Summary of the previous chapter: Cao Jun generals Xu Huang and Zhu Ling pursued Han Sui respectively. Xu Huang wanted to capture Han Sui alive, while Zhu Ling wanted to take Han Sui's head back to claim credit. Unfortunately, because of Ma Xiaoquan's secret help,
No one succeeded...
In December of the 16th year of Emperor Xian's reign of the Han Dynasty (AD 2yiyi), Cao Cao suppressed Han Sui, Ma Chao and other Kansai rebels and achieved an overall victory. However... before that, a peasant rebellion suddenly broke out in Hebei, and Cao Cao had no choice but to
Not letting go of the poor bandits, the troops returned to the court to deal with them, leaving general Xia Houyuan to guard Chang'an.
At this point, although Han Sui, Ma Chao and others were not wiped out by Cao Cao, the Chang'an Yi area basically belonged to Cao Cao and became Cao Cao's power.
With Cheng Yu assisting his son Cao Pi in Hebei, the peasant rebellion was basically suppressed. After receiving the news, Cao Cao was very satisfied with Cao Pi's achievements. Although he had not yet returned to Yecheng, he thought more about Cao Pi.
Just when Cao Cao was proud, Ma Xiaoquan suddenly appeared.
Cao Cao felt guilty and frightened at the same time. What made Cao Cao feel guilty was that he knew that Ma Xiaoquan must have known what he had lied about last time. What made him frightened was that... Cao Cao was afraid of death and feared that the Master would be angry in anger.
with him.
But...Cao Cao made a mistake in judgment.
When Ma Xiaoquan met Cao Cao, not only did he not mention anything about his son, but he asked enthusiastically about the battle.
Cao Cao secretly complained in his heart. The more this happened, the more nervous he became, and he couldn't help but start to tremble when he spoke.
"Huh?" Seeing Cao Cao shivering, Ma Xiaoquan asked, "Xiao Cao, are you cold?"
"Ah? Oh yes...it's a bit cold, oh, it's so cold that I'm shivering..."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly. He knew what Cao Cao was worried about, so he comforted him: "Xiao Cao, what happened last time..."
When Cao Cao heard this, he quickly interrupted: "Master Shangxian, it's all my fault. I lied to you. If you want to punish me, just punish me. Don't punish Gongming Xu Huang for his words."
"Oh?" Ma Xiaoquan raised his eyebrows, "Xu Huang is just one of your generals. Why, are you willing to be punished for him?"
Cao Cao nodded solemnly and said: "Yes!"
"Oh. Then if I ask you to die...are you willing?"
"What? Death? Lord Immortal, are you kidding me?"
Ma Xiaoquan said seriously: "Of course not. My son is missing. I am very angry. Of course I will vent my anger on you. Otherwise, you pull out your son and let me beat him to death, and we will be cleared."
How about it?"
Cao Cao looked ugly and said with some resentment in his heart: "Isn't it just one son? You have so many sons, so what if one dies? I have had several sons die."
Seeing that Cao Cao was silent, Ma Xiaoquan stepped forward and hugged Cao Cao, whispering: "Xiao Cao, don't you think it's strange?"
"Uh" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand what Ma Xiaoquan meant.
"Didn't you notice?"
Cao Cao frowned, calmed down and thought for a moment, suddenly woke up, and said in a trembling voice: "Master Shangxian, you...you mean..."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "My son Ma Zheng is probably not dead. I won't pursue this matter with you for the time being. Don't you think that just after my son was lost, I received the imperial decree to come to visit you on his behalf. Don't you think about this matter?"
Do you think it’s weird?”
Cao Cao patted his head and nodded: "I'm just saying, Master Shangxian has already been here before sending his son here, why is he here again? Well...could this be...
Did that guy do it?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "This matter needs to be discussed in the long term. Please don't make any comments yet. It just so happens that I will trouble you to give me a break after returning to Yecheng this time."
"lie?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said: "That's right, although my son Ma Zheng is not dead so far...ah...I calculated this, but you can never say that he is not here with you, little one."
Cao, do you understand?"
How smart Cao Cao was, Ma Xiaoquan knew it right away and immediately replied: "Sir, please don't worry, I will find someone to copy your son's notes and write a letter to your wife right now."
Ma Xiaoquan laughed and said, "My son is only eleven years old. How do you know how many words an eleven-year-old baby can write?"
Cao Cao chuckled: "Master Shangxian, when it comes to the number of sons, I am several times as many as you, haha..."
Ma Xiaoquan was a little speechless. Indeed, the number of sons of this old guy Cao Cao can be described as a small team.
It is said in the history books that Cao Cao had more than twenty sons. Those are all recorded. As for the unrecorded ones, they are not written in the history books. But... considering that Ma Xiaoquan has been dealing with Cao Cao for so many years, let alone
There were more than twenty, or even fifty, and Ma Xiaoquan estimated that Cao Cao had them all.
"You guy, okay, I'll trouble you, um, do something like this!"
Cao Cao chuckled: "Don't worry, Master Shangxian, hehe..."
...
In the first month of the seventeenth year of Emperor Xian's reign of the Han Dynasty, Ma Xiaoquan returned to Yecheng in triumph with Cao Cao's army.
Since Cao Cao had sent a letter to Ma Xiaoquan's wife Hua Yuexin in Ma Zheng's tone and handwriting in advance, after Ma Xiaoquan returned home, his wife Hua Yuexin did not question him too much. However, at night, Hua Yuexin
It is inevitable to sigh a few words.
Ma Xiaoquan said nothing from beginning to end, just smiling, but feeling very nervous.
Fortunately, Hua Yuexin has given birth to another child now. With this child, Hua Yuexin's focus has shifted somewhat. Otherwise, Hua Yuexin might have felt that Ma Xiaoquan was lying.
...
In order to avoid his wife, Ma Xiaoquan always went to Cao Cao recently. During this period, his wife complained several times. Several older children also asked about Ma Zheng, but Ma Xiao dismissed them all because he was busy.
...
Cao Cao's residence.
"Xiao Cao, I can't stay in this house any longer. If I stay here any longer, my mother's secret will be exposed. You kid, quickly find a fight. I'll let you go!"
Cao Cao was a little speechless. He just came back, so the troops should take a rest. If they want to fight, they will fight. Do you think these troops of mine are all iron men?
After thinking for a while, Cao Cao smiled and said: "Sir Shangxian, we can fight the battle now, but I have to ask you to go to Chang'an to find Miaocai. There should be battles to fight there."
"Damn, Chang'an! I just came back and I went out again?"
Cao Cao curled his lips and thought to himself: You are such a monster, you are not willing to go out yourself, why are you dragging me along?
"Master Shangxian, if not, why don't you just go to Xudu and have a look?"
"Huh?" Cao Cao made such a point, and Ma Xiaoquan suddenly remembered that there was a little emperor in Xudu.
"Well, that makes sense. I'll go to Xudu in a few days."
Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this and said quickly: "Master Shangxian, I happen to have something to do. Please..."
Ma Xiaoquan slapped Cao Cao on the head and cursed: "You old boy, you have always known how to plot against me. Come with the money and stop talking nonsense!"
Cao Cao was unprecedentedly straightforward this time. As soon as Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, Cao Cao clapped his hands twice, and then, several big men carried a big box into the room.
"What's this?"
Cao Cao chuckled: "Dear Lord Immortal, I seized this from Han Sui when I conquered the rebels. Please open it and take a look, hehe..."
Ma Xiaoquan stared at Cao Cao, stepped forward suspiciously, opened the top of the box, and took a look inside the box.
At first glance, Ma Xiaoquan couldn't pull it out.
"This...this is..." Ma Xiaoquan swallowed hard, feeling very excited.
Cao Cao stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Shangxian, I have only seen this thing once before at Dong Zhuo's place, but Dong Zhuo's one is definitely not as big as this..."
Ma Xiaoquan took a few breaths, pointed to the things in the box and said, "Is this for me?"
Cao Cao nodded: "Of course, Lord Shangxian, you can take whatever you want. You're welcome. Take as much as you can."
Ma Xiaoquan fell silent.
Cao Cao was extremely proud. It took several big men to lift this box. Although this demon had extraordinary abilities, it was absolutely impossible for him to have such great strength. At least Cao Cao had never seen it.
Ma Xiaoquan pursed his lips, slowly squatted down, and tried to hug the box.
Sure enough, as Cao Cao expected, Ma Xiaoquan couldn't lift it up at all, and the box was huge. With Ma Xiaoquan's arm span, it seemed there was nothing he could do.
To pick something up, it must be within the endurance range of the arm span. Seeing that there was a large gap between Ma Xiaoquan's arm span and the box, Cao Cao concluded that Ma Xiaoquan's arm span endurance had exceeded the limit.
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Master Shangxian, otherwise, you can take the white tiger skin inside, it is the most valuable."
Ma Xiaoquan didn't gnaw, but secretly concentrated his energy.
With two "clicks", the box was moved twice by Ma Xiaoquan.
When Cao Cao saw it, he was shocked: Could this demon have innate magical power besides playing with fire?
Cao Cao didn't know that Ma Xiaoquan had no natural powers at all. What he had was the superpower to temporarily change the gravity of the box.
"Boom", the box moved twice more. Ma Xiaoquan took the opportunity to put his hand into the bottom of the box, which looked very strong. Then, Ma Xiaoquan followed the situation and roared, using a difficult movement that is difficult for ordinary people to do.
He dragged the box up with one hand.
"This..." Cao Cao was so shocked that he fell to the ground and was speechless.
"Uh, it's so heavy, Xiao Cao. You can take as much as you want. I even took the box. Thank you!"
"Master Shangxian...this box..." Before Cao Cao could finish speaking, Ma Xiaoquan had already walked out of the residence holding the box.
Cao Cao was extremely depressed and wanted to cry but said without tears: "Master Immortal, please leave me a mink skin, right?"
