Ma Di inspected the city inside and outside the city. When it was almost evening, he returned to the prefect's mansion in a drunken state. The two soldiers following him had their hands full of centurions to show their filial piety and the generals' tribute.
Gifts from more than a dozen wealthy gentlemen.
Due to the remote location of Jiaozhou, the total population of Yulin County is only about 100,000. Although nearly half of the population is gathered in Guiping City, very few of these people are literate.
Those who can write their own names, calculate addition and subtraction within single digits, and read notices for everyone at the city gate are already very remarkable people.
In this era, it is common to see a notice posted at the city gate, a person stretching his neck and chanting melodiously, and a large group of people listening with their ears pricked up.
Therefore, this is the reason why as soon as Ma Su arrived at the prefecture and said that he was quite talented in literature, he was immediately reused.
This place is so short of talent.
What's more, Ma Di was not only knowledgeable about literature and military strategy, but also good at using force.
Such talents are even more in demand.
Not to mention the entire Jiaozhou, even if the scope is expanded to the entire Soochow Three Continents, the Three Kingdoms of the World, there are almost no great talents with both civil and military skills.
This is also the main reason why Lu Meng committed herself to Ma Su after only knowing him for a few days.
Great talents are in demand no matter where they go. It can be said that "you may not have a quick hand, but you may not have a slow hand."
The most representative example is Liu Bei, who was homeless in the early stage and had nothing. As soon as Liu Bei arrived in Xuzhou, the Mi family immediately rushed to send his sister and his trillions of wealth; when he arrived in Jingzhou, Sun Quan took the initiative to send his sister and Nanjun. When Liu Bei arrived in Yizhou, all the civil and military officials
Then he rushed to win over Wu Yi's sister. The list goes on and on.
A man like Liu Bei, who has been wandering for half his life and is very old, is so popular with women, let alone other people.
This is an era where "a real man should worry about not having a wife".
What does it mean to be a man? No matter whether it is civil or military, he is proficient in it.
If you are proficient in both civil and military affairs, then I'm sorry, you'd better pray that you already have a wife, otherwise, the door of your home will be broken down by the matchmaker who takes the initiative to send girls to your door.
Originally, when Ma Wu (Su) showed his clever trick, Lu Meng and everyone looked at him sideways. When they saw that Ma Su could actually go into battle to kill the enemy, everyone was shocked.
In addition, the news that Ma Wu (Su) and Miss San had a private life-long engagement spread throughout the city overnight. Not only did all the serving soldiers realize the opportunity, but more than a dozen gentry in the city also smelled something unusual.
Everyone agrees: Ma Wu (Su) has an unlimited future!
So the gentry held a big banquet, invited Ma Di, who was inspecting the defense, to have a good meal and drinks, and prepared generous gifts to build a closer relationship with the current manager in advance.
Ma Di returned to his house drunkenly, lying on the bed with his arms and legs spread out, and threw all the gifts to Lu Meng.
While Lu Meng dipped a brocade handkerchief in water and wiped Ma Su's face, she asked curiously: "Didn't my husband go to patrol the city? Why did he go to have a drink? Who gave this gift? Also, what if the thieves come to attack?
, isn’t the city in danger?”
It's not surprising that Lu Meng would ask this. She was in trouble all night last night and she spent the whole day catching up on her sleep at home, so she didn't know what was going on outside.
Ma Di, half drunk and half sober, pulled Lu Meng into his arms, and said with a proud smile: "With me here, how can any bandit dare to attack the city? Tomorrow... in front of the two armies, I will capture him alive.
That thief girl, snatch it back and make it a stronghold...ahem, snatch it back and make you a maid. Uh, by the way, there are gifts from the gentry over there, open them quickly and see if you like them."
Lu Meng gave Ma Su a charming look, got up from Ma Su, and turned to look at the gifts on the ground.
As soon as I picked up the first gift, I immediately shouted in surprise: "Oh, husband, it's Shu brocade, the best Shu brocade!"
As she spoke, her long hands gathered the brightly colored Shu brocade in her arms and rubbed it back and forth lovingly.
Ma Di chuckled and said: "I will use this to make you a suit of clothes tomorrow. The one with big slits will look good in the room..."
"Disgusting!" Lu Meng spat with a blushing face, but she felt happy in her heart and bent over to look at other gifts.
Ma Su was stunned by the delicate and charming look of a new woman in her every move.
So, Ma Di waved to Lu Meng and said sternly: "Madam, please come here and I will discuss something with you."
Lu Meng was holding a finely crafted bronze mirror and admiring herself intoxicatedly. Hearing this, without thinking much, she walked over with her waist twisted, leaned down, and asked softly:
"What's the matter? Husband?"
Ma Su suddenly reached out and pulled Lu Meng into his arms.
"Oh!"
Lu Meng screamed in surprise, and suddenly a red cloud flew up to his face, and he lightly hit Ma Su with his small fist.
"I hate it, it's not dark yet."
Ma Su didn't care if it was dark or not? When he saw the arrow on the bowstring, he was ready to go. He grabbed Lu Meng's thin waist and turned over.
"I hate it. It's too bad to let the guards hear it." Lu Meng protested in a low voice.
Rather than saying it's a fight, it's more of a rejection and a welcome.
Ma Su naturally understands this meaning...
…
Listening to the sound coming from the room, several guards outside the door looked at each other, and one of them whispered: "Ma Chong is a real warrior. He worked hard all night yesterday, and he is still so brave today."
"Oh, I'm envious."
Another guard rolled his eyes at him: "Ma Zhizhi? It's time to change your name and call me sir."
Everyone nodded together: "Yeah, yeah."
…
The next morning, fearing that Ma Su would be dishonest when he woke up, Lu Meng got up early, sat in front of the dressing table, carefully applied her makeup, and asked him to get up.
Today we are going to fight a bloody battle with bandits, so get up early and be prepared.
Ma Su lay lazily on the bed, squinting at the increasingly charming woman in front of him, still recalling the meandering scenery of the past few days.
He finally experienced the joy of men in this era again.
Seeing that Ma Su couldn't get up, Lu Meng turned to look at other gifts.
There is gold and silver, treasures, jewelry, precious medicinal materials and luxurious clothing.
There are also exquisite and sharp swords and name cards.
Lu Meng pinched the famous post and hesitated whether to open it and see what was written on it.
Although before getting married, her personality was very outgoing, preferring to be armed rather than wearing red makeup. However, after getting married to Ma Wu, who was both civilized and military, her personality suddenly returned to normal. Suddenly she didn't want to be seen outside, and for the time being she just wanted to stay at home.
, immersed in the sense of anticipation of waiting for her husband to come back and hold her high, unable to extricate herself.
"Husband, you are so capable, why don't Shu and Wei invade you? Don't they know true heroes?"
Ma Su smiled proudly: "It's not that they don't know the goods, it's that I don't obey my husband."
Lu Meng nodded slightly, walked over, lay on her side next to Ma Su, and looked at him with admiration: "I have never thought in my life that I could meet such an outstanding person as my husband."
Ma Su shook his head and laughed, stretched out his hand and scratched the tip of Lu Meng's nose: "Madam, you are so complimentary. There are so many talented people in this world. There are people outside the world, so how can I dare to call them outstanding?"
Lu Meng shook her head to avoid Ma Su's troublesome hand. She looked at him with beautiful eyes and said seriously: "Of course my husband is excellent. He is capable of both literary and military skills. He has many advantages."
"No, no." Ma Su waved his hand: "I only have one strong point."
Lu Meng didn't understand this sentence at first, and soon blushed and spat "hate".
The two were chatting happily. Suddenly they heard someone knocking on the door.
Lu Meng glanced at Ma Su shyly, stretched out her hand and pushed his chest.
Ma Di turned over with a depressed look on his face, lying on his back on the bed. Lu Meng straightened her clothes, walked forward, opened the door, and asked in surprise: "Brother, do you have something important to come here so early?!"
Lu Ming looked embarrassed and hesitantly said: "Third Miss, brother-in-law... oh no, Mr. Ma... no, ah... Is Mr. Ma here? My elder brother Lu Kai sent someone to send a message that he will be on the Third
Later, I personally led two thousand soldiers and horses to arrive and fight against the bandits together."
Lu Meng looked outside and whispered softly: "I understand, clan brother, do you have anything else to do?"
"No, farewell." Lu Ming handed over the letter, held it in his hand, and left quickly.
Lu Meng closed the door and saw Ma Di had stood up and put on his clothes.
Suddenly he breathed a sigh of relief secretly.
In the past two days, she had felt soreness in her back and numbness in her legs, and she urgently needed to catch up on some sleep and recuperate.
Ma Su straightened his clothes, took the letter, took a look at it, and said to himself: "Three days, there are only three days left, you have to hurry up..."
Lu Meng was about to ask, "What are you holding on to?" when she suddenly felt the world was spinning. When she came to her senses, she blushed and whispered "hate" in a low voice.
There was no sound.
Ma Su stayed in the house all day and did not choose to go out of the city to fight the bandits.
In the middle of the night, the jailer came to report that a masked man broke into the prison and kidnapped the bandit leader (Zhang Xiu).
Lu Meng responded vaguely, not taking the matter to heart.
On the second and third days, Ma Su didn't leave the house either.
On the fourth day, eight hundred bandits suddenly evacuated Guiping City before the troops of Lu Kai, the shameful prefect, arrived.
My eldest uncle, Lu Kai, arrived in Guiping at noon. He met with Ma Su, exchanged polite words, and then asked some irrelevant questions to test whether Ma Su was really talented.
If he is just an illusion, then Yulin County must not entrust him to him. If he is really talented, then he may not have to jointly submit a letter to recommend him in front of Sun Quan.
Yulin County is, after all, the private territory of the Lu family and cannot fall into the hands of outsiders.
After chatting for a while, Lu Kai was shocked.
Ma Wu (Su) is more than just talented? He is simply a figure like a crouching dragon and a phoenix!
Not to mention anything else, when it comes to marching and fighting, if a professional term comes up casually, Lu Kai would have to think about it for a long time before he suddenly realizes it. He sincerely laments that marching and fighting "can actually be like this", "it turns out to be like this", "listen to what you said."
, like listening to a conversation."
Seeing that if he continued to talk, his ignorance would be exposed, Lu Kai quickly changed the topic.
"Ahem, brother-in-law, I wonder where my third sister is? My brother came from afar, but she didn't come out to see him?"
Ma Di chuckled and said in a tone that all men would understand: "I'm not feeling well. I'll definitely come to visit my brother tomorrow."
Lu Kai was stunned for a moment, looked Ma Su up and down, and said earnestly: "Brother-in-law, you have to be moderate. The days are still long, so don't rush."
After saying that, he laughed and left the table, going to find a place to settle down.
After Lu Kai left, Ma Di returned to the room. He found that Lu Meng was still wandering around in a daze, with a silly smile on her lips.
Suddenly I felt secretly happy.
Others persuade others with virtue, but I alone persuade others with *.
