Ma Tan's surrender quickly caused a strong reaction from all sides, and almost everyone's eyes were focused on Zhuge Liang to see how he dealt with Ma Tan. Wei Ba is also watching to see how Zhuge Liang will deal with this crisis. Since his rebirth, it has become his habit to meditate alone, and he likes to figure out his opponents from different angles and analyze the motives behind his actions.

Historically, Ma Tan was dead. Some people say that he deserved it, and it was he who did not listen to Wang Ping's advice and lost the street pavilion, which led to the failure of Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition. Some people say that he is indeed guilty, but the crime is not to death, Zhuge Liang killed him to find a scapegoat for his own failure.

This kind of quarrel has never stopped, right and wrong, left to posterity, so posterity will be happy. But the real reason is probably only clear to Zhuge Liang himself.

Now history has changed, but when it comes to Ma Yan, it is much the same. Ma Yan's mistake made Zhuge Liang's Jihua who surrounded Zhang He in Mumen go bankrupt, which directly led to the defeat of the Northern Expedition on the main battlefield of Longyou, and also made Zhuge Liang, the main general, the object of ridicule by others. However, only in terms of responsibility, as Zhao Guang said, Ma Jian is indeed guilty of not death, compared with Zhang Yi, who was once captured and exiled in Eastern Wu for more than ten years, his responsibility is much smaller, Zhang Yi can recover, Ma Jian has no reason to die. As for him being a deserter, it is not a problem, if Zhuge Liang wants to forgive him, this crime is not a crime at all.

However, Wei Ba saw some clues from Zhuge Liang's actions. Zhuge Liang dealt with Ma Jian with such fanfare, and did not give him a chance to appeal at all, so it can be considered that he had the intention of killing Ma Tan. As for whether he thinks Ma Jian is worthy of a capital crime, or other reasons, it is difficult to say.

After all, no matter how much he figured it out, it wasn't Zhuge Liang himself.

Of course, he didn't care what Zhuge Liang thought. What he cared about was what Zhuge Liang would do.

Ma Tan is a big family in Xiangyang and a leader among the young generation of Jingxiang people. He is not only from a famous family, but also talented. And the relationship with the Jingxiang family is very close. Xiang Lang has a long history as a prime minister, and he is a long history of an excluded prime minister, and daring to take risks to hide him is a clear proof. If Zhuge Liang kills him. It is bound to cause centrifugation and self-harm among the Jingxiang people.

But if he doesn't deal with Ma Yan, he will have to face the doubts of the non-Jing Xiang family. Those people are not pursuing the fact that Ma Tan lost the battle. It's that Zhuge Liang doesn't know anyone, and he knows that the first emperor Liu Bei said that Ma Jian can't be reused, but he still doesn't reuse it against the public. If Ma Jian won the battle, this can of course prove that Liu Bei is wrong, and no one dares to come out and say anything, but now Ma Jian has been defeated, which proves the wisdom of the first emperor. If Zhuge Liang still shielded Ma Yan, wouldn't he deliberately want to be awkward with the first emperor?

The listing of the platform has always been an invincible killer weapon in the political struggle. No matter how strong Zhuge Liang is, in front of the signboard of the first emperor Liu Bei, he still has to be more or less scrupulous.

Whether or not to deal with horses. It has gone beyond the scope of rewarding meritorious deeds, but is a question of whether to take the first emperor in his eyes.

For Zhuge Liang, there is actually no advantageous choice, only the difference between large losses and small losses. The lesser of two evils, he is hesitating, which shows that he is also weighing. At one end is his prestige, and at the other end is Ma Yan's life.

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Ma Tan sat on the weeds, his cheeks were already sunken, his cheekbones were high, his eyes were sunken, and his eyes were a little more uneasy and confused. He had been in the baggage camp for three days, and in just three days, his faith had been completely drained.

He had a sense of foreboding.

He may be as Xiang Lang said, not only does he not know himself, but he also does not know Zhuge Liang.

Since the defeat, he has been constantly reflecting and gaining a clearer understanding of his own abilities, and this realization contains painful hope. But now, his little hope is slowly sinking. As Zhuge Liang's cronies and confidants who have participated in countless Jihua, he knows what this silence represents.

Suddenly, he realized that his reflections had become meaningless. What is the use of knowing how much truth a dead person has?

Am I going to die? Ma Jian felt incredible, and he was in a dream.

Yes, I'm going to die, although that has nothing to do with defeat.

However, I am only 39 years old, and it is time for me to make great progress.

So what?

Several voices repeatedly quarreled in Ma Yan's mind, and the quarrel made him have a splitting headache, and his vision was blurred. Just as he was not as accusatory as he thought he was, he found that he was equally incapable of composure in the face of death.

Suddenly it was dark in front of him, and there was a thunder in his ears, Ma Tan was taken aback, leaned back, and suddenly straightened up.

"Childish?" Zhuge Liang stood in front of Ma Tan, wrapped in a big coat, revealing only half of his face. Looking at Ma Yan, who was in a trance and in a trance, Zhuge Liang's eyes were complicated.

"Cheng ...... Prime minister? Ma Tan was overjoyed, and hurriedly turned over and fell to the ground, and before he could speak, tears came down. He crawled forward, hugged Zhuge Liang's leg, touched the tip of Zhuge Liang's shoe lightly with his forehead, and cried silently: "Prime Minister, I'm sorry Prime Minister, I embarrassed Prime Minister." ”

"Young, get up, get up." Zhuge Liang bent down, and his voice was a little choked. He beckoned, and a soldier came over, set up a table, spread two tables, and put wine and meat on the table. "Young Chang, sit!"

Ma Tan looked at the wine and meat on the case, his face gradually became pale, he looked at Zhuge Liang, raised his face, let out a long sigh, sat on the side of the case, and slowly wiped his hands with the hem of his clothes. He rubbed very carefully until he wiped off the dirt on his hands and wiped his skin red, then he picked up the chopsticks and ate the vegetables one bite at a time.

As he ate, tears welled up and wet his placket.

Zhuge Liang sat across from him and looked at him silently.

Ma Tan ate a lot, almost ate a large pot of meat on the table, and then picked up the wine spoon, carefully scooped the wine into the wine glass, and drank it in small sips. As the glass of wine fell, his face began to flush, and his eyes became much more relaxed.

After he finished eating and drinking, he came to clean up the case in person. Ma Tan watched motionlessly, holding a knife tightly in his hand in front of him.

A knife that cuts meat.

"Prime Minister, these days...... Sad? ”

Zhuge Liang nodded.

"Many people are attacking the prime minister for his unknown employment and nepotism?"

Zhuge Liang snorted.

"If I die, all the criticism of the prime minister will disappear?"

Zhuge Liang frowned. sighed lightly: "It's not that easy, but it's much better." ”

"I see." Ma Tan bowed slightly: "So." My wife and children will be entrusted to the prime minister. ”

"You can rest assured." Zhuge Liang returned the salute, stood up, and glanced at Ma Jian deeply. With his head down, he walked out slowly.

Ma Tan watched Zhuge Liang's figure wrapped in a big coat gradually disappear outside the door, and lowered his head. Looking at the knife in his hand, rubbing the blade with his fingers, feeling the coldness of the blade, the wine red on his face was not gone, but his eyes were full of self-mockery.

A rush of footsteps sounded, and Ma Tan was taken aback, and hurriedly hid the knife in his sleeve. He just hid it. Xiang Lang walked in quickly. He circled around Ma Jian twice, and Zuihou stood in front of Ma Jian and said sharply, "It's decided?" ”

Ma Yan nodded. Before he could understand, he waved his generous palm to Lang and made a "snap". Slapped Ma Tan in the face.

"Confused!"

Ma Tan was dazed by Xiang Lang's slap, and all the calmness and calmness were slapped out of the clouds. In an instant, he burst into tears and fell to the ground crying, unable to cry. The knife fell out of his sleeve and landed on the grass at Xiang Lang's feet.

Xiang Lang gasped, bent down, picked up the knife, looked at it carefully, and stared at Ma Yan viciously: "Boy, if you must die, wait for me to come back and die." ”

"Xiang Gong, I don't want to die, I don't want to die." Ma Jian cried, "But...... But I had to die, I had to die. ”

"As long as you don't want to die, you can not die." Xiang Lang changed his previous image of a gentle elder, and became hideous, like a fierce god in the dim light. He grabbed Ma Yan's collar and roared in a low voice, "Did you hear clearly?" ”

"I ......" Ma Jian looked at Xiang Lang and doubted: "Can Xiang Gong save me?" ”

"I don't know if I can, but I'll have to try." Xiang Lang gasped and paced back and forth two steps anxiously. "Originally, I didn't want to do this, but now, I have to give it a try with my old face, I can't watch your kid suffer from generation to generation, and die inexplicably."

"But Xiang Gong ......" Ma Jian understood what Xiang Lang meant, and hurriedly said: "If the prime minister knows, how can Xiang Gong deal with himself?" ”

"Humph!" Xiang Lang snorted disdainfully: "From the day you came to me, I didn't expect any good results." However, it is really not so easy for him to deal with me. Although I haven't read any books, I have walked more bridges than you have walked, and I have eaten more salt than you have eaten. Although I can't sit back and talk about the world and point out the country, I can still see the situation in front of me clearly. But you kid, don't just put your head up in the sky, pay more attention to your feet, do you hear? ”

Ma Tan seems to understand whether he understands or not.

Xiang Lang explained a few more words and turned to leave. Out of the door, Yang Yi had a bitter face, stood aside respectfully and waited, he heard Xiang Lang and Ma Yan's words just now, he heard it clearly, and his intestines were so blue with regret. If he had known that this old man would do such a thing today, he should have stayed away from it earlier, so as not to get burned.

"Wei Gong, did you hear what I said just now?"

"This ......" Yang Yi didn't know how to answer, but under Xiang Lang's forced gaze, he had to nod and say, "I heard some." ”

"Well, I won't embarrass you." Xiang Lang glanced at Yang Yi: "I only need one request, Ma Yan can't die here with you." If you want to die, you have to die openly, and you can do it? ”

"This ......" Yang Yi's cold sweat suddenly fell.

Xiang Lang's eyes squinted, murderous, and he snorted coldly in a long voice: "Huh? ”

Yang Yi shrunk her neck and replied weakly: "Huh." ”

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Uh, just now I asked for a monthly ticket in one chapter, but I only asked for one chapter, and Lao Zhuang's face was hot and defeated. Trolls, you can rejoice! (To be continued.) )