Chapter 13: The Killing Machine
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After Ma Xiguang and others met with the king of Chu, Li Gao and Xu Zhongya also met the king of Chu like a burning butt, and wantonly advocated the difficulties and achievements of the whole army for Ma Guangliang, and once again emphasized the importance of adjusting the army. In the next two days, Ma Xiguang, Li Gao and others clashed several times over the question of whether to rectify it or not, either openly or secretly.
Seeing that it was about to be February, at noon on this day, Ma Xiguang had just finished handling business from the Tiance General's Mansion and returned to his mansion, and the chair under the buttocks was not yet warm, and the housekeeper took a red invitation card and entered the study.
Ma Xiguang has been fighting with his tongue for the past few days, his mouth is dry, he is drinking tea, and when he saw the housekeeper entering the study with a red invitation, he asked angrily: "Who is this treat?" All made them wait. The king is obviously making peace with the mud now, and he will definitely not agree to suspend the whole army for a while. If the king doesn't let go, it's useless to invite me to dinner again. β
"Lord Wang, it's Lord Li Gao." The butler said with a smile.
"What?" Ma Xiguang couldn't help but stand up, he took the invitation card, looked at it carefully, it was written very simply, it was nothing more than the New Year, busy with government affairs, no time to meet General Zuo, now I want to invite General Zuo to dinner, reminisce about the past, ask General Zuo to appreciate his face and the like.
The corners of Ma Xiguang's mouth moved, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face, Li Gao and they finally couldn't help it, and asked him to go over to discuss how to fix the internal army of appreciating face.
It stands to reason that after Chu and Tang negotiate peace, they should rectify the internal army, and then select generals to prepare for the southern expedition to Liu Han. Now that things are stuck in the first step, everyone who has been reorganized by Ma Guangliang is angry. Okay, I'll go and see what you Li Gao said today.
Ma Xiguang made up his mind, so he instructed the housekeeper to prepare a sedan chair and take the sedan chair to Li's mansion. In Changsha City, there is no urgency, there is no need to ride a horse, the sedan chair is easy, and the sedan chair is slow, so that Li Gao and they can wait well, Ma Guangliang has recently reorganized the army, making the old subordinates restless, and people come to the door almost every day, or look haggard, crying and begging with tears on their faces, or gritting their teeth and scolding and accusing, which makes Ma Xiguang hate Ma Guangliang and his party. But the horses brighten their surface scenery, and the generals below are against the yang and yin, and their lives are not easy.
Now Ma Guangliang and they finally can't stand it anymore and want to take the initiative to show goodwill. Ma Xiguang was secretly happy in his heart, the tiredness of the past few days of fighting openly and secretly was swept away, he couldn't help humming a small tune in his mouth, shaking his head and amusing himself with his hands and beat. Sitting in the sedan chair was boring after all, he snorted, raised the sedan curtain, and looked at the scene on the street.
After the New Year, when the spring is not busy, there are a lot of pedestrians on the street, along the street is a slip or a two-story or one-story faΓ§ade house, there are tailor shops, there are rouge shops, there are teahouses, there are restaurants, there are restaurants. Can't stop selling along the street, steamed buns, porridge, sugar gourds, Tang people, calligraphy and paintings... and other hawkers are arranged along the street. Pedestrians on the road saw Ma Xiguang's official sedan chair coming, and hurriedly flashed on both sides, but there was nothing panicked. At this time, it was noon, and the tavern and restaurant were full of guests, and business seemed to be quite prosperous. Although Ma Xiguang didn't care much about the lives of the people, he was quite proud of the market when he saw that the interface of the market was so prosperous, and he appreciated it along the way with great interest.
"Huh... Suddenly, Ma Xiguang was stunned, he seemed to think of something and looked back sharply, only to see that at the corner of the street on the right, someone was wearing a gray robe, riding on a small donkey, looking at him with a smile.
Ma Xiguang gasped, put down the sedan curtain suddenly, his face instantly turned pale, and his heart was pounding, as if he had seen a ghost. After a while, he suddenly stomped his feet, signaled the sedan chair to stop, slightly raised the sedan curtain, and looked at the corner of the street again, but he didn't see the person, only a figure of a gray-clothed donkey rider in the distance.
"Mabao." Ma Xiguang shouted.
"Fifth master, the little one is here." A sturdy young man standing on the left side of the palanquin whispered.
Ma Xiguang read a little nervously: "You ,,, you bring three or five people, three people, ah no, bring a few people, go quickly, go and bring back the donkey rider on the street to the master." β
"Yes." Ma Bao answered, and hurriedly led people towards the donkey rider over there.
The pedestrians next to me are unknown, and they are very curious, and they don't go in a hurry, and they don't go shopping, although they come forward, they are surrounded in a circle, pointing and discussing.
In the sedan chair, Ma Xiguang's face was cloudy, but his mind was reciting a sentence over and over again: That person, is it him? Isn't he dead?
Just now he glanced aimlessly at the street a few times, and actually let him see an acquaintance, oh no, to be precise, it should be a familiar ghost - Wangcheng County Ling Zhou Tingzhi. At first, he thought he was dazzled, and hurriedly turned his head to look carefully, sure enough, it was Zhou Tingzhi, this week Tingzhi not only appeared under the yellow sky, but when he saw Ma Xiguang's eyes, he also grinned and gave Ma Xiguang a bright smile.
The bluffed Ma Xiguang's three souls went to two souls, his heart was like a deer, and he didn't know what to think.
After a short time, Ma Bao had already invited the donkey rider back to practice pulling and dragging. Rushing to the sedan chair, he bowed down and said, "Fifth master, the person has been caught." β
Before Ma Xiguang could speak, he heard an old voice and begged: "This big official, spare your life." Little old man, you have been wronged. I haven't done anything before.,I'm just an old man in the west of the street.,I'm going to pick up a donkey and go to my daughter's house in the countryside to have a look.γγγ β
What a mess, Ma Xiguang got down from the sedan chair and saw that although this person was dressed in gray, he was an old man with a white beard. That week, Tingzhu was a middle-aged man in his 4o years. Could it be ...
The old man knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, and there were a circle of pedestrians watching on the side, Ma Xiguang secretly beat the drum in his heart, but there was a smile on his face, and he mixed the old man with his own hands, and said with relief: "Old man, I'm afraid, the lower official invited you to come, there is something to ask, and there is no malice." As he spoke, he looked at Ma Bao again.
Ma Bao understood, and with a glance from the guards, he dispersed the pedestrians.
The old man listened to Ma Xiguang's words, and he still knew what he said, but Ma Xiguang's face was pale, and he didn't smile at his face, which made the old man secretly regret it in his heart, just now the old woman asked me to eat an extra bowl of rice, I didn't listen to it, if I ate for a while, there would be no such things.
Ma Xiguang saw that the pedestrians had dispersed, hesitated again, looked at the street corner, and then looked at the donkey held by the next person, and was silent for a long time, before he asked the old man in a low voice: "Old man, have you been riding on a donkey?" β
"Uh... I... Yes, I've been riding on a donkey, and I'm going to look down at my daughter. The old man was surprised for a moment, and then said.
"Are you sure?" Ma Xiguang asked with some suspicion. The things he just had just been there were too weird, and he was always hairy in his heart.
"Ugh. I've definitely been riding on a donkey. β
Ma Xiguang looked at the donkey again, turned around and glanced at the old man who was trembling with fright, lowered his head and thought for a while, before he spoke again: "Ma Bao, go to those silver taels, reward this old man, and invite him on the road." β
The old man said that he was going to let himself go, and he was immediately overjoyed, and when he heard that there was also a silver reward, he was even more happy and muttered: "No wonder the fortune tellers on the street often say that the head is long and the knowledge is short." Luckily, I was more assertive and didn't listen to the old woman. Otherwise, today will encounter a good thing of two consecutive rewards. When I look back, I'll have to shave my head. Well, that's it. β
The old man thanked him, stood up, and was just about to turn around and lead the donkey away, when Ma Xiguang, who was about to get into the sedan chair, suddenly asked, "Old man, what did you just say?" β
"I... I said I'm going to shave my head. The old man didn't know if it was a taboo to shave his head again, and said hesitantly.
"No, the previous one." Ma Xiguang asked.
"I'm ,,, ,,, ahead" The old man suddenly couldn't continue, he peeked at this big official, did this person want to regret not giving him money?
"What do you mean to reward twice in a row?" Ma Xiguang reminded.
"No, there are no two consecutive rewards, only you this time, at first glance, you are a living bodhisattva with kind eyebrows, how can there be another one like you in the world... Such a compassionate Lafayette. β
I said it twice, I'm a monk. Is there anyone you boast about? Ma Xiguang was a little dissatisfied in his heart, but he said: "Old man, don't be afraid, as long as you tell me truthfully, what does the person who rewarded you with money look like, I will reward you with another iron coin." β
"The man was dressed in gray...
Ma Xiguang in the sedan chair again, his heart was heavy. When he saw Zhou Tingzhi at first glance just now, Ma Xiguang hoped that he was alive, mainly because he didn't want to live to hell, but when he really heard that he was still alive, Ma Xiguang couldn't wait to strangle him with his own hands... How did he live? No, why didn't he die?
Ma Xiguang was thinking all the way, he was thinking about who secretly detained Zhou Tingzhi, was it Ma Yun? It's still Ma Guangliang, or...
When I'm bored, I feel that time is slow, and when I have something, I feel that time is fast. Before Ma Xiguang could come up with a reason, the Li Mansion was in front of him.
Li Gao had been waiting for him at the door for a long time, and when he saw Ma Xiguang get off the sedan chair, he hurriedly walked up and said a few words. The two talked and chatted before arriving at the main hall. There is a table in the main hall, on which are placed more than a dozen dishes such as Eight Immortal Plates, Xijiang Food, Xiaotian Crisp, Qingliang Cracked Cakes, a pot of wine, two wine glasses, and two chairs.
Seeing Ma Xiguang's hesitation, Li Gao smiled and said: "General Zuo, today I only invited you, General Zuo." Hehe. β
Ma Xiguang followed suit, and the two sat down separately, pushing cups and changing lamps, and chatting while eating. After three rounds of drinking, Li Gao said: "Recently, my brother brought a famous painting of Gu Hong from Jinling. General Zuo, can you be interested in watching no. β
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