Chapter 86 Two Scumbags
Ma Cheng's actions today made Ma Shiying lose face. The Ma family started with great-grandfather Ma Yunlong, and attached importance to culture and education throughout the ages. The descendants were even ranked first in the academic profession, transforming from a border guard to a family of literati and becoming a prominent official in Guizhou.
Nowadays, Ma Cheng, a scum, appeared in this scholarly family. It really made Ma Shiying think about cleaning up the portal.
Ma Cheng made such a scandal and could continue the banquet. Ma Shiying stood up with a calm face and said, "Brother Jizhi, the baby is really embarrassing today, and I have no face to stay. I'm farewell!"
After Ma Shiying said that, he was about to get up and leave, but Ruan Dacheng stepped forward and grabbed Ma Shiying and said, "Brother Yaocao, you know that Brother Yu is just such a legitimate daughter, and he has already married Cao Luji's son. Now your son has ruined my daughter's reputation. You have to give an explanation before you can leave!"
Ruan Dacheng said that giving an explanation was just an excuse, and the real meaning was to ask Ma Shiying to agree to his conditions and recommend him to serve as the Minister of War.
Ma Shiying didn't know what Ruan Dacheng was thinking? Originally, Ma Shiying didn't want Ruan Dacheng to get too close to the core of power, because Ruan Dacheng could be too hard. If he was slacking off with him, he might have fallen into his tricks. So Ma Shiying wanted Ruan Dacheng to go to the Censorate. Liu Zongzhou, the left censor, was not a good person. The two old ghosts met together and met an opponent.
But then he knew that Ma Cheng would tease Ruan Dacheng's daughter. Although the punishment for bad people in the Ming Dynasty was severe in the laws of the Ming Dynasty, Ma Cheng was Ma Shiying's son, and at most he would fine it. However, if the Ma family became famous, it would be over. You should know that the Ma family is not just Ma Cheng, but also the eldest son Ma Luan and the third son Ma Xi. Among them, Ma Luan is most interested in Ma Shiying and is ready to train him as his successor. If such a thing goes big, it will have a great impact on Ma Luan's career.
Ma Shiying sighed deeply, regretting why he didn't shoot Ma Cheng on the wall back then, so he saved the difficulties now. But the difficulties are difficult, and Ruan Dacheng's affairs still need to be resolved.
"My brother Jizhi said that I know that tomorrow I will write a letter to recommend Jizhi as the Minister of War!" Ma Shiying said helplessly.
Seeing that these two old guys ignored him completely, Ma Cheng quickly asked, "Dad, I..."
Then he knew that Ma Cheng had not finished speaking, but Ma Shiying scolded him: "Shut up, haven't you lost enough people to me yet?"
After Ma Shiying said that, he bowed to Ruan Dacheng and left. Ma Cheng had no choice but to say anything and had to leave with Ma Shiying.
No matter how Ruan Dacheng persuaded his girl not to hang herself, Ma Cheng followed Ma Shiying back home. As soon as he entered the gate, Ma Cheng asked, "Dad, why are you leaving? My son is going to propose marriage to Ruan Dacheng!"
Ma Cheng really didn't open any pot. Ma Shiying was angry and heard Ma Cheng say this and slapped Ma Cheng's mouth: "You rebel really have thrown away enough people for me. Get out of here now and go back to the military camp. If you don't have my order, you are not allowed to come back!"
After Ma Shiying said that, she turned around and returned to the mansion, leaving Ma Cheng standing at the door, rubbing his slap in a daze.
Ruan Dacheng's daughter looks exactly like Ma Cheng's ex-girlfriend, but Ma Cheng is not as good as marrying a girl. Ma Cheng was abandoned by his ex-girlfriend Xiaotao in his previous life, so Ma Cheng resented Xiaotao in his heart. Now seeing that Miss Ruan and Xiaotao look exactly the same, naturally aroused resentment in his heart, wanting to bring Ms. Ruan into the harem and humiliate him. Ma Cheng has thought about all kinds of vulgar methods, such as wax, ropes, creampie, Yan * ejaculation, etc., to avenge his previous life.
But then when he thought that Ruan Dacheng and Ma Shiying disagreed, Ma Cheng was scolded by Ma Shiying. There was no way Ma Cheng had to think of other ways to get Miss Ruan.
At this moment, someone behind Ma Cheng said, "Second brother, why are you standing here?"
Ma Cheng turned around and saw a young literati in his twenties standing at the door. This man was of medium figure and very elegant. He was Ma Cheng's second brother-in-law Zhang Erpei.
Zhang Erpei, whose courtesy name is Lingyao, was originally a destitute scholar in Guiyang City. After marrying Ma Shiying's concubine Ma Yuning, he used Ma Shiying's relationship to come to Nanjing Imperial College to work as a supervisor.
Ma Cheng's second sister Ma Yuning was born to Ma Shiying's concubine Aunt Zhao. Because she was born in a illegitimate family, she had no sense of existence at home. Ma Cheng didn't have much contact with this second sister, but only remembered that she was an ordinary woman who didn't talk much.
This time, Ma Shiying was promoted directly to the prime minister from the Governor, so naturally, the hangneck scholar Zhang Erpei was coming to the flattering family. After Ma Shiying arrived in Nanjing on the first day of May, Zhang Erpei must take his wife Ma Yuning and his son home to visit every three days.
Ma Yuning came out of the sedan chair with her child in her arms, and did not dare to look at Ma Cheng. She whispered "second brother" and then hurried into the mansion with her son. Ma Yuning was gentle and was a concubine daughter. She used to be bullied by Ma Cheng at home, so she was very scared of this second-generation ancestor brother.
However, Ma Cheng is no longer the former Ma Cheng. He may have partially inherited the character of the deceased Ma Cheng, but he cannot bully his second sister.
Zhang Erpei saw Ma Cheng standing at the door in a daze, and walked up to him with a pleasing heart and asked, "Second brother, what's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"
After hearing Zhang Erpei's words, Ma Cheng remembered that this second brother-in-law had been in Nanjing for many years and must have known Ruan Dacheng's daughter. It would be better to ask him.
"Second brother-in-law, I'll ask you about someone. Do you recognize Ruan Dacheng's daughter?"
Zhang Erpei couldn't help but smile when he heard Ma Cheng say this. Although Ruan Dacheng is a down-and-out phoenix, he is still a big family after all. Do you think his daughter is the daughter of a small family and can show up if you have nothing to do?
"Second brother, the lady Ruan family who my brother-in-law doesn't recognize! But does my brother-in-law recognize Miss Ruan's fiancé, Cao Taiwang!"
Ma Cheng heard that Zhang Erpei said he would not recognize Miss Ruan’s family, but he had already given up, but unexpectedly, Zhang Erpei recognized Miss Ruan’s fiancé. Ma Cheng quickly took Zhang Erpei’s hand and asked, “Second brother-in-law, let me talk to you!”
Ma Yuning had already entered the mansion with her child in her arms. When she saw her husband Zhang Erpei being held back by Ma Cheng, she knew that her second brother didn't know what the hell was going to be. Maybe the lady of the Ruan family would be in trouble.
Ma Yuning didn't want the Ruan family to fall into the clutches of Ma Cheng, the second-generation ancestor, and hesitated for a while and said, "Husband, aren't you going to pay homage to your father first?"
"Okay, second sister, you go in first. My brother-in-law and I have something to do!" After Ma Cheng said that, he pulled Zhang Erpei to ask Cao Taiwang in detail about what happened.
Zhang Erpei happened to make friends with this second brother-in-law who was the general, so he waved to Ma Yuning and let her go in first. Seeing this, Ma Yuning sighed secretly, so he had to carry the child to pay homage to his father Ma Shiying first.
Ma Cheng pulled Zhang Erpei to the doorman, and naturally some servants quickly brought tea with them. After Ma Cheng and other servants left, they asked quickly: "Second brother-in-law, let me tell you about Miss Ruan and his fiancé Cao Taiwang."
Zhang Erpei smiled and nodded. It turned out that Miss Ruan's boudoir was Ruan Lizhen, but she was a talented woman famous in Southern Zhili. Most of the songs in Ruan Dacheng's home were compiled by Ruan Lizhen.
Ruan Dacheng probably did too many things in his life. He was so old that he only had such a legitimate daughter, Ruan Lizhen, and there were no children in the others, so he always loved this daughter very much.
In his daughter's marriage, Ruan Dacheng chose a son-in-law early, which is Cao Taiwang and the son of Ruan Dacheng's friend Cao Luji in the same year.
Cao Luji was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli. He was the best at Guanglu Shaoqing. He was already a senior official of the third rank, but Cao Luji died a few years ago.
Cao Luji died, and Ruan Dacheng was driven back to his hometown by a group of students from Fushe, so Cao Taiwang has been unhappy in Nanjing. He is almost thirty and is still just a student in the Imperial College. Zhang Erpei and Cao Taiwang are classmates, and Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng and Cao Luji have a good relationship, so Zhang and Cao Cao still have some relationship.
It turned out that Miss Ruan was named Ruan Lizhen. Ma Cheng touched the beard that had just grown on his chin and asked, "Second brother-in-law, I admire Miss Ruan very much. What should I do if I want to have a kiss?"
Zhang Erpei didn't expect that his second brother-in-law was so shameless. Miss Ruan already had a fiancé and you still do this. Isn't this destroying his marriage?
However, Zhang Erpei is not a good thing. In order to please Ma Cheng for a while, he smiled and said, "This is simple. After the two of them get married, my brother-in-law will invite Cao Taiwang to drink. Then, you can go to his house for whatever you want!"
Ma Cheng didn't expect that Zhang Erpei, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, could come up with such an immoral idea, but Ma Cheng liked it very much.
This is the first time Ma Cheng talked with Zhang Erpei in detail. Seeing that this second brother-in-law is different from an ordinary pedantic literati, he couldn't help but feel good about it: "Second brother-in-law, I didn't expect that you are different from other pedantic stinky old ninths. I admire you very much. Why not be a good friend and have a drink together?"
After hearing what Ma Cheng said, Zhang Erpei really wanted to go, but today Zhang Erpei came to pay homage to Ma Shiying. At the same time, he wanted to ask his father-in-law for an official position, so he naturally could not go out with Ma Cheng and Hu Tian and Emperor Hu.
Zhang Erpei thought for a while and refused: "Second brother, it's really a coincidence that your second sister is coming to pay a visit to her father-in-law. It's really hard to say if your brother-in-law doesn't follow him. Let's do this. If you have the chance to have a drink from you in the future, call Cao Taiwang up and you can get to know each other first!"
When Ma Cheng heard that he wanted to know Ruan Lizhen's fiancé Cao Taiwang, he couldn't help but see scenes about the husband in the Japanese movies of later generations. Unexpectedly, these stinky old ninths played so well in the late Ming Dynasty and even played in front of his husband.
Since Zhang Erpei was willing to help Ma Cheng, Ma Cheng naturally felt very grateful: "Thank you brother-in-law, I'll ask my brother-in-law for the matter of Miss Ruan!"
Zhang Erpei gave Ma Cheng a reassuring look, then stood up and said goodbye to pay homage to Ma Shiying.
Seeing Zhang Erpei leave the doorman, Ma Cheng cursed in his heart: Zhang Erpei is really not a thing. In order to please me, I will not let go of my wife of my friend. This guy should be careful in the future and not be trapped in his trap.
Chapter completed!