Xie Ming

Chapter 536 Sit back and relax
The night raid is over, and we are cleaning up the mess.
Xiao ordered Qin Jingxiang to make arrangements, bandaged the wound on his left arm, called Chang Ting and Ma Weimin, and left the corridor, went into the house and destroyed the room.

A few moments!

Xiao sat down at the central table in the room, and Chang Ting stood beside him, served him a cup of tea.

"Well, you kid, you really make me worry."

"I just went down to the corridor outside, and those outsiders from Zhenjiang were standing next to me. What are you talking about?!"

"If I don't stop you, what are you going to do?"

"Are you going to take away all of his old Ma's little troubles? Huh?!"

Xiao Lang took the tea bowl, feeling distressed and angry, and uttered a few words of complaint, which were all personal words.

Upon hearing this, Changting felt ashamed, hesitated and went away awkwardly, not knowing how to respond.

Looking from the side, Ma Weimin had been feeling extremely embarrassed and ashamed since he had just stepped down.

First, because of his own affairs, he repeatedly put Xiao Jingchuan in danger, and later he followed him all the way, but he didn't make any progress.

It is said that even if one joins the mountains and becomes a bandit, one still has to show a sign of surrender.

My performance these days is really not good enough, and it's no wonder that others ridicule me, this is the truth!
In the end, at this moment, his brother Xiao was stabbed while trying to rescue him.

If I am not careful and the poisoned arrow I just mentioned gets lost, how will I cope with the situation then?
I feel so ashamed and angry!

"Ugh!"

"Brother! This matter really cannot be blamed on him."

"He's right, this fucking mess is all caused by me!"

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble, brother. I, I'm so sorry!"

Ma Weimin felt guilty about what he said, but seeing that there was no harm in the situation, he could not help but open his watch.

"Hey! Come on."

"Between you and me, why bother about this?"

"But right now, this assassination is endless. Today, Yue Xiu is assigned by me to another task and is not at the scene."

"When he comes back, we must investigate this matter immediately."

"We can't keep being passive."

"If it keeps going like this, something bad will happen sooner or later!"

Xiao Jingchuan also felt scared when he heard this.

Upon hearing this, Lao Ma's eyes showed some sincerity, and he stood there in a daze.

After a moment of stalemate, the three fell silent.

"Brother, okay, Brother Xiao."

"Sincerity for sincerity, I, Old Ma, didn't make a mistake in choosing you. It's not in vain that we have been friends with you, my brother!"

"It's a pity that we met too late, it's really a pity that we met too late!"

"have to!"

"Brother, we made that bet in the suburbs of Changzhou before."

"I, Ma Weimin, admit defeat!"

"I'm willing to admit defeat!"

"Well, I'm telling you the truth."

"I, Old Ma, do have a book of accounts in my hands!"

"A book filled with private accounts of bribery and corruption by officials in the court, provincial governments at all levels, and even in the cabinet!" Ma Weimin was finally willing to reveal all his cards.

Hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan raised his eyebrows, his expression tensed, and he quickly raised his hand to signal Chang Ting to go to the door and keep his place, so as not to let other outsiders get close.

"Oh! You old horse, you are really capable."

"I knew there must be something wrong with you, which caused all this trouble."

"But I didn't expect that there really is such a thing as a bad account book!" Xiao echoed.

"Hi!"

"Brother, you also know that I was previously in charge of the grain tax collection in Nanzhili and even the entire Liangjiang area. I was in charge of all the grain tax collection in Nanzhili and Liangjiang areas!"

"There are so many twists and turns here!"

"If I don't remember, and I have some evidence in my hand, I might be stabbed to death in the street one day!"

"Uh, look here."

"Recently, regarding the grain transfer from the south to the north, I remember all the corruption and deductions by the officials in charge of various places."

"Ah, the Ministry of Revenue, in previous years, the grain tax was collected to allow officials and gentry to evade taxes and take advantage of loopholes. There are so many tricks involved."

"Let me tell you this. Over the years, the detailed records of the money, taxes, and silver taxes in Liangjiang, uh, and especially in the southern part of Zhili, as well as the accounts of the private deductions taken by various officials, I have them all here!"

"Why can't Jiang Ning and his inspection team, a bunch of rubbish, interrogate me?"

"Humph! They need to be brave enough to do this!"

Ma Weimin told him the secret story in detail.

Hearing this, Xiao Zi was shocked, but secretly happy.

It seems that Ma Weimin was right.

All the fear and worry along the way was not in vain.

"Well, if that's what you said, then it makes sense that they would hire someone to assassinate you." "Then who do you think assigned this group of assassins?"

Xiao Huiyan thought carefully and started with the deduction of the night attack.

"Well, oh, I'm afraid it's hard to say."

"The northern party that followed the new dynasty, ah, that is, Ni Yuanlu from the Ministry of Personnel, and Li Shichun from the Ministry of Rites, a group of officials who came to Beijing from the south. They may not be willing to kill us, Old Ma."

"They want to find evidence against me so that they can deal with the cabinet chief Qiu Weizheng!"

"As for the Southern Party."

"Qiu Weizhen and Ma Shiying, well, they're not quite up to the mark either."

"If they really attack us, it will be difficult to deal with us since it will be the first time we are attacked in the wild."

"Even if it was the Southern Party's doing, it was no more than the self-determination of people like Lin Zhiwan."

“Well, that’s probably the case.” Ma Weimin analyzed.

"Humph!"

"Lin Zhiwan! Who the hell is he?"

Xiao was not aware of what was going on, and was quite disdainful of the person that Jiang Ning viewed.

"Hey, brother, don't underestimate him!"

"The officials and nobles in the prefectures near Nanjing are probably connected to Doctor Lin."

Having said this, Lao Ma glanced towards the door stealthily, and intentionally moved closer to continue speaking next to Xiao Lang's ear.

"As far as I know, Qiu Weizhen and Ma Shiying's financial resources are all in the hands of this man."

"Don't be fooled by his cowardly appearance, he is actually a ruthless person!"

"He's a guy who specializes in doing the dirty work for his superiors!"

Ma Weimin whispered carefully, as if he was afraid that someone else would hear the situation.

"oh?!"

"Well, Old Ma, do you have any direct evidence against Qiu and Ma in this account?"

Xiao understood what was said, so he asked this question.

"what?"

"Hi!"

"Brother, you really don't understand."

"Well, okay, I'll tell you about it."

"Once an official reaches their level, it's impossible for you, as a subordinate, to confront them directly."

"Not to mention any evidence against him."

"In the officialdom, there are four things that officials like this cannot take. Do you know that?!"

Seeing that Jin Xiaolang was young after all and could ask such questions, Ma Weimin thought that he must not understand the mystery, so he tried to explain it to him in a friendly way.

After hearing this, Xiao was puzzled and also wanted to ask for release.

"Uh, no, I don't know. Tell me about it." Yan Lai shook his head.

"Hey, listen carefully!"

"If I don't take this, I won't take the gold or silver."

"Well, because the value of this thing is obvious to outsiders, and everyone knows it."

"Once something happens, he will have a hard time explaining it and no room for maneuver. You know what I mean, ha!"

"Don't take the second one, it's called don't take the single one."

"As the old saying goes, the human heart is unpredictable. If you accept it this time, you can't be sure whether he will turn against you behind your back."

"Well, you have to be safe all the time to keep it going smoothly!"

"Three things I won't take, I won't take anything directly."

"It has to be layered, one ring after another, you have me and I have you, then he will be willing to put the money in his pocket."

"The fourth, last and most important one is to take nothing."

Speaking of this, Lao Ma wanted to see Xiao Lang's reaction.

Obviously, Xiao Jingchuan was very cooperative, which made him even more confused.

"Hehehe"

"What do you mean by taking nothing?"

"I just hired someone to pick it up for me."

"Put the money with someone else!"

"If you need to spend money to get something done, let that person do it and spend the money."

"In this way, no matter who comes to investigate or ask, he will not be involved in any matter."

"As long as we can control this person, then we won't have to worry about anything and can rest easy!"

Extra: I have a little more time recently, so I’ll try to update twice a day, hahaha!

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