Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 416 What should you call me now?
With Ma Yunfei's confession, things went much more smoothly.

The network of relationships headed by Ma Yunfei was also greatly supplemented at this moment.

period.

As the mayor, Wu Quanyou relied on his power to extort money from merchants and then transferred the money to many officials under various excuses and reasons.

The second, and most important, point is the arrangements made by the shipbuilding masters.

On this point, Ma Yunfei insisted that he had no idea of ​​the specific situation. Everything was arranged by Wu Quanyou himself and had nothing to do with him.

Even if there is a relationship, it is related to the prison officials.

Ma Yunfei was obviously evading the main issue, but Xu Xiaode didn't care. As long as there were testimonies from other people to corroborate each other, he would know whether Ma Yunfei was involved or not.

Therefore, Xu Xiaode's work suddenly became much easier.

On the contrary, after Ma Tao and the other two returned to the Ma Mansion, they looked much uglier.

"Where is my son?"

"Sister, we failed to save Yunfei."

"why?"

Faced with He Lianying's question, He Lianxiong hesitated to speak.

Ma Tao shouted coldly: "Isn't it because you have been collecting money over the years? If you had been more restrained, how could Yun Fei have been involved with those people?"

He Lianying was immediately furious, "Ma Tao, you couldn't save your son yourself, and you put the blame on me?"

Ma Tao: "Do you know how much evidence Xu Xiaode has in his hands? Do you know that the evidence in Xu Xiaode's hands alone is enough to exile Yun Fei to Lingnan?!"

"Now, even the matter of transferring the shipbuilding master has Yun Fei involved!"

"Do you know that this was proposed by King Bingjian and ordered by His Majesty? Fortunately, King Bingjian is not here today. If he was here, do you think that butcher would really let Xu Xiaode continue the trial with his temper?"

"I'm afraid we'll have to cut the Gordian knot. Anyone who gets involved will die!"

He Lianying was immediately frightened. "No way, no way. Yun Fei was just deceived by Wu Quanyou. He definitely didn't get involved."

"Is that what you said?"

Ma Tao shouted angrily, "Wu Quanyou and his men are now in a difficult situation. They are doomed to die!"

"Don't you think they won't be a bit unlucky, and they won't try their best to drag Yunfei into the water so that we can use all our strength to rescue them?"

He Lianying: “…”

He Lianxiong sighed, "If it were just those small matters, it would be easy to handle, but now Yun Fei has run into the muzzle of the gun."

Teacher Wang comforted him, "Your Excellency the Governor, there is no need to be so nervous. I think Yun Fei is smart and won't fall into that deep. The most important thing now is that he cannot get involved with the shipbuilder."

After all, this concerns Su Chen and His Majesty.

The other things could be said to be caused by momentary confusion, or because the person was not strict enough in controlling his subordinates, and they were all done by his subordinates.

Ma Tao sighed, "I just hope Yun Fei can learn to be smarter and not admit everything. Otherwise, no one can save him."

He Lianying farted and sat down on the chair, no longer having her previous confidence and composure.

"Really can't it work?"

"Operating what?"

Ma Tao was very disappointed and asked, "Do you think that if you want to occupy someone's land and house, you just need to spend some money to do it?"

"That was the plan set by His Majesty! To put it mildly, it's because we didn't investigate it for a while and were deceived. We should be dismissed and investigated. To put it seriously, we are deceiving our superiors and subordinates and obstructing His Majesty's orders. We should be beheaded. What else do you want to do?"

He Lianying burst into tears, "Master, is there really no way?"

Ma Tao: "It's not that there is no way. As long as he doesn't admit that he has anything to do with this, even if Xu Xiaode has a lot of evidence against him, he can only be dismissed from his post and exiled to Lingnan."

"what?"

"What? Why don't you return the things you have taken away?"

Ma Tao said coldly, "Do you still want to hold on to these things and wait for the King of Side by Side to come and visit you?"

He Lianying looked conflicted.

He Lianxiong couldn't sit still any longer, "Sister, it's already this time, how can you be so confused!"

"If Su Chen really comes to your house, not to mention whether you can keep the things you got, even your position as brother-in-law will be a problem!"

"As long as we keep our official positions, what else do we need? We can get them back as soon as Su Chen and the others leave!"

He Lianying had no choice but to agree and went to arrange the matter.

Teacher Wang looked at the melancholy Ma Tao and He Lianxiong, and said with a smile: "You two don't have to be so nervous. Although Su Chen has the reputation of a butcher, His Majesty has just ascended the throne and issued a general amnesty. It is the time to win people's hearts. Su Chen dare not wield the butcher knife at this time."

"Hopefully."

Ma Tao rubbed his head.

He really couldn't agree with Teacher Wang's optimism.

Because according to his understanding, Su Chen mostly did things without any taboos, and his methods were extremely vicious.

If they really kill them, how many people will plead for them? It's good enough that those people don't add insult to injury!
Early the next morning.

Xu Xiaode came to Su Chen with the organized testimony and evidence.

"Good morning, Governor."

"I've met the prince."

Xu Xiaode handed the prepared things to Su Chen, "These are the testimonies we got from the interrogation, as well as the evidence I collected. Please have a look, Your Highness."

Su Chen turned his head to look at Xu Qizhuang, "I heard that you were taught a lesson last night?"

Xu Qizhuang shook his head. "Not really. Thanks to Lord Sun, I gained face."

Su Chen smiled, glanced at the evidence on the table, and threw it to Xu Qizhuang.

"Brother Su, what are you doing?"

"You are the editor-in-chief of Tianxia Newspaper after all, and someone I have chosen. Show some confidence."

Su Chen said casually: "From today on, you are the fifth-rank chief of the Binjian Palace. Take these things and go and give them a good beating."

"Remember, be thorough. If anyone is implicated, do what needs to be done. Don't be afraid of the governor or the noble family." "I'm standing behind you."

"This……"

Xu Xiaode was stunned.

In just a blink of an eye, this brat Xu Qizhuang was riding on his head?
"Your Majesty, you cannot..."

Su Chen waved his hand to interrupt Xu Xiaode's words, "There shouldn't be any problem for me to appoint the chief historian of the palace, right?"

Xu Xiaode swallowed his saliva and said, "There is no problem in appointing the chief secretary, but Xu Qizhuang is inexperienced."

Su Chen smiled, "No one is born knowing how to deal with these things."

"But it doesn't matter. I will arrange for Jin Yong, Gu Xiao and others to follow him. With Jin Yong and others around, he will handle this matter well."

Fifth-rank chief secretary.

Take full responsibility for handling this matter?

Xu Qizhuang stared blankly at the testimony in his hand, feeling dizzy.

Is this a promotion?
"What are you thinking about, kid?"

"Brother Su, do you really want me to take full charge of this matter?"

"nature."

“That’s… awesome!”

Xu Qizhuang looked excited.

Su Chen smiled indifferently and called Jin Yong.

"Your Majesty."

"You and Gu Xiao and the others will follow Xu Qizhuang to handle this matter."

Su Chen said slowly, "The matter of the shipbuilding master is something that His Majesty particularly values, so you should know what to do, right?"

Jin Yong grinned, "Understood."

Su Chen nodded, "After handling this matter, investigate the shipbuilding experts in Huzhou and arrange for them to go to Chang'an City."

"understand!"

……

With Su Chen's endorsement, Xu Qizhuang no longer had any worries.

Now, the only thing between him and a fifth-rank official is a letter of appointment issued by the imperial court.

Therefore, Xu Qizhuang brought his men to the Ma Mansion as soon as possible.

"Xu Qizhuang?"

"What are you doing here?"

After seeing Xu Qizhuang and his men coming to their house, the people from the Ma family looked unfriendly.

Xu Qizhuang smiled, and when he saw Ma Tao and the other two coming out, he smiled and bowed, saying, "Master Ma, Instructor Wang, and Master He, I'm here today to invite you to my house for a chat."

Ma Tao frowned and looked over, while He Lianxiong said coldly: "Xu Qizhuang, don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have Su Chen's support. I tell you..."

"Brother Yong, this guy directly calls the King of Side by Side by Side by Side, what do you think we should do?"

"Easy to handle!"

Jin Yong smiled and looked at Gu Xiao and others.

The dog butcher didn't say a word and walked forward directly. In front of everyone's confused gaze, he slapped He Lianxiong twice in the face.

"You can call the prince by his name?"

"you……"

Ma Tao raised his hand to stop He Lianxiong from getting angry, and said in a deep voice: "Xu Qizhuang, explain your purpose."

"If you cause trouble like this, I will definitely report you to His Majesty!"

"Let's talk business, eh?"

"Before you called me Xu Qizhuang, and I didn't argue with you, but what do you call me now?"

"Master Xu!"

"very good!"

Xu Qizhuang smiled and said, "I am now representing King Bingjian and have full authority to deal with the issue of the shipbuilding master filling in the gaps. During the investigation, I discovered that the Ma family had been corrupt and accepted bribes, so I came here specifically to arrest them!"

"Ma Tao, as the governor of Yuezhou, you know the laws of the Tang Dynasty best. You shouldn't make things difficult for me, right?"

Faced with a junior who was so arrogant, Ma Tao couldn't help but get a little angry. "I have already investigated these things. It was the housekeeper in the mansion who relied on the name of my Ma family to embezzle and pervert the law. I have already caught him."

Xu Qizhuang raised his eyebrows.

Behind Ma Tao, a detained housekeeper was brought out.

See this.

Xu Qizhuang laughed immediately. The story in the book was now happening right in front of him.

Sacrifice a pawn to save the rook? Cut off the tail to survive?
"Excuse me, Master Ma, based on the evidence I have obtained, this matter is inseparable from you and your wife, so please come with me!"

"Xu Qizhuang!"

Ma Tao said coldly: "Are you really going to do this to the extreme?"

Xu Qizhuang: "Act in accordance with the law."

"very good."

Ma Tao snorted coldly, "I will go with you!"

"Oh, and there are also Instructor Wang and Sima He."

Xu Qizhuang grinned, "You two have to come with me. I will treat you well."

(End of this chapter)