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.
"Master Ma, I haven't said congratulations yet!"
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 on the list. Therefore, the spacious Ma's Mansion seemed to be full of seats.
"Mr. Gu, we are all delighted. Hurry up and take your seats! No one is allowed to leave first today!"
There are too many people to talk about, and there are too many people to control. The custom of having a banquet has been around since ancient times, and no one took it as a big sin. Therefore, Miss Hongdou’s mother is nominally deceased and lying in bed. Zhu Xiaoqian, the cat burglar from the firewood shed, 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 house 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 head-on, 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 put her arms around his shoulders and pushed him away without any explanation: "It's me! Take a closer look. 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 on purpose: "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 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 took a peek and saw that the pre-arranged red light had been turned on in the room. 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 sounded, 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, with one hand. Pulling Hongdou's sleeve, Fang Zhengchu pitifully called for help.
Zhu Xiaoqian deliberately slowed down and fell behind, hiding in the doorpost and listening to the conversation inside.
"I saw her stealing things and chasing her in. The things were hidden on her."
Hong Xiguan's face turned cold, his voice always made people fall into despair, 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, right here..."
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 Hong Xiguan 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 kept agreeing. 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, "Arrest? 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 on the edge of 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 melon field, and he couldn't explain it. He walked straight through the side door and soon heard two bangs and the sound of the door being closed forcefully.
"Great, this troublesome guy has been driven away. As long as we wait for this smelly old man to be drunk tonight, we can take as much gold, silver and jewelry as we want..."
Zhu Xiaoqian walked in the door, exchanged subtle glances with her daughter, and happily slipped back to 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 clinking glasses and having a feast, 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. If you come to drink, 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 threw 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! Don't blame us for being ruthless if they don't hand over the Southern Shaolin rebels even after I count to three!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in chaos. Both servants and guests wanted to find Mr. Ma Dashan and find out what he meant!
But on the day of Ma Dashan’s wedding, 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 was happening 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, planning 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!
"Damn it, they are serious! Run away, daughter!"
Zhu Xiaoqian closed the side door leading to the backyard and shouted loudly.
When he turned his head, 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 holding on to the four children found in the woodshed with a strange smile.
"The treasure map is indeed hidden here...Who did you say you wanted to tell to run away just now?"
