Late at night on July 7, sitting on the ground in the back garden of Ximucheng in the Tusi City of Xizhou, with the "Xilankapu" Tujia brocade on his shoulders, drinking glutinous rice sweet wine, and dancing to enjoy the comfortable moment of the Tujia Eight Treasures Bronze Bell Dance, a tightly covered carriage drove into a dilapidated mansion in the southeast corner of Yangzhou City, the eastern capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The car door opened, and Yan Chenxing, who was still sad, walked down, followed by a man and a woman.

Yan Chenxing bowed to Ma Yankuan, who greeted him, and said, "Brother Ma, my brother came uninvited, please forgive me!" ”

"Brother Yan rushed from Jinling to the Eastern Capital, which really made our mansion shine, and it was too late for me to welcome it!" Ma Yankuan, who was already forty-two, smiled and took Yan Chenxing's arm.

The guest of honor sat down in the study, Ma Yankuan first stood up respectfully, and bowed deeply to Yan Chenxing: "On behalf of the family, my brother would like to thank Brother Yan for his daily help, and my family's life can be continued, my brother is really ashamed!" ”

Yan Chenxing hurriedly got up and returned the salute: "Don't dare, don't dare!" When the Yan family was in trouble, they were also deeply affected by the horse envoys, and Morning Star would never dare to be ungrateful! ”

Ma Yankuan's father, Ma Renyu, was originally a native of Xuzhou, and served Li Yu, the ancestor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and served as the general of the left leading army, the history of the Chuzhou Thorn, the general of the right Jin Wuwei, the envoy of the Runzhou Jiedu, the envoy of the Luzhou Jiedu, and other important positions.

However, good officials generally do not have good rewards. Because Ma Renyu was an honest official and regarded money as dung, he became more and more poor in his later years, so that more than a dozen descendants of the Ma family could only live in the ancestral house of the eastern capital.

Yan Chenxing looked at the empty study and sighed: "Once a son of heaven and a courtier, several of our families are becoming more and more dilapidated. ”

Ma Yankuan's face was calm, and he said with a smile: "Brother Yan's words are wrong! Now, Ruofeng has entered the Datang Academy of Sciences, and the four of them follow Lin Feng, they can all be said to have a promising future, and the revival of the Yan family can be expected, so don't lose confidence! ”

Yan Chenxing's tight brows relaxed a little, leaned forward, and said in a low voice: "Brother Ma, I want to ask you a sincere word for my brother." According to your observation, what can be relied on in the future for ministers like us, who have lost power? ”

Ma Yankuan's brows furrowed slightly, patted the table, and sighed: "Looking at the Tang Dynasty, it seems that there is only one Lin Feng who can bring a new atmosphere to the world!" Maybe only he doesn't think too much about the past entanglements of a person and a family! Unfortunately, I didn't get to meet such talents! ”

"Now is your chance!" Yan Chenxing said mysteriously, got up and led the two entourages outside the door in, and introduced to Ma Yankuan, "These two are Lord Lin Fenglin's subordinates - Captain Kang Renjie and Zhang Jiao. ”

Ma Yankuan was taken aback, and after seeing the handsome brother and beauty in front of him, he looked at Yan Chenxing with doubts.

"Brother, did you receive an invitation from His Royal Highness King Yan a few days ago?" Yan Chenxing asked rhetorically.

"It's to set up some Dongdu Bank, Yan Wang is to give my father a little face, my family has no money to spare, so naturally there is no reply. What do you mean? Ma Yankuan was still confused.

Kang Renjie took a step forward and bowed: "Ma Fu has no money to spare, all because Ma Xiang is honest and honest, and the wind festival makes people look up to the mountains. Lord Lin Fenglin recently urgently raised 500,000 yuan, and is willing to help Brother Ma join the shareholder capital bank, and all interest dividends will be given to Ma Fu free of charge at 5%. ”

"This, Yan Kuan's uselessness is not subject to Shilu! Don't dare to be! Don't dare to be! No one in the city knows what the situation of the Ma family is, and no one will believe me if I suddenly come out with so much money! Ma Yankuan replied a little helplessly, and tried his best to refuse.

"It doesn't matter, according to the following understanding, there are a total of nineteen powerful and wealthy businessmen invited by Yanwangfu this time, but there are many people who have money from the wrong way, and no one will chase them to the end!" Kang Renjie said with a smile.

The first thing Kang Renjie did after infiltrating the Eastern Capital on Lin Feng's orders was to pretend to accidentally knock down Li Kui, the second housekeeper of the Yanwang Mansion.

Ma Yankuan's face was still sad, and he shook his head and sighed: "This, I'm afraid that everyone will suspect that my father was not honest during his lifetime!" ”

"Those who are clear will clear themselves!" Yan Xingchen stood up, pointed to the room where there was almost nothing, and said sharply, "Brother, are you going to bear the reputation of the horse envoy forever, let your younger siblings and beloved son be poor forever, and even sell this ancestral house in the end?!" ”

Ma Yankuan's two lines of tears rolled down, and he suddenly fell on the table and convulsed.

Kang Renjie took a step forward and comforted softly: "Brother Ma, I can't hide it, the reason why Lord Lin chose you is precisely because I believe in the reputation of the Prime Minister Ma and your personal morality. Mr. Lin also wrote a letter to teach the bank the way of operation and development, so that others will not dare to despise you from now on!

Please think about it from a different angle, you just borrowed a large amount of money from Lord Lin, and finally through your personal ability, you ensured that Dongdu Bank did not go the wrong way, not only helped the people of the world, but also saved your descendants and family by the way, why not? ”

Yan Xingchen also said sharply: "Husband, husband, how can you be called a husband if you can't even afford a family?!" Brother, Ling Zun rules the world with honesty and integrity, which is a way to help the poor people in the world; If you have wealth and ability in the future, you can choose other ways to help others, and the Ma family will continue to have a good reputation!

After all these years, I've figured it out too. Who said that if our father was honest and prestigious, we, the descendants, would have to keep the poor forever?! Ruofeng and Ruoli's experience also tells us that fathers, as long as we are willing to let go of vanity and stubbornness, there is still hope for the prosperity of the family! ”

After a long while, Ma Yankuan gradually stopped sobbing, raised his head, wiped away his tears, and said embarrassedly: "I lost my temper, please forgive me." Xie Lu Xie and Xie are the first to drink, I also figured it out! Brother Kang, I will only keep one percent of all the proceeds, and the remaining four percent will be returned to Lord Lin, I hope Lord Lin can use this money to help some poor people more! ”

"Okay, Brother Ma is high-spirited and bright, Lord Lin really didn't see the wrong person, and I admire it very much! However, as for the five percent of the income, Lord Lin has said that he will never take it back! If Brother Ma is interested, he can take it out to help others! Kang Renjie gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely.

Yan Chenxing walked over, grabbed Ma Yankuan's shoulders, and said with a smile: "Okay, good!" Brother Ma is talented and learned, and it will eventually be useful! We should let those snobs see that without the grace of our fathers, we can also do a good job! ”

"Yes, it's time for us all to regroup!" Ma Yankuan finally made up his mind and thanked Kang Renjie for his gifts.

Kang Renjie smiled and thanked Ma Yankuan together with Zhang Jiao.

On the evening of September 9, when Ma Yankuan, who was wearing a shabby Confucian robe, walked into the car and walked into the luxurious hall in the middle of the Yanwang Mansion with an invitation, everyone who had already arrived was stunned and looked at this figure, who was said to be impossible.