Cao Cao generously lent Ma Xiaoquan 100 elite soldiers to escort the treasures for Lord Shangxian.
In fact, it didn't take that much. Ma Xiaoquan could also see that this was Cao Cao's show of kindness to him, so Ma Xiaoquan did not refuse and acquiesced with a smile.
After saying goodbye to Cao Cao, Ma Xiaoquan first ordered everyone to rest for a day. After all, as Cao Cao has been fighting for such a long time, it is a lie to say that he is not tired.
These one hundred elite soldiers were very grateful to Lord Shangxian, and some even showed their attitude and followed Lord Shangxian during the escort back.
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand and refused: "Your honor and pride are on the battlefield, not in my home. I am a god, but you are all hot-blooded men. Men have ambitions in all directions. You follow Xiao Cao
is correct..."
The next day, get ready and set off.
The group of people headed towards Xuchang in high spirits.
Passing by a village, Ma Xiaoquan and others were treated well.
After all, most of the territory has been taken over by Cao Cao. Although it has not been properly reorganized, the people are not fools. In addition, Cao Cao has clearly stipulated military discipline. Therefore, the people are still willing to accept a wise ruler.
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During the meal, an old man came forward, looked at Ma Xiaoquan, and kept shaking his head.
Ma Xiaoquan was curious and asked the old man: "Old man, is there something wrong?"
The old man shook his head and said uncertainly: "This expert with purple hair must be an extraordinary person!"
As soon as the old man finished speaking, Cao Cao's soldiers interrupted: "That's right, this is our Lord Immortal!"
The old man was startled: "I have no eyesight, so I have to bow down to you, Lord Immortal." As he said this, the old man wanted to kneel down and express his filial piety.
Although Ma Xiaoquan prefers to see people of this era kneeling in front of him to fawn over him, this is only limited to historical figures of this era, but for the defenseless people, Ma Xiaoquan never meant to take advantage of them.
Ma Xiaoquan supported the old man and said, "Old man, I can't help it. You are already old, so you don't have to kneel down and worship. We are also passing by here and don't want to cause any more trouble to you." Ma Xiaoquan said and followed one of the people.
A large string of pearls was taken out from the treasure car.
With a "bah" sound, Ma Xiaoquan broke the pearl chain, then collected all the pearls and stuffed them into the old man's hand: "Old man, I see that you are honest and willing to believe you. In this way, you can put these pearls,
Send them door to door, if you don't have enough, come back to me for more."
The old man took the pearl with trembling hands, not knowing what to do.
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and ordered two Cao Jun soldiers: "You escort the old man to deliver the pearls. If anyone dares to snatch it, and whoever refuses to accept it, beat him until he accepts it!"
The two Cao Jun soldiers nodded.
The old man looked at Ma Xiaoquan with red eyes, as if he wanted to cry. Ma Xiaoquan quickly stopped him and said: "Old man, go quickly!"
The old man pursed his lips, as if he still had something to say. He thought for a moment and said: "Master Shangxian is really a good person. I am old and incompetent. I have been doing face-to-face work for two years, but I don't seem to like Master Xian."
The people here.”
Ma Xiaoquan hummed: "That's true!"
The old man shook his head: "That's not what I mean. What I mean is that the feeling that Master Shangxian gives me is not that of a person of this age..."
Ma Xiaoquan understood what the old man meant. In the late Han Dynasty, there was no word for "era", so the old man could only use years instead.
Ma Xiaoquan laughed loudly: "I have good eyesight, but can you guess what year I am from?"
The old man thought for a moment and said: "Don't move forward!"
Ma Xiaoquan was shocked in his heart, but on the surface he still pretended to be calm and calm. He nodded and said: "The old man is very thoughtful, haha..."
The old man blushed, coughed twice, and continued: "I don't mean anything else. I just want to say that there are dark clouds looming over Lord Shangxian recently, and there should be some disasters in the near future."
As soon as the old man finished speaking, a soldier from Cao Jun interrupted: "Do gods also encounter disasters?"
The old man nodded: "Immortals also learned from human cultivation, and naturally there are catastrophes. It's just that the catastrophes of gods are immortal tribulations!"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "The old man is right, so I would like to ask the old man, can you calculate my disaster?"
The old man shook his head: "No, because the old man is a mortal, and the immortal is also a god!"
Ma Xiaoquan said helplessly: Hey, in fact, I am also a human being, but since the old man said this, something will definitely happen. I would rather believe it than believe it, okay, let me believe you.
After thinking about it, Ma Xiaoquan took out a few more strings of big money and threw them to the old man: "Take it and live a good life!"
The old man held pearls in both hands and was unable to accept the big money, so he had to ask the two Cao soldiers beside him for help.
The two Cao soldiers agreed happily.
After the old man had gone far away, several soldiers from Cao's army gathered around him and started talking about him.
"Can you deceive Master Shangxian with just a few nonsense words?"
"That's right, Master Shangxian is a god, how could you believe what the old man said so casually?"
"If it were me, I would have kicked him away..."
...
Seeing everyone talking non-stop, Ma Xiaoquan stretched out his hand to stop him: "Everyone, don't say any more. It's not easy for the old man. Even if he wants to lie to me, it doesn't matter. I have lost a few big bucks at most, one string.
It's just a pearl, but have you ever thought about it, if I blast the old man away, who will suffer the greatest loss?"
Soldier Yi reacted: "Lord Cao Cao!"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said: "Yes, you are all borrowed by me, and every move you make represents your lord... I say this, do you understand?"
Everyone answered in unison.
Ma Xiaoquan clapped his hands and stood up: "Okay, enough rest. When the two brothers come back, we should set off."
The soldiers stood up in unison and saluted Ma Xiaoquan respectfully.
...
In a corner of the village, two men wearing bamboo hats glanced at each other. One of them said: "The master asked us to monitor the demon named Ma. I kind of want to take action against him."
Another person chuckled: "Don't worry yet, have you forgotten the advantages of our shadow guards?"
"Zhejie... Of course I haven't forgotten that our advantage is at night..."
"That's alright, it's urgent. Let's just wait. When it's night, you and I can try out this demon named Ma..."
The two made up their minds, laughed and fell silent.
In the evening, Ma Xiaoquan led one hundred Cao Cao's troops to rest in a bush.
The soldiers of Cao's army spontaneously asked to take turns helping Master Shangxian guard the treasure. Ma Xiaoquan did not refuse and accepted the kindness of these soldiers with a smile.
Late at night, the five rested soldiers rotated the five soldiers guarding the treasure.
The handover procedure is very simple, just need everyone to meet each other, but after counting, there are still two people missing.
"What's going on? Where are Da Biao and Xiao Biao?"
"Xiao Biao said he had a stomachache and needed to poop, so Da Biao went with him."
"Oh, okay, they'll be back soon, let's give them a shout."
"OK!"
The three tired soldiers of Cao's army yawned and returned to the camp, while the five people outside chatted secretly to cheer up.
One said: "How come the two brothers, Big Biao and Little Biao, have been gone for so long?"
Another said: "Otherwise, I happen to have an urgent need to urinate. I'll go look for it!"
Several people laughed and said: "Go back quickly, don't let the female ghost in this barren mountain lure you away."
The man laughed and cursed, unbuttoning his trouser pockets, and walked behind a slightly higher bush. After walking behind the bush, the man whistled and was about to take out the thing from his crotch and let it go.
Urinating, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck. Before he could make the next move, he saw a hand covering his mouth under the moonlight, and then the man felt something being stabbed into his chest.
No more consciousness...
The four people guarding the treasure felt that the time was a bit long, and couldn't help but start talking again.
"Why has Leizi been gone for so long? Is it really that a female ghost has taken away his soul?"
"Oh, I guess it's possible."
"Okay, okay, just stay here, I want to pee too, I'll go take a look."
...
The second person went there for a while and still didn't come back.
At this time, the remaining three people were a little nervous.
"Do you want to tell Master Shangxian?"
"Ah, why bother Master Shangxian? We can just settle our own affairs by ourselves!"
"But the two in front haven't come back yet?"
...
The three of them gathered together and decided to visit two people this time, leaving one person responsible for looking after the treasure. If there is any situation, they can call for help.
After those two people left, the remaining people would inevitably feel flustered.
The man shook his hands and wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked around and murmured: "You two come back quickly, don't run too far..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man felt someone patting him on the back.
He suddenly turned around and swung the machete.
Nothing.
The man took a breath and said to himself: "It seems that I have thought too much, haha..."
"Hey, you didn't think too much, it's true!"
With a "Puff" sound, a sharp knife was inserted into the soldier's throat.
The soldier widened his eyes and tried to make the last sound, but his throat and blood vessels were cut off. The moment he fell to the ground, the soldier could only make a sound of "uh-huh".
In front of the dead soldier, stood a masked man in black. The man in black hummed coldly and moved his wrist a few times, making a "click" sound from the joints, and the man in black on the index finger of his right hand.
The ring gave off a glimmer of green light under the moonlight.
The man in black shook his head: "It's a pity that there are so many treasures. It's a pity that my young master doesn't lack these things, otherwise I can take some back and claim credit..."
Just as the man in black was talking, there was another man in black wearing the same clothes beside him.
"How about it?"
"It's all settled, tsk tsk, you just killed one person!"
"Hmph, it's a little less, but have you seen that there are so many treasures? Are you interested in taking two of them, and let's go to the Flower House to have some fun when we go back to find time?"
"Hmph, you are such a lustful guy. I'm not like you. My master has ordered me to test the purple-haired demon. What do you think?"
"Testing? Why didn't I hear it?"
"you mean?"
"What a bullshit god, you can just kill it. Why keep it if it causes trouble to the master?"