71, Ho's
The chill of winter is still there, some people leave successfully, and some people come disappointed.
Ma Chao took two family soldiers along the street to the alley where He Fu was located, and when they entered the inner gate, they also saw the inner prison gate that was clearing the snow.
The inner prison was an old man, he only glanced at Ma Chao and the three of them a few times, and then lowered his eyebrows and focused on the matter at hand.
The powerful have been clearing the snow in the alleys for a long time, and they have become human spirits when they are old, and these people are capable in appearance, wearing swords, and tall mounts, and they are inseparable from the army, but it is not for him that an elderly prison guard should block the door and ask.
Rao is like this, Ma Chao still let the soldiers get off the horse with him, and led the war horse to step on the snow and slowly walked into the inner door.
The closer he got to He Fu, the slower his steps became.
Ma Teng's angry words before leaving couldn't help but come to mind.
"Rebel! By this time, have you not yet come to your senses? The lady of the He family has not shown up for a long time, and she does not go to the meeting, but she is obviously avoiding you, if you rush to the He family at this time, it is undoubtedly to bring humiliation on yourself, this is Chang'an, not Xiliang, you are a rebel who has been fascinated, do you want to continue to do your character? β
"It's a matter between me and her, and I have to go."
After Ma Chao repeated the words before patting the horse out of the mansion in his heart, he strengthened his mind, strode forward, and bolted the war horse to the horse stone in front of the He Mansion, and he immediately asked a soldier to come forward and ask for a meeting.
After a few heavy door slams.
The pale head of the He Mansion who was guarding the door was very cold, and opened the door of the school tremblingly, glanced at the soldiers who were born a few times, was suspicious, and asked with wide eyes:
"Is there a famous thorn?"
Ma Chao behind him motioned to the soldiers in front of him to hand over the famous thorn, and the cangtou saw the delicate famous thorn, his face softened, and he said, "Honorable guest and wait in the school!" He neatly pushed open the door of the mansion and went to the mansion to report, and did not forget to close the door again when he left.
After waiting in the school door for a long time, the man returned again, followed by two servants in Tsing Yi, their faces were a little weird, and after looking at Ma Chao and others, one of the servants in Tsing Yi said:
"Ma Jun, my young gentleman is invited, please come with the villain."
Ma Chao nodded, motioned for him to lead the way, and then walked into the He Mansion with two family soldiers.
Pingling He is the old surname of Guanzhong that stretches the two Han Dynasty, since the former Han Dynasty its ancestor He Bigan moved to Pingling, its family has branched out, there are children in the clan in the past dynasties, although it is not as noble as Hongnong Yang's and Runan Yuan's in this dynasty, but it can also be called a famous hairpin family in Guanxi.
Therefore, although it is a new move to Chang'an, the mansion purchased by the He family occupies a large area, and the mansion is a deep mansion compound, Junyu Gaotang, and the slaves and maids along the way are well-behaved, showing the family style of the old surname in Guanzhong.
However, the two Tsing Yi servants did not lead Ma Chao to the lobby of He Mansion, but led Ma Chao to a side room along the side corridor.
The He family is only willing to meet Ma Chao here.
Before Ma Chao entered the room, he had already learned the identity of this young gentleman of the He family from the mouth of the He family, and he also expected this meeting with the He family at this time, so he did not hesitate, and he was very respectful as soon as he met.
"He Jun, down thereβ"
There was no trace of expression on the serious face of the He family Shaojun, he waved his hand, and quickly interrupted Ma Chao's words.
"Presumably you are the gentleman of the Ma family, since you are here today, I will not say anything about it, regarding your personal relationship with my little sister, the He family will never allow it. Your Ma family killed the enemy on the battlefield, made meritorious contributions, and my He family adhered to the ancestral teachings, passed down poems and books, and had no contacts. Please come back! β
The young monarch of the He family did not have a good impression of the Ma family, not only because the Liangzhou rebels had repeatedly invaded Sanfu and killed and plundered many people before, but also because he despised the Ma family and was not worthy of his sister from a famous family in Guanzhong.
"He's slow!"
Seeing that after the He family Shaojun finished speaking, he was about to leave, Ma Chao hurriedly stopped him, even though the He family Shaojun was impatient in his heart, but it was not good to completely lose the etiquette of the family education, so he could only stop and look back at Ma Chao.
Ma Chao tried hard to squeeze out a smile, and he grinned and said:
"Jing Wei is self-divided, but it can also merge, although the Ma family started from the borderland, but it is by no means an ordinary martial arts sect is strong, why is He Jun thousands of miles away. In the next time, I came for Mrs. He, and I also asked He Jun to fulfill it, and let me meet with Sister Ling in the house. β
"Ridiculous, ridiculous, Ma Mengqi, are you deceiving me, who is no one? How can the ladies in the house be seen when you meet, come and send off guests! β
After the young monarch of the He family refuted it, he ignored it anymore, he snorted coldly and walked out, and the two Tsing Yi slaves outside the room also walked in immediately when they heard the sound, stretched out their hands and said:
"Ma Jun, please go back!"
The smile on Ma Chao's face gradually disappeared, and his cold face was covered with a layer of frost at the moment, he thought about all kinds of encounters when he came, but he didn't think that he was braving the cold weather to come to pay respects, and he was sternly rejected as soon as he entered the mansion.
This is clearly a kind of contempt and insult, and the other party has never looked at himself squarely. In Chang'an City before, Ma Chao had seen a lot of such eyes, but only in He Mansion at this moment, this kind of indifferent look would make Ma Chao's heart full of humiliation.
Resisting the urge to hurt people, Ma Chao had a cold face and walked out of the room, he didn't want to hurt people in his heart, but he was unwilling to leave Hefu.
He didn't want to, he couldn't see He E, and he returned disappointed.
At this time, Ma Chao, who was walking on the side porch, suddenly stopped, and heard the familiar sound of the Qiang flute in his ears, and the sound source came from the direction of the backyard of Hefu, and the voice echoed, like crying and complaining, as if telling the girl's sad and sad state of mind.
"Ho-" Ma Chao seemed to turn into a blue wolf who heard the call of his companions, and with a sudden effort, he knocked down the two Tsing Yi slaves, and ran to the backyard of He Mansion as soon as he pulled his legs.
"Come on, come on!"
After the two Tsing Yi slaves were knocked down and threw themselves to the ground, they each crooked their mouths and frowned in pain, but when they saw Ma Chao, who was suddenly in trouble, ran towards the backyard, they didn't have time to think about it, they realized that something was wrong, and they could only shout loudly for help.
And Ma Chao's two family soldiers were also flustered when they saw this at this time, they didn't know why Ma Chao suddenly started to hurt people, and the direction of running was still He Father's backyard, Rao was so, the puzzled family soldiers still followed Ma Chao's footsteps and quickly rushed to the direction of He Chao's father's backyard.
Suddenly, the He Mansion, which seemed to be in order before, quickly became a mess. Many children and servants of the He family rushed to the backyard with instruments in their hands, and the father of He, who originally thought that he could send away Ma Chao by sending his children, heard the news, and was even more angry, and personally took a few strong slaves with swords, and also walked quickly to the backyard.
At this time, Ma Chao didn't care about this, after he rushed into the backyard of He Mansion, he had already scared away a group of female dependents of He Mansion, and then followed the sound to find He E playing the Qiang flute in the garden.
"I'm coming!"
He E, who had already put down the Qiang flute, looked up in amazement when she heard the sound, and when she saw Ma Chao who had set off a storm in He Fu, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she lowered her head unconsciously.
When we met again, she didn't know what to say when she had a thousand words.
But Ma Chao didn't realize it yet, he was a little excited, approached He E's side, held her fragrant shoulder, and said with a smile:
"No one can stop me, as long as you want, I can take you away now!"
"I-"
He E wanted to speak and stopped, and did not say what was in his heart, but Ma Chao had already found clues from her resisting body movements, he was a little surprised, and asked softly:
"You don't believe me, or, you, don't want to?"
He E smiled bitterly and said gloomily:
"After all, I am not the Qiang woman who dares to love and hate, and drives with the person you like, I am the daughter of the He family, if I leave with you like this today, what face will my parents have to see people again, and the century-old reputation of the He family will soon be destroyed in my hands, Meng Qi, you, can you understand my hardship?"
Hearing this, Ma Chao slowly let go of his hands, he took a deep breath, nodded, and said slowly:
"I understand."
When the two were relatively speechless, there were already many He family members with instruments in hand, and they came to the garden one after another, and the angry He father was in the forefront, and the young monarch of the He family was holding a long sword in his hand, his eyes widened, and he glared at Ma Chao and shouted:
"Ma Jia'er, you deceived me too much of the Pingling He family! Dare to beat my He family's subordinates, trespass into the backyard of my He Mansion, there is no king's law, today I will arrest you and send you to the official temple for questioning! β
"Take him down for me!" As soon as the He family's young monarch's voice fell, more than a dozen He family children and servants immediately rushed forward, and Ma Chao's soldiers also drew their swords to resist when they saw this.
Seeing that the two sides were about to start a fight, He E was already so anxious that she cried, Ma Chao couldn't bear it, so she turned around and said loudly to everyone on the field:
"Don't do it yet! He Gong, Chao has no intention of offending, please calm your anger and listen to me again! β
His voice was loud, coupled with his momentum, the children and servants of the He family who had rushed up couldn't help but slow down, and one of the children of the He family who was the leader even stopped his figure and looked back at Father He inquiringly.
"Why are you still stunned, give me-"
"Enough!"
The young monarch of the He family was about to speak, but he was stopped by Father He at once. Father He was also furious just now, so he let his son order Ma Chao to be captured.
At this time, seeing the soldiers of the Ma family drawing their swords and seeing each other, their own daughter is in the hands of the other party, if the matter is big, I am afraid that the reputation of the He family in Pingling will inevitably plummet, and under heavy concerns, the father of the rat trap actually waved his hand to let the He family retreat, and said nothing with a gloomy face, to see what Ma Chao wanted to say more.
Ma Chao immediately bowed and said loudly again:
"Chao and the lady of the He family are in love, and I invite He Gong to fulfill it!"
As soon as they heard Ma Chao's words, the He family on the field was in an uproar, daring to love this person for trespassing into the backyard, but he came for the lady of the He family.
For a while, all kinds of strange eyes were cast on He Father, Ma Chao, He E, He E lowered his head shyly, Ma Chao was calm and calm, only He Father's face changed from black to red, and then to white, as if changing his face, in the end, I saw him cough and laugh dryly, looked at Ma Chao and said:
"Meng Qi, if you really came here for this matter, then please come with the old man first!"
After speaking, Father He motioned to the children of the He family to dismiss those who had rushed to hear the inquiry and did not know what to do, and turned around and walked towards a pavilion not far away.
Seeing this, Ma Chao also looked back and comforted He E that she was fine, leaving the family soldiers to guard her with weapons, and followed He Father alone.