After sending those leaders An Sheng back to the tent, Ma Chao rubbed his head that was a little drunk, and couldn't help but miss Yun'er's meticulous care. However, after he sighed and held back the sadness in his heart, he turned around and walked into Jia Xu's tent.

Jia Xu was still squinting his eyes as before. Holding a book in his hand, I don't know if he has read it, anyway, Ma Chao has been making a stick of incense next to him, and he hasn't seen Jia Xu turn the page.

"Old fox, it's been a stick of incense, have you read this book?" Ma Chao finally couldn't help it, and when he thought Jia Xu was asleep, a mouthful of wine sprayed at Jia Xu.

"Lord......." Jia Xu looked entangled and uncomfortable, and after moving his buttocks back, he spoke: "I'm not reading this "Wei Xuanzi", but feeling the merit of the lord in making the wind paper. Also, it's better for you to drink less alcohol in the future......."

"I drank so much wine, it's not your old fox's bad idea, let me take this opportunity to contact and win over the relationship between the Ma family and the Qiang people. The result is good, those leaders, one by one, want to introduce me to my daughter-in-law! Ma Chao sighed, and was about to continue to tell Jia Xu about the big time of feint to attack Chang'an, but suddenly heard Jia Xu interject: "The lord refused?" ”

"Of course I refused, the three in the family have already made me ...... Wait, old fox, you already knew this was going to happen? Ma Chao's eyes suddenly became a little strange, and he looked carefully at the old fox who usually didn't care. I saw that his skin was as white and tender as a baby, and his beard was gray like an old man. The beard is sparse, the high-crowned long sword is quite a bit fairy-like bones. A pair of small eyes on his face are half-open and half-closed, but there is a deep wrinkle on his smooth forehead, which seems to contain gloomy vicissitudes. For a while, I felt that the person in front of me was a little unfamiliar, and said in a sudden, "Do you want me to agree to this family business?" ”

"This matter still needs to be decided by the lord, and the humble position also knows that the lord has always been very assertive. Today's incident is just a reminder to the lord. Jia Xu finally turned a page of "Wei Xuanzi", but Ma Chao knew that the old fox's attention was not on the book at all.

According to the thoughts of the ancients like Jia Xu, it is common for a husband to have three wives and four concubines. Especially the princes who are in charge of one side like Ma Chao have to rely on the means of marriage to envelop all forces. In fact, Ma Chao also knew that marrying a woman from a tribe among the Qiang people who was estranged from the Ma family as a concubine would help the relationship between the Ma family and the Qiang family to be stable.

After all, marrying those tribal women who are closer to the Ma family will make the family dominant and the Ma family lose control; Only the women of those tribes who are estranged from the Ma family can ensure the further stability of the relationship between the Ma family and the Qiang people. However, Ma Chao is a time-traveling person after all, although he has been living in this era for nearly two years, he really can't do anything about using marriage as a political transaction.

"Old fox, you also know, this kind of thing ......" Ma Chao didn't know how to explain this to Jia Xu, but to his surprise, Jia Xu actually interrupted him again:

"Lord, don't forget, after feinting to attack Chang'an, you will enter Chang'an again according to the plan. And in Chang'an, there is still a princess waiting for you to marry......."

These words made Ma Chao have to pay attention to it. For he found that the old fox seemed to have laid out a few moves for him, and he was still on the chessboard with no idea what was going forward. This feeling made Ma Chao suddenly feel irritable, especially under the stimulation of alcohol, Ma Chao felt that his head was faintly painful, and after he rubbed his temples again, he said coldly: "If the military advisor has something to say, you might as well speak up!" ”

"Without him, what he did was a lowly position, the lord only needed a little thought, and he could guess it." At this time, Jia Xu finally closed the book and said to Ma Chao sincerely: "The lord is wise and wise, decisive in killing, and even, some time ago, the lord Xiushu used the eldest princess Yang Zhai to blackmail Lu Bu, so that the humble position can see the growth of the lord more and more. However, he found that when it came to love, the lord was too merciful and gentle. Especially this time, although it is said that he has found an excuse to help the imperial examination, but in fact, can the lord not calculate the benefits and losses in it? ”

Yes, Ma Chao also knew that he couldn't hide it from the old fox. After all, the cost of dispatching all the armies of the Ma family, plus the efforts of the Qiang people, just to rescue one Cai Yong, is too great. Although this feint will not kill anyone, the consumption of a day's baggage is a lot of money. And this is indeed more than worth the loss for the Ma family's first imperial examination with unknown results.

"Super, teachable." Ma Chao's tone relaxed, and he said to Jia Xu. And Jia Xu was not polite, and accepted Ma Chao's gift: To a certain extent, it is not wrong to say that Jia Xu is Ma Chao's teacher.

However, the two fell into a strange silence. Because, both people are smart people and know each other's thoughts too well. However, the conflict of ideas cannot be eliminated by words. Therefore, at this time, the two can only use silence to delay each other's thoughts.

"The matter of the princess of ten thousand years, Chao has a plan in his heart." After a long time, Ma Chao finally broke the silence, but after that, he didn't know what to say: after all, his concept was too different from Jia Xu's ancients, so that Ma Chao, who had always been sharp-tongued, couldn't express it in detailed language for a while.

"The lowly office understands what the lord has done. In fact, it also makes the humble position see that you have always been the first priority as a prince. The gains and losses of this dispatch of troops are at least above five to five. In this way, it is not worth the trip. "Jia Xu is a wise man, and he usually stops at the point of persuasion and advice. Because he knows that his own experiences and thoughts can never be imposed on others. Ma Chao will only reach his ideal state after experiencing more far-reaching things. Naturally, it may also surprise him.

From this, Jia Xu looked at the night and smiled at Ma Chao: "It's not too early, I think it's time to resign to the lord." ”

"Well, take care all the way. Remember, it doesn't work out, but you have to come back alive. Ma Chao got up, took the gift of his disciple, and sent Jia Xu out of the tent.

Outside the tent door, Niu Fu was already ready to go, and when he saw Ma Chao coming out, he immediately turned over and dismounted and said: "Lord, the leader of the Qiang tribe has sent a message to a certain person, and the road to Luoyang in the east has been explored and opened. ”

"Well, this time, the Qiang tribe has exhausted its army of 300,000, and under the prestige, it will naturally make the thieves between Luoyang in Chang'an disappear." Ma Chao nodded, and then instructed: "Along the way, you can fight the banner of the Ma family, those bandits who only need some brains will naturally know the relationship between the Ma family and the Qiang people." And if you don't even have that brain......."

Speaking of this, Ma Chao glanced at Publius, the leader of the Roman warband, and said coldly: "Us, you know what to do. When Publius heard this, he clenched his fists and replied angrily: "My subordinates guarantee with their lives and honor, and they will definitely keep the military master safe!" ”

After explaining, Niu Fu and Jia Xu finally resigned to Ma Chao. Under the cover of night, Ma Chao looked at the departing figure of this troop, and gradually disappeared. After that, he looked at the shining stars on the blue canopy, and sighed faintly, "I don't know if this time and space can still be as ....... as that time and space in history."