After teasing Shuo Sai, Su Yan went home, and by the way, he brought Ma Guozhu, the governor of Liangjiang, who had been locked up for several months.

After being imprisoned for a few months, Ma Guozhu's mental state was a little sluggish, his face became pale because he had not been exposed to sunlight for a long time, the braids on his head had not been taken care of for a long time and became very messy, and a short layer of hair had grown on the other parts of his scalp, and the whole person's hairstyle looked extremely ugly.

However, after getting out of the prison, he still held himself up and tried to keep his head high.

But as soon as the sun, which he hadn't seen for a long time, hit him, his eyes began to ache, and he had to raise his sleeves to block the sun, and he couldn't put it down until he got used to it.

"Where are you going to take this officer?"

He asked the Ming soldier who was escorting him, who ignored his question, staring straight ahead, like a moving sculpture.

Seeing this, Ma Guozhu sighed in a low voice, and could only silently follow behind Su Yan and enter the yamen of the Criminal Department.

Su Yan was ready to persuade Ma Guozhu again and recruit him into his command, but he also knew that his eloquence was not comparable to that of the other party, so he was not ready to go into battle in person.

In the yamen of the criminal department, Wang Wenkui, who had worked with Ma Guozhu for a while, had been waiting for a long time, and after Ma Guozhu was taken to the side hall of the yamen, Wang Wenkui suddenly appeared.

Seeing that Wang Wenkui, who should have died in Huai'an, actually appeared here, Ma Guozhu was surprised, and instantly understood the meaning behind it.

"You betrayed the court?" Ma Guozhu asked affirmatively.

"Those who know the times are handsome." Wang Wenkui knew that he was at a loss at first, but the more he said later, the more he became invigorated: "After the Manchurians entered the customs, they killed innocents indiscriminately, resulting in the misery of life, and the court and the central government were full of people and despised the Han ministers, and we and other Han ministers were wantonly insulted by the Manchu and Mongolian officials and had nowhere to make a noise, where is such a court worthy of my equal loyalty?" ”

Ma Guozhu was so speechless for a while by his words that he came up, although he was loyal to the Qing court, it was undeniable that Wang Wenkui's words were the truth, and he had nowhere to start even if he wanted to defend himself.

He can't say with a clear conscience that the massacre of the Qing army after entering the customs is to save the common people in the world from the hands of tyrants, right?

There is also the difference in treatment between the court and the Chinese, and it is true that the Han people were inherently inferior to Manchu and Mongolian officials in the Qing court, which is also a fact.

Although the current emperor has the ambition to change this phenomenon and reuse Hanchen after he is in power, his time in power is still too short, and it is difficult to change the atmosphere in a short time.

Seeing that Ma Guozhu was speechless, Wang Wenkui continued to pursue the victory, and said: "Master Ma, you are loyal to the imperial court, even after being captured, you still refuse to surrender, but do you know how the imperial court treats you and your family?" ”

"How?" Ma Guozhu's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked.

Wang Wenkui sighed regretfully and said, "Although the imperial court thinks that you also died on the battlefield and posthumously presented you as the crown prince, it does not give preferential treatment to your family.

On June 14, drunken men of the White Banner of Manchuria broke into your home and defiled your daughter, who committed suicide by poisoning herself the night after she was defiled. Although your wife sued, how could the flag man be severely punished for breaking the law, she just pretended to reprimand a few words and let it go gently.

Seeing that the flag people were protecting each other, the lady hanged herself in grief and indignation, and a good family was ruined. ”

"How is this possible?!" Ma Guozhu's pupils vibrated, and he roared at Wang Wenkui: "This is not true, this must be a lie you made up to deceive me!" ”

"Master Ma, stop deceiving yourself, you can ask around and see if this is true." Wang Wenkui said regretfully.

"This ...... This ......"

Ma Guozhu only felt that his psychological pillar collapsed violently, his legs were weak, and the whole person collapsed directly to the ground.

After being stunned for a moment, he suddenly covered his face and cried loudly, crying and howling: "Madam, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you, how can you leave me first......

Ma Guozhu's cry was extremely sad, so that others couldn't help but cry when they heard it, Wang Wenkui sighed when he saw this, and stepped forward to help Ma Guozhu up from the ground.

He did not comfort Ma Guozhu, but said: "Master Ma, the Si people have passed away, no matter how sad it is, you are now (this chapter is not over!) )

Chapter 233: Surrender Ma Guozhu

Shouldn't it be about avenging the lost family?

You serve the court with loyalty, but the court treats your widow like this, and continues to be loyal to such a court worthy of the souls of the deceased family in heaven? ”

Wang Wenkui's second question stopped Ma Guozhu, and his crying stopped.

After a while, Ma Guozhu nodded heavily, he raised his sleeves to wipe the tears on his face, looked at Wang Wenkui with that resolute gaze, and said: "Brother Wang is reasonable, I want to avenge the tragic death of my wife and daughter, and comfort the soul of my wife and daughter in heaven with the blood of the people!" ”

After that, he stood up, staggered to Su Yan, who had been sitting on the main seat without saying a word, knelt heavily in front of him, slammed his head on the floor, and said in a deep voice: "Ma Guozhu, the criminal minister, is willing to serve His Royal Highness the county king to the death, and only asks His Royal Highness the county king to allow the criminal ministers to go to the front line and fight with the Manchurians." ”

Su Yan looked at Ma Guozhu who was kneeling on the ground silently, and did not immediately accept his allegiance, seeing that Su Yan did not answer for a long time, Ma Guozhu, who had always been calm, couldn't help but be anxious.

He raised his head, slammed on the ground again, and repeated: "The criminal minister Ma Guozhu is willing to serve His Highness to the death, and I hope His Highness will take him in!" ”

Su Yan was silent, Ma Guozhu kowtowed and bowed for the third time, this time, Su Yan finally made a move, he stood up, walked to Ma Guozhu, and helped him up from the ground.

Looking at Ma Guozhu's forehead, which had turned red, Su Yan spoke: "This king accepts your allegiance, but this king can't agree to your request to go to the front line to fight the Manchurians. ”

"Why is that?" Ma Guozhu was a little anxious.

"The so-called art has a specialization, you are not good at battlefield fighting, what you are good at is the main political side, if this king agrees to your request to let you go to the battlefield, it will only be a violent thing." Su Yan said gently.

Then, without waiting for Ma Guozhu to speak, Su Yan said again: "You used to be the governor of Liangjiang, you should be very aware of the importance of a stable rear to the frontline battle situation, it is not that there is no credit in the rear, you think about it." ”

After speaking, Su Yan patted him on the shoulder, and was about to turn around and leave, he had just taken a few steps when he heard another plop behind him, and Ma Guozhu knelt down again, and he said in a firm tone:

"What His Highness said, the national pillar keeps it in mind, and the national pillar is willing to obey His Royal Highness's arrangement."

After listening to Ma Guozhu's answer, although Su Yan did not turn his head, a smile still appeared on his face, Ma Guozhu has a hand in governing the place, and if he surrenders this person, Su Yan will have one more internal affairs talent that he can rely on.

Chapter 233: Surrender Ma Guozhu