When the officials saw it, they were very moved. Ma Fang flashed out and said in a strong voice: "Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to go to Longxi and pacify Xiqiang!" ”

Emperor Zhang secretly thought: "This time to sweep away Dou Gu, Geng Gong should be the first merit, and the second is horse defense." I want to use this to seal my relatives Ma Fang and Ma Guang as the marquis, so Geng Gong also has to be the marquis, which is okay. However, Geng Gong has always advocated the suppression of foreign relatives, and when he saw that I wanted to seal the Ma clan as much as possible, he would definitely oppose it. Although Geng Gong is loyal, he is too upright and a headache. It is better to send Ma Fang to Longxi, but if you get a success, you can transfer it back, and you will make it a marquis, and no one dares to object at that time. However, Xiqiang is ferocious, although Ma Fang is a general, but he may not be able to defeat, it is better to accompany Geng Gong, it is foolproof! The plan has been decided, and Emperor Zhang said: "Okay, Ma Fang, this time to capture Dou Gu, your contribution is indestructible, I will appoint you as the general of the chariot cavalry, give you 30,000 troops, and go out to fight against the rebels." Emperor Zhang paused for a moment and said: "Geng Gong, I ordered you to be the deputy, I hope you will be a good assistant to General Ma, the big Qiang species, I am in Luoyang, I hope you will return triumphantly as soon as possible!" ”

Geng Gong was startled, flashed out, and admonished: "Your Majesty, don't do it, don't do it!" Relatives are not suitable for pawning soldiers, all dynasties and dynasties have bloody lessons, the emperor is wise, how can he make the same mistakes again! Geng Bing was beside him, and hurriedly made his eyes, so how could Geng Gong listen? He said proudly: "Your Majesty, you don't say anything from afar, but looking at Dou Gu, you know that your relatives are soldiers, and the future is endless, and I hope that the emperor will take back the edict!" After speaking, Geng Gong kowtowed, banging, and kept hearing it.

Ma Fang "chuckled", angry, and secretly hated Geng Gong in his heart, but his face was silent, his eyebrows were lowered, and he stood with his hands. Emperor Zhang's eyebrows were upside down, his eyes widened, and he said angrily: "Geng Gong, I know that you will come to snort!" Xiqiang rebelled, and the states were shaken, so tell me, how to deal with it? ”

Geng Gong pondered for a moment and said: "Dou Rong, the father of Dou Gu, was in Xiqiang before, and he was calm and soothing, lenient and strict, and even won the heart of Qiang Hu, and they all regarded him as a god. Later, Dou Gu attacked Baishan, bravely crowned the three armies, and Qiang Hu Yifu. Now that Dou Gu has been demoted, why not let him go to Longxi, Qiang Hu will see it, and he will be afraid of it and retreat without a fight. In this way, a war can be avoided, which is a blessing for the people and a blessing for the country! ”

Emperor Zhang was furious, and said sharply: "Dou Gu is a fierce tiger, and it is not easy to catch it, how can he go into the mountain again?" Moreover, isn't Dou Gu a relative? Geng Gong, what you said is too inappropriate! It's so out of place! After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left!

The civil and military officials were terrified, opened their eyes, stared at Geng Gong, and slowly dispersed. Geng Gong stood dazed, Geng Bing came up, and said softly: "Brother, let's go." ”

Geng Gong shook his head and said, "Go to a dou solid, set up a horse defense, why does the emperor want to reuse his relatives?" If you care about your in-laws, why not give them money and make them a rich man? ”

Geng Bing sighed: "The heart of the king is unpredictable, how can I be expected by ordinary people? The emperor was gracious, he didn't kill Dou Gu, but he was just demoted to a commoner, how could the emperor use him again? My brother's remarks just now are very unreasonable, how can the emperor not be angry? is a civil and military official, and he laughs at you for being confused. ”

"Brother, if the emperor wants to make the Ma family a marquis, he will make him meritorious. However, although Xiqiang is ferocious, my brother does not worry about its injustice, but only worries that in order to calm the Xiqiang rebellion, the lives will be ruined, and the people will suffer, and I don't know how many soldiers will be killed in battle! Wouldn't it be better if you could surrender the soldiers without a fight without spending a single soldier, so that Xiqiang would be afraid to retreat? Dou Gu is a veteran of a hundred battles, Xiqiang is afraid of him like a tiger, although he is guilty, he is not heinous, if the emperor can use both grace and power, so that he can serve in the army, and then choose a general to supervise the army, Dou Gu feels the emperor's grace, and is afraid of the producer, why worry about Xiqiang is uneven? ”

Geng Bing was greatly moved and said: "My brother's plan is very bold. It's just that the emperor finally eradicated Dou Gu, how could he obey you? Instead, I thought that you had something to do with Dou Gu. Besides, Ma Fang was originally a relative, and he repeatedly wanted to fight on the battlefield and control the military power, Dou Gu fell, and his ambitions were greater, but your words, Ma Fang must hate them deeply! The younger brother is still careful. ”

Geng Gong said proudly: "I only know how to be loyal to the emperor, who cares so much about right and wrong!" ”

Geng Bing sighed and said: "Since returning to Luoyang, Zhang Feng, Yang Wu, Li Kang and others have been killed one after another, they stick to Shule, how can they be the slightest disloyal?" He patted Geng Gong on the shoulder, turned around, dragged his heavy steps, and slowly walked out of the Zhengde Hall. Geng Gong was stunned for a moment, followed behind him, and left blankly. Out of the hall, he saw that the leaves outside were yellow, and the autumn wind was turbid, thinking of Ma Juan, Ruyan, and the brothers who had passed away one by one, he couldn't help but be gloomy, and his head hurt violently again.

Edict of hell, there is only endless darkness. "I want to see the emperor, I want to see the emperor......" A hoarse voice echoed in the edict, like a wounded beast, wailing before dying, very sad and harsh. The other prisoners covered their ears tightly, unable to bear to listen.

At this time, the jailer couldn't help it, picked up the lantern, ran over, and said: "Dou Gu, don't scream, it's not that you don't know, this is underground, you just shout to break the sky, and the emperor can't hear it." ”

Seeing someone coming, Dou Gu grabbed the cold iron fence and begged: "Little brother, it's okay, you can help me tell the emperor, and say that Dou Gu has to tell the emperor!" ”

The jailer's head shook like a rattle: "No, no, no, you have committed a big crime, others say that you want to punish the nine clans, I still want to live a few more years, your old man should be quiet, don't bother me." ”

Dou Gu was stunned for a moment, but still didn't give up, and hissed: "Little brother, you help me with the words, I'll give you a daughter, okay?" ”

The jailer was shocked, up and down, looked at Dou Gu, and then shook his head: "Your house has been raided, where is there any money?" ”

"The emaciated camel is fattened by the horse, doesn't the little brother know?"

The jailer's eyes lit up, and after a while, he dimmed again, and sighed: "General Dou, the villain took the money, and I am afraid that he will not be able to bear it." ”

Dou Gu lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "You don't dare to bring a message to the emperor, then, you call Geng Gong to come over, I have something to tell him." ”

The jailer was taken aback and said, "General Dou, the whole world knows that Geng Gong sent you to the Imperial Prison, I went to call him, how could he come?" ”

"He's coming, you go."

The jailer didn't move. Dou Gu smiled dumbly: "Yes, I haven't given the money to the little brother yet." After a pause, he said, "Bring a pen and paper." ”

The jailer took out a pen and paper from his body, and said with a smile: "I have prepared it for the general." ”

Dou Gu snorted, took the paper, wrote down the numbers with a pen, and handed it to the jailer: "When you go to the west of the city, under the Turtle Mountain, you see a tree with a crooked neck, there is a ruined temple next to it, and there is a lame monk, if you give him this letter, he will give you a thousand gold." ”

The jailer was overjoyed, thanked him, and hurried out.