After Ma Chao climbed to three steps in front of Dian Wei and Dong Yi, he stopped.
Then he took out a match from his pocket, struck one, and lit a half-used candle.
The dim candlelight quickly conveyed the scene in front of Ma Chao into Ma Chao's eyes.
He looked at Dian Wei who was unwilling to close his eyes on the ground and Dong Yi, who had a look of madness on his face, holding a crossbow machine, and his back felt cold.
If Dong Yi, a stupid woman, hadn't fallen ill at the last moment, there would have been no chance of him escaping a fatal blow in a secret passage that only allowed one person to pass.
Not to mention, Dong Yi also had a crossbow that was quenched with poison.
Even if the sharkskin-linked gold inner armor on the body can prevent poisonous arrows from penetrating, if it hits a place that cannot be protected, such as the arm or face, it will definitely lead to death.
But now it seems that neither of them is likely to pose a threat to themselves anymore.
Ma Chao looked at the blood-stained and prostrate body in front of him and remained silent for a long time.
However, he did not step forward to replenish his sword and completely cut off the lives of the two people.
Instead, he said to himself leisurely: "It's over like this."
His tone was as calm and kind as a twilight old man seeing through the hatred in the world, without any hostility.
But Dong Yi didn't care about Ma Chao's state of mind.
She endured the intense pain, took out a crossbow arrow, and tried her best to put it into the shooting slot.
Seeing this, Ma Chao bent down and walked past Dian Wei's body.
The soles of his boots were stained with the mud reddened by Dong Yi's blood.
After putting the poisonous arrow into the shooting trough, he couldn't learn anything from holding it in his own hands.
He has a good manners and behaves so stupidly that Dong Yi regrets it after shooting himself with an arrow at the last moment.
Because he knew that Dong Yi, a woman, would shoot that poisonous arrow without hesitation.
"I have nothing to say about you.
You always think that everyone and everything in the world must go according to your wishes.
Everything belongs to you and you deserve everything."
Throwing the crossbow aside, Ma Chao looked at Dong Yi's face.
The ferocious and chaotic face seemed to see the worst and most selfish side of human nature: "For a person like you, waiting to die alone in such a secret passage, it is a worthy death."
Dong Yi still didn't feel the slightest gratitude at the last moment.
The only thing she felt was the premonition of death, like a dead man's cold finger slowly scratching her back, and her whole body trembled involuntarily.
However, her answer to Ma Chao's words was: "Ma Chao, you have ruined me in this life.
If possible in the next life, I will destroy your family and make your life worse than death."
"Next life" Ma Chao also had a hint of confusion in his tone after hearing this word.
He never believed in reincarnation.
However, in his previous life, he lived in a prosperous but cruel steel jungle.
If there was an afterlife, where would he be?
Or would he go to an era of bright stars with a silent accusation?
"Your heart is confused," Dian Wei's voice sounded in the darkness.
Although he was weak, his tone was still firm, "I never thought that the majestic King Yong would be confused by such a woman's words.
What kind of contradiction are you?
Why do people like this appear in this world again?"
"Is there anything wrong with my appearance?"
Ma Chao turned around and smiled: "In troubled times, people like me are needed, and naturally we also need people like Cao Cao.
However, when we are too similar, we will use all means to fight against each other.
Winning or losing, I cannot avoid this kind of thing, let alone shrink from it.”
"Haha, that's true.
However, I don't quite understand what you said.
Listen, if you are still a warrior, kill me with one sword now.
I believe that Mr.
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Cao and Master Xi will avenge me.
"The voice in the darkness was extremely tired.
Dian Wei, the martial arts master, understood his situation and outcome very well.
"No, they won't."
Ma Chao replied leisurely.
He took out the Su Tiejian from his waist and came to Dian Wei.
In the dark secret passage, there was a "pop" sound, which was the sound of metal piercing flesh.
Dian Wei's eyes suddenly widened, and his two chapped lips wriggled but no sound came out.
Then he coughed violently, and you could see that his mouth was full of blood, but he still struggled to make a sound: "It's better to die under King Yong's sword than to be killed by a crazy woman."
It's such an honor to kill him with an arrow.
Thank you King Yong for making it happen."
Dian Wei's voice deepened, and soon the secret passage fell into dead silence.
But after Ma Chao drew out his sword, his face looked very ugly.
After reaching out and closing Dian Wei's eyes, he said slowly: "Go with peace of mind, there will be many people to accompany you soon."
In the end, Ma Chao stopped feeling sentimental and continued to move forward in the direction of the hole in front.
He knew that he might not be able to catch up with Xi Zhicai, but at the same time, he also knew that Xi Zhicai couldn't escape this time.
This secret passage should lead to the backyard of Cai Mansion.
Brother Chou, Ma Dai, and Ma Xiu have been forced by themselves to lead troops to besiege Cai Mansion.
As he walked like this, he just wanted to use the darkness here to make himself more ruthless.
Because what happens next will be a hundred times more bloody than this.
His heart must be as cold as iron As for Dong Yi in the secret passage, as time passed, she held her head with one arm and huddled up in a ball in the secret passage in fear.
Only this posture could give her a sense of security.
Like a frightened kitten, she could only murmur helplessly: "Father, grandma, sister, where are you?
Yi'er misses you so much."
When Ma Chao walked out of the secret passage, he saw that Cai Mao was in chaos, and his sudden appearance scared Cai Mao out of his courage.
Later, the door was violently knocked open by Jianma, and no one in the entire Cai Mansion dared to resist.
When the current Chou Brother saw that Ma Chao was safe and sound, he loudly reported: "My lord, my subordinates are fortunate to have fulfilled their orders.
This operation was a complete victory, and the enemy leader Xi Zhicai was also captured."
Ma Chao sighed, looked at the trembling people in the Cai Mansion, and said: "Catch them all, take everyone to the prison, and you will personally preside over the trial.
As for playing Zhicai, let's follow the old rules of Chang'an."
Brother Chou chuckled.
He naturally knew that Ma Chao's old rule was house arrest.
He also knew that what Ma Chao did was to make the best use of everyone after the world was unified.
In the next few days, Xiangyang City was bustling with activity, and people were arrested and tried every day.
Speaking of which, this case was the most sensational case in Xiangyang City, which had been quiet for many years.
Pulling out the carrots and bringing out the mud actually involved four or five yamen, sixty or seventy large merchant families, and more than two thousand criminals.
The rebels who were involved with Cai Mao were swept away.
Finally, Brother Chou came to report to Ma Chao, and the case was basically cleared up.
As Ma Chao guessed, the case was carried out by the Cao family under the control of Cai Mao.
They used Cao's network in Jing'an and Cai Mao's deep-rooted influence in Xiangyang.
When Cao Ang sent the alliance letter, the big operation to assassinate Ma Chao had already begun. operation.
In view of the fact that the Cao family was so vicious towards the Ma family, Ma Chao immediately ordered Cao Ang to be imprisoned in Xiangyang City until the army defeated the Cao family before making a decision.
This result can be said to have shocked the civil and military forces of the Ma family.
No matter how you look at it, what the Cao family did, killing Cao Ang and sacrificing the flag in a crusade was considered an easy task.
And Ma Chao has never been a soft-hearted guy, and he even slaughtered Cai Mao's group.
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Why do you treat Cao Ang so tolerantly?
Rumor has it that Ma Chao had a crush on Mrs.
Cao Ang and used Cao Ang as a hostage to force Mrs.
Cao Ang to submit.
But as soon as this rumor arose, it was immediately explained away by another rumor.
"Bullshit, why are you coveting the beauty of Mrs.
Cao Ang?
Wouldn't it be more convenient to kill Cao Ang and monopolize his wife?
What King Yong did this time is that he hated the Cao family deeply and wanted to gather together the Cao family to watch them.
The whole family was raided and executed.”
This rumor was much more powerful than the previous one, and the people in Xiangyang City quickly believed the second explanation.
The Ma Jiajun's recent frequent transfers and large-scale preparation activities also make this rumor more convincing.
However, only Tang Xiaomi from the Sheriff's Mansion knew that the method of using one rumor to cover up another was something that the Ma family had studied for many years.
Only then did he come up with the best way to deal with rumors.
"Xiaomi, thank you so much, my lord, for not killing your husband."
Tang Xiaomi prostrated herself.
She no longer knew what words could express her gratitude.
"You don't need to thank me.
If you want to thank me, just thank your noble family."
Ma Chao smiled leisurely as he looked at Xun You's report that the army was ready to go out at any time.
"Cao Gong" "Yes, that's him."
Ma Chao put away the report and explained: "Sending Cao Ang as a hostage seems to be Cao Cao's stupidest move.
However, I know that he is looking for the last way out for the Cao family.
Because He knows that no matter what, you will learn a little bit about my assassination, and you will never betray me.
Ma family.
I am grateful for your kindness, so I will naturally not kill Cao Ang.
If it happens, Cao Cao will be happy and take you and Cao Ang away easily; if it fails, Cao Cao will finally show off.
I have a clear understanding of this decisive battle, so I kept Cao Ang in order to leave the last bloodline for the Cao family."
"Oh, that's it."
Tang Xiaomi was shocked.
She could not have imagined that this conspiracy was so complete and coherent.
At this moment, Xu Rong appeared armed and anxiously reported to Ma Chao: "My lord, Liu Bei of Xichuan has sent troops":