Since it was late at night, Wang Jingzhi could not see Ma Xiaoquan sitting on the wall, and Ma Xiaoquan could not see Wang Jingzhi sneaking away under the wall.
Although they couldn't see each other, Wang Jingzhi was in the light and Ma Xiaoquan was in the dark. Ma Xiaoquan actually knew each other's every move.
A servant came up and said respectfully: "For your information, Mr. Deacon, the door crack of the north gate has been left."
Ma Xiaoquan spit out the melon seed rinds in his mouth and said: "Well, you did a good job, okay, go and get the reward!"
"Thank you, sir!"
"That's right! Don't mention today's events to anyone, otherwise your neck and the lives of your family will be ruined."
"yes"
...
Wang Jingzhi walked to the north gate and tried to push the gate. He was surprised to find that the gate was not closed tightly.
Wang Jingzhi was overjoyed and quickly pushed the city gate open to a gap that could be passed through.
A servant grabbed him and whispered: "Master, the North City Gate is usually closed, so why is there a crack today? Is it a scam?"
Although Wang Jingzhi also knew that there might be fraud, but the current emergency was such that someone might have been negligent.
The opportunity was right in front of him, and it was up to him to decide whether to take it or not. Wang Jingzhi thought about it and finally decided to slip out through the crack in the door.
In fact... as early as when Wang Jingzhi pushed open the North City Gate, Ma Xiaoquan had already noticed it based on a string tied to the North City Gate.
Looking at the rope that was gradually tightening to the point that it was about to break, Ma Xiaoquan grinned, waved, and immediately came over with two of his men.
"Give a few more people, follow them, and determine their whereabouts. Remember, you have to stay hidden and keep an eye on me for twelve hours."
"Yes!" The two men retreated respectfully.
...
In the courtyard of Yongsheng Bank, Mr. Wang never rested until a servant came back to report that Master Jingzhi had slipped away from the North City Gate. Mr. Wang took a long breath.
Mr. Wang was not the person involved and didn't know how his son slipped out from the North City Gate. Anyway, he had already escaped. Now, even if Ma Xiaoquan was looking for Jingzhi, he couldn't do anything, haha...
The next day, Mr. Wang was in a good mood and went to visit Ma Xiaoquan. Ma Xiaoquan pretended to be in the dark and kept urging Mr. Wang.
Mr. Wang just nodded throughout the whole process, as if he understood. At the end of the conversation, Mr. Wang stood up and patted Ma Xiaoquan on the shoulder, saying: "Thanks to Boss Quan this time, well, yesterday's assistance has been in place, right?"
"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Wang, for your help. Our Ma's Bank reopened today. Well, the business after the opening is even better than before."
"Haha, where, where..."
"By the way..." Ma Xiaoquan changed the topic and said as if he was taking advantage of others' short hands and short mouths, "Well, I have crossed out Brother Jing's name from the names of the people I detained, um,
In other words, there is no such suspect as Wang Jingzhi."
Wang Laoyi was overjoyed when he heard this, but on the surface he still pretended to be innocent: "Hey, it's all thanks to Boss Quan this time."
"No, no, yes, but I think it's better for Jingzhi not to go out recently, so as not to cause trouble to him."
Mr. Wang nodded: "Of course."
...
Not long after Mr. Wang left, a servant came to report that they had found out where Wang Jingzhi was.
Ma Xiaoquan was a little surprised: "Don't Wang Jingzhi run farther away?"
The servant asked: "Could it be that Wang Jingzhi thinks that the most dangerous place is also the safest place?"
Ma Xiaoquan laughed, nodded and said: "It's really possible, well, keep watching."
"yes!"
Hua Yue walked into the room, saw Ma Xiaoquan's triumphant expression, and smiled: "What makes you so happy?"
Ma Xiaoquan glanced at his servant, who said respectfully: "In reply to Madam's words, Wang Jingzhi has not gone far and is still hiding around the capital."
"Oh? Does he think that the most dangerous place is also the safest place?"
Ma Xiaoquan answered: "Yue'er, you said the same thing, haha... I think Wang Jingzhi probably thinks so."
"What now?"
Ma Xiaoquan frowned: "Wang Jingzhi, I definitely can't arrest him anymore, but I can let others arrest him, huh."
"Someone else? Who?"
"Hey, who do you think is the one in the Ming Dynasty who has such great power to arrest and deal with people?"
Hua Yue's beautiful eyes flashed twice: "You don't want Wei Zhongxian to arrest Wang Jingzhi, do you? Their Yongsheng Bank has already taken refuge with Wei Zhongxian. Do you think Wei Zhongxian will arrest Wang Jingzhi?"
"Humph, of course not under normal circumstances, but now that foreign enemy spies are involved, this is a matter of beheading. No matter how stupid Wei Zhongxian is, he can't condone this. Besides... Yongsheng Bank's
Wei Zhongxian is wealthy and extremely fond of amassing money, so I don’t believe he is not greedy for Yongsheng Bank’s money.”
"Then...what do you do?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly and waved to the servant next to him, who stepped forward respectfully...
In the evening, Wei Zhongxian's home.
A group of eunuchs gathered together to discuss matters. Wei Zhongxian was sitting on the seat, squinting his eyes and drinking the fragrant tea from the cup.
At present, Zuo Guangdou, Yang Lian and other important figures of the Donglin Party have all been captured by him, but there are still some difficult and stunning figures of the Donglin Party who have not been captured by him. Although Wei Zhongxian is satisfied with the current progress of the suppression, he still remembers
He was a little worried because he couldn't get rid of the weeds.
Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian asked: "How long will it take to capture all the remaining Donglin Party members?"
Li Yongzhen raised his head and said respectfully: "Master Wei, I'm afraid it won't take long to resolve..."
"Huh? What's wrong?" Wei Zhongxian put down the teacup in his hand and asked.
Li Yongzhen said: "If we want to completely eliminate the remnants of the Donglin Party, we still need a lot of witnesses and physical evidence, but collecting witnesses and evidence requires money..."
Wei Zhongxian snorted: "It's true what you said. How much money do we have now?"
Li Yongzhen said awkwardly: "It's not much, so we have to come up with some money."
"Ma Xiaoquan, can you find some?"
Li Yongzhen shook his head: "Ma Xiaoquan is currently searching the city of Beijing with the emperor's order. Although it is possible to search for some black money, if we intervene, given Ma Xiaoquan's character, I am afraid he will fight us to death. Mr. Wei, you also know
, that man Ma Xiaoquan is treacherous, we’d better not offend him at the moment.”
"Then, okay..." Wei Zhongxian was a little reluctant and asked, "Then how can we get the money?"
Li Yongzhen thought for a while and said: "Master Wei, Yongsheng Bank... I wonder if you are interested?"