Geng said disdainfully: "Whether you appreciate it or not is Ma Teng's own business, and the general should do his duty." ”

Fu Xie said: "My lord, think twice, if Ma Teng really has the heart to flatter Ma Yue, and he is afraid to avoid it in his words, how can he still mention his relationship with Ma Yue in front of others?" Gentleman Ma Teng is frank and open, he will say whatever he wants, he is showing his heart to you, my lord. ”

"Needless to say." Geng said in a deep voice, "This matter is settled. ”

"Alas~"

Fu Xie sighed, lowered his head lonely, and secretly thought in his heart, my lord, my lord, you can only backfire by doing this, and really force Ma Teng to Ma Yue's command, but Fu Xie didn't say it back after all, because he knew that even if he said it, Geng Cong would not listen to it, and it was just boring.

……

West of Longxian County, Sima Mansion of the Chinese Army.

Li Ru smiled and said, "General Yan Xing, don't come to harm?" ”

Standing in front of Li Ru is a big man in Angzang, seven feet tall, broad-faced and heavy-eared, and his arms seem to have the strength of a thousand jun, this person is a famous warrior in Xiliang, surnamed Yan Mingxing, and his name is Yanming, who served as Sima of the Chinese Army under Geng Contempt, and can be said to be the fierce general second only to Ma Teng in the Xiliang Army.

"Mr. To's blessing." Yan Xing returned the salute with his fists and said indifferently, "General Ben has always been fine. ”

"How is Ling Zun?"

"My father is in good health, very well."

After a few idle words, Li Ru looked around at the left and right and no one, so he took out a red silk wrapped thing from his sleeve and handed it to Yan Xing, Yan Xing reached out to take it, and felt extremely heavy in his hand, slightly untied the corner of the red silk, and saw at a glance that there were two ingots of red gold inside, not to mention a hundred taels.

Li Ru stroked his beard and smiled: "It's not a respect, but please ask the general to smile." ”

"Huh?"

Yan Xing's eyes flashed with a hint of greed, and he put the two ingots of red gold into his breastplate and put them away, and said in a low voice: "Sir has something to say, why do you need to serve here?" As long as you can do it, you will do it. ”

Li Ru smiled slightly, a trace of imperceptible murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and said in a condensed voice: "I heard that there has been a lot of stiffness between Lord Geng and General Ma Teng recently?" ”

Yan Xingdao: "Who did Mr. listen to?" ”

Li Ru said: "This matter has been spread all over Longxian County, and I heard that Lord Geng is going to invite General Ma Teng's family to live in the Assassin's Mansion temporarily, but is there such a thing?" ”

Yan Xingdao: "It is true. ”

Li Ru said: "My lord's love for General Ma Teng, presumably the generals also know it?" ”

Yan Xingdao: "I know a little bit about it, I heard that General Dong Zhuo recruited General Ma Teng several times, but it is a pity that General Ma Teng is loyal and refuses to turn his back on Lord Geng. ”

"But now, things have taken a turn for the better." Li Ru said in a low voice, "I got reliable news that there are letters exchanged between Ma Teng and Ma Yue in Zuo Sima's mansion, and I hope that the general can find these secret letters from Zuo Sima's mansion and hand over these letters to Zaixia, with these letters, Ma Teng will have to obediently obey my lord's orders from now on, hehe." ”

"Huh?" Yan Xing said in a condensed voice, "Could it be that Ma Teng and Ma Yue are connected, and it is indeed true?" ”

Li Ruyin smiled and said: "Whether it is true or not, this matter is beneficial to the general and my lord, it is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, why not do it?" ”

"Sir, that's a mistake." Yan Xing said disapprovingly, "If Ma Teng turns to General Dong Zhuo, it will be a good thing for Mr. Yu, but what does this matter have to do with General Ben?" How can you kill two birds with one stone? ”

Li Ru smiled and said, "General, don't deceive yourself." ”

Yan Xing said, "What are these words?" ”

Li Ru's face was straight, and he said solemnly: "The general is a person who understands, and he should know Ma Teng's prestige in the Liangzhou army. As long as Ma Teng never leaves the Liangzhou Army, you will not be able to become the chief general of the Liangzhou Army. ”

Yan Xing's face changed again and again, and he naturally heard Li Ru's implication, it wasn't really for him to go to Ma Teng's Zuo Sima Mansion to search for any correspondence, it was obviously a forgery of letters, framing Ma Teng, and thus forcing Ma Teng away. When Yan Xingzheng was hesitating, suddenly a soldier hurriedly came, and said breathlessly: "General, no~ not good~~"

Yan Xing frowned and said, "What's the alarm? ”

The soldier gasped: "Fight~~ The fight has started." ”

"What's the fight?"

"Yan~~ General Yan Ming and Ma Chaogongzi fought, but I didn't expect ~~ to be killed! Also~~ Several brothers were also killed~~"

"What!?" Yan Xing was taken aback and said in disbelief, "The second brother was killed by Ma Chao?" ”

"Uh~~ yes." The soldier said, "General, go and see." ”

"A group of rice buckets, even a milky little hairy child can't deal with it!" Yan Xing cursed, turned back to Li Ru and said, "Let Mr. see and laugh, sir, please wait, General Ben will go back when he goes!" ”

Li Ru said casually: "General, please." ”

casually arched his hand to Li Ru, Yan Xing turned around and walked away quickly, seeing Yan Xing's slender figure go away, Li Ru's face suddenly flashed with a hint of joy, Ma Teng's son Ma Chao killed Yan Xing's younger brother Yan Ming, how could Yan Xing spare Ma Chao? If Yan Xing killed Ma Chao, how could Ma Teng spare Yan Xing?

It seems that a bloody storm will soon be set off in the Liangzhou army, and it seems that things are going more smoothly than expected, isn't it?

……

East of Longxian County, Zuo Sima Mansion.

When Yan Xing's younger brother Yan Ming rushed to Zuo Sima's Mansion with dozens of personal soldiers, it happened that Mrs. Ma Teng took the infant Ma Tie back to her mother's house to save her relatives, and only Ma Chao led Ma Dai and Ma Xiu in the mansion, as well as two family members Ma Fu and Ma Shou to take care of the family.

Yan Ming has always been short-tempered, usually relying on Yan Xing's power to bully men and women in Longxian County, and do all kinds of evil, ordinary people all retreat, Ma Fu and Ma Shou stopped the door and asked a few more words, and then Yan Ming cut down to the ground, and was about to step forward and kick the door, but saw the door open suddenly.

Ma Chao came out of the gate with a silver spear in his hand, only to see thirty or forty soldiers surrounded in front of the gate, and two family members Ma Fu and Ma Shou had fallen in a pool of blood and convulsed, and couldn't help but be angry, pointing forward with the silver gun in his hand, and shouted: "Hey, who are you?" Why did you kill my family? ”

Although Ma Chao is only twelve years old, he is seven feet tall, born like a crown of jade, extremely handsome and extraordinary, I don't know him, and he is still an adult man.

Yan Ming swaggered forward, sprinted in the direction of the Shifu and hugged his fists, and said loudly: "This general was ordered by Lord Geng of Liangzhou Assassin Shi Geng to escort General Ma Teng's family to the Assassin Mansion for a temporary stay, please call the family members of the mansion as soon as possible and go on the road early, so as not to miss the time." ”

"Staying in the Assassin's Mansion temporarily?" Ma Chao frowned and said, "No need." ”

Yan Ming said: "Where is the responsibility of this general, how can you be allowed to pick and choose?" ”

Ma Chao said: "What if the master doesn't agree? ”

"Huh?"

Yan Ming snorted, his eyes showed a fierce look, staring at Ma Chao like a wolf, Ma Chao was not afraid, and there was a faint hint of disdain in his expression, Yan Ming was furious, and hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to grab the silver gun in Ma Chao's hand, although Ma Chao was behind the door, but after all, he was only twelve years old, Yan Ming was conceited and brave and had not put this milky little hairy child in his eyes.

But soon, Yan Ming paid the price for his carelessness.

The silver spear in Ma Chao's hand was just an understatement, Yan Ming's strong grasp fell short, and when Yan Ming realized that something was wrong, Ma Chao's silver spear had already swept back with a piercing whistling sound, and slammed heavily on Yan Ming's back, Yan Ming couldn't help but rush forward a few steps, almost hitting the stone steps of Sima Mansion.

Ma Chao smiled: "Even your skills dare to argue with the master?" Let's go back and practice for another ten years. ”

Yan Ming was annoyed and ashamed, and he pulled out his waist knife and rushed towards Ma Chao, shouting, "Kill you!" ”

Ma Chao put the silver gun in his hand and said loudly: "Let the horse come." ”

Yan Ming rushed forward in two steps, the waist knife in his hand was raised high and slashed down viciously towards Ma Chao's head with the momentum of Mount Tai, Ma Yue roared and his slender figure suddenly shook like a ghost, Yan Ming's inevitable knife had already been split into the air, but listening to a clear sound, Yan Ming's waist knife had already slashed heavily on the hard stone steps.

In the splash of sparks, Yan Ming knew that something was wrong, and it was too late to retract the waist knife, Ma Chao's silver spear had already stabbed over, Yan Ming watched as the little cold light quickly approached in front of him, stabbing his throat, but because his strength had made him old, he could no longer dodge.

"Sand!"

The silver spear in Ma Chao's hand stopped abruptly, Yan Ming was horrified to find that the sharp tip of the spear had been tightly pressed against his throat, and he could even clearly feel the terrifying coldness coming from the tip of the silver spear, and dozens of Liangzhou soldiers standing outside the door exclaimed one after another.

Yan Ming's face was like ashes, but after all, this guy had been in the army for many years, and he could be regarded as rolling in the pile of dead people, and when he was dying and dying, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he looked at Ma Chao behind him, and his mouth was even more shocked, as if he had discovered the most shocking and inexplicable thing.

"Huh?"

"Huh?"

After all, Ma Chao is young, and his experience in the battle formation is far less old than Yan Ming, so he looked back behind him without thinking, taking advantage of this effort, Yan Ming suddenly slapped away Ma Chao's silver gun, and then opened his arms and pounced forward, hugging Ma Chao from behind, and when Ma Chao came back to his senses, his arms and legs had been tightly wrapped around Yan Ming, and he couldn't exert his strength anymore.

Although Ma Chao has outstanding marksmanship and extremely light body skills, he is young after all, his body has not yet grown, and he is slightly inferior to Yan Ming in strength. Yan Ming tightly wrapped around Ma Chao, turned around and shouted, "Yan Lin, what are you still doing in a daze, kill him quickly!" ”

The personal soldier who called Yan Lin hesitated: "But the second master, the uncle just asked us to protect Zuo Sima's family, and didn't say that he wanted to kill people, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this, right?" ”

"Damn, if you want to kill you, you'll kill you, why do you talk so much nonsense?" Yan Ming shouted, "What happened to the master, are you afraid of an egg?" ”

"But he's still a kid~~"

"Do it!"

"Yes."

Yan Lin gritted his teeth, took two steps forward, and stabbed Ma Chao's abdomen with a shake of the iron spear in his hand, Ma Chao's eyes were cracked, but Yan Ming's body was wrapped with ten catties of flesh, and he couldn't dodge, seeing Yan Lin's iron spear stabbing like a poisonous snake, Ma Chao could twist his waist, but he was still pierced through the left rib by Yan Lin's iron spear.

When the sharp blade penetrated into the body, the piercing pain aroused Ma Chao's fierce surname, the black eyes that were originally as clear as water turned red in an instant, and the handsome face became extremely hideous, Ma Chao tilted his head, squinted his eyes and glanced coldly at Yan Lin in front of him, and stretched out his lower arm that could barely move with difficulty, and held the barrel of the iron spear tightly.

"Hmm~"

Yan Lin drew his spear vigorously, but the iron spear did not move as if it was stuck in a crack in the stone.

Yan Ming, who was hugging Ma Chao to death, howled: "What are you stupid people still doing in a daze, quickly stab this kid to death!" ”

This thunderous howl sounded in Ma Chao's ears, and suddenly Ma Chao's eyes flashed a trace of extraordinarily hideous, and the hands that held the iron gun tightly suddenly retracted vigorously, and the iron gun that had pierced into Ma Chao's physical strength pierced more than a foot in an instant.

"Poof~"

"Uh~"

A stream of fierce blood was marked from the wound on Ma Chao's left rib, but this scream was made by Yan Ming, just now Ma Chao put the iron gun inward, and the sharp blade had already pierced Ma Chao's left rib, and then stabbed into Yan Ming's left chest and penetrated the heart, Yan Ming snorted, and his eyes became dull in an instant.

"Huh?"

Yan Lin seemed to realize something, his hands suddenly let go of the iron spear, and Queen Cang retreated.

Yan Ming's hands that were tightly slapping Ma Chao suddenly let go, Ma Chao took a step forward with the iron spear, the two of them were separated from each other, and the blade of the iron spear was pulled out of Yan Ming's body, and dozens of Xiliang soldiers were horrified to find that there was already a blood hole in Yan Ming's left chest, and blood was splashing out like a fountain.

"Servant."

Ma Chao pushed Yan Ming's body down, and slowly turned around, like a wounded beast, his eyes showed a crazy and murderous look, staring at dozens of Xiliang soldiers in front of him, and then took a big stride, pressing forward step by step, there was red blood dripping down the barrel of the iron spear, and every time Ma Chao took a step forward, he left a red blood mark on the ground, which was actually a blood mark step by step.

"Kill him~~"

The two Xiliang soldiers screamed sharply, rushed forward, raised the iron gun in their hands and poked it viciously at Ma Chao's chest, Ma Chao's hands reached out like lightning, and he grabbed the blades of the two iron guns, and the two Xiliang soldiers struggled to stir the iron guns and tried to use the blades of the iron guns to stir Ma Chao's palms, but they even used the strength to eat, and the iron guns still didn't move.

A cruel smile suddenly bloomed at the corner of Ma Chao's mouth.

"Roar~"

The two Xiliang soldiers shouted in unison, and stabbed forward with all their might, Ma Chao suddenly loosened his hand, and the rock-like and dignified resistance suddenly disappeared, and the two Xiliang soldiers couldn't hold back, and rushed to Ma Chao, Ma Chao's hands reached over like iron pincers, and choked the throats of the two Xiliang soldiers one by one.

"Giggle~~"

There was a sudden piercing sound of bones shattering in the air, and the eyes of the two Xiliang soldiers suddenly bulged out, and red blood spilled out from the corners of their mouths.

"Puff~"

As soon as Ma Chao's hands were released, the two corpses fell to the ground.

"Kill!"

Another Xiliang soldier shouted, raised his knife and rushed forward, Ma Chao stretched out his foot and kicked Yan Ming's waist knife into the air, and then reached out to take the waist knife and put everything in front of his chest, and cut off the half of the gun shaft that grew out of his chest, and then threw it forward, and the bladeless half of the spear pierced into the chest of the Xiliang soldier like a sharp weapon.

"Uh~"

Xiliang Bing abandoned his waist knife and fell to the ground with his hands on his chest, groaning in pain, and after only a moment's effort, a pool of red blood spread from under his body, and Xiliangbing's wail gradually weakened.

The remaining Xiliang soldiers were stunned, and no one dared to step forward.

"A bunch of rubbish, all of them are out of the way for Lao Tzu!"

At this time, Yan Xing rode his horse and arrived.

"Take your life!"

Yan Xing raised the iron gun in his hand, threw it at Ma Chao with a loud shout, and heard the piercing sound of breaking the air, Ma Chao instinctively raised the waist knife in his hand to block it, only to hear the explosion of "Qiang", the waist knife in Ma Chao's hand had already crashed back and smashed it on his chest, Ma Chao suddenly snorted, and retreated more than ten steps.

"Poof!"

Ma Chao's body slammed into the courtyard wall, and the blade of the spear that showed out of his back was hit by the stone wall and retracted back into Ma Chao's body, bringing Ma Chao another injury, Ma Chao snorted, his slender sword eyebrows suddenly frowned, and a trace of red blood faintly overflowed between his tightly pursed lips.

Yan Xing turned over and dismounted, drew his knife in his hand, and pressed towards Ma Chao step by step.

"When~"

Yan Xing swung his knife obliquely and slashed down, Ma Chao raised his knife to block, the two knives slashed together viciously, and in the violent slashing sound, Ma Chao's body flew out and hit the stone steps heavily, Ma Chao couldn't help but open his mouth and spurt out a mouthful of blood, but the eyes in his eyes became more and more hideous.

"Brother!"

"Big brother!"

Two immature children's voices sounded, and the young Ma Dai and Ma Xiu came out of the gate, Yan Xing's eyes fell on these two boys, and the killing intent in his eyes suddenly became extremely tragic, killing one is killing, killing the whole family is also killing! The matter has come to this point, there is only one killing word!

Thinking of this, Yan Xing didn't hesitate anymore, and raised his knife to force Ma Chao.

"Ah Dai, quickly take Ah Xiu through the back door!" Ma Chao struggled to stand up, guarded the gate with a horizontal knife, and said quickly, "Go to the camp outside the city to find your father, quickly!" ”

Ma Dai snorted, leading Ma Xiu to stand motionless.

"Still want to go? There are no doors! Yan Xing said sharply, "Don't even want to live today, your Ma family is full of people, Lao Tzu wants your whole family to bury your second brother." ”

Ma Chao stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said with a wicked smile: "It depends on whether you have the ability to do this." ”

"There's a kind of re-stabbing to try!"

Yan Xing let out a loud shout and slashed again.

"What's the matter with taking you ten times?"

Ma Chao was not afraid, and once again swung his knife and fought hard.

"Boom!"

There was another explosion, Ma Chao couldn't stand Yan Xing's strong strength, and took three steps back again, still unable to stand on his feet, and sat on the ground with his buttocks, Ma Dai shouted, and hurriedly ran up to help Ma Chao, Ma Chao struggled to sit up, only to feel that his arms were sore, heavy as a mountain, and he could no longer raise a knife.

Yan Xing took two steps forward, raised his knife and slashed.

"Piff, don't hurt Childe!"

"Whew!"

When there was no room for it, a thunderous shout suddenly sounded on the long street, and there was even a cold killing machine that went straight to the back of his head, Yan Xing's face changed, Huo Ran turned around, and only heard a sound of instigation, a wolf's tooth arrow had already grazed the side of his ear, and it was nailed deep into the ground and penetrated through the arrow.

"Pound!"

Yan Xing and the visitor looked at each other, and a trace of solemnity flashed in their eyes.

Pound rode like flying, rushed straight to Sima Mansion and began to pull the reins of the horse fiercely, the crotch mount neighed and stood up, and when the front hooves of the war horse fell into the air, the long knife in Pound's hand had already been viciously slashed down, and Yan Xing was slashed back ten steps with a knife, Yan Xing snorted, his face suddenly turned red, and he had already suffered a lot of internal injuries.

Seeing this, dozens of Liangzhou soldiers hurriedly rushed forward to protect Yan Xing.

More than 100 cavalry soldiers of Pang De also surged, surrounded Yan Xing and dozens of Liangzhou soldiers, the two sides were tense, and the scuffle was about to break out, just at this time the deafening sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded on both sides of the street, and the two sides looked around at the same time, only to see the black cavalry surging from both sides of the street.

Yan Xing saw it clearly, this group of cavalry was his subordinates, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Pang De, look where you are going this time!" ”

Pang De's expression was solemn, he dismounted and hugged Ma Chao, who had fainted on the ground, on the horse's back, then walked with a knife and protected the side of the horse, and then shouted to the two personal soldiers: "You two, protect the second and third sons, and the rest of the people protect the surroundings, even if they die, they can't hurt the three sons!" ”

"Yes."

The 100 cavalry soldiers agreed with a bang.

Pound swung the long knife in his hand forward and shouted, "Kill!" ”

"Kill!"

The hundred cavalry soldiers responded violently, and a hundred bright swords had been raised high, and the Xiliang cavalry surging in front of them fearlessly greeted them.

……

Outside Longxian County, the left army camp.

Ma Teng was anxiously pacing back and forth in the big tent, and he didn't know what was going on, since Pound led a hundred cavalry soldiers to leave, Ma Teng felt a burst of uneasiness in his heart, always feeling that something was about to happen, and when he wanted to go back to the city to inspect in person, he suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside the tent.

When the curtain was lifted, I saw Pound covered in blood, walking in, he was still holding a person in his hand, also covered in blood, and there was a gun in his chest, when Ma Teng saw that Pound was holding his sister-in-law Ma Chao, his eyes were black, and he stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

"General!" Pang De knelt down in front of Ma Teng and sobbed, "The last general is incompetent~~"

"Chao'er!" Ma Teng hurriedly hugged Ma Chao, raised his head and said quickly, "Langzhong, call Langzhong quickly~~"

……

Assassin's House.

When Geng was dealing with the official documents, a small official suddenly rushed in, knelt on the ground and said quickly: "My lord, something is wrong!" ”

Geng frowned and said, "What's wrong?" ”

The little official hurriedly said: "General Yan Ming was ordered to go to Zuo Sima Mansion to escort General Ma Teng's family to the Assassin Mansion for a while, but I don't know what it was for, so I fought with Ma Chao Gongzi, General Yan Ming and several soldiers were killed by Ma Chao Gongzi, and Ma Chao Gongzi was almost killed by General Yan Xing, and then General Ma Teng's personal army captain Pang De led his troops to arrive, and severely injured General Yan Xing, and then General Yan Xing's subordinates arrived again, and the two sides fought for a while~~"

"Huh?" The more Geng Wei listened, the more frightened he became, and said urgently, "How can this be!" Yan Xing, an idiot, can't even do this little thing, it's really annoying that the official is also ~~"

The little official complained bitterly: "My lord, there is more." ”

"Tell me."

Pang De escorted General Ma Teng's three sons and rushed out of the city, but General Ma Teng's wife and the infant fourth son happened to return to the mansion, and they were poisoned by General Yan Xing! What's even more infuriating is that Yan Xing actually hung the heads of Mrs. Ma Teng and the two family members on the city tower to show the public. Alas, now that the tragedy has been caused, General Ma Teng's surname is fierce, and he will not give up after knowing it, what can I do~~"

"It's broken!" Geng was stunned for a moment, and then said quickly, "Order, quickly summon the right Sima, the former Sima, the rear Sima, and other Simas to come to the Assassin's Mansion to discuss matters, and let Yan Xing's idiot also come together, even if you can't walk, climb to the Assassin's Mansion for the official, go quickly!" ”

"Yes."

The little official answered and took the order.

……

The Big Tent of Maten.

Lang Zhong breathed a long sigh of relief and said to Ma Teng: "General, although the son is seriously injured, fortunately he did not hurt the vital point, and his surname is not worried, but he lost too much blood and fainted. ”

"Huh~~" Ma Teng let out a long sigh of relief, a boulder in his heart fell to the ground, and turned to Pang De on the side, "Ling Ming, now you tell General Ben what happened, what happened in Longxian County?" Why did things get to this point? ”

"Hey~" Pang De said, "The specific situation is also unknown to the general, when the general arrives with people, the eldest prince has been seriously injured, and he is desperately defending the gate and fighting to the death with Yan Xing!" The last general only had time to save the eldest prince from Yan Xing's hands, Yan Xing's army had already been killed, the situation was urgent, if there was a slight hesitation, not only the last general and the brothers could not survive, even the three sons could not escape death, as a last resort, the last general had to take matters into his own hands and protect the three sons to fight out of the city, but ~~"

"But how?"

Pang De said gloomily: "But the lady and the fourth prince are too late to rescue." ”

"Newspaper~~"

When Ma Teng was worried, a small colonel suddenly stepped into the tent and knelt on the ground to report: "General, Yan Xing, the dog thief, has killed his wife, and even the fourth son in his infancy has not escaped the poison, and now he is hanging the head of his wife, as well as the heads of Ma Fu and Ma Shou on the city tower to show the public." ”

"What? Yan Xing! ”

Ma Teng screamed, spit blood and fell backwards, Pang De and the little colonel hurriedly rushed forward to support him, and after a long time, Ma Teng woke up faintly, and said through gritted teeth: "Yan Xingpifu, this general swears to eat his flesh and drink his blood~~"

"Report~~" Ma Teng's voice fell, and another junior colonel rushed into the big tent and said sharply, "General, urgent military situation!" ”

Ma Teng turned over and sat up, and said in a deep voice: "Speak!" ”

The little colonel said: "The right army of the North Battalion, the rear army of the West Battalion, the front army of the South Battalion, and the Chinese army of the Chinese Army Battalion in Longxian County are assembling. ”

"Geng Contempt!" Ma Teng gritted his teeth and said, "You are so vicious!

(To be continued)