Chapter 205 The Broken Peach Branch

"Brother Chao, why are you here..." Cai Yan ran towards Ma Chao, wanting to express her inner joy, but remembered Ma Teng's new funeral, and hesitated to approach him.And when she saw Ma Chao's expression, a feeling of fear that she had never felt before rose up in her heart.

Cai Yan saw Ma Chao's complexion as if shrouded in frost because he came a little further.And that dead air not only tormented Ma Chao's mind, but also rendered Ma Chao into a ghost that just came out of hell!

"Brother Chao, what's the matter with you..." Cai Yan took another step back, she had never seen Ma Chao like this, so familiar yet so strange.

At this time, the sweltering weather burned all the emotions, Cai Yan couldn't open her mouth, she hated her current embarrassing status: if she was already the wife of Ma's family, then she could use her warmth to drive away Ma at this time. Super sad.However, a few days ago, her father insisted on leaving, and she couldn't stand her father's pressure to die, so she had to follow along...

At that time, she knew that there might have been a rift in trust and perseverance between herself and Ma Chao.But what she didn't expect was that the forgiveness she had been secretly looking forward to in her heart turned out to be Ma Chao's indifference and ruthlessness!

Suddenly, Cai Yan felt a gust of wind blowing in the courtyard, driving the newly opened peach blossoms to sway.The flower heart trembled, but it was not blown away by the wind...

"Brother Chao may be grieved because of his father's new funeral. Perhaps he didn't blame himself for leaving without saying goodbye..." Cai Yan comforted himself while looking at the peach blossoms that had not been blown away by the wind.

"Someone came to find Master Cai..." Ma Chao glanced at Cai Yan, his eyes seemed to roll around warmly, then Bingfeng locked him and said.

"Father is in the study, and Yan'er brought brother Chao in..." Cai Yan tried to save the rift between the two, but Ma Chao said indifferently:

"No need..." After finishing speaking, Ma Chao strode towards Cai Yong's study without looking back at the stunned Cai Yan.

During the period, when he walked past the peach branch stretched out in front of him, he seemed to pause for a while, but then, he stretched out his hand like the wind, and broke the peach branch in two!
And Cai Yan looked at the peach branch under Ma Chao's foot, as if he was stupid, staring blankly at the tall and tall figure.For a moment, she only felt that the distance between herself and him was so far away that it was worse than not knowing him!
Cai Yan finally couldn't stand Ma Chao's cold and violent torture, her eyes turned red, and she ran away crying.And Ma Chao heard the cries behind him, and felt his heart ache like twists, and said to himself silently: Don't look back!All you need to pray at this moment is that Cai Yong is not involved in the plot to murder his father at all!
Ma Chao knew that he had gone too far even though he had passed on the hatred of the country and the family to that innocent girl.But he is a human being, the son of Ma Teng, not some bullshit saint!He couldn't do it, he couldn't show even a slight smile in front of his enemy's daughter who was suspected of killing his father and enemy!

After entering the study, Ma Chao saw that Cai Yong was still concentrating on writing. He stood quietly in front of Cai Yong, watching Cai Yong's writing.

In addition to being proficient in classics and history, Cai Yi is good at Ci Fu and other literature, his calligraphy is excellent in seal script and official script.In particular, official script has the deepest attainment and the highest reputation, and has the contemporary evaluation of "Cai Yong's script has a profound character, is refreshing and has supernatural power".

But what Cai Yong is best at is not the clerical script. He was ordered by Emperor Ling to repair the Hong department (the imperial library was called Hongdu in the Eastern Han Dynasty). He saw craftsmen writing on the wall with a white broom. 'Feibakushu' inspired by it.This kind of calligraphy, with traces of whiteness in the strokes, seems to be written with a dry brush, which is a unique calligraphy style.

At this time, it is really suitable to use this withered style of writing to write a condolence to Ma Teng.Ma Chao saw that Cai Yong didn't seem to see himself, and he wrote the four characters of "Loyalty and Justice" with a heart full of righteousness and emotion.And looking around, there are many other parallel essays in the study, such as condolences.It seems that these days, Cai Yong has been using calligraphy to express his state of mind.

"Feibai is incomparably wonderful, and his movement is magical." Ma Chao said after watching Cai Yong write the last word, "Master Cai is worthy of being a famous calligrapher of the Han Dynasty. I am afraid that Wei Dan under a certain command can't compare to him."

"Nephew!" Cai Yong realized that Ma Chao was standing in front of him, and tears filled his eyes suddenly: "My brother Shoucheng is dedicated to serving the country and helping the Han Dynasty, but he doesn't want to..."

"So, uncle knows about my father's entry into Chang'an?" Ma Chao responded coldly, moved his body slightly, and then moved away from Cai Yong's trembling hands.

"Why is my nephew like this?" Cai Yong was surprised and froze on the spot for a while.He didn't expect that Ma Chao was so indifferent to him.

"I just want to know if my uncle knows about my father's entry into Chang'an?!" Ma Chao said in a deep voice again, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes: "In other words, my father's entry into Chang'an is also due to my uncle's contribution." ?”

These murderous and joking words immediately woke Cai Yong up.He looked at Ma Chao with an unfamiliar look, and said in his mouth: "Now the Han Dynasty is in ruins, and the Li people are suffering. Brother Shoucheng devoted himself to serving the country and became the king of Jingqin. With one person's strength, he has monopolized this building and collapsed. With such loyalty, To leave a name through the ages is worthy of the righteousness of the Ma family's famous family... Although Shoucheng's virtuous brother died without regret, the righteous Spring and Autumn Period has its own good reputation. The virtuous nephew mourns the changes in the festival and raises troops to attack Dong..."

"Enough!" Ma Chao pulled out the iron sword from his waist, pointed at Cai Yong's neck and said in a cold voice: "Old man, you have read thousands of volumes of poems and books in vain, and even the words 'Do not do to others what you want to do to yourself' Don't understand the reason?!"

"What is my nephew talking about? Loyalty to the emperor and serving the country is what the people of the great Han should do. Brother Shoucheng's righteousness will live up to a certain pen and stay young..."

"Old man, Dong Bandit respects your reputation and once threatened you to come back by slaughtering your whole family. In a few days, you have been promoted again and again. Is this your act of repaying your favor?"

"At that time, the old man thought that Dong Zhuo was a loyal minister who supported the Han family, but he didn't want to be Wang Mang who usurped the Han! Now I can't wait to eat his flesh and bones!"

"Very good. If that's the case, then why didn't you assassinate Dong yourself? Dong Zhuo treated you very kindly. If you caught him by surprise, wouldn't it be a disaster for the great man?" Ma Chao looked at Cai Yong contemptuously. The stupid and scheming scholars have seen through the bones!

"Someone is a scholar who has no power to restrain a chicken. How can he assassinate..." Cai Yong did not feel ashamed at all, but said straightforwardly: "Since ancient times, Wen ruled and Wu ruled. Assassinating Dong Zhuo to solve the problem? You recently lost your father, you don’t know righteousness, and you don’t care about it like you... I hope you remember that you are a minister of the great man, so don’t let your father down! "

"Very good, very good!" Ma Chao laughed miserably, and he finally saw the faces of these scholars: under their thinking that is completely different from modern ideas, his father and the five thousand soldiers were originally revealed by these scholars. The so-called righteous tool?

"You yellow-mouthed child, now that you don't understand righteousness, you still dare to come here to question this old man. If it weren't for the sake of longevity and loyalty, this old man will definitely let you go down in history and leave a bad name forever!"

At this point, Ma Chao was not angry anymore. He sighed leisurely: In history, Wang Yun killed you, a great writer, and future generations still feel wronged for you.Looking at it now, for a butcher like you who regards the so-called "righteousness" as a sword and gun, and judges the life and death of the world... Being punished by Wang Yun really deserves death!
Ma Chao looked at the angry Cai Yong, gave him a sympathetic look, put away the long sword in his hand, and left without saying a word...

"Huh, Huangkou Lizi, I can't be educated!" Cai Yong looked at Ma Chao's back, and couldn't help but feel angry, but it seemed that he saw the elegy written by himself again, so he sighed leisurely: "However, it seems that Shoucheng For the sake of my virtuous brother's loyalty and righteousness, this old man won't argue with him..."

But after the next quarter of an hour, Cai Yong was no longer so sanctimonious.Because, countless soldiers from Xiliang broke into their mansion suddenly, and took away all Cai Yong's calligraphy treasures, and Cai Yong himself was tied up like a rice dumpling, escorted by those wolf-like soldiers, and chased away. Out of Fufeng County.

"Old man, you are loyal to the Han Dynasty and serve the country wholeheartedly. But please forgive the Ma family for not knowing the great righteousness and etiquette. They can't afford to support your big Buddha. You eat and drink for more than a year, and all you have is your calligraphy." Come to repay the debt. If you come to Fufeng again, don't forget to bring enough money!"

Ma Chao looked at Cai Yong who was thrown to the side of the road like a dead dog, and said something with infinite contempt.In the end, he glanced at Cai Yan who was about to cry, and turned around decisively, never leaving Cai Yan a trace of warmth!
(End of this chapter)

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