Xie Ming

Chapter 517 Bet
On the way to Changzhou, Qin Jing was traveling a little faster, so he caught up with him after two hours, but he still didn't see the team in front of him.

For this reason, Xiao Huan stopped the march, fearing that Ma Weimin had a leg disease and would get hurt again by marching so fast.

So he sent someone to explore the front of the court, while he and Lao Ma walked a few steps and sat down on the grass on the gentle slope away from the wind!

In the south of the Yangtze River, a land of fish, rice and water, the wild slopes are covered with green grass, the breeze is warm, and stretching your body is indescribably comfortable.

After Ma Weimin's advice and heart-to-heart talk, Xiao Lang understood his intentions, but he did not act pretentiously.

"Ah!"

"Old horse, old horse!"

"You old man, stop taking credit for it here!"

"The reason why I, Xiao Jingchuan, left the front line and returned to Beijing has nothing to do with you!"

"I don't want to!"

“But there is no other way.”

"Three days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, I evacuated Jinan from the north bank of the Yellow River. I entered the city and found out that the emperor had issued three urgent summons to force me to return to the court!"

"It's because of you?!"

"I have no other options!"

"On the night I came back, I entered the palace late at night, and was assigned this kind of task again!"

"You think I'm willing to take on this mess?!"

"Is there any job in this world more difficult than investigating you, Old Ma?!"

While speaking, he nodded fiercely to Ma Weimin.

Old Ma looked at him, embarrassed, and when Xiao exposed his true feelings, he also felt depressed.
"Okay!"

"You, don't give me that face again!"

"It's just an errand!"

"I have another way!"

While speaking, Xiao Jingchuan glanced at Ma Weimin's reluctance to speak and did not press him too much.

In response to this, Lao Ma raised his eyebrows. Seeing that the conversation had come to this point, he never thought that Jin Xiaolang would not force him to ask.
He was distracted by surprise, and was quite confused about the person in front of him. He couldn't tell his pulse, so he started to talk to find out.

"This...ah, I...ah"

"Brother!"

"It's not that we, Lao Ma, don't cooperate, it's mainly..."

"Humph!"

"You've taken on this errand, and there's really no way to investigate further!"

"The lives and property of so many people are hanging in there, and the safety of the whole family is in danger!"

"All of them are connected with bristles!"

"I'm not telling you because it's for your own good!"

"If I really tell you everything, I'll just be harming you!"

"I can't just watch you, the Duke with such a bright future, fall into this."

"Here."

It is true that Ma is doing things for the people and has his own ulterior motives, but he does not say much about the inside story, so as to put Xiao in a dangerous situation, which also shows his true intentions.

"Ah!"

"Definitely!"

"You can do it now!"

"Stop!"

"Who asked you again?!" Xiao pretended to roll his eyes.

"Hey, how about this!"

"Let's make a bet right here!"

"What do you say?!" Xiao Guai started talking.

Upon hearing this, Ma Weimin was stunned. He really had no idea what Xiao Jingchuan was up to.

"Uh, what?!"

"bet?!"

"What do you want to bet on?!"

Lao Ma is a veteran at the card table. When it comes to gambling, this old guy has quite a bit of experience.

But the situation was unclear at the moment, so he was rather bewildered and speechless.

"Ah"

"What were we talking about?"

"Let's make a bet on this!" "At noon in Jiangning, Liao Gengshen tried every possible means to get you to say that you have a dirty debt in your pocket!"

"If I don't ask, you can't tell me!"

"Then let's do this!"

"I have a lot of other things to do when I go to Changzhou. You can just give me some advice, that's all!"

"No matter what the mess you have done, it's hard to talk about it, so let's not mention it to anyone anymore!"

"From now on!"

"From now on, until I return to Beijing to report on my work, anyone who brings this up again will lose!"

"How do you compare?!"

In a short while, Ma Weimin will search Xiao Lang's face with his eyes.

After Xiao Wei finished speaking, he was gone for a long while. He couldn't figure out what this man wanted to do and why he was so quick and decisive.
There was no way to investigate, no other solution, so he had to go with the flow, and Old Ma could only continue the conversation nervously.

"Hiss——" Full of suspicion, Ma Weimin took a deep breath.

"Well, we can make a bet like this!"

"Well, there has to be a bet or something, right?"

At the same time as Ma Weimin continued his speech, progress was explored again.

"Bet, yes, of course there has to be one!"

"Besides, since we're just playing, let's go big!"

"So, whoever loses will find a way to make up for the disaster relief grain owed to Changzhou and Danyang a few days ago. How about that?!"

Xiao Jingchuan suddenly brought up the matter of Changzhou, and this move should not be underestimated.

I think that would be a gap of several thousand shi of grain!

As soon as these words were spoken, Ma Weimin stared with his eyes wide open and quickly shrank his neck back.

"Hey, I, ouch!"

"Brother Xiao, you, you..."

"I, Ma Weimin, really don't have that much ability!"

"If you open your mouth, you will have thousands of shi of grain. We can't afford this!"

"Please forgive me!"

"If it doesn't work, just stew me!"

Ma Weimin was quick-witted and realized that there might be something fishy going on, so he quickly backed out, leaned back, and moved backwards.

"What?"

"Don't dare?!"

"I took you for a man!"

"Let's talk about this matter again. If you make it clear, you won't suffer any loss!"

Xiao Lang continued his provocation.

Ma Weimin was very upset to hear these words and started to think about them carefully.

No matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn't see any sign of deception or fraud on Xiao Jingchuan's face.

He became anxious and his gambling nature came to his head. Besides, they had already gotten to the point of talking to each other, and if he continued to act like a grandson, he would have missed the opportunity and would never get the chance to do so again!
Then, the old man rolled his eyes and straightened his body.

"kindness"

"That!"

"I'll take this bet!"

"But I, Old Ma, have something to say!"

"There are no fathers and sons, no brothers at the gambling table!"

"Now that this bet has been made, there is no way to go back on it!"

Ma Weimin was so cautious and nervous that he finished his words in case Xiao Lang didn't admit it in the future. While he was still talking, he quickly stretched out his palm!

Later, Xiao also understood what he meant.

Just heard a snap!
The two of them put their hands together and knocked together!
"A real man, once he speaks, he can't take it back!" Xiao Hui said directly and firmly.

Seeing this attitude, Ma Weimin also breathed a sigh of relief.

It is hard to imagine that he has been worried all the way. Now that he has changed his allegiance, it is true that he has followed the new Duke of Jingguo, but it also involves him with many of his old troubles, many of which are difficult to talk about.

Now that's great, Xiao Jingchuan came over and let bygones be bygones. Ma Weimin had never expected such a good thing, and he had never dared to hope for it.

Now that the bet is in place, his previous gloom is instantly swept away, and his mood becomes much more open and bright!
Suddenly!

At the same time, it is at this section!
Suddenly, not far away, a horseman came chasing after me from behind on the grass slope and earth hill!

(End of this chapter)