Chapter 349 Bloody Dusk

The light from the lantern made the Ma family mansion as bright as day. Read

Ma Chong drank the glass of wine in his hand and said slowly: "My arrangement is not to welcome Ma Han back!"

"What!" The people sitting cross-legged at the low table were shocked.

Ma Chong had long expected these elders to have such a reaction.

Ma Jin looked at the elders, said nothing, just lowered his head to drink.

Raising his hand to signal the elders to stay calm, he continued: "The ancestral precepts of the Ma family, no child in the family shall harm the interests of the Ma family, otherwise the whole family will punish him."

With a sneer, he continued: "But since Ma Han is alive, not only did he not return to the Ma family, but he colluded with King Yan. What is the difference between this and treason?"

"Well said." Ma Jin shouted at this time.

Holding the wine glass, he stood up, "This King of Yan is a prince, representing the royal family, and has always been incompatible with our powerful families. Ma Han surrendered to King of Yan. If this is not treason, then what is it?"

After a pause, he said, "Comparatively speaking, after Ma Chong succeeded to the position of the head of the family, he basically cut off contact with King of Yan, which is in line with the interests of my Ma family."

"This..."

The elders of the family immediately whispered, some nodded, and some shook their heads.

Ma Yue narrowed his eyes slightly. He always remembered the ancestral precepts of the Ma family and never violated them for a moment.

But the words of Ma Chong and Ma Jin seemed to make sense, but in fact they were extremely absurd.

He stood up and said solemnly: "It's nonsense. Although the King of Yan is a royal family, the powerful families are trying to get him to buy artillery. Putting aside prejudices for the sake of interests is truly for the Ma family, not blindly making enemies based on personal preferences and disregarding the interests of the Ma family. Do you know that Xiliang and Beidi are about to form an alliance at the foot of Yinshan Mountain? Let me ask, if the Ma family has no artillery, how likely is it to defend Xiaoguan?"

"What? Xiliang and Beidi will form an alliance!"

"This is bad. Xiliang is like this, what about Beidi?"

"It is said that the Han family and the Liang family have already purchased artillery from the King of Yan, but our Ma family has not made any move. This is really wrong."

"..."

This news immediately made the elders explode.

If Beidi and Xiliang break Xiaoguan, the Ma family will no longer exist.

Ma Chong and Ma Jin's faces changed.

Ma Jin said to Ma Yue: "You are exaggerating. How come I didn't know about this?"

"If you don't know, then someone else will know." Ma Yue snorted, "When my brother was still alive, we decided to live in harmony with the King of Yan and jointly resist foreign enemies. This is the interest of the Ma family."

Ma Jin's face changed several times when he heard this. Seeing that the other elders all agreed with Ma Yue's words, he looked at Ma Chong and his face suddenly twisted.

"Today, I said that if Ma Han is not welcomed back, then Ma Han cannot be welcomed back. From now on, only Ma Chong and I have the final say in the Ma family. You don't need to talk nonsense." Ma Jin was furious, and then he smashed the wine glass to pieces.

At this time, the soldiers hiding in the surrounding rooms heard the sound of the wine glass breaking and rushed out.

They drew their swords and swarmed out, surrounding the elders.

Seeing the shining swords, Ma Yue's face suddenly turned pale.

The other elders were also frightened and panicked.

"Ma Jin, what do you want to do? You are a traitor."

An elder with a violent temper stood up and pointed at Ma Jin.

Ma Jin looked cold and gave the general a look.

The general immediately stepped forward and pierced the elder with his long sword.

When the other elders saw that someone was killed, several of them collapsed on their chairs.

The Ma family was going to be in chaos.

Ma Yue's heart was as heavy as water. He now regretted not listening to the rules and regulations.

I didn't expect Ma Jin and Ma Chong to be so crazy.

This is simply destroying the foundation of the Ma family.

"Catch Ma Yue for me." After shocking the other elders, Ma Jin looked at Ma Yue.

In the Ma family, apart from him, only Ma Yue could stand up to him.

Now, he naturally couldn't let Ma Yue live.

"Ma Jin, you will not die well." Ma Yue said word by word.

Despite the precautions, the guards who came with him all had short swords hidden on their bodies.

But there were many Ma Jin soldiers in the yard, and he thought that he probably couldn't escape.

But he knew that he would die, and he was not a person who would wait for death.

He lifted the hem of his long gown, drew a short sword from the scabbard wrapped around his leg, and pointed it at Ma Jin.

Seeing this, Ma Jin just smiled disdainfully and nodded to the general.

At this time, the soldiers rushed to the elders at the banquet, and the swords flew, and the elders of the Ma family screamed and fell in a pool of blood.

The soldiers also rushed to Ma Yue.

The guards who came with Ma Yue drew their short swords at the same time, protected Ma Yue behind them, and fought with Ma Jin's soldiers.

But although they were all very skilled, they still couldn't stand up to the large number of Ma Jin's soldiers. When they went out of the gate, people were constantly killed.

After moving less than 30 meters, only three of the twelve guards were left.

At this time, the soldiers who had killed all the other elders surrounded Ma Yue and trapped him in the center.

Ma Yue knew that he would die, so he closed his eyes.

But at this moment, there was a sudden "bang".

The door of the Ma family mansion was suddenly knocked open.

Dian Zhang, holding two axes and wearing armor, rushed in like a killing god.

Dozens of personal soldiers followed behind him.

Although Ma Yue disdained his speculation, he was nervous.

After all, Ma Yue saved his life.

And if Ma Yue got into trouble, no one in the Ma family would be able to restrain Ma Jin.

However, even so, he could only worry in the military camp.

After all, it would be like treason if he led his troops rashly.

But at this moment, a soldier suddenly brought him a note.

There was a flame mark on the note, revealing that Ma Jin dispatched soldiers to sneak in from the back door of the mansion and ambush.

After reading the note, he immediately rushed with his personal soldiers.

Unexpectedly, he heard the sound of fighting as soon as he arrived at the door.

He immediately led his soldiers to kill the guards at the door and rushed in.

"Kill!" Dianzhang was also a first-class warrior in the Ma family army.

Holding a heavy axe, he opened and closed his mouth and immediately dispersed the soldiers who surrounded Ma Yue.

He grabbed Ma Yue and said, "Sir, follow me quickly."

After that, he left the soldiers behind and dragged Ma Yue out of the door.

Ma Jin's face changed at the sudden change.

But seeing that Dianzhang had only dozens of people, he immediately shouted, "Ma Chang, lead the troops to chase me."

The general called Ma Chang immediately led his troops and rushed out.

But by this time, Dianzhang had already put Ma Yue on his horse and they were heading towards the city gate together.

Ma Chang dispatched cavalry to chase him while sending someone to reply to Ma Jin.

"Uncle, what should we do? If Ma Yue returns to Sizhou, he will definitely bring back Ma Han and lead troops to attack us." Ma Chong said anxiously.

Ma Jin gritted his teeth and said, "Now we have no way back. Immediately declare Ma Han and Ma Yue as traitors of the Ma family. Those who help Ma Han and Ma Yue will be regarded as enemies by our Ma family."