Hearing that Changsun Wuji came to the door, Ma Zhou naturally did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly came out of the check-in room to greet him. When he saw him, he bowed to the ground and said: "I'm going to pay homage to Duke Zhao. I don't know that the Duke is coming. I'm sorry for the delay in greeting him from a distance."
Forgive me for my sin.”
All the officials on the left and right followed him to see the ceremony.
The reason why His Majesty Li Er was able to counterattack and seize the great treasure of enthroning, this person's contribution can be regarded as the first. Even though Fang Xuanling was said to be tied with him at the time, his status was actually slightly insufficient. After all, regardless of the influence of Queen Wende
Fang Xuanling's strength, or the strength of the Guanlong nobles behind them, is unmatched by Fang Xuanling.
Even though he is now gradually estranged from the emperor, no one dares to take him lightly.
Changsun Wuji nodded slightly, with a kind and warm smile on his round face, and said warmly: "No need to be polite, please get up quickly, please get up quickly! Speaking of which, I came to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion on a whim and brought some for you.
Sorry for the inconvenience, please go and do your work quickly, I will leave after talking to Ma Fuyin."
"Here!"
Only then did all the officials disperse, each busy with their official duties.
Ma Zhou cursed in his heart, where is your whim? It's obviously just to slap you in the face...
On the face of it, he did not dare to be negligent and invited Changsun Wuji to the check-in room.
After entering the duty room and ordering tea to be served, Ma Zhou closed the door, sat opposite Changsun Wuji, and said with a smile: "When the Duke comes, he must have some advice. I am listening attentively."
"Hey, how can you dare to be an advisor? Now you, Ma Fuyin, are His Majesty's confidant. In charge of such a large establishment as Jingzhao Mansion, you can be called the world's first border official and a first-rate imperial minister. I don't dare to underestimate you."
"I will never be worthy of the praise of being 'the best in the world'. Your Majesty will not look down on me because I am from a poor background and have humble qualifications. Instead, I will entrust you with important responsibilities. You can only serve the king with all your heart and soul."
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Chinese people have not been in the habit of getting straight to the point when doing things since ancient times. They have to exchange pleasantries and use various metaphors and hints in turn before they can get to the core.
Ma Zhou doesn't care. He sits firmly on the Diaoyutai. It's your grandson Wuji who wants to ask for help. Since you are willing to talk nonsense, I will accompany you.
But doubts are unavoidable in my heart. They are just a few children of the eldest grandson family whose whereabouts are suspicious. Why did the labor eldest grandson Wuji personally go out to fish for them?
Even if only a famous letter is handed over, as long as the matter is not very important, how can I not sell him this face?
After all, this is Changsun Wuji, the biological brother of the current Situ, Duke Zhao, and Queen Wende...
Changsun Wuji was also anxious, fearing that the man would be delayed for too long. The Jingzhao Mansion patrol officer used severe torture to extract a confession from the man, so he gave up the idea of mocking Ma Zhougan for being Fang Jun's lackey and asked directly: "I heard that Ma Mansion
Yin personally led the troops and arrested several suspicious persons in the West City?"
Ma Zhou nodded and said, "It's true."
Give affirmation, but refuse to say another word.
Changsun Wuji felt a headache...
Such a competitive person is not willing to take any risks.
After pondering for a while, Changsun Wuji said: "Although he is a son of my eldest grandson, if he commits adultery and violates the law, even I will not spare him! In the bright and righteous world, the prince breaks the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people.
I hope Mafu Yin won’t let me go away just because I’m not good-looking, I won’t accept this favor.”
Ma Zhou smiled and said: "I will bear in mind the Duke's instructions."
This time I had a few more words in my answer, but after I finished speaking, I shut my mouth tightly.
Changsun Wuji: "..."
I have already talked about this, why are you so ignorant?
At this time, shouldn't you just go with what you say and say that those people have no obvious evil deeds, and then let me take them away, and give me this favor as well?
Is it possible that you still have to ask me to tell you what you want me to say?
Today's young people are very careless and aloof from any responsibilities. They have no loyalty at all. They are far different from the old guys in the past who patted their chests and did everything beautifully whenever something happened.
But now I have someone to ask for, and this Ma Zhou is not easy to get along with. Even if he is respectful now, turning his face up if he disagrees is faster than flipping through a book. It will be a long night with many dreams, so he has no choice but to say: "Ma's house
Yin Ke once interrogated whether those arrested members of our family committed adultery or committed crimes?"
In normal procedures, if the evidence of those people's crimes is conclusive, then Ma Zhou can naturally refuse them. If there is no evidence, he should take the initiative to say that he has arrested the wrong person and hand him over to Changsun Wuji to take him away. Everyone is hanging around in the officialdom.
When the bottom line is involved, who can break up without any scruples?
However, Ma Zhou just said calmly: "We haven't found out yet."
And then...it was gone.
This unconventional approach makes Changsun Wuji feel really tired...
There was no point in going around in circles. Changsun Wuji could only hold his breath and said bluntly: "My Changsun family has a good reputation and cannot be tarnished. If those unscrupulous children commit adultery and commit crimes, they will be killed or cut into pieces, but Ma Fuyin please act according to the law.
, I have absolutely no complaints. However, if there is no conclusive evidence to prove that he has committed a heinous crime, I would also like to ask Ma Fuyin to look out for me and keep a wide margin, so as to prevent people who do not know the truth from spreading rumors and damaging the interests of my eldest grandson family.
reputation."
Ma Zhou frowned.
These words are almost completely open, and the meaning is very clear. As long as it is not a "heinous" crime, you can give them face and let them go. Everyone in the Changsun family agrees with you.
It is very important that the dignified eldest son Sun Wuji can say such words. Looking at the court, no one will not give him face.
Well, maybe there is one, but it is definitely not him Ma Zhou...
Ma Zhou was born in a poor family and was incompatible with the aristocratic family. He had no friends or cliques and was loyal to His Majesty Li Er wholeheartedly. He was a pure loner.
However, being a lonely minister is not the same as being a fool. Like Wei Zheng, who originally had deep roots and old friends all over the court, but ended up alone, with gods and ghosts retreating, what good ending could there be?
In the officialdom, people with low emotional intelligence are destined to achieve nothing.
But after all, Ma Zhou still has his own bottom line. Favors can be bought, and Changsun Wuji can be given face, but the prerequisite must be that these beggars really have not committed any crimes.
It's a pity that things happened in a hurry. Those beggars had just been arrested and before they had time to interrogate them, Changsun Wuji came to the door and wanted them...
Um?
Something is wrong!
Ma Zhou knew very well what kind of person Changsun Wuji was. The nickname "Yinren" was not given for nothing. The city was so deep that the court did not think twice about it. Such a person knew that his children were being raped by Jingzhao Mansion.
After the arrest, they rushed to get the person in a hurry...
Either the matter is too serious, or the person arrested is too important.
Ma Zhou was reluctant to sell it to Changsun Wuji to save face...
Just as he was pondering to himself, what kind of rhetoric should he use to shirk Changsun Wuji, an official opened the door and came in to report: "Yin, His Highness King Jing wants to see you."
Ma Zhou stroked the three locks of his long beard under his chin, glanced at Changsun Wuji, and thought to himself: What on earth is going on?
They just arrested a few "beggars" with suspicious identities, causing Changsun Wuji to come in, and King Jing also followed...
Who are these "beggars"?
Changsun Wuji wished he could kick Li Yuanjing hard when he came in front of him. Why are you here to cause trouble at this time?
As soon as he looked at Ma Zhou's expression, he knew that this man was already suspicious of the identity of the "beggar" he was arresting, and the matter might not be easy to resolve.
Not daring to continue talking about this matter, lest Ma Zhou sense something wrong and become stubborn and refuse to sell anyone's face, Changsun Wuji pretended to be relaxed and said: "Is it possible that someone from Prince Jing's Mansion was also arrested this time? Haha,
Ma Fuyin, the commotion you have made this time is a bit big, and it is not good to implicate innocent people."
innocent?
Ma Zhou was suspicious in his heart and said to his eldest son Wuji: "My lord, please sit down for a moment and then go down to greet His Highness King Jing."
Changsun Wuji said: "Mafu Yin will go on his own, but please don't tell His Highness King Jing that I am here."
After all, he was meeting the chief officer handling the case in private. At the most serious level, it would be interfering with the administration of justice. It was nice to say but not nice to hear. At a position like Changsun Wuji's, this kind of thing should be avoided as much as possible.
It's not that you can't do it, but it's better not to let anyone know about it, so as not to take advantage of it...
Ma Zhou said: "Your Majesty, please take care of it. Lord, please sit down and come back as soon as you go."
Changsun Wuji nodded slightly and watched Ma Zhou walk out of the check-in room, his eyes slightly narrowed and a gloomy look appeared on his face...
Ma Zhou left the duty room and came to the lobby. He saw Jing Wang Li Yuanjing sitting on the main seat and drinking tea. There was a servant-looking person on each side.
, looks quite impressive.
He quickly took two steps forward and said loudly: "I have met His Highness King Jing."