Chapter 515: Wait Another Year
Ma Chao said lightly: "If it's still some gold and silver, don't bother with it, adults should keep it for others." ”
Liu Xin's expression was stunned, this kid changed his face really quickly, so he changed his name, and couldn't help laughing: "Ma Chao, what if what is given to you is not gold and silver?" ”
The corners of Ma Chao's mouth twitched, and he said: "Xiaomin can come to Xiangyang this time, it is enough to wish, and I don't dare to bother with the adults anymore." ”
Liu Xin laughed and said: "The black horse in the yard, Liu wanted to reward it to you, but since you don't want it, then Liu will give it to others." ”
Back then, Dong Zhuo used a red rabbit horse to finally collect Lu Bu under his account, and in history, Cao Cao used a red rabbit horse to order Guan Yu to behead Yan Liang and Wen Chou for him, which shows that a good horse is the best way to buy generals. The snow-stepping oolong just now was very affectionate to Ma Chao, and Liu Xin knew that Ma Chao liked this black horse very much. For Liu Xin, no matter how good a horse is, it is just a plaything in his hands, not to mention that there is a red rabbit horse in the house, if this dark horse can be exchanged for Ma Chao's loyalty, why not?
There are many generals here, whose identities are much higher than Ma Chao, and these people are not eyeing the only good horse left in the yard. Now, Liu Xin actually wanted to give him the snow oolong horse, Ma Chao couldn't help but be stunned, opened his eyes wide, and said, "My lord is really willing to give me this horse?" ”
"When does Liu say it doesn't count?" Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "That's all for today, let's all disperse." Ma Chao, if you want this horse, just keep it, I have something to ask you. ”
Everyone knew that today's ceremony of offering trophies and rewarding meritorious deeds was over, and the best horse already had its owner, so they all surrendered, leaving Ma Chao alone to stand in the hall in a daze.
When Ma Teng passed by him, he also deliberately glanced at him, hoping that he could seize the last opportunity to admit his mistake to Liu Xin and continue to stay in the army. From the position of the squire in the military department, Ma Teng naturally knew a lot of secrets in the army, he was able to start from scratch and break out of his place among the heroes of Xiliang, naturally he has his uniqueness, and it has long been seen that as long as it develops according to Liu Xin's plan, the Han army will be the strongest army in the world, and it is only a matter of time before Liu Xin sweeps the other princes. Although Ma Chao was demoted to a pawn, with his ability, he could one day get ahead and glorify their ancestors for the Ma family.
Ma Chao hadn't recovered from the accident just now, and directly ignored Ma Teng's hints, standing there without making any moves.
Liu Xin was not angry, pointed to the chair opposite, and said with a smile: "Come on, Ma Chao, and sit down and talk." ”
Ma Chao frowned, arched his hand and said: "How can there be a villain's seat in front of the adult, the villain stands and talks back." ”
"Ma Chao, there are no outsiders now, if you have any dissatisfaction, just say it, don't want to play any tricks in front of me!" Liu Xin's eyes widened, and he said angrily, "You stinky boy, you even dare to live in the king tent of the Huns, can't I have nails in this chair?" ”
Ma Chao's chest straightened, and he wanted to talk back to Liu Xin, but when he thought of the snow oolong in the yard, he still sat down reluctantly.
Liu Xin's face softened a little, and said, "Let's say, deal with it like this today, accept it or not?" ”
Ma Chao rolled his eyes and said, "Sun Ce is also here today, what credit has he made?" But he is now a lieutenant general, and it's not because he married your daughter that you take special care of him! ”
Liu Xin said disapprenously: "Maybe Sun Ce's martial arts are not as good as yours, but they are not much worse, but his courage and talent are not inferior to you, and he has also made many military exploits." Liu has always used people on the basis of merit, and Sun Ce's promotion to deputy general is all the result of his own efforts, but it has nothing to do with whether he is my son-in-law or not. ”
Ma Chao snorted and said, "Meritocracy, it's just a nice thing to say." If I had married your daughter and made such a great achievement, would I have been promoted to the rank of Legion Commander? ”
Liu Xin laughed loudly: "I don't have such a big daughter to marry you. ”
Ma Chao looked serious, gritted his teeth and said, "I can wait!" ”
Liu Xin took a sip and said, "Okay, as soon as you pout your butt, I will know what shit you are going to pull." You chose to quit the military because you wanted to switch to another side. You dragged Sun Ce in, just to find an excuse for yourself, so that you could tell others that you abandoned me because of my Liu Xin's nepotism. Am I right? ”
Ma Chao saw that his trick was seen through by Liu Xin, so he sneered and did not answer.
Liu Xin slowly stood up and walked towards Ma Chao.
Ma Chao seemed to turn a blind eye and sat like this. He was able to be promoted to a partial general, which was earned by his own life and death on the battlefield, with a knife and a gun, and now he was stripped of his official position just by living in the Hun king's tent, it seems that Liu Xin is not the open-minded master in his mind. He had already made up his mind to leave, so why should he care about Liu Xin's face?
Liu Xin stood in front of Ma Chao, looked at him for a long time, and suddenly stretched out his hands and patted Ma Chao's shoulder.
Ma Chao seemed to be suddenly startled, and "Huo" wanted to jump up from the chair.
Although he didn't come to Xiangyang for a long time, he often competed with Liu Xin's generals to test his martial arts, and often heard them tell Liu Xin's story. Ma Chao is a martial artist, so naturally he doesn't have much interest in those "Burrow Ming", "Five-Step Poems" or anything, what he likes to listen to is Liu Xin killing the tiger with one punch and smashing Han Dang's Tianling Gai with one palm. Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and others, who often compete with Ma Chao, are not below him in martial arts, but when they talk about Liu Xin's martial arts, they are full of admiration.
In Ma Chao's mind, Liu Xin has already seen through his own thoughts, and he will never allow himself to switch to other sides and eventually become his enemy. Many heroes in the world treat talents like this, even if they can't be used by me, they can't let him turn to their enemies, and Liu Xin is no exception. Now, Liu Xin slapped his hands over, obviously taking his own life.
Ma Chao refused to sit still, he reacted quickly, and almost instantly jumped up half of his body from the chair, and swung his fists together to hit Liu Xin. To Ma Chao's surprise, the two of them were close at hand, and his inevitable punch actually hit the air.
Of course, Liu Xin didn't mean to hurt Ma Chao, he patted Ma Chao on the shoulder just to show him closeness. However, he insisted on practicing every day, cold and summer, and the moment he felt Ma Chao's fist wind, his body instinctively twisted to the side, which was able to avoid Ma Chao's fist. Liu Xin's hands did not stop moving, but still patted down, and from an incredible angle, they were lightly pressed on Ma Chao's shoulders.
Ma Chao only felt a strong force coming, and he suddenly couldn't move, and was pressed back on the chair. Ma Chao thought he was going to die, so he couldn't help but sigh and close his eyes.
But I heard Liu Xin say: "What are you sighing at a young age?" ”
Ma Chao only felt that his right shoulder was gently patted twice by Liu Xin, he subconsciously wanted to struggle, but his left shoulder was pressed to death, and he couldn't use his strength at all, so he couldn't help but open his eyes again and said, "Liu Xin, Ma is really not your opponent." You do it, Ma will never frown. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that the pressure on his shoulders was light, Liu Xin had already withdrawn and left, returned to his seat, and said lightly: "Ma Chao, you are becoming more and more promising, you actually dare to call Liu's name, and you also live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." When did Liu say that he was going to do something to you? ”
To tell the truth, Liu Xin's strength is indeed much greater than Ma Chao's, and his boxing skills are extremely clever, as long as he doesn't use his blade, trying to restrain Ma Chao is just a matter of raising his hand. However, he was able to press Ma Chao to move just now, in fact, it was just because Ma Chao was sitting on the chair and couldn't show it, not that Ma Chao really didn't have the slightest strength to fight back.
However, Liu Xin's light body kung fu that he is now showing is what he is best at, which is his housekeeping skill when he was a thief. Ma Chao only saw Liu Xin's elegant posture, and his feet fell back to his chair without touching the ground, like a god, he couldn't help but be stunned, and the sweat on his face came down. By this time, Ma Chao had completely believed those rumors. And what surprised him even more was that Liu Xin didn't intend to be unfavorable to him at all, but he was too careful, if Liu Xin's reaction wasn't fast enough, he almost caused a big disaster.
Liu Xin knew that Ma Chao's heart must have been very shocked, shook his head, and said, "You now know what it is that there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world." If you want to switch to another side, I won't stop you, but you have to think through before you decide. ”
Ma Chao is already dead, what he is most proud of is this martial arts, defecting to other princes will definitely be reused, but even if he is reused, what can he do? Who can resist Liu Xin's thunderous blow? Which prince can have enough strength to fight against Liu Xin's elite Han soldiers?
After being silent for a moment, Ma Chao couldn't help but think of the look that Ma Tenglin threw at him when he went out, hurriedly stood up, took a deep look at Liu Xin, and said: "Lord Qiqi, Ma Chao knows that he is wrong, Ma Chao is willing to return to the army and start as a pawn." ”
Liu Xin didn't immediately agree to his request, but stared at Ma Chao's eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Do you really know that you're wrong?" ”
Ma Chao arched his hand and said, "I really know that I am wrong." ”
"Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, and good is great. You can sincerely repent, Liu is very pleased. Liu Xin saw his sincerity from Ma Chao's eyes, and couldn't help nodding, but said, "However, there is no regret in this world about selling medicine." You choose your own path, and no one forces you. Now that your military membership has been eliminated, if you want to start as a pawn, you will need to wait until next autumn harvest to re-enlist. It's just that the number of places is limited, so you have to sign up early, and if you miss the opportunity, you will have to wait another year. Are you willing to wait? ”