Ma Chao was really reluctant to leave, but he had to leave.

Since Yan Zhong left without looking back, it meant that Ma Chao had left the school, and Yan Zhong would not ask anything in the future. But from now on, if Ma Chao has a good reputation outside, Yan Zhong, as a teacher, will also have face; Similarly, if Ma Chao does something bad and makes a bad statement, Yan Zhong will also lose face, and people will think that you, the teacher, have not taught his disciples well.

The disciple will definitely not embarrass the teacher, Ma Chao thought. Don't look at Yan Zhong's performance like this, in fact, Ma Chao understands in his heart that the teacher is just as reluctant as himself.

During the five years of study, Yan Zhong really did his best for Ma Chao. Yan Zhong doesn't have children, so he treats Ma Chao as his own child, don't look at Yan Zhong without smiling, he usually always looks serious. There is no way, he has to maintain a strict appearance in front of Ma Chao, afraid that Ma Chao will slack off and not work hard.

He cares about Ma Chao and loves it a lot, although he usually doesn't say much, but Ma Chao knows it in his own heart, Yan Zhong is the kind of teacher who is very strict on the outside, but cares for his disciples very much in his heart.

Ma Chao went back to his house, packed his things and prepared to go home. is not to go back to Fufeng's hometown, but to Longxi, where Ma Teng lives now. After packing his things, he took a look at the room and went out.

There weren't many things to pack, only the box, Ma Chao hired a car to leave, leaving Hanyang Longxian where he had been staying for more than five years. Although his daily life is very boring, except for studying, he is dancing knives and guns, but he likes it very much.

I worshipped Yan Zhong as a teacher here, and studied for five years, and Yan Zhong taught Ma Chao everything he had learned in his life in these five years. Moreover, Ma Chao met Jia Xu, who was not yet thirty, in the Yan Mansion, and met Dong Zhuo, who had a bold temperament, in the noodle restaurant, so it can be said that the past five years have been very rewarding.

Ma Chao didn't know the way, and he didn't know the way, just when he hired the car and left, Yan Zhong's figure appeared at the gate of the Yan Mansion.

Looking at the carriage leaving, Yan Zhong couldn't help but say to himself, "Are you leaving, it's okay to leave." The road ahead is up to you. As a teacher, he has slowly grown old, and the world in the future will be your world! Then he turned and went into the courtyard.

In the courtyard, the housekeeper Yan Rang walked up to Yan Zhong, "Master, why are you bothering?" ”

Yan Zhong shook his head, "Men should be ambitious in all directions, I don't want Chao'er to be affected too much by me." The thing that was promised to Brother Zishuo (Ma Teng's father's words) has finally been completed. ”

It turned out that more than ten years ago, Ma Teng's father begged Yan Zhong, hoping that if he had a grandson in the future, he could worship under Yan Zhong.

Because it was his friend's only request, Yan Zhong agreed. So before Ma Chao, Yan Zhong had never accepted disciples, just to wait for Ma Chao. At the beginning, he accepted Ma Chao just to fulfill his promise to his friend, but when he taught Ma Chao, he found that Ma Chao was a good jade and could definitely inherit what he had learned, so he confiscated the apprentice and taught Ma Chao wholeheartedly until he became a teacher.

Even Ma Teng didn't know about this, only Ma Teng's father, Ma Ping and Yan Zhong, knew about it, but he never told Ma Chao about it.

Soon after Ma Chao left Longxian, he returned to Longxi. Stepping on the land under his feet, Ma Chao didn't feel anything. Hanyang and Longxi are adjacent to each other, but in the five years that Ma Chao has been studying, he will only come back during the Chinese New Year, and he has no sense of belonging to Longxi. He lived in his hometown of Fufeng Maoling when he was a child, and went to Hanyang to study at the age of five.

When I returned to my home, as soon as I entered the hospital, I happened to meet Liu.

"Chao'er, you're back, come over and let my mother take a good look!"

In fact, Liu and Ma Chao haven't seen each other for three months, but their parents' love for their children is not less.

"No, mother, my son is back." Ma Chao hurriedly ran to Liu. …,

"It's only been a few months, Chao'er, you seem to have lost weight." Liu touched Ma Chao's face and said

Yes, Ma Chao himself didn't feel it at all.

"I usually eat more than before, and I don't feel any thinner." Ma Chao said suspiciously.

"You usually only pay attention to learning and practicing martial arts, how can you pay attention to these." Liu chuckled.

"Mother, my son brought things for Brother Hugh, Brother Tie and Sister Yunluo, I don't know where they are?"

In the five years that Ma Chao has been studying, his family has a younger brother and a younger sister, the younger brother was born in the third year of Xiping, and Ma Teng named it Tie, which means that it is as strong as iron. My sister was born in the fifth year of Xiping, called Yun Luo, Luo is Lu Luo, and there are clouds in ancient books: "Qi 驎騄駬, go thousands of miles a day." What Ma Teng means is that my Ma family is not only a man, but also a daughter.

This year, Ma Xiu is seven years old, Ma Tie is four years old, and Ma Yunluo is just two years old. In the past, every time Ma Chao came back, he had to bring things to his younger brothers and sisters, and this time was no exception.

"Hu'er took Tie'er to play, and Yunluo was still taking a nap." Liu replied.

"Okay, let's give the things I brought back to my mother first, and my mother will give them to them when they come back."

"It's fine. Chao'er, you said during the Chinese New Year that you were about to leave the school, so is it already ...... this time?"

"Yes, mother, the teacher said that my son can already be a teacher, so my son came back and prepared to go out to study."

"That's great, Chao'er, you can finally stay at home a little longer. Before leaving, your father told me that when you return home after you finish your studies, you will send him a letter to seal the family, and he will rush back. ”

Ma Teng has never been at home, he is not white now, but a military Sima in the army. Just last year, several tribes of the Qiang people rebelled, and the imperial court recruited troops in Longxi, and Ma Teng signed up, starting from an ordinary soldier, and repeatedly made military exploits in the army, until he became the current military commander.

But now that Ma Teng is not in Longxi, Liu can only write a letter to inform him to come home. Fortunately, the rebellion has long since subsided, and Ma Teng will ask for leave to come back after receiving the letter from home.

"Oh, that's right. Mother, if nothing else, go back to the house. ”

"Chao'er, go ahead, your house is often cleaned by people, it's very clean."

So Ma Chao went back to his house, except for the things he brought for his younger brother and sister and handed them over to Liu, the rest were in the box given by Ma Teng. Ma Chao also moved the box back to the house.

I opened the box and took everything out. There weren't many more things than before, only a snow drinking knife and a map of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was given to Ma Chao by Yan Zhong, and Ma Chao regarded it as a treasure. The map is not very valuable, but it was made by Yan Zhong himself, and it was given to him by the teacher, of course, he should treasure it.

Looking at the short gun he took out, Ma Chao smiled, now this short gun is not suitable for him for a long time. Today's Ma Chao is much taller than when he was five years old, and it seems that he can only put away the short gun and use an ordinary long gun instead.

"Brother, your mission is over." Ma Chao spoke at the short gun, and put it away after speaking.

After sorting out and packing the things in the box, Ma Chao looked at the box, originally he wanted to send the box to Ma Teng's house, but then he thought about it, Ma Teng hadn't come back yet, so he had to wait for him to come back and give it to him.

However, Ma Chao still went to Ma Teng's weapon rack, took a spear back, and practiced the Qiankun Wuji Gun with the spear, which felt cool. Picking up the spear, Ma Chao looked at it in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Big brother is so good!" Two children appeared next to Ma Chao, clapping their hands and shouting.

Ma Chao suddenly came back to his senses and saw the two younger brothers next to him, who were Ma Xiu and Ma Tie. The two of them had just come back from playing, passing by Ma Chao's yard, and happened to see the eldest brother practicing guns there. …,

But Ma Chao didn't think about this in his heart, he was secretly blaming himself at this moment. It's really not good at learning, and there are two big living people next to him who don't know what to say at all, although it's just a child, and it's his younger brother, but what if he wants to be replaced by an enemy or a master. It's careless, you can't be so distracted in the future.

Ma Chao wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Brother Hugh, Brother Tie, you are here." I have brought you good things, go to your mother and get them. ”

"Great, Brother Xie Lu, I know that you are the best!" It was the older Matthew who spoke, "Brother Xie Lu, Brother Xie!" Ma Tie also said happily, and after speaking, the two of them ran away.

Looking at their backs, Ma Chao secretly sighed to himself, when did he become like them, it was a long time ago, it should have been his childhood in his previous life, and since then, there has never been a time like them now. Today's Ma Chao, if you count the age of his previous life, is more than thirty-four years old, that is to say, Ma Chao is ten years old, but he has more than 30 years of experience.

Two days later, Ma Teng returned home. After the family had dinner together, Ma Teng called Ma Chao to Ma Teng's study.

Ma Teng's current study is basically the same as the original study, in fact, it is not just a study, the house he lives in Longxi is built according to the house he lived in Fufeng Maoling's hometown.

Ma Chao sometimes thinks, it seems that this cheap dad should be a more nostalgic person, you say no, why do you want to build a house like this. moved his family from Fufeng to Longxi, saying that it was for the convenience of his studies, but wouldn't it be more convenient to go to Hanyang.

The main thing is that Ma Teng himself wants to come back here, after all, he has lived here for eighteen or nine years, and Ma Teng has just arrived this year, so Ma Chao still understands.

Zhiludao's father looked for him, Ma Chao brought the box that was ready, and then went into the study together.

When he entered the house, he saw Ma Teng. Ma Teng also saw the box brought by Ma Chao at a glance.

"You brought this too." Ma Teng asked, pointing to the box.

"yes, isn't this here to return your baby?" Ma Chao said with a smile, and deliberately accentuated the word baby.

Ma Teng looked at the box and said slowly: "This is not my personal baby, but my Ma family's baby!" ”

Ma Chao listened, what? What the?? The baby of the Ma family??? There was a play, he quickly pricked up his ears to listen, for fear of missing a word.

I heard Ma Teng continue: "I originally wanted to tell you this today, since you brought the box, then I will say it directly, Chao'er, you have to listen carefully." ”

"No, father, please speak." Ma Chao said respectfully.

Next, Ma Teng said his father's dying words to Ma Chao word for word, and then said: "This is the ancestral silk book taken out of your box." ”

He handed the silk book to Ma Chao, and Ma Chao took it and watched it.

"This is the ancestor's hammer method and art of war, a total of six books." Ma Teng handed Ma Chao six more books.

"Chao'er, are you wondering, why are there six books instead of six bamboo slips? The bamboo slips are the relics of the ancestors, how can they be handed over to others, these six books are copied and written by the father according to the bamboo slips word for word. It is no different from bamboo slips, but it can be taken casually to look through or give to others. ”

I see, Ma Chao thought to himself. In fact, Ma Chao didn't really want to give away the original in his heart, of course, Ma Yuan's things should be left in the Ma family, and Ma Yuan's wish, even if he sent a copy, it was not the same as the original content. Ma Teng's approach, he still agrees.

"As for the hammer, Chao'er, you know that your father doesn't use a hammer, and he has no interest in hammers. You don't use it, and you don't seem to be interested in hammers. Even if your two younger brothers can be interested, it's a pity that they are not born with divine powers, so they can only find someone who is destined to pass them on. …,

However, the drum urn and the golden hammer will not be taken out for the father, the hammer is the symbol of the ancestors, people talk about the ancestors, they will always think of his pair of hammers, so as the descendants of my Ma family, of course, do not give the ancestor symbol to outsiders! Chao'er, do you understand? What's more, the ancestor wrote clearly, he created his own hammer method, which applies to all hammers in the world, so ......"

"Father, needless to say, my son understands. As future generations, we should take good care of the relics of our ancestors. What's more, I also think that there may be people who can learn the Ancestral Hammer Technique today, but no one is worthy of using the Ancestral Hammer! Throughout the ages, there is only one ear of the ancestors! Ma Chao said to Ma Teng firmly.

"Okay, since that's the case, this matter is decided, you can find someone to pass on the manuscript of the ancestor hammer method, and the hammer will be kept in the hands of the descendants of my Ma family!"

Then Ma Teng took out another piece of black things, Ma Chao saw it, his eyes lit up, meteorite outside the sky, absolutely good thing.

"Chao'er, this is the piece of extraterrestrial meteorite left by the ancestors, and today my father will give it to you. Now that it can be melted in the future, it will be made into a weapon, or if you can't do it, don't force it! ”

"No, thank you father!" Ma Chao put aside the one hundred and twenty catties of extraterrestrial meteoric iron.

At this time, Ma Teng spoke again, "The last thing left by the ancestors is this. As he spoke, he took off a piece of armor from his body, and of course Ma Chao knew what it was.

"This, this, father must not ......"

"Chao'er......" Ma Teng waved his hand and said, "Now the rise and fall of my Ma family's glory and disgrace is not mine but yours, so you must wear this thin armor!" ”

Ma Chao was deeply moved, this is not a simple armor, but his father's concern for him. Suddenly, he rolled his eyes and said, "Bo Jia'er will wear it, but not now." With my child's current body, it still looks too big and inappropriate to wear it, so it's not too late to wear it when I grow up! ”

Ma Teng smiled slightly when he heard this, of course he understood what Ma Chao meant, "Okay, don't shirk it next time you wear it!" ”

"No!"

"Chao'er, for my father's knowledge, you are leaving home to study again, and I don't know when you will be able to return. Although ordinary people only have a table word after being crowned, my Ma family is not so particular, your table word, when your grandfather was alive, he had already set it up for you. ”

Ma Teng looked at Ma Chao with expectation and said: "Your expression is Meng Qi, from today on, you are Ma Chao, Ma Mengqi!" ”