The village is not big and you can see the edges at a glance.
Ma Xiaoquan and his party followed Hua's father and daughter and slowly walked into the village. Just a few steps after entering the door, a middle-aged man walked out of a private house.
The man is tall and strong, with a beard on his face, giving him a very solid feeling.
There was a scar about three inches long on the man's face, extending from the corner of his eye to his chin. Ma Xiaoquan stared at the scar on the man's face for a long time and concluded that the scar did not appear to be caused by a sharp weapon.
The man also noticed Ma Xiaoquan, but he did not step forward to talk to Ma Xiaoquan first. Instead, he walked up to Hua Yue very respectfully, half-kneeling in the tunnel and said: "Hua Zhongmin has seen the clan daughter!"
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned by the actions of this middle-aged man named Hua Zhongmin. He blinked and looked at Hua Yue with a puzzled look on his face.
Not only Ma Xiaoquan, but also the horse mothers behind him, Qiao Yu, Shen Jing, Beiming Shuangxue, Ma Yuan and Ma Chengdu, all showed puzzled expressions.
Hua Tianqin saw the expressions of everyone in the Ma family and said with a smile: "My little sister is the only woman in this generation, and she has special abilities. According to the clan rules, she is the current clan leader of our family. Lady."
Ma Mu snorted and asked, "So, what is the identity of the clan daughter?"
Mr. Hua smiled and said: "On certain days, he is more noble than the status of the head of the family."
"Here you go, so powerful? Then if I marry Yue'er, wouldn't I be superior to others on certain days?" Ma Xiaoquan said with some pride.
"Hmph, you have a beautiful idea~" Mr. Hua rolled his eyes at Ma Xiaoquan, "There is only one clan girl. In addition to the clan girl's children enjoying the same preferential treatment as their mothers, clan girls' men will not... ."
"Why?"
Hua Tianqin said with some embarrassment: "Well, well, this clan girl is not available every year. To be honest, a clan girl in my clan can marry three men at the same time."
"What? Damn it~~" Ma Xiaoquan cursed, "Isn't this a matriarchal society? A woman can marry multiple men? Isn't this Hemudu culture? Damn it, how did the Hua family regress like this?"
Ma Xiaoquan spoke of a matriarchal society and Hemudu. No one present understood what he meant.
"But..." Hua Tianqin tugged at Ma Xiaoquan, "It depends on her own wishes for a clan girl to marry three men."
When Hua Tianqin said this, Ma Xiaoquan looked at Hua Yue nervously.
Hua Yue's pretty face turned red, she shook her head and said, "I will only be Ma Xiaoquan's woman for the rest of my life!"
Ma Xiaoquan suddenly felt so touched to be so affirmed by Hua Yue that he didn't know how to express his feelings.
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At this time, the middle-aged man who begged Hua Zhongmin walked up to Ma Xiaoquan, looked him up and down, and said, "Are you the husband of the clan daughter?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded.
"Please go this way!" Hua Zhongmin made a polite gesture to Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment and asked: "Why, is the route I take different from the route my family takes?"
Hua Zhongmin nodded: "You are the husband of the clan daughter, so it is naturally different. Please rest assured that your family will come back the same way as the master (Hua Laozi) and the second young master (Hua Tianqin) go to the other side."
"What about the other people who came with us? They are our family's loyal guards. There are only a few of them. Can't we take them with us?"
Hua Zhongmin said politely: "Well... they can't go in, they can only wait in this village, but don't worry, their food and accommodation will be very good!"
Ma Xiaoquan didn't quite believe Hua Zhongmin's words. The village could be seen to the side at a glance, and it looked deserted. It should be fine for a simple stay. As for food, I'm afraid there's nothing to eat, right?
Hua Zhongmin saw Ma Xiaoquan's doubts and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the rest of the people will have absolutely no problem here, and there will be girls to accompany them."
"A girl is accompanying you? Isn't it?" Ma Xiaoquan looked at Hua Zhongmin in surprise.
Hua Zhongmin smiled and said: "Yes, there is a girl to accompany the Ma family, including the Ma family's entourage. As long as there is need, the Hua family can provide support. However, if a woman gives birth to a child, it must be the Hua family."
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"This..." Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and smiled bitterly. What is this, borrowing seeds? Or strengthening the family's strength? The Hua family was not like this one thousand four hundred years ago. How come one thousand four hundred years later,
The Hua family has turned into this.
After following Hua Zhongmin in a small circle, the two came to a private house. Ma Xiaoquan stopped and waited for Hua Zhongmin to open the door.
Hua Zhongmin turned around, gave Ma Xiaoquan a reassuring look, and pushed open the door.
A cold breath hit my face, mixed with a hint of moldy smell.
Ma Xiaoquan frowned and said, "Why do I think your Hua family is underground?"
Hua Zhongmin nodded and made a gesture of invitation: "It's underground!"
"Here I go, I'm really right! Then this village is just used by you to deceive others, right?"
"Yes!"
Ma Xiaoquan understood, patted his head and said: "No wonder the hidden wealthy families say that the Hua family disappeared and perished inexplicably. After a long period of trouble, you did not perish, but lived underground."
Hua Zhongmin nodded and affirmed Ma Xiaoquan's analysis.
"The main thing is that I encountered some things. You will gradually understand these things after you go down." After Hua Zhongmin finished speaking, he made an invitation gesture to Ma Xiaoquan, indicating that he could go in.
"Huh? Aren't you going in?" Ma Xiaoquan couldn't help but asked curiously when he saw that all the people were standing at the door with no intention of going in.
"No, I don't have this right. I am a low-class person on the outside of the family who is responsible for protection. I can only go down there one day per month."
"Well, that's it, okay then~~"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and walked slowly into the house. The moment he entered the house, the door suddenly banged and was locked by Hua Zhongmin from the outside.
The room fell into darkness for a moment, and the hairs all over Ma Xiaoquan's body stood up in alertness. Although he did not notice the danger, instinct still filled every cell in his body.
At this moment, a "buzzing buzzing..." sound sounded in the room, and then the surrounding area suddenly became brighter.
Ma Xiaoquan raised his head and saw the source of light. It turned out that there was a "light strip" made of hundreds of luminous pearls embedded on the wall. Although it was not big, the clever layout made the luminous pearls enough to illuminate the entire room.