Xie Ming

Chapter 516: Stop on the Road, Ma Talks From the Heart

It's the day!

Let's talk about two things
That evening, it was 2:15 pm (5:30 pm).

Xiao Lang led a garrison team, including Chang Ting, Yue Xiu, and Ma Weimin, and rushed towards Changzhou. It took them two hours to run!

I saw the sunset glow, blood red like fire.
"Uu——"

"Shut up!"

"Changting? Changting!"

During the charge, Xiao Lang gradually slowed down, pulled the reins of his horse, tilted his head and called out to Chang Ting.

“Here it is!”

"What's the matter, General? Why are you stopping?!" Chang Ting responded.

"Hu——" Xiao straddled his horse with his sword, shook the horse's head, took the water bag from his waist and took a sip from it.

"We've been running east for more than two hours!"

"Why is there still no trace of that kid Qin Jing?"

"Damn it, tell him to slow down, slow down!"

"When I catch him from behind, I'll kick his ass!" Xiao Lang cursed with a smile, quite dissatisfied.

"Uh, ha ha!"

"That's what the general said!"

"It's time to beat him up!"

"How about this, General, you lead your men to rest here for a while."

"After all, if you don't rest during a long journey, the horses need to rest too!"

"As for me, I'll bring a few good hands and lead a few more horses to take turns chasing them forward!"

"I think it's about the same!"

"Since Qin Jing has received our order, he probably won't be so stupid."

"We can hurry up a bit, but judging by the distance, we are not too far away from him!"

"I'll lead my men to chase them a few steps quickly. Once they catch us, we'll go back and provide support."

"General, what do you think?!"

Chang Ting was Xiao Lang's deputy general. Regardless of other things, he did a very good job in this matter.

With him around, Xiao Jingchuan didn't know how much he had left behind.

"Haha, that's fine."

"I'm fine, alright."

"Look, it's mainly the old horse. I see the man on the horse is about to fall apart!"

"After all, he just got out of jail and was tortured a bit. I'm afraid he can't bear it, so it wouldn't hurt to take a break!"

"No matter how urgent the matter is, it won't be done in a short time."

While Xiao was talking, he pointed his mouth towards Ma Weimin.

At this moment, the old horse fell behind the team and saw that the front row had stopped, so he rode up to catch up, wanting to see what was going on.

"Xiao, Brother Xiao?!"

"What's going on? Why did the team stop?" Ma Weimin shouted and chased closer.

"Ha ha ha ha."

"It's okay!"

"I want to stop and take a rest!"

In the echo, Xiao Jingchuan nodded to the man beside him, indicating that he could go on his own.

After receiving the order, Gu Changting bowed and went to catch up with Ma Weimin. After looking at each other, he did not delay any longer, jumped on his horse again, called out to a few people in the team and went forward again.

"Old Ma!"

"How are you? Are you still holding up?"

"Just now in the wild woods behind, I turned my head to look at you, and you had already picked the horse a little crooked!"

"Let's get off the horse and ask Changting to go ahead and chase him. Our team will rest here."

"Come on! Go on!"

Xiao Wei was joking and speaking lightly. After he finished speaking, he threw the water bag in his hand towards Ma Weimin's chest.

"Hey, hey!"

“Okay!” Ma Weimin caught it in a hurry.

"Ugh"

"People, it's really not okay to be unwilling to grow old!"

"How many hours have we been running? Our old horse's legs are starting to get a little out of control!"

"It's numb! It feels like there are ants crawling around!"

"It's fair to say that he was tortured a little, but it shouldn't be this severe!"

“It’s still good to be young!”

"Looking at you young and strong people, I'm so envious! Huh?!"

Ma Weimin laughed at himself and felt embarrassed. He gritted his teeth, propped up his legs, trembled, and managed to get off the horse. While talking, he walked with Xiao Jingchuan and the others to the side, then sat down on a grass slope, looked up at the sky, and took a deep breath.

"Come here, I have a piece of steamed cake here!"

"We'll each take half!"

"for you!"

Xiao was not restrained and sat down on the ground. While Lao Ma was relaxing beside him, he suddenly remembered the food he brought with him, so he took it out and wanted to share it with Ma Weimin.

But now it seems that Old Ma doesn't look very good, and he seems to have some hidden worries in his heart, which are reflected on his face.

We were in such a hurry that it was hard to find a reason to talk seriously. After holding it in for two hours, it was hard not to tell the truth.
"Ah, haha, thank you very much!"

Seeing that it was Xiao handing him the food, Ma Weimin was not interested in it. He took it reluctantly, but did not start eating immediately. Instead, he continued talking.

"that."

"I'm talking to Brother Xiao!"

"I, Old Ma, am flattering you, the Duke, and calling you my brother. Isn't that a bit shameless? Ah?! Haha." Before Ma spoke the truth, he lowered himself a few inches and pleaded in embarrassment.

"kindness?!"

"Oh! You're not usually so pretentious!"

"Today, what's up? Did you get a brain injury in jail?!"

The words are casual and free, and the teasing adds to the warmth.

Hearing this, Ma Weimin felt somewhat relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

"call--"

"Okay! Brother, you don't treat me as an outsider!"

"Well, if there is, I can persuade you!"

"Brother Xiao!"

"I, Old Ma, am saying something I shouldn't have said!"

"You listened to my advice last time and returned to the court to avoid disaster. This is a great benefit. It's not shameful to be prudent and protect yourself!"

"Now that you have been promoted to the title of Duke, I am very happy to see you!"

"Hehehe"

"But, I told you to go back to Beijing!"

"You really shouldn't have stepped into a wolf's den right after you got out of the tiger's den!"

"You absolutely should not accept this job of recovering embezzled money and stolen grain!"

"The water is too deep here!"

"Don't even mention you. Even if the king of heaven falls into it, he... damn it, he can hardly jump out in one piece!"

"This job is offensive!"

"My silly brother."

"He is no match for being a general in the imperial court."

"If you do things the best you can, there may not be any good results waiting for you!"

"There are too many twists and turns in there!"

"Old Ma also came from the team before!"

"Thinking back to those days, I would always fight to be the first in every battle."

"That kind of work, with your head tucked into your belt, is very dangerous, but fortunately, both life and death are not exposed on the surface."

"You can see and feel the knives and guns flying around!"

"Humph!"

"But he later retired and entered the government."

"Humph!"

"You have been in the court for a long time, you don't know, there are no good people here!"

"You are used to being aggressive, but it won't work here or in the court!"

"Those people are good at using dirty tricks and shooting from behind!"

"I'll stab you in the back!"

"After that, you can't see or smell it in the open!"

"I don't know who you have offended, so just get the hell out of here!"

Old Ma's words were indeed full of heartfelt emotion. He was able to take the initiative to say these things on the road, which probably showed that he was serious about Xiao Lang and treated him as a real brother.

Before he finished speaking, Ma Weimin paused, raised his hand to pick up the water bag and took two gulps.

"Uh"

"Tell me, where were you talking about?!"

"Oh yes!"

"Since the first time I saw you in Jinan, I felt that you were a good person, worth making friends with!"

"I, Old Ma, am not just any kind of person. I won't live my life in vain by being so sincere and open-hearted! Huh?! Hehehe"

(End of this chapter)