Just when Ma Shiying was in a state of confusion, a young boy suddenly ran in from outside, looking panicked. Seeing him like this, he also showed displeasure. The past few days had not been going well, and even his servants were
Such a panic is really unlucky!
"Say! What's the matter!"
The boy immediately knelt down and said: "Sir, there is an imperial edict coming from outside, saying that a reward will be given to you, Master Ruan and Mr. Liu! I want several adults to go quickly to receive the edict! The Jin Yiwei over there is already waiting.
"
Hearing this, Ma Shiying couldn't help but wonder, why did the reward suddenly come? There is something wrong. He did nothing here... What he did was rebellion. How could he suddenly reward them? It's a bit too strange.
Let's go! After thinking about it for a while, I didn't dare to think too much, and immediately ordered people to find Ruan Dacheng and Liu Liangzuo.
And he took the first step to meet the Jin Yiwei from Yanzhou. There was always something wrong with this, but he couldn't explain it.
When he saw the royal guards sent by His Majesty, Ma Shiying also bowed his hands and said with a smile: "You guys have been tired of traveling and traveling. You don't have to be so anxious when reading the imperial edict. Let's sit down and have a cup of tea first."
, he asked his servants to prepare good tea. At the same time, he told him to bring some money!
The little flag was also quite polite when he saw this, and he raised his hands to each other: "Mr. Ma, you are also polite. We have been traveling for two days just to read out the decree as soon as possible. Besides, we are not good at drinking tea, so we should call the other two earlier.
Sir, please come here so that we can go back and recover."
Hearing this, Ma Shiying no longer insisted. At the moment, he just wanted to get information about His Majesty from them, and the rest naturally didn't matter. The servant came quickly and also brought the money. Ma Shiying took it and stuffed it in private
When it was in Xiaoqi's hand, Xiaoqi suddenly felt something hard being stuffed into his hand. When he lowered his head, he saw that it was a gold bar!
Just when he was about to shirk, Ma Shiying persuaded him: "Commanders, don't think too much. I just think that it's too hard for the sergeants. We who have been rewarded have to take you to have a meal, but you are so anxious. This
You can only let a few of you find a better place to eat this meal. Don’t refuse.”
Upon hearing this, Xiaoqi no longer resisted, accepted the offer, and thanked Ma Shiying repeatedly.
Seeing that the Jin Yiwei had accepted the gold, Ma Shiying felt relieved. He then sat down with the small flag and asked with concern: "Do you know what happened to the intruders in Shandong? Will you attack again?"
I don’t know, but in order to assist His Majesty, we have also been worried and worried every night.”
Seeing Ma Shiying's hypocrisy, Xiao Qi also felt sick in his heart, but he still calmed down and said: "Master Ma, you can rest assured that since that time the bandits were defeated by our army, they have fled. It is said that they directly withdrew from Shandong.
I don’t want to tangle with the court anymore, so I probably went to deal with Jian Nu.”
"With such a good opportunity, Your Majesty should take advantage of the situation to pursue and recover Shandong!" Ma Shiying said, pretending to be surprised.
"Yes." Xiaoqi immediately replied: "His Majesty is planning to raise troops to regain Shandong, so he sent us to read out the imperial edict and affirm Master Ma's contribution to the court."
After hearing this, Ma Shiying, who had always been suspicious, no longer had so many doubts. He would not think that a mere little flag would deceive him. After all, in the face of such a big temptation, he, a little pawn, would definitely be unsteady.
Immediately afterwards, there was a noise outside, and Ma Shiying looked up. He saw Liu Liangzuo and Ruan Dacheng walking in quickly while chatting. When they saw Ma Shiying, they immediately stopped talking.
"Master Ma."
"General Liu, Master Ruan."
The three of them also pretended not to be familiar with each other, saluted each other, and didn't say much after that. They all looked at the little flag.
The little flag also reacted immediately and immediately took out the imperial edict. The three of them immediately knelt down to receive the edict and said: "Since the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, our dynasty has gradually declined, and most of the rivers and mountains have fallen into the hands of bandits. I have also committed myself to Shandong.
Yanzhou, in such a difficult situation, can support the current situation, and you have a share of the credit. Therefore, in recognition of your hard work and merits, I specially commend Ma Shiying, Liu Liangzuo, and Ruan Dacheng as heroes in protecting the country!"
"You three, take the order."
After Xiao Qi finished reading, the three of them suddenly felt that something was wrong with the content of this imperial edict. Why did the three of them suddenly become heroes of protecting the country? They knew very well in their hearts that what they were doing now was treason! Could it be that His Majesty really
Don’t you know what they have done? They are rewarded.
Seeing that Ma Shiying and others were slow to accept the imperial edict, Xiao Qi immediately asked: "Three adults, are you still not accepting the edict?"
Only then did the three people who were reminded react, and hurriedly said: "I thank you, Lord, for your kindness!" Then they took the imperial edict and stood up again.
"Sir, I've only been doing the most basic things these days, and suddenly His Majesty gave me a reward. I feel really ashamed." Ma Shiying's expression remained calm when he spoke, and he had some of the skills of an actor.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this. Since Your Majesty awards a reward, it means that Your Majesty has done something in some aspects, otherwise Your Majesty would not award a reward." Xiao Qi walked to the door as he spoke, and said to the three Ma Shiying who were following to greet him: "My Lord
You should think carefully about what you have done recently that can be rewarded by His Majesty. I will take my leave."
After saying that, he rode out and rode away.
Looking at Jin Yiwei's retreating figure, several people who were affected by what he said just now are also thinking deeply. What they have done recently is treason! This Jin Yiwei wants them to think about it, right?
Suddenly, the three of them felt shocked in their hearts and looked at each other. At this moment, they seemed to suddenly understand what His Majesty meant. I am afraid that His Majesty already knew what they had done! Otherwise, why did he suddenly reward them? But Wu Linzheng and the others did not receive the reward.
In this way, it suddenly dawned on me.
"Your Majesty is warning us!" Liu Liangzuo's face was full of anger, his face was red, as if a fig leaf had been pulled down.
Ruan Dacheng on the side was also a little frightened. His Majesty did not catch them, but came like this. It was intentional at first glance! Thinking of this, his heart was instantly filled with fear.
"what should we do?"
"Why are you panicking?" Ma Shiying, like them, suddenly felt short of breath. But His Majesty's move really frightened them. The intention of this reward was obvious!
"Even if His Majesty knows about it, he is only warning us and has not arrested us yet! Even if he arrests us, we have an army of 100,000, which is not something His Majesty can easily do!"
"right!"
Liu Liangzuo, who had regained his composure a little, couldn't help but shouted angrily: "What are you afraid of? We knew what we were doing from the beginning, and what we were doing was genocide! We were no longer afraid from that moment on, and we won't die!"
"What will your Majesty do next?" Ruan Dacheng is a timid person who is afraid of getting into trouble. If this temptation hadn't been too great, he would not have participated.
"I have already sent my eyes and ears to control the entire Nanjing city. Liu Liangzuo also sent troops to guard every pass. We still have a chance to turn around in a short time. Let's wait. If His Majesty wants to annihilate us, we may as well do nothing.
He kept on telling the world in the name of the Crown Prince and the Queen that there were treacherous ministers around His Majesty, and then directly sent troops to the north."