() "Ma Sima, what are you doing? You actually sent so many people to enforce martial law in the city, but you came here to stir up trouble!" Geng Bi asked sharply after seeing Ma Teng, with a look on his face.

It was covered with a layer of frost, obviously extremely unpleasant.

Of course, as the top chief executive of Liangzhou, under his own eyes, these lower-level officials dared to do their own thing without even telling him. How could Geng Bi endure it?

Angry? Because of this, Geng Bi, a short man less than six feet tall, felt condescending when facing Ma Teng, who was more than eight feet tall.

Facing this Shangguan, Ma Teng lost his usual humility this time. He just smiled lightly and said, "It's just because it concerns my military camp and the governor has always ignored it, so I didn't report it to you. However,

I am not just a low-ranking official, I have already reported it to Governor Li, and he agreed!"

In fact, Ma Teng quite looked down upon Geng Bi, a Shangguan who was able to obtain the high position of governor by being on good terms with the imperial ministers, but in fact his ability was very average. It was just because he was in the officialdom and could not help himself.

In the past, he would only avoid him by three points. But now, since he has made up his mind to go against him, Ma Teng no longer has those worries, and he said these words forcefully, completely sweeping away the past

cringe.

"You..." Unexpectedly, Ma Teng dared to talk to him like this, and Geng Bi was furious. But he didn't want to lose his composure in front of others, so he suppressed his anger and said with a cold face: "You

That's a good reason. If you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten. As a military commander, you caused a sudden fire in the military warehouse. What crime do you deserve! Also, did you know that there was a military report yesterday..."

At this point, his words suddenly stopped, because he realized that such confidential facts should not be spoken in public.

"The official admits that he made some omissions in guarding the warehouse and is willing to be punished. But now, the official feels that the thief should be caught first!" Ma Teng said in a neither arrogant nor humble tone.

"Even if what you said makes sense, how can you be sure that the thief is still in the city? Maybe he had already left the city in the dark last night." Geng Bi asked again.

"I was aware of the fire last night. I immediately ordered people to seal the four gates, so the thief couldn't get out of the city no matter what. Before today, I had carefully searched other places in the city, but there was no trace.

Any harvest. Now there is only one area in the west of the city that has not been searched. For the safety of Long County, we must check it!"

"You..." Geng Bi couldn't say anything against it for a moment. After all, the other party had the right to do so.

Ma Teng did not stop talking because of this. He continued to look at the other party and said: "And has the governor ever thought about whether the fire in my city this time has anything to do with what was written in the military newspaper? What if we can't tell him today?

If they are found, there will be endless troubles. Lord Governor, don’t you really want anything to happen in Liangzhou?"

After what he said, it was even harder for Geng Bi to refute. If he refused to let Ma Teng send people to search carefully, I am afraid that he would not be able to escape the crime of collaborating with the enemy. And political enemies such as Li Xiangru would not be able to escape.

He would miss such a great opportunity. When the time comes, even with the help of regular servants in the court, he will no longer be able to maintain his current status.

After taking power, Geng Bi finally chose the side that was most beneficial to him, and had no choice but to let Ma Teng fulfill his wish: "In that case, then you can search. But you must take care of yourself and don't make any mistakes again!" Leave this behind

After saying these words, Geng Bi left bitterly, having already made up his mind that after this incident, Ma Teng must be driven out of the Liangzhou government.

Ma Teng didn't care about what the other party thought. With a wave of his hand, he ordered his sergeants to rush into the Ruan Mansion and search. Although some people from the Ruan Mansion also worked in the government, when they saw Lian Gengbi

After being unable to stop him, they no longer dared to forcibly stop the officers and soldiers from moving. But each of these people stared at Ma Teng, as if they wanted to bite a piece of his flesh off.

People in this era value face most. Now that Ma Teng and his sergeants are acting like this, it is a slap in their faces. How can the Ruan family not feel ashamed and angry?

After a search, Ma Teng and the others did not find anything suspicious in the Ruan family, so they turned away under their hostility and went to the next family. Because the Ruan family was in front, the following families were facing the officials.

There was much less opposition during the military period. Apart from whispering a few words behind their backs, it was considered cooperation.

So when the sky was getting dark, Ma Teng and the others had already searched most of the houses, and by this time they had arrived at a house that looked relatively old.

In this house were Wang Feng and a group of horse thieves. When they found out that the officers and soldiers were searching the wealthy people's homes around them, they vaguely felt that something was wrong. It turned out that they were in this house where they were least likely to be suspected.

There is also danger in the place. But at this time, there is no other way, so we have to stay inside and be ready to resist at any time.

What Wang Feng regrets most now is that after buying this house, because he did not want to arouse the suspicion of others, he did not build another secret room. Not only can he hide in it now and let one or two of his subordinates go to deal with it. But this idea

It's too late to do anything now, so I can only wait patiently and hope that the other party doesn't recognize the identity of myself and others.

When the door was opened, the horse thieves immediately stood up, and many even tightened their weapons. Everyone turned their attention to Wang Feng, waiting for their boss to make a decision. Wang Feng was also a little hesitant.

I don't know whether I should keep pretending, or whether I should kill the officers and soldiers while they are unprepared.

Hesitating, he had no choice but to throw the question to Guo Sihuai, whom he trusted most: "Fourth, what do you think?"

"Now the outside is full of officers and soldiers. If we fight out, we will definitely die." Guo Sihuai said after pondering: "But if we let them come in so easily, it will be very detrimental to us. After all, we have many brothers here,

But there are no old, weak, women or children. No matter how stupid the government is, they will still see the problem. Besides, I have even met Ma Teng and others..."

"What should we do? We have to make a decision." Wang Feng could no longer listen to the other party's analysis at this time. He only wanted Guo Sihuai to give him a suggestion.

"Both of them don't work, so we have to use the last resort." Guo Sihuai raised his head and said, "I'll go out to see Ma Teng."

"What? Isn't that sending a sheep into a tiger's mouth?" Wang Feng immediately objected: "No, this is definitely not possible."

"Don't worry, boss, they won't do anything to me. Because we still have hostages in our hands." Guo Sihuai said and glanced at the Lin family father and daughter who had their hands and feet tied and their mouths sealed: "I'm going.

It was negotiated with Ma Teng. If he still wanted to keep his future, he would not let these two hostages die in front of him."

This is the last resort. Although Wang Feng still feels that it is too risky and the feasibility is not too high, he still nodded and said: "Fourth, it all depends on you. I know you are resourceful and eloquent, so it's up to you.

Go talk to them."

"Don't worry, boss, I will definitely live up to your trust!" Guo Sihuai said, strode forward, came to the door, and opened it.

At this time, the officers and soldiers waiting outside were already very impatient. If they had not known that the people living here had unusual identities, they might have broken in long ago. Now someone finally answered the door and came out, and everyone's faces were red.

They all looked ugly, so they wanted to go in. Unexpectedly, the man who came out blocked their way: "Wait a minute, invite your commander over, I have something to say to him."

"Huh?" The sergeants couldn't help but be stunned, but when they saw the other party talking like this, they didn't dare to be forceful, so they had to go and report.

Ma Teng was resting not far away at this time. He had done some searching himself before, and now he felt a little tired, so he sat under a tree with his two sons. Someone came to report that someone wanted him.

Seeing him, Ma Teng was moved in his heart and felt that this was unusual. Ma Yue also vaguely guessed who it was, and said: "Father, let me go and take a look with you."

"I'll go too." Ma Chao also said.

"Let's go." Ma Teng nodded. He intended to cultivate these two sons. This was the key to whether the Ma family could shine in the future.

When the three of them came to the door and saw clearly that the man was Guo Sihuai, their expressions changed a little: "It is indeed him!"

Ma Chao's reaction was the most intense. He immediately pulled out the sword from his waist and was about to step forward to take action, but Ma Yue stopped him: "Brother, wait a minute. Since he dares to show his face, he must have something to rely on. Moreover, people nowadays

It's already on the chopping block, we don't have to be too hasty to do it, let's wait and see what he has to say."

While the two brothers were talking, Ma Teng had already walked up to Guo Sihuai: "It's you! It seems that you are indeed very brave, and you dare to hide here."

"We just wanted to put ourselves to death and survive, but we didn't expect that we still couldn't hide it from Sima." Guo Sihuai smiled bitterly: "Sima must be acting with great fanfare today because of us?"

Ma Teng did not answer, but just asked: "Do you still want to resist now? I advise you to just surrender, otherwise I will kill you on the spot."

"Since I dared to show up, I never thought about being captured without mercy. General Ma will not forget one thing. The Lin family daughter and her father are still in our hands! If you want to see the fate of both the jade and the stone, you can give up your hand.

Come down and attack. But I see that the general is willing to come and see me alone, so he must not want this to happen?" Guo Sihuai said without fear.

Ma Teng sneered. It would be too bad for the other party to threaten him with people from the Lin family at this time. Now that he has mastered the Lin family's shortcomings and is able to restrain the other party, is he still afraid that they will not be found guilty?
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