Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan used the Lan Ming Holy Fire to "refine" a puppet. Unfortunately... Ma Xiaoquan didn't know enough about the Lan Ming Holy Fire, and Ma Xiaoquan didn't know what the Lan Ming Holy Fire was.
Whether it is possible to refine the puppet, just like this... it has undoubtedly failed. On the other hand, Cao Cao and Sun Quan have already started fighting...
Sun Quan nodded, took the autographed letter from Ma Xiaoquan, folded it in half a few times, put it into a brocade bag, and then gave two orders to send it to Cao Cao.
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In the main tent of Cao Jun's camp, Cao Cao was surprised when he received Sun Quan's personal letter.
Judging from the content and tone of the letter, Cao Cao thought it looked too much like Ma Xiaoquan, the Shangxian Master. However... the letter was indeed written by Sun Quan, which made Cao Cao very confused after reading it several times.
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Cao Cao handed the letter to Jia Xu and asked Jia Xu to read it and give him an idea.
Jia Xu took the letter and read it once, and had the same emotion as Cao Cao.
Jia Xu said: "Prime Minister, why do you think this letter sounds like the tone of an immortal?"
Cao Cao snorted coldly and said: "Huh, like? I think it's that demonic tone, damn..."
"My lord, do you want to send someone to find out where Lord Shangxian is now?"
Cao Cao waved his hand: "No need, that demon was in Chaisang a few months ago, and now he must be with Sun Quan's purple-haired kid."
Jia Xu said: "My lord, would you like to write a letter to Lord Shangxian and say..."
Cao Cao stretched out his hand to stop Jia Xu and said: "No, although this letter seems to have a demonic tone, the words are not rude. Sun Quan dared to write like this, and he did speak to my mind.
....."
"Lord, what do you mean..."
Cao Cao shook his head: "That's all, get ready and withdraw your troops."
Jia Xu nodded and immediately picked up the pen.
Picking up the pen, Jia Xu found it incredible. He unfolded the letter and read it again, muttering: "My lord, are we withdrawing our troops like this?"
Cao Cao nodded and pointed to the letter in Jia Xu's hand: "Didn't you see what Sun Quan's purple-haired boy said about me? He said that if this old guy doesn't die, he will have trouble sleeping and eating, haha..."
"Sun Quan is too presumptuous!"
Cao Cao laughed and said, "Sun Quan is telling the truth. Haha, compared to Sun Quan, Liu Biao's two sons are just stupid pigs. Haha, withdraw your troops. We won't lose much if we withdraw our troops."
Jia Xu stood up, bowed respectfully and said, "Yes!"
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In early April of AD 2yi3, the 18th year of Emperor Xian's reign of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao organized his troops and began to retreat.
After learning that Cao Cao had withdrawn his troops, Sun Quan did not implement the so-called "don't pursue the poor enemy". Of course, Sun Quan actually wanted to pursue and kill him. However, after comprehensive consideration and the suggestion of Master Xian Ma Xiaoquan, Sun Quan still gave up the pursuit.
, after all, Cao Cao is not a poor bandit. Cao Cao did this simply because fighting with him had no results. If Sun Quan pursues him, with the deceitfulness of Cao Cao's military use, he will definitely set many traps waiting for him along the way.
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As soon as Cao Cao withdrew his troops, the water and land routes between the north and the south were immediately opened up. Within a few days, more merchant ships and civilian ships came and went.
Ma Xiaoquan repeatedly declined, and finally said goodbye to Sun Quan and embarked on his way back north. Of course, since there was no news about his son Ma Zheng, Ma Xiaoquan decided to continue searching.
Standing on the merchant ship, feeling the cool wind, Ma Xiaoquan took a long breath.
In his left eye, Yuan suddenly said: "Ma Xiaoquan, where do you plan to go?"
Ma Xiaoquan responded: "I don't have a target yet. Yuan, Mr. Lu is making such a fuss in Chaisang, where do you think he will go?"
"Where to go? Well, Lu must have obtained your bullet production diagram first, and he should be able to behave for a few months..."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "I think so too, and I think that if Lu Xian makes bullets, he would not dare to use them on Magnum easily."
"How do you say this?"
"The production diagram of the bullet is very simple. Of course, with Lu Xian's ability, I can make some adjustments. It's just that when I buried the original Magnum in Langya Mountain, I lost a part."
"Parts? What parts?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly: "It's a very small screw. Of course, if the screw uses normal bullets, it won't cause much problems to the gun, but if you use the bullets on my diagram...
.Hmph..."
Yuan said in a loud voice: "It will explode, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan laughed in his heart: "Bingo, that's the right answer."
Yuan sneered: "What the hell, Ma Xiaoquan, are you so sure?"
"Of course, don't forget, I am an ammunition expert, I know very well how to make bullets."
"Okay...then where are you going? Back to Yecheng?"
Ma Xiaoquan sighed: "I think we can only go back to Yecheng first."
"Okay, let's go back to Yecheng. Just in time, you can almost catch up with Cao Cao for promotion and Jiuxi. In this way, you can continue to ask Cao Cao to help you cover your lies. Otherwise, your wife Hua Yuexin will probably scold you to death.
"
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his scalp: "Oh, if you didn't mention this, I would have forgotten about it. Let's go back to Yecheng and knock Cao Cao out for some money."
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At the end of April, Ma Xiaoquan returned to Yecheng.
Cao Cao also happened to return to Ye. That night, Ma Xiaoquan discussed with Cao Cao and asked Cao Cao to continue to help him conceal the disappearance of his son Ma Zheng.
The next day, Ma Xiaoquan returned to the Ma family compound. As expected, his wife Hua Yuexin mentioned her son Ma Zheng as soon as they met. When Ma Xiaoquan could not explain, Cao Cao came to visit and presented a jade pendant.
Hua Yuexin screamed and cried when she saw the jade pendant.
Ma Xiaoquan looked at it, frowned and asked Cao Cao: "Xiao Cao, why is my son's jade pendant in your hand?"
Cao Cao came over and whispered: "To be honest, this is what Miaocai got when he attacked Liang Xing. If we hadn't seen this jade pendant before, we would have lost it."
Ma Xiaoquan curled his lips and took the jade pendant from Cao Cao.
The jade pendant was made from the imperial emerald glass stone that Zuo Ci gave to Ma Xiaoquan. Of course, if the original stone was not destroyed, Ma Xiaoquan estimated that he could still make a pair of bracelets. Unfortunately, he threw the original stone without knowing why.
It was broken into three pieces, two of which were lost by Ma Kun, Ma Zheng and Ma Qiang. As for the larger piece of rough stone left behind, Ma Xiaoquan asked a craftsman to make two jade pendants.
Although Ma Xiaoquan didn't understand why Zuo Ci got the glass Imperial Green, Zuo Ci did get it anyway, and he did give it to himself.
Ma Xiaoquan gave two jade pendants to his eldest son, Ma Xiao, as proof of the next generation of the family's heirs, and gave the other piece to Ma Zheng, as proof of his legitimate son.
Before Ma Zheng was lost, Ma Xiaoquan clearly remembered that he was wearing this jade pendant proving that he was the legitimate son. But now, the jade pendant was lost and Cao Cao got it in a big circle.
But...since the jade pendant is there, it proves that the son is indeed not dead.
Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan hugged the still crying Madam Hua Yuexin and comforted: "Madam, you misunderstood. Xiao Cao sent his son's jade pendant just to tell us that he is safe... Xiao Cao
, you say so?"
Cao Cao nodded: "Yes, Madam Shangxian, Ma Zheng has performed very well in the army. You know that after joining the army, you can't leave casually... No, Ma Zheng, please take this piece first."
Did I bring the Kodama Pendant to you to see..."
When Hua Yuexin heard what Cao Cao said, she rolled her eyes at Cao Cao: "Why are you talking? Whose son is a brat?"
Cao Cao was very depressed. Why is it that I, Cao Cao, am almost 60 years old? Why can’t he call me a big-ass kid? It’s really...
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and smoothed things over: "In that case, it's okay. Madam, it's rare for Xiao Cao to come here. Let's have a meal together tonight?"
Hua Yuexin rolled her eyes at Ma Xiaoquan again, and took her daughter away from the maid's hand: "Go away, you will eat it yourself, you stinky man, all of them never leave home..."
Ma Xiaoquan and Cao Cao looked at each other and laughed helplessly.