Ma San walked behind Ma Hong, only to feel that his whole heart was cold and cold, and he couldn't stop sighing. Ma Hong smiled: "Why, Ma San, why sigh." ”

Ma San lamented: "I'm sighing! Childe, you are really generous! ”

Ma Hong laughed and said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Ma San sighed and sighed in his heart: A piece of gold cake! That's going to be enough for me to stretch for as long as I can!

"Ma San. Let's put aside the matter of Ma Wu for now! ”

Ma Hong suddenly said to Ma San.

Ma San asked, "Childe, why is this?" ”

Ma Hong said: "I asked Ma Liu, Ma Wu's son is not in good health, and he needs money. ”

Ma San nodded, and then stopped talking.

The darkness came quietly, stepping through the uneven streets, watching the lanterns hanging in front of the houses of the rich and noble swaying in the night wind. Ma Hong slowed down his pace and walked down the street, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, and his footsteps became clearer and clearer. He wondered why the shops closed so early, or why the pedestrians on the road were so busy going home.

Ma San, who was walking beside Ma Hong, saw that Ma Hong was a little confused, so he explained that because Jiangxia County was close to Yangzhou, there was a special rule, as soon as it was dark, residents must return to their homes and were not allowed to wander on the streets, because there were patrolling officials on the streets, and once they were caught, they would be interrogated or scolded.

After listening to that good explanation, Ma Hong understood why Liu Qi said that Jiangxia's prison cells were the most in Jingzhou, and it was also the biggest reason.

Suddenly, a team of officials in front of him came with torches, and Ma San hurriedly said: "Childe, let's hide quickly, if we are bumped into by the officials, it will be troublesome." ”

Ma Hong said to Ma San: "You lack eyes!" If the officials see us avoiding them and catch up with us, how can they explain it? ”

Ma San said: "Then what should I do?" ”

Ma Hong snorted for a moment, and walked over to meet the official errand, Ma San shook his head helplessly and followed hard. Under the firelight, Ma Hong could clearly see that there were six officials, there were only four officials patrolling the streets in Xiangyang at night, and only two in Yicheng, it seemed that Jiangxia was really not a safe place.

The official at the head looked at a person coming towards him, held the hilt of the knife and said, "Stop!" Check the cards! ”

Ma Hong saw that the official led by him pulled out his waist knife, and involuntarily took a step back and said, "What cards are you checking?" ”

The official messenger led by the leader slowly approached Ma Hong with a torch and said, "Aren't you a local?" ”

Ma Hong said: "No! ”

The official at the head approached Ma Hong with a knife and shone the torch at Ma Hong's face, and Ma Hong, who was smoked by the heat of the torch, couldn't help but lean back. At this time, Ma Hong also saw the face of the official, who was full of face and beard, and had a fierce look. Ma Hong secretly said in his heart: It seems that something has to happen, why am I looking forward to it?

The bearded official grabbed Ma Hong's collar and pulled Ma Hong's face up to the torch, and said, "Little hairy boy, let me see your face." ”

At this time, Ma San took two steps forward, reached out and grabbed the official's hand and said two words: "Let go!"

The official twitched twice, squinted his eyes and said, "I'm teaching you foreign dogs some of our Jiangxia rules, understand?"

Ma San stared at the official's eyes and said, "I understand, if you want to teach, grab my collar and teach the rules, don't teach my son-in-law the rules."

The bearded official tapped twice more and said, "What if I don't teach your son-in-law the rules?"

As he spoke, the official grabbed Ma Hong's collar and brought it to the torch, Ma Hong only felt a slight pain in his face, followed by the smell of burning hair, Ma Hong grinned in the firelight and said secretly: Ma San, let me see your loyalty!

Because Ma Hong's face was very close to the torch, the officials standing next to him could see Ma Hong's face clearly, and two of the six officials on night duty participated in the afternoon encirclement and suppression of Ma Hong, and they had now recognized Ma Hong, and they were just about to open their mouths to warn them.

Then a sharp scream shook their eardrums, Ma San pulled out the knife not very fast, but his knife was fast, he chopped off the official's hand with a single knife, the right hand that grabbed Ma Hong's collar. The right hand was still holding Ma Hong's collar, but it was now held by Ma Hong.

The unwitting officials wanted to draw their knives, but they were stopped by two officials who participated in the encirclement and suppression of the horse bandits. They shouted: "Don't draw your sword!" ”

Although the rest of the officials were angry, they were still rational, and when they heard the cries of their companions, they did not draw their swords. One of the officials said, "That's Ma Gongzi who is in the east of the city today." ”

The officials instantly understood, including the one who wanted to draw the knife with his left hand, but his knife could not be drawn because Ma San's knife was on his neck.

"Ma San, what are you doing here? How can you cut off the official's hand. ”

Ma Hong took the right hand of the official and deliberately pretended to be frightened and said to Ma San in a trembling voice.

"If he soiled Childe with one hand, I cut off one of his hands, and if he stained Childe with both hands, I cut off both of his hands!" Ma San bit his lip and said in a deep voice.

Ma Hong's face was splashed with blood, and he grabbed the official's right hand without saying a word.

Ma San stretched out his hand and grabbed Ma Hong's belt and said in a deep voice: "Childe, you stand behind me!" ”

Ma Hong snorted, and said to the severed arm official who was gritting his teeth and sweating coldly: "I'm really sorry!" My men cut off your hands, and now I give them back to you. ”

After Ma Hong finished speaking, he stuffed the broken arm into the left hand of the broken arm official. The severed arm was gritting his teeth, his muscles were bruised, and the pain made his throat sob, but he couldn't move, because as soon as he moved, his neck was broken. But none of his companions dared to draw a sword, because he provoked someone who should not be provoked.

After Ma Hong finished speaking, he walked behind Ma San, Ma San stepped back step by step, and Ma Hong also followed Ma San's rhythm and stepped back. The tip of the knife had already left the throat of the severed arm, and the official gritted his teeth and tried to step forward, but he was firmly grasped by his companion, and he roared, "Let go of me! I'm going to fight him! ”

"Lao Zhu! You have a wife and children, and you can't just leave them behind. ”

"Yes! Lao Zhu! Calm down! ”

"Lao Zhu, if you die, how should we deal with it!"

"Lao Zhu, don't chase!"

Ma Hong smiled, he smiled happily, the corners of his mouth were very open, and he said loudly: "It's okay to chase after you if you want to, but my subordinates will not only cut their hands, but also their legs, you have to be careful!" ”

Ma Hong smiled unscrupulously after speaking, mosquitoes dare to bite people indiscriminately, but people who are ants do not dare! He laughed, he laughed at the officers who carried knives with the severed arms of the officers, just to not involve themselves, and dragged their bleeding companions to death; He laughed that selfishness was not only popular in the twenty-first century, thousands of years later, but also in this era; He laughed, he laughed and watched the uncontrollable anger sway through the night with tears, but he did not dare to vent that anger on the man who slashed him; He laughs, Ma San is his loyal subordinate!

Weakness is a sin, but it is not a capital sin, weakness is.