Summary of the previous chapter: With the help of King Xin, Ma Xiaoquan was "reinstated to his official position"...
Wei Zhongxian frowned slightly and said, "The person next to you is your nephew, what is his name?"
Tian Ergen winked at his nephew, who stepped forward, knelt down in front of Wei Zhongxian, and said loudly: "My grandson pays homage to grandpa. The grandson's name is not important. Grandpa can call his grandson by his nickname from now on."
, Liang'er. "
"Liang'er?" Wei Zhongxian grinned and laughed, "Okay, this relationship is good. Well, Liang'er, get up!"
"Thank you Grandpa!"
Wei Zhongxian nodded with satisfaction and smiled at Tian Ergen: "Ergen, your nephew is not bad, very good, haha..."
Tian Ergen nodded and bowed, and said respectfully: "Master Wei, Liang'er is not only very sensible, but the most important thing is that he is also the son-in-law of cabinet scholar Liu Yijing, hehe..."
"Oh?" Wei Zhongxian blinked, patted his forehead and said, "Some time ago, I heard that you were marrying your nephew a wife. I was too busy and didn't bother much. Oh, it turns out your nephew married Liu Yi.
Jing’s girl?”
"Yes, Mr. Wei, hehe!"
Wei Zhongxian said humbly: "This Liu Yijing... Oh, let me just say it. He often said bad things about me before. Why haven't I seen him in a while? We have been making trouble for a long time..."
Li Yongzhen interrupted: "Master Wei, you are such a noble person and forgetful about things. Liu Yijing has something in our hands."
Li Zongyu also hurriedly interjected: "Yes, Mr. Wei, Liu Yijing's handle is his useless son, hehe!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Wei Zhongxian hummed three times in a row and said, "I remember, it's in vain that Liu Yijing is so knowledgeable, but his son is a coward... By the way, Ergen, you
Come on, does Liu Yijing have any bad intentions?"
Tian Ergen shook his head and waved his hands, and said respectfully: "Master Wei, how dare Liu Yijing have any bad thoughts towards you? Even if he has ten courages, he still has to hold it in."
"What is that?"
Tian Ergen winked at his nephew, who stepped forward respectfully and said, "Grandpa, one day my grandson was drinking with Liu Yijing's useless son. After he drank too much, he said something strange.
Son......"
"Something strange? What's going on?"
"It's like this... He said that a few years ago, he got the news that his father had taken the concubine and stole people in an inn. He was very angry when he heard that, so he took
I went there with someone to catch the rapist..."
When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he sneered and said: "Liu Yijing can't help but take a concubine? Ha? It's weird not to let him steal people. Well, let's continue..."
"Then, Liu Yijing's son took a few thugs to the inn... and kicked the door open. Only then did he find out that he was having an affair with Liu Yijing's concubine...
...It’s the fourth son of the Ma family, Ma Xiaoquan!”
"What? Is it Ma Xiaoquan?"
Tian Ergeng stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Mr. Wei, when Liang'er told me this, I didn't believe it at first, but I used the Jin Yiwei to investigate secretly, and found out
Some clues have indeed been discovered..."
As Tian Ergeng spoke, he took out a few pieces of yellow paper from his arms. The ink on the yellow paper was very dry and a little scattered. It seemed to be paper from a few years ago.
Tian Ergeng slowly unfolded the yellow paper and placed it in front of Wei Zhongxian.
Each piece of yellow paper has several columns of small seal characters written on it. The handwriting is neat and orderly. It can be seen that it was written by Lian Jiazi.
Wei Zhongxian was illiterate, and his face darkened. He thought Tian Ergen was here to humiliate him on purpose. He was a little unhappy and said, "Ergen? What are you doing?"
Tian Ergeng quickly waved his hand and said: "Master Wei, please don't be angry. Please see, is this wording very neat?"
Although Wei Zhongxian was illiterate, he had withheld memorials submitted by courtiers for a long time. Sometimes he would open them and take a look at them. After reading more, he could still recognize whether the fonts were neat or not.
"Well, that's true. The writing is quite neat."
"Master Wei, look at this again..." Tian Ergeng said, taking out another piece of paper from his arms. The color of this paper was whitish, and the ink was thicker and not scattered. It should be New paper.
Wei Zhongxian glanced at it and said: "The writing of this word is... a bit lacking..."
Tian Ergen nodded and said: "Master Wei, do you think who wrote this?"
Wei Zhongxian said angrily: "Could it be that all the words are Ma Xiaoquan's?"
Tian Ergeng shouted: "Master Wei is so wise, these are indeed written by the fourth son of the Ma family."
"What? Tian Ergeng, are you telling the truth?"
Tian Ergen nodded firmly: "It's absolutely true, Mr. Wei, this is indeed the name of Ma Xiaoquan..."
Li Yongzhen and Li Zongyu came up and looked at the words on the two types of paper.
Li Yongzhen said: "Master Wei, Brother Tian's words remind me of something. Ma Xiaoquan seems to have never written a memorial by himself. In the memorials that I read to Master Wei, whenever I encounter Ma Xiaoquan's writing, it seems that he is looking for someone to write it." Ghostwritten.”
Wei Zhongxian said humbly: "It's not uncommon for many court officials to hire ghostwriters... Zong Yu, take a closer look... What's the difference between these two fonts?"
Li Zongyu's calligraphy was very good and he had some research on calligraphy. He lowered his head and took a closer look and said, "Master Wei, I believe that these two characters should have been written by two people."
"The hands of two people? You mean..."
Li Zongyu did not continue speaking, but looked at Tian Ergeng.
Tian Ergen and Li Zongyu have always had a good relationship. He nodded and continued Li Zongyu's words: "Master Wei, according to Liu Yijing's son, they beat Ma Xiaoquan to death on the day he led his men to catch the traitor... ....”
"Beat to death? What do you mean?"
Tian Liang said: "Grandpa, that is to say, they did beat Ma Xiaoquan to death that day, so...my uncle thinks that the current Ma Xiaoquan is probably a fake!"
Li Zongyu said: "Master Wei, I looked at the words carefully. This is definitely written by two people..."
Wei Zhongxian narrowed his eyes and said, "So, is it really possible that Ma Xiaoquan is a fake?"
Tian Ergen said again: "Yes, Mr. Wei, Mr. Wei, before this, the Ma family was also a relatively famous family in the court. The head of the family, Ma Ruiqing, had four sons, the eldest son Ma Zhi, the second son Ma Yuan, and the third son. Ma Cheng, and his fourth son Ma Xiaoquan..."