Early in the morning, as soon as the Wang family had breakfast, Ma Liangchen knocked on the door, and he came to Wang Yunqing and his wife with a big bag of things in his hand and a smile on his face.

This Ma Liangchen has never been to the Wang family since he turned his face with his parents-in-law, and his sudden appearance this time made the Wang family all surprised.

Ma Liangchen looked polite in a suit and leather shoes, and he politely greeted Wang Yunqing and his wife.

Ma Liangchen put the big bags of gifts on the coffee table and said, "Dad, Mom, I came to see Aunt Yurong today, these are Korean ginseng, deer antler velvet and cordyceps, and Ejiao or something. My aunt is not in good health, these are good supplements, and they are very suitable for her. ”

Wang Yunqing knew that this Ma Liangchen was a person, and Ma Liangchen's sudden arrival at this time was absolutely not good, could it be that he had fallen out of the horse? He suddenly tensed. In order to hide his nervousness, Wang Yunqing joked with Ma Liangchen, "Ma Liangchen, you are very domineering on weekdays, how did you become a smiling tiger who talks about filial piety today?" To tell you the truth, I'm not used to it! ”

Ma Liangchen smiled, he teased himself, "Dad, you say that I am a smiling tiger, I am a smiling tiger, because I am a tiger." ”

Mrs. Wang, who was sitting on the side, interjected and asked, "Ma Liangchen, why didn't Shuzhen come with you?" ”

Ma Liangchen made up nonsense and said: "Mom, Shuzhen is sick, and she will come to visit her aunt when she gets better." ”

"Why is this girl always sick? Did you go to the doctor? Mrs. Wang muttered.

"Shuzhen just has a cold, she doesn't need to go to the hospital, she will be fine if she takes some medicine at home." Ma Liangchen deliberately looked around with his eyes and said, "Dad, Mom, I know that you have hidden my aunt, please give these things to her." Ma Liangchen threw a stone into the water, and his eyes were fixed on Wang Yunqing and his wife, trying to find the information he wanted on their faces.

Wang Yunqing knew that Ma Liangchen was testing himself, so he sighed and said, "Hey! How dare your aunt live at home! That day, we took her to Yuren Hospital to see a doctor, and for some reason, a group of spies were squatting inside and outside the hospital. As if we were going to arrest Yurong, we were so scared that we hid. ”

Ma Liangchen said matter-of-factly: "Dad, those people are the people of my former boss Shi Shuli, and they have nothing to do with me, I only found out about their arrest of my aunt later." If I had known that they were going to arrest my aunt, I would have to be anxious with them! ”

"Humph! Who believes your nonsense. Mrs. Wang put her hands on her waist and gave Ma Liangchen a white look.

Wang Yunqing sneered and said bluntly, "Come on, don't act with me!" I understand very well, it's your letter to the secret service! ”

Ma Liangchen was anxious when he heard it, "Ouch! I don't know why I'm a good-for-nothing scoundrel in your eyes. It's a basin, you just put it on my head, I'm really wronged to death! Let's not talk about 10,000 back, even if I am a bad person, no matter how bad I am, I can't betray my family! ”

Wang Yunqing said angrily: "It turned out that it wasn't the letter you sent to the spies, so I blamed you." I'm sorry! ”

"Mom and Dad, you've always been prejudiced against me, and I don't blame you. But you'll have to hide my aunt, she's a big fish in the eyes of the Japanese! Ono dreamed of catching her. If my aunt falls into his hands, it will be miserable! Ma Liangchen's face was full of anxiety when he spoke.

Wang Yunqing stroked his beard and laughed: "Haha! I don't bother you about it, I have already secretly sent your aunt out of Beiping. The Japanese can't catch her! ”

Ma Liangchen slapped his thigh happily, "Okay, that's good, that's great!" When my aunt left Beiping, it was like a fish returning to the sea. Ono couldn't catch her anymore. I let go of my hanging heart! ”

Ma Liangchen no longer asked about Wang Yurong's situation, and he gossiped one sentence at a time. If this had been put in the past, Wang Yunqing would have disdained Ma Liangchen at all and driven him away long ago. And today. He knew in his heart that Ma Liangchen was here to inquire about Yurong's news, although his heart had been beating the drum, but on the surface, he tried his best to pretend to be calm and relaxed to deal with Ma Liangchen.

Ma Liangchen did not find any flaws in Wang Yunqing's response. He used another trick to startle the snake.

"Mom, Dad, I heard that our back garden has been haunted recently, right?"

Ma Liangchen's question greatly surprised Wang Yunqing and his wife, the two of them looked at each other and didn't know how to answer for a while, Ma Liangchen saw the muscles on Wang Yunqing's face twitch a few times.

"I ask you, what are you asking about, where did you hear about this haunting?" Mrs. Wang looked very nervous, she wanted to say something, but Wang Yunqing coughed vigorously to stop her.

Wang Yunqing asked with an unhappy face: "Ma Liangchen, you are not simple, your spy work has been done in my Wang family's compound, what does it matter to you whether my house is haunted or not?" ”

Ma Liangchen said with a smile: "Am I originally doing intelligence work, as long as I want to know something, I can know." You have been buying this royal mansion for more than 20 years, and it is very quiet and quiet, why have you been making trouble for no reason recently? I'm very interested in that! ”

Wang Yunqing knew Ma Liangchen's cunning and suspicious character, and if he used haunted rumors to deceive him, it would arouse his suspicion. Thinking of this, Wang Yunqing said categorically to Ma Liangchen: "Your information is wrong this time, and I have never been haunted in my house. ”

Mrs. Wang also said on the side: "The yard of my old Wang's house is clean, the family is innocent, and they haven't done anything hurtful to the heavens and reason, what kind of ghost is it for no reason?" ”

Ma Liangchen said unrelentingly: "I heard that the ghost is a female ghost, dressed in white, with a hanging rope around her neck, a beautiful woman on one side, a skeleton on the other, and a long tongue sticking out of her mouth, sometimes in the form of a human, sometimes it turns into a fireball and floats around, she appears in the back garden at night, parents-in-law, do you say that I described it correctly?" ”

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was even more surprised, and she thought to herself, how can Ma Liangchen's description be exactly the same as the ghost story I told to Hongxing? She looked at Ma Liangchen with questioning eyes.

Ma Liangchen said to Mrs. Wang: "Mom, what is there to hide from the haunting! Before I came, I bought a ghost exorcism talisman, a peachwood sword to ward off evil spirits, and a demon mirror, and I'll hang it for you in the back garden later. If it doesn't work, one day I'll invite a Taoist priest to come to our house to exorcise ghosts. ”

Wang Yunqing was very excited when he heard Ma Liangchen speak like this, he pointed at Ma Liangchen and reprimanded loudly: "Don't talk nonsense, I live there, but I've never seen any ghosts!" ”

Ma Liangchen continued to beat Wang Yunqing: "That female ghost in white was seen by Hongxing and Hongju with their own eyes, if she is not a ghost." Could it be that people can't make it? ”

Ma Liangchen deliberately said the latter sentence slowly and heavily, his words were like pouring a basin of ice water on the heads of Wang Yunqing and his wife in the cold for thirty-nine days, and the two of them sat motionless as if they were frozen.

Ma Liangchen continued to exert pressure, "I ask you, why do you get emotional when I mention the haunting of the Wang family? Whether there are ghosts in the garden, none of us will count, I will call some people in a while, let them dig three feet in the back garden and search the truth! ”

Wang Yunqing was shocked when he heard this, "The surname is Ma." There are no ghosts in my house, why are you searching my house? ”

Ma Liangchen saw that he had poked Wang Yunqing's sore spot, so he proudly cocked Erlang's legs, "Dad, you're excited again!" In fact, I have long known that there are no ghosts in the Wang family, and the purpose of my ghost search is not to drink! You're like a mirror in your heart, am I right? Ha ha! Ha ha! He threw up his head and laughed.

"Ma Liangchen, I can hear that what you mean by your words is that Yurong is hiding in my house. You don't want to think about it either. Speaking of common sense, if I want to hide her in a place you don't expect, how can I hide her under the noses of the spies? As I said just now, Yurong is out of Beiping City. Believe it or not! ”

Ma Liangchen smiled, "Dad, even a mediocre person knows the saying 'hidden in the city', can you not know?" I didn't make it clear today. Thou shalt not be left without three hundred taels of silver here! But I want to give you a message: if you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you do. ”

"It's not like that, you get me out!" Wang Yunqing's face turned blue and white for a while. He was completely out of proportion by Ma Liangchen, and he had to unceremoniously give Ma Liangchen an eviction order.

Ma Liangchen stood up and shook his head and said, "I'm here to visit my aunt today." But you have taken my kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs. Okay, I'll go! But you have to understand: I, Ma Liangchen, am a reasonable person, not as bad as you think. But if you upset me, you're going to be out of luck! Be careful! After Ma Liangchen finished speaking, he straightened his chest and swaggered away, he had never been so angry in front of Wang Yunqing as he was today.

After Ma Liangchen left, Wang Yunqing realized that he was nervous and broke out in a cold sweat. He said to Madame Wang, "Madam, do you understand? Ma Liangchen had already guessed that Yurong was hiding at home. ”

Madame Wang replied, "I can hear the meaning of that bastard's words, this time Yurong is dangerous!" Hi! blamed me for telling Hongxing some ghost story, and it ended up making a storm in the city. ”

"Madam, what makes me even more strange is what happened in our family, how could Ma Liangchen know? Who told him? ”

"yes, I'm wondering too! But there's no time to pursue this matter, we have to transfer Yurong out quickly! ”

"You're right! Yu Rong is now showing up and throwing herself into the net, and it is really difficult to transfer her out! Wang Yunqing, who has always been scheming, also looked embarrassed at this time.

Mrs. Wang said anxiously: "Usually you are the backbone of our family, why don't you have an idea now?" Time waits for no one, no matter what, you have to send Yurong out! ”

"Madam, Yurong is my own sister, I'm more anxious than you!"

Wang Yunqing, who was very anxious, paced back and forth in the room, and he couldn't think of a good countermeasure even after racking his brains. Suddenly, he stopped and asked Mrs. Wang with a puzzled expression: "It stands to reason that Ma Liangchen is sure that Yurong is hiding in our house, and he should lead someone to search suddenly and catch us off guard." But why didn't he do it? Madame, don't you think it's a bit unusual for him to do this? ”

"Yes! Could it be that Ma Liangchen really misses family affection and refuses to hurt Yurong? Could it be that he came to report the news and let Yurong escape quickly? Maybe Ma Liangchen is not a very bad person? Maybe we misunderstood him today? Madame Wang uttered a long list of speculations.

Wang Yunqing waved his hand again and again and said, "No, absolutely not!" Ma Liangchen is not as good as you think! ”

"Since Ma Liangchen knew that Yu Rong was hiding at home, why didn't he arrest Yu Rong? What was the purpose of his visit? ”

"That guy is so sinister and cunning that it's hard for me to fully guess what he was thinking. But I think he wants to follow Yurong's story to blackmail us. ”

"Why?"

"Ma Liangchen came to our house and said a lot of words, which simply boiled down to one meaning: 'I, Ma Liangchen, know that Wang Yurong is hiding in your Wang family, I can catch her, or I can not arrest her!' ”

"Is that what it means? Why didn't I hear that? ”

"Do you remember? Just now, Ma Liangchen just hinted that he knew that Yurong was hiding in the back garden, but he didn't directly pick out the matter. And when he was leaving, he threatened us, saying, 'I, Ma Liangchen, am a reasonable person, and I am not as bad as you think. If you upset me, you're going to be out of luck! I think he's hinting at us. I interpreted his sentence backwards. That is, 'I, Ma Liangchen, am a reasonable person, not as bad as you think.' If you make me happy, you won't be out of luck. I think he's telling us that if we give him benefits, we will be spared." ”

Mrs. Wang nodded again and again, "Master, what you said really makes sense, that Ma Liangchen is a greedy person, and he will not let go of any opportunity to get rich." I think this is easy to do, let's give Ma Liangchen a lot of money, on the condition that he must let Yurong go. ”

"Madam, I'm afraid that Ma Liangchen will eat both. He not only wants to extort a sum of money from my royal family, but also wants to seize Yurong and ask the Japanese for merit and reward. ”

Mrs. Wang was at a loss and said, "Oops! According to what you say, Sister Yurong will not be saved! ”

Wang Yunqing persuaded his wife, "Don't worry, I have a plan in my heart." Here's what I calculated: Let's use the next day or two to stabilize Ma Liangchen first, and then find a way to secretly transfer Yurong away during this period. ”

"It's not as easy as you say! That Ma Liangchen is a man who is better than a monkey, can you play with him? ”

"Madam, you will go to Ma Liangchen's house tonight in the name of watching your daughter, and it is best to have dinner at his house. You have to explain Ma Liangchen's intentions straightforwardly, and beg him to let Yurong live no matter what, and see how he answers. After all, Yurong is Shuzhen's aunt. Shuzhen will also say some good things for Yurong. I think Ma Liangchen must ask the lion to open his mouth to put forward any conditions, no matter how high the price is, you will say that you can't be the master, and ask him to come to the house early tomorrow morning to talk to me. ”

"Why is that? No matter how much money we spend, we have to save Yurong. ”

"I'm hanging on his appetite. Aim for more delays. ”

"Oh!" Mrs. Wang understood, but she still pursed her lips and said reluctantly: "To tell the truth, you asked me to beg that traitor son-in-law, isn't this letting the gentleman kowtow to the villain." I can't pull my face! ”

"I can't help it. Madam, in order to save Yurong, we can only put down our bodies! ”

Mrs. Wang nodded in agreement, and the sky was just about to be darkened. She dressed up briefly and went out of the house.

When it was time for dinner, Mrs. Wang was not at home, and Wang Yunqing avoided everyone to deliver food to Yurong who was hiding in the secret room. He felt that Yurong needed to recuperate with peace of mind, and he didn't want Yurong to feel nervous, so he didn't tell her about Ma Liangchen's coming to Wang's house. Yurong, whose health has improved, eats a little more than before, and she eats the food sent by her brother with relish, not knowing that danger is coming. Wang Yunqing looked at Yurong's gradually recovered body, his heart was both happy and anxious, and he secretly decided that no matter what dangerous situation he encountered and how much price he paid, he could not let Yurong fall into the hands of the Japanese.

On this day, Mrs. Wang returned home very late, and Ma Liangchen sent a car to send her back. As soon as she entered the house, before Wang Yunqing could speak, she couldn't wait to say: "Master, it's really not what you expected!" That Ma Liangchen said that as long as we give him benefits, he will not arrest Yurong, this unconscionable guy wants to blackmail us with open fire. ”

Wang Yunqing asked: "What benefits does Ma Liangchen want?" ”

As soon as Wang Yunqing asked Mrs. Wang, his head was on fire, "This guy doesn't want cash, he said that he can make a fire and cook with more cash, and he wants that painting of Zheng Banqiao." I know that painting is your heart, and I scolded him in my heart, but I couldn't refuse him! ”

"That painting is the treasure of my town, and this guy's heart is too dark!" Wang Yunqing couldn't help but be depressed in his heart. To tell the truth, in order to save Yurong Wang Yunqing, he spent as much as he could, but he was really reluctant to give away this painting.

Madame Wang saw her husband's thoughts and said her thoughts, "Ma Liangchen will come to you early tomorrow morning to ask you for that painting, and he also said that it is a matter of whether or not to give him that painting." In my opinion, if you give Ma Liangchen that painting, maybe you can save Yurong's life, if you don't give it to him, he will forcibly take it away when he arrests Yurong, and our painting can't be saved, so it's better to give it to him as a personal favor. ”

Wang Yunqing was so angry that he jumped to his feet and said, "I hid the painting so that the rabbit cub can't find it!" ”

Mrs. Wang was also angry, she glared and asked, "Master, aren't you angry!" Let me ask you: It's easy for you to hide the paintings, but do you still want to save Yurong? ”

Wang Yunqing felt his gaffe, and he quickly calmed down. He comforted Mrs. Wang and said, "Don't worry, what I just said was angry!" When Ma Liangchen comes tomorrow, you can avoid it, and I have my own opinions on how to deal with him. ”

After Mrs. Wang left the study, Wang Yunqing opened the bookcase and took out the painting from inside, he carefully opened the painting scroll, and what caught his eye was a strange stone, two bushes of orchid grass, and a few bamboos. Wang Yunqing couldn't put it down, the purpose of leaving this painting was to feel that China's ink treasure could not be lost to the Japanese, and now he wanted to give this painting to the traitor Ma Liangchen in order to save his sister. He knew that he was cutting off his own flesh by doing so, but he was forced to do so! When Wang Yunqing put away the painting, he was so sad that he left two lines of tears. (To be continued......)