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Chapter 116 [The secret that Gongsun and his son cannot tell]

(Thank you, Dameng! Thank you for yourselves in 2014)

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The death of the secret witch is a major event in any tribe, but Su Puyan did not dare to pursue this matter, nor did he even dare to make a statement. When all the tribes thought it was killed by the ravine, only Su Puyan knew in his heart that this arrow was definitely premeditated, and it was simply a rush to the secret witch, and it was definitely not a ravine that was damn.

Su Puyan even understood that his conspiracy had been discovered, and Ma Han's arrow was to use open killing to defeat his plot.

How did Ma Han know that he used witchcraft? How did he accurately find out where he is? Su Puyan guessed it roughly by asking his daughter and the guards who monitored him. If this could barely be accepted, what really scared him was that the blind shot of 250 steps was really terrible. It seems that the legendary man had severely damaged Ke Bi Neng at a very long distance of 400 steps. Fortunately, the arrow was not aimed at him...

Datou's left leg was seriously injured, with a lot of blood and bones. He is currently receiving treatment from a witch doctor, but fortunately he has no worries about his life.

Su Puyan was very angry at his son's heavy blow, but he had to express his gratitude to Ma Han in a frustration - his eyes were not blind, of course he could see that the arrow was already showing mercy. Even Wu Zhu, who was 250 steps away, was killed by a single arrow, not to mention that the distance was less than fifty steps away!

It was in this heartfelt, unwilling but helpless mood that Su Puyan forced himself to smile and honestly sent Ma Han, Zhou Cang and several wolf-fanged flying cavalry out of the ministry. Outside the ministry account was a long list of chariots and horses and servants.

He ran from afar and was Shi Yan. The young man said with excitement and joy, and said loudly: "Ma Duwei, all his followers, all his chariots and horses are in full, and half of the dowry and vehicles are returned. The Wuwan people are still trustworthy."

Ma Han nodded. In fact, it was not that the Wuwan people were trustworthy, but that the Wuwan people did not dare to break this custom that had been passed down for thousands of years. Sometimes, if you break a certain rule, you can only gain temporary benefits, but it will destroy the foundation of the world. Su Puyan can still be clear about which one is more important.

Ma Han clasped his fists at Su Puyan: "King Qiao, there will be a date later."

Su Puyan also replied: "There will be a date later." However, when he said the word "yes", he was vague and if he was not careful, he would listen to the word "no".

Ma Han would not pay attention to these trivial matters, shaking his reins and galloping, and shouting to Zhou Cang in the wind: "I asked to leave immediately, which will ruin your good things and make you unable to become a guest of the curtain. Wouldn't you be unhappy?"

Zhou Cang laughed and said, "To be honest, there is a little bit. However, Lao Zhou is not ungrateful. The Wuwan people are just a wolf den. No one knows whether they will turn against each other. Although Lao Zhou is not a gentleman, he will not stand under a dangerous wall."

Ma Han said in surprise: "It's not bad, aren't you illiterate? You actually know that 'A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall'?"

Zhou Cang laughed: "I often listen to the long discussion between Sima and Bai Lang. The sentence I learned from it made Cheng Shou laugh at."

"Yes, you can learn a guy named Lu Meng, it's not too late to recognize words now."

"Lu Meng? Who?"

"I am from Jiangdong. You may have the chance to meet you in the future..."

Under the dusk sky and on the boundless field, three groups of people finally formed a torrent. People and horses leaped, and joy was infinite.

...

The grassland under the night is deep and distant. Under the faint moonlight, tents and clusters of bonfires are reflected on their cheerful faces. Zhen’s servants of the bride-sending team need to use a singing and dancing to exude their feelings after the disaster. However, the Wolf-Tooth Flying Cavalry did not dare to be careless at all, and all scattered out, and the cordon was released twenty miles. After all, there is less than fifty miles away from the King of Kuang here. Once Su Puyan repents, he can send a large number of cavalry to act as a horse thief, killing people and snatching money without worrying about his reputation.

Ma Han is now betting against Su Puyan, and the other party dares not bet on Ke Bi Neng second.

After accepting the thanks from the Zhen clan, Ma Han came to a tent, guarding four armored sword guards wearing taverns. This guard was different from the soldiers in the Central Plains, the soldiers of Liaodong salutes. When the soldiers saw Ma Han, they saluted respectfully. The tent they guarded was living in the bride-welcome who represented the Liaodong prefect. This bride-welcome was also Ma Han's old acquaintance, the Liaodong prefect's mansion, Zheng Gao.

Zheng Gao was lying on the ground covered with thick felt, covered with blankets, bandages wrapped in his right chest, and coughing from time to time. When Datou led the Wuwan cavalry to rob the bride team, Zheng Gao was responsible for stopping it, but was shot and fell off the horse. Half of the Liaodong entourage who went on a mission to welcome the bride with him were killed, leaving only four soldiers, all of whom were captured. Without the horse, they would be shameless to go back.

"Since last year, I have met Ma Jun several times, and I have been the most embarrassing this time, and I am ashamed!" Zheng Gao bowed to Ma Han with shame.

Ma Han approached and sat cross-legged: "How do you feel?"

"If the arrow is not deeply involved, it should be fine."

"That's good." After Ma Han comforted him a little, he stopped talking.

Zheng Gaoqi said: "Ma Jun has always been generous, why do you say that?"

Ma Han coughed lightly and said frankly: "It's about Zhen's affairs. Logically speaking, I have no right to ask about it. It's just that I have an old relationship with Zhen Yu Zhongkun, the head of the Zhen family. This is also an important reason for my help this time, not entirely because of Gongsun Prefect."

Zheng Gao was relieved just now, and he also heard about Ma Han's robbery. He went to the camp alone, which was not only a matter of courage, but more importantly, he had to have the motivation to do so. With Zheng Gao's understanding of Ma Han, he was not enough to take this risk for the sake of the prefect.

"Does Ma Jun want to ask if the Zhen woman was stolen and will this marriage be affected?" Zheng Gao is worthy of being a household guard and is good at discovering problems.

Ma Han nodded and talked to smart people, it was easy to save trouble.

"No!" Zheng Gao said decisively, "Liaodong needs food, and there are 200,000 hu of grain in Zhen's dowry, which will be shipped next month. This batch of grain is enough to support Liaodong to survive the most difficult year..."

Zheng Gao's words revealed a secret that is not a secret: since the beginning of this year, Liaodong has launched a large-scale sweeping of aristocratic families.

Gongsun Du's swept-up of the Liaodong family was the largest and most thorough local warlords during the Three Kingdoms period. More than 100 families, including Li Min, the former prefect of Henoi who took refuge in Liaodong, Liu Zheng, the former prefect of Youbeiping, and Tian Shao, the wealthy family in the county, were devastatingly attacked. Liu Zheng crossed the sea to escape, Li Min took refuge in the island, Tian Shao's entire clan was executed, and the remaining families were almost uprooted. In the whole of Liaodong, only a few families closely related to the Gongsun family still existed.

Liaodong also became the local force with the weakest power in the Three Kingdoms era and the strongest control of the princes. Only in this way can the Gongsun family in Liaodong stand for half a century in the chaotic times of the Three Kingdoms without betrayal of the ministers and generals rebelled against these princes in various places.

The main reason why Gongsun Du dared to make such a big noise was that Liaodong was far away from the Central Plains, the aristocratic families were not powerful, and there was never any influential figure in the court. Destroying these small aristocratic families would not rebound much. Of course, in the long run, eliminating the aristocratic families would indeed allow the Gongsun family to rule in Liaodong for a long time, but such a major operation would inevitably lead to the pain, and lack of food was one of them.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the food, grass, soldiers, money and goods of warlords in various places were mostly controlled by local aristocratic families. The princes were just spokespersons of the aristocratic families. This situation also existed in Liaodong, but Gongsun Du was relatively strong, while the Liaodong aristocratic families were also weak, unable to control and were backfired.

Although Gongsun Du confiscated more than a hundred aristocratic families, the money and grain of these aristocratic families had long been scattered everywhere, and it would be difficult to complete them in the short term. This required a batch of grain that could solve the urgent problem, and Zhen's 200,000 hu of grain was just in time. Just to rush this batch of grain, even if Zhen sent a widow, the Gongsun family would not say "no".

Ma Han learned from Zheng Gao's vague information, learned from others, and learned from other things, plus the original historical knowledge about the Three Kingdoms, and roughly inferred it to the same extent. After thinking about the joints in this, Ma Han sighed and finally felt relieved... But why did he feel a sense of loss?

"It seems that the marriage will not be affected, but... the Zhen girl may still be able to escape the blame." Ma Han sighed lightly, and then said to Zheng Gao in a joke, "I rescued her in the name of robbing her kinship. The second son of the Gongsun family will not cause trouble for me, right?"

Zheng Gao shook his head: "No."

Ma Han frowned and said, "Can you be sure of Zheng's work? If this second young master is jealous, it will cause a sudden rift between me and Gongsun Envoy. Isn't this a typical thankless person? Are you not a human inside and outside?"

Zheng Gao hesitated for a moment, nodded again, and his voice was sonorous: "No!"

Ma Han stared at Zheng Gao in surprise: "Zheng is very familiar with the second young master?"

Zheng Gao smiled bitterly and said, "I know what Ma Jun wants to ask. Originally, this matter is related to the secret of the second young master. I should not say it, but if I don't say it, Ma Jun's uneasiness will also affect the uneasiness of Bailang City. Over time, Ma Jun and the prefect will have a gap... This is because a small gap causes great trouble, so..."

"Okay, okay, just say it." Ma Han listened impatiently to his winding circles.

Zheng Gao gritted his teeth and finally told a secret about Gongsun Gong: "My inner brother is a famous doctor in Xiangping City. He once said that the second prince's penis was congenital atrophy and could not go to the room. Although he hired famous doctors everywhere, he could not treat it. This is a 'Heavenly eunuch' disease..."

Ma Han was shocked. It was indeed a shocking secret. It was the top three countries page headline!

Ma Han immediately asked: "Does Gongsun Jun know about this?"

"These famous doctors were invited by the prefect himself..."

Ma Han was stunned for a while and finally understood two things: one was why Gongsun Du asked for marriage to the Zhen family in Zhongshan thousands of miles away. In addition to wanting to live in a family, more importantly, even if the Zhen girl discovered her marriage, she would not be able to ask for her parents’ family in thousands of miles away, and this scandal would not spread in Liaodong. The other thing was one of the historical mystery of the Gongsun family in Liaodong.

Historically, after Gongsun Du's death, the eldest son of Liaodong was his concubine, Gongsun Kang. After Gongsun Kang's death, Gongsun Gong was replaced by Gongsun Gong. However, Gongsun Gong was not the king of Liaodong for a few years, but he was ousted by his nephew Gongsun Yuan (the second son of Gongsun Kang) and replaced him.

In the Three Kingdoms era, a nephew was able to oust his uncle and get unanimous support from all subordinates of his forces. Is it the only example that Gongsun Gong was brutal in his administration? Unpopular? Of course not. Gongsun Gong was quite kind and had a gentle governance. Why was he unable to beat a big nephew with his relatives?

The reason is very simple. He has no descendants! No retainer will support a lord who has no descendants. I think it is true that Gongsun Gong will take over the position after a hundred years. Of course, it is Gongsun Yuan! Since that is the case, why not just support Gongsun Yuan directly? It won’t be hated by him in the future. This is a choice that fools know.

It turns out that Gongsun Gong did not have any problems with his function, but was a congenital eunuch and a natural eunuch!

This marriage is full of deception and has nothing but interests.

Zheng Gao repeatedly reminded Ma Han to keep the secret - but this Zheng was absolutely unexpected that Ma Jun and the Zhen girl had known each other for a long time, but also had a lot of **. The secret he exposed was simply to open up the shackles for two hearts that were ready to move.
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