Chapter 1200 First meeting with Liu Bei

When Liu Bei came to Chang'an, it was time for Cao Tai to leave with Cao Ang, Li Dian and Le Jin. This time in Chang'an, Cao Tai not only left his own failure, but also left it almost impossible for Cao to provoke the Ma family's painful agreement within three years.

When Liu Bei was waiting for Ma Chao to be summoned, he happened to see Ma Chao send Cao Tai and others out of the palace. Ma Chao's expression was very indifferent and friendly, and even said to Cao Tai, who couldn't wait to leave: "Take your time. The Ma family sincerely expects you to come to Chang'an again..."

But Cao Tai and others couldn't help but feel a trace of panic on their faces. After saying goodbye in a hurry, they left without looking back - for a lifetime, even if they were killed, they must not want to come to Chang'an again.

"Liuushijun!" It can be seen that Ma Chao's interest is really high. After his eyes left Cao Tai, he took the initiative to hold Liu Bei's hand: "As soon as the old man left, the newcomer will come. There will always be distinguished guests in Chang'an City this year!"

He seemed to speak casually, but Ma Chao looked at Liu Bei very seriously: Liu Bei, the future emperor of Shu Han Zhaolie, Liu Xuande, is 34 years old, with a white face and a slight beard. He has a pair of overlong arms, oversized ears, and a pair of slightly confused eyes. This figure, who is as famous as Cao Cao, does not have the sharp eyes of Cao Cao. Most of the time, his eyes are confused, as if sighing, as if he is sad, as if he is pitiful of everything in this tragic world, and seems to pity himself.

Speaking of which, this is the first time that Ma Chao has seen Liu Bei's true face. I remember that when he secretly entered Xuzhou, Liu Bei only hid behind the screen, but did not appear. At that time, Liu Bei's impression in Ma Chao's mind was just a peasant-style cunning hero.

However, when he really saw Liu Bei today, Ma Chao felt that this person who divided the world in history could never be summarized with a few comments from later generations. From Liu Bei's eyes, Ma Chao could see that Liu Bei had a natural charm and deeply hidden perseverance. He seems to be able to make everyone who follows him feel secure. He can easily influence the people around him and make them unconsciously trust him and obey him, although his force and intelligence are not very high.

To this day, he can be said to have been looked down upon by the powerful princes of the big man as a person who has no ability. However, he stepped out of the big mulberry tree in Zhuo County, rose from small officials such as county lieutenants and county magistrates, became the prime minister of a country at the age of 30 and became a heavyweight who was famous enough to affect the Central Plains war situation. Nowadays, everyone knows that Ma Chao is like an eagle and a tiger, but at the same time, he also knows that in the corner of the world, there is also a big Han uncle with the ambition of benevolence. Even if this uncle is more than ten thousand soldiers now, he is still under the shelter of others.

"General Qiqi welcomed him in person and was very favored." Liu Bei bowed deeply, but then gave up a coffin with a sad face, and two tears spilled in his eyes: "General, the later general Yuan Yangzhou, has, already..."

Ma Chao's eyes were not too much on Yuan Shu's coffin. The first thing he stared at was Ji Ling and Zhang Xun, the two generals under Yuan Shu, but then he saw Yuan Shu's old ministers standing behind Liu Bei respectfully and did not salute him. Instead, he took the initiative to let Liu Bei explain the matter, and his eyes flashed, and then he understood what had happened.

So, Ma Chao was speechless and did not welcome Liu Bei in, so he stared at Liu Bei calmly. Liu Bei looked up and calmly accepted Ma Chao's gaze.

Liu Bei's reliance is actually very simple. Although Ma Chao took the initiative to extend an olive branch to him, Ma Chao did not take the initiative to promise any benefits until this time. Liu Bei accepted Yuan Shu's posthumous minister halfway, but he just advanced the interest for Ma Chao in advance.

Such an act made Ma Chao more disgusted and vigilant in his evaluation of Liu Bei. But at the same time, there is also a little more appreciation and fun.

It seems that this uncle is really depressed now, and even Yuan Shu has to try his best to get the legacy of such a broken family. However, since you Liu Bei will take the initiative to reach out, Ma Chao is not going to beat around Liu Bei anymore. So, the next moment, he smiled at Liu Bei.

And Liu Bei returned with a smile. In this smile, the two have reached a silent understanding - at this time, Ma Chao seems to have a complete understanding of Liu Bei. At the same time, he also felt that he and Liu Bei really had a tacit understanding at first sight.

"Uncle Liu, come in quickly." Ma Chao changed his name and helped Liu Bei in with his own hands. As for Yuan Shu's coffin, Ma Chao did not mention any words about the aftermath. On the one hand, that is already something Liu Bei has to worry about; on the other hand, there is no need for princes like Ma Chao to mourn on the body of an old master of a dead force in troubled times?

"General Qiqi, please." Liu Bei was stunned for a moment and seemed to understand the reason why Ma Chao deliberately changed his name, but he was still humble and respectful.

Ma Chao's guidance was not the Cheng'an Hall, which specially entertained foreign guests, but directly walked into the Shangshutai with Liu Bei. At the gates of the pavilion, some generals and followers behind Liu Bei have been stopped layer by layer. When he finally arrived at the gate of Shangshutai, there were still two people behind Liu Bei. And there is no need to mention the identity of those two.

"Uncle Liu, there is no one in the Shangshutai." Ma Chao stopped and looked back at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. The meaning was self-evident.

Liu Bei was slightly stunned. He really didn't expect that Ma Chao directly led him to the core of the Ma family. Almost in the next moment of consciousness, Liu Bei understood what Ma Chao meant. Looking at Ma Chao's eyes, there was a slight indescribable surprise. After all, no matter how fast Liu Bei grows, he is still worried about Ma Chao's absolutely calm demeanor.

"What do you mean by martial arts?" Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei hesitating and now opened his mouth. His dull voice rumbled across Ma Chao's ears like thunder: "Do you mean that we two brothers don't deserve to enter your bird desk?"

Ma Chao scratched his ears and, as he said, there was no need to answer Zhang Fei's provocation. However, thinking that there was still a relationship between the two in history, Ma Chao couldn't help saying, "Lord Zhang, I don't know what your rank is now?"

Zhang Fei's dark old face suddenly turned red, and his tall body seemed to curl up slightly. To be honest, he is better than Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who came from a big butcher. Therefore, although he did not admit it, he was much deeper than Liu Bei and Guan Yu. This is also the root of the difference between Zhang Fei's 'light soldier and great husband' while Guan Yu's floating murderer is 'not arrogant'.

The origin printed into the bone marrow has been absolutely imprinted since birth. Even in the era when future generations shouted 'the world is equal', everyone's origin is born with inequality. What's more, this was still a feudal era of natural hierarchical differentiation 1,800 years ago.

"I'm a begging general with a salary of 800 stones!" Zhang Fei's tone is still shocking, but Ma Chao can't help covering his ears: the more guilty he is, the higher his voice, which has indeed been well verified in Zhang Fei.

"Can there be a court seal?" Ma Chao's tone is very small, just so that the three people can hear it clearly. However, this can be called a 'fine' sound that made Zhang Fei's figure a little more tense.

His official position was completely promised by Liu Bei when he became a herdsman of Yuzhou. Compared with the gold content of the heavy generals designated by the imperial court like Ma Chao, it is not a weight level at all. What's more, Ma Chao deliberately added another sentence at this time: "Even if the court admits it, this Shangshutai has always been that only important officials with a rank of 2,000 stones can enter..."

"You husband!" Zhang Fei was furious, and his thick five fingers covered Ma Chao's head like a strange branch of ancient vines!

"Three brothers can't be presumptuous!" Liu Bei was immediately shocked. He couldn't figure out why Ma Chao deliberately wanted to anger Zhang Fei. But he deeply knew that once Zhang Fei and Ma Chao took action, all his previous plans would be wasted. Even whether you can leave Chang'an alive is a big problem!

Ma Chao stood so quietly that he didn't even have the desire to take action. Because at this time, he already felt a surging murderous atmosphere behind his right, and only one person could have that arrogant martial arts atmosphere. And that person will never take action on himself!

Sure enough, the next moment, Guan Yu's right fist hit Zhang Fei's huge palm fiercely, and Zhang Fei, who was unprepared, retreated slightly. Without Zhang Fei's surprise, Guan Yu silently walked slowly and heavily to the side of the Shangshutai and stood in front of the Ma family's bodyguard. It seemed that he was going to guard the door for Liu Bei.

Seeing this, Zhang Fei didn't say a word, and then walked to the left door fiercely. The majestic body had a heavy meal, which made the four guards of the Ma family look awe-insist.

"Uncle Liu, please come in..." It seemed that he didn't care about this episode at all. Ma Chao greeted Liu Bei with a smile again. Liu Bei sued several times and insisted that Ma Chao took the lead in walking into the Shangshutai before he glanced at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with apologetically and raised his legs to enter.

It was only after the two figures finally disappeared that Guan Yu's slightly squinting eyes slowly opened. Looking at Shangshutai, an amazing lightning flash broke out...