In Chang'an, in the secret room of General Wei's Mansion, Ma Teng was constantly selecting jewelry, which were all fine jewelry collected by people from all over the world, and it cost Ma Teng a lot of money. If it weren't for Zhang Ning's continuous sending him money in Liangzhou, he wouldn't have been able to support such a large expense.

"Alas, Madam is really, now that I have sat down to General Wei, even if I continue to talk to Dong Zhuo, it is impossible to continue to improve. Is it necessary to continue to send it like this......" Ma Teng thought depressedly in his heart, but the movement of his hand did not stop at all.

At this time, he was choosing a gift for Dong Bai's first birthday, as Dong Zhuo's only granddaughter, Dong Zhuo spoiled her. In this case, as one of Dong Zhuo's most re-subordinates, how could Ma Teng not prepare gifts?

Speaking of which, after the Kwantung Coalition Army retreated, Ma Teng was under the guidance of Zhang Ning, and curryed favor with Dong Zhuo in various ways. At the same time, in his letter to Zhang Ning every month, Ma Teng will write how to talk to Dong Zhuo this month in the letter, so that Zhang Ning can help analyze the situation.

The reason why this is done is only one purpose, and that is to climb up! Maybe it's because I had too many hard times before? Or when there was a rebellion in Liangzhou, he tasted the wonderful taste of being in power. Since his rise, Ma Teng's desire for power has become more and more serious.

And asked Zhang Ning to help because Ma Teng knew very well that in the imperial court, one wrong step could lead to a situation from which he could never recover, not to mention that Dong Zhuo's temper was becoming more and more capricious. If you are alone, you will not be able to climb up. After all, he didn't know anything about these things.

Well? Does he think Zhang Ning will know? Well...... How so? In Ma Teng's eyes, Zhang Ning has nothing to do.

So far, from jewelry, money, BMWs, beauties...... Ma Teng has to find some reasons to give gifts to Dong Zhuo almost every month, and at the same time, according to Zhang Ning's guidance, Ma Teng looks like Dong Zhuo's loyal dog legs in any public place. Although with Ma Teng's ability, even with Zhang Ning's help, he can't think of Dong Zhuozhi, but as long as Dong Zhuo gives any order, Ma Teng will definitely go all out to implement it without any hesitation.

And the result was indeed very successful, and it took more than half a year for Ma Teng to sit all the way to the position of General Wei. Although the position of General Wei has become a fictitious title because of the existence of the Western Garden Army, the Northern Army, and the Southern Army. But after all, it is still a high status, an official rank above 10,000 people.

However, because of this, Ma Teng's ascension attracted the jealousy of Li Dao and others, if it weren't for the fact that they were scattered in the local town at this time, and Ma Teng still had a strong force in Liangzhou, I am afraid that they would have secretly found trouble with Ma Teng. After all, unlike Wang Yun, Ma Teng is an authentic Liangzhou person, and Dong Zhuo likes and trusts people from Liangzhou because he grew up in Liangzhou.

And the most important thing is that Ma Teng is not a child of those families, not only is he from a poor family, but he also has a stain that cannot be washed away as a rebel leader, but Dong Zhuo likes it the most. Because in his opinion, people like Ma Teng can only rely on themselves like Li Dao to get today's high-ranking officials.

It's just that after climbing to the position of General Wei, Ma Teng is obviously a little reluctant to continue to flatter Dong Zhuo. Because in his opinion, General Wei is already the highest position he can sit in. After all, further up, there are the general of the chariot cavalry, the general of the hussar and the general, and these three positions are either manned or impossible for Ma Teng to hold. As for the position of the third prince, Ma Teng couldn't even think of it.

In this way, he always has to waste money to buy a large amount of jewelry for Dong Zhuo, which is not so worthwhile in Ma Teng's opinion. In Ma Teng's words, it is enough to maintain this relationship a little now. It's just a pity that after the proposal was rejected by Zhang Ning, Ma Teng could only continue to act, although he couldn't understand it, but he believed in Zhang Ning more than his own judgment.

was picking, and suddenly the voice of the guard came from outside the door, "General, someone from Liangzhou." ”

"Got it." Ma Teng nodded when he heard this, then looked at the several pieces of jewelry that had been picked out in the box, covered the box with satisfaction, and walked straight out.

"My lord, this is my mother's letter." After dispersing the crowd, the man handed a letter to Ma Teng, then opened one of the places on his clothes and took out a letter from it.

"Madame Fei finally agreed to my proposal?" Seeing such a secret way of hiding, Ma Teng suddenly thought happily in his heart. Then he looked at the ordinary letter, and picked up the letter, which was very secret. Just didn't look at it twice, and his expression instantly froze.

It took him a long time before he came back to his senses, and continued to look at the letter, which was not too long, and soon he read it to the end, only then to read it carefully, and the look of concentration and seriousness seemed to be afraid of missing any of the words.

After reading it almost a dozen times in a row, and after carefully checking the handwriting, Ma Teng carefully put the letter into his arms, and at the same time looked up at the person in front of him. Ordinary appearance.,Can't see anything attention-grabbing.,Belong to the kind of person who will turn his head and forget after seeing it.,Throw it into the crowd and can't find it at all.。

"Tell me exactly what Mrs. said to you, as well as the experience of coming here from Liangzhou, including who you met and what you said!" Ma Teng said in a deep voice.

"No!" The man replied in a deep voice, and then explained the whole story in extraordinary detail. Subsequently, he answered many things that only Ma Teng and Zhang Ning would know, which made Ma Teng sure that this letter was indeed sent by Zhang Ning.

It's just that after confirming that it was Zhang Ning's letter, Ma Teng's face became even more sad. Because, the contents of the letter were too shocking, Rao is Ma Teng is used to seeing big scenes, and he can't help but be a little frightened.

Writing a simple reply, Ma Teng sent the person away, and when Ma Teng was the only one left in the room, he took out the letter and read it again. After a long while, he threw the letter into the brazier beside him, watching it burn in the flames, and Ma Teng's mind went blank.

It wasn't until the letter was completely burned in the flames that Ma Teng slowly stood up, but by this time, his eyes had become extremely determined.

"Madam, although I don't know whether what you say in your letter is true or not, I believe you!" Ma Teng said this to himself, and then strode out of the secret room.