Chapter Twenty-Nine: Getting Ahead
Is this Cao Cao? This is Cao Cao!
Ma Yue was having fun learning boxing with Ma in the cell, and Ma Yue was idle and bored, so he used fifty percent of his strength to fight with Ma Yue, and the two had a lot of fun. It was under this circumstance that Ma Teng, Ma Zong, and Guan Yu followed Cao Cao and his gang into Huaili Prison. Ma Yue was very happy to see his brother and Guan Yu, and selectively ignored Cao Cao and the others.
Especially Ma Zong, with a big footprint on his clothes and messy hair, as soon as he saw Ma Yue, he carried the food box and grinned: "Yo, let me see how hungry my third child is in this Huaili prison." ”
He didn't care why his brother came in with a group of people, and he saw the food box that Guan Yu was carrying.
That's a delicious meal made by my sister-in-law!
In prison, what Ma Yue misses most is not Ma Teng, Ma Zong, or Guan Yu, what he misses most is the delicious food, and he really has enough of the food in prison.
Ma Yue opened the food box before he had time to eat, when he saw an eight-foot man walking from the passage of the cell, and said to Ma Teng: "Brother Ma, the three of you haven't eaten yet, and your brother is also in this prison, so it's better to bring your brother over to eat something."
Without waiting for Ma Teng to speak, Xiahoudun called the jailer to take out a piece of gold cake from his bosom and asked him to buy some wine and food. Then he dragged the crowd and passed.
"Brother Guan, who is this person?"
Guan Yu touched Ma Yue's little head, and the interaction over the past six months has made Guan Yu almost integrated into the Ma family, especially Ma Yue is like his own brother, and he really misses it every time he sees him these days. He said: "His name is Xiahoudun, and he fought with your second brother outside just now, and then the two sides shook hands and reconciled." ”
"Xiahoudun!" This is Xiahou Yuan, and the one in the prison must be his younger brother Xiahou Yuan. The Xiahou brothers have all seen it, is Cao Cao still far away?
Sure enough, then Ma Yue saw Cao Cao with a pair of slender eyes.
Cao Cao sat on the hay, and next to him sat the Xiahou brothers and four other big men. Ma Teng and the Ma family sat opposite them. The two sides introduced them one by one, and when they arrived at Ma Yue, he got up and bowed.
"Ma Yue has seen the brothers of the Cao family."
"Ma Yue has seen two Xiahou brothers."
"I've seen Brother Li and Brother Le."
This time, he recognized all Cao Cao's direct brothers. The equally strong and powerful Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan brothers, the two of them are Cao Cao's subordinate brothers. The two brothers, Cao Ren and Cao Hong, are Cao Cao's younger brothers. One of the other two is Le Jin, who is friends with Cao Cao at this time. Another middle-aged man named Li Gan is from the Si Lihao family, and he is also friends with Cao Cao.
Cao Cao stroked his palms and smiled: "San Lang doesn't need to be polite, Brother Ma, your third brother is dignified and will become a great weapon in the future." ”
Ma Teng didn't dare to even say, knowing Cao Cao's identity, it would be difficult for him to try Cao Cao to be a young man a few years younger than him, Ma Teng thought a lot, so he was afraid a lot.
But Ma Yue pouted and held back a smile on the side, he especially wanted to laugh at Cao Cao now, Lao Tzu is in prison, Boss Cao actually said that Lao Tzu is dignified? It's just that he didn't dare to say it.
Xiahoudun said: "I look at the appearance of the two brothers of the Ma family, and when San Lang is also such a strong person, I don't want to be a child, how old is San Lang this year?" ”
Xiahou Yuan said on the side: "I just asked a few days ago, San Lang is almost fourteen years old. ”
Everyone talked like this, basically without Ma Yue's matter, and he couldn't interject. Almost all of them are people from the Cao family talking, and the Ma family doesn't talk much. After all, there is a gap between the classes they are in, so naturally they can't go together.
Chatting and chatting, Ma Yue also knew why Xiahou Yuan was in this Huaili prison.
Last year, when Cao Cao was still the lieutenant of Luoyang Beidu, he beat someone in his hometown, and later after the other party reported to the official, the Cao family was afraid of affecting Cao Cao's future, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiahou Yuan came to apologize for Cao Cao.
To say that Xiahou Yuan's profession is also very special, he is not like Ma Teng who eliminates evil and promotes good in the township. Instead, in the wilderness outside Luoyang City, he pulled up a group of men and horses to plunder the rich and unkind wealthy merchants.
Xiahou Yuan is the biggest bandit leader near Luoyang. Xiahoudun has just learned martial arts this year and has been working with Cao Cao. Cao Hong opened a casino in Luoyang City, and Cao Ren liked to ride horses and shoot hunting, but had no proper occupation.
This meal, Ma Teng ate very heartwarmingly.
Some people know that they can't be friends when they see each other for the first time.
This situation can be especially seen in the fact that one of the two is young and successful, and the other is arrogant.
In his eyes, the Cao family and his gang are like successful people, spending money like dirt and being young and vigorous. Ma Teng has always felt that he is a hero, and he also has a group of brothers under him. Although it is not as good as Dong Zhuo's character, it is not bad. But suddenly knowing Cao Cao, the son of Tianjiao, Ma Teng felt that he was too far behind them.
Although Ma Teng also knows a few friends with some ability, it is not a big problem to pull out three or five hundred people. But the energy of the official face is too far behind them, and they are almost completely defeated. The most important thing is that the gap between the family and the world is too big, and the young people of the Cao family have a common demeanor in their speech and demeanor, which is the family atmosphere that can only be achieved by the precipitation of several generations. Look at Ma Teng Ma Zong's gang of people, they are almost reckless people in the mountain village, and they can't be compared at all.
Cao Cao served as the northern governor of Luoyang at a young age, and now he has been transferred to the local area as a county commander. Ma Teng only has a pitiful number of knighthoods, no official and half positions, and may not even be able to be the head of a county in his life. Ma Teng was a little discouraged, but more than that, he was not convinced. Why is Cao Cao like this at the age of twenty-three, and why can Ma Teng only rely on his strength to collect firewood in the mountains when he is twenty-three years old.
This meal, Ma Yue was very anxious. He is different from Ma Teng, his social status is not there, he can't feel it, and what makes him anxious is Guan Yu. Ma Yue didn't know much about the history of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life, but he always knew that Guan Yu almost fought the world with Boss Cao. The current Guan Yu did not meet Liu Bei, but met Cao Cao first when he met Ma Yue.
Ma Yue felt in his heart that his friendship with Guan Yu was not as good as Liu Bei when he passed the fifth level, if he reached the Yellow Turban Rebellion in a few more years, at least he could still share weal and butter with Guan Yu. But now that they have experienced too little together, Ma Yue does not feel that what he has done to Guan Yu is worthy of Guan Yu's loyalty and righteousness.
How does he think about it, how does he think Cao Cao is pleasing to the eye, this is true, Cao Cao is not good-looking, but the spirit between his words is difficult to hide with his mediocre appearance. Cao Cao's voice is very magnetic, and the tone is relatively special, which is easy to leave a deep impression.
Anyway, Ma Yue was ashamed of himself, but fortunately Cao Cao didn't show much interest in Guan Yu, and Guan Yu just ate slowly without saying anything.
Ma Yue still remembers how happy he was when Guan Yu first came to him, Guan Yu said a lot of things that day, and Ma Yue only remembered that Guan Yu said that his name was Guan Yu. It was Guan Yu who added a little wave to his peaceful life. However, the moment he saw Cao Cao, he felt anxious, and he was afraid.
He has been working hard to maintain his relationship with Guan Yu, and now he can finally say that Guan Yu is his Ma family. But it was also at this time that he met Cao Cao, he was too scared, afraid that the results of his efforts would not be able to be kept.
Ma Yue wants to make himself strong quickly, at least so strong that others can't snatch away the friends he likes, and can promise them that they can give them protection, so that they can see hope in themselves and will not leave.
The name Cao Mengde, the first time it entered everyone's ears, aroused the ambition of the two brothers of the Ma family.
Even if the head is broken and the blood flows, you have to get ahead!