Ma Tao is a northerner, born in the frontier, grew up in the frontier, the poverty of life and the lack of material is a congenital deficiency, but also one of the culprits that led to his hometown is basically all coarse people who do not know a single character, the second is that the Mongolian cavalry for many years to fight the autumn wind activities in the south are often staged in his hometown, and in such a harsh environment, Ma Tao was still able to read, and grew up in his hometown until he was fifteen years old, until his family was broken, he wandered to the capital and was rescued by Lu Bing. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Speaking of which, Ma Tao is also lucky, living in the frontier, living within the strike range of the Mongolian cavalry, and most of the surrounding Ming troops are incompetent, he can live to the age of fifteen in his hometown, and he can also get a certain degree of education, and the border people also have the wisdom of the border people, if the national army is not reliable, he will try his best to deal with the Mongols, and the education of the tunnel war sparrow war since he was a child makes him not afraid of the Mongolian cavalry at all, and he has developed a clever, brave and decisive character since he was a child.

If there are more accidental factors, maybe Ma Tao is the second Ma Fang, but Ma Tao was not unlucky enough to be a slave to I, nor lucky enough to meet the general in the army, when he was fifteen years old, the luck of his hometown seemed to run out, under the blow of a Mongolian cavalry, his hometown turned into ashes, his parents and villagers were killed and wounded, Ma Tao killed a Mongolian soldier, robbed a horse, fled all the way south, on the way, Ma Tao was tired and died, Ma Tao relied on drinking horse blood and eating horse meat to support the town.

But Ma Tao didn't know what kind of town he entered in, anyway, in his opinion, all the more prosperous places than his hometown were big cities, and he didn't know that what he mixed in with a large group of people was the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing City at the foot of the Son of Heaven.

Here, Ma Tao grew up slowly, relying on excellent survival skills, in the underground world of the capital to occupy a place, when he was twenty years old, encountered a life and death catastrophe, was deceived by the enemy to the inaccessible place, almost killed, at that time, met three men, dressed in black, can't see the face clearly, I don't know who it is, it seems to be just passing by, but looking at the other party dozens of people around Ma Tao, it seems that some can't see it.

"Dozens of people are surrounding one person, you ruffians are really getting more and more mixed up." The man at the head was tall and had a loud voice, and seemed to be very arrogant.

"What people?! Acquaintance, hurry up! Otherwise, even you will be slaughtered! "The gangsters at the head are very arrogant.

The tall man laughed coldly, waved his hand lightly, and the two black-clothed men behind him who couldn't see their faces clearly acted at a very ghostly speed, and everything after that, Ma Tao swore that it was the most terrifying thing he had ever seen in his twenty years of life, a full forty-five gangsters, all of them could fight, but under the attack of two people, in less than a stick of incense, all of them fell to the ground and died and could not die anymore.

And the tall man's eyes have been staring at Ma Tao, looking at everything about him, Ma Tao felt that he was about to be seen through, after everything was over, the tall man walked up to the stiff Ma Tao and asked him in a low voice: "Boy, you are very good, do you want to follow me and do a career?" ”

Ma Tao forced himself to hold back the fear in his heart and said, "Who are you?" ”

The tall man smiled: "Jinyiwei, Lu Bing." ”

Ma Tao returned to reality from his memories, but he was already standing in the city of Suzhou, admiring the flowers of Suzhou, completely unable to feel that this was a city that had escaped from the doom of destruction not long ago, the bustling commerce, the crowds coming and going, if it weren't for the blood outside the West City Gate, he would really doubt the authenticity of the war and the authenticity of the heads he witnessed.

"Boss, should we go to Zheng Guang or Tang Shunzhi first?" Zhao Liu, a subordinate beside him, asked Ma Tao like this, Ma Tao glared at Zhao Liu, and said angrily: "What are you doing in Suzhou if you don't look for Zheng Guang?" Do you really think that Xiu Mu came to Suzhou? Even if Xiu Mu comes to Suzhou, it is only enjoyed by the Metropolitan Governor, you can be honest, if it weren't for your kid who followed Lao Tzu to be born and die in the grassland, Lao Tzu wouldn't have brought you here! ”

Zhao Liu smiled and said flatteringly: "The boss remembers us, we all know in our hearts, you look at our Jinyi Guard, there are the most willing to follow you, although there are many dead and injured brothers, but we all know that you have arranged them well for their families, we all know in our hearts!" ”

Ma Tao glanced at Zhao Liu, and then asked, "Where is Zheng Guang's home?" ”

Zhao Liu immediately replied: "I found it, but the boss, I found it, but our Jinyiwei went to visit people's houses so openly and brightly, how did the subordinates think and feel that something was wrong, in the past, we all sneaked in, knocked out and took it out, but now we are actually going in in brightly, one does not kill people and the other does not arrest people, and the subordinates are not used to it." ”

Ma Tao stroked his forehead with his hand, and said helplessly: "Sooner or later, I will be angry with you bastard, it's just that, I'll go by myself, Zheng Guang's reputation is so big, there must be many people who come to visit him, we are not inconspicuous at all in it, and the governor often says, what is the big ...... Hide...... Hidden ......"

"Hidden in the city!" Zhao Liu quickly picked it up, Ma Tao's face was red and white, and he slapped Zhao Liu's head: "Bastard!" Of course, Lao Tzu knows that it is hidden in the city! I want you to say! ”

Zhao Liu's face was aggrieved.

"We just want to go to him openly, do you understand! After so many years, the food has been eaten in the dog's belly! All right! You bastard! Come with me! Ma Tao walked into Suzhou City with a heroic and righteous face, and merged into the rolling flow of people.

Soon, at the gate of Zheng's mansion, Ma Tao and Zhao Liu stood outside the door with a confused face, looking at the empty gate, feeling that they had gone the wrong way, for a long time, Ma Tao slapped Zhao Liu's head again, and said angrily: "You bastard boy!" How dare you find the wrong person?! Do you know that if you were on the prairie, you would have died eight times! ”

Zhao Liu said with a look of grievance: "No, boss, this is obviously Zheng Guang's mansion!" Look at it, isn't this the Zheng Mansion? ”

Ma Tao said angrily: "There is only one surname Zheng in the whole of Suzhou, isn't it?!" The bowl of wontons you just ate are all blocked in your heart, aren't they?! ”

Zhao Liu lowered his head, looking like the baby was bitter but the baby didn't say anything, Ma Tao saw this, and he couldn't bear to continue to fight, just at this time, an old voice came from the door of the Zheng Mansion: "What are the two of you doing standing at the door of the Zheng Mansion?" Came to my lord for something? ”

Ma Tao looked at the source of the voice, an old porter about fifty or sixty years old was standing at the door of Zheng's mansion, it seemed that the door was about to close, after all, it was not too early, Ma Tao hurriedly asked: "This old man, dare to ask if this is Zheng Guangzheng's mansion?" ”

The old porter nodded: "Exactly, who are the two of you?" ”

Ma Tao was suddenly a little embarrassed, glanced at Zhao Liu, Zhao Liu looked at Ma Tao with tears in his eyes, looking like the baby was really bitter, coughed a few times to relieve the embarrassment, Ma Tao stepped forward and said to the old porter: "Uncle, I'm sorry, I'm here to visit Master Zheng, I have something to discuss with Master Zheng, please report it." ”

The old porter looked the two up and down, frowned, and said, "I'm really sorry, the two of you are not locals, right?" The day the lord came back has already said, now the lord is studying behind closed doors, preparing for the exam in February next year, during this period, no outsiders, no guests, after the lord takes the Jinshi to return to his hometown, he will naturally have a good banquet for everyone, with the whole hometown, now, the lord just wants to study behind closed doors to prepare for the exam, and please forgive you. ”

Ma Tao raised his eyebrows, he has seen a lot of people, just the township test and the annual examination of Shuntianfu he has invigilated seven or eight times, caught a lot of cheating candidates, and also seen many pride of the sky, those who are admitted to the examination of the scholar are so arrogant, what kind of traffic is in front of the house He also knows very well, basically after the examination of the Jinshi, the entire Ming society is chasing these people, these people are often relatively young, less experienced in the world, as soon as they are sought after, they forget that they are just a deflated three, a little bit of no one in the eyes.

In addition, people can be exempted from paying taxes in their own families, so there will be many people who will serve them and put the land under their names into service, so that there must be a lot of people who visit, not to mention some stinky and shameless ideas of selling their daughters, like flies buzzing with a fishy smell; But the appearance of snubbing the saddle horse in front of the Zheng Mansion is really rare, and after listening to Zheng Guang's words, Ma Tao suddenly had a good impression of Zheng Guang in his heart, his eyes rolled, and he showed a slight smile: "Uncle, I am not waiting to visit Master Zheng for something related to the imperial examination, there are really some other things, I must see Master Zheng, please pass it on." ”

The old porter frowned and looked at the two people, his eyes flashed, and said: "Okay, please wait for a while, the old man will help the two of you pass it on, but whether the master is willing to see it, the old man does not dare to guarantee." ”

Ma Tao smiled: "It's troublesome." ”

The old porter turned around and walked to the house, Zhao Liu's kid stepped forward and said with a smile: "Boss, your ability to talk about people and talk nonsense is getting stronger and stronger, you really look like a scholar!" ”

Ma Tao said smugly: "That is, the group of bastards on the grassland are much more cunning than our Ming people, if you don't pretend to be a little bit, you can be beheaded immediately, this is the ability to save your life, learn more!" ”

Zhao Liu smiled: "Obey!" ”

The old porter slowly walked to Zheng Guang's house and knocked on the door: "Da Lang, there are people outside who ask to see you." ”

Soon, the door opened, and Zheng Guang looked at the old porter in front of him, and Uncle Zheng was puzzled: "Someone asks to see?" Didn't I say that I didn't see anyone, and I concentrated on reading? No one has been here for days, so why is someone coming again today? Not a native of Suzhou? ”

Uncle Zheng nodded: "Not only is it not a native of Suzhou, but the old man looks at it, but he also looks a little like a person in the army, the people in this army look different from ordinary people, the old man sees a lot of people, and the fierce breath can't be hidden, it is definitely not an ordinary person in the army, but also the elite can have that feeling, they always remind the old man of the fierce nine-sided northern soldiers he saw when he was young." ”

Zheng Guang's brows furrowed deeply, and after a while, he spoke: "Uncle Zheng, you go and bring them to my study, and then keep an eye on them more in case of accidents." ”

Uncle Zheng nodded and said, "No." ”