With a flash of surprise, Qi Jinzhi lowered his eyelids, slapped the pages on the desk, and said in a deep voice: "Ma Xiancheng, what do you mean by this?" ”

Ma Zhongtai knelt respectfully, his forehead touched the ground, and there was a muffled sound of 'dong' in the quiet room, and he said with a heavy face: "The subordinates are guilty, and they blame the subordinates for their incompetence and lax governance. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Unconsciously, Ma Zhongtai burst into tears, which made him feel more and more remorseful and ashamed.

Qi Jinzhi stretched out a finger, gently opened a few pages, and lit one of them: "This is said that the incident on the day of the Torch Festival was done by the lady of the house, Zhu?" Tonight's chaos was also created by her? ”

Ma Zhongtai nodded indignantly, tears ran down his cheeks, the pain on his face was indescribable, and only one sentence was fully interpreted: Men don't flick when they have tears, just because they haven't reached the sad place.

Even Meng Fu, who is familiar with Ma Zhongtai's temperament, can't help but feel unbearable - it's really impermanent, who would have thought that Ma Xiancheng, who is the only one in Wusa, has today?!

Qi Jinzhi tugged at his fingers again, and pulled out a more formal manuscript, "This is a letter of resignation?" Are you sure you want to take a leave of absence? As far as I know, the Zhu family has been married into the Ma family for more than ten years, presiding over the middle feed, filial piety to in-laws, and giving birth to children...... She is quite famous in Wusa, and there are still stories of her serving her mother-in-law to filial piety in the streets and alleys, and after her mother-in-law died of illness, she kept filial piety for the elderly for three years in strict accordance with the ancient rites. ”

Qi Jinzhi's tone was neither light nor serious, although there was no verbal accountability, but the implication was very obvious. As a woman, Zhu did not commit the seven rules, and she was also in the ranks of the 'three no-gos' (and more three-year mourning).

Ma Zhongtai wanted to push the Zhu family out as a scapegoat, in a vain attempt to evade responsibility with 'divorce of his wife', and it also depended on whether the law would agree.

Even if Ma Zhongtai took advantage of the law, Qi Jinzhi would stand at the highest point of morality and completely stink the reputation of the Ma family, so that even if they were lucky enough to escape, they would never have the face to stay in Wumeng again.

This kind of practice of men making mistakes but taking women to the top of the cylinder, whether it is Han or Yi, is very despicable.

Qi Jinzhi's words fell, and Ma Zhongtai's face turned pale for a moment, but he quickly recovered.

He touched the ground with his forehead again, and the sound of kowtowing made people's hearts tremble when he heard it, but he didn't seem to feel the pain, and said slowly: "The Zhu family is indeed a good wife, a good mother, and a good daughter-in-law, and his subordinates were once very fortunate to be able to marry her. However......"

Ma Zhongtai choked up, and said with difficulty: "The county respects something, the Zhu family has been raised as a boy by the family since he was a child, and he has quite a hill in his chest. But I don't want to, I don't want her to have the ambition to make trouble. ”

Qi Jinzhi's eyes lit up, his body couldn't help but lean forward, and his two arms were put on the desk, "Plotting chaos?" Are you saying that the Shuixi Zhu family has a heart of disobedience? ”

In other words, why does Qi Jinzhi think Ma Zhongtai is ruthless?

If he just wants to divorce his wife and lose his car to protect his handsome, it's nothing. At that time, the love between men and women was far less than the safety of the family and themselves.

If you are an ordinary man, a little selfish, you will make the same choice.

But Ma Zhongtai is different, in the 'complaint' he submitted to Qi Jinzhi, he wrote all the 'crimes' of the Zhu family, and dragged the entire Zhu family into the water.

This is not as simple as 'divorce from his wife', he clearly wants the lives of the Zhu family and the entire Zhu family.

If the Zhu family and the Ma family are not harmonious, it will be fine, but the Zhu family is very interesting to the Ma family, especially to Ma Zhongtai.

There are many reasons why the Ma family can become a first-class family in Wusa, but Ma Zhongtai, a second son, can stand out among many brothers of the same generation and become the agent of the Ma family in Wusa, but he is inseparable from the support of the Zhu family.

In a sense, the Zhu family is Ma Zhongtai's benefactor.

Grace will be revenged, ruthless and unjust...... Ma Zhongtai is ruthless enough!

Qi Jinzhi looked at Ma Zhongtai's remorseful and painful face, and secretly became vigilant, this person can act so similarly, obviously doing the shameless act of betraying his benefactor and pillow person, but he can still put on a sad appearance of righteous killing relatives, it is really not simple!

Ma Zhongtai's face was full of painful struggle, he closed his eyes hard, he nodded very slowly, and squeezed out a word from his throat: "Yes!" ”

Meng Fu and Zhou Wenyuan were both shocked, like Qi Jinzhi, they were not shocked by the 'strange news' told by Ma Zhongtai, but shocked by Ma Zhongtai's ruthlessness, shamelessness and undisciplinedness.

Qi Jinzhi looked at Ma Zhongtai fixedly, "Ma Xiancheng, this matter is very important, don't talk nonsense." ”

Ma Zhongtai raised his head suddenly, his white forehead was already bruised, "County Zun, my subordinates have a major matter related to the rise and fall of Sheji that I want to tell you alone, and I ask you to retreat." ”

He didn't pretend to be vague and squeezed his eyebrows, but frankly asked for 'clearing', which made Meng Fu and Zhou Wenyuan unable to sit still for a while.

Meng and Zhou stood up and looked at Qi Jinzhi in unison.

Qi Jinzhi bowed slightly.

The two of them owed a debt and gently withdrew.

Ma Zhongtai didn't speak, and glanced at Qi Dayong and Liu Hu on both sides of the discrete.

Qi Jinzhi said: "If Ma Xiancheng has anything to say, please say it directly." ”

Ma Zhongtai understood what Qi Jinzhi meant, these two god-like men were his henchmen of Qi Jinzhi, and there was no need to shy away from it.

Coughing lightly and clearing his throat, Ma Zhongtai lowered his voice, "County Zun, the Zhu family does have a heart of disobedience, as far as their subordinates know, they secretly colluded with Liang Wei with bad intentions. ”

Qi Jinzhi laughed: "This is what you call a 'big deal'?" Heh~~ Well, even if what you say is true, what evidence is there? ”

There was obvious banter and disdain in the words.

Qi Jinzhi's expression, to use an inappropriate analogy: I took off everything, you just show me this?

Ma Zhongtai's face remained unchanged, only the hands on the ground buckled the brick cracks hard.

He didn't seem to hear the ridicule in Qi Jin's words, and said seriously: "My subordinates know that the county is a powerful person, although he has been in Wusa for a short time, he knows some things very well. However, there is one thing, I wonder if the county honorable can know it? ”

Qi Jinzhi raised his elbows and clasped his fingers, obviously, this topic attracted his attention more.

Ma Zhongtai glanced at him and continued: "Liang Cheng and the Shuixi Zhu family colluded to seize the six tribes of Wumeng, in fact, there are already three tribes in the hands of Liang Shun, and the remaining three tribes such as Wusa, Liang Shun has already sent a large number of ambushes into the city in advance, and when the time comes, he will raise troops." ”

Qi Jinzhi quickly grasped the point, "Timing? What's the point here? ”

Ma Zhongtai tugged at the corners of his mouth, and praised insincerely: "It is worthy of the county honor, and the problem was discovered so quickly." That's right, what the subordinates want to say is this 'timing'. ”

Qi Jinzhi asked: "When exactly?" In addition, what else does Liang Wei have to arrange? ”

If you don't do it now, but just wait for some 'opportunity', Qi Jinzhi seriously suspects that there must be some 'big plan' behind it.

Ma Zhongtai saw that Qi Jinzhi was finally attracted by his topic, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and pretended to give a thumbs up: "The county is wise." According to his subordinates, Liang Wei got in touch with the old department on the grassland in the north, and the two sides agreed to prepare to send troops together on the Wanshou Festival. ”

Qi Jinzhi's face became solemn, "Long Birthday? ”

Today's saint Xiao Ye's birthday is the first day of August, according to the law of the Great Qi, the emperor's birthday is a legal holiday like the New Year's Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the capital will celebrate the three-day holiday on the Wanshou Festival.

Every year on the Wanshou Festival, the security of the capital will pay special attention, but the Great Qi has been peaceful for a long time, the people are rich, and every time it is a festival, the whole city will celebrate lively.

During the Wanshou Festival, the vassal kings and the envoys of the vassal countries enter Beijing, and the people near Gyeonggi will also flock in to see the excitement.

If the Tartar spies take the opportunity to infiltrate the capital, it is really not too difficult.

Ma Zhongtai nodded vigorously: "That's right, to be exact, on the day of the saint's birthday." And one more thing—"

Ma Zhongtai glanced at Qi Jinzhi and stopped talking.

Qi Jinzhi was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood,, this guy wants to negotiate conditions.

Squinting his eyes and thinking about it, Qi Jinzhi raised his hand and picked up a few pages on the case, "Divorce is a family matter, I don't care about it, as for this collusion with the thief, I still need to investigate it, if there is indeed a matter, I will definitely handle it in accordance with the law." ”

While speaking, Qi Jinzhi kept staring at Ma Zhongtai's eyes, trying to find any clues.

However, Ma Zhongtai was calm, and his eyes seemed to say: You just have to check, it's hard to say whether the Zhu family really plotted chaos, but our Ma family is innocent.

Qi Jinzhi's pupils constricted, and his vigilance against Ma Zhongtai was raised several notches.

He changed his words and said with a smile: "Of course, I will not affect the innocent, if everything is as Ma Xiancheng said, I will definitely give you and the Ma family justice." ”

Ma Zhongtai waited for this sentence, his face was full of surprise and gratitude, and he kowtowed again and again, "Thank you county, thank you county." ”

Qi Jinzhi put down the paper and raised his chin at Ma Zhongtai.

Ma Zhongtai came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly said, "Where did the subordinates say?" Oh, by the way, the subordinates heard Zhu mention it in a trance, saying that Liang Wei not only united with the northern Tartars, but also had a relationship with a prince in Beijing. ”

Qi Jinzhi hurriedly asked: "Which prince?" Could it be that he was also involved in the Tartars' schemes? ”

Ma Zhongtai shook his head with a wry smile, "This, my subordinates don't know." At that time, the subordinates only regarded it as a joke, and if they hadn't discovered the secret of the Zhu family tonight, the subordinates would not have remembered it. However, his subordinates were worried that even if the prince did not participate, he might take the opportunity to make some small moves. Those Tartars are not afraid, they are afraid of the ghosts in the house. ”

If he hadn't seen Ma Zhongtai's ruthlessness and shamelessness with his own eyes, just looking at his stunned appearance, Qi Jinzhi might have really believed his innocence.

Silently, Qi Jinzhi directly listed Ma Zhongtai as a key defense target.

"Uncle, just let him go?"

As soon as Ma Zhongtai left, Liu Hu couldn't help but ask, "We've been talking about it for so long, but in the end we only caught one girl, this, this is too-"

Qi Jinzhi said: "It's okay, I didn't think I could kill the Ma family at once." "This time, he was able to bring the other five major families under his command, and successfully 'reconciled' with the Shuixian family and the Zhan family, which has exceeded his expected goal.

As for Ma Zhongtai and the Ma family, Qi Jinzhi is not in a hurry to clean it up - Liang Yi or something is just an appetizer, and the real drama meat is the Annan Palace.

Qi Jinzhi wants to shovel Ping'an Nanwang Mansion, but he still needs bait, without the Ma family, who will give him Qi Jinzhi 'the way'?

Not to mention, this time I also got an important piece of information from Ma Zhongtai's mouth, although it is not ruled out that Ma Zhongtai may be lying, but the 'inner ghost' is such a thing, and it is better to be caught by mistake than to let it go. Especially when it comes to the princes.

Qi Jinzhi screened several people in Beijing who could be called 'princes', and then circled a few suspects according to their performance.

He decided that he would write a letter later and inform his father as soon as possible.

In addition, Shuixi's side is estimated to have started to act, and he must prepare in advance.

But said that Zhu, a person silently entered the back street, and when he walked to the back door, he was about to push the door, but the door opened from the inside, and a clean and neat mother-in-law walked out.

"This is Mrs. Zhu, we have been waiting for you for a long time, please!" The mother-in-law blessed her body and said politely.

Zhu glanced at the mother-in-law, was stunned for a moment, and asked in an affirmative tone: "Are you the cook of the Qi family, the lady of the housekeeper?" ”

She remembered that Yang Asha had said that Qi Jingui's upper lip had a mole the size of a grain of rice, and it really lived up to her identity as a cook - she loves to eat and can eat!

Qi Jingui's smile became brighter and brighter, "Mrs. Zhu is worthy of being a rare clever person in Miao Village, you guess it is not wrong at all, the old slave's man is called Qi Jingui, he followed the old general to serve at the age of fifteen, and stayed for twenty years, and now that he is old, he followed the uncle out to enjoy the blessings." ”

Qi Jingui was born in the first servant family of the Qi family, his grandfather and father were both housekeepers, and he couldn't be more loyal to his master. Slowly, it is the purchase of some yellow and white things, even if the knife is on the neck, they may not be willing to betray the master.

People who are not familiar with her are easily misled and think that she is an ignorant and stupid woman who is greedy for money and stingy.

They didn't want to think about it, if Qi Jingui's family was really like him, how could he marry the son of a dignified housekeeper?!

Zhu gritted his teeth, endured the anger and remorse in his chest, and of course the inexplicable sense of humiliation - Ah Zhuo lied to her, after all, Ah Zhuo is a noble lady, but this woman in front of her is just a lowly slave, and she dares to play tricks on her?!

Qi Jingui's family trembled with anger when they saw Zhu, like drinking ice water on dog days, from head to toe. The grievances I received a few days ago also turned into smoke at this moment.

Zhu's miscalculation stems from her arrogance and pride.

And the cautious and thoughtful Qi Jinzhi and Gu Jialuo, at the moment when they had just enjoyed the fruits of victory, heard an unexpected bad news-

"Uncle, grandma, no, the official warehouse of the county government has been burned, and the roads leading to Wumeng and several other departments have been blown up, and now our Wusa has become a lonely city?"

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