Chapter 17 Killing
That night, You Chu followed the agreement and came to Ma Di's camp. Ma Di had already prepared a table of wine and food waiting for him.
"Ma Canjun, thank you for being willing to entertain me as a little person." You Chu said with great joy when he saw Ma Su's preparations.
"It doesn't matter, I will never treat everyone at the banquet badly, let alone Prefect You." Ma Su nodded and said with a smile.
"There is wine and meat. I have eaten and drank enough to go on the road. I will treat you as a farewell party."
"You don't need to be so outspoken to join the army. If you can just call me Zhongyun, you can." You Chu saluted again and again, trying to make sure the etiquette was perfect.
From the perspective of this era, You Chu is indeed pretty good. He treats every official with very meticulous etiquette, and no official can find fault with his style.
"Prefect You, what you have done in Longxi these years has been witnessed by everyone. I propose a toast to you." Ma Su nodded, picked up the wine glass and said to You Chu.
"I don't dare to take it seriously. You's ability is far inferior to joining the army. Joining the army is someone who can defeat Cao Wei's famous general Zhang He in the street pavilion and plan to annihilate the Wei army." You Chu quickly raised his glass and complimented Ma Su.
"I'm just lucky. Compared with local governors like You, I'm not even close." Ma Su shook his head and continued to raise his glass.
Ma Su raised his glass to toast him, and You Chu had no choice but to raise his glass to accompany him. The two of them had gone back and forth without even taking a bite of the meal, and had already drank most of the wine.
After downing several glasses of wine, Ma Su's expression remained normal, but You Chu was already a bit drunk.
"Joining the army, You Mou is too drunk and has..."
"We just started drinking when we got here." Ma Di interrupted You Chu directly, shook his head and smiled.
"Originally, it is a happy event for our Han Dynasty to regain Longyou, and it is also a farewell party for the Governor You. Naturally, we will not stop getting drunk!"
The leader spoke, and You Chu could only continue to drink with Ma Di with difficulty.
The two of them drank until late at night. When Ma Su felt that he could hardly hold it in any longer, You Chu had already drank so much that his tongue was full.
"Join the army. Let's get here tonight. You have to go on your way tomorrow morning." Even though You Chu was alone and drunk, he still did not forget to salute.
"That's right. The time has come. Are you satisfied with this meal?" Ma Di nodded slightly after hearing this and asked in a calm tone.
"You're full!" You Chu replied quickly. "You are very lucky to have joined the army and received rich hospitality."
"Okay, now that you've eaten and drank enough, it's time to hit the road." Ma Di confirmed again and again that You Chu was extremely drunk, then nodded slightly, reached out and took out a sharp blade from behind his back.
"Have a good journey, Prefect You."
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Just after dawn the next day, Zhuge Liang was woken up by the people below, and then he heard news that made him confused.
"Ma Di killed You Chu?" Zhuge Liang's usually calm face showed shock.
You Chu was a surrendered minister who had just taken the initiative to surrender. He had been regarded as a famous official of the Han Dynasty since Zhuge Liang accepted his surrender. As a result, less than a day after he accepted You Chu's surrender, you, Ma Su, killed him?
What hatred and resentment makes you so crazy?
"That's right, Joining the Army is holding You Chu's head outside the tent to receive the verdict." Zhuge Liang's soldiers smiled bitterly and handed over their hands to report.
"This kid... will really cause trouble for me!" Zhuge Liang's face turned slightly dark and he stood up with a flick of his sleeves.
"I'll go out and take a look."
Zhuge Liang came outside the military tent and saw Ma Di standing outside the military tent at a glance. There was a bloody head at his feet, it was You Chu who he had just sent away yesterday.
"Ma Su, what have you done! You killed a surrendered minister without permission. Who gave you this power!" Zhuge Liang said coldly and angrily, his face dark.
"It's someone who made a bad decision. Please be punished by the Prime Minister." Ma Di lowered his head expressionlessly and answered without any hesitation.
"You still know that you are the one who makes the decision! You are so courageous!!" Zhuge Liang looked angry, pointed at Ma Su with his feather fan and angrily yelled.
"In Jieting, you went up the mountain without authorization and almost harmed the Northern Expedition. Now you have killed the surrendered minister without authorization! Let me ask you, do you still regard me as the prime minister in your eyes?"
Zhuge Liang spent more than ten years governing the Shu Han Dynasty into a regime that governed the country according to law, and no nobles at all levels dared to cross the line. But Ma Su actually dared to kill someone without authorization at this juncture, and he killed an official who had surrendered.
"This is all Su's fault, and I am willing to take the blame." Ma Su still lowered his head and replied in a deep voice.
"Accept the crime? Do you know what it is to kill a court official without permission!" Zhuge Liang was so angry that he stared at Ma Su and said coldly.
"It's just a dead ear. I plead guilty." Ma Su replied.
"Okay, okay, take the blame, right?" Zhuge Liang laughed angrily and pointed at Ma Su.
"Come here, take him down and imprison him. I will deal with you after I have appeased the people of Longyou!"
"only!"
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Ma Di was easily taken to the dungeon in Xi County.
Although he was a guilty person, he was still a celebrity, and the soldiers were very polite to him. He was escorted to the dungeon before leaving honestly.
"If I had known that I could get in just by killing a bastard, why would I have done so much work? I could just find a few scum and click away." Ma Di felt extremely at ease and comfortable sitting in this place called death row.
It feels like coming home.
"Boy, how did you get in?"
At this time, Ma Su heard a decadent voice from a corner.
Ma Su turned around and saw a middle-aged man sitting dejectedly in the corner. Seeing Ma Su looking over, he continued to ask.
"To be imprisoned here by the Shu people, you should be an official in Longyou? Why were you arrested?"
"Are you...Zhang He?" Ma Di repeatedly identified the middle-aged man, and then said uncertainly for a long time.
Although it was dark at the street pavilion and it was difficult to see clearly, Ma Su still recognized that the person in front of him was Zhang He.
But that shouldn't be the case. Shouldn't generals like Zhang He be put under house arrest to persuade them to surrender? How could they be put on death row?
"It seems that you recognize me. I should be an official with more than two thousand dan. Why don't I remember it?" Zhang He raised his eyebrows, a little surprised that the young man opposite could recognize him at a glance.
But think about it, as a general who has been leading troops in Longyou in the northwest all year round, it is not surprising that local officials know him.
"Ahem... Of course I recognize you." Ma Su grinned, found another corner to sit down, and said carelessly.
"If I had known you were such a loser, I wouldn't have bothered to go to the street pavilion."
As soon as Ma Su finished speaking, the entire prison fell into terrifying silence. Zhang He's expression was instantly distorted, with shock, anger, ferociousness, and doubt all intertwined together.
Ma Su seemed to see a fan chart from his eyes...
"You are Ma Su!" Finally, Zhang He stood up, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.