On the evening of December 28, outside the city of Qufu, Shandong, Ma Gui received a special letter, the person who delivered the letter was a clerk, who claimed to be a close minister of Xiao Ruxun, handed over a letter to Ma Gui, told him to read it alone, and then left.

Ma Gui was very strange that Xiao Ruxun sent him a letter at this stall, thinking that there was something important to tell him to do, so he opened the letter and read it, and when he saw it, he was so shocked that he almost threw off the chair.

Xiao Ruxun is the emperor......

He asked Ma Gui if he was willing to support him, if he wanted, he would arrest Mei Guozhen, and put three ringing arrows in the camp, after completing this matter, Xiao Ruxun would restore Ma Gui's reputation and status of free activity, reunite with his relatives, and reward him with official positions and titles, becoming the general of the new dynasty, and the commander of the righteous and bright army.

Ma Gui swallowed his saliva, and it took a while to react.

There is no difference between this letter and a threat letter, it lists the reward for being willing to do it, but it does not say what will happen if you don't want to do it, but it is clear that if you don't do it, it will be miserable.

Put three ringing arrows in the camp.

In other words, you have been targeted?

The news came too suddenly, Ma Gui's heart was pounding, and he couldn't believe that his little brother who was enthusiastic about serving the country was actually the emperor.

Da Ming is gone?

After occupying Qufu, he was left behind to lead the troops, Xiao Ruxun's statement about this is that he is the most reliable, so he has to use it to monitor those Kong family people, and the other is that the army will soon gather in Beijing, and there will be many people at that time, if he is recognized by anyone, the situation will not be good, after all, there are still many children of the Ma family in the army, although it is safe in Zhao Hu's vanguard army, but it is not safe to that point.

Staying with Mei Guozhen, Xiao Ruxun is optimistic about the descendants of the saints in Qufu City for Xiao Ruxun, in case of emergency.

Ma Gui and Mei Guozhen were very happy to accept this task at that time, staying in Qufu and waiting for the good news of the stability of the world, and waiting for the day when they could restore their reputations, but who knew that this kind of thing would happen.

Oh my God, what the hell is going on in Jingshi?

Ma Gui didn't know at all.

But he knew one thing.

You have to make a decision, and you have to be quick, you can't wait.

He knows Mei Guozhen, and it seems that Xiao Ruxun also knows a lot, so Xiao Ruxun will write to himself instead of Mei Guozhen.

Wrote this letter with a faint hint of threat.

Ma Gui knew that Xiao Ruxun was not joking, absolutely not, so he had no extra choice, and he didn't have more time to think.

His own future, the situation of his clan, and Mei Guozhen's safety, he has to make a choice.

After calming down for a quarter of an hour, Magui made a choice.

He sent someone to invite Mei Guozhen.

Mei Guozhen had just finished dealing with some things and was just about to go to bed, but he was invited to Magui's military tent by someone sent by Magui.

"General Ma, what's wrong? What do you want me to ...... You ......"

Mei Guozhen just walked into the military tent and saw Ma Gui, a snowy war knife was across his neck, and the three soldiers pounced on Mei Guozhen and tied it up strongly.

Mei Guozhen was shocked, and was stunned for a while before looking at Ma Gui with angry eyes.

"Ma Gui, what are you going to do?"

Ma Gui sighed slightly, then frowned and said, "Kesheng, don't blame me, I didn't expect such a thing to happen." ”

"What?"

"Ji Xin, the emperor."

Ma Gui told Mei Guozhen about this with a little difficulty.

Mei Guozhen was stunned for a while with his mouth open.

"Weigh...... Emperor? ”

Mei Guozhen couldn't believe what he heard: "Do you know what you're talking about? ”

"I know, that's why I called you."

Ma Gui opened his mouth and said: "Ji Xin knows that you won't approve of him, so let me do it in advance and arrest you, Kesheng, don't blame me, I can't help it." ”

"Arrest me? I...... He is called emperor? Is he emperor? How could he be emperor? How could Xiao Jixin be called emperor? ”

Mei Guozhen's voice became louder and louder: "Why is he called the emperor?" Why is he emperor? What reason did he use to claim the title of emperor? He is a courtier of the Ming Dynasty! He is the general of the Ming Dynasty! Why is he emperor!? Why? Why!!! ”

Mei Guozhen roared angrily, Ma Gui waved his hand, and the soldier directly plugged Mei Guozhen's mouth with a cloth, and covered Mei Guozhen's eyes with another piece of cloth and carried him up.

"Ring the arrows."

Ma Gui didn't want to talk to Mei Guozhen anymore, so he directly ordered his mouth to be blocked and controlled, and then sent someone to the barracks to set off arrows.

The three arrows still seemed a little abrupt in the quiet night, at least to the attention of some people who were deliberately paying attention to the barracks.

So not far from the promised vicinity, several horsemen turned and ran, and in a short time ran to the side of a general standing by the horse.

It was Luo Rong, the commander of the Wolf Warrior Battalion, who had come to deal with the matter of Qufu on the orders of Xiao Ruxun, Ma Gui's matter was only the first step, and he had more important things to deal with.

"General, there are three arrows in the forward battalion, aren't we?"

Luo Rong was holding a pancake and nibbling on it, listened to the report of the sentry horseman, put the uneaten pancake back into his food bag, and then turned over and got on the horse.

"The whole army is ready, move forward slowly, prepare me for battle, and once things change, do it immediately, and leave no one behind!"

Having said that, Luo Rong knew very well that the soldiers under Ma Gui were all old Burmese veterans selected by Xiao Ruxun, and the reason why he obeyed Ma Gui's orders was only because of Xiao Ruxun's orders, if Ma Gui wanted to resist, he would be the first to die.

Fortunately, Ma Gui is very honest, very knowledgeable about current affairs, and has no dissent, so he tied Mei Guozhen in the military camp and waited for his fate to come, so Luo Rong came.

"General Ma! For so long, you have suffered! Your Majesty specially instructed me and told me that from now on, General Ma is our own person, and there is no need to be incognito or even dare to mention his name, and no one will hurt General Ma anymore! ”

Luo Rong patted Ma Gui's shoulder with a smile, looking like Lao Tzu is very senior and optimistic about you, but he didn't care at all that Ma Gui was also Xiao Ruxun's superior, and his qualifications were even deeper than Xiao Ruxun.

But there is no way, now the situation is stronger than people, Ma Gui has been in the officialdom for decades, I don't know how many times I have been educated by superior civil officials how to behave, I have lost my position, I have lost face, and I have almost been in prison, Ma Gui has been tempered.

Thanks to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, Ma Gui learned a lot of knowledge, from the enthusiastic young man in the early morning to the old fritters now, he has long figured out some laws and elements.

So Ma Gui didn't feel the slightest displeasure, but showed a happy look.

"I have been looking forward to His Majesty's accession to the throne for a long time, and it is not until today that I have fulfilled my wish, and the new dynasty has been determined, which ...... This...... The last general really didn't know how to express his joy! ”

Then Ma Gui pointed to Mei Guozhen, who was still writhing by the two soldiers.

"This is Mei Guozhen requested by His Majesty, the last general has completed the task, what does General Luo think?"