Chapter 233: Women's intuition, only Long Wei Bo's lead is followed,
Xianzhang Hou's house was in chaos at the moment.
"Fifty thousand strings of cash!" Ma stamped her feet. "Where does our family get so much money?"
Du He covered his head with a cloth, looking weak as if pretending to be dead.
Madam Ma called his followers over and asked, "When did the Marquis make the bet with Jiang Qingzhi?"
The attendant said, "New Year's Day."
"At the grand court?"
"Yes."
"Are there any bets?"
"Nothing."
"Hahahaha!" Ma laughed triumphantly, "Without the bet, then Jiang Qingzhi means nothing. If we don't give him, we can sue him if we have the guts."
The follower looked confused and said, "Many people saw it."
"So what if he saw it?" Ma scolded, "Fifty thousand strings of cash cannot be raised even if you sell your house. Let alone seeing it, even if someone testifies, what does it matter? I won't admit it!"
"Madam." Someone came to report: "Someone came from the Changwei Marquis's Mansion, saying that..." The servant glanced at Du He who was pretending to be dead, "They said they came to collect the debt. They also said that if you don't pay..."
"Tell them, I won't give it to you." Ma stamped her feet, "Let's see what they dare to do!"
The servant said, "Those people said that if we don't give it, then your Majesty will make the decision."
"Your Majesty?" Ma sneered, "When has the court not said that gambling should be banned? How could Your Majesty slap yourself in the face?"
The people from Long Webber's house left.
And he didn't say anything harsh.
Everyone in the marquis's mansion was delighted.
In the afternoon, a eunuch came to the palace.
Du He pretended to be dead, and his son Du Bao received the eunuchs.
"The noble lady..." Du Bao said with a smile.
"The Marquis is not here?" the eunuch asked coldly.
"My father...is not feeling well." A brocade bag was quietly handed over.
This is an unspoken rule, and the eunuch should accept it with a smile.
"What do you want to do?" The eunuch said sternly, "We don't buy it."
This is wrong!
Du Bao was startled, thinking that the eunuch was greedy, so he took off the jade pendant from his waist, but the eunuch stepped back and said, "We are ordered to pass on the message!"
Du Bao felt very embarrassed holding the jade pendant and quickly stood up.
Somehow, he felt that there was some pity in the eunuch's eyes when he looked at him.
"promise!"
The eunuch left.
Du Bao stood there in a daze until Ma had not been seen for a long time and someone came to inquire about her. Only then did he stomp his feet and go back.
"Yes?" Ma was confused.
"Yes, it's just a promise." Du Bao said, "I don't know what this means."
"They said that Your Majesty likes to keep his subjects guessing." Ma frowned and looked at Du He who was pretending to be dead, only to find that Du He had opened his eyes, looking as mournful as if he had lost his parents.
"My Lord is awake?"
Everyone was overjoyed.
But Du He suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Master Hou!"
"Go and get a doctor."
"No need to go! You can't go!" Du He panted, grabbed his wife's hand, and stared at her, "Give me the money!"
"what money?"
"Fifty thousand strings of cash." Du He's mouth was still covered with blood. "The sooner the better."
"Why?" Ma screamed.
Du He cursed: "Stupid woman, just rely on that word of promise!"
"You mean..."
"Yes, promise! A promise is worth a thousand gold. Your Majesty has come in person to collect the debt for Jiang Qingzhi." Blood was oozing from the corner of Du He's mouth, but Ma was stunned.
After an unknown amount of time, Ma sat down on the ground and said, "Fifty thousand strings of cash, it's not even worth it even if I sell this house. It's ruined, ruined!"
She stared at Du He and gritted her teeth and said, "My Lord is so generous. He started with 50,000 strings of cash when he was betting with others. Now that his family is ruined, is my Lord still happy?"
Du He closed his eyes, "Stupid women, this Marquis... Qiu Luan and others praised the Palace Army Vanguard to the skies. This Marquis also watched the training of the Tiger Guards Left Guard and felt that they were just like that. This Marquis thought that we would win this battle... If we win 50,000 strings of cash, our Palace will be wealthy for ten years. But..."
"You are being stupid!" Ma couldn't help it anymore, pointing at Du He and scolding, "That's Jiang Qingzhi, whose literary talent makes the scholars in the capital afraid to write poems, and whose martial talent defeats the Altan cavalry that makes the nine borders become cowards.
How dare you, a fool like you who claims to be a man of military merit, make a bet with others?
You ate too much lard and lost your mind. You... you don't even look at yourself, how can you bet with such a young hero? "
……
The Xianzhang Marquis Mansion was in chaos.
"It is said that the couple had a fight, and Du He was defeated by his wife, and his face was scratched. Afterwards, Ma had people collect the money and sell off the property... It is said that it is almost done."
King Jing drank tea while talking about the news he had just learned.
Concubine Lu frowned at him and walked over to correct his crooked collar, "You're not even straight."
"Mother, fifty thousand strings of cash!" Even King Jing felt that the stakes were too high.
"Ma is decisive, otherwise..." Concubine Lu smiled. King Jing, who was familiar with his mother, smelled a sharp breath, "Mother, otherwise what?"
"Nothing." Concubine Lu urged, "Hurry up and study."
After Chen Yan sent Prince Jing away, she saw Concubine Lu sitting there in a daze, so she asked, "Are you worried about His Highness?"
"What I am worried about now is that His Majesty has become more and more attached to Long Wilbur."
"Isn't that a good thing?" Chen Yan asked.
"It's a good thing, but the Crown Prince is here. Once he feels threatened, those around him will come up with a plan, and there will be no peace in the palace from then on. That's fine, I know your Majesty's temper. It doesn't matter on weekdays, but as long as it touches the Crown Prince's roots..."
Concubine Lu raised her eyes, "Although His Majesty favors the Fourth Prince, the Crown Prince is the apple of his eye."
Chen Yan lowered her head, "At least we can help out with Long Wei Bo." "Did you see Long Wei Bo take the initiative to deal with the prince?"
"Nothing."
"This is what I admire about him, he knows his limits." Concubine Lu Jing sighed, "Your Majesty values family affection. With such a cousin, although the fourth brother's road will be difficult, he can at least continue."
"Yes! Your Majesty personally collected the debt for Lord Changwei. This favor is unprecedented." Chen Yan smiled and said, "What if the Xianzhang Marquisate does not pay?"
"No?" Concubine Lu brushed her sleeves and said lightly, "Then, the Ming Dynasty will have one less marquis from now on!"
……
It has to be said that in many cases women are more decisive and have more accurate judgment than men.
On the second day, people from Xianzhang Marquis's Mansion arrived. One carriage after another entered the alley and stopped outside the Marquis's Mansion.
"Please check it." The manager leading the team was very polite.
"Open." Fucheng nodded, and a servant opened the box.
All copper coins.
Cartloads of copper coins were brought into the house and all the warehouses were opened. The empty space was soon filled with copper coins.
Later on, it turned out to be gold and silver.
"It's impossible to mobilize so many copper coins at once, so we can use gold and silver instead. Is that possible?" asked the steward.
Fu Cheng nodded, "Master is not such a mean person. We will increase your price by 10% according to the official exchange rate."
The official exchange rate of gold and silver for copper coins was too low, so Fucheng's move made the seemingly calm manager burst into tears.
When he returned later, he reported the incident.
Ma said to Du He who was still pretending to be dead: "Even if Chang Wei Bo settled the gold and silver according to the official price, what else can we say? But he is so particular that he reduced the price by 10% as soon as he opened his mouth."
Seeing Du He curled his lips and gasped for air due to the scratches on his face, Ma sneered and said, "With this ten percent, at least we can have some money for the period of time, and we don't have to eat coarse food in the mansion!"
Du He said coldly: "Idiot, I have already sent people to ask my old friends for help. One percent...does this Marquis want it?"
Soon, the servants returned.
"My Lord, the steward of the Xianning Marquis's family said that the harvest was not good last year. Look, there is not much left."
"How much did Qiu Luan give?" Du He asked.
The servant bowed his head and said, "Fifty strings of cash."
Du He raised his head, pointed at the servant and wanted to curse, but then he fell down heavily.
"Look, I told you that you don't want to make friends with a young hero like Chang Wei Bo, but instead flatter an idiot like Qiu Luan. Fifty strings of cash, you're just treating a beggar like that!"
Ma stood up and said, "Hold up the Marquis."
"What do you want, you bitch?"
"What for?" Ma's eyebrows were raised, "To the Bo's Mansion!"
"What?" Du He was furious. "Who dares?"
"Ok!"
Ma looked around.
The servant looked at the couple.
"Carry him away!"
"Who dares? Let me go, let me go..."
……
Jiang Qingzhi was playing the bicycle in and out game and having a lot of fun.
"Master, we have a visitor."
The guest called himself Wang Xi and had some fame in the capital.
"What advice do you have?" Jiang Qingzhi asked calmly.
Wang Xi smiled and said, "I have long heard of the great name of Chang Wei Bo in the capital. These poems of his are really applauded!"
"Just say what you have to say!"
Jiang Qingzhi wanted to go back and continue exploring the secrets of space and had no time to deal with these people.
Wang Xi's eyes turned cold. "Chang Wei Bo offended the scholars of the world, and probably wanted to do military things from now on. However, this time, Chang Wei Bo made a group of military heroes look humiliated, and Chang Wei Bo led the purge of the Beijing Guards, which cut off their livelihood. The literary path is cut off, and the martial arts path is also cut off..."
"So, what do you want to say?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
Wang Xi's eyes warmed up slightly, "If the military heroes unite to fight back, Chang Wei Bo will be in danger!"
Jiang Qingzhi said sarcastically: "So you are here to be a lobbyist?"
Wang Xi nodded, "Someone asked me to tell Chang Wei Bo."
"explain."
"Bow your head, or..."
A servant came in and said, "Master, there are guests coming to visit."
"Who?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
"Don't block the way, my Lord has urgent business."
A woman's voice came.
Then, Jiang Qingzhi saw Du He, whose face was covered with scratches, being "supported" by his wife Ma.
"Speak!" Ma shouted.
Du He looked up at Jiang Qingzhi, his eyes full of unwillingness, but he felt a sharp pain in his waist and lowered his head.
"I, Mr. Du, overestimated my own abilities and offended Chang Wei Bo. I am here to apologize."
"You!" Wang Xi stood up suddenly.
Ma squatted down, "My master was bewitched and obsessed with opposing Lord Changwei, but now he has come to his senses. He is not here to ask for the 50,000 strings of cash. Lord Changwei, rest assured, I have only one thing to say..."
Ma looked up and said, "From now on, our Xianzhang Marquis Mansion will follow the lead of Changwei Bo Ma."
This is what it means to follow.
"Are you crazy?" Wang Xi looked at Du He in disbelief, hoping that he would scold him or at least express his opposition.
Du He recognized Wang Xi and his lips moved.
"Mr. Du, I will follow the lead of Mr. Wei."
(End of this chapter)
