Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 217
Xiaowen replied: "Master Zhao seems to have had an accident!"

Xia Zhen and his wife got up quickly, got out of bed quickly, and left the bedroom.

Ma Meier waited anxiously at the gate of Cousin Min's small courtyard, and after a while, the couple came out, "My lord, madam—"

"Cousin, what's the matter?"

Ma Meier replied: "Little boy Ziqing came back and said that he was locked up by Mr. Xiao."

"Lock it up?" Ma Min'er looked at Xia Zhen.

Xia Zhen raised her foot, "Where is the boy?"

"In the main hall."

Xia Zhen raised her foot and went to the main hall.

Although the other party didn't say a word, Ma Meier knew that Xia Zhen was willing to help, and her heart was not so flustered, so she almost ran after her.

-

In the private room, apart from Liu Zaili, there was Mei Ruoer who sang ditties, in the dead of night, pipa ditties, babbling, tactful or melodious, one after another.

Looking at the popular official Liu Gongli who was half leaning on the cushion, Mei Ruoer couldn't help but lower her head and pluck the strings on the pipa. She was afraid that she couldn't help it and smashed it with the pipa, but she knew that she had no It's not this man's opponent, if you send it up, you will only die.

At the end of the song, Mei Ruoer waited for a while, and found that the other party was still half-closed, his eyes were blurred, he didn't know where to look, and he didn't even know that the water in hand was cold.

Pursing her lips, she put down her pipa, moved to him gently, helped him change a cup of hot water, and after pouring it, gently pushed the cup in front of him, "Master——"

Liu Zaili woke up from the young lady's calling, and raised his eyelids to look at her. His expressionless eyebrows and eyes were faintly lonely, which made people feel distressed.

Mei Ruo'er hurriedly lowered her head because of this look, "Master—" For some reason, her heart suddenly beat violently.

Liu Zaili glanced down at the teacup in his hand, and then raised his eyes to look at the little lady. There was indescribable complexity in his dark eyes, and what appeared in his mind was the appearance when he blocked the knife that day, and his thin lips parted slightly: "You attempted an assassination that day, and then changed to block..."

"No, master..." Mei Ruo'er raised her eyes, her eyes were full of panic, "I don't, I admire you, I long to be your woman..." As she spoke, she knelt down on the ground, spreading her hands on the floor , resting his forehead on the back of his hand, "Please enlighten me."

The cup twirled twice between his fingers, Liu Zaili hooked the corner of his mouth lightly, picked up the cup in his hand, drank the tea in it, the cup fell casually, and landed heavily on the small table.

The sound of the cup shaking made Mei Ruo'er tremble all over in fright, she knelt down on the ground more respectfully, not daring to move, the whole room could hear the drop of a needle.

Liu Zaili stood up, condescending, "Being my woman... has a purpose."

Mei Ruo'er raised her head, bit her lips, "For women like us, what else can we do except to be pleased by Master?"

"My joy?" Liu Zaili dismissed it.

Being ridiculed by the nobleman, Mei Ruoer almost bit her lips to bleed, she lowered her head halfway, and dared not say anything anymore.

The sliding door of the private room was opened, Qianye came in, and said respectfully: "Master—"

Liu Zaili lifted the corner of his robe and walked outside. Qianye glanced at the actor kneeling on the ground, turned around and followed his master out of the private room, "Master, where are you going?"

"×× Hutong!" (Liu Zaili's private residence)

"Yes, it is Grandpa."

In the private room, Mei Ruo'er heard the footsteps outside going farther and farther away, slumped on the floor, hammered the floor hard, and secretly scolded herself, why is she so useless, she doesn't even have the ability to make men like her, how can she Revenge... what should I do?
As soon as Liu Zaili got into the carriage, a hidden guard came over, "Master Xiao, shutting down the household department responsible for collecting taxes is all up to Mr. Zhao, do we want to interfere?"

"I'll wait for the emperor to speak."

"Yes, son."

Liu Zaili looked at the vast night, and smiled softly, "Look at the Beijun Wang and his wife, and let me know if they make any movement."

"Yes, sir!"

-

It was almost midnight, and the weather was extremely cold. Under the gloomy moonlight, the entire capital fell into a deep sleep without any movement.Zhao Yuyan shivered in the cold room, his hands and feet were frozen.

The cold wind of winter night whizzed past the window, making the window lattice rattling. Zhao Yuyan walked to the window and stretched out his hand to close the window tightly, but it didn't help, the wind still whizzed past.

Giving up on closing the window and walking to a shelter from the wind, he sighed secretly, Shuangman should have gone to Uncle Ma's house, and he didn't know whether Mei'er was waiting at Uncle Six's house or could not wait to go back already.I really shouldn't let her wait for me to pick it up, alas, it made her worry!
Zhao Yuyan rubbed his hands and stomped his feet non-stop, while analyzing the person who locked him--Xiao Lin.

This person is the concubine favored by the Holy Majesty—the younger brother of Concubine Xiao Gui. for the big guy.

What does he want to do with himself?In order not to let himself be frozen to death, Zhao Yuyan stomped his feet and kept thinking about this person's purpose.

-

The small living room of the Ma family was brightly lit. In order to discuss how to rescue Zhao Yuyan, Xia Zhen and the Ma family entered the small living room with a fireplace.

Wei Ren looked at his master, and said something objective, "Jun Wang, Xiao Lin is not an ordinary person, even if he is a three-legged lord, if you say something ugly, he will walk around him in order to avoid trouble."

"Is this person so powerful?" Ma Miner asked in surprise.

Wei Ren nodded: "Yes, Young Madam, when Emperor Yuantai ascended the throne, he was able to rely on the help of our Yizhou Prefecture in terms of military strength, but in terms of financial resources, he was able to rely on Xiao Lin."

"You mean, he is not favored by Concubine Xiao, but Concubine Xiao is favored by him?"

"Yes, ma'am, you understand correctly."

Ma Min'er breathed out, "That's really a formidable character."

Wei Ren didn't reply, he acquiesced to Ma Min'er's cognition.

Xia Zhen sat by the fireplace, said nothing, squinted her eyes half-closed, looked at the burning fire, and said, "He wants to prevent Grand Master Feng from collecting business taxes, and he shuts down Brother Zhao for the purpose of Grand Master Feng."

"But..." Ma Min'er said, "Master must collect taxes for the Great Wei Dynasty..."

When Ma Meier heard this, she couldn't help interjecting, "Er Niang..." Then what about my husband? ' Almost blurted out, but she knew that ever since she chose Zhao Yuyan, she chose to let her husband go on an official career and become a master, there must be a day like this.

It's just that I didn't expect that this day would come so quickly. Not only was it so fast, but even my cousin's husband couldn't interfere. The road was chosen by the couple. It was my luck that others could help. Can swallow everything silently.

Seeing the anxious and worried cousin, Ma Miner persuaded, "Cousin, the two children are still sleeping in the room, you should go back first, and we will tell you when we think of a solution."

Ma Meier had already figured it out, and when she heard this, she was not hypocritical, she nodded slightly, "Shuangman said that he just locked up the husband, I think there should be nothing to do tonight, the king of the county, Erniang, you should go to sleep too."

Ma Min'er said: "Cousin is right, Brother Zhao should be fine tonight, we'll go to bed later."

"Okay." Ma Meier forced a smile, "Then I'll go back to my room first."

"Well, I'll ask Xiao Dan to find a girl to send you off."

"Thank you, Er Niang."

Xia Zhen watched Ma Mei'er leave the living room, and looked at Ma Min'er, "If it were me, I would lead my troops to snatch her back directly."

Ma Min'er accepted his words: "But you know, if someone snatches it back, Grand Master Feng's taxes will fall short."

"We are just northerners who were imprisoned in the capital by the sage." Xia Zhen said coldly.

"You're right." Ma Min'er sighed, "This matter can only be played between Master and Xiao. We have neither responsibility nor can we do anything."

Wei Ren was secretly relieved when he heard that the master had analyzed the matter thoroughly in a few sentences. He didn't need to remind himself.

"Xia Zhen—"

Xia Zhen looked at the little daughter-in-law.

"I still have to trouble you."

"What's the matter?"

Ma Min'er said: "There is a saying that 'the two countries are fighting without killing each other', can you ask Mr. Zhuang to show his face, even if Brother Zhao is locked up, give him some charcoal fire or let him eat and dress well?" ?”

It has to be said that women's hearts are thinner than men's. Ma Min'er's actions really saved Zhao Yuyan who was almost frozen to death.

"ink--"

Jing Mo immediately appeared in front of everyone: "Master——"

"Go to Mr. Zhuang now."

"Yes, sir."

-

Just when Zhao Yuyan was so cold that he was about to lose consciousness, the air leaking door was opened, "Master Zhao——"

Zhao Yuyan looked at the person coming.

"Follow me." The little steward expressed politeness impatiently.

Zhao Yuyan was a little hesitant without knowing the way of the other party. Then he thought about it, since he chose this difficult road of seeking an official position, he would have to go through it even if it was a mountain of swords and seas of fire.

After thinking about it, he followed the little steward out of the leaky room, turned around and walked for half a quarter of an hour, and finally reached the third floor of the restaurant. The little steward opened the room, "Tonight, you will stay here."

Zhao Yuyan entered the room under the steward's gaze. This is a first-class room. Not only is there a carbon fire, but the room is also beautifully furnished. Let yourself live here today?Suddenly realizing something, he quickly turned his head, "Did someone find Mr. Xiao?"

The little steward grinned, "Master Zhao, I never thought that you are also a person with a background, and you can actually let the future Fu Ma Ye come out and change the room for you, okay!"

In the future, Mr. Fuma, Zhao Yuyan instantly understood who helped him, suppressed his excitement, and said to the steward at the door, "Thank you very much."

"Master Zhao, please rest." After the steward finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to close the door and locked it outside.

Standing in the warm room, Zhao Yuyan, who was almost frozen to death just now, took a deep breath, and said to himself, no matter what, Bada Hutong must pay taxes, even if it is only a little, it is not a small amount of income.

-

No matter whether he was at court or at home, Feng Jiangyi got up very early, every day, at five o'clock in the morning, the first breakfast had already arrived on his table, he put down his pen, and sat down to half the table to have breakfast.

His chief historian has already sorted out today's events for him, including: "My lord, Mr. Xiao imprisoned Mr. Zhao yesterday. At midnight, he was transferred from the dilapidated room on the ground floor of the restaurant to a luxurious private room on the third floor."

"That must be the person Xia Zian and Ma Erniang are looking for, who is it, have you found out?"

"I found out, it's the future Fu Ma Ye."

"I guess it's him too." Feng Jiangyi smiled.

As a digression, Feng Jiangyi, as the third prince, has a high position and authority. His mansion has a chief historian. The chief historian is actually an official of the staff, which is equivalent to the secretary-general next to the official. He sorts out and arranges all the affairs and schedule of the master. .

Chang Shi glanced at his master, and saw him slowly drinking porridge and white steamed buns, bending slightly, and asked, "My lord, what about Mr. Zhao..."

Feng Jiangyi paused while drinking the porridge, "No hurry." Continue to drink the porridge.

"Okay, the official documents and materials you need are all on the case table."

"Ah."

Chang Shi Gong backed away gently.

In the empty room, Feng Jiangyi drank porridge in two or three gulps, picked up a towel to wipe his mouth, threw it on half of the table, stood up with his hands behind his back, and kept circling around the room.

In the capital city, the owners behind half of the business are either royal relatives or relatives of the state. Taxes are hard to collect. Taxes for ordinary people are easy to collect, but these people... they are the Xiao family who is incomparably rich. How can they tax their family? come up?
Feng Jiangyi thought of the imperial palace, the emperor, and Concubine Xiao... squinting his old eyes... how to balance the complicated relationship among them?
At the end of Chenshi (9:[-] a.m.), Feng Jiangyi went out in casual clothes. As soon as he left the yard, he was stopped by Mrs. Ma, "My lord, what are you doing here?"

"Just walk around!"

Mrs. Ma looked like I didn't believe it, but she said something else, "The Ma family hasn't come to propose marriage yet."

Feng Jiangyi said, "What's the rush?"

Mrs. Ma said: "It's not that I'm in a hurry, but that there are too many people who have come to propose marriage, and I can't stand it anymore. Hurry up and ask Ma's family to propose marriage, and let me calm down."

"So it's like this!" Feng Jiangyi was thoughtful.

"Yeah, if you didn't like the Ma family, I wouldn't consider the Ma family."

Feng Jiangyi smiled, "I'm going to Ma's house for a stroll now."

"...Are you looking for Ma Erniang?"

"Ok!"

Mrs. Ma urged: "Hurry up, no matter it's open or dark, let their family come to propose marriage."

"I'm afraid it's not so fast." Feng Jiangyi replied unhurriedly.

Mrs. Ma was surprised: "Then what are you doing?"

"Let's chat." Feng Jiangyi smiled and walked out of the yard.

Mrs. Ma stood behind her, "Chatting? Only ghosts will believe you."

-

The most magnificent restaurant in Beijing——Millennium House, on the top floor of the fifth floor, Xiao Lin, the first son of the capital, is sitting at the dining table having breakfast. A piece of food that ordinary people don't know, with a glass of wine in hand, while drinking the wine, gently scraping the precious food with a white jade spoon, chewing it slowly and methodically.

If Ma Min'er was standing beside him, could this guy also be a time traveler?That unknown food is clearly foie gras with caviar!Will it be a time traveler?Don't worry, let's look down slowly, haha...

There were guards standing in every corner of the room, girls and servants, but there was no sound at all, including the sound of Xiao Lin eating.

I don't know how long it took, but the breakfast was finally finished. The girl quickly brought a warm and moist towel and held it in both hands. He slowly picked it up and wiped the corners of his mouth, then threw it away, and another girl beside him immediately reached out took over.

Seeing him get up, the steward hurriedly approached him respectfully, "Master, Feng Jiangyi has gone out."

"But not for the Millennium Building, is it?"

"Master, Ying Ming, it is true."

Xiao Lin hooked his lips into a smile, "Going to find Xia Er's stupid wife again?"

"Probably."

"Haha..." Xiao Lin raised his head and laughed loudly, "No, maybe it's definitely." He narrowed his peach blossom eyes, "Ma Chaofeng's concubine's granddaughter is really an interesting woman, I have long wanted to meet her!"

The steward said: "Young master, we went to the north to do business, and we have already had contact with her shop. Her ideas and strategies are not inferior to men."

Xiao Lin dismissed it with disdain: "If there is no fool Xia Er behind her, it will be useless for her to have ideas and strategies."

"Yes, yes, what the Lord said is true."

Xiao Lin asked as he walked, "Guan Yu, when do you think they will look for me?"

"Master Hui, if you put the household official in the broken house like last night, you might be able to find them today, but if you put them on the third floor, you might not be able to find them in a while."

"If I found it today, it would be so boring." Xiao Lin clicked his tongue, "I like to find it slowly, and I like the waiting process. The feeling of anticipation and torture is really good."

The chief steward was standing by the side, and when he heard this, his hair stood on end for some reason, and he backed away quietly.

Xiao Lin turned to look at the girl.

The girls all had a chill down their spines, what are you doing?All the girls quietly followed his gaze, including the girl who picked up the towel, she immediately reacted, stepped forward and held the towel in front of the young master.

"A woman who can make cloth scarves so comfortable and durable, I really want to see her right away." Xiao Lin stretched out his hand, and gently stroked his cheeks with two fingers. The face without a trace of stubble was full of romantic and unrestrained Charming, I have to say that she is really a monster.

When the little girls heard that the master wanted to see a woman, they all backed away holding their breath in fright.Instantly, Xiao Lin's eyes switched from delusional to sophisticated, "Whether it's Feng Jiangyi or Xia Er's idiot, they all say I'm not here."

"Yes, sir." The steward asked, "What about the little horse?"

"Him?" The corner of Xiao Lin's mouth curled slightly, and he was instantly magnificent: "If he comes, we can still discuss the Tao."

"Yes, Grandpa, I understand."

What Xiao Lin didn't expect was that just after he stepped out of the restaurant, he saw an unexpected person with a smile on his face, "Liu Zili, come to my house early in the morning, what's the matter? In my restaurant? Then I will absolutely cooperate with your search."

Liu Zaili walked up to him slowly, and glanced at him, let's not say that this guy was named the King of Huaiyi County by the Holy Lord because of his achievements in the dragon. It can be regarded as reaching the extreme; just talking about his appearance, he is not as tall and handsome as he is, and he is not as heroic as he is, and he is not as graceful as he is, and he is not as tall and handsome as he is graceful.

Some people say that he is as gentle and gentle as jade, while others say that he is treacherous, black-bellied, and ruthless.

Xiao Lin cooperated with Liu Zaili's scrutiny, and deliberately turned around, "Did Zili find that I have become more handsome and handsome?"

Liu Zaili grinned, "In this world, you, Xiao Lin, say number one, and no one really dares to say number two."

"Haha..." Xiao Lin laughed loudly, and asked with a blink of an eye, "Are you also involved in business taxation?"

"It's not my job."

"Then why are you here?" Xiao Lin really didn't understand what he meant.

Liu Zaili asked back: "Can't you come if you have nothing to do?"

"Wow, I really can't come!" Xiao Lin's peachy eyes squinted, "When you Liu Dezi comes, he will kill you if he doesn't. I'm really afraid."

Liu Zaili looked up at the sky, with a faint smile, "I didn't eat breakfast."

"Why don't you come earlier, I'm done eating."

"Don't want to invite?"

"Please, please..." Xiao Lin smiled with peachy eyes, turned around and took Liu Zaili up to the fifth floor, "What do you want to eat?"

"Don't mess with what people in the Western Regions eat, it's disgusting!"

"Tsk tsk..." Xiao Lin shook his head and tsk his mouth, "So you people are pedantic, and you keep the old things unchanged all day long, isn't it interesting?"

Liu Zaili narrowed his eyes slightly, his pupils were full of light, "You seem to have something that remains the same."

"Have it?"

"Whether there is, you know best." Liu Zaili lifted the corner of his robe and sat down at the big round table carelessly.

Xiao Lin's peachy eyes turned cold for a moment, and they bloomed in an instant, "All right, all right, if you want to be old and old, you can be old and old." He stretched out his hand, "Give King Yancheng an authentic capital breakfast."

"Yes, sir."

-

The heart was in a state of confusion all night, and at dawn, Ma Meier's heart calmed down, and she said to herself, since she has chosen this path, she can't stand it at the beginning, so how will she live in the future? Also how to achieve 'will be extremely Ling'.

After calming down, he tidied up the two children, followed the servants to the dining room, ate breakfast calmly, and bid farewell to the Ma family after breakfast.

"Uncle Six, Aunt Six, I'm going back."

"Stay here for two more days."

"No, Uncle, Chinese New Year is coming, there are many things at home, I have to go back."

Indeed, it's almost Chinese New Year, and I'm really busy, Mo Wanyi glanced at her husband, "Then I'll arrange a carriage and let them take you back home."

Ma Min'er said: "Cousin, don't worry about brother-in-law. It seems that the worst result is that the business class can't pay taxes. Others should be fine."

Ma Meier nodded, "I know, thank you for your help." After speaking, he gave a big gift to Xia Zhen and his wife.

"Cousin, what are you doing? We are all relatives, and we should do something." Ma Min'er quickly helped her up.

Ma Meier is not an ordinary woman. Her husband often talks to him about official matters. She is more transparent about the world and human relationships than ordinary women. It is not like relatives can help unconditionally, "Second mother, thank you. "When their husband was still a small person, they could reach out to help without hesitation, this is kindness.

"Don't talk about it, cousin, we'll see you later." Ma Min'er said, "It just so happens that we're going back too, and we'll go to the door with you, so that my father won't have to send him off again."

"You child..." Ma Qifeng felt a little lost when his daughter wanted to go home. For some reason, he always wanted the children to surround him, but this was impossible.

A group of people arrived at the gate of Ma's house, before they could get into the carriage, Feng Jiangyi got off the carriage.

"Master, why are you here?" Ma Min'er asked in surprise.

"Can't the old man come?" Feng Jiangyi smiled.

"Can come, can come..." Ma Qifeng laughed immediately.

(End of this chapter)