King of Liao at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 367

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, "After the man came out, he walked out of the mansion. Looking at his face, I felt something was wrong with my second brother. I was puzzled, but I looked at the gate of the mansion, but I couldn't see the man. Come back! When my elder brother bid farewell to the state-father and left, my second brother felt that someone was watching from a distance, and I saw Li Mancheng standing in a hidden place, spying on us!"

"So that's how it is." Liu Bei's complexion changed slightly, he shook his head and said with a smile, "Why did the general call me innocently! This time I was implicated by the king!"

"My lord, why did you say that?" Sun Qian asked suspiciously.

Liu Bei glanced at Guan Yu indifferently, Guan Yu understood immediately, got up and walked to the door, quietly looked out the door, then closed the door tightly, turned around and shook his head at his brother.

"Do you know why the father-in-law hosted the banquet?" Liu Bei asked with a smile.

"Look at the words of the lord..." Jian Yong frowned, and suddenly said in surprise, "Does the head of the country want to be a general?"

"Exactly!" Liu Bei nodded.He said deeply, "That day, Bei Nai went to the banquet. During the banquet, Dong Cheng often told the general's faults, especially after he said that Prince Fu's family and three clans were killed, his expression was passionate, and then Wu Zilan and others echoed their words. At that time It's not a good idea to prepare, so I pretended to be drunk, I'm afraid Cao Gong knew about it!"

"There is such a thing?" Jian Yong and Sun Gan were shocked, and they looked at each other, both of them were moved.

"In that case, my lord can't go to Dong Cheng's mansion again!" Sun Qianning said, "Dong Cheng has always been taboo by the general. From my perspective, I'm afraid the general already knew about it, but he wanted to wait for Dong Cheng to make trouble. Catch them all at once!" Dong Cheng made a pocket edict, Liu Bei also participated in it, and even many of Liu Bei's cronies, Liu Bei occasionally read and did not tell, knowing that the matter was exposed, Cao Cao hurried back from the battlefield to deal with the matter, Liu Bei stopped talking about it , Dong Cheng also acted swiftly and destroyed a lot of evidence. In the end, only Wang Zifu took the blame. As a result, Dong Cheng hated Cao Cao even more, and was always thinking about how to kill Cao Cao...

"That's true!" Sun Qian also echoed, "Dong Cheng's plan is not secret, how can he succeed? I think this person's death is approaching!"

Liu Bei nodded, then hesitated and said, "Of course! If he invites me as the head of the country, how can I refuse?"

"My lord, why don't you understand? He is the head of the country, and the lord is His Majesty's uncle. In terms of status, how can he be inferior to him? If Dong Cheng wants to invite him again, the lord will say that he is not sick, and nothing will happen. !"

"Well, that's great." Liu Bei nodded, and was about to speak when Zhang Fei's loud voice came from outside the room.

"Brother, we have a guest!"

Liu Bei looked at each other with everyone in the room.Secretly surprised in his heart, "Who will come to my house?" After thinking about it, he got up and walked out. Guan Yu, Jian Yong, and Sun Qian followed behind Liu Bei.

After walking out of the house, Liu Bei hadn't walked a few steps, but he saw a big man striding forward from the gate of the mansion...

"Your Excellency is..." Liu Bei asked after seeing the toughness of his life, and watching him walk, he was undoubtedly a martial arts practitioner, so he clasped his fists and saluted.

"Haha, is your Excellency Uncle Liu Huang? I have admired you for a long time!" The visitor clasped his fists and said with a smile, "I am Ma Shoucheng from Xiliang, who came to Beijing for pilgrimage. I heard that Uncle Liu Huang refused to bribe the eunuchs, so that he was dismissed I sighed in my heart to win the merit, so today I took this good opportunity to come over to see you!"

"But the governor of Liangzhou, Ma Teng and Ma Shoucheng, the prefects of Wuwei County?" Liu Bei was a little surprised, and said joyfully, "Bei has long admired the envoy's name, and the eighteen princes who are begging for Dong Zhuo have met the envoy once. But I didn’t get to know each other by chance. It’s been more than ten years since I saw you today. After ten years, I can see the demeanor of your envoy again. Bei still feels very lucky! Please!” Liu Bei stretched out his hand, and the others immediately stepped out of the way , stretched out their hands one after another...

"Please, uncle!" Seeing Liu Bei's politeness, Ma Teng immediately responded with cupped fists.

Leading Ma Teng into the house, Liu Bei said with a smile, "Bei has always admired heroes all his life, and today we will have a drink!"

Unexpectedly, he glanced at the people in the room.Zhengrong said, "There is really a matter here. I have important matters to discuss with the emperor. Can the emperor retreat?"

"Hmph!" Zhang Fei, who came in later, heard this. When the Eighteenth Route princes were begging Dong Zhuo, this Ma Teng was among them. Liu Beigui is General Zuo, Uncle Liu Huang, if you come to flatter me again, the upright Zhang Fei really looks down on this Ma Teng, and said dissatisfiedly, "You are so rude, what kind of words can't be left for me to say?"

"Yide must not be rude!" Bie Bei scolded lightly, and clasped his fists at Ma Teng and said, "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter what you say, these are all confidantes, brothers and sisters of Bei, there is no reason why you can't believe it!"

"Well, I will tell you the truth!" Ma Teng nodded, and Hong Sheng asked, "I have been here for about two months, and I know a thing or two about the situation in the court. There are treacherous officials in power in the court. Forcing Your Majesty, as a foreign minister, a certain person is still angry, fighting with Cao Cao in Yongzhou, and he is not into Cao Cao's cunning, and fell into a trick. Thinking that the emperor was still humiliated in Xuchang, he had no choice but to be kind to Cao Cao first, and he didn't know the emperor's uncle. You are a member of the royal family, how do you feel?"

Ma Teng just said it nicely, but in fact he couldn't beat Cao Cao. He wanted to slow down first, but he was afraid that Cao Cao would plot against him in the dark, so he was always on guard, so he wanted to come to Xuchang. Investigate the truth and see the future...

Liu Bei was dumbfounded when he heard the words, and frowned at Ma Teng, while Ma Teng's expression did not change. Facing the passionate Ma Teng, Liu Bei had heard of his reputation before, but after hearing his words, he was deeply worried. The person Cao Cao sent to test him, what if he said something wrong and killed himself directly?
It was hard to get Cao Cao to exclude himself from the Pocket Edict incident before, and relax his guard against him. How dare Liu Bei offend Cao Cao again?But Liu Bei did not speak, everyone in the room was silent, even Zhang Fei was like this, although he acted recklessly, he was not stupid, how could he not know who the traitor Ma Teng was referring to?
"Cough!" Liu Bei coughed, looked at Ma Teng and said with a chuckle, "Brother Shoucheng, why did you say that? How did the court get a treacherous minister? Brother Bei has long admired his name, and seeing him today is a lucky thing in his life, not as good as us How about a light drink?"

Ma Teng was taken aback when he heard the words, frowning with disappointment in his eyes, Hong Sheng said, "Ma galloping into the imperial palace, entering the court with a sword, how can this thief see the emperor? Hearing this, as a foreign minister, I am still full of anger , the emperor's uncle is a close relative of the country, and he is still drunk, and does not think about beating thieves, so he is a person who rescues and helps the royal family? Under the reputation, it is hard to live up to the truth, Ma is very disappointed, and I leave!" After finishing, Ma Teng looked at Liu Bei coldly, snorted heavily, and left with a wave of his sleeves.

"Brother, stop!" Liu Bei hurriedly called out.

Ma Teng stopped in his tracks without turning his head, and shouted angrily, "What else is the emperor doing? Are you going to leave me behind to give the country thieves credit?" Faintly grasping the sword at his waist, his eyes were filled with killing intent.

Zhang Fei raised his thick eyebrows and strode out, the guard was in front of Liu Bei and was about to speak when he walked out behind Liu Bei, patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder, and said to Ma Teng, "You think I'm such a villain? If so, let's go, brother!"

"Huh?" Looking at Liu Bei's frank eyes, Ma Teng was stunned, the murderous intent in his eyes gradually receded, and he clasped his fists in shame and said, "Ma is reckless, I hope the emperor don't care about it!"

"Brother, what are you talking about!" Liu Bei chuckled, and invited Ma Teng to take his seat, and sighed, "Don't blame Bei for being like this, it's because Bei just dispelled the fear in the general's heart, I'm afraid that brother is the person sent by the general !"

"Him?" Ma Teng sneered.Then he looked Liu Bei up and down, and said with a smile, "In this case, why did the emperor call Ma again? This time, he is not afraid?"

Liu Bei shook his head with a light smile, and suddenly said seriously, "Brother, I am a loyal and virtuous man, so how can I make my brother come back disappointed? If you really want to come here to make money for me, Bei is begging to die!"

When Ma Teng heard this, he was moved.He clasped his fists heavily and said, "I've never heard of the demeanor of the emperor's uncle, and he should be a hero in the world! So Ma, let the emperor feel at ease, Cao thief, I, Ma Teng, swear to kill him in order to uphold the court!" In the last sentence, his face was extremely cold, Words are decisive.

If it is said that Liu Bei was still a little uneasy just now, but now, the suspicion has long since disappeared. Seeing Ma Teng's expression is extremely cold, Liu Bei joked, "Brother, are you not afraid of going to inform me now?"

Ma Teng was taken aback when he heard the words, and when he saw the smile in Liu Bei's eyes, he laughed and said, "A person who is greedy for life and afraid of death is not enough to discuss big things! If the emperor's uncle insists on doing this, Ma will have to fight to the death!"

"Haha..." Liu Bei and Ma Teng looked at each other and laughed.

Seeing Ma Teng looking at him from time to time, Shi Jianyong exchanged a glance with Sun Qian, stood up and said, "My lord, I'm a little tired, so I'll take my leave first!"

Seeing Ma Teng's embarrassed face, how could Liu Bei not understand the reason?Nor will it be revealed.He nodded and said with a smile, "Since that's the case, Xianhe and Gongjie should go down to rest for a while, and then I'll ask you two for advice..."

"Don't dare..." Jian Yong and Sun Qian said modestly, and slowly withdrew.

"It's because I can't trust the emperor's confidant!" Ma Teng said awkwardly, "It's because Ma was born in Xiliang. For literati, hehe, the emperor should not be offended. Hehe......" Liu Bei laughed, shook his head and said, " Brother, I was wrong...Now there is only one person around Bei who advises me, that's why I am so passive, trembling, walking on thin ice..."

"There is such a thing?" Ma Teng frowned, as if he couldn't believe it, and said in his mouth, "If you can't lift your hands and shoulders, why does the emperor value literati so much?"

(End of this chapter)