Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 916 The final conspiracy
Not to mention that the Jinyiwei had not yet left Beijing, Zhu Biao, a model of benevolence and uprightness, had already convicted Ma Ye of a crime. First, let's talk about Guizhou, which is 7,000 miles away from Yingtian Prefecture. Ma Ye was stationed on the city tower, and saw that the Shuixi tribes outside the city had still stopped their movements. For several days, there was no sign of attacking the city at all... Even though Ma Ye claimed to be a high roller at the gambling table, facing such a situation, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

He forced Ai Cui to death, spread false urgent news, offended King Zhou... All he did was to bet that Shuixi West would raise the flag brazenly, so that he could use their bodies to pave his future. The reward for this gamble might be rich, but the price to be paid for failure was also very shocking.

Even though he was the nephew of Empress Ma, he might be able to escape death...but if he failed, his official career would certainly come to an abrupt end.

For Ma Ye, who was extremely utilitarian, this was more painful than killing him directly.

But now, the Shuixi tribes still haven't taken any action... It seems that he is really going to lose this bet.

"Master Tongzhi!" Ye An suddenly ran up to the tower in a hurry, and then whispered mysteriously in his ear: "The brother who was sent out of the city to gather information is back!"

"Hmm?" Ma Ye, who had a gloomy face, suddenly became energetic, "Quick, call him over secretly!"

"Ask carefully, maybe there is still a chance!"

During the past few days, the army that Zhu Su left in the city had been monitoring Ma Ye's cronies in all directions. No matter whether they went up to the city tower or returned home to take a rest, or even went to the toilet, there would always be soldiers of Zhou Wangwei watching them like a leech.

Under such surveillance, it would be extremely difficult for Ma Ye to use some tricks to further stimulate Shuixi. But when he noticed that Shuixi's unusual movements had stagnated and the Yi people, who were originally aggressive, began to retreat and wait and see, he quickly realized that something beyond his expectations must have happened outside the city.

Ma Ye, who was extremely anxious, chose to take advantage of the cover of night to secretly drop one of his trusted soldiers into the city through a hanging basket, and ordered him to find out what happened outside the city. The general of King Zhou named Di Meng was watching too closely, so large-scale actions were certainly impossible, but if he just secretly sent one person out of the city, he could barely cover it up.

Just to give it another try...

"Lord Tongzhi."

The confidant, who looked exhausted, was brought to the watchtower on the city wall. Ma Ye winked at Ye An, who understood and led his men to scatter around to keep watch in case the Zhou Wangwei found out anything.

"Tell me quickly, what happened outside the city?" Ma Ye in the watchtower asked anxiously.

"Mr. Tongzhi, this is the case..."

The confidant was fluent in Yi language and quite capable. He had been out of the city for a few days and mixed in with the Yi people. He actually figured out the whole story. Now he told Ma Ye the reasons.

Ma Ye learned that it was Zhu Su who went straight to Shuidong that night, invited Song Qin's wife Liu Shuzhen, and persuaded Shuixi Shezi's wife and other leaders to wait for the court's response. He was so angry that he cursed: "I said, even if that Guifang barbarian woman is a coward, I killed her man, she must kill me as soon as possible."

"It was King Zhou who dragged Shuidong into this and stabilized Shuixi... After all, I am this guy's cousin, why does he keep ruining my plans!"

Although the soldier who went out of the city to investigate was Ma Ye's loyal confidant, he was still frightened and silent when he heard Ma Ye's rude words to Zhu Su.

Fortunately, Ma Ye was just speaking quickly, so he didn't dare to keep scolding Zhu Su. He stopped scolding and turned to ask his confidant, "Is there any other valuable information? Please continue..."

"Your Excellency, there is no other valuable news..." The confidant said, and suddenly thought of something, so he added: "I heard that in the western part of Shuixi, a chief named Adu was quite dissatisfied with what Madam Shezi did..."

"Adu?" Ma Ye was very interested. "Tell me in detail."

Therefore, this confidant told Ma Ye everything he had learned in Shuixi West about what this Adu headman had done.

"Hey, this bastard must have developed improper ambitions for the position of Shuixi leader." Ma Ye sneered and judged.

He is also an ambitious person. With just a little thought, he can guess what Adu is thinking. This Adu must be one of those narrow-minded and self-contained Yi people. He is usually dissatisfied with Ai Cui and Mrs. Shezi who are close to Daming...

Can this incident be used as an opportunity to break the impasse?

Ma Ye thought for a long time, and finally a look of determination flashed in his eyes.

"Go again and remember my instructions. This is what I told you, this and that..." Ma Ye waved his hand and asked his confidant to come closer to his ear. Then he gave him instructions in person and talked for a long time.

"...Yes, sir, I understand." The confidant hesitated for a while and nodded reluctantly.

"Don't hesitate." Ma Ye saw the fear in this confidant's face, so he whispered in his ear, "It doesn't matter. Although his position is higher than that of ordinary people, he still has two eyes and one mouth, right?"

"If he is a human, he will die. If he doesn't die, you and I will die... You are my trusted and trusted soldiers. If something happens to me, you may not die, but do you think the court will let you live alone?"

"But if you are loyal to me, even if you have something to do, I can still arrange for your parents, wife and children... Moreover, if this is accomplished, then both of you will be able to make great achievements. If I can expand my territory in the future, you will be my great general!"

After this round of kindness and force, the trusted soldiers, who were originally somewhat reluctant, suddenly became excited.

"Well, go ahead." Ma Ye said. Then he called Ye An and whispered something to him. Ye An immediately went to prepare to drop this confidant down the city again.

"I want to see what methods you, King Zhou, can use to repair the sky with one hand this time!" Seeing his confidant being thrown off the city again, Ma Ye thought viciously in his heart.

...Over there, in the water west camp.

The solemn atmosphere in the camp had faded a lot, only the white flags flying in the sky were still dancing in the wind. On this day, Mrs. Shetz was gathering the leaders to discuss food matters.

Food has always been the most important thing for a tribe to survive. They came here just to ask for an explanation from Tusi Ai Cui, and never thought it would take so long.

Unfortunately, due to the rain in recent days, the roads are muddy and difficult to travel on. Their technological level is limited, and the stored grain in the village is difficult to transport quickly... What's more, their village didn't have much stored grain.

In short, they were running out of food while stationed here.

(End of this chapter)