In the end, all the anger and emotions that Ma Chao and Ma Tie had before were completely extinguished by the other party's "your father".
Ma Chao and Ma Tie only hesitated for a moment, and finally agreed to each other through gritted teeth.
In the night, three people and three riders walked forward and backward. In the silence, no one was willing to speak anymore.
——
Not long after they walked side by side, Han Sui's lieutenant who was walking at the front made a "please" gesture to the two people behind him. The two brothers, Ma Chao and Ma Tie, looked in the direction of each other's fingers, and saw a group of figures waiting under the moon.
In a rather empty river valley area.
The leader of the group had a stern face and was not angry at all. Who else could he be besides Han Sui?
Ma Chao looked around and found that this place was indeed as the other party said. Hanzhong's soldiers and horses and Han Sui's own Xiliang cavalry were not present. In addition to Han Sui, there was also a carriage.
There are lights in the carriage, and just from the appearance of the carriage, one can only see that the carriage looks a bit luxurious. Combined with the few servants who are respectful around the carriage, one can immediately figure out the identity of the people in the carriage.
——Zhang Lu.
"Two good nephews..."
Han Sui had no expression on his face and just called Ma Chao and Ma Tie softly. However, Ma Chao did not want to listen to the other party's nonsense. He opened his eyes angrily, suppressed his anger, and deliberately lowered his voice and asked Han Sui:
"Father, what's wrong with him? Tell me quickly!"
Ma Tie on the side was trembling all over. He instinctively sensed something not good, but he would never believe any insignificant premonition before hearing the "facts" from the other party.
"Two young generals from Xiliang, don't worry. Before I tell you the truth of everything, I want to know whether you know what the existence of your Xiliang cavalry means to Cao Cao..."
The person in the carriage gently lifted the curtain, revealing an old face. Although he said he was old, judging from his every move, it was clear that his body was not so weak that it was difficult to move.
His voice was like gurgling water. After hearing it, Ma Chao and Ma Tie always felt itchy all over. Maybe... the so-called immortal style and the image and performance of the person in front of them are probably the best explanation.
It was completely different from the feeling he had expected of a wandering Taoist priest oppressing the people and demagoguery. Ma Chao's tone was not so aggressive. The main reason was that when he came here, he was really in a fog. Could it be that... there was something he didn't do?
What you know is happening subtly?
"hehe…"
Zhang Lu slowly stood up and walked down from the carriage very briskly. Upon seeing this, the servants beside him stepped forward to support Zhang Lu's arms.
Decorated with gorgeous brocade clothes and various extremely mysterious accessories, when Zhang Lu walked to the center of the field, he actually gave the battle-experienced Ma Chao a different kind of oppression.
It's like standing in front of this person and everything about him will be seen through.
Fortunately, Ma Chao was still confused about his father's incident, so he did not easily fall into this soft and dangerous atmosphere.
Zhang Lu looked at the silent Ma Chao with a smile, and waved to the person next to him:
"Go get the general's robe and sword..."
"What…"
Ma Chao thought he had heard wrong, so he turned around and looked at Ma Tie. When he saw Ma Tie's frightened eyes, he suddenly felt his lips were extremely dry, as if no matter how much water he drank, his stinging throat could not be moistened.
——
"If I tell the two major generals, whether it is me, your father, General Ma Teng, or General Han in front of you, to Cao Cao, they are just lambs to be slaughtered... If you obey, you will give
They provide soldiers and horses for free. If things go wrong... he can kill you at any time and easily steal the savings that you Xiliang people have worked hard for for many years..."
"What do you think?"
Just when Ma Chao and Ma Tie were in a daze, the servants who had just left on the side brought a white horse from nowhere...
Naturally, there is no one riding on the white horse, but... apart from that, there is a saddle on the horse... There is also a set of neat armor, and a blood-stained horse-cutting sword——
Oh, yes... this blood seems to have been solidified for a long time, and it is now a dark red color. Not only that... there are blood stains on the armor... on the saddle... and even on the white horse mane...
Ma Chao suddenly felt a little dizzy. He felt that the whole world was spinning. In anger, he pressed the spear beside him against his back and forcibly stabilized his body...
"This...this is...father's..."
"How is this going!!"
Ma Tie collapsed directly... Whenever he followed Ma Teng and removed Ma Teng's armor, he touched the cold armor more than once...
At this moment, when he saw the iron armor and the blood stains on it, something exploded in Ma Tie's mind.
His legs were swaying helplessly, but his voice was a little dry and trembling. For an eight-foot-tall man, tears and diarrhea came out of his eyes like spring water.
"Father!!"
"Uncle Han! This is not true... This can never be true! Father, he is still in the court... He is General Fubo of the Han Dynasty! He is... but Marquis Huaili... he is..."
thump--
Ma Tie knelt down on the ground in front of the white horse.
Ma Tie's hand tightly grasped the cold knife, as if he wanted to feel the non-existent residual warmth from above... The horse didn't know why someone was lying next to him, it was just curious, so it turned its head
, and rubbed Ma Tie affectionately, who was crying bitterly.
"He is our father..."
The furious Ma Tie leaned against the horse, hugging the armor tightly. He looked up at the sky, but the sky did not respond.
Han Sui slowly walked to Ma Chao, who was frozen in place, and put his generous hand on Ma Chao's shoulder:
"Good nephew..."
"nonsense!"
Ma Chao's sudden roar shocked everyone present.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Ma Chao's whole body was trembling, his fists were clenched and turned white, his eyes were red, and countless veins popped up on Ma Chao's body because he was holding back tears and anger.
His appearance at this moment made Han Sui beside him afraid to touch him easily.
"Father, it is impossible for him to die! Han Sui!!"
"Here are the armors... Your Ma family servants personally snatched them from Cao Cao's siege... Cao Cao killed the donkey... Chibi was defeated. He was worried about your rebellion and was worried that he didn't have enough troops to kill him quietly.
Your father... If I hadn't received the news from your uncle, I joined forces with Zhang Tianshi to approach Chang'an, so that Zhong Yao had to send you to fight... I'm afraid... you would have been dead by now!"
Han Sui said to Ma Chao sternly.
However, Ma Chao, who was about to lose his mind, had only one thought at this time -
"This is impossible!!"
"Get out of here! I want to see my father's body with my own eyes!!"
