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Seeing the generals smiling with relief, Li Li couldn't help but smile dumbly: "You are not small, you actually put pressure on Gu when you are about to lead the army. Now that the conspiracy has succeeded, look at the virtue of your grinning and smirking, that is, you owe a beating. This time, for the sake of your upcoming journey, I was entrusted by others, so I let you wait for a while. However, this is the only time, and the next one is not an example. If there is a next time, hum, I haven't played with knives for a few days, and I don't mind sending you on the road in person! ”

"The lord is merciful, and the ministers will never dare again!"

When the generals heard this, only Jia Xu and Guo Jia reacted quickly, and immediately waved their hands to ask for guilt, and the generals suddenly woke up and joined in and confessed.

"That's it, you are also entrusted by others, and you have received it on behalf of others, so you don't care about it." Li Li waved his hand to signal everyone to get up, and then said loudly: "The matter of ascending the throne has been put on the agenda, but the preparations will take some time, and Kong Ming will not be able to return triumphantly in the short term when he leads the army to the west, so it will be at least half a year later." During this period, the garrisons in various localities and the administrative affairs of the prefectures and counties will continue as usual, and you must not slack off, and when the time is determined, you will definitely be notified in advance to come to the enthronement ceremony. ”

At the end, Li Li reminded Zhang Yan and Xu Huang: "It's not early, the army has been waiting for a long time, you should set off." ”

"No, the ministers (the last general) obey the order." Everyone agreed. Jia Xu and Guo Jia bowed down before Zhang Yan and other generals to retire, and they wanted to send the good news back to Chang'an as soon as possible, and then the generals surrendered one after another.

However, just as the generals of the first camp left the hall one after another, Li Li suddenly stood up and hurriedly called out to the person who followed Xu Huang last: "Stop." Who is Qing and what position do you live in? ”

This shout stopped falling in the ears of Xu Huang and other generals, which was tantamount to a thunderbolt on a sunny day. The generals who were about to leave stopped when they heard the sound, and they couldn't help but tremble. They all turned their heads and looked at Li Li who was walking towards the door with a shocked and blank expression. The man who was stopped by Li Li did not turn around, but was still standing in the doorway, his left foot had stepped out of the threshold, and his right foot was still in the door, as if he had been frozen. But his shoulders were trembling slightly, obviously his heart was not as calm as it seemed on the surface, his heart was fluctuating violently, and he didn't seem to dare to meet Li Li. Or maybe he hadn't figured out how to answer the upcoming inquiry, and he was very afraid of Li Li.

Seeing Li Li striding towards with a gloomy face, Xu Huang hurriedly hurried up to meet him, and said respectfully with a blank expression: "I don't know what the lord commands, the last general respectfully asks the lord to make it public." Obviously, Xu Huang didn't know who Li Li was who he was shouting just now, and mistakenly thought that Li Li still had something to tell him, or that he was not very satisfied with him, and he wanted to reprimand him again.

Striding in front of Xu Huang, Li Li pointed to the young scribe who was stepping on the threshold and turning his back to him. He asked in a deep voice, "This person is a general under the Gongming account?" What is his name, what is his current position, and why has Gu never seen him? ”

Xu Huang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, and the solemn look on his face quickly faded. His expression was no longer restrained, and he said respectfully: "My lord, this is Ma Zhong, the last general's bookkeeper." The word Zhongwu, a person from Hedong. Two months ago. Assassin Shi Cui Yan recommended him to the last general, saying that he was both civil and military. It is really a rare talent in a century. After the last general took the school examination, he found that Ma Zhong was indeed extraordinary, could write and calculate, and knew a lot about military affairs, plus he was personally recommended to the last general, so he was appointed as the first to enter the camp book, with an official rank of 600 stones. Afterwards, the last general asked the lord for approval, and the lord also agreed. ”

After speaking, Xu Huang turned his head and scolded Ma Zhong who was standing at the door: "Zhong Wu is stunned, why don't you see the lord quickly?" ”

After listening to Xu Huang's explanation, Li Li frowned slightly, a trace of suspicion flashed in his eyes, and he secretly wondered: "No, could it be that I saw it wrong?" Just now, this person turned his head a little, and his eyes were so sharp, like a goshawk, that made people feel sorry in their hearts and would never forget it for a long time. How can a person with such a sharp eye be an easy person, and how can he be an ordinary scribe? But according to Xu Huang's statement, Ma Zhong has an innocent background, and his origin is very clear, and there is nothing suspicious. This inevitably made Li Li suspect that he had lost his eyes, and "he" was not the person he guessed, but an unknown scribe who had been buried.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Li walked past Xu Huang, walked straight behind Ma Zhong, and said in a deep voice: "Turn around and let Gu see who Qing is?" This is the second time that Li Li has used "Qing" to address Ma Zhong, showing that he has high expectations for "Ma Zhong" and is deeply suspicious of Xu Huang's words just now. In contrast, Li Li trusts his own eyes more, so he wants to see Ma Zhong with his own eyes to verify his speculation.

Ma Zhong turned around when he heard this, Li Lizhi's face changed suddenly, and he blurted out and asked, "Who is Qing?" ”

After Ma Zhong heard this, he didn't seem to be surprised at all, there was not the slightest fear on his face, and he said in a calm tone: "In Xiahedong Ma Zhong, I have seen the general. I don't know what the general has to teach, so I'm listening to the teachings. ”

Seeing that Ma Zhong was so rude, Xu Huang's face suddenly changed greatly, anger surged up his cheeks, and he opened his mouth to reprimand Ma Zhong, but Li Li raised his hand to stop him.

Raising his hand to signal Xu Huang not to interject, Li Li's face showed a smile, and he smiled: "Mr. has a strange appearance, a tall figure, a broad forehead and a convex forehead, deep eye sockets, a pair of sharp eyes, plus the bridge of the nose is towering, the tip of the nose is slightly curved like a hook, and his appearance is different from ordinary people." This kind of posture is rare in my Han states, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is one in a million. Lone asks again, who is Qing? ”

Ma Zhong's cheeks were slightly red, as a man, but Li Li mentioned his appearance in public and commented on him, which was undoubtedly a deliberate humiliation of him. This made Ma Zhong very annoyed, and immediately had a gloomy face, and said in an unkind tone: "I don't know what the general wants to say, but I can answer the general with certainty, and I am Ma Zhong, the word Zhongwu, and a person from Hedong." At the end, Ma Zhong added: "This is also the third time to answer the general's question, and I ask the general not to ask knowingly." ”

Li Li smiled and shook his head, and said disapprerovingly: "Cui Yan called Mr. a genius who has not been met in a hundred years, doesn't Mr. know that it is necessary to ask knowingly?" Otherwise, there are so many small officials like Mr. in my Xiliang Army, why don't you ask others, but ask Mr. alone? Mr. has both great talent and a recommendation from the history of assassination, why not come to this public account, but he is willing to seek the near and far under the public account. How can you teach me this? ”

Indeed, according to Xu Huang, Ma Zhong was recommended by Shi Cui Yan, the assassin of the state, two months ago. In the past four months, Li Li has been merging with the state, since it was personally recommended by the state assassin, why didn't he recommend Ma Zhong to Li Li, but instead served as a small official under Xu Huang's account. Obviously, this was done by Ma Zhong on purpose; Otherwise, Cui Yangui is the assassin of the state, and it is not difficult for him to recommend talents to Li Li at all, and it can even be said to be a matter of duty.

Recommending by the history of the assassin is a shortcut to becoming a leader, which can make the recommended person easily walk on a road to heaven, why did Ma Zhong do the opposite, abandon the big tree of Li Li, and become a leader under Xu Huang's account? This move is really suspicious, and people have to suspect that he has ulterior motives, or that he has no intention of pursuing a career at all, but purely has other intentions and ulterior motives. Now that this matter has been shaken out, Xu Huang is undoubtedly implicated by it and has become an accomplice or accomplice of Ma Zhong's plot.

In the face of Li Li's questioning, Ma Zhong was silent and immediately avoided Li Li's aggressive gaze. The moment he tilted his head, a solemnity appeared between his eyebrows, and his eyes were filled with deep worry.

Seeing that Ma Zhong was speechless, Xu Huang, who was standing beside him, scolded angrily, "Bold Ma Zhong, how can you be arrogant and presumptuous in front of the lord!" Xu Mou advises you, at this moment, the lord asks you, you had better recruit from the truth, this is your last chance. If not, you will be told to live but not to die! ”

Obviously, Xu Huang was anxious. Previously, he was very important to Ma Zhong, thinking that he had picked up a treasure, and having such a scribe who was both the chief secretary and the staff by his side was undoubtedly like a tiger with wings. Therefore, Xu Huang never doubted Ma Zhong's identity, and even today's banquet was an exception for him to bring Ma Zhong, wanting him to take this opportunity to meet the lord Li Li, and be familiar with the generals in the army; Otherwise, none of the generals who went to the banquet this time were generals with an official rank of more than 1,000 stones, and Ma Zhong's official rank was not qualified to attend the banquet at all.

But Xu Huang never expected that Ma Zhong had impure motives and ulterior motives when he defected to him. The worst thing is that the main prince Li Li saw through it at a glance, and in a few words, he opened up the fact that Ma Zhong was cleverly defrauded. Ma Zhong was just ill-intentioned, but he also implicated him Xu Huang, how could he not be angry, how could he remain silent? If it weren't for the fact that the lord Li Li was polite to Ma Zhong and made Xu Huang realize that Ma Zhong was not small, he would have fought a lot of time ago, beating Ma Zhong all over the place, and let him taste what it would be like to deceive someone Xu.

Seeing that Xu Huang was annoyed and ashamed, Ma Zhong was also a bachelor, and said without changing his face and heartbeat: "It's just that the general suspects the identity of the general, and even General Gongming can't believe it." In this case, there is nothing to say in the next, and if you want to kill, you have to listen to the respect. After speaking, Ma Zhong held his head high, as if he looked at death as home.

This scene made the generals standing at the door look dazed for a while, especially Ma Zhong's straight back was a little lonely and sad, which made the generals inevitably feel compassion, and they were more or less sympathetic to Ma Zhong, after all, everyone was still sitting together drinking and eating meat just now, and it became a life and death parting in a blink of an eye. Things changed too quickly, and the generals couldn't keep up with the train of thought, and they still didn't understand the situation.

Sensing the change in the expressions of the generals for the first time, Li Li shook his head slightly, secretly sighing that these generals are all affectionate and righteous men, and it is their instinct to sympathize with the weak, but they would never have thought that the Ma Zhong in front of them, who "sees death as home", is by no means a weak person, but a "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" who has been around for centuries, a real hungry wolf who eats people and does not spit out bones.

"Lone only asks three questions, Mr. will answer the truth, if there is half a sentence to hide, Lone doesn't mind fulfilling you!"

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