the people squeezed and interjected as they whispered to each other, all of them were actually giving pointers to Hu Niu.

"Oh wow, so 2nd Master Lian has a marriage certificate?" "This is going to be difficult. How can a good girl run away from a marriage?"

"Isn't it because Second Master Lian is old? That's true, who wants their daughter to marry the old man … "Aiya, look, that's actually a girl with big feet?"

"Aiya, that's true. Manager Fan is in the wrong. This concubine's daughter is also a big-time girl. Being able to enter Second Master Lian's side can be considered her good fortune." You actually want to pick and choose? Do you want to marry a prime minister? "He really doesn't follow the path of a woman …"

The old lady and the middle-aged women in the crowd all scolded Hu Niu at the same time. Xiao Letian almost blew her top off and wanted to rush out of the carriage at that time. In the end, Fu Qing grabbed him, pointed at the back of his head and said softly, "Don't move, leave everything to me!" With that, he opened the cotton curtain and stood out.

"Second Master Lian, what are you singing today?" Qing San Ye leapt down from the black carriage and walked towards Lian'er with a smile.

Since the beginning, Lian Er had already known that Fu Qing was in the caravan, and he had also guessed that Fu Qing was most likely going to stand up for Fan Lian. However, Second Master Lian was not afraid, because he had already thought that Fu Qing's personally written letter was the most reasonable one. She then looked at Fu Qing, who was sitting on the black carriage, as if she was sure that something was going to happen.

"Aiyo, who do I think it is? So it's Fu Qing? Didn't I give you a vacation? It's almost the new year, and you're not going back to visit your sister? Knowing that you are working towards the capital, I won't keep you for a wedding wine anymore … "When you're back in the capital, if you're lacking money when you're out of school, ask me. I watched you grow up, so I'm sure you'll be able to help …"

No matter what, Ning Xi was just sitting there at her age. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her a nephew. Fu Qing smiled and cupped his hands. "Thank you second master, but today's matter..."

"Fu Qing, you can't meddle in today's matter, I have the marriage certificate, if this case were to go to the throne room, it would also be reasonable. If you try to force your way out, I'm afraid it would hurt our relationship!" After saying that, he waved the letter in his hand as if he was holding onto Hu Niu's life.

According to feudal dynasty's rules of etiquette, even though Second Master Lian is despicable enough, it still makes sense in terms of both law and favors. Who would dare to disobey an ancient marriage that required a proper marriage and required the approval of the clan head? Moreover, in late Qing, it was unwritten rule for Chinese women to wrap their feet up. When girls with Heaven's Foot walked out, they would be discriminated against, and all the children on the streets would dare to scold them.

In their eyes, Hu Niu, this girl with big feet, being able to get married to Second Master Lian did not count as having flowers stuck in the cow dung. Hu Niu should not be feeling wronged.

Fu Qing shook his head: "Second Master, of course you have your own reasons, but today, you really do not have yours."

"Why?" "The reason is very simple, because Fan Lian has already decided to split his relationship with Fan Ru, and Fan Ru's marriage contract is no longer valid." Alright, it's already past noon, so we should head out. Coincidentally, I also want to return to the capital, so I'll be accompanying Manager Fan along the way … "

Good heavens! When Qing San Ye said the words "branch family", the entire audience and all the soldiers were stirred. Split family? How is that possible, with such a large Guangde business, if we split it, how much of a waste would it be? "

"That's right, that's right, if brother proposes to split the assets, then when the time comes, we can let big boss handle it, and don't let Fan Lian go out all by himself in the end!"

"Hey, you don't even have to say it. It really is possible. Even the capital won't be able to win this case …"

He looked at Fan Lian, then looked at Fu Qing, as if he couldn't believe his own ears. "What the hell is this thing! Split Family... Fan Lian, you are crazy. You said you can share the millions of dollars that you have, aren't you afraid that your brother will kick you out? "When that time comes, all the struggles you've ever had in your life will be gone …"

At this moment, Fan Lian straightened his back and said with confidence he had never felt before, "I, Fan Lian, am a man of indomitable spirit. I would rather be destitute like a pauper than give away my own daughter as a gift.

He looked around and stared coldly at the soldiers, then stared at the eight flag soldiers who had learned archery from him before, and said loudly, "Today, I will return to the capital with the Manager Fan. If anyone stands in front of me, they will be opposing me, Fu Qing, and the Fuche, all of you better listen carefully."

Qing San Ye roared, scaring all of the soldiers out of their wits, and they all retreated backwards. At this time, Luo Hu, who was at the front of the caravan, had a red whip mark on his face as he jumped up and down. He said unhappily, "Let's go …" After saying that, he pulled the reins and squeezed forward. No one dared to stop the soldiers in front of him.

At this point, Second Master Lian was about to go crazy from anger. Green veins were popping up on his bald head, and inside the Guangde s cave, Manager Liu was trying his best to wink at him, telling him to look towards the black caravan.

There was a crisp smack as Second Master Lian's whip lashed out like a whip in the air. "I want to see who dares to leave?" Fu Qing, you want to fight me in a court case, I will accompany you … "Little ones, surround the caravan and capture the bandits alive. Capture the traitorous Fan Lian as well …"

With a command, the long street was completely blown up, and forty odd soldiers came out from the other side of the road. also brought Wang Hu and the others over, this time the entire caravan was completely surrounded.

"It's right in this big car, right in this black caravan. The bandit leader surnamed Xiao is hiding in here …" Guang De branch Manager Liu suddenly rushed out, and pointed at the carriage Xiao Letian was riding on, and shouted.