On the third floor of the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ma Qingdong leaned on the chair, his mood was leisurely. Sitting opposite him was General Guan Zhiyi, Heda Yecheng. A few years ago, when Tiebu led his troops to the southern part of Tu's country to suppress the rebellion, Ma Qingdong used a strategy to surrender Guan Zhiyi. Wu Chengbiao and Shatuluo, the three thieves, appointed the three of them as commanders, allowing them to command their original troops. Therefore, Ma Qingdong was considered to have a good reputation for Guan Zhiyi.

Guan Zhiyi, who is tall and fierce, looks respectful no matter where he sees Ma Qingdong, he always looks respectful and gives gifts during festivals. After all, without Ma Qingdong, he would not have the status of Guan Zhiyi today. Now he has recognized Ma Qingdong as his adoptive father. Today, Guan Zhiyi came from Hedaye City and brought a bunch of gold jewelry, all of which were plundered from Hedaye City. In a few years, Guan Zhiyi has been promoted from a thief leader to the current general of Hedaye City, all relying on Ma Qingdong's care.

Ma Qingdong narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Zhiyi, you're here, what are you doing with so many gifts? I know that you have been a little more miserable in Hedaye City. After all, it's close to the wilderness. If you want to change your position, it's not impossible. I've been thinking about this. But, if you want our King, you nodded, it's impossible to handle the money without money, so I'll take what you sent!"

Guan Zhiyi looked happy and smiled and said, "Entertainment Father, you are so polite! The gift given to the adoptive father is just a little bit of heart. As long as the adoptive father does not dislike him, the child will be satisfied! To be honest, if there was no such thing as Guan Zhiyi today without the adoptive father's eyes, how could I have been like Guan Zhiyi today? The adoptive father is the child's rebirth of the child! The adoptive father is willing to promote the child, and the child is grateful! But a few days ago, I heard that our General Toru took over military and national affairs. If the generals, chief lieutenants, and the captain, he would never be able to handle the matter without money!"

A strange smile appeared on Ma Qingdong's face. He picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea. He smiled and said, "Zhiyi, what you are talking about is the old Huangsheng! After the assassination in Dachang City a few days ago, the general and I were injured, and the general was even worse. Now the poison on our General Toru has not been relieved and he can do nothing. He can only squat in the mansion every day and ask the doctor for treatment. So these days, the chief has taken over the military and national affairs."

Guan Zhiyi said with a respectful look: "Although the child wants to go further, after all, the child is the confidant of the adoptive father, so he is not valued by the general. The child was hesitant about this matter a few days ago, but he didn't expect that the man's plan was not as good as the God's plan. The adoptive father regained power, and the child's future has hope! A few days ago, the child was still unfair about the adoptive father. The general only relied on his sister to become the queen before he became the general. His ability was completely different from that of the adoptive father!"

Ma Qingdong smiled and said nothing. Guan Zhiyi said again: "But there is no way to do this. After all, he has a sister who is the queen. We are all slight and can't speak, so we have to swallow our anger. The child only heard a few days ago that those assassins came from the Da Shang Kingdom's Wei Palace. The Da Shang Kingdom's Wei King actually dared to send assassins to our Dachang City to assassinate important officials of the imperial court. Are you really not afraid of the two countries going to war?"

Ma Qingdong laughed and said, "Zhiyi, you are my confidant, I won't hide some things from you!" Ma Qingdong looked out the window, and there was no figure. Ma Qingdong sat upright on the chair, Guan Zhiyi quickly leaned in the direction of Ma Qingdong. Ma Qingdong sneered and whispered: "How could there be any assassins from the Prince of Wei's Mansion? It was a bitter trick played by his adoptive father. The assassins who assassinated the general were all dead soldiers whom his adoptive father had been raising for many years! As long as Tolu Wuzhu was injured, who could still compete with me for the power in the court?"

Guan Zhiyi was shocked and quickly took out a veil to wipe the cold sweat from his head. Guan Zhiyi whispered: "Entertainment Father, this is a bit too risky! What if someone among the dead soldiers betrayed and leaked the news, wouldn't it be a big trouble?"

Ma Qingdong smiled grimly, his face full of murderous intent and said, "I, Ma Qingdong, finally reached my current status. Who can take away the power from me? Besides, you are not unclear about the methods of adoptive father doing things. Since those people are dead soldiers, they must be people who are ready to die! When they went there, they were determined to die. Whether the assassination was successful or unsuccessful, they were bound to die. The adoptive father could not tolerate anyone ruining my major affairs!"

Guan Zhiyi nodded, and his face had calmed down. Guan Zhiyi whispered: "Entertainment Father, I heard that the new national master went in and out of the palace all day long and was filthy in the harem. Even His Majesty, our king, didn't take it seriously. The adoptive father is a person who can't rub the sand in his eyes. How could he tolerate the national master so rampant?"

Ma Qingdong took a sip of tea, gently placed the tea bowl on the table, and said with a contemptuous look: "The national master is extremely lustful, and his mind is all about Toluayi and the beauties in the harem. His Majesty was also controlled by him and only knew how to meditate and refine elixirs every day. This is indeed not a good thing for the return home, but for me, isn't this good? His Majesty is like a puppet, the general is ill in bed, and the national master ignores the government. In this case, what else can we ask for?"

Guan Zhiyi suddenly realized that Guan Zhiyi laughed and said, "The adoptive father is wise! Now the power of returning to the country is in the hands of the adoptive father!" Guan Zhiyi stood up and walked to the window, looking at the Changshou Palace.

In the direction, he suddenly appeared with a fierce look on his face and said with a grim smile: "Entertainment Father, don't you have any intention of going further? The child is now in Hedayecheng, holding seven thousand heroic soldiers. If the adoptive father is interested, the child can bring all seven thousand elite soldiers to come!"

Ma Qingdong shook his head and said, "Zhiyi, this matter has to be discussed for a long time! Now that Tiebu is the king, it is extremely disappointing to do things. Not to mention that his adoptive father is dissatisfied with him, even the people have many complaints about him. But the people's hearts are on the old king Tieku, everyone misses the old king, and the people's loyalty to the Tie family is still there. We cannot rush to take action now. Otherwise, if the matter fails, it will be really dangerous!"

Guan Zhiyi turned around from the window and looked at Ma Qingdong. His eyes were burning. Guan Zhiyi looked excited and bowed: "The adoptive father had a profound thoughts, which was far beyond the reach of the child! The child only followed the adoptive father's leader. As long as the adoptive father felt that the time was ripe, he could summon the child to come at any time. The child was willing to be the adoptive father!"

Ma Qingdong stood up and laughed and said, "Good boy! It's really worth it. My foster father loves you! Tonight, our two men and women will have a few glasses of wine! By the way, the two beauties you sent last winter are really good. It turns out that there are beautiful women in the south! Even in the Great Shang Kingdom, only the Tianchang area will produce such beauties. I can't let the new national master see it, otherwise he will be so worried about it that he can't sleep!"

Guan Zhiyi laughed and said, "It's good if the adoptive father likes it! When the child goes out to patrol, he will definitely collect it for the adoptive father whenever he sees a beautiful woman. It's good for a beautiful woman. In addition to being able to use it himself, he can also give it to others!"

Ma Qingdong nodded and said, "This is a good thing! He often sent concubines to the civil servants inside. Two years ago, because a minister looked at a concubine of a minister, the two of them were drunk and fought. It was His Majesty the King who came forward to appease them, saying that it was not worth it for a woman. The king gave two palace maids to the minister, and the minister only reluctantly accepted it. His Majesty our king is still a woman who favored the butcher's family? Alas, these things are all jokes when they are heard!"

That night, the two were drinking happily in the study. The two beautiful concubines presented by Guan Zhiyi were holding glasses and pouring wine, and they persuaded each other diligently that the adoptive father and son were both drunk. The servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion knew that the Prime Minister tried not to disturb him when he was having a banquet in the study. At the very least, he was laughed and scolded, and at the worst, he was beaten. Even if these two people fell asleep in the study, no one dared to ask about it.

After midnight, the wife of the Prime Minister Ning Zunrong personally brought someone to help the Prime Minister back to the bedroom. Ning Zunrong asked the housekeeper to help Guan Zhiyi into the guest room. Guan Zhiyi slept until noon the next day before he woke up. When he woke up, Ma Qingdong had already participated in the morning court and came back. Guan Zhiyi did not follow the order to enter the capital this time, so he left his post without permission. However, he was surrounded by Ma Qingdong, and Ma Qingdong could make any excuses to ensure that he was fine.

Guan Zhiyi was born as a local thief, the most active but not quiet person. After staying in the Prime Minister's Mansion for a few days, he felt that he was going to have a lot of grass all over. Guan Zhiyi told Ma Qingdong that he wanted to go out of the city to hunt on Dingming Mountain. The Prime Minister's wife Ning Zunrong was afraid that Guan Zhiyi, who was born as a local thief, would cause trouble in the capital, and tried his best to dissuade him. Guan Zhiyi was unwilling to listen. Ma Qingdong smiled and said, "It's okay, if he wants to go out to play, he can play casually. In this Dachang City, is there anything that our prime minister can't cover?"

Ning Zunrong could not see Ma Qingdong say this, so he had to let Guan Zhiyi go. Ma Qingdong sent the second housekeeper Ma Lu to take more than 20 guards from the Prime Minister's Mansion to two horse chariots, carry objects, and drive eagles. The car was carrying several hunting dogs, protecting Guan Zhiyi and heading towards Dingming Mountain.

Dingming Mountain is forty miles west of Dachang City. There are many birds and beasts in the mountains, and there are also hunting grounds. There are two types of hunting grounds in the mountains. One is for royal family and nobles to hunt, and the other is for civilians. Ordinary tyrants and even ordinary people can hunt.

As soon as Guan Zhiyi left the gate of the prime minister's mansion, Ning Zunrong blamed Ma Qingdong for not indulging this child. Ning Zunrong was hired by Lao Nan Wang Tieshu for him when Ma Qingdong was a teacher in the Nan Wang Mansion. The Ning family was also considered a second-class family. When Ning Zunrong first married Ma Qingdong, he was a little disgusted with Ma Qingdong's ability to study hard and not seek fame. The couple also wanted to quarrel from time to time.

After Ma Qingdong became more and more developed with the iron cloth, he finally became the prime minister. Ning Zunrong was satisfied. Now she was afraid that Ma Qingdong would come, for fear that Lord Ma would become rich and become a wife. However, Ma Qingdong obviously did not mean to change his wife, and Ma Qingdong was not stupid. Sitting in a high position, he had to pay attention to his image. What he paid attention to was that his wife would not leave the court. In this way, there would be an explanation for the king, the officials and the people.

Besides, as the prime minister of Tuhui, it is normal for him to have three wives and four concubines. At worst, the couple respect each other as guests. He just doesn't go to Ning Zunrong's room. Why bother to give up on her? Kissing, Ma Qingdong was poor for half his life, but he only began to cling to Tie Tree, Tiebu and his son. When Tuhui returned to China, he married Tuhui aristocratic woman as his wife. How could such a small thing stump him?

Guan Zhiyi followed Ma Lu and twenty guards to the Lishan Hunting Ground in Dingming Mountain. This Lishan Hunting Ground is in the Dingming Mountains and is a civilian hunting ground. However, it is not far from the imperial hunting ground. Many people come to hunt, so they just play the edge ball here and hunt on the side of the imperial hunting ground. If there are any fat sheep in the imperial hunting ground, the fat deer will run out.

, Everyone shot arrows and dragged them back, which was also a good choice. In fact, Ma Lu, the butler of the Ma Mansion, thought so in his heart.

Although the Prime Minister's Mansion is powerful, he cannot go to the imperial hunting ground to hunt at will. As long as the emperor's consent is not allowed, even Ma Qingdong himself cannot go to hunt mongooses easily. Otherwise, even if he is a transgressor, Ma Qingdong will never suffer such a loss. He often wants to plot against others, and of course he will not dig a pit for himself. So before Ma Lu goes on a trip, Ma Qingdong told him, and Ma Lu agrees.

But after he agreed, Ma Lu had his own idea when he left the Prime Minister's Mansion. What if they "mistaken" into the imperial hunting ground? The deacon in charge of guarding the imperial hunting ground really dared to tie up the people from the Prime Minister's Mansion? Not to mention that he was from the Prime Minister's Mansion, the protagonist next to him who came to hunt this time was the real power general in the lower prefecture city, holding seven or eight thousand elite soldiers. Who dares to offend?

So Ma Lu took Guan Zhiyi straight to Lishan Hunting Ground. Guan Zhiyi was trapped in the Prime Minister's Mansion for several days. He suddenly left the city and was about to go to the hunting ground. He suddenly felt that the sea was wide and the fish was leaping, and the sky was high and the birds could fly. He just spread his horse's hooves and ran hard with the spirit of a war horse. It took only half an hour to run. The two chariots behind were far behind.

The Lishan Hunting Ground was a respectful person to the business of Hou Tiedeng's family. Tiedeng, as a clan, had a good relationship with the prime minister Ma Qingdong, so when Ma Lu arrived, the deacons of the Tie family of Lishan Hunting Ground immediately put them in. Ma Lu and Guan Zhiyi quickly whipped the horse and entered the hunting ground, bent their bows and arrows, chased the fox and shot the rabbit. They were so unhappy that several guards followed behind them, cleaned the battlefield and picked up the spoils.

This hunting ground is a basin between two mountains, with more than ten acres of plain grassland in the middle and half a person-high grass around it. It is quite suitable for horse racing, foxes, rabbits, wolverines, deer, wild deer, and even bears and tigers occasionally appear. It is easy to manage and archery skills and patience. Almost every arrow is hit, Ma Lu and the guards applaud. These people hunted a lot of prey on the hunting ground, and the carriage behind them came late.

But it would be great if you could come. The guards who came first moved the prey they caught to the carriage. Ma Lu and Guan Zhiyi had shot more than ten rabbits, a roe deer, a wolf and three foxes. Guan Zhiyi was so excited. Ma Lu laughed and said, "General Guan, this is nothing. You don't know, there are treasures next door! There is a royal hunting ground, even tigers and bears!"

Guan Zhiyi was overjoyed and boasted: "Brother, why didn't you say it earlier? Let's kill us, kill more tigers, and go back to the bear. It's better to bully rabbits and foxes here, hehe, I'm going to tell you, I'm just like playing with these three stone bows! Whether it's a tiger or a bear, they all fall down according to the string!"

Not afraid of no good things, but fear of no good people. When Ma Lu heard this, he laughed and said, "General Guan, I am actually afraid that you will be afraid when you hear it! After all, it is a hunting ground for the imperial hunting ground, a hunting ground for His Majesty the King and the royal nobles. Even our prime minister dare not enter this hunting ground easily. Although the general is extremely heroic, he is afraid that this place cannot be easily entered, so I have never dared to say a word!"

Guan Zhiyi rode on the horse, feeling unhappy, and said loudly: "What's the matter? When I was a local thief, I was the king. If I hadn't surrendered my adoptive father, I would still be the local emperor now! It's a place where Tiebu can hunt, so I wouldn't have it? I would rather have a king, prince, general, and minister! When I go and shoot a few tiger bears, I dare not underestimate our brothers!"

Ma Lu pretended to persuade him again, and Guan Zhiyi tried his best to go, so Ma Lu pretended to be heartbroken and accompanied Guan Zhiyi to the imperial hunting ground. Ma Lu did not let the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion follow him, but said that he was going deep into the mountain and let them hunt outside and wait.

The two of them rode their horses, one in front and one behind, and then rushed to the depths of the Lishan Hunting Ground. Halfway through the way, the two turned around, crossed the mountain road, and entered the area of ​​the imperial hunting ground. Guan Zhiyi entered the imperial hunting ground and couldn't help but praise him. Sure enough, the imperial hunting ground was large in area and the animals were large. Guan Zhiyi excitedly shot down a sika deer and went to chase a big bear.

The bear was about six or seven hundred kilograms, not small. Seeing someone chasing him, he knew that he could not escape, so he turned around and ran towards Guan Zhiyi and Ma Lu, trying to find someone to fight to the death. Guan Zhiyi was superb in arrows and shot an arrow on the chest of the big bear. The bear fell to the ground and died. Guan Zhiyi was overjoyed, turned over and jumped off the horse, carried the longbow on his back, and walked forward with a sword, and was about to cut the bear's head.

Unexpectedly, although the big bear was shot down, the arrow was not fatal. The big bear closed its eyes and pretended to be dead, just waiting for someone to come, so that it could take revenge. Guan Zhiyi carried the sword of self-defense and headed straight for the big bear. When Guan Zhiyi was about ten steps away from the big bear, the bear suddenly jumped up, and the shaking arrow was inserted in front of his chest, with red eyes, and rushed straight for Guan Zhiyi.
Chapter completed!