The 31st time, Du Yizhi Ma Dai was afraid of being surpassed by three points after becoming a disciple.

  "Looking for death!" A robber couldn't bear this remark and kicked him to the ground.

  The young man covered his stomach and slowly stood up, after patting the dust off his body, he raised his head and puffed out his chest: "I'm just looking for death! A group of men bullying a child, if this gets out, what face will you have to show the world?"

  The robber didn't expect the young man's temper to be so stubborn, and he picked up a big knife and was about to end his life with one slash.

  At this time, the robber leader who had been expressionless all along suddenly said: "Forget it, this kid is quite brave, brothers, let's go!"

  After that group of robbers left, the young man suddenly fainted to the ground. Mashu, Mate and Yunluo saw this and hurried forward to support him.

  After a while, the young man slowly opened his eyes and said: "Excuse me, do you know how to find General Ma Teng?"

  "What... what are you looking for my dad?" Marshall asked hastily.

  The young man immediately said: "So he's your father! I'm Ma Dian, the son of your great uncle!"

  Ma Xiu was stunned, he had never heard his father mention that he still had an elder uncle.

  The Qiang girl hastily said: "I once heard the general mention his brother's affairs, but they had been separated for many years and there was no news. Why don't you come with us to Wuwei?"

  Ma Dai heard them say this and readily agreed.

  They returned to the Ma Mansion, where Ma Teng was rewarding his generals. Upon hearing that his wife and children had all returned safely, and that they had brought back their grandson, Ma Teng was overjoyed and hastily welcomed them into the main hall.

  Ma Dai knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "General, please accept a bow from your nephew!"

  Ma Teng hastily helped him up and said to the generals with a heavy heart: "My brother and I have been separated for many years, but we can't be together. Now my nephew has come from afar to find me, and he drove away the bandits and saved my wife and children. This general is very fond of him, and from now on will treat him like his own son!"

  Ma Dai heard this and immediately kowtowed to the ground, crying: "Father and Mother told me before they passed away that I can only temporarily reside in the General's mansion, and after learning my skills, I should be self-sufficient."

  Ma Teng let out a long sigh and said, "My brother has always been stubborn, relying solely on himself. This may be the reason he's been hiding from me all these years. Fine, fine, since he says so, I'll go along with his wishes. Let you stay in the mansion for now, when you grow up a bit more, whether to leave or stay will depend on your own will!"

  Ma Dai said: "I will definitely make a name for myself and bring glory to my family, only then can I live up to the expectations of my deceased father and mother."

  The groom who was drinking at the banquet had long noticed Ma Dai, and he was full of curiosity about this historical figure who was quite famous during the Three Kingdoms period.

  Just as Ma Chao was lost in thought, Ma Teng suddenly walked up to him and said: "Ma Chao, I plan to let Ma Dai worship you as a teacher like Ma Chao, do you agree?"

  Ma Fu was stunned and hadn't responded yet, but Ma Dai suddenly opened his mouth and said: "Master, although Ma Dai is stupid, he still has a strong desire to improve. From now on, please instruct me more!"

  Facing such a clever and righteous young man, Ma Fu still liked him very much. Anyway, he already had one apprentice, Ma Chao, so it didn't matter if he took on another one, Ma Dai. He smiled and said: "Since you've all called me Master, what reason does a master have to refuse an apprentice?"

  Xiao Ma Chao heard this and hastily ran to the front of Ma Fu, pulling Ma Dai to kneel down on the ground together, shouting "Master".

  After seeing this scene, the groom's mood was greatly improved. It must be known that these two young men are absolutely rare young talents in a million.

  But Ma Yunluo, who had been standing by all along, suddenly pouted and said: "Dad, I also want to be his apprentice!"

  Ma Teng looked up at the sky and laughed loudly: "Yunluo, aren't you trying to be a heroic woman? They are all going to follow us onto the battlefield, where there are corpses everywhere, blood-soaked, don't you fear?"

  Ma Yunluo's starry eyes blinked slightly, without a hint of fear: "Dad, you're just biased! No way, you have to find me a master! I want to prove to you that I can learn better than my brothers!"

  "Alright! Alright! Then I'll help you, Tieshou and Xiuer find another master to learn from, so that you can compare your studies and also see the abilities of both masters. Is that okay?" Seeing his beloved daughter being so capable, Ma Teng was still very pleased in his heart.

  Ma Chao, being rather straightforward, said to Ma Teng: "Father, why don't you let General Pang be our master? He's a great figure who shakes the Han Dynasty. With him as our master, we disciples will also gain prestige."

  Ma Fu smiled at the corner of his mouth after hearing this. This child is so young, and his competitive heart is already so strong, far surpassing that of Ma Chao and Ma Dai.

  Ma Teng stroked his head and smiled: "Good! Since Xiuer has said so, then General Ben will probably have to trouble General Pang!"

  Pang De hastily stood up from his seat and said: "Thanks to the General's kindness, I will definitely take good care of them three!"

  Yin Feng, who had just returned from the Ghost Gate Pass, felt particularly depressed after seeing this situation, especially after seeing Ma Yunluo's sweet appearance. He said: "General Ma, I've managed to escape with my life, don't you think it's time for Yunluo to acknowledge me as her master? After all, I'm also a disciple of the great Penglai Immortal from Penglai Mountain, so who in the four seas would dare not show some respect to the Penglai Immortal?"

  Yang Fu saw him fabricating so much nonsense and said in a low voice: "Your lies have reached the sky!"

  Ma Teng was still full of praise for the brave and fearless Yin Feng. Upon hearing this, he did not directly refuse him, but instead threw out a more tempting "condition": "This general's beloved daughter has never liked needlework since childhood, but dancing with swords is her greatest love. She once told this general that she must marry a general who is as brave as a thousand men and as handsome as a jade tree!"

  Ma Teng looked at Yin Feng with a profound meaning.

  Yin Feng seemed to have already heard what he had not yet said, and thought to himself: "Could it be that Ma Teng is thinking of saying that when I achieve success and fame, he can give Yunluo to me in marriage?"

  Yunluo thought that Yin Feng's words were quite interesting, and he was also very handsome. She couldn't help but take a few more glances at him. Yin Feng, who was sitting diagonally in his seat, had been looking at Yunluo, who was wearing a pink thin jacket and a silk dress, and the more he looked, the more beautiful she seemed. When their eyes met, Yunluo actually smiled slightly at him.

  Yin Feng was so enchanted by her smile that he lost all sense of propriety. Zhao Ang, seeing him being somewhat rude, secretly pulled on his sleeve. Yin Feng, being pulled like this, seemed to have also realized his own rudeness and quickly composed himself, saying to Ma Teng: "Alright, then I'll continue to fight the enemy with all my might!"

  The generals in the hall burst out laughing when they heard this sentence.

  Yang Fu said bluntly: "First of all, take care of your arrow wound! Also, cure your own rashness!"

  Yin Feng somewhat awkwardly said to Yang Fu: "I'm saying can you or can't mention the pot that doesn't open?"

  Ma Teng saw this situation, let a group of children return to the inner hall to play, and then said to Yin Feng: "Master is also for your own good! You should take good care of your injuries. When Han Sui and others attack again, General will still rely on you!"

  Yin Feng saw himself being flattered, while Ma Teng didn't mention much about the merits of his horse husband. Knowing that something was amiss, he hastily said: "General, you're overpraising me! The reason we were able to defeat Guo Si with a small force is entirely due to the merits of General Ma Fu."

  Ma Teng, who had been smiling, suddenly changed his expression and said angrily: "Although Ma Chao has merit, but letting Guo Si escape under our noses is unforgivable!"

  The groom had long known that paper couldn't wrap fire, so he gritted his teeth and stood up to salute: "I wasn't able to take off Guo Si's head, it was indeed my fault, please let the general deal with me according to military law!"

  "Considering your contributions in defeating the enemy, this time I'll let it pass as a compensation for past merits. However, if such a situation happens again next time, General will not forgive!"

  Ma Fu thanked him and sat down with a gloomy expression.

  After Ma Teng and the others finished drinking, Ma Chao again generously rewarded Pang De, Yang Fu, Yin Feng, Zhao Ang and others, but Ma Fu alone did not receive any reward.

  After leaving the horse house together, Yang Fu and Yin Feng came to Ma Fu's residence. Yin Feng and Zhao Gao insisted on giving the reward to Ma Fu.

  Yang Fu rebuked them directly, saying: "The general's ambition is not in wealth and goods. You can take these things for yourselves! What I want to ask now is whether you two are still of one mind with the general?"

  Yin Feng Meng slammed the table and stood up, saying: "How dare you mention us? That Ma Teng calls you Mr. this and Mr. that on his left and right, I was just about to ask if you're in cahoots with him!"

  "What's all this about one gang and another? We're in Xiliang, so we must serve General Ma Teng! What kind of nonsense is this about setting up our own stoves?"

  Yang Fu suddenly knelt down and said: "We three people had determined that you were our master when we first surrendered to you, no one else was qualified, including Ma Teng!"

  Although Yin Feng had not yet gotten the answer he wanted, seeing Yang Fu's sincere and earnest appearance, he also knelt down to the ground.

  Zhao Ang was slightly stunned, he had previously knelt to heaven, earth and his parents, but had never knelt to an outsider. However, thinking of the promise they made as the three people from Tianshui, he didn't care about that anymore and directly knelt down on the ground saying: "General, a great man can temporarily live under someone else's roof, but cannot be without great ambition! If the general is only willing to serve as a general under Ma Teng, then we three will leave now!"

  The groom quickly helped them up and said: "Thank you for your kindness, I am not a person without great ambitions, but the timing is not right, it's not suitable to reveal it."

  The three of them felt relieved after hearing this, and Yin Feng pointed at Yang Fu: "Now you can say why you want to stay by Ma Teng's side and help him with things."

  Yang Fu said, "Don't get me wrong, everyone. I stayed under Ma Teng's command just to feel out his situation. To be honest, the reason Ma Teng was willing to send troops to help after seeing that letter is because he discovered the 'tricks' I played in it."

  "Huh?" Ma Fu looked at Yang Fu in incredulity, in his impression, he had read that letter from head to toe with great care, how could he possibly have tampered with it?

  Yang Fu invited a few people to sit down, took a sip of tea and said: "The first line of that letter reads horizontally as 'Liáng jū suī měng, jiā fèng nán cún, hé zé xiāo hán, fēn zé niǎn yā'! The general read it very seriously at the time, but he was reading along with my hand gestures, under my guidance, so naturally he didn't notice the horizontally spelled-out sentence."

  "Even if the fine steed is fierce, it's hard to survive in the gap, and if harmonious, it will be eliminated by Han, and if divided, it will be crushed. This move is ruthless enough! If what you said is true, then wouldn't I have to struggle to survive under the pressure of Han's horses, unable to live or die?"

  Ma Chao knew that Ma Teng had left him in Anxi to resist Han Sui, but Ma Teng did not trust him. If there was no clear way to deal with Ma Chao, he would have been hesitant and might have even handed Ma Chao over...