Bai Xiaowen is realizing the harvest of this reading. Suddenly, the door of the quiet room is knocked.


    "What''s the matter?" Bai Xiaowen could sense the other side through the door. It was long Shi Dong Zhao.


    There was a trace of urgency in Dong Zhao''s voice: "Lord, it''s bad. Old General Ma died in the post!"


    Bai Xiaowen suddenly got up and opened the door panel.


    Seeing Dong Zhao face to face, there was a trace of suppressed uneasiness on his face.


    Bai Xiaowen asked, "when did it happen? The news is true?"


    "Just half an hour ago. Taoist priest langyazi and Doctor Zhang had confirmed it." Dong Zhao peeked at Bai Xiaowen''s look. Seeing Bai Xiaowen''s calm face, his mind calmed down a little, and told him slowly.


    "Does Xiliang messenger know?"


    "The minister has ordered that all the Posthouse sergeants have been brought and blocked the news." Dong Zhao said.


    "Where are langyazi and Zhang Zhongjing?"


    "Wait outside the inner house."


    "Invite them in."


    When Dong Zhao heard Bai Xiaowen say "please", he knew that Bai Xiaowen didn''t mean to hold them accountable. He quickly withdrew and went to call Ge Xuan and Zhang Zhongjing.


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


    Zhang Zhongjing''s face was ordinary, but Ge Xuan''s face had a trace of shame.


    Bai Xiaowen asked, "you don''t have to panic. Taoist langyazi, what''s the process?"


    Ge Xuan said, "I''m also confused. Old General Ma Teng''s mantra could have been removed. However, just after I made the pill and fed it, the mantra in old General Ma''s body suddenly went retrograde, resulting in Qi and blood disorder and greatly aggravated the injury!"


    Zhang Zhongjing said, "I don''t know much about Taoism. When I was exploring General Ma Teng''s pulse, it was really after taking the golden elixir that my Qi and blood suddenly rioted, and many meridians in my body cracked and vomited blood. At this step, I can''t do anything."


    Ge Xuan sighed and said, "it''s my fault. I didn''t have enough ability to take charge of the matter without authorization, which led to the death of General Ma Teng and made the childe resent Xiliang."


    Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes and said, "Taoist priest doesn''t have to blame himself. Life and death have a destiny. The death of Ma Teng may also be God''s will. Practitioners just want to have a clear conscience."


    Ge Xuan shook his head and said, "I have no shame on Ma Teng, but only on the childe."


    Because Ge Xuan and Bai Xiaowen are friends, he calls Bai Xiaowen, not da Sima, but childe as before.


    Bai Xiaowen then ordered someone to report the loss to the envoy of Xiliang, and then asked Ge Xuan: "before the diagnosis and treatment of Ma Teng, the Taoist priest once said: if the caster acts again, it may lead to treatment failure. Have you foreseen this?"


    Ge Xuan shook his head and said:


    "Normally, even if the caster fails to heal again, General Ma Teng will not die directly. If the opponent has the ability to directly curse and kill Ma Teng, why not directly curse and kill? This is one of them.


    "Second, directly curse and kill a senior general. I''m afraid the cultivation of the art of praying has gone straight after Zhang Jiao. Looking at the world, who has this ability except my elders? Zhang Lu has absolutely no such ability."


    Bai Xiaowen said, "maybe it''s a person with profound cultivation who buried in the countryside."


    Ge Xuan said, "generally, high Taoist scholars with such accomplishments pay great attention to accumulating merits and virtues and will not do such vicious things. In addition, it is difficult for Ma Teng to get in touch with such figures, let alone complain."


    Bai Xiaowen sighed: "it seems that the world is troubled. After Zhang Jiao''s death, there are other monastic and man-made disasters. In troubled times, he cursed Ma Teng just to frame the blame on me, provoke discord between the Xiliang army and the imperial court and profit from it. This time, the responsibility does not lie with the Taoist priest. If the Xiliang army resents, let them resent me."


    Ge Xuan sighed, "I''ve settled the cause and effect. If I retreat, how can I make progress in cultivation? I''m willing to follow the childe until I help the childe find the demon."


    Bai Xiaowen was overjoyed and said, "why don''t you worry about evil people when you get the help of the Taoist priest?"


    Bai Xiaowen immediately wanted to seal Ge Xuan as a wine sacrifice, but he was rejected by GE xuanjian and had to give up.


    The younger generation of Xiliang, such as Ma Dai, Ma Xiu and Ma Yunlu, 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 envoys of Xiliang had different attitudes: Ma Dai was skeptical; Ma Xiu was more skeptical.


    After all, they all took Zhang Lu as the first suspect in their hearts.


    Now Bai Xiaowen told them that Zhang Lu didn''t have this ability. Another person with profound Taoism prayed for a curse, which led to Ma Teng''s death. It''s still difficult for the grieving young generation Ma to quickly change their preconceived ideas and believe Bai Xiaowen''s words.


    Ma Yunlu believed Bai Xiaowen very much. He almost broke his silver teeth, clenched his fist and said, "if I find the demon who killed my father, I will cut him thousands of times!"


    Bai Xiaowen said: "old General Ma Teng unfortunately died early, and the government and the public are deeply sorry. I will ask the emperor to present old General Ma Teng as a former general and Marquis Huaili; his title and military position can be inherited by his eldest son Ma Chao. I hope the Xiliang army can fight hard and be loyal to the court."


    After Ma Dai regained his consciousness, he thanked Bai Xiaowen: "thank you, big Sima. We will tell the eldest brother these good words. Now my uncle is dead, we need to help the coffin home for burial as soon as possible."


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


    The Mahalanobis left immediately.


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


    Ma Yunlu was in a sad mood when Ma Tengxin died. Naturally, he lost the girl''s feelings. He and Ma Dai escorted Ma Teng''s coffin back to Chang''an.


    When it comes to the third place, Bai Xiaowen has no good intention to mention the recovery because he killed Ma Teng. Because he knew it wouldn''t be that simple. For those who hide behind the scenes, cursing Ma Teng to death is only the first step, and there must be a backhand next.


    Chang''an.


    In front of Ma Chao, a middle-aged scholar with a slightly fat figure came in to meet him.


    "Jian Yong of Xiazhuo County, ordered by the Lord General Han Zuo and uncle Liu Bei, has come to visit general ma."


    Ma Chao said, "please get up. My father is not in Chang''an. Thank you for uncle Liu''s kindness on behalf of my father."


    After Jian Yong got up, he swept his eyes around and said strangely, "I heard that old General Ma was injured by the demon curse and couldn''t afford to be ill. My lord uncle Liu, who is also a minister of the imperial edict, feels the same feelings and is worried, so he specially ordered me to come and visit. Why isn''t old General Ma resting in Chang''an?"


    Ma Chao heard the speech and said, "the rice thief Zhang Lu has done great harm to my father! Because I heard that the great Minister Ma Yuanxi, who is also a man of Taoism, killed Zhang Jiao and has advanced Taoism; so I ordered my brother and sister to escort my father to yedU for medical treatment."


    When Jian Yong heard this, he fell and sighed, "little general, you can say that you are sending sheep into the mouth of a tiger!"