Chapter 435: Being a Brother
Inside the tent, Yan Shao asked with a strange rhetorical question.
God is pitiful, if Lu Bu and Huang Zhong hadn't known the inside story of the matter a long time ago, looking at Yan Shao's innocent expression, I am afraid they would really think that Yan Shao was innocent.
Huang Zhong and Lu Bu are still like this, not to mention Ma Chao opposite.
Looking at Yan Shao's innocent expression, Ma Chao also hesitated.
"Could it be that it's really like what this person said, it's the problem on the little sister's side?"
If it were a girl from an ordinary family, Ma Chao would not have such confusion, but Ma Yunlu would...
Xiliang's daughter is originally a character who dares to love and hate, not to say that there are no ladies, but that kind of pungent character is also loved in Xiliang. The Ma family father and son are the same, for their daughter's character, the Ma family father and son like it very much. Even with Ma Yunlu, she is also very fond of her, she was fine when she was young, but when she got older, with Ma Teng's power in Xiliang, there was basically nothing she didn't dare to do.
Even when Ma Yunlu had just turned 16 years old, she already had a few lives on her hands, so you can imagine what her character was?
Pretending to be Ma Teng or Ma Chao's handwriting and writing a letter is not a big deal in Ma Yunlu's opinion.
Thinking of this, Ma Chao also restrained his temper, of course, this was also because Lu Bu and Huang Zhong were standing next to him and had to act cautiously. Not only is it Yan Shao, but it is not enough to make Ma Chao so careful.
"Yan Qingzhou, would you like to explain what happened to Ma Chao in detail?"
"Naturally willing..."Yan Shao smiled slightly and explained.
In Yan Shao's mouth, what happened was that before they were about to leave Luoyang, Ma Yunlu suddenly came to the door, holding a letter in his hand, saying that Ma Yunlu wanted to go to Qingzhou to have a look, hoping that Yan Shao could take charge of Ma Yunlu's safety, and the following pen was Ma Chao's name.
When he first saw this letter, Yan Shao was also inexplicable, and he didn't know what Ma Yunlu was doing in Qingzhou, but in line with the friendly diplomatic relations between Xiliang and Qingzhou, Yan Shao still nodded and agreed. Originally, he planned to go to Ma Chao's side and ask in person, but Ma Yunlu stopped him, claiming that Ma Chao was busy with military affairs during this time.
Yan Shao also felt that for such a trivial matter, it seemed that there was no need to bother Ma Chao, so there was no past.
All in all, in Yan Shao's explanation, he is basically innocent, without the slightest problem, pure as an angel.
If there is really any problem, it is Ma Yunlu who deceived him...
Yan Shao's performance almost stunned Huang Zhong and Lu Bu next to him.
In the hearts of the two, although Yan Shao is a person who likes to joke, he has a very high reputation. There are almost no things he has promised that he has not done, especially in terms of promising Huang Zhong and Lu Bu, if he really can't do it, he will tell him frankly. For example, when dealing with Huang Zhong, in order to recruit Huang Zhong, Yan Shao personally promised to cure Huang Zhong's son's illness, and he did it afterwards, and found Hua Tuo to control Huang Zhong's eldest son's condition, and now, he has even been doing things by Huang Zhong's side.
As for Lu Bu, during the Battle of Puyang, Yan Shao said that there was really no way to send troops to help, and could only provide material support, and later Lu Bu was defeated, Yan Shao also admitted that Qingzhou really could not accommodate Lu Bu, and recommended him to Xuzhou.
But now...
Seeing Yan Shao's mouth full of lies, but he didn't even blush, the two of them said that they had to adjust Yan Shao's image in their hearts.
"I didn't expect it to be like this..."Ma Chao's impression of Yan Shao was already relatively good, and this time he didn't come with anger, and he barely accepted Yan Shao's explanation." Please forgive me, my sister is really too naughty, actually joked about this kind of thing, so that you don't know, after finding out that my sister is missing, my house is almost a mess, my father is even more angry, I didn't even take a little rest in Chang'an, I immediately led the soldiers and horses over. ”
"I can understand that it is common for Brother Shoucheng, as a father, to be anxious. Meng Qi can rest assured that Ling Mei is at least safe with me, and there will be no problems. Yan Shao smiled heartily and said that he didn't mind.
He really didn't mind anything, because he was behind the scenes.
With Yan Shao's assurance, Ma Chao was also much more relieved.
He didn't think that there would be any problems with Ma Yunlu in Qingzhou, not to mention that the lord of Qingzhou in front of him had personally guaranteed it, and Ma Yunlu's own martial arts were also an important reason for Ma Chao to rest assured. With Ma Yunlu's martial arts, a strong man who is idle, three, five, seven or eight can't get close, if he rides on horseback, even if he is among thousands of horses, he may not be able to kill him.
After relaxing a lot, Ma Chao also found some problems.
"Speaking of which..."Looking around, Ma Chao asked strangely. Envoy, where did General Zilong go? Why not here? ”
"Is this..."Yan Shao touched his chin and said with a smile. I was worried that Ling Mei would go to Linzi by herself, and there would be some accidents, and it happened that there was nothing to do in the army, so I asked Zilong to accompany Ling Mei to Linzi..."
"That's it..."Ma Chao nodded.
Hearing that it was Zhao Yun who escorted him, Ma Chao was even more relieved.
Others don't know, can he still not know Zhao Yun's martial arts?
It can be said that with Zhao Yun here, even if he is among thousands of troops, he can escort Ma Yunlu to leave safely...
In Qingzhou, the public security has always been good, and almost all the bandits have been wiped out by Yan Shaoqing, at most, there is only a little remnant of Zang Ba's side.
Now that the misunderstanding has been explained, there is naturally nothing to be tensioned about.
Ma Chao said that he hoped to rush to Linzi as soon as possible and arrest his sister back, but Yan Shao said that Ma Chao didn't have to be so anxious, anyway, Ma Yunlu wouldn't have any problems, it was better to rest in the camp for a day and relax.
Running all the way from Chang'an, he has hardly rested, let alone an ordinary Xiliang soldier, even Ma Chao himself is very hard, Yan Shao's proposal is very in line with his wishes. After a slight hesitation, Ma Chao nodded in agreement.
But after Ma Chao took people to pick a place to camp next to Yan Shao's camp, Ma Chao did not take people to Yan Shao's side to exchange feelings, but called a piece of Pang De from Chang'an to his camp tent and asked Pang De softly.
"You were there during the day today, what do you think?"
Let his only eldest son run from Chang'an to Qingzhou alone, Ma Teng is not particularly relieved. Now after all, it is still in the troubled times, no matter what goes wrong in the troubled times, in fact, there is nothing surprising, Ma Teng believes in Ma Chao's martial arts, but is it rare to miss the front hoof in this world? The overlord of Chu was so powerful, and in the end, he still killed Wujiang by himself, so in order to ensure the safety of his eldest son, and also to have a mutual care, Ma Teng asked Pang De to follow him to Qingzhou.
Pound and Ma Chao grew up together, and their relationship with each other is very close, and with their stable personalities, Ma Teng is very relieved of him.
When Ma Chao went to see Yan Shao before, Pang De had been following him, but he didn't say a word.
"Is the major general asking?"
"My sister's matter..."Different from the previous frizz, Ma Chao at this moment seemed unusually calm.
"It's a little strange," Pound muttered, and spoke.
"Oh? What's wrong? ”
"We have just arrived, and the eldest lady is leaving, which is too much of a coincidence, and..." Why did you let Zhao Zilong escort the eldest lady? ”
"What's so strange about that? Didn't Yan Shao say it very clearly, in order to ensure the safety of my sister, he asked Zhao Zilong to escort him, which can be regarded as the kindness of others..."The words are like this, but Ma Chao's expression is extremely cold.
Pound continued to speak his opinion. "It's common to send someone to escort, but it's very problematic to send Zhao Yun to escort. Zhao Yunnai is the general of the Qingzhou Army, one of the four generals of Qingzhou, and the main general of Yan Shao's westward march this time. Generally speaking, the commander of an army rarely leaves the army, even if Yan Shao's soldiers and horses have his own sitting, and he doesn't worry about any big problems, but it is very rare to let the number one general in his hands leave and escort a woman..."
"So, what about your conclusion?"
"My conclusion is..."Glancing up at Ma Chao's expression, Pound said softly. This time, the eldest lady will leave our soldiers and horses and come to Qingzhou, it seems that she has met some good friends, I am wondering, this so-called friend, is it Zhao Zilong? ”
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In fact, not only Pang De is so suspicious, but Ma Chao is also so suspicious, because things are too coincidental...
Just to escort his sister, let the general of the Qingzhou Army himself? And the timing is still so ingenious? Ma Chao would rather believe that after Yan Shao knew that he was coming, he immediately arranged for Zhao Yun and Ma Yunlu to leave, in order to avoid embarrassment, and also to avoid dragging Ma Yunlu back as soon as he arrived.
Especially now, why do you have to stay here for a day?
It's actually not far from Linzi here, and it's better to go all the way to Linzi to rest?
Ma Chao knows very well how long Yan Shao has been away from Qingzhou.
is different from himself, although he is said to be the eldest son of the Xiliang Army and the major general in the population, there is also a Ma Teng on top of the Xiliang Army, so let alone that he is not there, or that he is dead, it will not have any impact on the Xiliang Army.
Yan Shao is different, his status in Qingzhou is no different from Ma Teng, other people can leave, but he can't leave for too long.
Now that it has been a few months, he has finally returned to Qingzhou, can Yan Shao still not return to his heart?
"Yan Shao, Yan Shao..." read Yan Shao's name like this, but Ma Chao sneered constantly.
Others think that he is a reckless man with the courage of a horseman, but they don't know that he is just too lazy to use his brain most of the time, but he is not really brainless.
"Major General, what should I do now?" Seeing that Ma Chao seemed to agree with his judgment, Pound asked.
Hearing Pang De's name for himself, Ma Chao frowned and said with some displeasure. "Didn't I tell you, in private, just call me Meng Qi..."
"The last general doesn't dare..."Pound wrapped his fist.
Looking at his appearance, Ma Chao also showed a little helplessness.
He and Pound grew up together, and there is actually not much difference between them and brothers.
It's just that as you get older, the difference between the two will come out.
If you want to be someone else, you may not have much scruples, but Pound is different, especially after Ma Teng became his own monarch, he treated Ma Teng and his son with the attitude of a courtier.
Although Ma Chao persuaded him many times, Pang De never changed his attitude, which made him annoyed and helpless.
"The most important thing at the moment is to confirm who the man who hooked up my sister is, if it's Zhao Yun, it's not bad, if it's someone else......... Let's see who it is, even if you look at it a little, if you don't like it, you can be stabbed to death..."
Having said that, he was already sure in his heart that this man must be Zhao Yun.
To be honest, Ma Chao is quite happy at the bottom of his heart at this moment.
When he was in Luoyang, he had a good relationship with Zhao Yun, and he also recognized Zhao Yun a lot. It can even be said that in Ma Chao's opinion, among the men who are suitable for Ma Yunlu's age, Zhao Yun is already the best choice, not only strong in martial arts, but also handsome and very good in character. Ma Chao asked himself that even if he dug three feet into the ground in Xiliang, he might not be able to find such a good person to choose Yan Shao is also a candidate, and he is one of the best candidates, it doesn't matter if his martial arts are good, Zhao Yun's martial arts are good, and he is only a subordinate under Yan Shao's account. Martial arts are useless, there are too many things in this world that are more important than personal bravery. And Yan Shao's age is not very old, but he is only in his twenties, not a few years older than Ma Yunlu, which is a good age.
It's a pity that Yan Shao has already been married, and his family can also be called a group of wives and concubines.
Ma Chao doesn't mind any three wives and four concubines or anything like that, the premise is that this person can't be his brother-in-law, since Yan Shao already has so many wives and concubines, naturally there is no hope.
In fact, this is also Zhao Yun's luck is good enough, if a few years earlier, Ma Yunlu was still fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was not worried about getting married, he knew that his sister was seduced by other men, even if it was Zhao Yun, Ma Chao would have to fight with him.
But now...
Seeing that his sister is about to turn twenty, and no one wants it, how can Ma Chao not be in a hurry?
The original standard was to find a hero for your sister's paper, but now it has been lowered to just look pleasing to the eye...
No way...
Sad...