Summary of the previous chapter: The meeting with Cai Mao did not go well, which gave Ma Xiaoquan a headache. After meeting Ma Bing, Ma Bing expressed his thoughts and plans. However, this plan required the use of Murong Ziyan. It was said that Murong would be sacrificed.
Of course, Zi Yan and Ma Xiaoquan would not agree. Unexpectedly, Murong Ziyan volunteered to repay Ma Xiaoquan...
Although the plan was finalized, some preliminary arrangements still needed to be made. To this end, Ma Xiaoquan asked Ma Bing to hold a small banquet in his own name, and the people invited were mainly the various noble families in Jingzhou.
noble.
Ma Bing had been involved in Jingzhou official circles for a long time and was very popular. When he heard that Ma Bing was going to hold a small banquet, the nobles and nobles who received the invitation expressed their willingness to go.
Cai Hao naturally received the invitation, and he readily agreed.
Cai Mao himself was quite troubled about Ma Xiaoquan's meeting with him. However, what he was troubled about was not surrendering to Cao Cao, not because of Ma Xiaoquan himself, but because of Murong Ziyan who was beside Ma Xiaoquan...
Cai Mao replied a letter to Ma Bing, and the letter directly pointed out that it would be best if some beautiful women could accompany him.
Ma Bing handed Cai Mao's letter to Ma Xiaoquan and said respectfully: "Master Marquis, look..."
After Ma Xiaoquan read Cai Mao's letter, he chuckled and said: "That's as he wished. Since it's a small banquet, how can we miss out on beauties... Tongxin, I'm not boasting, you are so big
Xiangyang can't find a woman who can match Zi Yan's appearance, haha, I'm really surprised..."
Ma Bing chuckled, shook his head and said: "Master Hou, you are wrong about this. The so-called beauty hidden in a golden house, even if we have women as beautiful as flowers, we will never bring them out to others like Master Hou.
,Ha ha......"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled.
Yes, men are selfish animals. Men are also male animals. Male animals value their territory and spouse very much. This is especially true for people who are high-level animals, especially men.
Ma Xiaoquan said: "In that case, if Brother Tongxin invites them to a banquet, can they, the nobles and nobles, bring their beautiful women with them?"
The horse soldier shook his head: "Probably not."
Ma Xiaoquan laughed and said: "No? It doesn't matter, then we will let them take it!"
Ma Bing is also a man. As a man, he naturally likes beautiful women. Even though they are not his own, it would be nice to see her anyway.
The horse soldier asked: "Master Hou, what should I do?"
Ma Xiaoquan hummed, thinking of the oiran selection at Wangxiang Tower in Fancheng, and suddenly had an idea in his mind.
"Well, if you do this, you will send a supplementary invitation to each of the nobles who are hosted by you. The invitation only says one thing. To put it simply, it is to select the most beautiful lady. If you are selected as the most beautiful lady, you will receive it from the emperor.
Personally commended."
Ma Bing smiled bitterly and said: "Master Hou, please stop joking. Your Majesty is in Xudu now. How can you get a reward?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Of course, brother Tongxin, please take a look."
Ma Xiaoquan said, taking out a piece of jade pendant from his arms.
After all, Ma Bing was born into a noble family and received the jade pendant respectfully. After looking at it carefully for a while, he said in surprise: "Isn't this the jade pendant that Emperor Ling gave to his beloved concubine? How did the Marquis get it?
"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly: "You won't believe it if I tell you, but I still want to say it. Brother Tongxin must also know my other name, right?"
The horse soldier nodded: "I know, in Jizhou, everyone calls Lord Hou Shangxian."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Yes, but do you know why they call it that?"
Ma Bing said: "My son Ma Yu said that Mr. Hou, you can control fire and you will not grow old..."
Ma Xiaoquan said humbly: "That's right, how about fire control, haven't you seen it?"
The horse soldier shook his head.
Ma Xiaoquan coughed, and Ma Yu immediately presented a dagger.
The horse soldier's expression changed slightly and he asked, "What is Master Shangxian doing?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and ignored Ma Bing's question. He concentrated a little and a crimson flame immediately ignited on his right hand.
"This..." The horse soldier saw for the first time that a person's hands could catch fire. Suddenly, his mouth opened into an O shape.
Just as Ma Bing was surprised, the dagger in Ma Xiaoquan's hand turned into gas and dissipated in the blink of an eye.
"Papa" Ma Xiaoquan clapped his hands, shrugged his shoulders and said: "Brother Tongxin, have you met this time? Well, brother Tongxin, brother Tongxin?"
At this time, the horse soldier was stunned. In his panic, he could not hear Ma Xiaoquan calling him.
Ma Yu stepped forward and shook his father gently: "Dad, Dad, is the master calling you?"
"Ah...ah...oh..." The horseman came back to his senses, and his face turned red as a pig's liver.
Ma Bing had a look of disbelief on his face, and after shaking his head for a long time, he slowly said: "In the past, I heard that my son Ma Yun and Ma Yu talked about this, and I, Ma, was still skeptical. What I saw now, it really made Ma People are amazed, hehe..."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "It's no wonder. I only use it when I should use it. Brother Tongxin has never seen it before, so it's normal."
The horse soldier nodded and asked again: "Then they all say that you are a thousand years old, Lord Marquis. This matter..."
Before Ma Xiaoquan could speak, Ma Yu said: "Dad, this is also true. You must also have contacts with officials in Jizhou. You can write a letter to ask for confirmation."
Ma Bing chuckled. Of course he would not write a letter to ask for confirmation in front of Ma Xiaoquan and his son. If he wanted to write, he would have to wait for him alone.
Ma Bing said: "Although this Ling Emperor jade pendant is valuable, for us nobles and nobles, is it just like that?"
Ma Yu interrupted again: "Dad, you don't understand this, do you? The master will definitely not just take this jade pendant."
Ma Bing looked at Ma Xiaoquan and saw Ma Xiaoquan nodding.
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Ma Yu is right. I did not only bring out this piece of jade pendant, but also a life-prolonging pill that I personally refined."
"Pan for longevity?" When Ma Bing heard this, he immediately became energetic and said hurriedly: "I wonder, Lord Marquis, oh no, Master Shangxian, can you let Ma go to the water tower for a while?"
Ma Yu glanced at her father with disdain and thought to herself: Dad, you are not old either. You are not yet fifty years old. Why are you thinking...
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said: "Of course, if we borrow Brother Tongxin's house, we must give Brother Tongxin some convenience."
The horse soldiers were overjoyed, clapped their hands and laughed and said: "Okay, okay, I'll go get ready right now. Where's Master Shangxian, you sit down and let this brat Ma Yu accompany you, haha...
." With that said, the horse soldiers jumped away without waiting for Ma Xiaoquan to respond.
Looking at his father's proud look, Ma Yu said: "Dad...you..."
Beside her, Murong Ziyan, who had not spoken much before, suddenly laughed, and after a while she said coquettishly: "Brother Xiao Ma, if you want to refine the elixir, can you give Zi Yan one?"
Ma Xiaoquan lifted Murong Ziyan's chin and asked, "Sister Ziyan, what do you want that for?"
Murong Ziyan blushed and jumped back: "Zi Yan wants to give it to a very important person."
"A very important person?" Ma Xiaoquan was alert and asked, "Who is it, a man or a woman?"
Murong Ziyan chuckled and laughed again: "Brother Xiao Ma said he refused to marry Zi Yan, but in his heart he was nervous about Zi Yan, hehe..."
Ma Xiaoquan blushed, cursed himself secretly, and murmured: "Okay... Since Zi Yan said so, Xiao Ma will just promise you..."
Upon hearing this, Zi Yan's eyes suddenly turned red and she knelt down with a thud: "Brother Xiao Ma, thank you, thank you!"
Ma Xiaoquan was so teased by Murong Ziyan that he felt a little like a monk. He helped Murong Ziyan up and asked: "Why, is that person very important to you?"
Murong Ziyan nodded: "Well, he is the cook Zi Yan has raised since she was a child. If Wangxiang Tower didn't have her, Zi Yan would never have lasted that long..."
Ma Xiaoquan said oh, but secretly rejoiced in his heart: It turns out she is the cook, okay, let alone one, I will make ten for you.
...
Murong Ziyan left happily, and Ma Yu also retreated with her.
In the main hall, Ma Xiaoquan sat cross-legged and murmured in his heart: After all, I don't know how to make alchemy or anything like that. The things I did before were all lies. This...
There was really no other way, so Ma Xiaoquan had to give up for the time being. Anyway, with his reputation as a thousand-year-old monster, even if he refined a pile of garbage, these people would regard it as a magical medicine. So, why should he be sentimental?
"Yeah" After making up his mind, Ma Xiaoquan could only accept his fate.
In his left eye, Yuan suddenly said: "Huntan Ma Xiaoquan, I have a pill recipe here, do you want to play with it?"
Ma Xiaoquan asked: "What recipe?"
Yuandao: "Black-bone chicken and white phoenix pills."
Ma Xiaoquan: "...How did you get it?"
Yuandao: "I won't tell you, but you can rest assured that this recipe definitely comes from you..."
Ma Xiaoquan: "What do you mean by this? Why don't I understand it?"
Yuan chuckled and said nothing.
Ma Xiaoquan curled his lips: "Forget it if you don't tell me, but I want this recipe. By the way, the Black-bone Baifeng Pills require black-bone chicken. Where can I find this black-bone chicken? Besides, the Black-bone Baifeng Pills only have a history of several hundred years."
Bar?"
Yuandao: "You are wrong. The Wuji Baifeng Pill I am talking about is not what you think. The effect of this kind of medicine is much stronger than that sold in your modern society..."
Ma Xiaoquan was surprised: "Why didn't I know?"
Yuan said proudly: "I won't tell you, but don't worry, this thing definitely comes from you."