Zhaohui sneered at the side and said: "Is it because Master Ma Qi doesn't like being disturbed suddenly, or you simply want to take your master away, and then let Shuntian Prefecture send troops to surround this place!"
Uncle Zhong's face was extremely ugly after someone saw through his thoughts, but Fu Heng was even more shocked. Who are these people and why can they always see through other people's thoughts without making a move.
When the stalemate was going on, an old man with a pale face walked in and said, "Old Zhong, why are you making such a fuss here?"
As soon as he saw the person coming, Uncle Zhong quickly walked over, protected him and said, "Master, be careful, someone has taken Mingyu Gege hostage and said he wants to see you, master."
"Take Mingyu hostage?" The old man was suddenly startled and quickly looked up. When he saw Hongli turning around, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning and could not think. He just stared at Hongli as if he had seen a ghost.
In fact, it was indeed the same as seeing a ghost. Although there was an extra scar on his face, he would never admit it. This person... this person was clearly...
As soon as Hongli took a few steps, Fu Heng and his attendants immediately stopped in front of him and shouted: "Stop, don't come any closer!"
This time, Hongli was surprisingly cooperative and stopped as he was told, but did not move his eyes away from Ma Qi's face, "Master Ma Qi, don't you recognize me?"
Ma Qi opened his mouth several times and finally managed to say a relatively complete sentence, but it was only three words, "You... you... you're not dead?"
He did not ask whether Hongli was a human or a ghost, because a ghost could not have a shadow or such real flesh and blood. The only explanation was that Hongli was not dead at all.
Hongli met his gaze, nodded and said, "Yes, I'm not dead!"
"Why is this happening? Obviously..." Midway through his words, Ma Qi suddenly stopped speaking because he realized that the current situation was not suitable for saying too much.
But these alone were enough to shock others. Fu Heng was the first to say: "Uncle, do you know them?"
"Yes." With this word, Ma Qi let out a sigh of relief, and his expression seemed calmer, but the turmoil in his heart was far from calming down.
At this time, Buqi had already put away the knife and pushed Mingyu to Fu Heng's side. "I was very offended just now. Please don't take offense."
At this time, no one was going to investigate them for holding Mingyu hostage, so everyone was wondering about the same thing. Why did Ma Qi know this beggar-like person? Moreover, looking at them, they seemed to be quite familiar. It was really strange.
Before they could understand what was going on, Ma Qi had already said: "Fu Heng, Mingyu, you must be tired from traveling all the way. Let Uncle Zhong take you down to settle down first."
Fu Heng knew that Ma Qi wanted to drive them away, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to go down with Mingyu. The others were also sent out, leaving only Ma Qi and Hongli in the room.
After there were no outsiders, Ma Qi clapped his sleeves and knelt down and said: "Old minister, see the Crown Prince. It is auspicious for the Crown Prince!"
"Master Ma Qi, please get up quickly." Although Hongli said this, Ma Qi still insisted on finishing the ceremony before getting up.
Then Zhaohui, Agui and Buqi saluted respectively. When they heard Buqi's name, Ma Qi raised his gray eyebrows and said, "Are you Buqi, the governor of Zhengzhou Prefecture who escaped midway?"
Bu Qi didn't expect that Ma Qi even knew about this, so he quickly replied: "To answer the old man's question, it was Xiaguan, but he had no choice but to run away, and Xiaguan did not do what Yang Yingxiong said.
Corruption and perversion of the law.”
"We'll talk about this later." Ma Qi said casually, then turned his attention to Hongli again, "Prince, what is going on? Why did you not return to Beijing until now even though you are not dead?"
?And also with Fu Heng and the others?"
"It's a long story." With that said, Hongli told the story in detail, starting from Fuzhou, ending in Beijing and then moving to Zhengzhou. He kept talking for a long time before finishing.
Even a man like Ma Qi, who has been in officialdom for a long time, couldn't help but change his expression when he heard about Hong Shi's cruelty and lawlessness. During this period, he saw that Hong Shi was quite serious in his work, but when the ministers recommended the crown prince
, his attitude was very humble, and for a moment
He said that he was not worthy of being the prince due to his own virtue; he thought he had grown up and become more sensible, but he didn't expect that everything was an illusion. Not only did the real Hongshi not change at all, but he wanted to seize the crown prince's position, and even killed himself for this.
's biological brother.
After listening to Hongli's words, Ma Qi said: "Previously, the emperor has found out that the incident in Fuzhou was controlled by someone behind the scenes and was not a natural disaster. Later, it was found out that it was Aqina who did it. Unexpectedly, it turned out that the prince was also involved in this matter.
Participated in it. After learning that the Crown Prince was alive, he still pursued the Crown Prince and even refused to let the Crown Prince enter through the city gate. This was really too much! Fortunately, the Crown Prince was auspicious and his plan was not allowed to succeed. "
Agui asked curiously from the side: "Sir, who is Aqina?" In Manchu, Aqina means dog. How could someone call him such a name?
Ma Qi explained: "Aqina was the former eighth prince Yunhu. After the emperor found out what he had done, he ordered him to be renamed Aqina and imprisoned for life. Later he died in captivity.
"After a pause, he glanced at Bu Qi and said, "So, it means the prince and others are the ones who rescued you?"
"Yes, Yang Yingxiong intercepted the memorial sent to the court by the official, and deliberately impeached the official so that the official could take care of himself. Later, in order to avoid future troubles, he also deliberately said that the official was insane and asked a doctor to accompany him.
, In fact, he had already bribed the Yamen official and the doctor to put Xiaguan to death. If the prince had not taken the risk to rescue Xiaguan, Xiaguan would have turned into a pile of bones by now."
"The Nala clan has always been low-key in the court. I didn't expect to be so arrogant and unscrupulous behind the scenes. They even dared to assassinate the prince and the court officials. They are simply lawless!" After saying this, Ma Qi became furious and slapped the armrest hard.
superior.
At this time, Hongli stood up, bowed to Ma Qi, and said: "I hope you can help Hongli, so that Hongli can enter the palace to see Emperor Ama, and bring the traitor to justice!"
Although Ma Qi was seventy years old, his movements were not slow. As soon as Hongli bowed his body, he stepped aside and said in fear: "Prince, please don't say that. All this is what an old minister should do. Wait for the old minister to change."
After taking the court uniform, I will immediately accompany the Crown Prince to Beijing."
"I'll leave everything to you, Mr. Lao." Saying this, Hongli breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking that he could see Huang Ama immediately, his mood that should have been exciting turned out to be surprisingly calm. There was even a trace of sadness.
If Ama knew what Hongshi was like, she would definitely be very sad.
The last thing Huang Ama wants to see is for brothers to kill each other, but some things are destined to be inevitable...