Summary of the previous chapter: Wei Zhongxian is cheating. Of course Ma Xiaoquan cannot let him cheat. He is even worse than him...
Wei Zhongxian was so frightened that he quickly let go of his hand holding the emperor's leg, lay on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Ma Xiaoquan has no evidence, it's nonsense."
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Your Majesty, I don't know whether the minister is actually Eunuch Wei, but the troublemaker definitely doesn't want you to watch this competition properly..."
Zhu Youxiao slapped the armrest of the chair and said: "This is unreasonable. Come here, please check carefully. Who is blocking this competition!"
"yes!"
...
Ma Xiaoquan stepped aside and looked up at Zhu Youxiao secretly.
His Majesty the Emperor didn't seem too angry, but Wei Zhongxian on the other side was so angry that he kept breathing heavily.
The time for burning incense has passed...
Wei Zhongxian was a little anxious waiting.
Looking at Ma Xiaoquan, Wei Zhongxian felt that something was wrong even more when he saw that he was smiling at him.
"Your Majesty, General Li hasn't come back yet. Should you send someone to have a look?" Wei Zhongxian suggested.
Zhu Youxiao hummed, nodded and said: "Okay, then Zhongxian, you can do this, hurry up."
Wei Zhongxian accepted the order: "Yes!"
...
As soon as Wei Zhongxian left, Ma Xiaoquan's team member Chunqiao returned to his destination.
Ma Xiaoquan took Li Zongyu's token from Chunqiao and presented it to Zhu Youxiao.
When Zhu Youxiao saw the token, he was greatly surprised and asked, "How come the token I gave to Li Zongyu is in your hand? Has something happened to Li Zongyu?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen's team members picked this up on the road. I'm afraid General Li gave up and left the token behind. But Your Majesty, a general took the token you gave him.
Can it be lost? If this is an important letter from a military aircraft, if he were to do this, the war in Ming Dynasty would be in danger, right?"
"Huh!" Zhu Youxiao was really angry this time. He stood up and patted the armrest of the chair and said angrily, "Come on, come find Li Zongyu, what a waste!"
Several of Wei Zhongxian's henchmen hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down. I'm afraid General Li didn't mean it. Maybe Ma Xiaoquan's team members stole it!"
Ma Xiaoquan said disapprovingly: "My lords, even if it was stolen by my team members, Li Zongyu, a dignified Gyeonggi general, could make such a mistake. I still say that if there is a war, this is an important letter."
What will happen to my Ming Dynasty if the military aircraft letters are lost like this? How many of you can afford it?"
Although Zhu Youxiao is illiterate, he is not stupid. If the war fails, it will indeed be as serious as Ma Xiaoquan said.
"That's enough, you guys, please stand down!" Zhu Youxiao pointed at those Wei Zhongxian's lackeys and shouted.
Several people were so frightened that they knelt down quickly and said nothing.
Zhu Youxiao breathed out and asked Ma Xiaoquan: "Ma Aiqing, tell me, how should I handle this matter?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Your Majesty, regardless of how General Li lost this token, the mere act of losing it is enough to be sentenced to a felony. However, your Majesty, this competition is just a competition, so I hope your Majesty will not be too angry.
But General Li’s reward, from the humble perspective, just...forget it...hehe..."
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Well, Ma Aiqing is right, okay, I will ask Li Zongyu when he comes back! By the way..." Zhu Youxiao loudly compared the ministers in the market and said, "In a while,
Li Zongyu is back. Don't tell me that I have obtained his token. If there are any informants, please leave the black gauze hat and go home."
"Yes!" The ministers said respectfully.
...
It’s time to burn incense again.
Wei Zhongxian came back with a livid face and said nothing. Behind him was a man with disheveled hair and ragged clothes.
Ma Xiaoquan looked at it carefully and laughed: "Hey, isn't this General Li? What's wrong? Did you go over mountains and ridges on your way? Or did you go up mountains of swords and seas of fire? Why are you in such a mess?"
Li Zongyu rolled his eyes at Ma Xiaoquan, his face turned red, and he had nothing to say.
Zhu Youxiao said angrily: "Li Zongyu, tell me, what's going on with you?"
Li Zongyu knelt on the ground with a bang, and said with a mournful face: "Replying to the emperor, I lost my token because I was ambushed by Ma Xiaoquan..."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Li Zongyu, you are really good at saying that the emperor has sent people to check, and you still think it's me? My team plus me is only eleven people, you go to the brigade, oh,
Now that all your people are talking nonsense, you are the only one left and you have to rely on me?"
"Ma Xiaoquan, you!"
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand: "Okay, I'll leave you alone. It's obvious that you lost the token the emperor gave you, and now you want to change the subject. Tell me, where is your token? Ah? Where is the token?"
Li Zongyu was sweating profusely and remained silent.
Zhu Youxiao said humbly: "Yes, Li Zongyu, where is the token I asked you to get back? Where is it?"
Li Zongyu was also a bachelor. He knew that he had lost his token, so he simply relied on Ma Xiaoquan: "Your Majesty, Ma Xiaoquan took it away."
Zhu Youxiao said angrily: "Trash, even if Ma Aiqing snatches it away, won't you take it back? Don't tell me that you don't have as many people as Ma Aiqing?"
Wei Zhongxian said: "Your Majesty, General Li also..."
"Shut up and get out of here!" Zhu Youxiao shouted.
Wei Zhongxian was stunned for a moment, then obediently stepped aside.
Zhu Youxiao continued to ask Li Zongyu: "Where is your token?"
Li Zongyu looked at Wei Zhongxian for help. Wei Zhongxian also looked helpless and shook his head, saying that I couldn't help you either.
Li Zongyu burst into tears when he saw Wei Zhongxian's attitude.
Zhu Youxiao was so angry that he stepped forward, kicked Li Zongyu to the ground, and cursed: "You're useless, you still want to be a Gyeonggi official with your posture? Okay, don't be a Gyeonggi general. Come back."
Go home and farm!"
Li Zongyu hugged Zhu Youxiao's thigh and cried: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen is really unjust. Wei Chen is really framed by Ma Xiaoquan..."
Zhu Youxiao became anxious and hit Li Zongyu on the head with his hands: "Get out, you worthless guy, you know how to shirk responsibility when something goes wrong, get out."
Several guards came forward, pulled Li Zongyu away, and punched him several times in the lower abdomen. Li Zongyu let out a hiccup and curled up on the ground in pain.
"Ma Xiaoquan" Zhu Youxiao rolled his sleeves and sat back on the throne.
"Wei Chen is here!" Ma Xiaoquan half-knelt in front of Zhu Youxiao with his hands raised.