Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan met Hua Yue's second brother, Hua Tianqin

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After dinner, Ma Xiaoquan invited Hua Tianqin to have tea together, and took the opportunity to hand over the salt transportation business to Hua Tianqin as soon as possible.

Hua Tianqin felt Ma Xiaoquan's sincerity, and couldn't help but admire it in his heart, hundreds of years ago, their Hua family still had some intersection with the Ma family, but in recent years, because Ma Ruiqing, the then head of the Ma family, went to Ningyuan to the border, and the Hua family itself has undergone great changes, so the two families have slowly faded away.

Although Hua Tianqin was not interested in being the head of the family, he felt that if he could pull Ma San and reconnect the Ma family through his line, so that the two families could rebuild the old relationship, it would be a good thing for the family.

Hua Tianqin picked up the teacup and said, "Third Brother Ma, are you in such a hurry to hand over the salt transportation business to me, is it because there are other things?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said, "Don't hide it, I've been out of Beijing for a long time, and this salt transportation is only my second stop."

"Second stop?" Hua Yue was pouring tea, and when she heard Ma Xiaoquan's words, she looked at him in surprise.

Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "The family has some small businesses in many places, of course, it is not as big as your Hua family, I want to take advantage of this time to walk around more, see the situation, understand the market"

Hua Tianqin said: "Brother Ma, are you very short of money?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "It's not that I'm short of money, in fact, I'm not short of money, but it's just that I'm not short of money, as a member of the Ma family, I always have to find a way to benefit the people of the family, well, more importantly, I should leave in the future."

"Leave? Where are you going? Hua Tianqin was a little puzzled, "Your brother is Ma Xiaoquan, a big celebrity next to the emperor today, Ma Xiaoquan is a deacon of Jinyiwei, it can be said that he has a lot of power, and Beijing is an important place in the imperial dynasty, heavily guarded, you can leave if you say go?" Have you told your brother about this? Have you told your father (Ma Ruiqing)? ”

Ma Xiaoquan and Hua Yue glanced at each other and lied: "Of course I said it, my father has been stationed in Ningyuan for a long time, and I'm afraid he won't be able to come back, in fact, the current person of my Ma family is my brother, uh, it can also be said that it is my fourth brother, Ma Xiaoquan, the fourth brother has been thinking about this for a long time, but it's not time yet, so we can't leave yet."

Hua Tianqin sighed, frowned, and said: "If I'm not mistaken, the informant in my family has come back many times to report, saying that your Ma family will always transport a large amount of money to Ma San over there in Ningyuan, are you really supporting the frontier, or is there something else?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and didn't say anything, he didn't want to answer this question, but he wanted to use Hua Tianqin's wisdom, I'm afraid he also guessed the purpose of the Ma family.

Hua Tianqin didn't mean to continue asking, he smiled and said, "Come, Brother Ma, since you are so hospitable, then I will take this salt for our Hua family, well, this is for you~" Hua Tianqin said, and threw a piece of pale white jade pendant on his body to Ma Xiaoquan.

Ma Xiaoquan took the jade pendant, rubbed it twice in his hand, and exclaimed: "This is a natural Hetian jade, the color is excellent, it is the best of the best, huh?" Is there a word on the jade pendant? Tianqin Order? Brother Tianqin, what is this? ”

Before Hua Tianqin could speak, Hua Yue was surprised: "Ah, second brother, I finally saw it today, you actually gave him such a precious thing?" ”

Hua Tianqin nodded: "The third brother Ma entrusted such an important business to our Hua family, then our Hua family also has to be sincere, your second brother and I have nothing else, just this thing is the most useful, so I will exchange courtesy, oh, it's the first time I've taken it out in front of outsiders." ”

Ma Xiaoquan flipped over the jade pendant in his hand, and asked Hua Yue curiously: "Yue'er, what is this Qinling?" The jade pendant named after Brother Tianqin is closely raised? From small to large? ”

Hua Yue smiled and shook his head: "No, this day is Qinling, but it is one of the supreme tokens of my Hua family, with it, you, you can drive all the forces in the family."

"What? No way? Ma Xiaoquan was taken aback and looked at Hua Tianqin, "Brother Tianqin, this little jade pendant has so much energy?" ”

Hua Tianqin smiled and said nothing, while Hua Yue pouted dissatisfiedly: "What do you think, there are three such tokens in the family, one is in the hands of the father, one is in the hands of the fourth brother, and the last one is in the hands of the second brother." ”

Ma Xiaoquan became interested and asked Hua Yue: "How can this token of supreme power be in the hands of Brother Tianqin, you said that it is normal for your father to have a piece, and it is normal for your fourth brother to have a piece, but it is all new and old family heads, there should be, but Brother Tianqin has a piece, I don't understand"

Hua Tianqin still smiled and said nothing, and Hua Yue explained for his brother: "Because the second brother has the least power in power, hum, second brother, I don't understand, you still haven't jumped out of that woman?" ”

"Women?" Ma Xiaoquan looked at Hua Tianqin, and the other party sighed and shook his head gently.

Ma Xiaoquan patted his head and said, "I understand, Brother Tianqin loves beauty and doesn't love power, hehe"

Hua Tianqin smiled bitterly and said: "No matter how great the power is, what can you do, if you can't be with the person you like, even if you get the whole world and be worshiped by the whole world, your heart is still empty."

Hua Tianqin is right, but since ancient times, countless people have paid a lot of money in order to ascend to the Supreme Throne, and those people did not know how much they had to love? Of course, there were, but in the end they were still eaten away by the desire for power.

Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Tianqin has such an epiphany, I really admire~"

Hua Tianqin shook his head: "It's not an epiphany, it's true that I'm not interested in power, I intrigue with people all day long, I can't live my true self, tired, really tired."

"Oh, I suppose that's why you were able to get this piece of Heavenly Order, right?" Ma Xiaoquan asked.

Hua Tianqin nodded.

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and joked: "Brother Tianqin, then you are not afraid that I will take this piece of Tianqin Order of your Hua family and make trouble everywhere?" ”

Hua Tianqin laughed, shook his head and said: "I believe that the three brothers Ma are definitely not such people, on the contrary, unless you are really out of line, I think you will use this token, right?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded, gave Hua Tianqin a thumbs up, and then he threw the token to Hua Yue, who was standing aside, and said, "Brother Tianqin is right, I really don't plan to use this token, well, the token will be handed over to Yue'er for safekeeping~"

Hua Tianqin nodded with satisfaction, in fact, he wanted to test Ma San (Ma Xiaoquan) at the beginning, to see what else he would do after knowing the importance of Tianqin Ling, now it seems that at least on the surface, this Ma San is worthy of deep friendship.

Hua Yue took the order of Tianqin, carefully put it away, and then reached out and nodded Ma Xiaoquan's head: "Dead ghost, such a valuable thing, how can you say throw it away?" ”

Before Ma Xiaoquan could speak, Hua Tianqin laughed: "Little sister, the three of them are good, well, you marry him, I think if my father knows, there should be no problem."

Hua Yueqiao's face flushed, and she muttered: "Second brother, you have a lot of words, hum"

Hua Tianqin was stunned for a moment, and Ma Xiaoquan glanced at each other, and the two laughed

Late at night, Ma Xiaoquan was reading in the study, according to the custom, he had to read a book for a while before going to sleep, at this time Hua Tianqin had already gone to bed, and Hua Yue also went back to her room to rest.

The door to the room was not closed, and at that moment, a dark figure suddenly flashed in.

Ma Xiaoquan raised his head, subconsciously glanced at the door, and then said to himself: "Well, it's time to rest~"

"Hehe" a yin and yang weird voice suddenly sounded, "Rest? Why take a break? ”

Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, and raised his head vigilantly to see that on the beam of the study, an old man dressed as a guard was hooking the beam with his legs, and he smiled dryly.

Ma Xiaoquan frowned and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The old man smashed his mouth, turned over, and jumped down dexterously, and then he walked unceremoniously to the desk, picked up the teacup that Ma Xiaoquan had drunk, and drank the remaining tea in the cup.

Ma Xiaoquan thought about it carefully, and said in his heart, could this old man be Hua Yue's father?

However, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it, because the height of this old man is really not qualified, Hua Yue and Li Qinghan are about the same height (one meter seven by visual inspection), and Hua Tianqin is even taller, at least one meter ninety, and this old man is as tall as Cao Cao in the past (about one meter sixty-two), and that look, how does this old man look cheap, and he doesn't have the temperament of a superior person at all.

Ma Xiaoquan squinted his eyes and thought back to Hua Yue's appearance and Hua Tianqin's figure, and finally determined that this old man would definitely not be their father, but if the old man could enter the chief steward's mansion unnoticed, then it was very likely that he was a master old man sent by the Hua family.

Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoquan politely bowed his hand to the old man and said, "The seniors visited late at night, I don't know what happened?" ”

The old man grinned, pouted and said, "I won't hide it from you, I was sent by the Hua family, well, that kid from Tianqin should have arrived too, right?" ”