Wang Zhidong is Mr. Wang's given name. In terms of age, Mr. Wang and Wei Zhongxian are almost the same age, so Wei Zhongxian calls Mr. Wang by his given name.
"Yes, it's Wang Zhidong's bank!" Li Yongzhen smiled sinisterly.
"Yongzhen, if you have any ideas, please tell me."
Li Yongzhen said: "Ma Xiaoquan's search across the capital a few days ago is said to have captured Wang Zhidong's son Wang Jingzhi, but my subordinates have just received the news that Wang Jingzhi slipped away from the north gate of the city."
"Sneaked away?" Wei Zhongxian frowned and said, "Ma Xiaoquan caught a Jurchen spy. Wang Jingzhi slipped away. What does it have to do with the spy?"
Li Yongzhen said: "Wang Jingzhi is probably a Jurchen spy."
Beside him, Wang Tiqian interjected: "In that case, Wang Zhidong is very likely to be a Jurchen spy."
Wei Zhongxian dragged his chin and thought for a while, then ordered Tian Ergen: "Go and investigate Wang Zhidong's details, the sooner the better."
Tian Ergen said respectfully: "Yes!"
Wei Zhongxian chuckled: "If Wang Zhidong is really a Jurchen spy, then we can confiscate his Yongsheng Bank's money openly, haha."
Wang Tiqian worriedly said: "Master Wei, what should Ma Xiaoquan do if he doesn't want to?"
"Unwilling? Catch the spies. Why doesn't he want to? If he dares to stop him, he will be punished as a Jurchen spy, huh."
...
In the study room of the Ma family, Ma Xiaoquan was tapping the desk rhythmically. In front of him stood the servant he had previously ordered to do something.
"Li Yongzhen... what was your reaction after hearing the news?" Ma Xiaoquan stopped tapping on the table and asked calmly.
"It looked calm and relaxed, but he left quickly."
"Huh, that's interesting. Now Wei Zhongxian should know that Wang Jingzhi is gone. Next, it depends on how Wei Zhongxian catches Wang Jingzhi."
"Sir, what are you going to do next?"
Ma Xiaoquan glanced at the man and asked, "You are very efficient in doing things. What is your name?"
"To tell you what, the little one is called Tiedan."
"Tiedan? Don't you have a name?"
Tiedan shook his head: "To tell you what the adults are saying, no, the little one has had no father or mother since he was a child. Everyone calls Tiedan the same name. He's used to it. That's all."
"Well, let's do this. From now on, you can take my last name and call you Ma Tiedan. How about that?"
Tiedan nodded heavily: "Thank you, sir, for the surname. From now on, the little one will be called Ma Tiedan."
"Okay, but I'll call you Tiedan. Well, Tiedan, let me ask you, do you know how to read?"
Tiedan shook his head: "I don't know how to read, and I don't want to know how to read."
"Haha, then I won't force you. I'll ask you again, have you married a wife?"
Tiedan's face turned red, he lowered his head and said, "Sir, I like Cuihua."
"Cuihua? Oh, you mean the girl in the kitchen at home? OK, let me tell you and see if Cuihua agrees?"
With a "pop" sound, Ma Tiedan knelt down and kowtowed three times.
"Okay, you go down first. I'll tell you if anything happens."
"Yes, my lord"
...
After Ma Tiedan withdrew, Ma Xiaoquan called two more confidants of the Ma family and said, "Check out Tiedan's life experience carefully. Dig as deep as you can. I want to make sure his history is clean."
"As you command!"
...
On Wei Zhongxian's side, because he learned from Li Yongzhen that Mr. Wang's son Wang Jingzhi might be a Jurchen spy, he immediately sent Dongchang's elite to conduct a secret search.
Ma Xiaoquan also sent Tiedan to secretly spread the news about Wang Jingzhi's whereabouts to Li Yongzhen intentionally or unintentionally, and then passed it on to Wei Zhongxian through Li Yongzhen's mouth.
Although Li Yongzhen doubted the reliability of the information he got, after searching for a long time, he could not locate the source of the information. Anyway, he was just a subordinate. It was up to Master Wei to decide whether he could do it or not. Besides, if the information about Wang Jingzhi's whereabouts was confirmed,
Then you can also take credit for it.
A few days later, Ma Xiaoquan saw that the time was almost ripe, so he ordered Tiedan to reveal Wang Jingzhi's final location to Li Yongzhen. At the same time, he pretended that nothing was wrong and went to Mr. Wang's Yongsheng Bank to chat with Mr. Wang.
Mr. Wang didn't know that there was a scam, and he thought Ma Xiaoquan was very interesting. He not only entertained him warmly, but also let Ma Xiaoquan stay overnight at Yongsheng Bank.
Little did they know that just when Mr. Wang was feeling proud, Wang Jingzhi had been secretly arrested by factory guards of the Dongchang in a private house in a village near the capital.
At noon the next day, Ma Xiaoquan returned home from Yongsheng Bank. Not long after Ma Xiaoquan left, Mr. Wang also learned that his son had been arrested.
Wang Laoyi began to suspect that Ma Xiaoquan did it, but based on what Ma Xiaoquan said and behaved when he stayed at Yongsheng Bank yesterday, he felt that it was not Ma Xiaoquan's doing.
Mr. Wang is very anxious, because Jingzhi holds many secrets of correspondence with the Jurchens. If Jingzhi cannot withstand the torture and confesses, then the fate of Yongsheng and the entire Wang family will...
Thinking of this, Mr. Wang quickly found Ma Xiaoquan and dragged him to inquire about the news.
Ma Xiaoquan agreed and informed Mr. Wang that evening that Wang Jingzhi had been arrested by Wei Zhongxian.
Hearing that Mr. Wei had captured his son, Wang Jingzhi took a long breath, but he couldn't figure out why Mr. Wei wanted to arrest Wang Jingzhi. Logically speaking, it should be impossible. Our Wang family and Yongsheng are both members of Mr. Wei.
ah.
At night, Mr. Wang went to Wei Zhongxian's house to visit him, but was told that Mr. Wei was ill and could not see guests.
Mr. Wang felt uneasy in his heart, but he couldn't show it, so he had to go home and visit again tomorrow.
Late at night, the more Mr. Wang thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was something fishy about the matter, so he went to Ma's house overnight to look for Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan expected Mr. Wang to come back, but he still pretended to be asleep and asked Mr. Wang to wait for him in the main hall of the Ma family for half an hour.
...
After seeing Ma Xiaoquan, Mr. Wang said in a trembling voice with red eyes, "Sir, you must save my son this time?"
"What's wrong?" Ma Xiaoquan asked, rubbing his eyes deliberately, as if he hadn't slept enough.
"I went to Wei Zhongxian's house today, but I didn't see him."
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head, still looking dizzy.
The servant brought a cup of tea. After Ma Xiaoquan drank half of it, he raised his head and said, "Are you going to see Wei Zhongxian? Why, are you from Wei Zhongxian?"
Mr. Wang nodded with a wry smile and said: "Now that the matter has come to this, I won't hide it. I am indeed Wei Zhongxian's man, but this is just because he is so powerful and I have no choice but to do it."
Ma Xiaoquan showed a mocking look: "Mr. Wang, you know that I, Ma Xiaoquan, and Wei Zhongxian are not on good terms. You are indeed his. What do you want from me now? Do you want me to save your son? Am I that capable?"