Summary of the previous chapter: The conversation between Ma Xiaoquan and Li Qinghan in the study was eavesdropped

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On the way to the Taihe Palace, Ma Xiaoquan met several acquaintances, all of whom were members of the Donglin Party.

The Donglin Party and Ma Xiaoquan have always had a harmonious relationship, firstly, Ma Xiaoquan is a person, and the Donglin Party members look quite pleasing to the eye, and secondly, they will be much more friendly to Ma Xiaoquan when he disappears for two years to "support" Liaodong.

Walking in the front was Yang Lian, and when he saw Ma Xiaoquan, Yang Lian took the initiative to greet him.

Ma Xiaoquan admires Yang Lian very much, he is upright and upright, and Ma Xiaoquan is happy to be friends with him.

Yang Lian arched his hand and said: "Lord Deacon, more than two years of life in Liaodong have been really hard, Lord Deacon has really worked hard for the Ming Dynasty and the emperor?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan sighed secretly in his heart, fortunately, in his last year, he was busy with business with the people of the Hua family, and he turned himself into a man with a rather vicissitudes in image, otherwise, he really couldn't fool the past.

"Where, Lord Yang praised it falsely~" Ma Xiaoquan smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "It's that I've been away for so long, can I be okay?" ”

Yang Lian nodded: "It's naturally fine, but there are always some people in the court, I'm afraid that the world will not be chaotic, hey~~"

As soon as Yang Lian's words fell, a yin and yang strange voice sounded behind him: "Lord Yang, you have to talk about your conscience when you speak, don't talk nonsense, be careful to flash your tongue." ”

Yang Lian and Ma Xiaoquan's brows furrowed together, and when they looked back, their brows couldn't help but frown even tighter.

Yang Lian sneered: "Father-in-law Wei, I, Yang Lian, didn't say anything about you, you are self-absorbed, I'm afraid that a little old peacock is self-inflicted, right?" ”

Several Donglin party members listened to Yang Lian's words and echoed in unison: "Yes, Gonggong Wei, you are sentimental, right?" ”

The yin and yang are not others, it is Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian met with Ma Xiaoquan once yesterday, but because he had something to do and the emperor was anxious to talk to Ma Xiaoquan, he didn't dare to say more.

The spies who had been in ambush at Ma's house for a long time last night came to report, saying that Ma Xiaoquan's identity was suspicious, and the most important thing was that Li Qinghan also gave birth to a son for him, thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian was very excited, he didn't sleep all night last night, he was thinking about how to turn Ma Xiaoquan's son over, and then hum~~

Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "Lord Yang, you stinky pedants of the Donglin Party, you don't have fart skills, you know nonsense in a day, and I don't bother to tell you, well, it's Ma Xiaoquan, congratulations on your promotion~"

Anyone could hear that Wei Zhongxian was hurting Ma Xiaoquan, but Ma Xiaoquan was not angry, but responded very politely: "Oh, thank you Grandpa Wei, yes, Grandpa Wei, why did I watch you grow a beard?" ”

Wei Zhongxian was stunned, quickly covered his chin, and looked at Ma Xiaoquan in horror.

Ma Xiaoquan just said that, in fact, he didn't see anything, but Wei Zhongxian's actions aroused the suspicion of everyone present.

In fact, Wei Zhongxian did have some beards, but it was still very small.

Ma Xiaoquan was absent for more than two years, Wei Zhongxian was actively recuperating his body, and finally, after taking a bunch of tonic medicines and using a lot of elixirs, his words finally recovered, for this reason, Wei Zhongxian is always very careful, no matter how hot it is, he will wear high-necked clothes, for fear that others will see that he has grown an Adam's apple again.

Yang Lian looked at Wei Zhongxian and sneered: "Father-in-law Wei, I heard that you have been taking what jade stem rebirth medicine, isn't it really reborn?" ”

Wei Zhongxian was annoyed and angry, but he didn't dare to put down his hand, so he could only say in a weird way: "You bastards, hum~~" After saying that, Wei Zhongxian led his men to run away.

"Haha" Seeing Wei Zhongxian leaving in embarrassment, Yang Lian and Ma Xiaoquan laughed.

Ma Xiaoquan patted Yang Lian's shoulder, leaned in front of him and said, "Lord Yang, no matter what, be careful of Wei Zhongxian~"

Yang Lian nodded, but said disapprerovitically: "It's just a eunuch, what kind of storm can you make?" Hehe, Lord Deacon thinks too much~"

Ma Xiaoquan sighed, how capable Wei Zhongxian is, history is the best proof, no matter what, this eunuch is the culprit who led to the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, there is no one, but unfortunately, even if Ma Xiaoquan knows history, he can't say it, because history is history.

Coming to the gate of the Taihe Hall with Yang Lian and other Donglin party members, Ma Xiaoquan was surprised to find that there were a lot of people gathered at the gate of the hall, many of whom he didn't know, to be precise, many of them were fresh faces.

Ma Xiaoquan sucked in and asked Yang Lian in a low voice: "Lord Yang, who are these faces?" ”

Yang Lian frowned tightly and said, "They are all Wei Zhongxian's people~"

"What?" Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Wei Zhongxian's power to expand so much, and in just over two years, a large number of officials in the court were replaced by him.

"Then Lord Yang, not only you, but also your Donglin Party, you must be careful~"

Yang Lian nodded: "Lord Deacon's reminder, Yang Lian remembers it, but if Jun (Emperor Zhu Youxiao) wants me to die, I have to die~"

"Hey~" Ma Xiaoquan sighed, not that he despised Yang Lian's dead brain, on the contrary, such an upright man was the most worthy of his respect.

However, Yang Lian will eventually become a martyr and become a person admired by thousands of people, although he will suffer a lot, but if a person's death becomes valuable and revered, Ma Xiaoquan thinks, this may also be the best destination for the value of this person's life.

Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan nodded lightly

The emperor did not come to the early court as usual, and the officials followed the custom, and after waiting outside the Taihe Hall for an hour, they returned to peace.

Ma Xiaoquan is a deacon of Jinyiwei, so after the early dynasty, he still has other internal affairs of Jinyiwei to do.

After accumulating more than two years of affairs, Ma Xiaoquan must pick them all up as soon as possible, not for anything else, but for defense.

Wei Zhongxian's power is getting bigger and bigger, and Tian Ergeng, who is in cahoots with him, will become more and more difficult to deal with.

Although you are a deacon of Jinyiwei, sitting in the office room, Ma Xiaoquan actually felt that there was no one under him available.

Sighing softly, Ma Xiaoquan put down the roster of Jinyi guards with great ambition, he couldn't let go of the family business, and he couldn't slack off with the power in his hands.

Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan decided to summon Fang Yun from the Cao Gang to come over and serve him.

Fang Yun was also Jinyiwei before, so he was very clear about Jinyiwei's routine work, although he was a deserter, but Ma Xiaoquan used his identity as a deacon to arrange a "foreign errand" for him, presumably even if it was Tian Ergeng, it was impossible to take Fang Yun well.

There are still twenty days before the Chinese New Year's Eve, Ma Xiaoquan roughly calculated, even if he waits for Fang Yun to come, it will be the third day of the new year, well, it seems that he has to wait.

After thinking about it for a morning, Ma Xiaoquan couldn't think of the best way, so he had no choice but to give up for the time being and go home

In the resting room of the eunuch Bingbi

Wei Zhongxian sat on the Taishi chair, a servant girl sat on his lap, and a short man stood respectfully in front of him, this short man was the same person who overheard the conversation between Ma Xiaoquan and Li Qinghan before.

"What? Do you hear me? Wei Zhongxian pushed away the servant girl who was sitting on his lap, stood up and asked a short man in front of him.

"Back to my father-in-law's words, I can hear it clearly, that Ma Xiaoquan is not really Ma Sishao at all, and Li Qinghan is not really a fire god mother"

"Hmm~~" Wei Zhongxian waved his hand and motioned for the maid to go out first, leaving only him and the short man in the room.

"In fact, my father has long suspected this, but the fire spirit is not something that ordinary people can have, so Ma Xiaoquan must have mastered some evil arts, so he can control the fire spirit."

"Father-in-law, I heard something about it~ A few years ago, the concubine of Liu Yijing, a cabinet scholar, seemed to have died inexplicably, and it was said that she had committed adultery with a man and was beaten to death by Liu Yijing's son~"

"Oh? Is there such a thing? ”

"Well, yes, father-in-law, the little one investigated carefully, and finally found out the truth of the matter after a lot of hard work, the adulterer who was killed by Liu Yijing's son was the Ma Sishao of the Ma family - Ma Xiaoquan."

"What? Black dog, what you're asking about is true? Wei Zhongxian asked in surprise.

"Father-in-law, it's true, it's just that the little one didn't figure it out, why did a horse Sishao suddenly appear."

Wei Zhongxian thought for a while and said: "There are two possibilities, either, the one who was killed is fake, but you overheard the conversation between Ma Xiaoquan and his woman, well, so this kind of thing, ** If you don't leave ten, the current Ma Xiaoquan is fake~"

Wei Zhongxian hesitated, shook his head and said, "But even if we know that he is fake, I'm afraid we won't be able to help him~"

"Hehe~~" The short man smiled darkly, "Father-in-law, you don't know, that Li Qinghan has actually given birth to a sin for Ma Xiaoquan~"

Wei Zhongxian didn't seem surprised: "So what? ”

"Father-in-law, why don't we think of a way to kidnap that little sinner, and then threaten Ma Xiaoquan with this, hum, with his son in hand, are you afraid that he Ma Xiaoquan will not obediently listen to us?"

Wei Zhongxian snorted, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Black dog, it's not in vain that I raised you for nothing, okay, then I'll leave this matter to you~ How to do it, I just want to see the result." ”

"Father-in-law, don't worry, the little one will definitely do this thing beautifully, hehe~~"

"Haha, good~~ Great, haha"