The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 427 426 Liangzhou Rebellion (13)

Ma Chao brought Ma Dai and Pang De to the hall of the government office, but saw four scouts escorting a man in a black suit in the hall. When the man saw Ma Chao approaching, he immediately turned his face away. He dared not look directly at Ma Chao.

"See my lord!" The four scouts clasped their fists together and said to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao waved his hand and asked, "Where is the secret letter?"

A scout handed the secret letter into Ma Chao's hands, and said, "My lord, this letter was found from this person. I seem to have seen this person somewhere before. I think he looks familiar, but I don't dare to identify it randomly." , asked him what, he didn't say anything!"

Ma Chao took a sealed and complete letter, and didn't open it immediately, but went straight to that person, and said coldly, "Look up!"

The man heard Ma Chao's words, but he still didn't move a bit. He still lowered his head and drooped his head, but his forehead was already covered with beads of sweat due to nervousness, beads of sweat the size of soybeans, pattering. dripping to the ground.

"Are you deaf? Our lord asks you to raise your head!" The scout scolded from the side.

The man remained motionless, but his entire body was shaking.

The scouts lost their patience, and two of them directly raised the man's head with their hands, only to see that the man's face was covered with beads of sweat the size of soybeans, his brows were wrinkled like the word Sichuan, and his face was pale. Eyes are red.

Ma Chao suddenly saw this man's face, frowned slightly, and said, "It's you?"

This person is none other than Ma Rui's confidant. Although his surname is also Ma, he has nothing to do with Ma Rui. He is an orphan adopted by Ma Rui, who only follows Ma Rui's surname.

The man didn't answer, but at this moment Ma Chao saw a smear of blood flowing from the corner of the man's mouth, and seeing the man's painful expression, he immediately realized something, and hurriedly said to the scouts, "Open his mouth!"

Before the scout could react, the man opened his mouth, and with a wow, he spat out a bloody thing, which fell at Ma Chao's feet. It turned out to be a piece of tongue!
At this moment, the man's mouth was covered with blood, but he was grinning at Ma Chao.

Seeing this, Ma Chao just shook his head helplessly. He was planning to ask some questions, but now the man had bitten off his tongue, unable to speak at all, so he simply gave up.

However, Ma Chao admired this man's courage very much, because in order to bite off his tongue, not only would he have to use a lot of strength, but the most important thing was to endure the pain caused by biting his tongue. None said a word.

Ma Chao waved his hand at the scouts and said, "Take him down and behead him for public display!"

"Here!"

The scouts dragged the man out of the hall. At this moment, Ma Chao opened the secret letter, glanced through it hastily, and said with a livid face: "God bless you, if this letter gets into Han Sui's hands, I will die." There is no place to die!"

While talking, Ma Chao handed over the letter in his hand to Ma Dai and Pang De for reading. After reading it, they broke out in a cold sweat. They never expected that Ma Rui would collude with Han Sui secretly, and Judging from the titles and ambiguity of the two people in the letter, it seems that this kind of communication is not a matter of a day or two.

"My lord, Ma Rui colluded with foreign enemies and wanted to usurp power. If he is not killed, it is really hard to swallow this breath!" Pang De said.

"Ma Rui and the others rely on their elders to sell their elders. Not only do they oppose eldest brother taking over the position of lord, but now they openly join forces with foreign enemies to deal with eldest brother. If we don't kill him, we will be killed by him sooner or later." Ma Dai said.

Ma Chao said: "Ma Rui must be killed. The key is how to kill him! Ma Rui and others are far away in the north. If we want to use the army, Ma Rui will know in advance. What we have to do is, both You can't scare the snake, but you can kill Ma Rui easily. If we use the army, once the news leaks out, not only will we not be able to kill Ma Rui in a short time, but it will attract Han Sui's attention. If Han Sui sends troops at that time If we attack, then we will be attacked from the front and back, and we will be at a loss when the time comes, and we will only be defeated."

After Pang De and Ma Dai heard this, they immediately fell into deep thought. It has to be said that after Ma Chao became the lord, he considered more cautious issues than before.

"When we left Han Cheng just now, Han Cheng told me to be careful of Ma Rui. Coincidentally, we just captured Ma Rui's confidant. If all this is a coincidence, it means that God is looking after us. I think , Han Cheng should have known that Ma Rui and Han Sui were colluding early on, so he deliberately reminded us. We might as well go to Han Cheng's place again to see if Han Cheng has any good ideas for this matter." Ma Chao said.

"Brother, Han Cheng is Han Sui's son after all. We showed distrust of him just now, and now we are going to find him again. Do you think he will play tricks on us?" Ma Dai said.

Ma Chao laughed and said, "Han Cheng is Han Sui's son, and Han Sui is a cunning old man. Han Cheng has been by his father's side, and I think he is definitely not a kind person. As the saying goes, don't be ashamed to ask, if Han Cheng really helps us To solve this problem, no matter how big he is, I will accompany him to the end."

As soon as the words fell, Ma Chao took Ma Dai and Pang De to see Han Cheng again. At this time, Han Cheng had already taken off his coat, and was about to blow the lamp and wax, and go to bed, when he suddenly heard someone outside the door shouting: : "Brother Han, have you ever rested?"

"Ma Chao?" Han Cheng immediately recognized that the voice belonged to Ma Chao, and thought to himself, "It's so late, what is he doing looking for me? And he is so polite? Could it be that he has something to ask of me?"

Thinking of this, Han Cheng cleared his throat, pretended to be half asleep and said: "Who, it's so late, let's talk about something tomorrow!"

"Brother Han, it's me, Ma Mengqi. I know it's late at this time, but I just caught a spy, who was sent by Hou Xuan to assassinate Brother Han. Fortunately, I caught him, otherwise the consequences It's unimaginable. I was worried that the candidate would send more than one assassin, so I came here to see you, since you are safe and sound, then I will leave, and it will not be too late to see you again tomorrow morning."

After a while, the curtain of the large tent was suddenly lifted, and Han Cheng stood there with only close-fitting clothes and bare feet, and shouted at Ma Chao: "Brother Ma, since you are here, come in and sit, after all, this is your place." Why are you so polite to me? I just can’t sleep, please come in, let’s chat casually, it’s good to be close to each other.”

Ma Chao sneered, and walked straight into the big tent, but secretly said in the letter: "Sure enough, he is a glib and fearful ghost. Like a father, like a son, it's true!"

Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De entered the big tent together, and sat on the floor with Han Cheng. At this moment, two soldiers came in from the outside, brought food and wine, and put them all on the table in front of the four of them.

Seeing that it was both wine and meat, Han Cheng asked, "Brother Ma, are you planning to have a drink with me?"

"Probably." Ma Chao said while pouring wine, "Brother Han, to be honest, there are no assassins here at all, but I did catch a spy, who is Ma Rui's confidant, and I still have a gift for your father." The secret letter was intercepted by me. I have to say, Brother Han is really good at predicting things. Before I left just now, Brother Han told me to be careful of Ma Rui. As a result, I quickly caught Ma Rui's My confidant, and found the secret letter of collusion with foreign enemies, Brother Han is really my lucky star, if Brother Han hadn’t come here, I’m afraid I don’t know how I will die in the future.”

When Han Cheng saw that Ma Chao was honest enough, he was a little angry at first, but when he heard Ma Chao keep praising himself, the little anger just now disappeared quickly, replaced by a look of joy.

Thousands of clothes, ten thousand clothes, no flattering!What a wise saying.

"Brother Han, come, let me toast you!" Ma Chao raised a bowl of wine and said to Han Cheng.

Han Cheng happily raised his wine glass, clinked a glass with Ma Chao, and drank it down in one gulp.As soon as the wine glass was put down, Ma Chao held the jug and wanted to pour wine for Han Cheng himself.

Han Cheng suddenly stretched out a hand, blocked the mouth of the cup, and said to Ma Chao: "Brother Ma, if you have something to do, just say so, let's settle the matter first, and drink before it's too late!"

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. He put the jug aside and said to Han Cheng: "Brother Han is indeed a smart person, and he can guess what I'm thinking. To be honest, I do have The matter is the same, and I also hope that Brother Han can solve my problems for me."

"What? You didn't trust me just now, but now you trust me again? Brother Ma's trust has changed too fast, right? Could it be that after I helped Brother Ma solve the problem, Brother Ma didn't trust me again? "Han Cheng said ironically.

Ma Chao was not angry, all of this was within his expectation.He laughed and said, "Brother Han, if you can help me through this crisis, I will let you be my military adviser, how about it?"

"Really?" Han Cheng's eyes lit up, and he asked a little happily.

"It's absolutely true. If Brother Han doesn't believe it, Meng Qi is willing to swear to the sky..."

"You don't need to swear. I believe Brother Ma is a man who keeps his promises. Well, let's not talk about the polite words, let's just talk about business. Does Brother Ma want me to help you deal with Marui?"

Ma Chao nodded.

"Actually, Ma Rui and Han Sui have colluded for a long time. At the beginning, it was just an ordinary letter exchange. , if he can kill Ma Teng, he will let Ma Rui come to take Ma Teng's place, and let me marry Ma Rui's daughter as his wife, and we will form a family with sons and daughters and share the glory and wealth."

"Han Sui is really treacherous!" Ma Chao said coldly after hearing this.

As soon as he said the words, Ma Chao regretted it a little. He forgot that Han Cheng sitting in front of him was Han Sui's son, and hurriedly apologized to Han Cheng.

Han Cheng sneered and said, "I have nothing to do with Han Sui. Whatever you say, it has nothing to do with me!"

Next, Han Cheng said: "However, although Ma Rui agreed to the conditions proposed by Han Sui, he did not do it for a long time. Maybe he was thinking of his old relationship with Ma Teng. The matter of your father going to the capital to be a guard I have heard from your subordinates that before leaving, let you take over the overall situation in his place. Maybe because of this incident, Ma Rui made up his mind to oppose your Ma family!"

Ma Chao frowned, took out Ma Rui's letter, handed it to Han Cheng, and said, "This is Ma Rui's letter, please read it first."

Han Cheng received the letter, read it quickly, and said, "Ma Rui wants you to die without a place to bury you. If this letter is really delivered to Han Sui, even the Immortal Da Luo may not be able to accept it." saved you."

Ma Chao said, "Brother Han, what can I do?"

"It's better to strike first! Immediately gather superior forces and destroy Ma Rui!" Han Cheng said.

Ma Chao sneered and said: "If force can be used, why should I come to see you? Brother Han may not know that Ma Rui is my father's old department, and he has made great achievements in the war. In Gaoping City, many people belong to him The old department, even in my army, many of them are his nephews. If we want to use force, we will send troops here. It will not take long for Marui to know immediately. Marui is ready, and we will It is impossible to launch a surprise attack on it, and Ma Rui's army is all soldiers who have fought many battles, no worse than my army. If there is a real fight, I am afraid that both sides will suffer. If Han Sui knows about this again, he will They will send a large army to attack me, and when the time comes, I will be attacked from the front and back, and I will only perish."

After listening, Han Cheng pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Since you can't fight recklessly, you can only outwit."

"What kind of outsmart method?" Ma Chao asked hastily.

Han Chengdao: "I often copy Han Sui's handwriting, and they are [-]% similar. I can write a reply letter to Ma Rui..."

After Ma Chao listened to Han Cheng's words, he laughed and said: "As long as there is this reply letter from Brother Han, Ma Rui will not be far from death. However, I have already killed his confidant, and Ma Rui He is also a suspicious person, if he sends someone else to send the letter back, it may arouse Ma Rui's suspicion..."

"It's easy, I'll go see Ma Rui in person!" Han Cheng volunteered.

"Brother Han, you can't take this joke!" Ma Chao pretended to be surprised.

Han Chengdao: "I am Han Sui's son, this is the best proof, Ma Rui has also met me, then I will say that his confidant is seriously ill, and he stayed in Jicheng to recuperate, isn't that all right? "

Ma Chao frowned and said, "Brother Han, are you really going to meet Ma Rui in person?"

"As long as you believe in me, I can definitely get things done. However, after the thing is done, you have to fulfill your promise and let me be your military adviser. You have to discuss everything with me. I don't want anything You kept everything in the dark!" Han Chengdao.

Ma Chao said decisively: "Okay, it's a deal!"

(End of this chapter)