() After personally sending the Ma family and his son out of Wubao, Lin Lie hurried back. After meeting several other Lin family people involved in the inner hall, he explained the situation carefully. Listen to what he said.

, several people frowned deeply: "Is there such a thing? Are you sure that Ma Teng did not lie or cheat on this matter?"

"They don't look alike." Naturally, Lin Lie couldn't change his tune at this point, otherwise what would other people think of him? His status in the clan would also be affected: "After all, he is a court official, and he will not surrender to a horse thief.

Surrender is also believable.”

"Well, that's right." The person who spoke at this time was the real master of the Lin family, Lin Xie, who was over sixty years old. I think back then, he had many contacts with officials in the court, and he had no idea about some of the laws of the Han Dynasty.

He still understands the system quite well: "This Ma Teng also has a certain reputation in Liangzhou. I believe he will not joke about his own future."

"In this case, our situation will not be good. Once Ma Teng fails in suppressing the bandits and faces Geng Ji's criticism, he may tell the matter in order to get some credit. Moreover, he is responsible for

We also have a grudge, because it was because we told Geng Bi about this matter that he was so passive." Lin Die, another person in charge of the Lin family, said.

"Yes, we are indeed in a very bad situation now. But you can rest assured that even Geng Bi doesn't have the guts to really be an enemy of hundreds of families like us in Linjiawu." After seeing all the disciples, they all

After feeling worried, the old man Lin Xiecai said: "Our Lin family has been on the border of Liangzhou for a hundred years. Even if it is in decline now, it doesn't mean that we can move it down. He, Geng Bi, is not so impulsive and dares to do anything to us.

Let's start.

"Of course, we don't want this to happen unless we have to. Therefore, we have to play our part in Ma Teng and the government's suppression of thieves."

"Father, I'm afraid this matter will be detrimental to Chongdi and Wan'er..." As soon as Lin Xie finished speaking, a middle-aged man with a somewhat thin appearance reminded him. This man was Lin Xie's eldest son, Lin Cheng.

.As his name suggests, he is an honest person.

Lin Chong and Lin Wan, father and daughter, are the wife and father-in-law of Ma Chao, who was kidnapped by horse thieves. Their status in Linjiawu is not high, and they only have an uncle-nephew relationship with Lin Xie, the patriarch.

With a certain status. The Lin family was very dissatisfied with the fact that Lin Chong married his daughter to the Ma family without the family's permission.

Because of this, the Lin family did not find Ma Teng to discuss after the incident. Instead, they put a lot of pressure on him through Geng Bi. However, they still wanted to rescue this person. After all, Lin Chong and his daughter were also members of the Lin family. For

In this era where clan relations are taken very seriously, clans cannot abandon clan members at will. Otherwise, Lin Xie, the clan leader, will be criticized by many clan members and may lose his position as clan leader. And this is exactly what the Lin family will do to the horse thieves.

The reason for compromising and giving them money and food.

However, doing this does not mean that they really care about the safety of Lin Chong and his daughter. When Lin Cheng said this, the scene turned cold. Then, Lin Lie said: "At this point, I don't care about so much anymore.

.Compared with the safety of our entire Linjiawu, their father and daughter are just a trivial matter. It would be best if the officers and soldiers were able to rescue people, but if...then we can only blame their lives."

Everyone else readily accepted this statement. For them, the life and death of just two people was naturally not as important as the safety of their own family, not to mention those two were insignificant people in the clan? As for Lin Cheng, after discovering that even

After his father acquiesced to this response, he said nothing more, but he still felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

"I hope that this time, our Lin family can avoid this difficulty. Our Lin family has been far worse than before in the past few decades. I don't want a century-old family business to be destroyed in my hands." Lin Xie said with worry.

"My Lin family has been inherited for hundreds of years and will not collapse because of such a small trouble!" Lin Cheng comforted him at the side.

"Yes, definitely not." Lin Lie and others also agreed. Immediately, Lin Lie thought of something again and said: "Father, there is something else I want to report, and that is about the Ma family."

"What?" Lin Xie asked in confusion.

"After this conversation, I feel that we still look down upon the Ma family. Although their family is not rich, they may not be incapable. Especially the second son of his family, the one named Ma Yue, both in terms of courage and ability.

, are all very unusual." As he spoke, he recounted his conversations with the Ma family's three father and son: "So in my opinion..."

"Well, it's really rare to have such ability at such a young age. From this point of view, he may really do something in the future..." Lin Xie couldn't help but nodded and said, "In this way, this marriage with the Ma family will be a big deal."

It’s not necessarily too bad. As long as they can save people from horse thieves, we will recognize them as in-laws, which may also be helpful to our Lin family."

Others had no objections to this. After the three Ma family members came here, the Lin family's attitude towards them changed.

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After leaving Linjiawu, the Ma family father and son had a strange look on their faces. Judging from the results, they had gained a lot from their visit to Guzang to meet the Lin family. Not only did they make the Lin family's arrogance clear through their words,

They suppressed them and even inquired about the possible hiding place of the horse thieves. But when they thought that the horse thieves were hiding near Long County, they felt a little incredible. At the same time, they also felt like they were being tricked. The courage of this group of horse thieves

It’s too big!

The most dangerous place is the safest. This was Ma Yue's first reaction when he learned that the horse thieves might be hiding near Long County. They did take a big risk. They had a nest near Long County before, and finally

After being discovered, they disappeared. According to common sense, these horse thieves would no longer dare to appear near the original lair, or at least they would not dare to hide there. But I did not expect that they would do the opposite and continue to stay there.

It was too bold to find a place to hide nearby. But it was also a very powerful move. The government never thought that a nest of wind was still hiding under their noses. This was too clever. No wonder the government in recent years

I searched for them several times but could not get in.

Secondly, as the saying goes, rabbits don’t eat grass near their nests, and horse thieves behave the same way. Most people will not rob near their hiding places. But Yiwofeng did the opposite again, and actually did it near Long County.

. This point was really difficult for Ma Yue to understand. The distance from Guzang to Longxian was not short, and they should have plenty of opportunities to act.

Just when Ma Yue was surprised by the sophistication of the horse thieves, Ma Chao next to him suddenly shouted: "Something is wrong!"

"What, what's wrong?" Ma Yue asked casually.

"Second brother, don't forget, they took you guys to where they were first, and then took only the three of you away. Since they have a new lair nearby, why did they bring people there?

How about going to the old lair known by the government? As long as they lock everyone in the new lair, won't everything be fine?" Ma Chao said with doubts.

Ma Yue really didn't expect this. In fact, his memory of that period was very vague, and naturally he had no such association. But once his brother said it, Ma Yue also realized that there was a problem: "

Indeed, there are many contradictions in this, and it is indeed a bit confusing.”

"But there is no need for them to ask the Lin family to send money and food far away from their lair. They would not have thought that we could convince the Lin family to tell the truth." Ma Yue then raised another doubt: "No matter what you think, it's possible.

What’s the problem?”

Watching his two sons analyze each other word by word, Ma Teng felt greatly relieved. He clearly felt that both sons had made great progress after this incident. The eldest son was willing to use his brain, and the second son was even more so.

Demonstrated abilities that were previously unknown.

"Father, what do you think about this?" After thinking for a while but without an answer, the two brothers threw the question to their father.

"There is indeed something fishy about the matter, but I think they should be right now inside and outside Long County." Ma Teng also made his own judgment: "Don't forget that that night, the horse thief who suddenly visited us came to us.

At home. At that time, the city gates had long been closed, and there were soldiers patrolling the streets. If he hadn't been in the city and knew the situation in the city very well, he wouldn't have been able to get to my door so easily."

"That's right! At that time, my father also sent someone to track that person, but unfortunately he got away. Judging from all these signs, it can be proved that this group of thieves are very familiar with our Long County, and they must have been in Long County for a long time.

People who are active in the city." Ma Yue also agreed.

"This time, we have gained a lot. At least, we have determined that the location of the horse thief is only near Long County, but it is much easier than searching all over Liangzhou before." Ma Teng said with a smile:

"So the next step is to find the person and then destroy him!"

"If things are as we expected and the horse thieves are near Long County, I think they are more likely to be in the city. After all, horse thieves hiding inside the city are less conspicuous and easier to detect than hiding outside the city.

." Ma Yue then put forward his own opinion.

"Is your judgment well-founded?" Ma Chao asked doubtfully, "Wouldn't it be very dangerous if they were really hiding in the city?"

"As the saying goes, hiding in the city and hiding under the eyes of the government, it is just hard for us to imagine. What's more, it is easy for tens of thousands of people in Long County to hide some horse thieves. Who would have thought that these people would be so bold?"

The more he puts forward his own evidence, and Ma Teng deeply agrees with this.

Now that the target has been found, it just depends on how they deal with these horse thieves hiding around them!

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Chapter completed!