Chapter 372: Monarch and Minister

When this sentence is said, in fact, the love of the monarch and the minister has been extinct.

He thought about it for a long time along the way. However, after thinking about it, the final conclusion is the same.

The official title can be given up, the Ma family workshop can also be abandoned, and even the new monarch is enthroned and the bow is nothing, and everything he gets in the Tang Empire, he can give it up.

However, those good men who spilled blood on the battlefield, those Angzang men who looked at death for the rest of their lives, could not die in the conspiracy.

During the Tianbao period, the military system collapsed, and the border army in the northwest court of Anxi was recruited, and they were all called to the "Long March athletes". Such a good man, but died in Tingzhou City in vain, such a thing can't be just counted like this anyway.

If you forget it, it will be unfair, how to explain to those robes who died in vain!

Li Longji wrinkled his brows and said sharply: "Confess!" You want me to give you an account! What kind of tone do you have, what do you want! I'm the Son of Heaven! Ma Qing, don't forget, you are the heir of Ma Shaobao, and your family has been a minister of the Tang Dynasty for generations! Do you want to be punished? Or do you really want to rebel? You are so unsightly, how should your fathers and ancestors look at you, an unworthy descendant? ”

Ma Xuan was silent for a while, and said slowly: "Almost two hundred, Your Majesty." This is a large blood debt. ”

Li Longji said angrily: "Those killers are not only your subordinates, but also my athletes!" Ma Qing, what do you mean by this? Do you know what you're doing right now? It's ridiculous! ”

"Your Majesty. In Wechen's opinion. Every Han person's life is equal. Ma Xuan was silent for a moment and spoke softly.

"!" Li Longji said angrily, "People have noble and low, since ancient times, how can there be any equality!" What I did was just the way of the emperor, and there was nothing wrong with it. As the Son of Heaven, I naturally have the right to kill and take away. Dead a hundred and ten kills are nothing! I ask myself if I treat you well, this time I want to wait for the return to calm down, and take you as the protector of the capital of Anbei, Ma Renjie, Ma Renjie, you treat your father like this? ”

Ma Ling stiffened his face and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Weichen's subordinates are not at fault in the slightest, but because Your Majesty is innocent, this matter is Your Majesty's fault." ”

"Your Majesty wants the Ma family's workshop, and Weichen can offer it with both hands, the benefits of the Anxi Army's armament. Wechen wasn't going to be exclusive either. But His Majesty wanted to make Weichen's subordinates bleed, but this matter was not successful. This blood debt. Wechen must have His Majesty give Wechen an explanation. ”

"Just because of one or two hundred soldiers, what do you want me to give you! I'm here, do you want to confess? Okay, then you will kill me with one sword, and then bear the infamy of eternity! Li Longji was angry and said angrily.

"To this day, doesn't Your Majesty feel that he was wrong?"

"What's wrong with me! Everything I do is for the sake of the Tang Dynasty! If a hundred and ten innocent people die, I will have to give an explanation, I don't know how many times I have died! ”

But anyone who does something wrong deserves to be punished. With so many lives, you can't just forget it, Your Majesty. ”

"Do you really want to die?"

"Your Majesty still has any wishes, and now you can say it."

"You!"

Li Longji was shocked and angry, his face became extremely gloomy, and he stared at Ma Lu fiercely.

Ma Luan tightened his face and was silent.

"Ma Lan, Ma Lan, I really misjudged you! You tell me the truth, do you really have plans to rebel? Are you really willing to be scolded by the world than to do such a rebellious thing? To put it bluntly, you don't want to avenge those military men at all, you just want to rebel! In that case, why do you bother to act here and give me a knife directly? ”

"Your Majesty is wrong, Weichen just wants to seek justice for those athletes. Is Weichen a rebel? Datang will change an emperor, no matter who it is, it must be the descendant of His Majesty, Datang is still the Tang Dynasty, Weichen will still open up territory for Datang, and he will die with all his might. ”

"Dog thief! Hugh is going to show off his lips! Li Longji was furious, grabbed an inkstone and smashed it at Ma Lan, Ma Lan didn't move, let the inkstone smash on the forehead, and immediately blood was dripping.

"Your Majesty, if someone wants to secretly kill Weichen, no matter who Weichen knows, it will be a knife, Gao Linshan and Gu Yuanqin They just trapped Your Majesty here, and there is already room for it. But since so many people have been killed, His Majesty will have to pay the price after all. ”

Reaching out and touching the wound on his forehead, Ma Ling said solemnly.

Li Longji looked at Ma Lu, who had been straining his face, and his heart sank. For more than 40 years, how could he have been forced to this step!

After the truth of the Tingzhou mutiny was known to the Tingzhou military generals, he was also afraid that those killers would be angry and kill him, and then he was only imprisoned. He has been looking forward to Ma Luan coming back, so as to help him get out of trouble, but he didn't expect Ma Lan to come back but come back, but he treated him like this.

In fact, since Ma Lan entered this room, he had a faint guess, but he didn't want to believe it.

Ma Renjie is the god of the Tang Dynasty, a god-given general, how could he do this to them, how could he want to kill the king!

However, Ma Lan did not bow down when he entered the door, and he felt that something was wrong. Now he is alone in Tingzhou, surrounded by Ma Renjie's subordinates, Gao Lishi and Lijingmen and other masters have died, and the dignified Tang Dynasty Emperor is going to be forced to die here!

"Ma Qing, I am willing to take a step back, regarding the death of those who killed talents, I can make an edict against myself. I am the Son of Heaven, so I am already worthy of them. Li Longji stared at Ma Luan, his voice slightly dry.

Ma Lan shook his head: "Your Majesty, that's a blood debt." ”

Li Longji clenched his fists and said coldly: "Ma Renjie, you dog thief really want to kill the king!" Do you know what the consequences will be, you are going to cause chaos in the world! ”

Ma Ling shook his head again: "The Hui Hui has been destroyed, and the current prince is also a benevolent and virtuous person, how can the world be in chaos." ”

"So, you have colluded with the prince?" Li Longji glared and said, "You want to kill me, it's for that rebel?" ”

“…… There is no such thing, I have no relationship with the prince, I just ask for justice for those athletes who died in vain. However, the prince is indeed a benevolent and virtuous person, and without His Majesty, the Tang Dynasty will not be chaotic, and it will still be the brilliant Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Longji Huo Ran stood up, his expression became extremely anxious, he paced quickly in the hall, suddenly stood still and looked at Ma Lan, and sneered: "Ma Renjie! Ma Renjie! You said that the lives of every Han are equal, hehe, you killed people with white knives in Chang'an City back then, were those people you killed Han Chinese? Don't forget that you broke into Yang Zhao's mansion at night and killed dozens of people, all of them were Han Chinese! You should already know by now that Yang Zhao was not the mastermind who assassinated you, and those Han people in Yang Zhao's mansion also died in vain! If every Han is equal, then you should kill yourself and give them an account! ”

Ma Lan nodded and said, "What Your Majesty said is that I do owe them a life. However, Wechen is not a pedantic person, and Wechen will not kill himself and pay them with his life. In the final analysis, everyone has double standards, and Wechen is no exception, which Wechen is deeply ashamed of. ”

"Shameless!"

"This is the case, Wei Chen can forgive himself, but he can't forgive His Majesty. The guards in Yang Guozhong's mansion and the seven-foot man who fought in the bloody battle of Jinsha in the west are also different in the eyes of Wei Chen. The life of every Han person is equal, and Weichen understands this truth, but he has not absolutely done it himself. ”

"Why do you want me to do what you can't do on your own? I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, do you have to kill those to resist your fate? ”

"At least Weichen knows that he has done wrong, but His Majesty does not think that he has done wrong."

"How does this make a difference? The dead cannot come back to life! - I'm saying I'm wrong now, right? ”

"No!"

Li Longji's expression became more and more cold, and he said angrily: "Hehe, what a Ma Renjie!" In this world, there has always been only the Son of Heaven who has the right to live and die! It's ridiculous that you act like this and say you won't rebel! You want to kill even the king, who else in this world you don't dare to kill? Ducilicitous is disgusting! ”

"Your Majesty wants to scold even if you scold well, Wechen won't care, what Wechen does is what Wechen thinks is right - at least what Wechen thinks is right now, Wechen has a clear conscience."

"Your Majesty has any final requests, you can tell Wei Chen. Even if you want to eat steamed bear paws, Wechen will do it for Your Majesty. ”

"Steamed bear's paws? Hehe, you're really hard-hearted! Li Longji sneered, "Ma Renjie, you traitor!" I've been so blind! ”

"Your Majesty, it's you who is at fault."

Li Longji sat back in his chair and glared at Ma Lu with a cold face. Ma Lan's eyes were calm and unyielding.

These things have been thought out very clearly on the road. Blood debts are naturally repaid with blood, even if the other party is Li Longji, it is the same, otherwise how to explain to those robes.

From the Hereafter, there will not be so much servility. It is the Han people of the world who are loyal to it, and it is this great empire, not the Tang royal family.

It is human nature to forgive himself, so he will not commit suicide because of the night attack on Yang Guozhong's mansion, and an idiot will do such a thing. But Li Longji is not him, so he has to pay for the crime.

This is still a double standard.

Both the monarch and the minister stopped talking, and Li Longji sat on the chair, glaring at Ma Lu fiercely with a knife-like gaze. Ma Luan's expression was flat, his eyes were calm and he didn't say a word.

Time seemed to stand still, and the hall was eerily silent.

After a long time, Li Longji slowly spoke: "Ma Renjie, after I go, you really won't rebel?" ”

Ma Lan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty can rest assured." Let the Han people shed a lot of blood, Weichen will never do. ”

Li Longji nodded, looking a little tired: "I will believe you one last time." - Steamed bear's paw should taste good, and I want to try it now. ”

At this time, his expression calmed down, and he seemed to have accepted his fate.

…… (To be continued......)