This group of messengers is extraordinary.

Ma Teng, who was injured by Zhang Lu and was sick in bed, was escorted by someone and forced to come by car.

Escorted along the way were Ma Teng's son Ma Xiu, nephew Ma Dai, daughter Ma Yunlu, and Han Sui's daughter Han Qi. A group of junior generals led 300 cavalry to follow.

Before the envoy arrived, Bai Xiaowen first received a joint letter from Cao Ren and Zhong Xuan.

After reading the letter, Bai Xiaowen sent a message to his subordinates.

Cao Ren and Zhong Xuan said in the letter that the day before yesterday, Ma Chao and Han Sui suddenly led the elite cavalry to the bottom of Tongguan, and asked the guards to come out to answer.

Cao Ren was a serious character, and he was worried about fraud, so he answered in the city.

Ma Chao questioned Cao Ren and accepted 2,000 war horses and 100,000 grains of rice from the Xiliang army, and pledged the land of Sanfu to Xiliang as a transaction, why did he sell the land of Sanfu to Zhang Lu first?

The Xiliang army captured Sanfu, and the military rations and soldiers and pensions consumed were already a large number, not to mention that the main general Ma Teng was severely injured by Zhang Lu.

The reason is that Cao Cao's daughter Xu and the two families led to this war that should not have happened!

Therefore, Ma Chao demanded that Cao Cao Group must compensate.

Even if Cao Cao has been defeated, the death of the people will not be eliminated. Whoever seized Cao Cao's territory, this account should be counted on whose head.

That's right, Ma Chao almost didn't name him, and called "Yuan Xi" to be responsible.

Ma Chao's rhetoric was obviously taught by someone.

There is still some truth in the previous remarks on accountability, and the latter said that letting Yuan Xi take over Cao Cao's plate is a bit nonsense.

Cao Ren is not good at arguing, so he can only report to Zhong Xuan.

Zhong Miao is a smart man, and debate is his forte, so he immediately revised a book, quoted scriptures, refuted Ma Chao's remarks one by one, and finally pointed out that Ma Chao's accountability is just an excuse, and he might as well say the real purpose.

Ma Chao was also upright, and did not continue to argue on the issue of Sanfu, but made it clear that his father Ma Teng was plotted by the Daomen demon arts, and he was sick in bed and often in a coma.

I heard that Yuan Xi, the lord of the Yuan family, is proficient in Taoism, if he can unlock Zhang Lu's demon art for his old father Ma Teng, then not only will the matter of Sanfu be written off, but he is also willing to send his younger brother Ma Xiu and Ma Dai into the court as hostages.

As Zhong Xuan expected, Ma Chao's real purpose was to ask Yuan Xi to help lift the curse of witchcraft in Ma Teng's place.

In this regard, Zhong Xuan did not dare to decide on his own, and only said that he would report to Da Sima first.

However, Ma Teng's condition can't wait.

Ma Chao proposed to send a team of envoys to Yedu in the name of paying tribute to the imperial court.

This is the first local warlord who is willing to pay tribute to the imperial court since moving to Yedu. Although Zhong Xuan knew that it was fake, there was no reason to stop it.

Fortunately, there were only 300 relatives and four military generals, and they were still escorting Ma Teng, a seriously ill and dying man, and he was not afraid that they would turn their faces after entering the customs. So, Zhong Xuan and Cao Ren jointly wrote a letter to send the news to Yedu before the arrival of the Xiliang Army's tribute team, so that Bai Xiaowen could be mentally prepared and not be confused.

The judge said: "Ma Chao is too rude! Now the lord is unified in the north and shocks China. In the north and south of the Yellow River, who does not know the prestige of the lord? Liang Ma Chao, an ignorant child, dares to blackmail under the pretext! The lord might as well retreat and send an edict from the Son of Heaven to blame him. ”

Today's Ma Chao is not very famous in the Three Kingdoms plane, his prestige is mainly spread in the Xiliang Qiang tribe, and there is no such person as him in the Central Plains, so the trial will be despised.

Dong Zhao said: "Although the meaning of blackmail is obvious, the other party enters the capital in the name of tribute, and he must not lose the heart of distant people. ”

Bai Xiaowen asked, "What does Gongren (Dong Zhao) mean?"

Dong Zhao said: "Whether the lord wants to marry Ma Chao or plan to deal with Ma Chao, he should contain Ma Teng." With his father as a hostage, Ma Chao will definitely obey the orders of the lord. When the time comes, the lord orders him to attack Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang, or go north to merge with the state and exterminate the horse thieves, but he will not dare to disobey. ”

Bai Xiaowen asked for the opinions of Tian Feng, Xun Yu and other strategists.

Tian Feng was more serious, and he didn't agree with Dong Zhao's opinion too much, and said:

"The key to this matter lies in whether the lord has the ability to cure Ma Teng. Since Ma Chao was so eager to send Ma Teng over, it means that Ma Teng's condition has deteriorated to the point where it is difficult to delay, and he may die in a few days. When the time came, he resented Xiliang and gave the other party an excuse to raise troops. ”

Xun Yu nodded and said, "The lord might as well meet the Xiliang envoy to see how Ma Teng's situation is." If it can be cured, it will be contained, and if it cannot be treated, it will be returned immediately. ”

Bai Xiaowen nodded and smiled: "What you said makes sense, I already have a plan in my heart." He then ordered someone to go to the White Horse Temple to invite Taoist priest Ge Xuan to come over.

The White Horse Temple is the largest Taoist temple in Yedu.

After Bai Xiaowen returned to Yedu, he often recited the Taiping Sutra.

But for such a thing as cultivating the Tao, it is more reliable to have a teacher to lead the way. Bai Xiaowen repaired the White Horse Temple, and invited Uncle Ge (yé) to Yedu from Beiping, Youzhou. Usually, he never bothered Ge Xuan, and only when he encountered difficulties, he went over to ask for advice with the book of heaven.

Now that he encounters Ma Teng's case, Bai Xiaowen, a fake Taoist, would never dare to diagnose and treat him, he doesn't have this ability.

However, Ge Xuan is different, he is from a professional class (crossed out), Zuo Ci's personal disciple, and a Taoist monk with strong roots.

Just when Ge Xuan went to the pavilion to see Ma Teng's condition, Bai Xiaowen also met with the Xiliang envoy team.

It is worth mentioning that he saw acquaintances in it.

Camille Rockefeller, the big girl of the United States, actually entered as Han Qi, the daughter of Xiliang Taishou Han Sui! Her two teammates, Monica is a maid, and Lu Rock is a servant.

However, Camille has not been idle in Xiliang for a month. First of all, he exterminated a well-known bandit in the territory, and was recognized by the cheap father Han Sui, and officially dressed up and became a female general;

At this time, Camille already had the ability to find Bai Xiaowen. However, because Yuan Xi and Cao Xiong both showed completely different strengths from those in the romance, Camille didn't know which one was Bai Xiaowen, so she temporarily watched for a while, and by the way, continued to increase her weight in the Xiliang army.

It was a smart decision.

Later, in the process of attacking Chang'an, the Camille trio performed well, made great contributions to the breakthrough of the city gate, and further increased their reputation in the Xiliang army.

After that, "Yuan Xi" defeated the Cao clan and unified the north, while Cao Xiong was nowhere to be found.

At this point, Camille looked at the extra thirty or forty days of free exploration time on her "account", where did she still not understand? So she took the opportunity to escort Ma Teng this time and came over in person to meet Bai Xiaowen!