The fifteenth morning after the wedding.

Cai Yan sat in front of the dresser, facing a smooth and bright copper mirror, half of the wooden window was opened, and the warm winter sun outside the house was reflected on his body warmly.

Cai Yan's eyebrows are already gentle, and the emerald green eyebrows of the distant mountains are more slender and soothing, the color is slightly lighter, and they are delicate and cheerful.

Over the years, the rough hands have been accustomed to holding the cold knife, but I have learned some painting fur in the palace in the early years, and the eyebrow pencil does not tremble at all in the hand, but it has been painted in a moment.

Ma Yue drew his eyebrows, and said with a flattering smile: "Madam, look at it, how about it?" ”

Cai Yan held the bronze mirror with joy on his face, got up the bronze mirror and put on a fox fur for Ma Yue, and asked softly: "Husband, is there another war?" ”

"Don't think about it so much, even if there is a war, it will be a summer thing."

Cai Yan took the iron shin guard and wrapped it around her calf, nodding her head gently, she not only knew that she was going to fight, but also knew that her husband was not at ease with Zhang Jiachuan.

Otherwise, why don't you live in Zhangjiachuan under the protection of thousands of horsemen, but live in Longxian County with an empty state pastor's mansion.

"What's the matter, don't you miss your father?" Ma Yue put on the two crotch armors, put the dagger on his waist and asked with a smile: "I can ask Peng Tuo to send you to Zhangjiachuan, and by the way, I will ask the old man if he needs help in compiling the history of Liangzhou." ”

"No." Cai Yan promised softly, and only after arranging his clothes and armor for Ma Yue did he coil his hair, Ma Yue smiled and said: "But we have to send Dai'er to Luoyang first, he is traveling far today, we have to send him." ”

"No, the concubine recently knitted clothes for Dai'er." As he spoke, Cai Yan took out neatly folded clothes from the inner room, a black robe, a full thick stack from the inside to the coat and robe, Cai Yan looked down at the clothes, looked at Ma Yue again, and said, "I just don't know if Dai'er likes it." ”

Ma Yue took the clothes in Cai Yan's hand, and the expression on his face was a little complicated.

"Husband, is there anything wrong?"

"Huh? No, no. Ma Yue shook his head, took off his clothes and said with a reminiscence on his face: "When I went to Luoyang, my brother and sister-in-law stayed up all night to make a dress for me, and I wore that dress to climb higher and higher in Luoyang. Now that Dai'er is also going to Luoyang, to be honest, I feel a little reluctant. ”

How familiar this scene is, everything in Luoyang in the past is vivid, his strength is based on the hardships he has endured, and anyone who has experienced everything he has experienced will also be famous all over the world.

But he has experienced so many lives and deaths, isn't he just like a tiger with wings in his ribs, stretching out his claws to scare off his enemies, and raising his wings to protect his relatives from the wind and rain?

Ma Yue suddenly didn't want his nephew to go to such a ghost place as Luoyang.

The current Luoyang is not like the Luoyang he went to back then, and now the situation in the world is even more unpredictable, if there is anything wrong with his nephew...... He regretted that there was no place.

Sighing, Ma Yue still walked out of the mansion with Cai Yan.

He can't stop it, he can't stop it. This is the emperor's conscription, no matter whether the world is in turmoil or not, he cannot deny his identity as a Hanchen, as long as he does not rebel, he must obey the emperor's edict.

At the gate of Zhangjiachuan Village, twenty years after the year, although the weather is still frighteningly cold, a large area of ice is frozen on the road, but under the hard work of Liu Bad and a group of craftsmen, the plank road has taken shape, this time Han Sui also saw the plank road being excavated on the mountain wall, Ma Yue did not have a trace of shock in his heart, Zhangjiachuan has such a plank road, what will your Han Wenyue's rebels take to fight me?

Most of the guests attending the wedding banquet had already returned, and Cao Cao Xunyu left Liangzhou the next day, and instead of following Yang Feng back to Xianping County, they went straight to Luoyang. The old man Zhao Qi stayed for a few more days, occasionally asked Ma Yue some major policies and emergencies, and then also escorted by the Liangzhou cavalry all the way out of Longguan back to Chang'an, Yang Feng was sent back to Jiuquan by Ma Yue on the day of the wedding banquet, Dong Zhuo supervised the five hundred flying bear army to Chengji the day before yesterday, and even brought Cheng Yin and Chengyi's tribes to guard the first line of border defense facing Han Sui. Ma Wan and Li Zhan went to Xixian County to face the Song brothers in Longxi County, and if the battle starts at the turn of summer and autumn, they will be Ma Yue's strongest flanks.

All of a sudden, Zhangjiachuan's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were divided into a transparent one, and more than half of the remaining more than 3,000 men were assigned to Liu Bad to build plank roads for the people, and the old pillar was left with the Ma clan brothers and several of their generals.

Although the generals are deserted a lot, the Ma clan has also spread out over the years. Ma Teng added a son and a daughter to his knees the year before last, the fourth son is named Ma Wei, and the daughter is called Ma Huan. Ma Zong did not fall behind, Ma Yue took a concubine in the second year after leaving Liangzhou, he was a serious family in Longdi, and gave birth to a son for him in the coming year, named Ma Hun.

Five years ago, the day he left Liangzhou was cold and bleak, today Ma Dai packed up, the atmosphere was even more sober, Ma Zong and his brother side by side, looking at the mighty and heroic son-in-law silently.

It was Ma Chao, who didn't look at Ma Teng, but just slammed his fist on his brother's shoulder in the past, and said with a wild smile: "Bo Zhan, go to Luoyang to be a good man, but don't forget to ask for a bad breath for your uncle, and kill the majesty of those big families!" ”

Ma Yue happened to come at this time, and when he heard this, he stepped forward and grabbed Ma Chao's shoulder, and smiled at Ma Dai: "Dai'er doesn't need to kill any prestige for his uncle, it's not what it used to be, we are also a big family in Liangzhou, you are also a scholar, you went to Luoyang to serve Your Majesty well, and my uncle has a few letters here, all of which are friends of my uncle in Sizhou, if you have any difficulties, you can ask them for help." ”

Saying that, Ma Yue took out a few letters and handed them to Ma Dai, and by the way, put the clothes sewn and woven by Cai Yan on the car and said: "When I went to Luoyang, your mother made a linen shirt for me, and I wore them in Luoyang from no one to this day, during which the sewing has not been changed several times, and now you are also going to Luoyang, and your uncle and aunt also made a robe, so let's change and wash it." When I went to Luoyang, I lived in the former auxiliary general's mansion, and when I came back, I was set on fire, and it may need to be repaired. But in the end, it is our Liangzhou Ma's house, and whoever dares to live in it will kick him out. ”

Ma Dai was worried about parting in his heart, with a little sadness in his heart, but when he heard Ma Yue say this, he changed to a little smile, and responded: "Promise, my nephew must follow my uncle's teachings!" ”

"Okay, don't talk about those useless, some people in the court are my enemies, some are my friends, you don't want to get involved in the political affairs of the court, our family is famous for martial arts, you will also be a general in the future, martial arts needless to say, but my uncle's biggest gain in Luoyang is to be familiar with military books under the urging of the first emperor, supplemented by scriptures. When you arrive in Luoyang, take my letter to Lu Shangshu's mansion to pay respects, and when you enter the palace as a lang, you must enter Taixue to study and study scriptures. There are also some military strategies that should be read. Making friends is aimed at like-mindedness, the first is virtue, and the second is talent. Don't bully people by relying on the clan to rule Xiliang, but who wants to bully you...... You know what to do, if you want to be reasonable, teach them to come to Liangzhou to find me! ”

"No!"

"Our Ma men are all heroes and heroes, don't fall into fame!" Ma Yue raised his hand and stroked Ma Dai's shoulder, stretched his collar, and said with a smile: "But don't be impulsive in case of trouble, let's go first when you are in danger, let's go back to Liangzhou and then be a major general!" ”

As soon as Ma Yue said it, it was endless, Ma Teng and Ma Zong came over with a smile, compared to Ma Yue, they were more like elders, Ma Teng smiled: "Okay, the third child, it's not too early, let Dai'er set off, if you continue to say this, I'm afraid that Dai'er can only set off tomorrow." ”

Ma Zong came over and took Ma Yue aside with a smile, and said with a bullish face: "San Lang, don't worry, didn't you know anything back then, you still made a name for yourself in Luoyang, don't worry so much, son, let's go, let's go!" ”

"Grandpa, the kid is on his way."

"Let's go, let's go, the scourge of Lao Tzu's brewing in the province, let's go!"

Ma Dai turned his head and turned over on the horse, happily showing off his riding skills, and made a whistle, and the three hundred Qiang Zhongyi were overjoyed, and each horse raised his sword as if he was reined. It's just that Ma Yue turned his head, but there was a trace of imperceptible sadness on Ma Zong's face. I looked at the back of the three hundred horses riding along the bend of the avenue and looked at it for a long time.

"Brother, don't worry, Dai'er will be fine when she goes to Luoyang. Liangzhou has thousands of riders, and the imperial court will not treat Dai'er badly. ”

"That said, for my brother, there is something in my heart, alas." Ma Zong turned his head and frowned, and finally made a relieved expression on his face, "My son has to go out to experience when he grows up, let's go, let's go back, we brothers haven't gotten together to drink for a long time, damn, these little rabbit cubs are somehow obsessed with drinking, and they always go to my wine cellar to steal wine and drink, and all the good wine they have saved is almost gone!" ”

Ma Dai left, Ma Chao and Ma Teng glanced at each other, the relationship between the father and son was still like an enemy in the past, Ma Chao waved his hand expressionlessly, and walked to Ma Yue's side with Ma Xiu and Ma Tie and said, "Uncle, my nephew has something to ask you." ”

"Oh, what's the matter with Chao'er?" Ma Yue pulled Ma Chao with a smile, and said to Ma Zong: "Brother, I'm afraid that I won't be able to drink today, the younger brother will be reorganized into a new army, and I'm afraid that I will have to live in the barracks in the next few days. ”

Ma Zong made Ma Yue very boring when he said this, and he had the heart to refute that their brother had controlled Liangzhou for so many years, but as soon as the third child came back, he drastically changed this and that, but he also held his breath in his heart and wanted to regain the lost ground, pouted and shrugged his shoulders and asked: "That's it, you just tell Brother Wei, what do you need our family to do?" ”

"Please ask the second brother to face the north today, garrison the main roads of the two counties in the north, do not let go of any smugglers, pedestrians must issue a state capital seal, otherwise they will be detained."

Although Ma Zong was irritable, he knew the situation at home very well, and in which year the Xianbei people would raid the border in small groups, so he asked: "San Lang is worried about the Xianbei people?" ”

Ma Yue looked at the north and bowed his head slightly, turned his head to Ma Chao and asked, "Chao'er, what's the matter with you?" ”

"Uncle, my brother and I want to serve in my uncle's new army and lead the team to practice." Ma Chao arched his hand solemnly and said, "I hope my uncle will agree." ”