Chapter 21: Rumors
Listening to Shentu Congjian's words, Ma Yun's eyes lit up, his limbs trembled, and he was surprised and happy, and said in his heart: Brother Kuangyin, I finally know the news of you, we heroes know heroes, hurry up and worship as brothers. Ma Yun was about to ask about Zhao Kuangyin in detail, when he saw that this Shentu Congjian was completely drunk and couldn't wake up.
Ma Yun paced back and forth on the bow of the boat, thinking for a while about how to get to know Zhao Kuangyin and how to enhance the class relationship between the two; After a while, I thought about how Zhao Kuangyin ignored me, so what should I do. The smile on his face, the frowning at the time, and the expression of joy and sorrow made Liao Renyong and the others next to him wonder: This little prince can't help but have some strange disease.
Shen Tu slept from Jian and slept until he woke up at noon. When Ma Yun heard that he had woken up, he hurriedly came over to visit, and couldn't help but ask about Zhao Kuangyin's news. After hearing this, Zhishentu Congjian's old face turned red, and he refused to elaborate. Ma Yun is not easy to use, and his mood is actually quite sad.
At noon the next day, we finally arrived at the shore of Gangneung. As soon as he got off the boat, he saw Shentu arching his hand from Jianchong to Ma Yun and said: "Brother Ma, the ship has arrived in Jiangling, Shentu will say goodbye, your life-saving grace, Shentu will definitely repay you in the future." ”
Ma Yun had expected that a thief like Shentu Congjian would not easily enter Jiangling City. Seeing that he was about to bow down after speaking, he hurriedly held him up and said: "Brother Shentu, you and my brother are like old at first sight, don't say anything about life-saving grace and the like, I wanted to be able to stay for a few more days, since my brother has something to go, the younger brother should set up a banquet for you to practice, just at the shore inn, our brother will rest as soon as he gets drunk, how about it?" ”
Shentu Congjian seemed to be a little twisted and said, "Brother Ma, don't hide it. Although Shentu often sells people and goods, the amount of alcohol is really not good, and he really can't accompany Brother Ma. ”
Ma Yun was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: No wonder, you got drunk so quickly yesterday, you can't drink, it's a pity that you have a good body of 1.8 meters.
Ma Yun hurriedly glanced at Qian Qing, and Qian Qing slapped his hands twice. Then I saw two men, one carrying a burden, and the other carrying two bowls of water on a tray. Ma Yun took the burden and said: "Brother Shentu, goodbye today, I don't know when we will see each other, there is a little bit of broken silver here, please Brother Shentu for entanglement." ”
Shentu Congjian didn't say anything, took the burden and carried it on his back, Ma Yun picked up the wine bowl and handed it to him, and said, "Come, Brother Shentu, we will replace wine with water, and we will have this toast, I wish you a smooth journey." Then, Ma Yun learned to follow Ma Guangliang's appearance of sending him ten miles away, and sent it to 10 miles away. Watching Shentu Congjian's back go farther and farther, Ma Yun suddenly shouted: "Brother Shentu, slow down." As he spoke, he hurried over. Walking up to him, Ma Yun said in a low voice: "Brother Shentu, there is something I have hidden from you, in fact, I am the fifth prince of Dachu, if he goes to Yuezhou, he can go to the Assassin's Mansion to find me." ”
Shentu Congjian seemed taken aback, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Ma, thank you for telling the truth. Your status is noble, this is a long way to Bianjing, everything is unpredictable, well... Recently, it has been rumored on the rivers and lakes that Da Chu will have rare treasures to pay tribute. There are quite a few heroes in the green forest who are making up their minds about the Great Chu Mission, and Brother Ma must be more careful. Don't give away your identity anymore. As he spoke, he patted Ma Yun on the shoulder and said, "In case of distress in the Central Plains, you can send someone to the Wan'an Inn in Xiangzhou (near now Xiangyang) to find the shopkeeper Wan, and I will arrange for you to return south." Ma Yun thanked him, and then said goodbye to Shentu Congjian, but he was secretly surprised by this rumor.
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passed Nanping safely. Ma Yun and Liao Renyong surrounded one place, and twenty or thirty people beat their horses and whips and marched towards Suizhou. Along the way, Ma Yun kept thinking about this rumor, how can the mission have any bullshit rare treasures, if there is, it also refers to himself, it seems that someone must want to borrow a knife to kill people, so who will that person be?
arrived in Suizhou in the Later Jin Dynasty and found an inn to settle down, Ma Yun sent Qian Qing and Shi Da to find out what news there was in the Central Plains; On the other hand, Liao Renyong was immediately invited and told him what Shentu Congjian said, of course, he didn't say anything about Wan'an Inn. Liao Renyong was also quite surprised after hearing this, and said: "Little prince, this is the news that someone leaked your mission to the Central Plains." Ah, Lord Tuoba, I'm afraid they will be detained by the King of Nanping. Little prince, what do you think we should do? ”
Ma Yun knew very well in his heart, knowing that he was going to the Central Plains, but he didn't know that he and Tuoba Heng parted ways, it could only be people from Changsha or Langzhou, he glanced at Liao Renyong's expression, and smiled lightly: "It seems that the person who walked the news didn't know that I was traveling lightly." In that case, we might as well speed up the progress and wait for Lord Tuoba in Bianjing as early as possible, how about it? ”
Liao Renyong was stunned for a moment and said, "Little prince, you will be very dangerous in this way." From the perspective of subordinates, let's go back to Yuezhou. ”
Ma Yun said in his heart: Going to the Central Plains is the best opportunity for me to get to know the Central Plains bigwigs in order to spend my old age in peace. How can you say give up and give up. It is my dream to worship Zhao Kuangyin, how can this dream be easily given up.
So, Ma Yun let out a long sigh and pretended to be serious: "Old Liao, do you know why you insist on going to Bianjing?" Didn't I know that there were many dangers along the way? Lao Liao, let me ask you, do you think the situation in this world will continue to be chaotic like this? ”
Liao Renyong shook his head and said: "Since ancient times, it will be united for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time, and sooner or later the world will be unified." ”
Ma Yun asked: "So Brother Liao thinks that who can dominate the world in today's countries?" ”
Liao Renyong thought for a while and said silently: "I am a hundred and tens of thousands of heroes in the 22 states of Dachu, as long as the politics are clear, others will naturally not dare to insult me." ”
Ma Yun smiled and said directly: "Lao Liao, you are not telling the truth, in fact, judging from the current situation, there are only two families that have a chance to unify the world, one is Da Jin, and the other is Li Tang." ”
Liao Renyong said unconvinced: "My Da Chu may not have no chance. ”
Ma Yun laughed and said, "Yes, it is not yet time to close the coffin, it can be said that anyone is possible." However, for my Da Chu, the only opportunity is to recruit the world's talents and make good use of them. Brother Liao thinks, I am a great Chu official, who can compare his talents to Ziya and Ofan? ”
Liao Renyong was silent.
Ma Yun continued: "Then Brother Liao thinks that there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers Han Xin and Li Jing? ”
Ma Yun looked at Liao Renyong's troubled appearance and continued: "So, we went to the Central Plains, the tribute is fake, and the talent is real." ”
Liao Renyong interjected: "Little prince, talents can't run, you can find them slowly." It's still too dangerous. ”
Ma Yun said in his heart: Fart, talents are not stupid, monkey spirits, monkey spirits, how can they not run. Ma Yun said angrily: "For the sake of the future of Da Chu, even if Ma Yun is broken, what is there to fear, General Liao doesn't need to say much, Xiao Wang's mind has been decided." Departure tomorrow. ”
As soon as Ma Yun persuaded Liao Renyong, he heard Qian Qing shouting outside the door: "Son, something is wrong." ”