Chapter 334 The real mastermind behind the scenes?
Chapter 334 The real mastermind?
Ma Su stopped and his heart moved, knowing that this child must be the son of Yang Yi or Fei Yi.
Previously, for the sake of the prime minister, Ma Su gave Yang Yi a lighter punishment, only to be exiled three thousand miles. However, Fei Yi was not only exiled three thousand miles, but his whole family was also kicked out of the House of the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue.
So, this child is Fei Yi’s son?
Ma Su turned around and came back. Under the bright moonlight, he noticed that the child had a delicate appearance and bright eyes, so he asked: "Oh, what is your name? Where do you live?"
The child clutched the wooden stick in his hand tightly. Although his face was timid, he still whispered: "My name is Fei Cheng, my father's name is Fei Yi, and my family lives in this alley."
Sure enough, he was Fei Yi's son.
Ma Su nodded, looked down at Fei Cheng's eyes, and asked: "How do you know about adults at such a young age?"
"I heard what my mother said."
Ma Su pondered for a moment, patted his little shoulder and said, "Let's go, take me to your house and see you. After seeing it, I will forgive your father."
Seeing that Fei Cheng didn't seem to believe it, Ma Su added: "A gentleman's words are hard to catch. As a general, how can I still deceive you?"
Fei Cheng tilted his head and thought for a while, stretched out his little finger and said, "Then you and I will hook up, and I will trust you and take you to my house to see you."
"Okay, okay, pull the hook." Ma Su shook his head and laughed, opened the hook with Fei Cheng and hung himself, then followed him towards the alley.
More than a dozen guards were divided into two teams, one team in front to explore the way, and one team in the back to guard.
After walking less than fifty steps, the two of them arrived at the door of Fei Yi's house. What they saw was an ordinary old two-story house.
However, although this old house is ordinary, it is much better than most houses in Beicheng.
Before Ma Su could go up and knock on the door, Fei Cheng called out "Mother" first. The sound of rapid footsteps immediately came from the yard, and then the anxious voice of a woman: "Cheng'er, it's so late at night, why did you run out again?
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"Mother, look who is here."
"Who is it..." Fei's mother muttered and opened the door. She saw a group of guards holding sharp blades behind Ma Su. She felt trembling in her heart and asked in a panic: "Who is your Excellency?"
"Oh, mother, he is the general." Fei Cheng walked to his mother and rushed back.
Mrs. Fei is about thirty years old, has a dignified appearance, and exudes the temperament of a lady.
When she heard that the visitor was General Ma Di, although her face was still panicked, she was obviously relieved and let the door open: "The sinful woman has seen the General. General, please come in."
Ma Su also felt that it was not appropriate to stand at the door and talk, so he ordered his guards to wait outside the door and walked into the courtyard.
Fei lowered her head and looked sad while making tea for Ma Su. Fei Cheng was taken away by his servants, and the atmosphere in the room was particularly dull.
Ma Di was sitting on a wooden bench, looking at the surrounding environment. Suddenly he saw a familiar calligraphy and painting on the table, so he asked: "May I ask, Madam, are there any guests coming today?"
When Fei heard this, she couldn't help but panic, her hands trembled, and the tea cup fell to the ground with a "pop" sound. The tea spilled on the ground, and white smoke immediately started to rise.
There is poison in the tea!
"You...?" Ma Su stood up suddenly, his voice instantly filled with murderous intent, "You want to kill me?!"
"Someone is coming!!"
Fei Shi knelt on the ground with a pop, trembling and said: "No, the sinful woman is unjust. The sinful woman never meant this."
Seeing that her whole body was shaking violently, she was obviously extremely frightened. Apart from being angry, Ma Su suddenly felt a trace of intolerance in his heart.
He just made an impromptu decision to go out for a walk today. He met Fei Cheng impromptuly and decided to come to Fei's house to visit. Therefore, Fei could not have known all this in advance and poisoned the tea.
Then who gave this poison? Who is the person to be killed?
While he was deep in thought, a dozen guards rushed into the room, drew their swords, and were about to kill Fei.
"Wait a minute." Ma Su quickly stopped them, looked at Fei and asked, "Are there any guests coming today?"
"Yes, in the evening, Qiao Zhou, the classics master, came over, left a pair of calligraphy and paintings and left."
Qiao Zhou?
I actually forgot about this young man.
Could it be that he was responsible for the poison, but why did he kill Fei Yi's family?
Ma Su frowned deeply, feeling that a huge net was surrounding him.
Qiao Zhou was an official of the former Shu region, with outstanding literary talents and quite a reputation.
At the end of the 10th year of Jianxing (232), Zhuge Liang faked his own death to lure Sima Yi into attack. Qiao Zhou was in Hanzhong at the time. Hearing the news, he immediately went to Wuzhangyuan to attend the funeral at starry night. Zhuge Liang was deeply moved by the comparison. After the war, Qiao Zhou was granted the title of San.
Qi Changshi. Two years later, Ji Han unified the world, and Qiao Zhou was appointed as a scholar of classics, becoming the first scholar in Yizhou.
Qiao Zhou was a very smart person. When Zhuge Liang was in office, he always strongly supported the Northern Expedition. His official position was constantly rising and his influence was growing.
After Zhuge Liang's lazy administration, Ma Di came to power and took over the power. After all the literati who did not do practical things were sidelined, Qiao Zhou was the most enthusiastic in anti-war. He opposed Ma Di's war for two reasons. One was to "use knowledge and understanding"
The specialty of astronomy is to pretend to be a magic stick and fool around", and to use the will of heaven to oppose; secondly, "the world has been decided for the first time, it is only suitable to rest and not to use force."
Because he was just a scholar with little real power, Ma Di didn't bother to pay attention to him. He usually didn't even look at him when he met him in the court.
But unexpectedly, Qiao Zhou's influence in the court became more and more important, and soon a large group of literati gathered around him, almost to the point where he could influence the government affairs.
How could Ma Su endure this situation?
As soon as the assassination case was over, they masturbated all the civil servants such as Qiao Zhou and others who did not do real work and knew how to beep all day long, and let them go home and eat themselves.
Speaking of Qiao Zhou, the article "On Chou Guo Lun" in the original time and space was written by him. This article has also been strongly criticized by orthodox Chinese Confucian scholars of all ages, who believe that it is paving the way for capitulationism and has seriously lost its value.
National integrity.
Unexpectedly, such an incompetent scholar would poison Fei Yi's family.
wrong!
Why did he poison Fei Yi's family?
Is there some hidden secret in this?
Ma Di quickly spread out the calligraphy and paintings on the desk and looked at them carefully. After a while, he seemed to have the answer in his heart, but he seemed to be even more confused.
This is just a very ordinary calligraphy and painting, but the inscription is thought-provoking.
Xiahou Ba.
Xiahou Ba is now one of Liu Chan's favorite ministers, holding a senior position.
Of course, this is not the point. The point is, how did the calligraphy and paintings signed by Xiahou Ba end up in the hands of Qiao Zhou and then transferred to Fei Yi's house?
Ma Su was a little confused for a moment, but this emotion quickly disappeared. Now is not the time to think about this. The top priority is to find out whether the poison was administered by Qiao Zhou, and who is his target?
Fei knelt on the ground and cried: "General, I don't know why the sinful woman's tea is poisonous..."
"Let's talk after we get up." Ma Di did not immediately believe Fei's words, and said coldly. Fei didn't dare to get up, and knocked his head so low that it almost hit the floor.
Ma Su was unmoved and continued to ask in a cold voice: "When was this tea brewed?"
"An hour ago."
"When did Qiao Zhou come? When did he leave?"
"I came here half an hour ago and left half an hour ago."
"What did he say?"
"I just said that this painting was originally given to him by my husband. Today it is returned to the original owner. I left the painting after leaving it behind."
Fei's voice was full of sorrow and fear. Ma Su raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard her words.
"Oh? So you suspect that he was responsible for the poison?"
"No, no, I don't know who did it to the sinful woman."
Ma Di nodded and looked at the guards in the room, "You guys go and arrest the men from Qiaozhou and send them to Tingwei Prison. Tell Lord Xiang Chong to torture him. Don't ask anything, just torture him for me!"
Torture!!!"
"Yes! General."
Several guards bowed their hands and walked out quickly.
