Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan and Ma Zheng went to Nanyang to eradicate Lu Xian's base, while Ma Xiao stayed at home to deploy other matters, during which Ma Xiao called Liang Long and said some of his thoughts, but Liang Long sued Ma Xiao for a surprising decision

+++++++++++++++++++++ Ma Xiao nodded and said with a smile: "That's right, it's a deal!" I wonder if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is interested in trading with him? ”

Cao Pi smiled and said, "You didn't even say what the conditions of the transaction were, how do you know that I will definitely be interested?" ”

Ma Xiao said: "What I want to do, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely be able to help me do it, but what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to do, if I don't want Ma Xiao, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may be difficult to do!" ”

"Oh?" Cao Pi laughed when he heard this. This Ma Xiao's tone is inevitably too big, he is the prince of Wei, the only candidate for the next King of Wei, in addition to not being the emperor, there is something he can't do in this world?

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said, "If I say that I will persuade the emperor to give the emperor's position to you, do you believe I can do it?" ”

"What? You" Cao Pi was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to cover Ma Xiao's mouth. You know, there are several subordinates around him at the moment, although these subordinates are his personal subordinates, but there are many people

"All of you go down!" Cao Pi waved his hand to the people.

The subordinates all retreated, and Cao Pi breathed a sigh of relief.

Ma Xiao struck while the iron was hot: "How about it, His Royal Highness the Prince, do you have this idea?" ”

Cao Pi raised his head and glanced at Ma Xiao, smiled, and did not answer Ma Xiao's question, but his expression had already exposed his thoughts to Ma Xiao.

After a while, Cao Pi asked, "What do you want?" ”

Ma Xiao laughed: "The prince is really refreshing, hehe, what I want Ma Xiao is very simple, I need the prince to give me a promise." ”

Cao Pi's heart tightened, promised? What is this Ma Xiao's promise? Could it be that this kid also wants to be the emperor, or

Ma Xiao saw Cao Pi's thoughts, and said with a smile: "The prince doesn't need to panic, my Ma family has no interest in the world, my father is, so am I, and my brothers are the same, please rest assured that the prince is this!" ”

Cao Pi sighed and asked, "Since it's not those, what promise do you want from me?" ”

Ma Xiao stretched out two fingers and said slowly: "I want the prince to promise me two things!" ”

"Two things?" Cao Pi pursed his lips, "The conditions you offer are inevitably too unequal, right?" ”

Ma Xiao didn't have time to bargain with Cao Pi: "We can talk about the specifics later, I'll talk about my needs first, how about it, His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

Cao Pi grinned and made a gesture of please.

"First" Ma Xiao stretched out a finger, "I want to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take care of my Ma family after he takes the throne."

"Take care? Do you mean that the people of your Ma family want to be big officials? ”

Ma Xiao shook his head: "That's not necessarily, as long as I guarantee the status of my Ma family's scholars, as for other things, with the ability of my Ma family's descendants, what does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think?" It's not difficult, is it? ”

Cao Pi's eyes rolled, and he laughed secretly in his heart, this Ma Xiao is really interesting, such a request is also a condition? With your own ability, it is very simple to ensure the status of a family's scholars.

"Okay, I'll promise you!"

"Second," Ma Xiao stretched out two fingers, "My condition is to borrow troops from His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Borrowed soldiers?" Cao Pi's eyes froze, this matter of borrowing troops can be big or small, once the borrowing is not good, even a military coup may be caused.

"This" Cao Pi thought for a moment and shook his head, "I can't promise you this!" ”

Ma Xiao had already concluded that Cao Pi would not agree to his second condition lightly, so he said: "The second condition I mentioned just now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely be difficult to agree, so Ma Xiao took the position of the head of the Ma family as an additional condition to ask the prince to borrow troops."

"What? What did you say? Cao Pi couldn't believe his ears, "Why are you doing this?" ”

Ma Xiao smiled slightly: "Because of the incident last time!" ”

Cao Pi was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "It's not a loss to be the head of the Ma family, you are really powerful, that's right, last time, I, Cao Pi, have really struggled so far, in other words, if you Ma Xiao reigns for a day, I will definitely find an opportunity to suppress you and your Ma family."

Ma Xiao sighed secretly, and said in his heart: My father once said that Cao Pi was narrow-minded, and what I saw today was indeed the case

"So," Ma Xiao picked up Cao Pi's words, "I give up my position as the head of the Ma family in exchange for the peace of my Ma family, Your Royal Highness the Prince, what do you think?" ”

Cao Pi did not agree to Ma Xiao quickly, but asked Ma Xiao: "What do you say about the Ma family, it was established by Lord Shangxian, you don't want to be the head of the family, this family can't be defeated, as the so-called country can't be without a king for a day, and a family can't be without an owner for a day, Ma Xiao, who else do you think is suitable to be the head of the house besides you?" ”

Ma Xiao had long expected Cao Pi to ask this question, and pretended to think for a while and said: "I am the eldest son, and after the eldest son, it will naturally be my second brother Ma Kun." ”

Cao Pi sighed, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, but he said in his heart: Do you want Ma Kun to be the head of the family? There are no doors, I still support other young masters of the Ma family except Ma Kun, hum~~ I just don't let Ma Kun be~ Cao Pi actually fell for Ma Xiao.

Ma Xiao knows that Cao Pi's temperament is narrow-minded, and what he said, Cao Pi will definitely not do it, rather than this, it is better to say something wrong first, Cao Pi will naturally do it according to his own ideas, but Ma Kun can't be the head of the family, as well as Ma Zheng and Ma Qiang in the back, as well as those younger brothers who are not adults.

If Cao Pi helped up a minor brother, wouldn't the Ma family be

Thinking of this, Ma Xiao suddenly changed his kind tone just now, and said solemnly: "By the way, His Royal Highness the Prince, my father said that he will not grow old and will not die, so even if his father will not be there in the future because he wants to wander away from the world, he will still come back to see when the time is right, so I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will see my father after becoming a queen, please say hello to his old man." ”

"This" Cao Piyan doesn't know what Ma Xiao means by this? The implication of Ma Xiao's words is that Cao Pi, if you dare to be bad, my father, that is, the immortal - Ma Xiaoquan, will definitely not let you go, you also know my father's ability, Cao Pi, you can consider it yourself

Ma Xiao didn't know that after he met with Cao Pi today, Cao Pi no longer slept soundly when he became the king of Wei or even became the emperor. The reason is actually very simple, Cao Pi was afraid that the immortal master Ma Xiaoquan would come back suddenly, so he asked him to settle accounts with him about forcing Ma Xiao to give way. With such a tangled heart, Cao Pi's emperor did not last long, when Cao Pi was about to die, the then head of the Ma family Ma met him head-on, chatted about the events of this day, and told Cao Pi a news that made him despair, regret, and shame.

No one knows what Ma Zheng said, Cao Pi didn't say it until he died, and there is no record in the genealogy of Ma Xiaoquan's uncle's family

Leaving the Prince's Mansion, Ma Xiao suddenly felt very relaxed, all along, he has always been strict with himself as the head of the Ma family, in order not to disappoint his father Ma Xiaoquan and his mother Diao Chan, Ma Xiao has been working hard to restrain his various desires~~ Wang, now it's okay, he just signed an agreement with Cao Pi, after Cao Pi helps him complete all the things, he Ma Xiao will give up the position of the head of the Ma family, and leave the Ma family, and never step into the Ma family again.

"Hope" Ma Xiao exhaled, "I hope the third brother can be a better head of the Ma family than me"