"Mr. Shu, please come here!"

Outside the Ningguang Gate (this gate exists) on the Luzhou Wharf, an elderly man in plainclothes with a short figure smiling politely to the handsome middle-aged scribe.

This middle-aged scribe is Master Shu's eldest son, Shu Guoping's cousin, Shu Guoxin, a native of Luzhou. And the elderly man next to him is the Luzhou Wei Shi Ma who is acting for the Luzhou government affairs.

Since Tan Sigui revealed his identity, lined up in formation, and restrained the hostages, Ma Ying's attitude towards the exam has taken a turn in place. Shu Guoxin, who took care of the Wangzhuang on behalf of the Shu Palace, had just come ashore, and Ma Yingxuan came up. It's a pity that Shu Guoxin is a native of Luzhou, and he is clear about the virtues of the horse test.

Shu Guoxin spread the folding fan painted with peonies, shook the two fans gently, and then opened his mouth coldly.

"Master Ma has subdued the town, and the credit lies in the community! It is not easy to stay in Luzhou alone for more than half a year. Fortunately, the high judge went to the provincial capital to worship Liao Fu and Liu Press, took the seal document, and then went to Luzhou City to take office. In this way, Master Ma can also hand over local affairs, which is much easier! The student returned to his hometown on his father's order this time to take back our Shu family's fields and houses. However, the palace recently recruited a batch of copywriters, and his father urged the students to return to the province as soon as possible to help, so the students did not dare to stay in Luzhou for too long. If someone takes possession of my family's belongings, please let them know as soon as possible and return them quickly! The students are better than ever! ”

Ma Yingxian's face was pale, but he replied in a loud voice: "What did Mr. Shu say?" This is within the scope of our duties! You're welcome! ”

"Let them all know each other a little, and those who occupy the house should quickly exit, and those who took the things should return them quickly!" Shu Guoxin's tone was very arrogant.

He shook the folding fan fiercely and pinched it together: "More than 100 members of our Shu family died in this Luzhou City!" No one jumped out of the city and fled! The upper is worthy of His Majesty's grace of Jian Ba, and the lower is worthy of the nurturing of the people! Feeling the generosity and heroism of my Shu family, the Shu Wangfu and the Ertai Sansi Yamen have jointly played the imperial court and His Majesty, and I want to be for Su Zhizhou, Huangdaotai, and Liu Zhixian of Renshou County, please seal the table for our Shu family! When the table is down, it is necessary to worship the god in the Zhaozhong Temple (Note 2) in the provincial capital. If some ill-intentioned people have an accident and want to tear up with the students, the students are not afraid! The students are in the lobby of the state government, waiting for Master Ma to judge the case impartially! ”

Ma Yingxuan kindly reminded Shu Guoxin: "How dare those people who are greedy for money and forget their righteousness dare to go to court with Mr. Shu?" The subordinates are only afraid that they will take risks......"

"Desperate?" With a snort, Shu Guoxin unfolded the fan again, "The prevention is to take risks!" The prince and his father had already taken countermeasures to this, so they specially sent the palace to protect the village, and it was this Tan company commander with two hundred Zhuang Ding to protect the students. Presumably Lord Ma has already seen it on the dock, and those are battle-hardened warriors! At the beginning of the year, they were the ones who quelled the rebellion in Yazhou, and they were the ones who annihilated the remnants of the thieves at the mouth of the Pengshan River! Those young people dare to take risks? That's just right! It's just to add some food to the fish in the river! ”

It turned out to be the army of the Battle of Eguchi! Ma Yingyan gasped, the beard on his chin trembled, and he looked at Tan Sigui with wide eyes. The battle of Pengshan River Estuary was spread by the people to be miraculous. It is no wonder that so many corpses rushed down from the upstream, not only the fishermen on the river can see it, but even the head of Luzhou City.

"What Zhuangding? It turned out to be an elite family raised by the son! No wonder! No wonder! Mr. Shu has such a big face! Ma Yingyu gave his hand to Tan Sigui and Wang Sanniu, the deputy company commander behind him.

"Long admiration! Long admiration! Fortunately! Fortunately! Dogs are not sensible, Commander Tan must not be like a child! ”

Tan Sigui smiled and waved his hand: "Master Ma has misunderstood!" Master Pony is just interested in the cigarette rolls that Miss Luo sells to Luzhou. He wants to buy them all, and we're negotiating the price! ”

"Oh, what else to discuss, Company Commander Tan just has to make a price! Since it is a good thing from the Shu Palace, it is our blessing to be able to buy them all! Company Commander Tan, don't be reluctant! Ma Yingyu said angrily at Tan Sigui, as if his friend who had been lost for many years suddenly met.

Without waiting for Tan Sigui to agree, Shu Guoxin had already grabbed the conversation.

"When the high judge comes in a few days, he will bring some souvenirs to sell. Presumably, there are a lot of good things that Lord Ma can catch his eye! ”

Speaking of this, Shu Guoxin seemed to have just remembered an important thing: "The high judge will also bring some Tusi soldiers." Master Ma, do you know Tianquan Toast? Since the rebellion in Sichuan, the whole Tusi has been invincible and invincible! This Luzhou city has also been here, and it can be said that it is a revisit. In the Battle of Jiangkou, Gao Gongzi, the third brother of the high judge, personally led 3,000 iron horses, insisted on being sharp, invincible, and beheaded Zhang Guangzu, the brother of the thief clan. Liao Futai attaches great importance to Xiao Gao Gongzi, and now he has been transferred to Chengdu to protect the domain. Xiao Gao Gongzi submitted several submissions to return to his hometown, but Liao Futai resolutely refused to allow it. The students guessed that in time, the Quangao family would be another stone horse family on this day (Note 1)! Miss Luo's bodyguard also uses Tianquan Tusi soldiers, but Shizi seems to prefer Dong Bu's Tusi soldiers. Governor Liao is not used for non-toast, Tianquan, Dong Bu, Songpan, and toast from all over the country are used together. Ma Daren was born in the army and has been in battle for a long time, and the students are asking Ma Daren for some advice: What is the difference between the soldiers of Quantusi, Dongbu Toast and Songpan Toast on this day? The toasts of the Xuyong Hall in the south of Luzhou ......"

The crowd spoke cordially. Entering the city, Ma Yingxuan hurriedly led Shu Guoxin, Tan Sigui and others to a restaurant in Huijin Gate and held a flowing water banquet. Luzhou produces good wine, and there is naturally no shortage of wine. An old wine vat was directly carried by eight soldiers to the door of the private room, and it was as much as they wanted to drink.

……

The person who occupied the Shu family's house and land was naturally Luzhou Wei's commander Ma to take the exam. Apart from him, who in Luzhou dares to occupy the ancestral house of the Shu family?

However, the Ma test is not specifically for the Shu family. He took advantage of the mess left behind by Zhang Xianzhong after breaking the city to occupy most of the good houses in the city. It's a pity that there are few people in the house, and the house can be seen and lived, but not eaten. The city was newly broken, and the fields outside the city were out of time. In the past few months, Ma Yingxuan and the hundreds of remnants in the city have made a living by collecting taxes and robbing on the Yangtze and Tuojiang rivers. When you see a grain ship, you will rob it, and when you see a human ship, you will cut it off. I don't want to walk often at night and bump into ghosts, but today I robbed the head of the palace, robbed one or two hundred wolf-like guards, and robbed the Shu family, an old enemy in Luzhou City!

Ma Yingjiao is a coarse person who can't read big characters, as the hereditary commander of Luzhou Wei, it turns out that he is not an important figure in Weili, and his ranking has reached more than a dozen. Ma Yingkao has no culture, but his mind is lively. The meaning of Shu Guoxin's words is clear to him: Shu's tree has deep roots, there are people above, and there are soldiers below. You are a little tyrant in Luzhou City, whether it is bright or dark, you can't afford to provoke it! Be proactive in acquaintance, if you annoy the person above me......

The boiled duck flew away. Thinking of handing over the Luzhou City in his hands, Ma Yingkao's heart twitched. But he understands that he can't take advantage of words, and he can't take advantage of this officialdom and battlefield.

The lesser of the two powers, Ma Yingxuan immediately made up his mind to temporarily retreat into advance. Taking advantage of the beginning of the banquet, he quietly ordered to go down and let the little ones quickly clean up the Shu family's house and vacate it. In addition, according to the price offered by Commander Tan, he gave eighty boxes of silver for cigarette rolls, and only took ten boxes of goods. He estimated in his heart that as long as he served these masters who he couldn't afford to offend, they would get their things back, and there would be no reason to make trouble, and they would naturally stop in a few days. In this way, although he took a little less, and there was a little blood, he finally saved the big head.

The Shu family is a serious official eunuch and scholar, and there are a lot of famous and talented people in the family, and it is even more high-ranking officials such as Su Qiong who are married. Even if they whispered, they wouldn't look at the martial artists squarely. If Mr. Shu really left in a few days, it was possible to pull the money-hungry Tan Lian Commander into the water. By intercepting passing ships on the river under the banner of the palace, then this unprofitable business can be done in the long run!

Ma Yingxuan has always been meticulous in his work, unlike his hairless five-year-old man. He thought about it, and he came up with a foolproof idea.

After thinking things through, Ma was in a better mood for the exam. With a slightly drunken feeling, he picked up the wine glass and walked behind Tan Sigui and patted Lao Tan on the shoulder.

"Come on! Brother Tan, the two of us have a bowl! ”

……

Lao Tan came out this time, and the scenery along the way was infinite. was first kowtowed to the ground by the parents of a county, and then called the lord a brother and sister, and talked about the wine, and inevitably drank a few more glasses. Coming out of the restaurant, he was already one foot high and one foot low. The sedan chair was carried back to the Shu family compound, he confessed to Shu Guoxin, and hurriedly let Wang Sanniu help him, and slipped to his brothers in the wing room to sleep in the Chase bunk.

In the middle of the night, Lao Tan woke up and felt that his mouth was dry, so he quietly got up and went to the yard to find water to drink.

There were soldiers on guard in the courtyard, and a group of people changed by hour. Chen Youfu tried it in Feixian Pass, and the effect was very good. Subsequently, the prince perfected and fixed the system of standing guard at night. As soon as Lao Tan came out of the wing, he was softly stopped by the soldiers outside the door.

"Password!"

"Lao Tzu drank wine and didn't know today's password. Do you have any water there, take a sip of it! ”

"Company commander, I didn't know it was you!" The soldier heard the commander's voice and hurriedly ran over and handed his water hyacinth to him.

"You are a sentry, and when you see people, Lao Tzu will punish you if you don't ask for the password!"

Lao Tan took the water hyacinth and drank it in a big gulp. After drinking the water, Lao Tan was completely sleepy, so he pulled the sentry and sat on the steps in front of the wing. The sentry was a homeless man bought by Sun Hong in Jiading Prefecture in May and June, and he was still a new soldier named Yang Jie.

"How long have you been a soldier?" Old Tan asked.

"One month and nineteen days."

"Hey! You remember it well. Is it literate? ”

"Recognize some. My father used to teach me poetry and literature, and he also went to private school for five years. ”

"You can sign up to be an officer if you know how to read!" Old Tan was taken aback.

In the caravan, anyone who knew how to read before enlisting in the army was the treasure of the prince of the world and was trained as an officer. Wang Wenbiao, the leader of the backbone squadron of the Hongya County Huzhuang Brigade, was the leader of the old company in Bifeng Gorge. Because he knew how to read, he was quickly promoted to a company-level officer. When Lao Tan left Yazhou, he heard that he was about to be promoted to deputy battalion again.

"My father and sister were killed by the rioters. I'm going to kill three of them with my own hands, and then I'm going to sign up to be an officer. ”

Lao Tan patted Yang Jie's shoulder and said approvingly: "Good! Be ambitious! It's just that we have killed not only rioters, but also thieves, bandits, and corrupt officials. Do they count as three? ”

"Count!" Yang Jie did not hesitate, "There are no thieves, bandits and corrupt officials, where are the troubled people?" It's the same if I kill them! ”

"Good boy, there's a kind!" Lao Tan patted Yang Jie's shoulder heavily, "There are many corrupt officials, thieves, bandits, and rioters in this world, and you have killed them!" ”

At this time, the gate of the second entrance of the Shu family compound creaked open, and Shu Guoxin's figure appeared at the door.

"Company Commander Tan, it's good that you wake up." Shu Guoxin beckoned to Tan Sigui in the dark, and said to Yang Jie: "Sentinel, guard this door, no one is allowed to come in!" ”

Note 1: Qin Liangyu's husband's surname is Ma. Her sons and brothers are all generals of the Ming army and have made great contributions to the country.

Note 2: The address is in the current Chengdu Zhaozhong Temple Street.