Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

Inside the post house.

Ma Chao continued to recover from his wounds. Although the knife he stabbed was not fatal, it was still deep, and it was difficult to recover without a period of recuperation.

Cao Pi is determined to win over Ma Chao and form his own team. As long as he is free, he will definitely come over, even more diligent than going home.

"General Ma, I have something to remind you today. You must pay attention to your safety in the next few days."

As soon as Cao Pi entered the door today, he said so.

"Why should you pay attention to safety?"

Ma Chao asked a little puzzled: "Or is it that His Majesty finally decided to kill me to avenge General Xiahou?"

Cao Pi shook his head and said, "I've tried it out. Father didn't mean to kill you. I said that because I saw Xia Houheng and the others secretly arrange their family members outside the city. I think they will have a plan."

To be on the safe side, he recently asked people to watch Xia Houheng, and found that they, like Huang Zhong and others, secretly transferred their family members. The purpose of doing so was obvious, and they would definitely rebel in the end.

However, Cao Pi didn't bring it up right away. What he wanted was that they would rebel. These were the people Cao Ang used to do. It would be beneficial to him and not harmful. Cao Cao also let them go because of this.

Ma Chao sneered in his heart, the Cao family's court was really in chaos, and it might not last long.

Without Chen Yang's Cao family, what kind of disturbance could they cause?

"You mean, brother Xiahou wants to kill me for revenge?"

Ma Chao asked in feigned surprise.

"That's right, you killed Xia Houyuan, and your father decided to let you go because of that knife. They will definitely be dissatisfied, and they will definitely come to kill you."

Cao Pi added: "I don't know the specific day when it will be done. I guess it will be within a few days, but I don't want anyone to protect you. You should understand?"

It is easy to directly send someone to protect Ma Chao, but doing so will give people the feeling that he is forcing the Xiahou brothers to betray.

If you do this, you will no longer be able to leave a good impression on Cao Cao, and you will not be able to win over other people, which is not good for seizing power in the future.

"It's not so easy for them to kill me."

Of course Ma Chao understood his concerns, but he was very confident.

Cao Pi wanted to use himself to seize power, so why didn't Ma Chao use Cao Pi to complete his task.

Since they are using each other, it depends on whose method is better.

After saying everything that should be reminded, Cao Pi left the post house.

Ma Chao hesitated for a while, wanting to make preparations in advance, but his injury was still not healed, and he was stared at everywhere in the post house.

Time passed quickly.

Not long after, it was time for Xia Houheng's plan.

That night, outside the post house, everything was quiet.

Xia Houba approached the post house, raised his head slightly, his eyes turned cold, thinking that Ma Chao must die today, and no one can save him if he comes.

Then, he appeared from the darkness and slashed at one of the guards who were staring at the posthouse.

boom!

After the man fell to the ground, he quickly attracted the attention of other guards, and someone shouted, "Who is it!"

Xia Houba didn't respond, he rushed towards them, swung his knife and killed another person smoothly.

Those guards thought that Xia Houba was here to rescue Ma Chao, how could he succeed, so they immediately drew their weapons and killed him.

Ordinary guards were not Xiahouba's opponents, but he killed several people in an instant.

All the people who were hiding in the dark had to show up and fight together at this moment. This is what Xia Houba wanted. After killing several more people, he pretended to be defeated, turned around and ran away, luring them away.

"Stand!"

All the guards didn't care too much, they all chased after Xia Houba, walked further and further, and finally disappeared into the night.

Ma Chao upstairs in the post house was sleeping, but after Cao Pi's reminder, his vigilance has increased a lot recently. He suddenly heard the movement outside, and he sat up immediately.

"It's really coming!"

Ma Chao thought to himself, Brother Xiahou really wanted to kill him.

The moment this thought came to him, he saw a sneaky figure outside the room.

Ma Chao didn't directly startle the figure outside, and continued to lie down, closing his eyes tightly, pretending to be in a deep sleep.

After a while, he heard the sound of the door being gently pushed open, and someone from outside came in. After a while, he could even feel that there was a sharp edge hanging on his face.

Soon, the edge turned into the fiercest killing intent. Just as he was about to stab down, Ma Chao opened his eyes. Seeing a short knife about to stab down his neck, he quickly raised his hands to block it, and then raised his Kick it out vigorously.

Xia Houheng raised his hand to block his kick, and quickly pressed down with the hand holding the knife, stabbing down with the sharp short knife, but was also blocked by Ma Chao.

He also didn't expect Ma Chao to be able to react without falling asleep, which far exceeded his expectations, but he had to work hard.

"Go to hell!"

Xia Houheng yelled angrily, and slashed the dagger across.

Ma Chao couldn't stop it, a gash was cut on his arm, and blood was dripping instantly, but he pushed hard and blocked Xia Houheng.

Regardless of the pain in his arm and the knife, he turned around and wanted to escape out of the room, but just as he got to the door, Xia Houheng quickly rushed over and kicked him.

Ma Chao had no choice but to dodge sideways, the door was kicked open immediately, and then he fought back, dodging the dagger, and punched Xia Houheng with a punch.

Xia Houheng also attacked recklessly, giving up defense completely.

The stomach injury was not healed yet, and Ma Chao was really struggling. After the two sides fought for a while, he knocked Xia Houheng out again. Looking down, he saw more than ten stab wounds on his body.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps downstairs.

"Come on, there are assassins!"

Ma Chao shouted immediately.

The guards couldn't catch Xia Houba, so they had to retreat back, and rushed up immediately when they heard the movement upstairs.

Gritting his teeth, Xia Houheng took out a firearm from his bosom, threw away the dagger, lit it directly with a torch, and threw himself at Ma Chao. He really wanted to die with Ma Chao.

Ma Chao didn't expect Xia Houheng to be so crazy, he smashed through the window and rushed out, just as the guards came up.

Seeing that the fuse was about to be ignited, Xia Houheng wanted to rush over again, but before it was too late, he threw the firearm in Ma Chao's direction. He quickly backed up, smashed through the window on the other side and jumped out.

"not good!"

Ma Chao didn't care about his wounds and jumped down from the second floor.

"boom!"

The sound of the explosion finally sounded from upstairs.

The guards just came up and were blown upright.