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"If my guess is correct, Hong Daohui has already confessed."

Seeing Lou Ji say this sentence very seriously, Ma Wei felt funny, shook his head and said, "Impossible, absolutely impossible." I know Hong Daohui, he may be a little ...... is exaggerated, but his mouth is very strict, not to mention that his family is in Jiangdong and relies on the protection of King Guangling. ”

"Do you really know him?" The building foundation must be asked.

The smile on Ma Wei's face gradually faded, "It's still impossible, if he confesses, why doesn't anyone come to arrest you and me?" ”

"Because the emperor has bigger plans." Obviously in danger, Lou Ji was a little excited, "The emperor needs an assassination, and he just used this as an excuse to detain the army of the Western Expedition and take away the general's military power, plus the forbidden army, the emperor can hold heavy troops." ”

"Well, since you have heavy troops, why don't you just arrest people? Not to remove the general? ”

"Arresting people will startle the snake and keep the general, is to use him to attract other important ministers, such as Shen Bingzhou, he returned to Beijing to seek the protection of the general, Huangfu Jizhou, according to my guess, is to get rid of the general by secret order, King Guangling, Xi Jingzhou and General Lan, who is quelling the chaos in Qinzhou, will be recruited back to the capital by the emperor under various pretexts. The Emperor - to catch them all. ”

Ma Wei was still puzzled, "It is impossible for King Guangling to come back, and if Hong Daohui really confesses, it is even more impossible for King Guangling to ...... So the emperor didn't arrest anyone, but this kind of trick couldn't deceive King Guangling. ”

"The emperor has his own way."

"The emperor won't wipe out all the important ministers in charge of the army, who will lead the troops to fight in the future?"

"There may be one or two people left, or new players may be promoted."

Ma Wei pondered and meditated for a long time, "Brother Ji thought of all this, all because the emperor valued you too much?" ”

Lou Ji nodded.

"The eldest princess's recommendation doesn't explain all this?"

"No, if even Liu Youzhong thinks it's strange, it's really strange."

"What did you say to Liu Youzhong?" Ma Wei was alarmed.

Lou Ji shook his head, "I claimed to be confused, and then we chatted for a while. ”

Ma Wei couldn't help laughing, and then fell into contemplation again, and said for a long time: "We have to go, the sooner the better, go to see King Guangling, Guo Shifeng is estimated to go back over there." ”

"Or maybe he was caught. I have a strange idea. ”

"Every thought you just said is weird."

"Well, it's not as strange as this idea: I think the emperor has long wanted a fake assassination, and the emperor is responsible for arranging everything, and Guo Shifeng and Hong Daohui are just sending it to the door......"

"The Emperor may be more loyal to the Emperor than everyone thinks." Ma Wei began to believe the speculation of the building.

"We can't go."

"Waiting here to die?"

"The emperor loves to make dangerous moves, and he wants to come to 'catch them all' and show his wisdom to the world, which just gives us a chance."

"Is this 'chance' better than 'waiting to die'?"

"Staying in the capital and fighting to the death with the emperor is the only chance, if the emperor is allowed to realize his plan, King Guangling's side is also a dead end."

Ma Wei fell into thought for the third time, and finally said: "Stay first, observe the situation, if the signs are wrong......"

"It's not too late to escape, no matter what, I don't think King Guangling's side is safe."

Ma Wei laughed, "How could my brother ...... Suddenly figured it out? ”

"I've been trying to observe the emperor with 'following the name and being responsible', but I can't get in, and Liu Youzhong's words let me understand."

"It sounds like Liu Youzhong's prediction to you back then was complete nonsense, just to curry favor with the general."

"It has nothing to do with prophecy, Liu Youzhong is a deceitful man, but he is very smart, and every time he is invited, he has to inquire about the master's situation in many ways to ensure that his words can be used to his liking. is not only to inquire, but he also has to 'follow his name and be responsible' to himself: Who is Liu Youzhong? Who does the other party think is him? What is the purpose of looking for him? ”

The more he talked, the more excited he became, and he didn't seem to feel the danger at all.

"The younger brother is really a proud protégé who is pedantic, and he never forgets to 'follow the name and be responsible'."

"Because 'following the name and being responsible' is everywhere, Liu Youzhong is using it, the general is using it, the emperor is using it, and even the old servants in my family are using it! What Wenren pedants teach us is not a secret science, but a manifest science that can be spread all over the world. ”

Ma Wei smiled: "Listening to my brother say this, I suddenly feel that I haven't been in vain for a few years in the Temptation Academy, well, I should also think about 'following the name and being responsible', to be honest, I have always regarded it as a pedant. ”

"Brother Ma has actually been using it, but he hasn't consciously ...... it yet" Lou Ji suppressed the excitement in his heart, this is not the time to talk about learning, "I will persuade the general to do something." ”

"Do something?"

"Something has to be done." Lou Ji got up and said goodbye, "If the emperor is to tell the world and order the law department to picket and punish the crime, we have no choice but to arrest him, but the emperor is smart and decisive, and he has to kill the enemy in one net, abandon the right path, and use dangerous tricks - Brother Ma, I think we can compete with him." ”

Ma Wei also got up and laughed, "Brother Brother's ambition is high, and Brother Fool is both ashamed and encouraged. That's right, people are still alive, their tongues and eyes are still there, and they can compete with the Son of Heaven. Brother I went home and persuaded the general, I have to find a way to meet the emperor and find out what is going on on his side. ”

"The situation is critical, if there is no progress, I will not come to see Brother Ma."

"Each other."

Go home at the base of the building, and be relaxed.

Ma Wei couldn't be easy, Lou Ji's words were incredible when he first heard them, and after thinking about it carefully, it was reasonable everywhere, "The emperor must know something, and the younger brother is taking risks...... Alas, maybe I shouldn't have dragged him into the gang in the first place. ”

Ma Wei ordered his family to prepare a generous gift, and immediately left for the emperor's house, presented a name sticker, claiming to be to see off the emperor's steps, and was soon taken to the visitor's study.

After Guo Shifeng succeeded in persuading Huangfu Rank, he once mentioned to Huangfu Jie that he was pleased with Hou Mawei, so the two knew that each other was an "accomplice", but they never talked face-to-face.

Huangfu looked good, greeted Ma Wei warmly, and after the tea came up, he retired the servant and sighed: "The big thing has not been accomplished, and I am ashamed of the wrong love of the Marquis Ma." ”

Ma Wei hurriedly said: "The plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, how can the palace marshal blame himself?" However, in the next, the selection of people is improper, not to mention bad things, and it also affects the palace marshal, and he is deeply frightened and comes to ask for guilt. ”

The Huangfu rank official is the Zuo Sima of the palace, and he is not considered a "palace marshal", so he happily accepted this title, "Marquis Ma thinks too much, and if he does great things, of course he has to be conceited in life and death." And the person Ma Hou Ye is looking for is very good, killing the wrong target is all an accident, he doesn't say a word in prison, and he is worthy of the word 'chivalrous'. ”

"Hong Daohui was actually found by Guo Shifeng from Jiangdong."

"Oh, where is Guo Shifeng?"

"I told him to take refuge outside the city for the time being." Ma Wei lied casually, he hadn't seen Guo Shifeng since the news of the assassination failure came out.

"Well, it's time to hide, Brother Ma should have thought about it early, it's me, and I'm going to take refuge in Jizhou."

"I heard that Your Majesty wants to recruit back the Emperor Lingzun Fu Shepherd?"

"Marquis Ma is well-informed, that's right, the will has been prepared, I will go on the road first, go home to persuade my father, and the court messenger will arrive later." Huangfu stepped to the door, looked outside, and came back: "Your Majesty told me that the purpose of recruiting my father to return to Beijing is to eradicate the general and the king of Guangling. ”

"Your Majesty said to the Lou family that you will use the general to eradicate the emperor's shepherd."

"Haha, I guess that's the case, this is something Your Majesty can do." Huangfu Jie shook his head, his face suddenly sank, "Your Majesty provokes on the left and divides on the right, is this to wipe out all the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty?" ”

"Presumably so, what is the palace marshal going to say to the old shepherd?"

"I have made up my mind, after arriving in Jizhou, I persuaded my father to raise troops immediately, and led the army south in the name of the Qing monarch's side, and at the same time made public the emperor's secret edict, so that the general knew that he was also one of the prey." Huangfu stepped closer, "The Lou Gongzi mentioned by Guo Shifeng, can he speak in front of the general?" ”

"Yes."

"No matter how good it is, I won't come forward, ask Ma Hou Ye to do it for me, and let this Lou Gongzi persuade the general to prepare early, if you can cooperate with the soldiers of Jizhou, everything can be helped, and there will never be such a thing as stabbing the wrong target." Although the Huangfu family and the Lou family have a vendetta, in the event of this turmoil, they should abandon their previous suspicions and try to help each other together. ”

"With the palace marshal's words, the haze in Ma's heart was swept away, and he dared to ask the palace marshal if he could write something by himself, so that the general could believe that I was not deceiving with empty words."

"Something should be written, but Your Majesty is so clever that if a few words are circulated and seen by him, it will also make him angry, but it will be detrimental to the general. In this way, I have a folding fan here, on which there are a few words written by the famous man Fan Shu to his father, which can be used as a token. ”

Fan is famous in the world, Ma Wei knows the words, took the fan and glanced at it, and determined that it is true, and there are also the words "Huangfu" on it, so he smiled and said: "This thing is enough, please send troops in Jizhou, the general will definitely hear the news and respond." ”

The two of them held each other's arms and laughed, and said some cruel words and made a few vows before they were satisfied.

Ma Wei went back to his home, went to the study to sit quietly for a long time, opened and closed the fan, suddenly trembled all over, forcibly controlled, but his face was pale.

Huangfu was too calm, calm to the point of confidence, as if he was not worried about the serious consequences of the rebellion.

Lou Ji is right, not only Hong Daohui has confessed, but Huangfu has actually been doing things for the emperor and has never changed......

Ma Wei slowly returned to normal, and muttered: "I am the Emperor of Great Liang, with the protection of the gods and the support of the ancestors, the destiny of heaven is mine, and I will never die here, never." ”

The building on the other side had already fallen asleep, and for the first time in several days, he slept soundly.

Early the next morning, Lou Ji went to the house to standby, Lou Hard has not returned from the army outside the city, and only Lou Ji is still in the city for the adult children and grandchildren of the Lou family.

Lou Wen came out early, dressed in a battle robe, and used a belt to pull his stomach deep in, quite heroic.

Lou Wen rode in a car, Lou Ji rode a horse, the front was a puffer, and a large group of guards in the rear, the father and son swaggered all the way to the imperial city.

In the imperial city, a small mansion was specially set aside for the shogun to be the shogunate, and Lou Wen distributed affairs here, replied, sealed, and occasionally asked, everything was in order.

Lou Ji stood aside and watched, nothing to do with him, until noon was approaching, the general took a short rest, ready to eat, and then said to his son beside him: "You are not young, you should set a family affair, and go to see the queen mother later, let her see whose daughter can be worthy of you." ”