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Chapter 415: The prefect is the eighth king

The annex of Ma Zhifu is located not far from the Hongzhou Mansion, and it is located in a neighborhood; Passing through a street, the west side of the street is a majestic mansion, the mansion is lined with two majestic stone lions, the neck of the stone lion is tied with silk thick én mouth in and out of the busy servants, a lot of servants, welcome guests, serve tea and water, help guests park cars, soft sedan chairs, one by one beaming. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The guests have arrived under the scorching sun, the weather in Hongzhou is at the end, it is gradually hot, even the ground is baked and steaming, although they are wearing sweatshirts, shaking fans, but most of them can not withstand the heat, many people are already sweating, have wiped their sweat with hand towels, even so, the guests arrived at the door of the house, or pile up a smile, hug their fists and offer gifts to congratulate.

As for the prefect of Ma's mansion, there is no lu face at the moment, and several important guests have already been welcomed to the main hall to sit down, as for the others, he is too lazy to serve, but just sent a few chief attendants and servants to welcome the guests; He has been in office for two years, and it stands to reason that the magistrate will not build another courtyard in office, this mansion is still a gift from others, he usually does not come here often, but today's birthday banquet, there are many guests, and the backyard of the yamen is narrow, so he came here temporarily.

He accompanied the VIP to say a few words, and then rushed back to the back garden, bumped into Ma Rulong, and said to Ma Rulong: "What are you wandering around here, don't you go to talk to a few distinguished guests." ”

Ma Rulong said with a smile: "Dad, the child will give you a birthday gift." As soon as he said that, he raised his hand, took out a piece of yu pei, and said, "This is what the child picked up in the night market, please take a look at it." ”

Ma Rulong is quite proficient in the technique of breaking yu, and after playing with his eyes, he saw the clue and said, "Bought from the night market?" You have a little bit of an eye, well, this gift is for the father. ”

Ma Rulong saw the opportunity and said: "But for this piece of yu pei, the child was almost bullied." ”

Yu in Ma Zhifumo's hand said lightly: "Bully? Who would dare to bully you? ”

"It's a few merchants, they are really hateful, Dad, you have to call the shots for the child."

"Merchant!" Ma Zhifu nodded: "Let's talk about it after the birthday banquet, as long as the people are still in Hongzhou, I am not afraid that they will run away." He succumbed his hand lightly, rather conceited.

At this moment, a chief came over and said, "My lord, someone at the door called your lord to go." ”

Ma Zhifu said impatiently: "What person? Don't you see that Ben-sama is busy? ”

The chief said with a smile: "My lord, it is a few merchants, saying that there is a treasure to be offered to celebrate the birthday of the adult, but they say that this treasure is only willing to be taken out in front of the adult." ”

Ma Rulong said curiously: "What kind of treasure is so rare, the child wants to see it." ”

Ma Zhifu was silent for a moment, although he was full of interest, he only said that it was a gimmick of another merchant who wanted to befriend him in order to meet G, but although there was a suspicion of grandstanding, but this gift must be extraordinary and unique, otherwise he would not dare to come to offer ugliness easily, so he said: "Like a dragon, follow me to see." ”

The father and son arrived at the gate of the mansion one after the other under the guidance of the long follower, Ma Rulong's eyes were sharp, and he saw several people in the gatehouse from a distance who were quite familiar, and couldn't help shouting: "Dad, it's them, it's they who bullied the child." ”

Ma Zhifu had a calm face: "Presumptuous, what is it called?" People are here to give gifts, and in front of so many people, they stretch out their hands and don't hit the smiling person, and they are not allowed to scream. ”

Ma Rulong stopped screaming, obediently followed behind Ma Zhifu, and stared at the three people opposite viciously, especially the fair-skinned and graceful young man under the scorching sun, and felt uncomfortable when he saw his smile.

The person who came was Zhao Ji, Zhao Zong, and Shen Ao, all three of them were wearing undershirts and fanning fans, and at a glance the three of them knew that they were pampered people on weekdays, and the maintenance was good.

When the guests saw that the prefect of Ma was coming, a smiling face surrounded them, some of them hugged their hands from afar, and some said words of congratulations, for a while, when the prefect Ma came to Shen Ao and others, dozens of people had been surrounded, and the rest of the guests looked strange, and they also came over and stood on tiptoe to watch.

Ma Zhifu squeezed out a smile, glanced at Shen Ao and the others, and said, "Oh, the three of them don't look like Hongzhou people at first glance, are they foreign merchants?" The despicable people have a birthday, and the three of them have the heart to congratulate, and they have lost their distance, and they also look at Haihan. ”

This sentence is very polite, people come to give gifts, how can they not even give a kind word, not to mention the tone of others, this gift must be extremely rich, just look at the face of this birthday gift, Ma Zhifu will not be lazy.

Shen Ao smiled and said: "Your Excellency is polite, the ancestral home of the contemptible person is also Hongzhou, and later moved to Bianjing, and did some small business in Bianjing. ”

Ma Zhifu laughed, listened to Shen Ao's flattery, pinched his beard and refused to let go, and thought to himself: "This person knows each other, and look at what kind of gift he gave, if this gift is valuable, he will be treated as a fart and let go." But if it doesn't suit Lord Ben's wishes, hum ......" Governor Ma glanced at Ma Rulong on the side, and continued to think in his heart: "Then avenge Rulong's shame." ”

Ma Rulong was very hostile to Shen Ao, and sneered: "You take a gift and take a look." ”

Shen Ao didn't say a word, took out a brocade box, only this brocade box, made many people sigh, and stretched their necks to look, the prefect of Ma is even more knowledgeable, looking at this box inlaid with gold threads, his heart couldn't help but move, thinking: "Only this box, at least more than 100 times, it seems that the things in this box must be extraordinary." ”

When Shen Ao opened the brocade box in the surprised eyes of everyone, and when everyone saw the contents of the box, they couldn't help but be stunned.

The crows are silent, and the pins can be heard!

Everyone's eyes were wide open, and they didn't dare to make a sound at all, and someone secretly looked at Ma Zhifu's face, and saw that his face changed suddenly, and his hand pulling his beard couldn't help but stiffen, twisting his eyebrows, as if he was about to be angry. Many people shouted in their hearts that it was not good, and no one had ever seen Ma Zhifu move so angry.

An oval head sticks out of the brocade box, this is a turtle, more precisely, a small turtle with a rather special appearance, the little turtle stretches out a triangular head, a pair of dark green eyes roaming around, and finally falls on the body of the prefect of Ma.

And at this moment, the prefect of Ma, with his own self-cultivation and kung fu, finally suppressed the anger rising in his heart, today is his birthday, and in front of so many guests, although he was played by Shen Ao, but if he wants to settle the account, he has to talk about it slowly.

"This is your gift?" Ma Zhifu indifferently pointed at the innocent little turtle and asked in an indifferent tone.

"Yes, that's a contemptible gift."

“……”

"My lord, listen to the contemptible people." Shen Ao saw that Ma Zhifu was furious, and said with a smile: "The official voice of the adult is excellent, and it is well-known far and wide, and the people of Hongzhou can't help but raise their thumbs and praise in unison when they hear the great name of the adult. Therefore, in the eyes of contemptible, adults are the masters of the blue sky, and they are the stars of Wenqu. ”

The guests bowed their heads one after another, thinking to themselves, although this guy didn't give a good gift, but he was very clever and good at talking.

Even if there was a great anger in the Ma Governor's Mansion, it had disappeared a little bit at this moment, and he couldn't help but nod his head.

Shen Ao continued: "The contemptible people heard that the adults were going to hold a birthday banquet, but they felt a lot of pity in their hearts, although the birthday banquet was gratifying, but unconsciously, wouldn't the adults be a year older? Adults love the people and have a clean breeze on their sleeves, and they should be officials for a hundred years and a thousand years, so that they can benefit more people. Therefore, the contemptible people regard the adults as this turtle, and hope that the adults can live a long life and live a long life like this turtle! ”

The image of the turtle in the ancients was named after longevity, Shen Ao said this, it is very appropriate, and using the turtle to compare the prefect of Ma is not a curse.

When the guests heard this, they applauded, and said: "The prefect of Ma prolongs his life." The one said: "The prefect is the year of the turtle and the crane is long." ”

Although Governor Ma was disappointed, after listening to the words of the guests, he hurriedly smiled and said, "You all show love." ”

Seeing that Ma Governor's Mansion was about to let go of Shen Ao, Ma Rulong on the side hated him in his heart, and thought to himself: "This guy is so sharp-toothed, he even scolded my father, no, you must clean him up." I made up my mind, and when I went to see the turtle again, I always felt that this turtle was a little different, and suddenly woke up, and pointed to the turtle happily: "No, you are not a turtle, this is Wang Ba, the turtle is a hard shell, and there are cracks on the shell surface; Wang Ba is a soft shell, the shell surface is smooth, you look at this thing, it is obviously a soft shell, there are no shell marks, what is not Wang Ba? ”

With his reminder, everyone went to look at this thing carefully, and immediately woke up, it turned out that this was really Wang Ba, and somehow let this merchant be sent as a turtle.

Shen Ao immediately said with a straight face: "Ma Gongzi, don't talk nonsense, the turtle is the Ma Governor's Mansion, and the Ma Governor's Mansion is the turtle, how can it be the king!" ”

"It's obviously Wang Ba!"

"It's a turtle."

"It's the king!"

The two disregarded decency and argued, and finally Shen Ao said angrily: "So Ma Zhifu is the eighth king? ”

"Look, even you say that this is the eighth king, look at how you deny it!"

Shen Ao sighed: "Whether the Ma Governor's Mansion is the eighth king, and the life span of the eighth king is not short, isn't there a good saying?" Good people don't live long, and kings live for a thousand years."

Everyone was stunned by the two of them at first, and when they came to their senses, they immediately burst into laughter, it turned out that Ma Zhifu was the eighth king! And this is still from the mouth of Ma Gongzi. But soon, the guests found that Ma Zhifu was already furious, and hurriedly put away their smiles and raised their faces, where did they dare to make fun of them again, they couldn't help it, so they could only hide their mouths and snicker in the crowd.

Zhao Ji behind Shen Ao couldn't help but shake his fan, but Zhao Zong didn't care about it at all, and laughed.

Ma Rulong knew that he was embarrassed, so he was in a hurry, and he only cared about arguing, but he made a fool of himself in public, scolded his father, and immediately silenced and shrunk his neck.

Governor Ma bared his teeth and sneered, and at this time, he was sure that the person who came was not here to celebrate his birthday, and he couldn't care about any decency at the moment, so he said sharply: "Okay, what a well-spoken fanatic, he dares to scold Lord Ben, since you are here today, you don't have to leave again." ”

Shen Ao said innocently: "What is this word, sir, it is obvious that Ling Gongzi said that the adult is the eighth king, but why is it blamed on the contemptible people, there are so many people here, they can come to be a witness, where have the contemptible people scolded the adult?" ”

The guests were silent, of course refusing to testify for Shen Ao.

Ma Zhifu smiled coldly and said: "Let your tongue be smooth, clever tongue, don't want to get away, come here, this person insults the official, immediately arrest them, take them into custody, and when the Lord finishes his birthday, this account will be slowly calculated." ”

There were many servants who came to help in the mansion, distributed everywhere, and at this time, after listening to the order of the prefect Ma, a few servants immediately came out in line, and they promised to take people.

Shen Ao was not afraid of danger, and smiled indifferently: "This is funny, the contemptible people are kind enough to send the turtle and ask the adults for a few auspicious words, I can't imagine that the adults treat guests like this?" ”

"Take it!" Governor Ma ignored Shen Ao and said sharply.

"Wait!" Zhao Zong, who was behind Shen Ao, suddenly stood up and said loudly: "It's easy to take people, but well, there must always be a reason to get by." ”

"Why?" Governor Ma laughed: "This official still needs a reason to take you merchants?" Who are you? ”

"It's such a big tone, it seems that Master Ma thinks he is an official, that is, an official, if he is unreasonable, he will never dare to take people at will."

Ma Rulong shouted: "In Hongzhou, my father is the official family of Hongzhou, what can you do?" ”

Ma Zhifu glared at his son, secretly blaming him for not knowing the severity of his speech, but he was not afraid of being sued, this kind of thing was groundless, and he said in vain that no one could hold the handle, but he was not afraid of people chewing the root of his tongue.

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