The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 418 417 Liangzhou Rebellion (4)

Ma Chao glanced at the man, feeling familiar. After thinking about it for a moment, he remembered that this soldier appeared in a mountain forest in Shangyu County during the daytime yesterday.

The memory became clearer little by little. Ma Chao remembered what happened at that time, and thought that the person he hit was Hou Yin, Hou Xuan's son. No wonder Hou Xuan was so angry.

"General Hou, I did have some unpleasantness with your son yesterday, but I didn't know that person was your son at the time, and he didn't announce his name. How do I know who he is? Besides, your son did it first, and I belonged to self-defense. To fight back, I just slapped your son three times, it's not a big deal, I just didn't expect that General Hou, who runs across Liangzhou, is so small." Ma Chao stood there with his arms folded and said plausibly.

After hearing this, Yang Qiu hurriedly asked: "Young General, are you telling the truth?"

"Every sentence of Meng Qi's words is the truth. If there is a half-truth of falsehood, he will be condemned by the heavens. This life will not end well, and there will be no place to die!" Ma Chao pointed to the sky and swore to the Tianmeng.

Seeing Ma Chao's swearing, Yang Qiu didn't look like he was lying. On the other hand, Hou Xuan was upset for a while, and then looked at the soldier who confronted Ma Chao, but found that the man's eyes were flickering, as if he was dodging, and he didn't dare to look Ma Chao in the eye.

The son of Hou Xuan's family, Hou Yin, has always been a bully. Long County is adjacent to Shangyu County. As a county magistrate, how could Yang Qiu not know what Hou Yin is doing? It's just that Shangyu County is under the jurisdiction of Hou Xuan, so he doesn't have to Crossing the line, there is no need to hurt the peace because of it.If Hou Yin dared to do evil in Long County, Yang Qiu would have taken Hou Yin down long ago.

"You're talking nonsense! You distorted the facts, why did you just slap three times? My son was so beaten to death by you that he couldn't even get up when he was lying on the bed." Hou Xuan roared sharply.

Yang Qiu came out hurriedly and said, "Brother Hou, please stay calm and don't be impatient. May I ask if you were there when your son was beaten?"

Hou Xuan said: "If I was there, how could I not know Ma Chao? Would I ask Ma Chao to beat my son?"

Yang Qiudao: "Since Brother Hou is not present, you should find someone who is present to ask."

After speaking, Yang Qiu walked up to the soldier and asked directly: "Master Hou was beaten yesterday, were you there?"

"At the scene, not only the young master was beaten, but even more than 20 people who followed the young master were beaten by him. Look at my face, it is still swollen up to now, it is thanks to that person! When the soldier spoke, he pointed to Pang De behind Ma Chao.

Yang Qiu then asked: "Since you were present, you should be clear about what happened at that time, right?"

The soldier nodded heavily.

Yang Qiu's expressionless face suddenly turned ferocious, and he shouted sharply: "Brave man, since you were there at the time, why didn't you risk your life to protect Young Master Hou instead of letting others come and beat Young Master Hou?"

After hearing this, the soldier suddenly became nervous, and quickly said: "I... I was knocked down by that man, we were all lying on the ground and couldn't get up again, the pain was terribly painful, even if we wanted to help the young master, there was nothing we could do ah!"

"Bastard, with so many of you, you still can't protect the young master alone, and even let people beat the young master to death. If you are beaten to death, how should you explain to General Hou!" Yang Qiu continued asked sharply.

The soldier was nervous, and turned his head to look at Hou Xuan, but seeing the fierce light in Hou Xuan's eyes, it seemed that he also meant to blame them, as if he said that he would settle accounts with you when he went back.When the soldier got nervous, he blurted out a sentence: "Young master was only slapped three times, how could he die?"

As soon as the words were said, the soldier immediately showed surprise and covered his mouth with a look of remorse.

The soldier's voice was so loud that almost everyone present could hear it, especially Hou Xuan. After hearing this sentence, it was like a thunderous thunder, which directly shook his head.

Hou Xuan got off the horse, walked straight to the soldier, grabbed the hem of the soldier's chest, and asked, "What did you just say? Tell me again!"

The soldier was consciously aphasic, and with one sentence, he made a fool of himself. He also knew that Hou Xuan was powerful, and lying would not do him any good, so he immediately knelt down to beg for mercy from Hou Xuan, and told the whole story.

"You bastards have hurt me a lot. I almost made a big mistake!" Hou Xuan drew out the sword in his waist in a rage, and he was so angry that he couldn't vent his anger, and he slashed at the soldier. Cut over.

The soldier let out a scream of "Ah", and fell into a pool of blood. A human head rolled directly to the ground, and the blood gushing out of his chest even splashed the whole body of Hou Xuan.

Seeing such a scene, Yang Qiu hurriedly said, "Brother Hou, why are you bothering?"

The blood-red candidate immediately turned around, holding a bloody long sword in his hand, a pair of tiger eyes angrily glaring at Ma Chao, walked forward reluctantly, cupped his fists and said: "Major General, Hou has offended me just now. , please forgive me, Major General."

Ma Chao said: "It's okay, General Hou can see the truth clearly, there must be no misunderstanding between you and me. However, I slapped your son three times. If General Hou feels that he is at a disadvantage, I will stand here. Let General Hou return it in my face!"

When Hou Xuan heard Ma Chao's words, the dark cloud on his face was swept away, and he put the long sword back into the scabbard in an instant, and said with a hearty smile to Ma Chao: "Young General has a lot of people, and he really has the demeanor of a general, which makes Hou look at him with admiration .Although the Major General and I have known each other for a long time, we have never talked so closely. Today is considered a stranger to each other. I am the candidate..."

Before Hou Xuan finished speaking, a loud shout came from behind the cavalry: "General Hou!"

Everyone looked over there together, but saw a man in strong clothes galloping towards the candidate. He immediately reined in the horse, jumped off the horse's back, and knelt down on the ground with a plop. He landed on the ground and hurriedly said: "General, something is wrong, young master, he... he..."

"Hmph! That's all for Hou Yin's subordinates to lie to me. I really didn't expect that you, the housekeeper, would conspire with Hou Yin to lie to me? Don't you think I've been harmed enough by you?" Hou Xuan didn't When the man finished speaking, he immediately stopped the man's words and said sharply.

The man raised his head in bewilderment, looked at the candidate in confusion, and said, "General, what are you talking about? Since I followed the general, I have never hidden anything from the general. Come on, it is true that the young master has something to do, and it is a very serious matter, if the general does not go back now, I am afraid that it will be too late to see the young master again!"

"Hmph! Whether he lives or dies, what does it matter to me?" Hou Xuan was furious, still angry because his son exaggerated the facts and added oil and vinegar, and said so deliberately.

Yang Qiu was at the side, saw the anxious look on the butler's face, and he looked dusty, and he didn't seem to be lying, so he immediately said to the marquis: "Brother Hou, how can young people not make mistakes? Besides, the major general has already given the son Three slaps can be regarded as a lesson to the son, I don't think the housekeeper seems to be in harmony with the son, so you might as well listen to what the housekeeper said."

Hou Xuan nodded, pointed to a headless corpse lying on the ground in a pool of blood, and said to the housekeeper, "What's your matter, tell me quickly, if you dare to lie to me, he will be your fate!"

Only then did the housekeeper notice that there was a headless corpse lying beside him. The head was next to the corpse. He was very familiar with that pale face, and it was one of Hou Yin's subordinates who often followed him.The housekeeper hurriedly said: "General, if I have the slightest lie, please kill me."

"Okay, let's talk about it, what happened?" Hou Xuan said.

The butler said: "General, after you left yesterday, the young master brought back a soft sedan chair from somewhere, carried a woman back from the soft sedan chair, and occupied that woman... But, who Knowing that woman is so hot, she actually bit off the young master..."

"What? There is such a thing? How is Yin'er now?" Hou Xuan became nervous when he heard this. His son Hou Yin was not yet married, hadn't married yet, and was bitten off by someone, which made Hou Yin How should he live in the future, and how should he pass on the family line? With just such a son, doesn't it mean that the incense of his Hou family will be cut off?Does this make the candidates less nervous?

The housekeeper continued: "Young Master...Young Master has been captured and taken to Jicheng!"

"What did you say? How could Yin'er be taken away, Jicheng? Who is so courageous to arrest him and go to Jicheng?" Hou Xuan asked.

The housekeeper immediately made a long story short, and told Hou Xuan the whole story.After Hou Xuan heard this, his face turned pale, he staggered and couldn't stand firmly, so he fell backwards. Fortunately, Yang Qiu helped him in time, otherwise he would have fallen to the ground.

It turned out that the woman sitting in the soft sedan chair that Hou Yin robbed was the daughter-in-law of Zhenxi General Han Sui. They went home to visit relatives that day and passed by Shangyu County, but they didn't want to be robbed by Hou Yin, and they were also occupied. Now, just when Hou Yin was occupying that woman, the woman suddenly became mad and pushed Hou Yin away. After biting it off, Hou Yin was in so much pain that he immediately called someone over. Enduring the pain, he asked his subordinates to hold the woman firmly. He picked up a knife and stabbed at the woman. The method of being dissected was extremely cruel.

Hou Yin hurriedly sought medical treatment from a doctor, and stayed in bed for only one night. At dawn the next day, Han Sui's son personally led an army to Shanggu County. After entering the city, under the guidance of a maid, Immediately ran to the county government office, surrounded the county government office directly, searched around, but found the woman's head and dismembered body in a corner, Han Sui's son saw such a scene, as if mad Usually, Hou Yin was ordered to be arrested. He was supposed to kill Hou Yin, but when he was persuaded, he took Hou Yin to Jicheng, and left a letter to be handed over to Hou Xuan.

After the butler finished speaking, he took out a letter and handed it directly to the candidate. The candidate took the letter with trembling hands. After opening it and reading it, the expression on his face became stiff, as if Just stayed.

Seeing this, Yang Qiu hurriedly tugged Hou Xuan, and Hou Xuan came back to his senses, and immediately bid farewell to Yang Qiu, Ma Chao and others, and took the cavalry back to Shanggu County quickly, and prepared to bring a generous gift to go Ji Cheng exchanged Hou Yin back.

After Hou Xuan left, Yang Qiu personally hosted a banquet for Ma Chao. The two of them were not troubled by the affairs of Hou Xuan. On the contrary, they enjoyed themselves happily.

During the dinner, Ma Chao saw that Yang Qiu seemed to be gloating about his misfortune. He just kept this strange phenomenon in his heart, but never expressed it.

After drinking for three rounds, Ma Chao had just finished drinking a glass. After putting down his glass, he asked casually, "General Yang seems to be from Anding County, right?"

(End of this chapter)