Summary of the previous chapter: A woman's heart is a needle, Ma Xiaoquan once again misunderstood Li Qinghan's kindness, hey, what a wood

On the first day of the Lunar New Year (1621 AD) of the first year of the ++++++++++++++++++ Tomorrow A.D., hundreds of officials entered the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor.

Because there are too many people to pay New Year's greetings, the emperor can only meet some officials, so on this day, being able to meet the emperor and leave an impression on the emperor is equivalent to a guarantee for his future career.

Ma Xiaoquan entered the palace very early, and today, he has to be a shift errand, and his main job is very simple, to put it bluntly, it is to "block the door".

This gate is not another door, but the gate of the Qianqing Palace.

Standing at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, Ma Xiaoquan and several colleagues carefully checked the gifts of the officials who came and went to pay New Year's greetings, and some of them secretly stuffed large silver tickets into the arms of Ma Xiaoquan and several others.

Ma Xiaoquan didn't want to take it, after all, this is a business matter, but looking at the familiar appearance of several colleagues, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: No wonder the Ming Dynasty will perish, and the feelings are greedy from top to bottom.

The colleagues took the money and set their eyes on Ma Xiaoquan, who understood that if he didn't take it, he would be estranged from these colleagues.

If Ma Xiaoquan is a person, he is not afraid of estrangement, but he is now carrying the entire Ma family behind him, for the sake of the Ma family, Ma Xiaoquan can only be the same as everyone else, receive!

"Ma guard, hehe, this is my little intention, please let the horse guard hurry up, or the emperor will be tired, we won't be able to see him" A fat official with a fat head and big ears squeezed his eyebrows at Ma Xiaoquan, and one hand had quietly given Ma Xiaoquan a silver ticket.

Ma Xiaoquan pretended not to see and ignore it, the fat official looked anxious, ruthless, gritted his teeth, took out two more silver tickets from his arms, and stuffed them into Ma Xiaoquan's arms.

Ma Xiaoquan was quite helpless in his heart, he ignored the fat official and meant that it was enough, who thought that this guy would understand it as "two more", okay, since you are so generous, then Ma Ye and I are welcome.

Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly, and gave the fat official a place, because the fat official was too fat, he could only suck his big belly and squeeze it sideways.

A colleague saw that Ma Xiaoquan accepted three silver tickets in one go, and said enviously: "Brother Ma, you have to invite a few brothers to drink whatever you say today!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan laughed: "This doesn't need to be said, it's a must, and drink the best wine, well, Fenglailou has recently come to a batch of daughters who are popular, and the brothers have finished their shifts, let's go together!" ”

When my colleagues heard this, they laughed, this Ma Xiaoquan, it's really fucking on the road, Fenglailou's consumption is expensive, everyone knows it, I wanted to find a random restaurant to rub it, who would want to go to Fenglailou, it's really cool

While several people were laughing, the brothers Wei Jinzhong and Wei Zhao came.

Ma Xiaoquan is as big as Wei Zhao's official rank, so naturally he doesn't need to pay attention to Wei Zhao, but Wei Jinzhong seems to have been promoted again recently.

"Father-in-law, Lord Qianhu!" Several brocade guards half-bowed down to greet Wei Jinzhong and Wei Zhao.

The two snorted coldly and walked over proudly, but due to the perspective problem, the two didn't notice that Ma Xiaoquan was also there.

"Stop!" Ma Xiaoquan pulled out the embroidered spring knife on his waist and unceremoniously stopped the two.

Wei Jinzhong looked displeased, raised his head and was just about to scold, when he saw that it was Ma Xiaoquan, he hurriedly hid behind his brother Wei Zhao.

Wei Zhao was more afraid of Ma Xiaoquan than his younger brother Wei Jinzhong, so without saying a word, he pulled Wei Jinzhong back a few steps.

Ma Xiaoquan said unceremoniously: "Wei Zhao and the old eunuch Wei have issued a decree today, but anyone who wants to enter this Qianqing Palace has to be inspected, what?" What do you two want to make an exception for? ”

The Wei brothers glanced at each other, and in their hearts, they couldn't afford to provoke Ma Xiaoquan. Wei Zhao said with a smile on his face: "Oh, horse guards, how dare we forget the emperor's words." ”

"I haven't forgotten jì, right, that arm is stretched out, I want to check, and you~ Old Eunuch Wei, what are you hiding? Is there a murder weapon hidden in his body? ”

Ma Xiaoquan said it so casually, but in full view of everyone, the murder weapon was hidden on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and if it was to be verified, he would lose his head.

Wei Jinzhong gritted his teeth and hated, but he didn't dare to attack, so he could only follow his brother Wei Zhao's example, and said with a smile: "No, no, how can it be, how can it be." ”

Ma Xiaoquan glared at the Wei brothers, and stretched out his hand to search the two from top to bottom.

There must be no murder weapon or anything, but there is a lot of money and silver tickets.

Ma Xiaoquan searched for more than a dozen silver tickets from the Wei brothers, and unceremoniously took them for themselves, Wei Zhao and Wei Jinzhong watched Ma Xiaoquan take the silver tickets into their arms, and dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

"Alright, let's go in!" Ma Xiaoquan clapped his hands and said.

"Hmph~" The Wei brothers flicked their sleeves, glared at Ma Xiaoquan with burning eyes, and walked quickly into the Qianqing Palace

The door is still going on, but at this time, it shouldn't be Ma Xiaoquan on duty.

Squatting in the small board room at the door, Ma Xiaoquan dipped the silver ticket in his hand and dipped it in the foam.

At this time, several Jinyi guards who were on duty with Ma Xiaoquan just now came over, and one of them said: "Brother Ma, you dare to offend Lord Qianhu and Gonggong Wei, don't you want to die?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan stood up and smiled: "Don't die? It's not that exaggerated, what's the matter, my Ma Xiaoquan is also a deputy fifth grade, and Wei Zhao is at the same level, as for the old eunuch Wei, don't bother, come on, brothers, let's go to Fenglailou to drink"

Several people shook their heads in unison: "Let's forget it, Brother Ma, you stabbed yourself to rot, you can clean it up yourself." ”

Looking at the backs of a few people who were far away, Ma Xiaoquan's face was disdainful, but then Ma Xiaoquan forgave the actions of several people. Having said that, those Jinyi guards are also ordinary people, eating together, unlike him Ma Xiaoquan, there is a Ma family behind him

Out of the small board room, just as Ma's father and two brothers came, Ma Xiaoquan hurriedly greeted him, and secretly stuffed a silver ticket of one hundred taels to each of his colleagues who guarded the door.

Several colleagues are very good, and everyone knows what Ma Xiaoquan means by doing this.

"Oh, it turned out to be General Ma, please please." A brocade guard led by a brocade guard pushed aside the officials in front of him and let the Ma family's father and son in.

Ma Xiaoquan smiled, and entered the Qianqing Palace with Ma's father and two brothers

In the Qianqing Palace, Wei Jinzhong and Wei Zhao were snot and tearful complaining about the evil deeds that Ma Xiaoquan had committed against them just now, but no matter what they said, they didn't dare to say that Ma Xiaoquan took their silver tickets, good guys, they were all fished, if the emperor knew, would they not be beaten by the buttocks?

"Your Majesty" Wei Jinzhong knelt on the ground and "cried bitterly", "You have to be the master of the old slave, Ma Xiaoquan is too deceitful."

Emperor Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly, although he didn't quite believe Wei Jinzhong's words, but looking at Wei Jinzhong's crying appearance, Zhu Youxiao, who was not experienced enough, was a little convinced.

At the critical moment when the emperor began to waver, Ma Xiaoquan suddenly appeared.

Wei Jinzhong was still crying "pear blossoms with rain", but when he saw Ma Xiaoquan walking in, he immediately stopped abruptly and hid behind Zhu Youxiao with lightning speed.

This scene was seen by Ma's father and the two brothers of the Ma family, who were surprised and curious.

Ma Cheng secretly asked Ma Xiaoquan: "Quanzi, what happened to Wei Jinzhong?" How did you see us like a mouse meets a cat? ”

Ma Xiaoquan pretended to be innocent, waved his hand and said, "I don't know." ”

"Uh-huh~" Father Ma glared at the two and motioned for them not to speak.

The father and son walked in front of Zhu Youxiao, knelt down in unison, and shouted Long live our emperor.

Ma Xiaoquan supported his knees with his hands, looking like he was kneeling, but he didn't actually kneel, and what he shouted in his mouth was "ten thousand sleep, ten thousand sleep, ten thousand sleep".

Zhu Youxiao likes to talk to Ma Xiaoquan very much, and naturally loves the rest of the Ma family.

"Let's be flat~" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

Ma and his son stood up.

Zhu Youxiao asked: "Ma Xiaoquan, just now Wei Jinzhong and Wei Zhao said that you bullied them?" Is it true? ”

Ma Xiaoquan had expected it and stood without saying a word.

Father Ma couldn't help it, but the emperor was present, and he didn't dare to make a seizure.

"Is it true?" Zhu Youxiao asked again.

Ma Xiaoquan glanced at Zhu Youxiao, stepped forward confidently, took out a silver ticket from his arms, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, Gonggong Wei is joking with you." ”

"Huh?" When the weather emperor heard this, his face was displeased.

Wei Jinzhong was so frightened that he kowtowed like a chicken pecking rice: "Your Majesty, you are wronged, your Majesty, you can't listen to Ma Xiaoquan's nonsense, even if you give the old slave 10,000 guts, you don't dare to joke with the emperor." ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, this is what I discussed with Grandpa Wei, after the Chinese New Year, I am going to go outside to find the best carpentry classics for the emperor, but I don't have much money, so I told Grandpa Wei about it, and Grandpa Wei was particularly generous and gave Weichen such a large amount of silver tickets."

When Zhu Youxiao heard that Ma Xiaoquan was going to find him a carpentry classic, he smiled and said: "I see, oh, then you are all good heroes of me!" Okay, Wei Jinzhong, get up, don't pretend, I understand your intentions! ”

Wei Jinzhong couldn't cry or laugh, but the emperor's order was difficult to disobey, so he could only stand up obediently.

Colonel Zhu You stepped forward and patted Ma's father on the shoulder: "General Ma, your Ma family is loyal, you are a tiger general, and your sons are all good, all of them are good!" ”

Father Ma was also surprised, he was still very unhappy when he looked at the emperor's face just now, why did he immediately make a 180-degree turn when he heard that Quan'er was going to find him a carpentry book?