Wei Zhongxian and Liu Yijing looked at each other. They never expected that King Xin would suddenly appear, let alone that the emperor would leave this matter to King Xin.
Both Wei and Liu knew that Ma Xiaoquan was a loyal person to King Xin. If this matter was left to King Xin, then Ma Xiaoquan would naturally not be in any danger.
Liu Yijing was unwilling to give in and knelt down in front of King Xin, crying: "Your Majesty, I beg you to seek justice for me."
King Xin glared at Liu Yijing and said humbly: "You don't need to tell me this. I am free to use my discretion. Well~~Ma Xiaoquan, come with me. I have something to ask you."
...
King Xin led Ma Xiaoquan out of the Yangxin Hall. The emperor was too bored and went to play with wood in the house.
Wei Zhongxian was the only one left in the hall. He stamped his feet unwillingly and said: "Huh, Ma Xiaoquan, don't think you can escape from my grasp this time..."
...
Ma Xiaoquan followed Zhu Youjian out of the palace. The two came to a private room in a teahouse. Zhu Youjian asked for a pot of tea. After taking a sip, he asked: "The death of Liu Yijing's son really has nothing to do with you."
relation?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Of course it doesn't matter. Weichen and the prince played chess yesterday, and the prince also saw it. Weichen never called any of his subordinates to give instructions."
"Well, I know that, so who do you think is behind the death of Liu Yijing's son?"
Ma Xiaoquan wanted to say it was Ma Zhi, but then he thought about it, Ma Zhi was also a member of the Ma family. If he told him, wouldn't he tell King Xin that Ma Zhi was alive and the Ma family would fight among themselves?
"It must be Wei Zhongxian. Your Majesty, you also know that Wei Zhongxian and I have never been on good terms. He must have done this to trap me into injustice. Besides, Liu Yijing and I have nothing to do with each other, but Liu Yijing's
The granddaughter married Tian Ergen's nephew, and Tian Ergen was one of Wei Zhongxian's lackeys..."
Zhu Youjian was a little dizzy after hearing this. He shook his head to stop Ma Xiaoquan and said: "Okay, okay, I understand, you don't need to say any more..."
Ma Xiaoquan: "..."
Zhu Youjian frowned: "But Liu Yijing's son is indeed dead. The news came back that there was a personal letter from you on his son's body. How do you explain this?"
"My...handwritten letter? No, I don't know how to write any handwritten letters at all?"
"That's the problem. Although the emperor has left this matter to me, the letter is not with me now."
"Ah? Who's there?"
Zhu Youjian squinted his eyes and thought for a moment: "If I guessed correctly, it should be in Wei Zhongxian's hands at this moment."
.......
At the same time, in the Wei Mansion, Wei Zhongxian was holding the letter handed over by Liu Yijing and looking at it with raised eyebrows.
Wei Zhongxian was not illiterate, but he had been with the emperor for a long time and had seen many memorials, large and small. He still recognized Ma Xiaoquan's shabby font.
"Is this letter really written by Ma Xiaoquan?" Wei Zhongxian asked Liu Yijing.
Liu Yijing shook his head and said uncertainly: "Ma Xiaoquan didn't seem to know about the emperor's visit before, but the font on this letter clearly belongs to him. Mr. Wei, you must make the final decision on my son's death.
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"Hmm~~" Wei Zhongxian handed the letter to Li Yongzhen. Li Yongzhen read it again and said, "This font does seem to be written by Ma Xiaoquan, but..." Before Li Yongzhen finished speaking, he confronted Wei Zhongxian.
Glanced at it.
Wei Zhongxian naturally understood what Li Yongzhen meant. He patted the table and said to Liu Yijing: "No matter what, we must not let Ma Xiaoquan go. Liu Yijing, please go back first and wait for my news."
Liu Yijing nodded and stepped back respectfully.
...
That night, Wei Zhongxian called a group of his henchmen to his home to discuss how to deal with Ma Xiaoquan.
After discussion, everyone unanimously decided to go to court to participate in the performance of Ma Xiaoquan, saying that he used his power for personal gain and killed the son of scholar Liu Yijing. By the way... he also made up some charges that Ma Xiaoquan could not refute and reported them to the emperor.
Please make your decision, Your Majesty.
Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed and immediately ordered his henchmen to draw up a list of Ma Xiaoquan's crimes. The more crimes the better.
...
Wei Zhongxian was collecting (making up) all the accusations against Ma Xiaoquan, and Ma Xiaoquan was not idle either.
Yesterday, King Xin asked him to play chess, so he missed the opportunity to argue. Today, he will not be so passive anymore.
Ma Xiaoquan mobilized all the Jinyi Guards and Vulcan Cult members he could mobilize to collect all kinds of crimes against Wei Zhongxian and his gangsters overnight. He knew that it was absolutely impossible to bring down Wei Zhongxian with his own strength, but there was no way he could bring down Wei Zhongxian.
There is still a high chance that the two are two henchmen. Besides, if you want to maintain your position in the struggle with Wei Zhongxian, you must fight fire with fire, that is, you should treat him how Wei Zhongxian treats him.
The next day, Wei Zhongxian took the lead in launching an attack, and all of his lackeys came together to write a memorial, joining in with Ma Xiaoquan, the deacon of the Imperial Guard.
Wei Zhongxian's party members listed many crimes against Ma Xiaoquan. The first one was that Ma Xiaoquan abused his power for personal gain and brutally killed Liu Yijing's youngest son.
Ma Xiaoquan did not show weakness, and repaid the other in the same way. He also wrote memorials and participated in Wei Zhongxian's formation of cliques for personal gain and hegemony in the court...
However, Ma Xiaoquan is only one person, and he has to face a group of eunuch members in front of him.
No matter what Ma Xiaoquan said, his voice was drowned by the voices of the eunuchs.
Zhu Youxiao was sitting on the dragon throne, with a look of impatience and disgust on his face.
In fact, he knew very well in his heart what the eunuchs were going to do, and he also knew that Ma Xiaoquan was a loyal minister in his eyes.
Zhu Youxiao didn't want to do anything to Ma Xiaoquan, but he couldn't stand the constant nagging of Wei Zhongxian and others.
But...if Ma Xiaoquan is demoted or something else happens, then Wei Zhongxian and the others will have even more reason to deal with him.
Zhu Youxiao did not want Ma Xiaoquan to suffer because he liked this loyal minister to the Ming Dynasty very much.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao suddenly shouted and ordered: "Go and call King Xin to me."
When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he quickly stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with King Xin."
Zhu Youxiao said unhappily: "Why doesn't it matter? I'm very annoyed that you guys are causing trouble with each other like this. I asked King Xin to come over and handle it for me."
Wei Zhongxian said: "Your Majesty, King Xin is not in the palace today."
"Well, where did he go?"
Wei Zhongxian lied: "Didn't the Emperor ask King Xin to handle the matter of Mr. Liu's son?"
Zhu Youxiao couldn't remember this clearly, so he just took it as what Wei Zhongxian said.
"That's it, oh oh~~"
Wei Zhongxian was secretly happy and said: "Your Majesty, that matter about Ma Xiaoquan using power for personal gain..."
Zhu Youxiao looked at Ma Xiaoquan and asked, "Ma Aiqing, how do you explain it?"