Summary of the previous chapter: Although Ma Xiaoquan caught the thief, he did not take all the credit. In his opinion, doing such a thing would be hated by others, so he "generously" gave the credit to Wei Jinzhong...
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Wei Jinzhong took over the work from Ma Xiaoquan and was naturally happy. Although he had always doubted Ma Xiaoquan's motives, after the harsh interrogation, he did find out a lot of secrets.
Even though I still felt uneasy, I was both happy and shocked by the news at the moment.
He was happy because if this matter was done, he would definitely be able to continue his promotion. But he was shocked because Wei Jinzhong didn't expect that even though he had used up his boss's strength to defend the capital, he still allowed such a madman to sneak in.
After a torture session, Zhang Ming and Wang Da both confessed. However, Zhang Ming's confession was not very clear. It seemed that he was not a key role. On the contrary, Wang Da confessed some useful information.
Wang Da had a relative in the capital called Liu Bao. Liu Bao was serving as a sergeant in the Ministry of War. He was a minor official with a long shift in the Ministry of War.
According to Wang Da's account, he was originally going to find Liu Bao, but because he met Zhang Ming and another person, the three of them sat down to chat. As for the content of the conversation, Wang Da was very vague.
Wei Jinzhong made a plan in his mind and immediately ordered the arrest of Liu Bao.
That evening, when Liu Bao was having dinner at home, the eunuchs of Dongchang suddenly rushed into his home and arrested him and his wife.
On the way back from being escorted, he happened to meet Ma Xiaoquan who was out walking his birds. Ma Xiaoquan stopped the factory guard and asked, "Who are you escorting?"
Wei Jinzhong could fall out with Ma Xiaoquan on the spot, but his men would not dare to make a mistake rashly. If they angered Ma Xiaoquan, they would definitely be beheaded.
A factory guard said with a smile: "Oh, isn't this the deacon? Hey, it's really thanks to the deacon this time. My father-in-law pointed out that Wei Jinzhong took over the work from you. Isn't there progress?"
"Haha? Not bad." Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, stretched out his hand and took out a few small silver notes of one hundred taels, stuffed one into each other, and said, "Oh, I really regret it. If I hadn't had diarrhea, this would have happened."
The credit must be mine, okay, don’t say anything else, you have worked hard for this little money, just take it and have some tea, hey." As he said this, Ma Xiaoquan looked unwilling, shook his head and left.
Several factory guards looked at the banknotes in their hands with excitement, "Hey guys, this is one hundred taels. This is money that can only be obtained after two years of work."
Back in the East Factory, several factory guards immediately recounted to Wei Jinzhong the process of meeting Ma Xiaoquan on the road. Of course, as for the matter of Ma Xiaoquan giving them one hundred taels of silver notes, these people had a tacit understanding.
Not mentioned.
Wei Jinzhong dragged his chin, raised his eyebrows, and snorted coldly: "Ma Xiaoquan...you must be sorry, huh, who made you suffer from diarrhea? You deserve it!"
After that, Wei Jinzhong ordered Liu Bao to be brought up.
When Liu Bao was escorted, Wei Jinzhong stepped forward and pulled Liu Bao's hair and asked: "Liu Bao, I heard that you know Wang Da?"
Liu Bao blinked his eyes, shook his head and said, "Sir, I don't know what Wang Da is, sir?"
"Isn't that right?" Wei Jinzhong raised his eyebrows, "Wang Dake said you are his relative."
"My lord, this is unfair. I really don't know Wang Da."
Wei Jinzhong raised his chin and began to think deeply. At this moment, a burst of laughter suddenly came from outside the East Factory.
"Who? Whoever dares to act wild at the gate of Dongchang, bring them in!" Wei Jinzhong said angrily.
"No need to bring them in, I'll come in by myself!" Ma Xiaoquan walked into the East Factory with a smile, holding a birdcage in his hand, and in the birdcage was a myna.
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, the myna in the cage answered: "I'll come in by myself, I'll come in by myself..."
Wei Jinzhong snorted, frowned and said, "Ma Xiaoquan, why did you come to my East Factory?"
Ma Xiaoquan smashed it and said: "Alas, Eunuch Wei, what do you mean by your Dongchang? It is obviously from my Ming Dynasty, okay? What are you talking about?"
Wei Jinzhong blushed: "Stop talking nonsense, you are not welcome here!"
"Look at you, although we don't get along, I'm not here to fight against you. Seeing that the emperor is about to get married, we are just grasshoppers on a rope. If something happens to the guards in the capital, Now, neither of us can afford to walk around, but to be honest, I am a royal guard anyway. At worst, I will be demoted and my salary will be reduced, but it is different for you. You are in charge of the guards of the capital, and then you will be miserable... ...Tsk tsk..."
"Ma Xiaoquan, you"
"Hey, farewell to you, mine. I have nothing else to do here. I just met you escorting that man. When passing by, a piece of cloth fell from the man's trouser leg. I brought it to you. Take a look. See if you can use it?"
"A piece of cloth?" Wei Jinzhong was stunned and looked at Liu Bao.
Liu Bao kept shaking his head and shouted: "Sir, little one, I don't know what cloth strips are."
Wei Jinzhong ignored Liu Bao, asked someone to take the cloth from Ma Xiaoquan's hand, unfolded it and read it again.
Wei Jinzhong was illiterate, but he knew how to read handwriting. He ordered someone to take the paper Liu Bao had written on and compare it with the handwriting on the strip of cloth. He immediately concluded that the writing on the strip was Liu Bao's handwriting.
In fact, the words in this strip of paper are not Liu Bao's. They were just prepared by Ma Xiaoquan in advance. Of course, only people like Ma Xiaoquan who have data devices in their bodies and know history can do such a thing.
Wei Jinzhong threw the strip of cloth in front of Liu Bao and asked, "How dare you lie and say, is this your handwriting?"
Liu Bao lowered his head and took a closer look, and was dumbfounded.
"Come here, drag me down and beat him," Wei Jinzhong shouted angrily.
Liu Bao was also anxious and kept twisting his body, shouting at the top of his lungs that he was wronged.
Liu Bao knew kung fu and was tall. Two or three castrated factory guards couldn't hold him down at all. They tore Liu Bao's clothes to pieces.
At this moment, a wax pill suddenly fell from Liu Bao's body. Wei Jinzhong's sharp eyes quickly ordered someone to pick up the wax pill and bring it to him.
Knock open the wax ball and take out a small piece of paper. The paper is densely written with small characters.
Wei Jinzhong coughed twice in embarrassment and was about to ask someone to come over and read to him again when he saw Ma Xiaoquan step forward and quickly grab the small piece of paper.
"Ma Xiaoquan, you"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, laid on the piece of paper and muttered: "On the day of the emperor's wedding, we will set fire to the building as a sign, and we will cooperate with each other inside and outside to rob the capital."
After Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, he threw the piece of paper back to Wei Jinzhong.
Wei Jinzhong's eyes widened with a look of horror on his face. He called a literate subordinate to him and asked him to read the contents of the paper.
After reading it, his subordinate nodded and said, "Father, what is written on this piece of paper is indeed what the deacon read."