Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Zheng returned, and the Ma family held a banquet to celebrate. After the banquet, Ma Xiaoquan called his eldest son Ma Xiao and Ma Zheng together and gave instructions to his two sons

+++++++++++++++++++++++ Ma Xiao and his younger brother Ma Zheng glanced at each other, and said in unison: "Xiao'er (Zheng'er) listens to my father's teachings!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said: "Xiao'er, Zheng'er, this Ma family, was created by your father and me for more than 20 years, although my father didn't take care of the housework too much before, but my father never forgot to educate you, your mother, your father treats everyone equally, and there has been no favoritism, so in the future, your father is gone, your brothers should get along in harmony, and when you encounter difficulties, your brothers face them together, understand?" ”

"Dad, we understand."

"Hmm~" Ma Xiaoquan continued, "And your mother, no matter which mother it is, you must be treated equally!" There must be no favoritism, Xiao'er, you are the future head of the family, you must keep this in mind! ”

Ma Xiao nodded respectfully: "Yes!" ”

"Third, this is also the most critical thing at the moment"

Ma Zheng answered: "Dad, the most critical thing you want to talk about, but Mao Gang? ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly: "And Lu Xian!" ”

"Lu Xian?" The brothers looked at each other, "Dad, I always hear you mention Lu Xian, this Lu Xian, what kind of person is he?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan frowned slightly, shook his head and said: "Dad actually can't say, but one thing that can be determined is that this Lu Xian must not be kept, if he has descendants, he can't keep his father to help you solve Lu Xian as much as possible, but Lu Xian's descendants, Dad will hand it over to you to solve." ”

Ma Xiao has not had blood on his hands, and he is still more apprehensive about killing, and his father Ma Xiaoquan said "solve", to put it bluntly, he wants to kill.

Ma Zheng is different, in the days when he and Wang Dali teamed up with Lang, Ma Zheng had to snatch food and clothes from others from time to time, and there were many resistances during this period, whether it was others resisting him or he resisting others, the final result was that Ma Zheng survived and the other party was killed by him.

Seeing that Ma Xiao was trembling a little, Ma Xiaoquan gently patted the eldest son's shoulder: "Xiao'er don't worry, there is Zheng'er, this kind of work, presumably Zheng'er is more willing to do it, right?" ”

Ma Zheng nodded, and also learned from his father to comfort his brother: "Brother, please rest assured, if you encounter an errand that has to kill someone in the future, you will leave it to me." ”

Ma Xiao bit his lip and shook his head resolutely: "No, this is a troubled world, there should be a way to survive in troubled times, Dad, I will try to overcome it." ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly, if he didn't know that Ma Xiao would die in the future, he would be really satisfied at this time, but knowing that his son would die in the future, who could be satisfied?

"Hey~~" Ma Xiaoquan sighed, "As for Kun'er, he likes to read, and he is very suitable for a career path, our Ma family can't have no one in the court, so Ma Kun, I have other arrangements for him, well, I think I'll take him to meet someone tomorrow As for Ma Qiang, he is your Qi Niang's child, Qi Niang because he wants to sort out the literature of the Baiyi clan, Ma Qiang will be developed by himself, Dad will not be restricted, Xiao'er Zheng'er, Dad is so arranged, what do you think?" ”

The two sons thought for a moment and shook their heads.

"Good! That's good! ”

The next day, Ma Xiaoquan led his second son Ma Kun to Cao Cao's palace.

Seeing Cao Cao, Ma Xiaoquan recommended Ma Kun to Cao Cao.

Ma Kun is the best among Ma Xiaoquan's older sons, but his thinking is not very quick.

Ma Kun has a more stable personality, although he is not as good as his brother Ma Xiao, but he can be regarded as a small half of the jade, such a person, as long as he is carefully carved, there will always be a day to shine.

Cao Cao looked at this Ma Kun carefully, and also made his own calculations in his heart.

Cao Cao thinks that he is a hero, but his son may not be able to have his achievements, with the current shape of the world, it is temporarily impossible to hold a large-scale southern expedition and a northern war, at present, Cao Cao is more inclined to seek stability.

After asking Ma Kun a few questions, Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, and said to Ma Xiaoquan: "Lord Shangxian, I accepted your second son, but your second son is still young and still needs some experience, why don't I find him a teacher?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan said: "This immortal also has this intention, Xiao Cao, what do you think of Chen Lin?" ”

Cao Cao asked, "Why does Lord Shangxian like Chen Lin?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said, "Because Chen Lin scolded you a long time ago."

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Haha, Lord Shangxian still remembers the past, that's right, Chen Lin is indeed knowledgeable, okay, then I agreed, but Chen Lin is not in good health at the moment, so I'm afraid I won't accept it?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly: "You don't have to worry about this little Cao, this immortal has his own clever plan." ”

After leading his son out of Cao Cao's palace, the two came to Chen Lin's residence again.

Chen Lin is sixty-one years old this year, and due to physical reasons, she rarely went to court a few years ago, and now she mainly cultivates at home.

As soon as he heard that Lord Shangxian was visiting, Chen Lin dragged his sick body out to greet him.

Seeing Chen Lin, Ma Xiaoquan explained his intention straight to the point.

Chen Lin didn't want to accept students, but remembering that he had a good relationship with Lord Shangxian and fell in love with Ma Kun, he immediately agreed to Ma Xiaoquan's request and accepted Ma Kun as a student.

Ma Xiaoquan saw that Chen Lin's son was not around, so he asked Ma Kun to live in the teacher's house and learn from the teacher while serving the teacher.

Others don't know, but Ma Xiaoquan knows a very important thing.

Chen Lin is sixty-one years old this year, and according to the records in historical materials, Chen Lin died of illness at the age of sixty-two, that is to say, Chen Lin will return to heaven in another year.

Under the current official system, although Cao Cao has issued several orders to seek meritocracy, if he wants to be justified, he still has to choose the most secure way to ascend to the top - filial piety and honesty.

To put it bluntly, filial piety is a formality, but this form must be so that people can't gossip. With Ma Xiaoquan's current identity, it is not impossible to rashly ask for an official for his son, but when the official request comes, I am afraid that he will also be jealous and scolded.

Instead of this, it is better to give your son a filial piety. Ma Xiaoquan thought about it for a few days, but still hit Chen Lin with this idea.

As long as Chen Lin dies next year, his son, as Chen Lin's student, will take advantage of the situation to be filial piety, and then become an official, which will be much more justified

Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan exhaled heavily.

In his left eye, Yuan read Ma Xiaoquan's thoughts, and couldn't help sighing: "Ma Xiaoquan, you are really well-intentioned~"

After solving Ma Kun's problem, Ma Xiaoquan shifted the focus of the goal back.

Now the solar recorder is in hand, but there is one key missing - the gold square money.

Ma Xiaoquan now wants to find Yuan Fang as much as possible, after all, Yuan Fang has the key in his hand.

However, what made Ma Xiaoquan very unhappy was that Yuan Ming knew where Lu Xian was, so he didn't tell him.

Ma Xiaoquan really wanted to go out and search the whole city to find Lu Xian, but if he didn't catch Lu Xian in the first time, he might be startled, so it would not be so easy to find Lu Xian again.

After thinking about it, Ma Xiaoquan decided to follow Yuan's words for the time being.

Anyway, as long as there is a source, Ma Xiaoquan is not afraid of what kind of trouble Lu Xian will make in Yecheng.

Of course, having said that, Ma Xiaoquan still reminded Cao Cao and asked him to take good care of Yecheng's security work

In late June of the 21st year of Jian'an, Xiongnu Nandan Yu Huyanquan suddenly wrote a letter to Cao Cao, saying that he was coming to the court to meet the king of Wei.

The Xiongnu are located in the north of the desert, the people are fierce, since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, they have harassed the people many times, burning, killing and looting everything, which has caused great trouble to the Central Plains.

At present, although Cao Cao has basically unified the north, the Xiongnu in the Mobei region have always been Cao Cao's thorn in his heart.

Looking at Hu Yanquan's letter, Cao Cao still decided to ask the opinion of the Shangxian Lord Ma Xiaoquan first.