Chapter 34: The Knife Drawn
His back was in a cold sweat, his legs were shivering involuntarily, Ma Hong really felt fear at this moment, he looked at those eyes that were overflowing with wildness, and the fear could no longer be closed. Ma Hong said: "Stop!" ”
Ma San's hand towards the waist knife retracted, but his eyes kept staring at the hand of the young man in brocade.
"Last night, an official was cut off by one of my men, and earlier, a group of rogues died, although they did not die at my hands, but I also participated. Then tell me who you are seeking revenge for! ”
The sun shone through the window on the lower half of Ma Hong's face, and Ma Hong touched the wine jug on his waist to pour himself a glass of wine.
"Well, if you talk about feelings first, then I'll talk about feelings for you first. A year ago, I raised troops in Yizhou and failed. When I came to Jingzhou with the rest of my brothers, there were only 287 of my brothers left. Liu Biao refused to take me in, so I came to Jiangxia and became Huang Zu's subordinate. My brothers! Some are people who are accustomed to freedom, most of them continue to stay with me to do things, and some leave me. Among them, the king shopkeeper of the Heyue Inn is one of my subordinates, and the official who was cut off by you last night is also one of my subordinates. ”
After Ma Hong listened to the young man in brocade finish speaking, he roughly knew the identity of the person in front of him. He took a sip of the wine, which slid down his throat and his head cooled down. Ma Hong wiped the wine from his mouth, looked at the eyes of the young man in brocade and said slowly: "If my guess is right, Your Excellency should be Gan Ning, Gan Xingba." ”
The surprise in Gan Ning's eyes was fleeting, and then he said, "Yes, you are Ma Hong of the Ma family in Yicheng." ”
Ma Hong nodded and said, "If they don't provoke me, I will naturally ignore them." ”
Gan Ning nodded and said, "Well, you're right, but I'm not here to listen to you reason, nor to reason with you, but to talk to you about feelings, and ask you for something by the way." ”
What is Gan Ning's personality like, it is recorded in the history books, Ma Hong has checked some of Gan Ning's information, such a person, if he can play with you with a knife, he will definitely not play with you, and if he can play with you, then the possibility of him playing with you is very low. And now, Ma Hongruo guessed well, Gan Ning wants to play with him. If the history books are credible, Gan Ning in history definitely doesn't like Huang Zu, then Huang Zu in history definitely doesn't like Gan Ning, if he is just a nameless boy, then Ma Hong's throat has been pierced by chopsticks just now.
"Oh, I'm not familiar with Your Excellency, don't talk about feelings, if what you want is my head or hand, I won't take the initiative to give it to you, if you want it, you can come and get it."
Ma Hong stared at Gan Ning's eyes as he spoke, Ma San, Ma Wu, Ma Liu, all entered a state of alert, as long as there was any movement, they would draw their knives.
Gan Ning shook his head and said, "Feelings!" I'm talking about the relationship with my subordinates, not with you, I'm just telling you that the relationship between me and my subordinates is quite good. ”
Liu Ye suddenly interjected at this time: "Your Excellency is still colluding with the rogue, you must not forget your identity." ”
Gan Ning glanced at Liu Ye and said slowly: "Before! I'm also a rogue, and if I don't do it now, from the moment I let go of my identity as a rogue, I won't do what I did again. ”
Liu Ye snorted and said, "The shopkeeper Wang colluded with the rogue, and he was innocent, what do you mean by seeking revenge for him?" ”
Gan Ning smiled and said: "In the past, I didn't like to be reasonable, but now, I can be a little reasonable." You're right, even if he chooses to be a rogue, then his death is also his destination, and I won't seek revenge for him. ”
People who don't like to be reasonable suddenly become reasonable, not that he took the initiative to become reasonable, but that the situation is pressing him to be reasonable, maybe now for Gan Ning, Liu Biao and Huang Zu are pressing his situation.
Ma Hong opened his mouth and said, "So you are here for the broken arm official mission?" ”
Gan Ning nodded and said: "Your subordinate cut off one of my subordinates' hands, although he is not my subordinate now, he is Huang Yan's subordinate, but Huang Yan will not solve the matter for him, I will solve it for him." Now I ask you for your right hand. ”
Ma San's hand touching the knife did not tremble at all, and he secretly said in his heart: Childe will not ask for my right hand, but just me and Ma Wu and Ma Liu are definitely not this man's opponents, if the fight hurts Childe, what should I do?
"You can't take anything from me, if you really want to take it, you can do it yourself."
Ma Hong stood up as he spoke, and pulled out the short knife from his waist. Although Ma Hong now understood that the five of them together would not be Gan Ning's opponent, he still pulled out the knife. A knife that is pulled out is not necessarily a good knife, but a person who can't pull out a knife must be a waste. He is gambling now, betting on whether Gan Ning dares to draw a knife.
Liu Ye picked up Ma Hong's wine bowl and drank the rest of the wine, then got up and pulled out the saber at his waist, Ma Wu and Ma Liu drew their knives at the same time, and Ma San's knife was not out of the body yet.
Gan Ning smiled, got up slowly, and slowly pulled out the long sword, the sword was out of the scabbard inch by inch, Ma Wu and Ma Liu all looked at it like this, and did not make a move, not because they didn't want to make a move, but because the murderous aura made them forget to shoot. Ma Hong couldn't imagine that a person could exude such a strong murderous aura.
Gan Ning, you really drew your sword, I really underestimated you, today, will you die here? Ma Hong's palms were full of sweat.
Ma San suddenly shouted: "Stop!" ”
When Ma Hong came back to his senses, the short knife in Ma Hong's hand had already reached Ma San's hand, and Ma San took the short knife in his left hand and chopped it down towards his right hand.
At this moment, Ma Hong's mouth opened wide, first he breathed a sigh of relief, and then his heart was sour, and tears soaked his eyes.
Gan Ning's sword was closed, and the hilt of the sword was knocked on Ma San's left hand, Ma San was not left-handed, and he couldn't hold the knife as tightly as his right hand.
"You have a loyal subordinate, don't you?"
Gan Ning smiled, sat upright, and put his sword aside.
Ma Hong looked at Gan Ning, who was suddenly reversed, the tears in his eyes did not dry so quickly, he was sitting down, nodded and said, "Yes." ”
Gan Ning smiled and said, "I don't want your subordinates now, how about talking about a deal with you?" Use the right hand of your subordinates to exchange the king's shopkeeper for the safety of the family. ”
Ma Hong understood at this moment, Gan Ning probably didn't come from the beginning, but wanted to save the king's shopkeeper for a year. Once a prisoner like the king's shopkeeper is caught, the family's fortune must have been stolen, and the young women of the family were sold to brothels, and men and children were used as slaves.
Ma Hong said: "Don't have hands, don't your broken arms hurt?" ”
Gan Ning said: "If he can exchange one hand for the safety of his friend's family, his heart will not be bitter." ”
Ma Hong nodded and said, "Okay!" I promise you. ”
Gan Ning picked up the sword, got up, and said, "Do it as soon as possible, don't wait for me to come to you." ”
In Gan Ning's mansion, the official with a broken arm was lying on the bed, and a big man next to the bed was feeding him medicine, and the big man said: "Brother, you said that the boss can get things done this time, if you can't do it, you didn't lose an arm in vain." ”
The official chaplain pale, and said weakly: "Last night, when the boss asked me to provoke Ma Hong, I didn't expect to come back alive, but I was stopped by the two officials who participated in the siege and killing of Lao Wang, if I didn't hold it, I'm afraid I would have died." ”
The big man sighed and said, "This time, all the property we have accumulated for so long has been confiscated, and it has damaged Lao Wang, when will we be able to scrape together the money and leave Jiangxia to join Sun Ce?" ”
The severed arm officer said weakly: "After this time, I am afraid that this matter will be done slowly, Huang Yan has already become suspicious of the boss, if we act rashly again, we will definitely die." ”
The big man who fed the medicine sighed and continued to feed the medicine. If Gan Ning wants to go to Sun Ce, in addition to bringing some people and horses, it is best to bring some belongings, so that Gan Ning will be taken seriously, but now that this incident has happened, Gan Ning is afraid that it will be more difficult to leave Jiangxia.