After driving Wang Chengen away, Ma Jin's face immediately became solemn. Why did he not execute King Wu Ma Qi like King Jin? He just reduced his titles and banned it because of the Prince Yi, Ma Dian. When Emperor Xuanwu passed away and Emperor Zhaowu first ascended the great treasure, the Prince Yi was only ten years old.

The biological mother of Prince Yi, Concubine Cai, is the cousin of the current empress dowager. Unfortunately, the world is a mess. They married his grandfather, Emperor Xuanwu, and the other married his father, Emperor Zhaowu.

This Concubine Cai fell ill and died one year after Emperor Xuanwu's death. Empress Dowager Xiao Lianma Dian took her with her to raise her when she was young. She had been raising her for more than ten years, and her relationship was naturally very deep.

In the first year of Shenwu, when Empress Dowager Xiao was in charge of the government behind the curtain, she enthroned Ma Dian, who was only 24 years old, as the prince of Yi County, and was in charge of Longshou County, Liangzhou. She also ordered her to be in charge of the military affairs of the county and to protect the vassal screen.

You should know that Longshou County is on the border of Zhou State, connected to Xiliang, Fengdu and Juken in the west. Its Duwei Mansion has organized 12,000 garrison troops. Although it is just a drop in the ocean for the entire Zhou Dynasty, its political significance is completely different. This is the true meaning of a vassal king and a country in the country.

You should know that when King Ma Qi of Jin was in charge of Bingzhou, he was in charge of more than 200,000 troops and horses, and his power was extremely powerful. He was just leading the army in the name of the Grand Governor of Bingzhou, and was not a true vassal king.

Moreover, when the elder brother of Ma Dian, Ma Qi, the king of Wu, was conspiring against King Ma Lin of Jin, and after being defeated and captured, Ma Jin wanted to kill him. Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Xiao personally pleaded with him and almost knelt in front of him. There was no way to put Ma Qi in one of his ranks and banned him.

Now Ma Dian is involved in the assassination case, which made Ma Jin not know what to do for a moment. To arrest him? Or not to arrest him?

It is said that the heavenly family has no affection, and being an emperor requires even more ruthlessness. After all, there are too many people who care about the throne. The son misses his father, the younger brother misses his brother, and the uncle misses his nephew... There are so many things to say that the father and son are tragic and the brothers are killed. No matter who sits in this position, he will look at everyone with suspicion. Otherwise, I wouldn't know how he died, otherwise the emperor would be "alone".

But Ma Jin was not an ancient person after all, and he could not regard his family as a mustard of grass, and he would kill him, and would be sentenced to death at any time, and would be sent to the cold palace at any time, and would be destined to live and die.

He naturally didn't care about Ma Qi and Ma Dian, and he would kill him, but Empress Dowager Xiao had to care about his ideas. You must know that Empress Dowager Xiao treats him very well, almost like a parent-child. He was on an expedition, and the empress dowager was also in charge of the gods and looked at his lair for him. Although there were the queen and all the confidants of the cabinet, the Dinghai Shenjian had to be the Queen Xiao. After all, some things were not something that some ministers could do, and it was not something that Xiao Qiang, a queen with almost no foundation, could do.

It can be said that Changsun Wuji and the others were both struggling hard in the gods, but they did not cause a huge wave. Empress Xiao made an indelible contribution.

Now, Ma Jin wanted to kill Ma Dian immediately, but he was afraid that the empress dowager would be sad and hurt Feng's body, so he was in a dilemma for a while...

...

And just when Ma Jin was hesitating, there were a barren mountain and ridge outside Liangzhou City.

Four figures were running quickly with a sedan chair. Soon the sedan chair stopped in front of a deserted mountain house. At this time, a figure was waiting quietly there.

When the figure saw the sedan chair arrive, he snorted coldly and said dissatisfied:

"My father-in-law is so leisurely, he is so angry, and he is still so leisurely."

"I am a part of my official position and being a pure person, so why do you think of it? "A slow voice came from the sedan chair.

"You—" the people outside were suddenly furious.

At this time, the person in the sedan chair lifted the curtain and walked out. It turned out to be an old man. After closer inspection, it was Xiao Guotao, the governor of Liangzhou. He glanced at the figure.

"Are the prince very disappointed? He has let the emperor escape after using such great strength?"

"..." The figure silently said.

Xiao Guotao did not mean to let go, and looked coldly at the figure in the night and said word by word:

"First, there were secret whistles everywhere in Liangzhou, blatantly spying on information, and then bribed the Neiwei Mansion, and even more, in broad daylight, we openly ambushed soldiers and assassinated the current emperor in Liangzhou City."

"Ma Dian, you are so crazy. Do you think the emperor's subordinates are all eating a good meal? I'm afraid everything about you is now placed in front of the emperor." Xiao Guotao's eyes were already covered in ferocious eyes, and his veins were rising. He wanted to strangle the bastard in front of him to death.

"I have warned you many times not to always dream of becoming a king or an ancestor, nor do you see what you are. Are you worthy?" Xiao Guotao roared with a roar.

"Just relying on the group of mobs in Longshou County? Liangzhou Governor's Office can just send a guard to beat them up. If you want to die, just find a gap in Longshou County and bury yourself. Why do you have to come out to harm others?"

"Hmph, if you can't do it yourself, I can also help you." In the end, Xiao Guotao's eyes were full of murderous intent, and looking at Ma Dian was like looking at a dead person.

A breeze blew by, blowing away the clouds in the night sky, revealing a bright full moon. The moonlight scattered on Ma Dian like water, revealing an extremely handsome young face.

Ma Dian had no sign of fear on his face, but instead showed a hint of disdain.

"My father-in-law, you are also a person who is about to be buried in the seventies and eighties. Why can't you let it go?"

"If you kill me, your daughter will become a widow." Ma Dian's eyes showed a crazy look and said with a grin: "By the way, and your lovely grandson, what a good child. If you have three or two shorts, will the Xiao family be extinct?"

Xiao Guotao's face became even more gloomy, and he pointed at Ma Dian angrily and said:

"Ma Dian, you lunatic, actually threatened me with your wife and son?"

"How about it?" Ma Dian didn't care at all: "I have more sons, not less than this one, but you are different from your father-in-law. Four generations of people are single, are you still counting on your grandson to pass on your family line to you?"

"Hahaha--" At this point, Ma Dian burst into laughter.

"You crazy..." Xiao Guotao's body couldn't help but shiver, and he looked at Ma Dian angrily, with the murderous intent in his eyes becoming stronger and stronger.

"Hahaha... cough cough... ha... cough cough..." Ma Dian laughed so hard that he couldn't hold back. Seeing Xiao Guotao, who was afraid of his hands and feet, he laughed:

"I didn't expect that you old man still have something to care about."

"Where is Ning'er and Ji'er?" Xiao Guotao asked gritted his teeth.

"They are very good. One is my princess and the other is my prince's princess. Who dares to slouch them?" Ma Dian said with a smile.

Xiao Guotao clenched his fists tightly, and the wrinkles on his face became deeper, as if he had grown older than ten years in an instant, and closed his eyes and said indifferently:

"I have been loyal to the Great Zhou throughout my life, and have never done anything that goes against my ministers, and have never done anything that goes against my true intentions. Only you, my biggest mistake in my life is to marry Xue'er to you?"

"I was really blind at the beginning. Why didn't I realize that you were a wolf in human skin? So I fell into such a miserable situation. Not only did my reputation be ruined, but it also hurt my Xueer, and I felt ashamed of my wife!"

A drop of old tears fell from Xiao Guotao's eyes, and his face was filled with pain.

"Tell me, what do you want me to do!"

After a long time, Xiao Guotao's eyes opened, his face returned to his previous calmness, and he asked coldly.

"What's the situation in Liangzhou?" Ma Dian asked impatiently. This was his most concerned thing.

"All the assassins you sent out were dead, and no one of them was left behind."

Ma Dian suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "It's OK to die, so that he won't be afraid of showing any flaws."

"But." Xiao Guotao changed his voice and said:

"The Liangzhou governor Shi Wanjie was arrested by the emperor. The emperor originally wanted to keep a living, but he didn't want to be killed by Shi Wanjie who was driven to the scene. Shi Wanjie was also a fool. He dared to kill the witness in front of the emperor. Isn't this clearly telling the emperor that there is something wrong?"

"Bad!" Ma Dian's face suddenly turned dark. It was really something that was not enough to succeed and had more than enough to fail.

But then his face became normal and he smiled:

"Don't worry, my father-in-law, I have never contacted Shi Wanjie, I don't know anything."

"Is that true?" Xiao Guotao glanced at Ma Dian and sneered:

"You think everyone is as stupid as you. Anyone with a little brain will know where to look. Where can Shi Wanjie not work. The armor and weapons used by the assassins, especially the origin of the more than a hundred magic crossbows!"

Xiao Guotao did not care about Ma Dian, who had changed his color, and continued:

"The emperor has now blocked Liangzhou layer by layer. As long as you search for one of the Liangzhou Guards, do you think you can run away?"

Xiao Guotao was already a little panicked at this time, but he still insisted on calming himself:

"I have trained all the secret spies in the city myself. They are all dead soldiers who are willing to die for me. They would rather die than betray me."

Speaking of this, Ma Dian couldn't help but frown and said, "What do you mean by the Divine Crossbow you just mentioned?"

Xiao Guotao was stunned and then sneered: "You don't know what you did, but you dare to use hundreds of standard god crossbows to assassinate Your Majesty."

"Aren't you telling Your Majesty clearly that you have reached into the army?"

"Hmph——I really don't die fast enough!"

Ma Dian's face was completely gloomy at this time, his expression changed, some were surprised, some were puzzled, some were frightened... and a hint of anger.

"The people I sent were not equipped with the Divine Machine Crossbow at all. How could this king get such excellent weapons!" Ma Dian said in a deep voice.

Xiao Guotao was really surprised. He looked at Ma Dian with a pale face deeply. He naturally understood that at this point, Ma Dian had no need to lie to him.

His heart couldn't help but sank. Could it be that other forces used them as guns?
Chapter completed!