Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan rested temporarily in a simple wooden house at the last stop after leaving the Phantom Forest...
Zhao Wenqiang gently placed Zhao Wenbin on his back on the ground.
"Dad..." Zhao Wenqiang's eyes were red, he raised his head while choking, and whispered to a middle-aged man sitting in front of him.
Qiang immediately stopped choking.
In front of Zhao Wenbin, he squatted down and touched Zhao Wenbin's green and black face. Behind Zhao Wenbin, a slender girl also slowly put Zhao Wenzheng down.
"Qiang'er, how did Bin'er and Zheng'er die?"
Zhao Wenqiang pursed his lips and said: "The fifth brother was shot to death with a pistol, and the sixth brother was stabbed in the heart with a knife..."
"Pa" forced a slap in the face.
Zhao Wenqiang couldn't move, and there were bursts of burning pain on his face, but he didn't dare to reach out and touch it.
"Where is Bin'er's gun?" the middle-aged man asked again.
Zhao Wenqiang did not answer.
"Sir, I asked you to take care of your two younger brothers. What on earth did you do? Do you miss the colorful world on earth that much?" The middle-aged man became furious and raised his hand to hit him again.
"Dad," the sister behind Zhao Wenqiang couldn't help it anymore. She stepped forward and knelt in front of the middle-aged man, begging for mercy, "Dad, it's not my brother's fault, it's all my fault. I shouldn't be playful. If I
If I were not playful, my brother would not go to me... and he would not be separated from the fifth and sixth brothers. Wuwuwu... Dad, don't blame your brother, okay? Wuwuwu
..."
The middle-aged man turned his head and gently pulled up his daughter who was crying and lying on the ground.
"Hey" the middle-aged man sighed, looked at the pair of dead sons on the ground, gritted his teeth and ordered, "Qiang'er, find out for me, who killed Bin'er and Zheng'er, find out for me.
The real murderer is coming!"
Zhao Wenqiang nodded vigorously and said: "Don't worry, dad, I, Zhao Wenqiang, will definitely find the murderer of my brother even if it costs me my own life. Even if I have to dig three feet under the ground, I will find it!"
The middle-aged man nodded: "Okay, you are worthy of being my son, Zhao Yuntai. With this courage, the death of your two younger brothers will not be unjust!"
Zhao Wenqiang's eyes were full of admiration: "Dad, there is something I need to report to you..."
The middle-aged man stretched out his hand and said, "Are you talking about the restlessness of the Source of Time?"
"Dad, do you know?"
"Hmph." The middle-aged man smiled slightly, "Of course I know that the source of time suddenly went crazy. The reason... hum... the successor... the successor...
...Who is it? Hum hum…"
...
"Ah sneeze" Ma Xiaoquan rubbed his nose, turned his head and glanced at the fantasy forest behind him.
At this point, a group of six people finally walked out of the Phantom Forest.
Standing outside the phantom forest and looking in, there is a gray atmosphere, but at this time, the scenery outside the phantom forest is already full of vitality.
Ma Xiaoquan squatted down, gently touched the green grass that had sprouted on the ground, and asked in surprise: "Could it be that we are in the phantom forest and a long time has passed outside?"
At this time, a mountain man happened to be passing by, and Ma Xiaoquan stood up to greet him.
"Brother, what day is it today?"
Shanfu was stunned for a moment, stared at Ma Xiaoquan for a long time, and said: "Little brother, today is the beginning of March, the first year of Tianqi, 1621 AD, what? You don't know?"
"The first day of March?" Not only Ma Xiaoquan was startled, but also other people behind him who heard Shan Fu's words were also startled.
Zi Shaoyan walked up and bowed his hands to the mountain man: "Brother, are you sure today is the first day of March?"
The mountain husband nodded: "Yes, I am a farmer. I don't remember the days clearly. How do I grow food? Oh, by the way, how did you come out? Why didn't I see you just now?"
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, pointed to the phantom forest behind him and said, "Brother, there is a dry forest behind here, can't you see it?"
The mountain man stood on tiptoes, looked back, and shook his head: "Little brother, don't lie to me. There is a dead forest behind you? Don't be ridiculous, there is a mountain of dirt behind you..."
"Eh?" Ma Xiaoquan was curious and looked behind him. Huan Lin was obviously there. Why was this mountain man telling lies with his eyes open?
"Brother, this..." Ma Xiaoquan was about to speak again when Zi Shaobo stepped forward and interrupted with a chuckle, "In that case, let's continue walking forward. Well, we should walk for another three days.
Just went home..."
Ma Xiaoquan understood what Zi Shaobo meant, bowed his hands to the mountain husband, and said goodbye.
The six of them walked forward together, and after about half a day, they finally saw a small town.
Although the town is small, it is very prosperous. The six of them walked around the town a few times, bought some new clothes, and found an inn to stay.
Li Qinghan was a woman. As soon as she checked into the inn, she immediately told the innkeeper to prepare the food and said she wanted to take a bath.
Since Xiaozhu was not around, Li Qinghan had to ask Ma Xiaoquan to help her guard the door.
Standing outside the door of Li Qinghan's room, Ma Xiaoquan joked: "Sister-in-law, aren't you afraid that I will guard you?"
Inside the door, Li Qinghan shook his head: "Ma Xiaoquan, I believe you are not such a person. Besides, if you want to..."
Ma Xiaoquan interrupted Li Qinghan and said: "Okay, wash it quickly, I still want to wash it after you finish washing it."
In fact, Ma Xiaoquan wanted to say whether they should wash together, but he was afraid that if he said it, Li Qinghan would beat him up. After thinking about it, Ma Xiaoquan decided to give up. Unfortunately... Li Qinghan really had that intention in his heart, but Ma Xiaoquan didn't.
You just know, but men can never guess what a woman is thinking...
Early the next morning, the six of them met downstairs at the inn, had a simple breakfast, and then continued their journey.
Li Qinghan put on a covering of makeup so that to outsiders, she was a very ordinary-looking woman. Wearing makeup did not make Li Qinghan feel at ease. He asked Ma Xiaoquan to buy a large robe for her, covering her
Her curvy figure was wrapped in a robe. In this way, to others, Li Qinghan was an out-and-out "country girl".
Zi Shaoyan had already told Zi Biao to prepare the carriage. After all the people got on the carriage, Zi Biao waved his whip and the carriage set off immediately.
On this journey, there were no more thrills and doubts in the Phantom Forest. Three days later, a group of people arrived at a huge manor.
"We're here..." Zi Shaoyan opened the carriage curtain and said softly.
Ma Xiaoquan helped Li Qinghan jump out of the carriage, looked up, and was immediately shocked by the momentum of the manor.
This manor is probably the largest manor Ma Xiaoquan has ever seen since he was born. From the outside, it seems to be even comparable to the Forbidden City, the imperial palace in Beijing.
"Uncle Shaoyan, isn't this... the Zi family? Is the Zi family academy located in this huge manor?" Ma Xiaoquan asked.
Zi Shaoyan chuckled and nodded gently.
"Fuck you." Ma Xiaoquan sighed in his heart. He thought that the Ma family was already rich enough, but compared with the Zi family, they were like giants, and the Ma family was like a baby. They were simply not on the same level.
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Ma Xiaoquan felt a little depressed. After all, he was the first generation head of the Ma family. He thought that the Ma family compound built in Yecheng was at the level of a super mansion, but... from the end of the Han Dynasty to the present
In the first year of the Apocalypse, what have the people of the Ma family been doing for more than 1,400 years? Look at the Renzi family, such a big manor, and my Ma family, damn, even though it is in a good location within the second ring road of Beijing,
But in such a comparison, our Ma family can only be regarded as a "prosperous shop", which is simply unsightly.
"Hey" Ma Xiaoquan shook his head depressedly, thinking that if Ma Ruiqing, the current head of the Ma family, continued to be stubbornly loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the Ma family would probably cease to exist when the Ming Dynasty fell.
"No, I can't watch the Ma family decline like this. Well, I am the first generation head of the family. If Ma Ruiqing is cowardly, I will reveal my identity and I will regain the power of the Ma family..." Ma Xiaoquan said lightly