Just when Pang Gang was secretly proud of his two beautiful and capable daughters-in-law, a maid walked in quickly and reported: "Master Qiqi, a father-in-law and a few guards came outside, saying that they were here to announce the decree, and now they are in the lobby of the outer courtyard." ”

"Oh! It must be Ma Gonggong who is here! Pang Gang was overjoyed in his heart, and smiled at several coquettish wives: "It seems that the father-in-law's business has been completed." ”

Ruolan smiled: "I really said that Cao Ying Cao Ying has arrived, Sister Manyao, congratulations." ”

Manyao just smiled and said modestly: "Congratulations, whether it will be successful or not." ”

Pang Gang said with a smile on the side: "If it doesn't work, just take a look, you just wait here for the good news of your husband." After speaking, Pang Gang picked up his coat from the chair and hurriedly walked out.

When Pang Gang came to the lobby of the outer courtyard, he saw Ma Gonggong and several brocade guards sitting in the lobby with a cup of hot tea and a charcoal fire to keep warm.

As soon as Pang walked to the lobby, he smiled and said: "Ma Gonggong came from afar, Pang has never greeted him from afar, it is really disrespectful and disrespectful." ”

Pang Gang walked to Ma Gonggong's side as he spoke, but saw that several of them had sunken eye sockets and a face of blue and gray, and several brocade guards had scruffy faces on their faces.

Grandpa Ma smiled reluctantly when he saw Pang Gang, "Huge man, our family has finally arrived, now let's find a place to talk." ”

"Okay, of course." Pang Gang stretched out his hand to summon a personal soldier, and instructed him to quickly take these brocade guards to dinner, and then arrange a place for them to rest, and then he led Ma Gonggong to the small study where he worked in the outer hall.

After the two sat down one after another, Ma Gonggong didn't go around in circles, and said very simply: "Huge man, you know the meaning of our family very well, and our family will not go around in circles." The emperor has agreed to your request in principle, but there is one thing, the silver that the emperor needs must be transported to the capital immediately, and it must arrive in the capital before the tenth day of the first month, can you do it? ”

Pang Gang asked in surprise, "Isn't it, so urgent?" Didn't the emperor let people live in peace for even a year? ”

Ma Gonggong's face turned red, and he took the tea and drank it all: "No way, our family won't hide it from you, now you can run rats in the household treasury, but the excerpts of Liaodong's salary are sent one by one a day, and the emperor is about to be angry, otherwise our family would not be so embarrassed." ”

"That's too, Ma Gonggong has worked hard all the way from afar." Pang Gang nodded yes, and then changed the conversation and said: "But there is a sentence Pang has to make it clear to Ma Gonggong, as the saying goes, there is no basis for words, and the emperor asked Pang to immediately ship the silver, but what Pang Gang asked for was not given to Pang." ”

Ma Gonggong pointed at Pang Gang helplessly and said with a wry smile: "Our family knows that you will say this, the holy decree has come down, so please leave it to the Wei Governor's Mansion." As he spoke, Ma Gonggong took out a scroll wrapped in bright yellow silk from his sleeve and handed it to Pang Gang.

Pang Gang took the scroll and opened it to take a look, and sure enough, it was a holy decree, the content of which was very simple, only this sentence: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says, Qingzhou prefect Wei is diligent and capable in the same year, and he is appointed as the governor of Shandong, and he arrived before the twentieth day of the first month of the tenth year of Chongzhen. If you look at the lower left corner, there are also the seals of the emperor and the cabinet department.

Seeing Pang Gang's careful appearance, Gonggong Ma smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, this holy decree is written by the emperor himself, and our family can see it with our own eyes, and there will be no fake." ”

Pang Gang laughed, "Let Ma Gonggong smile, how could Pang suspect Ma Gonggong, but in this way, Ma Gonggong is going to be tired, and he can't even spend a New Year." ”

"There's no way, who let our family be this fate." Ma Gonggong shook his head, stood up and stretched, "Huge man, our family is not polite to you, you hurry up and get some food for our family and then our family will sleep again, tomorrow, our family still have to rush back?" ”

Pang Gang smiled slightly: "Father-in-law Ma is not in a hurry, this official still has something to ask Gonggong Ma to explain to the emperor." ”

Ma Gonggong raised his spirit and asked: "Huge people, please speak, if it is an important matter, our family must make it clear to the emperor." "The implication is that Ma Gonggong is tired and hungry now, if it is some messy little things, don't talk about it.

Pang Gang smiled slightly: "Of course I won't disturb Grandpa Ma for a long time, Pang Mou only needs to say a few words." After that, Pang Gang began to tell the story of a big battle with the Zheng family's fleet a few days ago, and finally said: "Ma Gonggong, I think that the Zheng family is a pirate, and he has always done the work of robbing businessmen and passers-by, and now he has sent troops to Qingzhou, which clearly does not take the emperor and the court in his eyes, if he is not severely punished, where is the prestige of the court?" Where is the majesty of the emperor! ”

Ma Gonggong smiled bitterly in his heart when he heard this, if you pick up people who don't take the emperor and the court in your eyes, if you, the general of Dingguo, talk about the second, no one will dare to say the first. But although I think so, there are still some things to say.

Ma Gonggong thought for a while and said, "What does it mean by the huge man?" Could it be that the emperor ordered to reprimand that Zheng Zhilong and couldn't be overturned? ”

Pang Gang sneered when he heard this: "Gonggong Ma, do you think it is useful to give an order to reprimand Zheng Zhilong now?" ”

Ma Gonggong was silent after hearing this, although he was just a eunuch, but after following Chongzhen for so many years, he also knew that Zheng Zhilong, a pirate-born coastal defense guerrilla, dared to send hundreds of warships to attack Qingzhou, and he had not taken the court and the emperor into his eyes. If he is forced to abandon Fujian and go to Taiwan or a small island in the South Seas, what can the imperial court do with him?

Looking at the silent Father-in-law Ma, Pang Gang said coldly: "Father-in-law Ma, Pang Mou will be honest with you today, this breath is unbearable for the official, since the court is unwilling to uphold justice, then the official can always seek justice for himself, right?" ”

Ma Gonggong was helpless for a while, it seemed that the huge man in front of him was deliberately not letting himself sleep peacefully, he smiled bitterly: "Huge man, such military affairs are not something that our family can decide, this matter will be talked about after our family returns to Beijing and the emperor Ming." ”

"Absolutely." Pang Gang also smiled and said: "Then Pang Mou has been waiting for news from the imperial court for a long time, okay, you must be tired from coming from afar, go to eat first, and then rest." ”

"Okay, then let's go back and rest first."

After sending off Ma Gonggong, Pang Gang also returned to the inner courtyard and went to Wei Manyao excitedly to report the good news

(To be continued)