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Chapter 445 Make Some Articles
Ma Guogong sighed and said regretfully:
"I thought he was young and a character easy to deal with. Who would have thought that he would not be shocked by favor or humiliation, and was cautious and restrained. There is no such thing as a young man who gets carried away as soon as he achieves his ambition. When I was his age, I didn't have such a stable mind." . . . It's really rare."

Ma Guogong's tone was full of appreciation and emotion.

"Father!" Ma Shuo's eyes widened in shock, "What are you talking about! He and our family are enemies!"

Ma Guogong smiled awkwardly, and coaxed him:
"Oh, don't worry...you are my precious son, and I can't help him, it's just a few words of emotion. This is called knowing yourself and the enemy, and it's not difficult to do it."

Ma Shuo's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked:
"Dad has a way to kill him?"

Ma Guogong thought for a while and said: "The fall of a high-ranking official is nothing more than the two situations, dereliction of duty or dereliction of morality. There is no war now, and he cannot be accused of dereliction of duty. Then try every means to start from the 'immorality'."

When Ma Shuo heard this, the light of expectation in his eyes dimmed, and he said:

"Lack of morality? How can a person's life be lost if he loses morality? At worst, he will be fined and relegated. What's the use of spending that much effort?"

Even if he is his own son, Ma Guogong frowned impatiently at this time, and said anxiously and dissatisfied:
"Then why is it a waste of effort? As long as he can be pulled from his current crucial position and turned into an ordinary petty official, wouldn't it be convenient for you to send someone to kill him secretly?

At that time, even if there is a flaw, the emperor will not bother to care about it... What kind of onion is he? "

When Ma Shuo heard it, he suddenly said "huh?", looked at his father in surprise and said:

"Father!... Ginger is still old and spicy!"

Ma Guogong smiled triumphantly, sighed again and said:

"...but it's not easy to find this problem of immorality. He doesn't drink, doesn't make trouble, and he's not greedy for money. He's always a womanizer, but he has the problem of bullying men and women. I can find someone to operate, and then Let’s unite our people and read a copy of it to the emperor together.”

Ma Shuo said, "Father, isn't he visiting brothels today? Can you seize this matter and make some articles?"

"Hmph... What is going to a brothel? Don't you go there often? Even if you lose your life, so what? Those who are slaves and lowly people are not considered individuals, and at most they just pay for money when they die.

What I'm talking about is making a fuss, it has to be the death of an important nobleman to count it as a matter. "

When he said this, the hand holding the wine glass to drink suddenly stopped, and then suddenly raised his eyes to look at his son, with a look of thought.

Ma Shuo was puzzled by his father's eyes, and asked:
"What's the matter, dad, why are you looking at me like that?"

There were only their father and son in the room, but Ma Guogong still cautiously stood up from behind his desk, walked to his son and sat down, watching him discuss and ask:
"Son, do you still have feelings for Princess Huaizhen?"

Ma Shuo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then his expression became more and more grim, and he said:

"Her?! If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be insulted like that by that Xie! It's a waste of me thinking about her, but she's good enough to say that I'm a face-to-face and slap me. I'm also a man!"

He paused as he spoke, with a glint of hatred in his lowered eyes, and added angrily:
"...If I miss her any more, I'll be a bitch!"

After hearing this, Ma Guogong patted him on the shoulder with great satisfaction and said:

"Good son, have a backbone. If this is the case, there is a ready-made contradiction to make a fuss about right now.

You think about it.Princess Huaizhen's son-in-law is Jie Yuan.

However, she first committed adultery with others without abiding by women's morals, and then raised noodles in captivity with great fanfare.If you were Jie Yuan, would it be possible to hold a grudge against her and then kill her? "

Ma Shuo looked at his father Ma Guogong in surprise, but did not speak.

Ma Guogong nodded his finger and said:

"... Even a man can't bear such a big humiliation. We just need to add more fire to the conflict between him and the princess. No matter what happens at that time, it will be a reasonable thing."

Ma Shuo's shocked eyes kept flickering, he seemed a little flustered, and asked, "Father, what do you mean...he will...will kill Huaizhen..."

"Why? Can't bear it again?" Ma Guogong asked in disbelief with his eyes wide open.

Ma Shuo looked away and thought for a while, then made up his mind and said:

"No, as long as you can kill that surname Xie and avenge me, everything else doesn't matter."

After finishing speaking, he asked worriedly: "Then... what if he just doesn't dare to do it? After all, if Huaizhen is killed, he will definitely not survive."

Ma Guogong looked at his son's idiot and stupid face, worried in his heart, and frowned again.

He hated that iron could not be made into steel, but in the end he just nodded his forehead and said through gritted teeth:
"You are stupid, if he doesn't do it, let's find someone to do it for him!"

Ma Shuo was staggered by the poke, but suddenly laughed, with a silly look of "hehe".

Duke Ma felt helpless towards his son, so he sighed and told him:
"Recently, you took a sick leave, just stay at home and don't go anywhere. Wait until I find a reliable person to take care of all these things."

"Why, dad... what does this have to do with me?" Ma Shuo asked angrily.

Ma Guogong thought to himself, who made you so stupid, it is always a bad thing.For such a big matter, if you let the wind out again, wouldn't you be shooting yourself in the foot and hurting our whole family?
But Ma Guogong couldn't bear to hurt his self-esteem, so he put it another way:
"This matter is very important. You and Princess Huaizhen also have personal grievances. Your task is to recuperate well at home and avoid suspicion. Only then can you remove Xie Yuan cleanly, understand?"

Ma Shuo frowned in dissatisfaction, and said, "...I... how long do I have to stay at home? Don't you suffocate me?"

"Do you want to solve Yuan's death?" Ma Guogong asked directly.

"Yes I do!"

"Think, you just stay at home for a few days, in order to change his life, it's not a loss." Ma Guogong answered immediately.

Hearing this, Ma Shuo finally swallowed his dissatisfaction, stopped refuting, picked up the flagon and took another sip.

……

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In the evening, Father Shen returned home and finished his meal.Shen Qingzhi specifically called Shen Liuzhen out and insisted on enjoying the shade in the yard together.

A low couch was placed under the pergola made of wooden boards, mosquito nets were placed around the four corners, and mugwort incense was lit.

Shen Liuzhen lay awkwardly inside, looking at the starry sky above his head through the mosquito netting above his head, shaking his fan once in a while.

Father Shen, who was lying side by side, saw that he had been silent, so he could only speak first, and asked:
"Do you have to go back? I'm afraid there are more bad luck than good luck?"

(End of this chapter)