Bai Xiaowen was realizing what he had learned from this reading. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the quiet room.

"What's the matter?" Bai Xiaowen could sense that the other party was Chang Shi Dong Zhao through the door panel.

Dong Zhao's voice had a hint of urgency: "My lord, it's not good. General Ma died in Guanyi!"

Bai Xiaowen stood up suddenly and opened the door panel.

When he saw Dong Zhao face to face, there was a trace of suppressed uneasiness on his face.

Bai Xiaowen asked: "When did it happen? Is the news true?"

"Just half an hour ago, Taoist Priest Langyazi and Doctor Zhang had confirmed it." Dong Zhao secretly glanced at Bai Xiaowen's expression and saw that Bai Xiaowen's face was calm and his mind had calmed down a little, and he slowly recounted.

"Does the Xiliang envoy know?"

"My subordinates have ordered that all the sergeants from Guanyi Station be brought here to block the news," Dong Zhao said.

"Where are Langyazi and Zhang Zhongjing?"

"Waiting outside the inner palace gate."

"Invite them in."

When Dong Zhao heard Bai Xiaowen say the word "please", he knew in his heart that Bai Xiaowen had no intention of holding them accountable. He quickly left and went to summon Ge Xuan and Zhang Zhongjing.

After Bai Xiaowen changed his clothes, he saw the two of them in the main hall of Da Sima Mansion.

Zhang Zhongjing's expression was normal, but Ge Xuan's face had a hint of guilt.

Bai Xiaowen asked: "Don't panic, you two. Taoist Master Langyazi, what happened?"

Ge Xuandao: "Pindao is also puzzled. Old General Ma Teng's curse can be lifted originally; but just after Pindao made the pills and took them, the spell in Old General Ma's body suddenly went retrograde, causing

Qi and blood are disordered, and the injury is greatly aggravated!"

Zhang Zhongjing said: "I don't know much about Taoism. When I checked General Ma Teng's pulse, it was indeed after taking the golden elixir that my energy and blood suddenly exploded. There were many cracks in the meridians in my body, and I couldn't stop vomiting blood. At this point, I can't do anything.

"

Ge Xuan sighed and said: "It was my fault. I took charge of this matter without my ability, which led to the death of General Ma Teng and made the young master have a grudge against Xiliang."

Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes and said, "Taoist master, there is no need to blame yourself. Life and death are determined by destiny. Ma Teng's death may also be God's will. Taoist practitioners just need to have a clear conscience."

Ge Xuan shook his head and said: "I am not ashamed of Ma Teng, I am only ashamed of Young Master."

Because Ge Xuan and Bai Xiaowen were friends, he called Bai Xiaowen not as Da Sima, but as Young Master as before.

Bai Xiaowen then ordered someone to report the death to the Xiliang envoy, and then asked Ge Xuan: "Before diagnosing and treating Ma Teng, the Taoist priest once said: If the practitioner takes action again, the treatment may fail. Have you foreseen this?"

This matter?"

Ge Xuan shook his head and said:

"Normally speaking, even if the caster takes action again and the treatment fails, General Ma Teng will not die directly. If the opponent has the ability to directly curse Ma Teng, why not directly curse him to death? This is one of them.

"Second, if you can directly curse and kill a general, this skill of praying for peace may have already caught up with Zhang Jiao. Looking at the world, except for a few elders of my sect, who else has this ability? Zhang Jiao

There is absolutely no such thing as Lu."

Bai Xiaowen said: "Perhaps it was someone with advanced cultivation who buried the countryside who took action."

Ge Xuandao: "Generally, Taoist masters with such cultivation pay great attention to accumulating merit and will not do such vicious things. Besides, it is difficult for Ma Teng to come into contact with such a person, let alone make a grudge.

."

Bai Xiaowen sighed: "It seems that the world is in turmoil. After Zhang Jiao's death, other monks caused trouble in the world and cursed Ma Teng to death, just to put the blame on me, provoke discord between the Xiliang army and the imperial court, and profit from it.

.The responsibility this time does not lie with the Taoist priest. If the Xiliang army is resentful, let them resent me."

Ge Xuan sighed and said: "I have already formed a cause and effect. If I retreat, how can I make progress in my practice? I am willing to follow the young master until he helps the young master find this monster, then I can feel at ease."

Bai Xiaowen said happily: "With the help of Taoist priest, why worry about not getting rid of the monster?"

Bai Xiaowen immediately wanted to appoint Ge Xuan as the wine sacrificer, but Ge Xuan refused and had no choice but to give up.

The juniors in Xiliang, such as Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, Ma Yunlu and others, all cried bitterly when they saw Ma Teng's body.

Bai Xiaowen asked Zhang Zhongjing to explain the cause of Ma Teng's death. The attitudes of the Xiliang envoys varied: Ma Dai was doubtful; Ma Xiu was more suspicious.

After all, in their minds, Zhang Lu was the first target of suspicion.

Now Bai Xiaowen told them that Zhang Lu did not have this ability, and that another person with advanced Taoism prayed and performed the curse, which led to Ma Teng's death. The grieving junior Ma quickly changed his preconceived ideas and believed Bai Xiaowen's words.

It's still difficult.

However, Ma Yunlu believed in Bai Xiaowen so much that he almost broke his teeth and clenched his fists and said, "If I find out about the monster who killed my father, I will cut him into pieces with a thousand knives!"

Bai Xiaowen said: "Unfortunately, General Ma Teng died early, and the government and the public are deeply sorry. I will ask the emperor to posthumously make General Ma Teng the former general, Marquis of Huaili; his title and military position can be inherited by the eldest son Ma Chao. I hope that.

The Xiliang army can defeat the rest and be loyal to the imperial court."

After Ma Dai came back to his senses, he thanked Bai Xiaowen and said, "Thank you so much, Sima. We will definitely inform our elder brother of these kind words. Now that my uncle has died of illness, we need to return home with his coffin for burial as soon as possible."

Bai Xiaowen nodded and said, "Then I won't keep you."

The Ma family left immediately.

Before leaving, Ma Yunlu looked back at Bai Xiaowen and saw that the latter had turned back to the inner hall.

Ma Teng was newly mourned, and Ma Yunlu was in a sad mood. Naturally, he lost all thoughts of the girl's sympathy, and together with Ma Dai and others, escorted Ma Teng's coffin back to Chang'an.

Speaking of the Land of Sanfu, Bai Xiaowen was too embarrassed to mention the matter of taking it back because he had killed Ma Teng. Because he knew that things would not be that simple. The person hiding behind the scenes, cursing Ma Teng to death was only the first step.

There will definitely be backup plans later.

Chang'an.

In front of Ma Chao, a slightly fat middle-aged scribe came in to pay his respects.

"I'm Jian Yong of Zhuo County. On the orders of my lord, General Han Zuo, and my uncle Liu Bei, I'm here to pay homage to General Ma."

Ma Chao said: "I'm here to invite you. My father is not in Chang'an. I would like to express my gratitude to Uncle Liu Huang for his kindness."

After Jian Yong stood up, he glanced around and said curiously: "I heard that General Ma was injured by a demon's spell and was bedridden. My lord, Uncle Liu, is also a minister of the imperial edict. He feels the same and is very worried, so I have ordered you to come.

Come visit me. Why doesn’t General Ma take a rest in Chang’an?”

Hearing this, Ma Chao said: "The rice thief Zhang Lu has done a lot of harm to my father! I heard that the great Sima Yuan Xi, who was also a Taoist, killed Zhang Jiao and had profound Taoism. So I ordered my younger brothers and sisters to escort my father to the car.

Yedu went to seek medical treatment."
Chapter completed!