Chapter 398: Self-Inflicted Trouble

The rich man Xia Jinwan didn't know until this time that he really hit a nail this time, and this nail was a nail that his rich man Xia Jinwan kept twisting and turning, and it couldn't be twisted, and it was a steel nail.

The despair that he had never felt before, swarming and hitting his heart, he really couldn't think of any other way to avoid this catastrophe in front of him, he knew that even if his son-in-law was the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Yu Qianzhang Yu came, he might not be able to save him.

Because the rich man Xia Jinwan felt the unprecedented and unprecedented suffocating pressure from the words of Lord Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Lord Chunfengtai, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

These two Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Xia Jinwan, his wealthy man, met several times in the mansion of Lord Yu Qianzhang Yu of the Ministry of Officials in the capital by chance, and he also knew that they had an extraordinary relationship with his son-in-law, Lord Yu Qianzhang Yu, but this time, these two Shangshu of the Ministry of War and the Secretary of the Criminal Department were so timid and stagnant in the face of the matter of the widow of Wu, you can imagine what the strength of the other party is?

The rich man Xia Jinwan can only look up to the sky and sigh now, this is the trouble that Xia Jinwan has brought on me.

"This time, you shouldn't have offended the 'Loyal and Brave Marquis' Hou Ye who is personally appointed by the emperor today, so you have to accept your fate, otherwise you may be in danger of your life!" Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, looked at this self-righteous rich man Xia Jinwan with his eyes and said: "Don't say that it is your Xia Da Rich Man, that is, the seventh prince of the emperor's younger brother, and you should also give this 'Loyal and Yong Marquis' Hou Ye three points of thin noodles." Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, glanced at the rich man Xia Jinwan and said: "This 'loyal and brave marquis' Hou Ye is still in charge of the entire rivers and lakes and martial arts, and he is also the leader of the martial arts alliance in the martial arts and the rivers and lakes, you say, what good fruit can you eat in front of him?"

"Lord Wu, he turned out to be the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, and the current emperor's own 'Loyal and Brave Marquis' Hou Ye?" When Xia Jinwan, the originally arrogant rich man, heard the news, it was as if he had been rammed in his chest with a 10,000-pound hammer, and suddenly he felt that he was out of breath, only to hear him trembling and said: "Two Shangshu adults, please look at the face of your son-in-law Yu Qianzhang Yu, and help Xia Mou say a few good words in front of the 'Zhongyong Marquis' Hou Ye, Xia is grateful, and he will work together to repay the two Shangshu adults!" ”

"Xia Jinwan, it's not that this official and Lord Taichunfeng are unwilling to help you, but ...... It's that this 'Loyal and Brave Marquis' Hou Ye is jealous and hateful, he doesn't want you to come with gold, he doesn't want you to silver, and any conditions are nothing in the eyes of the 'Loyal and Brave Marquis' Hou Ye!" Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said with a long sigh: "Why are I and Lord Taichunfeng of the Criminal Department in this 'Guanlin Town' this time, that is, because Tai Chunyu, the younger brother of Taichun Chuntai, offended this upright, upright and selfless man by chance." Hou Hou, who is loyal and brave, has now been sent to the frontier, and even the official and the Lord of Shangshutai Chunfeng of the Criminal Department are almost in danger. ”

"What? Is it the same for you two Shangshu lords?" Xia Jinwan, the rich man, heard the words of Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the military department, like a thunderbolt from the sky, and suddenly fell stupid, stunned, and muttered to himself: "It's over, it's over, I'm afraid this time the old man is really in a catastrophe." The rich man Xia Jinwan suddenly looked uplifted and said: "There is a gold medal for avoiding death given by the emperor in the old man's mansion, which can save the old man's life!"

"Xia Jinwan, when the 'Loyal and Brave Marquis' Hou Ye was leaving, he told you all about it, and also mentioned that you had a gold medal for avoiding death, and the 'Loyal and Yong Marquis' Hou Ye specially explained to the official and the military department Shangshu Wu Yaoqing Wu, saying that if you want to die, you will leave a very small part of the property of the Xia Mansion for your female dependents to survive, and donate all the rest to the displaced and homeless Li people who have been flooded on both sides of the Yellow River, as well as those Li people who have died many people due to natural disasters and droughts!" Master Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department, who had not spoken beside him, stared at the languishing rich man Xia Jinwan with his eyes tightly, and then continued: "Otherwise, let these reckless heroes on the rivers and lakes rush into the mansion now, and immediately kill and execute you, or according to the laws of the imperial court, the men will be assigned to the frontier as slaves, and the women will be prostitutes, you can quickly take a proposition." ”

"Two Shangshu lords, can't you open Jinkou and plead for Xia?" At this time, the rich man Xia Jinwan is really like the world is coming, and he is no longer as sure as he was at the beginning, he knows that the only thing to do now is not to involve his son-in-law Shangshu Yu Qianzhang Yu, with him still has a chance to turn the tables, the rich man Xia Jinwan no longer has the arrogance he had when he just met the two Shangshu adults, and hurriedly clasped his hands into fists and bowed deeply, pleading and said: " The two Shangshu Lords, since the 'Loyal and Brave Marquis' Hou Ye can arrange for the two of you Shangshu Lords to deal with these small matters of Xia, it is enough to prove that the two Shangshu Lords can still speak in front of the Hou Ye, you two Shangshu Lords can see if there is room for reversal?"

"Xia Jinwan, don't say that we can't say anything in front of Hou Ye, even if we have that opportunity, we can't help you now!" Lord Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department said: "Now the high-ranking and powerful 'Loyal and Brave Marquis' Hou Ye doesn't know where he has gone, and it is difficult for us to see him, so without further ado, you quickly choose a path by yourself, don't embarrass this official and Lord Wu Yaoqing!" Lord Zhao, you are Xia Jinwan's parent official, give him a moment to think about it, and follow it immediately when it is outdated'Loyal and brave marquis' Hou Ye means to do this!"

"Xia Guan should keep in mind the teachings of the two Shangshu lords, and will never let you two Shangshu lords fail to make a difference in front of the 'Zhongyong Marquis' Hou Ye!" Lord Zhao immediately shouted and said: "Come on, first register all the population of the Xia Mansion, and the family members and maids in those mansions will give them some silver taels to be dismissed, and order people to strictly guard the basement of the Xia Mansion, if there is the slightest mistake, the 'Zhongyong Marquis' Hou Ye will be killed at that time!"

"Lord Zhao, for the sake of your and my friends for many years, please treat my family members well!" The rich man Xia Jinwan clasped his hands into fists with a pleading look on his face and continued: "It is not easy for them to follow me Xia Jinwan, so please ask Lord Zhao to give them more silver taels!"

"Xia Da Rich Lord, this official is also under orders, and he can do what he can, so please don't embarrass Xia Da Cai Lord!" This prefect Lord Zhao turned to the two Shangshu adults and said: "The two Shangshu adults are worried about this matter, and they can't help it, so please go to the meeting hall of Xia Mansion to sit down and drink tea, and urge the lower officials to handle this matter." Then this prefect Lord Zhao said to the prefect in the prefect: "Put on the weapons of this rich man of Xia first, and you arrange four people to take turns to take care of it, if there is a little mistake, then the 'Zhongyong Marquis' Hou Ye You may not be able to see the sun tomorrow!"

"Lord Wu, this Lord Zhao of the Zhao Governor's Mansion is really a good material for being an official, but it's a pity that I can't protect myself, otherwise this kind of person will save us a lot of right and wrong!" Lord Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department picked up the tea bowl in front of him and took a shallow sip of tea, looked at Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who had been sitting next to him and had not spoken, and said, "It's a pity that I don't know what the emperor thinks of us?"

"Master Tai, the matter has come to this point, and you and I can't control it!" Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, shook his head, and said with a very helpless look on his face: "We can only take one step at a time." ”

"Yes, Lord Wu, now people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat. At this time, Lord Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department sighed long, and then said with emotion: "Lord Wu, Tai can't stand you, if it weren't for Tai's matter, maybe you wouldn't have to endure this turbulent life in the court." ”

"Master Tai, so far you haven't seen that we all underestimate the emperor's imperial technique, and the real imperial technique is to let you unknowingly walk into a besieged city designed by him in advance! and then play with you!" Lord Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the military department, said: "Don't say that we have this kind of thought, that is, Lord Yu Qianzhang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, is likely to have always thought that the current emperor is a mediocre emperor who ignores the government and politics, but we don't know that our Taoism is not as good as the end of the current emperor." ”

"Now that I think about it, that's really the case!" said Lord Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department: "At the beginning, the emperor personally announced a jaw-dropping and dumbfounded will in the court, that is, he personally sealed a little-known nobody, a person who didn't even have a name, an unexpected title of 'Zhongyong Marquis', and also issued an edict to the whole world, seeing this 'Zhongyong Marquis' Marquis and the token in his hand, it was like me being there in person, ha...... Ha...... Ha, at that time, when we dispersed the dynasty, everyone said in their backs that the current emperor had a bad brain, and dared to casually seal such an important title to a person who didn't even have a name, and now it seems that those of us who are courtiers are all controlled and played with by the emperor today. ”

"Taida, through the recent period of time and this 'loyal and brave marquis' martial arts alliance master, Wu feels that the current emperor's employment has really reached a realm beyond your imagination, although this 'loyal and brave marquis' marquis is not good-looking and young, but what he does is really convincing, is admired from the bottom of his heart. Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the military department, looked at the master of the criminal department Shangshutai Chunfeng Tai in front of him with his eyes and said: "Don't talk about the things he dealt with before, just talk about the matter of the rich man Xia Jinwan, if we deal with it, we will definitely not leave a place for this Xia Jinwan, as the saying goes, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but he thought of leaving some dismissed silver taels for Xia Jinwan's female dependents, and all the silver taels in the Xia Mansion were unreservedly donated to the people of Li who sent a big flood in the Yellow River Valley. ”

"Lord Wu, are the two of us a little complacent and self-righteous after being officials by the emperor's side for many years?" said Master Chunfeng Tai of the Criminal Department: " We have always thought that the current emperor has no lofty ambitions, nor does he have the domineering spirit of the emperor, but we don't know that the two of us are blind, the current emperor is his own ideas and his own control, he can only win and not lose, so, no matter what the courtiers below do, he is open one eye, close one eye, he does not want to kill the chickens and monkeys, but wants to kill us people with one blow. ”

"Master Tai, if we don't have a good relationship with this 'loyal and brave marquis' this time, I'm afraid we will be spurned in the end!" Wu Yaoqing, the secretary of the military department, showed a meaningful look in his eyes, and then said: "We must not be officials for a lifetime, and in the end we lose our official positions and achieve nothing!"

"Yes, if Xia Jinwan's affairs are handled smoothly here, let's hurry up and go to the place where the 'Zhongyong Hou' Hou Ye went to meet with Hou Ye, maybe the two of us will have a chance to turn things around!"

In the dark night, the autumn breeze is slightly cool, and there is already a trace of chill, invading people's skin, making people can't help but clamp their clothes.

In the depths of the mountains with thousands of cliffs and deep forests, it is pitch black at this moment, and you can't see your fingers.

Only around the endless barracks at the foot of the mountain, there are a few scattered torches, swaying with the autumn wind, flickering and brightening the dark night sky.

When the moon is dark and the wind is high, is it the best time to kill people and sell goods?

On the overhanging rock cliff on the mountainside of the mountain opposite the barracks, there were five people dressed in black night clothes, all of them masked in black scarves, showing only two eyes, like ghosts, gathered on the large rocks of the overhanging rock cliff.

"Master, there is news from Hou Ye, that martial arts alliance leader Ah San Shaoxia is handling things in 'Guanlin Town', and he will definitely not be able to come here tonight!" One of the men in black said with a tall figure: "It seems that tonight, our five masters and apprentices will definitely take down this hussar general Ma Shaoqun, if things succeed tonight, we will show our faces in front of Hou Ye for a while!"

"Senior brother, don't forget, that hussar general Ma Shaoqun is also a practitioner, and his master is also a long-famous 'Hengshan Shuangying' on the rivers and lakes, that time the three of our brothers were almost captured by that 'Hengshan Shuangying'!" Another slightly shorter-looking man with a black scarf and a mask said: "In the end, if we hadn't used the 'Burning Bone Black Divine Water' of the Shanxi Datong Lou family, I'm afraid our three brothers wouldn't have been able to see Master and Master!"

"Okay, this is our best time, if we can kill the hussar general Ma Shaoqun in the barracks, wouldn't we be a great achievement in front of the Hou Ye?" At this time, a black-scarfed black-clothed man standing at the top of the big stone said: "Tonight, with the master and the master, the hussar general Ma Shaoqun can't escape from the palm of our hands!"

At this time, the black-scarfed masked black-clothed man who had been sitting on the big rock without saying a word waved his hand, and the five black-clothed men in black scarves were like owls in the night, their arms fluttered, and they all flew down from the overhanging rock cliff and rushed straight to the military camp at the foot of the mountain deep in the mountains.

So can these five black-clothed men with black scarves and masks succeed in killing the hussar general Ma Shaoqun?