After completing the handover procedures for the land deed, Ma Qianjiu and Zhu Yuanzhang resigned from the shirt family, and the two hurried back.

As soon as he got out of the door of the shirt house, Ma Qianjiu couldn't hold back anymore, and said hurriedly: "Zhu Ba, is Chen Xianling really a member of the Donglin Party?" Is there any basis for what you say? ”

"No ......" Zhu Yuanzhang shrugged his shoulders with a smile: "I don't know if Chen Xianling is a member of the Donglin Party, if you think about it carefully, it shouldn't be." Now Wei Zhongxian is persecuting the Donglin Party, and the Donglin Party in the Manchu Dynasty are trembling and trembling. ”

"Then why do you say that?" Ma Qianjiu is wonderful.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "This is the simplest and most direct way to provoke the shirt family and the county master to do the right thing, and other methods are not as effective as this." ”

Ma Qianjiu pondered for a while and then said, "But...... Chen County's order is not a matter of the Donglin Party, after all, there will be a day when it will be figured out, won't the shirt family hate our family at that time? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly thought in his heart, this year is already the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the Emperor of the Apocalypse is about to die, Emperor Chongzhen will ascend the throne in a few months, the fall of Wei Zhongxian is a foregone conclusion, and the eunuch party is about to face the catastrophe of annihilation. The next words of the shirt family are very sad, what does it matter if you offend the shirt family?

However, this kind of thought can't be said, he can only say lightly: "When the shirt family dealt with Chen County's order, it was impossible to put the words 'you are the Donglin Party' on their lips, I am sure that Chen County's order was still in the dark after being tricked, and I don't know where he offended the shirt family." It's very difficult to resolve the misunderstanding between them, so let's not worry. ”

Ma Qianjiu was still a little unsure in his heart, but when he saw Zhu Ba's face full of calm and calm expression, he couldn't help but feel that what he said was credible, and there was no need to doubt it.

On the next road, while riding a horse, he carefully recalled what Zhu Ba said today, and suddenly realized that Zhu Ba is really not simple, he seems to be a little familiar with the affairs of the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party, and he, the chief steward who has seen a lot of the world, can't figure out those things in the court at all.

For example, in the dispute between the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party, Ma Qianjiu only heard a few jokes from Mr. Storyteller, it seems that three years ago, there was a Yang Lian case, and several people were killed, but these major events in the court, he forgot about it when he heard it and forgot about it, and he didn't take it to heart at all, how could this Zhu Ba know better than me? Don't...... Is he really a child of the Luotuo family?

It is very strange that the people of this era will not respect the nouveau riche family who became rich overnight, but they will respect the Luotuo family who became poor overnight, because people believe that the family that became rich overnight lacks heritage and has no knowledge. And the young master in the Luotuo family is a scholarly disciple who has suffered, this kind of person is learned and worthy of respect. At the end of the day, this idea comes from the respect that people have for readers.

Ma Qianjiu was full of disdain for the people of the shirt family just now, in his words, "he is not even qualified to stand on the Jinshi pole", but now looking at Zhu Ba's expression, there is a faint trace of respect, as if he is the fallen son of the prime minister of the dynasty.

The two hurried back to the Ma Mansion, only to see that the front of the mansion was lively.

Just under the Jinshi pole of the Ma family, there was a group of officials, Zhu Yuanzhang counted them quietly, twelve, these officials had iron rulers hanging around their waists, whistle sticks on their backs, and shackles on their buttocks, but they didn't hold the guy in their hands, but stood with empty hands.

On the opposite side of this group of servants, there stood two or three rows of Mafu householders, at least forty-five people, all dressed in green clothes and small hats, and these servants held weapons in their hands, some with bamboo spears, some with sentry sticks, and some with Tipu knives...... A picture is like a great enemy.

Around these two piles of people, there are many long-term and short-term workers, and the villagers nearby are more lively than the main ones.

The first official was smiling bitterly at the family members: "Brothers, we are just on the orders of the county lord to invite the young master of your mansion to go to the yamen to ask a few words, why do you put on this posture?" "In these years, being a government official is very majestic, and he can bully and oppress good people at will, but for the rich gentry, these officials do not dare to be arrogant, and they don't even dare to get their weapons in their hands, but only dare to persuade each other with good words.

This group of family members did not sell the accounts of the servants, and snorted coldly: "Our young master said, Chen Guanyu is used to bending into tricks, and he wants our young master to go to the yamen to be uneasy and kind, let's not go!" ”

"Bold, the name of the county lord was called by you randomly?" A servant said angrily.

The family member was drunk by the servant, a little cowardly, and shrank behind his companion, but he still added in a weird way: "This is what my young master said, do you dare to yell at my young master?" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, the official was also a little cowardly, he didn't have the courage to offend the young master of the family with the "Jinshi Pole", so he also shrank behind his colleagues, and said in a weird manner: "If your young master has the courage, go to the yamen and talk to the county lord." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, the family was instigated again......

Ma Qianjiu and Zhu Ba were already approaching at this time, and the two turned over and dismounted together. Ma Qianjiu didn't pay attention to those officials, and directly separated the crowd and got into the Ma Mansion, with Zhu Ba following closely behind.

The two went straight to the hall in the front yard, only to see the second young master was anxiously pacing in the hall, he was stupid and impulsive, and lacked the ability to adapt, as soon as the yamen sent someone to take him, he panicked, and didn't know what to do, so he had to do it at home and not go out. Fortunately, the officials were afraid of the Ma family, otherwise he would have been forcibly rushed in and arrested by the officials.

At this time, seeing Ma Qianjiu and Zhu Ba coming back, the second young master was immediately overjoyed and said, "Is the matter done?" ”

Ma Qianjiu nodded and said, "It's done, thanks to Zhu Ba, the shirt family has already done a good job, and we can go to the yamen now." ”

"Hey, I went to the yamen, don't be unable to get out." The second young master was also a little scared.

"Don't worry, there should be no problem, as long as the people of the shirt family come forward, Chen Guanyu will be scared." Zhu Yuanzhang said very seriously: "The eunuch party is very powerful, not to mention that Chen Guanyu is just a mere Baishui county order, even if he is the governor of Shaanxi, he will not dare to come with the eunuch party." ”

When the second young master heard this, he was immediately overjoyed: "Okay, then I'll go to the yamen, come on, this young master is going out, prepare a sedan chair quickly." ”

The figures in the front yard ran up, and the four family members carried a small black sedan chair and put it at the door of the hall, and the second young master swaggered into it, and the four family members said "Hi yo", lifted the sedan chair, and went out through the hall, Ma Qianjiu and Zhu Ba followed behind on foot.

The sedan chair went out of the main gate of Ma's house, and when the family saw the second young master's sedan chair come out, they knew that there was no need to guard the door, so they dispersed in an uproar. The second young master's sedan chair walked straight to the middle of the officials, he stretched out his head from the sedan chair, and said in a trembling voice: "Go to the yamen, I want to see what trouble Chen Guanyu wants to find me......" Although he said it hard, his tone when he spoke helplessly was a little cowardly, revealing the fear in the second young master's heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head secretly, he is really a second young master who is not successful in all aspects! A year later, the second king of the White Water rebelled, and I don't know what will happen to you, the second young master.

finally invited the young master of the Ma family, and the officials were also relieved, and hurriedly protected the sedan chair and walked towards the county seat. On their periphery, dozens of Ma family members surrounded them again, and a group of people walked on the road, which was very eye-catching. The villagers who had done good things all came to watch, and gathered outside the Ma family's family, layer upon layer, and after a while, hundreds of people gathered.

This group of people walked more and more, and when they walked into the gate of the county seat, the number of people had reached six or seven hundred, and when they walked to the Yamen Square, there were already as many as a thousand. There was a rush of people all around, and the noise could be heard three streets away.

The crowd was talking, wanting to know what was going on, so some good people guessed with a little clue: "Did you see it?" The officials brought the young master of the Ma family. ”

"The Ma family? The one with the Jinshi pole? The officials dare to come to the door to get people? ”

"Didn't you see people sitting in a sedan chair properly? This is invited, not brought! ”

"Guess what, why did you invite someone from the Ma family to come?"

"Is this still a guess? This morning, the county magistrate took a dry 'tricky' Diao Min, played a morning board, and heard that more than a dozen buttocks bloomed, and this dry Diao Min is said to be 'tricky' in the Ma family. The county magistrate is trying to rectify the wind of 'trickery', and he is just collecting the spring tax, maybe he wants to collect more taxes. ”

"That's what happened! I haven't heard that our county master wants to take care of the 'trick' thing, hasn't he always kept his eyes open and closed? ”

"Who knows what this corrupt official is doing? Anyway, dog-eat-dog, a mouthful of hair, and neither side is a good person. ”

"I've heard that the Ma family isn't all bad people......"

"Oh, this is true, there are two heroes in the Ma family, one is Wang Er, and the other is Zhu Ba, for their sake, I hope the Ma family can win this lawsuit......"

"Shh......h Be ...... quietly."

The onlookers talked a lot, the second young master's sedan chair has been lifted to the front of the yamen, the sedan chair can not continue to move forward, the second young master plucked up the courage and walked out of the sedan chair, he wanted to pretend to be a high-spirited look, but unfortunately when he got off the sedan chair, he saw the leather field temple next to him (the place where people skinned), and his legs and stomach suddenly flashed.

Fortunately, Zhu Ba, who was walking behind him, stepped forward without a trace, stretched out his hand to help him, and said, "Second Young Master, be careful that there is a stone under your feet." ”

The second young master cast a grateful look at him, Zhu Ba is a Lingli person, if I fall to the ground softly in front of so many people, this reputation will be over, for your sake, I won't care about you if I beat my cronies. He took a deep breath, calmed down, and hummed: "Go, go into the yamen!" ”