Chapter XXXVIII
Zu Sima, what it is, Ma Yue doesn't know. But Ma Yue knew that these soldiers were serious Danyang County soldiers, and their uniforms were the standard equipment of the Han local army.
Although Ma Yue had been a grassroots officer for many years, he could still see at a glance that the equipment of the little leader of the county soldiers in front of him was just a commander, and the soldiers wearing cloth armor behind him all illustrated a fact.
Although these people are very bastards in their words, they are indeed soldiers of the Han Dynasty, and there is no way to fake this.
Ma Yue, who recognized this fact, felt a little angry in his heart, according to his temperament, he should really let Heifu cut off this little tun chief who spoke wildly with a knife. But the problem is that he Ma Yue is not a key criminal arrested by the imperial court, and second, he is not a domineering young master of the public mansion, so he has no reason to do so.
"Hef, let them check it out."
Heifu hatefully stepped aside, he was already eager to draw his sword, he was not afraid of these dozen soldiers at all, and the tun commander pushed him to move the real fire.
Ma Yue helped Cai Yan get out of the car, and Uncle Liu walked over from the back of the car after a few breaths, the expression on his face was very calm, but Ma Yue was keenly aware that his expression was different from usual.
"Three books, good fellow, Tun Chief, these people have brought a lot of gold, and three short spears, do you want to tell Sima?"
Ma Yue began to wonder when he heard this, not that he had found the gold and wanted to tell Sima, but that he had misplaced the focus of these soldiers...... Ma Yue knew that there were two bows and a three-stone crossbow in the box behind his car.
The chief suddenly sensed a lot of pressure after Ma Yue got closer, this man was strong and still wearing leather armor, and his temperament looked like a veteran on the battlefield. Hearing the shouts of his subordinates, he pretended to take two steps forward to the left, but Yu Ma Yue got out of the way and said, "Count things first, and talk less about other things that don't have you to do." ”
At the same time, the tun commander beckoned and said to a soldier: "Get off their weapons and go to inform Zu Sima personally." ”
On the Yangtze River, when Ma Yue's passenger boat went to Jiangxia, he was also checked by the navy once, so he did not doubt him, so he took off the ring knife and put it aside, and waited for Zu Sima in the mouth of these soldiers with his hands around his chest.
To tell the truth, if these soldiers are under the command of Ma Yue, they will be dragged out and beaten with fifty sticks first. What's the hell? Even the military discipline of the county soldiers in Liangzhou is much better than theirs.
Ma Yue's luggage was not much, and it was checked after a short time, Cai Yan got out of the carriage and kept standing beside Ma Yue without speaking.
Cai Yan did not feel a trace of unhappiness in his heart when he was stopped and interrogated by the county soldiers, but felt a little sad...... A character like Ma Yue who called for wind and rain in Luoyang is now a white body and has to be blamed by these soldiers, if it is his father's guilty body back then, what should he do?
Cai Yan didn't know that Cai Yong was in exile until this time, and this surnamed Zu had not yet become a military horse, and as soon as he arrived in Yangzhou, twenty or thirty people from Gu Yong's family surrounded him and went straight to Wu County, and he was not bullied at all.
Ma Yue looked at Cai Yan's face a little bad, and thought she was a little scared, so he comforted gently: "Don't be afraid, they are all soldiers." ”
Cai Yan glanced at Ma Yue, she also knew that these people were soldiers, and she was not afraid, but she didn't explain to Ma Yue, just nodded.
Not long after, dust was blowing in the distance on the official road, and from a distance, a man was riding on a horse, and there were more than a dozen people running behind him carrying Changge.
Thinking that this is what they call Zu Sima, Ma Yue thought.
Sure enough, as soon as the visitor arrived here, he turned over and dismounted, and the ride under him was obviously not a good thing, but just an ordinary bad horse. In Yangzhou, buffaloes run faster than horses.
There are too few good horses here.
"In Xia Zulang, I have seen this ...... The head of the carriage is right? ”
Zu Lang said very politely, but there was no half of respect on his expression, Ma Yue lowered his head and saw this Zu Lang from head to foot, he was about thirty years old, he looked quite burly, but he was only seven feet tall, and he looked very powerful with a ring knife on his waist, and his eyebrows were quite upright, but a mouthful of 'earth-covered' teeth ruined the whole appearance, and he stared when he spoke, making Ma Yue feel that this person was ready to fight with others at any time.
Ma Yue didn't answer, just arched his hand, Zu Lang was not surprised, and patted the back of the head of the tun chief with a haha and asked, "Is the inspection finished?" ”
"Go back to Sima, the inspection is finished."
The tun chief's flattering expression was not rewarded in the slightest, Zu Lang looked at the back of the head of the tun chief, and said with a smile: "After the inspection, don't you deduct the sword, bow and crossbow and take the poll tax and let it go?" ”
Ma Yue felt that it was wrong when he heard it, and asked: "The poll tax is okay, but the weapons have to be kept." ”
"Hey!" Zu Lang smiled, moved his fingers and said: "You have one, two, three, four, four people here, each of you has three gold head tax, you have ten gold here, and the remaining two gold are brought with weapons and horses." ”
"Now, everything belongs to my grandfather." Zu Lang said and opened his hands and smiled: "Take advantage of the happiness of the master today, you should leave quickly!" ”
As he spoke, Zu Lang had already picked out a gold cake from Ma Yue's salute and threw it to the tun chief, and said with a smile: "Give it to the brothers." ”
At this moment, everyone was stunned, Cai Yan looked at Ma Yue with wide eyes, where is there a military Sima as a thief robbing the business travel of passing pedestrians on this official road, Ma Yue was anxious when he heard it.
But even though he was angry, he still pressed it down, there were only three men on his side who still carried a Cai Yan, and the weapons of the three were all unarmed and unarmed.
He couldn't hurt Cai Yan because of this impulsiveness.
There are more than 30 soldiers on Zulang's side, all of which are equipped with orthodox Han Dynasty soldiers, from bamboo guns to ring knives.
Just kidding, Ma Yue is really like the legend of Luoyang to champion the three armies, and he can't overturn so many county soldiers with his bare hands.
Ma Yue took a deep breath, nodded hatefully and said, "Okay, okay, then you can take it all." ”
"Acquaintance!" Zu Lang stretched out his thumb to Ma Yue, patted his arm and smiled: "Acquaintance, not bad." ”
Heifu and Liu Bo both looked at Ma Yue in disbelief, the two of them felt that even empty-handed could barely fight, this era emphasizes the death of the lord and the minister, even if they die, Ma Yue will not be allowed to suffer such humiliation. But they saw Ma Yue shaking his head at them.
Zulang's men untied the three ring knives, and the horses were unloaded from the carriage, and they were about to leave with their luggage, when Zulang suddenly stretched out his palm and drank his men.
His hand pointed at Cai Yan.
He saw that Cai Yan looked fresh and refined, and Ma Yue, although he looked fierce, looked like he was frightened by his own crowd, so he had a crooked thought in his heart...... He felt that the wealth of ten gold was much more important than a girl, Ma Yue even gave them this money, what else could he not do?
"Little ones, please bring this young lady back with you...... Yes! ”
Before Zu Lang finished speaking, Ma Yue's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he instantly pulled out a bronze dagger from his back waist, and almost in the blink of an eye, he had already stabbed off Zu Lang's outstretched fingers!
Snatch my belongings, it's okay.
But Cai Yan, move, no!