Of course, it was not only Xu Chu who went to Xudu with Yi Xiaotian, but also Ma Teng, and Han Sui who was escorting——
No matter what... Han Sui is a real war criminal. Even if they don't cause trouble to Liu Xie, Han Sui must return to Beijing and face trial.
Ma Teng returned to Beijing because he wanted to see with his own eyes the day when Han Sui was put on trial - since that day when Han Sui's true face was exposed by Yi Xiaotian, revealing his inner heart that had become extremely ugly due to jealousy.
, Ma Teng had already made up his mind to sever ties with Han Sui.
Another reason for returning to Beijing was naturally Liu Xie.
He wanted to know why Liu Xie wanted to get rid of him so much, even at such a high price... Although Yi Xiaotian explained the possible reasons to Ma Teng: for example, Ma Teng's special identity, or Ma Teng and Han Sui
relationship, etc. The point is that Ma Teng is actually just a victim of this plan. Liu Xie’s real purpose can only be Cao Cao——
But it is difficult for Ma Teng to accept this statement... After all, he has no credit but also hard work by Liu Xie's side. He feels that he treats Liu Xie with great sincerity, but Liu Xie wants to kill him. This feeling is obviously worse than that of Liu Xie
It was even more sad to say that he was going to kill him in person.
Obviously before he left, Liu Xie was reluctant to keep him - now that he thought about it, those hypocritical performances really made Ma Teng extremely chilling.
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From Chang'an to Xudu, it takes about five days. If we take the Wuguan road, the journey will obviously be shorter. However, Ma Teng seems to have some resistance to Wuguan. After communicating with Yi Xiaotian, they finally decided
We chose the route of entering the customs from Hangu, taking Luoyang, and then to Xudu.
Although the journey is a bit long, there are many inns along the way, so it is rare that we don't sleep in the open air.
Han Sui was still sitting in the prison cart. Whenever the post guards saw the Xiliang cavalry following Yi Xiaotian and the heavy prison carts escorting the prisoners, they basically did not dare to neglect Yi Xiaotian and the others.
However, it seems that after Han Sui was tricked into giving a confession by Yi Xiaotian, he rarely spoke anymore.
Whenever the carriages and horses stopped, Yi Xiaotian and Ma Teng looked back at the prison car, and they could always see a pair of angry and resentful eyes staring directly at them between the towering iron sills.
Yi Xiaotian didn't care, but Ma Teng was always stared at by that gaze, making him more and more uncomfortable.
"Brother... Han Sui, if you have any unfinished business, please tell me. If I can, I will try my best to help you fulfill your wish... When you return to Xudu, you will not have this opportunity... or you will be in trouble for the rest of your life.
Spend time in jail, or..."
"Haha, hypocrisy... He is indeed a man that I, Han Sui, admire. It's now this time, and you're still hiding your true thoughts?"
Han Sui's hair was disheveled. Compared with his previous majestic and high-spirited appearance, he now seemed wilted. His cheeks were sunken and his eyes were dark. Not only were his eyes bloodshot, but his face and lips looked extremely pale.
But when he laughed, the feeling that his rationality was beginning to collapse emerged spontaneously:
"Hehehe... I know clearly that because of this incident, not only did you save your life, but you also completely eliminated all ties with me, the Xiliang bandit, and by the way, you also gained deeper trust from Cao Cao and the others -"
"My dear brother, if others don't understand you, don't I understand you?"
Han Sui laughed as he spoke over and over again, laughing forward and back, and soon began to cough violently.
"You! What nonsense are you talking about! We...we obviously started our lives together in Xiliang and have struggled for decades...and now you have gone astray...who can be more heartbroken than me?"
"Brother... this should be the last time I call you brother. When... when did you become like this? Obviously... obviously when we were still in Xiliang, you were so considerate and tolerant of your subordinates...
Not cynical, but also has lofty ambitions...Have you ever...Have you ever become this gloomy?"
"What the hell is going on?"
Ma Teng looked like he was about to cry. He was old. Besides his reputation, what he valued most was his family... Breaking up with Han Sui was a last resort and the smartest decision. But before that,
He always regarded Han Sui as his biological brother...
In this troubled world, it is difficult for you to trust others except for family ties.
Ma Teng, who valued family ties so much, watched Han Sui gradually turn into the resentful person he is today. Not only that, whenever he mentioned himself, he would always try his best to ridicule himself.
"what happened?"
"hehe…"
Han Sui lowered his head and stopped talking, as if he was satisfied after stimulating Ma Teng.
On the contrary, Ma Teng was extremely excited. Even if Yi Xiaotian later pulled him away, he kept trying to reason with Han Sui.
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Under such circumstances, after traveling hundreds of miles, the team soon arrived at the outskirts of Xudu.
And far away, before Yi Xiaotian could send news to the city, Jia Xu, Cao Chun and others were already outside to greet Yi Xiaotian.
"Mr. Yi! You've missed your welcome... Mr. Mao has been busy with official duties recently, so he specially asked me to wait here. I hope Mr. Yi won't blame Mr. Mao——"
Jia Xu cupped his hands and walked forward slowly.
Upon seeing this, Yi Xiaotian quickly dismounted his horse and returned the greeting:
"Mr. Jia was joking again. With my relationship with Master Qi, how could I care about these red tapes, but how could Mr. Jia be in good health? It has been many days since I left Xiangyang. I heard that Mr. Jia fell ill before, and that there were Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji.
There are two miracle doctors here, I must have asked those two to take care of Mr. Jia, right?"
"Haha... I don't have to worry about my body and bones, Mr. Yi. Doctor Hua has cured the disease with acupuncture, and with Doctor Zhang's conditioning, my body is stronger now than it was ten years ago."
The two looked at each other and smiled, like old friends they hadn't seen for many years... Cao Cao had many advisers, but the one who really understood and trusted Yi Xiaotian, besides Xun Yu, was Jia Xu.
They exchanged pleasantries, and Jia Xu and Cao Chun met Ma Teng, Xu Chu and others——
Finally, their eyes fell on the prison car in the center of the team.
Jia Xu narrowed his eyes... In the past few days, he had already heard Cao Cao talk about the Chang'an Rebellion. Now, Han Sui, the warlord who came from Xiliang like Ma Teng, is obviously the key to this rebellion -
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Oh, right... because for the sake of convenience, Cao Cao has sent counselors back to Xudu in the past few days to quickly sort out all the documents and files on Han Sui and Zhang Lu's rebellion - it can be regarded as directly setting up a special department to deal with this matter.
A small department that handles the aftermath.
This incident was eventually named the Chang'an Rebellion.
Different from the previous Dong Zhuo Rebellion and Li Guo Rebellion, Cao Cao specifically named this incident after Chang'an. The reason is probably to avoid Liu Xie's identity, so as to avoid the matter being finalized before it is finalized.
It caused a storm and chaos all over the house.
"Wen Yue..."
Jia Xu walked to the car and called the other party's name very familiarly...
Ma Teng was stunned, and Yi Xiaotian looked a little surprised.
