On weekdays, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De got up early in the morning, and after a simple breakfast, they went to the street together.

There are not many shops that open early in the morning, and this time is not the peak period of business, and it is generally not until after the hour before the shops will open one after another.

Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De walked around the street, feeling that the street was a little calm, and after many inquiries, they did not ask anyone who was willing to accept tiger skins, and when the three of them were disheartened, they planned to try their luck in the mule and horse market located in the west of the city.

Who knows, the three of them just walked a few steps, and then they saw a small guy posting a notice, Ma Chao glanced at it casually, but saw that the notice said "Collect tiger skins at a high price".

Ma Chao stopped at the moment, turned around and walked towards the little guy, and hurriedly asked: "This brother, I saw that the notice you posted said that you wanted to collect tiger skins, and I happen to have one here, I don't know if your master will accept it?" ”

The little guy glanced at Ma Chao and immediately asked, "You really have a tiger skin?" ”

"It's true!" Ma Chao glanced at Pound behind him, and Pound took off the burden he was carrying, and then opened it, revealing a brand new tiger skin.

After seeing it, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he hurriedly said to Ma Chao: "Great, my master will be very happy to know, this strong man, please come with me, I will take you to see my master." ”

Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De followed this little guy around the city, and walked for a long time before they came to a dilapidated courtyard in the northeast corner of the county.

"This brother. Are you taking us down the wrong path? This seems to be a long-abandoned yard, huh? Ma Chao looked around. But I saw that this was a ruined garden. The person who wants to collect tiger skins must be either rich or expensive, how can he live in this place?

The little guy said, "It's here." The three strong men did not know that my master was very fond of collecting the skins of various animals, but the mistress of my house was very opposed, so every time my master collected the furs, he was here, for fear of being discovered by my mistress. If you go to my master's house, if my mistress finds out, maybe she will quarrel with my master, and your tiger skin will definitely not be sold. ”

"Oh, I see, it's me who is too careful." Ma Chaodao.

The little guy said: "It's okay! Wait here for a while, three strong men, and then I will go back and inform my master, and then bring the money to collect your tiger skins!" ”

"There's this brother." Ma Chao arched his hand.

As soon as the little girl's voice fell, he turned around and left. The pace became more and more brisk, and finally he simply ran. After a few strokes, it disappeared without a trace.

Ma Chao and Ma Dai found a place casually and sat down in the abandoned garden, but Pang De frowned tightly, his face gloomy, and he seemed to have something on his mind.

"Young master, don't you think that little guy just now is a little suspicious?" Pang De couldn't help laughing, walked to Ma Chao's side, and said softly.

"What's suspicious?" Ma Chao asked.

Pound said: "The little guy didn't ask us how to sell the tiger skin, so he left directly, if it was really the person who bought the tiger skin, he would definitely ask the price first, and then bargain, and what the little guy just said, there are also some loopholes, since the hostess doesn't let the male owner buy it, the male owner secretly buys it outside, but after buying, doesn't the male owner have to take it home and collect it?" And this place is very remote, and it has been deserted for a long time, and if it weren't for our arrival, there would have been no footprints on the ground at all, and if the owner of the little guy really collected furs here often, there should have been some people's footprints here. ”

Hearing Pang De say this, Ma Chao also had a trace of doubt in his heart, and there seemed to be more and more suspicious places in that little guy.

At this moment, a high-pitched voice came from outside the ruins, it was the little guy who had just left, only to hear him shout: "Right here, all three of them are here!" ”

Immediately afterwards, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the ruins, chaotic, sonorous and powerful, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De were all startled, and hurriedly went to the entrance of the ruins to look out, but saw a group of cavalry with hideous faces, all of them rushed here fiercely, and the cavalry were all dressed in uniform, and it seemed that the comers were not good.

"Han Sui's subordinates again?" Ma Chao looked over carefully, and recognized at a glance that the outfits of these cavalrymen were the subordinates of Han Sui, the general of Zhenxi.

Before Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Pang De and the others could react, a group of cavalry directly broke into the ruins and surrounded the three of them.

Ma Chao, Pang De, and Ma Dai all stood there with calm faces, looking around at the cavalry surrounding them, not only did they have a frightened expression, but they were filled with a fearless look.

"The general has arrived!"

At the beginning of the conversation, a group of cavalry avoided to both sides, but saw two knights riding side by side from the road that the cavalry had let out, one of them wearing an iron helmet and iron armor, with a hideous face, fierce eyes, a strong physique, a huge body, and an iron spear in his hand.

The other person was wearing a strong suit, wearing a samurai crown on his head, his face was thin, his eye sockets were deep, and there was a shrewd look in his dark eyes, it was Yang Qiu.

When Ma Chao saw Hou Xuan and Yang Qiu appearing here, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he immediately clasped his fists and shouted at Hou Xuan and Yang Qiu: "General Hou, General Yang, how do you know that I am here, and I am still in such a big formation, are you here to invite me to dinner?" ”

"Ma Chao?!"

Hou Xuan and Yang Qiu walked in and saw that the person standing in front of them was none other than Ma Chao, the general of Anxi and the son of Liangzhou Thorn Shi Ma Teng. And behind Ma Chao, there is still a person, that person they also know, it is Ma Chao's henchman Pang De, but they don't know the young man who stands with Pang De. However, looking at the slight similarity between Ma Dai's appearance and Ma Chao, it is not difficult for the two to guess Ma Dai's identity.

"Hahaha......" Yang Qiu immediately reined in the horse, jumped off the horse, and walked straight to Ma Chao. Respectfully hugging fists. "The major general came to Longxian. I didn't know anything, so I could send someone to greet the major general. ”

"Meng Qi on a whim, hunting around with his companions, hunting a white-fronted tiger by chance, got a tiger skin, Longxian is a place where businessmen gather, I took this tiger skin here, and wanted to sell the tiger skin. Exchange some money for wine and food, but I don't want to meet General Yang and General Hou here. ”

When Ma Chao spoke, his eyes looked at Hou Xuan from time to time, but when he saw Hou Xuan's angry face, he rode on the back of the horse and blew his beard and stared.

"Huh? Why is General Hou's face so ugly? Who provoked General Hou? Make General Hou so unhappy? ”

Hou Xuan sat on horseback, clutched the iron gun in his hand, and glared at Ma Chao viciously, never expecting that it was Ma Chao who beat his son yesterday, and he was even more angry.

But I saw that the candidate's chest and abdomen were constantly rising and falling. Breathing was short, and the blood in the body was boiling. couldn't help laughing, so he pointed the iron gun in his hand at Ma Chao, and scolded: "Ma Chao! You don't have the fuck to fill me with garlic there! You injured my son Hou Yin for no reason, and humiliated me, others are afraid of you, but my candidate is not afraid of you! Soldiers can be killed, not humiliated, you get cheap and sell well, if I don't kill you today, I ......"

Without waiting for Hou Xuan to finish speaking, Yang Qiu saw that Hou Xuan was so angry, and immediately interrupted Hou Xuan's words, and said loudly: "Brother Hou, the young general is definitely not that kind of person, I think, there must be some misunderstanding in this." Besides, you just listened to Hou Gongzi's words, and you can't believe it. Now that the Major General is here, wouldn't it be better for the two of you to spread out and say that you could take this opportunity to clear up the misunderstanding? ”

"Misunderstanding? Misunderstood fart! Will my son lie to me? If I don't even believe my son's words, who else do I believe? Brother Yang Xian, you go away, this is a matter between me and Ma Chao, it has nothing to do with you, there are no eyes for a while, if I hurt you, it will not be good! Hou Xuan said angrily.

Hou Xuan is one of the eight warriors under Han Sui's account, in terms of martial arts, he is the first among the eight warriors, and he is brave in battle, brave and good at fighting, and has repeatedly led soldiers to charge into battle, and always can achieve excellent results.

is the so-called master of art is bold, although Hou Xuan knows that Ma Chao is strong in martial arts, but he has always liked to regard himself as the first general of Xiliang, and he has never fought against Ma Chao before, today is a good opportunity, he wants to compete with Ma Chao.

Ma Chao began to fight with his father at the age of sixteen, although he was young, but he continued to create one miracle after another.

Three years ago, the king of the Qiang nationality sent troops to attack the garrison of Ma Teng's army for no reason, and Ma Teng's army was unprepared, and was successfully attacked by the Qiang people, suffering heavy losses, and Ma Teng was also surrounded by the Qiang people. At that time, Ma Chaoyuan was in stability, and when he heard that Ma Teng was surrounded by Qiang people, he was eager to save people, so he went to rescue Ma Teng single-handedly.

As a result, Ma Chao single-handedly entered the camp of the Qiang King, surrounded by ten thousand troops, the Qiang King was killed, and the rest of the Qiang people were shocked by the heavens, and since then, Ma Chao was called "Shenwei Tian General", and Ma Chao also became famous in a war, and since then has become a mythical figure in the Liangzhou region, and Ma Chao's reputation is constantly spreading among the Qiang tribes, and the Qiang people are afraid as soon as they hear Ma Chao's name.

Han Sui and Ma Teng got along amicably on the surface, but in fact, each of them wanted to swallow the other, and the sudden attack of the King of Qiang three years ago was secretly created by Han Sui behind the scenes, with the aim of destroying Ma Teng with the help of the hand of the King of Qiang.

However, he didn't want to be self-defeating, the Qiang King not only lost his life, but also made Ma Chao famous because of the battle, and the Qiang people did not dare to harass the Ma family.

Hou Xuan is one of the few insiders, and the last thing Hou Xuan wants is for Ma Chao to overshadow him, and he has always felt that Ma Chao is in vain, and even firmly believes that he can easily kill Ma Chao.

After Ma Chao heard Hou Xuan's shout, he sneered and arched his hand: "Since General Hou wants to fight, then Meng Qi will accompany him to the end, but my ugly words can be said in front first, in case I kill you by mistake, this qiē can't blame me, but you are to blame!" ”

"Humph! Brag unblushingly! It doesn't matter who kills whom! The candidate also shook his spirits.

Yang Qiu saw that the candidate and Ma Chao had already put on a posture, and they were even more-for-tat, he was afraid that the two of them would fight, no matter who was injured, it would hurt the harmony between Ma Teng and Han Sui, and now it is rare for Liangzhou to be peaceful, in case it hurts the harmony of the two parties, and war breaks out again, then Liangzhou will fall into chaos, and the people of Liangzhou will be even more miserable, and it will also give those Qiang, Hu, and Xianbei people an opportunity.

Yang Qiu is a person who understands, he will never sit idly by and watch this kind of thing. So, he hurriedly dissuaded: "Brother Hou, young general, you all dissipate your anger, don't hurt the harmony of the two families because of a trivial matter." Major General, Brother Hou said that you injured his son Hou Yin, is this incident true? ”

Ma Chao said: "Who Hou Yin is, I don't know at all!" ”

"Come here!" Hou Xuan turned his head and roared behind him, and a soldier walked out directly from behind and stood beside Hou Xuan.

Hou Xuan pointed at Ma Chao and asked, "Is it him who injured the son!" ”

"That's right! That's right, it's him! The soldier was categorical.

Hou Xuan said angrily: "Ma Chao, what else do you have to say?" (To be continued......)