Chapter nine hundred and eighty seventh unexpected
Ma Yuan said: "When the general heard that His Majesty wanted to borrow the Long Road, he immediately sent people to cut down trees and destroy stones, blocking the Long Road. Now the Long Road has been destroyed and cannot be used at all!"
Lai She's face suddenly changed, and he said in surprise: "It's actually like this..."
"Also, the general knows that Doctor Lai has arrived in Tianshui, and he has just issued an order to arrest you in the whole city! Doctor Lai, please leave quickly and get out of the city now. If you wait until the general's order is conveyed to the city gate, what do you want?
I can’t leave anymore.”
Lai She took a breath, grabbed Ma Yuan's wrist, and asked: "Kai Xiao...Kai Xiao, is he really rebelling?"
Ma Yuan nodded repeatedly and said: "Rebellion! The general has really rebelled! The general has taken refuge in Gongsun Shu and respects Gongsun Shu as the emperor, and Gongsun Shu has also consecrated the general as King Shuoning!"
Lai She pondered for a moment and said urgently: "Wenyuan, come with me! Wei Xiao betrayed the emperor and the Han Dynasty. He will not survive for long. This time, His Majesty personally led a hundred thousand elite troops. It was obviously to attack Gongsun Shu, but in reality
I just came here for Kaixiao."
When Ma Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but burst into laughter, a bitter smile.
He looked up to the sky and sighed, saying: "I have advised the general many times not to seek refuge with Gongsun Shu, not to betray the emperor, not to betray the Han Dynasty, but he just won't listen. I... I have really tried my best. I... no longer
No good idea!"
He was telling the truth. Among Kui Xiao's subordinates, Ma Yuan was an unwavering supporter of the Han faction. Ma Yuan and Gongsun Shu were good friends. Based on his friendship with Gongsun Shu, he would definitely get something if he went to seek refuge with Gongsun Shu.
higher official position.
It was precisely because Gongsun Shu proclaimed himself emperor in Shu and Wei Xiao defected to the Han Dynasty that Ma Yuan decided to join Kai Xiao. Now that Wei Xiao wants to follow Gongsun Shu's old path and betray the Han Dynasty, Ma Yuan
I was both angry and deeply regretful.
Lai She said: "Come with me. The Emperor is now in Hongnong. Wenyuan, you come with me to see the Emperor. I will protect your life. Your Majesty will definitely reward you heavily for your betrayal and turning to the light!"
Ma Yuan said seriously: "Yuan is loyal to the Han Dynasty and loyal to the emperor, and does not ask for rewards."
Lai She said: "I know. Wenyuan, you must go with me now!"
Ma Yuan thought for a moment, nodded heavily, and said, "Okay! Come, doctor, I will go with you to see the emperor!"
"That's great!" Lai She was overjoyed.
Ma Yuan whispered: "Come on, doctor, I'm afraid I can't take away the entourage you brought, so I have to leave them in the city. Otherwise, the target is too big and we won't be able to go far before we are overtaken."
"
The joy on Lai She's face disappeared, revealing a look of worry.
Ma Yuan said: "Don't worry, the general wants to arrest you, not those followers. Knowing that you have escaped, the general can at best imprison them without harming their lives."
Laishe thought about it, nodded, and said, "Okay! Wenyuan, what about...your family?"
Ma Yuan said: "I am taking my family out of the city. When I get there, I will have to ask the doctor to disguise myself as a servant."
Lai She didn't say anything. He immediately nodded and said, "Okay."
Wei Xiao was now firmly on Gongsun Shu's side. Hearing that Liu Xiu wanted to use the Long Road to enter Shu, Wei Xiao did not hesitate to destroy the Long Road to prevent the Han army from going south. In this case, come
When She was sent to Kaixiao as an envoy, he was undoubtedly a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. Fortunately, he was stopped by Ma Yuan as soon as he entered the city. Under Ma Yuan's protection, She went to Ma's house, disguised as a domestic servant, and then followed Ma Yuan and
His family left the city.
Ma Yuan had many family members, including parents, brothers and sisters, as well as wives, concubines, sons, daughters, domestic servants, maids, attendants, nursing homes, etc. If Ma Yuan wanted to defect to the Han, it was impossible to keep his immediate family members.
In Liangzhou, staying here is a dead end.
Seeing that Ma Yuan had so many dependents and that he had to bring a lot of belongings with him, Lai She frowned. He found Ma Yuan and said sternly: "Wen Yuan, are you bringing too many people? What's more?
Bringing so much belongings will definitely arouse Wei Xiao's suspicion!"
The Ma family is a wealthy family. Ma Yuan is the great-grandfather and holds the title of marquis. His grandfather and father are both civil servants in the court. They are a standard noble family. Can such a big family move from Liangzhou to Luoyang with less things?
Ma Yuan thought about it and made a decision immediately. He would not take any servants or maids he could do without, and all his belongings. He would stay in the house, and the whole family would travel lightly in a carriage.
Regarding Ma Yuan's decision, Lai She nodded with satisfaction, but the Ma family could not accept it. Many of the property had been passed down from generation to generation by the Ma family's ancestors, and they were really reluctant to just throw it away in Tianshui, Liangzhou.
Seeing this, Lai She walked up to everyone, bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "Come down, She, I would like to pay my respects to the Taizhong doctor. I can assure you that as long as you go to Luoyang, your majesty will reward you with mansions, money, and treasures!"
Taking these personal belongings away now will, firstly, make it difficult to leave the city, and secondly, it will greatly slow down our speed, so please think twice!"
The Ma family members looked at each other and lowered their heads. No one said anything. Ma Yuan's wife was the first to express her stance and said seriously: "What the doctor said makes sense. We should all listen to the doctor!"
Lai She looked at Ma Yuan's wife. This Mrs. Ma was not very old, not yet thirty, but her appearance could be said to be that of a shy flower, a fish out of place, even a man like Taizhong's doctor came to see her.
, couldn’t help but take a few more glances.
Ma Yuan's wife is not simple. To be more precise, the daughter she gave birth to is also not simple.
Her eldest daughter became a noblewoman after Liu Yang inherited the throne. Her second daughter married Jia Fu's son. All three, four and five daughters entered the palace, especially the youngest daughter, who was at the bottom of the palace.
She rose through the ranks and eventually became Liu Yang's queen, the famous Queen Ma in history.
Under Mrs. Ma's persuasion, the Ma family finally reluctantly gave up their love and took only a small part of the baby with them. Then the whole family followed Ma Yuan out of Ma's house and took a carriage out of the city.
At this time, Wei Xiao's order to arrest Lai She has been sent to the city gate. Although the gate of Tianshui City has not been sealed, the number of officers and soldiers guarding the city gate has increased significantly. People entering the city are not checked much, but those leaving the city are not.
, all should be checked one by one.
Soon, the officers and soldiers found the Ma family's motorcade. Seeing these many vehicles, the officers and soldiers were on full alert. Before they started searching, as the curtain of the first carriage was lifted, Ma Yuan stepped out of the carriage.
walk out.
His face darkened and he asked, "Do I need to be searched when I leave the city?"
The officers and soldiers looked up and saw clearly that the opponent was Ma Yuan. They hurriedly raised their hands and saluted, saying, "I don't know if it's General Ma. I'm so offended!"
Ma Yuan said with a serious face: "I want to go out of the city with my family to worship at the mountain temple. Please give in immediately!"
"This..." All the officers and soldiers looked at each other, and no one answered. Seeing this, Ma Yuan's face became even more gloomy, and asked: "What? You didn't hear what I said?"
"General Ma!" Following the words, the captain in charge of the city gate came over and asked with a smile on his face: "General Ma, who is dragging his family out of the city, where are you going?"
Seeing the oncoming city gate captain, Ma Yuan frowned secretly and murmured in his heart, why did he meet him?
This city gate captain, named Wang Zong, had some issues with Ma Yuan. On weekdays, both of them could get along well in terms of face, but in their hearts, neither of them looked down on the other.
Ma Yuan said calmly: "My family and I are going out of the city to worship at the mountain temple. I hope Captain Wang can make it convenient."
"Come out of the city to worship!" Wang Zong rolled his eyes, grinned, and said, "What a coincidence! General Ma, the king just ordered that the entire city be searched for Lai She, and anyone suspicious is not allowed to leave the city!"
Ma Yuan was furious, pointed back at his motorcade, and asked loudly: "Captain Wang, are my family members suspicious?"
Wang Zong waved his hands repeatedly and said with a smile: "I don't mean this, General Ma. Don't get me wrong! Whether he is a suspicious person or not can only be confirmed after all the vehicles have been searched. General Ma, what do you think?"
Ma Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "Wang Zong, don't bully others too much. You know that there are women among them, but you still want to search the vehicles one by one. What is your intention?"
"Hey, General Ma is wrong to say that. The lower official is acting under the king's order, but General Ma has objections to the king's order?" Wang Zong asked seriously.
The Chengmen school captain was not an ordinary school captain, his rank was higher than that of the school captains in the army. Even though Wang Zong's rank was not as high as Ma Yuan's, it was not far behind.
In addition, if Wang Zong dares to be so arrogant and domineering, he also has a backer behind him. His biggest backer is Wang Yuan.
This Wang Yuan is not the other Wang Yuan. This Wang Yuan is not Wang Yuan, the admonishing official in Luoyang, but Wang Yuan, the general under Wei Xiao. He is also one of Wei Xiao's most staunch confidants.
The Wang family is quite powerful in Kaixiao, and many of the generals in the army and ministers in the court are members of the Wang family.
Now, Ma Yuan was blocked by Wang Zong. Either Wang Zong would search the carriages one by one, or they would not be allowed to leave the city.
Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, a carriage came over. The carriage came to a stop in front of the crowd, and then, a man stepped out of the carriage.
Wang Zong raised his eyes and took a look. He was stunned for a moment, then quickly walked forward, bowed his hands and saluted, and finally asked: "Cousin, why are you here?"
The person who came here was also one of the Wang family, and his name was Wang Zun.
Wang Zun was a general named after Yang Guang. Long before Wei Xiao took refuge with Liu Xuan, Wang Zun was already one of Wei Xiao's confidants. He was a core member of Wei Xiao's circle. Wang Zun looked up and looked slightly
Frowning, he asked: "What's going on?"
Wang Zong quickly explained: "Cousin, your Majesty has just ordered that the whole city be searched for Lai She. But at this juncture, Ma Yuan wanted to take his family out of the city to worship some mountain god, so I stopped them."
"oh!"
"Cousin, Ma Yuan is usually too high-minded and always goes against our Wang family. This time, I thought, I have to teach him a lesson!" Wang Zong said harshly, and at the same time turned around and glared at Ma Yuan.
One glance.
Wang Zun came, and now he had more backbone. Although Ma Yuan had a high official position, he was not as high as his cousin.
After understanding the whole story, Wang Zun said, and walked towards Ma Yuan with his hands behind his back.
Ma Yuan really didn't have a good impression of the Wang family. If there was anyone else in the Wang family who could impress him, it was Wang Yuan and Wang Zun.
Regardless of Wang Yuan's character for the moment, he is indeed very capable in fighting and is a general with real talent and learning.
Wang Zun's fighting ability can be ignored for the time being, but his character is excellent and he is definitely a humble gentleman.
"General Wang!" As Wang Zun approached, Ma Yuan raised his hand and saluted.
Wang Zun immediately returned the salute and said: "General Ma!" As he spoke, he looked at the Ma family's motorcade. There must have been more than ten cars, large and small. This was a family trip out of the city. It was really just a trip.
Do you worship in mountain temples?
He asked: "General Ma, what are you doing?"
"General Wang, we are leaving the city to worship at the mountain temple."
"It's neither a festival nor the anniversary of the death of our ancestors. What's the point of having the whole family worship the mountain god?" Wang Zun asked.
"The war is imminent. I just ask God to protect me and keep my family safe."
"That's it!" After hearing this, Wang Zun nodded with deep sympathy. He was silent for a moment, then turned around and said to Wang Zong behind him: "Let us go!"
"General...general!" Wang Zong was so anxious that he rubbed his hands repeatedly. Based on what Ma Yuan did on weekdays, why should he facilitate him?
"I asked you to let go, didn't you hear? Go quickly!" Wang Zun frowned and said in a deep voice.
Seeing that his cousin was not looking well, Wang Zong shrank his neck and did not dare to say any more. He quickly walked towards the city gate and signaled his officers and soldiers to let the Ma family's motorcade leave the city.
Seeing this, Ma Yuan raised his hands, bowed to the ground, and said, "Thank you, General Wang, for your support!"
Wang Zun stepped forward, grabbed Ma Yuan's arm, and whispered: "If General Ma sees Your Majesty in the future, I hope General Ma will remember the kindness of the Wang family today!"
After saying this, he turned around and returned to his carriage without looking at Ma Yuan's changed expression.
Ma Yuan was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. He looked at Wang Zun's carriage for a while, then he bowed deeply again, then returned to the carriage and ordered the coachman to drive out of the city immediately.
The carriage got out of the Tianshui carriage, and Ma Yuan in the carriage was still in extreme shock.
What a surprise. He didn't expect that Wang Zun would notice that he wanted to take refuge with His Majesty. What surprised him even more was that Wang Zun didn't go to Kai Xiao to report him, but even helped him get out of the city smoothly.
