Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan met Zhang Yan again. This time, Ma Xiaoquan threatened Zhang Yan's son Zhang Fang to force Zhang Yan to submit. Unfortunately, Zhang Yan still refused to surrender, so Ma Xiaoquan had no choice but to use Flame Explosion...
....After seeing Ma Xiaoquan's power, Zhang Yan finally agreed to surrender to Cao Cao, and Ma Xiaoquan finally defeated Zhang Yan...
In late April of the 10th year of Emperor Xian's reign of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Yan, the leader of the Black Mountain Army, followed the advice of Lord Shangxian Ma Xiaoquan and led his troops to surrender to Cao Cao. The reason for surrender was that... he was ordered by Lord Shangxian. At the same time, he
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"Haha..." Cao Cao took Ma Xiaoquan's hand and smiled from ear to ear.
"Lord Immortal, thank you, you are really my lucky star..."
Ma Xiaoquan awkwardly broke away from Cao Cao and said with a smile: "Xiao Cao, I have helped you so much, how can you thank me?"
Cao Cao chuckled and approached Ma Xiaoquan: "Sir Shangxian, I took in a few new girls in the past two days. How about I send you two as a gift? Those ones with tender skin can even squeeze out water...
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Ma Xiaoquan's eyes shone and he smiled. Just as he was about to agree, he saw Qing Yi beside him coughing twice as if it was time.
"Ahem..."
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, then immediately rejected Cao Cao and said, "Forget it, little girl, why don't you give me some money and food? This is more practical than anything else, right?"
Cao Cao chuckled and nodded: "That's fine!"
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By the time Ma Xiaoquan returned to the Ma family compound, Cao Cao had already sent people to deliver money and food.
Cao Cao has a temperament. Whether he owes something to others or something that others owe him, Cao Cao doesn't like to delay for too long. Especially when he has promised something to others, Cao Cao can usually fulfill it quickly.
In the main hall of the Ma family courtyard, there are all kinds of treasures and money stacked up. Although in terms of appearance and quality, these treasures are not rare and top-grade, but if they are in large quantities, they will naturally become valuable;
In the courtyard, Cao Cao delivered 2,000 stones of grain in one go. At this moment, the Ma family's servants were busy carrying stone by stone to the grain depot.
Ma Xiaoquan stretched, yawned, and slowly walked out of the main hall.
Hua Yuexin came over, took Ma Xiaoquan's arm, and said happily: "My husband, you are really capable. What good things have you done? Cao Cao was so generous and sent so much?"
On the side, Qing Yi interrupted: "Mrs. Yue'er, my husband helped Cao Cao persuade a general. The general claimed to have a population of one million, so Cao Cao is so generous..."
Hua Yuexin was interested when she heard it, and asked Ma Xiaoquan: "Who is it? The so-called million people?"
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his scalp and said modestly: "Where? How can there be a million? The maximum is 300,000...he..."
Just as Ma Xiaoquan was about to say Zhang Yan's name, he heard a servant outside the door reporting that there was a tall man asking to see the head of the family.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said to Hua Yuexin: "Aren't you curious? Come and take you to meet this person." After that, Ma Xiaoquan pulled Hua Yuexin towards the door.
Outside the gate of Ma's courtyard, Zhang Yan looked around anxiously and waited.
Since surrendering to Cao Cao, Zhang Yan only learned from the mouths of Cao Cao's army about the status of the purple-haired Lord Shangxian in Cao's army. It is not an exaggeration to say that the status of Lord Shangxian is definitely not inferior to that of the current lord Cao Cao.
Zhang Yan secretly inquired about Master Shangxian in private, and got basically the same information, which can be summarized as follows: first, he is a good person and a god; second, he has superb martial arts and extraordinary spells; third, he will not participate
There are disputes in the world; fourthly, the wives of the Supreme Immortal are all beauties... and another point is that the Supreme Immortal has been looking for an object...
Zhang Yan slowly put her hand into her arms and carefully touched the things in her arms.
With a "creak" sound, the door opened.
The door opened, and Ma Xiaoquan personally came out to greet Zhang Yan: "Haha, General Zhang, come on, come on, come in and sit down..."
Zhang Yan was flattered and moved so much that she immediately knelt down on the ground with a bang and kowtowed three times to Ma Xiaoquan.
"The general realizes that he is wrong. He does not know the reputation of Lord Shangxian. He has offended Lord Shangxian many times before. I hope that Lord Shangxian will show mercy..."
Ma Xiaoquan helped Zhang Yan up and patted Zhang Yan on the shoulder: "General Zhang is too polite. Come on, let's go into the room and talk." Ma Xiaoquan turned his head and said to Hua Yuexin, "Yue'er, tell me to go down and have a small banquet tonight.
, I want to entertain General Zhang well."
Hua Yuexin nodded, stepped back and gave instructions.
Looking at Hua Yuexin's walking back, Zhang Yan opened her eyes wide for Ma Xiaoquan: "Master Shangxian, is that Mrs. Shangxian?"
Ma Xiaoquan hummed.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I..."
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said: "General Zhang, there is no need to be polite. My Ma family does not have so many complicated etiquette."
Zhang Yan hummed, and then said: "Master Shangxian, please forgive me for talking too much. No matter how I look at it, I think Mrs. Shangxian is a peerless beauty, but the appearance of Mrs. Shangxian..."
Ma Xiaoquan burst into laughter upon hearing this.
"Don't care about these details, don't care about these details, haha..."
Of course Ma Xiaoquan would not tell Zhang Yan that Hua Yuexin was not what he saw now.
Hua Yuexin rarely shows her true face to others. She has never even seen her biological son Ma Zheng a few times, let alone outsiders.
The two entered the main hall talking and laughing. When Zhang Yan saw it, she was shocked.
"This...how come there are so many treasures..."
Although Zhang Yan led the Black Mountain Army, which was said to be worth millions, most of the Black Mountain Army were civilians.
Ordinary people don't have that much treasure. Even if they did, they would have already exchanged it for food and money.
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, picked up a very unique bronze mirror, and threw it to Zhang Yan: "General Zhang, do you still remember the gift I promised you? Come on, you're welcome. Among these treasures,
You can pick any 3 items, oh by the way, this mirror is not included, it is my gift to Mrs. Zhang!"
Zhang Yan was holding a bronze mirror in her hand and shaking it non-stop. The many treasures in front of her were considered treasures in Zhang Yan's eyes. Even if she could get one piece, let alone three pieces, Zhang Yan felt satisfied.
Zhang Yan swallowed hard and thought to herself: Sure enough, everyone said that Master Shangxian is good, and it is really good...
Zhang Yan pinched her thigh, then exhaled slowly, forcing herself to calm down. Then, Zhang Yan slowly stepped forward, walked to the "Treasure Mountain", and carefully selected.
After a while, Zhang Yan picked out three items from the many treasures.
"Lord Immortal, I don't know these three things... is it okay?"
Ma Xiaoquan glanced at it and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, General Zhang, don't worry, I won't take back the things I sent out, and I won't regret it, haha..."
Zhang Yan nodded and said with emotion: "Master Shangxian is really a good god!"
After saying that, Zhang Yan slowly put the three treasures in her hands aside, then took out a yellowed white scroll from her arms and presented it to Ma Xiaoquan respectfully.
"What's this?"
Zhang Yan said respectfully: "I heard that Master Shangxian has been looking for an object. Yan Bucai got this from Yuan Shao when he fought with Yuan Shao in the past..."
Ma Xiaoquan curiously took the yellowed white scroll, nodded and listened to Zhang Yan's description, and unfolded the white scroll.
"Huh?" He unfolded the white scroll and Ma Xiaoquan was moved when he took a look.
"General Zhang, how many words on this white scroll do you recognize?"
Zhang Yan shook her head and said with a blushing face: "Yan is actually not very literate..."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, shook his head and said: "Even if you are literate, it is impossible to understand the words on this white scroll, haha..."
Zhang Yan was startled and asked: "Master Shangxian, do you know this word?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly and said nothing.
This move made Zhang Yan admire Ma Xiaoquan even more.
Ma Xiaoquan not only recognized the words on the white scroll, he could write them out even if he was asked to write them.
From the font, Ma Xiaoquan quickly determined that it belonged to Huang Jingming. In other words, this white scroll was probably left by Huang Jingming.
"How many of these things does Huang Jingming have..." Ma Xiaoquan muttered to himself and put away the white scroll.
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In the evening, Ma Xiaoquan hosted a banquet for Zhang Yan. When the banquet was held, all six ladies of the Ma family came out except Qing Yi.
After Zhang Yan surrendered to Cao Cao, she once heard someone say that if someone goes to visit Master Shangxian, and Master Shangxian can pull out his wife to greet him, then this person either has a noble status, or the Master thinks he is worthy of making friends.
People... Today, Zhang Yan actually received such treatment.
Zhang Yan also didn't expect that she was being treated so well. After all six ladies came out and sat down, Zhang Yan was at a loss for a moment.
Ma Xiaoquan saw Zhang Yan's nervousness and comforted him: "General Zhang, don't be nervous. These are all my wives. Madams, come here, this is Zhang Yan, General Zhang."
After Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, Hua Yuexin stood up first and bowed to Zhang Yan. Then Diao Chan, Xiu'er, Miaoyu, Hualin, and Ling'er stood up and bowed to Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, she was so excited that she could not speak.
When he surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao did not give him such treatment. Today, when he came to Shangxian Master's house, he received such generous treatment. How could Zhang Yan not be excited?
On the other hand, Hua Yuexin and other ladies felt very strange.
Prime Minister Ma Xiaoquan rarely gathers all his wives to entertain guests. Except for the Ma family's moving banquet, so far, only Cao Cao has received such courtesy. Hua Yuexin doesn't understand why Prime Minister would do this.
, but judging from the expression on Mr. Xianggong’s face now, it seems that he has got some important news, or something important...