Ma Shi looked at it quietly, and then thought about the green hair, and there was no long beard, he looked younger, more energetic, and the appearance of a man in his thirties was almost the same, Ma Shi was so happy that he almost cried out: "Is this my old boy again?" ”

Ma Yin had already received the letter, knowing that his son-in-law's family had come thousands of miles to Tanzhou to celebrate his birthday, and he was overjoyed, and secretly told his subordinates that the places where Yang Zaisi passed through would be allowed to pass by with a green light, and he must not be obstructed, otherwise he would be killed. This daughter is the meat of his heart, he hasn't seen him for many years, he misses him very much, and most of them are like this in their twilight years.

It is estimated that the son-in-law will not be long outside the city of Tanzhou, Ma Yin led the civil and military officials out of the city early in the morning, and built a pergola outside the city, waiting for the arrival of the son-in-law.

"How tall is the little grandson, does he look like a daughter? Is the son-in-law the same as himself, with gray hair and drooping old age? Are there any wild boar on this trip? Ma Yin pondered.

A large ship with the flag of "Yang" on the bow docked at the pier, and more than 200 people walked down from the ship, and then more than 10 ships also docked one after another. Five or six hundred people walked down one after another, carrying all kinds of gift boxes, and the direction of Chao Ma Yin slowly came over, and Yang Zaisi and his wife walked at the forefront with their son.

"Hey, why is this kid still the same as he was back then, he doesn't look old at all, could it be that I'm dazzled?" Ma Yin was taken aback, and immediately asked the ceremonial officer to send a subordinate to greet him.

Oh, his subordinates reported: "The king, that's right, it's Aunt Chengzhou." ”

"Good. Pass my order, the three armies clear the road in the city, quickly! ”

"Yes!" The herald immediately rode into the city of Tanzhou.

Yang Zaisi also saw his father-in-law Ma Yin sitting in the pergola from a distance, and strode his family towards the pergola. Ma Yin hurriedly got up and went out of the shed. Thinking again, he stepped forward and gave Ma Yin a look: "My son-in-law has seen my father-in-law!" ”

"Good. The virtuous son-in-law is tired of traveling and driving, and this king is specially for you to pick up the wind and wash the dust. ”

"Thank you, Father!"

"My daughter has seen her father! Juan'er, Yan'er, come here, call grandpa! "Ma Shi has made a blessing, hurry up and call the two children to come closer." Grandpa, grandpa, grandpa......" the child kept screaming.

Ma Yin couldn't stop, he hugged Zhengyan: "Come into the shed and sit down, look at me, I'm happy, I forgot everything." ”

So, Yang Zaisi's family sat down by Ma Yin, and Ma said on the side: "Father, look! Your favorite wild boar has arrived! ”

Ma Yin looked in the direction pointed by his daughter, and saw that fifty steps away, more than 100 strong men of the Miao family were dressed in yellow and black Miao clothes, showing their left arms, and each of them was wearing a red silk around their waists, walking in the middle of the road with a majestic spirit. Each wild boar is carried by four people, and there is a one-handed man on both sides to protect it, the wild boar is not **, it is all whole, and the fur is still there.

"One, two, three...... Twenty, a total of twenty wild boars, grandpa! Yang Zhengyan, who was sitting on Ma Yin's lap, clapped his hands and shouted.

"Hehe, twenty heads, after returning to the city, this king will reward the three armies with this wild boar. Virtuous son-in-law, these wild boars were captured by his subordinates? ”

"Definitely, the biggest one in front was shot by Zai Si himself." Without waiting for another answer, Ma picked up the conversation.

"Gentian Tiger Might! The virtuous son-in-law is still imposing. ”

"Thanks to my father's wrong love, I personally hit a wild boar for my father, which is a piece of filial piety to think again!"

"Good, good, good! I love to hear that. Ma Yin high-fived and laughed.

"10 bear bile, 40 bear paws, 80 tiger skins, 80 mink skins, 100 pheasants, 1,000 pounds of bacon......"

With Ma's shouting, a group of Miao family men carrying long congratulatory gift boxes walked past in front of Ma Yin and the others, and Ma Yin was drunk.

"Think again, have the mountains in Chengzhou been wiped out by you?" Ma Yin stroked his palms and laughed.

"Back to my father, this is the treasure of the son-in-law for more than ten years, killing chickens to take eggs, drying up and fishing, and this mountain treasure is given by the kindness of my father." Yang Zaisi replied.

"I said you, always put on a high hat for this king, too humble, too humble."

"Playing music—" Mars shouted.

"Soraku—"

Lo and behold, the eight large drums, divided into two columns, have long been placed on both sides of the road, standing tall.

After the leading drummer played two rounds of drums, the 16 drummers standing in the middle of the road and the 70 small drummers behind the middle drum corps fluttered with red bands and beat the drums.

"Boom-" The drums stopped, and there was no noise, which was amazing! After a short pause, the Miao Drum Corps began to move, continued to beat the drums, and slowly marched towards the city gate. Then the honor guard of hundreds of people, hunting with flags, colorful flags fluttering, and drove into Tanzhou City......

In the palace of the king of Chu, the red candle was shining, and Ma Yin sat on the top of the main hall, feasting the ministers and guests. The wine is fragrant and the food is full. The singers sang and danced, and the music rippled.

Staggered, noisy, and floating, Yang Zaisi toasted one by one with the wine lord, and drank all the seats. The bamboo shadow outside the hall is swaying, the wind is clear and the moon is clear, the water under the court is empty, the algae are staggered, and the shadow of the bamboo and cypress is also covered.

The banquet gradually dispersed, and Ma Yin's sons also returned to their mansions.

"Virtuous son-in-law, don't go, this king has something to say." Ma Yin saw that the ministers and guests had finished, and called Yang Zaisi to go to the hall, and the father and son sat opposite each other.

"Think about it again, this king is only eight years older than you, I can't imagine that there is such a big difference in appearance, could it be that you have the magic formula for immortality?"

"No, Father. Man, like all things in the world, has a destiny and cannot live forever. ”

According to legend, the first emperor looked for the elixir of life and ordered Xu Fudong to cross the outer realm of Penglai, but in the end he did not live past the age of fifty. This king is in his prime, and he knows that the limit is not far away......"

"Father, there is no need to be so sad on a happy day."

"Yesterday I hugged Yan'er (Yang Zhengyan) and touched the back of his head, Fang Yuan is full, there will be great achievements in the future, you should cultivate with all your might."

"No. Although Yan'er is still young, I wonder if I can last another twenty years? ”

"Think again, with your current physical condition, you can still shoot the beasts in the mountains alone, and it will not be a problem for thirty years."

"More than 30 sons of this king, five people, Xisheng, Xifan, Xiguang, Xicao, and Xichong, covet the throne. I still have an old bone, and on the surface they are very harmonious, but secretly they are fighting fiercely. Especially Xifan, who is ruthless, I can't rest assured. ”

"This is my father's family matter, why do you want me to talk about it?"

"Ten years ago, Mr. Yi calculated to this king that after my death, my sons will definitely kill each other, and if this spell is broken, the only way to pass the throne and my daughter is to break this curse."

"Father is too worried, Xifan, I don't think he is a cruel and tyrannical person, you can rest assured."

"Knowing the son is more than the father, Xiguang is more merciful, and there will be endless troubles after ascending the throne in the future. Although Xi Cao and Xi Chong are small at the moment, these two brothers are the evil stars that have destroyed my foundation for decades, and I can't bear to kill them, I really can't do it, and the tiger poison will not eat the child. Ma Yin couldn't help but cry as she spoke.

"Father, you also believe Mr. Jianghu's nonsense, if you believe it, you will have it, and if you don't believe it, you will not have it." Yang Zaisi comforted.

"I will be suspicious, I don't want this kind of tragedy to happen in the Ma family, I have a long talk with you today, just to pass on the throne to you."

"Father, no, never! I didn't dare to accept it again, thanks to my father's wrong love. If I ascend the throne, I may be dissatisfied, and there will inevitably be flames everywhere, and the living beings will be ruined again. ”

"Feishan has you, which is the well-being of the people of Wuxi. The reason why Feishan has today is that there is a virtuous son-in-law. ”

"Well, I hope my worries are unfounded. If the king still feels that it is not right, if their brothers fight, you can send the army of Chengzhou and occupy the king's territory as much as possible, so as to keep the peace of the innocent people. ”

"My father is more kind to me than the mountain, and I can't do it."

"Think again!"

"Hey!" Yang Zaisi got up and immediately knelt down on one knee.

"A hundred years after this king, if there is a war in Chudi, there is no way to lead the army." Ma Yin handed over a sealed letter to Yang Zaisi, and took out a jade plaque from his arms: "Seeing this thing is like seeing this king, put it away!" ”

Ma Yin helped Yang Zaisi with both hands, and the two sat on the ground again, and began to talk about the policy of governing the country and the method of employing people, so the birthday banquet became a "Ma Yang talk" with a special face......

In the later period of his reign, Ma Yin indulged in women, indulged in pleasure, neglected to discipline his sons, and his sons were arrogant and luxurious, and sought succession.

Only the eldest son Ma Xizhen has long been tired of fighting and killing, in order to avoid his father from competing for the throne after a hundred years, he abandoned Wushun Jiedu as an envoy, escaped into the empty door, and took the initiative to give up the position of the crown prince of Chu to the second brother Ma Xisheng.

On the 10th day of November 930, Ma Yin died of a long illness. Before he died, he ordered his sons to be his brother and brother, and placed a sword in the ancestral hall, saying, "Whoever disobeys my will will kill him!" ”

This unwritten rule laid the foundation for the future "five horses fighting for the groove".

On November 27, Ma Xisheng succeeded to the throne, claiming that he had been ordered by Ma Yin to declare himself a vassal to the Later Tang Dynasty, remove the regulations that established the Chu state, and restore the old system of the Jiedu envoy town.

On December 21, the Later Tang Dynasty appointed Ma Xisheng as the envoy of Wu'an and Jingjiang Jiedu, and added an official to serve as the Zhongshu Order.

At first, Ma Xisheng heard that Zhu Wen, the Taizu of Houliang, was fond of eating chicken, and he was very envious. After he succeeded to the throne, he killed fifty chickens every day for food, he was in the period of mourning, and he did not look sad.

On the seventh day of December in the second year of Changxing (931), his father Ma Yin was buried in Hengyang, and he was about to mourn, so he immediately ate several plates of chicken soup.

Pan Qi, the former servant of the Ministry of Officials, really couldn't see it, and ridiculed Ma Xisheng and said: "In the past, Ruan's family lived in mourning and ate steamed pigs, which generation did not have a 'sage'!" ”

"Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon. There are many sages, not many. Ma Xisheng raised his glass and smiled at Pan Qi, not angry.

"Hey, give birth to a son like Sun Zhongmou. Ma Chu is in danger......" Pan Qi shook his head and walked out of the palace gate......

In July of the third year of Changxing (932), due to the severe drought in Hunan for many years, Ma Xisheng ordered the closure of the gates of Nanyue and the shrines of the gods in the territory, but in the end there was no rain.

On July 11, Ma Xisheng, who reigned for less than three years, died, and his younger brother Zhennan Jiedu made Ma Xifan succeed to the throne, which was the third generation of Chu kings, and Ma Xifan posthumously crowned Ma Xisheng as the king of Hengyang.