Ma Xiaoquan planned to go alone this time. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the war was in chaos, so it was safest for the three little girls to stay at home.
At the door of Situ's mansion, Hua Lin shook Ma Xiaoquan's arm and said coquettishly: "No, no, no, no, I want my brother to take me with you."
Ma Xiaoquan gently tapped Hua Lin's forehead: "Lin'er, be good. Brother, go back as soon as you go. It's not safe outside now. It's safest for you all to stay in Mr. Wang's house."
"No..." Xiu'er and Miaoyu also gathered around, and together with Hua Lin, they started to show their affection towards Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan deceived several little girls and said, "Obey, if you stay well, can I bring you gifts when I come back?"
"Really?" When the three little girls heard that Ma Xiaoquan was going to bring them gifts, they all jumped up and clapped their hands.
After appeasing the female relatives, Ma Xiaoquan said to Wang Yun: "Wang Yun, I leave these three people to you. I hope you will take good care of them. Of course, they still have to learn what they need to learn. Do you understand?"
Wang Yun repeatedly said yes.
"Okay, I'll be on my way now! Don't send me away!"
Ma Xiaoquan said and immediately got on the horse.
"drive"
...
In a corner not far from Situ's Mansion, there were two people. They stared closely at the direction in which Ma Xiaoquan was going.
One of them said: "Go back and tell the Prime Minister that the Immortal has gone out!"
Another person asked: "What about you?"
"I'll lead a few more people to follow them secretly..."
"good!"
...
Ma Xiaoquan rode a horse all the way, it was so enjoyable. Ever since he learned to ride a horse, Ma Xiaoquan has been deeply obsessed with the feeling of riding a horse: firstly, he can see very far when riding a horse, and secondly, as a man, he will ride a horse deeply.
Think about it...
"Ahem!" Ma Xiaoquan shook his head gently and said to himself: "According to Cao Cao's route, he should be going to Chenliu. Fortunately, he had studied it carefully with the old man Wang Yun before.
Please check the map, otherwise I really can’t find Chen Liu and how can I get there.”
Ma Xiaoquan came to a fork in the road and stopped.
What he faced was exactly the same situation that Cao Cao faced before.
The forked road is divided into three, the first one is the official road, which is relatively flat and closest to Chenliu County; the second one is a bit detoured and not easy to walk; and the third one is a flat road, passing through Zhongmu County, and the distance
Not far nor near.
"Now when we go to Zhongmou County, I don't know if I can catch up with Cao Cao. I don't care. Let's see."
Ma Xiaoquan raised his whip, gently pinched the horse's belly, and ran into the third road.
"Stop!" Before he could run far, several figures appeared in front of him.
Ma Xiaoquan reined in his horse, looked at it intently, and couldn't help but "neigh".
The person who stopped Ma Xiaoquan was none other than a soldier from Zhongmu County wearing clothes with the word "county" in the name.
"For what?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and handed over to several county soldiers: "Several officials, may I ask whether this road leads to Zhongmu County?"
The leading county soldier looked Ma Xiaoquan up and down and raised his eyebrows: "This road leads to Zhongmu County. Why, what do you want?"
After a thousand years of wear and tear, Ma Xiaoquan put in good words and said: "I went to Zhongmu County to find someone, and seeing how wise and powerful these officials are, they should know who I'm looking for."
The leading county soldier dug his ears and said impatiently: "Who are you looking for? Stop talking nonsense and get rid of me!"
Ma Xiaoquan felt helpless, but he had no choice. Now that Dong Zhuo was in power and cholera was in power, the county soldiers who usually had strict control now looked like bandits.
When a scholar meets a soldier, it's hard to explain. What's more, Ma Xiaoquan is not a scholar, so it's even harder to explain.
Ma Xiaoquan jumped off his horse.
Several county soldiers surrounded him.
"Tsk tsk, this horse has a smooth mane, a strong body and long legs! I said boy, where did you get this horse?"
Ma Xiaoquan cupped his hands and said, "What the officials don't know is that this horse was given to the common people by Dong Zhuo, the then-captain, oh no, who is now the prime minister."
Ma Xiaoquan's words made several county soldiers startled.
Several people looked at each other and suddenly burst into laughter.
"If this horse was given to you by that old thief Dong Zhuo, and my pair of shabby shoes were knitted by Dong Zhuo's mother for me... Haha..."
"Hahaha......"
Ma Xiaoquan actually didn't know that there were several people hiding in the woods not far behind him. These people happened to be Dong Zhuo's spies who were walking with him.
These people were all Dong Zhuo's confidants brought from Xiliang. Although they were used to being arrogant, they were still loyal to Dong Zhuo. When they heard the little Zhongmu County soldiers speak such arrogant words, several of them suddenly became angry.
Come.
"Quack!" One of them clenched his fists and gritted his teeth angrily.
Several other people also had dark faces.
"Brother, what should we do? How about we go up..." The man said, reaching out and making a cutting motion.
"No, keep watching. The Prime Minister called us out this time for two things. The first is to monitor this immortal, and the second is to see the comments about the Prime Minister from around Luoyang."
...
The few people looked at each other and then stopped talking.
Let’s talk about Ma Xiaoquan.
Several county soldiers circled Ma Xiaoquan no less than three times before asking: "Looking at your gorgeous clothes and purple hair, you don't look like a person from China. Are you a spy from outside?"
"
Ma Xiaoquan couldn't laugh or cry: "Are spies so handsome?"
"Handsome?" Several county soldiers looked at each other and said, "Take it down!"
He grabbed Ma Xiaoquan without any explanation.
Ma Xiaoquan originally thought about resisting. In terms of skills, these people may not be Ma Xiaoquan's opponents. Coupled with his own immortality, Ma Xiaoquan could handle it with three more people. But Ma Xiaoquan suddenly thought, this Cao Cao is said to be
He was arrested in Zhongmou County, and now that he has been arrested, he must want to see the magistrate of Zhongmou County. If he is lucky, he may even meet Cao Cao.
"Yeah." Ma Xiaoquan thought of this, completely gave up resistance, and was held captive by several county soldiers.
In a small forest not far away, several of Dong Zhuo's men couldn't hold it any longer. One of them said to the leader: "Brother, what should we do? The Immortal has been caught."
The leader pursed his lips and whispered: "It doesn't matter, have you forgotten? This immortal is immortal and has karma in his body. How can these ordinary people resist it?"
"Then he..."
The leader said: "The Immortal must have his reasons for doing this. We only need to follow him on this trip. There is no need to do anything else."
...
Ma Xiaoquan was escorted by several county soldiers to the county government office. The county magistrate happened to be away at this time, and there was only one meritorious official present.
"Sir..." A county soldier hid in the ear of the meritorious official and whispered a few words quietly.
The meritorious official's eyebrows twitched: "Oh? Are you serious about this?"
"Everything is true!"
The meritorious official said in agreement: "You all go down, Mr. Li, the county magistrate, will be here shortly."
Several county soldiers bowed slightly and pushed out of the county mansion.
The meritorious officials surrounded Ma Xiaoquan, who had purple hair, and looked up and down carefully.
"Who are you?"
Ma Xiaoquan didn't say a word and just stared at the meritorious official.
The meritorious official frowned, and he cupped his hands to Ma Xiaoquan and said, "I am Zhang Wen, a meritorious official of Zhongmu County. May I ask this brother, where he comes from and where he is going?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, but the data device in his body started to operate quietly.
"I see..." After getting the relevant information in his mind, Ma Xiaoquan nodded slightly and said to the official: "Master Zhang, I would like to ask if anyone has passed by this place before."
Zhang Wen hissed, rolled his eyes, and said, "There are so many people passing through Zhongmou County every day. I wonder who this brother is talking about?"
Ma Xiaoquan originally wanted to say Cao Cao's name directly, but he was afraid that the walls had ears, so he tentatively took out the solar recorder scroll in his arms and handed it to Zhang Wen: "I actually want to find this."
Zhang Wen took the scroll and was shocked after just one glance.
Ma Xiaoquan saw a clear change in Zhang Wen's expression and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
Zhang Wen shook his head: "Brother, can you tell me where this picture scroll comes from?"
Ma Xiaoquan lied: "A friend dragged me to find this thing."
Zhang Wen thought for a while, but decided to lead Ma Xiaoquan into the inner hall for a detailed chat, and then said: "Brother, can you follow me down to the inner hall and talk slowly?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said, "It seems that your Excellency knows about this thing. That's good. I can't ask for it."
Entering the inner hall, Zhang Wen asked: "I saw that Xiongtai has purple hair and calls himself an immortal. Isn't Xiongtai from China?"
Ma Xiaoquan lied and said: "No, no, I am a Taoist, and my appearance will naturally change after I achieve my merits..."
Zhang Wenyi was shocked when he heard this. The county soldiers told him earlier that this purple-haired man claimed to have some relationship with Dong Zhuo, the prime minister of the dynasty. Dong Zhuo also gave him a horse, so he was suspicious, even though he didn't like it very much.
Dong Zhuo, but there are probably not many people in the world who can casually say something related to Dong Zhuo who can be as indifferent as the person in front of him.
Therefore, Zhang Wenyi treated Ma Xiaoquan politely from the beginning, firstly to test Ma Xiaoquan's tone of voice, and secondly, to carefully observe whether Ma Xiaoquan was lying.
Ma Xiaoquan saw Zhang Wen's thoughts and asked: "Master Zhang, you must be very curious about me, right?"
Zhang Wen was stunned for a moment and nodded.
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, stretched out his right hand, concentrated on it, and a small flame ignited in the palm of his hand.
"Ah!" Zhang Wen was shocked when he saw this scene.
Ma Xiaoquan extinguished the flames in his palm and comforted: "Master Zhang, don't panic, I am just proving it to Master Zhang."
Zhang Wen stroked his chest, exhaled heavily, and thought to himself: We have to wait until Lord Li comes back from the county magistrate to make a decision. The top priority is that I have to stabilize this man who claims to be an immortal.
Zhang Wen chuckled and said: "In that case, Zhang Wen also boldly calls Xiongtai Immortal, but I don't know what Xiongtai's last name is?"
Ma Xiaoquan sneered in his heart and lied: "A person who has lived for a thousand years has already forgotten his first and last name. If Lord Zhang doesn't mind, just call me Lord Immortal."