Deng Zhan stopped asking, and the one who brought the person over replied: "It's me."

Listening to the sound, it was Ma Teng who came.

Not only could he hear Ma Teng's voice, Cao Shu also heard a whimpering sound from behind him that was covered with his mouth.

Turning back, Cao Shu looked at Ma Teng and others.

Ma Teng bowed and saluted: "I have met the young master."

Behind him, two soldiers twisted a tied man.

The squeaking sound came from that person's mouth.

Although it was already night and they were close to each other, Cao Shuo and Tian Feng still saw the person tied up clearly.

"General Ma, what's going on?" Cao Shuo asked Ma Teng with a look of surprise.

"Report to the young master." Ma Teng replied: "Meng Qi has betrayed twice, and now he has returned to him, and he is still asking for conditions with the young master. As a father, I cannot cover him up. I have captured him, so I ask the young master to give him a break."

"Meng Qi was captured by General Ma?" Cao Shu's expression even more surprised.

Before Ma Teng came to see him, he had already thought that Ma Chao would be tied up. But he didn't expect it to be so soon.

But in front of Ma Teng and his son, he still had to pretend to be completely unaware of it.

Cao Shu was confused, and Ma Teng replied: "Young Master can't spare him easily this time. Whether to kill or cut him, please make a decision."

"Why don't you loosen your ties for Meng Qi?" Cao Shu sighed and said, "It's all my own people, why are you making such a mess?"

"Please don't loosen his ties for him." Cao Shu was about to loosen his ties for Ma Chao himself, but Ma Teng stopped him: "This son is very guilty. If the young master spares him easily, I am afraid that there will be many imitations in the future."

As his father, he actually asked Cao Shu to punish him. He was tied up like a rice dumpling and still had a bunch of linen in his mouth, struggling to break free from the hands of the two soldiers.

Cao Shu, who was about to loosen his ties for Ma Chao, had to stop after Ma Teng said this.

Her eyes were full of desire to look at Cao Shu.

At this time, Ma Chao should no longer think about keeping Xiliang in his hands.

As long as Cao Shuo is willing to loosen his ties, he will be grateful.

However, Cao Shu did not insist on relaxing the ties anymore. Instead, he said to Ma Teng with a dilemma: "General Ma, Meng Qi did nothing wrong..."

"How many men died in battle during the two rebellions?" Ma Teng said in annoyance: "When I left Xiliang, I handed over the army to him. I didn't expect that he would choose to oppose Liu Xuande and his son in one go."

"General Ma means..." Cao Shu asked in embarrassment.

Ma Teng frowned and said to Cao Shu: "Young Master, it's all right, but Meng Qi still refuses to fully follow the young master this time, and he will definitely become a big trouble in the future. My son has made a mistake, so as a father, of course he has to bear it."

"Actually, I have been thinking about whom Xiliang is given to." Cao Shuo said: "The Ma family has been in charge of Xiliang for many years and has fought with the Qiang people every year, which is also very hard. I thought about asking Your Majesty to allow him to transfer the Ma family to Yecheng."

Cao Shu said he wanted to send them to Yecheng. Not to mention that Ma Chao's eyes widened, even Ma Teng was shocked.

"Young Master wants to send us to Yecheng?" Ma Teng asked in surprise.

"Yecheng is much closer to this place than Shouchun," Cao Shu said: "General Ma and Meng Qi have made great contributions in this battle. Although the merits and sins cannot be compared, I can guarantee that you can go to Shouchun with me."

"Young Master is working hard." Ma Teng bowed and replied, "I will feel relieved if I can follow you back to Shouchun."

Looking at Lu Bu who was struggling endlessly, Cao Shuo frowned slightly.

After hesitating for a while, he said to Ma Teng: "Please ask General Ma to take care of him, but don't let him do anything out of order."

"Don't worry, young master, I will never let him out of sight." Ma Teng replied: "Even if he eats, drinks, defecates, I will watch from the side."

Walking in front of Ma Chao, Cao Shuo stared into his eyes and sighed.

Seeing him coming, Ma Chao thought he would loosen his ties, but he didn't expect that what he waited for was just a sigh.

Looking at Cao Shu in surprise, before Ma Chao could come back to his senses, Cao Shu waved his hand.

Ma Teng ordered the soldiers: "Take him down for me!"

The two soldiers turned around and left, and Ma Teng bowed to Cao Shuo and followed them.

Watching them go away, Tian Feng said: "I really didn't expect Ma Teng to do this."

"What you want to say is that you didn't expect Ma Teng to destroy his relatives for justice?" Cao Shu asked with a smile.

"That's right." Tian Feng replied: "As far as I know, the Ma family's father has always had a good relationship. When Ma Teng was in Xiliang, he relied heavily on Ma Chao. He favored this son more than the other two."

"No matter how partial you prefer, it's just the past." Cao Shu said: "Ma Mengqi almost killed him and Ma Tie and Ma Xiu. How could he not have grudges against this son? Whether it is father and son or brother, even though they know that they want to give up each other, it will not be so easy to try to save them from now on."

Tian Feng nodded.

He suddenly thought of the Yuan family back then.

He once served under Yuan Shao's account, and Tian Feng was also one of the best aides in Hebei.

Just because he was upright and dared to contradict Yuan Shao in person, he angered Yuan Shao and imprisoned him before Guandu broke out.

Thinking of those past events, Tian Feng couldn't help but feel sad.

Cao Shu gently patted his shoulder: "It's not too early, so we shouldn't stand here for too long. Let's take a rest first."

Tian Feng responded and accompanied Cao Shu back to the military camp.

Walking towards Cao Shuo's camp, Tian Feng asked, "What will the young master plan to do tomorrow morning?"

"The army wants to open Tongguan." Cao Shu said quietly without thinking: "What Yuan Hao said before was that most of the soldiers here are loyal to Ma Chao. Although General Ma captured him, he still had bold attempts to rescue him secretly. If Ma Mengqi escaped, it would not be easy to arrest him in the future."

"Since the young master knows that he will escape, why is he reluctant to kill him?" Tian Feng frowned and asked Cao Shu in confusion: "What's the use of such a person, the young master keeping him?"

"Ma Mengqi is the bravest of the three armies. He rebelled twice only because he couldn't tell whether what Liu Bei sent was a good or wanted to push him into the fire pit." Cao Shu said: "People like him are originally upright. Now that we are coming to Xiliang and want to take over the army and the people here. If the same thing is put on our heads, won't we look forward to turning around like him?"

It was beyond Tian Feng's expectation that Cao Shu was able to understand Ma Chao.
Chapter completed!