() Seeing Ma Chao blocking his way and seeming to want to stay, Guo Sihuai remained unmoved and just looked at Ma Teng: "Sima, you should also know my use. If I can't leave your house before dawn,

, I’m afraid that the leader will think that you are completely insincere, and then the Lin family daughter will... I don’t think that Sima will harm himself just to keep me?"

Although Ma Teng was unhappy, he still nodded: "Chao'er, let him go!"

Now that his father said so, Ma Chao couldn't stick to his point and got out of the way angrily, but his eyes were still staring at the other person tightly, as if he wanted to kill him with his eyes.

Guo Sihuai didn't take it to heart at all. He just cupped his hands and left casually.

"Father..." Seeing him leaving, Ma Chaocai was very reluctant and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Ma Teng: "Xiaokang, what did you mean by what you said just now?" He was still thinking about it in his heart.

The performance of the second son.

Ma Yue nodded: "Yes. Judging from the situation, this group of horse thieves are determined to get benefits from this incident. If my father refuses, I'm afraid they will really be detrimental to my sister-in-law. And when I say this, there are two levels.

The first purpose is to stabilize them first as a way to delay the attack; the second purpose is to find out where their lair is. Father, you can send someone to follow this person now. I think there should be many of them in the city.

As long as you follow them, you can find the thief!"

Ma Teng listened to his son's analysis and nodded in agreement: "Yes, you are really calm and can find countermeasures from this unfavorable situation. As for sending people to follow him, someone has already done it. Although I, Ma Teng, have a high status,

It’s not high, but you can’t be completely led by such a thief!”

Only then did Ma Yue realize that his knowledge was not as good as that of his experienced father, so he nodded in agreement. Then Ma Teng said doubtfully: "Since this is a delaying tactic, why do you still bargain with others?"

"Of course this is to make him believe in our sincerity more." Ma Yue replied: "Only those who want to make a deal will bargain with others. Now I ask him to lower the number of weapons needed.

You can make him have the illusion that his father really intends to use weapons and armor to replace people. I just hope that this will not cause trouble to his father."

"Okay, my son's ability to come up with this countermeasure is a sign of growth. Even my father didn't think of this level. It is indeed an excellent way to deal with them." Ma Teng praised, and then looked at Ma Chao.

: "You must learn from Xiaokang in the future and never be so reckless. If you are on the battlefield in the future, you will lose more than just your life if you are reckless."

"...Yes, my child has taken note of it!" Ma Chao nodded in response. It's hard to say whether he accepted it with an open mind.

"Father, I thought that since they had contact with me, we could go and meet the Lin family." Ma Yue said suddenly.

"Oh? Why is this?" Ma Teng asked casually.

Ma Yue then said something, which made Ma Teng dare not underestimate his son's knowledge. After pondering for a period of time, he nodded and said: "You are right, this is indeed an opportunity for the Lin family to be willing to work with me."

It's a good time for cooperation, and we still have five days to deal with this matter. I will go to Guzang early tomorrow morning to meet with the Lin family."

"Father, I will go with you." Ma Yue said immediately.

"I'll go too." Ma Chao also said, "All of this happened because of the child. There is no reason why the child should not contribute."

Looking at his two sons, Ma Teng felt greatly relieved, knowing that his two sons had really grown up after this incident. After some weighing, he nodded: "It's okay, as a father, I should take you to see something."

That’s it, let’s set off at 00:00 tomorrow!”

After saying this, it was already past the third watch, and the father and son went back to rest. Tomorrow they would embark on a new journey.

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Early the next morning, the three father and son were already ready to go. In addition to the three of them, there were more than a dozen generals with weapons accompanying them. Although Mrs. Ma's second son had just recovered a little before leaving home.

She was very worried, but in this era where her husband was the most important thing, she still had no right to object.

After seeing his father, Ma Yue thought about what happened last night and asked with concern: "Father, do you know the whereabouts of the horse thief?"

Ma Teng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The other party is very clever. He quickly got rid of the person I sent to follow him, so I don't know his exact whereabouts. But judging from his familiarity with the streets in the city, they are in Long

The county should have a lot of informants."

When Ma Yue heard this, he frowned, and at the same time he already had an idea in his mind. Depending on the situation, these horse thieves have a lot of power in Long County. This may also be an important clue. But he was not here.

It's time to bring it up, and the top priority now is to go to the Lin family first and get over the current situation before talking about it.

Although the injury on his body has not healed yet, Ma Yue still decided to take this trip. This is a great opportunity to gain experience.

After bidding farewell to his family, Ma Yue, together with his father and brother, embarked on his first long journey in this era. Compared with the travel in the previous life, traveling in this era is much more difficult, although they

You don't have to walk on foot like ordinary people, but riding on a bumpy horseback is by no means an easy task. Fortunately, the original owner of this body was originally from Jiangmen. Although his body is not strong, he can still ride a horse, so

He gritted his teeth and managed to survive.

Because there was quite a distance between the two places, they did not rest much along the way. After more than a day, they finally arrived at the boundary of Guzang. But to Ma Yue's surprise, they did not go to Guzang County, but instead headed to Guzang County.

Divert to a valley east of the city.

Ma Yue's question finally got an answer when he saw the continuous buildings built against the mountain. Ma Teng also took a deep breath and said, "This is Linjiawu!"

It turns out that since the Han Dynasty, local powerful people have had great room for development. Many of them have connected with their relatives and hometowns and built local forts to protect themselves and their lives. Whether these forts are

Both its economic and military strength are as powerful as a small county town, so this can be regarded as a country within a country.

And the Linjiawu in front of them, although not as large as some other powerful Wubao in the world, is still considered a powerful local power. After all, the Lin family has no high-ranking officials in the government now, and the only one they can rely on is

It was the accumulation of hundreds of years and some relationships with the powerful people in the court. Ma Teng and his son led people straight to the towering dock wall, but were stopped by the guards inside: "Who is coming? Come to my Lin family."

What's the point of doing this?"

Ma Teng replied loudly: "We are from the Ma family from Longxi. We have something important to discuss with your master!"

The people in the fort were startled for a moment, and then said: "Please wait for a moment, and we will go and report."

After waiting for a long time, the closed door was pulled up from the inside, and then a man in a wide robe came out to greet the guests: "It turns out that Ma Sima has come, and he missed the welcome and forgot to forgive me!

"Although he said polite words of apology, there was no trace of apology on his face, but he had a condescending attitude.

Seeing the other party's attitude, Ma Teng felt a little angry in his heart. But after all, he came here today to ask for something from someone, so he deliberately suppressed his anger and said with a smile: "It's because Ma Teng came suddenly, it should be me."

It’s shameful.”

Seeing Ma Teng being so humble, the man could no longer put on a domineering look. After smiling, he led them inside. Ma Yue followed and looked around at the Linjiawu man.

Looking at the situation, he saw that the layout here was not much different from that of Long County. The only difference was that there seemed to be more people than in Long County, because he saw many people wearing coarse cloth on both sides of the road, observing them as uninvited guests. Of course,

, this may also be because this Wubao occupies a relatively small area, which gave him the illusion that the population is larger than that of the dignified Xiliang Administrative Office.

"This Wubao seems to be an organization completely outside the government, and this will definitely make the court dissatisfied. If there is no appropriate excuse, the court will naturally not dare and will not do anything to them, but once there is

Given the appropriate opportunity, I think the imperial court will not miss the opportunity to weaken or annex these wealthy forces. This time our method should hit the opponent's weakness!" Ma Yue already had something in his mind after seeing the situation here.

After careful calculation, I feel more confident about my strategy.

Ma Chao on the other side had different ideas. Seeing that the guy who was obviously just a servant of the Lin family treated his father like this, he became angry. If Ma Yue hadn't reminded him several times along the way,

It is said that Linjiawu's trip is related to his father's future. I'm afraid he will do something just now.

The three of them walked all the way with various thoughts. After a long while, they finally arrived in front of a very grand courtyard. The man stopped walking and said, "Guys, please wait for a while. I will go and report to the master." He said without saying anything.

Waiting for their reply, he went in.

"This is too rude. You actually asked us to wait here..." Ma Chao said angrily. This time, even Ma Teng's face became ugly. At that time, outside Wubao, it was still bearable.

They asked themselves to wait, but they had already brought everyone in, and the other party still dared to do this. This was really too much of a deception.

When Ma Yue saw his father and brother like this, he hurriedly whispered: "Father, they did this intentionally to give us a show of strength. In fact, judging from these performances, they clearly had no confidence in their hearts, so they did this

This kind of almost disrespectful behavior is used to test or stimulate our emotions. So we don’t have to worry too much about it.”

Seeing that his son was so aware of things and reached the key point with his words, Ma Teng was also happy, and his original unhappiness also dissipated a lot: "What Yue'er said is that this kind of superficial dispute between spirits,

It’s nothing. The more they do this, the more they show that they don’t know what they’re doing. It seems like we’re in the right place this time.”

While they were talking, the family member who went in to report finally turned around again and said to them with a smile: "You three, please come in."

Ma Teng smiled and nodded: "Thank you." Then he stepped in with his head held high, followed by the Ma brothers, but they were no longer as polite to this person as before. They could not care about each other's rudeness, but they also

It doesn't mean that he will always be patient, so now, the steward of the Lin family who comes out to greet guests can only follow him and truly do his duty.

That man was also a smart man. After seeing the actions of the Ma family and his son, he understood the hidden meaning. He didn't express much, he just did enough to lead the way and led them to a bright hall.

within.

"You three, please sit down for a while. The master of the house is busy with secular affairs in the castle, so he has to wait until later to see you." After the three of them were settled, the man said apologetically.

"It doesn't matter, we have plenty of time to wait." Ma Teng had previous experience, but this time he was able to understand the other party's behavior calmly.

After the people left, Ma Yue came up to his father and whispered a few words. Ma Teng was startled for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "I'll do whatever you want!" As he said that, his eyes flashed.

A hint of cold light came.

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