Chapter 285: Crossing the city with two horses
Ma Chao took Liu Wei out of the palace, which was much easier than he expected. Because Yuan Shao and Cao Cao spread the news of Liu Hong's death, many courtiers had poured in from Luoyang City at this time, and they all entered the palace. And Ma Chao and they took advantage of the chaos to get out of the chaos, which can be regarded as a thrill.
After walking out of the palace for a while, Ma Chao found that there was a familiar back not far ahead, and it was sneaky, as if someone was chasing after him. Although it was quite late at this time, with Ma Chao's eyes, he could still see it relatively clearly.
Ma Chao carried Liu Wei on his back, because his speed was too slow, so Ma Chao could only carry him on his back in order to accelerate. He quickly ran behind the man and whispered, "Who?" ”
The man was obviously startled by this sudden voice, and when he turned around, he vaguely looked at Ma Chao as if he was familiar, "You, you are, Ma Chao, Ma Mengqi?" ”
As soon as Ma Chao heard the voice of this person, he looked at this person's face again, acquaintance, isn't this a concession, why did he come here?
"Master Hou, you, how can you be like this?"
Ma Chao had already pulled Zhang Rang to a hidden corner at this time, and although he had already thought that Zhang Rang was running away, after all, after He Jin was killed by them, it was no longer safe in the palace, but Ma Chao couldn't say so, so he still pretended not to know and asked.
After Zhang Rang confirmed that the person behind him was Ma Chao, his heart was put down. In fact, Zhang let him already have no intention of doing things in the palace anymore, intriguing all day long, calculating this and that, he is indeed too tired. Now that he is getting older and older, when he is idle, he feels that he might as well talk more with Xiaolian and the two, it will be much more useful than these.
So in fact, Zhang Rang has long been tired of his days in the palace, but he has always had a wish, but he has never fulfilled it. That is to kill He Jin, this is what he has always wished. Especially after Liu Hong's death, Zhang Rang clearly knew that Lu Dao's biggest backer had fallen, and he was even more determined to kill He Jin immediately. As long as He Jin dies, he will run back to his hometown, no one can find him, and he can live out his old age in peace.
When He Jin died, he fled as soon as possible. Although he was a fast runner, he wasn't really fast. Later, Jian Shuo also caught up with him, and Zhang Rang gave him the edict in his hand, and then said that it would be better for the two to escape separately, and then they would get together again to discuss the long term. Jian Shuo was really obedient and believed what Zhang Rang said. Where did he know that this was Zhang Rang's intention, what did he run away separately and get together again, it was true to run away, but if he got together again, it was impossible anyway.
Moreover, Zhang Rang deliberately soiled his face, and then took advantage of the chaos to get out of the palace. As a result, this was not discovered by Ma Chao, which can only be said that he is slow, and Ma Chao's speed is indeed too fast.
"Alas, Meng Qi, I'm running for my life!"
Ma Chao smiled secretly in his heart, and said in his heart, of course I know, "This, what are the plans of Hou Ye now?" ”
"Naturally, it's back to my hometown!"
"But can Master Hou go out of this Luoyang City?"
This really made Zhang Rang ask, the palace has come out, but how can Luoyang City get out. Now that the city gate is closed at this hour, and because of Liu Hong's death and He Jin's killing, it is not easy to enter and exit, so if you want to go out of the city at this time, you really can't help it.
Ma Chao felt funny in his heart, it seems that Zhang Rang also has times when he is not good. In fact, it's no wonder that if Liu Hong is still alive, he Zhang asked him not to say the gate of Luoyang City, when he wants to come out and go in, it is all casual, and it is no different from his own home. But as the saying goes, "this time, that time". Now his biggest backer is gone, and they have killed He Jin. Zhang Rang and Jian Shuo are wanted by He Jin's hardcore subordinates, and the people at the city gate are naturally almost all guarded by He Jin's hardcore subordinates at this time, so it is really difficult for him Zhang Rang to escape. I believe that as soon as he Zhang Rang shows up, he will immediately be cut into pieces.
Zhang Rang looked at Ma Chao with a calm and breezy look, and he suddenly noticed that Ma Chao was still carrying a person behind him, and took a closer look, isn't this the prince's argument, could it be that Ma Chao is ......
Although he was a little surprised in his heart, these had nothing to do with him Zhang Rang. It's just that Zhang Rang's eyes lit up at this time, and he said that Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi must also get out of the city as soon as possible, and the same is true for himself, so can he let him help himself, maybe he has a way to get out of the city. Since the two have the same purpose, there is also the possibility of cooperation.
"This, I have to ask you for this matter! You must have a way to get out of town at this time! ”
As soon as Ma Chao heard Zhang Rang say this, he said in his heart, Zhang Rang really had two clicks, and he guessed that he might have a way. In fact, I don't have any good solutions, but you can give it a try, after all, there are some things you haven't tried, so how can you know that it can't be done.
Zhang Rang saw that Ma Chao hadn't expressed his position yet, gritted his teeth and said: "Meng Qi, as long as you send me out of the city, I will be grateful!" ”
Hearing this, Ma Chao smiled at Zhang Rang: "Hou Ye doesn't have to be polite, Chao does have some ideas, but whether it succeeds or not, Hou Ye shouldn't have too much hope for this!" ”
As soon as Zhang Rang heard it, he knew that there was a way, "In this way, Meng Qi should hurry up, so as not to have too many dreams at night!" ”
Ma Chao nodded, and he pulled Zhang Rang to Ma Riyan's mansion. But Ma Riyan was not there at this time, and he had already entered the palace. Ma Chaoxin said, okay, great, it's better if my uncle is not there. After all, he took away a prince and was going to send Zhang Rang out of the city, so it was not a trivial matter to take out one of these two things. Of course, his uncle will not be timid and afraid, but it is difficult to say whether he can understand himself or not.
Liu Wei is Liu Hong's eldest son, and logically speaking, he should be the successor to the throne. And at this time, he wants to take him away, if his uncle knows the truth, can he still let himself do this, it is estimated that it will be suspended. Ma Chao knew that his uncle was also a staunch supporter, and he couldn't agree to it from such a point of view.
As for Zhang Rang, it is even more unlikely. Usually his uncle hates Zhang them the most, not to mention hating them, but there is absolutely no good impression. If he knew that he wanted to help Zhang Rang, Ma Riyan probably wouldn't agree.
So Ma Chao took advantage of Ma Riyan to enter the palace, he quickly packed up his things, and then left with Liu Wei and Zhang Rang. Ma Chao himself is riding a horse, this is nothing. But Liu Wei and Zhang Rang, these two people, Ma Chao can't let them ride horses too. The two of them must not show their heads, once they are discovered, the consequences will be serious.
Therefore, Ma Chao himself is riding a horse, and Liu Wei and Zhang Rang have already gotten into the carriage that Ma Chao has already prepared, and the one who drove the car is a subordinate from Ma Riyan's mansion, which is absolutely reliable. And he didn't know any princes, he only said that the other two were friends of Ma Chao.
After everything was ready, Ma Chao headed towards the west gate of Luoyang. The west gate of Luoyang, this is not Ma Chao's casual walk, because he knows that the person guarding this gate at this time is familiar with himself.
Walking to the west gate of Luoyang City, Ma Chao and his party were unexpectedly stopped by the soldiers guarding the city.
"Who? No one will leave the city tonight! ”
The soldier held his weapon, pointed it at Ma Chao, and then shouted.
Ma Chao looked at this and said that if he didn't have something important to do at this time, he dared to compare himself with a weapon, and he would go to click it in the morning.
But at this time, he could only smile: "Please bring your general, just say that the old man is coming!" ”
When the soldiers heard it, the general's deceased? He took a closer look at Ma Chao, although he didn't know him, he also felt that Ma Chao was not an ordinary person. is still the same sentence, in Luoyang, you can do without anything, but you can't have no eyesight.
The soldier nodded, and then asked the soldier next to him to continue to look at Ma Chao, and he himself went to find the main general.
In a few moments, their Lord will come. Ma Chao smiled in his heart when he saw the other party, and the other party also saw Ma Chao.
"Who should I be, it turned out to be Meng Qi!"
"Farewell to Kaifeng, Brother Wu is fine?"
The person who came was Wu Kuang, who was in charge of guarding the west gate of Luoyang tonight. I didn't meet anyone all night, but this was the first time I met an acquaintance, Ma Chao.
Who knew that Wu Kuang sighed, "Alas, presumably Meng Qi you have also heard that now that the general is dead, as a subordinate, he naturally wants to avenge him!" Helplessly, my ability is low, and I can only guard the city gate, strictly check the people who pass, and see if I can find suspicious people! ”
Ma Chao nodded, expressing understanding, "The general unfortunately died, and Chao also expressed regret. However, people can't be resurrected after death, and I hope that Brother Wu will mourn! ”
Wu Kuang also nodded, "I don't know what happened when Meng Qi went out of the city late at night?" ”
Ma Chaoxin said, "Don't hide it from Brother Wu, Uncle Chao has been unwell recently, and he wants to go back to his hometown Maoling to worship his ancestors." It just so happened that the younger brother had just come to Luoyang, and he was ready to take his uncle back! ”
I see, Wu Kuang understood. He also knew that Ma Chao's uncle was Ma Riyan in the court, and all the people in the court knew the way.
And the reason why Ma Chao moved out of Ma Riyan was to dispel Wu Kuang's doubts. After all, others are not so familiar with themselves, and even if they are very familiar, it is impossible to sit in the carriage. So it can only be his uncle who is the most suitable, as for after he left, and then Wu Kuang found out that his uncle was still in Luoyang, then this is not in his consideration. At this time, there is no way to deceive him, anyway, if you don't deceive him, you and others will not be able to get out of this West City Gate.
"Meng Qi is in such a hurry?"
Ma Chao nodded, "Brother Wu also knows that there is more and more chaos in Luoyang City now, so it's better to leave early!" ”
"Okay, open the city gate and let it go!"
"Thank you Brother Wu for your understanding and farewell!"
Wu Kuang didn't check who was in the car, he thought very simply, Ma Chao couldn't let Zhang Rang into the car. In fact, this is really the case, and it's not just Zhang Rang, there is also a prince arguing, I don't know what Wu Kuang's wonderful expression would be if he knew such a situation.
In fact, Wu Kuang did not mean to repay the favor by doing this, after all, Ma Chao was kind to his nephews and nieces back then, and he never forgot it, but he never had any good opportunities. Last time in Kaifeng, I was able to do Ma Chao a favor, but it was the general who asked him to go. And this time, he took the initiative to help, which can be regarded as returning Ma Chao's personal affection.
Not to mention returning the favor, that's it, but it helped Ma Chao a lot. He didn't expect to go out of the city so smoothly, and after leaving the city, Wu Kuang still beckoned to Ma Chao. Ma Chao was ashamed at this time, he was using Wu Kuang's personality. But there is no way to do it, if I had to do it again, I still have to do it.