Chapter 34 The Gambling Contract
Seeing that Ma Zongheng was about to collide with people and horses, many people had already exclaimed.
"Brother Ma be careful!!" Beigong Feng also lost his face and shouted urgently. The horse stared at each other, and a momentum that was not angry and powerful suddenly emanated, and he shouted loudly, lifted the reins sharply, and jumped with his red front hooves, and he rushed up.
Suddenly, everyone's eyes were focused on the horses flying in mid-air, under the bright sun, like the horses of the gods.
Click, I saw that the red black jumped three feet away, and then flew up like a red flame, and flew towards the city.
At the same time, Zhang Heng and those people had just arrived at the city to get their horses, and suddenly they only heard a series of exclamations, turned their heads to look, and saw the horses galloping and flying to them.
"Lord !!" Zhang Heng shouted urgently, but Ma Zongheng ignored it, rode his horse and flew over, and rushed out of the city gate in an instant.
But it was said that the eldest son of the Chenggong family, when he was yelled at by Zhang Heng, he knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly led the people to retreat, and just escaped dozens of feet, suddenly someone screamed in horror.
"What a fast horse!! Eldest Prince, isn't that Chiwuye!? ”
"Chiwu!? After hearing that Cheng Yi was killed by Ma Fufeng's eldest son, Chiwu fell into his hands. It is said that this son has the courage of ten thousand invincibles, as powerful as ghosts and gods, and cannot be defeated!! Run~~!! The young man was a little more panicked on his face, and hurriedly whipped up.
At this time, more than ten zhang away in the rear, a roar like thunder was heard and suddenly exploded.
"Don't go!!"
The power of that roar is really better than Zhang Heng's roar in the city! Those who had become public only felt their ears ringing, and several foals were so frightened that they rioted, and several people were thrown off their horses.
Where had the young man seen such a terrifying figure, his heart was about to rise to his throat, and he didn't care about his followers, so he hurriedly spurred his horse to run away.
Between the lightning and flint, Ma Zongheng was unstoppable, first crashing straight into the crowd, and a retinue of Cheng Gong had just pulled out his weapon, and his arm was cut off by Ma Zongheng's sword. The red dragon pattern sword waved, the sound was like a dragon's roar, a miserable scream suddenly rose, Ma Zongheng met a few followers who came to intercept, suddenly waved the dragon sword, left and right, a rush, blood danced, the surrounding Cheng Gong family entourage has not yet reacted, but Ma Zongheng has rushed out of the crowd.
"Damn!! This time it's really careless!! If I knew this was the case, I should have sent someone to investigate first!! Young Lang secretly regretted it, in fact, he was usually a person with precise thoughts and alert actions, if it weren't for the critical situation in Jicheng right now, he wouldn't be so anxious to act.
"Cheng Gongying!! Where do you want to escape!? Suddenly, Ma Zongheng shouted out a name, which suddenly made the young man's face change drastically!
Cheng Gongying is the name of the young man, but what surprises him is that he acts low-key on weekdays, and he does not show his appearance, even if there are not many people who know him in Jicheng, the eldest son of the Cheng Gong family, not to mention the horse Zongheng who grew up in Fufeng since childhood!
No matter how resourceful Cheng Gongying was, how could he have thought that Ma Zongheng was from the next generation and had facts that he didn't know.
It is said that in history, Cheng Gongying was the first strategist under Han Sui, known as 'Zhiduoxing', and his loyalty was unparalleled. However, it is said that not long after Han Sui surrendered to Cao Cao, he rebelled again, was defeated by Xiahou Yuan in Xingguo, retreated from Huayin to Huangzhong, and the troops were scattered, only Cheng Gongying followed. Later, it was because of Cheng Gongying's strategy that Han Sui was able to come back to life, but Han Sui was old at that time and died of illness soon after, and his deployment was also defeated by Cao Cao's soldiers and horses. Cao Cao admired and respected Cheng Gongying very much, and not only sent him as a military advisor, but also made him a liehou.
What kind of character is Cao Cao? The heroes who are proud of the heroes, in the era of the heroes, he and Liu Bei cook wine and talk about heroes, the heroes of the world, none of them can enter his eyes! As for him making Liu Bei on a par with himself, it was just a test of his ambitions.
In this way, although Cheng Gongying is not as active as peerless strategists such as 'ghost talent' Guo Jia and 'poisoner' Jia Xu in history, at least in Cao Cao's heart, he will not be inferior to Xun You and Cheng Yu.
For Ma Zongheng, who is forming his own faction, Cheng Gongying's appearance is simply a drought and nectar, and the timing is just right! Ma Zongheng has already decided that even if he exhausts all means, he will capture Cheng Gongying!
So, two scorching lights burst out of the horse's eyes, full of longing like a beast, and Chiwu seemed to feel the excitement of his master, and let out a long roar, and leaped faster.
Ten zhang, five zhang, three zhang! Seeing that the distance was gradually approaching, the light in Ma Zongheng's eyes was compelling, and he was about to speak.
Suddenly, Cheng Gongying took out a small bow and crossbow out of nowhere, turned around and shot at Ma Zongheng suddenly.
Shout~~!! Gale howled, and arrows struck. Ma Zongheng's eyes widened, and he saw that Cheng Gongying was about to launch again. At this time, if the horse avoids the first arrow, and the second arrow comes one after another, I don't know whether to shoot people or horses, but if Cheng Gongying takes the opportunity to escape, it will not be a big loss!
In fact, Ma Zongheng didn't think about it so much, he didn't dodge or dodge, roared, and galloped to catch up. 'Poof', because Ma Zongheng rushed to the urgency, he didn't put on his armor, and the arrow slammed into Ma Zongheng's left shoulder. Cheng Gongying, who was about to shoot arrows, was startled, he was resourceful, but he didn't expect that someone would use his body to catch arrows alive.
Just as Cheng Gongying lost his mind, Ma Zongheng had already rushed to the horse, twisted the Long Ming sword and only used the sword body to 'snap' and knock down Cheng Gongying. Cheng Gongying exclaimed, rolled a few laps on the ground, and when he came back to his senses, a little red light came in front of him, and the dragon Ming sword was already in the center of his eyebrows.
On the other side, when Cheng Gongying's entourage saw Cheng Gongying fall off his horse and was about to come to the rescue, Zhang Heng led his troops to kill, and within a while, he captured Cheng Gong's entourage one by one.
"Lord!" Until the end of the scuffle, Zhang Heng hurried over, Ma Zongheng and Cheng Gongying, up and down, still looking at each other coldly.
"Tie him up, don't hurt him, it's useless!" Ma Zongheng finished his command succinctly, put away his sword, and turned to leave. Cheng Gongying stared coldly at Ma Zongheng's back, but he didn't see the slightest panic at this time.
Half an hour later, Chenggong's entourage was imprisoned. Only Cheng Gongying was summoned by Ma Zongheng.
In the conference hall, Beigong Feng smiled brightly, looked at Cheng Gongying, who was standing proudly and proudly, although he was a prisoner, but he was not afraid, and immediately went down to the seat, and said with a smile: "Brother Ma, this little white face is just handsome, worthy of your eagerness today?" ”
Ma Zongheng's face was indifferent, and he said without thinking: "This person has the wisdom of Le Yi and Guan Zhong, and he must not be underestimated." ”
As soon as these words came out, not only Beigong Feng's face changed greatly, but even Cheng Gongying, who had always seemed calm, also showed surprise. He was originally very curious, how Ma Zongheng recognized his identity, and why did he dare to compare himself with Le Yi and Guan Zhong, the two heroes of the Warring States Period, so categorically!
"Giggles, Brother Ma appreciates this person so much, it seems that he must have extraordinary skills. Why don't you take him under the account of Big Brother Ma? Beigong Feng quickly recovered as usual, and said with a smile.
Cheng Gongying's heart was pinched, and then he laughed loudly: "Hahahahahaha~~!! ”
Cheng Gongying's laughter was full of contempt and arrogance, and Beigong Feng was very uncomfortable when he heard it, and immediately turned pale like frost, and shouted coldly: "The prisoner under the stairs, what kind of face is there to sneer at here!?" On your knees!! ”
As soon as Beigong Feng's voice fell, two Hu men immediately rushed from behind, and they were about to reach out to Cheng Gongying to grab him. At this time, Ma Zongheng shouted slowly, and then said to Beigong Feng: "It's better to be insulting than convincing, I want to hear why he laughs." ”
When Beigong Feng heard this, he saw that Ma Zongheng appreciated Cheng Gongying very much, so he understood and waved his hand to the two men. The two men immediately retreated. Cheng Gongying didn't appreciate it, took a step forward, and looked at Beigong Feng and said: "The patriarch of Beigong has just taken over the throne, and he is still young, but he doesn't know that people's hearts are sinister. Ma Fufeng has always coveted Tianshui, hoping to win it, and fight against Han Jiuqu. Now that the kingdom is dead, the sky and water are in chaos, and the so-called people's hearts are unpredictable and the sea is difficult to measure, isn't the Beigong patriarch afraid that one day, the family business will be taken away by outsiders!? ”
Beigong Feng was obedient, laughed, stretched out a finger lightly, pointed to the horse at the next seat, and said unhurriedly: "I want to entrust the Beigong family to him, but he refuses to marry me." He said you're resourceful, would you give me a plan? ”
When Cheng Gongying heard this, his face was stunned, as if he had eaten a fly, his breathing suddenly became short, and he scolded in his heart: "What a shameless lewd baby!" ”
At this time, Ma Zongheng suddenly stood up, pushed away the mat and walked out, and his sharp eyes made contact with Cheng Gongying's cold gaze.
"Don't talk nonsense, will you surrender me!?"
"Hahahaha~~!! What a ridiculous fallacy!! You are just a junior, don't say it's you, even if your son Ma Fufeng comes in person, I won't descend!! ”
"You're not afraid of death?"
Cheng Gongying, who was laughing wildly, only to feel a murderous aura coming, and Ma's fierce eyes were already surging with murderous intent, and he did not hide it.
Cheng Gongying was stunned again, as if he didn't expect Ma Zongheng's attitude to change so quickly.
"Why are you!?" Ke Cheng Gongying had no choice to give in, gritted his teeth, his face was tense, full of unyielding, and asked coldly.
"With your life!!"
Ma Zongheng spoke surprisingly again, Cheng Gongying didn't react for a while, and laughed a little angrily: "Huh? Hahahaha!! With less than a few thousand people in this Huangshacheng district, how can you break through the impregnable Jicheng and threaten me with the lives of my Chenggong family!? It's a big joke, I thought you were a character, but it turned out to be just a whimsical madman!! ”
"I've got a plan! What if it happens!? ”
"You have the ability, so what if you descend on you!? But what if not? ”
"Within half a month, if you don't take Jicheng, I will give the head to you!!"
"A gentleman's word!"
"It's hard to chase a horse!!"
The two spoke sharply, but in a moment, they made a bet that could be described as a big gamble. When Beigong Feng heard this, his face changed suddenly, and when he wanted to stop it, Ma Zongheng had already agreed. Cheng Gongying showed a sneer, he would never believe that Ma Zongheng would give the head as promised, but in this way, he has no faith and righteousness, with such a notoriety, if he wants to make a difference in the future, it is no longer difficult to ascend to the sky. When the time comes, Cheng Gongying wants to see what kind of face this Ma Zongheng wants to use to face him!