The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() A few days passed in a blink of an eye, the weather was better than before, the long-lost sun radiated a warm light, although there was still thick snow on the official road, people and horses could already pass slowly on it.However, the people in Liangzhou who were used to Maodong didn't come out because of this, so the official road still seemed very deserted.

But on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the situation changed a bit. A group of more than fifty riders walked carefully on this still somewhat inconvenient road. Most of these people were burly, holding swords and bows, and they were former horse thieves. A nest of wind, now Ma Yue's personal guard Wang Feng and others, the others are much thinner.

Since the victory in Lintao, Wang Feng and others have been completely accepted by the government because of their contributions. As the leader, Wang Feng has been promoted to the post of head of the village who can lead a team of [-] people, which is considered a relatively good job. birth.However, Wang Feng politely rejected the invitation of Ma Teng and Dong Zhuo, and resolutely followed Ma Yue, a boy who was only a commoner now, as a personal guard.

Many people were puzzled by this point, thinking that he was too confused. After all, at this time, Ma Yue himself had to be attached to other people's subordinates, and he had no future at all.But Wang Feng didn't think so, through the previous battle with that team of Qiang people, he had already seen how powerful Ma Yue was, and he believed that this young man would become a great weapon in the future.Moreover, he also has a heart of love and care for the people that ordinary people do not have, which makes Wang Feng willing to follow him around and provide for his encouragement.And the ideas of the other [-] people were also consistent with him.

Today, their line of business appeared on this official road, so they naturally followed Ma Yue, and Ma Yue was also among them, and their destination was Long County.

A few days ago, Ma Yue took over the thorny problem of helping Dong Zhuo raise enough food and grass, but after sending the hundred elites to various counties and counties, he did nothing else.But in fact, Ma Yue didn't let it go, but was thinking about the next move.

It's just Dong Zhuo's unilateral power, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince those wealthy families. You must know that these people have been entrenched in Xiliang for many years, and their power should not be underestimated.If you want them to submit, you must show enough strength.In addition to Dong Zhuo, Ma Yue also thought of Li Xiangru, the prefect of Longxi. If he can win his cooperation, this matter should increase the chance of winning by three points.

So Ma Yue made up his mind to go back to Long County and have a good talk with Li Xiangru.But before he was ready to leave, Ma Teng ordered someone to bring him good news. His elder brother Ma Yue was going to get married on the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. He hoped that he, the younger brother, would be able to rush back when the time came.

When the Ma family sent the news, Ma Yue immediately decided to return to Long County immediately.For one, he had good reason to get permission from Dong Joo to go home, after all he was away on business.Secondly, seeing that the time has come to the end of the year, he also hopes to spend this year with his family. You must know that this is his first New Year's Eve in this era, so it naturally has a different meaning.

As for the third point, he felt very sorry for Ma Chao.Previously, Ma Chao could have married Lin Wan, the daughter of the Lin family, but it was delayed until today because of his own affairs.Now that the elder brother is finally getting married, he, the younger brother, of course has to go to congratulate him.

With these reasons in mind, Ma Yue immediately made the decision to set off.Seeing Dong Zhuo this time was much easier to talk about, and he quickly got his approval, and then took Wang Feng and other personal guards, as well as a group of helpers sent by Dong Zhuo to help him with official affairs, and Ma Yue set off.

Since leaving Lintao yesterday, Ma Yue and the others had already traveled tens of miles, and seeing the sun setting, everyone planned to find a place to rest.The night before last, because I missed Sutou, everyone slept in tents set up in the wild. Seeing the whiteness all around, Ma Yue thought that maybe tonight would have to make do with it.

At this time, a guard named Zhou Yong suddenly pointed to the front and said, "Look, son, there is a village there. It seems that we have settled for tonight's accommodation!"

Ma Yue stared and found some faint low buildings not far away. It was only because the surroundings were all white at this time, and those buildings were also covered with thick snow, so he didn't notice it for a while.He nodded immediately: "Then let's go to this village to spend the night, and we won't bother these villagers too much."

Everyone rode their horses and continued to move forward, but when they approached this small village, the faces of many former horse thieves became a little dignified, because they already clearly felt that something was wrong here.They stopped the horse suddenly, then turned to the horse and said: "Master, this village is a bit weird, we'd better be careful."

"Why?" Ma Yue asked with some puzzlement, he didn't notice any problem.The other officials in the government also looked blank, looking at the strong men as if they were facing a big enemy.

Wang Feng looked up at Hongri, who was about to set, and explained: "Look, son, it's already dusk, and it is reasonable for people in this village to cook. But now there is no smoke in the whole village. It's really unreasonable. Even if a certain family happened to have no fire at this time, sooner or later, it wouldn't be the case in the whole village."

Hearing what he said, Ma Yue suddenly said: "So that's the case. It's true that I was negligent in observing. I'm afraid this place is a little weird."

"Just in case, we have to go over to investigate first, son, it's not too late for you to go." As he said, Wang Feng already drew his knife in his hand, and pointed at the brothers around him: "Come three people and follow me." Touch it and take a look, the others will protect the young master and pay attention to the surrounding situation."

"Yes!" Everyone responded, and dispersed, forming a formation with Ma Yue at the center. As for those gentlemen, no one cared about them. These men only had Ma Yue in their eyes, but none of them. What is the status of other people.

After seeing that Ma Yue was already under the protection of his brothers, Wang Feng jumped off the horse and led the three brothers towards the quiet village stepping on the snow.Soon, the few of them turned into a few small black dots in the white earth, and then entered the village with a somewhat weird atmosphere.

Looking at this overly quiet village under the protection of everyone, Ma Yue suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, which he had never had before. "Could it be that someone is lurking in the village and trying to harm me? But it's really unreasonable. I'm not a great person now. No one would set up such a trap just to deal with a small person like me." Ma Yue Whispering in his heart, he looked worriedly at the entrance of the village, hoping that nothing unexpected would happen to Wang Feng and the others.

After a while, Wang Feng and the other four emerged from the village, and hurried back.After they approached, Ma Yue found that the faces of the four of them were a little pale, as if they had been frightened.This made him very puzzled, and asked quickly, "Why, what happened in this village?"

After listening to the question, Wang Feng breathed out a foul breath: "Master, something happened in this village. The whole village has no living, not only people, but also livestock such as pigs and dogs."

"What?" Hearing this, everyone changed their complexions, and the faces of the gentlemen were even paler, apparently thinking of the dead bodies in the village and growing fear.

"Who did such a frenzied act, actually slaughtered the whole village, not even the livestock?" Then someone said in disbelief.Although they were born as horse thieves, they never killed people very much. After all, they are also from Liangzhou, and they have a kind of love relationship with the locals.

"I'm afraid it wasn't done by some horse thief?" Ma Yue's face turned livid, but it wasn't because of cold or fear, but because of anger, and he already guessed what happened.

"Young Master said that we quickly inspected two of the corpses and found that the fatal wounds on their bodies were all caused by Huren's scimitar." Wang Feng nodded: "So we judged that it was Huren who killed them. "

"It should be the Qiang people." Ma Yue said with a tense face, "Recently, only Qiang people have come to do evil in Xiliang."

"But those Qiang people were killed and retreated a month ago, why are they still here?" A man named Cui Yao asked very puzzled.

"I think these Qiang people are just remnants of those people before, but they are already very scary to ordinary people." Ma Yue said as he thought of the scene he had seen before. There were only a few hundred Qiang people. It was able to drive away more than 300 Han people. If they just killed, this number would definitely be more.

"The Qiang people were defeated in Lintao. Although most of them fled, there are still many sporadic people scattered around Lintao. Whether these people want revenge or to obtain their own needs, they are bound to attack the surrounding villages. It poses a threat, and they dare not attack villages that are too close to Lintao or other county towns, but this small village far away from the county town was chosen by them." Ma Yue made his own judgment based on the facts.

"Damn it!" After hearing this, everyone yelled and cursed, wishing they could find those evil Qiang people now and kill them all.But at this time, there was no trace of any Qiang people around, and they were helpless.

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In the hot summer, writing this kind of winter plot really makes passersby yearn for it.But in winter, passers-by who are afraid of the cold will yearn for summer again. What a tangled life!