"Oh, no gifts, no gifts." Li Yuanjing put down his tea cup and said with a smile on his face: "I came here unexpectedly, did you disturb Ma Fuyin's office?"
Ma Zhouxin said, can you please not disturb me?
"It's a great honor for His Highness to come to Jingzhao Mansion. It's a pity that he couldn't sweep up the bed to greet you. I'm really ashamed."
"You don't have to be like this, Ma Fuyin. You and I are all His Majesty's ministers, and we should be loyal to the King. If you really sweep up the bed to welcome me, thus delaying the work of the Jingzhao Mansion, I am afraid that the imperial officials will not let it go.
My king, impeachment memorials will be piled up on His Majesty’s desk, you are doing me a disservice, haha!”
…
After another round of pleasantries, Ma Zhou felt a little tired.
There was another Zhao Guogong in the duty room. In terms of status and influence, he was definitely not inferior to King Jing in front of him. Therefore, Ma Zhou could not ignore Changsun Wuji and said bluntly: "His Royal Highness is here today. I don't know if anyone is here."
What advice?"
Li Yuanjing was even more impatient than Ma Zhou. Hearing this, he stopped going around in circles. He sighed and said, "I heard that Jingzhao Mansion caught a few beggars in the West Market today?"
Ma Yiyi was stunned and replied: "Exactly, but I don't know what your highness means?"
Li Yuanjing stroked his long beard and sighed: "Those beggars, including my king's wife and brother, were sent out on business by my king's orders, but they encountered robbers on the way, making them miserable, and ended up running away again after returning to Chang'an.
I am really ashamed of the trouble in the West Market. But the princess at home is worried and insists on asking me to come and have a look. If it is nothing serious, I will take him back... I naturally know that Jingzhao Mansion has its own rules.
, it is not for outsiders to comment, but that woman keeps nagging and refuses to give up, and I am really annoyed by it, Ma Fuyin, how about... do you think?"
Ma Zhou was silent.
I thought to myself: I really believe you are a ghost...
Who knows that Princess Jing is the least favored. If she were not in the royal family and worried about Zongzheng Temple, things like "loving concubines and destroying wives" would have happened long ago. But you are usually unwilling to say a word to Princess Jing, will you?
Go out in person to fish out your wife's brother?
Moreover, there was Changsun Wuji first, and then Li Yuanjing, which made Ma Zhou more and more suspicious of the true identities of those beggars. How could they let them take people away so easily?
However, the point of the question is not whether the "beggar" is Li Yuanjing's brother-in-law. Since Li Yuanjing exposed the "brother-in-law", it means that he must be taken away today, otherwise his dignified King Jing's wife-brother will be captured by the capital.
Detained by Zhaofu, where can I save my face?
If you don't agree, you will offend others.
But Ma Zhou is never afraid of offending people...
Having emotional intelligence and being willing to be convenient with others does not mean that there is no bottom line. Ma Zhou will naturally not hesitate to give face to his colleagues, but once the bottom line is involved, Ma Zhou will
Immediately blackface, no one will lose face.
You dare to blaspheme the judiciary in front of me and make me, Ma Zhouhang, collude. How do you expect me to give you any face?
While Ma Zhou was pondering, an official came quickly, leaned over and whispered a few words into Ma Zhou's ear...
Ma Zhou suddenly changed color.
Turning to look at Li Yuanjing, he said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness Haojiao knows that just a few miles outside the Mingde Gate in the south of the city, there were more than ten city defenders lying dead on the spot. The murderer fled. Some soldiers witnessed it. Those defenders
He was chasing a few thugs dressed as beggars, and they were killed. The identities of those beggars are doubtful, and they are most likely the thugs who massacred the soldiers guarding the city. I cannot let you take them away."
Li Yuanjing's liver trembled when he heard this...
Hegan Chengji, you bastard, if you don’t cheat me to death, you will be finished, right?
It’s just a matter of provoking Fang Jun’s club, but he’s also going to kill the soldiers defending the city...
He was completely panicked. He stood up suddenly, took two steps forward and took Ma Zhou's hand. He didn't care about the prince's majesty at all, and almost begged: "My brother, I have countless concubines, but there is only one
You are such a considerate brother-in-law, no matter what, please be open-minded, I will remember your friendship for the rest of my life."
Holding hands and looking at each other with sincere affection.
"Prince Bin" is Ma Zhou's nickname. Very few people can usually call Ma Zhou by his nickname. However, Li Yuanjing was like an old friend for many years. He did not care about the prince's dignity at all. It could be said that he was flattering and humble.
Otherwise, if Ma Zhou wants to interrogate the caught "beggar", who knows how long He Qian Chengji can survive pretending to be a beggar? Once he can't withstand the torture, he will tell you everything he did.
This is the end of the prince's reign. The imprisonment is light. With His Majesty Li Er's consistent behavior of being cruel to his brothers, he might be sent to Qianzhou, and he might even get sick and die on the way...
How could Ma Zhou give him this face?
Since those beggars are suspected of killing soldiers, let alone King Jing, even if His Royal Highness is standing here, it is impossible for him to let them go.
"Don't be surprised, Your Highness. This matter has already caused shock in the capital and massacred soldiers. What a shocking thing is this? I, the Zhenguan Dynasty, ruled the Qingming Dynasty and absolutely cannot tolerate the existence of such vicious and evil people. But please don't worry, Your Highness. I will wait for you later."
If there is a good interrogation, as long as it is not the fault of His Highness’s wife and brother, I guarantee that they will be sent to Prince Jing’s Mansion in full.”
"My brother, King Bin, why are you like this? Why are you like this? After all, they are just a few soldiers. If you give me this favor today, I will definitely repay you tenfold and a hundredfold in the future!"
Li Yuanjing begged bitterly.
However, the more he begged, the more Ma Zhou became convinced that there was something wrong with his so-called "brother-in-law", and naturally the more he gritted his teeth and refused to let him go.
Li Yuanjing's patience ran out...
It's just a case of being punished by the emperor, so why not take a gamble?
He grabbed Ma Zhou tightly and refused to let go, and said angrily: "This Tang Dynasty is the world of my Li family. I am a prince, why can't I make you open your eyes?"
Ma Zhou's face was expressionless: "The world is your Majesty's, not just yours or mine. Your Majesty, be careful what you say."
Li Yuanjing gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's go and argue in front of His Majesty. If His Majesty is lenient, what will you say?"
Ma Zhou said: "If this is the case, I will have nothing to say about it!"
"Okay! Let's enter the palace now."
"Your Highness will go on his own. I am currently busy with official duties and cannot enter the palace with you. Please forgive me. However, as long as Your Highness can obtain His Majesty's imperial decree, I will immediately comply and release you immediately."
"That won't work. Who knows if you will take this opportunity to torture me and make you surrender?"
Seeing Li Yuanjing cheating, Ma Zhou said angrily: "Your Majesty keeps his integrity and is shining brightly. How can he do the same thing in front of his face and do the same thing behind his back? Your Highness will judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"
How can Li Yuanjing care about being a villain or a gentleman at this moment?
He was just worried that if he left, Ma Zhou would be executed immediately. How could someone like He Gan Chengji withstand it? He was afraid that before he could obtain His Majesty's imperial decree, everyone would have been recruited...
"You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others. Please don't blame Ma Fuyin."
Ma Zhou was so angry that smoke was coming out of his nose. Isn't he just a stinking scoundrel?
But Li Yuanjing was still a prince after all, so he couldn't get rid of him, so he had to say: "Your Highness, please wait a moment. I still have official duties, and I have to give you some instructions."
There is also Changsun Wuji in the check-in room, so I have to explain it to him no matter what.
But how could Li Yuanjing be willing to let him go? He was even more afraid that in the name of official duties, he would hint that his officials would torture He Qian Chengji and others to extract confessions, so he held Ma Zhou tightly: "It's just a few steps anyway, Ma Fuyin
Go with me and I will come back later."
Ma Zhou had no choice but to be dragged out of the main door and left Changsun Wuji in the check-in room...
Changsun Wuji stood behind the check-in door, looking at everything in the main hall through the crack in the door, filled with doubts in his heart.
I was worried that the identity of the person holding the emblem of the Sun family would be exposed, so I came here desperately, hoping to suppress Ma Zhou and take the person away. But the problem came, Li Yuanjing was stalking him like this, and he seemed to be more powerful than me.
Why is he in a hurry?
You need to know that because Li Yuanjing is the oldest prince besides His Majesty Li Er, and all the other brothers ranked above His Majesty Li Er have been killed by His Majesty Li Er, Li Yuanjing's status is very special. If he is not careful, he will be killed.
There is a catastrophe.
Therefore, Li Yuanjing is usually afraid of His Majesty Li Er, just like a mouse seeing a cat. If he can avoid it, he will avoid it. If he cannot avoid it, he will lower his head and tie his hands without saying a word. He will perform his docile and obedient performance to the fullest, making sure to make His Majesty Li Er think of him.
Not the slightest bit lethal...
Now, for the sake of his brother-in-law, he would rather go to the palace to seek mercy from His Majesty Li Er outside the law. How is this Li Yuanjing's style?
Brother-in-law?
Go to hell brother-in-law!
Who in Guanzhong doesn't know that Li Yuanjing and the princess "respect each other as ice" and placed the princess in a Taoist temple in the mansion, not seeing each other or saying a word for a year?
Something weird...
Changsun Wuji pondered for a long time, and a thought suddenly arose in his mind.
Could it be that the person arrested by Jingzhao Mansion was not the son of the eldest son holding the family crest token at all, but someone from Li Yuanjing?
Otherwise, it is really impossible to explain Li Yuanjing's urgent performance.
After thinking about it and going through all the possibilities bit by bit, Changsun Wuji increasingly felt that this guess was correct, and it was certain that Li Yuanjing must have sent his men to do something shameful, so
At this moment, he was furious.
If that's the case, then I'm completely out of it...