The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() After personally sending the Ma family father and son out of Wubao, Lin Lie hurried back. After seeing several other people involved in the Lin family in the inner hall, he explained the situation carefully.After hearing his words, several people frowned deeply: "There is such a thing? Are you sure that Ma Teng didn't lie or cheat on this matter?"

"It doesn't look like them." Lin Lie naturally couldn't change his words at this time, otherwise what would other people think of him?His status in the clan will also be affected: "After all, he is an official of the court, and it is credible that he refuses to surrender to the horse thief."

"Well, not bad." At this time, the person who spoke at this time was Lin Xie, the real master of the Lin family, who was over [-] years old.Back then, he also had a lot of contacts with officials in the DPRK and China, and he was quite familiar with some laws and regulations of the Han Dynasty: "This Ma Teng also has a certain reputation in Liangzhou, so he must not joke about his future. of."

"In this way, our situation is not good. Once Ma Teng fails to suppress the thieves and faces scornful accusations, maybe he will tell the matter in exchange for some small credits. Moreover, he is right We also hold grudges, because we told Geng Bi about this matter, which made him so passive." Lin Die, another head of the Lin family, said.

"Yes, we are really in trouble now. But you can rest assured that even Geng Bi will not have the guts to really be enemies of hundreds of families in Linjiawu." After feeling worried, the old man Lin Xie said: "Our Lin family has been in Liangzhou for a hundred years. Even if it is a little bit down now, it doesn't mean that we can move it down. He is not so impulsive, dare to treat us Let's do it.

"Of course, unless it is absolutely necessary, we don't want such a thing to happen. Therefore, we will also contribute to the matter of Ma Teng and the government's suppression of thieves."

"Father, I'm afraid this matter will be somewhat unfavorable to brother Chong and Wan'er..." Lin Xie had just finished speaking when a thin middle-aged man reminded him.This person is Lin Xie's eldest son, Lin Cheng.As his name suggests, he is a sincere person.

Lin Chong and Lin Wan, father and daughter, were the wife and husband-in-law of Ma Chao who had been captured by the horse bandits.Their status in Linjiawu is not high, they only have a certain status because of their uncle-nephew relationship with Lin Xie, the patriarch.The Lin family was very dissatisfied with the fact that Lin Chong married his daughter to the Ma family without the family's permission.

Because of this, the Lin family did not find Ma Teng to discuss with him after the incident, but put a lot of pressure on him through Geng Bi.But they still wanted to rescue this person, after all, Lin Chong and his daughter were also members of the Lin family.In this age when clan relations were highly valued, the clan could not abandon members at will, otherwise Lin Xie, the patriarch, would be accused by many clan members and might lose his position as patriarch.And this is why the Lin family compromised with the horse thieves and gave them money and food.

But what they did didn't mean they really cared about the safety of Lin Chong's father and daughter. When Lin Cheng said this, the scene turned cold.Afterwards, Lin Lie said: "At this point, I can't take care of so much. Compared with the safety of our entire Linjiawu, their father and daughter are just a trivial matter. It would be best if the officers and soldiers have the ability to rescue people , but if...then we can only blame their fate."

Everyone else readily accepted this statement. To them, the life and death of two mere people is naturally less important than the safety of their own family, let alone those two who are insignificant in the clan?And Lin Cheng, after finding out that even his father acquiesced in such a response, he didn't say much anymore, but he still felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

"I hope this time, our Lin family can avoid a difficult situation. Our Lin family has not been as good as before in the past few decades. I don't want the century-old family business to be destroyed in my hands like this." Lin Xie said full of worry.

"My Lin family has been passed down for a hundred years, and I won't collapse because of such a small trouble!" Lin Cheng hurriedly comforted him.

"Yes, definitely not." Lin Lie and others also echoed.Immediately, Lin Lie thought of something else and said, "Father, I have one more thing to report, and that is about the Ma family."

"What?" Lin Xie asked puzzled.

"After this conversation, I think we still look down on the Ma family a bit. Although their family background is not strong, they may not be really incompetent. Especially the second son of his family, the one named Ma Yue, whether it is courage or ability , are very unusual." As he spoke, he recounted the conversations he had with the three fathers and sons of the Ma family: "So in my opinion..."

"Well, it's really rare to have such ability at such a young age. From this point of view, he might really do something in the future..." Lin Xie couldn't help but nodded and said: "In this way, this marriage with the Ma family is not good. It may not be too bad. As long as they can save people from horse thieves, we will recognize their in-laws, which may also help our Lin family."

Others had no objection to this, and after the three of the Ma family came this time, the Lin family's attitude towards them changed.

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Leaving Linjiawu, the Ma family father and son had strange expressions on their faces.Judging from the results, they came to Guzang to meet the Lin family members, which was very rewarding.Not only suppressed the arrogance of the Lin family with some words, but also inquired about the possible hiding places of the horse thieves.But when they thought that the horse thieves were hiding near Long County, they felt a little unbelievable. At the same time, they also felt like they were being tricked. This group of horse thieves was too courageous!

The most dangerous place is the safest place. This was Ma Yue's first reaction when he learned that the horse thief might be hiding near Long County.They did take a big risk. They had a lair near Long County before, but they disappeared after being caught.According to common sense, these horse thieves would no longer dare to haunt their original lairs, at least they would not dare to hide there.But I didn't expect them to do the opposite and continue to look for places to hide nearby. This is really too bold.But it was a very powerful move, and the government could never have imagined that a nest of wind was still hiding under his nose.This is too clever, no wonder the government has been looking for them several times in recent years, but they can't get in.

Secondly, as the saying goes, rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests, so horse thieves behave in the same way. Most people will not plunder near their hiding nests.But Yiwofeng did the opposite again, and it was still near Long County.This point made it difficult for Ma Yue to understand. The distance from Guzang to Long County was not short, and they should have plenty of opportunities to act.

Just when Ma Yue was amazed by the sophistication of the horse thieves, Ma Chao beside him suddenly called out: "Something is wrong!"

"Why, what's wrong?" Ma Yue asked casually.

"Second brother, don't forget, they brought you there first, and then took only the three of you away. Since they have a new lair nearby, why do they bring people to the place where they already are?" What about going to the old lair known to the government? As long as they put everyone in the new lair, wouldn’t everything be fine?” Ma Chao said doubtfully.

Ma Yue really didn't think of this.In fact, his memory of that period is very vague, so naturally he has no such association.But once the elder brother said it, Ma Yue also felt the problem: "Indeed, there are so many contradictions in it, it's really confusing."

"But they don't need to let the Lin family send money and food to a place far away from their lair. They don't think that we can persuade the Lin family to tell the truth." Ma Yue then raised another doubtful point: "No matter what you think What's the problem?"

Seeing the two sons analyzing each other one by one, Ma Teng was very relieved. He obviously felt that after this incident, the two sons had made great progress.The eldest son is willing to use his brain, and the second son has shown abilities that he did not have before.

"Father, what do you think of this?" After thinking about it for a while without an answer, the two brothers threw the question to their father.

"Things are indeed strange, but I think there should be nothing wrong with them being inside and outside Long County now." Ma Teng also had his own judgment: "Don't forget that that night, the horse thief who suddenly visited came to us. Time at home. At that time, the gate of the city had already been closed, and there were soldiers patrolling the streets. If he hadn't been in the city and knew the situation in the city very well, it would be impossible for him to come to my door so easily."

"That's right! At that time, my father sent someone to track down that person, but unfortunately he got rid of him. Judging from these signs, it can be proved that this group of thieves are very familiar with our Long County, and they must have been around for a long time. People who are active in the city." Ma Yue also agreed.

"This time, we have gained a lot. At least, we have judged that the location of the horse thief is only near Long County, which is much easier than searching all over Liangzhou." Ma Teng smiled and said: "So the next step is to find out the people and exterminate them!"

"If things are as we expected, if the horse thieves are near Long County, I think they are more likely to be in the city. After all, horse thieves hiding inside the city are less conspicuous than hiding outside the city, and they are not easy to be noticed .” Ma Yue immediately put forward his own views.

"Is there any basis for your judgment?" Ma Chao asked suspiciously, "Wouldn't it be very dangerous if they were really hiding in the city?"

"The so-called hidden in the city, hidden under the eyes of the government, just makes it hard for us to think about it. Besides, it is easy for tens of thousands of people in Long County to hide some horse thieves. Who would have thought that these people would be so bold?" Ma The more he put forward his own basis, and Ma Teng also deeply believed in this point.

Now that the target has been found, it just depends on what method they use to deal with these horse thieves hiding around!

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