Ma Cheng had a meal in Huaiyang Tower and made a fuss, Ma Cheng didn't dare to go home, but came directly to the governor's yamen to ask Yue Qijie for help.

Yue Qijie is the Huaibei Military Commander, probably equivalent to the commander of the military division in later generations, in charge of the entire Huaibei region's army, weapons and equipment, logistics and supply and other affairs. Now the main battlefield of the Ming Dynasty has reached Shandong and Huai'an, so Yue Qijie's official position is not high, but the power in his hands is very heavy.

Yue Qijie was reviewing the official document sent by Gao Jie to urge the delivery of grain and grass, when a clerk outside the door walked in, bowed down and said: "Lord Yue, the second son of the general system outside the second hall asks to see you!" ”

Yue Qijie was stunned, didn't Ma Cheng go to the city to mess around, why did he come back so soon?

"Okay, please invite the second son in!" After Yue Qijie finished speaking, he put down the official document in his hand and waited for Ma Cheng to enter the house.

The office in Huaibei Road is not large, only one room is divided into three small rooms, the outer two are the places for the book office and the experience office, and the innermost is Yue Qijie's desk. Those clerks are all understanding people, and they know the relationship between Yue Qijie and the Governor, and now that the Governor's son comes to ask for a meeting, he must have some private things to say, so they all stood up and escaped to avoid suspicion by urinating.

When Ma Cheng entered the house, there was no one else, Ma Cheng saw that it was just right, and said with a sad face: "Uncle, the little nephew is in trouble, please help me solve it!" ”

Yue Qijie knows this wife and nephew too well, and he is idle every day and does not want to make progress, and when he is in Nanjing, he either fights or brawls, which makes Mrs. Ma worry a lot. But Yue Qijie didn't think about anything else, and snorted and asked, "Hmph!" What's going on? ”

"Uncle, my little nephew just went out to eat and had a conflict with someone, and accidentally killed someone!" After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he thought that Yue Qijie must be angry, after all, a life was lost. But Ma Cheng thought wrong, he came from the later generations, naturally people-oriented, human life is the most valuable, but now it is the end of the Ming Dynasty, human life is like a mustard, and the Ming official army was not killed or injured tens of thousands of people when they fought against the Liukou, so a human life was really not put in Yue Qijie's eyes.

Yue Qijie glared at Ma Cheng and scolded: "Is it that your father is not at home, and you have no control?" After a while, I will go to my sister-in-law and ground you for ten days, and wait for your father to come back and clean you up! ”

Now Ma Cheng is still in charge of those, as long as the current matter can be solved, Ma Cheng hurriedly nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Please rest assured, my little nephew will be studying at home behind closed doors from today onwards!" ”

Yue Qijie also knows what virtues this second ancestor has, but there is no way, who calls him the nephew of his wife.

Yue Qijie took a name from the table and handed it to Ma Cheng: "You take my name to see Fengyang Mansion, although the old man's grade is not as high as Fengyang Mansion, but Zhang Zhifu can still sell the old man a thin noodle!" ”

Ma Cheng looked at it, and it was a piece of paper with four words written on it: "Hanfang worship!" ”

Just a piece of paper will work? Ma Cheng remembered that the officials in later generations wrote a note when they were looking for someone to do things, and then please take care of it, but I didn't expect Yue Qijie to be so awesome, and he didn't write anything to solve this problem with a sentence of "Hanfang worship"?

In fact, Ma Cheng doesn't understand the rules of officialdom, Yue Qijie's character is self-prospering, this Hanfang is Yue Qijie's number, just like the pen name that later generations wrote novels, and people who are estranged from Yue Qijie don't know. At the same time, Yue Qijie's use of this name also has a meaning, representing the close relationship between the Fengyang prefect and himself, you see that my pen name has told you, are you and I still outsiders?

Ma Cheng was a courier in his later life, and he knew these bends in the officialdom, and he was still hesitating with the name given by Yue Qijie.

Yue Qijie knew what was going on when he saw Ma Cheng's appearance, and Yue Qijie scolded: "Don't worry, you kid, the relationship between Fengyang Governor Zhang and the old man is not bad, if you take this and go, he will definitely help you solve it!" ”

Yue Qijie said so, and Ma Cheng had no choice, so he had to take the name and prepare to go out.

Knowing that Ma Cheng was just about to leave, the bookstore at the door came again, standing at the door and saying loudly: "Lord Yue, Xu Zhenye, the county governor of Fengyang outside the second hall, asks to see you!" ”

Yue Qijie was stunned when he heard the report, the official of Fengyang County was small, and he had nothing to do with Yue Qijie, why did he come to see him today? Yue Qijie understood what was going on after a little thought, it must be because of the killing of people, the bitter master made trouble in Fengyang County, Fengyang County did not dare to offend the governor Gongzi, he must have come to ask for instructions on what to do.

It just so happened that the sensible of Fengyang County came to ask for instructions, so he saved a favor! Yue Qijie waved his hand to let Ma Cheng come back, and then said to the door: "Please come in, Lord Xu!" ”

Yue Qijie said a word of invitation, which is already very face-saving for Fengyang County. Although Yue Qijie is only a direct subordinate to the governor of Zhengwupin, can the director of the central ministry be compared to the county magistrate of your small local county? Although the grade is as large.

Xu Zhenye Xu Daxian Ling waited in the second hall, and he was happy to hear Lord Yue say a word of invitation, he knew that Yue Qijie was the brother-in-law of the Governor, and he was just a seven-rank county, and it was already good to be able to get such a big man with a word. Xu Zhenye calculated in his heart that he must solve the matter of killing people satisfactorily, so that he would not offend the side of Wei Guogong, but also befriended the governor's side, which was really a double win.

Xu Zhenye followed the secretary office into the second hall of the governor's yamen, bowed his head and didn't dare to look around, and when he came to the front of the Huaibei Bingbei Road, the secretary said loudly: "Lord Xu of Fengyang County has arrived!" Please! ”

Xu Zhenye opened the curtain and just entered the door, he saw a middle-aged five-grade official standing at the door waiting for him, Xu Zhenye knew that this must be the more important the more Qijie, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "How can he be a lowly person, dare to greet Lord Lao in person!" ”

Yue Qijie smiled, took Xu Zhenye's hand and said: "Lord Xu has seen the outside, Yue has been in Fengyang for almost two years, and he has not gone to meet the local parents and officials, which is really a dereliction of duty!" ”

Xu Zhenye hurriedly said modestly: "How dare you!" The lowly should have come to meet the adults first! ”

Yue Qijie said to the bookstore outside: "Come on, quickly serve tea to Lord Xu!" After speaking, he took Xu Zhenye's hand and sat down in the outhouse.

After the book was served, Yue Qijie said: "Lord Xu, the old man should really thank you, the old man's nephew Ma Cheng is stubborn, there is no way!" The chief lord is busy with affairs, and the nephew of the old man is used to being unkind by his mother, and he flies the eagle and lackey every day in Fengyang, which makes Lord Xu worry! ”

Xu Zhenye heard Yue Qijie say this, and hurriedly said: "Don't trouble, don't trouble, young people, everyone was like this when they were young, I believe that according to the level of Ma Ergongzi, next year will definitely be able to be named on the gold list!" ”

Ma Cheng listened to Xu Zhenye holding his stinky feet in the back room, and he couldn't let out a happy voice, this Xu Zhenye didn't ask what level he was, now he is not a child, and next year's gold list will be a fart, and the notoriety is about the same.

What Yue Qijie wants is Xu Zhenye's words, and when he heard Xu Zhenye say this, Yue Qijie didn't go around in circles: "Since Lord Xu said so, the old man will not be outside, my nephew killed someone in Fengyang City at noon, can you ask Lord Xu to dredge it up on your behalf!" ”

If Ma Cheng killed just an ordinary person, then Xu Zhenye would definitely line up his chest to ensure that there was no problem, but the shopkeeper was Wei Guogong's eldest brother, so it would be difficult to do.

Xu Zhenye Si Ai said: "The humble post is also here today for this matter!" If the second son killed an ordinary person, then it must be no problem, and there is no need for the adults to say that they are lowly and know what to do. But today this person is a little troublesome! ”

Yue Qijie was a little unhappy when he heard Xu Zhenye say this, after all, he had already given you face, and you Xu Zhenye still said this, I really didn't know how to lift up.

"Oh? Master Xu tell me what background that person has! ”

Xu Zhenye heard Yue Qijie's tone turn cold, and hurriedly explained: "Lord Yue, there is really no way to be lowly, that shopkeeper is a relative of Wei Guogong in Nanjing, and he can't hold it down here!" ”

When Yue Qijie heard that this was the case, it was troublesome, how could it involve Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei? If it is other nobles, it is easy to say, although the nobles of the Ming Dynasty have a noble status, but they have no political status at all, but this Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, is not ordinary.

In addition to being the hereditary Duke of Wei, Xu Hongji is also the Nanjing Town Guard and Caojiang Governor personally appointed by Emperor Chongzhen, and if translated into later generations, he is the commander of the Nanjing Military Region and the commander-in-chief of the Yangtze River Fleet, which is not inferior to Ma Shiying's existence.

Yue Qijie was also quite embarrassed to hear Xu Zhenye say this, Yue Qijie asked in a deep voice: "Lord Xu, what good can you do?" ”

Xu Zhenye was waiting for this sentence, and now when he heard Yue Qijie ask, he hurriedly took out the copy from his arms: "Lord Yue, please look, this is the state of the bitter master, it is clear that the shopkeeper of his family was beaten to death by a big man!" He thinks that this big man will definitely not be the second son, so as long as this person is handed over and disposed of according to the law, the second son will not be implicated at that time, and the Duke of Wei will be able to explain the past! ”

Yue Qijie took the situation and saw that this was exactly the case, and it was reasonable to listen to what Xu Zhenye said: "Okay, just do what Master Xu said!" Lord Xu rest assured, this matter will be reported in detail when the general lord comes back, it just so happens that there is a vacancy in Suzhou Zhizhou, Lord Xu is resolute and talented, and he is the best candidate for Zhizhou! ”

Xu Zhenye was overjoyed when he heard Yue Qijie say this, Zhizhou is the fifth grade, and he is now the seventh grade, four or five levels worse, if he survives the normal year, he doesn't know that he will have to mix until that year. Now that the Doge's cronies have said so, it must be fine.

Xu Zhenye hurriedly stood up, bowed down and said, "Please rest assured, Lord Yue, I know what to do!" There is also a humble duty to prepare filial piety when you go back, and naturally there is also an adult! ”

How many things to do in the officialdom and how many gifts to give, although Xu Zhenye solved his son's problem for Ma Shiying, there must be filial piety. Of course, you can not give it, but after Ma Cheng's affair is over, the Governor will send you a pair of shoes, which must be two sizes smaller!