Chapter 35 No visitors

   "Please inform me that Ma Ku from Ruiguo Duke's Mansion brought his dog Ma Yu to meet the prince." Ma Ku said, and put some loose silver into the hands of the gatekeeper at the gate of Prince Zhuang's mansion.

   But Ding hurriedly stretched out his hand and pushed: "Master Ma, my prince is not in the mansion."

  The appearance of the other party's righteous words made Ma Gu's heart skip a beat, and secretly sighed that it was not good.

  He is not afraid that the other party will not do things after receiving the money, but he is afraid that the other party will not accept the money.

   "Then I don't know where the lord has gone, and when will he be back?" Ma Ku asked again, but he no longer had any hope in his heart.

   "I don't know about this. I'm just a guard at the door. How dare I go to find out where the prince is going."

   "Brother, please make it easier for me. I'll wait here for the lord. I don't know." Ma Ku naturally didn't want to give up. It might not have been a problem before, but seeing the servant's attitude, he obviously knew that this matter was a bit serious.

   "No, Mr. Ma, please go back and come back some other day. If you wait here, it will not be good for my prince if it gets out." The servant naturally refused.

   Ma Yu, who was on the side, listened to the conversation between the two, especially the servant's tone of prevarication, which made him angry immediately.

   "You dog slave, my father is a third-rank Fenwei general in the court, and my Ma family is a descendant of the Duke of Ruiguo. How can you be like this?"

   Before Ma Yu finished speaking, he was slapped on the face by Ma Ku. She was really spoiled by the big girls and young daughter-in-laws in the back house, so she dared to say such nonsense.

"Please, Mr. Ma, your son is so contemptuous of my Prince Zhuang's Mansion, so don't stay here anymore." The servant also had a bad face. Your Ruiguo Mansion is honorable, but his Prince Zhuang's Mansion is not. Emperor?

  Ma Gu's face was red and white, and he also felt a little uncomfortable. How dare a mere servant dare to shake his face?

  But he is an adult and knows the pros and cons, so he just cupped his hands and said, "In that case, I'll come to see Prince Zhuang some other day."

   As he spoke, he took Ma Yu, who was stunned by his slap, into the sedan chair and left.

  In the concierge, the steward of the Wangfu came out: "You have done a good job. A dilapidated noble family dares to provoke our prince. You really don't know how to live or die."

  He saw this matter from beginning to end, and the actions of the gatekeeper were naturally his orders. His own prince wanted to clean up the Ruiguo mansion, how could it be possible to let him enter the mansion to reconcile?

   After the steward finished speaking, he turned and went back to the mansion to report to Wang Li.

"Heh, this old boy's thinking is really beautiful. If it wasn't for the Duke of Rui, who was honored by the emperor to retire with the country, this kind of temper would have been swallowed by others, even the bones would not be left." Wang Li sneered With a sound.

  He originally thought that Ma Yu was just a second-generation child who liked Fengyue, and maybe he dared to hate Chen Xiyi because he couldn't save face in front of the little lady before, but he never thought that he was really a man of temperament.

  If this kind of temperament fell on a group of rangers walking around the streets, then he might attract them, but it would not be a good thing if it fell on a nobleman.

  Now there is only one third-rank general Fenwei with a false title left in the Ruiguo Mansion. When Ma Ku dies and is passed on to Ma Yu, there may only be a fourth-rank false title.

  Of course, the premise is that this false title can be successfully hereditary.

  This Ma Yu didn't understand at all that their Ma family was able to make friends with all parties not because of these third-rank generals, but because of the word honor.

   "My lord, this is the information you have collected. The Ma family has long been unable to make ends meet. It has been confirmed that the mistress of the family will lend money." The steward handed over a secret report.

After a brief browsing, Wang Li realized that lending money is only a small matter, and the information behind it is a major matter. Then he said: "I never thought that Chen Hua, the magistrate of Nanxuan, was actually run by this horse, but this Chen Hua didn't seem to be What a good man, he can actually let this Ma Ku help him to play the official role."

   "However, the prefect of this place is also able to operate by him. At this point, he also has intentions, but this seems to be old."

  Looking at the corresponding secret report, Wang Li discovered that although this Chen Hua started his business by taking advantage of Ma Ku, the Duke of Ruiguo, his nature was serious, sophisticated and tactful.

   Another meaning is to know the current situation and know how to advance and retreat.

Wang Li continued to flip through the secret report in his hand, and saw the intersections between these families and the Ruiguo Mansion, for example, sending his own daughter to the Ruiguo Mansion to be raised by the Ma family's mistress, which is what they saw before. Everyone is a lady.

  These women who have not left the cabinet hang out with Ma Yu all day long, and they look like childhood sweethearts.

  But the more the number, the meaning will change.

   "Let's prepare the sedan chair, I'm going to the palace to face the saint." After reading the secret report, Wang Li said, putting it in his sleeve.

  He can plan this matter, but if it is really going to be implemented, it can only be done with the consent of Emperor Li.

   After all, this is a noble family, even if it is in decline, it is not easy for him to touch the other party.

  The noble family is not limited to the Ruiguo government, it is an interest group, if you want to move the Ruiguo government, you have to cut off its interests first.

But Wang Li didn't intend to move too hard, at most it would hurt the government of Ruiguo, if he was sensible, he would stop here, but if he didn't, then he would have to look at Ma Yu's arrogance How hard, when did you bow your head.

   "Yes, my lord." The steward naturally knew what Wang Li was going to do.

  Wang Li, as a staunch imperial faction, must communicate with the Emperor Li for matters like this against the Ruiguo Palace, depending on the specific attitude of the Emperor Li.

  The steward went out to make arrangements, but Wang Li was still thinking alone, how he should tell Emperor Li next.

  This matter can be said to be his private matter, and he must have gained the benefits, but Emperor Li must have an account, otherwise, I am afraid it will be very difficult to handle.

   It is inevitable that companions are like companions of tigers, and he must give Emperor Li a share of the benefits.

   But the problem is that his current benefit is only a magic sword.

  So, he can only find a way to transfer rights or other interests by himself.

  No one knew about the magic sword, so Wang Li quickly found an excuse, which was to use Chen Xiyi as a tiger skin.

   Therefore, this matter needs to be told truthfully, as long as you simply hide the matter of the middle magic sword, things will go much smoother.

Wang Li guessed that Emperor Li would definitely not mind selling this Ruiguo mansion in exchange for the goodwill of Fuyao Shangxian. After all, this Ruiguo mansion is already in ruins and has little value. It happens to be a soft persimmon, and it can be warned The other honorable families can hardly be regarded as killing multiple birds with one stone.

  (end of this chapter)