Bidding farewell to Yan Zhong, Ma Chao embarked on the road to Luoyang. As for Wei Ping and them before, when Ma Chao in Longxi hadn't gone to Hanyang yet, he asked them to go to Luoyang first.

And Ma Chao repeatedly told Wei Ping not to cause trouble along the way, after all, the Han is so big, there are people on the people, and there is a sky outside the sky, so you can't take the initiative to cause trouble. But we are never afraid of things, as long as we are reasonable, then we will do it to the end, and we will have our own pocket if something happens.

On this day, Ma Chao walked from Longxian County, Hanyang to Fufeng Maoling, and went back to his hometown to have a look, not to mention that his hometown still has his grandmother. As for his maternal grandfather, he died of illness when Ma Chao did not return from his study tour.

I think I haven't been back to this Fufeng Maoling for many years, although my grandfather is more stingy, but it's really good for me, but it's a pity that I haven't been able to see the back side of my relatives, and I feel infinite regret and sadness in my heart.

He came to his grandmother's house and saw his grandmother Li, "Chao'er, you're finally back, come over and let me take a good look!" ”

"Yes, my grandson has returned from a study tour, and now he is going to Luoyang to be an official!"

Even if Ma Chao is a human being in his two lives, he is in his thirties, but he is still a child in front of the Li family.

"Our Chao'er has grown up, alas, you have been away all these years, today you go back to Maoling, and now you are going to Luoyang as an official, if your grandfather can see it, it would be great!"

Ma Chaozhi said that Li remembered his maternal grandfather again, "I have been away for the past few years, and my grandfather is not with my grandson, and I can't be by my side, it's really unfilial!" "Ma Chao never called his grandfather and grandmother, he always called his grandfather and grandmother.

Li touched Ma Chao's head, "Child, you can't be blamed for this. You just need to do your studies well, and you also know that your grandfather's most yearning in this life is to be a scholar. Now you are going to Luoyang as an official, I believe that if your grandfather knows about the spring, he will be happy because of you! ”

Ma Chao naturally understands his maternal grandfather, what he yearns for most is to be a scholar, and being an official is also his pursuit when he was young. However, because he did not read well, and he did not have a prominent family background, he could only be a small landlord in this life. So since he was a child, Ma Chao often heard his grandfather say: "Chao'er, you must study hard, and become a big official when you grow up, don't be like your grandfather, and often let people say that he is an iron rooster!" ”

Ma Chao chatted a lot with Li again, and they were all interesting things that he had experienced outside the years. You have to be more careful when talking to the Li family than with your mother, in the Liu family, Ma Chao still dared to talk about the Dunhuang bandits, but when it came to the Li family, he didn't even dare to say that he was the Dunhuang Taishou. If you want to say that you are too shou there, you can pay it back, so Ma Chao doesn't dare to say it. Dunhuang County is a dangerous place in the eyes of ordinary people, and it can be said that there is nothing peaceful in Liangzhou, but in comparison, most people will think that other places are safer than Dunhuang.

After Ma Chao went to his grandfather's tomb to pay respects, now even his grandfather is gone, his family is only his grandmother and a Ma Teng's uncle, in order not to let his loved ones leave him, Ma Chao went back and checked Li according to the medical book left by Nanhua, and Li was startled, almost thinking that his grandson had seen something unclean.

After some examination, Ma Chao finally put his mind at ease for the time being. From his point of view, Li's body is indeed very healthy, at least for now, and he still prescribes a health care prescription and tells Li to drink it on time every day. Li also understood her grandson's filial piety, and she naturally did not refuse, her grandson must be right, who else can she believe if she doesn't believe in her grandson.

Ma Chao only stayed in Maoling for a day and left, and the Li family also understood that his grandson was going to Luoyang, but it was summoned by the emperor, and it would definitely not work if he didn't go immediately. Before leaving, he also gave Ma Chao a lot of money, Ma Chao smiled bitterly in his heart, his grandmother has never changed for more than ten years, and has always given himself a lot of money, and this time he gave the most, saying that he wanted to buy delicious food.

If this money is all bought for food, how many years will it have to be eaten, he knows in his heart that the Li family knows that he wants to go to Luoyang to be an official, and at the foot of the Son of Heaven, even if you are a big official, you can't play without money, and the Liu family has the most money left.

Although he is not bad for money now, Ma Chao never shirks his grandmother's intentions, and although money is said to be something outside the body, there are a few people who really think it is too much, and it must be useful anyway.

Ma Chao happened to meet Wei Ping when he passed through Jingzhao Yin Zheng County, and when he asked, he learned that after Ma Chao asked Wei Ping and them to take the first step in Longxi, Wei Ping divided a hundred people into five groups, because he didn't want one hundred and one people to ride horses through the state and county together, which would easily cause misunderstanding and trouble, so he divided the people into five groups, and did not enter and leave the city at the same time, so that the goal was small, and naturally no one paid attention to anything and avoided unnecessary trouble.

Although his lord also said that if his people arrived in Luoyang first, they could first find a person named Cao Cao. But Wei Ping always felt that it was better to slow down, in case he could meet the lord on the way, wouldn't it be better, but he really met Ma Chao here,

After Ma Chao heard Wei Ping say this, he nodded in his heart, and let Wei Ping lead the hundred people. Although you want Wei Ping to charge into battle and march to fight, he is still a little worse, but he has a specialization in art, Wei Ping is a horse explorer, and the ones he is proficient in are really not good for ordinary soldiers. And Wei Ping is by no means an ordinary tanma, judging from Ma Chao's observation for so long, he is a very skilled and brainy Tanma, and he is definitely rare in Tanma.

"Very good, Wei Ping, you did a good job, it seems that it is right to hand over people to you!"

"The lord has won the award, and his subordinates have done nothing."

Just when Ma Chao wanted to talk to Wei Ping, he noticed that someone was approaching him, but there was nothing malicious about the person coming. I saw a person come to Ma Chao's approach and hugged his fist at him, "Is it from Liangzhou?" ”

I saw that the person who came was about 20 years old, and his appearance was dignified, which made people feel that it was easy to get close to at first glance. Yes, if you meet this person for the first time, then he gives you the impression that this is indeed the case, but everyone who knows this person or knows this person knows that he is definitely not as easy to get close to as he seems on the surface.

"Yes, we are from Liangzhou!"

Ma Chao replied that he saw that the person who came was not alone, but there were several followers, and it seemed that the one who came should be an official.

The visitor nodded, "May I ask if you are the only one in your group?" ”

Ma Chao smiled, "Naturally not, our group is a total of one hundred and two people!" ”

Ma Chao told the truth, he felt that the person who came seemed to know a lot. And I don't have anything to say about betraying people, originally, I didn't do anything unsightly to do it, what can I say.

The person nodded again, "What you said is true, yes, dare to ask what you do for a living?" He continued.

Ma Chao thought to himself, fortunately Cui An is not by his side, otherwise if that kid is here, maybe he will have to conflict with this now, after all, what he hates the most is being asked by others, but fortunately he is not here.

Wei Ping is not Cui An, he knows that everything is still with his own lord, so he won't interject anything, but if it is replaced by Cui An, it will be over.

Ma Chao smiled when he heard this, "I want to ask my friend first, but I don't know who my friend is. ”

Ma Chao is not Cui An, but it doesn't mean that he has no temper, everyone who came asked him two questions, and he also gave an answer, so he has to ask him two questions, so everyone can be regarded as even.

"Don't ......"

As soon as one of the people behind him said two words, he was interrupted by a gesture. I saw that he also smiled and raised his right palm to the lun, and the one behind him immediately closed his mouth and swallowed back what he wanted to say.

"I haven't introduced myself yet, Jingzhao Duling people, Du Ji Du Bohou, now Zheng County Order!"

It turned out to be Zheng County's order, so it could explain why he had to ask himself this.

"Can you take a step to speak?"

Ma Chao said to Du Ji, but Du Ji didn't think about it, and said one word without hesitation, "Please!" ”

Ma Chao appreciated it in his heart, just because Du Yi was decisive and clean, this person is not expected to be an ordinary person.

He and Du Ji walked a few steps to the side, and Ma Chao took out the holy decree from his arms and prepared to hand it over to Du Ji. When Du Yi understood the decree as soon as he saw it, he didn't take it, "I understand." ”

Ma Chaoxin said that doing things with smart people is to save trouble, and after collecting the holy decree, he hugged Du Ji and said, "In the lower support of the Fengmaoling people, Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi, today I am specially ordered to enter Beijing by His Majesty!" ”

"It turns out that you are Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi, who have admired the name for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet you today!"

Ma Chao looked at this situation, it seemed that Du Ji had also heard of him, and when he heard Du Ji say this, he didn't know what to say, "This ......"

"Brother Meng Qixian, my brother is twenty years old, how old should I be. Since the virtuous brother has come to Zheng County, he must let the brother do his best to be a landlord! ”

Ma Chao understood what Du Ji meant, that is, to feast himself and entertain himself well. Seeing Du Yi like this, it is really difficult for him to excuse himself, "In this way, I will bother Brother Bohou!" ”

"Where is this talk, usually I invite the virtuous brother but I can't invite it, today the virtuous brother passed by Zheng County, this is the fate of heaven!"

Du Yi's words made the few people who came with him not far away confused, and said in his heart why his own county order and people called him brothers, obviously he still interrogated the other party before. Besides, his county order is by no means such an easy person to approach, why is it that the sun came out of the west today, and a few people looked at the sky, and there was nothing. In the end, they could only look at each other, all with puzzled expressions.

In the evening, Du Ji invited Ma Chao to a banquet, Ma Chao's side was him and Wei Ping, and Du Ji's side was him and Zheng County Cheng, there should have been a county lieutenant, but the county lieutenant really couldn't come because of something.

And when the county Cheng heard that the person who was going to be invited to the banquet was Fufeng Ma Chao, he didn't complain at all as an escort, on the contrary, he was happy. He is not Du Ji, Du Ji invited Ma Chao to a banquet, it was completely because he liked to make friends with knowledgeable people very much, so he was like this. And Zheng County Cheng is not, although he has not heard of Ma Chao's reputation, but he values Ma Chao's value more, this county Cheng has some connections in the court, and he happened to hear a gossip in the court recently.

To say that the celebrities around the emperor now, in addition to the ten permanent servants and He Jin, there is also Ma Chao. That's a person who is praised even by His Majesty as a young and promising man and a pillar of the Han Dynasty, so I have to stammer, and it's best not to miss the opportunity.

It is true that there are people in this county in the court, but the news is really not good, Liu Hong praised Ma Chao is good, but Ma Chao has not yet reached the point where he can compare with the ten permanent servants. But in the eyes of the county Cheng, such a thing would rather be believed than not believed.

Du Ji also said during the banquet that he had discovered Wei Ping and their affairs, originally Wei Ping and they usually didn't have many people to pay attention to them, but they happened to let Du Ji see it when they entered Zheng County, and he noticed it, and the five groups of people were a total of one hundred and one people, and he knew all about them.

And from the horses, from the accent, it all shows that these people are from Liangzhou, one hundred and one people rode into the city in five batches, maybe it's nothing, but it has to make him suspicious, so there is the scene where Du Ji asked Ma Chao before.

In this regard, Ma Chao also had to praise Du Ji for being observant and cautious. From Longxi to Jingzhao, Wei Ping and they don't know how many counties they have traveled, but only when they arrived in Zheng County, they were noticed by Du Ji, which shows the problem. Yes, when he passed through other counties, there was no county order to see it, but Ma Chao believed that even if there was a Taishou, or even if the assassin Shi saw Wei Ping entering the city, he would not pay attention to anything, but he Du Yi noticed it, this is the ability, this is the place where he is stronger than others.

After the banquet, Ma Chao and the others stayed in Zheng County for another night, and the next day he resigned from Du Ji.

"Brother Meng Qixian, do you still want to leave in batches?"

"Yes, because the younger brother firmly believes that from Longxi to Luoyang, there will only be one Du Bohou along the way!"

"Haha Du Ji laughed.

"Brother Bohou, take your leave!"

"Take care, good brother!"

After bidding farewell to Du Ji, Ma Chao finally arrived at his final destination on this day - Luoyang.