Suburbs of Beijing

In order to make things fast, Ma Jin and his team did not take the official road this time, but a small road closer to the capital.

This is a dirt road backing the mountain on the left, and a forest is connected to the right. The road ahead is blocked, and the road is narrow and it is difficult for the carriage to turn around. Ma Jin and the others are trapped here.

...

Inside the car

After quietly lifting the curtain, Ma Jin quickly glanced at the surrounding environment and had a decision in his mind.

While filling gunpowder quickly, he had practiced this set of actions many times in private on weekdays. He was very skillful, and he whispered to Fatty Wu.

"After a while, if the other party is seeking money, we will give them the money honestly. If they mean to be harmful, we cannot sit still and wait for death.

When you attract their attention, I wait for an opportunity to move. Once you have the chance, I will immediately run to the woods on the right and use the woods to get rid of them."

Fatty Wu nodded solemnly. Although he was a little uncontrollable on weekdays, he still relied on it at critical moments.

At this time, there was a shout outside the car that asked him to get out of the car. The two of them looked at each other. Ma Jin carefully hid the musket in his sleeve, took a deep breath, lifted the curtain, and stepped out of the car.

As soon as he showed his head, Ma Jin's heart sank suddenly. He saw five or six men in strong suits standing in front of the car, with swords on his waist, cold eyes and strong bodies. No matter how he looked, he did not mean a group of mobs.

...

Ma Jin was helped off the carriage by the driver, and Fatty Wu followed closely behind. Ma Jin took a step forward slightly, clasped his fists and said.

"After I am the Censor of the Censorate, Ma Jin, and his friends have just returned from the Qingyuan Wenhui to the city. I dare to ask all the heroes, what's wrong with stopping our car?"

Ma Jin came up to report his identity first, just to make these bandits worry. If the other party was a robber, and if he heard that Ma Jin was a smarter person, he would consider it.

After all, the charges of robbing ordinary civilians and robbing officials in the court are very different.

He also mentioned that he came back from Qingyuan Wenhui, and you also need to tell these people that there are people nearby to make these people afraid of being afraid of them.

...

Sure enough, after hearing Ma Jin's words, the group of men in costumes showed embarrassment.

After looking at each other for a few times, a thirty-year-old short-bearded man stepped forward and clasped his fists at Ma Jin, but what he said made Ma Jin unexpected.

"The Yulin Guard's side general Sun Qin has met Lord Ma."

As he said that, the short-bearded man took out a token from his arms, which was engraved with Yulin Guard to prove his identity.

Ma Jin walked forward carefully, took the token, took it in front of him and looked at it carefully. He had never seen the Yulin Guard's brand, but he had played the Niu Ben and Tiger Guard's brand several times.

The token handed to him by the short-bearded man was similar to Niu Ben's in terms of material and workmanship. Combined with the exquisite temperament of these people, he looked a bit like a soldier, and Ma Jin believed it in his heart.

...

It turned out that these people were not robbers, but the Imperial Guards of Yulin.

Ma Jin was first happy and glad that he had no worries about his life, but then he felt confused, what did the Yulin Guard stop me?

"It turned out to be General Sun, I don't know what General Sun meant."

Ma Jin returned the token, pointed to his carriage, and bowed his hand and asked.

The general is a seventh-rank official position, and is of the same level as Ma Jin. It is logical that he cannot be called a general under the fifth-rank, but Ma Jin is not a bad idea when he says high-ranking people.

Sun Qin had an apology on his face, first apologized to Ma Jin with his fists, and then explained the reason.

"Today, the nobles from the guard palace came out to watch Qingyuan Wenhui. Unexpectedly, when he returned, the carriage was suddenly damaged and could not drive.

The noble man was in a hurry to return to the palace, so the last general planned to take his brothers to requisition a carriage behind him, but he would intercept you, Lord Ma."

...

It turned out that Sun Qin was the guard of the fifth princess Yan Yan and the others on this trip. Yan Yan and others left Wenhui first. Unexpectedly, the shaft of the carriage suddenly broke on the way. Fortunately, the princesses in the carriage were fine, but the carriage was obviously not allowed to sit.

It was getting late because I had to rush back to the palace before the palace ban. Time was tight. Sun Qin asked the three princesses for advice and planned to intercept the carriage behind and requisition it on the spot. Unexpectedly, he met Ma Jin.

But when he met someone else, even if he was a third-rank official’s carriage, Sun Qin would dare to requisition it directly.

He is from the Yulin Guard and the emperor's personal army. He doesn't care about ordinary court officials at all. He should not care about him, let alone three princesses supporting him this time.

But Ma Jin was different. If he had just been a small seventh-rank censor, Sun Qin would not even explain it to him and would do it directly.

But the key is that Ma Jin has another achievement of saving the Lord. You must know that as a minister, he made three great achievements the emperor valued the most, namely founding the country, saving the Lord, and following the Dragon.

The others are not necessarily comparable to the three that are important in the emperor's mind, even if they expand their territory.

Among them, the founding of the country is hard to come by, but there are several people around each emperor. All of these people are the emperor's confidants and are highly valued and trusted.

So although Ma Jin is currently in a low position, many people are optimistic about his prospects. This is also the reason why several bigwigs from the Censorate, including his immediate superior, Lu Shanwen, have great eyes on him.

As the personal army of the emperor, Sun Qin didn't care about anything, but only when it comes to Emperor Jingkang, he had to be cautious and cautious.

Moreover, Sun Qin also knew a secret that few people knew outside. When Qinghe Ban entered the palace to sing opera, Ma Jin followed him into the palace. He was called by Emperor Jing Kang to listen to the opera. Afterwards, Emperor Jing Kang encouraged Ma Jin.

Sun Qin happened to be on duty in the palace that day. Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, he also heard his colleagues talk about this.

Therefore, Ma Jin's weight in Sun Qin's heart is really not light. He called himself the last general in his words just now. You should know that he and Ma Jin are of the same level.

Now seeing that he was blocking Ma Jin's carriage, Sun Qin was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to act.

He didn't dare to force himself, so he could only tell the truth about the matter, hoping that Ma Jin could be more comfortable.

...

"Oh, so that's it."

Ma Jin suddenly realized and asked Sun Qin: "I don't know if the general can tell the noble person's identity."

Sun Qin thought about it and found that this was no secret. The ladies on the mountain had already leaked the news. He didn't say it himself, and Ma Jin knew it clearly when he went back.

With his head slightly stretched forward, Sun Qin said to Ma Jin: "It's the third princess, the fourth princess and the fifth princess in the palace."

The fifth princess?

Is it the "Fifth Prince" who disguised himself as a man when he came to Dingxianglou last time? Ma Jin felt a little excited.

But there are so many Yulin Guards here, Ma Jin dared not show any strangeness. Seeing Sun Qin still looking at him, he turned around and whispered to Fatty Wu. After hearing this, Fatty Wu nodded at him.

"I'll listen to my brother."

Ma Jin turned his head and said to Sun Qin: "Since the noble man is in need, Ma Jin will certainly help him. We are willing to give the carriage to the noble man."

Sun Qin was overjoyed and said with a grateful look: "Thank you, Lord Ma, for your help."

He asked Ma Jin to wait here for a moment and go to the princess to report the news first. Ma Jin nodded and let him take it by himself.

Sun Qin turned around and left, heading to where Yan Yan and the others were staying. After a while, Sun Qin returned, looked at Ma Jin with a strange look on his face and said.

"Sir Ma, the princess see you."
Chapter completed!