Ma Chao took Ma Dai and Pang De to the palace hall, but saw that the four scouts were escorting a man in a black suit in the hall, and when the man saw Ma Chao coming, he immediately twisted his face to the side, not daring to look at Ma Chao directly.

"See the lord!" The four scouts clenched their fists together and said to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao waved his hand and asked, "What about the secret letter?" ”

A scout handed the secret letter into Ma Chao's hand, and said: "Lord, this letter was searched from this person, I seem to have seen this person somewhere, I only feel very familiar, but I don't dare to identify it indiscriminately, ask him anything, he won't say anything!" ”

Ma Chao took a very complete sealed letter, did not open it immediately, but walked straight to the person and said coldly: "Raise your head!" ”

The man heard Ma Chao's words, but he still didn't make any movements, he still pressed his head very low and drooped his head, but his forehead was already covered with beads of sweat because of nervousness, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans dripped to the ground.

"Are you deaf? Our lord asks you to raise your head! The scout shouted.

The man was still motionless, but his whole body was shaking.

The scouts lost patience, and two of them lifted the man's head with their hands, only to see that the man's face was covered with beads of sweat the size of soybeans, his brow was furrowed like a Sichuan character, his face was pale, and his eyes were red.

Ma Chao suddenly saw this person's face, frowned slightly, and said, "It's you?" ”

This person is none other than Ma Rui's henchman, although he is also surnamed Ma. But it has nothing to do with Marry. Rather, it was an orphan adopted by Ma Rui. Just follow Marry's surname.

The man didn't answer, but at this time, Ma Chao saw a trace of blood flowing from the corner of the man's mouth, and then looked at the man's painful expression, and immediately realized something, and hurriedly said to the scout: "Quickly break his mouth!" ”

Before the scout could react, the man opened his mouth and, with a whoop, spat out a bloody object from his mouth. fell at Ma Chao's feet, and it was actually a piece of tongue!

At this time, the man's mouth was already full of blood, but he was grinning at Ma Chao.

Seeing this, Ma Chao just shook his head helplessly, he was going to ask about some information, but now that person bit off his tongue hard, he couldn't speak at all, so he simply gave up.

However, Ma Chao admires this person's courage very much. Because if you want to bite your tongue off, you don't just have to use a lot of force. The key is to endure the pain caused by biting the tongue, and the person did not even say a word.

Ma Chao waved his hand at the scouts and said, "Take him down and behead him!" ”

"Whoa!"

The scouts dragged the man out of the hall, Ma Chao opened the secret letter at this time, hurriedly skimmed it, and said with a pale face: "God bless, if this letter reaches Han Sui's hands, we will die without a place to bury!" ”

While speaking, Ma Chao handed over the letter in his hand to Ma Dai and Pang De to browse, and after the two of them read it, they were shocked into a cold sweat, never thought that Ma Rui would actually collude with Han Sui in secret, and judging from the titles and ambiguous Cheng dù of the two people in the letter, it seems that this kind of interaction is not a matter of one or two days.

"My lord, Ma Rui colluded with foreign enemies and wanted to usurp power, if you don't kill him, it's really hard to swallow this breath!" Pound Road.

"Ma Rui and others rely on the old and sell the old, not only oppose the eldest brother to take over the throne, but now they are openly uniting with foreign enemies to deal with the eldest brother, if we don't kill him, we will be killed by him sooner or later." Ma Dai Road.

Ma Chao said: "Ma Rui must be killed, the key is, how to kill!" Ma Rui and the others are far away in the north, if we want to use the army, Ma Rui will definitely know in advance, what we have to do is not to startle the snake, but also to kill Ma Rui easily. If we use the army, once the news leaks out, not only can we not kill Ma Rui in a short time, but it will attract Han Sui's attention, and if Han Sui sends an army to attack at that time, then we will be attacked by the enemy, and then it will be difficult to take care of the end and the end, and we will only be defeated. ”

After Pang De and Ma Dai heard this, they immediately fell into contemplation, and I have to say that after Ma Chao became the lord, he was much more cautious than before.

"When we left Han Cheng just now, Han Cheng once said that I should be careful of Ma Rui, and coincidentally, we just captured Ma Rui's henchmen, if this qiē is all a coincidence, it means that God is favoring us. I think Han Cheng should have known that Ma Rui and Han Sui were colluding early on, so he deliberately reminded us. We might as well go to Han Cheng again and see if Han Cheng has any tricks for this matter. Ma Chao said.

"Big brother, Han Cheng is Han Sui's son after all, we just showed our distrust of him, and now we are going to him again, do you think he will play a game with us?" Ma Dai Road.

Ma Chao laughed and said: "Han Cheng is Han Sui's son, Han Sui is an old treacherous and cunning thing, Han Cheng has always stayed by his father's side, and he is definitely not a good person." is the so-called shameless question, if Han Cheng really helps us solve this problem, even if he plays a big role, I will accompany him to the end. ”

As soon as the words fell, Ma Chao took Ma Dai and Pang De to see Han Cheng again, at this time, Han Cheng had already taken off his coat, and was about to blow out the lamp and pull out the wax, and go to bed to rest, but suddenly heard someone shouting outside the door: "Brother Han, have you rested?" ”

"Ma Chao?" Han Cheng immediately heard that the voice was Ma Chao's, and secretly said in his heart, "It's so late, why is he still coming to me?" And still speak so politely? Could it be that he has something to ask of me? ”

As soon as he thought of this, Han Cheng cleared his throat and pretended to be half-asleep and said, "Who, it's so late, let's talk about something tomorrow!" ”

"Brother Han, it's me, Ma Mengqi. I know it's late at this time, but I just caught a spy who was sent by Hou Xuan to assassinate Brother Han, fortunately I was caught, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. I'm worried about more than one Assassin sent by the Candidate, so I'm going to come and see you, if you're safe and sound. Then I'll take my leave. Wait until tomorrow morning. It's not too late to see you again. ”

After a while, the curtain of the big tent suddenly opened, and Han Cheng stood there barefoot in only close-fitting clothes, shouting at Ma Chao: "Brother Ma, since you are here, come in and sit, this is your territory after all." Why are you so polite to me? It just so happens that I can't sleep either, so please come in, let's talk casually, and get close to each other. ”

Ma Chao sneered, and walked straight towards the big tent, but secretly said in the letter: "Sure enough, he is a flamboyant and fearful of death, if he has a father, he must have a son, and it is true!" ”

Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De entered the big tent together and sat on the ground with Han Cheng. Two soldiers walked in from the outside and brought food and drink. All on a table in front of four people.

Han Cheng saw that this was both wine and meat, so he asked, "Brother Ma, are you planning to have a drink with me?" ”

"Sort of." Ma Chao poured wine and said: "Brother Han, it's not a secret, there are no assassins here at all, but I did catch a spy, who is Ma Rui's henchman, and I also have a secret letter for your father, which I intercepted." I have to say, Brother Han is really like a god, I just left before Brother Han was still telling me to be careful of Ma Rui, but I quickly caught Ma Rui's henchmen, and searched for the secret letter of collusion with foreign enemies, Brother Han is really my lucky star, if it weren't for Brother Han here, I'm afraid I don't know how I will die in the future. ”

Han Cheng saw that Ma Chao was frank enough, and he was still a little angry, but when he heard Ma Chao constantly praising himself later, the insignificant anger just now quickly disappeared, and in exchange for a look of joy.

Thousands of wears, but sycophants don't wear! What a wise saying.

"Brother Han, come, I'll toast you!" Ma Chao picked up a bowl of wine and said to Han Cheng.

Han Cheng happily raised his wine glass, touched a glass with Ma Chao, and then drank it all. As soon as the wine glass was put down here, Ma Chao over there held the wine jug and wanted to pour wine for Han Cheng in person.

I saw Han Cheng suddenly stretched out a hand, blocked the mouth of the cup, and said to Ma Chao: "Brother Ma, if you have something, just say, let's solve the matter first, and then it's not too late to drink!" ”

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, he put the wine jug aside, and said to Han Cheng: "Brother Han is really a smart person, he can actually guess what I think in my heart." To tell you the truth, I do have something to ask for, and I hope that Brother Han can solve my problems. ”

"What? You didn't trust me just now, but now you believe in me again? Brother Ma's trust has changed too quickly, right? Could it be that after I helped Brother Ma solve the problem, Brother Ma didn't believe me again? Han Cheng said sarcastically.

Ma Chao was not angry, this qiē was all in his expectation. He laughed and said, "Brother Han, if you can help me through this crisis, I will let you be my military advisor, how about it?" ”

"Really?" Han Cheng's eyes lit up and asked with a little happiness.

"It's true. If Brother Han doesn't believe it, Meng Qi is willing to swear to the sky......"

"I don't have to swear. I believe that Brother Ma is a man of his word. Okay, let's not say polite words, let's get down to business, does Brother Ma want me to help you deal with Ma Rui? ”

Ma Chao nodded.

"Actually, Ma Rui and Han Sui have been colluding for a long time, at the beginning, it was just an ordinary correspondence, and the two of them often exchanged courtesies, but later, Han Sui instigated it from time to time in the letter, and promised Ma Rui that if he could kill Ma Teng, he would let Ma Rui take Ma Teng's place, and let me marry Ma Rui's daughter, and later form a family of children and daughters, and enjoy glory and wealth together."

"Han Sui is really treacherous!" After Ma Chao heard this, he said coldly.

As soon as the words came out, Ma Chao regretted it a little, he forgot that Han Cheng sitting in front of him was Han Sui's son, and hurriedly apologized to Han Cheng.

Han Cheng sneered: "I have no relationship with Han Sui anymore, whatever you say, it has nothing to do with me!" ”

Next, Han Cheng said again: "However, although Ma Rui agreed to Han Sui's conditions, he didn't do it for a long time, probably because he remembered his old relationship with Ma Teng." Ling Zun went to the capital to be a guard captain, I have already heard what your subordinates said, before leaving, let you take charge of the overall situation instead of him. Maybe Ma Rui made up his mind to oppose your Ma family because of this incident! ”

Ma Chao frowned, took out Ma Rui's letter, handed it to Han Cheng, and said, "This is Ma Rui's letter, you can take a look at it first." ”

Han took the letter, and after reading it in a hurry, he said: "Ma Rui wants you to die without a place to be buried, if this letter is really delivered to Han Sui's hands, even if it is a Daluo Immortal, it may not be able to save you." ”

Ma Chao said: "Brother Han, is there anything you can do?" ”

"First strike! Gather superior forces immediately and destroy Marry! Han Chengdao.

Ma Chao sneered and said, "If you can use force, why should I come to see you?" Brother Han may not know very well, Ma Rui is my father's old department, with great achievements, in Gaoping City, there are many people who are his old department, even in my army, there are many of his sons and nephews, if you want to use force, our side will only send troops, it will not take much time, Ma Rui will know immediately. Ma Rui is prepared, we can't launch a surprise attack on it at all, and Ma Rui's army is a hundred soldiers, no worse than my army, if it really fights, I am afraid that both sides will be defeated. If Han Sui knew about this matter again, he would definitely send a large army to attack me, and when the time came, I would only perish if I suffered from the enemy on my back. ”

After listening to this, Han Cheng pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Since you can't fight hard, you can only outwit it." ”

"How's it going?" Ma Chao hurriedly asked.

Han Chengdao: "I often copy Han Sui's font, there are eight points of similarity, I can write a reply to Ma Rui......"

After Ma Chao heard Han Cheng's words, he laughed and said, "As long as there is this reply from Brother Han, then Ma Rui will not be far from death." However, I have already killed his henchmen, and Ma Rui is a suspicious person, if I send someone else to deliver a letter back, I am afraid that it will arouse Ma Rui's suspicions......"

"This is easy to do, I'll go see Ma Rui in person!" Han Cheng volunteered.

"Brother Han, this joke can't be made!" Ma Chao pretended to be surprised.

Han Chengdao: "I am Han Sui's son, this is the best evidence, Ma Rui has also seen me, and when the time comes, I will say that his henchman is seriously ill and stays in Jicheng to recuperate, isn't it good?" ”

Ma Chao frowned and said, "Brother Han, do you really plan to see Ma Rui in person?" ”

"As long as you trust me, I can get things done. However, after the deed is done, you have to fulfill your promise to let me be your military advisor, and you must discuss everything with me, I don't want to be kept in the dark by you! Han Chengdao.

Ma Chao said decisively: "Okay, a word is a certainty!" (To be continued......)