Zhu Youjian smiled slightly and gently touched Queen Zhou's cheek. Queen Zhou blushed and lowered her head.
Zhu Youjian said: "The Queen was talking about Ma Xiaoquan. Actually, he was originally mine."
Queen Zhou was stunned and looked at Zhu Youjian in surprise.
Zhu Youjian had no intention of continuing. He simply said: "He has been mine for a long time. I am also testing him by doing this."
Empress Zhou was very smart and nodded in agreement: "Your Majesty said this, so I won't say more. Let him be trained and tempered, so that he can be used by the Emperor in the future."
"Haha..." Zhu Youjian laughed, "No one knows me better than the Queen."
Empress Zhou leaned into Zhu Youjian's chest, but what she was thinking in her mind was that she hoped Ma Xiaoquan would come back as soon as possible to assist the emperor in eradicating that bully eunuch Wei Zhongxian.
...
Somewhere in Liaodong.
Ma Xiaoquan stood in front of the carriage, took a deep breath, turned to look at Beiming Shuangxue sitting in the carriage, Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Why don't you come down and breathe some fresh air? The climate here is really pleasant."
Beiming Shuangxue didn't respond, but the old horseman smiled and threw down his riding whip and jumped out of the car.
"Sir" bowed to Ma Xiaoquan respectfully, then sat on the ground, took out the water bottle, and drank several sips.
Ma Xiaoquan sat next to Lao Immortal and asked: "I have never asked you why you came with me, and it was just for a bite of food. These days, I have also seen your ability, your ability to drive a carriage.
It's really awesome. With such skills, it shouldn't be difficult for you to make a living in Gansu Town, but why do you want to follow me?"
The old man smiled slightly and said: "Now that things have happened, there is no point in hiding it from the adults. My surname is Wang, and my last name is the word dragon. I was once a scholar, but I failed in many exams.
Then he left home and went out to make a living. During this period, the younger one also had a wife and children. However, because the younger one was really incompetent, his wife and children starved to death."
The old man took another sip of water and continued: "The adults said that the young man is capable of driving a carriage, and he was forced to do so. He used to be a scholar, but he was only half-assed. However, this young man is very capable of driving a carriage.
I really like it, and after so many years of going back and forth, I have become accustomed to doing this business."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "What happened next? Why did you follow me?"
The old immortal's expression suddenly condensed and he said: "You may not believe me when I tell you. When I was studying, I saw you in a family classic."
"Oh? Have you seen me?"
"Well, I later found out that it was the adult's family classics."
"Family classics? How did you get the classics of my Ma family?"
The old man took out a crumpled classic from his arms. The title page was gone and the paper inside was dull and yellow. It looked like it had been preserved for a long time.
Ma Xiaoquan took the classics, flipped through two pages, and said in surprise: "This is indeed the classics of my Ma family, how come you have this?"
The old man blinked and said: "When I was still young, I met a person. Because I gave him half a cake, the man gave me this classic, saying that it did not belong to him.
Let me keep it, and one day, someone will come and claim it."
"Holy shit" Ma Xiaoquan was shocked, "Who is that person? What is his name and what does he look like?"
The old man thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's been so long that I can no longer remember what that man looked like, but I do remember his name. Well, that man's name is Zhao Yuntai."
"Zhao Yuntai?" Ma Xiaoquan stood up suddenly, widened his eyes, and shouted these three words loudly.
On the carriage, Beiming Shuangxue was so shocked when Ma Xiaoquan shouted that she stuck her head out, while the old man's eyes widened in shock and he raised his head to look at Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan calmed down, sat down again, and asked the old man: "Then what else did Zhao Yuntai say?"
The old man shook his head: "I didn't say anything, I just gave this book to the young one, finished the cake and left."
At this point, the old man suddenly laughed bitterly: "Actually, I didn't believe it at first. After all, Zhao Yuntai said that someone would come to claim it. I didn't care at all. In this vast sea of people, finding one person is the same as...
It was like looking for a needle in a haystack, but... the day the adults came to Gansu Town, I suddenly felt that all of this was somehow free and certain."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and motioned for the old man to continue speaking.
The old man took a sip of water for the third time and said: "When your Excellency came to Gansu Town, I had already inquired about your identity, but I was not sure because the book only said 'horse'.
There are so many people with the surname Ma in the world."
Ma Xiaoquan said: "I was also about to ask this question. There are so many people with the surname Ma in the world. Why do you think I am the one who claims it?"
The old man opened the book to a page in the middle, pointed at a vague portrait of a human face and said: "From this, the little one will be considered an adult."
Ma Xiaoquan squinted his eyes and glanced at the blurry face portrait, and said: "This is very blurry, can you be sure it's me?"
The old man shook his head: "This portrait didn't look like this before. It's just that I turned it over many times and it became like this. This portrait can be said to be very similar to an adult..."
Ma Xiaoquan turned the classics to the end and saw two lines of small characters at the end, which said rubbings of a certain year and month. This can indicate that this classic is actually a rubbing, not the original version. But since it is a rubbing, it is the same as the original version.
There should be no difference in content.
"So you followed me?" Ma Xiaoquan asked.
The old man nodded and said: "To be honest, before I met the adults, I really didn't know that things were unfolding like this. Now that I see the adults, what I think about the most is Zhao Yuntai. Sir
, I have something to ask, I don’t know if I should ask?”
Ma Xiaoquan asked: "Are you trying to say whether Zhao Yuntai knows me?"
The old man nodded, but then shook his head: "The adult looks like he is only thirty years old, and when the younger one met Zhao Yuntai, the younger one was only nineteen years old, counting from the day they met.
Since then, thirty-two years have passed. If you really know Zhao Yuntai, it is absolutely impossible."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "But why...you said that Zhao Yuntai would say that someone would come to claim it?"
Although Ma Xiaoquan smiled and asked the old immortal, he knew that the old immortal would never understand this matter, because... Zhao Yuntai at that time probably also had the time in his body.
Heartfelt.
Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan called Yuan, and for a while, Yuan's response rang in his mind: "You are right, about thirty-two years ago, at that time, I was indeed in Zhao Yuntai's body...
.But I can now save very few memories of him. As you know, I am incomplete, and every time I change hosts, I cannot retain the memories of the previous host...
..”
Ma Xiaoquan felt a little pity. He raised his head, looked at the old man, and said with a smile: "You can tell me this, I am very grateful to you. Well, I am indeed the claimant that Zhao Yuntai said, but how did he know
Mine, I don’t know, maybe it’s determined somehow.”
The old immortal blinked and said: "When I was still a scholar, I read an anecdote in a book. Well, it said that humans have three souls and seven souls. It is possible for the three souls and seven souls to be reincarnated, leaving behind
As for the memory of the previous life, you may have known Zhao Yuntai in your previous life."
"Hoho?" Ma Xiaoquan was startled and thought that this old immortal is quite interesting. I can really imagine that according to our modern fashion, this thing is called "soul time travel". It's a pity, it's a pity, Mr. Ma, I am not a soul time traveler.
I am a physical time traveler, hehe
"Oh, there is such a thing, um, then I understand." Ma Xiaoquan nodded pretending to be calm.
...
While Ma Xiaoquan was resting, somewhere far away in the palace, a middle-aged man slowly stood up from his seat.
Zhao Wenyi, Zhao Wenqiang, and all the men and women in the Zhao family couldn't help but tense up when they saw the middle-aged man getting up.
Zhao Shanshan was still brave. She shouted delicately: "Father... you haven't been like this for a long time."
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and then he noticed that he had left the seat. He chuckled and asked Zhao Shanshan: "Have I not left this throne for a long time?"
"Yes, my father hasn't left the throne for a long time. My daughter still thinks that my father can't walk?"
When all the Zhao family's children heard Zhao Shanshan's teasing words, they all took a deep breath.
The middle-aged man was stunned again, then laughed, shook his head like a child and said: "Father, you slept a little too much."
Zhao Shanshan said: "Father, why did you suddenly wake up? It was earlier than you said."
"Yes." The middle-aged man returned to his seat and sat down. He frowned slightly and said, "I feel that someone is coming."
"Is someone coming?" All the children of the Zhao family were stunned.
Zhao Wenqiang asked: "Father, are they still those outsiders who happened to be captured and used as experimental subjects for Shanshan?"
Zhao Shanshan glanced at Zhao Wenqiang gratefully, nodded and said: "Yes, yes, father, catch them all, catch them all."
The middle-aged man's expression was a little solemn, he shook his head and said: "You are no match for him."
"What? We are not his opponents?" Zhao Wenyi said, "Father, in this secret world, outsiders have always been the lambs in our mouths. Why do you want to have other people's ambitions?"
The middle-aged man said: "Wen Qiang, my father knows that you are very powerful, but in front of that person, you are not worth mentioning."
Zhao Wenyi, who was standing nearby, covered his mouth, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh, but his expression already showed gloating.