Pound was full of grievances, but he was hard to argue.

His face turned red, looking at the different expressions of Ma Teng and the three of them, he had something to say in his heart, but he couldn't say it anyway.

Ma Chao glanced at Pang De in a complicated manner and said, "I remember that you saved my life at the beginning." From then on, we don't owe each other. ”

Ma Tenghu was stunned, and said sharply: "If you don't leave now, why are you still staying here?" ”

Hearing this, Pound finally felt dead and no longer had any luck.

He respectfully saluted Ma Teng and said, "A certain person is dignified, sits upright, and says that if he does not surrender to the general, there will be no such thing." ”

"Because of the grace of knowing the encounter, he ignored the general's gracious invitation and traveled thousands of miles west alone to find this place. Today, since the lord no longer trusts Pound, the past friendship has been written off. ”

After speaking, Pound turned around and walked outside the camp, without a trace of nostalgia.

In this era, the monarch chooses the minister, and the minister also chooses the monarch.

The monarch treats his courtiers like confidants, and the courtiers naturally want to fight to the death; If the monarch doubts his courtiers, no one can say anything even if the courtiers leave.

What's more, Pang De is in the Guanzhong military camp, and he also has a crush on Chen Xu. Moreover, as a Han Chinese, he was not willing to collude with the Qiang people to cause trouble in Liangzhou.

It's just that because of Ma Teng's kindness, he followed desperately without hesitation.

If Ma Teng treats him as before, even if Pang De is obsessed with Chen Xu, even if he is unwilling to join the Qiang people, Pang De will unswervingly follow Ma Teng until he dies.

However, loyalty comes from trust. Now that Ma Teng no longer trusts him, Pound naturally won't lick his face and stay here.

After all, Pang De, who is brave in Liangzhou, also has his own pride in his heart.

Just like Zhang He and Gao Ran under Yuan Shao in history, they are all loyal and righteous people who are loyal to Yuan Shao. But in the face of suspicion and the addition of the axe, they did not hesitate to abandon Yuan and join Cao.

It's not that they can't be loyal to Yuan Shao, but it's not worth it at all.

If Yuan Shao had always trusted them, even if the two died on the battlefield, they would have no second heart. It was Yuan Shao's suspicion that made them switch to Cao Cao.

In the past, Ma Teng may have been Pound's confidant, but after he had doubts about Pound in his heart, he was no longer worthy.

Seeing Pang De leave like this, Ma Teng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly shouted loudly: "If you still care about the friendship of the past, tell me before leaving: You have a private meeting with Han Sui, what is the matter?" ”

Hearing Ma Teng's words, Pound's heart became even more bitter, and he secretly thought: "It seems that since I came back, he has always doubted me." ”

Pang De met Han Sui in private, this matter can be big or small, and if you think about it carefully, it is not a big deal. After all, Pang De went to Han Sui's camp and only stayed for a short time.

Stopping, Pang De sighed secretly and said: "General Fan Chou and General Han Sui are old acquaintances, and I don't want to be his enemy, so I wrote a letter and asked me to pass it on to General Han." ”

When Ma Teng heard this, his heart became even more angry, and he roared loudly: "Persuade him to surrender, you actually helped Chen Xu persuade Han Sui to surrender, and said that you didn't surrender him?" ”

Earlier, Ma Teng let Pound leave, and there was no element of anger, but now when he heard Pound's words, he was completely disappointed in his heart.

The north wind howled, lifting the corners of Pound's clothes, and he said expressionlessly: "Pound acts, but he has a clear conscience." ”

He looked at Ma Teng, who was a little angry, and said, "Before leaving, the general asked me to bring you a message: After Junben is loyal and good, why should he be a thief?" ”

"In the past, you were my lord, even if you colluded with the Qiang people to rebel, you didn't say much. However, if it is not in our clan, its heart will be different, and I hope that the general will be cautious in his words and deeds. ”

With that, Pound turned and left again.

"Stop!"

Ma Teng's face turned a little red, and his heart was even more churning.

He is a descendant of Ma Yuan, the founding general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although the Ma family has long since declined, but many places still praise the deeds of Ma Yuan.

After Liu Xiu unified the world, the brave and warlike horse aid was already old, but 'the old man was in the bush, and his ambition was thousands of miles; The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong'.

Later, the elderly horse aid went east to the west, the west broke the Qiang people, the north deterred Wuhuan, and the south conquered Jiaozhi. Later, the horse leather shrouded in illness and died in the journey.

The deeds of General Fubo Ma Yuan can be regarded as a representative of loyalty. After General Ma Tengnaifubo, he naturally often called himself loyal.

However, Pound's words seemed to pierce him in the heart, which made Ma Teng a little annoyed and angry.

"What about the Qiang? Aren't the Qiang people human? They also have the freedom to survive! ”

Ma Chao's mother is a Qiang person, and Ma Teng has a very good sense of the Qiang people.

Pound said: "Everyone has the freedom to live, but this freedom cannot be built on the suffering of nearly one million Han people in Liangzhou. ”

In the end, Pound left without any nostalgia.

Ma Teng looked at the back that was fading away, and felt some cramping in his heart. He couldn't bear to watch this confidant and favorite general who had been fighting with him for many years in the south and the north, and left like this.

Now that it's come to this, what else can we do?

The expression on Ma Chao's face changed for a while, and he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Father, do you want to send someone to hunt down Pang De?" ”

Ma Teng's eyes flashed with anger, and he said sharply: "Although a certain is not a hero, he is also a good word, since he said that he would let him go, how could he send someone to kill him?" ”

"What's more, don't forget, Pound fell into the enemy camp to save you!"

For his brave and warlike son, Ma Teng is very satisfied. It's just that Ma Chao is a little brave and ruthless, and he is not emotional, which inherits the character of his Qiang mother, but Ma Teng is quite unhappy in his heart.

Ma Chao was reprimanded, but he just bowed his head and said nothing.

Historically, the relationship between Ma Chao and Ma Teng is not very close. At the beginning, Han Sui, Yan Xing's son, and Ma Teng himself were all hostages with Cao Cao.

Later, Ma Chao wanted to rebel against Cao Cao, so he recommended Han Sui as the governor, and Ma Chao said to Han Sui at that time: "The former Zhong Si was appointed as the general of the super envoy, and the Kwantung people cannot reply to it." Today, Chao abandons his father, takes the general as his father, and the general should also abandon his son and take Chao as his son. ”

When Ma Chao was a hostage, Ma Chao actually encouraged Han Sui to raise troops to rebel, and wanted to abandon his father and recognize Han Sui as his father; also asked Han Sui to abandon his son and recognize Ma Chao as his son, so that he could rebel together.

It can be seen from this what kind of character Ma Chao is. It was precisely because Ma Chao raised troops to rebel this time that Ma Teng and Han Sui's son were killed by Cao Cao the following year.

It can be said that Ma Teng died at the hands of Ma Chao.

The romance distorted the fact of Ma Teng's death, but instead constituted an image of a filial son who carried a sea of blood and hatred and did his best to avenge his father.

I have to say that this is a great irony.

On the other hand, Ma Chao can give up everything and try to compete with Cao Cao, which is not a generation of heroes. However, in the history of the late Han Dynasty, he only deserves to be compared with Lü Bu.

Liu Bei may have gained insight into his personality, and after Ma Chao surrendered, he never reused him.

Ma Chao indirectly killed his father, and later, in order to gain Liu Bei's trust, he went to Liu Bei to tell the truth and betray his friends.

But in the end, he could only receive a false title, and the result of his life of depression was a little ironic and a little sad.

Forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, Ma Chao lowered his head and was silent.

Ma Teng beckoned and said, "Let's go meet Han Sui first and see if he will really surrender to Chen Xu." ”

Han Sui and Fan Chou have an extraordinary friendship, otherwise Fan Chou would not have let Han Sui and Ma Teng leave when he had an absolute advantage.

Ma Teng also didn't know how Han Sui, who was now at a disadvantage, would react after seeing Fan Chou's letter.

Inside the tent, Han Sui was discussing with Yan Xing when he suddenly heard a chaotic sound of footsteps.

Ma Teng put away his thoughts and laughed loudly: "Wenyue, I'm coming to see you." ”

Han Sui also had a smile on his face, took Ma Teng into the camp, and said, "It's really rare that my brother actually has time to come to see me today." ”

Ma Teng laughed twice and asked, "Wen Yue and Yan Ming are in the tent, what are they discussing?" ”

Han Sui snorted and said, "Now that the soldiers have been cultivating for a while, and their morale is slowly recovering, I am thinking about leading the troops with my brother to help the Qiang people and defeat those Di people." ”

"If that's the case, it's the best," said Ma Teng. ”

Then, he changed his words and said, "I heard that Fan Chou wrote a letter to Wen Yue? ”

"When I received the grace of not killing, I often remembered it in my heart. Since General Fan has a letter today, I wonder if the virtuous brother would like to take it out and take a look? ”

Han Sui's face changed slightly, and he was immediately caught by Ma Teng, who had been watching him.

Yan Xing, who was next to him, was furious, drew his sword in his hand and said, "Even if my lord exchanges letters with friends, what does it have to do with you? You are so aggressive, you are simply too deceitful, and it is not good to deceive the sword in your hand? ”

Although the two sides are allies, Ma Teng and Han Sui are even more brothers, but both of their soldiers have some hatred for each other.

Ma Chao had long wanted to kill Yan Xing, but when he saw him draw his sword in his hand, he also pulled out his saber and drank: "Your sword is sharp, a certain sword is not good?" ”

Seeing that the two sides were tense, Han Sui hurriedly reprimanded Yan Xing: "Brother just remembers General Fan Chou, how can he be aggressive? Don't quit yet! ”

When Yan Xing heard this, he reluctantly put away his sword.

Ma Teng also reprimanded Ma Chaodao: "In front of Wen Yue, how can you be presumptuous? Don't apologize to your uncle yet? ”

Han Sui hurriedly said: "This matter is not a big deal, my brother doesn't need to let Meng Qi do this." ”

After Ma Chao withdrew the sword, Han Sui secretly thought to himself: "Ma Teng asked me for a letter, if I insist on not giving it, he will definitely suspect that I am having an affair with Guan Zhongbing." ”

"There's nothing in this letter, so what's the point in showing him?"

Thinking of this, Han Sui immediately took out the letter in his arms, handed it to Ma Teng and said, "This letter was handed over to me by Ling Ming. ”

He said that the letter was sent by Pound, which would definitely make Marten suspicious of Pound. To this day, Han Sui has not forgotten to provoke the relationship between Ma Teng and Pound.

Han Sui didn't know that Ma Dai had returned, let alone that Pang De had left. Some of his calculations will eventually come to naught.

Ma Teng took the letter and read the contents in detail, and then looked at Han Sui with some doubts.

He secretly thought in his heart: "Before Ling Ming left, he said that this was Fan Chou's letter to persuade Han Sui to surrender. Now it seems that the letters are only nagging some homely things. ”

"So it is assumed that the real letter must have been hidden by him."

"If he had not had the heart to do so, in order to dispel my suspicions, he would not have hid the letter; Now that he is acting like this, he must want to secretly invest in Chen Xu. ”

Although he was annoyed in his heart, Ma Teng still quietly returned the letter to Han Sui and said, "It's a pity that General Fan didn't mention me." ”

"There are other things in our army, so I won't bother the virtuous brother."

After speaking, Ma Teng pulled Ma Chao, turned around and quickly left Han Sui's camp.

After the two left, Yan Xing said angrily: "The old thief Ma Teng acted like this, which clearly shows that he does not trust the lord. Why didn't the lord take this opportunity to kill the two of them directly and surrender them all? ”

Han Sui's eyes flickered a few times, and then he said with a smile: "He is my brother, how can I kill him?" Yan Mingxiu will mention this matter again in the future! ”

Ma Dai's return and the news of Pound's departure, not many people know about it. Under Ma Teng's deliberate blockade, Han Sui was still hidden.

Back in the camp, Ma Teng was furious and said: "Han Sui's old thief is really hateful, he actually fooled me with a fake letter, it seems that he really wants to surrender Chen Xu!" ”

Ma Chao immediately said: "In this case, in the old thief's tent, why didn't my father work with me to kill this guy?" ”

Ma Teng said: "Yan Xing's courage is extraordinary, and Han Sui is not powerless. Besides, Fang is in Hansui camp, and if there is a slight disturbance, we will besiege them with a large army. ”

Ma Dai said: "In this case, my uncle can invite Han Sui to the banquet tonight to discuss the matter of sending troops to help the Qiang people, but he secretly buried the sword and axeman. ”

"If he comes to the banquet, his uncle will throw a cup in the middle of the banquet and let the axe man come out and kill him."

Ma Teng was overjoyed when he heard this, so he ordered him to invite Han Sui to the banquet.

After receiving the invitation, Yan Xing said: "Ma Teng is still angry today, but he will set up a banquet in the evening, I'm afraid it will be ill-intentioned." ”

Han Sui was silent for a long time, and said: "What the envoy said, invite me to the banquet at this time, one is to apologize for the incident during the day, and the other is to discuss the matter of sending troops to help the Qiang people. ”

"In the past, there were not a few large and small banquets, and now that the two of us are cold-lipped, they will definitely not harm me."

Han Sui had made up his mind, so he didn't listen to Yan Xing's words, and went to the banquet with gifts that night.

After three rounds of drinking, Ma Teng picked up a wine glass and suddenly said: "Wen Yue hid Fan Chou's real letters, intending to take off a certain head and dedicate it to Chen Xu to receive the reward?" ”

Han Sui was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly said, "There is no such thing!" ”

"Bang!"

The wine glass fell to the ground, and hundreds of heavily armed sword and axe men suddenly poured in, and the first person was Ma Dai. Ma Teng and Ma Chao took off their brocade robes outside, revealing the inner armor they wore inside.

Han Sui's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said, "What does brother mean?" ”

Ma Chao shouted loudly: "The dog thief killed my mother and brother, and he will definitely take your life today!" ”

After finishing speaking, he shouted and killed Han Sui. The generals brought by Han Sui fought desperately to protect each other, but they were chopped into pulp by the knife and axe hands.

It didn't take long for Ma Chao, who was covered in blood, to cut off Han Sui's head.