Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan learned some past stories from Li Qinghan...
"Ah oh" Li Qinghan came to his senses, shook his head, and walked into the room carrying the tray.
"Come on, Ma Xiaoquan, let's eat..." Li Qinghan gently placed the tray on the table.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded, put the book in his hand aside, and sat down slowly.
"Eh?" Li Qinghan saw the book Ma Xiaoquan put down and asked in surprise: "Ma Xiaoquan, can you understand this book?"
Ma Xiaoquan didn't even think about it. He nodded and said, "Yes."
"Can you all understand it?"
"yes"
Li Qinghan was shocked and almost screamed. Seeing that Ma Xiaoquan didn't notice her, Li Qinghan quickly calmed down.
"Eat slowly...Ma Xiaoquan, you eat first, I have something else to do..."
Ma Xiaoquan said, "Okay, sister-in-law, go ahead and get busy, there are locals here..."
Li Qinghan nodded.
...
After leaving the house, Li Qinghan's pace obviously accelerated a lot. When he arrived at Mrs. Ma's room, Li Qinghan was already a little out of breath.
With a "crunch", Li Qinghan didn't bother to knock on the door and pushed the door open.
"Huh? It's Qinghan. What's wrong? You're out of breath..."
Li Qinghan took a few deep breaths, stepped forward and took Mrs. Ma's arm: "Grandma, I...I..."
Mrs. Ma smiled and said: "What's wrong? Speak slowly, don't be anxious..."
Li Qinghan shook his head, with a worried look on his face: "Grandma... Ma Xiaoquan... he... he knows the words in that book..."
Li Qinghan spoke too fast, and Mrs. Ma didn't react at first. After a while, Mrs. Ma was also shocked. She grabbed Li Qinghan's arm and asked, "Qinghan, are you telling the truth?"
Li Qinghan nodded: "I asked him, he said he can understand it, he can understand it..."
Mrs. Ma frowned, thought for a moment and said, "Qinghan, that book... has Quan'er seen it before?"
Li Qinghan shook his head: "Grandma, you gave me this book. You asked me to prepare some books for Ma Xiaoquan. I thought he wouldn't understand it anyway, so I gave them all to him...
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Mrs. Ma shook her head and said: "My old woman can only understand half of the words in that book. How can that brat dare to say that he can understand everything? Come on, Qinghan, take me to see...
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The two of them came to the house, and Tudan had just come out and was about to lock the door. Mrs. Ma shouted: "Tudan, please don't lock the door."
Tudan turned his head, startled, and quickly bowed to say hello to Mrs. Ma.
Mrs. Ma nodded and pushed open the door.
Ma Xiaoquan had just finished eating and was pacing back and forth in the room to digest. When he saw Mrs. Ma coming, he hurriedly stepped forward.
"Grandma, why are you here?"
Mrs. Ma glared at Ma Xiaoquan and asked, "Quan'er, listen to Qinghan... can you understand what's in that book?"
Ma Xiaoquan exclaimed: "Which book is it?"
Mrs. Ma pointed to the books on the table.
Ma Xiaoquan smacked his lips, walked to the table, picked up the book and flipped through a few pages, thinking to himself: Isn't this the text of the Baiyi Clan, what's so difficult to understand...Huh? Isn't that right?
Ma Xiaoquan suddenly reacted.
The expression on Li Qinghan's face when he asked himself if he recognized the calligraphy just now was obviously suppressing his surprise. From this point of view, there must be something wrong here.
"Uh" Ma Xiaoquan deliberately turned the book upside down and pointed at a pattern on the book and said, "I know you. There are many patterns drawn on it. Why don't you recognize it..."
"You..." Li Qinghan gritted his silver teeth and glared at Ma Xiaoquan hatefully. She remembered Ma Xiaoquan's confident expression when he said they knew him before.
Mrs. Ma frowned and said, "Quan'er, you didn't lie?"
"Hey, grandma, this is the first time I've seen this book. How can I know everything about it... My sister-in-law just asked me casually. I was eating, so I just answered casually. Hey, my sister-in-law also said
I believe it, oops..."
"Ma Xiaoquan, did you lie to me?" Li Qinghan asked unhappily.
Ma Xiaoquan had a rogue expression and spread his hands: "Why am I lying to you? If you ask, I will answer. Besides, I do recognize some of the patterns on these... Look
You see, this pattern is a cow, this is a chicken..."
"Ma Xiaoquan, you bastard" Li Qinghan covered his face and ran out.
Ma Xiaoquan looked "confused" and asked Mrs. Ma: "Grandma, what's wrong with sister-in-law?"
Madam Ma couldn't answer Ma Xiaoquan's question, so she could only interrupt and said: "Uh, Quan'er, is the food delicious?"
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "Grandma, it's delicious, but...I've been here for two days, Grandma, can I...hehe.
....."
Mrs. Ma's face turned solemn and she said, "Don't even think about it. Just stay here for three days."
After Mrs. Ma finished speaking, she walked out of the "little dark room" proudly, and the door slammed shut again, making Ma Xiaoquan look embarrassed.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled helplessly and said to himself: "Hey, it seems I have to stay for three days, okay..."
Walking to the window, Ma Xiaoquan rushed out and called Tu Dan, who heard the sound and came over.
"Master, what are your orders? Master, I can't let you out..."
"I know, you don't have to let me out, you idiot, I just want to chat with you..."
"Master...what do you want to talk about?"
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a moment and asked, "Who are my friends in Beijing?"
Tudan thought for a moment and replied: "Master, you have no friends."
"What? Ci'ao, it can't be so miserable, right? You idiot, don't joke with me. Why are you so old? You should have a friend or two, right?"
Tudan said: "Young Master, the old lady said that the people you know are losers just like you. The old lady said that they are your bad friends."
Ma Xiaoquan: "..."
Tudan continued: "But Master, you once said that there are also people who value friendship among those people."
"Oh? Who is it? Why don't I remember that I said that?"
Tudan did not doubt Ma Xiaoquan, so he took Ma Xiaoquan's question and replied: "Master, you said... that young master of the Tong family is a person worth dating."
"Tongjia? Oh," Ma Xiaoquan pretended to be very clear and said, "You are talking about him, hey, I was just talking casually... You bastard, your young master, am I not famous in this city of Beijing?
"
"Master, I don't dare to say anything"
"If there's anything you dare not say, say it, I don't blame you!"
"Oh" Tudan scratched his scalp, "Master, the people of Beijing made up a nursery rhyme for you..."
"Hey, there are also children's songs? It seems that I, Ma Xiaoquan, am doing pretty well. Come on, come on, do you remember anything? Memorize it for me."
Outside the window, Tudan smiled bitterly and slowly recited the children's rhyme about the fourth young master Ma Xiaoquan from his memory.
"Beijing City, the Imperial City, has Ma Xiaoquan at its root; he plays with women, breaks shoes, and is idle and spendthrift..."
Tudan has a very good memory and can almost recite the entire nursery rhyme.
Tu Dan felt relieved, but Ma Xiaoquan was dumbfounded.
I was in a good mood at first, but who would have thought or dared to think that Ma Xiaoquan, the original fourth young master of the Ma family, would be so... unbearable?
"Ci'ao, you're so fucking fucked," Ma Xiaoquan couldn't help but cursed softly. He originally thought that he would be the fourth young master of the Ma family for a while, with food, clothing, housing, and a beautiful sister-in-law who is eye-catching. What's going on?
It should be good, but according to Tudan's description, Ma Xiaoquan, the fourth young master of the Ma family, was well-known to almost everyone in Beijing... He dared to do almost anything except not killing people.
Don't be afraid...bastard, prodigal, pervert, shameless, playboy, stubborn man, loser who was divorced by Miss Zhang...
"I'm a fool...this is too fucking big." Ma Xiaoquan was very depressed. The words coming out of his mouth sounded a little unbearable to him, who was pretending to be Ma Xiaoquan. Although this matter
There is no direct relationship with Ma Xiaoquan, but after these two days of stay, Ma Xiaoquan got to know more or less the situation of the Ma family...
There are four sons in the Ma family. The eldest, Ma Zhi, seems to be dead. The second, Ma Yuan, and the third, Ma Meng, all followed their father Ma Ruiliang in the fight against the Jurchens in Ningyuan. As for the fourth, he is the one who has been beaten to death.
Ma Xiaoquan stayed in Beijing.
"Well" Ma Xiaoquan squinted his eyes and thought to himself: Li Qinghan gave me a book by Baiyi Clan earlier and asked me if I recognized the words on it... Later, the old lady came over and asked me specifically...
..This Ma family is most likely the ancestor of my Ma family during the Ming Dynasty.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and frowned tightly.
At present, Ma Xiaoquan, the "original fourth young master" of the Ma family, has been beaten to death, and he, the "fake fourth young master" who looks almost exactly like him, is living in the Ma family. Now Ma Xiaoquan is facing all the problems.
There are two choices at the moment. One is to make it clear to the Ma family that he is not the real Fourth Young Master, so that he can still free up time to complete the task; the second is...
.. Even if you continue to pretend to be the fourth young master of the Ma family, you can still complete the task when the time is right.