Summary of the previous chapter: Wei Zhongxian sent Li Yongzhen to Tianlao to find out whether Ma Xiaoquan had leprosy. Li Yongzhen was too afraid to go. He found Li Zongyu, and Li Zongyu sent his son Li Yao to go...
Zhang Mazi politely raised his hand to Li Yao and said with a smile: "Okay, Mr. Li, please walk slowly!"
Li Yao opened his legs and suddenly stepped back, blinked and scratched his head: "Prisoner Zhang, I'm sorry just now, I'm not in a good mood. I'll come over alone tomorrow and treat you to a drink! Just treat it as your company.
No!"
"It's easy to talk! Haha!" Zhang Mazi made a gesture of invitation and sent Li Yao away.
Half an hour after Li Yao left, Zhang Mazi came to the bedroom.
At this time, Ma Xiaoquan had already torn off the white cloth wrapped around his head. When he saw Zhang Mazi, Ma Xiaoquan complained: "Brother Mu, my bag is like a rice dumpling. It's really uncomfortable!"
Zhang Mazi chuckled and said: "Brother Ma, I'm sorry, I have to do my best in acting. Then...who is Li Yao?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Wu Zhuangyuan, um, is also Li Zongyu's son. Li Zongyu, you know, right?"
"Well, I know, this person seems kind-hearted, but in fact he is narrow-minded and cruel in his approach. He is a ruthless character!"
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a while and said, "Brother Mu, I want to ask you something..."
"What?"
"When I competed with Li Zongyu, I found that the relationship between him and Li Yao is not a simple father-son relationship, so I want to ask Brother Mu to let your squirrels carefully inquire about the actual relationship between Li Zongyu and Li Yao.
Is this... possible?"
Zhang Mazi himself established an intelligence agency called "Nestle", and his intelligence personnel were collectively called Waque.
The composition of Waqiao is very complex, including businessmen, hawkers, waiters, blacksmiths, soldiers, maids, etc., covering almost all professions and people of all identities.
Ma Xiaoquan asked Zhang Mazi before, why can you, a small cell leader, be able to build such a huge piece of information? Mazi explained to Ma Xiaoquan that these so-called tiles are actually constantly exchanging what they need.
Intelligence, and he actually just summarized about 30% of it and distributed it to those in need. Of course, he would extract some useful things from it, such as money, such as fine wine...
...However, apart from fine wine, Zhang Mazi was not interested in money or women. 80% of the money he collected was given to the poor, leaving 10% to the prison soldiers and the other 10% to those who
Women who have "made a mistake", let them go home.
Ma Xiaoquan asked Zhang Mazi: "Even if you give money to those poor people and women, they will still be poor and make mistakes, so what's the point of giving them money?"
Zhang Mazi looked at Ma Xiaoquan in surprise and asked: "I give them money just to live a good life. They can choose to do some small business with the money, isn't it right? Even if they don't do business, they can rent a house
Can you still make a living with two acres of thin farmland?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said: "Brother Mu, do you know why poor people always stay poor? Why do those women who make mistakes choose to make mistakes? Yes, poor people are not always poor at first, and women who make mistakes also start out
It is not a willing depravity, but there are always people helping the poor, which will give the poor people an illusion. Anyway, there are people to save them, so it is better to just muddle along... In the same way, a woman who has made a mistake, at least she can have a full stomach.
Although their end may not be good, if they can live for one day, it is one day, right?"
Zhang Mazi shook his head in disbelief: "I don't really agree with your views!"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "I didn't want you to agree. Well, your intelligence is great. You can inquire about this issue to see if what I said is true..."
Zhang Mazi was a little unconvinced, nodded and said: "Okay, then I will follow what you say! Ask around!"
...
While Ma Xiaoquan was recovering from his injuries in the prison, Hua Yue finally arrived in Hebei and found the general who had a good relationship with the Ma family.
This general's surname is Zheng. He is about 40 years old. He is not tall but very strong. He wears gold armor and walks majestically.
When he heard that the fourth son of the Ma family was imprisoned in the sky prison, General Zheng immediately became furious and said angrily: "It must be Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party who is responsible for this. Damn it, I will lead the troops to kill that eunuch right now!"
"General Zheng, wait a minute!" Hua Yue stopped him, "Although you have a lot of troops, thanks to the late emperor's favor, you are training here. If you rashly lead the troops to Beijing, there is no legitimate reason. Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs are very likely to
The general may be convicted of treason!"
"Rebellion? Huh, so what can we do? What will happen tomorrow? It's such a mess! Huh!"
Hua Yue looked around, shook his head and said: "General Zheng, it's okay to say this, but don't take it seriously. Wei Zhongxian is powerful right now, and the general is a good friend of my Ma family. Wei Zhongxian is a sophisticated person.
But be careful!"
General Zheng was not brainless. After listening to Hua Yue's advice, he nodded and said: "I just said this casually, hey, it's just the fourth son of the Ma family who has been helping me secretly. If it weren't for him, I would
How can there be so much food, wages and weapons here? If I don't rescue him, I, Mr. Zheng, will be really ungrateful! Besides, when I was in Ningyuan before, General Ma pointed out that Ma Ruiqing, Ma's father, saved me from sieges many times.
, and I also told my wife that Ma Mu arranged the marriage between me and my wife. This kind of kindness will never be forgotten by me, Zheng!"
Hua Yue said with a smile: "General Zheng can first submit a report to the emperor, and ask the emperor to accept it because the troops are almost ready. Then the general can lead the troops to Beijing... As for Wei Zhongxian, he is sure
He had some doubts, but if he concealed military matters from the emperor too much, it would definitely arouse the emperor's strong resentment. Presumably after Wei Zhongxian figured this out, he would not have any doubts about the general... When the general sees him
Your Majesty, you can make a proposal to release my husband..."
"Well, that makes sense, that makes sense." General Zheng kept nodding his head and praising, "Everyone in the Ma family is really promising. Alas, it's a pity that the eldest son Ma Zhi died early. Otherwise, he would definitely be a number one figure now.
Ah...little girl, what is your name? It would be great for the fourth son of the Ma family to marry you."