Jiang Zongbao showed a painful look on his face and said: "General Cao sacrificed his life for the country, and he can sing and cry. Brother Ma, have you lived in seclusion here for the past eight years? ”

Ma Yunhua nodded: "Yes, after Ma was reborn, he settled down in this Jianxi Village, I don't want to go back to Beijing, but the local villagers have a life-saving grace for me, I am afraid that I will not be able to repay it for a lifetime, now the world is not peaceful, Ma can not leave, and secondly, I Ma Yunhua is the general of the defeated army, and I have no shame to return to the court to face the saint, and I do not hide it from Brother Jiang, brother, I have assassinated Ah Shan's crossbow six times in the past eight years, the most recent one was only three months ago, but unfortunately every time I returned with a feather." If Ah Shan's crossbow does not die for a day, I Ma Yunhua will return to the army without shame for a day, if it weren't for the recent news of his death, the next assassination will be ten years later. ”

Jiang Zongbao didn't expect that after eight full years, Ma Yunhua still wanted to avenge Cao Bo and the 60,000 robes, so he said: "Brother Ma was not arrested, but it is also a blessing. ”

Ma Yunhua sighed: "After all, the enemy is in the light and I am in the dark, Brother Zongbao, you also know that Ma's hand archery skills are quite good, just find out the news in advance, hide in the place where Ashan's crossbow must pass, and after releasing the cold arrow, whether it is successful or not, Ma will return to this place, and the length of time between each sneak attack is different, so Ashan crossbow and others can't know my traces." ”

Jiang Zongbao sighed: "Over the years, Brother Ma has worked hard, now that the Liao State has been destroyed, and Ah Shan's crossbow is dead, why don't Brother Ma return to Beijing with his younger brother, now Liang and Chu are still at war, it is a good time for Brother Ma to show his skills." ”

Ma Yunhua didn't agree on the spot, and first asked: "Earlier, your subordinates said that the two generals, Zhu Wang and Ye Baiye, also died in battle, so now there is only the king of Qingzhou left in Daliang?" ”

Jiang Zongbao replied: "General Zhu and General Ye have died under Sikong Li, Yan King Li Chengzhi was framed by the King of Chu, hanged himself in the palace, and Baili Jin turned to the King of Chu. ”

Ma Yunhua frowned when he heard this. In the past, when the Four Kingdoms were established, the State of Chu had a military god, the State of Yan had a famous general Baili Jin, and the Xiping State also had a well-known Ashan crossbow that was not famous but was not under the two of them. On the other hand, although there are four great generals, they have always been criticized as the unknown general of Liang State, if it were not for the huge number of iron cavalry under Li Jian, who were invincible, the military generals of Liang State were far from the other three countries. Now that Baili Jin and Sikong Li have joined forces, the strength of the Chu State has increased greatly, while the military generals of the Liang State have shown a bleak scene. For a while, he was like an arrow, and he couldn't wait to return to Beijing immediately, put on his armor again and go into battle to kill the enemy, so he said to Jiang Zongbao: "Now is the critical juncture of my Liang's life and death, although Ma is the general of the defeated army, he is also willing to put on his armor again and serve the country, but before that, Ma still has one thing to ask for, and ask the Zongbao brothers to fulfill it." ”

Jiang Zongbao said with a smile: "Brother Ma is outside, what are you polite to your little brother, just say it directly." ”

Ma Yunhua hugged his fists and said: "The villagers of Jianxi Village have the grace to save my life, and I also ask my brother to put them on Ma's thin noodles, don't embarrass these villagers anymore, as for the gap of the strong men, Ma will make up for them on the battlefield in the future." ”

Jiang Zongbao said: "This is natural, since these villagers are the benefactors of Brother Ma, that is, my Jiang Zongbao's benefactors, they have offended a lot before, and I ask Brother Ma to bear more." ”

Let Jiang Zongbao and Teng Fei wait at the entrance of the village for a while, and Ma Yunhua returned to the village alone. Xie Bao was waiting anxiously at the intersection, and when he saw Ma Yunhua, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Yunhua, Liang Jun didn't embarrass you." ”

Ma Yunhua said with a smile: "Don't worry, my husband and I have old acquaintances with that general, not only did he not embarrass me, but he also promised that he would never embarrass my uncle and other villagers in the future." ”

Xie Bao breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good, God has finally opened his eyes!" Come back with me. After saying that, he turned around, as if he wanted to leave this place of right and wrong quickly.

Seeing that Ma Yunhua stayed where he was and didn't follow, Xie Bao hadn't opened his mouth yet, Ma Yunhua had already preemptively said: "Boss, please stay, Yunhua came to say goodbye to my boss this time." ”

Xie Bao was stunned for a moment, and said astringently: "But that group of Liang soldiers used us as a threat and forced you to go with them?" Don't worry, just run away safely, the little old man has a bad life, it's a big deal to let them take it! ”

Ma Yunhua's heart warmed, and he said: "My husband is too worried, I, Ma Yunhua, am an old general of Liang State, and it is my duty to fight, and now that Liang and Chu are fighting, it is time for me to serve the court." Yunhua still said the same thing, the war is fought now so that there will be fewer dead people in the world in the future, and one day, my husband can live the good life you want. If you and I say goodbye today, I am afraid that there will be no goodbye day, but please rest assured, although Yunhua's ability is low, he can still protect the stability of Jianxi Village. After speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times in a row, "The old man has a life-saving grace for Yunhua, there is nothing to repay in this life, if there is an afterlife, Yunhua is willing to be a cow and a horse to repay the kindness." ”

Xie Bao burst into tears, helped Ma Yunhua up, and muttered: "Good boy, no matter where you are in the future, remember to live well, don't be reckless, don't work hard, if you really can't go on, come back here, no matter what your identity is, Jianxi Village will always be your home." ”

Ma Yunhua's eyes were full of tears, and he said astringently: "Yunhua has written it down!" The old man also listened to Yunhua's words, you are not in good health, drink less bad wine, Yunhua will send someone to send you some silver every month, and when the world is peaceful, Yunhua will definitely come back to give you filial piety. ”

But at this time, neither of them knew that in the end, Ma Yunhua still couldn't come back alive.

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After saying goodbye to Xie Bao, Ma Yunhua and Jiang Zongbao rode together and returned to the southern city of the prison, the battlefield of the Liao State has been almost cleaned, and Jiang Zongbao will return to Beijing at the beginning of next month to resume his life, and will return to Liang with Ma Yunhua at that time, and the first thing the latter did after returning to the southern city of the prison was to bring the yellow paper and wine, and came to Feiyunjian alone to worship the 60,000 robes who died in battle.