Ma Qi and Ma Jun hurriedly came to the selection department, and saw that there was already a long queue in front of the door, and when they finally finished registering the identity of Xiucai, it was already a red sun and a sunset. Ma Boyong is in a very good mood today, and considering that Ma Jun can also be promoted as an official, he may take care of it in the eunuch field in the future, so he patted his chest generously: "I invite you to eat at night, Deheng don't quit!" ”

Ma Junxin said of course I won't shirk, it's all this time, it is estimated that it will be difficult to get out of the city gate, let alone return to the Shizhuang Courtyard to mix free meals, then if I don't eat you, who else can I eat?

Luoyang is very big, although the same city is divided into three games, but the distinction is not the time, but the venue, and in recent years, under the influence of Taiwei is Hongfu, dignitaries and dignitaries often change two meals a day to three meals a day, and even delay the time of the evening meal very late - Ma Qi has already traveled to the city several times before the exam, and it is clear where there is food in the capital and where to stay tonight.

But Ma Jun never expected that Ma Qi would take him to a women's house in Xishi. The so-called female prostitutes, that is, the brothels of later generations, were quite a few private prostitutes in these years, and public prostitution opened openly and openly was not yet popular—because the number of middle-class people in the cities was really small, and as for the dignitaries, they had a lot of money and rarely went out to have fun—and they were all official property. In the east and west cities of Luoyang, there is a female Lu in each city, and Ma Qi has already stepped on the door.

Yi Ma Deheng, a young man in the countryside, originally didn't understand what a female lu was, what he saw in the book, he also did it, "Warring States Policy" said: "Seven cities in the palace of Qi Huan, seven hundred female lu." "In the Cloud Palace, it is probably not open to the common people. It shouldn't be much different from your family's housework. But when Ma Qi was still in Wugong City, he went to visit the female Lu in the city with Ma Xia and the others. Came back and bragged about it. Describe the joy of it. At that time, Chen Jun covered his ears, not wanting to hear such absurd and obscene words, but Ma Jun was dumbfounded, and even slightly yearned.

In a word, this kid has already opened his mind.

But when those vulgar fans came closer, Ma Deheng would inevitably be red-faced, at a loss, and the deer in his heart would collide. just lowered his head to eat and drink, and didn't even dare to glance at them from the corner of his eye. Finally had enough to eat and drink, he quietly tugged at Ma Qi's clothes: "But, you can go." ”

Marzi smiled and said What are you going to do, this is just the beginning, we will stay here tonight - don't worry, I will pay for all the expenses. Ma Jun wanted to say that this is not the place where a righteous gentleman should come, but he stammered, and the more nervous he was, the more he couldn't speak. Ma Qi finally got impatient and slapped the table: "Deheng wants to go, and go." I'm staying here. ”

Ma Junxin said that I had a few copper coins in my pocket before leaving, and I was reluctant to spend them. I guess I can't afford to live in an inn, and the city gate should be closed at this time, where do you want me to go alone to spend the night? I didn't dare to leave, and I didn't want to stay, so I was so anxious that tears were about to fall.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone outside the door calling: "Is Fufeng Ma Deheng here?" Ma Jun was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't dare to answer. The man asked three times in a row, Ma Qi was annoyed, and replied with wine: "Ma Jun is here, who is calling?" ”

The door of the house was knocked open with a "pop", and a man in soapy clothes jumped in, swept his eyes left and right, showed disgust, and then asked Ma Qi: "You are Ma Deheng?" Ma Qi stretched out his hand and pointed at Ma Jun. The man snorted coldly, stepped forward, grabbed the collar, and grabbed the horse, like a little chick.

Ma Jun was shocked and wanted to ask, but he couldn't speak. Ma Qi frowned and asked, "Who are you?" The man didn't answer, but lifted his robe slightly, revealing the seal bag inside, and then dragged Ma Jun out - Ma Qi was stunned on the spot, and he didn't dare to stop or chase him.

It wasn't until he got out of the nulu and rounded a corner that the man threw the struggling but useless horse to the ground, facing a simple carriage. Ma Jun looked up, but saw that in the twilight, there was a person standing on the carriage, dressed in a Confucian shirt, his face was sinking like water, looking at his appearance, it was vaguely Zhao Shuang and Zhao Junqing, the chief examiner of arithmetic who he saw the day before yesterday.

He hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said: "Shang, Shangguan ......" and heard Zhao Shuang angrily reprimand: "I think you are talented, and I want to be virtuous for the country, and I personally teach it, but I didn't expect to get it here!" If you are too lazy to be a woman and can't be right, how can you learn from words? Besides, you are a talent today, how can you set foot here! ”

Ma Jun was frightened and ashamed, and wanted to explain a few words, but he stammered and said unclearly. Seeing that Zhao Shuang was angry, he threw down a sentence: "The real rotten wood cannot be carved, and the wall of dung cannot be broken!" "Beckoned the emperor to urge the carriage, just leave it alone, Ma Jun said in his heart, I can't say that I can't be ugly, and the stains on my body can't be washed away. I heard that Shangguan seemed to have the intention of soliciting, but he was angry because he was involved in women's affairs, and wanted to abandon it - if this great opportunity is lost, I will really regret not coming for the rest of my life!

At that moment, he was in a hurry, and shouted with his neck in his hand: "Wronged! "One or two words alone, he can still say it clearly.

When Zhao Shuang heard this, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and ordered the emperor to pause. He really loves talents, so he sent people to pay attention to Ma Jun's deeds, and originally planned that once the list was published, the other party would be able to show talent, so he would personally come forward to recruit him and accept him as an apprentice. Who would have thought that the subordinate officials would come to report it, Ma Jun had just left the election department, and as soon as he turned his head, he went to Nulu...... Zhao Shuang was stunned when he heard the news, and he was afraid that his subordinates would make a mistake and look at the wrong person, so he came by car after retiring. He has always been very upright, so naturally it is not easy to break into such a place, so he sent his subordinates to go, and as a result, Ma Deheng was really found out of the female lu......

At this moment, Zhao Junqing was furious, he really hated that iron could not become steel, and after scolding him sharply, he planned to give up this "self-degenerate" young man and go home to sleep by himself. Who would have thought that Ma Jun would shout that he was wronged - under the doubt, the anger was relieved a little, okay, I'll listen to what reasonable explanation you can give.

At that moment, he took a deep breath, leaned over slightly in the car, and said in a deep voice: "Don't panic, you can say it slowly." ”

Ma Jun also took a long breath almost at the same time as the other party, trying his best to stabilize his mind, and then slowly explained word by word: "Day and night, the city, the city is closed, there is nothing, there is no place to stay." Friends and invitations, but I don't know, know, and know that I ...... as a woman."

When Zhao Shuang heard this, he didn't believe it, and couldn't help but look at the soap-clothed man who had just pulled Ma Jun out of the girl's house. The soap-clothed man shook his head and smiled, and hurriedly bowed down to report that when I went in just now, I did see that there were still scholars in the house, and although there was a woman as a companion, this Ma Jun was huddled in the corner of the house, as if he had no intention of chasing.

"I see." Zhao Shuang twisted his beard, the anger towards Ma Jun in his heart gradually disappeared, and seeing the child lying on the ground trembling, he didn't feel pity. So he stretched out his hand: "Deheng, you can return from me." ”

Zhao Shuang took Ma Jun back to his home, arranged a side room for him to live in, and early the next morning, he sent a servant to Shi's Zhuangyuan and fetched Ma Jun's luggage. He said to Ma Jun, you can live in my house with peace of mind, I will teach you arithmetic, and when the officials are assigned to the position, they will naturally arrange a place for you to live, and when the time comes, whether you stay or go, let the king will-anyway, I have already said hello, you will not be released, you will definitely stay in the capital.

Ma Jun was very grateful, and he was not stupid, as soon as Zhao Shuang showed his mouth, he knelt down and called him "Master". Zhao Shuang was overjoyed, he didn't have the narrow-mindedness of his grandfather and father who hid the art of arithmetic, but he hadn't met the right talent before, so he had nothing to teach, so he didn't pass it on lightly - he was on the same level as Zhuge Liang, and the other party was already a disciple of Taiwei is Hongfu, where did he dare to snatch love.

So every morning, after Zhao Shuang got up, he spent a quarter of an hour to give Ma Jun so many questions or twenty, and then left some of his own calculations for him to study by himself. When he returned from the government office in the evening, he invited Ma Jun to eat together, and then checked the child's learning results, and gave him some secrets that were not passed on - of course, it was the "Daqin Number" and "Daqin Algorithm" taught by Hongfu, and he also passed it on to Ma Jun as soon as possible.

Until the afternoon of the third day, it was the day when the Ministry of Officials began to assign the newly selected Xiucai Position, Zhao Shuang was in the office of the Ministry of Degrees, but he sent a small official to the Ministry of Officials to inquire about Ma Jun's whereabouts. The little official came back and reported: "The Arsenal Division of the Division of the Military Department is the history of the order. When Zhao Shuang heard this, his eyebrows furrowed, and he couldn't help but scold: "I didn't expect Kong Ming to take the lead!" ”

There is no need to ask, this must have been Zhuge Liang who greeted the officials in advance, so he pulled Ma Jun under his hands. Although the Ministry of War also lacks arithmetic talents, if it weren't for Kong Ming's strength, how could you say that Ma Jun was assigned to the Arsenal Division - this department is responsible for the research, preparation, storage and distribution of weapons and armor, and it happens to be in charge of Kong Ming.

Zhao Shuang knew that he was soft-spoken, and he might not be able to assign Ma Jun to his own degree department, but he always felt that with Ma Jun's talent, the degree department was the most suitable for him, and the household department and the Yu department could also be used, as for the military department...... That's the worst option other than transferring to a place. So after getting off work, he didn't go home, and ran to Zhuge Mansion angrily. From a distance, I saw Zhuge Liang waiting at the door, and the two of them met their eyes, and they rushed forward with each other, and bowed their hands and said, "Liang has been waiting for Junqing for a long time." ”

Zhao Shuang was still a little angry, and while getting out of the car to return the salute, he asked: "Ma Jun, you are a genius, why should you put it in the military department?" Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: "Although Liang is not sensitive, he also has a glimpse of the door in the calculation, and he is in the military department, why not?" "Don't we need talents who can do arithmetic, weapon preparation, soldier food co-ordination, where arithmetic is needed in the need?

Zhao Shuang glared: "It is enough for the military department to have Kong Ming." Zhuge Liang-for-tat: "There is Junqing in the degree, what is the insufficiency?" ”

Zhuge Liang naturally learned about Ma Jun from his teacher is Hongfu, and said that after Zhao Shuang tested Ma Jun that day, that night, it was Hongfu who specially summoned Zhuge Liang into the mansion to eat at night. During the discussion, the first thing I asked was: "What about what Kong Ming and I said the day before yesterday?" Zhuge Liang replied respectfully: "There is a little success, but it will take time......

Shi Xun smiled slightly: "I have one person today, or I can benefit Kong Mingye." (To be continued......)