To be honest, until Ma Er shouted this, there was still room for maneuver on this matter today.
Because there were actually only a handful of people who recognized Ma Xuansheng, the "future prince-in-law", on the spot.
After all, Ma Xuansheng was different from Ma Er. He would not cause trouble on the street every day like a gangster and "make faces" everywhere.
If Ma Xuansheng could act without being recognized today, then he could "make the big thing a trivial one" while no one was killed yet.
For example: first arrest a few gangsters and put them in jail, cover up the vat where people gathered to make trouble, and then pay the inn enough money to make arrangements, then send Ma Er, the troublemaker, back to his hometown overnight, and then go to Han Yu to beg for mercy and promise Ma Er will not cause any big trouble again...
After completing this series of operations, Ma Er's life was probably saved.
As for whether he will continue to harm the local people in his hometown in the future, that is another matter; as the saying goes, "The mountains are high and the emperor is far away." There are as many as eight hundred local tyrants and evil gentry in Dazu. As long as your backing in the court is strong enough, , just go ahead and do it.
However, right now, this Ma Er just didn't know how to live or die, and insisted on turning his head and shouting at Ma Xuan Sheng, as if he was afraid that everyone would not know that his patron brother was already there.
In this way, everyone can tell that the young man dressed as a scholar standing next to the officer leading the team is the legendary brother-in-law of Ma Er.
"Huh, I've long heard that this Ma'er is doing mischief in the city relying on his elder brother's power, but I've never seen his elder brother show his face. So he looks like this."
"Don't mention it, this Ma Xuansheng is really handsome. He and his brother don't look like they were born to the same mother. It's no wonder that he was selected as the number one scholar and became the consort."
"Haha...what's the use of being good-looking? Looking at his brother's virtue, I'm afraid being a brother is not a good thing, right?"
"That's right. I don't believe that he didn't know anything about the things Ma Er did on the basis of his name? No benefit at all?"
Ladies and gentlemen, there is a saying that a person's mouth has two skins, and the tongue can crush a person to death.
It would be better if you change the place. Maybe the common people are too timid to talk about anything after seeing so many officers and soldiers, but this Baoyuan Inn is a place where dragons and snakes are mixed, and many of the guests here are not good people. Son, I really dare to say that.
And those who gossiped were obviously not afraid that these voices would reach Ma Xuansheng's ears, and they even meant to deliberately irritate him.
Hearing Ma Xuan's voice, he must have been anxious.
He immediately thought in his mind: "Ma'er, Ma'er, as a person who has already stepped into the court and will become a relative of the emperor in the future, I might never set foot in this kind of market place again in my eight lifetimes...
These untouchables, let alone pointing fingers at me, from now on, even if they want to see me, I'm afraid they will have to kneel in the hall.
But today, for the sake of your unsatisfactory brother, I am still here. I think I should try my best to save you. After all, blood is thicker than water when we are brothers, and killing you will not be easy for the family.
As for you... you sold me out as soon as we met.
Now everyone knows that the person standing here is your brother, the number one scholar, your consort, your rumored backer...
Then how can I protect you?
This Baoyuan Inn is the place where news spreads the fastest in the capital. So many pairs of eyes are looking at it, so many mouths are growing on people... If I protect you, how big a deal will I have to take? "
Thinking of this, Ma Xuansheng's eyes changed.
If Ma Xuansheng still had illusions about saving his younger brother on the way here when he mobilized troops, then at this moment, he was completely determined.
Compared with his own political life and even the future of his entire life, what does the life of Ma Er, his younger brother, count?
What's more, through Ma Er's thoughtless shouting, Ma Xuan Sheng once again confirmed that even if he could keep Ma Er today, his younger brother would sooner or later trick him in other matters in the future.
Then it is better to choose a day than to hit it, and this is the time for "justice to destroy relatives".
"Presumptuous!" After taking a breath, Ma Xuansheng, who had already made some calculations in his mind, suddenly shouted loudly, and immediately suppressed the voices talking about him in the lobby, "Ma Er! You bastard! It's not worth your while. You know I'm your brother!" When he said this, he looked upright and awe-inspiring. With his handsome image and smooth accent, it was really confusing. "I am busy with official duties on weekdays, so I have no time to care about you. , you are using my name as a fish and meat village in this city to do whatever you want?" He said, and he hugged the officer next to him, "If the military commander hadn't been aware of the situation today and found out that you were going to cause trouble here, he would have quickly Send someone to deliver the letter to me and take me to see it... I may still be kept in the dark by you!"
It has to be said that it makes sense for Ma Xuansheng to be appreciated by Han Yu. His on-the-spot reaction, language organization ability, and acting skills...many people who have been in the officialdom for twenty more years than him may not have the same.
His words at this moment not only separated Ma Er's misdeeds from his own, but also covered up the matter of "mobilizing troops".
According to what he said, the current situation is: He has no idea about all the bad things Ma Er did using his name. These officers and soldiers were not transferred by him through connections. They were just performing their official duties and they just called him by the way. Come over and show him the good things his brother has done.
Since Ma Xuansheng had already "arranged" it like this, the "Martial Army Leader" beside him naturally wouldn't say anything more and just followed the Prince Consort's lead.
"Brother...you..." When Na Maer heard these words, he was stunned on the spot.
How could he have thought that after he asked for help, he would get a scolding from his elder brother? And judging from the meaning of his words, Ma Xuansheng had already unilaterally cut ties with him?
"What are you doing? I'm not your brother! I don't have a brother like you!" Ma Xuansheng didn't want Ma Er to continue talking, because the more the latter said, the worse it would be for him, so he stopped his hesitation with the previous sentence. Second, after the last sentence, he turned to the officer beside him and said, "Commander Wu, you don't have to worry about me, just act in accordance with the law! As the saying goes, the emperor's crimes are the same as those of the common people, not to mention that he is just a fool!"
As he spoke, he tried his best to signal Wu Juntou with his eyes to take action quickly and not to let Ma Er say any more.
Wu Juntou also understood and immediately said: "Okay, the prince-in-law is indeed the pillar of the country. Even in the face of his own brothers, he can kill selfish interests and relatives with justice and justice. Wu admires..." He first used a flattery to help Ma Xuan. He made the rhetoric he just said more serious, then turned to his men and shouted loudly, "Brothers, catch all these gangsters who are fighting and causing trouble, and take them back to discuss!"
Following his order, the hundreds of officers and soldiers under him immediately began to scatter and arrest people.
Now, it’s really exciting...
Do you think those gangsters are people who can be easily caught?
In addition to gangsters, there are waiters, guests, and hundreds of people in the lobby. Can the officers and soldiers distinguish them clearly in a short while? Can you catch it all?
In addition, this inn has more than one entrance and exit, is it possible to escape?
In fact, there were many clever gangsters (including Sun Yixie) who felt something was wrong when Ma Xuansheng said the first words. They thought at that time: Damn it, listen to this, Ma Erye's My brother-in-law is going to fall out with him, so let's not stay any longer. Let's run away before the officers and soldiers move. If we run too slowly, we may suffer disaster.
But at this moment, the officers and soldiers really started arresting people, and the gangsters were even more scattered, running rampant and panicking... they could run and burrow wherever they wanted.
Of course, these thugs just ran away, so it didn't matter.
The important thing is to take down Ma Er.
Wu Juntou is also an astute person. He can see that the prince-in-law is really eager to make Ma Er "shut up", so after he gave the order, he was not idle and immediately greeted him. Several elite subordinates beside him went straight to Ma Er's side with him.
When the gangsters who carried Ma Er's sedan chair and the younger brothers around him who had been beaten with him during the day saw the fight, they threw Ma Er's sedan chair away and ran away.
Ma Er, who fell from the sedan chair and fell to the ground, was seriously injured. He screamed in pain and found it difficult to crawl, let alone run away.
At this moment, there was no one to care about him or save him.
To put it bluntly... Ma Er, who has no backer, is just a thing that he hates. He has no "loyalty" at all, and he has no real friends.
In this way, Ma Er was easily captured by the Wujun leader and taken away immediately. However, most of his gangsters escaped, and only about thirty of them were caught.
Today's farce should have come to an end here, but...
"You four, come with us." When the people were almost captured, Wu Juntou actually came to Huang Donglai, Linghuxiang, Qin Feng and Tyrell and said this.
"Huh?" Huang Donglai was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and replied, "Master, we are just acting in legitimate defense. Is it possible that we should be charged with this?"
"Who said you are going to be judged?" Wu Juntou replied, "I just asked you to go back with me and ask a question." He paused, "Ma'er didn't look for anyone else but looked for you, so there must be a reason for everything. , I can't just take his people back and let the master listen to his side of the story, right? If you don't go back with me and say a few words, how can you put him on trial? "
What he said at first sounds quite reasonable, and there is nothing unusual about it. But in fact, the fact that Wu Juntou came to say this and tried to take them back was not Wu Juntou's own intention, but Ma Xuan's. Instructed...
Obviously, the future prince-in-law had other plans - he wanted to design a plan to let the parties involved in this incident be buried with his brother.
Although the person who "needs" and "needs" to get rid of Ma Er at the moment is Ma Xuansheng himself, some people are like this... After making some difficult choices, they will find some other people or things as a way to Excuses or sacrifices to make yourself feel better.
In this example, Ma Xuansheng's logic is: If he hadn't come to trouble these people, Ma Er wouldn't have made such a big fuss in the city. If he hadn't made such a big fuss, the teacher would have I won't care about him. If the teacher doesn't care, I won't be forced to get rid of him.
According to this idea, the further step is: These people made me have to get rid of my brother. I was forced to take revenge.
To sum up, Ma Xuansheng is planning to trick Huang Donglai and others back to the Yamen first, and then find an opportunity to assassinate them.
As for Huang Donglai and others, they have not yet seen any problems here, because from their perspective, Ma Xuansheng's previous performance of righteously exterminating relatives should be true; objectively speaking, he did not let the officers and soldiers To help his younger brother, he instead asked Wu Juntou to "act impartially" and take down Ma Er.
So Huang Donglai thought: Isn't it just "recording a confession"? We didn't do anything wrong, so just go with them.
So, he immediately turned his head and looked into the lobby, wanting to say hello to Fudozi and Xiaolin, and ask them if they wanted to come together.
However, he stood there and scanned several times, but did not see Fudozi and Lin Yuancheng.
At this time, Huang Donglai thought again: With the skills of his uncle and Xiao Lin, nothing will happen. Regardless of whether they hid or left, they must have their reasons... Then let them go. I guess they will wait until we finish recording the confession. When you come back, they will be there.
Thinking of this, he quickly exchanged glances with Linghu Xiang, Qin Feng, and Tyrell, and then the four of them said a few more polite words to Wu Juntou, and along with the officers and soldiers and the group of gangsters being escorted... ...went to the yamen gate.
