Ma Chao rushed to the east courtyard with the remaining soldiers, preparing to rescue Ma Yunlu.
It was late at night, and I met no servants from the house on the way.
Now that Ma Teng has been defeated, Wang Can's army is rushing towards Xinping County. No one expected that anyone would take action against Ma Teng's family, nor did they expect that Ma Chao would sneak into Xinping County openly. Therefore, in addition to the normal night patrol, no one expected that Ma Teng would go to Xinping County.
The soldiers did not send anyone specifically to monitor Ma Yunlu and Ma Teng's family.
All of this is undoubtedly because the horse exceeded his expectations and was able to be so relaxed.
When Ma Chao and his soldiers rushed to the east courtyard, except for one room that was still lit, the rest was completely dark.
There were no attendants waiting outside the yard, only some maids staying in the yard. After all, Ma Teng's wives and concubines were all women. If attendants or soldiers were arranged to guard, Hou Fang would not be responsible if anything went wrong. Hou Fang was not worried about Ma Teng.
Lu and others were able to escape, leaving only a few maids in the yard.
Because of this, Ma Chao led his men to easily deal with the maids who were keeping watch and entered the east courtyard.
Ma Chao waved his hand gently, and Jiang Heng hunched over and rushed towards the yard quickly.
He ran very fast and quietly toward the room that was still lit.
Jiang Heng walked very lightly and hid outside the house. Then he looked around and saw that there was no one around. He immediately waved to Ma Chao. Immediately, Ma Chao also quickly rushed to Jiang Heng's side.
One after another, more soldiers rushed over, leaving only two soldiers watching at the entrance of the courtyard.
Ma Chao leaned against the door of the room and was about to poke a hole in the window to take a look. The flickering oil lamp in the room suddenly went out, making it impossible for him to take a look inside.
Seeing this, Jiang Heng whispered: "Master, what should I do?"
Ma Chao frowned and said, "I have no choice but to knock on the door."
He originally wanted to see who was inside, but as long as he didn't know Ma Yunlu, Ma Chao could just ignore it. Because Ma Chao couldn't take away all Ma Teng's wives and concubines. After all, there were too many people, and they were all women and children. He didn't have the ability to take them away.
Take everyone away. Ma Chao came here just to take away Ma Yunlu. Ma Chao didn't care about the lives of other people.
They are Ma Teng's women, but Ma Teng is dead and Ma Chao has nothing to do with them.
Ma Chao nodded towards Jiang Heng, and Jiang Heng asked the soldiers beside him to hide.
"Boom! Boom!"
Jiang Heng gently knocked on the door twice and quickly hid. Ma Chao leaned against the door, waiting for the people inside to come out.
"Crunch!"
The door opened, but no one came out.
Seeing this, Ma Chao felt a little confused.
Logically speaking, this is the courtyard where Ma Teng's family lives. The house is occupied by female family members. It is impossible that after hearing the knock on the door, he just opened the door but there was no movement. Ma Chao frowned, and the house was also quiet.
Jiang Heng and the other hiding soldiers were puzzled. Why was there no one when the door was opened?
Could it be that the people inside the house noticed them?
Ma Chao frowned, and a bright light suddenly flashed in his mind. Among all the family members, there was only one who was skilled in martial arts and alert, and that was Ma Teng's daughter Ma Yunlu.
Ma Chao was very excited when he thought of this.
However, he still hid outside the door and rushed into the house without impulse.
He whispered: "Little sister, it's me!"
This sentence seems very abrupt. If a stranger lives in the house and hears Ma Chao's voice, he will think that the person who is having an affair has gone to the wrong room.
However, when his voice fell, there was a bang in the room.
"Tap! Tread!"
Rapid footsteps sounded, and a pretty figure rushed out from inside.
This woman is none other than Ma Yunlu.
After she and Mr. Yang returned to their respective rooms, Ms. Yang had already gone back to her room to rest. But when Ma Yunlu returned to her room, she could not fall asleep. When she closed her eyes, Ma Teng's voice and smile would appear in her mind, and so would she.
The faces of Ma Chao, Ma Tie, Ma Dai, Ma Xiu and others appeared.
Individual figures hovered in her mind, making it difficult for Ma Yunlu to fall asleep.
Ma Yunlu heard Ma Chao's voice and rushed out excitedly.
He stood outside the door, but did not see Ma Chao. Because Ma Chao was on the left side of the door, and Ma Yunlu was anxious. After rushing out, he looked directly at the door. He did not have time to look at the left and right sides, so he did not notice Ma Chao.
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When Ma Chao saw that the figure rushing out was indeed Ma Yunlu, he almost whispered, "Little sister!"
At this time, Ma Chao was extremely excited.
After experiencing the pain of losing his father and having his brother killed, Ma Chao cared very much about his relatives.
Suddenly seeing this biological sister born from the same mother, Ma Chao couldn't be unhappy.
Tears suddenly flowed out of his eyes. They were tears of joy. He was happy to meet his biological sister. Because the light was too dark, Ma Chao could only see a rough outline and could not really see Ma Yunlu's face clearly.
, but he knew that the person in front of him was his little sister.
Ma Yunlu heard Ma Chao's voice, turned around, and suddenly choked up.
She rushed to Ma Chao and smelled a strange smell, which was very unpleasant.
Although Ma Yunlu couldn't see Ma Chao's dress clearly, he vaguely saw that Ma Chao was in ragged clothes and smelled very bad. He had obviously gone through countless hardships. She whispered: "Brother, why are you alone? Third brother
Where? Where's father? Well, let's go inside the house first so as not to be seen by others."
After finishing speaking, Ma Yunlu took Ma Chao's hand and walked towards the house.
Ma Chao whispered: "Little sister, please wait a moment, I will make arrangements first!" Ma Chao waved to Jiang Heng's position, and then gave some instructions, asking Jiang Heng to lead people to guard outside the yard.
The two entered the house and Ma Yunlu lit the oil lamp again.
Under the dim light of the oil lamp, Ma Chao looked at Ma Yunlu and said, "Little sister, I'm sorry for you!" At the same time, Ma Yunlu felt even more heartbroken when he looked at Ma Chao's ragged clothes and his dirty cheeks.
, choked and said: "Brother, why are you like this?"
Both brothers and sisters are worried about each other.
Ma Chao took a deep breath, calmed down his excitement, and said, "Little sister, I'm here to take you out of Xinping County. You clean up and change your clothes. Well, it's best to change into men's clothes."
Ma Yunlu hummed and asked again: "Brother, where are the third brother and cousin? And where is daddy?"
Mentioning Ma Dai and Ma Teng, Ma Chao felt a pain in his heart, and a look of pain flashed in his eyes. He held back his grief and said: "Time is urgent. Let's not talk about my father's affairs for the time being. I will discuss it in detail after we leave the county government."
Let me tell you."
The two talked briefly for a while, and then there was a sound of footsteps outside the house.
Immediately, Yang's voice sounded: "Lu'er, why haven't you rested yet? I heard a man's voice inside your house. Who is inside?"
Ma Chao frowned slightly when he heard the sounds outside.
If he had known earlier, he should have asked Jiang Heng to stay outside the door instead of outside the yard.
Now there is a wife and concubine of Ma Teng, which is difficult to deal with.
Ps: Part 1 of the fourth update: Everyone said that Xiaodong deviated from the main line and used a lot of space to write about Ma Chao, but he is indeed very important and runs through the whole text, so there is such space. Well, Xiaodong didn't grasp it well.
That’s why the focus has shifted. Today’s update will be more focused, three updates in a row, and return to the main line.