Chapter 11 Preemption

Moreover, Zhou Ke's bitter investigation of the murder of Hong Yi and Xiao Mozi has aroused a person who is Ma Haiqing, the richest man known as Ma Dashan. Only he knows that he arranged all this. It turned out that although Ma Haiqing nominally donated money and materials for the country and the people, he only wanted to take the opportunity to contact the government and the people in the army, so as to pave the way for his ulspeakable purpose, or it can be said to be a false illusion. He has a lot of ways to secretly collect more money. Because he has long chosen to collude with Xixia. Ten years ago, he heard that Lord Hao was very fond of collecting famous paintings, and that the famous local landscape painter Hong Yi had an authentic work of Gu Kaizhi, known as one of the "Four Masters of the Six Dynasties". So he found Hong Yi and asked him to dedicate his collection of Gu Kaizhi's masterpiece to Lord Hao, find a way to sneak into the barracks, find an opportunity to listen to and draw the distribution map of Shaanxi's soldiers and horses. After that, he will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold. Otherwise, if he knows his secret and does not act, there is only one way to die. Hong Yizheng was short of silver and afraid of the threat of life, so he agreed. He presented Gu Kaizhi's masterpiece to Shaanxi to appease Lord Hao. And soon, Hong Yi was able to make friends with Lord Hao because of his profound achievements in landscape painting and was able to often go in and out of the military camp. In just two years, he easily drew the distribution map of Shaanxi's soldiers and horses with his painter's unique ability.

Just as he was about to cross this distribution map, it was also a coincidence that the Beijing Normal University sent someone to inquire about the situation of Shaanxi and Xixia. Jingcha accidentally saw Hong Yi's landscape painting at Lord Hao, and he actually appreciated it very much and deliberately recommended him to the palace. After hearing the news, Ma Haiqing immediately seized the opportunity. He increased his original promise by five times, so that Hong must find a way to get the distribution map of soldiers and horses across the country. Seeing that the other party valued the distribution map so much, Hong Yi sat on the ground and asked for the price of 100,000 gold, and Ma Haiqing readily agreed.

In the next eight years, Hong Yi mediated in the palace, the Privy Council, the Ministry of War and other places. Because of the help of other people arranged by Ma Haiqing in the capital, Hong Yi finally lived up to his mission, copied the national map of soldiers and horses, and successfully brought the map back to Shaanxi. After connecting with the Ma family, Hong Yi dressed up as a merchant and met Mozi, a small man of the Ma family. When Xiao Mozi saw that he was dressed as a merchant, but did not bring goods and stood waiting for him under the guise of wine, he scolded him for a few words, but he didn't expect that their meeting would be seen by Zhou Ke.

Zhou Ke repeatedly went to Ma's house to inquire about the deceased Hongyi and Xiao Mozi, which made Ma Haiqing uneasy. Because not long ago, he also lost the trace of He Tian, the key figure in the case. He Tian personally asked Xiao Mozi to come and talk to him secretly, and on the day he sent the painting to the designated place, just after he ordered Shen Han to kill Xiao Mozi, could it be heard by him? I hate that I didn't kill him at that time and let him go away first! As far as he knows, Zhou Ke has visited He Tian's home. Obviously, he already knows that the landscape painting was made by He Tian. But with this alone, Zhou Ke can't conclude that the deceased is related to himself, but in case Zhou Ke finds He Tian first, He Tian will truthfully confess himself. No matter how much he quibbles, with Zhou Ke's intelligence, he can't escape the blame. In case his identity is exposed again, I'm afraid that Zhou Ke won't be killed first, and the Xixia people will kill him first.

Ma Haiqing thinks left and right, no, you have to take the lead! So he immediately recruited a killer named Shen Han, whom he adopted and cultivated since childhood. Just because Shen Han looked like a zombie, he was born with a finger missing from his left hand, but he was abandoned by his parents. Ma Haiqing passed by and saw that the child had a good physique and was a piece of material for martial arts practice. In the future, he accepted it as his adopted son. However, because of its scary appearance, all the watchers are scared, so they only cover their faces all day long and only have contact with Ma Haiqing alone. Hong Yi and Xiao Mozi are his masterpieces. But the horse lost its hoof, and he actually let that day get lost first.

This time, he met his godfather again. After meeting, Shen Han asked, "Godfather, do you want me to kill Zhou Ke?" Just because he killed Hong Yi and Xiao Mozi, he was also very concerned about the progress of solving the case. Zhou Keke seemed to be lifting his veil step by step, which made him unable to move.

Unexpectedly, Ma Haiqing immediately waved his hand and denied his statement.

Shen Han asked, "Isn't that the week responsible for this case?" If you kill him, can't this case become a permanent unsolved case? No one will hinder our plan anymore.

Ma Haiqing sneered and said, "How can you and I only kill people for so many years! What we need to do now is not to kill, but to close it! Let me ask you, although we have a map of soldiers and horses now, is it so big that it is given to Xixia?

"The godfather is worried that this map of soldiers and horses can't be sent out? With my martial arts, I don't underestimate the straw bags in the barracks. How difficult is it to send pictures out? What's more, doesn't Xixia often come to meet his adoptive father? Just give it to them then."

"I said, what do you think about things is still so brainless! It's still so reckless and conceited! Now that Xixia and the Song Dynasty are fighting, haven't you seen how strict the investigation is inside and outside the city? If you go out with this picture, in case of being arrested, not only will our decades of painstaking efforts be lost, but also the lives of our family will have to be lost. Even if we are lucky enough to go out, the Xixia people are capricious. If we get the military and horse distribution map and don't admit it, how should we deal with ourselves? Moreover, in the battle between Xixia and the Song Dynasty the day before yesterday, they obviously had an advantage, but they let Qin Wei equalize it back. It is still a question whether Xixia's strength can make us trust enough now. We have to wait and see.

"Haha! Godfather, in the final analysis, you still don't trust anyone.

"If it were you, it would be the same. This map of soldiers and horses, but I gambled on my life, and I absolutely don't allow any mistakes! It won't be easy to trade with people. I haven't told Xixia about this matter yet, and you should keep it a secret. I will think about it again and think of a perfect solution, which can not only ensure that Xixia has taken the picture and fulfill their promise to me, but also ensure that it can reach the hands of the Xixia people absolutely safely, so that they can annihilate these wine bags and rice bags of the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop!"

"What the godfather said! But father, you should hide this map of the distribution of soldiers and horses. I don't think Zhou Ke is like an idle person. In case he searches him before he comes up with a perfect solution, he will lose all his previous achievements.

"You want to ask where I put the map of soldiers and horses, right? Don't worry, I'll tell you then! Now it's in an absolutely safe place, but Zhou will never find it! This time I asked you to come, you need to do another thing first to investigate the weaknesses of Hu Yong and Zhou Ke. The more the better! The sooner the better!"

"The godfather wants to use their weaknesses to collect them for our people?"

"Ha ha, finally you didn't follow me for nothing! I have been observing these two people for a long time! Hu Yong has always been at peace with Qin Wei, who was in the main battle, and has no strength here. He has hated Qin Wei for a long time. He heard that he wanted to attract Qin Wei and showed his daughter's card a few days ago, but he didn't expect that he made a shame and was rejected. At this time, it was a great time to attract him. And Zhou Ke, who has always been Qin Wei's right hand, is so ambitious that he will not be willing to be a deputy general all his life! Go and check it. Report it to me as soon as you find it! Let's start with their common obstacle, Qin Wei, and let them use it for us! Hahahaha!"