As soon as the words were finished, a guard outside came to report: "Report to the lord, General Ma Chao has arrived."

"Please!"

After a while, Ma Chao brought Ma Yun in.

"Father." Ma Chao didn't feel much excitement on his face when he saw Ma Teng.

"Father." Ma Yun-Te also spoke.

"You, you, alas..." Ma Teng finally sighed and was speechless.

Ma Chao actually brought his sister here, which means that Ma Teng's family is here. If Liu Zhe has some bad intentions, Ma Teng and the others can't escape even if they want to.

When Liu Zhe heard Ma Teng's sigh, he laughed in his heart and asked deliberately: "Shoucheng, why do you sigh? Is this wine and food not to your taste?"

"Ah?" Ma Teng said hurriedly: "No, of course not. The wine and food are excellent. You are welcome."

"I sighed because I was detained by Cao Cao and had not seen my children for a long time. I thought I would not have the chance to see them, but now I suddenly saw them, and I felt a little unstable." Ma Teng then explained the reason for his sighing.

"So that's it." Liu Zhe put down the wine bottle, nodded, and said, "Cao Cao is abominable. He dared to deal with Shoucheng like this and thought he was a loyal minister in the court, and was despised by the people."

Ma Chao interrupted, "Hmph, Cao Cao, one day I will kill him with my own hands to avenge my father."

Liu Zhe applauded and said with a smile: "Meng Qi's courage is commendable, and he is a true filial son."

After applauding, Liu Zhe asked him: "But Meng Qi has the strength to deal with Cao Cao? Cao Cao now has at least 200,000 to 300,000 troops, so he is not a person who can easily deal with it."

For some reason, Ma Chao's eyes looked at Liu Zhe a little complicated. He did not look at Liu Zhe's eyes, but turned his gaze to the other side and said, "No matter how many people there are, I'm not afraid."

Liu Zhe said: "It is a good thing to have courage, but you must also see the reality clearly. Cao Cao is strong, and only you and I can join forces can deal with him. What are your considerations for my proposal?"

Liu Zhe said that he would join forces with Ma Chao to deal with Cao Cao. Ma Teng grinned beside him and said in his heart: I can really brag. Who doesn’t know that your strength is already stronger than Cao Cao, and there is no need to join forces. You alone can deal with Cao Cao. Otherwise, how can you easily conquer Yongzhou?

Along the way, Ma Teng saw that only Tongguan had experienced wars, and cities such as Chang'an had not encountered any wars, and was easily seized by Liu Zhe, which shows his strength.

"What proposal?" Ma Teng grinned and asked hurriedly. He was afraid that Ma Chao would sell him to Liu Zhe without any sensibility, and he would sell him at a low price.

Liu Zhe said lightly: "Meng Qi said that as long as you are fine, he will surrender to me."

After hearing this, Ma Teng almost wanted to jump up. Is this really a cheap seller?

Ma Teng did not glar at Liu Zhe, but looked at his son with a sad expression. Ma Teng regretted that he would have known that he would not have handed over the power of military power to his son, so he would have been fine if he hadn't run to Xu Du.

Ma Chao said with a dark face: "Who will surrender to you? I just said that I would consider it, and I didn't say that I would surrender to you."

Liu Zhe asked with a smile: "What are you thinking about now?"

"Hmph!" Ma Chao didn't say anything.

"Taiwei," Ma Teng said, feeling that he would not speak anymore, maybe there was no more. He understood to Liu Zhe: "Meng Qi is still young..."

Ma Teng didn't finish his words, but his meaning was expressed. His meaning was that Ma Chao was still young and could not make the decision. At the same time, Ma Teng breathed a sigh of relief. At least Ma Chao knew how to say things and did not directly surrender to Liu Zhe, and there was a chance to go.

Liu Zhe nodded and said, "Dad is here, so I don't need to consider my son's opinions. Shoucheng, what are you thinking about? If you rely on me, I will treat you with preferential treatment."

"this..."

Ma Teng didn't expect that Liu Zhe would be so direct, and he couldn't speak at once.

Liu Zhe's directness made Ma Teng not know how to respond. According to Ma Teng's idea, he did not want to surrender to Liu Zhe. After all, it would be better to be a local king than to be a local king by himself.

Under the eaves, Ma Teng was still carefully preparing his words, how to shirk Liu Zhe's recruitment, and finally escape from Liu Zhe and return to his own Liangzhou to become a local king.

Before Ma Teng's words were considered, Liu Zhe had already asked directly.

At this moment, Ma Teng answered no, nor did he not answer. His brain suddenly fell off and he didn't know what to say.

"Don't Shoucheng want to?" Liu Zhe saw Ma Teng not speaking for a long time and asked.

"This..." Ma Teng really didn't know what to say.

Liu Zhe said: "I understand too. Since Shoucheng doesn't want to, then give up."

When Ma Teng heard Liu Zhe say this, he felt even more panicked. Although Liu Zhe is so calm and has a kind smile on his face, the more he does this, Ma Teng becomes more panicked.

The higher the person is, the less he cannot believe his appearance and cannot be confused by his appearance. This is the lesson learned by Ma Teng being detained by Cao Cao in Xu Du.

I think how polite Cao Cao was to him when he went to Xudu. His enthusiasm and hospitality almost made Ma Teng mistakenly think that he was Cao Cao's father.

What happened later finally made him see Cao Cao’s true face. It turned out that he was so enthusiastic and so good to him, and had a purpose.
Chapter completed!