Chapter 82: Brothers of Unfair Origin
"Sir Zhang, Mr. Ma, why are you two doing this?" At this time, Chu Ci pretended to be confused.
"I... yes... um..." Zhang Yaoyang was about to explain when Ma Ming slapped his mouth shut. He smiled apologetically and said, "Lord Sima was just overly excited."
The relationship between these two people, the one who led it was actually Ma Ming? Chu Ci turned to look at Fan Jingrui: "Husband, when did you guess it?"
Fan Jingrui shook his head. The Fifth Prince's anger had dissipated, replaced by intense interest. "Ma Ming, let him go."
Ma Ming had imagined many situations where he would be exposed, but he had never expected this one. But facing the Fifth Prince, he didn't even have a chance to resist.
He had no choice but to slowly release his hand that was covering Zhang Yaoyang.
Zhang Yaoyang's mouth had just been freed when he started to act recklessly again. "Are you really the Fifth Prince? You're not trying to trick me, are you?"
Ma Ming tried desperately to make amends, "My master was cheated before, so he is more cautious."
Zhang Yaoyang was about to deny it when Ma Ming pinched him hard. "Ah——"
Zhang Yaoyang then remembered the warning he had given him before coming here, and quickly responded, "Yes, yes."
It's interesting that Lord Sima, the second-in-command of Lianzhou City, is actually controlled by his own staff.
Chu Ci's interest was immediately piqued, his eyes gleaming with gossip. "Seriously? Who was the one who lied to your master?"
When Chu Ci asked this question, Fan Jingrui and the fifth prince not only did not stop him, but instead pricked up their ears. After all, they were quite interested in such an outrageous thing.
"Second... Second Prince, that man claimed to be Yao Qilin, the Second Prince's Chief Secretary." Zhang Yaoyang's face flushed red, but he still told the truth: "In fact, that man is just an actor."
Ma Ming also added, "And I've also found out that the actor is a member of the Holy Mother Church. It seems that he knew about the plague in Lianzhou before it broke out."
Chu Ci and the other two were not surprised that the scammer was committing fraud in the name of the Second Prince's Chief Secretary.
When they learned that the other party was from the Holy Mother Church, they did not show any surprise.
However, when Ma Ming mentioned that the other party knew in advance that the plague would break out, they really couldn't sit still.
The Fifth Prince grabbed Ma Ming by the collar and demanded, "Are you serious? Do you know that your words will appear on my father's desk before nightfall?"
"I swear." Ma Ming certainly knew what his words meant.
But only by tearing off the last fig leaf can his lord remain invincible.
Upon hearing this, the Fifth Prince's face became solemn.
But Chu Ci wanted to know why Ma Ming treated Zhang Yaoyang so wholeheartedly.
Chu Ci asked what he was thinking, "With Mr. Ma's abilities, he could definitely handle things on his own. Why is he so devoted to Sima Zhang?"
Ma Ming hadn't expected Chu Ci to ask such a question in such a tense situation. Slightly startled, he asked, "Then why did you give the credit for the potatoes to your grandfather?"
"It's different. I just simply don't want to." Chu Ci paused slightly and explained.
Ma Ming just smiled at her and said, "Don't you want to? How many people in this world can escape the shackles of fame, wealth and power? You are just running away."
Chu Ci knew that Ma Ming had misunderstood, but the word "escape" hit her heart hard.
After a long while, Chu Ci came back to his senses and fought back: "I am avoiding it. What about you? Are you interested in telling your story?"
Story? It turns out that my suffering, my unfulfilled desires, are just a story in the eyes of some people.
Ma Ming had to admit that Chuci knew how to hurt people's hearts.
"I'm a commoner, no, I should call myself a pariah. It's because my parents are actors and were cast as pariahs. I was born a pariah, so even if I'm well educated, it's useless."
When Ma Ming said this, his eyes were red, as if he was confiding something, but more of it was resentment.
Since the beginning of his journey, Chu Ci has been obsessed with watching the drama unfold and then making predictions. It seems that only in this way can he remember his own world and prevent himself from being assimilated by it.
But now Chu Ci regretted it, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I thought it was just the Zhang family doing you a favor, I..."
Unexpectedly, Ma Ming smiled and comforted Chu Ci: "Young Madam, your guess is correct. Mr. Zhang has indeed been kind to me. If it weren't for him, there would be no Ma Ming today."
Having said that, Ma Ming turned to look at Zhang Yaoyang who was also kneeling.
"Young Master, he is just a little cruel and straightforward. But he does a good job serving the people. Otherwise, he wouldn't have insisted on staying despite the master's objections."
Being praised by his own staff, Zhang Yaoyang became modest, "That's because you help me, otherwise I wouldn't be able to handle it at all."
At first Chu Ci thought they had a deep brotherly love, but then Zhang Yaoyang showed Chu Ci what it meant to "if a brother stabs me in the side, I will stab him twice."
"Although you used the technique of disguise to steal the Holy Mother Church's Saint, which caused me quite a bit of trouble, and now, you haven't even found out such a big news as the Fifth Prince's presence in Liancheng."
Zhang Yaoyang kept talking, while Ma Ming looked up at the sky, with an attitude of leaving everything to fate.
Never mind, the young master is hopeless, he has given up.
Chu Ci: I really feel like I have been implicated by my brother.
It was so funny, no, she couldn't help it.
However, laughing out loud was too disrespectful to Ma Ming, so Chu Ci had no choice but to pinch his thigh hard a few times.
However, Chu Ci held back.
The Fifth Prince didn't have that kind of awareness. He chuckled. "Sima Zhang, how did you survive in the officialdom with a personality like yours?"
"Because the young master's father-in-law is Lord Situ Xing Zhang." At this time, Ma Ming was too lazy to cover up for Zhang Yaoyang anymore.
Even if the fifth prince did not participate in court affairs, he had some understanding of the important officials in the capital.
"As far as I know, Xing Zhang has five sons and one daughter, and his daughter married my eldest brother. So where did Sima Zhang's wife come from?" The Fifth Prince thought to himself, could it be that these two people and the Zhang family were deceived? It seems that the Zhang family is favored by scammers!
Thinking of this, the Fifth Prince felt a little pity for the two people kneeling below.
However, the truth was that his sympathy was too early. "Master Situ married a wife in his early years, but she died early. My wife has been in the countryside fulfilling her filial duty on behalf of her father, so not many people know about it."
The Fifth Prince felt choked, but Chu Ci noticed something. "Master Zhang, I've noticed that you don't seem to be so sharp-tongued about everything."
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