Luoyang Imperial Palace, West Garden.

In the scorching summer, the lotus pond in the West Garden brings a hint of coolness, and dozens of young palace maids in the prime of cardamom are playing in the water in obscene clothes.

Liu Hong soaked his upper body in the water, drying his snow-white fat.

"Let the Father, speak...... Cai Yong ran away, and Cui Lie captured Ma Yue to Tingwei? ”

The only neatly dressed person next to the lotus pond in the entire West Garden is Zhang Rang, Zhang Rang is the same as Liu Hong, they are both fat. Wen Yan lowered his head and said, "Back to Your Majesty, yes." ”

Liu Hong frowned and said, "Cai Yong ran away, but why did Cui Lie arrest Ma Yue." ”

Zhang Rang said: "Because Ma Yue assisted Cai Yong to escape. ”

"He assisted Cai Yong in escaping? What is the relationship between him and Cai Yong, and he is not a godson or son-in-law, what is he blindly mixing with? ”

Zhang Rang replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Cai Yong is also Ma Yue's teacher, teaching Ma Yue to play the piano and calligraphy. ”

"Did the Tingwei Mansion interrogate him?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the trial was over, but Ma Yue said that he didn't know anything, so he said that the teacher asked him to give him a ride, and he gave him a ride."

"That's right." Liu Hong closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his mouth and said: "Then let him stay in Tingwei Prison for a while, sober and sober, although it is for filial piety, but it is too ignorant of the sky." Let Father, send someone to send him a few books, and let him read in prison, just the Book of Rites and the Spring and Autumn Period. ”

"Your Majesty, if Ma Yue is in prison and doesn't have the slightest explanation, I'm afraid that Cui Lie's old stubbornness won't let go easily."

Liu Hong frowned and muttered to himself: "Liu Hong just closed his eyes and planned to recuperate, and said impatiently with a frown: "What's the matter." ”

"Cai Yong's daughter is now in Ma Yue's mansion."

Liu Hong snorted, didn't care about it, and said: "On his house, it's on his house, tell Cui Lie, Cai Yong's matter will end here, don't track it down, but Ma Yue will be closed for a while." Alright, let Father, step aside, and let me rest here for a while. ”

Guanghe's six years in prison, although Ma Yue's living conditions are more comfortable than those in Huaili Prison eight years ago, this is not the case in his heart.

Not to mention the company of horses, the food is still the same unpalatable, and there is no interesting prison bully.

From the day Ma Yue entered this Tingwei Prison, Ma Yue was the prison bully here, and the prisoners here were all street punks in Luoyang City, just some petty thieves.

Yang Feng came to Cao Cao once, leaving two volumes of books annotated by Cao Cao, and reading in prison can be regarded as a way to play time, but it is obvious that the emperor feels that Ma Yue, a wild man from Liangzhou, has too little reading, which is not enough.

When Zhang Rang came, Ma Yue had just finished a set of punches, pacing boredly in prison, when he suddenly heard a cough, and turned his head to find that Zhang Rang was coming.

"Marquis Zhang, what kind of wind is blowing you?"

Zhang Rangyin smiled and said: "What kind of wind, the wind of filial piety, you Ma Sanlang has done a great thing, why are you so bold, the person arrested by the Son of Heaven let you go." ”

Ma Yue didn't answer, just smiled, and said to Zhang Rang: "Since Master Hou is here, please sit down, I don't have any friends in Luoyang, it's usually weird and boring, it's better to chat with me when Master Hou comes, I'm afraid I'll lose my heart if I hold it like this." ”

Zhang Rang didn't see anything outside, and ordered the jailer to open the door and sit opposite Ma Yue, took out two volumes of books from his sleeve and threw them to Ma Yue, and said: "Your Majesty asked you to be sober and sober in prison, this time it is your fate, Your Majesty forgave you, look at it, Your Majesty ordered me to send you the book." ”

Ma Yue smiled: "Your Majesty has forgiven me?" That's right, what book did Your Majesty ask the Hou Ye to bring to you, Rites? Spring and autumn? Why does Your Majesty want me to read this, that is, to give me two volumes of military books and war strategies, which are better than boring books of etiquette. ”

Zhang Rang pointed at Ma Yue and reprimanded: "Look at your appearance, you are really a barbaric person, although Your Majesty has pardoned you this time, I feel that you don't understand etiquette after all, so I want you to study hard, don't always behave like this, let you go because Your Majesty thinks you are a manufacturable material, but you can't be arrogant because of this, this is not your credit." If Your Majesty thinks you're useless one day, then you won't be able to keep the dog's head on your neck, understand? ”

Ma Yue opened his mouth and closed it, and after a while, he made up his mind and said: "Master Hou, there are many rumors in the market, and you and the other ten permanent servants are all traitors and wicked people. But why does the little one think that you may not be a good person, but you are not like a bad person? ”

Zhang Rang smiled: "People in the market, have they seen Benhou?" Can they understand what Benhou is like? There are good and bad in the ten permanent servants, but what is true and what is false, can you see clearly? This is Luoyang, Ma San, you are still young, in a few years, maybe you will understand that many things are not what they thought at the beginning, and people are always forced to make some choice. But you're still far from learning these things. ”

Zhang Rang stood up with a smile as he spoke, walked to the door, turned his head and smiled at Ma Yue: "Today, Ben Hou will teach you a truth, in this world, there are two things that are most unbelievable, one is the concert of the imperial court, and the other is the rumors of the market. ”

With that, Zhang Rang left the gloomy and damp prison and returned to his splendid mansion, leaving Ma Yue's huge cell, disgusting meals, and a volume of Spring and Autumn and a volume of etiquette.

Although Ma Yue didn't like these two books, Zhang Rang's arrival still made Ma Yue feel happy, at least Zhang Rang's personal message made Ma Yue feel at ease.

Liu Hong did not give up on him, but used this dark and damp prison as his etiquette and law school, and let him learn more things.

In the days that followed, Ma Yue spent time alone in prison, accompanied by four volumes of books, but his favorites were Sun Tzu's Art of War and Wu Qi's Art of War, which Cao Mengde annotated.

Every three to five days, Yang Feng or Xu Huang would bring some delicious meals to Ma Yue to improve the food. Liang Hu also came to see him once, but he didn't stay for long, but clearly told him not to worry, the emperor would give amnesty to the world after a while, and Ma Yue would be released when the time came.

Practicing martial arts and reading every day, Ma Yue's life seems to have returned to the life when Guan Yu first arrived in Zhangshan Village, Xiaodouzi is still Xiaodouzi, but he is taller and stronger than before, and he has become more ruthless after experiencing some things.

At the end of the summer of the sixth year of Guanghe, there was a great drought in the world, and 100,000 people from all states in the world dragged their families to Jizhou, sold their property, and migrated there.

Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat.

Ordinary people often have to retreat when they encounter vicious soldiers, but the number of people is huge, and the strength of the people is also huge.

Hundreds of thousands of people were like tiny grains of sand, gathered together and gathered into a terrifying beast, intending to destroy the Han Dynasty in one fell swoop.

The era of the yellow sky is coming.