Chapter 536: A Subtle Pattern

Tao Guiren's life was saved by the pottery merchant and others.

The most important thing at the moment is to deal with Su Fuyan's attacking soldiers and horses on the one hand, and to find his nephew Liu Xi on the other hand.

The potter led a group of soldiers and horses, personally met with the troops of Xu Chu, Xu Rong, and Zang Ba, and then quickly headed east.

Since his nephew Liu Xi was not in Tao Guiren's arms, the potter analyzed that he must have been handed over by Tao Guiren to the people who reassured him.

In addition, the potter also knew that if the pottery nobles handed over the child to someone and sent it away, it was most likely to send it to their own territory, Pengcheng.

Because for Tao Hua, the only one who can really trust and have the ability to protect Liu Xi is the Tao family.

While the pottery merchant led the soldiers and horses to the east, Ma Xun, who was holding the child, was running in a panic in the dense forest, his body was a mixture of blood and rain, and he looked extremely embarrassed.

But even so, Ma Xun still did not give up hope, he gritted his teeth and ran desperately forward.

Behind him, there were several stragglers of the Wuhuan cavalry, galloping closely behind him.

Fortunately, Ma Xun walked on a rugged and difficult mountain and forest path, and there were muddy roads next to him, so the other party didn't catch up so quickly for a while, otherwise how could he and the prince Liu Xi still have their lives.

But after all, the other party is an elite cavalry, even if it is temporarily blocked due to terrain and natural reasons, it is impossible to really lose an old eunuch holding a child.

In a short time, they caught up with Mason.

Ma Xun heard the sound of horses' hooves following behind him, and couldn't help but close his eyes, and said sadly: "My life is on hold, but unfortunately I have not saved the life of the prince, I am sorry for Your Majesty, I am sorry for your nobles."

With that, he sat down on the spot with the child in his arms, just waiting for the knife to pierce his body.

But death did not come as expected, but the sound of fighting and shouting resounded in his ears.

Ma Xun opened one eye in confusion.

But I saw that it was a Han cavalry that I didn't know where to kill, and it had already faced those Wuhuan cavalry.

The cavalry of the Han army was extremely remarkable.

In a short time, he killed the Wuhuan cavalry.

Turning his head, the leader greeted Ma Xun: "Zhongchang Waiter, are you okay?"

Ma Xun looked at him suspiciously, and after carefully examining it for a long time, he said, "Are you ...... Xuande Gong? ”

Liu Bei turned over and dismounted, helped Ma Xun up, and said: "It's too late, but it frightened the Zhongchang servant, Zhongchang waiter, have you ever seen the kidnapping of His Majesty's dragon ......?"

When he said this, Liu Bei suddenly stopped talking.

His eyes stared directly at the child he was holding tightly in Ma Xun's hand, and there was a look of realization in his eyes.

He said to Ma Xun: "Zhongchang waiter, this child is ......"

"It's not!" Ma Xun stood up, hurriedly shrank back, stared at Liu Bei in fear, and tightened the hand holding the child again.

Ma Xun was in the Deyang Palace, and saw the ruthlessness of Fu Wan with his own eyes, and now Tao Guiren handed over his eldest son Liu Xi to him, unless he took this child to Pengcheng according to Tao Guiren's order and handed him over to the pottery merchant, Ma Xun would definitely not hand him over to anyone.

Liu Bei looked at Ma Xun with a panicked look on his face, knowing that there must be something inside.

He shook his head helplessly, and said: "Zhongchang Servant, I won't tell you, Bei Shicai has already met Uncle Guo and Guozhang, and now he is coming out to find His Majesty's body and the emperor's eldest son......"

After saying this, Ma Xun was stunned.

He looked at Liu Bei in horror, and he couldn't imagine that he would say such a thing.

"Your Majesty? What do you say is wrong with Your Majesty? ”

Liu Bei said to Ma Xun with great regret: "Your Majesty was attacked by Wuhuan thieves and has died, and now the body of the dragon is still in the hands of those thieves.......

Speaking of this, Liu Bei took a deep look at the baby in Ma Xun's hand, and said: "It is really a great man with endless providence, but the eldest son of the emperor was found, and this must be the result of His Majesty's spirit in the sky and the blessings of grace and righteousness." ”

Ma Xun shuddered and said: "Xuande Gong doesn't need to say more, the old slave is entrusted by others, and he must hand over the prince to the master, you can do what you should do, don't worry about the old slave." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he couldn't help but pouted secretly.

This Ma Xun doesn't have a long head when he speaks.

The prince is here, and he is prepared to be a Hanchen, so how can he care?

Besides, this army is chaotic, there are dangerous crises everywhere, you are a single eunuch, and you still want to protect the prince?

Isn't that a fuss?

Thinking of this, Liu Bei's face couldn't help but sink, and he said to Ma Xun: "Lieutenant Chief, the current situation is in crisis, and there are still important things to do, I don't have time to mess around with you...... Hand over the prince to me! ”

Ma Xun is also a little stunned now, and he doesn't recognize anyone except the potter.

"Don't give it!"

"Bold!" Zhang Fei roared angrily: "My brother is kind enough to save you!" How dare you, a thief, disobey the advice of others? How precious is a prince? I can put it in your hand! Don't you want to be the Zhang Rang who brought disaster to the country and the people? ”

Ma Xun shook his head vigorously and said, "I, I don't!" ”

Liu Bei wasn't talking nonsense with him, he just wanted to step forward and grab it.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of horses' hooves hurriedly sounding.

In the distance, I saw a Biao army hurrying in the direction of Liu Bei and others.

Liu Bei frowned, looked at it in surprise, the front of the Biao army was extremely fast, and rushed to the front of Liu Bei's army in a young time, and the cavalry led by him surrounded Ma Xun and Liu Bei and others under the command of a fierce general, and the general was holding a horse chopping knife to block Liu Bei and Ma Xun.

It was the Xuzhou Army, and the general who was the leader was Xu Chu.

Liu Bei naturally recognized Xu Chu.

He bowed his hand at Xu Chu and said, "General Xu, what do you mean by this?" ”

Xu Chu turned his head to look at Ma Xun and his child, and said with a smile: "Xuande Gong, on the occasion of this great chaos, you are not loyal to the Han family and sweep away the rebellion, but it is difficult to be an old eunuch here, so it is inevitable that you will be a little inferior, right?" ”

Liu Bei frowned and said, "What is General Xu talking about?" Do you know who this mid-servant is holding in his hands? This matter is related to the world of the Han family, so you must be cautious to investigate it! ”

When the words fell, the soldiers and horses at the rear of the Xuzhou army had already arrived, and the pottery merchant led Zang Ba and Xu Rong to come to him.

As soon as Ma Xun saw the potter, his hanging heart suddenly fell.

He stepped forward excitedly, trembling slightly towards the potter, and said, "Taifu! The old slave has finally found you! ”

The potter turned over and looked up and down at Ma Xun, who was covered in dirt and had a tired face, and his heart was very moved.

Although this person is a eunuch, he has also accepted a lot of money and bribes on weekdays, but at the critical moment, he still fulfilled the responsibilities of a courtier, and he can be regarded as a person with backbone.

Among the eunuchs, there are also good people and bad people, and they can't all be compared.