Chapter 38 Ma Wude's Calculation

Just before Ma Wude prepared to inform Shen Shiyan of the content of the plot task of the second step, he first asked Shen Shiyan to sit on a very comfortable soft chair, and he was quite hospitably made a pot of hot tea for the other party. After greeting Shen Shiyan to take a few sips, he slowly said the contents of this "Five Horses Enter Picture" Righteousness. At this time, Shen Shiyan drank a few mouthfuls of tea and only felt that although the tea was old and the color and shape were not perfect, it had its own taste. After a few sips, Shen Shiyan put down the teacup and listened carefully to Ma Wude's explanation.

Ma Wude himself also picked up a cup of tea. After drinking two or three sips, he first sighed for a long time, and then said an old story about Ma's Villa: "By the way, our Ma's Villa originated from a righteous army in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. At that time, the ancestors were born in troubled times, with low status and no ability, and could only maintain a basic livelihood for long-term and short-term construction sites. After three or five years, the diligent ancestors have finally matured and have a certain understanding of the development of the times and various forces in the region. After that, the ancestors tried to do their own business. After repeated failures, they finally won the favor of Li Shiming, the second son of the Tang King in Taiyuan, Shanxi, and became a logistics official under his account. The glory and wealth of our Ma family has also begun a period of rapid rise since..."

While drinking this strange taste of tea, Shen Shiyan paid attention to the deeds of Ma Wude's own ancestors. Although there were many doubts and surprises in his heart, it was inconvenient to interrupt the other party at this time. He could only think slightly in his heart: he could not imagine that the origin of Ma's Villa could be traced back hundreds of years ago to Sui. Tang Dynasty. In this way, all kinds of antiques in this study are very likely to be real? However, I don't know that the old guy called me in so trustily and talked about so many secrets. What mission do you want me to go to? I have to be careful myself. It is often the time of this kind of trust, but it is also very likely to be the time to be hit.

Ma Wude, who focused on narrating the story, seemed not to care about the slightly changed look on Shen Shiyan's face, and still told himself: "When the son of the ancestors was in charge of the Ma family's property, our Ma family had become one of the five merchants under Li Shimin, the king of Tang Dynasty. At this time, this ancestor was ordered to come to the southwest. On the one hand, it served as a bridge of cooperation between allies, and on the other hand, it was actually a good foundation for the king of Tang to unify the world in the future. ...In this era, because the people of the past were divided and scattered, the Ma family in Yunnan was divided into five, that is, the five senior officials you are familiar with now: the second master 'destroying the hands of the horse', the third leader 'iron abacus Ma Wuren', the fourth leader 'I am proud of Ma Wuzhi', and the fifth 'Baimei scholar' Ma Wuxin, and the big boss Ma Wude. ......”

At this time, Shen Shiyan still looked focused, but Ma Wude paused for a moment and looked up to see Shen Shiyan's expression. Instead of joy, he immediately pulled down his face and said, "Do you think I'm deliberately delaying your time? Or do you think I've said so much that I haven't drawn the real content, and you're a little unhappy? These words made Shen Shiyan a little puzzled. He had not yet answered, but a sudden thought came up in his body and instantly controlled his words: "Senior, what you have taught me is that the younger generation does blame you for speaking too slowly and don't get to the point."

After listening to the sentence "Shen Shiyan", Ma Wude had more smiles on the corners of his mouth. But as the speaker himself, Shen Shiyan was a little confused: I didn't want to speak, why did I spit out my true thoughts? Could it be that this old guy used some illusion on me just now? However, before he could figure out the reason, the previous thought once again occupied his mouth and talked about this psychological activity. The smile on Ma Wude's face was even more, but Shen Shiyan had to stop his thoughts quickly to avoid being so exposed again next time. As for why it was like this, he could only expect Ma Wude to tell him later. I hope the other party would not still narrate the story like this.

However, Ma Wude at this time unexpectedly said the key point at once. His look became indifferent, as if he had seen him for the first time. Ma Wu said coldly, "Brother Shen, don't panic. Those just now are just because I used some illusions on you, so I asked you not to ask yourself. As long as you stop thinking nonsense, naturally there will be no such events again. Now I will tell you the key content of the second step: to be honest, the five brothers of the Ma family seem to be extremely united outsiders, but in fact, there have been decades of struggle internally. Do you know why? Ha ha, just because people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, just like you just entered my study, isn't it a little greedy? Don't look so frightened, I won't blame you for this. At least you need to know that even if you can enter this study, it may not be so easy to take away one or two treasures.

After listening to Ma Wude's words, Shen Shiyan's forehead was dripping with sweat, stopped the impulse to curse, and quickly arched his hand to apologize: "Thank you, Elder Ma, for not caring about the boy's fault. I will never dare to think so much in the future. From today, the boy must do everything for his predecessors to repay his trust. After saying that, Shen Shiyan immediately poured a cup of tea for Ma Wude and respectfully served it to the other party.

Ma Wude proudly took the tea. After tasting it, he continued to say, "In the past 20 years, our five brothers have been fighting for a bloody battle, and now it is also a critical time. Among them, the second brother was neutral, the third one obeyed my orders, the fourth died on the battlefield, and the fifth brother served the Duan family of Dali. Therefore, your current task is not too difficult. All you need to do is to give this letter to Mr. Ma Wuzhi behind the villa for me. And the main content of this letter is to calm the hatred between our five brothers. Are you willing to do a great merit?"

Speaking of this, Ma Wude handed over a fire-sealed envelope to Shen Shiyan. Shen Shiyan had no doubt that he was there and respectfully took the letter, thinking that it was not a hard work such as killing monsters anyway. He only needed to complete the task of this letter seal to reconcile their five brothers, which was also a good thing. It's just that this old guy is too weird and changeable. I really don't know if there is any other conspiracy in it? ... Just as he was about to continue to guess, his mouth had already shaken out all the previous words.

Shen Shiyan immediately stopped thinking and his face was embarrassed. Ma Wude looked at Shen Shiyan "hehe", but he was not as cold as before: "If you put it in those days, I'm afraid I will kill you with one slap. Now? Ha ha, seeing that you are so cute and recommended by Cao Zheng's old friend, I will forgive your unintentional words again. Now that you still have doubts like this, I will give you half of the reward in advance!" After saying that, Ma Wude put a golden light in his hand to cover Shen Shiyan, but it disappeared faintly. Obviously, the reward this time is not an experience value, but a state of some kind of bonus. Shen Shiyan quickly checked his attributes and only saw the above line of text stating, "Status skill name: Tianshang Jinguang given by Ma Wude, state skill level: first layer, state skill effect: ensure that the other party is free from injury for a certain period of time, and the current duration is 3 hours." Seeing such a good state, Shen Shiyan immediately thanked Ma Wude, but the latter smiled faintly. After giving Shen Shiyan a new cup of tea, Shen Shiyan naturally drank it immediately.

A few minutes later, Shen Shiyan was ordered to go out to the dilapidated hut northeast of Majia Villa to find the horse five fingers, which was said to be the highest generation of Majia Villa. However, what he didn't know was that just after he left the study, Ma Wude immediately raised three rounds under the stone wall. After operating according to a certain rule for a few weeks, the gap in the stone wall was opened, and a large area of dark inside, Ma Wude immediately walked in. When he came out, he took out a round ball in his hand and said with a smile, "This Shen Shiyan really thought I would have any illusions? In fact, it's all due to this ball. If not, how can I force you to do something for me?

Thinking of this, and thinking of Shen Shiyan's frightened look before, Ma Wude's face smiled like he had been beaten and swollen: "An ignorant young man who dares to secretly plot against me is really bold! Humph! As the saying goes, there is a mountain and a mountain high. How can your little trick be blindfolded by me? This time, I will give you a golden light from injury, but that doesn't mean that the 'horse five fingers' locked in the woodshed will not take any other action against you! Hahaha, this trick of me to kill people with a knife must make you remember deeply, right? Speaking of this, Ma Wude clapped his palms, and eight elite bodyguards immediately poured out in some dark corners of the study.

These eight bodyguards are first-class masters who have followed Ma Wude for many years. They can only see their eight-foot bodies, all of which are tough bodies, and their muscles are very powerful, and do not affect their movement speed and reaction ability. After listening to Ma Wude's instructions, the eight bodyguards said in a low voice on their faces, "Big Master, do we really want to deal with Shao Er and Shao Si? You should know that only the two of them are still by your side. If we continue like this, I'm afraid that the five heads of Dali will be very sad..." However, before the eight bodyguards finished speaking, the emotion and hesitation on Ma Wude's face had flashed by, and he immediately changed into a vicious look: "You eight were also bought by the two of them. ? Hearing the old man's order, he still didn't take action. While Shen Shiyan is entangling with the 'Ma Five Fingers' now, it is a good time for you to test the evil species of Ma Wuyi. You guys...get out!"

Eight bodyguards had to obey their orders to go out, leaving only Ma Wude staring at the "Five Horses Enter the Picture" on the stone wall in place. Although they were a little reluctant, they said in a cold tone verbally: "Brothers, since ancient times, they have become kings and losers, and victory is the big loser. Bear, of course you already know this. I'm afraid that doing this now is not against the original intention of this picture handed down by my ancestors, right? If it is against, I can only ask you to hell to reason with the ancestors of our Ma family. Ha ha, I will miss you in the world.