The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 460 Debunking the Identity
"Okay, then please trouble Mr. Zhong. Today's discussion will come to an end. Let's break up." Li Yuan asked everyone to go back, leaving Ma Xian alone to write the letter.Ma Xian didn't expect Li Yuan to make such a move. Although he was a little apprehensive, he still stayed.Xi Zhicai and Jia Xu glanced at each other, as if they both guessed what the other was thinking, but they didn't say anything, and they left together.

Ma Xian polished his pen and ink, and then began to write. His calligraphy was vigorous and powerful, yet elegant, which was a rare handwriting. However, Li Yuan's attention was not on the calligraphy, but on Ma Xian.

Although Ma Xian was stared at by Li Yuan, it didn't affect his writing at all. Whether a person's heart is peaceful can be seen by watching his writing. If a person's heart is not peaceful, the words he writes will be different.

After a long time, Ma Xian finished writing the letter, and he handed it to Li Yuan with both hands for Li Yuan to check.Li Yuan roughly glanced at it, and said with satisfaction: "That's right, Zhongjun's writing is very good, Zhou Yu will definitely come back after reading it."

"As soon as Zhou Yu returns to Xiapi, I will send someone to arrest him immediately, and I promise not to let him escape again." Ma Xian suddenly thought of something, "By the way, my lord, are we only arresting Zhou Yu? Zhou Tai, Chen Wu and other generals, as well as Sun Quan's family, are you going to let them go?"

"Although Zhou Tai and Chen Wu are also rare good generals, they are not enough without Zhou Yu. For me, Zhou Yu is the most important person. As for Sun Quan's family members, I heard that they have already gone to Chenliu. Although Cao Cao Take them in, but Cao Cao will definitely not allow them to develop their own power, I guess he took in the Sun family just to use Zhou Yu's ability." Li Yuan didn't worry about what happened to the others, he just wanted to catch Zhou Yu.

"My lord is absolutely right." Ma Xian agreed.

"Zhongjun, how long have you been working for me?" Li Yuan asked suddenly.

"I have been in Xiapi for eight years, and I have served for the Lord for five years." Ma Xian has a very good memory. Eight years ago, he was only 17 years old. He came to Lumen Academy to study. Three years later, he was recruited by Li Yuan. Become Li Yuan's adviser.

"Yeah, it's been eight years before you know it. Did you have any problems during the eight years in Xiapi, or did you feel dissatisfied with me?"

Ma Xian was taken aback by Li Yuan's words, and quickly knelt down and said, "I dare not have any dissatisfaction with the lord."

"Then why did you hide your identity and lied to me for eight years." Li Yuan frowned, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"My lord, do you have a misunderstanding? How dare your subordinates hide something from you? Please tell me, my lord." Ma Xian refused to admit that he had deceived Li Yuan.

"Hmph, what a Sima Yi, he is still acting in front of me. Do you really think I, Li Yuan, don't know anything?" Immediately, the pressure increased sharply.

"Who is Sima Yi, the subordinates have never heard of it." Ma Xian looked up at Li Yuan, his eyes were clear and bright, his expression was firm, and he did not seem to be lying at all.

Li Yuan also looked sideways, thinking that Sima Yi's city is really deep enough, he can still pretend at this time, he can't accept it, but he won't be fooled by Sima Yi like this, he sneered: "Hahahaha, Sima Yi, how long do you want to pretend, do you want me to go to Hanoi to bring back the head of your father Sima Fang before you admit your identity?"

Ma Xian was shocked when he heard the words, but his expression didn't change a bit. He was thinking about how to answer when Li Yuan said again: "Do you remember where we first met?"

"It's in Lumen Academy." Ma Xian replied without hesitation. Li Yuan was also in Lumen Academy at that time, but he didn't know Li Yuan's true identity at that time.

"That's right, it's at Lumen Academy. I'm not afraid to tell you that I've noticed you since we first met. Do you know why?"

"This subordinate is dull, I don't know why my lord notices me." Ma Xian said he didn't know, but he actually thought that it was because of his appearance that Li Yuan noticed him, and his cloudy eyes were always particularly eye-catching.

"That's because of your eyes. The Sima family in Hanoi is quite famous. Sima Yi, the son of Sima Fang, looks like an eagle watching a wolf. There are not many people with this unique look, so when I saw you for the first time, I was very impressed." Immediately thought of Sima Yi, and then I asked your name, and you said your name was Ma Xian, which happened to have the word "horse" in your name, so I doubted you even more." Li Yuan explained the reason for doubting Ma Xian's identity.

Ma Xian didn't expect Li Yuan to have doubted his identity when they met for the first time. This was beyond his expectation, and he was not well-known at the time. Li Yuan still had heard of his name. I really don't know. Li Yuan should be praised for his knowledge or his bad luck, but he still explained: "My lord, there are many coincidences in this world. It just so happens that I look like an eagle, and my surname is Ma, so you will doubt me." Me, I think that since the lord has already suspected me, he must have sent someone to Hanoi to investigate, I wonder if what I said is correct?"

"You're right. I did send someone to Hanoi to investigate. Sima Yi is indeed still in Hanoi, but Cao Cao is such a character, how could he miss such details? He must have arranged for someone to pretend to be Sima Yi and bribed Hanoi. Most of them, that's why I didn't find out, and I guess this is a strategy that Guo Jia came up with. Guo Jia is resourceful and good at making tricks. He first sent you to pretend to be Ma Xian to study at Lumen Academy. Given your age at that time It is also just right, and then let you attract my attention with your outstanding results, let me reuse you, I have to say, he used this strategy really well."

Ma Xian was shocked again, because Li Yuan could even see who came up with the scheme. This is too exaggerated, but he still said: "My lord said something wrong. I remember that I was in Lumen Academy. The results are mediocre, not outstanding.”

"Hahahaha, this is where you are smart, because I once asked Xu Shu, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang who are also studying at Lumen Academy to monitor you to see if your behavior is abnormal. Maybe you have noticed that they pay special attention to you, and you thought it was me. Let them do this, so you deliberately don't let yourself be so good, so as to avoid my suspicion, I have to say that you are doing really well, even they can't see any clues, even I once believed that you are Really Ma Xian." Li Yuan praised Ma Xian.

"Since my grades in Lumen Academy were not good, why did the Lord appoint me?" Ma Xian asked puzzled.

(End of this chapter)