Chapter 1198: Dog Licking Will Never Get a Good Deal
After escaping from the pursuit of the Censorate, Feng Yuning was still unwilling to see the industry he had worked so hard to create go to waste. He immediately contacted his BHS friends and wanted them to greet the Censorate of Youyan to see if there was any misunderstanding...

As a businessman walking between black and white, Feng Yuning knew some QGZ very well, so he never missed the tribute silver that he should pay. So Feng Yuning was very confused as to why the Censor would come to deal with him this time, and acted so quickly and resolutely, as if he wanted to cut the Gordian knot and deal with him, Feng Yuning, completely!
Because Feng Yuning had made a lot of money by investing in shares in his industry, Feng Yuning's friends came forward to ask him a few questions. Feng Yuning thus learned that it was Su Guangzhen, the assistant censor of the Censorate, who had obtained the dirty laundry on him and reported it to the Censor Zhuang Shanhe. As the evidence was detailed and sufficient, Censor Zhuang Shanhe did not hesitate and directly ordered the confiscation of his industry.

When he first heard the news, Master Feng Yuning was a little confused, because the person who reported him, Su Guangzhen, the assistant censor of the Censorate, was one of his connections. Although the two of them did not have much friendship, they could be considered drinking buddies.

Because Su Guangzhen's position as the assistant censor was very critical, Feng Yuning valued his relationship with him very much. In order to maintain this relationship, Su Guangzhen's wife alone took away several gold, silver and jade articles from Fusheng Tower, which were worth five hundred taels of silver.

And because Su Guangzhen liked antiques, calligraphy and paintings, the gift Feng Yuning gave him included three calligraphy and paintings, and two pieces of porcelain, which were worth thousands of taels of silver. By giving Su Guangzhen so many benefits, Feng Yuning originally planned to let Su Guangzhen clear up all the trouble for him one day!
However, Feng Yuning never expected that Su Guangzhen not only ate his food, drank his drinks, and took his things, but also did something as bad as eating and ruining the pot...

Although he was angry at Su Guangzhen's actions and wanted to cut him into pieces, Feng Yuning felt something was wrong when he calmed down!

Feng Yuning thought that he had some understanding of Su Guangzhen. Although this guy was greedy for money, he was still capable. He had helped Feng Yuning solve some problems before, and he had never heard of him doing anything to ruin his life.

The most important thing is that there was no sign before Su Guangzhen reported him. Feng Yuning thought that he had never offended Su Guangzhen, and even said that the two of them had drunk wine together half a month ago!
So at first Feng Yuning really couldn't understand why Su Guangzhen wanted to report him, and what benefit would it bring to him if he reported him?

With such doubts, Feng Yuning began his next action. He asked his subordinates to use their previous relationships to run errands for his seized industries. He tried his best to make himself look innocent and know nothing, and asked several of his shopkeepers to take the blame and remove himself from the matter.

For this reason, Feng Yuning also tried to contact An Miaoyi, but unfortunately, Fusheng Building was investigated, and several elders and children of the An family were also arrested. All channels of contact between him and An Miaoyi had been closed, so even if Feng Yuning wanted to, he could not contact An Miaoyi at all.

Although Feng Yuning was still fighting a meaningless battle, the case was made ironclad by the Censorate after the criminal was caught red-handed. No matter how unwilling Feng Yuning was, he had no choice but to give up.

At this time, facing the wanted order from the Censorate, he was also ready to run away to avoid the storm, so he planned to ask his friend in the Coordination Office for a Coordination Office token, so that he could successfully escape from Youyan...
Feng Yuning's friend in the Coordination Office agreed very readily, which touched Feng Yuning at the time. He felt that a friend in need is a friend indeed. However, a few days later, when Feng Yuning encountered a wave of assassins, he realized the nonsense of a friend in need is a friend indeed. It is true that a friend in need is a friend indeed!

Those bastards who had treated him like brothers when they shared money with him, now wanted to kill him to silence him when they saw he was in trouble. Fortunately, Feng Yuning was careful enough to escape.

After encountering this incident, Feng Yuning realized more clearly that everyone in the world is seeking profit. He also understood that he could not rely on anyone at this time, so he immediately hid in Wangjiatun.

During the days in Wangjiatun, Feng Yuning, who had suffered betrayal by his friends in the Coordination Office, gradually figured out why Su Guangzhen betrayed him!
Under normal circumstances, there would be no reason for Su Guang to betray me and report me after taking my benefits!
So there is only one answer, someone wants Su Guangzhen to report him, and this person has great power, so Su Guangzhen cannot refuse at all. If this is the case, why would the Coordination Office come to kill people to silence them? It seems understandable!
Although he realized that this was most likely the truth, Feng Yuning still couldn't figure out who he had offended and who wanted to put him to death.
Although he still couldn't figure out this question, it had become less important to Feng Yuning, who was fleeing and avoiding the wanted order of the Censorate...
Feng Yuning’s first thought now is to survive!

As long as you live there is hope!

As long as you are alive, you have the chance to make a comeback!

If he wants to survive, he must first leave Youyan and avoid the wanted list of the Censorate, so he took out his last trump card, the list of people that Murong Qingwu had planted in some confidential departments, and sent his men to find Wang Xing, Murong Qingwu's agent in the industries outside the Ye Mansion, preparing to use this as a threat to force Murong Qingwu to help him leave Youyan.

After getting in touch with An Miaoyi, although Feng Yuning knew rationally that there was a huge difference between his status and that of An Miaoyi, there was no possibility for anything to happen between the two of them!

However, the love he had for An Miaoyi when he was young had not faded in the slightest despite the passage of many years, so Feng Yuning really wanted to do something to help An Miaoyi, to let An Miaoyi know that there was someone like him who was silently thinking about her in his heart!
So after learning that An Miaoyi wanted her younger brother An Tianyu to become the head of the An family, Feng Yuning set a trap to make the nephews and nephews of An Hetu and other guys owe huge gambling debts, forcing An Hetu to compromise with An Miaoyi!
Not only that, after Feng Yuning knew that Murong Qingwu and An Miaoyi were not getting along, Feng Yuning also deliberately looked up the list. At that time, Feng Yuning had planned to let Qiqige give it to An Miaoyi as a birthday present on An Miaoyi's birthday, but he didn't expect that plans would not change quickly!

However, Feng Yuning had already made up his mind that after he had used Murong Qingwu and left Youyan, he would have his men hand the list to An Tianyu, who would then hand the list to An Miaoyi...

Thinking of this, Feng Yuning, who was warming himself by the fire, felt a little comforted. This list might be the last thing he could do for his beloved woman!

Just when Feng Yuning was feeling moved by his own infatuation, there were suddenly several noises outside the house. Hearing the noise, Feng Yuning immediately became alert, grabbed a pistol from the haystack nearby, and looked towards the door nervously.

After this incident, Feng Yuning's trusted subordinates became fewer and fewer, and now Feng Yuning was the only one left in the house, along with the short gun that he had spent a lot of money to have customized by a craftsman. So at this moment, Feng Yuning could only rely on himself!
Under Feng Yuning's gaze, the door was pried open little by little. With despair in his heart, he pulled the trigger. With a gunshot, the bullet passed through the wooden door, and then a scream and a sound of falling to the ground were heard!
"Be careful, he has a musket! Go through the window!"

Following the order, two burly men immediately broke in through the window. Before Feng Yuning could reload the pistol, the leader kicked the pistol away and knocked Feng Yuning to the ground with a punch.

After subduing Feng Yuning, one of them took out a portrait from his bosom and compared it with Feng Yuning, then asked with some doubt:

"Are you Feng Yuning?"

Facing the other party's harsh questioning, Feng Yuning snorted coldly and turned his head away, as if he wanted to pretend to be a tough guy...

However, as a scholar, he was not strong enough. He could plot against others behind their backs, but in this environment where he was at the mercy of others, he could not last long. He gave in after only two fingers were broken off and said quickly:

"I am Feng Yuning! I am Feng Yuning!"

Seeing that Feng Yuning admitted his identity, the other party asked again: "Where is the list?"

Faced with this issue concerning his life and death, Feng Yuning hesitated for a moment. He knew that this list was his last amulet. If he really handed over the list, he would have no hope of survival!
However, when Feng Yuning hesitated, his third finger was manipulated by someone. Feng Yuning screamed and said without caring about anything else:

"It's right under the haystack! Please spare me!"

Following Feng Yuning's instructions, the two killers immediately found the list. Seeing that they had got what they wanted, they did not hesitate at all and stabbed Feng Yuning's throat with a dagger.

The knife directly stabbed a bloody hole in Feng Yuning's throat. Feng Yuning instinctively wanted to cover it with his hands, but it was of no use. Blood still kept flowing out of the wound. Feng Yuning's consciousness gradually became blurred. He wanted to open his mouth to say something, but he couldn't speak at all!
And at the last moment of his life, a scene appeared before Feng Yuning's eyes, a scene he had dreamed of many times.

It was a festive bridal chamber. As the groom, he walked proudly to his bride, lifted her red veil and kissed the woman who had haunted his dreams...
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Huainan, the Censorate.

In an antique room, the Governor Murong Yuliang and the Censor Sun Xiuquan were sitting opposite each other. Due to the tense relationship between them over the past period of time, both of them remained silent and the atmosphere in the room seemed a bit solemn.

After waiting for about a cup of tea, seeing that Murong Yuliang did not seem to be planning to speak, Sun Xiuquan took the initiative to break the silence and said:

"Lord Murong, I have some things to do here at the Censorate. If you have nothing else to do, I will go back to work."

Listening to Sun Xiuquan's order to expel him, Murong Yuliang looked at him coldly and said:
"Master Sun, I have something to tell you. If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself!"

Sun Xiuquan smiled when he heard this:

"Master Murong, you said it well, but I also want to say this to you!"

Murong Yuliang snorted coldly:

"I, Murong Yuliang, am upright and honest. I am not like some people who, for their own selfish interests, do things that are shady and shameful and cannot be seen in public!"

Hearing Murong Yuliang making indirect accusations in front of him, Sun Xiuquan was also very angry, but for the sake of the overall situation, he still suppressed his anger and said calmly:

"If Lord Murong wants to show off his noble character in our Anchasi, then you may as well go back..."

"We, the Censor, never believe in self-boasting. Before that corrupt official got into trouble, would he say that he had committed a crime and embezzled money?"

"We, the Censorate, only trust the Marshal's orders and evidence when handling cases!"

After hearing this, Murong Yuliang became furious and said:
"Sun Xiuquan, I know what you are up to behind my back, but I tell you clearly that your schemes will never succeed!"

"But if you and Ma Jingui retire now on the pretext of illness, I can consider letting you two go, and let you two retire to the countryside and enjoy your grandchildren!"

Sun Xiuquan was also very angry when he heard this and laughed:
"Master Murong, Master Ma and I are in very good health. We can eat two bowls of rice and a pound of meat in one meal, so you don't have to worry about it!"

"As for retiring to the countryside and enjoying the company of grandchildren, Lord Murong, you should think about it carefully!"

"Master Ma and I are native Huainan people. For the welfare of the people of Huainan, even if Master Ma and I die of exhaustion, it will be a worthy death!"

"Have you never heard of devoting yourself to a cause until your death?"

Seeing that Sun Xiuquan compared him and Ma Jingui to Zhuge Liang, Murong Yuliang became even more angry and immediately issued an ultimatum:
"Sun Xiuquan, you really have no shame! Do you really want to go down this path to the end?"

"If you still refuse to change your ways, I will report you to the Marshal when he arrives in Shouchun. I will then remove you from office and destroy your family. Don't say I didn't warn you!"

Facing Murong Yuliang's undisguised threat, Sun Xiuquan remained unafraid and continued his sermon:

"Lord Murong, you have a plan, but I have a plan. It is still unknown who will win. In my opinion, you should go back and pack your luggage..."

(End of this chapter)