Sending off the general of the chariot and cavalry, Brother Xiao Ma also lost three boxes of jewels, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little painful, but what was even more painful was the Su Bu Gu who couldn't speak on the side. These jewels are all the family funds saved by the Southern Xiongnu for several generations, and now they are being given away like cabbage.

Brother Xiao Ma completely ignored Xu Bugu's feelings, and discussed with Ding Yuan some things about going to the banquet in the Ming Dynasty, and it was not until after Ding Yuan left that he opened his mouth to persuade: "The king doesn't have to feel distressed, He Miao is the brother of the general, and befriending him is equivalent to befriending the general, and according to the general's knowledge, this General He is still the brother of the queen of the dynasty, and he is quite close to the ten permanent servants and others, why does the king care about a few boxes of things outside his body in order to avoid the crime?" ”

Xu Bugu sighed: "What the general taught is that Xiao Wang is blind. ”

Ma Chao said: "There is a task to be handed over to the king to do, and the success or failure of this trip depends on your performance, if the king continues to be stingy with these things outside his body, I'm afraid."

Su Bu said anxiously: "The general can rest assured, Xiao Wang will never miss a big thing because of greed for money, although the general commands!" ”

Brother Xiao Ma suddenly said: "As I expected, there will be eunuchs in power who will come to ask for bribes later, and whether you and I can be promoted or exempt depends on these eunuchs." Back then, the Xiliang warlord Dong Zhuo repeatedly failed when he begged for the Yellow Turban, only because he bribed the ten permanent servants with a lot of money, not only was he not demoted but was promoted by the imperial court, the king is a smart man, what to do without the general teaching you again! ”

"Xiao Wang understands! Xiao Wang understands! It's just that the matter of the two Yue's beauties" Su Bugu was still hesitant to offer foreign beauties, for fear of getting into trouble.

Brother Xiao Ma said: "Just give these two eunuchs to these eunuchs, they want to please the Son of Heaven more than you and me, and at the same time, because of the bribes from you and me, they will definitely arrange this matter well, as long as you and I are promoted and exempted from Luoyang City, are you still afraid that those nosy ministers will come to the prairie to ask you if you are guilty?" ”

Xu Bugu was right when he thought about it, and secretly scolded Ma Chao for being shameless in his heart, but his mouth was full of promises. Brother Xiao Ma was about to give another careful order, and then go back to take a hot bath, when suddenly an attendant came to report that Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong asked to see them.

Brother Xiao Ma was stunned for a moment, knowing that he couldn't leave if he wanted to, these eunuchs came so quickly, and he pondered for a while: "Even so, I can't stay out of the matter, everything depends on my eyes!" ”

Su Bugu nodded and said: "General rest assured, it is a matter of Xiao Wang's net worth and surname, don't you dare to be sloppy?" ”

Brother Xiao Ma nodded, and the two got up and went out, and saw two middle-aged men in official uniforms with white faces and beards standing not far from the door.

Both of them are in their fifties, and they are also looking at Xiao Ma and Xu Bugu.

Brother Xiao Ma was slightly disdainful in his heart, but his face was full of respect, and he bowed up and said, "The people who come are Lord Zhang and Lord Zhao?" Ma Mengqi has lost his welcome, and he also asks the two adults to forgive their sins! ”

"The Southern Xiongnu have seen two adults in Xubu Bone alone!" The Beard Bone also bowed down and bowed.

The two were flattered, although these eunuchs were beautiful, they all relied on Emperor Han Ling to support them, and the Chinese military officials of the dynasty all hated them to the bone, and naturally they would not give them a good look.

Zhang Rang hurriedly returned the salute, and Zhao Zhong opened his male duck throat and smiled: "The two adults don't have to be polite!" A certain family just heard that the descendants of General Fubo and the Southern Huns Shan Yu came to the Yangxin Palace, and they were afraid that the people would not serve them well, so they came to visit in person with Lord Zhang! ”

Zhang Rang also smiled and said: "General Ma was born in a famous family and has made immortal miracles, the Son of Heaven has already been happy, and he will definitely be rewarded in the future, please take care of me in the future!" ”

Ma Chao said: "The two adults are polite, the young general is young and shallow, this time he went to quell the rebellion at the invitation of the King of Subugu, and he also relied on the prestige of the Son of Heaven to win. The two adults take care of the young generals! ”

"Well said! Say! Zhang Rang said: "I heard that the general Ming said that a banquet was specially set up for the three to catch the wind and wash the dust, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Ma Chao said: "Thanks to the general's affordability, this is indeed the case!" ”

Zhang Rang's eyes said with deep meaning: "It's naturally a good thing that the general values you, but although your credit is great, I'm afraid it's easy to reach the sky in one step!" Although the Son of Heaven has the heart to reward you, he is also powerless to care about the discussions of the hundreds of officials in the court, which is really a pity! ”

Brother Xiao Ma said secretly: Here, this eunuch is even more insatiable than He Miao, and he is so blatant in asking for bribes? But it was just right to come, not afraid that you would come, but afraid that you would not come, and said at the moment: "Exactly!" Precisely! It's all up to the two adults to take care of you! As he spoke, he glanced at the bone.

The latter understood, and hurriedly said: "The two adults, please, Xiao Wang has something to talk to the two adults!" ”

The two looked happy, looked at each other and nodded slightly.

After the four of them sat down, Xu Bugu clenched his fists and said: "My Southern Xiongnu rebelled and rebelled against the state, which is really an unforgivable crime, but fortunately, General Xiliangma was able to destroy the rebels." Now Xiao Wang has gone to Beijing to ask for guilt as a guilty body, and has brought the heads of the rebel chieftains such as the Southern Xiongnu Zuoxian King, Baima Copper, and Tu Gehu, and asked the two adults to say a few more kind words in front of the Son of Heaven, and Xiao Wang has his own thanks! ”

Zhang Rang said: "The king's words are serious, I wait for the officials to be low, and I really can't help much, everything depends on the will of the Son of Heaven!" I heard that the king and General Ma gave the Son of Heaven a gift list in advance, I don't know if there is such a thing? ”

Ma Chao took over the topic and said: "This is indeed the case, this is a tribute to the Son of Heaven by the Southern Huns, a total of ten carriages are loaded, there are twelve carriages here, and the two adults are invited to accept and transfer them to the Son of Heaven!" ”

Su Bu Gu also said: "In addition, Xiao Wang carefully found two beauties of the Yue Clan to present to the Son of Heaven as maids, and invited the two adults to take a look!" ”

The two of them were overjoyed, and there was a big problem in Brother Xiaoma's words, because there were ten carriages for the tribute to the Son of Heaven, and it was twelve carriages that were asked for their acceptance, so didn't it mean that the two extra carriages were honored to them?

Zhao Zhongxin was taken aback after being overjoyed, and asked urgently: "That Yue clan is a blonde and blue-eyed person with pure blood?" ”

Xu Bugu was uneasy in his heart, and said stubbornly: "Exactly, the pure bloodline of the Yue clan is extremely difficult to find, Xiao Wang searched all over the territory of the Southern Xiongnu and only found two virgins who were extremely beautiful and twenty-eight years old, and asked the two adults to appreciate them!" ”

Zhang Rang also stood up abruptly when he heard this, and asked excitedly, "Where is it?" Hurry up and let a certain family take a look, if the Son of Heaven is happy, can you still be unsatisfactory for small things? ”

Brother Pony's mind was racing, and he instantly figured out the trick. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty is a well-known silver monarch in history, and Zhang Rang and others, as servants around the Son of Heaven, naturally have to find ways to please their masters in order to ensure long-term favor. And what is the most direct way to curry favor with the Spirit Emperor? It's not gold, silver and jewelry, although the treasury of the Han Dynasty is empty, how can the Son of Heaven have no money to spend? What is missing is a woman of good looks.

Naturally, there will be no shortage of women around the Son of Heaven, and the selection of palace maids for the Son of Heaven has always been the responsibility of these eunuchs, and even the current queen He Wan was originally dedicated to Emperor Ling by the eunuchs. And in order to get to the top, the major families even did not hesitate to bribe a lot of money, just hoping that their daughters would be favored, and continue to rise like the He family in Nanyang. At the beginning, He Jin's father He Zhen almost poured out his family wealth to get He Wan into the palace, and the beautiful and dignified He Wan did not disappoint the He family, and after the death of Empress Song, he successfully ascended the throne with his son Liu Wei, and the He family also became the most powerful group of relatives in the Han Dynasty.

What surprised Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and others were these two Yueshi beauties. They have been rich for decades, and in order to prevent others from discovering it, they even did not hesitate to build their family mansions higher than the palace and more luxurious. Offering some jewelry to the two of them is just icing on the cake, but these two Yueshi beauties are different, because this kind of woman belongs to the new exchange, and she belongs to the ancient foreign girl who can make people feel refreshed.

At the strong request of Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, Xiao Ma had no choice but to take the two to the convoy that had just unloaded the horses. The accompanying of the two Yueshi beauties is an extremely confidential matter, and more than a dozen Shenwei Battalion soldiers are specially responsible for taking care of them, and they have never stepped out of the carriage after a long journey, so even Ding Yuan doesn't know about it.

The two of them only looked at each other twice and couldn't help but feel ecstatic in their hearts, knowing that the opportunity to please the Son of Heaven had come, Zhang Rang nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "The King of the Bones of Xu Bu has a heart, these two people are extremely satisfied, if the Son of Heaven is satisfied, what the two of them ask for will definitely be done!" ”

The heart hanging from the bones of Xu Bu finally let go, and he bowed down and said: "Don't dare, you still have to have two adults to do it!" ”

The two nodded again and again, their faces full of joy, but Brother Xiao Ma struck while the iron was hot, and deliberately said loudly: "Two adults, the goods loaded in these thirteen carriages are the tribute of the Southern Huns to the Son of Heaven, and please accept the two adults!" ”

Brother Xiao Ma's words were undoubtedly for Ding Yuan, intended to show that he was only handing over business with Zhang Rang and others, and he was not very close. Then he whispered: "The young general's request for merit also asks the two adults to take care of it, these two carriages have 2,000 catties of gold, 2,000 catties of silver, ten boxes of jewelry, and 100 horses of silk. ”

The two of them were surprised and delighted when they heard this, they didn't expect Ma Chao's hand to be so generous, and this heavy gift was almost as big as the tribute gift from the Su Bu Bone to the Son of Heaven. After the surprise, the two also knew that Brother Xiao Ma was buying officials from them, Zhang Rang nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "The son can be taught!" I don't know what official position the little general wants, as long as we can do it, I will definitely satisfy you! ”

Brother Xiao Ma had already thought about this, and his appetite was still quite large, because there would definitely be more and more scribes and generals under their command, and it was impossible for them to go to Beijing often to ask for credit for their subordinates. So I had to plan to get an official position that could open a government and place a subordinate official to go back once and for all, so that I could be crowned an official and support myself, which was justified.