Chapter 838: Thorough Investigation
"This excerpt turned out to be an excerpt for monks and Taoists?"
"Yes, during this time, the acting king dealt with sixteen shrines one after another, all of them were monks from Qingyuan Temple, as well as the Yin Guan faction, they helped, and it was normal for the acting king to ask for credit for them, but it was so straightforward, it was obvious that the two factions were recruited for their own use, and the acting king was not afraid of causing His Majesty's displeasure?"
Ma Shunde thought so, and packed this fold so that he couldn't see any traces, and then opened the second one.
The content on this excerpt is much more "thrilling", and as Ma Shunde expected, it is about the assassination.
This is about the excerpt of the acting king's stabbing, Ma Shunde carefully read it word by word, and then carefully smoothed out the traces of the sight and groaned.
The two little eunuchs who followed, neither of them looked at each other, and they all bowed down and waited for Ma Shunde's orders.
Ma Shunde pondered for a moment, unfolded the second excerpt, read it carefully, and then put the excerpt in his hand and took it in his hand.
The little eunuch who cut off the excerpt and flattered him observed his expression, and tentatively said, "Father-in-law, but there is something wrong with the excerpt......?" How many days will it be withheld?"
Ma Shunde suddenly woke up from his groan and said, "No. β
I thought to myself, "What a fool." β
"The court excerpts have a process and time, when to hand it over, when to read it, and there are rules. β
"I'm waiting for the big eunuch, even if I want to deduct it, it's under the fold, if the emperor is tired, he may not read it and drag it out for a few days. β
"Moreover, it is okay to detain the foreign minister's fold for a few days, but the acting king is the person who His Majesty ordered to pay close attention, how can he deduct it?"
"This guy dares to advocate and deduct directly, he is really short-lived, not only is he not blessed, but he may also implicate others. β
"It's better to find a chance to kill the cane. β
Ma Shunde thought so, and another eunuch came over, this time it was someone who knew each other, and a stack of cabinet folds was handed over, several feet high.
Ma Shunde glanced at it, put the two folds handed by the acting king into it, and put it in the third part, before exhaling: "Go in, the emperor may have woken up." β
The Great Wei reform, the cabinet dealt with political affairs, gathered in the imperial study, did not need to go to the court every day, generally every ten days, and officials above the fourth rank played in person.
But when the emperor woke up, he was accustomed to hearing things, and this diligence was nothing to say.
Ma Shunde cautiously entered the inner hall alone, and found that there was movement on the dragon couch, and quietly made a gesture to let the palace maid and eunuch prepare, while trotting over and helping the emperor up.
The old emperor looked tired and got up, Ma Shunde took the towel in the hand of the palace maid with his own hands, and waited for the old emperor to wash his face and rinse his mouth with gentle movements, until the eunuch and palace maid began to stream in the side hall to set up breakfast, the old emperor came to his senses and asked lightly: "What new folds are there now?"
This question was very casual, Ma Shunde's heart sank, and he hurriedly said: "If you go back to the emperor, the cabinet has already handed over the fold, and there are still six folds to be handed over." β
These six folds were all handed over the cabinet, and Ma Shunde bent down and bowed his head and handed the folds up.
"Meet!" The old emperor didn't seem surprised, flipped through it casually, and saw the fold of the acting king in the third, and directly took out these two copies to look at them carefully, and Ma Shunde was stunned.
"Sure enough, the emperor knew what happened last night, and if he didn't hand it over in a moment's confusion, he would immediately commit murder. β
The vest was a little cold sweat, Ma Shunde carefully observed the emperor's expression, and found that the emperor's expression changed, and when he guessed which one the emperor was looking at, he saw that the emperor picked another fold to read.
Ma Shunde knew in his heart that the part that the emperor had just seen must be the excerpt that the king had assassinated, because the excerpt that the emperor is holding now is the excerpt handed over by the Shuntian Mansion Yin.
There is a difference between the folds handed over by the clan and the officials and ministers, and others may not be able to see it, but a big eunuch like Ma Shunde can judge it at a glance.
The emperor held two folds in his hand, compared them, and when he was silent, he looked at another fold on behalf of the king, and said with a gloomy face for a long time: "Do you know what this fold says?"
As he spoke, he raised the fold of the king in his hand.
Ma Shunde only glanced at it, then hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The slave is the person who has been used by the emperor for a long time, and he knows the rules, how dare he dismantle the fold privately?"
However, the covers of these two folds are written with famous names, presumably on behalf of the king. β
"Yes, there is something wrong with the king, the king was assassinated in broad daylight, the most strange thing is that the people of the king of Qi were on the spot, the difference was only a few feet, and the token of the palace of the king of Qi was returned, you say, is this a strange news?"
The emperor said coldly, and with a wave of his hand, he threw all three folds, including the Shuntianfu fold, in front of Ma Shunde.
This is what it means to let Ma Shunde take a look.
"......" Ma Shunde didn't know what the emperor meant, but the emperor let him see it, so he could only look at it, bent down and picked it up, as if it was the first time he saw it, and looked at it carefully.
"Speaking on behalf of the king, it doesn't leak, I can't find a flaw. β
"I don't know which staff wrote it on behalf of the staff, or it was written by the king himself? The king was the champion, but it is not impossible. β
Looking at the excerpt of the acting king again, Ma Shunde still sighed in his heart, this excerpt seems ordinary, but in fact, the person who wrote the excerpt is a master!
The excerpt told the events at that time, of course, the words were full of the shock and grievance of being assassinated, crying, and asking the emperor to make the decision for him.
In contrast, the Shuntianfu excerpt, although it also said this, is more cautious and objective, only describes, has no emotional bias, and does not have any conclusions.
This is also normal, involving the assassination of the prince, which of this kind of thing happened does not indicate that a big storm is coming? Not to mention the person who arrested the king of Qi at the scene, the king of Qi still had a grudge against the acting king before this, and this matter has been troubled until now, and Yin of Shuntian Mansion is afraid that he has a headache.
The strangest and most impeccable thing is that the acting king's excerpt is naturally full of resentment, and he asked the emperor to investigate it strictly, but although he suspected the king of Qi, he suspected that it was the evil party of the obscene temple who fought back, and did not bite the king of Qi to death.
Ma Shunde regretted and thought: "If the acting king bites to death is the king of Qi, our family can also say that the acting king has other thoughts and takes the opportunity to attack the king of Qi." β
"If the acting king doesn't mention King Qi at all, it seems magnanimous, but in fact, he has the danger of mountains and rivers in his heart, and he violates the emperor's taboo. β
"Even now, I can't grasp anything. β
Ma Shunde knew that the emperor was wise, and it was impossible for the emperor to think of things that he could think of, so he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, in the capital, there are assassins who blatantly assassinate the prince, and there is nothing more crazy than this, and the slave feels that unless it is thoroughly investigated, it cannot be the prestige of the imperial court......
This was originally a clichΓ©, but the emperor listened to it, but he reacted.
"You're right, let's investigate thoroughly. The emperor said lightly, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly asked again: "Acting king, how many shrines and temples have been broken?"