Xu Tianze should have already entered the city, but just didn't come to see him. He knew that the idiot couldn't bring Xu Tianze here by himself, and he was probably fooled by Xu Tianze.
After gently stamping his frozen feet, Long Musi turned around and went back home, planning to catch this guy tomorrow and teach him a lesson.
"Return home and lock the door."
When the butler heard what Long Musi said, he quickly closed the door with the servants who looked happy.
After Long Musi took a shower and changed his clothes, he turned off the lights but did not lie down on the bed directly. Instead, he sat in front of the table and tapped the table occasionally in the moonlight.
He didn't stop knocking on the table until a dark shadow came into the room.
"Where is he?" Long Musi asked the question directly with his back to the shadow.
"In a small courtyard in the slums in the west corner of the city." The shadow hesitated for a moment, then answered truthfully, "When entering the capital, the city gates were about to be locked. After that, Master Xu went straight to that small courtyard and never came out again."
After the shadow finished answering, the study fell into a long silence until the moonlight slid across the shadow's face.
If Xu Tianze were here, he would definitely find out that this person was actually Brother Ma who always acted honest and straightforward in front of him.
Long Musi turned around and stood up, then walked to the window. "Back then, I asked you to leave with Aze, firstly to protect Aze's safety, and secondly to report Aze's situation to me regularly."
Brother Ma remained kneeling on one knee, motionless, listening to Long Musi's words, feeling somewhat uneasy.
Ever since he followed His Highness, His Highness had never spoken to him in such a nostalgic tone.
This abnormal behavior made Brother Ma tense, but when he thought about how his life belonged to Long Muse, and if Long Muse really wanted his life, he had no way to disobey, he calmed down and forced himself to calm down.
"Do you still remember who you belong to?" Long Musi turned his head and pierced Brother Ma with a sharp gaze.
Although Long Musi had his back to Brother Ma just now, he was still able to sense Brother Ma's subtle movements.
"I am your Highness's man. I was before, I am now, and I will be in the future." Brother Ma lowered his head, not daring to look at Long Musi at all. "As long as it is your Highness's order, I dare not disobey."
"Oh? So Your Highness wants you to die now?" Long Musi said with a playful look on his face. He never questioned the loyalty of the man in front of him.
However, there are some things that cannot be touched, even by those who are loyal to you, otherwise there is only one way to go, and that is death.
We have finally come to this point, and I am the only one by his side. I cannot let any accidents happen again and make him leave me.
When Brother Ma heard what Long Musi said, he pulled out the dagger he had hidden with him without hesitation. While holding the dagger, Brother Ma still did not look at his own prince.
The dagger touched the delicate skin. Brother Ma looked at the ground in front of him and said in a low voice, "Your Highness has ordered me to do this. Please consider my father's advanced age and take care of him in the future."
And that extremely stunning young man, who bore a deep blood feud, I think given the relationship between His Highness and Young Master Xu, Young Master Xu would definitely get what he wanted. It's just a pity that he couldn't see it.
Thinking of this, Brother Ma began to exert force with his palm. When the dagger took on a bright red color, Brother Ma felt a pain in his elbow and immediately lost strength and let go of his hand.
The dagger fell to the ground with a clang, and Brother Ma opened his eyes and looked at his prince blankly.
Long Musi snorted coldly, not even bothering to give Brother Ma a glance. He simply passed by Brother Ma and sat back in his chair.
"Ma Zheng, not killing you today doesn't mean I won't kill you in the future. Remember your identity."
"Yes." Brother Ma's eyes were clear and he returned to the kneeling position on one knee.
"Go away. Continue to protect Aze." Long Musi impatiently asked Ma Zheng to retreat.
He realized something was wrong when Ma Zheng didn't bring Xu Tianze back home, nor did he come back to see him immediately.
Spending a long time together will inevitably deepen the bond between the two. Given Xu Tianze's character, he will certainly not treat Ma Zheng as a servant.
For a person of humble status like Ma Zheng, once he is treated equally and kindly by someone in a higher position, a deep friendship will inevitably develop over time.
At that time, he was only concerned about letting Xu Tianze recuperate well, and Ma Zheng was the only one around him who had strength second only to his own, so he sent Ma Zheng to follow him.
Now it seems that he has dug a hole for himself and is hurting himself.
He originally planned that if Ma Zheng did not come to the mansion to report to him tonight, he would execute Ma Zheng no matter what. As his capable subordinate, loyalty alone was far from enough, and he had to obey his orders first.
But Ma Zheng was smart, or honest, and he eventually came to the mansion to report the situation to him, so it was enough to just teach him a lesson.
Even if Ma Zheng really had some thoughts, as long as he kept them in his heart, he would tolerate it.
Long Musi may not know that Ma Zheng's back was covered in sweat after leaving the Third Prince's Mansion.
However, after this incident, Ma Zheng understood his own identity even more clearly, and the little flame that had just sprouted in his heart was extinguished by himself.
The next morning, when Xu Tianze opened the door, he saw Ma Zheng sitting on the ground in front of the door. As Xu Tianze opened the door, Ma Zheng also opened his eyes.
"Brother Ma, don't you want to sleep for a while?" Xu Tianze kept the door open and looked at Ma Zheng.
Ma Zheng, with sleepy eyes, looked up and saw Xu Tianze looking down at him. The green headband and hair fell down as Xu Tianze lowered his head.
His slightly drooped eyes appeared more lively and sparkling in the slanting morning light, and his handsome face was covered with an indescribable feeling in the light.
"Is there something on my face?" Xu Tianze saw Ma Zheng staring at him and subconsciously touched his face.
"No, no. I was distracted." Ma Zheng came to his senses, quickly stood up and put some distance between himself and Xu Tianze.
"Brother Ma, are you worried about something?" Xu Tianze didn't care about the distance between him and Ma Zheng. After all, Brother Ma always subconsciously paid attention to his identity.
Even though he told Brother Ma countless times that he was no different from them, Brother Ma would still smile and say he understood, and next time he would directly put himself in the role of a subordinate.
Before Xu Tianze got into trouble, although he would not use his power to oppress others, he would also pay attention to the difference in status. But now he is just an ordinary citizen. How is he different from Brother Ma?
When Ma Zheng heard what Xu Tianze said, he shook his head to indicate that he had nothing on his mind.
Even if there was, he couldn't say it. He knew that his status was not worthy of Xu Tianze, so why should he say what he was thinking and make Mr. Xu embarrassed?
"Really?" Xu Tianze asked Ma Zheng again with concern.
It's not that he was overthinking it. It was mainly because Brother Ma had been distracted frequently in the past six months. If it had only happened once or twice, he wouldn't have kept asking.
But Brother Ma has always been like this, and he is really worried. After all, Brother Ma has taken good care of him in the past three years.
Even with Long Musi's order, if Brother Ma only wanted to complete the task, he would not be able to take such careful care.
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