Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2261 Staggered
"Oh, no courtesy, no courtesy." Li Yuanjing put down his teacup, smiled, and said with a smile: "This king came here abruptly, didn't you disturb Mafu Yin's work?"

Ma Zhouxin said, can I not bother you?
"It's an honor for your Highness to come to Jingzhao Mansion, but it's a pity that I can't sweep the couch to welcome you, I'm really ashamed."

"You don't need to be like this, you and I are all servants of His Majesty, and we should be loyal to the king. If you really sweep the couch to welcome you, and thus delay the work of Jingzhao Mansion, I'm afraid those censors will not let you go. My lord, the impeachment memorials will surely fill His Majesty's desk, you are hurting me, hehe!"

……

After another exchange of pleasantries, Ma Zhou became a little tired.

There was also Zhao Guogong in the room on duty, in terms of status and influence, he was definitely not inferior to the King Jing in front of him, so Ma Zhou couldn't help but put Changsun Wuji aside, so he said bluntly: "Your Highness is here today. What advice?"

Li Yuanjing was in a hurry to stop Ma Zhou. Hearing the words, he did not go around in circles anymore. He sighed and said, "I heard that Jingzhao Mansion caught a few beggars in the West Market today?"

Ma Zhou was stunned, and replied: "Exactly, but I don't know what His Highness means?"

Li Yuanjing stroked his long beard and sighed: "Those beggars, including my wife and younger brother, went out on business at the king's order, but they met robbers on the way, and they were in a mess, so they went back to Chang'an and ran away again." This king is really ashamed of causing trouble in the West Market. It’s just that the princess at home is worried, so she has to ask this king to come and have a look. If there is nothing serious, she will take her back... This king naturally knows that Jingzhao Mansion has its own regulations , It is only an outsider who can put his beak, but the woman is chattering and refusing to let go, this king is really annoying, Mafu Yin, how about... look?"

Ma Zhou was silent.

I thought to myself: I really believe you have ghosts...

Who doesn't know that Princess Jing is the most unfavored, if she is not in the royal family and cares about Zongzheng Temple, such things as "doting concubines and destroying wives" may have already happened.Usually, you are not even willing to say a word to Princess Jing, and you will go out and fish out your wife and brother yourself?
Moreover, there was Changsun Wuji first, followed by Li Yuanjing, which made Ma Zhou more suspicious of the real identities of those beggars. How could he let them take them away so easily?
But the point of the question is not whether the "beggar" is Li Yuanjing's brother-in-law or not. Since Li Yuanjing revealed the interface of "brother-in-law", it means that he has to be taken away today, otherwise his dignified King Jing's brother-in-law will be arrested by Beijing. Zhaofu seized it, what's the face?
If you don't agree, you will offend others.

But Ma Zhou was 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 is naturally not stingy to give his colleagues a face for small things that are unspoken, but he can't be regarded as a common man.But once the bottom line is involved, Ma Zhou will immediately face black face, and no one will give face.

You dare to blaspheme the justice in front of me and make me, Ma Zhou, collude, what face do you expect me to give you?
While Ma Zhou was muttering, an official stepped forward, leaned over and whispered something in Ma Zhou's ear...

Ma Zhou suddenly changed color.

Turning his head to look at Li Yuanjing, he said in a deep voice: "Your Highness Haojiao knows that just a few miles outside the Mingde Gate in the south of the city, more than ten city guards died on the spot, and the murderer fled. Some soldiers saw that those guards It was because of hunting down a few murderers dressed as beggars that they were killed. The identities of those beggars are suspicious, and it is very likely that they were the murderers who killed the defenders of the city. I cannot let you take them away."

Hearing this, Li Yuanjing's liver trembled...

Hegan Chengji, you bastard, if you don't cheat me to death, you won't be finished, right?
It's nothing more than provoking Fang Jun's stick, and killing the defenders...

He was completely panicked, stood up suddenly, took two steps forward and took Ma Zhou's hand, without any regard for the prince's majesty, he almost begged: "My brother Bin Wang, I have countless concubines, but only Such a caring wife and brother, no matter what, please forgive me, this king will remember your friendship for the rest of his life."

Hold hands and look at each other with great affection.

"Bin Wang" is Ma Zhou's name, and there are few people who can call Ma Zhou's name, but now Li Yuanjing is like an old friend for many years, without any regard for the dignity of the prince, it can be said to be flattering and condescending.

If Ma Zhou wants to interrogate the captured "beggar", who knows how long Hegan Chengji, who pretends to be a beggar, can survive?Once he can't stand the torture, he will be the prince if he tells what he has done one by one, and the confinement is light. With His Majesty Li Er's consistent performance of being cruel to his brothers, he might be sent to Qianzhou , let alone get sick and die halfway...

How could Ma Zhou give him such face?

Since those beggars are suspected of killing soldiers, let alone King Jing, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is standing here, it is impossible for him to release them.

"Your Highness, don't blame me. This matter has already caused shocks in Beijing, killing soldiers, what kind of appalling thing is this? In my Zhenguan dynasty, the government was clear and bright, and I absolutely cannot tolerate the existence of such vicious people. But please rest assured, Your Highness, I will wait for the official later." It's a good interrogation, as long as it is not caused by His Highness's wife and brother, the next official promises to send him to Jingwang's mansion in full."

"My brother Bin Wang, why is this, why is this? Anyway, it is just a few soldiers. If you give this king this favor today, this king will definitely repay you ten times and a hundred times in the future!"

Li Yuanjing pleaded bitterly.

However, the more he begged, the more determined Ma Zhou was that there was something wrong with his so-called "wife and brother", so naturally he gritted his teeth and refused to let him go.

Li Yuanjing's patience ran out...

The left and right are just punished by the emperor, why not take a gamble?
He held on tightly to Ma Zhou and refused to let go, he became angry from embarrassment: "This Tang Dynasty is the world of my Li family, the king and prince, why can't you let me go?"

Ma Zhou was expressionless: "The world belongs to His Majesty. It is not you and me. Your Highness is careful."

Li Yuanjing gritted his teeth: "Then let's argue in front of His Majesty, if His Majesty is lenient, what do you say?"

Ma Zhou said, "If that's the case, I'll be the next official!"

"Okay! Let's enter the palace now."

"Your Highness is going on his own. The official is now involved in official business and cannot enter the palace with you. Please forgive me. However, as long as Your Highness can ask for His Majesty's imperial order, the official will immediately obey and let you go."

"That's no good, who knows if you will take this opportunity to torture and torture?"

Seeing Li Yuanjing cheating, Ma Zhou said angrily: "Your Majesty keeps his body upright, and the wind is shining like the moon. How can he do one thing to the face and another to the back? Your Highness treats the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"

How can Li Yuanjing care about villains or gentlemen at this moment?

He was just worried that if he left, Ma Zhou would be punished immediately, how could Hegan Chengji and the like be able to withstand it?I'm afraid that before I can get His Majesty's imperial decree, I've already recruited here...

"You must not have the heart to harm others, and you must not have the heart to guard against others. Please don't blame the governor of Mafu."

Ma Zhou was so angry that his nose was smoking, isn't he just a rogue?
But Li Yuanjing was also a prince after all, so he couldn't get rid of him, so he had to say: "His Royal Highness, wait a moment, I still have official duties, so I need to entrust him."

There is also an eldest grandson Wuji in the value room, so he has to confess.

But why would Li Yuanjing let him go?I am even more afraid that he will continue to entrust the name of official duties, implying that the officials under the door will torture He Gan Chengji and others to extract a confession, and hold Ma Zhou firmly: "It is only a few steps away, Ma Fu Yin will go with the king, and later I will go back."

Ma Zhou had no choice but to be dragged out of the main entrance by him, leaving Changsun Wuji in the guard room...

Changsun Wuji was standing behind the door of the valet room, watching everything in the main hall through the crack of the door, feeling suspicious.

I was worried that the identity of the person holding the family emblem of the Sun family would be exposed, so I came here desperately, hoping to suppress Ma Zhou and take him away, but here comes the problem. Out of urgency, what is he doing?
You need to know that because Li Yuanjing is the oldest prince besides His Majesty Li Er, and the rest of the elder brothers who are above His Majesty Li Er have already been killed by His Majesty Li Er, Li Yuanjing's identity is very special. There is a catastrophe.

Therefore, Li Yuanjing is usually afraid of His Majesty Li Er, like a mouse seeing a cat, avoiding it if he can, but if he can't avoid it, then he lowers his head and puts his hands together without saying a word, and fully interprets his gentleness and obedience. Not the slightest lethality...

Now he would rather enter the palace to beg His Majesty Li Er for extrajudicial mercy for a wife and younger brother. How could this be Li Yuanjing's style?

Brother-in-law?

Go fucking brother-in-law!
Who in Guanzhong didn't know that Li Yuanjing and the princess "respected each other like ice" and placed the princess in a Taoist temple in the mansion, seeing each other year after year and not saying a word?

It's weird...

Changsun Wuji pondered for a long time, when a thought suddenly came to his mind.

Could it be that the person arrested by the Jingzhao Mansion was not the son of the eldest grandson holding the family emblem, but Li Yuanjing's?
Otherwise, it is really impossible to explain Li Yuanjing's urgent performance.

Thinking back and forth, going through all the possibilities bit by bit, Changsun Wuji felt more and more that this guess was correct, and what was certain was that Li Yuanjing must have sent his subordinates to do something shameful, so It was only now that I was in a panic.

If that's the case, then I'm completely out of the loop...

(End of this chapter)