The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

So at this moment, after Liu Zheng recited it, no one spoke for a long time at the banquet in the Parade Building.

They were all reminiscing about the article that Liu Zheng recited just now.

"The sunset and the lone duck fly together, and the autumn water is the same color as the sky!"

"Old and strong, rather change the heart of the white head, poor and strong, never fall into the blue sky!"

"Guanshan is difficult to cross, whoever is sad for those who have lost their way, if they meet by chance, they are all guests from other lands!"

"Old Feng Tangyi, Li Guang is hard to seal!"

"Dong Yu is gone, Sang Yu is not too late!"

Picking out a sentence in this article is enough to shock people.

At the banquet at this moment, everyone present was immersed in the shock brought by this article.

There was no words for a while, but at this moment, there was no sound. Even the maid beside him didn't know much about poetry, but after hearing Liu Zheng's hearty words, Jing was fascinated by it.

Liu Zheng looked at it, and everyone present was silent for a while, thinking that he had read it wrong.

"What? Is my article not good?"

Liu Zheng's question brought those ministers who were still in shock back to reality.

"No, no, on the contrary, Your Majesty's article is too shocking, and the old minister and others were so shocked that they didn't react for a while!"

"Absolutely, this article is absolutely amazing!"

All of a sudden, there was an endless stream of praises for Liu Zheng, and everyone praised Liu Zheng's article for its awesomeness.

Even Cao Cao, who was somewhat arrogant.After listening to Liu Zheng's article, he was also sad.

It's fine if you can't beat Liu Zheng in the war, but now Cao Cao's literary talent, which he is proud of, has also lost to Liu Zheng.

This made Cao Cao's heart depressed, not to mention how high it was.

But who made Liu Zheng say such a thing? Even if Cao Cao was upset, he had no choice but to accept it.

It was originally a banquet to meet friends through poetry. Liu Zheng's original intention was to see how powerful the literary talents of the civil servants and generals under him were.

Who knew that when he opened his mouth like this, his skills shocked everyone and surpassed all others.

After Liu Zheng spoke, the banquet that made everyone excited gradually came to an end.

After all, with Liu Zheng's gem in front, it is impossible for others to surpass him.

Some other literati have been frustrated, and now they just want to go back and calm down.

And the article Liu Zheng wrote today on the military parade building was widely circulated along with these people.

All of a sudden, the rumors of Liu Zheng's literary talents began to be recognized by everyone, which made more persimmons look at Liu Zheng with admiration.

Liu Zheng's side was still immersed in the banquet, and Liu Bei on the other side was very unhappy at the moment.

In the previous disputes in the court, although Liu Bei relied on his strong strength to calm down many ministers who were dissatisfied with him.

But he has another important matter to attend to.

That is, Shi Ma Teng, governor of Xiliang.

Liu Bei lost his two sons.

Both Ma Chao and Ma Dai were captured by Liu Zheng, and they are still being held as prisoners by Liu Zheng.

Liu Bei always needs to explain this matter to Ma Teng himself.

After all, Ma Teng guarding one side is the back of the entire Han Empire.

Liu Bei was also worried that he would not be able to appease Ma Teng, which would make Ma Teng regenerate his rebellious heart. ?

Chapter 1000 two hundred and seven

Fufeng County.

Fufeng County is actually not the territory of Xiliang. If you really want to say it, it is the land of Sanfu.

In the Han Dynasty, Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Fengyi, and You Fufeng were called Sanfu, that is, the areas around the capital were managed by three local officials.

Because Fufeng is very close to the capital, there are many famous generals here.

For example, the early hero Dong Zhuo, and the current Fufeng Ma family.

They are all from Fufeng County.

It's just that the Fufeng Ma family is still relatively strong now.

After the rise of Ma Teng, the Ma family also rose with the tide, and for a while they were in the limelight in Fufeng.

After Ma Teng became the governor of Xiliang in the party, he also supported his fellow villagers in Fufeng a lot. Now Ma Teng has the final say on the whole of Xiliang.

Because of this, Liu Bei paid more attention to Ma Teng, thinking about how to dispel Ma Teng's anger.

Liu Bei is very smart, he knows Ma Teng's character, if he doesn't care about it, Ma Teng will really take this matter very seriously.

If Liu Bei took the initiative to make amends, according to Ma Teng's character, even if he had complaints in his heart, he would definitely not turn his face on the spot.

So after pondering for a long time, Liu Bei decided to go to Fufengma's house to plead guilty.

Of course, although he was pleading guilty with thorns, Liu Bei didn't really carry some thorns on his back like in history.Instead, he paid a visit in person to show his sincerity.

Although Ma Teng is the governor of Xiliang, he spends most of his time in Xiliang, but Xiliang and Fufeng are not far away, and he occasionally returns to his home.

After all, most of his family members are still in Fufeng.

Under the leadership of Cheng Yu, Liu Bei came to the gate of Ma's house.

While knocking on the door and waiting, two teenagers came out of the door.

One looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, and the other was a little smaller, about twelve or thirteen years old.

Although the two teenagers are not very old, they are both handsome, burly, and heroic. It seems that they will not be inferior to Ma Teng in the future.

Liu Bei took a closer look and recognized the two men, who were also the sons of Ma Teng.

This is Ma Teng's son, Ma Xiu, and his third son, Ma Tie.

Seeing Ma Teng's two sons, Liu Bei felt a little more at ease.

Although Ma Teng loves Ma Chao, Ma Chao is not Ma Teng's direct son, but Ma Teng's concubine. Ma Teng's favorite sons are Ma Xiu and Ma Tie.

These two people are fine, even if Ma Teng knew that Ma Chao was arrested and fell into the hands of the enemy, he would not be too angry.

"Hey, who are you?"

Ma Xiu was a little older, and after seeing Liu Bei, he immediately asked Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei came this time, he didn't bring too many guards of honor. Although he was dressed luxuriously, Matthew still didn't recognize the person in front of him, which was General Liu Bei.

"Quickly go in and report that Liu Xuande is visiting."

Liu Bei didn't speak, but Cheng Yu, who was standing beside Liu Bei, spoke to Ma Xiu first.

Although Matthew seldom left Fufeng, when he heard Liu Xuande's words, he quickly understood and his expression changed.

Subconsciously, he looked at Liu Bei's body a few times, and after confirming that Liu Bei's identity was similar to what he had heard in his impression, he held back his breath.

"You wait here, third brother, go in and talk to daddy."

Matthew was still a little cautious, he didn't immediately invite Liu Bei and others to enter the mansion, but let them wait here, and let his younger brother go in to report.

Ma Tie quickly hummed and ran home immediately.

Not long after, Ma Teng, who was resting at home, came out of the inner room in a hurry.

As soon as he walked out of the gate, he saw Liu Bei outside Ma's house, with a tense expression, and then he smiled a little.

"Brother Xuande, why are you free to visit my Maoling County?"

The appearance of Liu Bei surprised Ma Teng. After all, Liu Bei is a great general. Recently, Ma Teng heard that Liu Bei was fighting Liu Zheng again. At this moment, the battle should be stalemate, and there should be no time to run around.

Suddenly thinking of this, Ma Teng suddenly realized something, and his heart skipped a beat.

Before Ma Teng could say anything more, Liu Bei's face gradually darkened, and he answered Ma Teng in a serious voice.

"Brother Shoucheng, Xuande is sorry for you!"

When Liu Bei opened his mouth like this, Ma Teng already understood something in his heart, which finally made him look even worse.

"Xuande, you...you can't be..."

"Meng Qi him..."

Liu Bei really didn't know how to speak to Ma Teng about this matter.

When Ma Teng heard Xuande's faltering words, he thought his son Ma Chao had died in battle.

For a moment, his face suddenly changed, and then he looked at Liu Bei, burning with anger.

"What's going on, Xuande, tell me carefully!"

Ma Teng immediately became interested in the matter of his son Ma Chao, but he didn't attack it at this time, but it was due to Liu Bei's status and ignorance of the truth of the matter.

Now, after seeing Ma Teng like this, Liu Bei didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately told him about Ma Chao.

In fact, Liu Bei can't be blamed for Ma Chao's matter. Liu Bei just arranged for Ma Chao to go to the battlefield with Zhao Yun to gain experience and gain some military exploits. For Liu Bei, what he did was not wrong.

What's more, what Ma Chao brought over was the cavalry his father Ma Teng gave him. These people were not weak. Such a team made Ma Chao lose to Liu Zheng. It can only be said that Ma Chao was careless and not Liu Bei's. fault.

So Liu Bei told Ma Teng all the details.

Ma Teng, who was a bit furious at first, finally calmed down at this moment.

Fortunately, the news received now is that Ma Chao and Ma Dai are not dead, they were just arrested by Liu Zheng.

If Ma Teng is not dead, Ma Teng will not be so angry. He is just a prisoner, and he still has a chance to be rescued. At least as long as he can pay the price, Liu Zheng may not return it.

"Brother Shoucheng, it's all my fault that Meng Qi suffered such a catastrophe. I came here today to plead guilty. Please punish me."

"Brother Xuande, Meng Qi's calamity is due to his own lack of martial arts skills, so I can't blame you, alas."

Liu Bei said it was for this sake, even if Ma Teng blamed Liu Bei, how could he really blame Liu Bei in front of Liu Bei.

"I have already sent someone to contact Liu Zheng, hoping to negotiate with Liu Zheng and bring Meng Qi back."

"Well, if Liu Zheng disagrees, then we will fight him again."

"beat?"

Liu Bei shook his head.

"The imperial court is powerless, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight again in a short time."

"Huh? Why?"

Ma Teng frowned and asked suspiciously. ?

Chapter 1000 Two hundred and eight Guishuang Empire

"In the past two years, there have been many wars in the imperial court. The internal and external troubles of the empire have long since lacked enough financial support, let alone money, and even food is not enough to start another big war. What we need is self-cultivation. .”

Because Ma Teng was worried about his son, he advocated continuing to fight abroad.

In particular, he has not really fought against Liu Zheng, and he has never been very clear about Liu Zheng's strength, only staying in rumors.

Naturally, he was not afraid to fight Liu Zheng.

But Liu Bei is different. Liu Bei has been fighting Liu Zheng all these years, and he has lost more than he won.

Now it is such a mess again, relying solely on the strength within the empire, Liu Bei feels that he is not Liu Zheng's opponent at all.

Only by calming down to recuperate and improve the strength of the empire will it be possible to continue fighting Liu Zheng. Otherwise, if the fight continues, it will not be Liu Zheng who will bring down, but the empire's own troops.

Liu Bei said this to Ma Teng.

Ma Teng disagreed.

"Brother Xuande, I almost forgot when you mentioned this. I have something to tell you."

"Ok?"

Ma Teng's sudden opening made Liu Bei stunned for a moment, not understanding what Ma Teng was going to tell him.

But he pricked up his ears, wanting to listen attentively.