【1360】The old man and the second brother-in-law (2)
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Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan met Hua Yue’s second brother, Hua Tianqin...
After dinner, Ma Xiaoquan invited Hua Tianqin to have tea with him, and took the opportunity to hand over the Yanyun business to Hua Tianqin as soon as possible.
Hua Tianqin felt Ma Xiaoquan's sincerity and couldn't help but admire him. Hundreds of years ago, their Hua family had some interactions with the Ma family. However, in recent years, because the then head of the Ma family, Ma Ruiqing, went to Ningyuan to guard the border, and
The Hua family itself has undergone tremendous changes, so the two families have gradually lost contact with each other.
Although Hua Tianqin has no interest in being the head of the family, he feels that if he can win over Ma San, through his line, and then win over the Ma family again and let the two families get back together, it will be a good thing for the family.
Hua Tianqin picked up the tea cup and said, "Brother Ma San, are you so anxious to hand over the salt transportation business to me because you have other things to do?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said: "To be honest, I have been away from Beijing for a long time, and this salt transportation is only my second stop..."
"Second stop?" Hua Yue was pouring tea. When he heard Ma Xiaoquan's words, he looked at him in surprise.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "The family has some small businesses in many places. Of course, it is not as big as your Hua family. I want to take advantage of this time to walk around more to see the situation and understand the market..."
Hua Tianqin said: "Brother Ma San, are you short of money?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "It's not that I'm short of money. In fact, I'm not short of money, but that's just because I'm not short of money. As a Ma family member, I have to find ways to benefit the family members. Well, more importantly.
The thing is, I should leave in the future..."
"Leave? Where are you going?" Hua Tianqin said a little puzzled, "Your brother is Ma Xiaoquan, a popular figure around the current emperor. Ma Xiaoquan is the deacon of the Imperial Guard. It can be said that he has great power. There is also a dynasty in Beijing.
It's an important place and heavily guarded by soldiers. You just want to leave? Have you told your brother about this? Have you told your father, Ma Ruiqing?"
Ma Xiaoquan and Hua Yue looked at each other and lied: "Of course I told you, my father has been stationed in Ningyuan to guard the border for a long time, and I'm afraid he won't be able to come back. In fact, the person who is talking about my Ma family now is my brother, uh, or...
It’s my fourth brother, Ma Xiaoquan, who has been planning this for a long time, but it’s not the right time yet, so we can’t leave yet..."
Hua Tianqin groaned, frowned and said, "If I remember correctly, informants in my family have reported back many times, saying that your Ma family always transports a large amount of money to Ningyuan.
...Ma San, are you really supporting the frontier, or is there someone else out there?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said nothing. He didn't want to answer this question, but he thought that with Hua Tianqin's wisdom, he might have guessed the Ma family's purpose.
Hua Tianqin didn't mean to continue asking. He chuckled and said: "Come on, Brother Ma San, since you are so hospitable, I will take over the salt luck for our Hua family. Well, this
"Here you go," Hua Tianqin said, throwing a pale white jade pendant he was wearing to Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan took the jade pendant, rubbed it in his hand twice, and exclaimed: "This is natural Hetian jade. It is of excellent quality and is the best of the best. Hmm? There is a word on the jade pendant? Tianqin Order? Brother Tianqin
,What's this?"
Before Hua Tianqin spoke, Hua Yue was surprised and said: "Ah, second brother, I finally saw it today. You actually gave him such a precious thing?"
Hua Tianqin nodded: "Brother Ma San has entrusted such an important business to our Hua family, so our Hua family must also be sincere. Your second brother and I have nothing else. This is the most useful thing, so we will reciprocate.
.....Oh, it’s true, this is the first time I’ve ever shown Tianqin Ling in front of outsiders.”
Ma Xiaoquan turned over the jade pendant in his hand and asked Hua Yue curiously: "Yue'er, what is this Tianqin Ling? Is the jade pendant named after Brother Tianqin a personal one? Did you bring it up since childhood?
"
Hua Yue smiled and shook his head: "No, this Tian Qin Ling is one of the supreme tokens of my Hua family. With it, you can control all the forces in the family.
.....”
"What? No way?" Ma Xiaoquan was shocked and looked at Hua Tianqin, "Brother Tianqin, this little jade pendant has so much power?"
Hua Tianqin smiled and said nothing, while Hua Yue pouted dissatisfied and said: "What do you think? There are three tokens like this in the family, one is in the hands of father, one is in the hands of fourth brother, and finally
The whole piece is in the hands of the second brother."
Ma Xiaoquan became interested and asked Hua Yue: "How come this token of supreme power is in the hands of brother Tianqin? You said it is normal for your father to have a piece of money, and it is normal for your fourth brother to have a piece of money."
, but they are all new and old family heads, they should be there, but Brother Tianqin is together, I don’t understand..."
Hua Tianqin still smiled and said nothing, while Hua Yue explained for his brother: "Because the second brother has the least desire to take power. Humph, second brother, I don't understand. You still haven't jumped out from that woman.
?”
"Woman?" Ma Xiaoquan looked at Hua Tianqin, who sighed and shook his head gently.
Ma Xiaoquan slapped his forehead and said: "I understand, brother Tianqin loves beauty but not power, haha..."
Hua Tianqin smiled bitterly and said: "No matter how powerful you are, what can you do? If you can't be with the person you like, even if you have the world and are worshiped by everyone in the world, your heart will still be empty...
..”
Hua Tianqin is right, but since ancient times, countless people have paid an unknown price in order to ascend to the Supreme Throne. Did those people have loved ones at the beginning? Of course they did, but in the end they were still eroded by power.
body and mind.
Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan couldn't help but sigh: "I really admire Brother Tianqin for having such an epiphany."
Hua Tianqin shook his head: "It's not an epiphany. It's true that I'm not interested in rights or anything. I fight with people all day long and can't live my true self. I'm tired, really tired..."
"Oh, I think this is also the reason why you were able to obtain this Tianqin Order, right?" Ma Xiaoquan asked.
Hua Tianqin nodded.
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and joked: "Brother Tianqin, aren't you afraid that I will take your Hua family's Tianqin order and cause trouble everywhere?"
Hua Tianqin laughed, shook his head and said: "I believe that Brother Ma San is definitely not such a person. On the contrary, I think you will only use this token unless you are really desperate, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and gave Hua Tianqin a thumbs up. Then he threw the token to Hua Yue who was standing beside him and said, "Brother Tianqin is right, I really don't plan to use this token."
,Well, let’s leave the token to Yue’er for safekeeping.”
Hua Tianqin nodded with satisfaction. In fact, he originally wanted to test Ma San and Ma Xiaoquan to see how he would behave after knowing the importance of Tianqin Order. Now it seems that, at least on the surface,
This horse is worth getting to know deeply.
Hua Yue accepted Tian Qin's order and carefully put it away, then reached out and tapped Ma Xiaoquan's head: "Damn it, why do you throw away such a precious thing just as you say?"
Before Ma Xiaoquan could speak, Hua Tianqin burst out laughing: "Little sister, the three of them are pretty good. Well, I think if dad knows about marrying him, there should be no problem...
..."
Hua Yue's face turned red and she muttered: "Second brother, you talk so much, huh..."
Hua Tianqin was stunned, looked at each other and Ma Xiaoquan, and the two burst into laughter.
...
Late at night, Ma Xiaoquan was in the study room and said that as usual, he would read for a while before going to bed. By this time, Hua Tianqin had already gone to bed, and Hua Yue had also gone back to her room to rest.
The door to the room was not closed, and at this moment, a black figure suddenly flashed in.
Ma Xiaoquan raised his head, glanced at the door subconsciously, and then said to himself: "Well, it's time to rest."
"Hey..." A strange voice suddenly sounded, "Rest? Why do you need to rest?"
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned and raised his head alertly. On the beam of the study, an old man dressed as a guard was hooking his legs on the beam and smiling "cheesily" at him.
Ma Xiaoquan frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
The old man smashed his mouth, turned over, and jumped down nimbly. Then he walked to the desk unceremoniously, picked up the tea cup that Ma Xiaoquan drank, and drank the remaining tea in the cup.
Ma Xiaoquan thought carefully and wondered, could this old man be Hua Yue's father?
However, it doesn't look like it at all, because the old man's height is really not up to standard. Hua Yue and Li Qinghan are about the same height at 1.7 meters, while Hua Tianqin is even taller, at least 1.9 meters by visual inspection.
This old man is probably as tall as Cao Cao in the past, about 1.62 meters tall, and with his appearance, why does this old man look so mean? He doesn't have the temperament of a superior man at all.
Ma Xiaoquan squinted his eyes and recalled Hua Yue's appearance and Hua Tianqin's figure, and finally determined that the old man was definitely not their father. However, if the old man could enter the housekeeper's residence without anyone noticing, then
It is also very likely that he is an old master sent by the Hua family.
Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan politely bowed his hand to the old man and said, "Senior, I'm here late at night. I don't know why?"
The old man chuckled and curled his lips and said, "I won't hide it from you. I am sent by the Hua family. Well, that boy Tianqin should be here too, right?"