Chapter 179 Decisive Talent, Psychopath Xu Wei
Ma Chongde always felt that his family was lucky.
When his ancestor was about to starve to death, the city was captured by the Red Turban Army. The boy got a bowl of porridge. After drinking the porridge, the boy joined the Red Turban Army.
This man's military record was quite mediocre. He followed Emperor Taizu into battle, and when he returned triumphantly, someone tried to assassinate Emperor Taizu. Unfortunately, the assassin happened to be bumped into by Ma Chongde's ancestor.
A scream... and wealth will come to your house from then on.
After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Ma Chongde's ancestor was granted the title of earl.
But the prosperity and wealth did not last long, as the Jingnan Campaign began.
Ma Chongde's ancestor followed the army to attack King Yan and won the first battle, but the situation soon reversed, the army collapsed, and Ma Chongde's ancestor fled back in embarrassment.
The army of Prince Yan was approaching the city, and Ma Chongde's ancestor was guarding the city gate.
Someone came to ask for a meeting in the middle of the night, and without waiting for the other party to speak, Ma Chongde's ancestor handed over the key to the city gate.
Open the city gates to welcome King Yan!
Thus, the Ma family became rich again.
But ever since Ma Chongde's ancestor passed away, it seemed as if the entire family's luck had gone with him.
It is common for children and grandchildren to fail to live up to their parents' expectations, but Ma Chongde's grandfather actually fell in love with a woman in a brothel and threatened to divorce his wife and marry the famous prostitute.
When the censor learned about this immoral thing, the people were outraged!
After a wave of impeachments, Ma Chongde's grandfather fell.
By the time of Ma Chongde's generation, the Ma family had actually become a hollow earl. Just when they were at their wit's end, Ma Chongde rescued a man who was being chased and hacked. Upon inquiry, he turned out to be a grassland smuggler.
From then on, Ma transformed himself into the largest beef smuggler in the capital and made a fortune.
It would have been fine if he just wanted to make money. By taking advantage of the opportunity of smuggling beef, Ma Chongde established a network of relationships in the military. Under the influence of this network, his two sons' momentum in the military was booming.
Given time, the Ma family may become a new general.
But now he just wanted to escape.
Ma Chongde was very fat and swayed back and forth in the carriage as it bumped around.
His grandson Ma Long tried to support him while lifting the curtain to look behind.
Several riders could be seen from afar, and this group of people had been chasing us closely since we left the city.
"Grandfather, they are still behind." Malone lowered the curtain, "Does Long Wilbur really want to kill them all?"
Ma Chongde chuckled, "I was the one who provided the evidence when Jiang Qingzhi was impeached for smuggling on the grassland. I didn't expect that the Yan Party was incompetent, but it helped Jiang Qingzhi gain a reputation for being good at fighting.
I thought the matter was over, but I didn't expect that someone has been watching our family for the past few months. By chance, our guards discovered that those people came from the Long Wei Palace. "
"Then why doesn't he do it right away?" Ma Long felt that if he were in his place, he would not wait that long.
"I didn't know it at first, but I've been worried for the past few months." Ma Chongde patted his belly, "My belly, which had been unable to lose weight for a long time, has become much thinner. I couldn't sleep at night, and I couldn't enjoy my food... When I woke up in the morning, there was a pile of hair on my pillow. At that moment, I realized that the fear of the unknown is the real punishment."
Ma Chongde sighed, "I have been suffering for the past few months. I made up my mind and took a risk. I had someone throw a poisonous snake into the Jiang family, hoping to alert the enemy and see what Jiang Qingzhi would do. But not long after, the guards discovered that there were several big men outside..."
"I left the city under the pretext of going on a picnic, hoping to avoid the limelight. I didn't expect Jiang Qingzhi's men to chase me closely. This shows that Jiang Qingzhi had already prepared to attack me."
Ma Chongde looked at his grandson and said, "Wulang, go ahead!"
"Grandfather!" Ma Long shook his head. "In all fairness, I don't believe Jiang Qingzhi dares to do that."
"Fool." Ma Chongde reached out and touched his grandson's cheek, saying kindly: "This circle is not as simple as you think. But the impeachment of Jiang Qingzhi was initiated by Cui Yuan. I have sent someone to the Prince Consort's Mansion for help. As long as Cui Yuan helps, we can get through the difficulties for the time being. Then you can go to the south to find a place to live in seclusion, and come back when the storm is over."
"What about you, Grandfather?"
"Me?" Ma Chongde said with a smile, "Since I attacked Jiang Qing, I should be aware of the punishment after failure. This is the law of nature. Remember, don't think about revenge. This is just retribution."
Da da da!
The sound of horse hooves approached. Ma Chongde lifted the curtain to take a look. His expression changed drastically. He turned around and said, "Wu Lang, get off the car!"
"Grandfather, I don't..."
"Go down!"
Ma Chongde pushed his grandson off the carriage and smiled at Ma Long who fell to the ground: "After all, it's not a matter of life and death. Jiang Qingzhi won't embarrass you. Tell your father and others that the Ma family has been dormant for twenty years..."
"grandfather!"
Xu Wei and Hu Zongxian met with the guards.
"Ma Chongde is just ahead."
Sun Bu Tong said, "He took his grandson Ma Long with him."
"That's the one in front." A guard spotted Ma Long.
"Do you want it..." Sun Bu Tong asked, pressing the handle of the knife.
Hu Zongxian shook his head, "What the uncle wants is to kill the chicken to scare the monkey."
Xu Wei said: "Intercept it!"
The guards rode forward on their horses and stopped the carriage.
"Everyone, this is..."
Ma Chongde got off the carriage with a smile.
"There's no one here." Hu Zongxian pointed around.
At this moment, the carriage stopped at a remote road with weeds growing all over the road, which showed that there were few pedestrians on weekdays.
Ma Chongde cupped his hands and said, "The Yan Party is behind this. I know that I have offended the power of Chang Wei Bo. How about 30,000 strings of cash?"
Hu Zongxian shook his head. "My uncle said he needs an explanation."
"Sure enough." Ma Chongde laughed bitterly, "Over the years, I have used money to carve out a path, but now I have fallen because of money. This is retribution!"
Da da da!
A rider came from a distance and saw the situation here, and shouted, "Master."
Ma Chongde recognized this man as the guard he had sent to the Prince Consort's residence, and he could not help but be overjoyed, "What does Prince Consort Cui say?"
The guard shouted, "Prince Consort Cui had me driven out, saying that this matter had nothing to do with him."
Ma Long limped over, "Grandfather, bow your head!"
Ma Chongde smiled bitterly, "Sure enough, we are all scapegoats."
Xu Wei said to Hu Zongxian, "What do you mean, Master?"
Hu Zongxian said, "If you hadn't been prepared, we wouldn't have gotten through that. Ma Chongde must be severely punished. In addition, Ma Chongde's two sons are in the army. You have already discussed it with Cheng Guogong, so wait a while before taking action." "This will deter those villains!" Xu Wei nodded, but he felt unsatisfied. "You can actually use Ma Chongde's sons as a threat and make him bite Cui Yuan back."
This guy is indeed the poisonous scholar that Master Bo mentioned...Hu Zongxian: "..."
"What does Ma Chongde want to do?" Sun Bu Tong said.
Ma Chongde shouted at Ma Long, "Wulang, remember, the grudge between our family and Chang Wei Bo is now settled, and you must not bear any grudges from now on."
Ma Long was puzzled, "Grandfather, what are you going to do?"
Ma Chongde smiled at Xu Wei and Hu Zongxian, "Tell Chang Wei that I will take responsibility for my mistakes. The impeachment against Chang Wei was not my original intention, but I had no choice because of the situation. I'm sorry..."
At some point, a dagger appeared in Ma Chongde's hand.
"Cui Yuan, once you get to the underground, I will also watch what happens to you!"
Ma Chongde thrust the dagger into his lower abdomen with force.
Stirred it a few times.
"grandfather!"
Ma Long rushed over and supported Ma Chongde who was slowly kneeling down.
Hu Zongxian was stunned, "My uncle didn't want to kill him!"
"He wants to use his death to protect the future of his children and grandchildren." Xu Wei's expression was complicated. "This man is decisive. What a pity."
"Grandfather!" Ma Long cried to the sky over there.
……
"Suicide?"
Jiang Qingzhi was also a little surprised.
He suddenly smiled bitterly, "This is a self-torture trick."
Hu Zongxian said: "After his death, it will be difficult for the uncle to touch his descendants."
The incident was instigated by the Yan Party, and Ma Chongde and others were just cannon fodder.
Now that the cannon fodder has committed suicide, Jiang Qingzhi's anger has been vented.
"This is a talented person." Xu Wei said, "It's a pity that he didn't have the right time."
Jiang Qingzhi called Sun Bu Tong in and said, "Go and find out if Ma Chongde has seen a doctor recently. Ask him clearly."
Sun Bu Tong went out.
Sun Bu Tong came back in the evening.
"Ma Chongde started taking medicine frequently half a year ago. I found the doctor who treated him and he said that Ma Chongde had a terminal illness and would not survive this year."
Xu Wei: “…”
Hu Zongxian: “…”
How did the uncle guess it?
The two exchanged glances, both finding it incredible.
In the past, there were many ways to defraud insurance. Jiang Qingzhi just tried it out, but he didn't expect to guess it right. He suddenly laughed, "This person is cunning to the extreme."
He's going to die anyway, so dying early will solve a big problem for the family.
"Talent!" Hu Zongxian praised sincerely.
Xu Wei was a little depressed, and went out for a walk with Hu Zongxian later in the evening. Hu Zongxian noticed and asked, "Why don't you change?"
"I pride myself on my unrivaled strategy, but I was frustrated twice by Lord Bo."
Hu Zongxian found it funny, "Your strategy is certainly not bad, but you forgot that the reason why Lord Bo is where he is today is not because of his status as His Majesty's cousin."
He patted Xu Wei's shoulder and said, "When my uncle was in Datong, I thought a playboy had come. General Altan led his army to attack, and the whole city was in panic, but my uncle led his army to attack...
At that time, I was thinking that this man was not only a dandy, but also a self-righteous fool. When the good news came, I felt the same as you do now. "
"My Lord is unfathomable, Wenchang, you'd better restrain your arrogance in front of him."
Xu Wei was silent.
After a long while, he said, "There is a long way to go!"
On the second day, Jiang Qingzhi discovered that Xu Wei's attitude towards him had changed a little.
When sitting down in front of me, I no longer deliberately cross my legs.
The humiliating experiences since childhood made Xu Wei's character somewhat distorted, and the experience of being a son-in-law made his already distorted character even more inferior and crazy.
The heaviest blow came from repeated failures in the exams… Others were fine with repeated failures, but who was Xu Wei? A famous talent.
The higher you stand, the harder you fall.
Overwhelmed, Xu Wei used all kinds of arrogant, even crazy words and deeds to cover up his inner despair and confusion.
For example, sitting with legs apart, also known as sitting cross-legged, is a disrespectful behavior. Xu Wei used this action to show his disdain for power, but in Jiang Qingzhi's eyes, it was a mental patient's counterattack against the injustice of the world.
In history, when Hu Zongxian was arrested and imprisoned, Xu Wei was so frightened and angry that he reportedly attempted suicide nine times, but failed.
He later killed his second wife.
At this point, Xu Wei's mental illness had reached the Mahayana stage.
Jiang Qingzhi was thinking about Xu Wei all the way to the outside of the West Garden.
Cui Yuan also came.
There is also the long-missed Zhao Wenhua.
Zhao Wenhua had just been released from the imperial prison, and when he saw Jiang Qingzhi he thought of the torment he had endured during this period.
Cui Yuan sneered, "I heard that Lord Changwei forced Ma Chongde to commit suicide yesterday? Although the Ma family is in decline, they are still the earls of the Ming Dynasty. Lord Changwei, you have crossed the line."
Zhao Wenhua chimed in, "Such things are appalling, the censor should report the matter upon hearing the rumors."
Several imperial censors were whispering to one side. After hearing this, one of them said solemnly, "We are responsible for this matter."
(End of this chapter)
