On the fifth day of the third month of Daming Shaowu, Ma Cheng has been low-key at home for a month. In the past month, Ma Cheng has lived in a simple house and has stayed at home, in addition to eating and sleeping, he is playing with women every day.

However, this month has not been without gains, the three women in Ma Cheng's mansion are pregnant, which makes Ma Cheng still a little proud, after all, a man's ability is still worth boasting about.

Ma Cheng is idle today, assessing the homework of his two sons in the back garden. Ma Cheng's eldest son, Ma Yuan, is seven years old this year, and according to the tradition of the Ma family, he has reached the age of entering school. In fact, Ma Yuan had already followed Ma Luan to learn enlightenment readings a few years ago, and since the end of the coup d'état last year, Ma Luan was busy with affairs, and the matter of teaching Ma Yuan to read has stopped.

But the Ma family has been a literati for generations, how can the men of the Ma family not be able to read and write? So Ma Cheng handed over his two sons Ma Yuan and Ma Ying to Chen Zilong, hoping that the head of the three sons in the cloud would teach his son to become a talent.

Ma Cheng looked at Ma Yuan, who was unusually restrained in front of him, and asked, "Yuan'er, I heard your master say that you have learned a thousand-character text, now recite it for your father!" ”

The thousand-character essay is already one of the most difficult enlightenment books, Ma Yuan is already seven years old according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, but the actual age is only five years old, Ma Cheng does not believe that such a child can recite the thousand-character essay throughout.

Although Ma Yuan is Ma Cheng's eldest son, because Ma Cheng fights outside all the year round, Ma Yuan and Ma Cheng don't have much time to meet. Now listening to his father let him recite a thousand-character text, Ma Yuan looked at his teacher Chen Zilong nervously.

Although Chen Zilong taught Ma Yuan for less than three months, he liked this smart disciple very much, and seeing that Ma Yuan was nervous, Chen Zilong gently encouraged: "Yuan'er, don't be nervous, just follow the recitation taught by the teacher!" ”

With the encouragement of the teacher, Ma Yuan relieved his nervousness and began to recite aloud: "Heaven and earth are yellow, and the universe is desolate." The sun and the moon are shining, and the sun and moon are shining! After passing the tense stage, Ma Yuan's recitation became smoother and smoother, and he soon recited 250 sentences and 1,000 words of the thousand-character text without error.

Ma Cheng held the thousand-character translation, and was very happy to see that such a young child could recite it in its entirety. Ma Cheng didn't study well on his own, but now he is very happy to see his son so smart.

Ma Cheng looked at his second son Ma Ying and asked, "Ying'er, where have you learned?" ”

Ma Ying is one year younger than Ma Yuan, but she is much more sensible than Ma Yuan, so she bowed down and said, "Dad, my son has been studying with Teacher Chen for two months, and he just learned the Three Character Classic!" ”

The child is still young, Ma Cheng will not deliberately ask for anything, after listening to Ma Ying, Ma Cheng smiled and said: "The three-character scripture is okay, Ying'er memorize it!" ”

Ma Ying heard her father say this, so she had to start reciting the Three Character Sutra with a hard scalp. Ma Ying's ability is not as good as his eldest brother Ma Yuan, and he stumbles on the back of a three-character scripture, and he can't memorize it just after memorizing half of it.

Chen Zilong is Ma Ying's teacher, although he doesn't like Ma Ying's stubborn apprentice, but now Ma Ying is embarrassed, and his teacher is not good-looking. Chen Zilong had no choice but to excuse Ma Ying: "Grandpa, Ma Ying is a little nervous today, it wasn't like this before!" ”

Chen Zilong was explaining, but Ma Cheng didn't pay much attention to it, Ma Ying's temperament was smart, and he liked Ma Cheng even more.

"Mr. Chen doesn't have to blame himself, his personal abilities are different, and my father doesn't want his sons to be like the boss

Smart, this family business will be inherited by the eldest in the future, and the other sons will do whatever they like! ”

Ma Ying originally thought that she would definitely be reprimanded by her father, but when she heard her father say this, Ma Ying immediately put her mind at ease and said: "Daddy is so right, my son wants to sleep when he hears Mr. Chen studying, let's let my eldest brother come to study!" ”

Chen Zilong's face turned green when he heard Ma Ying say this, but Ma Cheng was very happy and asked, "Ying'er, you don't like to read?" So what do you want to do when you grow up? ”

"Dad, my son will learn from his father when he grows up, and lead thousands of troops and horses to fight a decisive battle with the Beiyu thousands of miles away!"

Hearing Ma Ying's bold words, Ma Cheng laughed: "Boy, fighting a war is not as simple as you think, but Lao Tzu promised you that if you want to fight when you grow up, Lao Tzu can fulfill your wish!" ”

Ma Ying's little face flushed with excitement when she heard Ma Cheng say this, children like to worship heroes the most, Ma Cheng is a big hero like 10,000 to 400,000, adults yearn for it, not to mention children like Ma Ying.

Chen Zilong heard Ma Ying say this, and was about to stand up and persuade Ma Cheng, but after thinking about it, he dispelled this idea again, Chen Zilong is a firm elder faction, although Ma Yuan is not a son-in-law, but the eldest lady Gu Miaoyin has nothing to do now, Ma Yuan's identity as the eldest son is naturally important, not to mention that Ma Yuan studies hard, and Chen Zilong loves it, so Chen Zilong decided not to persuade Ma Cheng after thinking about being in the third, after all, Ma Ying has become a brave and ruthless Qiu Ba, and the threat is much smaller than that of a scholar.

Ma Cheng didn't know that his subordinates had begun to divide into gangs, and at this time, a family member outside came in and reported: "Master, the second aunt is here!" ”

This second aunt is naturally not Ma Cheng's two uncles, but Ma Cheng's second brother-in-law. Ma Cheng heard that it was his big spy leader who was coming, and smiled at Chen Zilong: "Mr. Chen, these two boys will ask Mr. in the future!" ”

Chen Zilong also knew that Zhang Erpei was in charge of Ma Cheng's secret agents, and it was inconvenient for Chen Zilong to stay here, so he got up and retreated, and Ma Yuan and Ma Ying also retreated.

After a while, Zhang Erpei walked in under the leadership of his family, and in the past few months, Zhang Erpei has changed his identity and become a popular figure in Nanjing. After Ma Shiying took power, the chicken dog ascended to heaven, and Zhang Erpei, who was his son-in-law, was also promoted to the right hand of the Imperial History of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace, and became a senior official from the fourth grade.

Zhang Erpei also swelled after being promoted, and he also wanted to break away from Ma Cheng to join Ma Luan, but after all, Zhang Erpei managed the secret power of Ma Cheng's subordinates and knew the hidden strength in Ma Cheng's hands, so after thinking about it again and again, Zhang Erpei decided to follow Ma Cheng to the end, after all, this troubled world is still a reliable gun.

Zhang Erpei walked into the house, came to Ma Cheng's face, and asked An: "Wei Guogong, I have seen my grandfather!" ”

Zhang and Pei's psychological activities Ma Cheng is very clear, but Ma Cheng is not very worried, although the Military Intelligence Department is under the management of Zhang and Pei, but after Lu Siye's betrayal, the Military Intelligence Department has already been integrated by Ma Cheng like an iron bucket, and only a Zhang Erpei's betrayal can't make a big wave.

"The second brother-in-law has been an official for a few months, how happy is he? Why did you come to visit my brother-in-law now? ”

Zhang Erpei heard Ma Cheng say this, and his sweat burst out, and he quickly knelt down and shouted: "Grandpa, it's wrong to be humble!" ”

Zhang Erpei, this guy has been in exile in Nanjing for many years, and he has seen a lot of people and knows what to say now

It's all fake, it's better to admit it directly, after all, he is still in charge of Ma Cheng's Military Intelligence Department, and the cost of changing a military intelligence department director is very high.

Zhang Erpei won the bet, and at this critical moment, Ma Cheng really couldn't easily replace the intelligence director. Ma Cheng said with a smile: "Second brother-in-law, please hurry up, I have infinite trust in my second brother-in-law!" The second brother-in-law knows what happened to Lu Siye, and my father-in-law believes that the second brother-in-law will never follow Lu Siye's old path! ”

In the Wuzi coup, Lu Siye led more than 20,000 city guards to finally entrench themselves in the military camp of Beicheng Xiaoxiaochang to resist stubbornly, which is Lu Siye's base camp, and Lu Siye has the support of the emperor's holy decree, so he can still resist. But after Ma Cheng settled the matter in the palace, Zhu Lunkui issued an edict saying that Lu Siye's uncle and nephew were rebellious, and the last bit of determination to resist in the city guards was gone.

Lu Siye saw that the general trend had gone, and he originally wanted to commit suicide, but when the time came, he was afraid of death. Lu Siye was originally a gentleman, and he had some courage when he was ruthless, but he was deflated when it was his turn.

In this way, Lu Siye was caught alive by Ma Cheng, Lu Siye soon found that it was better to die in the hands of Ma Cheng, Ma Cheng tried the eighteen kinds of torture in the Jinyi Guard on Lu Siye's uncle and nephew, cleaned all Lu Siye's henchmen from the city guard, and killed his three sons in front of Lu Siye, and finally gave Lu Siye a good time.

He thought of the scene where Lu Siye was scalded red by boiling water, and then brushed up, and saw that Lu Siye's eldest son was only five years old, but his fingers were cut off one by one by Jinyiwei, thinking of these chapters and Pei, he had nightmares all night long.

Zhang Erpei has a wife and a concubine, and his wife is Ma Cheng's second sister Ma Hongyu, who gave birth to a son and a daughter for Zhang Erpei. Zhang Erpei also had a concubine, Meng, who gave birth to two sons. Ma Hongyu's child is Ma Cheng's nephew, and it is estimated that he will not move, but Meng's child has no blood relationship with Ma Cheng. thought that if he betrayed Ma Cheng, his two sons were likely to follow the path of Lu Siye's son.

Thinking of this chapter, Pei was frightened and trembled, and stammered: "Grandpa, the humble position is absolutely loyal to the grandfather, and he will never be deceived by Ma Luan's rhetoric, please believe in the humble position!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Erpei was scared like this, Ma Cheng was very satisfied: "Haha, second brother-in-law, you and I are close relatives, my father-in-law naturally believes in you, but in the future, Ma Luan is sending someone to contact you, please tell the second brother-in-law the truth!" ”

Zhang Erpei breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he heard Ma Cheng say this, knowing that he had passed this level today. Zhang Erpei hurriedly swore to the sky, promising that he would be loyal to Ma Cheng Yunyun.

Ma Cheng nodded and asked, "What is the second brother-in-law doing today?" It won't just be a sign of loyalty! ”

Hearing Ma Cheng ask, Zhang Erpei remembered today's business, and hurriedly said: "Grandpa, the Gongyuan will open the exam in ten days, and the city has gathered from several provinces. ”

Qi Biaojia was killed in the coup, the men of the family were also killed, and the women were all included in the Jiaofang Division, because of the emperor's holy decree, Qi Biaojia's case has been determined as an iron case. Now Ma Cheng heard those young people still talking about this matter, and scolded angrily: "These rotten Confucians really don't know death, Zhang Erpei, you and my father go to listen to it, listen to what these dead guys are talking about!" ”