Li Xiu has known Ma Ye for a long time, and the two have a deep relationship. They both know what kind of person each other is. In Li Xiu's heart, Ma Ye has always been a proud and strong man. Even if he is sword-like, he will not frown.

But after coming to his old house today, Ma Ye showed his weak side, especially when the family was having fun, he knelt down on the ground and cried bitterly. From his narrative, we can see that the Ma family is a big family with a prosperous family, but Li Xiu had never seen any relatives around Ma Ye, nor had he heard him mention his relatives. As for where those people went, you can guess it without asking.

When Li Xiu saw Ma crying so hard for the first time, he did not persuade him, because he knew that no matter who had experienced such a tragedy in life, he could not remain calm, and it was not a good thing to keep it in his heart. Instead, it would be better to vent it.

It is precisely because of this that Li Xiu stood silently behind Mr. Ma. It was not until a long time later that Mr. Ma stopped crying bitterly. Then he kowtowed to the Ma family mansion a few times before he wiped away his tears and stood up. His face showed a firm expression again. At this time, he became the Ma Master who was familiar to Mr. Li Xiu again.

"Boy, do you want to know what happened in my family at the beginning?" At this time, Mr. Ma turned his head and asked Li Xiu.

"Yes, but it doesn't matter if you don't want to talk about it, Uncle Ma!" Li Xiu replied. He knew that when Ma Ma talked about the original story, it would definitely touch the pain in his heart. Otherwise, he wouldn't have never heard him talk about family affairs in the past two years, so it was normal for Ma Ma to talk about it.

"Don't worry, I'm not that fragile!" Mr. Ma walked forward a few steps at this time, found a clean stone in the Ma family mansion and sat down, and Li Xiu sat next to him.

Mr. Ma sighed at this time, as if he was recalling the situation, and then he spoke again: "You also know that I participated in the three battles of Goguryeo. Just when I was the second battle of Goguryeo, something big happened in the Sui Dynasty, that is, the Yang Xuangan Rebellion!"

"I know this. Yang Xuangan's rebellion directly led to the failure of the second conquest of Goguryeo, but Yang Xuangan was soon defeated. However, with his rebellion, more and more people were dissatisfied with the Great Sui Dynasty, which triggered more rebellions!" Li Xiu hurriedly said, Yang Xuangan was the famous son of Yang Su and a landmark figure in the decline of the Great Sui Dynasty.

"However, after Yang Xuangan's rebellion, more people followed suit, but you may not know that Yang Xuangan's rebellion also triggered a bigger chaos, that is, Yang Guang was furious and demanded that the people involved in Yang Xuangan's rebellion be investigated. As a result, more than 30,000 people died tragically, and they have been investigated for several years, which caused panic among the Sui Dynasty, which triggered more officials' rebellion!" Ma Ye said with red eyes and gritted his teeth. When he mentioned Yang Guang, he seemed to want to swallow him alive.

"Uncle Ma, your family was also implicated in this matter?" Li Xiu asked in a low voice. He only knew that Yang Xuangan's rebellion had caused serious consequences. He really didn't know that so many people were implicated by him. However, we can't blame Yang Xuangan. If you want to blame, you can only blame Yang Guang for being a brainless guy. The Great Sui Dynasty was already so chaotic and did not know how to appease the people's hearts. As a result, the chaos became even more and more chaos, and the Great Sui Dynasty was directly destroyed.

"Yes, my father used to work under Yang Xuangan's army, but that was a matter of many years ago. When Yang Xuangan rebelled, my father had been stationed in Puzhou for many years. Even when Yang Xuangan's rebels attacked Puzhou, my father personally climbed the city to command the soldiers in the city to resist the rebels. He was seriously injured in many places, so he defeated the rebels and saved Puzhou. But... But even so, he was still plotted by villains in the future..."

When Ma Ye said this, two lines of tears could not help but shed in the tiger's eyes again. When Yang Xuangan rebelled, he was fighting in Goguryeo, and then he retreated for a lifetime. After Yang Xuangan's rebellion was extinguished, his father was not implicated at first, but later offended a villain, which led to the Ma family's disaster.

Puzhou is a military center. In addition to the army, Puzhou also has local officials such as magistrates. In the former Sui Dynasty, the magistrate here was named Zhou Shou. This magistrate Zhou was a greedy person. Not only did he plunder the people, but he even dared to deduct the military pay from the army. Ma Ye's father was a tough guy. He had quarrels with Zhou Shou several times over military pay, and even had some fierce conflicts. As a result, Zhou Shou also held a grudge against Ma Ye's father.

However, there were five generals in the Ma family, and the old and sons of Ma were in control of the Puzhou garrison. The four brothers of Ma were even more powerful than the other. Especially when Ma made many military achievements in the army at that time, he was likely to be promoted to the real top leadership of the army. This made Zhou Shou have to endure it. However, after Yang Xuangan rebelled, he found an opportunity to deal with the Ma family.

Just when Ma Ye participated in the third conquest of Goguryeo, Zhou Shou colluded with local officials in Puzhou to report to the top that the Ma family was Yang Xuangan's remaining subordinate. The reason was that Ma Ye's father had done something under Yang Xuangan's subordinate. Although the Yang Xuangan's rebellion had been a long time, the pursuit of Yang Xuangan's remaining subordinate was at a peak, and almost all those involved were executed on the spot.

It was in that situation that the experience of Ma Ye’s family could be guessed. At that time, Ma Ye was in the army conquering Goguryeo and had no idea about the family. Later, he learned that that day was his father's fiftieth birthday. His three brothers all came back from other places to celebrate his father's birthday. Suddenly, an army from other places rushed into Puzhou City to surround the Ma family's mansion, and rushed in without saying a word to kill people.

Faced with this situation, the Ma family and his son were naturally unwilling to wait for death. The father and his son also fought desperately, and the surroundings were all their old subordinates and brothers. When these people saw that the Ma family was attacked, they also came to rescue them spontaneously. As a result, the army instead included all the surrounding families in the scope of massacre.

Although the Ma family father and son and subordinates were brave, they were outnumbered after all. In the end, the entire residential area was razed to the ground by the army, and all those who resisted were slaughtered, including the Ma family. It is said that the land was full of blood and dead bodies at that time. Then everyone in the Ma family was listed as the remnants of Yang Xuangan, including the soldiers and family members who died in battle with the Ma family.

Ma Ye, who was far away in Goguryeo, had no idea about the situation at home. When he retreated from the battlefield of Goguryeo for a lifetime, he was suddenly arrested. Then he learned that the family was exterminated. This made Ma Ye go crazy and find the right opportunity to seize the weapons and kill them. However, he was chased by the Sui army until he fell seriously injured and was rescued by Princess Pingyang.

In addition, as far as Ma Ye knows, there are quite a few people in his situation. At that time, the conquest of Goguryeo mobilized a large number of soldiers and troops, and many people were implicated in the Yang Xuangan Rebellion. This also led to the secret cleaning of Ma Ye and others after the war, so as not to rebel if they knew the situation at home. Ma Ye was one of the very few people who were lucky enough to escape.

"What about it after that, Uncle Ma, you shouldn't let go of your enemies at home so easily, right?" Li Xiu was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then asked. Mr. Ma was definitely not a generous person, let alone this deep blood hatred.

"Of course it is impossible to let go. But after being rescued by the princess, I calmed down. If I want to avenge my blood revenge in my family, I must have enough strength. Moreover, the princess has great kindness to me, and I must also repay me. Later, I found out that the Li family seemed to be conspiring to rebel, which made me even more excited. After the Li family raised an army, I and the princess also accumulated a lot of troops. Later, when I attacked Chang'an, I personally found His Majesty, requested to attack Puzhou, and told him about the blood revenge in my family. His Majesty thought about it and agreed."

When he said this, Ma Ye paused for a moment and then said, "Since my father's death, the Puzhou army has been alienated from the Great Sui Dynasty. So when my army successfully captured Puzhou, I also captured Zhou Shou alive. From him, I also learned the truth about that year. Taking advantage of that opportunity, I restrained my family's corpses, and then took Zhou Shou and other related people to my father's grave, and shaved them alive with one hand!"

When Ma Ye said that he had no particularly excited expression when he took revenge, he seemed a little disappointed. Then he was silent for a while before saying, "But what if he takes revenge? My father, my brother, and my children and younger generations can no longer come back. The Ma family was destroyed back then. I have no relatives in this world."

Seeing Ma Ye’s loss, Li Xiu also sighed and patted Ma Ye on the shoulder. He understood Ma Ye’s emptiness and confusion. When he had not taken revenge before, he still had the belief to survive, but after revenge, the belief that supported him had no previous support, and he had no motivation to live. This emptiness and confusion was even more uncomfortable than death.

"Tomorrow is the day of my father's sacrifice. Every year I used to burn some paper money for them to worship. The princess was grown up. It's a coincidence that the princess is the same age as my eldest daughter. Whenever I see her, I feel like I've seen my daughter. The princess used to be very hard, and I don't want her to know about me, so I never told her that you have helped the princess restore freedom, so I feel it's necessary to bring you to meet my family. When I die, you will also help me and my family to bury me and my family!" Ma Master forced a smile at this time. These things have been accumulated in his heart for many years. Now after telling Li Xiu, he feels much better.
Chapter completed!