Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 150 It's a rumor again, is there an end?
That night, Ma Teng slept very restlessly, always sleeping for a while and then waking up for a while.When the morning light drove away the night, Ma Teng rubbed his sleepy eyes, feeling that he was more tired than not sleeping this night.

Of course, it wasn't because he was assassinated once. In fact, for a man like him who licked blood at the head of a knife, he did not know how many more dangerous incidents than this one have experienced in his current position.The reason why he was so worried was that Ma Chao, whose neck was stained with blood, later told him that the person who assassinated him last night was Han Sui's general Yan Xing!

Ma Teng instinctively wanted to resist the news for a moment, but he only knew that in Liangzhou, there was no one who could injure Ma Chao except Yan Xing.Moreover, he also knew that although Ma Chao had never been used to Han Sui, with Ma Chao's aloof and arrogant temperament, he disdained to use such tricks to trick him.

After arriving at the camp, the exhausted Ma Teng found that the atmosphere of the camp today was very strange.Many soldiers saw that they wanted to ask questions but did not dare to open their mouths. More soldiers gathered together, busy with their own affairs on the surface, but couldn't help discussing something in a low voice.Seeing himself looking at them, the voice died away abruptly.

Ma Teng is very familiar with such a situation, and it is also a situation that worries him very much.Because, the performance before the military turmoil is often like this.Also, this weird, spontaneous situation is difficult to deal with unless he can find the real reason and call the soldiers to make a convincing explanation of the incident.

Just when Ma Teng was about to order the soldiers to find out what the soldiers were talking about, the curtain of the military tent was suddenly raised, and the ten-year-old Ma Dai seemed furious, and rushed to Ma Teng, shouting loudly. Asked: "Uncle, tell me, is elder brother defeated by Yan Xing and almost killed?!"

"Presumptuous!" When Ma Teng was restless, he suddenly heard Ma Dai say such inappropriate words that disturbed the morale of the army, and he couldn't help saying angrily: "Who did you listen to? You are young and don't practice literature and martial arts well. You came here to disturb the barracks!... Are you itchy again?"

Ma Dai is the posthumous son of a younger brother of Ma Teng, who lost his life saving Ma Teng on the battlefield, so Ma Teng raised Ma Dai as his own son.It is precisely because of his sincerity that Ma Teng treats Ma Dai and other sons equally, scolding and beating whenever he should.

Ma Dai obviously knew that his uncle was no different from his own father, and was shocked by Ma Teng's aura for a while.But after all, he is a child of the Ma family, with Shangyong's blood flowing through his body, even if he is beaten and scolded, he still has to figure out the rumors that surfaced this morning.So he straightened up slightly, looked directly into Ma Teng's eyes and said:
"Uncle, people in the entire military camp are now saying that the elder brother fought Yan Xing last night, but he was not Yan Xing's opponent at all. Instead, Yan Xing shot through the neck and almost died. After I heard the news, I rushed to the elder brother's place in a hurry, but saw that the elder brother was treating the wound on his neck with a gloomy face..."

"You said, this is what the entire military camp is talking about?" Ma Teng caught the point of Ma Dai's words, and his expression changed drastically.What happened last night was extremely secretive, but it was reported to his own barracks in just one night, how could he not be shocked?

"Yes, that's what the soldiers are talking about now. I'm afraid that this incident will disturb the morale of the army, so I just scolded those who gossip, and didn't spread the news of my elder brother's injury." Ma Dai seemed very upset. He has the potential to be a general, and when he heard about Ma Teng's introduction to the barracks, he immediately said, "Uncle, don't let your brother come to the barracks these days..."

Hearing Ma Dai's words, Ma Teng was not angry anymore.He looked at his nephew with straight eyebrows, straight nose and heroic vigor, and he was really relieved and helpless.Fortunately, my nephew has also grown up and knows to share the worries of the Ma family.The helpless thing is that Ma Dai is young and superficial after all. He thought that this matter could be covered up as long as Ma Chao didn't show up, but in fact, if Ma Chao didn't show up for this kind of thing, the consequences would be more serious.

From the battle between Ma Chao and Yan Xing to this morning, it took only a few hours for the incident to spread to the entire barracks. Ma Teng wouldn't believe it if there was no one behind the scenes.Moreover, judging from the contents of the rumors, it is obvious that Han Sui is the person behind this scene!
Because that night, although his eldest son was injured in the neck by Yan Xing, in fact, Yan Xing was not only injured in the head by Chao'er, but also shocked and broke his heart.But these are not mentioned in the rumors, what does this mean?
It's a pity that although Ma Teng wants to get these, he has no solution at all.He couldn't have summoned both Ma Chao and Yan Xing to the soldiers and told them all about what happened last night, could he?Let's not talk about whether this method is feasible or not, just say that this matter itself is that Han Sui wants to assassinate himself. Once it is announced, the situation may be even more difficult than it is now.

But now, what he was more worried about was Han Sui's reaction.If the assassination of himself is true, Ma Teng can't figure it out no matter what.Although he also knew that Han Sui was not a fuel-efficient lamp, but at present the two armies were evenly matched, and any fool could see that it would be of no benefit to anyone if the two had a quarrel at this time.Unless Han Sui was stupid, he shouldn't have made such a foolish move.

But it is obviously not enough to let such rumors ruin the morale of the army.Firstly, Han Sui has the title of leader of the Iron Qiang League after all, and he is still his subordinate in name; secondly, Ma Teng can't imagine what terrible things will happen next.You know, even if Han Sui didn't do what happened last night, he would be happy to see what happened to today's rumors.Insidious and cunning people like him are second to none in their ability to cut flesh with blunt knives.

Just when Ma Teng was overwhelmed and at a loss, there was another sound of footsteps outside the tent.Ma Teng heard that his general, Pang De, shouted loudly to himself: "General Xu, the captain of Hanhu Benqi, came to inspect the barracks at the order of His Majesty."

Hearing this, Ma Teng straightened himself up quickly, even though he is currently the general of the imperial court conquering the west, his rank is much higher than Xu Huang's.But Xu Huang is the emperor's pro-army, no matter how much he, General Zhengxi, restrains his army, he will not be able to move Xu Huang.Not to mention, this time he came here at the emperor's order.

Xu Huang entered the big tent under the guidance of Pang De, and instead of saluting Ma Teng, he asked Ma Teng worriedly: "General Ma, how is your son's injury? Your Majesty heard that Mr. Ma was injured, so he wanted to come to visit him personally." , I can imagine that people in the military camp are panicking now, and it is inconvenient for him to show up, so the last general will come to express condolences."

"Even His Majesty knows about this matter?" Hearing what Xu Huang said, Ma Teng suddenly had a very strange feeling in his heart, as if he had found the key to solve the problem.But looking at Xu Huang's honest and worried face, he couldn't grasp the point no matter what.

But it doesn't matter, because Xu Huang said in the next sentence: "General Ma, don't worry too much. Your Majesty has already known about your situation. He has already told the general that the only place in Xiliang is the beautiful Ma Chao. No. 1, that Jincheng Yanxing, is not even qualified to lead the horse and pedal for Mr. Ma!"

"And, the last general thinks so too. Hmph! What Yan Xing, the last general will go to meet him for a while when he was young, to see if he can beat the big ax in the last general's hand!" Xu Huang finished his business , and spoke privately to Pang De, and said indignantly: "It's a pity that I didn't fight against Mr. Ma in Chang'an. Unexpectedly, Mr. Ma was bullied by villains like Yan Xing today!"

Pound's face was slightly embarrassed, and he didn't know how to interface.After all, when you Xu Huang came here this time, you should put on a business-like appearance to have sex with him, right?But you are fine, you are completely straightforward, why are you just as virtuous as that incomprehensible emperor?
However, at this time, Ma Teng's brows that had been furrowed all the time suddenly relaxed.He stared fixedly at Xu Huang, and after seeing Xu Huang in a daze, he suddenly laughed, took Xu Huang's hand and led Xu Huang to the seat, and asked in a gentle voice: "General Xu, Your Majesty Did you really say that Chao'er is the number one thing in Liangzhou?"

"General Ma, what do you mean by that?" Xu Huang felt a little embarrassed when he heard the words, and shook off Ma Teng's hand: "In the eyes of the general, Xu Huang of a certain family is the kind of person who speaks honey and has a sword in his belly?"

Ma Teng was thrown by Xu Huang, instead of looking annoyed, he smiled more affectionately at Xu Huang.But just as he was about to apologize and say something, another voice came from outside the tent: "Han Zhenxi General Han Sui envoy Ma Wan asked to see him."

Ma Teng frowned suddenly, but without waiting for him to reply, Ma Wan strode into the tent, and without looking at Xu Huang, he cupped his fists and said to Ma Teng, "General Ma, my lord is inviting you to a banquet tonight. There are rumors spreading all over the place recently, General Wanwang must not refuse!"

(End of this chapter)