On the edge of the ditch, Niudan's voice came: "Uncle, I got it."
Li Zongyu also heard Niudan's response. He knew that he had almost no chance of winning, but if he didn't take a gamble, how could he be willing to do so?
Thinking of this, Li Zongyu grabbed the root of the tree, screamed and climbed up.
By the time Ma Xiaoquan ran to the root of the tree, Li Zongyu had already climbed nearly four-fifths of the way up.
Ma Xiaoquan gritted his teeth, grabbed the root of the tree with both hands, and shook it vigorously.
At the root of the tree, Li Zongyu clung to the root with both hands and his feet were wrapped around the root without moving. He wanted to fight against Ma Xiaoquan, he wanted to climb up, he wanted to escape, and he wanted to live.
Li Zongyu climbed up bit by bit, while Ma Xiaoquan at the bottom of the ditch continued to shake the roots of the tree.
"Damn~~" Ma Xiaoquan was angry, and the gravity field was instantly released. Within a radius of twelve meters, all places covered by the gravity field became heavier.
Li Zongyu's body, which was clinging to the root of the tree, suddenly sank. If he hadn't been holding on to the root of the tree, he might have fallen suddenly.
"What's going on? What's going on?" Li Zongyu was extremely anxious. He was surprised to find that no matter how hard he tried, he could not lift his arms and climb up another inch.
At the bottom of the ditch, Ma Xiaoquan no longer shook the tree roots. He shouted to Li Zongyu with a cruel smile: "Li Zongyu, I'll give you a chance to live. Come down obediently and let's talk. Maybe I will let you go."
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At the root of the tree, Li Zongyu sneered and said: "Ma Xiaoquan, stop lying. Which of the three people just now did you not do cruelly?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "You fart, I didn't kill the first one. He just fainted. Maybe he has woken up now."
"Huh, even so, I won't believe you. You and I have different positions, and we serve different masters."
"I agree that our positions are different, but our masters are different...Li Zongyu, you are talking nonsense. We serve the emperor together, is it possible that you still regard Wei Zhongxian's gelded dog as the emperor?"
Li Zongyu said nothing, but looking at his expression, Ma Xiaoquan had already guessed the result.
"Anyway, no matter what you say, I won't come down..." Li Zongyu said bitterly.
"Okay, if that's the case, then I won't pity you anymore~" Ma Xiaoquan put away his smile, grasped the roots of the tree with both hands, and shook it hard. There was only a click sound, and the roots of the tree shook strongly. If it weren't for the flexibility,
, I’m afraid it was shaken off by Ma Xiaoquan.
Li Zongyu was startled. He wanted to climb up, but for some reason, his body was so heavy that he couldn't lift his arms, legs, or hands. It was like they were weighing down a burden, and he couldn't move up even an inch and a half.
"Ma Xiaoquan, you...what on earth did you do?" Li Zongyu shouted.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled evilly and said: "Of course I want you to die~Li Zongyu, you won't come down, okay~" Ma Xiaoquan stopped shaking, squatted down, picked up the pebbles from the bottom of the ditch, and threw them at Li Zongyu.
Li Zongyu, who was hanging on the root of a tree, had a big target and could not avoid it at all. The small stone thrown by Ma Xiaoquan hit his butt accurately, causing him to grin with pain.
"Hmph, if you don't come down, I'll smash you to death!" Ma Xiaoquan continued to pick up stones and threw them at Li Zongyu.
A round of small stones was thrown at him, and Li Zongyu's whole body except for his head was hit almost all over. Of course, Ma Xiaoquan deliberately avoided hitting his head. There was a neck under his head. If he hit his head, Li Zongyu would twist.
You might be able to dodge by moving your neck, but secondly, if you get knocked unconscious and fall down, that would be pointless.
Ma Xiaoquan grinned, and suddenly thought of Li Zongyu's miserable appearance in a wicked way. He laughed and said, "Li Zongyu, come down here. I'll ask you a few questions. Maybe I really won't kill you."
Li Zongyu gritted his teeth and endured the pain all over his body and said: "Ma Xiaoquan, I still said the same thing, you can't even try to trick me into coming down. Hum, even if I was tortured to death by you today, Master Wei will definitely avenge me if he knows about it."
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Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said: "Since you don't want to come down, I won't force you. You happened to mention Wei Zhongxian, so I'll tell you. In fact... Wei Zhongxian and I don't have any deep hatred. Of course,
He tried to insult my woman several times but failed. This can be regarded as a grudge, but if you want to talk about other grudges, we really don’t have much between each other. Wei Zhongxian wants to harm me because he is completely worried that I will block his power.
Peaceful."
"Besides, in fact, there is nothing wrong with the existence of Wei Zhongxian~" Ma Xiaoquan dragged his chin, sat down on the ground, took out the dry food and water bottle, and said while eating, "What do you want to say about the people of the Donglin Party?
Well, many of them are upright men, but they only use lip service to impeach this and that. When they hear about a war, they give a lot of reasons not to go. In fact, I don’t like that group of people either.
, so I actually have no objection to Wei Zhongxian going to annihilate the Donglin Party."
Li Zongyu was stunned and looked at Ma Xiaoquan in surprise. This was the first time he heard Ma Xiaoquan's views on Master Wei's suppression of the Donglin Party.
Ma Xiaoquan looked at Li Zongyu dumbfounded and said with a smile: "Although Wei Zhongxian is relatively hegemonic, but he is here, among those princes and so on, which one of them is not torn apart by him? This Liaodong Ning is far away from the war, and you have to pay for the war. Those people
Princes and gentlemen, all of them are not extremely wealthy, but which one of them is willing to spend money to support Liaodong and Ningyuan in the war?"
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan said these words, Li Zongyu nodded again and again. Li Zongyu had a secret. A long time ago, he wanted to join the Donglin Party, but those people did not accept him because he had no political background and was of ordinary birth.
From then on, Li Zongyu looked down on those guys who only talked all day long, and coupled with his desire for power, he slowly moved closer to Wei Zhongxian.
Wei Zhongxian has a habit, as long as you give me money, I can give you an official position. Of course, if you are really capable, I will also give you an official position.
Compared with those of the Donglin Party, Wei Zhongxian's approach is simple and crude, but the results are very good. After all, in this world, not everyone has connections, and not everyone has deep political capital or backing.
When Ma Xiaoquan was working as a deacon of the Jin Yiwei in the capital, he also met a lot of eunuchs. Not all of them were treacherous people. In fact, there were many people among them who had no choice but to seek refuge with Wei Zhongxian because they were unable to realize their ambitions and ambitions.
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Li Zongyu sighed: "Ma Xiaoquan, I finally heard you say something human..."
"Li Zongyu, don't think that I don't understand or know. There are many things that I know. And I also said that Wei Zhongxian and I don't actually have any big grudges. If we do, it's because of his hatred towards me.
Women spy and covet. Well, having said that, I have another question for you, how did you know about the League of Assassins?"
Li Zongyu said: "I won't hide it from you, I also discovered it accidentally..."
After listening to Li Zongyu's description, Ma Xiaoquan asked again: "Then how did you contact them?"
Li Zongyu smiled mysteriously and said, "Do you want to know? Just dream about it? I won't tell you even if I die."
Ma Xiaoquan rolled his eyes, shook his head and said: "Li Zongyu, you are such a stubborn person. It seems that you really want to die... But I suddenly changed my mind. By the way, I have to tell you this."
The thing is, what is the name of the old Wang who deceived the four of you?"
"Wang Zhixian..."
"Well, yes, Wang Zhixian, do you know his origins?"
"How the hell do I know? If you fart, just fart..." Li Zongyu cursed.
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "He is also from the League of Assassins."
"What? How is this possible?"
"How is it impossible? But he seems to have escaped from the Assassin's League, so he is considered a defector. Well, the people from the Assassin's League seem to be chasing him. Otherwise, I will let you live. Of course, I will
I'll give you some tests. If you can climb up along the roots of the tree, I will let you go."
Li Zongyu's eyes lit up and he asked: "Ma Xiaoquan, you... do you really mean what you said?"
"Of course~" Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly.
In fact, the gravity field released by Ma Xiaoquan felt the change of gravity on the edge of the ditch. In addition to the gravity feedback of the cow egg that he was familiar with before, there were three other people, one of whom looked like a woman. Based on Ma Xiaoquan's experience, he should be Xiaohua, and
The other two... those who can be with Xiaohua are probably Niu Er and Lao Wang (Wang Zhixian).
Ma Xiaoquan raised his hand to gradually weaken the gravity field. Not only Li Zongyu who was climbing on the tree root, but also Niu Dan, Wang Zhixian, Xiaohua and Niu who were on the edge of the ditch, they also felt their bodies suddenly lightened at the same time.
The conversation between Ma Xiaoquan and Li Zongyu just now was heard by all four people on the edge of the ditch.
Except for Niu Dan, a stupid young man who didn't care for unknown reasons, the other three were shocked.
The three of them looked at each other, and an idea came to their minds at the same time - to find a way to kill Ma Xiaoquan, in order to exchange for the alliance's forgiveness and return to the alliance.
Of course, the guy named Li Zongyu crawling on the tree roots must not be allowed to live, because Ma Xiaoquan's whereabouts cannot be revealed before the three of them are completely successful.
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Li Zongyu grabbed the root of the tree and climbed up desperately. If he didn't seize this opportunity, he would be a fool.
The light above his head became brighter and brighter, and Li Zongyu seemed to see hope of escape. No matter what, as long as he escaped, it would not be too late to come back to Ma Xiaoquan to settle accounts after he recovered.
Finally, Li Zongyu's hand grabbed the edge of the ditch. He was overjoyed and used the last strength of his body to finally climb up.
But before he could take a breath, he felt his limbs being held down.