Mi Han

Although Liu Bei didn't pay much attention to the majesty of the emperor, he naturally had a strong sense of oppression in his hands as he controlled the lives of millions of people in Jingyi and Yizhou.

When facing Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and even Mi Yang, Liu Bei, who values ​​love and righteousness, behaved very casually, so the sense of oppression on him was not strong.

But now that it is time to scrutinize Ma Chao, when Liu Bei's scrutiny eyes go to Ma Chao, the dreadful sense of oppression in him begins to be completely released.

And this sense of oppression, which represented monstrous power, was unreservedly poured on Ma Chao.

Feeling the strong sense of oppression, coupled with the gazes of more than a hundred warriors in full armor in the lobby, even a hero like Ma Chao couldn't help showing fear on his face.

Even though Ma Chao used to be a prince of one side, but now Liu Bei is the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, Ma Chao's mentality is already as invincible as in previous years, but he is always in fear, so it is not surprising that he is acting like this now.

In fear, Ma Chao bowed to Liu Bei in the lobby.

And because of Liu Bei's strong sense of oppression, Ma Chao's body is bigger than ever in this worship today.

Ma Chao's performance was noticed by Liu Bei.

Liu Bei Neng has grown from a person who weaves mats and sold shoes to the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who dominates the two states of Jingyi and Jingyi. Apart from his own talents, he also has another talent-knowing people and employing them.

With this talent, coupled with Liu Bei who has experienced decades of treacherous people, he can tell at a glance that the look of fear on Ma Chao's face is genuine.

After realizing this, Liu Bei slowly put away his scrutiny, and greeted Ma Chao with a smile on his face:

"Meng Qi came so late!"

"I waited impatiently."

After finishing speaking, Liu Bei immediately signaled Fei Yi with his eyes to step forward to help Ma Chao who bowed down.

After Ma Chao was helped up by Fei Yi, Ma Chao glanced at Liu Bei's expression from the corner of his eyes.

Seeing that Liu Bei's expression was not as serious as before, he heaved a long sigh of relief.

Before he came in just now, all the Qiangdi warriors he brought, including Ma Dai, were faintly controlled by Liu Bei's Yulin Army.

He himself came to see Liu Bei in casual clothes and unarmed.

Under such circumstances, no matter how brave he is, how can he deal with hundreds of elite Habayashi warriors inside and outside the hall?

If Liu Bei wants to be unfavorable to him, all he needs to do is give him a look.

This state of not being able to guarantee his own safety made Ma Chao, who was already terrified, even more disturbed and sensitive.

After Liu Bei asked Fei Yi to help Ma Chao up, he motioned for Ma Chao to take a seat in a seat in the lobby.

Under Liu Bei's signal, Ma Chao chose a seat with a safe distance from Liu Bei to sit down.

This is the respect of a minister, and also Ma Mengqi's understanding.

After Ma Chao sat down cautiously, Liu Bei casually picked up a playlist from the table, and he asked Ma Chao tentatively:

"This memorandum has just been sent from Chengdu, and it was written by Xiaoyu to me."

"In this memorandum, Xiaoyu guessed that Peng Yi, the traitor, must have accomplices, otherwise he would not have acted so boldly.

Meng Qi has a personal relationship with Peng Yi, do you know who Peng Yi's accomplices are? "

Liu Bei's voice was as gentle as ever, but when his words fell into Ma Chao's ears, Ma Chao's face changed drastically.

The Xiaoyu in Liu Bei's mouth refers to Meng Guang, who is from Luoyang, Henan Province, and a member of the Eastern Han Dynasty Taiwei Meng Yu's clan.

Meng Guang was an official of the Ministry of Education when he was Emperor Xiaoling, but he fled to Shu because of Dong Zhuo's rebellion. Liu Yan and his son treated him like a guest.

Meng Guang reads a lot of books and reads everything. He especially likes to read the Three Histories. He is proficient in the old classics of the Han family. He is a famous literary master in the world.

Because of his fame, Liu Bei used him a lot after he took Yizhou.

After proclaiming himself emperor this year, he even appointed Meng Guang as Fu Jieling, becoming one of the strong contenders for the Shaofu, one of the Jiuqing of the Great Han Dynasty.

But Meng Guang's identity is not so simple. He also has another identity, that is, he is the backbone of the current Dahan political faction, the Middle East School.

Ma Chao was already uneasy because of Peng Yang's reversal of the case, and because of Peng Yang's death, the Yizhou faction officials attacked him a lot.

Now, although Meng Guang's letter did not indicate who Peng Yi's accomplices were according to what Liu Bei said, the allusion in it is self-evident.

And Meng Guang, who is the backbone of the Dongzhou faction, is now playing such a memorial to Liu Bei, which means that other than the officials of the Yizhou faction, the officials of the Dongzhou faction have also begun to make trouble with Peng Yi's rebellion.

This is no wonder, because after Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, although he had arranged for some important positions to be held by his confidantes, many important positions were temporarily vacant because there were no suitable candidates for the time being.

In this case, generals can exchange for official positions through meritorious service in the bloody battlefield, but the ministers in Chengdu can only make meritorious service through some political events.

And ministers like Ma Chao who are involved in a reverse case and have a sensitive identity and a very dignified status are their best targets.

Realizing this situation, Ma Chao's fear could not help but greatly deepened.

The attack by Yizhou faction officials has already made him hard to explain. Now if the ministers of Dongzhou faction also join in the denunciation of him, then his life will be even more difficult in the future.

The most important thing is that the three became tigers, and under the intensified rumors, Liu Bei could not guarantee that he would not aggravate his suspicions.

Isn't the sentence Liu Bei asked him now the best proof?
On the surface, Liu Bei was asking Ma Chao who he thought was Peng Yi's accomplice, but in fact Liu Bei was trying to frighten Ma Chao by using Meng Guang's letter to beat him.

What Liu Bei actually asked was whether he should trust him.

Perhaps from a common sense point of view, Ma Chao, who reported on Peng Yi, would not be Peng Yi's accomplice, but political incidents, there is nothing to worry about.

The reason why Yizhou sent officials to attack Ma Chao was: "Peng Ni and Ma Chao have long been in contact, so Peng Ni will look for Ma Chao to conspire.

Seeing General Zuo's successive victories, Ma Chao temporarily changed his mind and reported Peng Ni to protect himself. "

The logical line is very clear, but unfortunately there is no evidence at all, and most of them are speculations.

Just to deal with Ma Chao, pretentious words are enough.

When Liu Bei questioned Ma Chao with the Meng Guangzuo watch in his hand, Ma Chao's face changed drastically, but his thoughts were constantly circulating.

He felt that Liu Bei had already murdered him.

Realizing this, Ma Chao stood up in panic and bowed to Liu Bei:

"I have always been loyal to His Majesty, and I have never been in touch with such rebels as Peng Yi. How do I know if he has any accomplices? I hope Your Majesty will learn from you!"

Ma Chao's figure is majestic, and his voice is also very powerful.

When he got up to answer Liu Bei, his heroic voice resounded in the lobby in a hurry.

But under that heroic voice, there was also a flustered and eager tone.

Seeing Ma Chao's performance, Liu Bei was speechless for a while, he didn't believe or doubt Ma Chao's answer.

Liu Bei just looked at Ma Chao quietly.

But when Liu Bei's eyes that seemed to see through everything fell on Ma Chao, it made Ma Chao more and more uneasy.

So after he finished that sentence, he said with a sad look on his face: "The whole family will die because of me."

"This minister only has the ambition of revenge, and has nothing else to think about."

After finishing speaking, Ma Chao bowed deeply to Liu Bei again.

If Ma Chao's answer just now was anxious to defend himself, then what he said now is to express the true thoughts in his heart to Liu Bei sincerely.

Ma Chao knew that Liu Bei might not believe it.

But Liu Bei is currently the only lord in the world who can trust him.

And when Liu Bei heard Ma Chao's words, some thoughts flashed in his eyes, and then he asked Ma Chao again:
"How deep is Meng Qi's hatred for the Cao family?"

When Liu Bei asked about his hatred for the Cao family, Ma Chao's face immediately showed great indignation. He gritted his teeth and said:
"If there is a chance, Chao should follow Wu Zixu's example and exhume Cao Cao's corpse.

And Chao now wished he could eat Cao Pi's flesh, sleep on Cao Pi's skin, and destroy Cao's ancestral temple! "

How deep is Ma Chao's hatred for Cao Cao?
If it is said that Ma Chao only wanted to fight for hegemony with Cao Cao at the beginning, but after Cao Cao killed his Ma family, Ma Chao had an insoluble blood feud against Cao Cao.

Although the instigator of the massacre of Ma's family was himself, Cao Cao was the one who carried the sword.

Under the universal values ​​of the people of the world, it is impossible for Ma Chao not to hate Cao Cao.

Moreover, after Cao Cao wielded the butcher knife, his Ma Chao's reputation in the world has been completely ruined.

"If someone doesn't love his relatives, how can he love others?"

"You are a rebellious son who betrays his father, and a thief who kills the king. How can heaven and earth tolerate you for a long time, and you will not die early. How dare you look at others with your face!"

This sentence of the world's comments on him has already made him lose all hearts in this world.

Under such circumstances, how can Ma Chao's hatred for Cao Cao be expressed in words?

Now that Cao Cao is dead, naturally Ma Chao's hatred for Cao Cao will be transferred to the Cao family.

Ma Chao knew that there was no possibility of saving his current life, but when he dreamed back at midnight, why didn't he regret what he did at the beginning?

Now that his life is irretrievable, Ma Chao now has only one obsession in his life, and that is—destroy the Cao family, blood for blood.

Only in this way, if he can see Ma Teng and his brothers after his death, perhaps the guilt in his heart can be alleviated.

Liu Bei looked at Ma Chao with burning eyes, judging from his experience, Ma Chao's answer now is not false.

After realizing this, coupled with Ma Chao's reputation in the world, how can he succeed even if he has two intentions?

So Liu Bei was temporarily relieved.

Such a Ma Chao is of course available.

After Liu Bei listened to Ma Chao's answer, he threw the letter of Meng Guang's memorial in his hand directly at Ma Chao's feet.

When Liu Bei threw the memo that made him dreaded under his feet, Ma Chao's thoughts froze for a moment?

What does this mean, Your Majesty?

Liu Bei asked Ma Chao to pick up the playing watch under his feet and have a look.

According to the official system, officials who are not officials of the Shangshutai cannot watch the minister's performance.

But now that Liu Bei asked him to watch it, Ma Chao picked up Meng Guangzuo's watch on the ground and looked at it even though he was a little hesitant.

After Ma Chao unfolded the playlist, the content on it surprised him.

In the content of the memorial table, Meng Guang was not insinuating that Ma Chao was Peng Yi's accomplice, but directly asked Liu Bei to send Ma Chao to prison in the memorial table.

Such a performance is in line with the character of the outspoken Meng Guang.

But what surprised Ma Chao most was not Meng Guang's accusations against him, but Liu Bei's refutation of Meng Guang's accusations in this memorial.

Between the bright red writing, Liu Bei's love for him is beyond words.

And looking at the dryness of the handwriting and the fact that Liu Bei didn't write just now, it shows that Liu Bei's maintenance of him was already in progress before he tested himself.

Realizing this, Ma Chao looked up at Liu Bei in surprise, "Your Majesty, this?"

Facing Ma Chao's question, Liu Bei said with a faint smile on his face: "You are both civil and military, and you are a man of great strength. You are a hero in your life, and you are also a disciple of Ying and Peng."

"However, since I am a follower of Ying and Peng, after I am Gaozu, I can control them myself, so why should I be afraid of suspicion?"

Hearing what Liu Bei said, Ma Chao's eyes showed gratitude.

He remembered Liu Bei's promise to him when he voted for Liu Bei back then: "You will never fail me, and I will never fail you."

Thinking about it now, Liu Bei has never forgotten his promise.

But since Liu Bei didn't believe that he was Peng Yi's accomplice from the beginning, why did he try to test him just now?

After thinking of this, an unbelievable guess emerged in Ma Chao's mind.

Is it because?
When Ma Chao was still feeling unbelievable because of the sudden guess that popped up in his heart, Liu Bei's words seemed to float from the sky to his ears:

"There are tens of thousands of enemy troops outside Fancheng, is Meng Qi willing to swallow them for me?"

When these words reached Ma Chao's ears, Ma Chao was stunned for a while, and then knelt down to Liu Bei excitedly and said:
"Chen Yuan!"

Although his thoughts just now were unbelievable, Liu Bei's words now undoubtedly confirmed his conjecture.

The reason why Liu Bei wanted to test it before was to disturb his thoughts, so that he could better observe whether his hatred for the Cao family had changed.

Or to be more precise, does General Shenweitian, who has been silent for several years, still have the energy to fight the enemy?

Ma Chao knew that if Liu Bei had given him the chance to join the war before, then after Peng Yi's rebellion, Liu Bei would probably not let him get involved in military power again.

But what he never expected was that Liu Bei exceeded his expectations and still appointed him.

This touched Ma Chao's heart greatly, and at the same time gave him a deeper understanding of Liu Bei's methods of manipulating people.

From the moment he stepped into the lobby, the situation has been under Liu Bei's control.

And Liu Bei controlled to the end, and he was able to dispel the worries in his heart, and then the idea of ​​willing to die for him spontaneously arose in his heart.

There is no reward, no punishment, Liu Bei can do this because of his means and charm.

Only virtuous but virtuous, able to obey others.

What Ma Chao didn't know was that the reason why Liu Bei planned to use him again was not only his confidence in himself, but also because of Guan Yu's request.

Because it was Guan Yu's request, Liu Bei was willing to let go of his suspicions for the time being, as long as Ma Chao could help his good brother win the battle.

After Ma Chao expressed his willingness, Liu Bei waved to Ma Chao and said, "Go, the general is waiting for you outside Fancheng."

"Go and let the people of the Cao clan see your elegant demeanor again."

Chapter 22 at 2 o'clock, Chapter 2 at 3 o'clock in the morning.