Liu Tan and Chen Kai stayed by Tang Yuan's side, but Tang Yuan let the little young horse run to be alone, and the two generals didn't feel a lot of a good feeling in their hearts. You must know that these two were also carefully selected elites in the Shandong Provincial Recruit Training Camp back then, with burly figures, flexible minds, and were originally generals, but Ma Ben Xiaoer, how old is he, or a horse bandit, why was he so reused by General Tang?

Liu Tan complained: "Who taught people to be Tang Yuan's godson." ”

Tang Yuan is only twenty-three years old this year, but he has a seventeen-year-old son, Tang Yuan once said to Ma Ben to his face, there is no need to call it that, but Ma Ben listened to his father, before leaving, it was his father who asked him to call it like this. His father Ma Hanshan said, I call Tang Yuan's brother and brother, and your little rabbit cub also calls him brother and brother, is it appropriate? Ma Ben said, it's good to call uncle. Ma Hanzhong said angrily, called uncle? What is it called, uncle, called godfather!

Old Man Ma's temper, if he was better, he wouldn't be a bandit in Hexi.

Ma Ben inherited his father's temper and his father's mind, and when he was a bandit leader, if he didn't have a shrewd head, he didn't know when his head would move. What is that place? Don't think about going to a pampered person, unless she is a beautiful woman, like a horse running to his mother. looks like a shy flower, and Ma Ben's face follows his mother, but his figure follows his father.

Tall figure, a handsome face, neatly draped, like a Han Dynasty Jinma Chao.

Chen Kai glanced at Liu Tan: "Look at you, you're still not convinced, let you go and compare with Ma Ben, can you win?" I think that Tang Yuan is not waiting for me. Although we only have one regiment now, in fact we have the rank of captain, and we can take a brigade at any time. With benefits, when did General Tang lack ours? My wife and children have arranged it for us, what else do you have to complain about? If you change to another general, who cares about you? ”

"That's right." Liu Tan said: "If it weren't for General Tang's carefulness and kindness to our buddies, it would actually be ......."

"Actually, what?"

Liu Tan lowered his voice and said, "Have the Queen Mother's people looked for you?" ”

"Huh." Chen Kai said disdainfully: "I guess, I must have looked for you, that's why you asked like this." ”

"Answer my question."

"I looked for it, but I rejected it on the spot, what's wrong? Do you have other ideas? ”

"Nope!" Liu Tan swore and said.

Chen Kai looked at Liu Tan coldly, but did not speak, Chen Kai realized that he was not the only person who Ma Butong was talking to in private, which also untied a knot in his heart. In the past, Chen Kai still wondered, did he look like a traitor? Why did Ma Butong come to woo me? Looking at it today, it turns out that Ma Butong is casting a wide net, trying to elevate Tang Yuan from among the middle and high-level generals.

Do you want to tell Tang Yuan about this?

"Liu Tan, I'm going to tell Tang Yuan about this, are you going?"

"If you have a little conscience, you know how to call me. Go, of course go, and definitely go together. ”

The two brothers came to find Tang Yuan together, and at this time Tang Yuan was playing chess with the beautiful girl You.

Due to the common experience in the early years, there seemed to be no barrier between the two of them and Tang Yuan, and there was no need to report when they walked in, they swaggered to Tang Yuan's side, smiling without saying a word.

Tang Yuan felt a little inexplicable, usually unless he was on business, these two didn't often come to him to hang out, what happened today.

"Miss You, you go back to the house first."

Youlan left, and Tang Yuan motioned for the two brothers to sit down.

Nalan Xin instructed his subordinates to prepare two more teacups, and the four of them sat down around the small square table.

Chen Kai and Liu Tan glanced at each other, and Chen Kai said: "Let me say it first, in fact, as early as when we were in Xiangcheng, Ma Jianjun used all kinds of temptations to let us take refuge in him, I don't know if Xiaofeng knows about this matter?" ”

Hearing this, Tang Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "What conditions did he offer you?" ”

"A mansion in Luoyang, a third-class lieutenant of the Xuanjia Army." Chen Kaidao.

Tang Yuan looked at Liu Tan.

Liu Tan smiled and said: "It's still a mansion with three doors, seven in and seven out." ”

Tang Yuan smiled: "Ma Butong is actually very good at doing things, he not only wants to win over you, he also wants to win over me, but unfortunately it is not his turn to win me over now." The Queen Mother personally wooed me, of course I didn't dare to object, but later, all kinds of signs showed that the Queen Mother had chilled me. Since then, Ma Butong has been ready to move, and Chen Bao also said to me, it is better to kill him, of course I will not agree. Killing the prison army, that kind of thing can only be done by the Ximen family, even when Meng Zong was in power, he didn't dare to do that. At most, it is house arrest. You can tell me this news directly, which shows that our brothers have a deep relationship, rest assured, if I Tang Yuan soars in the future, your house will be recorded in my account. ”

Hearing this, Chen Kai and Liu Tan laughed, and said that if they wanted a big house, they would directly promise Ma Butong, so why wait for any promises.

Tang Yuan nodded and said, "We all came out of the Shandong elite barracks, and there were fifty people who followed me at the beginning, but now, there are only a few of you left." The friendship between us is not comparable to ordinary people, and at all times, I only believe in you, and no matter how good the latecomers are, they will not be able to replace your position. I guess you must think that I am now focusing on cultivating Ma Ben, and I have snubbed the brothers a little, but in fact, you have not seen through one thing. Ma Ben represents not himself, but a faction. I reuse Ma Ben, so that others will say that I Tang Yuan can tolerate people, as long as you are talented, you will be discovered sooner or later. I, Tang Yuan, am only the head of 10,000 people now, but in the future, there will definitely not be only 10,000. At that time, all of your brothers will be generals, but do you have any useful people under you? When you become a lieutenant general, you can't also charge into battle all day long, right? ”

"What does the general mean is that he plans to recruit more bandits in the future?" Liu Tan wondered.

Chen Kai smiled: "Of course not, but that General Tang can even tolerate bandits, let alone anyone else." After all, one day, we may suddenly have to expand the army, do you think we can only count on the new recruit Governor Ma Bufang? That's a die-hard supporter of Empress Dowager Cao, and we can't count on it. Even if he really sent new recruits to our troops, I don't even feel at ease, do you know which is the Queen Mother's eyeliner? ”

"Well, that's true." Liu Tan nodded heavily.

After drinking some tea, the second general took his leave.

Nalan Xin's eyebrows lowered and he shook his head.

"Why are you shaking your head?"

Nalan said: "The morale of the army is no longer stable. ”。

Hearing this, Tang Yuan was silent, but his cold attitude could be regarded as agreeing with Nalan Xin's statement.

"If it's a true brother, why bother saying these words." Nalan Xin stood up and walked to the chessboard with his hands behind his back, "Miss You gave you another hand, you see, wouldn't it be better if the sunspot was placed here?" ”