Three days later, at noon, someone from Xuzhou came and went directly to Cao Cao's residence. As for how to know the place of Lu Dao, it was naturally written by Ma Chao in the letter.

The subordinate led someone from Xuzhou to see Ma Chao, and as soon as the two sides met, Ma Chao saw that an acquaintance came. It was none other than Liu Bi and Gong Du, who were forced by him to go to Xuzhou in Pingyucheng, Runan, but they didn't expect them to come.

When the two saw Ma Chao, they hurriedly saluted, "Liu Bi (Gong Du) has seen Gongzi!" ”

"You two don't have to be polite, please take a seat!"

It's been a long time since I've seen these two people, and Ma Chao also wants to have a good chat with them.

After the two thanked them, they sat down, and Ma Chao said to them, "Why are you here?" ”

He looked at the two of them, and said that Liu Bi and Gong Du felt quite a big change to Ma Chao. Let's put it this way, at the beginning, Liu Bi called himself his master, while Gong Du called himself uncle, and now they all call themselves sons. It used to be too awkward, but now it's good.

This is just a small change, and when I first met them, Liu Bi was not very obvious, but Gong Du was like that, so people knew at a glance that Lu Dao was not a serious person. At that station, as soon as he spoke, in terms of actions and language, you really couldn't associate him with a good person, but now that you look at Gong Du, at least on the surface, his speech and demeanor are much stronger than before.

"Back to Childe, it was Miss who asked our brother to send money to Childe!" Liu Bi replied.

That's right, that's right, he did entrust the two of them to Mi Zhen at that time, Ma Chao nodded after thinking about it.

He continued, "I wonder how you've been doing these days?" ”

Gong Du sighed when he heard this and said: "At the beginning, I did complain in my heart that Gongzi forced our brothers to Xuzhou, this person is unfamiliar with the place and has left his hometown, I am a hundred unwilling." But when we arrived in Donghaiqu County to meet the young lady, the young lady read the letter brought by Brother Fuda, and she asked us if we would like to work in the Mi family. ”

Gong Du didn't say anything about this, but he glanced at Liu Bi, Liu Bi understood, and said to Ma Chao: "Next, I will talk about it for my son!" ”

Ma Chao nodded when he heard this, isn't it the same for anyone to talk about this. I only heard Liu Bi continue: "At that time, my brother and I were desperate and wanted to do some small business, but we didn't have much capital. As soon as I heard this from the young lady, my brother and I agreed, and from that day on, we worked under the young lady......"

After Liu Bidu finished speaking, Ma Chao nodded secretly, it turned out that after Liu Bi and Gong Du went to Mi Zhen's subordinates, Mi Zhen did not look down on them because of their past, but took good care of them, especially for Xiao Tiedan, these Liu Bigong all looked at them. Maybe if the person who did this was Ma Chao, they wouldn't have been so deeply moved, but Mi Zhen, as an eleven-year-old young lady from a wealthy family, could take such good care of her subordinates, which really made Liu Gong and the others have the urge to die as confidants.

Liu Pi and Gong both live at the bottom of society, and they are spurned by others, so they are usually used to bullying others, and they have also suffered from the white eyes, despise and bullying of others. But they did things under Mi Zhen, but they made them feel warmer than ever. Since then, the two have secretly made up their minds that they must change their past mistakes, or they will be sorry for Miss Mi Jia. And Mi Zhen also understood that the two of them intended to change, so they taught the two of them a lot of things, and they also received a lot of guidance from Cui An, and their martial arts were stronger than before, so there were the two people Ma Chao saw today.

Ma Chao expressed his appreciation for the two of them for their ability to change their past wrongs, "People are not sages, who can be without fault, they can change their mistakes, and they are very good!" I am very happy to see you both doing this today! ”

"Thanks to Miss's help, our brothers are where we are today!" Liu Bi said.

Ma Chao nodded, yes, his heart said that Zhen'er is really powerful. It is estimated that he can't make these two change much in such a short period of time, but I didn't expect that as soon as the little girl made a move, it would have an immediate effect.

Ma Chao also thought in his heart, maybe it would be good to marry the little girl back, not because she was helpful to herself, but because she spared no effort to help herself because of her few words. Why can Mi Zhen take such good care of Liu Bi and Gong Du, he is like a mirror in his heart.

It is because I wrote in the letter at the time that these two people are usable people, please help take care of one or two. Mi Zhen fell in love with these two sentences after reading them, which shows the little girl's feelings for herself. Originally, I just hoped that Mi Zhen would help take care of the two of them, but I didn't expect her to give herself a surprise.

After Ma Chao chatted with them for a while, Liu Gong and the others said goodbye to Ma Chao. Ma Chao didn't do anything to keep it, Liu Gong and the others are now only responsible for transporting the money to Luoyang, and now that the matter has been completed, they naturally want to go back. But before they went back, Ma Chao wrote a letter to Mi Zhen, and the content of the letter was mainly to praise Mi Zhen, since this little girl asked Liu Bi and Gong Du to come to Luoyang, he naturally understood her careful thoughts. There is also a way for her to tell Cui An that she will not go to Luoyang anymore, and just go to Dunhuang County to find herself.

After the letter was handed over to Liu Pi, the two of them left. After the two left, Ma Chao smiled and said to himself: "Little girl, you let me praise you, then I'll praise you!" ”

At this time, Cao Cao came to Ma Chao, "Brother Meng De has something to do with his younger brother?" Ma Chao asked.

"Yes, tomorrow, in the old place, Zhang Rang wants to see the virtuous brother!"

Ma Chao understood as soon as he heard it, this was almost a matter of official position. It just so happens that the two million money has been delivered today, or I don't know what to give to Zhang Rang.

"There's Brother Lao Mengde!"

"Do you and I need to be so polite?" Cao Cao feigned a slightly angry expression.

"What Brother Meng De said is very true, but the little brother is hypocritical!"

"I won't accompany you tomorrow as a brother, and as for the money, you don't have to send it, Zhang asked him to send someone to pick it up!"

"That's great!"

Ma Chao didn't want to move the two million money back and forth, it would be too troublesome. It would be great if Zhang Rang sent someone to get it.

When the second day was about to arrive, Ma Chao saw Zhang Rang. After the two met, "Meng Qi, has the money been prepared?" ”

"The money has been prepared, two million cents is a lot, and I ask the Hou Ye to send someone to Brother Mengde's mansion to check it!"

"Okay."

After saying that, Zhang Rang sent a lot of people to Cao Cao's mansion to get money. This money was not given to him, but to be sent to Emperor Liu Hong's private treasury for a lot of money.

"This is a hometown specialty prepared by the kid for Hou Ye, and please accept it with a smile!"

Ma Chao smiled and untied a burden from behind his back, which was of course not a specialty, but a gold bead. He had looted most of Cui An's belongings before, just to bribe him when he saw Zhang Rang in the future.

Zhang Rang picked up the baggage, and he didn't need to open it to know that the number of Dao was considerable, and the amount was sufficient. I thought that the person recommended by Meng De was quite good and generous. If this kid has any difficulties in the future, he can say a few words if he can say something, so he is in the hands of Ma Chao, and he bribed Zhang Rang for this.

After Zhang Rang put away the burden, he said to Ma Chao: "Okay, the specialty of Meng Qi's hometown, our family likes it very much!" In fact, there is another thing to see you today, when our family told His Majesty about your intention to be the Taishou of Dunhuang, His Majesty was very interested in you, so he was ready to summon you today, you go to the palace with our family! ”

Ma Chao heard it, what, what, want to enter the palace? I don't want to be like you, I'm not married yet.

He hurriedly shook his head secretly, saying to himself what kind of nonsense he was thinking. Liu Hong wanted to see himself, but he didn't dare to say anything, nor did he dare to show anything abnormal.

Seeing that Ma Chao didn't move, Zhang Rang said again: "What, you don't want to go?" ”

Hearing this, Ma Chao hurriedly said: "The kid wants to go, I want to go too much." It's just that when I heard what Hou Ye said, the kid couldn't believe it, Your Majesty really wanted to see the kid? ”

Zhang Rang smiled, "Yes, Your Majesty is just to meet you Fufeng Ma Chao Ma Mengqi, you have to know how many people in Lu Dao want to see Your Majesty and can't see him, you kid don't hurry up and go with our family!" ”

"No, Master Hou!"

So Zhang Rang led Ma Chao into the palace, and naturally no one dared to stop the interrogation, so Ma Chao entered the Han Palace smoothly. This is the first time he has seen the real version of the Han Palace, and to be honest, it is really good.

Ma Chao sighed there while watching, being an emperor may make people feel good, but this deep palace is full of intrigue and deceit. Maybe Liu Hong doesn't necessarily like to be the emperor the most, but the inheritance left by his ancestors must be inherited, and since it has fallen on his own head, he can only go down this road.

"Don't be stunned, follow our family, don't get lost!"

Zhang Rang's words made Ma Chao come back to his senses and get lost? Ma Chao thinks it's interesting, can he get lost? To say that maybe he won't get lost, but there are really people who are lost among the people who enter the palace for the first time, and the world is so big that there are no surprises. Zhang Rang encountered it twice, so he reminded Ma Chao that if Ma Chao was also lost, then he would have to work hard to find him, this is a trivial matter, I am afraid that he will cause something, then it will be difficult to explain to Cao Cao. Ma Chao didn't think much about it anymore, and immediately followed Zhang Rang again.

When he saw Liu Hong, he hurriedly saluted, "Fufeng Ma Chao Ma Meng Qi has seen His Majesty!" ”

"Aiqing doesn't have to be polite, sit down!"

As he spoke, he looked at Ma Chao, and when he saw Ma Chao, he said in his heart that he was really as his father said, he was a talent, and it was not difficult to see from his speech and demeanor that Ma Chao was a well-educated person.

Ma Chao is also secretly observing Liu Hong, who looks like he is in his thirties. But he learned from Cao Cao that Liu Hong was not yet thirty. It's okay to look like anything, but Ma Chao can see that Liu Hong is definitely overindulgent, otherwise he wouldn't be like this.

"Your Majesty!" Ma Chao thanked him and sat down.

"I heard that Aiqing once won the championship in Yingchuan Academy, so I think Aiqing must be talented!"

"There are so many talented people in the world, and it's just a fluke for the minister to win the championship. As for being talented, His Majesty has a good reputation. ”

Liu Hong shouted one by one, Ma Chao also called himself a minister, and the officials had already bought it, so this is naturally not wrong.

"Aiqing doesn't have to be modest, I heard that Aiqing's name has been around for a long time, and I have the fate to meet it today!"

"The minister doesn't dare, His Majesty is loved, and the minister is flattered!"

"There is no vanity under the fame, since Aiqing can win the championship in one fell swoop in the quadrennial Yingchuan Academy Exchange Conference, this talent is needless to say. It's just that what makes me puzzled now is, why does Aiqing have to go to Dunhuang County to be a taishou? ”

If it is usual, Liu Hong has to add a sentence in his heart, then why don't you buy a more valuable official, there is something more valuable than this. But although Liu Hong thinks that money is a good thing, and the more the better, but there is something more important today than this, so he doesn't think so.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister feels that Dunhuang is more suitable for the minister, and the minister can display his ambitions there to repay His Majesty's grace!"

"Well said, Aiqing will definitely become the pillar of my Han!"

Liu Hong's words don't matter whether they are sincere or false, at least in front of Ma Chao, the praise of Ma Chao has not stopped. Maybe this is also a kind of imperial trick, after all, when you are an emperor, you have to envelop your courtiers.

"Aiqing's thoughts are understandable, but the bandits in Dunhuang County are rampant and frequent, so Aiqing is going to ......"

Liu Hong didn't continue, but he seemed to be worried about Ma Chao.

He is not falsely worried, but Liu Hong is not worried about Ma Chao, but the Silk Road. Because bandits are rampant at Yumen Pass, the Silk Road has been affected. The predecessor of Dunhuang Taishou was too timid to move the bandits, which caused the bandits to become more and more rampant, so Liu Hong withdrew him, and was thinking about who to send to deal with the bandits, but Ma Chao came.

Bandits were rampant at Yumen Pass, so many caravans on the Silk Road were buried in the boundless desert. If Dunhuang is a very chaotic county in Liangzhou, it is not false at all, and if the bandits are not eliminated, Dunhuang will not be safe. In Liu Hong's view, today's bandits have seriously threatened Jiangshan Sheji, the Silk Road is money, and the trade between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions has been affected a lot because of the bandits. At this time, he hoped that Ma Chao could solve the bandit problem at Yumen Pass, so that the Silk Road could be stabilized as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, when you go to Dunhuang, you will definitely share your worries for Your Majesty, and strive to get rid of bandits as soon as possible, so that there will be peace inside and outside Yumen Pass!"

Ma Chao understood what Liu Hong meant, and what he said was sincere, but not for him Liu Hong.

"Okay, I believe Aiqing will be able to do it!"

Liu Hong saw that today's goal had been achieved, so he asked Zhang Rang to bring the seal letter of the Dunhuang Taishou, and these things were all with him. Liu Hong said to Ma Chao with the seal letter: "Aiqing is in danger, from this moment on, Qing is the Taishou of Dunhuang County of my Han Dynasty!" ”

Ma Chao hurriedly went over and knelt down to receive thanks: "The minister will live up to His Majesty's expectations, thank Your Majesty for Longen!" ”

After the letter was sent, under the guidance of Zhang Rang, Ma Chao left the palace and returned to Caofu.