Ma Hanxian, with the support of his grandson's wife, slowly sat down on the main seat in the main hall.
Mrs. Ma and Ma Tianzhi stood beside Mr. Ma politely, waiting for Ma Qianhe to come in and talk.
Ma Qianhe, who was outside the hall, walked into the hall and waved his hands to his servants, beckoning them to leave quickly.
By the time Ma Qianhe entered the hall, all the servants had already retreated, leaving only four members of the Ma family.
Ma Qianhe stood in front of Ma Hanxian and said helplessly: "Grandpa, you can't do this. This kid has made a mistake, and he must be taught a lesson. He can't be used to it forever!"
In Ma Qianhe's view, his son was spoiled by his grandfather and his wife. As a father, if he wanted to discipline him, he would probably be unable to do so.
"What are you talking about? Why does grandpa spoil Zhi'er? Grandpa does things with reason!" Ma Hanxian said seriously.
Ma Hanxian is particularly fond of Ma Tianzhi, his great-grandson. Firstly, Ma Tianzhi is the only male in the third generation of their Ma family. Secondly, Ma Tianzhi has liked to play with Grandpa Zeng since he was a child, so Ma Hanxian is very doting on his great-grandson.
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How could Ma Qianhe not know that his grandfather was protecting the calf, so he asked: "Grandpa, do you know what this kid did today?"
Ma Han glanced at Ma Tianzhi first and asked, "What did you do?"
Ma Tianzhi hid behind his mother with his head lowered, not daring to meet his grandfather's eyes.
Ma Qianhe pointed at Ma Tianzhi and said, "He actually extorted a thousand taels of silver from someone in the forest today just because they shot two pheasants in our forest!"
Ma Hanxian became angry when he heard this and said seriously: "This is unreasonable!"
"Yeah, Grandpa, you think this kid is going too far, right?" Ma Qianhe couldn't help but glared at his son.
Unexpectedly, Ma Hanxian shouted: "I'm talking about those people! They broke into our forest and shot the pheasants in our forest. Not to mention asking them to pay a thousand taels of silver, even if it is ten thousand taels,
One hundred thousand taels, even if we say it, it’s our fault!”
As soon as Ma Qianhe opened his mouth to speak, Ma Han preempted him: "Ma Qianhe, don't think that I am ignorant and don't know anything. I just came here and heard that those people injured many times in our house."
People, the courtyard where the servants live is already filled with wailing! It’s like this, and you are still talking for other people? Let me ask you, are you a member of our Ma family? You are too cowardly, how can you be like this?
Me? How do I look like your father?"
"It's not grandpa..." Ma Qianhe said with a downcast face: "How can you say that? Why don't you ask who the kid is trying to blackmail?"
"Who is he? Is he the King of Heaven?" Ma Han turned his head and gave Ma Qianhe an annoyed look.
Ma Qianhe had long been accustomed to the old man's aggressive tone, so he didn't care about it. Instead, he patiently asked: "Grandpa, have you ever heard of the name Chai Yan?"
"I've never heard of it! Which onion is it?" Ma Hanxian was still very angry.
Ma Qianhe said sternly: "Grandpa, this Chai Yan is the new envoy of the Wude Department and the earl of Anping County conferred by the emperor! Do you know? A few months ago, this man was just a sexton, and his title was only a baron!"
Ma Hanxian was suddenly surprised and frowned: "Oh? There is such a person? He was promoted from sexton to envoy in just a few months, and he skipped the viscount and was directly promoted to the title of earl?"
Mrs. Ma on the side was also surprised. She didn't know these contents just now. When her husband mentioned it, she felt that the situation seemed to be different from what she imagined.
"Isn't that right? Grandpa, this Chai Yan is now a popular figure around the emperor. We can't afford to offend him!" Ma Qianhe said helplessly.
Ma Hanxian had a military career of several decades. Even at the age of eighty, he still had a hot temper. He didn't like to hear such words the most. He immediately slapped the table with his palm and cursed: "You have no spine!"
Ma Qianhe did not argue. He just lowered his head and said slightly dejectedly: "Grandpa, my grandson knows what you want to say, but today is different from the past. The late emperor died and the new emperor succeeded to the throne. The tea will be cold when the person leaves!"
"Who are you saying is cold? Ah! Who are you saying is cold, you bastard?" Ma Hanxian suddenly became furious and said loudly: "I'm still fine. Even if the late emperor passes away, the past prince and today's new emperor are no different.
Will you forget me? Do you know how much contribution grandpa made to our Dasheng when he was young? Cough, cough, cough..."
Maybe he was too impatient. At the end of the sentence, Mr. Ma started to cough. Seeing this, Ma Tianzhi hurriedly ran over to rub Grandpa Zeng's back and whispered comfort: "Grandpa Zeng, don't be angry, be careful with your health..."
..”
Ma Hanxian looked at his great-grandson with relief, stopped coughing and shook his head at him: "Zhi'er is good, Grandpa Zeng is okay, it's okay..."
Ma Qianhe said: "Grandpa, I know and understand everything you said, but you should also understand in your heart that once the emperor and his ministers are equal! My grandson shouldn't have said these words, but there are no outsiders in this room.
My grandson boldly said so.
, The late emperor remembered the merits and deeds of our Ma family, but that does not mean that the new emperor now remembers him. Mr. Chai is already a well-known figure in the civil and military officials of the dynasty, and one day he will be reused by the emperor and hold a high position of power.
!”
"Everyone knows it? Is this person very famous?" Ma Han didn't understand why his grandson said that.
Ma Qianhe said: "Grandpa, do you still remember that your grandson came back from the coronation ceremony two days ago and told you that our warriors from the Sheng Kingdom defeated the barbarians from the Pitz Kingdom?"
"Remember, what happened?" Ma Han asked first.
Ma Qianhe said very solemnly: "The Lord Chai Yanchai whom Tianzhi met today was the warrior who defeated the barbarians of the Piz Kingdom that day in Jiu'an Palace, in front of the emperor and all the civil and military officials.
Yeah! Grandpa......"
"What, is it him?" Ma Hanxian was shocked.
Mrs. Ma was also shocked. She didn't expect that the person her son wanted to make a fortune with was actually such a person.
"Son, how could you... Oh, you got into trouble, you know?" Mrs. Ma pulled her son over and frowned.
Ma Han first frowned and fell into deep thought with a serious look on his face.
After a while, Ma Hanxian looked up at Ma Qianhe and said: "It is indeed a great achievement to defeat the Pitz people, but just because of this, the emperor promoted him to such a high official, which is too...
...Isn’t that too hasty?”
Ma Qianhe said: "Grandpa, my grandson doesn't know whether he is careless or not. He only knows that this person is a popular person in the eyes of the emperor. With the current prestige of our Yongchang Marquis Mansion, it is best not to mess with him."
"Bullshit!" Ma Han swore first and said angrily: "You bastard, why do you always gain popularity from others? If you look down on me, the Marquis of Yongchang, why are you still staying in this house? You should just get out of here.
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Ma Qianping said calmly: "Grandpa, don't always say angry words. Now that we have encountered this matter, our family should discuss the matter. You should think about it carefully. What can you do if your grandson doesn't handle it this way?
?Do we really want to start a lawsuit with them and go to the imperial court? By then the whole capital will know that there is an outstanding young man in our Yongchang Marquis Mansion who dares to use two pheasants to knock the bamboo pole of the great warrior of the Sheng Kingdom!"
After hearing this, Ma Hanxian was speechless.
Immediately afterwards, Ma Hanxian lowered his head with a distressed expression, then leaned back and leaned gently on the back of the chair, his expression became complicated.
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