The rabbit was anxious and bitten, and the Liu brothers were forced by Zhu Cihong to this extent and were ruthless, and they really started to rebel, planning to plot Li Zicheng to immediately send troops to attack Jiangnan, and they should cooperate with each other.

Immediately, the Liu Liangzuo brothers sent an absolutely trustworthy henchman to secretly go out of the city to find Ma Shiying.

Ma Shiying received Liu Liangzuo's letter for help, hesitated for a moment, and decided that he must save Liu Liangzuo, and could not let Liu Liangzuo be killed on the charge of rebellion, after all, Liu Liangzuo has always been his position in Huai'an, if Liu Liangzuo is really charged with rebellion, he Ma Shiying will not be able to escape the involvement, and will inevitably be implicated.

"Go back and tell your master, the elder of this pavilion will find a way to save him, let him wait for the news with peace of mind." Ma Shiying immediately sent away the henchman sent by Liu Liangzuo to deliver the letter.

After sending this person away, Ma Shiying immediately went to find Zhu Cihong, thinking about how to help Liu Liangzuo along the way.

What Ma Shiying didn't know was that while Liu Liangzuo sent a letter of help to Ma Shiying, he also sent a letter of alliance to Li Zicheng, who was far away in Beijing, and almost killed Ma Shiying.

"Your Highness, Elder Ma Ge asks to see you." Zhu Cihong made a big tent, and Zhao Dequan came in and said.

"Xuan."

"Minister Ma Shiying see His Royal Highness the Prince!" As soon as he came in, Ma Shiying knelt down and bowed to his luggage.

"Excuse me!"

"Ma Ge Lao rushed here from Nanjing all the way, and he didn't have a good rest, so he was in a hurry to find Prince Ben, but what did it matter?" Zhu Cihong said lightly, without superfluous expression.

In fact, without thinking too much, Zhu Cihong could guess what Ma Shiying was here for, after all, Liu Liangzuo can be regarded as Ma Shiying's doorman, and this time he must have asked Ma Shiying, and Ma Shiying came to intercede with Liu Liangzuo.

"Your Highness, the old minister is in a hurry to see His Highness, but he has something unclear in his heart and wants His Highness to solve his doubts." Sure enough, Ma Shiying came to intercede with Liu Liangzuo.

"Oh? I don't know what happened to Ma Ge Lao, but it doesn't hurt to say that this prince must solve Ma Ge Lao's doubts. Zhu Cihong said with a gentle smile.

Ma Shiying arched his hand at Zhu Cihong and said: "Your Royal Highness has mobilized troops from all walks of life to gather in Huai'an in the name of Huai'an's commander-in-chief Liu Liangzuo's intention to assassinate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and plot a rebellion, and I don't know how His Royal Highness the Crown Prince determined this matter." After all, Liu Zongbing is a general of the Ming Dynasty with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and in this situation where Li Zicheng in the north has become a thief and may attack Jiangnan in the near future, if there is no conclusive evidence to prove that Liu Zongbing is indeed plotting to rebel, he will crusade against him, which is not in line with reason and law, and please think twice. ”

Zhu Cihong smiled coldly: "Elder Ma Ge doesn't know that Liu Liangzuo didn't intend to assassinate the prince, but had already sent a dead man to assassinate the prince. Just the day before yesterday, the prince was ambushed by three hundred black-clothed dead soldiers ten miles outside Huai'an City, and the prince almost died. ”

"How can His Highness think that the dead man was sent by Liu Liangzuo?" Ma Shiying still wanted to defend Liu Liangzuo.

Zhu Cihong snorted coldly: "This prince naturally already has evidence, otherwise Ma Ge always thinks why this prince didn't go to Huai'an, in fact, it was Liu Liangzuo who turned this prince out of the city when he found out that the matter was exposed, intending to mercenary resistance." ”

Zhu Cihong opened his eyes and said nonsense, no matter what, at this time, it is inevitable to kill Liu Liangzuo, and if you want to be justified, the hat of rebellion must be buckled on Liu Liangzuo's head, anyway, he is the prince, no one dares to refute what he said, and the fact that he was assassinated is a fact, and it is also a fact that Liu Liangzuo turned him away from the city, Liu Liangzuo is speechless, and the hat of rebellion is fixed.

"What? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was assassinated a few days ago? Ma Shiying was taken aback, he had just arrived here not long ago, and he had not heard of Zhu Cihong's assassination, and Zhu Cihong said it himself at this moment, so he was naturally surprised.

"In any case, the fact that the crown prince was assassinated in Huai'an, and afterwards Liu Liangzuo rebelled and turned the prince out of the city, isn't this behavior very suspicious, how different is it from rebellion?" Zhu Cihong was exposed and believed that Liu Liangzuo was a rebel and must be killed!

Ma Shiying opened her mouth, not knowing how to justify.

"Report" Ji Feng suddenly ran in.

"Your Highness, the last general inadvertently intercepted several henchmen sent by Liu Liangzuo from the city, and found letters from them about Liu Liangzuo's conspiracy with the enemy." Ji Feng held a letter in his hand and presented it to Zhu Cihong.

The corner of Zhu Cihong's eyes jumped, and after taking it, he immediately opened it and saw that it was indeed Liu Liangzuo's letter conspiring against Li Zicheng.

Bang!

Zhu Cihong slapped the letter on the desk fiercely, and said angrily: "Okay, you Liu Liangzuo, if you really collaborate with the enemy and rebel, this prince will punish you for the nine clans!" ”

Zhu Cihong's murderous words startled Ma Shiying.

"Your Highness, can you let Weichen also take a look." Ma Shiying said with some trembling.

Zhu Cihong threw a letter from Liu Liangzuo conspiring with the enemy to Ma Shiying.

After Ma Shiying read it, his hands trembled, and he was almost so angry that he vomited blood on the spot. Secretly hated in his heart, he couldn't have imagined that Liu Liangzuo would ask him for help on the one hand, and send someone to conspire against the thief Li Zicheng on the other hand, and treat him as a monkey, this is the rhythm of killing him.

"What else does Ma Ge have to say? Things have come to this point, if Ma Ge Lao is defending Liu Liangzuo, this prince really has to doubt whether Ma Ge Lao is the same party as Liu Liangzuo. Zhu Cihong said compassionately, his tone extremely cold. sneered in his heart, Liu Liangzuo was really stupid, he actually sent Li Zicheng a letter of collaborating with the enemy at this time, and was captured by Ji Feng on the spot, this is looking for his own death.

Ma Shiying's cold sweat came down in an instant, Huo Ran knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly: "Your Highness, Weichen doesn't dare." ”

"Your Royal Highness, Liu Liangzuo was pulled up by Weichen, I didn't expect him to turn his back on the Ming Dynasty, Weichen was negligent, and he was deceived by such a traitor, it was the old minister's old eyes that were dizzy, and he was no longer qualified to be listed in the court.

Ma Shiying's body trembled, his heart was like ashes, and he instantly had the idea of quitting the government and returning to seclusion, after all, if such a thing happened, it would be good if he was not implicated, how could he dare to continue to occupy a high position and be listed in the court, in order to save his name, automatic retreat is the best choice.

"Elder Ge doesn't have to be like this, please get up quickly." Zhu Cihong stepped forward to help Ma Shiying up and said: "The elder is the minister of my Ming ribs, he is only fifty years old now, and the elder is not a saint, it is inevitable that there will be a mistake of negligence, the prince is understandable, and the Ming Dynasty is upright and eventful at the moment, after the prince goes to Nanjing, many things still depend on the elder of the pavilion, how the elder of the pavilion can tell the old man lightly, this matter should not be mentioned again." ”

Zhu Cihong naturally couldn't let Ma Shiying go, Ma Shiying was the only person in the Nanjing court who could compete with Gao Hongtu and other Donglin parties, if he left, wouldn't the court become a hall of words for the Donglin Party? If this is the case, then if he wants to implement reforms after he ascends the throne, once it is not in line with the wishes of the Donglin Party, he will inevitably be hindered and difficult to achieve, so Zhu Cihong will not only not cure Ma Shiying's crimes, but will also reuse him in the future.

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince, for your grace!" With tears in the corners of her eyes, Ma Shiying thanked her.

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