Chen Zilong couldn't bear to see Ma Cheng being left out in the cold, and wanted to explain to Ma Cheng, but Zuo Maodi diverted the topic and asked, "Wozi, why did you resign and return to your hometown this time?" ”

Chen Zilong sighed when he heard Zuo Maodi's question: "Brother Zhongji, now the court is gray, and no one cares about the younger brother's more than 50 books, so what am I doing here?" It's better to go home and study and serve your mother! ”

Zuo Maodi knows Chen Zilong very well, and knows that he is frustrated with the government and retreats, but Zuo Maodi is ginger's old and strong nature, and Chen Zilong is not as good as Zuo Maodi in terms of the degree of exclusion in the imperial court, but this is how Zuo Maodi still insists on struggling on the front line of anti-castration, and now he sees that Chen Zilong wants to pick a son and not work, so he naturally has to say a few words.

"Brother Xian, now that the lord is deceived by traitorous ministers, it is natural to need me and other righteous gentlemen to stand up and raise their hearts, and now Zhang Tianguan, Jiang Ge Lao and others are being persecuted by the eunuch party, do you also want to go away and hide and relax?"

Chen Zilong was very ashamed to hear Zuo Maodi say this, but Chen Zilong was only a seven-grade person, although he was noble, he did not have any right to speak in the court. Now even Zhang Shenyan, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang, Lu Daqi and others have been made to become famous, what role can he play as a seven-grade petty official?

Zuo Maodi was very angry when he saw Chen Zilong silent, and was about to persuade him not to return to his hometown again, but at this time, there was a commotion not far away, and it turned out that Ma Cheng and Hou Fangyu were fighting.

As the biggest official on the dock, Zuo Maodi was the chief of the mission, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to step forward and separate the two. In just a few minutes, Hou Fangyu, who was originally a beautiful son, was beaten by Ma Cheng and his face was covered with blood, the square scarf he was wearing on his head was gone, his hair bun was torn apart by Ma Cheng and turned into a cape, and a good blue satin robe on his body was also torn off by Ma Cheng, and a satin cloth shoe on his feet was also lost, which was really embarrassing and embarrassing.

Although Hou Fangyu looked embarrassed, the injury was not serious, it was just a nosebleed, and Ma Cheng didn't really want Hou Fangyu's life, it just made him lose face. However, Hou Fangyu is a talented man who is famous in the south and Zhili, and he has suffered this kind of humiliation, so he angrily pointed at Ma Cheng and scolded: "Ma Cheng, you are a vertical son who has a mother and no mother!" ”

Hou Fangyu is an intellectual, he has always paid attention to his identity, and he naturally can't scold people like a village woman, so this is already the most vicious language that Hou Fangyu can scold.

But Ma Cheng was born in the market in the later generations, and when he heard Hou Fangyu scolding himself like this, he laughed secretly in his heart, these stinky old nine are really waste, and they can't scold people.

Ma Cheng coughed, opened his mouth and began to scold Hou Fangyu: "Hou Fangyu, do you still have the face to scold Lao Tzu?" Your little white face is not a good thing, and your Lao Tzu Hou Sui is not a good thing, do you Lao Tzu Hou Sui like to push your ass? After playing with your mother's ass, it's not enjoyable to play with Zuo Liangyu's ass again, so your old son Hou Sui is an old ass, and you are a little ass! You rely on selling your ass to make a show in your hometown, and it's not good to be here in Nanzhili! Because no one likes your ass here! But Lao Tzu is the chief soldier, Hou Fangyu, you have to be willing to learn from your godmother Zuo Liangyu, then Lao Tzu can promote you to be a general! ”

Ma Cheng's mouth is poisonous and damaged, this scolding not only scolded Hou Fangyu, but also brought his son Hou Sui with him, here I have to mention the glamorous history of Hou Sui and Zuo Liangyu. Although Zuo Liangyu was a native of Liaodong back then, he was developed in Guannei. Zuo Liangyu was a former soldier of Hou Sui's tent, and once Zuo Liangyu committed an accident because of drinking. Hou Sui did not cure his crimes, and promoted him to be a general. In the second year, Hou Sui promoted Zuo Liangyu to be a deputy general and hung the seal of the commander. Later, Zuo Liangyu repeatedly made military exploits and became a leading general. Zuo Liangyu repaid Hou Sui's old kindness, and he did not commit any crime in Shang Qiuqiu three times, and went to Hou's mansion to kowtow to Hou Sui's father.

Zuo Liangyu is different from other generals who lead the troops, his appearance is very handsome, and the wind of Longyang in the Ming Dynasty was prevalent, and many intellectuals played with the dock and pushed their butts, so it was rumored in the officialdom at that time that Zuo Liangyu was Hou Sui's male favorite, and the two fought bayonets in the tent, and various episodes such as inserting each other's buttocks were circulated, and I don't know if it was true or not.

This kind of rumor does not pose any substantial harm to Hou Sui, but after all, it is a scandal, so Hou's father and son still don't like to be mentioned.

Hou Fangyu didn't expect Ma Cheng's mouth to be so vicious, hearing Ma Cheng insulting his father, his eyes were wide open, and he opened his hands and was about to step forward to find Ma Cheng desperately. Seeing Hou Fangyu like this, Ma Cheng was also very angry, he didn't beat Hou Fangyu with a dead hand just now, although Hou Sui was a scholar, but after all, his protégés were all over the world, and Ma Cheng didn't want to offend Hou Sui to death. But now that Hou Fangyu is unrelenting, Ma Cheng secretly scolded in his heart: Since this is the case, don't complain about the cruelty of the master!

Just when the two of them were about to do it again, they heard Zuo Maodi shout angrily: "Have you made enough trouble?" One is a student and the other is an officer, isn't it a shame to fight in broad daylight? ”

Zuo Maodi's words were impartial, but in fact, he secretly helped Hou Fangyu, after all, people with a discerning eye could see that the two of them beat each other for a while just now, and Hou Fangyu suffered a big loss, and Ma Cheng had no effect at all except for a few scratches on his face.

Zuo Maodi is Hou Fangyu's predecessor in both officialdom and Shilin, so Hou Fangyu can still listen to what he says. After Hou Fangyu was reprimanded by Zuo Maodi, he could only put down his desperate hand and stood in place looking at Ma Cheng's luck. Ma Cheng saw that Hou Fangyu naturally couldn't do anything if he didn't fight, so he looked at Hou Fangyu for a while.

Zuo Maodi saw that today's original perfect send-off ceremony had turned into a farce, and he didn't greet his colleagues angrily, and got on the boat with a wave of his sleeves.

The chief officer boarded the ship, and several other subordinate officers did not dare to delay and boarded the ship one after another. Chen Hongfan, the deputy envoy of the mission, said to Chen Zilong: "Brother Xian, please go back, wait for Brother Yu to come back and go to Songjiang to see you!" After Chen Hongfan finished speaking, he arched his hand and followed on the boat.

Ma Cheng knew that Chen Zilong had a wide range of friends, but that guy was a soldier at first glance, why did Chen Zilong also have an intersection with the generals in the army? Qingfeng Literature

Ma Cheng stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Brother Chen, who was talking to you just now?" Why haven't you seen it? ”

"That's Brother Dongming, the deputy envoy of this mission!" After Chen Zilong finished speaking, he remembered that Ma Cheng didn't know the words of the various officials, so he had to explain: "Brother Dongming's name is Chen Hongfan, and he is the commander of the five coastal towns, this time because he is from Liaodong and is familiar with the situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he made him a deputy envoy." ”

Ma Cheng didn't know that this Chen Hongfan was a famous traitor at this time, so he didn't have much impression of Chen Hongfan, and after listening to Chen Zilong, he thought about it for a while, and he had never heard this name in later generations, probably just an insignificant little person.

After Zuo Maodi's boat left the dock, the big and small officials who came to see him off left the dock one after another, leaving only a few of Chen Zilong's friends to see Chen Zilong off.

Chen Zilong looked at Ma Cheng and Hou Fangyu, both of whom were good friends of his, but the two were like fire and water, and they must not meet together.

"Two virtuous brothers, you are both outstanding people of the moment, why can't you work together to give advice to the imperial court?" Chen Zilong wanted to make peace with Ma Cheng and Hou Fangyu, but knowing that Hou Fangyu glared at Ma Cheng and scolded: "Brother Wozi, you don't have to say this, little brother swears!" I will definitely not be in the same hall as Ma Cheng, a hooligan! ”

Ma Cheng also scolded on the side: "What? Hou Fangyu, do you think Lao Tzu likes you as an ass seller? ”

Chen Zilong saw that the two of them were getting stiffer and stiffer the more they talked, and quickly pulled the two apart and said, "Okay, okay, the foolish brother is also leaving, and the foolish brother doesn't care what you want, but don't fight now!" ”

Ma Cheng got along with Chen Zilong passionately during this time, and Chen Zilong was also very helpful to Ma Cheng, so Ma Cheng was really reluctant to let Chen Zilong leave.

"Brother Chen, you have to remember your promise, when the younger brother leads the 100,000 army to the north, please ask the eldest brother to come and help the younger brother!"

Chen Zilong heard Ma Cheng say this and smiled: "Okay, when the time comes, you don't need to invite Zhong and the virtuous brother, the foolish brother will defect!" ”

After Chen Zilong finished speaking, he said goodbye to his friends Xia Yunyi, Xu Fuyuan and others, and got on a passenger boat down the river and went back to his hometown.

The relationship between these people and Ma Cheng was average for Chen Zilong at the dock, because of Ma Shiying's relationship, these people were also very disgusted with Ma Cheng, so as soon as Chen Zilong left, these people didn't say hello to Ma Cheng, and went directly into the city and went home.

Ma Cheng was thrown on the dock by these stinky old nines, watching Chen Zilong's boat go away, and only after he could no longer see the shadow of the boat did Ma Cheng sigh and lead his soldiers back to the city.

Chen Zilong's departure had a great impact on the development of Ma Cheng's military industry, although the flintlock pistol has been mass-produced, but the two most important things of artillery and steam engine are still clueless. Although Chen Zilong recommended Song Yingxing, the team that went to greet him now had just walked for five days, Jiangxi was thousands of miles away from Nanjing, and there was no one or two months to come back, and during this time, Ma Cheng's arsenal could only produce muskets.

Ma Cheng rode on the horse thinking about his thoughts, and the soldiers around him led the horse and walked slowly into the city. Nanjing has now become a refuge for several provinces on the left and right, and the number of wealthy households in the city has increased a lot, plus the displaced people from outside the city have come to the city to help make money, so now the flow of people in Nanjing is like weaving, and more than a dozen people in Ma Cheng's line can only move slowly in the flow of people.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in front, and Ma Cheng, who was riding on a horse, saw that the road was blocked, so he had no choice but to signal his soldiers to come forward to see what was going on, after all, this road was the closest to home, and it was necessary to walk for half an hour more to detour.

Ma Cheng's previous personal soldier was An Zhennan, but in the past few days, Ma Cheng arranged for An Zhennan to go to Jiangxi to pick up Song Yingxing, so it was Xiaoqi Gu Zhong who followed Ma Cheng today.

Gu Zhong is Gu Changwei's eldest son, that is, Gu Xiying's nephew, with this relationship, Ma Cheng transferred Gu Zhong to his side under the pretense of public welfare and promoted his position to Xiaoqi.

Gu Zhong is eighteen years old this year, and because his family background is okay, he is a head taller than ordinary soldiers, and he is very heroic when he stands next to Ma Cheng. After Gu Zhong received Ma Cheng's order, he squeezed through the crowd and walked over. Within a few minutes, Gu Zhong came back and said to Ma Cheng: "Lord Zongzhen, there is a fight in front of you, blocking the road!" ”