After Ma Hong said goodbye to Huang Zu, he went to the tomb of Huang Shot to say goodbye, Huang Shot's bones did not exist, and what was buried in the tomb was just clothes. After Ma Hong came back from the Yellow Shot Cemetery, he was pulled by Gan Ning and Su Fei to drink, and after three rounds of drinking, Gan Ning began to complain, he complained about Huang Zu, saying that he had merit but did not get Huang Zu's allocation, Gan Ning was very heartwarming.

"If the major general had not died in battle, he would have helped his brother, but the major general's bones are gone. I have also recommended my brother to Taishou several times, but Taishou has never reused my brother, brother, you should have ideas. Su Fei also followed Gan Ning with a long sigh and said.

Gan Ning asked Ma Hong: "Boy, I share life and death with you, you are witty and smart, can you help me think about what I should do in the future?" ”

Ma Hong smiled and said, "Don't worry, you stay in Jiangxia first and wait for my news." When I take up my post in Xiangyang, I will definitely find a way to transfer you back to Xiangyang. ”

"But if you transfer back to Xiangyang, it will not be reused, the owner of Jingzhou is a descendant of the emperor, and people like them look down on people who have become thieves in the end, I wanted to seek an official in Xiangyang at first, but unfortunately Liu Biao did not accept me." Gan Ning Road.

"At this time and that time, a few years ago, you rebelled against Liu Zhang and fled into Jingzhou after the defeat, Jingzhou is not stable, Liu Biao naturally wants to abandon you in order to consolidate the interests of the clan, and your identity is not very innocent, if you first enter Jingzhou, it will not be a big deal." Ma Hong said with a smile.

Gan Ning nodded and said, "You are telling the truth, but do you think Liu Biao will accept me now?" ”

Ma Hong smiled and said, "Then let me ask you, are you willing to become Liu Qi?" ”

Gan Ning is a smart person, and when Ma Hong asked him like this, he understood what Ma Hong meant, and nodded: "As long as I can be useful, it's fine." ”

"Rest assured, I'll give you an accurate answer in less than a month." Ma Hong raised the wine bowl and drank a glass of wine, and was about to continue toasting with Gan Ning, but found that Gan Ning had climbed down on the table.

Su Fei touched his chin and said with an embarrassed face: "Xingba is not good at drinking, and he will get drunk every time, but he still has an advantage that he never goes crazy when he is drunk." ”

Ma Hong laughed and said: "This is a true temperament, then when he wakes up, he will bother Brother Su to tell him again, lest he forget, I will definitely recommend him." ”

Su Fei picked up his wine glass and smiled: "Definitely, definitely." ”

The horse's hooves trampled on the withered yellow weeds, and the air was very dry, so Ma Hong tightened his collar and licked his dry lips.

Ma San looked at his listless son, then looked at the three guards behind him, and said, "Son, ten miles ahead of you will arrive at Yundu County, it is said that Yundu's rice wine is very delicious." ”

Zhang Baijin, the leader of the guards who was responsible for protecting Ma Hong, grinned and laughed: "With the military advisor, we must have wine to drink and meat to eat, right, two brothers." ”

"yes, yes." The remaining two guards also laughed with Zhang Baijin.

Ma Hong is humorous and likes to joke with the soldiers, and Zhang Baijin is familiar with Ma Hong, so this time he took the initiative to ask to be Ma Hong's guard to escort Ma Hong.

Ma Hong smiled and said, "Brothers, the wine must be good wine, and the meat must be fat, everyone hurry up and strive to rush to Yundu City before noon." ”

The group quickened and went on another seven miles, stopping at a junction because a donkey and a man were blocking the way.

The little donkey nestled in the middle of the road, looking at the crowd innocently, and then lowered his head and licked the scribe who was sleeping on his stomach with his tongue. The scribe also felt the warmth and humidity on his face, and although his eyes were not open, he had already stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, which happened to touch the lips of the little donkey, and the scribe licked the lips of the little donkey and sucked them twice.

This live version of the human and donkey licking each other made Ma Hong and the others laugh, and the scribe was completely woken up by a burst of laughter, he rubbed his eyes, covered his stomach and stood up and said, "Who is so rude?" Disturbed my nap. ”

I saw that this scribe had a dark face, sparse hair, thick eyebrows and nose, big nostrils, and small eyes. Pang Tong stroked his stomach and waited to see who was on the other side, and suddenly covered his stomach and laughed, and when Pang Tong laughed, the sharp laughter rolled and leaked out of his throat intermittently, like a baby's whimper, like a crow's cry, like the grief and anger of a domestic dog, and like the madness of a tiger. Pang Tong's laughter overpowered everyone's laughter, and everyone held their breath and raised their horses' front hooves.

Only Ma Hong walked in front of Pang Tong unhurriedly, looking at Pang Tong's face with a serious face, his expression was very serious and serious, so serious that Pang Tong couldn't smile anymore when he looked at Ma Hong's face, and then Ma Hong turned into a smile and said, "Shiyuan, why are you laughing?" [Pang Tong is twenty years old, and there are words. 】

Pang Tong smiled and said, "I'm just laughing at a stupid horse doing a stupid thing." ”

Ma Hong instantly knew that Pang Tong was going to humiliate himself, so he took the opportunity to speak: "Mo Fei Shiyuan understood Ma's mind after drinking the donkey's saliva, amazing, amazing." ”

Pang Tong saw that Ma Hong was sarcastic and did not show weakness, raised his head and faced Ma Hong with his big nostrils, and then said: "The horse I am laughing at is not an ordinary horse, it is a horse that thinks he has wings, he thinks he can gallop on the Yangtze River with wings." But a horse is a horse after all, and when it reaches the water, it will only be eaten by thousands of fish and shrimp and die. ”

Ma Hong knew that Pang Tong was laughing at the defeat he had experienced in Shaxian, so he counterattacked: "The ugly donkey envies the heroism of the horse, so he ridicules the horse on the grounds that the horse is not good at galloping and being in the water. As the saying goes, there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry, so why should the ugly donkey ridicule the horse with the shortcomings of the horse? ”

Pang Tong saw that Ma Hong's response was like a stream, uncompromising and relying on the ugly donkey to sarcastically mock himself, and he regretted that it was unwise to ride a donkey on this trip, but he also did not show weakness to meet Ma Hong's words and said: "A thin horse with a saddle and stirrups dares to call itself a horse, and the horse can travel five hundred miles a day......

Zhang Baijin looked at Ma Hong and the ugly man riding a donkey, although Zhang Baijin couldn't understand what the two were saying, but from the expressions and tones of the two, it could be concluded that the two of them were definitely abusing each other, and secretly thought: This literati is so boring to scold, it is better for us martial artists to see who is not pleasing to the eye and punch his nose.

Zhang Baijin casually asked Ma San: "What is the relationship between this ugly man riding a donkey and the military advisor, why is it like this when we meet?" ”

Ma San smiled helplessly: "The one who rides the donkey is the son of the Pang family in Xiangyang, he and my son have known each other since childhood, and the two will sarcastically and abuse each other as soon as they meet. ”

Zhang Baijin glanced at Ma San, and secretly thought: This Ma San is also a person who wants to save face, he obviously doesn't understand what people are saying, and he just says that people have no taste in speaking.

Half an hour later, Ma Hong and Pang Tong were already dry, and then the two rolled up their sleeves and held the wine bottle while drinking and sarcastically mocking each other. In the end, under the persuasion of Ma San, Ma Hong got on the horse, and Pang Tong rode on the donkey, but the two continued to sarcastically mock each other when they walked on the road.

Ma Hong returned to Yicheng, Pang Tong returned to Xiangyang, the two happened to stop by, along the way, the two sometimes tasted wine and sometimes sarcastically mocked each other, and time passed quickly, which also reduced the loneliness on the journey for Ma Hong. When he arrived in Yicheng, Ma Hong wanted to invite Pang Tong to live at Ma's house for a while, but because the New Year was approaching, Pang Tong was also in a hurry to go home, so Ma Hong gave Pang Tong two pots of wine to Pang Tong. Pang Tong opened his mouth to ask Ma Hong for the horse under his crotch and threw his little donkey to Ma Hong. Before leaving, he also left a sentence for Ma Hong: The horse still needs to be ridden by a handsome person.

Ma Hong knew the reason for meeting Pang Tong, Pang Tong must have heard the news of the annihilation of the Jingzhou army in the Battle of Shaxian, and he must have been worried about him, so he ran to Jiangxia to find him, but he didn't expect to run into Ma Hong halfway.