The Book of Heaven

Chapter 100 Chapter [-] Wing Guard General

As an important town in the northwest, Tianshui's administrative level is one level higher than that of ordinary towns.

Originally, there was no such rank as "city guard" in the official ranks of the empire. The next level of the county guard was the county magistrate. Only in a border town like Tianshui would there be a fourth-rank city guard.

It just so happened that Ma Detu, the captain, was also a fourth-rank military general. In terms of official rank, he did not lose to Li Bing.

Of course, Ma Yunsheng is the highest-ranking person present, but the "king" is just a vacant position, and the title is high but he is not a serious official, so Li Bing dared to stare at Ma Yunsheng, but he was unwilling to fight Ma Detu. .

"Captain Ma, you say that Ma Zheng is from Zhuangziying, do you have evidence?"

When things got to this point, Li Bing could only trust that Ma Detu was lying.

And when he saw the smile on the corner of Ma Detu's mouth, he knew he had lost.

"Just right, I just received the imperial decree today, Yuchi, read it to them."

"Order!"

With a cold face, Yuchida took out a roll of yellow silk from the saddle, seeing his respectful appearance, even the weeping mourners held their breath.

Disrespect to the imperial decree is disrespect to the emperor. Beheading is considered trivial.

"When the weather is right, I am ordered by Ziming..."

After all, it was not a formal edict, and Yuchi didn't need everyone to kneel when he read it, but no one, including Ma Yunsheng, dared to speak until Yuchida finished reading the entire edict.

Standing next to Yuchida, Ma Zheng had read the imperial decree thoroughly early on.

There is only one sentence related to him, which probably means that in view of his achievements in Zhuangziying, the emperor personally named him General Yiwei.

"Is he really an official?"

Even if Ma Zheng didn't guess it himself, Ma Detu said he wanted to ask him for an official, and he really got it back, and this general wing guard sounds like a better model than a school lieutenant like Ma Detu?

Thinking of this, Ma Zheng turned his head to look at Ma Detu, only to see Ma Detu pouted at him, his eyes seemed to say: Don't be shy, General Yiwei is also my subordinate.

To say that the title of General Wing Guard sounds good, but it is actually at the rank of sentry lieutenant, and the reason why the edict is vague is because what happened in Home City cannot be put on the table.

But since he is well-known, Ma Zheng, the wing guard general, is really a little bit more advanced than ordinary sentinel captains. As for the other advantage, he can ignore Li Bing's family.

The military and the government are separated, even if Li Bing, the city guard, is of a higher rank than Ma Zheng, the wing guard general, but everyone is not on the same line. Even if Ma Zheng has any problems, it will be handled by the frontier army. No.

"Okay, he is really a general." Li Bing is also a person who can afford it and let it go, so he can still laugh in such a situation.

"Father, that's it?"

On the contrary, Li Hong was a little bit unwilling. Why can't the Ma family lose face if everyone is dead?

"Otherwise, he is a serious general of Yiwei. I really don't know how he earned such a feat at such a young age. Lieutenant Ma, I heard that he will be killed if he receives the meritorious service under a false name."

It seems that Li Bing is still a little upset in his heart, so he threatened him like this. It's a pity that he didn't know that Ma Zheng's credit was real. It is inconvenient to make it public, I am afraid that the credit will be more than that.

So Ma Detu was not afraid of Li Bing's threats at all. He turned his head to his father Ma Daogong and gave him a look. Then he took a step, but blocked the way of Li Bing and others.

"Captain Ma, is there anything else?"

Even Li Bing, who was teased again and again by Ma Detu, couldn't help but burst out of anger, his eyes were cold as if they were real.

"It doesn't matter if the city guard wants to leave, but they can't, they are suspects!"

With no expression on his face, Ma Detu pointed at Bai Feixiang and others, and said in a cold voice.

"Ma Detu, don't push yourself too far!"

Li Bing's face finally changed color. If Ma Detu were to detain Bai Feixiang and others today, not to mention whether he would die, the Li family's face would be lost. I am afraid that in Tianshui City in the future, Li Bing Can't find a few people to order.

"Lord Li, it's not that the general is in trouble, it's just the imperial regulations..."

"Then you still drink?"

Li Hong couldn't help it, jumped out, pointed at the wine gourd hanging on Ma Detu's waist, and said loudly.

When he said this, the frontier soldiers including Ma Zheng laughed.

Yuchida, who always had a cold face, grinned and said, "Okay, we've wanted to sue him for a long time, why don't you go and sue him, and see if you'll get five or ten lashes..."

Speaking of this, Yu Chida didn't care how ugly the faces of Li's father and son were, he turned around and said: "Don't say I didn't remind you, if you enter the barracks and can't get out, don't blame others!"

Being ridiculed and threatened by Yuchida like this, Li Hong naturally couldn't hold back his face.It's a pity that he doesn't have an official position, and he can still follow Lao Tzu Li Bing's prestige when facing ordinary people, but he is helpless when facing people in the army.

When the two sides were at a stalemate, the prince Ma Yunsheng finally stood up and said "let it go", let Cai Ma Detu come over and let Li Bing and others leave.

"Since you are a member of our Zhuangzi camp, you don't have to suffer from these birds! I told you earlier that it would be nice to stay in the frontier army. You just want to come back to participate in this Lao Shizi's martial arts performance..."

When he said this to Ma Zheng, Ma Detu was staring at his old man, Ma Daogong, and he didn't know what was wrong with the father and son. The smell of being at odds was something even a fool like Ma Zhao could feel. come out.

"Thank you general for making the siege, hey, am I really a general?"

"Of course it is."

Although he knew that Ma Zheng was changing the subject, Ma Detu didn't seem to care. He pointed at Yuchida and said, "Although you can't command this guy yet, but now that he sees you, he still has to call you general. Let's go to Home City." , not bad, right?"

Hearing what Ma Detu said, Ma Zheng turned his head to look at Yuchida, who snorted coldly, seemingly dissatisfied.

Fortunately, there was no smile on Ma Zheng's face either, he thought of Lin Shiba, Zhou Tong, and Bai Ding who died early.

"Actually, I really don't care if there is a reward or not. If I can avenge Lin Shiba and Zhou, I will be satisfied!"

"Forget you have a conscience, otherwise I really wouldn't call you a general next time I see you!" Yuchida's face was touched, but he let out a long sigh.

"You really don't care about rewards?" Although a trace of sadness flashed in Ma Detu's eyes, it was quickly covered up by his usual cunning.

Ma Zheng was still thinking about Lin Shiba in his mind, and was about to nod along with Ma Detu's words, but he felt someone bumping his shoulder, and when he came back to his senses, it was Ma Zhao with a dazed face.

"Fuck, almost fell for it!"

(End of this chapter)