The night is already deep, and the prosperous Quanzhou during the day is slowly falling into a deep sleep, even the port has been closed, and it is strictly forbidden for any ships to approach, which is mainly to prevent pirates or unscrupulous merchants from sneaking into the port at night, so at night, the Quanzhou Navy Division will also send warships to patrol outside the port.

There are only a few sporadic lights left in the rows of commercial warehouses on the wharf, and in Quanzhou City behind the wharf, there is a magnificent mansion that is still brilliantly lit, and the front yard is still brightly lit, and the front yard is heard from time to time with the singing and musical instruments of the Hu Nu, and the sound of profligate laughter even spreads outside the house, but the neighbors seem to have long been accustomed to this sound, even if they are woken up in their sleep, they can only curse and plug their ears, because they can't afford to provoke the owner of the house.

However, the bustle in front of this mansion is only a façade, in a quiet hall in the back house, far from the front yard, several gloomy-faced men are sitting opposite each other, these men are tall or short or fat or thin, but they have one thing in common, that is, they have high noses and deep eyes and different hair colors, and they can be seen at a glance that they are Hu people.

"Ah Gese, Ma Fengjie has been put in prison by that Dingbei Marquis, don't you say something?" At this time, I saw one of the short and fat middle-aged Hu people speak, this guy's name is Mahler, and he is one of the famous sea merchants in Quanzhou, with hundreds of sea ships under his name, and a single business is tens of thousands.

He is also the owner of this mansion, and he is also the largest maritime merchant in Quanzhou after the fall of the Dong family.

"Say what? Ma Fengjie himself was unlucky, and was implicated by his godfather in the capital, what can we do? Archery glanced faintly at Mahler, who was speaking, and asked rhetorically.

Today, Li Zhang arrested Ma Fengjie and imprisoned him as soon as he arrived in Quanzhou, which also shocked many people, and also alarmed many people who had interests with Ma Fengjie, such as the Hu businessmen in front of them, and it was precisely because they had previously hooked up with Ma Fengjie and others that they were able to dominate Quanzhou's maritime trade, but it was precisely because of this that they were also very panicked about Ma Fengjie's arrest, and immediately gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

"Don't pretend to be confused, that Dingbei Hou is not a fuel-efficient lamp, with his identity, it is impossible for him to come all the way to Quanzhou in ordinary things, so I suspect that he may be coming for us!" Mahler said anxiously again at this time, and his shiny face showed a little pale.

"Yes, that Dong Qing has not been caught, I heard that he may have gone to the capital to sue the emperor, for which we also paid a lot of filial piety to Ma Fengjie, so I asked him to help say hello to the capital, but now not only Ma Fengjie has been arrested, but even the backer behind him has fallen, do you think Dong Qing really stabbed the case to the capital?" At this time, I saw a thin and obscene Hu man also spoke.

This obscene guy is named Kegler, he used to be a slave merchant in the Great Food, but later offended people, so he fled to the Great Song Dynasty by boat, and now he has changed to do maritime trade, but occasionally does some slave trading in private, mainly in Quanzhou and Guangzhou, there are many rich merchants who are very interested in the Great Eating Female Slave, and he happens to have this way.

Other people also expressed their opinions at this time, most of them had the same views as Mahler and Kegler, after all, Li Zhang's arrival this time was too sudden, and he won Ma Fengjie as soon as he came, which is one of their biggest backers in the officialdom, if they are implicated because of Ma Fengjie's affairs, it will be bad.

It was precisely with this panic above that the people in Kegler all looked very frightened, and the discussion became louder and louder, making the originally quiet hall noisy.

"Alright, be quiet!" At this moment, as the master, Ah Gese finally couldn't help but speak, in fact, although they are nominally equal and a fairly close alliance, in fact, there are also primary and secondary divisions, such as Ah Gese's power is the largest, and many things were taken by him before, so he is also the main here.

However, as soon as Ah Gese's voice fell, although the others closed their mouths, Mahler, who spoke first, spoke again: "Ah Gese, it was you who led the way to destroy the Dong family at the beginning, if the Dingbei Marquis really came because of the Dong family's affairs this time, I'm afraid you will be the first to be unlucky!" ”

Mahler is second only to Ah Gese in strength among the people here, and his business has developed extremely fast in the past two years, especially he has a brother who is also a famous businessman in Guangzhou, and his brother is stronger than Ah Gese, so he has always wanted to challenge Ah Gese's position.

At this time, Agose was also angered by Mahler's provocation, and immediately rebuked angrily: "Hmph, although I picked the head at the beginning, didn't you all participate in it, if it happened, you would not be able to run away at that time!" ”

Hearing A's reprimand, Mahler was also stunned, and immediately wanted to open his mouth to refute, but at this time, the obscene Kegler said in a round: "Everyone calm down, now we are just guessing, no one knows why that Dingbei Marquis came from, if we mess up first, wouldn't it be easier to be caught?" ”

As soon as Kegler's words came out, Mahler could only glared at Ah Gese fiercely and did not speak again, and Ah Gese also took a long breath at this time and said: "What Kegler said makes sense, we must not mess with ourselves, I heard that after the Dingbei Marquis arrested Ma Fengjie, he did not go to Quanzhou City, but lived directly in the camp of the water division, but he had seen the local officials in Quanzhou before, it is better for us to find a way tomorrow, don't be afraid of spending money, and see if we can find out some useful news." ”

"I think this method is good, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty are the most greedy for money, as long as the money is given, any news can be heard, and that Dingbei Hou came from afar, even if he wants to do something, he has to rely on the local officials, so as long as we inquire in many ways, we will definitely be able to find out some news!" Kegler spoke again.

Ah Variese's suggestion is also very reasonable, after all, now they don't know Li Zhang's intention, let alone why Ma Fengjie was arrested, the Han people have a famous saying called "know yourself and know your opponent, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles", only when they know the other party's intention, they can find a way to deal with it.

Just when these people couldn't sleep because of Li Zhang's arrival, Li Zhang himself didn't sleep at this time, but sat in his bedroom waiting for news.