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"The tea brewed from this tea is really bitter. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "Ma Chao used the tea set given to him by Cao Cao to make tea. Drinking the tea in the cup, his brow furrowed.

Ma Dai also took a sip and said with disdain, "This is too much worse than our Xiliang spirits." ”

Ma Chao shook his head and savored the tea in his mouth, "Xiliang liquor is extremely hot when you drink it in your mouth, like a raging fire. And this tea is bitter in the mouth, and then it has a mellow aftertaste, giving people a kind of coolness, like gurgling water, which makes people feel calm. ”

Ma Dai took another sip, it was still very bitter, but it was very refreshing after swallowing, but his mood was not calm.

"Cao Cao, what is your purpose in sending me tea?" Ma Chao played with the small teacup in his hand and muttered to himself.

At this time, Pound walked into the big tent. Ma Chao beckoned to Pang De, "How about Ling Ming come and taste the taste of this tea?" ”

Pang De clenched his fist towards Ma Chao, his face was a little angry, "Han Sui has given us less and less food, and today it is less than yesterday. After Zhang He attacked the camps of the Xiliang Coalition Army, Han Sui collected all the remaining grain from the various departments. According to the reasonable distribution of soldiers and horses in each department.

"What do I think is the matter?" Ma Chao took a new cup, poured it full of tea, and brought it to Pound, "Get up, drink tea." ”

"Whoa!" Pound got up and took the teacup in Ma Chao's hand and sat down on the side of the seat.

"I mistakenly believed Yin Ke's words and went to attack and kill the Yin family's caravan. caused the right flank of the coalition army to be empty, so that Zhang He attacked the camp, and the grain and grass were burned. Ma Chao said very calmly.

"But if we blindly tolerate it, I'm afraid we won't be able to exchange it for peace." Ma Dai put down the teacup in his hand, with a trace of sorrow on his face, "Recently, Liang Xing and other troops have moved frequently, faintly pointing the finger at us. ”

"If they dare to come, I'll give them a taste of the silver spear in my hand." Ma Chao smiled confidently, although he endured it, Ma Chao was never afraid.

The guards walked into the big tent and said, "There is a messenger from Cao Jun outside the door, saying that he is here to send his heart to the lord. ”

Ma Dai and Pang De all looked at Ma Chao, they had just met Cao Cao, and they sent a messenger to deliver the letter, could it be that Cao Cao was taking the initiative to show goodwill?

"Let him in." Ma Chao waved his hand and asked the messenger outside the camp to come in to meet him.

Looking at the middle-aged man who walked into the big tent, Ma Chao looked up and down, "You are the messenger of Cao Jun?" ”

The middle-aged man saluted unhurriedly, "Exactly, on the orders of the prime minister, I came to deliver a letter to General Ma." Saying that, the middle-aged man took out a letter from his arms, Ma Dai stepped forward and took the letter, put it under his nose and smelled it, opened the envelope and checked it, there was nothing unusual, and then it was handed over to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao unfolded the letter and looked at the contents of the letter, his face full of puzzlement. The content of the letter is very simple, because of the Ma family's meritorious service in guarding the border, Cao Cao played the Son of Heaven to Ma Teng and Ma Chao to add officials to the knighthood. But many places in the letter were erased.

"What do you mean, Prime Minister?" Ma Chao looked at the messenger in front of him and asked.

The messenger saluted Ma Chao, "The general forgives the sin, I don't know anything else for the purpose of delivering the letter." ”

"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?" Ma Chao lowered his voice very low, and the killing word bit very hard.

"If you want to kill or chop, listen to it. I have a cheap life, and since I received the letter from the prime minister, I have no intention of going back alive. The Messenger always had a smile on his face, calm and unafraid.

Ma Chao laughed, "Sir, don't worry too much, please take a break and eat something, Ma Chao will definitely ensure Mr.'s safety." ”

"Thank you, General Ma." As he spoke, the messenger followed Ma Chao out of the big tent.

Looking at the letter in his hand, looking at the place where the letter was smeared, the pieces of ink were very dazzling in Ma Chao's opinion.

"No, go and get the messenger back for me." Ma Chao seemed to think of something and stood up from his seat.

Ma Dai and Pang De didn't know what Ma Chao meant, but they hurriedly chased him out. They heard only a few laughs when the messenger snatched the saber of one of the soldiers and stabbed him in the lower abdomen. The messenger had a sharp knife stuck in his abdomen, lying on the ground panting, "Prime Minister, the villain's mission is complete. When Ma Dai and Pound arrived, the messenger was dead, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned without a trace of pain.

At this time, Yan Xing came to Ma Chao's camp with a group of personal guards, "My lord invited General Ma to gather at the camp tonight to discuss the attack on Chang'an. ”

"Okay, I'll go and inform my general right away." Pang De arched his hand towards Yan Xing, and asked him to clean up the body of Cao Jun's messenger.

Yan Xing looked at the messenger's corpse and asked, "Who is this?" How could you die here? ”

"It's our own business, don't bother the general." Ma Daipi smiled and said to Yan Xing.

Seeing that Ma Dai didn't want to say more, Yan Xing was very interested, turned over and left. In fact, before coming, Han Sui received a report from the spies that the Cao Jun messenger had entered the Ma Chao camp. But now Ma Dai deliberately concealed it, and after Yan Xing went back, he told Han Sui about the situation.

Han Sui's face was cloudy, and he kept banging on the bed. After a while, Han Sui got up from the bed and couldn't suppress his cough a few times, Yan Xing hurriedly stepped forward to help Han Sui.

"Take my armor." Han Sui waved his hand at Yan Xing and ordered his attendants to bring his armor.

Yan Xing stood in front of the bed and said worriedly, "Lord, your body hasn't recovered yet, you can see them here." ”

"No, set up the banquet, you go and urge Liang Xing and them, don't urge Ma Chao. I would like to meet Liang Xing and them in advance. Han Sui's face was very bad, his lips were pale, and he coughed from time to time.

Yan Xing turned to leave, as if he had guessed what Han Sui wanted to do. If there is no good feast, there will be no good feast. I'm afraid that today's banquet is a Hongmen banquet.

Soon, Liang Xing, Li Kan, Yang Qiu, Ma Wan, Cheng Yin, Cheng Yi and other eight people rushed to Han Sui's big tent in advance. They consulted in secret for a long time in their tents, and then they returned to their camps. A simple banquet that suddenly changed in nature. For a while, a haze shrouded the heads of the generals of Xiliang.

And Ma Chao was troubled by the letters in his hand at this time, and he didn't notice any changes in other camps at all. Originally, the content of the letter was very simple, but it was a favorable condition issued by Cao Cao, and the place where the letter was erased made the content of the letter very ambiguous. At this time, the news of Xianyang's attack came back. Ma Chao's eyes were full of surprise and helplessness, and he understood that he had been tricked.

The banquet in the evening is afraid that it will be a Hongmen banquet. Ma Chao went to attack and kill the Yin family caravan, but he didn't know if Cao Zhen took the tiger and leopard horse to attack Xianyang, whether Ma Chao intended to let it go, whether it was Ma Chao who attacked the Yin family caravan in order to create an opportunity for Zhang He, whether Ma Chao had already taken refuge in Cao Cao. The things were clear, Ma Chao spit out a breath of turbidity, and after adding the smeared letter, the messenger of Cao Jun who died in his camp, Ma Chao knew that he couldn't wash it by jumping into the Yellow River.