The old man dragged the horsepower and ran in the direction of the outside of the town, and the guards who were going to come to interrogate the horsepower ran when they saw the two of them, and a group of hula rushed in after them.

"What the hell is going on?" Ma Ma asked as he ran with the old man. The elder responded: "You are in trouble and have pushed the Ma family to a place of no return." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Young master, did you rob Shangguan Jun's fiancée and marry his fiancée to Wu Zhen?"

"I did do this, does the Shangguan family dare to make a move against our Ma family?"

The old man panted and explained: "It's easy to dodge open guns and difficult to defend against hidden arrows, people don't dare to come openly, it's okay to give the Ma family a trumped-up charge." Shangguan Jun originally had an intersection with the delivery officer of the Ministry of Commerce, and the relationship was not shallow, you took away the fiancée of the Shangguan family this time, so that they could not save face in Wuzhen? In order to vent this evil anger, Shangguan Xiao fabricated the crime of our Ma family and the Hu family joining hands to do illegal coal trading, which attracted the guards of the Tingwei Mansion to arrest our Ma family and ask for the crime. ”

After some explanation, Ma Ma already understood the reason for the matter, and regretted it in his heart, he knew that the Shangguan family was so vicious, and when he forced Shangguan Ao to give up the marriage contract, he shouldn't have shot so hard, not to mention the pig-headed dog face he beaten, and broke three ribs for Shangguan Ao.

Thinking about it at this time, if he hadn't hurt Shangguan Ao after forcing him to give up the marriage contract, he might not have led to today's incident. But there is no regret medicine to buy in the world, since it is done, it is difficult to recover, and finding a way to face it is the truth.

Ma Li has had the temperament of a leader since he was a child, and he is calm and calm when encountering problems, and said in a deep voice: "Since it is the guards of the Tingwei Mansion, we can't fight against it, so let's go out of the town first and find a place to hide for a few days." ”

The old man and Ma Li agreed with each other, and sped up their feet and galloped towards the outside of the town, leaving the guards far behind them fifty feet away in a moment.

……

Inside the Ma family's house.

The patriarch Ma Buchang sat upright on the patriarch's throne, his slightly chubby body was dressed in a crimson dress, and he watched coldly as a group of guards searched in the hall, but all valuable objects were piled up in the middle of the council hall.

At this time, a guard leader stepped forward and teased: "Ma Buchang, you and the Hu family are selling illicit coal, it is impossible to just order your belongings, right?" Hurry up and tell me the location of the vault, I can go back and show that you have a very good attitude in confessing your guilt, and let the court lieutenant treat you lightly, otherwise it will be a capital crime, and you will have to be connected to the nine clans! ”

Ma Buchang looked at him coldly, exuding a momentum of contempt, and said in a loud voice: "My Ma Buchang has been bright and upright all my life, and I will definitely not admit what I have never done, you keep slandering me for doing private coal business, where is the evidence?" ”

Seeing that Ma Buchang refused to cooperate, the leader of the guards also lost patience, and waved his big hand and ordered: "Come on, take it down for me first!" ”

Hula rushed more than a dozen guards, led by the hand with an iron shackle to Ma Buchang's hand, Ma Buchang stood up from the throne, the body of the gorgeous clothes without wind automatic, a majestic momentum came out, the triple coercion of the god realm pressed a group of guards to kneel on the ground, the head of the guards cheeks on the ground, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Ma Buchang...... You...... openly resisted our arrest, but...... Sin is one more! ”

Ma Bu was often too lazy to listen to his nonsense, kicked out, and hit the leader of the guards on the ground like a prawn, and slid out of the ground for more than ten feet, and when he stopped at the door, he was already spitting blood and moaning on the ground.

"If you want to arrest me, Ma Buchang asked the Tingwei Mansion to send more decent masters, you waste, you want to arrest me and go back to make meritorious service? No way! ”

The other dozen or so guards were already frightened, they couldn't imagine that Ma Buchang was so strong, and dared to do something to the guards of their Tingwei Mansion, thinking that they were just acting on orders, and they were only a few taels of silver per month, so they couldn't fight with Ma Buchang, so they quickly retreated, picked up the leader and ran outside the Ma family's mansion.

Ma Buchang looked coldly at the guards who left in a hurry, the coldness on his face suddenly changed, he frowned with deep worry, and muttered with his hands behind his back: "I'm afraid that the Ma family is going to sink, child, you are the hope of the Ma family's future, I hope you can escape this catastrophe." ”

After finishing speaking, Ma Buchang's face turned resolute again, and he came to the backyard of the Ma family to face the people of the Ma family who had already gathered, "I have already beaten the guards of the Tingwei Mansion away, they will definitely bring rescue troops in about four hours, everyone leave quickly, so as not to be affected by the Zhulian Nine Clans." ”

"Patriarch ......"

The Ma family members couldn't cry anymore, knelt down one after another, kowtowed to the patriarch a few times, and then reluctantly stood up, and then looked back at the Ma family mansion, which had taken root and survived for nearly a hundred years, and left with sadness and reluctance.

At this time, the huge Ma family house was depressed, Ma Bu often stood in the middle of the courtyard with his hands in his hands, looking at the clouds in the sky, at this moment, the door of the side room "squeaked" opened, and out of it came a beautiful woman with cloud sideburns, she walked gracefully towards Ma Buchang.

Ma Buchang saw the beautiful woman when the door of the side room was opened, and his face showed surprise, and he exclaimed: "Huanyu, why are you back again?" What nonsense! ”

After that, Ma Buchang stepped forward, put his hands on the shoulders of the beautiful woman, and said solemnly: "The reason why I resisted arrest is to buy some time for the Ma family to escape, why did you come back again?" ”

"Husband, on our wedding day twenty-five years ago, we made a vow to God that we would live and die together, how could you leave me alone?"

"Huanyu, listen to me, we still have a child's horsepower, you have to live well and watch him slowly mature."

Hearing this, Huanyu's face was cloudy, and her heart began to struggle. When she was in a dilemma, Ma Buchang said earnestly: "Our child Ma Ma has a leadership temperament since he was a child, the only drawback is that he is too young, if he is given some time, he will definitely grow up." This process of growth needs someone to spur him on, you are the best person to be a mother, don't think too much, the master of Tingwei Mansion will come soon, you leave quickly. ”

Even if Huanyu is different from ordinary women, she is already strong in her heart, she still shed tears of sorrow, threw herself into Ma Buchang's arms, and sobbed: "I'll leave now, you don't have to worry, our king Changge is mediocre and incompetent, only recognizes gold and silver, I believe we will definitely find a way to save you, you wait!" ”

After finishing speaking, he got up from his husband's arms, wiped away his tears, and left without hesitation.

Looking at the back of his beloved wife, Ma Buchang shed two lines of tears for the first time in his life, and Du Yun Nan'er didn't flick when he had tears, just because he didn't get to the sad place. Thinking that he wants to be separated from his wife and children, Ma Bu is often like a knife.

I don't know how long I stood in the courtyard, the sound of neat footsteps came, and the guard brigade of the Tingwei Mansion came, with the spear in his hand pointing directly at Ma Buchang, and the person at the head shouted: "Ma Buchang, quickly subdued the law." ”

"Humph!" Ma Bu Chang snorted coldly, suddenly turned to face the guards, raised his hands, and signaled that he would not resist again. The guards swarmed up, shackles tightly around Ma Buchang's wrists and ankles, and led him away.

……

Seven days have passed since the Ma family incident, and these days Zong Wusheng and Uja have been living in Wuzhen's house, wandering around during the day, inquiring about the whereabouts of Bai Gui and Chun Bao, and returning to Wuzhen's house at night to rest.

Before dawn today, a team of chariots and horses came to the door of Wuzhen's house in the noise of gongs and drums, and the celebrant stood in front of the door and read the holy word - Fengtian transport, and the king's edict said: Summoning the first champion Wuzhen to meet today......

After the edict was read, Wuzhen's family stood up with excitement, Wuzhen was led by the celebrant to sit in the six-horse carriage, and the carriage and horses left in the festive music.

King Changge City.

Autumn is high and cool, the sky is clear, and the autumn frost day looks extremely lonely and cold.

In front of the Changge Palace, there is a flat Wangcheng Square, empty and without a single figure, showing the majesty of the palace. I only heard the sound of drums echoing from the bell towers on both sides, and it reverberated heavily in the square......

A convoy of carriages and horses came to the square, breaking the silence of Wangcheng Square. The celebrant walked to the front of the van and whispered: "Please wait a moment, the drum has just sounded, and it will be early to ...... the king."

Wu Zhen was thinking about the horsepower, but was interrupted by the voice of the celebrant, and replied in a deep voice: "I'll wait here." ”

Half an hour has passed, and a high announcement came from inside the Yongning Gate of the main gate: "There is a purpose on the Internet - Xuantou Champion Wu Zhen Meets -"

Wu Zhen had already changed into the dark black clothes prepared for him in advance, wearing a crimson gold-trimmed cloak, wearing a big red crown, wearing a Baolian official robe, with a python and a python on the robe, and a yellow coat that was given by the king to the top of the list. This decoration has changed the shabby appearance of Wuzhen, just like the demeanor of a kingdom official.

Bending over, seeing the threshold and bowing his head, Wu Zhen hurried all the way to the front of the Chaowen Palace, and shouted, "Wu Zhen asks to see-"

"Audience—"

It was another eunuch dragging a long voice of Gao Xuan, Wu Zhen quickly entered the main hall, peeked left and right at the civil and military officials, and walked to the front to bow down, "Long live the king, long live, long live-"

King Gewei was in a good mood today, and when he saw the top champion Wu Zhensheng's jade tree facing the wind, his face revealed wisdom, and he said loudly: "Get up and speak." ”

Uzhen Lisuo got up, still not daring to look up at King Gowey, and waited for the king to ask questions.

King Gewei examined it again, and asked with a smile: "Wu Zhen, Gu read your article, in which you said that you can increase the price of China's coal by three times, I don't know what you can do?" ”

In the queue of civil officials, Lu Chun, the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Wang Shang's questioning, and secretly scolded himself for being so negligent that he didn't even bother to review this year's champion article in advance. According to the practice of previous years, before the article was presented to the king, he would review it in advance to see if there was any strategy related to the coal business of the Ministry of Commerce.

This year is a good time, but blindly investigating and prosecuting illicit coal dealers has neglected this problem. At this time, when he heard the king's question, he could only wait and see the changes and listen carefully to Wu Zhen's response.

Wu Zhen calmly replied: "If we want to triple the price of coal, we only need to ban our previous closed-door sales and open a public auction house. ”

As soon as the words fell, King Gewei was still digesting Wu Zhen's proposal, and Lu Chun walked out of the civil official queue and reported: "Your Majesty, Zhuang Yuanlang's proposal is not considered, and Weichen feels that it is very inappropriate. ”

When King Gowei heard this, he raised his head and asked, "Shangshu, please speak, what's wrong?" ”