Chapter 541 Hanging the beam upside down, dipping the whip into salt water (two-in-one)(1/2)
Qiliangfang
Liu Mian looked at the fat man in front of him who had been bowing and apologizing repeatedly, and turned to look at Mao Xie, who was embarrassed all over the side.
"Sir, this is..."
Mao Xie really wanted to pierce into the crack on the ground at this time. It was a pity that since he became a prince of this province, he had not fallen into this situation for ten years. After missing him, Mao Xie glared at the fat man next to him who apologized to Liu Mian, which scared the fat man so much that his body was trembling.
"Ahem."
No matter how embarrassed he felt, it would be fine if this matter changed. Mao Xie coughed and spoke hesitantly.
"Boy Liu, I have already found out about this matter, and all the relationships are caused by this Liao."
After saying that, Mao Xie raised his hand and pointed at the fat man. When the fat man saw Mao Xie mentioning him, he immediately panicked. He first showed a flattering smile at Liu Mian, then he kept bent down to greet him, and finally spoke.
"Mr. Liu, it's all my fault. You have a lot of mistakes. Forgive me this time. I, Mao Wenxiao, kowtowed to you here."
The fat man was talking, and he was about to bend down and kneel down. Seeing his movements, Mao Xie trembled his eyebrows, but he didn't say anything. However, Mao Xie didn't take action, but Liu Mian suddenly stood up and was about to kneel down and apologize to the fat man.
"No, absolutely not."
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As mentioned earlier, except for the eight personal disciples Ma Jinshou whom Lao Ba Lu Guang reacted slowly in personnel affairs, everyone else was very talented. Moreover, Lao Ba Lu Guang was just a silly person and was not good at socializing, but it did not mean that he was stupid, otherwise he would not be able to study bicycles by himself.
Among this group of people, Liu Mian, who is highly valued by Ma Jin, is one of the best.
Maybe when Mao Xie first came to the door, Liu Mian was still a little confused, but when he saw Mr. Mao sitting down, he looked embarrassed and embarrassed, he realized something was wrong.
It’s just that time is still short, and Liu Mian has not yet figured out the specific reason, but he also vaguely saw that Mao Xie’s appearance should be related to this fat man who came to apologize.
It was not until just now that the fat man called himself Mao Wenxiao that Liu Mian had a flash of inspiration and figured out the joints.
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Before visiting Mao Xie, or before coming to Hangzhou, Liu Mian had done his homework specifically for Mr. Mao, including information about Mao Xie's nephew's later life.
Mao Xie has two sons and one daughter as mentioned earlier, but in fact, in addition to the two brothers of the Mao family and the crown princess Mao Ying, there is another character in the second generation of the Mao family, who is Mao Xie's nephew, Mao Wenxiao.
The uncle and nephew are already close, let alone Mao Wenxiao, the nephew, was raised by Mao Xie.
Back then, Mao Xie's father had four sons, the third and fourth were concubines. There is no need to say much about the relationship with Mao Xie, except Mao Xie's eldest brother, who was his own brother, and had a very close relationship.
If he hadn't died young, the Mao family's head and the Mao family had accumulated a series of political resources that would not have fallen into Mao Xie's body, and Mao Xie might not have been able to easily climb to his current position.
Of course, this man has passed away, and there is nothing to say about this, but when Mao Xie's elder brother died early, he left behind a posthumous son, Mao Wenxiao. Not to mention that Mao Xie had a deep brotherly relationship with his elder brother, even if he had a bad relationship, he could not watch Mao Wenxiao, his nephew, ignore it.
Therefore, although Mao Wenxiao, who was not born at that time, had no father, he had another second uncle who later treated him like his own father.
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Maybe it was because he loved Mao Wenxiao without his father. Mao Xie had been very fond of him since he was a child. He gave him almost whatever he wanted and would always respond to his requests. But since ancient times, merciful... his uncle defeated his nephew. Mao Xie spoiled Mao Wenxiao so much, and the result of Mao Xie's spoiling Mao Wenxiao was that he finally came out as a demon king in the world.
As far as Liu Mian knows, when Mao Wenxiao was young, he was extremely confused. Not only did he eat, drink, whore and gambling, he also bullied merchants everywhere with Mao Xie's power, occupied fertile land, and sucked bones and marrow at the people, and made a huge fortune in the family business.
Mao Xie had the intention of discipline at first. While wiping Mao Wenxiao's butt, he kept persuading his nephew, but Mao Wenxiao still did his own thing, and finally reached the yamen, which completely touched Mao Xie's bottom line.
Without saying anything, he caught Mao Wenxiao in court, whipped him dozens of whips in public, and almost sent Mao Wenxiao to see his father, and then returned all the ill-gotten gains from Mao Wenxiao over the years to the victims.
Because of this incident, Mao Xie was awarded the title of destroying his relatives for justice. While he was deeply loved by the people, he also received commendations from the court.
At the same time, because Mao Xie got angry this time, Mao Wenxiao became honest after walking in the gate of hell. After a few years of quietness, he became a small official through Mao Xie's path. After a few years, he was promoted to the sixth rank counselor.
I have to say that sometimes the fate of a prodigal son looking back is determined by his family background...
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And this is just something that Liu Mian found out, and in fact there are many inside stories that he didn't find out.
For example, although this counselor Mao looks much more honest than when he was young, he still can't change it... So, Mao Wenxiao turned his back on the surface and became a good person. In fact, there are still many small actions behind his back.
Of course, compared to the unscrupulousness before, Mao Counselor now has much better appearances, and is specialized in catching big fat sheep to fleece. Most of them are outside the country. Local gentry and merchants can just give a little filial piety.
In addition, in order to cover up this matter in front of Mao Xie, Mao Wenxiao specially changed the good habit of eating alone, and brought up a group of accomplices, hid himself behind the scenes as a backer, and let others come forward in detail. The prefect Yang was one of Mao Wenxiao's partners.
These wealthy businessmen from other places came to Hangzhou for money, hoping for stability. Although Mao Wenxiao was a little ill-handed, if he paid the money, he could really ensure that you were fine. In addition, Mao Xie, who was brought out to make a big banner, most people lost money and eliminated disasters.
This time, "Magazine" entered Zhejiang, Mao Wenxiao was eyeing it at first sight. After all, he "made" so many friends from other places, and naturally many of them were from the capital, which also allowed Mao Wenxiao to learn about the existence of "Magazine".
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This is a big fat sheep, no, this is a flock of sheep...
After a preliminary understanding of the scale and profits of the magazine in Beijing from the Beijing merchants, Mao Wenxiao couldn't help but leave his saliva.
Although he was a little afraid of Ma Jin's identity, what Mao Wenxiao believed most was the saying that strong dragons would not suppress local snakes, let alone, as his cousin Yan Qian became the crown prince, Mao Wenxiao believed that he was half of the future uncle.
Then, his uncle, asked Ma Jin, the prince-consort, for some money to spend, what are you afraid of?
So, Mao Wenxiao asked Yang Deli to take action. According to usual practice, when the other party encountered this situation, he understood that someone was targeting him. The next step was to ask someone to make peace, and then the two parties made clear negotiations.
Either the idea is stubborn, Mao Wenxiao and others give up, or the other party will pay the money and admit defeat.
But Mao Wenxiao never expected that Ma Jin would care so much about the matter of the Magazine branch, so he directly compiled the book and asked Mao Xie to take care of him, and even asked Yan Yi and his wife to plead with each other. Liu Mian was even more fledgling and didn't understand the truth inside, so he directly exposed the matter to Mao Xie.
Mao Wenxiao was stunned when he received the news. He sat on the ground and didn't come back to his senses for a while. His mind was filled with miserable memories of Mao Xie whipping him with a whip, and he felt even more panicked.
When Mao Wenxiao panicked, he came up with a "good" idea, which was to send someone to scare Liu Mian away. As long as Liu Mian left, his second uncle Mao Xie would have his own way to fool him.
So Liu Mian got off the carriage and received the letter from the flying arrow. Then Cao Quan, who was shocked and angry, came to Mao Xie's acting master Ma Jin to ask for an explanation. Then, he made Mr. Mao embarrassed and angry, and called Yang Deli to ask for a question. Then Mao Wenxiao, the mastermind behind him, emerged.
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Although Liu Mian was not aware of the cause and effect of the matter, he only guessed it based on Mao Wenxiao's name and Mao Xie's embarrassing attitude.
It seems that Flying Arrow threatened himself before, even if this fat man Mao Wenxiao was not the mastermind, he probably got involved a lot...
However, although Liu Mian guessed that Mao Wenxiao was the master of this series of things, he did not mean to kneel down and apologize to him. On the contrary, as soon as Mao Wenxiao bent down, Liu Mian rushed over to support the other party and said in his mouth.
"No, absolutely not."
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The joke is that Mao Xie is still sitting next to him. He has really been worshipped by Mao Wenxiao. What does the old man think? When the incident comes to the Crown Princess, what does the Crown Princess think?
No matter how bastard Mao Wenxiao is, he is still his nephew and cousin. What's wrong with kneeling down to Liu Mian, a young baby?
If Liu Mian really dies, then Mao Wenxiao can't make an apology, even if he pays his life, Mao Xie has nothing to say.
But the problem is that Liu Mian is now fine, and his hair is not hurt. He is just a little scared. It would be unreasonable to accept such a great gift from Mao Wenxiao.
After all, in terms of identity, Liu Mian, a white-de-Ding Mao Wenxiao is a sixth-rank consultant; in terms of age, Mao Wenxiao is two older than Liu Mian's father; in terms of age, Mao Wenxiao is the cousin of the Crown Princess, and is the same generation as Liu Mian's master Ma Jin. No matter how you talk about it, it is not Mao Wenxiao's turn to kowtow to Liu Mian.
Of course, these are all Liu Mian's ideas. If he really accepts this worship, the Mao family's father and daughter may not have such grudges, but why did Liu Mian have to bet on this?
Just for a moment of anger? Liu Mian is not so stupid.
Now the Mao family is in the wrong, and he takes the blame. In order to give him an explanation to his master Ma Jin, Mao Xie must give Liu Mian a statement that is unreasonable.
If he accepts Mao Wenxiao's revenge and the Mao family loses face, the weight he expresses will probably be greatly reduced.
The master taught him that he values reality rather than emptiness. Master Liu said that he is an obedient and good apprentice...
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Liu Mian thoughtfully helped Mao Wenxiao up, but Mao Xie next to him felt quite complicated and he sighed secretly.
"Ma Zisheng has taken over a good disciple."
To be honest, Mao Wenxiao just knelt down to Liu Mian, and the old man was unwilling to do so. The reason why Liu Mian was worried about was similar. Mao Wenxiao's kneeling would damage his and his daughter's face.
But Mao Xie still didn't say anything to stop him. First, he couldn't see his old face, and second, the Mao family was indeed inappropriate. He had no reason to stop his nephew. Liu Mian stopped Mao Wenxiao, and the old man felt relieved.
But after breathing a sigh of relief, Mao Xie's immediate distress made him grit his teeth and save his face, but it was time to compensate Liu Mian to satisfy Master and disciple.
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On this side, Mao Xie was thinking about how to compensate Liu Mian. On this side, Liu Mian also generously expressed forgiveness in Mao Wenxiao's constant repentance. Even as the two of them intentionally got along, they began to talk and laugh.
At this time, we have to talk about the personality of Mao Wenxiao. He was a little bit backbone when he was young, but the older he was, the more cowardly his personality became.
If you can't beat him, he can bully you to death. If you are better than him, he can immediately make good friends, and even turn around and kneel down and lick it, it is not impossible to do it. It is typical bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
Of course, with Liu Mian's current status, Mao Wenxiao would not lick him, but Ma Jin behind him is not necessarily the case. Since Mao Wenxiao learned about Ma Jin's specific status from Mao Xie, he saw the letters from Yan Yi and his wife with his own eyes. Mao Dasong said that his tongue was itchy and he wanted to run to the capital to hug his thighs.
Mao Xie didn't know that his unlucky nephew had this plan, otherwise he would just send him a whip to see his father...
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"My nephew, it's all misunderstandings. I won't say that much. In a word, come to me if you encounter anything in Hangzhou and settle everything for you."
After a while, Mao Wenxiao called Liu Mian's virtuous nephew, and even patted his chest to support Liu Mian, completely forgetting that he was still trying to deal with Liu Mian yesterday.
Coincidentally, Mao Dashen said that he was "forgetful" and Liu Liu was not bad either. He seemed to have no idea that the shock he had suffered yesterday was the one in front of him. Then Mao Wenxiao beat the snake and said with a stick.
"Thank you, Lord Mao, for your kindness, I'm disrespectful."
"I have admired the teacher for a long time, but I have been suffering from the lack of chance to meet him. Today, I am very happy to learn that Lord Ma is here.
Nephew, let’s take a walk more while we are here. You have not been to Hangzhou yet. I will take you to visit. The ten scenic spots of West Lake are all amazing, so I must go and take a look."
Mao Wenxiao looked like a caring uncle, holding his big belly and smiling like a Maitreya Buddha.
"Okay, as the saying goes, there is paradise above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. I was about to appreciate the scenery of Jiangnan. It is a great honor to be accompanied by Lord Mao." Liu Mian was very well-behaved and sensible.
To be continued...