Summary of the previous chapter: Relying on the connection between the source and the soul of space, Ling'er successfully found Ma Xiaoquan...
The next morning, Ling'er and Murong Ziyan got up early. They came to the door of the bedroom where Ma Xiaoquan was staying. Ling'er opened the door unceremoniously and entered, while Murong Ziyan was so shy that she didn't dare to enter the room.
Not long after Ling'er entered the house, Murong Ziyan heard a scream in the house.
After a dozen breaths, Ling'er clapped her hands with satisfaction and came out.
After another dozen breaths, Ma Xiaoquan came out with a red face and marks.
Murong Ziyan took a closer look and saw that Ma Xiaoquan's face was covered with marks from his hands. She immediately understood what Sister Ling'er had gone in for just now.
Ling'er said with a sweet voice: "Hun Dan, sister Yue'er said that if you were more troublesome, you wouldn't be treated like this."
Ma Xiaoquan rubbed the green and red marks on his face and thought to himself: Is it okay for Hua Yuexin to still be in Yecheng? It was obviously you who bullied me, yet you still used her name every time. It was really...
After thinking about it, Ma Xiaoquan didn't dare to say it out loud. He smiled and said, "Hey, I know, I know, I won't dare to do it anymore."
Ling'er pouted her little mouth and looked at Murong Ziyan, who was blushing pretty beside her: "Hey, you bad guy, you have to be responsible for sister Ziyan."
"Ah?" Ma Xiaoquan asked, "Me and Zi Yan have done nothing."
Ling'er nodded and said, "It's because you haven't done anything for so long that I agreed on behalf of Sister Yue'er."
"Ah?" Ma Xiaoquan looked at Ling'er in surprise, and then said after a while, "What...what kind of logic is this?"
Ling'er rolled her eyes at Ma Xiaoquan and said, "When I came here, Sister Yue'er specifically told me that you, a stinky man, are very carefree, and you will definitely attack girls after staying in Jingzhou for so long, so I'm here.
The main purpose is to monitor you. Sister Yue'er said that you can only bring back one at most."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and said, "You mean... you agree?"
Ling'er's face turned red and she said, "Yeah."
"That's great." Ma Xiaoquan didn't care about the bruises all over his face. He stepped forward and hugged Ling'er, and kissed Ling'er hard on her pretty face.
Then, before Murong Ziyan could react, Ma Xiaoquan hugged Murong Ziyan into his arms and kissed her forehead gently.
"Brother Ma..." Murong Ziyan shyly buried her head in Ma Xiaoquan's arms.
Ling'er didn't show any weakness and followed her into Ma Xiaoquan's broad chest.
...
"Ahem..." A cough suddenly came from behind Ma Xiaoquan and the others.
Ling'er and Murong Ziyan broke away from Ma Xiaoquan's arms at almost the same time.
Ma Xiaoquan turned around and saw that it was a horse soldier.
"Haha, brother Tongxin, good morning!"
Seeing the blue and red marks all over Ma Xiaoquan's face, Ma Bing's mouth bulged and he almost laughed out loud.
After holding it in for a long time, Ma Bing took a long breath and said: "Haha, good morning, Lord Immortal."
Ma Xiaoquan didn't seem to care about the blue and red marks on his face at all. He stepped forward and patted the horse soldier on the shoulder and asked: "How are the preparations?"
The horse soldier chuckled: "Everything is ready. The banquet will start welcoming guests at noon. Some people have already arrived early."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and asked again: "Okay, very good!"
The horse soldier's mouth bulged again, he quickly bent down, pinched his thigh fiercely and said: "Master Shangxian, it's nothing, I'll go down and get ready."
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand.
The horse soldier's body was trembling slightly. When he saw Ma Xiaoquan's signal, he hurriedly covered his mouth and ran away.
The moment the cavalry soldiers disappeared in front of the three people, Ling'er and Murong Ziyan finally couldn't help laughing.
Murong Ziyan was fine, covering her mouth, but from the tears squeezed out of the corners of her beautiful eyes, it could be seen that Murong Ziyan had endured it for a long time.
Ling'er was even more exaggerated. She held her stomach and giggled. Her voice was like a crisp copper bell, which was very pleasant to hear.
Ma Xiaoquan said angrily: "Why are you two laughing, Ling'er? It's not all your fault."
Ling'er held her stomach and smiled: "Who asked you to worry about it? I am here to teach you a lesson on behalf of Sister Yue'er."
Ma Xiaoquan glared at Ling'er depressedly, completely speechless.
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At noon, the banquet started on time. Since the horsemen and soldiers were hosting the banquet for all high-ranking officials in Jingzhou, it was inevitable that there would be people who showed off their power and came late on purpose.
Cai Mao is one of them.
Everyone waited for a long time, but Cai Mao didn't come. Ma Xiaoquan said in his heart: No wonder our country is not very strong. We have been working on it for a long time and this kind of class mentality has developed so early. Hey.
Ma Bing was also very depressed. He was the planner of this banquet, and the main purpose of the banquet was to help Master Shangxian get rid of Cai Hao. However, Cai Hao didn't show up for a long time, so this game was too big.
The horse soldier stepped forward and quietly whispered a few words into Ma Xiaoquan's ear. Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand gently and responded: "It doesn't matter, we can start."
The horse soldier was surprised and said hurriedly: "Isn't this not good?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said: "Sometimes if you care too much, it will make you very embarrassed. Let's get started. Don't wait any longer."
The horse soldier nodded, stepped aside, then raised his head and shouted loudly: "The banquet begins!"
As soon as the voice fell, the vocal band immediately played cheerful music.
Ma Bing was the host, or the host, so the guests naturally wanted to make friends with him. Since Ma Xiaoquan had been staying at Ma Bing's house, he was naturally regarded as the host by most of the guests.
However, compared to his reputation in Jizhou, Ma Xiaoquan's reputation in Jingzhou is really not that good. Basically, the people who became friends with him were the small gentry, but none of the larger gentry and nobles came forward.
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Ma Yu leaned close to his master's ear and whispered: "Master, these people are too..."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "It doesn't matter, the fun is yet to come."
...
The banquet lasted for almost as long as the incense stick, and Cai Hao came belatedly with gifts. Cai Hao's arrival immediately caused an uproar, not because he was hateful or kind, but when Cai Hao arrived,
He actually brought more than ten beautiful women.
All the guests were stunned. Although there will be a selection program called "The Most Beautiful Lady" at Ma Bing's banquet, and everyone brought their own wives who they thought were the most beautiful, there was no one like Cai Mao.
More than ten people were brought in at once.
Ma Bing stepped forward, held hands with Cai Maoyi, and exclaimed: "General Cai is really amazing. He has so many beautiful ladies in his family. Ma is so ashamed to see him today, hehe...
"
Cai Mao said proudly: "Brother Tongxin is so polite, haha..."
Ma Xiaoquan also stepped forward, followed by Ling'er, but Murong Ziyan did not follow him.
Ma Xiaoquan cupped his hands to Cai Mao and said, "Hello, General Cai!"
The corner of Cai Mao's mouth trembled slightly, his eyes glanced at Ling'er, and asked: "Master Hou, this person behind you is..."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said, "This is my wife, Ling'er. Come on, Ling'er, come and meet General Cai Hao."
Ling'er smiled sweetly and stepped forward to salute Cai Hao generously: "Ling'er has met General Cai!"
As soon as Ling'er spoke, Cai Mao suddenly felt short of breath.
Ling'er's voice is very nice, like a crisp bell. Although there are also such beautiful female voices in the south, Ling'er's standard Yuyang dialect immediately made her worth a lot higher in Cai Mao's heart.
The women behind Cai Hao were also beauties, but compared to Ling'er, they always felt that they were lacking something. Looking at Ling'er holding Ma Xiaoquan's arm, Cai Hao suddenly felt aggrieved and frustrated.
"Damn it, all the good food has been given to pigs." Cai Mao said bitterly in his heart.
Cai Hao turned his attention to Murong Ziyan who was not far away. He stared at her for a while and then said: "Master Marquis, I would like to ask, is Miss Murong a member of your family?"
Ma Xiaoquan knew the meaning of Cai Mao's words. He shook his head and said, "Sister Zi Yan is kind-hearted. Although I have intentions, I don't know what I mean, so I didn't ask. Why is General Cai interested in Miss Zi Yan?"
Cai Mao chuckled and said politely: "How dare you? How dare you."
Ma Xiaoquan cursed with contempt in his heart: How dare you mgb? Who else can you see in your perverted eyes besides my Zi Yan? Boy, if you try to take advantage of my wife, you are dead.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "In that case, today's selection of the most beautiful lady will require more efforts from the general, haha..." With that said, Ma Xiaoquan raised his head and walked away with Ling'er.
Cai Mao was holding his breath, but as Ma Xiaoquan said, the selection of the most beautiful lady really requires hard work.
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Cai Mao's move caused quite a stir and also brought new ideas. When the cavalry soldiers entertained the guests, they only mentioned that they would bring women, not how many. Therefore, after a brief consideration, the nobles and nobles
They all arranged for their servants to go back and pick up their wives to come and participate in the election, so as not to be left behind.
In the afternoon, Ma's house in Xiangyang was already bustling with people.
Fortunately, Ma's yard is big enough, and although there are enough people coming, they can all be accommodated.
After boarding the booth that had been set up a long time ago, Ma Bing said with high spirits to the people in the audience: "Everyone, I would like to thank you for coming to attend the small banquet hosted by me. Long ago, I informed you in the invitation that the small banquet will be hosted by me.
We are going to hold a selection of the most beautiful ladies, haha... Today's selection has not yet started, but I am already surprised. Your ladies and wives are so beautiful, haha..."
There was laughter in the audience.
Ma Bing continued: "Of course, there will be a reward for selecting the most beautiful lady. I believe you all know what the prize is, right?"