On Ma Hong's mansion, Xi Wei was sitting on the steps eating grapes and watching Ma Hong practice his sword, shaking his head from time to time.

"What, am I making the wrong move?" Ma Hong shook his head from time to time, stopped and asked.

"No, no, no, it's not wrong for you to call a move, it's a mistake for you to call it no move." Xi Wei shook his head and said.

"What do you know? There are no tricks to win. Ma Hong saw Xi Yu's sarcasm, glanced at Xi Wei and said.

"You'd better ask General Gan more! General Gan is called martial arts. Xi Wei said sarcastically.

"Come on, come on, you kid is not convinced, accompany your brother to practice two moves, I will take the sword empty-handed." Ma Hong snorted and threw the sword at Xi Wei's feet.

"If you have it, you will dare to bully me." Xi Wei was eating grapes and talking very sourly.

"You kid is useless except for being a fool, I recommend you to be an official, and now I transfer you to Wancheng, you don't do anything, you will throw the mess to Kuaihe, you really give me a long face." Ma Hong scolded with a smile.

"Ah, cousin! You don't know that cousin and I are indeed not that material, so why bother with my cousin? Xi Yu said with a smile.

Ma Hong shook his head, this cousin really has no ability, he only knows how to have fun all day long, and he doesn't want to make progress, which really bothers Ma Hong. But Ma Hong was entrusted by his uncle and wanted Xi Yu to find a half-official position, but Ma Hong was embarrassed to refuse, so he could only obey his uncle's wishes. It's just that it's a troubled time right now, and for a person like his cousin, whether it's a good thing or a bad thing to get an official and a half-job, Ma Hong really can't say.

"Oops, cousin, it looks like you're disappointed in me again." Xi Yu continued to laugh.

"I know you've been feeling sick lately, aren't you? I finally escaped from Xiangyang and escaped your father's control, but I was preached, wasn't it? Ma Hong smiled helplessly.

"It's still my cousin who understands my mind." Xi Wei curled his hair with his fingers and said with a hippie smile.

"Yes! I know your mind best, and of course I know best what you're afraid of. From now on, I say you can't say two, I say you can't say west, whatever I ask you to do, you have to do it for me, otherwise I write a letter to my uncle, and you will have to go back to Xiangyang. Ma Hong slowly swept his eyes from the tips of Xi's toes to the top of his head.

Xi Wei was swept all over his body by Ma Hong's cold gaze, and a cold sweat broke out in an instant, and he quickly picked up the sword and stood up and said, "Cousin, I'll accompany you to practice the sword." ”

After a stick of incense, Xi Yu sat on the ground tiredly and looked at Ma Hong who was panting slightly with sad eyes, he had already greeted Ma Hong thousands of times in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it in his mouth, because he was afraid that if he said another sarcastic word about Ma Hong, his left side of his face would also swell like the right side of his face.

"Cousin! Cousin, I haven't practiced this fist and foot kung fu yet, and I accidentally hurt your face, I'm really embarrassed! Ma Hong looked at Xi's resentful eyes and said with a smile.

"Cousin, I'm afraid I won't be able to go out to see people for a few days." Xi Wei touched his face and said.

"Doesn't that just give you a reason not to have to deal with government affairs? You can go back and lie in bed for a few days to recuperate. Ma Hong laughed, picked up the sword on the ground, and went back to the room to rest.

Xi Wei rubbed his face and stood up with his waist up, and Ma Er, who was standing on the side watching the battle, hurriedly stepped forward to support Xi Wei. Xi Wei limped while complaining: "If you want me to do things well, just talk to me well, this is ruthless." ”

Ma Er smiled and didn't speak, and said secretly in his heart: If it is useful to waste your tongue with you, will Childe beat you so hard?

The next morning, Kuaihe was dealing with government affairs when he saw Ma Hong coming and hurriedly greeted him.

Ma Hong smiled and asked, "Lian Qing, has my cousin ever been to the mansion today?" ”

Kuai He smiled: "Xi Wei came to the mansion early this morning and asked me if I had anything to do for him, so I transferred some soldiers to him to recruit people to build the city wall." ”

Ma Hong smiled and said, "Is it according to the drawings I draw?"

Kuai He said: "Exactly, at that time, I also saw that Xi Wei had an injury on his face and wanted him to rest, but I didn't expect Xi Wei to insist that I assign him a task." ”

Ma Hong laughed and said: "I heard that my cousin fell last night and hit his head, but I didn't expect to fall and work so actively." ”

Kuai He nodded and said: "Since we take Wancheng, if we continue to march, we will definitely be able to recover the whole county of Nanyang, why did the lord suddenly order to stop the march." ”

Ma Hong smiled and said: "The lord just wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and we had better not catch the tiger's tail again." ”

Kuai He sighed and said: "Now is indeed a great opportunity, if you miss this opportunity, I am afraid it will be difficult to recover the whole county of Nanyang." ”

Ma Hong smiled and did not speak.

To be a tiger's minions, then you have to sharpen yourself enough for the tiger to use you, and Cao Cao is undoubtedly a fierce tiger. And what is Liu Biao? Liu Biao was definitely a cruel wolf when he was young, and the people who stood in his way were torn apart by him in this land of Jingzhou, and now Liu Biao is no longer a wolf with strong blood, but more like a fox with calculations. As a fox subordinate, you can't act smarter than a fox, or the fox will find you uncontrollable. If what you do is within the fox's calculations, the fox can indulge you, but once you do something beyond the fox's expectations, then the fox may think that you are a wolf, and the fox will never let ambitious wolves appear in his territory. Ma Hong is not without ambition, but he must not let Liu Biao taste his ambition, otherwise his wolf teeth will be broken by the fox before he has polished his teeth. So now Ma Hong can only wait, when the fox gets older and becomes more reluctant to use his brain, then he, a wild wolf, can show his sharpness.

Wancheng deserves to be the capital of Jingzhou, and its city is more than five times the size of Xinye City. There are many advantages to making Wancheng the county capital of Nanyang County, but there is also a disadvantage, which is the only and most obvious disadvantage, that is, it directly borders Cao Cao's territory, and if Cao Cao comes to attack, Wancheng will bear the brunt. Liu Qi had asked Ma Hong to ask this question, Ma Hong did not answer directly at that time, but asked Liu Qi to ask Liu Biao, this is a wise choice, rather than worrying, it is better to throw this trouble to Liu Biao, because Liu Biao will definitely consider the pros and cons for Liu Qi and make the most suitable choice.

Ma Hong thought about a lot of things in the few days he was sick, and if he had the ability to do the things he thought of, he would start arranging, and yesterday Ma Hong had asked Ma San to do something secretly in Wancheng. Ma Hong needs to cultivate his strength, so he asks Ma San to take in some orphans who have been displaced by the war, and these orphans will be secretly cultivated into a sword that can be held in his hand, and when they are used, they can be transformed into murder weapons.

Yesterday, Ma San told Ma Hong that he was at home from his brother, do you want to go and see, then Ma Hong remembered that the last time Ma Hong and Zhuge Liang Pang Tong came to Wancheng, he had heard Ma San say that he had a brother named Xu Liu, who was strong in martial arts, and was a very strange person. I heard Ma San say that the man likes to see corpses, but he has no interest in the living. Ma Hong naturally couldn't take the body to see the man. Ma Hong felt strange when he walked to the man's house, but curiosity still prompted him to walk towards the house.

Ma San led the way, Ma Hong walked behind Ma San, and Ma Er followed Ma Hong into the strange man's house. The yard of this strange man was large, there were a few crows wandering around the house, and there was a stench floating in the air, and Ma Hong knew what it was when he smelled it, and this smell was common in this era, it was the stench of rotting corpses.

Ma Hong followed Ma San, and the smell of corpses became heavier and heavier. Finally, Ma San stopped next to the small house in the backyard of the house, and Ma Hong smiled and motioned for Ma San to knock on the door and ask the master to come out.

Ma San didn't knock on the door but kicked the door open, and the moment the door opened, Ma Hong's smiling face froze, and his eyes were full of surprise, this kind of scene would shock even those who have seen countless corpses on the battlefield. Ma Hong opened his mouth for a long time and couldn't speak, he didn't know what to say to his master, only the desolate cry of the crow in his ears.