Brother Xiao Ma couldn't help but be depressed when he heard this, these eight characters haven't been skimmed yet! The future son began to lose his surname Ma, plus a son who had promised Han Sui, and the two sons were given to others before they were born.

You must know that the ancients attached great importance to filial piety, and the so-called filial piety is the first, and there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest, and even the eunuchs who have no queen in the dynasty want to adopt their righteous sons to continue the incense. For example, Cao Ying's father Cao Song's real name is Xiahou Song, and he has been a regular servant among the eunuchs in power at that time since he was a child, so he changed his surname to Cao.

Ding Yuan saw Ma Chao's hesitation, and couldn't help frowning: "Could it be that the virtuous nephew doesn't want to renew the incense for the old man?" If this is the case, the old man is not reluctant, the embroidery lady still allows you to be a concubine, and will never regret it! ”

Brother Xiao Ma was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Ding Yuan to be quite righteous, so he said: "Uncle Ding misunderstood, as the saying goes: Invest in Li, repay with peach!" Uncle Ding has a great kindness to his little nephew, not only to promote the trip to Luoyang, but also to allow the embroidery mother, how can the little nephew not be allowed? As long as the first son of me and Xiuniang is not the eldest son, you can take Ding as the surname, if it is the eldest son, then the second son will be passed to the Ding family, does Uncle Ding think so? ”

Ding Yuan was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Is this really what the virtuous nephew said? ”

Ma Chao was dripping blood in his heart, but he couldn't help but agree, because giving birth to a son was not his business alone, and he had to agree to take care of Xiuniang's idea. In history, Du Xiuniang had three sons and one daughter, namely Qin Lang, who was born with Qin Yi, and Cao Lin, Cao Gon, and Princess Jinxiang, who were born to Cao Yingna as concubines. is also a well-born woman, as long as she sows seeds diligently, she will have no fewer offspring, so why not give him a son? Anyway, after all, it is still his own bloodline, and his son is still his own son, and he still raises Chengren by himself.

"A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase!"

Ding Yuan laughed excitedly and sighed: "My Ding family has a future!" The old man really didn't see the wrong person, the virtuous nephew is a man who values righteousness and does not adhere to secular etiquette, he said that he will become a great weapon! After that, he turned around and shouted: "Xiuniang hasn't come out to see your husband yet!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a tall and slender girl with a beautiful face stepped out, walked straight to Brother Xiaoma, and bowed and said, "Concubine Du Xiuniang has seen her husband!" ”

Brother Xiaoma's eyes were straight, and he saw that this Du Xiuniang's jade fingers were like green onions, her skin was like clotted fat, her eyebrows were like a crescent moon, and the autumn waves were flowing, like the resurrection of Xi Shi, Zhaojun was alive, and it was the green-clothed girl who had just stood behind Yan.

I was stunned for a while before muttering: "There is a beautiful woman in my dream, and the peerless crown is ancient and modern." One look at the city, and then look at the country. Rather than know the city and the country? It's hard to get a beautiful woman! ”

The soldier is a confidant who dies, and the woman is the one who pleases herself, Du Xiuniang, who is just young, is ashamed and happy when she hears this, and said coquettishly: "The general is too famous, and the embroidery girl is a vulgar fan, why is the country and the city?" I am willing to hold a broom for the general, and I ask my husband to have mercy! ”

Brother Xiao Ma hurriedly returned the salute, and said, "Mrs. Fanghua is peerless, why should she be humble?" It is a blessing to be able to get the good couple in your dreams, but you are not yet married when you are too young, so you will set your name first, and you will only come to the door to marry after the door!"

Du Xiuniang's face turned red, and she peeked at Brother Ma and said: "Everything is based on the general's orders, and it is also the blessing of Xiuniang to be with her husband in this life!" ”

"This must not happen!" didn't wait for Du Xiuniang to finish speaking, Ding Yuan said yes.

Ma Chao frowned and said, "I don't know what Uncle Ding means by this?" ”

Ding Yuan sighed: "The old man is getting more than sixty years old, and he is about to die, in case there are three long and two short, who will take care of the embroidery girl?" The embroidered lady crown is overwhelming, the fragrance is peerless, some people have already coveted it, in case it is taken by Xiaoxiao, don't you ruin the good marriage between the two of you? ”

Ma Chao nodded when he heard this, at this moment he is twelve years old, and Xiuniang has just turned fourteen years old, it will take at least four years for the two to get married and perform the ceremony of husband and wife, and wait until Brother Xiao Ma reaches the age of sixteen, four years is neither long nor short, enough for a lot of things to happen. And in this troubled world, if a woman with a superb posture does not have strong protection, the consequences can be imagined. In history, Du Xiuniang first followed Qin Yi, and then was humiliated by Lu Bu, and finally settled down in the hands of Cao Ying.

"What Uncle Ding said is very reasonable! I don't know what my uncle thinks? ”

Ding Yuan said: "The virtuous nephew will get the thick seal of the Son of Heaven when he goes to Luoyang this time, it is better to take the embroidery girl with him to take care of the diet and daily life, anyway, the two of you have already decided, when to salute the old man to inform the old man, as long as I can hold my grandson in my lifetime, I will be satisfied!" After a pause, he said: "As for these dowries and the two boxes of soft things sent by the virtuous nephew yesterday, you can bring them all back, and the right should be my dowry for the embroidery girl." The old man has been honest and honest all his life and has no children and no daughters, and it is useless to ask for these things outside his body. ”

"How does this work?" Brother Xiao Ma was in awe when he heard this, but he didn't expect Ding Yuan to be such an open-minded person, and Ding Yuan was a trickster in Romance. Originally, together with Dong Zhuo, at the invitation of the general He Jin, he led troops to Beijing to eradicate the eunuchs, but he died before He Jin arrived. Dong Zhuo, who rushed to Beijing and had heavy troops, controlled the government and wanted to abolish the young emperor for the sake of prestige.

Ding Yuan strongly objected, so the two also led troops outside the city to fight, and Dong Zhuo was defeated. If it weren't for Lu Bu's anti-water, I'm afraid history would have to be rewritten, and it was precisely because Lu Bu received part of Ding Yuan's team that he had the opportunity to become one of the heroes of the late Han Dynasty.

Ding Yuan said: "How can you not do it? I don't want to say anything, embroidery and clean up, ready to rush to Luoyang with me, you will be a member of the Ma family in the future, it will be difficult to see you again. ”

Du Xiuniang trembled, her eyes were slightly red, and she cried: "Uncle, Xiuniang is reluctant to leave you"

Ding Yuan helped Du Xiuniang up and said softly: "Silly child, my daughter will get married sooner or later when she grows up, and you are the last concern in my uncle's heart in this world." Ma Mengqi is proud of his youth, he is a good match for you, and he has no wife in his family, so if you marry him as both a concubine and a wife, you will not wronged you, so let him go! ”

"But how can Lu Bu be willing to give up? What if he was brave enough to do something rebellious? ”

Ding Yuan said: "No matter what I say, I am also his father-in-law, and I have the grace of knowing him, and he will not turn his face with me because of this matter, you can rest assured!" ”

"Uncle" Du Xiuniang obviously knows Lu Bu better than Ding Yuan, and she is still not at ease when she hears this.

"Okay, there's no need to say anything more, you go and prepare your belongings, I have my own plans for Lu Bu's affairs!" Ding Yuan interrupted Du Xiuniang's words a little impatiently, and said to Brother Xiaoma: "Virtuous nephew, go back and prepare, this time I want to introduce you to General He Jin, you can bring these soft things back, and you will be useful in Luoyang!" ”

Since Ding Yuan was so insistent, Xiao Ma was no longer polite, and asked the sergeant to carry the three boxes of jewels back to the camp, while he himself stayed in Ding Yuan's mansion, and the old and the young talked in detail about Luoyang for an afternoon. Ding Yuan completely regarded Brother Xiao Ma as his own at the moment, and he knew everything and said everything, which benefited Ma Chao a lot.

In the evening, after drinking and eating in Dingfu, he returned to the inn, and lying on the couch, Xiao Ma couldn't help but ponder. According to Ding Yuan's statement, there are only two forces in power in the DPRK and China, the first is a power group composed of more than a dozen eunuchs such as Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Xia Yun, Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang, Bi Lan, Li Song, Duan Qi, Gao Wang, Zhang Gong, Han Kui, Song Dian, etc., known as the "Ten Standing Servants", and its leaders are Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.

The second is the group of relatives headed by the general He Jin. The He family was originally a butcher in Nanyang, but it was only because He Jin's half-sister became the queen that he entered the government as a relative. He Jin even became a general in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, leading the national military power, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition!

Ding Yuan was He Jin's confidant, and tried his best to persuade Brother Xiao Ma to vote for He Jin, and Brother Xiao Ma happily agreed on the spot. Because the "Ten Standing Attendants" are really hated, both the common people and Dr. Shilin are eager to drink their blood and eat their flesh, and Brother Xiao Ma will naturally not do such a stupid thing to destroy his reputation.

Although there is no good future for He Jin, with He Jin's support, no matter what he does, he is famous and justifiable. In this way, you can work the surface, but secretly develop your own power, as long as the Spirit Emperor dies, the world can accumulate and rise rapidly to compete for the world.

As for the "Ten Standing Attendants", there is also a lot of oil and water, at least these eunuchs can still be beautiful for a while, Brother Xiao Ma can't help but have an idea in his heart after thinking about it

Early the next morning, Ding Yuan spread the news that his niece was allowed to Ma Chao as a concubine, and the civil and military officials of the prefecture were not very surprised, because Ding Yuan had mentioned this matter at the banquet. At present, many officials rushed to Ding Yuan's mansion to congratulate, and in addition, some local families and heroes also came to the door to say goodbye.

After all, Ding Yuan is a state assassin with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he is a very famous figure in the local area, although it is only a marriage ceremony, but it can't be too sloppy, so he decided to delay the departure for two days, and the second time to hold a feast in the mansion.

Brother Xiao Ma has also seen a lot of local families as a quasi-son-in-law, and although the land of Bingzhou is strategically located and culturally developed, the economy is too backward to make the family power entrenched here not strong.

The Han Dynasty is an empire dominated by agriculture, and people with a little common sense know that Bingzhou is the Shanxi of later generations, Shanxi is famous for coal production and heavy industry, there are many mountainous areas in the territory, and the arable land is extremely scattered, not to mention far less than the neighboring Jizhou, Sili and other places, not to mention Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou on the North China Plain.

Most of the families entrenched in Bingzhou are third-rate small families, no more than ten second-rate families, and there are almost no first-class families, only one Taiyuan Wang family stands out from the crowd, and its strength is enough to rank among the super families in question. The Wang family is also a family of eunuchs, and there are countless officials in the past dynasties, and the famous Situ Wang Yun in later generations is the direct line of the Wang family.

Of course, the current Wang Yun is not Situ Shangshuling, but just a Zhonglang is engaged in it, and he is a close attendant of the emperor. Wang Yun also had a good life in his early years, and even served as a assassin in Yuzhou. Later, he was suppressed because he offended Zhang Rang in the Ten Standing Servants, and once withdrew from Shilin, and He Jin only reappeared after taking power, and it was not until Dong Zhuo's rebellion that he replaced Yang Biao, who was dismissed, and served as Situ Shangshuling.