Fan Xian learned from Haitang Duoduo that this "Heaven's Way of Mind" was left by his mother Ye Qingmei, and Ku He just returned it to its original owner. Haitang Duoduo casually asked Fan Xian how his life was after marriage. Fan Xian answered lightly that it was good. Haitang Duoduo explained that Si Lili asked her to ask. Li Chengping and Shi Chanli looked at each other and smiled, but they did not expect that Fan Xian would also have Si Lili besides Haitang Duoduo.
Fan Xian came to Ming's house to wait for the investigation results, and happened to see Mrs. Ming adopt Ming Qingda's cousin, and also called her cousin's four children to watch the ceremony. After the ceremony was completed, Ming Qingda identified his cousin as a bribed traitor. He privately issued a reward to assassinate the imperial official Fan Xian, and asked Fan Xian to kill him himself. Fan Xian saw that Ming Qingda and his son were acting, and deliberately To give him a blow, Fan Xian wants to take his stepson back and interrogate him slowly. Mrs. Ming advised her stepson to accept the investigation and promised to treat their four children well. Just when Fan Xian wanted to take his stepson away, he hit his head against a pillar and died on the spot. Fan Xian was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
The desperate villagers took the initiative to seek refuge with the Ming family. They were willing to die for the Ming family. Ming Qingda swore in public that he would ensure that their families had enough food and clothing, and asked them to drink poisonous wine, and then sent someone to take away their bodies. Fan Xian's investigation. Ming Qingda secretly came to see Xie Bian and vowed to be loyal to Li Chengze and Li Yunrui forever. Xie Bian revealed that Fan Xian would definitely die in two days. Ming Qingda deliberately delayed time with Xie Bian and chatted with Xie Bian while drinking tea.
Mrs. Ming held a banquet for Fan Xian and was willing to donate 200,000 taels of silver for disaster relief. She cried out in front of Fan Xian and kept claiming that the three major squares were selling products for Li Yunrui's internal treasury. As a result, they suffered losses every year, implying that Li Yunrui was making huge profits. Ming Lao The wife promised to hand over the three major squares to the internal treasury transfer department as soon as possible, and the Ming family was willing to continue to act as the agent for the management rights of the three major squares. Fan Xian exposed her lies in person. Since the three major squares were losing money every year, why should the Ming family go through all the trouble? The old lady Ming claimed that she wanted to serve the country.
Ming Qingda saw a fire in the Sandafang warehouse and hurried to report to Fan Xian. Fan Xian suspected that the fire was caused by the Ming family. Both Mrs. Ming and Ming Qingda had witnesses, and they cleared the suspicion of arson. Fan Xian lived in the Jiangnan branch of Baoyue Building. Li Chengping could not guess Fan Xian's intention. Wang Qinian went to the fire scene to investigate and visit. All the goods in the warehouse were burned to ashes. All the people in the three major warehouses were killed. Wang Qinian investigated He found out that the body was burned after death. He felt that there was something fishy about this matter. Fan Xian suspected that the warehouse had been emptied by the Ming family long ago, so he deliberately set fire to cover up the fact. Shi Chanli was saddened when he thought about the burning of his hometown Shijia Town, and Fan Xian gave him kind words.
As expected by Fan Xian, the fire was arranged in advance by Ming Qingda. Ming Qingda wanted to wait for Fan Xian to return to Kyoto before bringing back all the goods and workers in the warehouse. Mrs. Ming said something to him He was full of praise, but in his heart he was afraid that he would take his place and take charge of the Ming family independently.
Ming Qingda must keep the three major workshops at all costs, because the three major workshops are a cornucopia of inheritance and inheritance of the most profitable crafts in the world, namely glass, sugar making, cotton weaving and perfume. Fan Xian wants to pass on these crafts to the world, Li Taiping advised Fan Xian to report to Emperor Qing first.