Liu Kongzhao's original intention was to kill these few nobles who were not to deal with him, but he didn't expect Zhu Guobi to say it first, and Liu Kongzhao had no choice but to glare at Zhu Guobi. Of course, Zhu Guobi was definitely not a compassionate attack, but wanted to take the opportunity to befriend Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei.

Zhu Guobi is different from Liu Kongzhao, who used to live in Beijing, and was sent to Nanjing as an official in the first year of Chongzhen, because of the impeachment of Wen Tiren and Tang Shiji for favoritism and bribery, which caused Tang Shiji's jealousy, and finally Zhu Guobi was framed for taking the title.

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, I don't know whose path Zhu Guobi took, and was once again enabled by Chongzhen to become the governor of Caoyun, precisely because Zhu Guobi is not a native nobleman in Nanjing, so Zhu Guobi has always wanted to marry Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, in recent years. But Xu Hongji can take a fancy to Zhu Guobi, a second-rate nobleman, and he has always been salty and indifferent to Zhu Guobi in the past few years.

Zhu Guobi saw that Liu Kongzhao was going to clean up Xu Hongji ruthlessly, he knew that according to Xu Hongji's title and merits, as long as it was not a major crime of rebellion, the emperor would not treat him badly, so why not sell a favor to Xu Hongji? That's why Zhu Guobi stood up to intercede for Xu Hongji.

Xu Hongji knelt on the ground and originally thought that he would be unlucky today, but when he heard Zhu Guobi say this, he was relieved, although 100,000 taels of silver was also a huge amount of money, but it was nothing in the Wei Guogong family, who was resting with the country.

Zhu Yousong nodded when he heard Zhu Guobi say this, and asked, "Xu Hongji, are you willing to be fined?" ”

Since Zhu Yousong has already said so, who dares to say that he is unwilling? Several nobles led by Xu Hongji hurriedly nodded like chickens pecking rice.

With the money, Zhu Yousong's original irritable mood was much better, and he waved his hand and said, "In that case, you should step aside!" Ma Cheng has no merit and continues to train the new army! After Zhu Yousong finished speaking, he got up and left, and the harem troupe was still waiting for him to watch.

Ma Cheng, Zhu Guobi and the others came out of the Qianqing Palace, and hurriedly bowed down and thanked: "Ma Cheng, thank you to the three uncles for coming to the rescue, otherwise you would have been on Xu Hongji's way today!" ”

In fact, there is no danger if these three people don't come to Ma Cheng, according to Ma Cheng's eloquence, the emperor reprimanded him at most, but the three of them have already come, and Ma Cheng has to say some words of thanks.

Zhu Guobi said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, this is all a trivial matter, we have a good relationship with Ling Zun, and we naturally have to help with this favor!" ”

At this time, Xu Hongji and the others also came out of the Qianqing Palace, glared at Ma Cheng and left one after another. Liu Kongzhao looked at Xu Hongji's back and asked, "Baoguo Gong, why did you stop the younger brother from cleaning up this waste Xu Hongji today?" ”

Zhu Guobi sighed and said: "Brother Xian, we are all nobles, now that the country is in danger, why should I wait in the nest to fight?" Plainly let outsiders see the joke! ”

There is nothing wrong with Zhu Guobi's words, Zhu Guobi is a dragon crossing the river, and he has no interests to entangle with these local snakes in Nanjing. But Liu Kongzhao and Zhao Zhilong are different, the two of them have been angry with Wei Guogong for more than 200 years, so they naturally want to take revenge.

Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong also said on the side: "Baoguo Gong, you don't know that Xu Hongji is a poisonous snake, if he is not killed with a stick, when he recovers, it will be our bad luck!" ”

Zhu Guobi knew about the grievances between these two and Xu Hongji, but Zhu Guobi had a lot of thoughts, and it was far from being as simple as just wanting to be an idle nobleman. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, due to the rise of civilian power, the traditional meritorious group was greatly suppressed, and at the same time, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, which was the base camp of the nobles, was also replaced by the military department managed by civilian officials. It has always been the dream of the nobles of the north and south to regain their former rights and restore the glory of the nobles to the Hongwu and Yongle periods.

Zhu Guobi also thought so, so he let Xu Hongji go, because although Xu Hongji has no power in his hands now, Wei Guogong has been operating in Nanjing for more than 200 years, and he still has some influence in secret. Now Zhu Guobi, Liu Kongzhao and others already have certain rights in their hands with the help of supporting Zhu Yousong as emperor, and now is the time to restore the glory of Xungui, in this case, Zhu Guobi definitely does not want the Wei Guogong lineage, which is also a noble, to suffer too much.

Liu Kongzhao and Zhao Zhilong were blinded by hatred and couldn't see this, but now that Ma Cheng was in front of him, Zhu Guobi couldn't tell the truth in front of Ma Cheng. There was no way Zhu Guobi had no choice but to say to Ma Cheng: "Nephew Ma Xian, since it's okay, I'll go back later, you can go to your uncle's house when you have time, the kabuki in your uncle's house is still good!" ”

Zhu Guobi just meant it, then thinking of Ma Cheng beating the snake with the stick, he said directly: "Since the uncle is gracious, it is better to choose the day than to hit the day, and the day is not as good as the day, it just so happens that the little nephew is free today, why don't you go to the uncle's house to see?" ”

Zhu Guobi meant just to be polite, but knowing that Ma Cheng was out of sight, he directly offered to take a look. Zhu Guobi had no choice but to say: "Since that's the case, then please!" Uncle Sincerity and Uncle Xin Cheng will also go together! ”

Liu Kongzhao and Zhao Zhilong can think about it, this Ma Cheng is now a first-class admiral, after all, he has a bright future in the future, and he should also make friends for the sake of his children and grandchildren, so the four of them left the imperial city and came to the Baoguo Mansion in the northern city. Keyuan

Baoguo Gong Zhu Guobi is an outsider, naturally there is no big mansion given by Zhu Yuanzhang back then, Xu Hongji's Xu Mansion is next to the Confucius Temple, which is a good place for every inch of land. Even if Zhu Guobi had money, it was impossible for him to buy land in Nancheng, so he had no choice but to settle his home in Beicheng, which was relatively sparsely populated, where the land price was cheaper.

Zhu Guobi's mansion was equipped with a kabuki team, and the host naturally prepared quickly to entertain guests, and soon began to play and sing in front of the four of them.

Ma Cheng looked at the vulgar fans and was very dissatisfied, he didn't know opera at all, and he didn't really come to Zhu Guobi's house to watch the play this time, Ma Cheng's real purpose was to come and see Kou Baimen, who had the best skin in Qin Huai Bayan.

Ma Xianglan has been dead for more than forty years in Qin Huai Bayan, this can not be considered, the remaining seven people are all twenty-four or five years old, although they belong to middle-aged women in the Ming Dynasty, but in Ma Cheng's eyes, this is the most attractive age.

Thinking of Liu Ruye's plump and sexy, Chen Yuanyuan's alluring country and city, Li Xiangjun's gentle and cute, Bian Yujing's quick thinking, Dong Xiaowan's Chu Chu moving, Gu Hengbo's bold personality, Kou Baimen's Juanjuan Jingmei, Ma Cheng's little brother jumped a few times.

Ma Cheng watched TV and movies in later generations, as long as it involved the end of the Ming Dynasty, there would definitely be Qin Huai Bayan, which made Ma Cheng's ears angry. Therefore, the first priority in this era is to ensure the small life, in the case of the small life, Ma Cheng has to consider the feelings of the little brother, after all, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the famous Qin Huai Bayan will not come in vain if he doesn't go to see it?

But now Qin Huai Bayan is a person with a master, Ma Xianglan is dead, Liu Ru is married to Shui Tailiang Qian Qianyi, Chen Yuanyuan was taken by Wu Sangui, Li Xiangjun and Hou Fangyu got married, Bian Yujing was frustrated and became a nun, Dong Xiaowan married Mao Bijiang, Gu Hengbo married Gong Dingyu and became the second minister in Beijing, and now the only one who can know the news is Kou Baimen, so Ma Cheng is not polite to Zhu Guobi, and has to come over with a cheeky face.

But when he arrived at the scene, Ma Cheng saw that the people who came out to sing were all ordinary goods, and he was very dissatisfied. In fact, these kabuki are all the best beauties in Zhu Guobi's house, but the aesthetic views of the Ming Dynasty are different from those of later generations, and the Ming Dynasty pays attention to petite and cute, so the kind of Yanma that Ma Cheng likes has no market at all in the Ming Dynasty.

Ma Cheng patiently watched a few pieces of Kunqu Opera, but he couldn't bear it, and asked: "Baoguo Gong, I heard that the famous prostitute Kou Baimen in Jiangnan was in the mansion in the past, why didn't you see it?" ”

Zhu Guobi didn't want to entertain Ma Cheng in the first place, but who would have thought that Ma Cheng would be so cheeky and have to come over to see Kabuki, Zhu Guobi had no choice but to invite this second ancestor to his home. But I didn't expect this little bastard to kick his nose in the face and want to see his beauty Kou Baimen, which made Zhu Guobi a little unhappy.

Liu Kongzhao and Zhao Zhilong, who were on the side, were fascinated by the play just now, and were tasting the teacup carefully, but now they suddenly heard Ma Cheng say this, and the tea in the mouths of the two was so hung that it spewed out.

Liu Kongzhao said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, you don't know, after the Kou family was accepted into the boudoir by Baoguo Gong, they will no longer see guests, virtuous nephew, you are afraid that you will be disappointed!" ”

In fact, if you don't see a guest, you also see anyone, if Zhu Guobi invites Ma Shiying to a banquet today, don't say that you will arrange for Kou Baimen to come out and sing a little song, that is, arrange for Kou Baimen to sleep, and Zhu Guobi will not have half a fart. But if you are a horse, then it will not work.

Ma Cheng didn't know what Liu Kongzhao meant, but he came today to see Kou Baimen, so he pretended to be stupid and asked: "A few uncles, the little nephew has never read, but the little nephew heard that as long as the relationship is good, the little concubine can accompany the guests to sleep, I don't know, right?" ”

Zhu Guobi couldn't control his anger anymore when he heard Ma Cheng's unreasonable request, stood up and shouted: "I'm sorry, the old man has something to do, please come back!" ”

Liu Kongzhao and Zhao Zilong were also very angry when they heard Ma Cheng say this, what are you Ma Cheng? If it weren't for your father's face, we could hang you? Now you rely on your Lao Tzu's power to have five people and six big-tailed wolves, and come to our Xungui here to ask for a concubine to sleep, and you don't pee to see what kind of virtue you have!

Zhu Guobi got up angrily and left, Liu Kongzhao and Zhao Zhilong also got up and went back to the house without saying a word, and the original singing of the kaki in the courtyard was gone, leaving Ma Cheng to sit alone on the chair.

Seeing that he was angry to death by Ma Cheng, he originally just wanted to see what Kou Baimen looked like, but now he was insulted by Zhu Guobi, an old bastard, how could Ma Cheng dare to call himself the second ancestor without retaliation?

Ma Cheng's temper couldn't be pulled by anyone, and he was going to set fire everywhere when he stood up, but just when Ma Cheng was about to make a move, he calmed down, Ma Cheng thought that he had offended many people because of his temper before, and he was a person who wanted to do big things, so he had to control his temper in the future.

Ma Cheng thought of this, got up and left Zhu Guobi's mansion, and went out to return to the camp with his two hundred personal soldiers.