Chapter 229: Distribution of grain and seeds
"I don't care, you have to solve this matter for me, and you have to do it as soon as possible." Ma Cheng gave Li Peng an order directly with a cold face, and there was no room for negotiation.
Li Peng was also helpless, but he didn't plan to help Ma Cheng this time. Not only did he not help, but he also let Ma Cheng die.
Ma Cheng saw that Li Peng was silent, and his face became even colder.
"Don't forget, your life was saved by the official, you said that you would be used by the official, and you have to do whatever the official tells you to do."
"Yes." Li Peng nodded, and then continued, "Ning Niang's maid said that Ning Niang had a miscarriage. ”
"Miscarriage?" Ma Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then said sarcastically, "It's good to have a miscarriage, who knows who the child is." ”
"According to my investigation, Ning Niang has never been with another man except for the master."
Ma Cheng looked at Li Peng, frowned and asked Li Peng: "Are you sure?" ”
"Sure." Li Peng said.
Ma Cheng was silent, so the child in Ning Niang's belly was his. Thinking of this, Ma Cheng was very remorseful, maybe the child in Ning Niang's belly was a boy.
Thinking of this possibility, Ma Cheng said to Li Peng: "Let the people at the door come in, and then you go and go about your business." ”
Li Peng turned around and left, and after a while, Ning Niang's maid was brought over.
When Ning Niang's maid saw Master Ma, she knelt on the ground and begged, "Master, please go and see my master." ”
"Tell me honestly, has Ning Niang ever been with other men?"
"Master, my master was framed, my master doesn't step out of the door, and he lets the slaves and maids buy everything, so how can he have an affair with other men?" The maid watched the old man speak.
As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Ma's voice sounded outside the door.
"Master, do you believe this maid's words? If you do that kind of thing, you naturally don't admit it, so how can you admit it. ”
Ma Cheng looked at the lady who walked in, and he frowned slightly.
Ning Niang's maid looked back at Mrs. Ma, then raised her hand and pointed at Madame Ma.
"Master, maybe Mrs. Ma deliberately framed my master, my master has always been unscrupulous, and kept to himself, but I didn't expect that some people are still unwilling to let go of my master."
"Presumptuous." Mrs. Ma walked over and was a slap in the face.
Master Ma kept looking at his wife, and began to suspect that this matter had nothing to do with his wife, after all, such a thing had happened before.
Mrs. Ma, who had finished beating the maid, looked back and saw that the old man was staring at her, especially the suspicious face of the old man, and she quickly justified herself.
"Master, you can't believe this."
"Whether you can believe it or not, I'll find out after investigating." Ma Cheng had a calm face, and after finishing speaking, he instructed Ning Niang's maid, "You go back and tell Ning Niang, I will go to her after dealing with things in a while." ”
When the maid heard this, a smile immediately appeared on her face, and she quickly got up from the ground, ignoring the pain on her face, and hurriedly thanked the master, and then went back.
As soon as Ning Niang's maid left, Mrs. Ma angrily questioned Ma Cheng.
"That slut is getting along with other men, and you still think about that slut."
"A bite, a slut, it seems that you hate Ning Niang a lot."
As soon as Mrs. Ma heard this, she felt that something was wrong with the master, and it was obvious that the master suspected that this matter had something to do with her.
Thinking that the lord snubbed her, a genuine lady, for the sake of that woman, I was angry.
"Master, do you mean that you think Ning Niang's matter has something to do with the concubine?"
"Don't you know yet, what are you anxious about now?" Ma Cheng said with a calm face.
"If you don't believe it, then go and check."
Mrs. Ma was very angry, but she suppressed it, this matter was handled by Li Peng, and even if the master went to investigate, he couldn't find anything, so she wasn't worried at all, but she was just angry that the old man was protecting the woman.
"It's better not you, or you'll ......"
"What about the master?" Mrs. Ma asked.
Ma Cheng didn't speak, turned around and left directly. Seeing him leave like this, Mrs. Ma angrily swept the teacup on the desk to the ground, and she could see how angry Mrs. Ma was.
The entrance of Mafu
Xiao Jincheng came here and saw that Master Ma seemed to be going out, so he smiled and said hello to Master Ma.
"Where are you going?"
Ma Cheng saw that it was Lord Xiao, and immediately got off the carriage with a smile on his face.
"Lord Xiao." Ma Cheng greeted Xiao Jincheng very respectfully.
Xiao Jincheng glanced at the carriage next to him, and then asked Ma Cheng with a smile the question just now.
"Master Ma, where are you going?"
"Didn't go anywhere." Ma Cheng would never say what he was going to do, after all, this was a sensitive period, "What is the matter with Lord Xiao looking for a lower official?" ”
Xiao Jincheng was not interested in Ma Cheng's matter, so he said with a smile: "Naturally, I came to find Master Ma to understand the case, if Lord Ma is not in a hurry, then it is better to take this official to the scene of the incident." ”
"Okay, Lord Xiao, please get into the carriage." Ma Cheng stepped aside and gave way to Xiao Jincheng.
Looking at the carriage, Xiao Jincheng refused.
"It's not very far, just walk there."
"This ......" Ma Cheng looked embarrassed.
Xiao Jincheng saw that Ma Cheng didn't seem to be very willing, so he frowned slightly.
"What? Shouldn't Master Ma be unable to walk this way? ”
"It's not." Ma Cheng said with a weak heart.
"Since it's not, let's go."
Ma Cheng had nothing to say but to follow him.
First came to Boss Qian's house, Xiao Jincheng looked at it for a while, and then I asked for some details, and then went to other houses.
It was almost dark when Xiao Jincheng returned to the restaurant.
Qiao Sheng saw that he was back, so he said hello.
"I'm back."
"Yes." Xiao Jincheng walked up to her, his eyes staring at her.
Qiao Sheng felt strange and frowned and asked, "What are you watching me do?" ”
"I finally know why you asked me to check on the theft of the money boss and a few of them."
"Why?"
Xiao Jincheng looked left and right, and when he was sure that no one was there, he whispered into her ear.
This scene happened to be seen by Yang Sheng, who came in, Yang Sheng walked over and directly grabbed Xiao Jincheng's back collar and pulled him away.
"Who?"
Xiao Jincheng looked back and saw that it was Yang Sheng, and glared at Yang Sheng fiercely, but Yang Sheng didn't give him a good look.
"If you see it again, you'll break your head."
"What can I do in broad daylight? I'm telling you that you can't do this......" Xiao Jincheng started his bunch of nonsense again.
Yang Sheng gave him a blank look, and directly pushed him away and walked in front of Qiao Sheng.
Qiao Sheng glanced outside, and everyone was scattered, and it seemed that the distribution had been completed.
"I asked the cook to prepare good wine and food, everyone is tired of the day, let them come in to eat."
As soon as he heard what he was eating, Xiao Jincheng stopped and touched his stomach.
"I don't feel it if you don't say it, and I suddenly feel hungry."
"Let's reincarnate a pig." Yang Sheng said this coldly.
"You care about me." Xiao Jincheng didn't want to argue with him, so he turned around and went to the back kitchen.
The reason why he didn't argue with Yang Sheng was because he was self-aware, after all, he had been fighting for so long, he couldn't beat him, and he couldn't scold him, so he still couldn't do it.
Qiao Sheng looked at Xiao Jincheng, who walked away like this, and she looked back at Yang Sheng.
"Finished distributing food and seeds?"
"Yes." Yang Sheng nodded, "After dealing with Ma Cheng, we will be able to return to the capital." ”
Speaking of Ma Cheng, Qiao Sheng remembered Xiao Jincheng's interrupted words just now, turned around and walked towards the backyard.
In the kitchen, Xiao Jincheng took a chicken leg, and when he turned around, he saw Qiao Sheng coming, so he handed her the dim sum on the plate in his hand.
"You taste it, it's a good snack."
"What did you just want to tell me?" Qiao Sheng pushed the dim sum away and asked.
Yang Sheng followed, looking at Xiao Jincheng's appearance, with a look of disgust. At this time, where does Xiao Jincheng have the momentum of a rich son, he is simply a foodie who has never eaten.
Xiao Jincheng saw that there were so many people here, and pointed upstairs with his finger.
"Go up and say."
Qiao Sheng nodded, and then she and Yang Sheng followed Xiao Jincheng upstairs. Coming to Xiao Jincheng's room, Xiao Jincheng put the snack on the table, swallowed the chicken leg in his mouth, and then wiped his hands clean.
"Boss Joe, their seeds are your handiwork, right?"
"What evidence do you have?" Qiao Sheng was curious.
"I took a look today and found that the lost seed is the same kind of seed you sent. And the emperor didn't allocate seeds to us, so where did those seeds of yours come from? ”
"I asked people to prepare this in advance, and they didn't come with us." Qiao Sheng smiled lightly.
"Just admit it, I won't arrest you. It's just that I don't understand why I want to investigate this case, could it be that you want me to use this to investigate Ma Cheng, and then let Ma Cheng mess with himself? ”
"It seems that you are not stupid either." Yang Sheng said.
"It's like I'm stupid, but I'm not a wasted official."
Yang Sheng looked at Xiao Jincheng from head to toe after listening to Xiao Jincheng's words, and couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at him dressed as a son-in-law.
Seeing him like this, Xiao Jincheng looked down for a moment, and then remembered that he was not wearing an official uniform.
"Anyway, I'm also an official by my own ability."
"Since you are so capable, then the matter of catching Ma Cheng will be handed over to you." Yang Sheng put his hands around his chest and raised his eyebrows at Xiao Jincheng.
"I won't need you to investigate this, but the evidence is not enough." Xiao Jincheng became serious, "I have been missing a lot of things about Ma Cheng before, I think we can start with a person named Ning Niang." ”
"Who is Ning Niang?" Qiao Sheng asked curiously.
"The woman that Ma Cheng raised outside, this Ning Niang has been with Ma Cheng for five or six years."
"A woman and a man haven't entered the gate of Mafu for five or six years, hehe." Qiao Sheng laughed.
Xiao Jincheng knew what she meant by this, so he continued: "Ma Cheng's wife is a well-known tigress. ”
"Isn't that Ma Cheng quite good, why didn't he leave his wife." Xiao Jincheng glanced at Qiao Sheng and said, "Mrs. Ma has Ma Cheng's handle in her hand, and this Ma Cheng is also ashamed of Mrs. Ma." ”