After the plan was completed, Ma Chao took his beloved wife, concubine, and children in a simple green oil-walled car on the road to his hometown of Fufeng Maoling.
Accompanying him along the way were Ma Dai, who had become the governor of the Xiongnu County, and Ma Xiu, who had joined the Ma family army.
The youngest Ma Tie and Ma Yunlu were in the same car as Aunt Liu.
This is the first time Ma Chao has returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors since entering Chang'an.
Chinese people believe in their ancestors.
Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, tomb worship has become an indispensable ritual activity.
However, Ma Chao felt different from his previous life when he was worshiping his ancestors this time.
In his previous life, he was a bit exaggerated.
He mostly seemed to be performing official duties.
But the longer he stayed in this time and space, the more he respected the etiquette of the ancients.
Especially this time, it may be a critical period when the war to unify the world is imminent, so his mood is even more uneasy and solemn.
It can be said that the lives of thousands of men and the well-being of Li Shu in the fourteen states of the Han Dynasty depended on his thoughts.
Such a heavy responsibility made him feel heavy.
For a long time, Ma Chao has not lamented the significance of his coming to this era.
But as his strength grew stronger, and now that he had begun to think about conquering the world, he gradually felt more and more about the heaviness of taking the world as his own responsibility.
At this moment, he doesn't even know whether he can proudly say when he faces the ancestors of the Ma family in a few days: I am here to bring progress and brightness to this era, and bring happiness and stability.
Yes, he admitted that he brought many crops, technologies, and advanced concepts that did not originally belong to this era to this time and space.
But at the same time, the price of his step-by-step rise is often based on the intimidation of massacres.
The name of General Tianwei may sound arrogant, but the price behind it is made of numerous bones. become.
During the Qingming Festival, the grass grows and orioles fly, and the mountains and rivers are beautiful.
The long weeping willow branches flutter in the breeze, like a girl's long hair.
Birds of various colors shuttled among the willow branches, spreading their crisp chirps throughout the mountains and fields.
From time to time, thin strands of rain drifted by, as dense as the sorrow of separation.
From time to time there is a faint smoke rising in the countryside, which is the ancestor worshipers offering their hearts to the deceased.
Cai Yan looked at the scenery outside the car, seemingly sensing Ma Chao's thoughts, and quietly placed her cold little hand on his palm.
Liu Yue no longer had the arrogance of a Han princess.
She gently stroked Ma Chao's other hand.
The four people, Diao Chan, Fu Shou, Han Ying, and Lu Qiling, were either looking at Ma Chao silently, or pretending to look out the window but actually observing Ma Chao from the corner of their eyes.
There was not a single word in the car, they just quietly savored the peace and calm of this moment.
Unfortunately, it seems that Ma Chao is destined not to enjoy this kind of happiness.
Even when he was away from the turmoil of the battlefield and the political whirlpool, and just returned to his hometown with his family to worship his ancestors, something still disturbed his tranquility.
The sound of horse hooves echoed outside the window, and Ma Chao opened his slightly narrowed eyes.
He heard the sound of a man riding a horse and wandering back and forth outside the window, and then he closed his eyes slightly, without even looking out the window, and said directly: "Brother Xiu, if you have anything to say, just say it."
"Brother," Matthew, who is already sixteen years old, has the fierceness of Ma Teng when he was young, with a generous face and a majestic body.
After seeing Fu Shou thoughtfully lift the car curtain for him, Fang Zheng's big face smiled gratefully and shyly.
Then he asked Ma Chao with some urgency: "Brother, why don't you let me go to Jingzhou to fight Sun Ce?"
"No reason," Ma Chao replied simply.
The stern demeanor of the head of the family immediately frightened Ma Xiu: "By the time you run to Jingzhou, it will be almost time to send troops here in Chang'an.
If you are really bored, you might as well give me a hand now.
I drive the horse and the carriage."
Ma Xiu was discouraged at first when he heard this, but then he heard Ma Chao say that troops would be sent out in Chang'an soon, and he obviously wanted to let him join the war.
He immediately became impatient, dismounted and drove off the original coachman, and then picked up the whip himself to drive the coach.
Ma Dai on the side looked at it and shook his head.
As if his childlike innocence had broken out, he also jumped off the horse and rode with Ma Xiu, making Aunt Liu, Ma Tie and Ma Yunlu behind them burst into laughter.
"Mom, I also want to catch the eldest brother's carriage."
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Ma Yunlu lowered the curtain and wanted to jump out immediately, regardless of whether the carriage was still moving.
"What do girls look like?"
Aunt Liu's eyebrows moved, making Ma Yunlu feel comfortable.
Ma Yunlu was extremely favored among her brothers, but she was only afraid of her own mother.
She immediately complained and muttered: "Why can Brother Dai and Brother Xiu do it, but I can't?"
"Don't talk too much."
Aunt Liu didn't explain at all.
She and Ma Teng had gone through many hardships and had already seen through a lot: "Brother Xiu is just fooling around, and Dai'er is a calm person.
How can he really drive for your elder brother?"
Sure enough, as soon as Ma Dai got on the carriage, Ma Chao in the carriage asked: "Brother Dai, I want you to find that Han Long, what's the news now?"
Ma Chao said that Han Long had no name at all in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but he was famous in history.
Han Long's life and death are unknown, and his appearance is unknown.
Ma Chao even doubted whether even his name was fake.
He is like a ghost, floating in the chaotic world of the Han Dynasty.
Occasionally, a glimpse of him becomes a legend.
And that legend is related to Xianbei Kebineng.
It is recorded in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty that in the third year of Qinglong, Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou, sent the warrior Han Long to assassinate Kebineng and make him his younger brother.
Afterwards, various tribes of Kebineng were dispersed.
Invading each other.
The strong will flee far away, the weak will surrender, and the border will be peaceful Now that the unification of the world is imminent, Ma Chao cannot allow Xianbei Kebineng to be an unstable factor.
Especially after listening to Zhang Liao and Tian Yu's explanations about Xianbei, the only way he could think of was to assassinate Ke Bineng quietly.
The reason why we had to find Han Long instead of Wang Yue, Tong Yuan, and Shi A, the three top assassins.
Firstly, it was because these three people were already indispensable instructors in the Shadows.
Secondly, Ma Chao was deeply touched by Gan Ning's killing of Ling Cao during the First Battle in Jiangdong.
Historically, Ling Cao was killed by Gan Ning, which led to conflicts between Ling Cao's son Ling Tong and Gan Ning who had surrendered to Soochow.
After being reconciled by Sun Quan, Ling Tong eliminated the hatred of killing his father and shook hands with Gan Ning to make peace.
Today, Ma Chao is also planning to follow the old path of history and order Han Long to assassinate Ke Bineng.
Although this is a bit superstitious, who can say for sure that there is no destiny in this kind of thing?
"Brother, there is still no news about this matter."
Ma Dai sighed, and then couldn't help but turn around and asked: "Brother, how can you conclude that the warrior is in the Huns?"
Ma Chao shook his head and did not answer.
The reason why Ma Dai was asked to search for the Xiongnu was because Ma Chao remembered that the history books said that Han Long had been a slave in the territory of the Xiongnu, and knew nothing else.
Based on this alone, asking Ma Dai to search for a Han slave on the vast grassland is indeed like finding a needle in a haystack.
"Forget it, since I can't find it, forget it."
Ma Chao sighed, and when he turned around and was about to discuss with Diao Chan who could take on the important task of assassinating him, he saw Diao Chan's eyes fixed in thought, Ma Chao couldn't help but asked with concern: "Cicada Son, what’s wrong with you?”
"Husband, this Han Long was a slave of the Huns, and was he almost skinned and executed by the Huns?
After luckily escaping with his life, he learned martial arts from famous teachers."
"How do you know this person?"
Ma Chao was a little shocked, but considering that Diao Chan's shadows were all over the world, and his hands and eyes were all over the sky, it was very possible for him to know this news.
"Husband, if you are looking for a fish in a tree, you will naturally not find that Han Long."
Seeing Ma Chao admitting this, Diao Chan couldn't help but smile brightly, which made the whole carriage shine: "Not only do I know that person, but you also know me, my lord.
Moreover. , he has already done several important things for the Lord."
At this time, no matter how stupid Ma Chao was, he understood what Diao Chan meant.
He listened leisurely to the sound of the drizzle rustling on the oil-walled cart, and to the sound of Matthew waving his whip and gently shouting at the horses, and slowly said: "It turns out to be him.
I didn't expect that among the Shadow Army, Everyone has an unspeakable tragic past.”
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