Ma Chao was shocked when he heard this: "What do you mean?"
Jian Yong asked back: "General, do you really think that General Ma was injured by Zhang Lu's curse?"
Ma Chao said: "My father was hit by an arrow when he was attacking Chang'an. With my father's physical condition, this small injury was not a problem. He fought with the injury and captured Chang'an that day. But that night, my father vomited blood.
, I also saw phantoms of demons and ghosts in front of my eyes many times. If this isn’t Zhang Lu’s demonic method, who else could it be?”
Jian Yong shook his head and said: "At that time, Chang'an had been conquered by the Ma family, and Zhang Lu was defeated and retreated to Hanzhong. Why did he use the curse at this time to harm the life of General Ma? To be disrespectful, even if General Ma was unlucky, he could not get it.
I'm going back to Chang'an. Apart from forging a deep hatred against Xiliang, is there any other meaning to doing this?"
Ma Chao said: "Perhaps Zhang Lu is angry and wants to take revenge."
Jian Yong shook his head again: "The world is in chaos. Zhang Lu has always stayed in a corner of Hanzhong to avoid the disaster of the military revolution. It shows that he has no ambitions in all directions and does not like war. How could he forge an alliance with the powerful Xiliang army for his own selfish anger?"
Where’s the deadly feud?”
Ma Chao frowned and said, "Then in your opinion, who is it?"
Jian Yong said: "General, you only need to think about who benefits the most when something happens to old General Ma Teng, and you will understand."
Ma Chao frowned and said nothing.
Jian Yong said:
"Now that all the heroes in the world, Cao Cao has been destroyed by the Yuan family. Yuan Xi has millions of people and hundreds of thousands of armor. He will not stop. The next step is to go south to Jingzhou and seize the land of Jing and Yang. What he worries about
The only trouble facing the northwest is General Ma Teng.
"Besides, the Ma family in Xiliang has newly occupied the land of the third assistant. It is almost like a sharp knife is pressed against Yuan Xi's back! If he can't find a way to get rid of the old general, he will definitely be restless."
Ma Chao shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, you are being alarmist."
Jian Yong smiled and said: "Then besides Zhang Lu of Hanzhong, is there any prince in the world who is good at Taoism?"
Ma Chao still didn't believe it.
Jian Yong sighed:
"Why is the general still stubborn? I didn't mean to say anything ominous, but the old general's trip to Yedu, I'm afraid the best result is that he will be put under house arrest by Yuan Xi, in order to threaten the Xiliang army into submission. Then Yuan Xi's
Will the general listen to the order or not? If you obey the order, you will be controlled by others. If you don't obey the order, the old general's life will be in danger. And..."
At this time, Ma Chao already regretted sending his old father to Yedu. Seeing Jian Yong's hesitant look, he asked, "And what?"
Jian Yong said: "I'm afraid that Yuan Xi is vicious and thinks that there are no heroes in Xiliang except General Ma Teng! What if he kills General Ma directly?"
Ma Chao shook his head and said: "What you said is just speculation, without any basis, and it is suspected of slandering others."
Jian Yong said: "Then just wait for the response from Yedu and see if the old general can return safely."
…
After Bai Xiaowen sent away the Xiliang envoy, he ordered the dispatch of 20,000 troops, led by Qiao Rui and Li Shuyi, to Tongguan, Sizhou, to help Cao Ren guard the pass.
Tian Feng asked: "My Lord, is he worried that the Xiliang army will turn against him?"
Bai Xiaowen nodded.
Dong Zhaoqi said: "The Xiliang army sent the patients for medical treatment. If they can be cured or not, they can only accept their fate. If Ma Teng died, we can only say that his fate should be like this. What does it have to do with us? How can we kill someone?
What’s the point of coming to your door to kick the gym?”
Bai Xiaowen said: "This matter is full of weirdness, so we must be on guard. This first army is just an advance army. If the Xiliang army really comes to kill, I must personally raise the army to reject it."
Dong Zhao said: "Ma Teng is dead and the Xiliang dragons are leaderless, so there is no need to bother the lord to go to the expedition himself. All he needs to do is appoint a general to go and conquer."
Bai Xiaowen said heartily, you don't know how vicious Ma Chao is.
It was also because Ma Chao lived in Xiliang, a remote place, and had not yet made a name for himself in the Central Plains.
Not only did Dong Zhao despise Ma Chao, but even Cao Cao in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms suffered a big loss from Ma Chao because of his contempt at the beginning. He was beaten to the point where he cut off his beard and discarded his robe, and seized ships to avoid arrows. If it weren't for Xu Chu's divine power to protect the Lord, Cao Cao would have died.
It really hung up.
Bai Xiaowen could only say: "The lion fights the rabbit, and he also tries his best. Now the world is in chaos, and all the heroes are rising together. This is not a time for ease and enjoyment. As the great commander, I must take the lead, so that I can be invincible."
Dong Zhao sighed.
However, Tian Feng was thoughtful, looked around and saw that there was no one else, and whispered:
"My lord did not seem surprised by Ma Teng's death. Instead, he set up various back-up tactics to deal with it. Could it be that Ma Teng's death was really the result of my lord's order Lang Yazi?"
Bai Xiaowen quickly shook his head: "Why did Mr. Tian say this? Although Ma Teng's death was expected by me, it was not my instruction. Langyazi Taoist master, Zhang Shenyi's medical master; even if I want to instruct these two to harm others, they
I am determined not to do so."
Tian Feng breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said with a smile: "I made a mistake, my lord, please punish me."
Of course Bai Xiaowen would not blame Tian Feng. In fact, Bai Xiaowen has been very calm since the incident. If other people saw it, they would also murmur in their hearts.
Qiao Rui and Li Shuyi immediately set off and led their troops to Tongguan. They also brought raven messengers with them to quickly deliver information.
…
Chang'an City.
The whole city wore mourning, and the three armies mourned!
When Ma Chao saw Ma Teng's coffin, he yelled and fell backwards.
He was helped up quickly from left to right.
Ma Chao held the coffin and sighed: "Today I know that Jian Yong's words are true!"
Ma Dai was stunned and asked for clues. Ma Chao told the story of Uncle Liu's envoy Jian Yong's visit.
Ma Dai frowned and said, "It's hard to tell whether this is true or not, and it's baseless."
Ma Xiu, who was holding the coffin at the side, said: "Brother! I also think Yuan Xi is suspicious. As soon as he met, he used the emperor's righteousness to suppress others and asked us to withdraw from Chang'an. This shows that he is very dissatisfied with our occupation of Chang'an.
"
Ma Yunlu said: "Second brother is wrong. From what I see, Yuan Xi is really an upright gentleman and a dignified husband. He doesn't seem like someone who would use such despicable tricks."
Ma Xiu said dissatisfiedly: "Little sister, don't let him deceive you! If this Yuan Xi is a righteous gentleman, how can he defeat Cao Cao? He must be more insidious, cunning, cruel and vicious than Cao Cao!"
Ma Yunlu wanted to speak, but he heard Ma Chao sternly say: "Shut up! This matter has nothing to do with Yuan Xi. Jian Yong is right. There are people in the world who are both skilled in Taoist magic and have the motive to murder his father.
, there is no one else but him! Think about Zhang Lu, who is cowardly and conservative, how could he dare to use such methods?"
Suddenly someone came to report, and a letter from Zhang Luxiu of Hanzhong was delivered.
Ma Chao opened it on the spot and read it, and then told everyone: "Zhang Lu is willing to restore the old relationship between the two families. He will never mention the matter of the third assistant again. He will treat it as being deceived by Cao Cao into taking away 300,000 hu of grain."
Zhang Lu took the initiative to give up the fight for the third assistant, which indeed cleared his suspicion.
Ma Chao gritted his teeth and said, "When I advance my troops into Jizhou and destroy Yecheng, I will then question Yuan Xi!"