Chapter 20 Mutual Calculations
In the blink of an eye, the new year begins.
It's still the same set of New Year's salutes, but now it's a lot more troublesome, Ma Yue's status is getting higher and higher, and there are more and more people who need him to worship, and life has become troublesome.
Throughout the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ma Yue did not rest. Get up early in the morning to greet Liang Hu first, and then rush to Xiyuan to congratulate His Majesty, and then go to the Chang Shi Mansion to meet Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others. After that, the old lady of the Cao family, Cao Song, the general He Jin, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu will also go there. When the three princes and nine kings of the court want to go to worship, Jian Shuo and Li Jian also want to take a look.
Then he walked the streets and alleys in Luoyang non-stop, serving Jiang Lan and Ren Zhi, all of whom were Liang Hu's friends and needed to go. At the beginning of Luoyang, the old boss Tiao Hou Dongzhong also wanted to visit him, and Chen Wang Liu Chong and Minister Luo Jun had to send a letter to pay respects. Liangzhou wrote a letter to advise Ma Teng to be cautious, as well as New Year's congratulations, as well as his recent situation, so that Yang Feng could bring it back when he went back. Dong Zhuo in Bingzhou also wants it
After this series of things are done, the first day of the new year is almost over.
The next life is much more orderly, in the morning to learn the archery given by Liu Pet to practice martial arts, and in the afternoon to read and play the piano with Cai Yan in the back house. After a few days, Ma Yue could barely achieve five out of ten shots within thirty steps, and no matter how far he went, the arrow basically missed the target. As for the piano skills, it is not as good as the entry of archery, Ma Yue really feels that he has no talent, and it is a little difficult to barely play a piece for so long.
But there are also benefits, at least if you can't learn the piano, you can stay with Cai Yan for a while.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Ma Yue and Cheng Li played chess in the pavilion.
"Master, are you satisfied with the arrangements to go to Youzhou?"
Cheng Li threw a piece on the chessboard expressionlessly, and said: "It doesn't matter if you're satisfied, you don't care if you're dissatisfied, Youzhou is bitterly cold, since the captain has arranged for the old man to suffer the old bones, then the old man will go." As he spoke, he said: "However, Youzhou is also a place where there are many foreigners, and there will be a few more meritorious deeds in the past...... It doesn't matter if it's good or bad, the old man can still dance with a sword and kill the Wuhuan people. β
The old man is so murderous!
"Master, you are always resourceful, understand the military formation, and are talented, but you must not fight with those Wuhuan people!"
Cheng Li suddenly laughed at this time and said: "San Lang, don't panic, the old man knows, isn't it for Shang Shuling's safety to put the old man in that place, don't worry." β
When Ma Yue heard this, he sighed and said: "It's good that the master understands, don't worry, the time in Youzhou will not be too long, and His Majesty will definitely transfer Mr. back to Luoyang within three years." At that time, with your talent, it is possible to be a servant and a scholar. β
"The old man is already at this age, what can he do as a scholar, but Shangshu Ling is good at accepting words if he doesn't understand political affairs, and he is really a wonderful person, don't worry, San Lang."
"With the Master's words, my heart can be put back in my stomach." Ma Yue pretended to smile, and then looked at An Mu and the others who were practicing on the martial arts arena and said to Cheng Li seriously: "When the time comes, I will go with An Mu to send you and Mr. to Youzhou, An Mu and his twenty tribesmen are rare good men, and their simple minds are very rare, they will definitely be able to protect the safety of Mr. and Master, and they will be ready for you to drive ...... If you need anything, just let me know. β
"It's okay, there are so many people in Youzhou, San Lang doesn't need to worry so much. Shang Shuling must have been served by someone in the past, so you can rest assured. β
Ma Yue just nodded, and the attendant at the door trotted over and whispered in his ear: "Lang Jun, there is a little king of the Southern Huns outside the door, saying that his name is Liu Bao, asking to see Lang Jun." β
This retinue is a person from Liang Hu, and officials with more than 2,000 stone in the Han system can appoint their sons as Lang, and later the protΓ©gΓ© and the deceased officials are called Langjun because of the prefect or the disciple of the master.
"The little king of the Southern Huns?"
As soon as Ma Yue heard this, he stood up with a little gloomy on his face, strode to the door, pulled a ring knife from the weapon rack, buckled the handle and walked to the door.
Liu Bao was standing at the door with an attendant, and when he heard movement at the door, he looked up and saw the familiar Scarface young man, and immediately bowed with joy on his face and said: "Liu Bao of the Xiongnu in the lower south, I have seen Captain Ma, don't blame me if I come to see Captain Ma uninvited." β
As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person when you reach out, but Ma Yue didn't plan to let this crazy person who bullied Wei Zhongdao enter, so he made a gesture without smiling and said: "Excuse me, dare to ask the Hun Xiaowang when he bullied my brother Zhongdao outside the car a year ago?" β
"Nakado?" Liu Bao was stunned, the gentleman is very thoughtful in this courtesy, why is this horse more and more gloomy?
Suddenly, his eyes swept over Ma Yue's left hand, and he went out with a knife! Broken! Liu Bao thought hard about the absurd duel with Wei Zhongdao in the woods some time ago, patted his forehead and bowed again to apologize, and said: "Captain Ma, I'm very sorry for this, it was a misunderstanding!" β
"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? β
Ma Yue took another step forward, this was the best distance for him, and a sprint could slash the knife in Liu Bao's face!
This is also the best distance for Liu Bao, because the commander behind him also took a thousand steps, and his hand was also buckled on the scimitar, and he only needed to pull out a stroke to block Ma Yue's weapon.
Seeing that Ma Yue was full of aggression and took a step closer, and the ring knife was almost ready to be attacked, Liu Bao's face was a little anxious, but he secretly felt ecstatic in his heart.
This is the warrior this king is looking for! This is the warrior this king is looking for! Sure enough, the name is well deserved, for the sake of a brother, he is not afraid of ten thousand horsemen, will he not run for his brother in the future to kill the right virtuous king?
The little prince of the Southern Huns, what sword and sword shadow have never seen, there is no fear of Ma Yue's threat at all, but he still said seriously: "That day, Brother Ling and a woman in the same car, in the next just want to know the name of the young lady, Brother Ling drew his sword, in the theft of himself thought that Brother Ling was going to duel with the next brother, so he pulled out the sword, the first hand knew that Brother Ling was weak and did not practice martial arts, and had to break it away under the difficulty. I'm sorry in my heart, and I hope the captain will forgive me. β
It's a pity that if Liu Bao knew what Ma Yue was thinking, he would definitely regret putting his posture so low.
The current Ma Yue is no longer the simple-minded stupid boy he was at the beginning, he has seen so many deceitful people in Luoyang in the past two years, not to mention that his status is not what it used to be, and he is no longer the fierce boy who was barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes.
Now he also wears shoes, how can he fight with people for some trivial things?
He wasn't ready to stab Liu Bao to death at all, even if Liu Bao deliberately injured Wei Zhongdao, Ma Yue would at most make a show and slash out with Liu Bao's guards twice.
This is the mansion of Shangshuling on Xuanwu Street, if the little king of the Southern Xiongnu has a conflict under this threshold, the people of the Tingwei Mansion will arrive in a moment...... In this way, Cai Yan's heart will also be more comfortable, which is Ma Yue's purpose.
Sure enough, after hearing Liu Bao say this, his posture was very low, and his attitude was also very sincere, Ma Yue took his hand off the hilt of the knife, raised his hand and waved it inward, and said, "It's a guest at the door, please." β