Ma Shiying shed tears when she heard Ma Cheng say this: "Cheng'er, are there any parents in the world who don't love their children!" Do you think your father is not sad to see you beaten like this? ”

Ma Cheng saw Ma Shiying's true feelings, but Ma Cheng couldn't control the anger in his heart, today's incident made Ma Cheng too difficult to accept: "You have a son, don't those dead villagers have a son?" I saw with my own eyes your soldiers behead a mother and then trample her son to death! What do they do? Who of them is to be pitied? ”

Ma Shiying sighed when she heard Ma Cheng say this: "Hey! Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are dogs! This is a world of great contention, and you and my father and son are no better than those villagers! ”

Ma Cheng was stunned when he heard Ma Shiying say this, he remembered Ma Shiying's fate, Ma Shiying was finally captured and would rather die than be skinned by Duoduo, this kind of death is much more tragic than today's villagers. At the same time, Ma Shiying was not allowed to live in peace after his death, and after a large number of Donglin parties surrendered, they all buckled the basin of the Southern Ming Dynasty on Ma Shiying's head.

Seeing that Ma Shiying's expression was also very silent, Ma Cheng asked, "Dad, did my son cause trouble for you?" The son looked at that Lu Jiude very proudly! ”

Ma Cheng didn't know why Lu Jiude was proud, but he could guess that he must have caused trouble for his father.

Ma Shiying smiled bitterly and said: "Hehe, it's nothing, it's just that Lu Jiude got some shortcomings, as long as my Cheng'er is fine!" ”

Hearing Ma Shiying say this, Ma Cheng's little remaining conscience was indeed a little moved.

Ma Cheng was just about to speak, Ma Shiying had already stood up and walked to the door, then turned around and said: "Cheng'er, this time you are no longer allowed to be a soldier in the army, when you come back from Huai'an this time, the old man will get you a brocade cloth and guard governor's errand, you can accompany your mother more at home!" ”

Ma Cheng only knew what was going on when he heard Ma Shiying say this, it turned out that he couldn't gain a foothold in the army today, and he entered the military and could no longer take the imperial examination, so Ma Shiying came to say this, it turned out that he was pitying himself.

Ma Cheng figured it out and was about to refute, but Ma Shiying had already walked away from the tent, and Ma Cheng scolded hatefully in his heart: Damn, Lao Tzu will not be in the company of Zhang Guozhu's bastard, and if he is not a soldier, Lao Tzu will train the new army by himself!

Gu Changwei, who was outside the account, saw that the master was gone, so he dared to walk into the tent, and seeing that Ma Cheng had not eaten yet, Gu Changwei persuaded: "Second master, take a bite!" It's already been hot twice! ”

Ma Cheng looked at the food, there was a chicken tonight, Ma Cheng unceremoniously stepped forward and tore off a chicken leg and chewed it, scolding while eating: "Gu Changwei, do you say that Lao Tzu will train the new army by himself?" Without Zhang Guozhu, he can only eat hairy pigs? ”

Gu Changwei knew in his heart that this second young master was not bullshit and had achieved nothing, but he didn't dare to say it, so he had to say complimentally: "The second master is naturally a first-class hero!" ”

Ma Cheng nodded and asked, "How is the rescued villager?" ”

"Second master, the villain has already bandaged his wounds, if he can survive tonight, he will be fine! However, his arm was cut off at the elbow, and even if he was saved, he would be a waste! "There were no antibiotics in the Ming Dynasty, and the most feared thing was wound infection, if the wound didn't become inflamed tonight, it would be fine. However, Gu Changwei didn't know why Ma Cheng wanted to save such a person, that person's whole family was killed, and the person had already become a waste, so it was better to die together.

"Okay, when the man comes to his senses, give him a few taels of silver, and let him run for his life!" After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he thought that there was any pure land in the whole world? In another year, the Manchu army will go south, and the whole of South China will be scorched.

The next morning, the army continued to set off, but this time Ma Cheng was not following the middle camp of the Chinese army, but following behind the large group of people, and all the generals deliberately stayed away from this guy.

Ma Cheng didn't care about that, he took the hundred people under his command to follow the team, and when there was no food supply, he directly took people to the baggage camp to get it. The one who manages the baggage battalion is just a garrison, and he knows that this second ancestor is not allowed by his colleagues, but Zhang Zhenbiao of the Chinese army did not order the expulsion of Ma Cheng's department, so Ma Cheng still belongs to the middle battalion of the Chinese army. The garrison was in a dilemma and had to find Yang Wencong's place and ask what should be done?

Yang Wencong was in charge of the logistics of the Chinese army, and when he heard the garrison, he laughed: "Does the Lord General have an order to remove Ma Qianhu from his military position?" ”

The guard shook his head and said, "Not really?" ”

"Isn't that over, you can just give it according to the rules, why do you care so much?"

When the garrison heard Yang Wencong say this, it suddenly dawned on him, he is the son of the governor, and he is a fart! Anyway, Lord Yang has already said that he will implement it himself.

Seeing the garrison leaving, Yang Wencong smiled bitterly and shook his head, he knew about Ma Cheng, if Yang Wencong was twenty years younger, he would definitely applaud Ma Cheng's actions loudly, but Yang Wencong has been in the officialdom for more than 20 years, and the edges and corners of the year have long been worn away, and now only sleek is left. However, Yang Wencong still likes this wife and nephew very much, so he secretly helped.

After the garrison went back, it supplied Ma Cheng according to the standards of the Ming army, but the thought that Ma Cheng was not satisfied, in addition to asking for fine grain, the garrison also had to supply a big fat pig every day. The garrison listened to Ma Cheng's request and scolded his mother, the ordinary pacesetters are only one catty and two taels of brown rice a day, and each of you needs two catties of polished rice per day, and you have to eat meat every day, is this a soldier or an uncle?

Although the garrison is unwilling, what if Yang Zhongshu has already agreed? There is no way to garrison and have to try to meet Ma Cheng's requirements, anyway, it is not far from Huai'an, even if he has raised pigs in the past few days.

The injury on Ma Cheng's buttocks was nothing serious, and he was able to get up after lying on his stomach for two days. At this time, Ma Cheng saved the villager who had already woken up, and the villager knew that he was saved by Ma Cheng, so he had to come over and kneel down to thank Ma Cheng.

The villager followed Gu Changwei to Ma Cheng's tent and saw Ma Cheng kneeling on his knees and saying that he was a good man.

Ma Cheng saw that the man was about forty years old, with a medium build, a Chinese face, a short beard, and the clothes on his body had been changed into the Ming army's uniform.

Ma Cheng sighed and said, "Get up, the second master, I am alone, and I can only save you at that time!" But fortunately, you are not in any danger now, the second master will give you ten taels of silver in a while, and run for your life to the south! ”

Knowing that the man didn't want to leave at all, he hurriedly said when he heard Ma Cheng say this: "Second master, all the family members in Xia have died in Wangguan Town, and there are no relatives in Xia to take refuge, can you stay in the barracks and serve the second master?" ”

When Ma Cheng heard that this guy didn't want to leave, he wanted to stay as a soldier, he wanted a soldier who could fight, what did you leave as a cripple?

"I'm in the barracks here, and your left arm has been lost, so it's really inconvenient to stay in the army!"

"Second master, you are literate in the next, or show your talent and fame, you can be a bookkeeper for the second master, please take the second master in the next place!"

I didn't expect to be a showman, you must know that there were very few scholars in the Ming Dynasty, let alone a showman. Ma Cheng estimated that this guy must be a big man in that Wangguan Town.

"It turns out that you are still a Maocai master, I don't know what your surname is?"

The man packed up his clothes, then bowed down and said: "In Xia Wang Xian, the word Deming, is Chongzhen's ten-year Fengyang Mansion Xiucai!" ”

There was originally a clerk in Ma Cheng's army, which was his third brother Ma Xi, but Ma Cheng didn't want this Ma Xi to be so idle, so he directly regarded Ma Xi as an ordinary soldier. However, the army does need a book office, and people have to do the daily writing, painting, and painting, and Ma Cheng will be too busy with his own affairs to take care of it in the future.

Thinking of Ma Cheng, he nodded: "Okay, then the second master will hire Wang Xiucai to be a clerk, and the monthly salary of five yuan is good?" ”

Wang Xian shook his head when he heard Ma Cheng say this: "Second master, you don't need any money, just guarantee three meals a day!" ”

This is good, don't pay back and work in vain, Ma Cheng was very satisfied, and said to Gu Changwei who was standing aside: "Gu San, Wang Xiucai will be under your control in the future, and you will hand over everything you buy to Wang Xiucai!" ”

Gu Changwei was overjoyed to hear Ma Cheng say this, this half a month can cost Gu Changwei's old life, he is illiterate, and the daily bookkeeping can be difficult for him, but the second master Ma Cheng is very sensitive to the accounts, and he has to check the accounts every five days. Now that he has finally handed over this bad account, Gu Changwei is naturally happy.

Gu Changwei agreed and led Wang Xian out, Ma Cheng didn't pay much attention to receiving such a difficult show, and now that the army has arrived outside Huai'an City, Ma Shiying and the others are going to see Zhu Yousong, the blessed king.

Ma Cheng knew that he was squeezed out by those generals in the army, but it was nothing, if Ma Cheng had the patience to wait until March next year when Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng set off a smooth case, then Ma Shiying would be regarded as the real power of the government and the opposition, and it would be easy to get a real power general soldier for Ma Cheng at that time.

But Ma Cheng knows history, and when everything is over in March next year, only the fastest person who grasps power can train the new army the fastest and resist the Manchu attack in Yangzhou. Now the fastest way to grasp power is to befriend Zhu Yousong, the blessed king, but he is a small thousand households, and he can't even see Zhu Yousong's face, how to make friends?

Thinking of this Ma Cheng, he scratched his head very much, how could he see that faint monarch Zhu Yousong?

But what Ma Cheng didn't know was that the opportunity would come, just when Ma Cheng had a headache, in the Fu Fan Courtyard on the West Lake outside Huai'an City, a little eunuch went out and ran to the barracks.

When he came to the gate of the barracks, the little eunuch showed the seal of King Fu and asked to see Zhang Guozhu, a Chinese officer who stayed behind.

Zhang Guozhu didn't know what King Fu sent the little eunuch to see him, but King Fu was tomorrow's emperor, and Zhang Guozhu didn't dare to slack off and hurried out of the camp to greet him.

Zhang Guozhu saw the little eunuch and asked for his intentions, only to know that people did not come to see him, but King Fu wanted to see Ma Cheng of the Chinese army.

Hearing that the future emperor wanted to see Ma Cheng, the second ancestor, Zhang Guozhu scolded God for having no eyes in his heart, everyone knew that King Fu was going to ascend the throne and be the emperor, and now he would definitely be able to get some benefits by going to see King Fu, I don't know what means Ma Cheng used to make King Fu value him so much.