It was already dark when she came out of Cao Taiwang's house, and Ruan Lizhen finally succumbed to Ma Cheng, after all, Ruan Lizhen was a beautiful girl, and her reputation was more important than life, and she didn't dare to make a big noise after being bullied by Ma Cheng, so she could only cry in a low voice. Ma Cheng has been in the military camp for the past few months, and Gu Xiying is pregnant, so Ma Cheng is really choking enough, and now he tried eighteen kinds of work on Ruan Lizhen, and finally forcibly occupied Ruan Lizhen's Yahuan Yunniang.

After finishing the matter, Ma Cheng sorted out his clothes and walked out of the gate of the Cao family, the old man who was guarding the door had already slept, Ma Cheng looked at the dark gate of the Cao family and thought: Remember this portal, you can come and play often in the future, Ruan Lizhen, a married young woman really tastes different.

Leaving Shuangjing Lane, Ma Cheng came to Chengxian Street in front of Guozijian, which is located in a small school field, so there are many soldiers patrolling the night. The Ming Dynasty implemented a curfew system, and no one was allowed to wait on the street after dark. The inspection department who patrolled the night saw Ma Cheng wandering alone on the street, and hurriedly stepped forward to interrogate the situation.

Ma Cheng had a waist tag on his body, and after showing it, he borrowed a horse from the Inspection Department and rode back to his home in Nancheng.

Ma Cheng drank wine at noon today, and took advantage of Ruan Lizhen just now, so he was in a good mood, and walked into the mansion with a minor tune of eighteen * touches. The housekeeper of the Ma Mansion saw Ma Cheng like this, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold his stinky feet: "The second master is back!" ”

Ma Cheng threw the reins of the horse to the family and asked him to return it to the Beicheng Inspection Department tomorrow when he was free. After taking the reins, the family Ding said: "Second master, there is a person in the concierge who is still waiting for you to come back, and the little one told him to come tomorrow, but this guy just won't leave!" ”

And looking for your own? Ma Cheng didn't know who it was, turned around and went to the gatehouse, and when he entered the house, he saw that the unlucky ghost Chen Hongfan hadn't left yet, and was lying on the table and pretending to sleep.

The movement of Ma Cheng pushing the door woke up Chen Hongfan, and when he saw Ma Cheng coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Brother Xian, has Shoufu ever assigned a place for the foolish brother?" ”

Ma Cheng had a happy day today, and he had already forgotten about this guy, and when he heard Chen Hongfan say this, he remembered that he had received five thousand taels of silver from this guy. Originally, Ma Cheng planned to only collect cash and do nothing, but today he just brought a green hat to Cao Taiwang and was in a good mood, so Ma Cheng decided to help this unlucky ghost.

"Lao Chen, today, the second master, I was busy with national affairs for a day, and I really didn't have time to find my father. Well, tomorrow, tomorrow I'll get up and do your business, okay? ”

Chen Hongfan smelled the smell of Ma Cheng's body and the color of fat powder on his face, so he knew that this guy was busy with some national affairs, and he must have eaten, drunk, prostituted and gambled. But now that he is begging someone to do something, Chen Hongfan dared to be a little dissatisfied, so he quickly nodded and smiled: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, just don't forget it!" ”

Sending Chen Hongfan away, Ma Cheng stumbled into his yard, and when he passed by the second study, he saw that there was still a lamp in the study. It was already late at night, about eleven o'clock, but I didn't expect the light to be on in the study, it seemed that the treacherous Ma Shiying hadn't slept yet.

Ma Cheng saw that Ma Shiying hadn't slept yet, so he thought about it and walked to the study, just going home today, it is better to arrange some things in hand, and several important things need Ma Shiying's help.

Before coming to the study, Ma Cheng asked softly, "Dad, you haven't slept yet?" ”

Ma Shiying's voice came from the study: "Is it Cheng'er?" Come on in! ”

Ma Cheng pushed open the door and walked in, and saw Ma Shiying sitting at the desk, twisting his beard and pondering. Ma Shiying saw Ma Cheng come in and opened his mouth and asked, "Why haven't you slept so late?" ”

As soon as Ma Shiying finished speaking, he smelled the smell of wine on Ma Cheng's body, and there were traces of fat powder on his face, so he knew that this son had not done a good job.

"Bastard, I'll go to fool around when I come back, what are you doing in the afternoon?"

Seeing that Ma Shiying was angry, Ma Cheng hurriedly explained: "Dad, don't be angry, my son led his two cousins to Nancheng for a turn, and happened to meet the second brother-in-law and Cao Taiwang. The second brother-in-law heard that the two cousins were going to study in the country, so they arranged for us to drink, but the son was very embarrassed but followed. "Jiuhe Library

Ma Cheng is eighteen years old, both ancient and modern, and Ma Shiying just sees his son angry, not really against him drinking and meeting friends. After listening to Ma Cheng, Ma Shiying snorted and said, "It's not good to come back and give birth to a concubine who accompanies you, what are you going to do when you go out and mess around?" Go and rest in peace! ”

Ma Cheng stood up and poured Ma Shiying a cup of hot tea, and then asked, "Dad, my son passed by the study and saw that the lights were on here, so he wanted to come over to say goodbye, but what difficulties did he encounter in his father's demeanor?" There may be a way for my son to say it. ”

Seeing that his son cared about him, Ma Shiying showed a smile on his face: "You kid still know that caring is a father?" Go and rest, you can't control the affairs of the court. ”

Hearing that it was the affairs of the DPRK, Ma Cheng couldn't leave, he stayed in the barracks for two months, and he didn't know anything about what happened in the DPRK. Ma Cheng was afraid that there would be additional changes in history, so he was naturally very concerned about the major affairs of the DPRK and China.

"Dad, my son has matured after half a year's experience, and I am saying that my father didn't tell my son, how do I know that my son has no idea?"

Ma Shiying was right to hear Ma Cheng say this, this matter is really too important, and his subordinates Ruan Dacheng, Zhang Jie, Li Zhan, Tian Yangzhi and others are all anti-Donglin Party. The only two strategists Yang Wencong and Yue Qijie who could be trusted by his subordinates were serving as governors in other places, so Ma Shiying had been undecided for the past few days.

Now I hear Ma Cheng say this, Ma Shiying feels right, the second son Ma Cheng is a general in the army, and he is not familiar with the government, so it is better to listen to what this outsider thinks.

Ma Shiying made up his mind to tell a major event that happened in the DPRK a few days ago, and Ma Cheng was glad in his heart when he heard it, and he was fortunate that he had rushed back at this critical moment, or he would have made a big mistake.

It turned out that what made Ma Shiying embarrassed was the first case of Nandu San, and the Great Tragedy Case occurred.

The Great Compassion case is actually very simple, in December of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, a bald donkey named Great Compassion suddenly appeared outside the Shuixi Gate in Nanjing, and claimed to be from the clan of the Qi Domain, was named the king of Qi, and escaped from the rebellion to become a monk.

The monk said amazingly, saying that Emperor Chongzhen had long anticipated the future crisis, and ordered him to go south to avoid disaster in three years, and later said that Chongzhen did not die of martyrdom, which meant that Emperor Hongguang was not orthodox. Dabei also threatened that the army that would crusade against Emperor Hongguang would arrive soon, and at that moment he commanded an ambush army, secretly scattered and hidden in the boats on the riverside outside the city, and it would not be long before the Hongguang puppet regime in Nanjing would be exterminated.

Hearing such sensational news, the Nanjing people who were dissatisfied with Emperor Zhu Yousong of Hongguang all had a bit of schadenfreude. The matter was soon reported to the Xicheng Inspection Division, and then to the imperial court through the Inspection Division. Although the officials in charge of Nanjing's city defense did not know the truth of the matter, they did not dare to slack off, so they hurriedly took action, and drove thousands of large and small ships on the riverside outside the city to Guanyinmen overnight.

Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong was also very panicked after learning the news, and hurriedly sent his cronies Zhao Zhilong to interrogate his origins. Then he overturned the statement that Chongzhen was not martyred and died, claiming that "King Lu Xianming should be the Son of Heaven and want to give way to Hongguang", "King Lu is kind to the people, everyone obeys him, and he should be on the throne", and instead supported King Lu Zhu Changshu to be the emperor, and asked Zhu Yousong to take the initiative to abdicate and make way for Xian.

Zhu Yousong was originally suspicious of King Lu, and suspected that Dabei was here to spy on King Lu, so he threw him into prison, and sent Zhao Zhilong, Feng Kezong, and Cai Zhong, the three halls of the military administration, Feng Kezong, and Cai Zhong to be interrogated and severely tortured. The great sorrow that could not bear the pain quickly confessed, his real surname was Zhu, a native of Xiuning, Anhui Province, and he became a monk in a monastery in Suzhou at the age of fifteen. Because he knew that Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong was not popular, so he called himself a prince and wanted to subvert Hongguang's statement, which did gain a certain amount of support among the people and had many followers.

Such an absurd result also surprised Xie Xuelong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, that the Great Compassion Monk was just a crazy and clumsy liar, and there was no need to pursue the case further, so he was ready to close the case.

However, Ruan Dacheng, the secretary of the military department, did not think so, and he insisted that there must be a mastermind behind the scenes. He first sent his cronies to interrogate, and found that Dabei mentioned Qian Qianyi in his confession, so Ruan Dacheng opened a blacklist, with a total of 143 people, involving Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, Shi Kefa, the governor of the Cabinet, Gao Hongtu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Gu Xichou, the secretary of the Imperial Palace, Yi Yingchang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Xie Xuelong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Shiqi, the deputy imperial history of the Imperial Palace, Yuan Jixian, Wu Weiye, Hanlin, Yao Sixiao, Qiao Ke, Jiang Yueguang, Zhang Shenyan, Liu Zongzhou, Qi Biaojia, and other members of the Donglin Party and the Fushe wanted to put this originally very ordinary fraud case. fabricated a case of rebellion in which everyone supported King Lu to become emperor and tried in vain to subvert the Hongguang regime, and he had to confess with great compassion.

Most of the blacklists drawn up by Ruan Dacheng are members of the Donglin Party and the Fushe Society, and they clearly want to use the Great Compassion Case to wipe out the remnants of the Donglin Party in the DPRK. At this time, Qian Qianyi also knew that Ruan Dacheng was fabricating charges to frame him, so he hurriedly defended himself and criticized Ruan Dacheng's clumsy accusations, and the contradiction began to become public, and the matter was also stabbed to Ma Shiying, the first assistant of the cabinet.

Ma Shiying was also in a dilemma when he saw the blacklist collected by Ruan Dacheng, killing all the Donglin Party has always been Ma Shiying's ultimate goal, this Donglin Party will pull back no matter what, and it has seriously affected Ma Shiying's governance, so Ma Shiying was also ready to use Ruan Dacheng's hand to clean up the Donglin Party's-stirring sticks at the beginning.

But Ma Shiying is a seasoned politician after all, he deeply understands that he and Ruan Dacheng are only an alliance of interests, if the common enemy Donglin Party is eliminated, then the next step is for Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng to sing against each other, after all, there is only one Shoufu.