Chapter 1203 [-]% off
Seeing Liu Bei again a year later, Ma Chao found that the emperor's uncle still had a sigh of sadness in his eyes.This made Ma Chao both happy and vigilant.

What is gratifying is that no matter how you say it, Liu Bei can be regarded as a prince who really cares about the common people.No matter how the world evaluates him, Ma Chao still sees that under Liu Bei's governance for more than a year, the prosperity of Runan City is no less than that of Ma's second-tier counties. The best proof.

However, the more this happened, the more Ma Chao became more wary of Liu Bei.Because this situation shows that Liu Bei is not a local rich man who is easy to get rich.His extremely contradictory background gave him an unambiguous pursuit of ambition. The stage he needs is not just a county.

However, regardless of Xinyue or vigilance, after Ma Chao entered the mansion, under Liu Bei's guidance, his robe shook and he sat on the main seat without hesitation.This action immediately shocked the civil and military personnel in the hall, especially Zhang Fei, the head of Heitan, who was about to jump up and shout.Even after being signaled by Liu Bei's eyes, he still stared at Ma Chao with vicious eyes.

However, Ma Chao still cares about Da Qiao in his heart, otherwise, according to his occasionally inconspicuous temper, he will definitely stare at each other with this old enemy in history.

"Uncle Liu Huang, what is the purpose of Jingzhou's envoy this time?" Straight to the point, Ma Chao suddenly felt a little inappropriate for his impatience this time.

Liu Bei knew that Ma Chao rescued a peerless woman at the city gate, but he never believed that Ma Chao would be disturbed because of a woman.Immediately thinking that Ma Chao was dissatisfied with his recent actions, he quickly bowed and explained: "Going back to King Yong, or the two families are on good terms. I don't know the details until Master Zirou arrives."

Ma Chao nodded, the pair of bright and startling eyes still flashed in front of his eyes.Looking at the more and more large-scale civil and military forces behind Liu Bei, he couldn't help being a little upset, and he simply waved his hand and said, "Today I only talk about trivial matters with the emperor, and I will talk about the past, everyone, please feel free."

Hearing the words, the civil and military officials in the hall stood up and saluted Ma Chao at the same time, then bowed and retreated.In the hall, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were still staying. After Liu Bei nodded slightly, Guan Yu raised his leg and wanted to go out.But Zhang Fei on the side finally couldn't help shouting: "Ma... King Yong, Chang'an Shangshutai, my old Zhang, is not qualified. Could it be that this Runan County Sheriff is also run by your family?!"

Impatient, Ma Chao turned his head and glared at Zhang Fei, and pressed his left hand on the hilt of Su Tie's sword.The murderous aura covered in ice suddenly burst out from his body, and he locked his eyes on Zhang Fei: "One day, you will become the second king with a different surname in this big man, so I won't bully you like this!"

When Zhang Fei heard Ma Chao admit that he was bullying him, his swarthy face immediately turned as black as charcoal.The soaring murderous intent immediately filled the air, facing Ma Chao's killing intent, the violence of Qianjun's independence collided with Ma Chao's icy and beautiful no regrets in the air, and the eyes of the two were like real swords in the air.The next moment, Zhang Fei even picked up the Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand, and hummed: "Ma'er, how dare you fight your grandpa Zhang for three hundred rounds?!"

"Presumptuous!" Liu Bei was furious, his fair face flushed red.But Ma Chao still felt that Liu Bei's eyes were still looking at Guan Yu.

It seems that among the three combinations of Liu, Guan and Zhang, Liu Bei belongs to the head, Zhang Fei belongs to the fist, and Guan Yu belongs to the torso, responsible for connecting the mind and the fist.At this moment, Guan Yu didn't see any murderous intent coming out, he just patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder, and said: "Third brother, King Yong is a nobleman of Han Dynasty, we must not be rude."

After saying that, regardless of Zhang Fei's reaction, Guan Yu directly set an example and walked out the door.When Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei and Guan Yu persuading him in this way, although he was annoyed, he had no choice but to say, "Ma'er, I, Lao Zhang, will settle this battle with you sooner or later!" go.

Ma Chao shook his head superficially, but he sighed helplessly in his heart: Zhang Fei is by no means a really reckless and hot-tempered person. At that moment just now, he was upset and really wanted to take advantage of Zhang Fei's disrespect to him to give Liu Bei a good blow.But before he could think about how to make a move, Zhang Fei automatically withdrew.

Sometimes it takes more courage to retreat than to attack... Obviously, Zhang Fei knows this very well.

"Forgive me, King Yong. Zhang Fei, Bei's third brother, was rude and offended King Yong..." As soon as Zhang Fei left, Liu Bei hurriedly apologized to Ma Chao.

But Ma Chao waved his hand to stop Liu Bei's hypocrisy, and said, "Uncle Liu Huang will not play such small tricks in the future. If you don't want to be attached to the Ma family, please make it clear that you don't have to let such rough people contradict me again and again. To enhance your uncle's status!"

"King Yong!" Liu Bei's face changed drastically when he heard Ma Chao's words, and he kowtowed and said, "Bei Wan has no such intentions, and this time Bei will definitely punish Yide severely. In the future when King Yong is present, he will definitely stay away and not show up!" "

Seeing Liu Bei's ability to bend and stretch like this, Ma Chao suddenly felt powerless like a dog biting a hedgehog.Especially when he appeared too impatiently, he directly exposed the purpose of coming to Runan. If he continues to talk about this, the astute Liu Bei will definitely find out something.At that moment, he took a deep breath, and after driving those eyes out of his mind, he raised his hand to signal Liu Bei to get up, and said, "This matter is over, there will never be a next time."

"Thank you King Yong for your kindness."

"Kuai Liang's coming to Runan, can we make it clear at this time?" After saying this, Ma Chao put his eyes on Liu Bei's face motionlessly, observing every slight change in Liu Bei's expression.

To Ma Chao's disappointment, Liu Bei's face showed no abnormality, and he said calmly, "Perhaps after Cao Cao entered Qingzhou, Liu Shijun was worried, so he sent Kuai Zirou to win over Bei. Let's fight against the Cao bandits together."

"Very good," Ma Chao nodded, pretending to be casual, and continued, "Unexpectedly, I came here at the right time. I made a big plan at the beginning, and there was also a connection with Liu Biao. Now that Liu Biao is seriously ill, it is the emperor's uncle who came to Jingzhou to take charge. It's time for the big picture!"

"Liu Shijun is seriously ill?!" Liu Bei finally showed surprise on his face, but Ma Chao saw this very real hindsight, and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Liu Bei is indeed a hero. He is the top figure of this era in terms of governing the people, forbearance and tenacity.But unfortunately, in terms of political sense, Liu Bei is still at the stage of struggling.The news that Liu Biao was seriously ill was known to Ma Chao within half a month, and he rushed to Runan immediately.But now, Liu Bei still heard the news from his own mouth, and he just started to think about a series of possible changes brought about by Liu Biao's serious illness.

This made Liu Bei lose at the beginning in the unpredictable political field.After Ma Chao shook his head slightly, he slowly leaned his body back, made a relaxed posture, and asked: "Since I already know about this, there must be a deeper layer behind the scenes of the uncle's communication with Kuai Liang." understand?"

Liu Bei obviously hadn't reacted yet, he hesitated and said: "It seems that Kuai Zirou is here this time, fearing that he will be ordered by Liu Shijun to help Bei to fight against Cao's army. However, according to King Yong's plan, Bei must try every means to lead the army. Soldiers enter Jingzhou..."

Ma Chao shook his head with a smile, and said, "There's no need to think about it at all. Kuai Liang has nothing to ask for except to lure you into Jingzhou. Even if you don't ask, he will take the initiative to invite you. As for the reason , after you enter Jingzhou, you will know. The next thing you have to do is to pretend not to know about it, squeeze the most value out of Kuai Liang's hands, and expand your army!"

After a pause, Ma Chao seemed to be pondering over his gains and losses, and then he said again: "I know you have more than [-] troops under your command, and it is rare to support this army with the strength of a county. However, In terms of armaments and war horses, we need to add something. At least, when we enter Jingzhou, we need to let those people see the value of your Uncle Liu!"

"What does King Yong mean?..." Liu Bei couldn't help but feel secretly happy when he heard this.

Sure enough, Ma Chao then said: "There are still a batch of eliminated armored weapons at the Ma's Arsenal, which can equip 5000 people. As for the horses, you don't have to worry."

"Prepare to thank King Yong..."

"Thank you for what?! Why do you think I asked you to blackmail Kuai Liang?" Ma Chao stopped Liu Bei before he finished speaking, "The five thousand battle armor and those thoroughbred horses all need to be bought with real money!"

"It's just some eliminated battle armor... Besides, Bei has already turned to King Yong, these..." Liu Bei's face turned bitter immediately, he didn't expect that the majestic King Yong would be so picky.

"Well, that's right." Ma Chao seemed to have thought of this, but the next moment, he got up and strode away. There was only a gorgeous figure and a sentence that made Liu Bei very hurt: "In this case, I can give you a [-]% discount." ...Remember, I, Ma Chao, never trade at a loss!"

(End of this chapter)

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