Judging from Zhu Yuanzhang's understanding of the second young master at this stage, he is completely a waste, he doesn't do anything serious all day long, impulsive, naïve, and stupid. And through Ma Qianjiu, he can see from the side that the eldest young master is definitely a shrewd and capable smart person, otherwise there would not be such a calm manager as Ma Qianjiu under his hands.

Choosing one of these two people to stand in line, he really didn't need to think about it, he knocked down the two guards with one punch, and announced that he would stand on the side of the eldest young master in the future.

"Zhu Ba, you hit someone?" The two housekeepers were lying on the ground, their heads still hanging one after another.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't bother to pay attention to them at all, and pulled Ma Qianjiu: "Hurry up and find the second young master." ”

The two walked into the back garden, and Zhu Yuanzhang only felt that there was a flower in front of him, and the scenery changed suddenly. The back garden of the Ma family is very well built, with a round arch in the east and a small pavilion in the west, and the cobblestone path winds in the flower garden, which looks very elegant. There are still several pools in the flower yard, but unfortunately the water level in the pools is not high, and it is faintly about to bottom out. During the great drought, it is already a rare thing to maintain the water in this pond, and it is impossible to think that the water level is very high, and there are many plants and flowers in the garden, but they are a little short of water, showing a dying appearance.

The two family members who were knocked down by Zhu Yuanzhang just now shouted loudly behind them: "Zhu Ba has broken into the inner courtyard...... Everyone, come on...... Zhu Ba forced his way into the inner courtyard...... "In fact, if you break into the inner courtyard, you have to count Ma Qianjiu, but the family members really don't dare to offend him, so they omitted his name, and it became like Zhu Ba was messing around alone."

These shouts spread far away in the quiet afternoon flower courtyard, spreading in all directions, and then provoked a cry of surprise, and a family member shouted angrily: "The steward of the side courtyard is amazing? Dare to come to the inner courtyard to cause trouble? ”

A maid exclaimed: "Is Bugling Zhu here?" Oops, I just woke up, I haven't dressed up yet, and he'll hate me when he sees it. ”

Another voice rang out: "Brother Zhu has already rejected you, don't be amorous......"

Then there was an old woman's voice: "Third Miss, the man outside has entered the inner courtyard, you are a woman, you should avoid ......"

Then there were many small, light, heavy, panicked footsteps that rang out in all directions. There are housekeepers, maids, and mothers-in-law......

Ma Qianjiu took Zhu Yuanzhang and walked quickly in the flower courtyard, running towards a small building with a single tree, which was wooden and only one story high, but it covered a large area, and it seemed that there were many compartments inside. The wood was fine sandalwood, painted crimson and black, the windows were covered with white curtain, and many lanterns hung under the eaves, but it was daytime and the lanterns were not lit.

A few family members ran over to block it, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't entangle with them, and dragged them along and threw them into Huafu and the pool. When he arrived in front of the small building, Ma Qianjiu was anxious, and he was angry with the second young master, and he didn't pass it on, so he walked to the door and pushed the door hard and rushed in, and Zhu Yuanzhang naturally followed closely behind.

I saw that the second young master was sitting up from the bed, his eyes were full of misty, it turned out that he was also woken up by the noise in the courtyard, and muttered in his mouth: "Zhu Ba is really not interesting to kill, did he break in when the young master was taking a nap, and die?" ”

A maid with a double ponytail climbed up on a small bed where the maid slept next to her, and hurriedly rushed to the second young master's side, not caring about Ma Qianjiu and Zhu Yuanzhang standing next to him, hurriedly helping the second young master get dressed and buttoned.

Ma Qianjiu rushed to the bed of the second young master, lowered his voice, and said quickly: "Second young master, I have offended." Something big happened, and this morning the county magistrate sent someone to arrest all the villagers in Xiguquan. ”

"Is it a big deal that the villagers of Xigu Village were taken away? It's none of our business! The second young master was still asleep and was not fully awake, and he muttered dissatisfiedly.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and reminded: "All the villagers in Xigu Village are domestic slaves who are 'tricked' in the name of our Ma family, in other words, all the land in Xigu Village is written in the name of our Ma family on the title deed. ”

The second young master crooked his mouth: "What's the matter?" Even if the county order surnamed Chen captures a few of our house slaves, it's not a big deal, right? It's a big deal to put the board back, and if the sky is broken, it will be killed, and our family will not have any big losses. ”

"Oh, my second young master, why are you still confused when you hear this?" Ma Qianjiu said bitterly: "Now the problem is very serious, these villagers have been arrested in the yamen, and a few boards have been beaten, and they have not recruited all the things of 'trickery' in one by one. 'Trickery', although everyone is doing it, is not on the table, if you put it lightly, it is willing to sell and buy, reasonable and legal, without any sin. In conventional terms, it is to set up a clear eye, evade taxes, and pay taxes and fines. If you put it seriously, it is to collude with Xiaoxiao, deceive the court, and raid the house. The official word has two mouths, whether the sentence is light or heavy, it is all about whether he is happy or not. ”

The second young master was stunned for a moment, and said blankly: "My father has also been an official, who dares to punish my Ma family for such a small crime?" ”

"Alas...... It's clear that they want to use this trick to deal with the Ma family, why are you still staying......" Ma Qianjiu only felt bitter, and shouted urgently: "Second young master, hurry up and sober up, the master has been in office for many years, and he has no connections in the court...... We are no different from the people now. ”

Second Young Master Ma sat for a while, his head was not pretending to be serious for many years, and when it was time to use it, he found that it was empty, and he couldn't run for half a day: "Is it really so serious?" ”

"Even if you don't raid your house and destroy your ......," Ma Qianjiu smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid it will also cause our family to suffer a lot of losses." ”

"What then?" The second young master asked.

Ma Qianjiu was so angry that his lungs were about to explode: "We came to you just to let you have an idea, what should I do now?" I'm really ...... Alas, if only the eldest young master was at home, he would definitely have a way to resolve this crisis. ”

The second young master said blankly: "I really don't know what to do, Ma Qianjiu, aren't you my brother's henchman?" It's always been tricky, you need to figure it out. ”

Ma Qianjiu smiled bitterly: "What can the old slave do?" If there is a way, I won't be in a hurry and crash into the inner courtyard like a fly. ”

The second young master turned his head to look at Zhu Ba again: "Huh? Why are you there? This guy didn't see Zhu Ba present just now, and his eyes didn't know what he was looking at: "You seem to be called Zhu Ba...... Well...... I remember you were a guy who came up with ideas, tell me, what to do? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang really has a way in his heart, but he doesn't want to say it now......

You must know that the biggest taboo of such a thing as a think tank is that the clever plan comes as soon as you open your mouth. Any strategy that comes too quickly and too easily will be easily doubted by the superiors whether it is feasible! Even if the strategy is adopted and successfully implemented, the superior will feel that the strategy is easy to come by, does not require any brainpower, and does not deserve to be rewarded, and the result is that it is taken lightly and forgotten merit.

To be a good thinker, the best way to be taken seriously is to deliberately hide your true thoughts, keep pretending to meditate, and when everyone can't come up with a solution, you suddenly offer a clever plan like a charcoal in the snow, turning your hands into clouds and covering your hands for rain, so that your boss will firmly remember how much credit you have made.

At this time, it is obviously not a good time for Zhu Yuanzhang to say his own way, he shook his head and said deliberately: "My knowledge is short-sighted, how can there be any good way, this matter still has to rely on the horse steward and the second young master to make up their minds." ”

The second young master and Ma Qianjiu held their heads and thought about it with all their might, and Zhu Yuanzhang also pretended to think hard and thought with them.

After a while......

"By the way, do you think that's okay?" The second young master said suddenly: "Let's change the land deed of Xigu Village without permission, and also change the deed of sale of those villagers, and make a fake contract, just say that those villagers are not from our family at all, and the county order surnamed Chen will have nothing to do with us." ”

Ma Qianjiu smiled bitterly: "Second young master, you are forging documents, it may work when we are in a lawsuit with the mud legs, but when the target is the county master, what we do is to send new illegal evidence to him, punish the two crimes together, and die faster." ”

"Uh......" The second young master was silent.

After a while, Ma Qianjiu patted his head: "Otherwise, hurry up and prepare a heavy gift, send it to the county prince's mansion, and ask him to raise his noble hand and let us go this time." ”

"Good!" The second young master shouted: "This is good, money can make ghosts grind...... Don't worry that his surname Chen is not hooked. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang intercepted: "I'm afraid it won't work...... If we have money, will the Zhang family in Chengcheng have no money? If I expected it to be true, the Chengcheng Zhang family would have already sent a heavy gift to the county master, and he would only start with our family, and now it may not be easy to send money to the door, which suddenly provoked his ridicule. ”

"As long as the money we send is more than the Chengcheng Zhang family." The second young master shouted.

Ma Qianjiu smiled bitterly: "Second Young Master, Zhu Ba is right, if the county master didn't make a heavy hand last time, he was still testing us at that time, and he could still save it by sending money at that time, but now it can't be done." Even if we send more money than the Zhang family, we must also take into account the face of the county master, if he receives more money from the other family, he will temporarily fall to the other family, and the title of the wall grass is only afraid that he will not be able to run away, where will his face in the officialdom go? The county master's road, we will definitely not be able to go through in the future. ”

The two of them held their heads and thought hard, thinking about it for a long time and couldn't do anything, time passed little by little, and both of them began to get nervous, especially Ma Qianjiu, his breath was panting more and more urgently...... Time is pressing, the villagers of Xigu Village were arrested early in the morning, from the time calculation, now they have been interrogated by the county master, a few boards, the official lord's prestige is frightened, I am afraid that a few roundworms in the stomach are clearly explained, and it will not be long before the county master gets tangible evidence, and he is going to come to the trouble of the Ma family...... Now the most critical juncture has come...... But he couldn't think of a good way.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the time had come, and the opportunity to send charcoal in the snow had come! He lowered his voice and said seriously: "I have thought of a way, but I don't know if it can be done." ”

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