Ma Er left the barracks and hurriedly ran to the east of the city, he was going to see Li Qing.

Because of the loss of a bundle of bamboo slips, Nie Jing looked very lost, although Li Qing did not blame Nie Jing, but Nie Jing could still feel that he seemed to have brought trouble to Li Qing.

Early the next morning, Li Qing was about to go out to continue to inquire about the news of the bamboo slips, and Huang Meng and Nie Jing were also going to go with Li Qing, but the three of them had not yet gone out, so they got the news of Ma Er.

The servant led Ma Er into the Li Mansion, and when Ma Er saw Li Qing, he immediately said happily: "Lord Li, the little one has already heard a good news for the adults last night." ”

Li Qing was shocked when he heard this, he originally thought that it would be difficult to inquire about the whereabouts of the bamboo slips, but he didn't expect that in just one night, this Ma Er had already found out the whereabouts of the bamboo slips.

Li Qing hurriedly asked, "But is there a whereabouts of the bamboo slips?" ”

Ma Er nodded and talked about the news he had gotten.

Last night, Ma Er got drunk with Zhou Peng, and learned from Zhou Peng how his eldest brother picked up the bamboo slips and how he presented the bamboo slips to Wang Ben through Zhou Peng.

After getting the news, Ma Er was going to come and tell Li Qing immediately, but he was stopped by Da Niu, who was not smart, but he also saw that Ma Er was deliberately tricking Zhou Peng's words, so he wanted Ma Er to give some benefits, Ma Er was helpless, so he had to tell Da Niu that he was doing things for Li Qing.

Da Niu heard that Ma Er was asking Li Qing for news, and took the initiative to ask for help, it turned out that this Da Niu, and Bai Fang, who went to Bashu with Li Qing, was a good friend, after Bai Fang returned to Xianyang, he was promoted to a knight, Da Niu had already seen the red-eyed, originally Bai Fang and Da Niu could only be regarded as general in the army, but now it is good, Bai Fang was involved in Li Qing's relationship, and was taken care of by Montessori in the army, not only was his official position promoted, but also was transferred to Luoyang and became a captain, and Da Niu was still just an ordinary soldier, which made Da Niu very unwilling.

In the army, if you want to be promoted, in addition to your own excellent skills, you must also have a backer, otherwise, you don't have to say anything about meritorious service, and the task of sending you to death will all fall on you.

Da Niu knew that his opportunity was coming, so he naturally refused to let it go, although Ma Er didn't want his credit to be shared, but he was able to get the news of the bamboo slips, and it was indeed thanks to Da Niu, so Ma Er had to mention Da Niu by the way.

Ma Er said: "My lord, yesterday I and the Da Niu brothers went through a lot of hardships, and finally found out the whereabouts of the adult's bamboo slips, and the adult's bamboo slips were picked up by a merchant named Zhou Yue in the north of the city. ”

Li Qing was secretly relieved when he heard that the bamboo slips were picked up by a merchant, he was just a merchant, and he shouldn't have noticed how extraordinary the things recorded in the bamboo slips were.

Li Qing was about to ask Ma Er to take him to see the merchant named Zhou Yue, Ma Er hurriedly stopped Li Qing and said, "My lord, the thing is no longer in Zhou Yue's hands, but in the hands of the Marquis of Tongwu. ”

"Wang Ben."

After Li Qing listened, a chill rose in his heart, if ordinary people get bamboo slips, they may not be able to see any mystery, but who is Wang Ben? The son of Wang Qian, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, is also a general who has fought on the battlefield, and the bamboo slips fell into the hands of this person, he should be able to easily see the extraordinaryness of the bamboo slips.

The only thing I am glad about now is that there is no obvious mark on the bamboo slip, so even if Wang Ben sees the extraordinaryness of the bamboo slip, he will not know that the bamboo slip records the art of war.

Ma Er looked at Li Qing with a blank look, Li Qing saw this, asked the servant to fetch some coins, handed them to Ma Er, and said, "It's hard work, take it and buy some wine to drink." ”

Ma Er hurriedly waved his hand, and said: "My lord, how can I Ma Er be a greedy person, the reason why I help adults is just because I admire adults, please take back this money, and in the future, if it is useful to Ma Er, please do not hesitate to command." ”

Ma Er's words made Li Qing stunned, originally Li Qing thought that Ma Er was so attentive to get some rewards, but he didn't expect Ma Er to put on a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, which made Li Qing a little unclear for a while what Ma Er's purpose was.

Ma Er suddenly gritted his teeth, fell to the ground, and said: "Ma Er has long admired the name of General Meng Tian, and wants to ask the adult to introduce him, Ma Er wants to become a member of the Meng family's army." ”

Only then did Li Qing know that it turned out that Ma Er worked so hard because he valued the relationship between Li Qing and the Meng family, and wanted to use Li Qing to enter the Meng family and become a member of the Meng family's army.

The Mengjia Army is not the 200,000 Great Wall guards controlled by Meng Tian, the real Mengjia Army is a private soldier belonging to the Mengshi clan.

These private soldiers are supported by the generals themselves, basically in the form of father and son, after the father retires, his son takes his father's place and continues to be loyal, they are different from the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, they are only loyal to their own main generals, not the imperial court.

Such private soldiers have always been feared by the imperial court, but they have not been able to ban it, not only the Montessori has private soldiers, but also the Wang, Baili, Ziche, etc., all have different number of subordinates, among them, the private soldiers of the Montessori and Wang are the most powerful.

Li Qing shook his head, about the matter of Meng's private soldiers, Li Qing had heard Meng Ying mention it, and knew that Meng's private soldiers were a cavalry, which had been following Meng Tian and was responsible for protecting Meng Tian's safety.

Li Qing said: "I can't help you with the affairs of the Meng family's army, you can collect this money first." ”

Ma Er's eyes flashed with a look of loss, in fact, he also knew that the private soldiers of the major generals were carefully selected loyal and brave people, and under normal circumstances, they would not easily allow outsiders to join, because they had to maintain the absolute loyalty of the private soldiers, and similarly, the imperial court would not allow the generals to recruit private soldiers on a large scale, which was also very clear to the major generals, so their private soldiers had always maintained a certain scale, not too much, so as not to be suspicious of the first emperor.

Ma Er said: "In this case, I don't know if the adults are willing to say a few kind words for me in front of General Meng and transfer me to Dongying, Ma Er is grateful." ”

Dongying, an army directly belonging to the Meng family, but this army is different from Meng's private soldiers, this is the army that Qin Shi Huang handed over to Meng Tian, although this army is under the command of Meng Tian, but as long as Qin Shi Huang gives an order, you can take back the command of this army, and the only advantage of entering Dongying is that you can follow the Mengshi to go out together, and it is easy to obtain military achievements.