Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan and Ma’s father had a deep conversation at night and talked about some of the Ma family’s past...
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly. He did have the idea of reviving the family, but he had to find the underground detector first.
"Ruiqing, you are now the head of my Ma family. The main responsibility for reviving the family should be yours," Ma Xiaoquan said.
Father Ma shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I don't study much, not much..." Father Ma pretended to decline.
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and patted Father Ma on the shoulder: "To tell you the truth, the reason why I showed up is to find something. After I get the thing, I will leave."
"What?" Father Ma asked.
Ma Xiaoquan said: "There is a record in my Ma family's genealogy. Ruiqing, you should be able to remember what it is, right?"
Father Ma thought for a while and suddenly said in surprise: "Could it be... I remember hearing my father talk about something when I was a child, and a person came to my Ma family at that time."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "My name is Zhao Yuntai, right?"
"First-generation head of the family, how do you know?"
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about how I knew it. Let me ask you... what did Zhao Yuntai say in the first place?"
Father Ma shook his head: "It's been too long, and I was still young at that time, so I don't remember. Do you know Zhao Yuntai, the first generation head of the family?"
"do not know"
"Uh oh"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Ruiqing, I've always been curious about a question. Although our Ma family is not as good as before, it doesn't seem that we are short of money."
Father Ma smiled and said: "To tell you about the first generation of the family, I have been stationed in Ningyuan for a long time. On the one hand, it is to guard the border, and on the other hand, it is to accumulate wealth."
"Oh? Tell me and listen."
Father Ma nodded and said: "It sounds like there are constant wars in Ningyuan, year-round wars, but risks and opportunities coexist. Here, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. The land is our own. We can also distribute and control the money and grain we get...
....”
Listening to Father Ma's words, Ma Xiaoquan kept nodding.
Indeed, the Guanning cavalry during the Ming Dynasty were very powerful, but in the final analysis, the reason was because the soldiers in the Liaodong region held the land in their hands. With the land, they naturally had the concept of home. In order to protect their own land, it is reasonable to
It should take a lot of courage and strength.
"How much land does our Ma family...have on hand?"
Father Ma whispered: "Almost the entire eastern Ningyuan region belongs to my Ma family."
"Oh, the entire eastern part of Ningyuan? That's not that small."
Father Ma nodded and said: "So although our Ma family is not as good as before, we can still live a graceful life. My father once told me that the foundation of a family requires the family's belief in the future. The second thing is...
money."
"That's right." Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said, "Money is very important. As you just said, money is not everything, but if you don't have money, you absolutely can't. Well, let me add one more thing. With money, you can do everything.
We create 10,000 possibilities..."
"Having money can create 10,000 possibilities for us..." Father Ma kept chewing on Ma Xiaoquan's words.
"Okay, I'm talking to you tonight and there's another thing... You said that my Ma family has been guarding a mysterious place. Tomorrow, I plan to go and take a look...
..”
"Well, then I'll make some arrangements for Yuan'er and Cheng'er, and let them take you there tomorrow."
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand: "There is no need, just tell me the specific location."
Father Ma nodded: "Okay"
...
After leaving Ma's father's room, Ma Xiaoquan returned to his bedroom. Just as he was about to go to bed, the door suddenly rang. When he opened it, he saw that it was Li Qinghan.
"Qinghan, it's so late, why aren't you sleeping yet?"
Li Qinghan glanced at Ma Xiaoquan thoughtfully and said, "Ma Xiaoquan, are you going out tomorrow?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded, looked around, made sure there was no one around, and let Li Qinghan into the bedroom.
After closing the door, Ma Xiaoquan whispered: "My Ma family has a mysterious keep in Ningyuan. I'm going to go there tomorrow."
Li Qinghan pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "I'll go with you."
"I think... I'd better go alone." Ma Xiaoquan declined politely.
"What, do you think I will hold you back?"
Ma Xiaoquan said helplessly: "No, that's not what I meant..."
"That's not what I meant, hum, that's best, then it's settled, see you tomorrow morning," Li Qinghan said, turned around and left the bedroom.
"This..." Ma Xiaoquan sighed and murmured, "Humph, at worst, I'll sneak out tomorrow hehe."
...
The next morning, Ma Xiaoquan got up quietly, packed his belongings, ran to the stable, quietly took the horse, and prepared to go secretly.
But... before he had even taken a few steps, he was caught by Li Qinghan.
"I knew...you weren't that honest." Li Qinghan was dressed in a smart outfit, and it seemed that he had already packed it up.
"Hey, didn't I want to give the horse some water first? Who is being dishonest? Qinghan, you can't accuse me unjustly..."
"Come on, don't run away. I'm warning you. If you dare to run away, I will never pay attention to you again."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and said nothing.
"Did you hear that?" Li Qinghan said with his eyes wide open and his hands on his hips.
At this moment, Ma Xiaoquan seemed to see the shadow of a person in Li Qinghan, and couldn't help but feel a little dull.
Being looked at so directly by Ma Xiaoquan, Li Qinghan's face suddenly turned red.
"You...what are you looking at?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and came back to his senses: "No, it's nothing."
"Stop making excuses. Hey, you're not allowed to go alone. Did you hear that?"
"Oh... okay..." Ma Xiaoquan said helplessly.
"Hmph." Li Qinghan glared at Ma Xiaoquan and said, "Hold the two horses and wait for me at the door." After that, Li Qinghan left with his head held high.
Looking at Li Qinghan's figure gradually disappearing, Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head: "What's going on? Why did Qinghan make me feel so much like Mingyue Xin just now? It's strange, it's so strange..."
...
When I walked to the door, I happened to meet Dongfang Qingxue who had gotten up early.
Seeing Ma Xiaoquan leading two horses, Dongfang Qingxue asked: "Ma Xiaoquan, are you going out?"
Ma Xiaoquan lied and said, "Mom insists on bringing me and Bei Mingxue together. No, I'll find someone to go hide for a while and go out to do something."
"Then I'll go too, you happen to have two horses," Dongfang Qingxue said.
"Uh, no need, Qinghan will go out with me and she will have something to do as well."
"Oh, right?" Dongfang Qingxue showed a hint of regret in her eyes, "Okay then, let's go and come back early."
At this time, Li Qinghan walked out in a swaggering manner. When he saw Dongfang Qingxue, Li Qinghan was slightly startled. Then his expression recovered and he nodded gently to Dongfang Qingxue.
"Sister Qinghan, you guys go out together...I too..."
Before Dongfang Qingxue finished speaking, Li Qinghan shook his head and said, "Sister Qingxue, Ma Xiaoquan and I will go out to do errands for about a day, so you don't have to worry."