Deng Zhan asked before he stopped, and the one who brought someone over replied, "It's me." ”

Listening to the voice, it was Ma Teng who came.

Not only could he hear Ma Teng's voice, but Cao Shuo also heard a squeak and whining of someone covering his mouth behind him.

Turning around, Cao Shuo looked at Ma Teng and the others.

Ma Teng bowed and saluted: "I've seen the son." ”

Behind him, two soldiers twisted a man with a big tie.

It was from that man's mouth that the squeaking sound came from.

Although it was already night and they were close to each other, Cao Shuo and Tian Feng still saw the person who was tied up clearly.

"General Ma, what's going on?" Cao Shuo asked Ma Teng with a look of surprise.

"Returning to the childe." Ma Teng replied: "Meng Qi has betrayed twice, and now he is attached to him, and he is still asking for conditions with Gongzi. As a father, I can't protect him, I have already captured him, and I asked my son to send him down. ”

"Meng Qi was captured by General Ma?" The expression on Cao Shuo's face was even more stunned.

Before Ma Teng came to see him, he had already thought that Ma Chao would be tied up. I just didn't expect it to be so fast.

But in front of Ma Teng's father and son, he still had to pretend that he didn't know at all.

Cao Shuo looked confused, and Ma Teng replied: "Childe can't spare him lightly this time, whether to kill or chop, and ask Childe to decide." ”

"Why don't you loosen Meng Qi's ties?" Cao Shuo sighed and said, "It's all my own people, how did they make such a fuss." ”

"Please don't loosen the tie for him." Cao Shuo was about to untie Ma Chao in person, but Ma Teng stopped him: "This son is deeply guilty, if the son spares him, I am afraid that there will be many imitators in the future." ”

As a father, he actually asked Cao Shuo to punish him, and Ma Chao, who was tied up like a zongzi and had a ball of linen in his mouth, struggled to break free from the hands of the two soldiers.

Cao Shuo, who was about to loosen his ties for Ma Chao, had no choice but to stop when Ma Teng said this.

She looked at Cao Shuo with longing in her eyes.

At this time, Ma Chao should no longer want to keep Xiliang in his hands.

As long as Cao Shuo is willing to loosen the ties for him, he will be grateful to Dade.

However, Cao Shuo did not insist on loosening the tie anymore, but said to Ma Teng with an embarrassed face: "General Ma, Meng Qi actually didn't do anything wrong......

"Two rebellions, how many sons died on the battlefield?" Ma Teng said with annoyance: "I handed over the army to him when I left Xiliang, but I didn't expect him to choose to fight against Liu Xuande and his son. ”

"What does General Ma mean......" Looking at Ma Teng in embarrassment, Cao Shuo asked.

Ma Teng frowned, and said to Cao Shuo: "Childe, the so-called one can be two and cannot be three, Meng Qi still refuses to fully serve Childe this time, and he will definitely become a big trouble in the future." My son has made mistakes, and of course the father has to bear it. ”

"Actually, I've been thinking about who Xiliang will hand over these days." Cao Shuo said: "The Ma family has been in Xiliang for many years, and there are fights with the Qiang people every year, which is also very hard. I begged His Majesty for permission to transfer the Ma family to Yecheng. ”

Cao Shuo said that he would send them to Yecheng, not to mention that Ma Chao's eyes were round, and even Ma Teng was taken aback.

"Childe is going to send us to Yecheng?" Ma Teng asked in astonishment.

"Yecheng is much closer to here than Shouchun." Cao Shuo said: "General Ma and Meng Qi have made great contributions to this battle, although the merits and sins cannot be compensated, it is still okay to ensure that the two of them go to Shouchun with me." ”

"There's Mr. Lao." Ma Teng bowed and replied: "I can follow Gongzi back to Shouchun, and I am relieved." ”

Looking at Lu Bu, who was struggling, Cao Shuo's brows furrowed slightly.

After hesitating for a moment, he said to Ma Teng: "Please also ask General Ma to take care of him, but don't let him do anything out of the ordinary again." ”

"Don't worry, Childe, I will never let him out of sight." Ma Teng replied: "Even if he eats and drinks Lazar, I will watch from the sidelines." ”

Walking in front of Ma Chao, Cao Shuo stared into his eyes and sighed.

Seeing him coming, Ma Chao thought that he would loosen his ties, but he didn't expect that what he was waiting for was just a sigh.

looked at Cao Shuo in astonishment, before Ma Chao came back to his senses, Cao Shuo waved his hand.

Ma Teng instructed the soldiers: "Escort him down for me!" ”

The two soldiers twisted Ma Chao and turned to leave, and Ma Teng also bowed to Cao Shuo and followed them.

Seeing them walk away, Tian Feng said, "I really didn't expect Ma Teng to do this. ”

"What you want to say is that I didn't expect Ma Teng to kill his relatives in righteousness?" Cao Shuo asked with a slight smile.

"Exactly." Tian Feng replied: "As far as I know, the Ma family's father has always had a good relationship, and when Ma Teng was in Xiliang, he also relied on Ma Chao very much, and he was more partial to this son than the other two. ”

"No matter how much you like it, it's only once." Cao Shuo said: "Ma Mengqi almost killed him, Ma Tie and Ma Xiu, how could he not have a problem with this son?" Whether it is a father and son or a brother, it is not so easy to know that they want to give birth to each other, and then want to redeem it from now on. ”

Tian Feng nodded.

He suddenly thought of the Yuan family back then.

He once worked under Yuan Shao's account, and Tian Feng was also one of the top staff in Hebei.

Just because of his upright personality and daring to confront Yuan Shao in person, he angered Yuan Shao and imprisoned him before Guandu broke out.

Thinking of those past events, Tian Feng couldn't help but feel a burst of sadness in his heart.

Cao Shuo patted him lightly on the shoulder: "It's not early, let's not stand here for too long, let's rest in the tent first." ”

Tian Feng responded and accompanied Cao Shuo back to the barracks.

Walking towards Cao Shuo's tent, Tian Feng asked, "What are you going to do tomorrow morning?" ”

"The army wants to open Tongguan." Cao Shuo whispered without thinking about it: "What Yuan Hao said before is that most of the soldiers here are loyal to Ma Chao. Although General Ma captured him, there would still be bold attempts to secretly rescue him. If Ma Mengqi escapes, it will not be easy to arrest him again in the future. ”

"Since Childe knew that he would run away, why did he refuse to kill him?" Tian Feng frowned, and asked Cao Shuo very puzzled: "Such a person, what is the use of Gongzi keeping him?" ”

"Ma Mengqi bravely crowned the three armies, and he rebelled twice just because he couldn't judge whether what Liu Bei sent was a benefit or wanted to push him into the fire pit." Cao Shuo said: "People like him are originally upright in temperament. Now that we have come to Xiliang to take over the army and the people here, and the same thing is put on our heads, won't we look forward to the turnaround like him? ”

Cao Shuo's ability to understand Ma Chao was really unexpected by Tian Feng.

Looking at Cao Shuo, Tian Feng nodded belatedly: "It's still a generous child, if you change to me, even ten Ma Mengqi will not be enough to kill!" ”