Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiao proposed two transaction conditions to Cao Pi in exchange for Cao Pi's support...
Naturally, Ma Xiaoquan and Ma Zheng didn't know about the agreement made by Ma Xiao and Cao Pi.
The father and son headed towards Nanyang non-stop, and finally arrived in Nanyang County eleven days later.
Lu Xian is well-known in Nanyang County, and it is easy to find his home address.
At night, Ma Xiaoquan, Ma Zheng and his son quietly came to the side wall of the Lu family mansion, preparing to climb over the wall and explore inside.
Ma Zheng whispered: "Dad, will Mr. Lu's house be guarded?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Probably not. Mr. Lu has been traveling for a long time. As far as dad knows, his shadow guards are currently in Yecheng. There should be no others."
After Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, he took the lead in climbing over the side wall into the Lu family mansion.
Ma Xiaoquan actually didn't know that when he and Ma Zheng approached the side wall of the Lu family mansion, they were already being targeted...
Entering the house to investigate, Ma Xiaoquan, Ma Zheng and his son were surprised to find that there was no one in such a huge house, but what was strange was that every room had been cleaned very clean.
Ma Zheng glanced at Ma Xiaoquan, meaning: Dad, why is Mr. Lu's family so strange?
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head, meaning: As a father, I don’t know, so I can only continue to observe and observe at the moment.
...
While Ma Xiaoquan and his son were wondering, in a pavilion not far from the Lu family's mansion, a man raised his lips slightly and ordered: "Let Master Lu Wang and Lu Xiaowang go in first..."
Beside the man, a tall and thin man nodded gently.
...
Ma Xiaoquan and Ma Zheng walked around in a big circle and still didn't see anyone in the courtyard.
"Dad, I think we should leave first. Why do I have such an ominous premonition?" Ma Zhengdao.
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand: "No... let's wait."
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, there was a sudden noise at the gate of the Lu family's mansion.
"Dad, is there a sound at the courtyard gate?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded, and Ma Zheng instantly reached a tacit understanding, and the father and son ducked towards the gate.
At the gate of the Lu family's mansion, two handsome young men held torches and laughed while pulling a big cloth bag.
By the light of the torch, Ma Xiaoquan saw something moving in the big cloth bag. It seemed that the bag should contain a living creature.
"Haha..." A slightly shorter young man opened the bag, put his hand into the bag, and pulled out a young woman with disheveled hair. He smiled and said to the tall companion beside him: "Brother
...Why does Uncle Lu Xian want these young women? He is not in Nanyang now..."
"What do you know? Uncle wants women to have their own ideas. We just have to act accordingly."
"Brother, this little girl is very good-looking. I think... why don't we have some fun first? Uncle Lu Xian isn't here anyway, and he doesn't know..."
"Stop talking nonsense, just say it if you want to die! What uncle wants is a virgin. If you and I touch these women, their blood will be dirty!"
"Oh, okay, I'm really holding myself back."
As the short young man spoke, he stuffed the young woman in his hand back into the bag and tied the mouth of the bag again. The short young man curled his lips and said: "Brother, Uncle Lu Xian wants so many virgins, is it just to get them?"
The blood on your body?”
"Of course, my uncle is currently studying a method of cultivating immortality. If successful, it can prolong life."
"What? Prolong life? Brother, how do you know?"
"Humph, don't forget, I, Lu Wang, am my uncle's nephew. My uncle is not in Nanyang all the year round. I, Lu Wang, am still taking care of this huge Lu family mansion in Nanyang. My uncle ordered me to do it in Nanyang.
I've finished everything, but you kid, although you have no direct blood relationship with my Lu family, you were picked up and raised by your uncle after all. Lu Xiaowang, you are lucky to have the same surname as ours...
..."
"Hey...brother, don't worry..."
...
In a shadow not far from the two of them, Ma Xiaoquan looked at the two young men talking with some doubts. From their conversation just now, Ma Xiaoquan knew the identities of the two of them, but why did the short young man look like that?
Like a person?
Unfortunately, it was late at night, and although there was torch light, it was still too dark.
The two young men happily walked into the main hall of the Lu family pulling big cloth bags, while Ma Xiaoquan and Ma Zhengze continued to hide in the shadows.
After the main hall door closed, Ma Zheng whispered: "Dad, why do I feel like you have something on your mind?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Yes, you saw that short guy just now, right?"
"Um"
"He looks like someone dad knows?"
Ma Zhengdao: "Dad you're talking about women?"
Ma Xiaoquan patted his son on the shoulder: "You boy, yes, you are a woman."
Ma Zheng chuckled quietly: "Dad, you must have had an affair with that woman."
Ma Xiaoquan was speechless for a moment. Ma Zheng, a brat, could guess so accurately in such a dark shadow that he couldn't even see his own expression. What a bastard...
Ma Xiaoquan gently flicked his son's head, acquiescing to his son's judgment.
Ma Zheng said with a smile: "Dad, if not, we can catch that kid and ask him, what do you think?"
Ma Xiaoquan hummed softly: "That's exactly what I meant!"
Ma Zheng hummed, and just as he was about to leave, the courtyard door of the Lu family's mansion opened again.
The father and son looked at each other and could only hide in the shadows again.
This time, more than a dozen people came in. Judging from the costumes of these people, they should be the servants of this big house.
Ma Xiaoquan secretly sighed that he was unlucky. With so many people showing up at once, it would be difficult to arrest the young man for questioning.
Ma Zheng poked Ma Xiaoquan, meaning: Dad, with so many people here suddenly, our plan may have to change.
Ma Xiaoquan lightly poked Ma Zheng back, meaning: Dad knows, let's wait and see what happens...
...
Ma Xiaoquan and Ma Zheng's judgment was too optimistic. They originally thought that these dozen people were the owners of the Lu family mansion. Unexpectedly, this group of people just came in, and then another group of people came.
There were more people arriving this time than last time, and Ma Xiaoquan could clearly feel the difference in the auras emanating from the people who came this time.
"Shadow Guard" Ma Xiaoquan said something silently in his heart.
Ma Zheng also sensed that something was wrong, but he was not as professionally sensitive as his father, Ma Xiaoquan. All he could do now was to keep his breathing down as much as possible and follow his father to hide firmly.
Ma Xiaoquan's judgment was correct. The person who came in this time was indeed a shadow guard, and he was one of the high-level shadow guards that Lu Xian was most proud of.
In front of the team, a man with a deep scar on his face carefully looked around the Lu family's mansion.
"Huh?" When the man's eyes glanced at the shadows where Ma Xiaoquan and Ma Zheng were hiding, there was a murderous look in his eyes unconsciously.
Behind the man, a tall and thin shadow guard quietly walked forward, bowed his head respectfully, and put his ear to the man's mouth.
No one knew what the man ordered his subordinates. By the light of the other party's torch, Ma Xiaoquan could only see that the tall subordinate immediately raised his hand after listening to the words. Then, all the shadow guards turned towards him in unison.
The hidden shadow in himself stretched out his right hand.
"Oops, we've been discovered." Ma Xiaoquan hurriedly pulled the horse to lie down on the ground. Almost at the same moment, dozens of sleeve arrows had arrived.
The sound of ping-ping-pong-pong collisions kept ringing above the heads of Ma Xiaoquan and his son. Ma Xiaoquan patted Ma Zheng, and the father and son rolled away from each other.
Ma Xiaoquan could not figure out why he was exposed. In his opinion, this shadow was an absolute blind spot for the human eye. Ordinary people could not notice it at all. Even people with special training would have a great chance of missing it.
, but...why can the leading shadow guard determine his location so clearly?
At this moment when Ma Xiaoquan was in a daze, the sleeve arrow struck again.
The target of Xiujian's attack this time was obviously his son Ma Zheng.
Ma Xiaoquan was startled. He may not be afraid of arrows, but that doesn't mean his son Ma Zheng is not afraid.
"Be careful!" Ma Xiaoquan pounced on his son like a hungry tiger. At this moment, the sound of an arrow entering his flesh was heard from his body.
"Take it!" the leading shadow guard gave an order, and all the shadow guards behind him rushed towards the shadow.
"Father" Ma Zheng was also very frightened. If it hadn't been for his father Ma Xiaoquan, he would have been shot into a sieve. But instead of being shot into a sieve, his father was full of arrows.
"Poisonous, dad, arrows are poisonous"
Ma Xiaoquan vomited blood and gritted his teeth and said, "Don't be afraid of poisons. Your father and I are immune to all poisons. Zheng'er, just lie down and don't participate in any battles. Be careful of cold arrows. Do you understand?"
Ma Zheng hummed, hugged his head and crawled quietly on the ground.
It was too late, but it was too late. As soon as Ma Xiaoquan settled his son, the shadow guards rushed over.
He was alone and the opponent had dozens of people. With such a huge disparity in numbers, Ma Xiaoquan had to choose to protect his son. However, if his son was in front of him, Ma Xiaoquan could not safely use the extremely lethal Red Lotus Fire.
"Damn it" Ma Xiaoquan gritted his teeth and said, "Fight."
Ma Xiaoquan held a glimmer of luck in his heart. He believed that the group of shadow guards in front of him could fight with their invulnerability and immortality. However... Ma Xiaoquan's judgment was wrong again.
Almost half of the shadow guards in front of me are high-level. In terms of martial arts, they are not much different from Ma Xiaoquan.