Chapter 240 Ma Su: This is the second time I have seen such a brazen person
Chapter 240 Ma Su: This is the second time I saw such a shameless person
A few days later, Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu to report the results of the Northern Expedition to his later master Liu Chan, discuss how to reward Ma Su, and deal with Wang Ping's affairs.
Although Ma Su resigned from his post, he only resigned from his official and military positions, which did not affect the granting of other rewards.
Such as gold and silver treasures, women, Shu brocade, mansions, land, titles, etc.
No matter what era they are in, all a general wants during his lifetime is military power (official position), fame, money and beautiful women.
Among them, money and beautiful women are especially favored by soldiers.
After the court meeting, the emperor and his ministers agreed that since Ma Su was no longer in the official position and the marquis was already the Marquis of Wuxiang, he had almost no title, so it would be better to give him more rewards in kind as compensation.
In the end, Liu Chan rewarded 200 palace maids, 800 acres of land, 100,000 yuan, and 1,000 pieces of Shu brocade, and sent them to Ma Su's mansion.
On the street from the palace to Ma's Mansion, there was a long line of carriages carrying rewards and items. Countless people lined the streets to watch, their envy was palpable.
Subsequently, Zhuge Liang held a high-level meeting in the Prime Minister's Mansion, attended by Wei Yan, Jiang Wan, Yang Yi, Fei Yi, Dong Yun, Deng Zhi, Liao Hua, Zong Xu, etc.
Ma Su attended as a special guest.
Except for Wang Ping, all the senior officials and generals of the Prime Minister's Office were present (Zhao Yun, who was guarding Longyou, and Wu Yi, who was guarding Hanzhong, were not under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office).
Zhuge Liang glanced at everyone's faces one by one and suddenly asked: "Gong Yan, how is Wang Ping's current situation?"
Jiang Wan cupped his hands and replied: "The situation is not very optimistic. The jailer often whipped him in the past few days. When I found out and banned it, Wang Ping was already dying."
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang glanced at Ma Di subconsciously and frowned: "Why did the jailer beat Wang Ping?"
"According to the account of the jailers who whipped Wang Ping, they were not angry with Wang Ping for ruining our great cause of Ji Han's Northern Expedition and hindering the Prime Minister's efforts to support the Han Dynasty. They also hated him for escaping from prison and killing officials and assassinating Ma Su. Therefore, they carried out this lynching." Jiang Wan also read
He glanced at Ma Su and said softly:
"Originally, Wang Ping was recovering from a serious injury and his body was weak. After this incident... more than half of his life has been lost."
Everyone looked at Ma Di one after another.
"What do you think I did? I didn't instigate it!" Ma Su spread his hands and glanced at Fei Yi.
Fei Yi lowered his head and did not look at Ma Su.
Zhuge Liang looked at Ma Su and asked with interest: "I heard that Wang Ping committed suicide in your house and was saved by you?"
"Yes, he escaped from prison in Hanzhong and came here. He originally wanted to take revenge on me, but after being influenced by my words, he realized that his sin was serious, so he committed suicide to thank the world."
Fei Yi felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this. When no one noticed his expression, he curled his lips.
Influence? Do you think you are the late Emperor Liu Bei, and you can use your "saint halo" to influence an assassin to commit suicide without saying a word?
Although Fei Yi witnessed Wang Ping's suicide, he did not believe that Ma Di convinced Wang Ping with his eloquence. He believed that Ma Di forced Wang Ping to submit by "threatening his family."
Because Wang Ping's first words after he poked him were "please Ma Su let his family go".
Zhuge Liang asked curiously: "Oh, what words can I use to influence him?"
"Transform it with virtue!" Ma Su said calmly: "At that time, it was extremely critical and the situation was extremely dangerous. I had an idea and thought of the late emperor's words: Only the virtuous and the virtuous can convince others. So I transformed it with great virtue, and finally made it possible.
He put down the butcher knife and repented..."
Hearing these words, Fei Yi's whole body was shocked, and he looked at Ma Su with wide eyes in disbelief, and couldn't help but ask: "Is this really true?"
In fact, what he wanted to say was: Could you make it any more outrageous?
Everyone was greatly surprised by Fei Yi's demeanor, and even Zhuge Liang looked sideways.
Ma Su looked at him and said, "Yes, I told Wang Ping afterwards: There are treacherous villains in power who only bully illiterate generals like you. Suicide will not solve the problem. The best way is to live well and wait until one day."
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Having said this, Ma Di paused deliberately, waiting for Fei Yi to ask.
Fei Yi took the bait and asked, "How about one day?"
Ma Su smiled at Fei Yi and said, "When one day, the world is reversed and the villain loses his life, you can go to his grave and perform a dance to comfort him."
"Disco? What is disco?" Fei Yi heard that this was not a good thing and realized that Ma Di was mirroring him. He suppressed his anger and continued to ask.
"It's better not to say anything. You will probably be angry if you tell Mr. Fei." Ma Di shook his head hesitantly and closed his mouth.
Fei Yi suddenly became anxious, turned to look at Zhuge Liang, cupped his hands and said, "Prime Minister, look at him!"
Zhuge Liang had already watched the secret intrigue between the two of them. He didn't want to get in the way, but he couldn't help himself and wanted to know what "disco" meant, so he looked directly at Ma Su and said with a face:
"Why did you stop talking when you were young? What does it mean to be dissatisfied? But there is no harm in talking."
Ma Di chuckled, stood up and placed the wooden stick under his crotch in the middle of the hall, looked around at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Fei Yi, pointed at the wooden stick and said: "If this wooden stick is the treacherous person who died,
The tomb where they were buried later, then this is what disco music is like..."
As he spoke, Ma Su crossed his arms up and down, jumped up and down rhythmically, and demonstrated a short and lively "Can Duck Dance" to everyone on the spot.
There was silence in the lobby for a moment, and everyone was silent.
Frankly speaking, they did not understand this dance, but they understood the full meaning of ridicule in it.
It is estimated that even a dead person would be so angry that he would come back to life after watching this dance.
After a moment, Fei Yi stood up and glared at Ma Su, his lips trembling with anger: "You? You, you! Zhu Zi!"
Ma Su imitated Fei Yi's tone and said: "I, I, I, I didn't name him, why did Mr. Fei take the position? Could it be that Mr. Fei is the treacherous person?"
Having said this, Ma Su shook his head: "It doesn't look like it. Mr. Fei looks talented, knowledgeable, and polite. He doesn't look like a polite scum."
As soon as he said these words, Fei Yi's face turned blue and white for a while, his chest heaved violently several times, and he spat out a mouthful of old blood. Then he fell to the ground and pointed at Ma Su with his trembling fingers:
"I, I, wow..." He spit out another mouthful of blood.
"I, I, I, this is the second time I see such shamelessness..."
"Youchang, stay here!"
Seeing that Ma Su was unreasonable and was about to pursue the victory and send Fei Yi on his last journey to kill him alive, Zhuge Liang quickly interrupted him and called out:
"Call a doctor quickly!"
"Wow~" Seeing Ma Su's gaze full of contempt and disdain, Fei Yi couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
It was only then that he finally realized why Ma Su was able to scold Wang Lang to death in the first place.
This mouth is so destructive!
It's a pity that he knew it too late.
A strong feeling of chest tightness and dizziness came over him. Fei Yi rolled his eyes and fainted completely.
Everyone was in a panic.
Ma Di chuckled, bowed his hand to Zhuge Liang, turned around and left.
After a while, the medical workers arrived, and everyone carried Fei Yi to the side room for treatment.
Zhuge Liang stood tall, looked at the empty lobby, sighed, and said to himself:
"You Chang, You Chang, you..."
Zhuge Liang had realized that Ma Di deliberately resigned from his official position after achieving great achievements and made enemies with his colleagues everywhere, which was to clear the emperor's suspicion and to forgive him.
Being a master of great power has been the most feared thing for every emperor since ancient times.
If this minister with great achievements becomes one with the officials and leads them with prestige, there will basically only be two results, either the emperor will kill the meritorious minister immediately, or the emperor will be killed or overthrown by the meritorious minister and the dynasty will change.
Especially after the wars in the past few years, Ma Su's military exploits have accumulated to an unqualified level, and his prestige in the army is so high that it scares people to death. Now there is a rumor among the army officers and soldiers that in a hundred years from now, Ma Su will be the prime minister.
Belongs to...
His Majesty Liu Chan and the civil and military ministers of the DPRK and China must have heard of such heart-wrenching remarks.
Will His Majesty remain indifferent?
Zhuge Liang pondered for a long time.
Ma Di was not him, and he did not establish a relationship of absolute trust with Liu Chan similar to that of "father, son, monarch, minister". If Ma Di had a counter-intention, Liu Chan would not be his opponent at all.
But from his perspective, Ma Di was loyal to the Han Dynasty and had no intention of turning back.
And it was precisely this lack of reluctance that put Ma Su in a very embarrassing situation. Once he had the troops in hand, he would be jealous. At this time, with him as the prime minister suppressing him, there would be no trouble for the time being. Once he let go, then
It's hard to say.
Zhuge Liang absolutely believed in Ma Di's loyalty.
But will Liu Chan hold the same view as him? Will all civil and military officials hold the same view as him?
Zhuge Liang shook his head.
The human heart is unpredictable and cannot be fully understood.
………
Fei Yi was told by Ma Su at the Prime Minister's Mansion that he had vomited blood and was seriously injured, and soon the news spread throughout the streets and alleys of Chengdu.
Liu Chan summoned Zhuge Liang specifically about this matter, looked at his chubby face, and asked worriedly: "My dear father, is Ma Su loyal?"
"Loyalty!" Zhuge Liang answered decisively.
"Where is Fei Yi?" Liu Chan asked again.
"You are also loyal!"
"Since both of them are loyal ministers, why are they fighting each other?" Liu Chan didn't understand. Or in his position and his life experience, he couldn't understand that two competitors were fighting for a higher position.
When you and I live and die, we are at odds with each other, just like killing our father and our enemies.
When Liu Chan was born, he was the sole heir to the Liu Group. When he was seven years old, Liu Bei established a huge empire for him; when he was thirteen, Liu Bei eliminated his only threat - Liu Feng. When he was sixteen, he became a
He is the emperor. He is twenty-five years old this year. He has been the emperor for nine years and does not know what it means to take care of state affairs.
Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Chan, sighed and said nothing.
Liu Chan simply asked several important officials, Jiang Wan, Dong Yun, Yang Yi, Jiang Wei, Wei Yan, and Wang Ping.
"Father, are these people loyal?"
Zhuge Liang nodded and gave an affirmative answer.
Liu Chan's lips twitched, and he glanced at Huang Hao, who was waiting not far away from Xiaohuangmen, but in the end he still did not say his name.
After a long discussion, the king, ministers, sons and fathers dispersed.
After Zhuge Liang cleared his doubts with a phone call, Liu Chan became more relieved and realized that his father-in-law was there, so he could sit back and relax and continue to make love every day.
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Tianlao, a place where special prisoners are held.
"What? Fei Yi is seriously ill and about to die?!"
After hearing the news, Wang Ping couldn't bear it any longer. The depression and grievance he had accumulated over the past few days were swept away. He jumped up from the hospital bed, startling the two guards next to him.
For a moment, they thought Wang Ping was about to escape from prison again, and hurriedly rushed over to hold him down. Wang Ping laughed while struggling:
