The Book of Heaven

Chapter 315
It is of course an excellent thing for Ma Zheng that His Majesty the Emperor personally decreed to remove the criminal hat from Ma Zheng's head and restore the official to his original post.

First of all, the Ma family's attitude will not continue to be ambiguous.

After all, when Ma Zheng was imprisoned by the imperial court, no matter how powerful the Ma family was, they would not dare to help Ma Zheng blatantly. Moreover, for various reasons, after Ma Zheng left the northwest and entered Bashu in one breath, the Ma family almost never appeared again. , most of the time it is Ma Zheng who is fighting alone. Although Ma Zheng understands this, he still feels a little bit uncomfortable.

If it were for him to stand on the position of Ma Daogong as the patriarch, knowing that his younger generation had to be wanted by the court because he had been wronged, even if he dared not help on the surface, at least he would help in secret, right?It is not a problem to send out some hunting masters, and then secretly instruct these masters that hunting is false protection.

"Zheng'er, don't miss it!"

That Liu Xu is worthy of being Princess Qingping, who is famous in the empire. Ma Zheng's eyeballs only rolled a few times in the eye sockets, and Liu Xu had already seen through his thoughts, and said:
"The situation is not as simple as you imagined. The Ma family also has difficulties with the Ma family."

"What's the problem?"

Ma Zheng couldn't help asking.

"Mr. Zhuge should understand that in our empire, the emperor is not at ease with giants like the Ma family and the Zhuge family, so some restrictions are always needed. Don't you think so, old man?"

Zhuge Yashan's face was a little embarrassed. If someone else said that in private, he would have admitted it, but the one sitting opposite was the younger sister of today's emperor, the majestic princess of the royal family. All right?Whether to answer this question or not, even the wily Zhuge Yashan felt a little embarrassed.

"Look, the old man doesn't even have the courage to answer me one after another. Forget it, let me just say it straight. Whether it's the Ma family or the Zhuge family, each family has its own sphere of influence. The Tianshui Ma family and the Tianshui Ma family, unless it's the emperor. If you personally decree, the Ma family cannot leave Tianshui at will, as for Bashu Zhuge Bashu Zhuge, it is the same reason."

"What? Does this count as a prison?"

Ma Zheng was slightly taken aback, he hadn't thought of this level of relationship at all, if that was the case, Ma Daoming couldn't be blamed, after all, he went out of his own territory to help a court in the family commit a crime, if the adults in the court were accused of this crime They are desperate to impeach, even the prince can't bear it.

"Even if you can't send a large army, you can always arrange one or two people." Ma Zheng understood the truth, but it didn't mean he calmed down in his heart. He muttered to himself, and then said: "Yes, what about Zhao Shuying and Huang Che, aren't they full of The world is running around?"

The Zhao family and the Huang family both have their own territory. If according to what Liu Xu said just now, these two people should not leave their family's fief, how can this be explained?
"You don't even look at it. These two young people have never married, and both of them are innate realm. This is one of the conditions set at the beginning. In order to help young people grow up as soon as possible, all the five king families with different surnames before the age of 30 Young people who have reached the innate realm are not bound, now you understand why the five Wang families with different surnames attach so much importance to young innate warriors, right?"

It turns out that there is also this reason, and Ma Zheng understands it.

It's just that now he feels that he is at a disadvantage. If he hadn't agreed to become Ma Daoming's godson, maybe he wouldn't have to be constrained by these terms and conditions in the future.But after thinking about it, if he can't become Ma Daoming's godson, where will he go to learn the complete "scary mind" and "scary stick" without these two martial arts, it is impossible for him to break through the innate, maybe Already dead somewhere in the corner.

This is a messy account, no matter how you calculate it, you can't figure it out. Ma Zheng shook his head and threw out many "what ifs" and "ifs" in his mind, and turned to thinking about what to do next.

Now that the imperial court has not violated this hat, and his family is innocent and he has resumed his official position, perhaps the imperial court will issue orders to himself in the near future. According to the current trend of the imperial court, the use of troops against the Da Yue Clan is probably on the agenda. The deadline can also be calculated. The earliest time to send troops should be at the beginning of next year. After all, if we really want to fight this year, we still need the cooperation of various factors. Weather and supplies are indispensable. The possibility of war in autumn and winter is the least, and we will go to other countries Generally, it is spring and summer. After all, this way can destroy the opponent's spring and summer farming as much as possible. Even if the battle cannot be won in the end, the enemy country will have no food harvest throughout the year because of the destruction of spring and summer farming.

In this era, food is the foundation of everything. If the common people can eat enough, everything will stop. As long as there is a food shortage, the world will be in turmoil. No matter how powerful an empire is, it cannot withstand repeated turmoil.

The reason why the Han Empire has continued to this day is that, on the one hand, it is of course strong in force, and on the other hand, the emperors of all dynasties attached great importance to farming, and the taxes on farmers have always been kept at a reasonable level, making it rare for the Han Empire to appear regionally for hundreds of years. Food shortages, thus maintaining the stability of the world.

"I'm going back to Tianshui next?"

Ma Zheng asked Liu Xu.

"No need for now, Gu Ying and I finally came to Bashu, why, you don't plan to be a guide?" Liu Xu asked with a smile.

"Guide, I'm actually not very familiar with Bashu." Ma Zheng scratched his scalp.

"It doesn't matter, this matter can be handed over to Mingyue. It is also Mingyue's blessing to be the guide of His Highness." Zhuge Yashan quickly pushed Zhuge Mingyue out. He was determined to push Zhuge Mingyue to Liu Xu's side. Let's establish a good relationship so that Zhuge Mingyue will not suffer in the future when he is gone.

Of course, the old man's thoughts couldn't escape Liu Xu's estimation, she also nodded with a slight smile, but she rolled her eyes at Ma Zheng, the meaning was obvious.

"But Ma Zheng, you still have to follow me. I am getting more and more worried now. I heard that you are still having a hot fight with a woman named Zhao Shuying. Why, you are not satisfied with having two wives?"

It would be fine if Liu Xu said this, but when it came out of the mouth of a little girl like Ying Gu, Zhuge Yashan really stared. The old man suddenly felt bad. After all, in the future Zhuge Mingyue wanted to get along with Yinggu, her lady-like granddaughter, was she really a match for this eccentric little girl?

"Don't worry, old man, I won't bully Mingyue, Jie Jie, she and I will be good sisters in the future!"

Zhuge Yashan nodded hurriedly, but wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, glanced at Princess Qingping involuntarily, and thought: "Could it be that Princess Qingping was like this when she was a child?"

"Don't think too much, old man." Liu Xu rolled his eyes at Zhuge Yashan, the meaning was obvious.

"Yinggu and I are also tired, Ma Zheng, where do you live?"

Liu Xu didn't give Zhuge Yashan a chance to continue speaking, so he stood up and said.

"Uh, I live. Isn't this very good?"

"What's not so good, I'm still your half-mother, right?" Liu Xu glared, but blocked Zhuge Yashan's words, and could only smile wryly.

Even the landlord Zhuge Yashan didn't insist, so Ma Zheng could only hold his nose and take Liu Xu and Yinggu to the small courtyard where he lived. He just hoped that the mother and daughter wouldn't be a fool at Zhuge's house. Jumping is.

(End of this chapter)