There is no reason not to agree to such a good thing, he has practiced soft pen calligraphy for several years in his previous life, especially in line calligraphy and regular script, and often boasts that he is not weaker than any of the people in the world, and what he lacks is just fame. Besides, calligraphy is difficult to distinguish between high and low when it reaches a certain realm, and it is the fame that is competing for it, and in later generations, even if there is Wang Xizhi's ability, it may not be able to break into much fame.

After the discussion, Xiao Ma pondered for a while, and in front of the three of them, he wrote three articles on silk in two fonts of regular script and regular script, namely "Shu Dao Difficulty", "Shi Shuo" and "Yugong Moves Mountains". Among them, "Shu Dao Difficulty" is Li Bai's famous work, which expresses his worries about today's society through the scene; "The Teacher Said" persuades people to learn, and the master solves doubts, and it is also a masterpiece of the great writers of the Tang Dynasty; The small story of "Yugong Moving Mountains", the big truth, is selected in the book "Liezi", although this book was available in the Warring States Period, but the story of Yugong moving mountains was compiled and added by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was absolutely original at that time.

The three of them are famous in the world, they are all knowledgeable people, seeing Ma Chaoyang, moving the pen like flying, even without thinking, it only took an hour to write three articles in two fonts, and Ma Chao's talent is even more admired.

The three people who held three heirlooms in their hands were like treasures, and immediately said goodbye to Ma Chao, just looking for a craftsman to carve and cast a stone tablet to stand in the bazaar to announce the world, which is considered a great success, and the same is true when Cai Yong created a flying white body. The original manuscript was to be collected in two places where the imperial court Lantai or the stone room were stored, and the books of the Han Dynasty were in it.

As for the plagiarism, Brother Pony has no guilt at all, those people have not been born yet, and it is unknown whether they can be born in the future, so there is no need to use it in vain. is only a little reluctant to Zhong Xuan, after all, this person is a contemporary person, but he took the lead in plagiarizing the achievements of others.

As soon as the three people on the front foot left, Ding Yuan on the back foot brought Zhang Liao to visit, and the two Ding Yuan had been living in He Jin's mansion, until now Fang Fang found an excuse to come out and report to Brother Xiaoma. Brother Xiao Ma was dumbfounded when he learned that Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Chun Yuqiong, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, and Huang Zhong would appear in the next three days. scolded in his heart: "I grass your grandmother He Jin, you are a butcher, and you have found six fierce generals to deal with the master, except for Chun Yuqiong and Xiahou Yuan, the other four are all characters in the later "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", if the master is an adult, he is naturally not afraid, but now he is not yet thirteen years old, and he will definitely suffer in terms of strength."

Ding Yuan saw that Ma Chao's face was like ashes, and he couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Although the virtuous nephew is brave, it is difficult to defeat the heroes of the world, it is better to find Your Majesty to renegotiate the rules, let them compete with themselves first, and then decide a champion after three days, so that the virtuous nephew can only compete with one person, even if he is unfortunately defeated, it will not damage his prestige!" ”

Xiao Ma pondered for a while and quickly rejected Ding Yuan's suggestion, and said in a deep voice: "Thank you uncle for your concern, but you don't joke, this news has already been announced to the world, how can it be changed temporarily?" Besides, Shang Ruochao took the initiative to ask His Majesty to raise this matter, and it was rumored that the general would definitely fall into the name of fear of war, and Yu Chao would be greatly disadvantaged, so it was better to fight with all his might! ”

Ding Yuan sighed and said: "The old man knew that the virtuous nephew would not be afraid of war, and now he said that he brought Wen Yuan to discuss countermeasures with you, the old man has a plan, if this plan is successful, it will definitely give the virtuous nephew a big advantage in the competition!" ”

Ma Chao said: "I don't know what Uncle Ding means? ”

Ding Yuan said: "The virtuous nephew has the trust of His Majesty to take on the important task of selecting talents, and he only plays two battles per day, and the fighter has to go through several battles to be eligible to challenge the champion, so he only needs to find a few good players to exhaust their strength in advance. ”

Ma Chao had already thought of this, but because there were no generals available under his command, Meng Da was only a third-rate military general at this time, and it was difficult to survive Sanhe when he met any of these people, and he was even defeated in seconds, and Pang De, the only one who could handle the heavy responsibility, was far away from the water, and said with a wry smile: "Uncle doesn't know, only Pang De is the only one under the command of the little nephew who is qualified to work with these six people, Meng Da is young and lacks courage, and this plan is really difficult to implement." ”

Ding Yuan said: "My subordinate is engaged in Wenyuan has always been brave, and his reputation is not obvious, no one knows that he is an old man's person, this time he will definitely be able to help you resist one person, as long as the virtuous nephew manages to win two more than two and win a total of three games." And the virtuous nephew's expedition against the Black Mountain thieves also requires local generals who are familiar with the terrain, so why don't you let Wen Yuan stay by your side to help? ”

Brother Xiao Ma was overjoyed and said: "Thank you uncle for your care, General Wenyuan is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, his courage is not weaker than super, and even stronger, which is enough to deal with one person!" As soon as this hero is over, I will ask Wen Yuan for the post of general, and go to the state with Chao to fight against the Black Mountain thieves, and build an immortal feat! ”

Zhang Liao also showed joy on his face, he was recruited by Ding Yuan from the Southern Xiongnu attack and state for less than two months, although he has a small merit, but at the moment he does not even have an official position, and he is not loyal to Ding Yuan at all. And Brother Xiao Ma began to woo Zhang Liao as early as the Hun prairie, and he gave him a heavy gift a month ago, thinking that he would have the opportunity to dig Zhang Liao over in the future, but Ding Yuan would take the initiative to send it.

In fact, Ding Yuan is also an old and refined character, how can he not know Zhang Liaozhi's talent? But Brother Xiao Ma is a popular man in the dynasty and his nephew and son-in-law, and Zhang Liao gave Ma Chao a fat water that does not flow into the fields of outsiders. In addition, once Zhang Liao goes to war, he will have no chance with him Ding Yuan, otherwise he will greatly offend He Jin. And Zhang Liao followed Ma Chao, and Ding Yuan was easy to explain where he entered, as long as it was inferred that Zhang Liao took the initiative to defect to Ma Chao, it would make people suspicious.

But these are not the main reasons, the fundamental reason is that Ding Yuan has completely regarded Ma Chao as his own person, just like his son-in-law and son, this is the role of personal charm.

For Zhang Liao, the benefits of following Ma Chao are far greater than following Ding Yuan, Ma Chao is young and promising, his reputation spreads throughout the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and he is the champion of the Emperor Ling, coupled with the support of Xiliang Ma Teng and the northern prairie, its future is limitless. As long as Ma Chaofei soars, his identity will naturally rise. And Ding Yuan is nearly sixty years old, and he is about to die, relying on He Jin's allocation to prosper in official fortune, at most he is a small local warlord who is attached to He Jin, and Ma Chao has no comparable surname.

After receiving Ding Yuan's great kindness repeatedly, Xiao Ma was also very moved in his heart, and secretly determined to save Ding Yuan's surname and never let Lu Bu's white-eyed wolf kill him. If it really doesn't work, design it, let Lu Bu and Ding Yuan turn against each other in advance, it is best to destroy Lu Bu or drive him out of the state, even if it doesn't work, Ding Yuan can be on guard against Lu Bu.

After receiving the affirmation of Brother Xiaoma, Zhang Liao immediately bowed down on one knee, clasped his fists with both hands and said: "Liao has seen the lord!" I am willing to play for the saddle of the main father! ”

Ma Chao hurriedly returned the salute, helped Zhang Liao up, and said: "Wen Yuan is really a handsome talent who stands alone!" I have to be as far away as a long drought and a rain, why worry about the black mountain thief will not be destroyed? Why worry about the injustice of the world? ”

The term lord is somewhat similar to the boss of later generations, but it is different. Once someone calls you the lord, he will recognize you as the master, and in the future, he will be the diner and staff in your house, who will work for you but also want you to feed, and his future is all tied to you, not the name of his subordinates to his subordinates, nor the name of the servants of the family to the master of the family.

Ding Yuan's eyes flashed with a different color when he heard this, and then he immediately calmed down, and said: "With Wenyuan's help, the virtuous nephew can win a game, but I don't know which of these six people is stronger or weaker, which is really difficult to start." ”

Ma Chao can only estimate the six of them, but what is described in the book in later generations and reality are completely different things, it is really difficult to draw conclusions, and said confidently: "Uncle rest assured, if it is not the arrogance of the little nephew, with the help of Wenyuan, I can win at least three games, and it will be difficult for the general to win the sixth lieutenant in one fell swoop." ”

Ding Yuan nodded, and said: "That's fine, the old man will go and plunder the formation for you, as for how Wen Yuan arranges for you, it's up to you." ”

The three of them discussed the matter of the martial arts competition carefully for a while, and Brother Xiao Ma ordered someone to rectify the banquet, leaving Ding Yuan and Zhang Liao to have a small banquet in the mansion. However, he said that He Jin was anxious for the past two days, and this situation has only improved slightly until today. It turned out that although everyone recommended six people, it was only half in place so far. Yan Liang, Wen Chou is a native of Jizhou, the two are like brothers, and they have no official position at the moment, at best, they are a diner in Yuan Shao's mansion, and they rushed over immediately after getting Yuan Shao's handwritten letter.

Chun Yu Qiong is a protégé of the Yuan family, has been filial piety, known as prestigious, currently in Luoyang as the captain of the city gate, can be in place at any time after Yuan Shu's recommendation. The Xiahou brothers are not very smooth, Peiguo County is not close to Luoyang, although there is a letter written by Cao Ying, but it will take at least two days to deliver. happened to catch up with Xiahoudun offended the local magnates and went out to take refuge, and in a hurry, Xiahou Yuan could only let Cao Ren fight on behalf of his brother, and he was on his way to Luoyang at the moment.

And Huang Zhong directly rejected Wang Kuang's heavy money, and swore not to die for the He brothers. He had already received the news, and he was about to need the fifty catties of gold to treat his son's illness, holding a knife and a bow, and riding to Luoyang alone with one man and one horse.

It turns out that the He Jin brothers and Huang Zhong have always had a gap, more than ten years ago, the He family was just a butcher in Nanyang Wan County, barely a small local family, after several generations of accumulation, quite assets. Huang Zhong was also a local, and was elected as the pavilion chief at that time, who was equivalent to the village chief, the youngest parent official.

The land owned by the He family is generally rented to the local people for cultivation, and then the rent is collected, the number of hus per mu varies, mainly depends on the soil color and the quality of the year, generally assessed by the local government, and the regional unified system is implemented.

However, the He family is rich and unkind, and uses self-made Hu to collect rent every autumn. At that time, the official Hu of the Eastern Han Dynasty could hold about 20,000 milliliters of water, and the weight of grain and water was not much different, which was equivalent to 40 catties of grain now, and one Hu was ten buckets. However, the Hu of the He family is enough to hold 45 catties of grain, that is, 11 buckets of rice, and the people dare not speak out because of the power of the He family.

Huang Zhongna was only in his thirties, and he was just in his blood, and he pointed out the He family's wrongs on the street, and finally made trouble with the government. Although the matter was over, because the He family bought the official government, Hu turned back to the regular Hu, and the He Jin brothers hated Huang Zhong because of this. Soon after, more than 30 domestic slaves and dead soldiers were gathered to pretend to be thieves in an attempt to kill Huang Zhong's surname, but this group of people never returned, and they were all easily killed by Huang Zhong alone.

Afterwards, Huang Zhong ran to the government to complain, but the relationship between the local government and the He family was extraordinary, and Huang Zhong almost took a stick before the complaint was completed. After this incident, Huang Zhong knew that he was alone and could not fight the He family, and the local government was in trouble everywhere, so the surname Suo moved to Linxian with his wife and children.