Early the next morning, Ma Xiaoquan went to meet Huang Taiji and verified yesterday's sudden visit by Gu Qingmei with Huang Taiji.
After Huang Taiji listened to Ma Xiaoquan's description, he chuckled and clapped his hands gently. Behind the screen, a beautiful woman walked out and looked at Ma Xiaoquan with a smile.
"Miss Qingmei?" Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, looked at Gu Qingmei, then looked at Huang Taiji, smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It turns out you really know each other. When Miss Qingmei mentioned it yesterday, I thought she was joking."
Huang Taiji chuckled, looked at Gu Qingmei, with a complicated look in his eyes, and said with a smile: "We are naturally familiar with each other. I heard from Qingmei that you are leaving?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said yes.
"Okay, I know I can't keep you by force. I just hope you can come to Shenyang again when you have a chance."
"Definitely!" Ma Xiaoquan said.
"So about the club..." Huang Taiji looked at Ma Xiaoquan and did not continue to say a word.
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Miss Qingmei also came to tell me yesterday. Well, I think Miss Qingmei is the most suitable. After I leave, I will ask Miss Qingmei to be more considerate."
Gu Qingmei, who had been silent, nodded, smiled slightly, and said: "Of course, don't forget, Ma Xiaoquan, we have an agreement."
"I know~" After saying this, Ma Xiaoquan bowed to Huang Taiji, nodded to Gu Qingmei, then turned and left.
After Ma Xiaoquan left, Huang Taiji squinted his eyes and asked Gu Qingmei: "What agreement do you have with him?"
Gu Qingmei smiled and said: "To be honest, I am attracted to this man Ma Xiaoquan, and you are also attracted to his woman. We each get what we need, right?"
Huang Taiji laughed, clapped his hands and said: "I see, that's it, then we have to find a way to get Ma Xiaoquan to come to Shenyang again..."
Gu Qingmei smiled coldly: "Of course, leave this to me, and you can just fight your battle with peace of mind~"
"Well, okay~~"
...
That afternoon, Gu Qingmei came to take over the club, and Ma Xiaoquan was very straightforward. He called everyone, made an announcement, and taught Gu Qingmei the management rights of the club.
Gu Qingmei was very concerned about matters in the club. As soon as Ma Xiaoquan handed over the job, she lectured everyone present one by one, and mercilessly demoted two of the original twelve women to housemaids.
Fangfang felt that Gu Qingmei was a little too much. The two women had not made any mistakes and had behaved very well in the past two days.
Fangfang wanted to argue with Gu Qingmei, but was stopped by Ma Xiaoquan.
"Sir...why?" Fangfang said unconvinced.
"No reason, it's simple, because Gu Qingmei is now the person in charge here, and we are already outsiders."
"But my lord..."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Okay, don't talk about it anymore. It's already a thing of the past. Well, how did you clean up?"
Fangfang sighed, nodded and said: "It's almost done~"
"Okay, we'll leave tomorrow!"
...
The next day, Ma Xiaoquan resigned from Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji sent a warm farewell team to see Ma Xiaoquan off.
"Haha, Ma Xiaoquan, it's a good journey. Do you need me to send someone to give you a ride?"
Ma Xiaoquan raised his eyebrows and wondered why he said this so awkwardly. What do you mean by giving me a ride? Could it be that I am going to die?
"Haha, thank you for your kindness. Brother, just give me an order and let me go all the way. Don't embarrass me~"
"Haha, if this is the case, okay, okay, if you don't want me to give it away, I won't force it, and I will definitely not get stuck in any of the checkpoints, okay."
"Then thank you Khan~~" Ma Xiaoquan said, handed over his hands and turned to leave.
Looking at Ma Xiaoquan's back, Huang Taiji sighed softly.
Gu Qingmei stepped forward and said, "You really just let him go?"
Huang Taiji did not look at Gu Qingmei, but said softly: "What else? If I keep him by force, I can't keep his heart at all."
...
After bidding farewell to Huang Taiji, Ma Xiaoquan headed all the way to the pass.
As expected, Huang Taiji did as he promised, and he did not set any obstacles on Ma Xiaoquan all the way back to the pass.
Ten days later, Ma Xiaoquan returned to Liaodong and met Yuan Chonghuan.
After describing the entire mourning process to Yuan Chonghuan, the latter shook his head and said: "As I expected, Huang Taiji went to demonstrate."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Brother Yuan, I met Huang Taiji, I should report it to the emperor."
Yuan Chonghuan said humbly, "That's natural. I've already written it for you to read." Yuan Chonghuan took out a memorial and handed it to Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan unfolded it, frowned and asked, "That's it?"
Yuan Chonghuan nodded: "That's it."
"Write nothing?"
"Well, don't write anything. It's useless to write too much. After all, the court is now controlled by Wei Zhongxian."
"Yes, but I have to remind Brother Yuan that Huang Taiji is not a good person. He is definitely a very powerful person."
"Well, I've written it down~ By the way, Brother Ma, I'm really sorry. Your father and brother went out on patrol again. I'm afraid they won't be back for a while."
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, I won't stay long. I have to go back to the capital to see my mother."
...
Half a month later, Wei Zhongxian's home in Beijing.
Li Yongzhen took the memorial written by Yuan Chonghuan, frowned and said to Wei Zhongxian in front of him: "Master Wei, Yuan Chonghuan didn't write anything."
"Nothing is written? Then what are the words on it?"
Li Yongzhen shook his head and said: "That's not what I mean. What I mean is that Yuan Chonghuan didn't write anything important in his memorial. To put it simply, it was the death of Nurhaci and the matter of the son Huang Taiji who succeeded the throne.
, he already knows everything, but he just doesn’t know what else the emperor wants to know?”
"Ah? Is that what he wrote?" Wei Zhongxian asked.
"Yes, this Yuan Chonghuan is really difficult to deal with. Mr. Wei, what should we do?"
Wei Zhongxian frowned and said: "Yuan Chonghuan is far away at the border, and his thoughts are not with us. It's okay to let him go. On the contrary, that Ma Xiaoquan, I heard that he has driven back. I am wondering whether I should send someone to kill him secretly."
Lose."
Li Yongzhen nodded: "Master Wei is really clever. Zong Yu has indeed gone to do it at this time."
"Oh? Li Zongyu went to do it?"
Li Yongzhen nodded: "Yes, this time, Li Zongyu personally leads the people to intercept and kill Ma Xiaoquan, and it will definitely succeed. Mr. Wei is just waiting to hear the good news."
"Hmph, okay~"
...
It is said that after Ma Xiaoquan and Yuan Chonghuan separated, they led Fangfang and several servants to escort them all the way to the capital.
Since he had a wife and children, Ma Xiaoquan did not choose the shortcut, but chose the relatively safe official path.
The official road is easier to walk, but there are more checkpoints along the road.
It took nearly half a month to walk halfway, and Ma Xiaoquan was very dissatisfied with the speed and progress.
He is a capital official, but when it comes to the local level, there is no county official who is effective.
Halfway down the road, Ma Xiaoquan had already collected nearly a thousand taels of silver as a bribe.
When resting at night, Fangfang said dissatisfiedly: "Sir, why do you have to spend money all the way? Fangfang can't understand."
Ma Xiaoquan sighed: "There is nothing I can do. This is the trend. Well, this is not bad. If you want to do things without money in the capital, it will be more difficult than going to heaven."
"Then, sir, will there be such a custom in the place we are going to when we leave the capital one day?"
Ma Xiaoquan sighed: "I can't say that, but I hope it will be relatively less."
"Hmm~~" Fangfang yawned and said, "Sir, the inn we stayed in today is not bad. It also provides hot water, but it's a pity that we can't take a shower."
"Haha, I'm in a hurry. It would be nice if I could wash my face. Okay~ Go to sleep. There's still half the journey ahead."
"Hmm~"
...
At the door of the inn, two guards from the Ma family stood outside adding straw to the manger. They were joking while adding straw.
Following Ma Xiaoquan all the way north to leave the customs, and then back from outside the customs, both of them felt that they had experienced a lot. They had not yet started a family, and they had reached the age of marrying a wife. On the way back, Lord Ma (Ma Xiaoquan) had promised to make arrangements for them both.
They had a daughter-in-law, so they were very happy.
"Hey, tell me, what kind of wife are you looking for for us?"
"Hey, do you need to say this? Since when have adults' tastes changed? Don't worry, just wait until you go back and hug your wife to sleep, haha..."
...While he was talking, there was a sound of movement in the darkness.
The two of them shouted in alarm: "Who?"
After two breaths, two black figures suddenly emerged from nowhere.
The two guards of the Ma family quickly shined the torches in their hands there, and saw two women, staggering and looking at them in fright.
"Woman?" The two of them were stunned for a moment, and their nerves, which were originally so tense, suddenly relaxed a lot.
"Who are you?"
The two women bit their lips, and one of them said in a Beijing accent: "You two officials, please save us. We are Sister Yao who escaped from the capital..."
"Sister Yao? Which kiln are you from, Sister Yao?"
The two women did not answer, but pursed their lips, choked with sobs, and were about to cry.
"Eh? Don't cry, come on, come on, don't be afraid, we are not bad people~" The two Ma family guards smiled and waved.
The two women looked at each other, and in the dim torch light, the corners of their mouths slightly raised...
In the bedroom, Ma Xiaoquan suddenly sat up.
Fangfang was awakened by Ma Xiaoquan, and she also sat up and asked, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
Ma Xiaoquan rubbed his temples and said, "I had a dream just now. I can't remember it. It was very scary~"
"Sir, you must have not had a good rest these days." Fangfang gently rubbed Ma Xiaoquan's temples and said softly.
Ma Xiaoquan exhaled and said: "I'm a little urgent to urinate, I'm going to use the toilet~"