Mr. Wang shook his head and said: "Although the Ma family bank was burned, why was it burned when he was confronting us? What is the identity of Ma Xiaoquan? In any case, he is the second-rank Jinyiwei deacon of the imperial court. If you touch his things,
It's like tampering with Tai Sui. I don't think even we can afford the consequences. "
"Could it be Master Wei? Wei Zhongxian"
Mr. Wang shook his head: "Master Wei is busy wiping out the Donglin Party, how can he have time to take care of us?"
"Mr. Wang, if you say so...then who was behind Ma Xiaoquan?"
Mr. Wang shook his head and narrowed his eyes slightly: "No matter who did it to him, I'm afraid we can't get rid of it in this situation."
"What? Mr. Wang, didn't we do anything?"
Mr. Wang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Of course we didn't do anything, but something happened at Ma's Bank at this time. Can you tell me, can we get away from it?"
"Then Mr. Wang, what should we do?"
Mr. Wang shook his head and said: "What should we do? We can only suspend our attack on Ma Xiaoquan."
"Mr. Wang, it's already this time, we have the advantage, why..."
"I don't know that we have the advantage, but if we continue to confront Ma Xiaoquan, I'm afraid it will be us who lose in the end. However, Ma Xiaoquan also feels uncomfortable. The loss of 30% of all his money has already severely damaged his vitality. These days,
We can only wait."
...
In Ma's study, Ma Xiaoquan dragged his chin, thinking about what happened last night.
Hua Yue stood next to Ma Xiaoquan and looked at him without saying a word. After a long time, Ma Xiaoquan came back to his senses and murmured: "How is Li Yao?"
"Not too optimistic. I'm afraid it will take more than a month."
"Hey, I have no choice..." As he said that, Ma Xiaoquan took out a letter and said: "This is a letter from King Xin. He already knows what happened last night and reported everything.
Give it to the emperor."
"King Xin knows?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "What he knew was that the bank was on fire, but he didn't know that the fire was actually set by one of our own people."
Hua Yue breathed out and patted his chest: "I'll just say it...but do you think King Xin will be suspicious?"
Ma Xiaoquan grinned: "Yue'er, I, Ma Xiaoquan, have actually made quite a few enemies in the court, so I shouldn't be suspicious."
...
Inside Prince Xin's Mansion.
Zhu Youjian was swinging the folding fan in his hand, and two advisers, one fat and one tall, stood in front of him.
"Well, I have already replied to Ma Xiaoquan. His Ma's Bank can continue to live. Well, what do you think about the fire at Ma's Bank last night?"
The fat counselor raised his hands and said respectfully: "From what I can see, it must have been done secretly by the bosses of the bank that Ma Xiaoquan offended."
The tall counselor shook his head and said: "From what I've seen, it might be Ma Xiaoquan who shouted to catch the thief."
"The thief shouts to catch the thief?" Zhu Youjian looked at the tall counselor.
"Yes, although Ma Xiaoquan made many enemies in the court, there was no conflict of interest, so there were only a few people who wanted to deal with him. The most likely one was Wei Zhongxian, but these days Wei Zhongxian is purging the Donglin Party
, had no time to take care of Ma Xiaoquan, and the bank bosses couldn’t possibly not know Ma Xiaoquan’s other identity, so Wei Chen believed that Ma Xiaoquan might have done it himself.”
The fat counselor shook his head and retorted: "Ma Xiaoquan did it himself? Unless he has lost his mind. It is said that the bank lost 30% of the money. Even if it was melted and re-poured, the loss would be not small. What's more... Ma Xiaoquan loves it very much.
If he has money, he will naturally not have trouble with money."
The tall counselor did not insist on his opinion. After all, it was just his guess. There was no evidence and it was not very credible.
Zhu Youjian chuckled and said: "Anyway, Ma Xiaoquan's losses this time are indeed great. Do you think I should go out and rescue him?"
The two advisers, Fatty and Gao, looked at each other, but neither of them said a word.
Zhu Youjian hummed and said, "If you don't say anything, it seems you don't suggest me to save him. Okay, then I'll just wait and see what happens."
...
Hua Yue complained about King Xin's indifference to Ma Xiaoquan, but Ma Xiaoquan took it lightly, because King Xin's attitude was completely within his expectations.
Hua Yue said: "If King Xin doesn't intervene, then isn't our game in vain?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and shook his head: "It's not in vain. King Xin's attitude is just right and we can use it in reverse."
"Reverse exploitation? What do you mean?"
Ma Xiaoquan explained: "Didn't King Xin not express his position? It just so happened that he did not express his position, but he did not refuse it explicitly, so we can take advantage of this and continue to negotiate with the bosses of the bank alliance under his banner.
, I think this time, we should have some head start in the negotiation. At the same time, I will go to the emperor to cry and ask the emperor to help me again. Well, this negotiation work, Yue'er, is up to you.
..."
Hua Yue nodded and said: "Okay, Your Majesty, I have to ask you to continue crying, hee hee..."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled helplessly, shrugged and said: "It's nothing. In the society of the world, the emperor is the biggest. If you make good use of the emperor, the road will be smooth, haha..."
...
The next day, Ma Xiaoquan and Hua Yue acted at the same time. Hua Yue led Lisa and several guards to the Qianzhuang Alliance House to negotiate with the bosses, while Ma Xiaoquan made himself disgraced and went to the palace to cry to the emperor.
Zhu Youxiao also heard about the fire at Ma's bank. When he saw Ma Xiaoquan with a decadent look on his face, he was a little worried and asked: "Ma Aiqing, how long will it take for the bank to open?"
Ma Xiaoquan's mouth flattened and he cried loudly: "Your Majesty, please let me make the decision for Wei Chen. Wei Chen devoted his whole heart to the Ming Dynasty, but he was plotted by a villain and burned Wei Chen's bank...
.”
Zhu Youxiao was also very angry. He patted the dragon chair and stood up and cursed angrily: "What brave bitch dares to touch my Ming Dynasty's bank?"
Zhu Youxiao's words were actually just angry words, but Ma Xiaoquan quickly captured the information inside and said quickly: "Yes, Your Majesty, the banks are all the banks of the Ming Dynasty. Wei Chen is suspicious, I'm afraid...
"
Wei Zhongxian was standing next to Zhu Youxiao. When he heard Ma Xiaoquan's words, he thought that Ma Xiaoquan was going to blame him, so he quickly interrupted and said: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is related to the deacon's usual behavior. Deacon
I am too straight-tempered and may offend some people..."
