The western part of the capital is mostly inhabited by high-ranking officials and nobles, that is, several palaces are built in the west, and therefore, the capital has the east rich and the west is noble, and the Ziyan Street in Xicheng District is named after a nest of purple swallows that lived here in the previous dynasty.

Nowadays, almost all the military attaches living on this Ziyan Street are military attaches in the court, so it is called Wujiang Street by the common people, there are usually not many people on this street, but every time it is time to go on the expedition, it is extremely lively when people come and go.

At the westernmost end of the street there is a large three-hall house, which at first glance is no different from the houses on the whole street, but if you look closely, you will find that everyone who passes by on this street walks around this house, and the eldest son visits each other in the neighborhood, but no one visits this house.

If you get closer, you will feel that this house seems to be filled with a bloody smell all year round, and the closed door of the beast's head is full of cold and majesty, which can almost scare the people passing by.

Now, when the black horse stopped in front of the westernmost house, the knight looked up, and the door plaque of the house said that the horse house, the knight jumped off the horse, and went up the steps and slapped the door and shouted: "The holy decree is ......"

The door of the beast's head was wide open, and a weak man dressed in the service of a first-class military general walked out of the door.

This man is not very tall, at least he is short among the generals, he has a fair complexion and a handsome appearance, especially a pair of eyes that are simply brilliant when looking at people.

In addition, the corners of his mouth are curved upwards all the year round, even when he is not smiling, it makes people seem to be smiling, and at a glance, this is really a polite and polite middle-aged man.

It's a pity, anyone who knows him will be frightened to take a few steps back when they see him, this person's reputation is too prominent, this is the famous Pingyu general Ma Tao of the Dayong Dynasty.

Ma Tao went out of the door, and when he saw the angel outside the door carrying the holy decree, he hurriedly smiled and saluted: "The minister has seen Lord Hao......"

Speaking of which, Emperor Deqing prepared a holy decree to marry Ma Tao's sister-in-law, which is easy to prepare, but the person who announced the decree is not easy to find.

First, Ma Tao doesn't like eunuchs, if he asks the eunuch to pass the decree, he may be beaten by Ma Tao, and second, if he asks Wenchen to announce the decree, then there are few brave people who dare to enter the Ma family, that is, to ask the generals to pass the decree, hehe, it is ridiculously tight to say, those generals have always had a wrong spleen and stomach with Ma Tao, and no one wants to go.

Helpless, Emperor Deqing had to rush the ducks to the shelves and hand over this matter to the Ministry of Rites, which should have been done by the Ministry of Rites.

After a long time of being promoted by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Hao Shilang, who was the least popular, was pushed out.

Hao Shilang was still trembling before he came, he knew that Ma Tao advocated simplicity and quietness, and did not like too many people to come to his house, so an entourage was fine, and he came alone.

When he arrived at the gate of the Ma family, Hao Shilang thought that he had come, anyway, it was a knife to stretch out his head and shrink his head, but it was better to be more generous, so he straightened his back and knocked on the door of the Ma family with an awe-inspiring look.

What Hao Shilang didn't expect was that Ma Tao was polite and spoke kindly when he saw him, so he laughed.

Hao Shilang only cared about being happy, completely forgetting that Ma Tao was only so scared not because of how fierce he looked, nor how vicious he was, but because of his reputation for hiding knives in his laughter.

"The government has a purpose." Hao Shilang was led inward by Ma Tao, and at the same time untied the holy decree he was carrying: "Ma Tao takes the order." ”

When he arrived in the middle hall, Ma Tao knelt down to receive the order, and Hao Shilang unfolded the holy decree and recited a call also, in general, the general meaning is that Ma Tao's sister has always been virtuous and virtuous, but because of the filial piety for his parents delayed the marriage, the official family felt that Ma Tao had made a contribution to the country, and could not bear to delay his sister-in-law at home, so he gave her a marriage and married Ma Ting to Gu Cheng in Honglu Temple.

After reciting the holy decree, Hao Shilang smiled and said, "Master Ma will accept the decree." ”

Ma Tao shouted long live, took the holy decree with both hands and offered it, and after he was settled, he turned around and said to Hao Shilang with a smile on his face: "Lord Hao has worked hard all the way, why don't you drink tea at home." ”

Hao Shilang hurriedly refused, joke, who knows what Ma Tao's tea set for tea is made, in case he gets a skull for him to drink tea, which one can he find to cry.

After saying a lot of good things, Hao Shilang was finally able to get out, and after coming out of Ma's house, he was still sweating profusely.

At that time, Ma Tao took the holy decree and read it, and sneered: "Gu Cheng, Gu Cheng, how do you want to die." ”

However, thinking that Gu Cheng would be his brother-in-law in the future, Ma Tao was blocked again, and thought about it for a moment, his sister-in-law was an old girl in her thirties, and it was not a matter to stay at home all the time, although he didn't mind raising his sister for a lifetime, but this woman, in the end, there was still a good home.

As for saying that Gu Cheng's official position is not obvious, and his family is extremely poor or something, Ma Tao doesn't care.

As for the poverty, Ma Tao really doesn't care about it, but he forgot that he and Ma Ting Ma Guan have been stationed for more than ten years and fought countless battles, you must know that the best money in this world is to fight money, these years, the brothers and sisters have accumulated countless gold, silver and jewelry, if the sister is really married, just her own accumulation of things is enough to eat and drink for three lifetimes.

Thinking about it this way, Ma Tao also felt that the official family had done a good deed, and he also felt some joy in his heart.

He took the holy decree and rushed to the back house, and there was still some distance from Ma Ting's boudoir and shouted: "Sister, sister......"

In an instant, the door of the delicate boudoir opened widely, and a fiery beauty dressed in red and holding a long whip jumped out of it.

Although this Ma Ting is in her thirties, she really doesn't look like a person in her thirties, but looks like a beautiful woman in her twenties, she has cloud-like sideburns and a flat bun on her head, only a red velvet peony flower on it, ruby earrings hanging down her ears, and a dense four-door cardigan.

Wearing light red leggings and trousers, and a long skirt with red embroidered silver peony, Ma Ting, who is dressed more slender, has a white skin and is beautiful.

"Big brother, what are you exclaiming." With a wave of the long whip in Ma Ting's hand, Ma Tao swept down the few leaves on the flower branches in the courtyard because she was in a hurry.

"Girl." Ma Tao ran to the front and handed the holy decree in his hand forward: "The holy decree, I will give you a marriage ......."

Ma Ting frowned, took it and looked at it for a long time, handed the holy decree back to Ma Tao, and turned around to go back to the room.

"What, sister, what are you going to do when you go back to the room? You...... If you don't want to get married, brother will give you ideas, let's push this ......" Ma Tao was anxious and hurried to stop Ma Ting.

Ma Ting stretched out her hand and pushed Ma Tao aside: "Who said I don't like to marry, I'm so happy, don't you want to go into the house to change clothes and enter the palace with my brother to thank you." ”

"Huh?" Ma Tao then remembered that there was such a thing.

Ma Ting looked at Ma Tao's shocked look, and couldn't help laughing, this smile made her even more beautiful than Huajiao, and the country was charming: "Brother, to say something that is not ashamed, no one wants to marry more than your sister, but our brother and sister are notorious, and no one dares to get close, but now it's good, the official family is so understanding and pointed out to me to marry, and I can't thank the official family yet." ”

"But!" Ma Tao's mouth is long enough to stuff an egg into it: "This, this Gu Cheng is a ...... that has no future."

"It's just right that it's not productive." Ma Ting didn't care at all: "I'm trying to find a man who has no interest, I have to be able to suppress him, otherwise, how to pass on the child to my brother in the future, there will be only two of us left in our Ma family, brother...... If I don't marry and don't have children, won't the Ma family be endless, how can our brothers and sisters be worthy of their relatives under Jiuquan. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Ting's face showed a trace of sadness, but this emotion was only a flash, and then she smiled again: "Moreover, I have also heard of Gu Cheng, even the queen mother recently recognized the Gu family's eldest lady, I also know, I guess, the official family pointed me to the Gu family, that is, I can toss Gu Cheng in the law, in this way, I have no worries, I just fell out in the Gu family, the official family has to press me, and the queen mother may have to praise me." ”

Ma Tao had already thought of this, and couldn't help nodding when he heard Ma Ting say this: "This is also a good thing, even if the sister is married, she can ensure that she can live freely." ”

Ma Ting pursed her lips and smiled: "The most important thing is that I will give birth to the Gu family's son-in-law and pass him out in the future, and the official family is afraid that they will praise me even more, thinking about it this way, there is nothing better than marrying Gu Cheng." ”

Why does Ma Ting say this, this has to start from Ma Tao returned from a study tour to see the tragic death of his relatives, Ma Tao buried his relatives after grief into the bones and injured his body, and recuperated for a while before relieving, however, because of too much grief, in the end he was still damaged, since then there is very little Jingyuan, so many years to marry a wife and take a concubine, there are a lot of concubines, but there is no one with a son and a half daughter, Ma Ting doesn't know how anxious she is, she was not ready to get married, but after seeing that her brother was so old and couldn't leave a leave for the Ma family, she made the idea of recruiting more, Who knows, before Ma Tao told Ma Tao about this idea, the official family sent timely rain.

At this time, while the Ma brothers and sisters were discussing, a servant ran over, bowed his head and whispered, "Uncle, eldest lady, there is a visitor outside." ”

"That's amazing." Ma Ting raised her eyebrows: "Everyone else walks around my door, where are the visitors now?" ”

The servant's voice was even louder: "It's Mrs. Li and Mrs. Gu......"

"Mrs. Li?" Ma Ting thought for a long time and didn't figure out which Mrs. Li she knew, but Ma Tao was still smart, and patted her head after a while: "Hurry up, hurry up, please come in quickly." ”

He smiled at Ma Ting and said, "Isn't the eldest lady of the Gu family married to the Li family." ”

Ma Ting came back to her senses at this time: "Hurry up and come to see my unappointed mother-in-law, it's okay, I was thinking that I would meet this eldest lady of the Gu family." ”R1152