People who often lie in bed will not be used to sleeping on the ground, and people who are not used to sleeping on the ground are naturally difficult to dream, Ma Hong understands this truth. Although Ma Hong was very tired, he didn't sleep in the bed, but he gave up the bed to Ma San, because he didn't know if Liu Ye, who was sleeping next door, would leave alone again. The window was ajar, Ma Sanheyi sat on the bed, closed his eyes and quietly listened to the movement next door, and suddenly heard a clicking sound, he opened his eyes and could see that Ma Hong was tapping on the floor in the dark. Ma San has followed Ma Hong for many years, and he knew very well that Ma Hong was calling him again, so he approached Ma Hong lightly, and asked in a low voice, "Childe, do you have something to explain?" ”

Ma Hong lowered his voice and asked, "What do you think about Ma Wu's deception of me?" ”

Ma San said in a low voice: "Childe, I think Ma Wu can't stay with Childe anymore, but Ma Wu is Martha's sworn brother, if I do this for Childe, I'm afraid it will be ......"

Ma Hong said softly: "There are many people on the road, if unfortunately killed, it is normal, Martha used to be a horse thief, I think he will understand." ”

Ma San said lightly: "Childe is wise, the arrangement for Ma Wu to die to protect Childe is very good." ”

Ma Hong stretched out his hand in the dark and patted Ma San's arm and said softly: "You are wrong, you can't tell Ma Da like this, what kind of person is Ma Wu?" Cowardly, greedy for money, will such a person die for the sake of his master? Martha won't believe it, you should say this when you go back, when we met the rogue, Ma Wu left his master and fled, and was killed by an arrow in the back, and under the desperate protection of you and Ma Liu, I was able to escape. ”

"That's what Childe said." After Ma San finished Ma Hong's words, he secretly said in his heart: Gongzi is really resourceful, so Ma Da, who knows Ma Wu best, will also feel ashamed, and when the time comes, Gongzi will take money to appease Ma Wu's family, which will make the brothers work harder. It's just that I arranged for Ma Wu to steal Liu Ye's money bag, isn't this Ma Wu who I killed indirectly?

Ma Hong sighed lightly and said, "Ma San, it's not your fault, you don't have to worry. ”

Ma San hummed softly and stopped talking, just stayed by Ma Hong's side. In the dark, Ma San heard the sound of the door of the next room being opened, and he gently tapped the floor with his hand and asked Ma Hong if he wanted to go out and follow Liu Ye. Ma Hong didn't make a sound, and Ma San sat on the ground and didn't move.

Ma Hong knew that Liu Ye was a person who was very sensitive to smells, and he would frown slightly when he smelled a trace of foul smell on weekdays, he was definitely not a person who would be convenient in the room, even if there was a night pot in the room, he would not solve it nearby. Not to mention that the city gate is closed in the middle of the night, Liu Ye can't go out, even if he walks out, he will definitely be discovered, because Ma Liu is monitoring the horse shed.

After a little more than half a pillar of incense, Ma Hong saw a light coming from outside the room, and then heard footsteps, and then the door next door was opened again, Ma Hong sighed and walked to the bed to lie down, and signaled that Ma San could rest. As soon as Ma Hong closed his eyes, he was completely immersed in the dream, he was too tired. When Ma Hong woke up in the morning, it was already dawn, and there was breakfast on the food shore, and Ma San had already gone out.

Ma Hong got dressed, washed up, walked to Liu Ye's room, lightly buttoned Liu Ye's door, and then heard footsteps coming from inside the door, and then the door was opened, and a disheveled woman stood in front of Ma Hong. At the same time as a smell of wind and dust came to his face, Ma Hong's heart twitched, Liu Ye was not in the room.

The woman looked at Ma Hong and was a little surprised, but she still welcomed Ma Hong into the house and closed the door. Ma Hong approached the house, sat down, and didn't ask where Liu Ye had gone? The woman began to take off her untidy clothes.

Ma Hong watched the woman undress and said, "Where are the guests in this room?"

The woman's undressing fingers paused slightly, and she continued, "The guest who stayed in this room last night said that a young man asked me to serve this morning, and let me stay in his room."

Ma Hong sighed and asked, "Don't you think it's strange why you didn't serve last night, but in the morning?"

"The guest said you like to play in the morning."

The woman had already stripped naked when she finished speaking, and she sat down on the bed after she had taken off her clothes, she had just been in the industry, but she also knew that the men were stronger in the morning.

Ma Hong asked again, "Did the second child of this store bring you here?"

The woman nodded and said, "Childe, aren't you coming?"

Ma Hong smiled, he approached the bed with a smile, and said, "Did the guest leave anything for me?"

The woman nodded and said, "There is a letter that says it will be given to you when you finish it in the morning." ”

Ma Hong sighed and said, "If I don't do it, won't you give it to me?" ”

The woman hurriedly shook her head, and then took out a letter from under the pillow, Ma Hong took the letter, got up and left, and when he returned to the room, Ma San had already returned and was eating oil cakes.

Ma Hong said to Ma San: "Do you want a woman?" ”

Ma San smiled and didn't speak. Ma Hong walked to Liu Ye's room again and asked the woman to put on her clothes and go to find Ma San next door. After the woman left, Ma Hong poured a cup of hot tea, drank it slowly, looked at the letter on the table, and thought about how Liu Ye left quietly. According to Ma Hong's speculation, Liu Ye should have bought the shopkeeper when the shopkeeper went to the room to deliver supper, asked him to prepare a horse at the back door of the inn, established a good relationship with the guards of the city tower in advance, and asked the shopkeeper to recruit prostitutes to deceive Ma Hong's ears. All of Liu Ye's actions were as smooth as flowing water, which made Ma Hong admired, and finally invited Ma Hong to prostitute himself. Even if Ma Hong's physical age is not suitable for prostitution or he is not in the mood to prostitute after being tricked by him, Ma Hong's entourage can prostitute.

When Liu Ye left, Ma Hong didn't sleep, it should have been the sub-hour (23:00 to 1:00 at night), and now the hour (7:00 to 9:00) has passed most of the time, Liu Ye has been walking for more than four hours, and now I am afraid that he is already a hundred miles away. At the moment, no one was sent to follow him, and his subordinates only had Ma San and Ma Wu and Ma Liusan, so it was not easy to track down people hundreds of miles away. Liu Ye's escape this time was not the fault of his subordinates, but Ma Hong's own mistake, Liu Ye won against him, and in terms of strategy alone, he is not Liu Ye's opponent now.

Ma Hong's right finger was stuck in his hair, he stood up and sat on the bed with his left hand picking up the letter, his legs kept shaking, and now he couldn't tell whether he was uncomfortable or nervous, in short, it was very uncomfortable. Ma Hong was struggling with whether to open the letter, if he did, if he wanted to see Liu Ye, Liu Ye must have persuaded him not to continue to follow. If you don't open it to see it, it is also a good way to go directly to Chengde Liu Ye's house, but Liu Ye doesn't want him to go. Liu Ye was a test for Ma Hong last night, if Ma Hong could discover Liu Ye's motives early and wipe out all the possibilities of his escape, Ma Hong would win, and Liu Ye would let Ma Hong follow, but Ma Hong lost.

Yes, I lost, I lost, Ma Hong was entangled in his heart, now do I want to chase Senior Brother Ziyang anymore, if I catch up with him, do I have to tell him, Senior Brother, you are so powerful, I was tricked by you. If I don't chase him, then I boasted about Haikou in front of the teacher, and I want to go back with my brother, what should I do? Do you want to take a look at the letters left by my brother? If I read my brother's letter, maybe I can find the answer......

Ma Hong's fingers trembled slightly as he opened the letter, and was greeted by a familiar font.

"Senior brother, don't chase it, it's not a peach blossom fragrance in front of you, but a ghost garden. The last time Senior Brother Xu and I went to break Mr. Huang's stone formation, we passed by your hometown Yicheng, which is a beautiful place, the city is full of peach blossoms, and Senior Brother Xu and I are speculating which peach tree you cultivated. Brother Xu and I also said that if I returned to my hometown, I would definitely be in front of my house. In the spring, when the wind blows the petals, my wife stands in front of the door with a pipa and waits for me to come home. It's just that the current Chengde is not suitable for planting peach trees, and it is not suitable for you to go. Cherish, don't read it. A moment in the early years of Jian'an. [Han Dynasty letters have no punctuation, so they are written only for ease of reading]

Ma Hong folded the letter, put it away, and walked out, and saw Ma San standing in front of the door with an embarrassed face.

"Pretty fast!" Ma Hong said.

Ma San said with an embarrassed face: "Childe, just now I heard the woman say that the kid is gone again." ”

Ma Hong nodded and said, "It's okay, it's not your fault, it's my fault, you can go and do it again." “

Ma San shook his head and said, "It's hard to get up." ”

Ma Hong sighed and said, "The chicken can't be lost!" ”