Jiang Wen, who returned to Dawangfeng, inquired for a few days and finally heard the news that Ma Dashan wanted to take a concubine.
That night, the Ma Mansion was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the house was crowded with guests. It was a festive and peaceful atmosphere. The reason was that Ma Dashan was going to take a concubine today.
Ma Dashan was dressed in red and beaming with joy. He congratulated everyone he saw. This time he invited all the prominent figures in the town, and his whole family was also on the list. Therefore, the spacious Ma Mansion seemed to be full of seats.
"Mr. Ma, I haven't said congratulations yet!"
"Mr. Gu, we are all delighted. Hurry up and take your seats! No one is allowed to leave first today!"
When there are a lot of people, people tend to talk too much, and when people are too crowded, they can’t control themselves. The custom of enjoying a banquet has been around since ancient times, and no one took it seriously as a big sin. Therefore, Miss Hongdou’s mother was nominally deceased and was lying in bed.
Zhu Xiaoqian, the cat burglar from the woodshed, also changed into men's clothes and walked swaggering around Ma Mansion, congratulating everyone.
"Oh, this stinky girl is really lucky. If the old man hadn't been so old and ugly, he might as well have stayed as a young mistress..."
Zhu Xiaoqian sighed as she walked, and then whispered, "No, it's too bad to be a concubine after raising a daughter for so many years! You can't wear a red wedding dress, and you can only get married through a side door in the middle of the night. No matter what, you have to be a stinky girl."
Only the main room will do!"
After secretly following Ma Dashan around the house, Zhu Xiaoqian still remembered the purpose of her trip - to return to Yangzhou after finishing this job. Just in time, her daughter said that she had found a smart little girl that she could take away with her.
"Master Ma! Long time no see!"
Zhu Xiaoqian pressed her fake beard firmly, pretended to bump into Ma Dashan, and then said quickly, "I've been looking for you for a long time!"
Although Ma Dashan was beaming with joy, he also asked strangely: "Who are you? Why don't I have any impression?"
Zhu Xiaoqian hugged his shoulders and pushed him away without any explanation: "It's me! Look carefully, you were caught in debt that day at the brothel, and you lent me a thousand taels of silver!"
Ma Dashan was also confused: "Really? I drank too much that day, but the housekeeper didn't tell me..."
Zhu Xiaoqian acted like an adult doesn't remember the faults of a villain, then pushed him forward and said loudly and deliberately: "I won't talk about this today! I want to talk to you about a big deal that will make you rich and powerful. There are many people here.
Let’s go to the backyard and talk…”
The more Ma Dashan listened, the more confused he became, but he felt that the little man opposite was very strong and even dragged him to the backyard - followed by a group of business owners who pricked their ears and pretended to be walking.
"Why are you catching me! Who the hell are you!"
Seeing the other person repeating those two sentences over and over, but refusing to even reveal his name, and bragging about how he drank wine without paying for it, Ma Dashan finally got mad.
"If you don't make it clear, I'm going to call a bodyguard! My newly hired number one nurse is very powerful!"
Zhu Xiaoqian's actions were quite rude. She half-covered her face to prevent the other party from seeing through her disguise. She peeked at the room and saw that the pre-arranged red light had been turned on. She immediately opened her voice and said loudly: "I just saw your bodyguard sneaking around."
The evil spirit has entered the bride's house! I'm kind enough to tell you privately, but you still dare to doubt me, and that's a big deal!"
Just as the throat-tearing voice rang out, a woman's cry for help instantly rang out from the back room.
"It's an indecent act! Someone, come quickly! Someone is indecency!"
The time, place, and people were all gathered together. Under the suspicion of the squires, Ma Dashan's anger that had been brewing for a long time finally burst out. He took a few steps to push open the door. Sure enough, he saw the newly hired number one bodyguard standing in the room, holding one hand.
Pulling Hong Dou's sleeve, Fang Zhengchu pitifully called for help.
Zhu Xiaoqian deliberately slowed down and fell behind, hiding behind the doorpost and listening to the conversation inside.
"I saw her stealing things and chasing her in. The things were hidden on her body."
Hong Xiguan's face turned cold, his voice always made people feel ice-cold, but he never let go of his arms.
Hongdou was wearing a wedding dress and said with tears in her eyes: "Master, it was him who teased me... He even took off his underwear just now, and here he is..."
After that, he threw out a pair of old underwear, "They're all torn... If you don't believe me, just look at him and see if he's not wearing any underwear!"
Hong Xiguan frowned, faintly aware that something was wrong.
"The underwear was washed and torn by Wen Ding, how could it be in your hands?"
But seeing that Official Hong Xi couldn't answer, Ma Dashan's lungs almost exploded with anger.
"Asshole! She is the one I want to marry, and I will be happy to give you anything! Do you still want to search her?"
"Yeah!"
The gentry who were watching the excitement repeatedly agreed. It wasn't until they saw Ma Dashan's murderous eyes that they quickly changed their words and said, "Uh... we are saying that he should be arrested and brought to court!"
Ma Dashan became even more angry, "Catch him? Can you beat him?"
After that, he pointed at Hong Xiguan and cursed: "I kindly took in you father and son, but you came to molest my woman! Get out of here right now! Take your son and get out of here right now!"
Zhu Xiaoqian hid beside the corridor pillar, looked at Hong Xiguan, whose eyes were as cold as stars, and quickly covered her face, "You can't see me, you can't see me, I'm just passing by..."
At this time, Hong Xiguan also knew that there were plum blossoms in the melons and fields. He couldn't explain it and walked straight through the side door. Soon he heard two bangs and the sound of the door being closed forcefully.
"Great, this troublesome guy has been driven away. As long as I wait for this smelly old man to be poured out tonight, I can't just take as much gold, silver and jewelry as I want..."
Zhu Xiaoqian walked in the door, exchanged subtle glances with her daughter, and happily slipped back into the main hall, found a table and started eating, waiting for the wine to be exhausted and everyone to disperse, so that work could begin.
But the theme of the night was obviously to clink glasses and have a banquet, but it always ended up with banging on the door. Not long after, another door - this time the door of Ma Mansion was violently pushed open.
The government servants who used to collect money and do things now stood in front of the wolf-like officers and soldiers, calling the door with a livid face.
The housekeeper of Ma Mansion bravely greeted him with a smile: "My lords, our master is very happy today. Please hurry up and take a seat..."
Before he could finish his words, he was pushed away hard and staggered.
A tall, bear-like military leader stepped forward and flicked out a government memorandum out of thin air.
"Your Ma family has colluded with the Southern Shaolin rebels, and our correspondence has been seized! Anyone who disobeys will be killed on the spot! If I count to three and don't hand over the Southern Shaolin rebels, don't blame us for being ruthless!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in chaos. Both the servants and the guests wanted to find Mr. Ma Dashan and find out what he meant!
But on Ma Dashan’s wedding day, people were watching her private affairs. At this moment, she was still in the backyard and didn’t dare to see anyone. How could she possibly know what happened for a while?
Zhu Xiaoqian, a seasoned veteran, flipped up the table in an instant, took the opportunity to blend into the panicked crowd, and quickly dodged to the backyard, intending to escape through the back door, but her own light skills were more than enough to escape.
But as soon as she stepped forward with her front feet, there were already screams one after another from behind, and the sound of tears splattering with blood!
"They are serious! Run, daughter!"
Zhu Xiaoqian closed the side door leading to the backyard and shouted loudly.
"The Little Fifth Patriarch is indeed hiding here."
When he turned around, he found that the back door had been opened long ago, and the backyard was already filled with murderous Qing soldiers, led by a monster monk dressed as a lama, who was smiling and grabbing the four children found in the woodshed.
"You just said...who are you trying to tell to run away?"