The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() "So, you, Ma Zhongling, have no responsibility for being killed by someone this time?" Li Ru suddenly asked, with a bit of displeasure in his tone, and his eyes were fixed on Ma Yue, only Waiting for his response.

At this time, Ma Yue shook his head again, very sad and self-reproaching: "No, I have an unshirkable responsibility for my lord being murdered, and it can even be said that I have an important role in this matter. So today I I came to see you not to break up the relationship, but to plead guilty to you."

Unexpectedly, Ma Yue would speak like this, which made the other generals startled obviously.Afterwards, Li Ru continued, "How do you say that? What is it about the Lord being murdered by those courtiers and Lu Bu?"

Ma Yue sighed, and began to tell the story of the whole incident according to the script he had set up: "At the beginning, the Lord asked everyone to lead the army, but left me, my father and others in Chang'an. As a result, Mr. Dong Huang began to think that I had lost the trust of the lord, so he thought of taking revenge on me. Presumably you still remember the contradictions and frictions between me and Dong Juan in Luoyang that day, and he was still brooding about it. Seeing the opportunity this time, I naturally refused to let it go.”

The generals understood this very well and nodded their heads one after another.For this dandy whom Dong Zhuo regards as his successor, in fact, these generals have contempt for him.So now listening to Ma Yue mentioning him, it is easy for everyone to accept this statement.

Seeing this, Ma Yue made up his mind that a successful start is a good sign.However, he did not relax, and continued: "Just over ten days ago, he, Dong Juan, just made up an excuse and brought someone to my Ma's house to bully me. It is said that there is no good player in a fight. Now that I have used my hands, I can't care too much. Not only did the people who took him get a lesson, even Dong Juan was taken down by me. Already!"

"You took down Dong Juan?" Everyone seemed a little surprised when they heard this.Although they all look down on Dong Juan as a rich man, he is Dong Zhuo's nephew after all, and he may even become their lord in the future. This Ma Yue really has the courage!But apart from being surprised, some people were also happy in their hearts, among them was Guo Fan.He and Dong Juan already had conflicts, and this time he heard that Dong Juan was devastated, so he was naturally very happy.

But then Ma Yue's words made them quickly divert their attention from Dong Juan's arrest.He then smiled wryly and said: "I didn't expect that this matter would be noticed by those people with ulterior motives in the city very quickly. They were even sure that the Lord would come to me to ask for someone, and even before the Lord came to me halfway An ambush was set up, and even Lu Bu was prepared... Once the lord entered their ambush circle, they rushed out suddenly, which caught them by surprise.

"Although the lord is protected by elite guards, he never expected that Lu Bu, whom he trusted, would attack him suddenly. So the result is... the lord was suddenly killed by Lu Bu!" At the end, Ma Yue's face was full of pain and self-confidence. With an expression of reproach: "If you know that things will turn out like this, I shouldn't have detained Dong Juan because of a moment of impatience. I don't want me to do this, and things will change like this, even the lord... "

After listening to his narration, everyone showed hatred on their faces. They hated those courtiers who took the opportunity and the rebellious Lu Bu to the bottom of their bones.On the contrary, they couldn't hate Ma Yue, because although he was the key point in this matter, everything happened without his knowledge. It's just something people do.

This is exactly the brilliance of what Ma Yue said. He knew that a complete lie was likely to be seen through, so he told the truth about [-]% of the matter, but concealed the things related to him. move.In this way, even if these generals still have doubts, they can only find a similar story when they go to Chang'an City to investigate carefully.Because the only person who knew his real actions, apart from the Ma family he could trust, was Lu Bu, his enemy.As for the people who saw him kill Dong Zhuo on the spot, all of them had been punished long ago, so he didn't worry at all that his words would be seen through by Li Ru and the others.

When Ma Yue saw that their eyes on him softened a bit, he became more determined.Immediately, he blamed himself again and said: "Although this matter was not my will, I am also inseparable from the death of the lord. So... If you really want to pursue it, I am more than willing to be punished! But please For the sake of my Xiliang Army's future, everyone, don't take your anger out on the other members of my Ma family, they just do what I want."

Seeing Ma Yue's sincere appearance of admitting his mistakes, Li Ru was hard to speak.To be honest, Ma Yue's crime is not light, but now what excuse can they use to punish him?Moreover, the Ma family also holds military power now, and a bad situation can easily lead to internal disputes in the Xiliang Army, which is something that no one wants to see.

Immediately, there was silence in the big tent, almost no one spoke, but everyone was looking at each other, as if they wanted to get some enlightenment from someone's eyes and expressions.At this quiet moment, one person suddenly sneered: "Hey, Ma Zhongling, you told the matter so that you didn't know it. I'm afraid that may not be the case? If you want me to say that the lord was murdered, you and those in your Ma family are really to blame. Not lightly! If you rushed there as soon as you learned that the lord was assassinated, the lord might not be murdered by those people? I think you and your family are clearly conniving at those people to murder the lord!"

Hearing this statement, Ma Yue's heart suddenly trembled, he didn't expect that someone would see some clues.However, he didn't act flustered because of this, instead he looked at the other party: "So it's General Zhao, who said before I came down that something happened to my lord, and it wouldn't do any good to Xiliang people like me, why would I do this?" All harm but no benefit?"

Zhao Yuan sneered and said: "Who knows who you have reached an agreement with, but judging from the situation in Chang'an City, when Lu Bu rebelled, your Ma family did not send troops in time, which is enough to make people feel that there is a problem!"

Ma Yue shook his head: "If this is the case, I won't appear here to confront you, the general. And what the general said, I colluded with some people, I will not accept it. Because just two days ago, I I have killed all the courtiers in the city who killed the lord. If they really colluded with me, why should I kill them?"

"Hey, this just proves that you are absolutely innocent in this matter. This is clearly an act of murder!" Zhao Yuan said again, obviously in his opinion, Ma Yue's suspicion is extremely great .

Ma Yue couldn't help sighing: "It's really a crime of wanting to do so. There is no excuse. If I really have such thoughts, with the strength of my Ma family in Chang'an at that time, and with Lu Bu as a help, why let those courtiers do it again? "

"This..." Zhao Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then turned his attention to Li Ru and the others: "Generals, don't be fooled by Ma Yue's rhetoric. Pushed it to others. If we see it as the last general, we should kill him and then attack the city!"

Seeing him speak fiercely, everyone including Li Ru couldn't help frowning.They naturally knew how difficult it was to attack Chang'an, and after killing Ma Yue and thoroughly angering the Ma family, the battle would probably be even more difficult.So after he said this, almost no one answered, and the scene seemed a little awkward.

Seeing this situation, Ma Yue made a judgment, and immediately stopped being passive as before, but attacked suddenly: "General Zhao, what do you mean by asking them to kill me when you are so instigating everyone? I'm afraid it's not just about thinking It's so simple to avenge the lord? You want to kill my [-] Xiliang army!"

"You...you are simply nonsense, how could I have such an idea?"

"I have to ask you about this, general. I'm just inferring from the facts. Presumably, all the generals understand that once you really kill me like this, you will have a deep hatred with the tens of thousands of defenders in the city. Of course, with With the strength in your hands, even if the defenders in the city are backed by the city wall, it may be difficult to withstand your attack. But after a tough battle, I'm afraid our Xiliang army will suffer a lot of damage?

"And this is not the most important thing. What's more important is what's behind us. If I'm not wrong, the Kwantung Allied Forces have already known the news of the Lord's death. With their brains, they will definitely seize this opportunity. Then they will use troops against us. If our Xiliang army cannot unite at this time, and there will be another dispute, I am afraid that they will really give them a great opportunity to wipe us out.

"What I'm saying is by no means alarmist, but based on the judgment of the situation. It's not that I don't have to take responsibility for the murder of the lord. In fact, I did have a lot of faults, but these can wait until Let's talk after the powerful enemy retreats. I don't know what the generals think of you?" Ma Yue said, looking at the future of Xiliang in front of him.

These generals are also smart people. Smart people mean they are good at judging the situation and will not decide whether to do something just based on their own momentary likes and dislikes.In the current situation, once the war starts, it will definitely be unfavorable to them, so at this moment, no matter whether Ma Yue really killed Dong Zhuo or not, there is no need for them to pursue it.At least Ma Yue has given a statement that can make them stop, and that is enough.

So after exchanging a few glances, Li Ru finally said: "You are right, you are not to blame for this matter. Since you have executed the real culprits who killed the lord, you can give the lord an explanation." gone."

Hearing what he said, Ma Yue was really relieved. He knew that he had made the right bet on his adventure this time, at least there would be no more fighting within the Xiliang Army!