Ma Cheng was completely stunned when he heard Yue Qijie say this, if he was shocked to see a living person die in front of him at noon today, now he would be stupid to hear that Yue Qijie would kill more people in order to solve the murder.

Yue Qijie's method of doing things was completely unacceptable to Ma Cheng, in order to save a murderer to kill more people, Ma Cheng didn't react for a while and was stunned.

However, Xu Dahu and the others didn't react to anything, the killing was that it was as common for them to drink water and eat completely, not to mention killing more than a dozen people here in Fengyang, and it was not uncommon to slaughter villages and towns during the battle in Guizhou.

Xu Dahu took An Zhennan and the other ten people and bowed down and said: "Please rest assured, Lord Yue, his subordinates know what to do, and there will definitely not be a single person left alive tonight!" ”

Yue Qijie nodded and said: "Also, remember to burn down the Huaiyang Building, and don't let go of the shopkeeper's family members to avoid future troubles!" ”

Xu Dahu nodded, then arched his hand at Ma Cheng and went out with someone.

"Uncle, this! Isn't that a bit too much? Those witnesses are just ordinary people, and they have to kill them in order to save Xu Dahu, which is not good! Ma Cheng didn't react until now, and quickly raised his objections.

Ma Cheng came from later generations, in his understanding, as the second generation of officials, Lao Tzu Ma Shiying is the governor, and his uncle is the national super marquis, so it should be easy to quell this manslaughter. But thinking that Yue Qijie's methods were ruthless, and he actually killed all the witnesses, this is really beyond Ma Cheng's moral bottom line.

It is understandable for Ma Cheng to think so, he was only a courier before he crossed, and he was only twenty-seven or eighteen years old, it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that he is the lowest level of society, but he will never have access to high-level politics. In later generations, the political struggle was not inferior to the Ming Dynasty, and in the eyes of those high-level people, a human life was not worth much more than the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Yue Qijie, who is Ma Shiying's staff, has the means to solve Ma Cheng's problem, but why do you have to take the most extreme path? This is going to involve the struggle for power among Ma Shiying's staff.

Ma Shiying's two major staff, one is Yang Wencong and the other is Yue Qijie, although these two are relatives, but their political concepts are completely different, but they are incompatible.

Because Yang Wencong has been an official in the Nanzhili area all the year round, he has done it from Zhixian to Zhizhou, so he and some young talents of the Donglin Party, such as Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai brothers of the Restoration Society, Hou Fangyu, the son of Donglin boss Hou Sui, and Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan have one leg of Mao Xiang, etc., these people are Yang Wencong's close friends.

And Yue Qijie is different, Yue Qijie has been an official in the north all the year round, and his colleagues and comrades-in-arms around him are not Donglin Party members, such as Tian Yang, who was written as a traitor by the peach blossom fan, and Ruan Dacheng, who was dismissed and never used, these are all eunuchs. In addition, Yue Qijie has no good impression of these Donglin Party members who are incompetent in governing the country and the world, and can only fight against each other and persecute each other, so naturally Yue Qijie and Yang Wencong, a pair of sisters-in-law, look at each other wrongly.

This time, Ma Shiying was short-sighted and wanted to unite with the Donglin Party (in Yue Qijie's view, it was short-sighted, in fact, Ma Shiying also wanted to get close to the Donglin Party), so he naturally wanted to win over Yang Wencong, who had a good relationship with the Donglin Party, and ignored Yue Qijie's several proposals.

Ma Shiying's behavior made Yue Qijie very annoyed, and even had the intention of resigning, but after seeing Ma Cheng, Yue Qijie dispelled this idea.

Ma Cheng is Ma Shiying's sister-in-law, and he has a very high status in Ma Shiying's heart, second only to Ma Luan, the eldest son of Ma Shiying, but Ma Luan fell to Yang Wencong. When there was any controversy in the past, Yang Wencong and Ma Luan made Yue Qijie very passive, but the appearance of Ma Cheng made Yue Qijie see hope.

Ma Cheng, this kid, is consistent with Yue Qijie on the key issue of supporting King Fu, and it is clear from the words that Ma Cheng is very unwelcome to see the Donglin Party, and the most important thing is that Ma Cheng, this kid, has a long-term vision and sees the current situation very thoroughly. It is precisely because of these that Yue Qijie decided to help Ma Cheng and strive to cultivate a spokesperson who is competitive with Ma Luan.

As for the Xu Dahu manslaughter case, in fact, it was not put on Yue Qijie's heart at all, and killing more than a dozen people for Ma Cheng was just to prevent Ma Cheng from falling to the Donglin Party, after all, the backstage boss of Huaiyang Building was Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei.

Yue Qijie glared at Ma Cheng who was standing beside him: "Zhonghe, although the old man has solved this matter for you, you can't be so stubborn, from today onwards, you will study in the mansion!" Wait for your dad to come back! ”

Ma Cheng didn't dare to say anything when he heard Yue Qijie say this, in fact, he had nothing to say, in order to save Xu Dahu, he could only agree to Yue Qijie to do so.

Ma Cheng arched his hand and said, "Today's matter, the little nephew thanks my uncle for his help, and the little nephew retires!" ”

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of Yue Qijie's room, Gu Changwei at the door couldn't enter the house because of his low status, but just now he saw Zhang Guozhu at the door tying up Xu Dahu and other eleven people, and he knew that this was not good today. originally thought that Xu Dahu was going to be unlucky, but he didn't expect that after a while, Xu Dahu and others were released by Yue Qijie again.

Gu Changwei didn't dare to ask Xu Dahu in detail, but now when he saw the second master Ma Cheng coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Second master, how is it?" ”

Ma Cheng frowned and said, "Hey, second master, I was grounded by my uncle, let's talk about the details!" ”

Gu Changwei took Ma Cheng back to the small courtyard of Ma Cheng in the back house, and Ma Cheng returned to the house and lay on the bed in a daze.

"Gu San, you go out! Second master, I'm going to lie down for a while! Gu Changwei didn't dare to ask the reason when he saw Ma Cheng like this, so he had to close the door gently and go back to the wing room to rest.

Ma Cheng had gone through a lot of things this day, and he was very tired, so he lay on the bed and fell asleep in a daze. I don't know how long I slept, but I heard Gu Changwei calling softly beside me.

"Second master, second master! Wake up! ”

Ma Cheng opened his eyes and looked outside the house, and it was already evening.

"I didn't expect to sleep for so long, what's the matter?"

"Second master, the old lady in the backyard has a message, let you go to the backyard!"

Ma Cheng knew that it was not good when he heard Gu Changwei say this, it seemed that his wife knew what happened at noon.

Ma Cheng inherited half of the memories of the dead ghost Ma Cheng, and his feelings for his close relatives are different, he is afraid of his strict father Ma Shiying, he is respectful of his eldest brother Ma Luan, and he looks down on his third brother Ma Xi, but the only thing he is attached to his own mother, Gu.

This is very understandable, when Ma Cheng was a child, Ma Shiying was an official in Shanxi all the year round, and the only thing the family could rely on was the old lady, so naturally Ma Cheng was very attached to the old lady Gu in his heart.

Ma Cheng heard that his wife wanted to see him, so he quickly got up and asked Gu Changwei to get a basin of water to freshen up, and then went out and followed the little maid who delivered the news to the back house.

The magistrates of the Ming Dynasty were all in the front and back houses, and the area of the back houses was not too large, even the Fengyang Governor's Mansion was the same.

After a few independent small yards, Ma Cheng soon came to his mother's house, Ma Cheng packed up his clothes and then arched his hand and said: "Mother, my son Ma Cheng is here!" ”

Gu Shi heard his son coming in the house, and hurriedly said, "Hurry up! Let me in! ”

A maid opened the door curtain, Ma Cheng walked in, Gu sat on the main seat in the house, and two women stood behind him, one of them was Ma Cheng's sister-in-law Zhang, and the other was a middle-aged woman in her thirties. Ma Cheng looked at the woman and thought that this was probably his father's other concubine, Aunt Zhao, and also the mother of his second sister Ma Yuning, as for Ma Cheng's beautiful eldest sister Ma Hongning, she was not in the house.

Ma Cheng was ready to speak on the way here, ready to wait for his mother's scolding, but when he thought of Gu, he didn't mention the matter of beating people to death at all, but asked distressedly: "My son, you still have a wound on your head, why do you want to go out and run crazy?" In case there is a good one, how can you let your mother live! ”

Gu's thirties only got the youngest son of Ma Cheng, so he naturally became a treasure. Today, Gu got the news that Ma Cheng secretly ran out, and he was really worried about his son's safety, so he hurriedly came over to inquire after learning that his son was back.

"My son, just now your uncle sent someone to say that you will be grounded from today until your father returns, and my mother thinks so! I won't go out these days, take care of my injuries at home! ”

Ma Cheng really felt speechless when he heard his wife say this, this mother was so doting on herself that she didn't ask about the killing of people at all, and she didn't say a word about killing people tonight.

Ma Cheng thought that the old lady didn't know the details, so he asked cautiously: "Mother, do you know about the son beating someone to death at noon?" ”

Gu Shi heard Ma Cheng say this and scolded: "What did my son say? Isn't it just a shopkeeper, it's his honor to be beaten to death by my son, don't take it to heart! What is Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, if it weren't for the fact that Emperor Shizu didn't want to make Empress Renxiaowen sad, he would have died according to Xu Huizu's actions! Can it still be Xu Hongji's turn to be powerful now? ”

Ma Cheng was shocked when he heard his mother say this, his wife was really strong, and Wei Guogong dared to scold. In fact, what Ma Cheng didn't know was that the heroes of Jingnan were dissatisfied with the heroes of the founding of the country. At that time, Gu Cheng was not the Marquis of Zhenyuan, but after being captured in the Battle of Jingyan, he became a general under Zhu Di, and after Zhu Di succeeded in becoming the emperor, he was named the Marquis of Zhenyuan for his merits.

Gu Cheng's marquis was obtained by opposing Emperor Zhu Yunwen, and in order to clear his name, he was naturally unfriendly to Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, who supported Zhu Yunwen back then, so the Marquis of Zhenyuan in all dynasties was not on good terms with the Duke of Wei. However, later Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, and the heroes who were martyred with him all moved to Beijing, and the dispute between the two families faded away, but this festival was still passed down through blood.

As a descendant of Gu Cheng, the Gu family naturally has to follow the meaning of the ancestor Gu Cheng, so the Gu family does not have a good impression of Wei Guogong. Today, I heard that my son killed Wei Guogong's house slave, if it weren't for the inconvenience of going out as a woman, Gu would have liked to take someone to burn Wei Guogong's property and avenge his son's anger.