glanced at Ma Chao in a complicated way, to Ma Chao's surprise, Ma Teng didn't hit him again, which surprised Ma Chao, who was ready to accept a storm.
"Put your clothes on."
Ma Teng hung up the rattan, looked at Ma Tie, Ma Xiu, and Ma Dai, who was standing behind Ma Chao, like Ma Chao's shadow, and sighed.
"You don't fight" Ma Chao looked at Ma Teng cautiously, but he quickly put on his clothes, pulled the wound on his back, and grinned in pain.
"If you want, I'll continue."
Ma Teng snorted coldly and sat on the rattan chair, this rattan chair is woven from rattan by some people who have been to Chang'an after the chair of Chang'an, which is quite comfortable, Ma Teng likes the feeling of sitting on the rattan chair and commanding thousands of troops.
Ma Teng, who is getting older and has passed his prime, is already a little unaccustomed to continuing to charge, plus there is a son like Ma Chao, and there are fierce generals like Pang De to assist, basically, there is no need for Ma Teng to charge again.
Ma Chao came to Ma Teng's hand and knelt down, here, it seems that except for Ma Teng, everyone else still has to stay kneeling, in fact, Ma Chao also found someone to make a chair in his room, but here, except for Ma Teng, others are not eligible to enjoy this treatment.
"This time I went to Jingzhao for my father and became an official in the court, although His Majesty has ordered you to take over the military and political affairs of Longxi, you are too violent, if you don't accept it, sooner or later it will bring disaster to my Ma family" Ma Teng sat on the rattan chair and looked at Ma Chao with a frown.
"Father, don't worry, the child promises not to make trouble with that Xu Huang again."
Ma Chao hurriedly straightened his chest and said.
"Didn't you say that you would meet friends with martial arts" Ma Teng glared at him and snorted coldly.
Ma Chao shrunk his neck and stopped talking, so as not to say too much and make too many mistakes.
Sighing, Ma Teng looked at Pang De on the side and said: "Ling Ming has a calm personality, has the style of a general, and has been with my Ma family for many years, with rich experience, after I leave, I must discuss with Ling Ming more in case of trouble, and I must not be arbitrary." ” "Got it."
Ma Chao was a little unhappy, but Pang De is known to be a military in the army, and his sword skills are even above him, when Ma Chao and Yan Xing clashed, if it wasn't for Pang De's timely arrival, maybe now Ma Chao has grown grass on his grave, although he is not surnamed Ma, but he is quite respected by Ma Chao and others, at this time Ma Teng asked Pang De to supervise him, Ma Chao had nothing to say.
"Ling Ming."
Ma Teng looked at Pound Dao.
"The last general" Pound hurriedly got up and saluted.
"My unsuccessful son, I will ask Ling Ming to take care of it in the future."
Ma Teng sighed, stood up, patted Pang De's shoulder and said: "Although you and I are not brothers, but over the years we have shared ups and downs, I treat you as my brother. ” "Why should the lord say such a discouraged remark," Pound was shocked when he heard this.
Ma Chao on the side was also a little furious when he heard this: "Father, isn't it that the emperor recruited you into Beijing this time, and he really wants to harm you, if so, then the child will now raise troops to Chang'an and ask him for an explanation." ” "Shut up" Ma Teng was dumbfounded when he heard this, and roared: "If you say this wordless without a king and a father, I will break your leg now" "The lord is angry," Pang De hurriedly grabbed Ma Teng and persuaded.
Ma Teng took a breath, glared at Ma Chao and said: "You have no temper even if you can beat Xu Gongming, then in Chang'an, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun, with 3,000 people breaking 50,000 Huns, the courage of the two is above Xu Huang, not to mention that there is also Lu Fengxian, who was able to dominate the heroes under the Tiger Prison in the past, he alone, you are afraid that you can't even hold on to Shihe, what kind of face do you have to say this wildly" Ma Chao's handsome face turned red, it was the era of youth and blood, and he was full of martial arts and mighty Qiang Hu, and he couldn't tolerate others saying that he couldn't do it, but what Ma Teng said at this moment, he couldn't refute it, Xu Huang said more than once, among Chang'an, the strong generals are like clouds, not to mention the few who were pointed by Ma Teng, as well as Tai Shici, Gan Ning, Wei Yan, Xiahoulan, and Zhang Xiu, the gun king of the north.
But the truth is like this, but Ma Teng said it without giving face now, but it deeply hurt Ma Chao's self-esteem.
"Lord, I don't know why the lord wants to say such depressing words, could it be that His Majesty really has ulterior motives for recruiting the lord into Beijing this time" Pang De hurriedly changed the topic and asked.
"Alas" Ma Teng sighed, and said leisurely: "Your Majesty is a rare Ming Jun, has the heart to revitalize the Han family, although young, but since last year to regain the power of the court, less than a year, I heard that now Guanzhong, all the people support, the army is also quite respectful, plus this year's harvest in Guanzhong, the court has been as stable as Mount Tai, I Xiliang is close to Guanzhong, Your Majesty recruited me into Beijing this time, although it is promoted, but there is also the intention of recovering Xiliang. ” After all, he is a prince, although he is a military general, but he is not a real reckless man, at least in this matter, Ma Teng is very clear, Liu Xie recruited him into the court, I am afraid that he is already ready to make a move on Xiliang.
Think about Liu Xie's command, most of the soldiers are from Xiliang, if you want to reorganize the rivers and mountains this time, whether it is from the perspective of righteousness or people's hearts, Xiliang is the easiest one to subdue.
And Ma Teng, as the most influential of the two warlords of Xiliang, once he was recruited into Chang'an by Liu Xie, the originally balanced situation in Xiliang would be destroyed.
Although Ma Chao is brave, he has enough prestige among the Qiang people, but his character is too strong, the Qiang people are afraid of him, but they do not respect him, Pang De is more than calm, but when it comes to prestige, it is not enough to convince the public, once he leaves, there will be many problems exposed, if in a few years, when Ma Chao is older and understands some ways to win people's hearts, Ma Teng will be less worried, but today's Ma Chao cannot provoke the beam of the Ma family.
"In this case, why does my father want to enter Beijing, the emperor will promote my father and accept it."
Ma Chao said in a muffled voice.
"Nonsense" Ma Teng's face was solemn, he looked at Ma Chao, and said in a deep voice: "My Ma family is after General Fubo's Ma Yuan, anyone can disobey the orders of the imperial court, but only my Ma family can't be remembered by you." ” "But father, this is foolish," Ma Chao said unhappily.
"You" Ma Teng glared at Ma Chao and wanted to scold, but in the end he sighed, shook his head and sighed: "In the future, you may understand that my Ma family can have today's status, relying on this loyalty."
This Ma Chao really didn't understand, but Ma Teng didn't get angry about this matter, but made him even more stunned and didn't dare to say more.
Seeing that Ma Chao didn't speak, Ma Teng hesitated for a moment, and then said to Ma Chao and Pang De in a deep voice: "You two need to keep an eye on that Han Sui, this person has been in close contact with Xianbei recently, and has repeatedly provoked Meng Qi and Xu Huang, wanting to make my Ma family turn their backs on the court.
Ma Chao made a throat-slitting motion, and the cold air that bloomed in his eyes at that moment was Ma Chao, who had always been bold, couldn't help but feel a little chilly.
After a while, Ma Chao reacted and stared at Ma Teng, as if he knew his father for the first time: "Father, you are not" Ma Teng has always been played by Han Sui like a fool, even Ma Chao can see that Han Sui harbors evil intentions, but Ma Teng treats Han Sui as a brother, today's order is really unexpected.
"Meng Qi" Ma Teng looked at Ma Chao solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "Whether it is an official or a general, or even a prince, there are only two things you have to learn, compromise and pretending to be stupid." sighed: "My father and that Han Sui have been looking at each other for twenty years, how can I not know that he is just Xiliang who needs stability, especially after Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, and Guo Yan, Xiliang can no longer withstand an internal friction, this person is very good at demagoguery, once our two sides go to war, the outcome is unpredictable."
Han Sui has a lot of black history, provoking the Qiang people to rebel, and then seeing the bad opportunity, he very decisively sold Beigong Boyu, who was very prosperous at that time, and then Beigong Boyu died, but Han Sui changed from a thief to a court official, and the burning Dangqiang left by Beigong Boyu also became his subordinate.
After Dong Zhuo's chaos, Han Sui attached himself to Ma Teng and denounced Dong Zhuo, but on the other hand, he secretly colluded with Dong Zhuo and betrayed the information of the princes, until Dong Zhuo's death, he had become the Taishou of Jincheng, and his status was on par with Ma Teng.
But now, the imperial court intends to recover Xiliang, and Ma Teng was recruited into the court, Ma Teng is worried, even if he does not mean to harm Han Sui, once the imperial court begins to act against the two major warlords of Xiliang, Ma Teng is eighty percent sure, Han Sui will not hesitate to clean up his own forces, integrate Xiliang, and then surrender to the imperial court, this is Han Sui's usual trick, with the support of the entire Xiliang behind him, the imperial court may also be forced by the situation, coupled with Han Sui's attitude, choose to accept Han Sui's surrender, and selectively forget about the Ma family.
Although Ma Teng wanted to be loyal to the imperial court, he didn't want his power to be wiped out by Han Sui so unexplained, so when he was preparing to enter Beijing at this time, he changed his previous ignorant attitude towards Han Sui's actions, and solemnly warned the two to be vigilant against Han Sui.
There are some things, it's not that he doesn't know, but even if he says it, it won't help the overall situation, so he chose to pretend to be stupid, which is the wisdom that belongs to Ma Teng.
Ma Chao looked at his father in a daze, and he didn't know what it was like in his heart, it turned out that he had seen through Han Sui's face all along, and today he realized that his father didn't know, but because of the situation, he didn't say it.
In the past, he always felt that his father was a little constrained and couldn't let him play, but this time, when Ma Teng was really about to leave, Ma Chao suddenly felt an indescribable pressure pressing on him, which made him feel breathless. t1706231537: