Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan obtained the copper mining contract and the salt trafficking contract, and planned to implement these two things as soon as possible...
At this moment, the door to the secret room suddenly opened, and two women walked in. One of them said: "Of course it is possible. With such an outstanding man as Ma Xiaoquan, which woman can let him go?"
Ma Xiaoquan and Li Qinghan were stunned for a moment and quickly looked towards the door.
It turned out to be Dongfang Qingxue and Beimingxue.
"Sister Qingxue, sister Beiming, you..." Li Qinghan looked at the two girls in surprise.
Dongfang Qingxue said: "Sister Qinghan, in fact, we have known this for a long time."
Bei Mingxue also nodded: "Yes, yes, we knew it when sister Qinghan and grandma whispered it."
"you......"
Dongfang Qingxue explained: "Sorry sister Qinghan, we were really worried, so we did some eavesdropping with this..." Dongfang Qingxue said, took out two small wooden cups, and
A small hole was drilled through the base of the cup, and a knot was tied to the hole.
"This..." Ma Xiaoquan saw the small wooden cup and smiled bitterly, "You two are really smart. I just said it casually, but I didn't expect you to actually do it."
Bei Mingxue pouted and said: "Ma Xiaoquan, you bad guy, you didn't tell us such an important thing, do you still think of us as outsiders?"
Ma Xiaoquan and Li Qinghan looked at each other, and the latter shook his head repeatedly.
"Uh, no, I didn't hide it on purpose. It's just that recent things are really complicated. Well, since you already know about it, you two can go with me."
"Us?" Dongfang Qingxue and Beimingxue were both stunned and looked at Li Qinghan.
Li Qinghan smiled and nodded: "That's fine, sister Qingxue, sister Beiming, I leave this bad guy Ma Xiaoquan to you two. You two have to keep a close eye on him along the way."
"Well, don't worry, sister Qinghan, we will definitely take good care of this bad guy."
Ma Xiaoquan: "..."
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The next day, Ma Xiaoquan and others got up very early.
Since Ma Xiaoquan could not appear in Beijing or Ma's house, early in the morning, Li Qinghan ordered Can Xin to go to Ma's house to inform Mrs. Ma and ask for some good horses to be prepared.
At noon, the horses were in place, Ma Xiaoquan got on the horse and said goodbye to Li Qinghan.
Li Qinghan's beautiful eyes were filled with tears, and he looked at Ma Xiaoquan without saying a word. Ma Xiaoquan looked sad, but he did not dare to stir up emotions anymore, so he comforted him: "Qinghan, my Vulcan Empress, I am not going to fight, you cry
What?"
Li Qinghan raised his head, looked at Ma Xiaoquan, and whispered: "I don't want to either, but I..."
Ma Xiaoquan jumped off the horse and hugged Li Qinghan: "Don't worry, I'll come back as soon as I go. It's not like I won't come back forever."
Li Qinghan shook his head: "No, no, because I..."
"Okay, be obedient, be good, everything is fine, everything is fine, hehe." Ma Xiaoquan said, jumped on the horse again, clamped his legs under the horse's belly, the horse neighed softly, and walked forward.
"Sister Qinghan, let's go then," Dongfang Qingxue and Bei Mingxue said.
"Well, okay, be more careful on the road."
"Well, don't worry, sister. If you can follow me, it will definitely be fine."
Li Qinghan nodded, looked at the retreating figures of several people, and murmured: "Ma Xiaoquan, I want to say... It's not that I want to cry deliberately, but because of the child in my belly...
..."
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Three days later, Ma Xiaoquan and his party came to a small town.
This small town is not too far from Beijing, but the road is not easy to walk. In addition, Bei Mingxue suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, so Ma Xiaoquan was delayed for some time.
The town is not big, but there are many residents.
Ma Xiaoquan and others settled in an inn in a small town, bought some necessities for the road, and then went back to their rooms to rest.
Since the three of them had their own inconveniences, they all changed their faces. Ma Xiaoquan disguised himself as a big man with a beard, while Dongfang Qingxue and Bei Mingxue dressed up as ordinary groomsmen. As for the follower Can Xin, they did not do anything.
Appearance changes.
Ma Xiaoquan and Can Xin shared a room, Dongfang Qingxue and Bei Mingxue shared a room, and they slept peacefully that night.
The next day, Ma Xiaoquan asked Can Xin to go downstairs to settle the bill. Unexpectedly, a quarter of an hour later, Can Xin didn't come back.
"Is it because Can Xin can't speak and it's inconvenient?" Ma Xiaoquan asked, so he had to go downstairs to see the situation in person.
In front of the counter downstairs, Can Xin was holding his baggage and looking at the shopkeeper, as if something unpleasant had happened before.
"What's wrong?" Ma Xiaoquan stepped forward and gestured to Can Xin.
Can Xin freed up a hand and gestured: "Master, there is something wrong with this shopkeeper."
Ma Xiaoquan gestured: "What's wrong?"
"Just now I was about to pay, but I noticed that his eyes kept darting around."
"Yeah." Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said to the shopkeeper with a smile, "Shopkeeper, I'm sorry, I can't speak and I'm also timid..."
The shopkeeper was slightly stunned, then smiled and said: "Where is it? I'm just telling you. You are holding a bag and looking at me, which makes me look a little strange."
"I'm sorry, hehe, by the way, shopkeeper, how much does it cost for two upper rooms for one night?" Ma Xiaoquan took the baggage from Can Xin's hand, reached into the baggage and touched the money to pay for the room.
"Two taels of silver." The shopkeeper raised his eyebrows and held out two fingers.
"Two taels of silver?" Ma Xiaoquan was stunned. Although this inn is clean, it is definitely not up to the level of two taels of silver for one night. What is the concept of two taels of silver? This is a month's ration money for an ordinary family of three.
"Yes, two taels of silver, what do you think? Master, do you think it's a lot?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Oh, it is indeed a bit much. Boss, it seems that your small inn cannot meet the standard of charging two taels of silver per night, right?"
The shopkeeper's expression changed, and he snorted coldly: "Can't reach it? If you can't reach it, you have to be obedient to me!"
"Ah..." Although Can Xin couldn't speak, he could read people's mouth patterns. Seeing how rogue the shopkeeper was, Can Xin shouted anxiously.
Ma Xiaoquan stretched out his hand to pull Can Xin and said with a smile: "Two taels, um, okay, two taels is just two taels." As he said that, Ma Xiaoquan took out two broken pieces of silver from the bag and threw them on the counter.
The shopkeeper was stunned, but he still collected the broken silver on the counter.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly, and after Dongfang Qingxue and Bei Mingxue finished cleaning up and went downstairs to meet up, they all left the inn together.
At the door of the inn, the horseman had already pulled the horses to the door. Seeing Ma Xiaoquan and others coming out, the horseman hurriedly greeted them.