Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 168 Assassination Fireworks
After a while, Aunt Niu ran over, "What's the matter?"

"Aunt Niu, there is still one in its stomach that can't get out."

"Grab its four legs and lift it."

"Oh." Ma Min'er picked up Fat White carefully, for fear of hurting it.

"Slap it on the back."

Following Aunt Niu's words, she patted it on the back. Ma Min'er obviously felt the rabbit's muscles move, so she put it down quickly, struggled, and finally a little rabbit came out.

Fat Bai lay down on the ground as if deflated, and found that it was fine. Ma Min'er was relieved, then remembered to wipe the sweat from her forehead, as if she felt someone staring at her, turned her head, Sure enough, it was him, with an embarrassed smile: "Fat Bai's mother and child are safe."

Liu Zaili chuckled slightly, "How many were born?"

"nine."

"Good numbers."

"It's a good number." Ma Min'er turned her head, "Yue'er, let's go out quickly and let Fei Bai rest."

"Okay." Ma Yue'er has already cleaned the rabbit's nest quickly, cleared away the smelly wood sawdust, replaced the general, and adjusted the cotton curtain to keep out the wind, and went out of the fence with the second sister.

There is a small room outside the fence. The Ma sisters quickly washed their hands and faces, and changed their coats by the way.

Half a mile away from Ma's yard, there was an old beggar lying under a withered vine. A few days ago, Father Shi saw him walking around and wanted to talk to him, but he ran away when he saw him, and it was a mess. Even if he wanted to show kindness, he couldn't.

His son Shi Dakuan said: "Father, if people ignore you, you should stop talking and go back to eat quickly."

"Didn't I look at the snow so deep that he would freeze to death lying here? It's not good."

Shi Dakuan looked at the courtyard of Ma's house: "Accordingly, it shouldn't be!"

"It shouldn't be." Father Shi understood what his son said, "Even if the masters are busy and can't see it, the servants of Ma's family will reach out to help if they see it. How could they let him lie in the snow?"

Shi Kuan looked at the old man in the snow again, "Father, what should we do?"

"What else can we do? Our father and son saw it. Of course we took it home. Find a doctor to show him. If there is nothing else, help him find a home. If there is no home, help him find a job. In our Xiaowang The village can always survive."

"That's true." Shi Kuan said, "Father, give him a hand, and I'll carry it."

"Okay!"

By the time Ma Sanlang knew that Fat Bai had been born, it was too late, and the little rabbit could open his eyes.

"Little sister, you don't call me?" Ma Sanlang pouted.

Ma Yue'er pursed her lips, "You and your elder brother want to make an appointment, so it's not a delay for you."

"Hee hee, that's true."

"The right door?" Liu Zaili asked interestedly.

"Yeah, brother Liu, my brother is writing, let's go and have a look together." Ma Min'er felt that she had to find something for Liu Zaili to do, and it was not a thing to follow her.

Liu Zaili smiled, "Then go and have a look."

Ma Dalang was writing the match, and it was almost ready. When he saw Liu Zaili coming, he quickly put down his pen and bowed his hands: "The king of the county——"

"Just like your sister, call me Big Brother Liu."

Ma Dalang glanced at his sister, and said kindly: "Brother Liu, there is still a couplet for the main entrance that has not been written, why don't you wave your pen?"

Liu Zaili looked around, the table and the floor were covered with couplets everywhere, "You want so many?"

Ma Dalang smiled back: "The folks brought red paper and asked me to write."

"I see."

Seeing that Liu Zaili was interested, Ma Dalang immediately walked to the pen stand, "Brother Liu, what kind of body are you good at?"

"Feibai." (It is a special brushwork in calligraphy. Some of its strokes are parallel to the dry silk, and the strokes are prominent at the turning point, which produces strength in writing, making the dry brush feel blank, so as to strengthen the rhythm of the work sense and rhythm.)
Ma Dalang was startled, and immediately chose a medium brush pen for him.

Liu Zaili took the pen and walked to the Eight Immortals table in the middle. Peng Xiaohe had already cut the red paper and spread it on the table, "You just said it was the main entrance?"

"Yes, Brother Liu."

"Then I'll choose Yan Zhenqing's regular script!" Liu Zaili said with a smile.

Ma Dalang just wanted to watch Feibai, but he felt a little regretful, and suddenly felt that he was right to choose Yan Zhenqing's regular script, firstly, not everyone can appreciate Feibai, and secondly, in the countryside, people don't know how to appreciate it, so it is still Yan Zhenqing's The block letters are dignified and majestic, magnificent and just right.

Ma Dalang stood next to Liu Zaili and watched him write with a pen. He is really worthy of being a nobleman in Beijing. The pen falls on the paper like flowing water. She doesn't know calligraphy, and she can tell that his handwriting is very good.

"It's amazing." Ma Sanlang couldn't help boasting. At the age of 13, he is practicing calligraphy hard, and he already knows how much effort it takes to write well.

Liu Zaili concentrated his attention, not being disturbed by the outside world, he hung his wrists upright and wrote in one go.

Ma Min'er took the lead in applauding, "Good word."

For a person like Liu Zaili, when ordinary people praise him, he will not be overjoyed, but Ma Miner is different, she is a happy little lady, seeing her eyes full of admiration and admiration, in satisfaction, secretly said, I And let her eyes have joy and admiration, just like the way I look at her.

Ma Min'er felt uncomfortable being watched by him, and when there was nowhere to hide, Xing'er came in from the outside, walked up to Ma Min'er, and whispered something to him.

Ma Min'er immediately raised her head, "I have something to go out for a while." After finishing speaking, she turned around and walked out the door, thinking that Xing'er came too timely, but she did not expect to encounter bloody incidents.

Not far from Ma's courtyard, many villagers surrounded the clump of dead vines, some whispered and some pointed.

Niu Dabao squatted aside with his head in his arms, Shi Chunyue stood beside Xiaobao with his arms in his arms, his expression indifferent.

"My God, it's actually my in-laws, I... didn't recognize it." Old man Shi shook his head and sighed.

Shi Kuan snorted, "I said, why didn't you let us save him? It turns out that he also knows that he has no face to let us save him."

The old man lying on the ground didn't have a good cloth all over his body, his unkempt hair was soiled, and the locks were clumped together, as if he hadn't washed it for three years. The old dirt on his face Along the creases of the face, they are black and dusty, making it impossible to see the original appearance. If Shi Kuan hadn't pulled his arm when he was about to carry him, he found that the little finger was twisted and bent, which looked familiar, and there was no Think it's him.

"Father Shi, I heard people say that he rubbed your daughter with the woman he married later so that your daughter would not be born, so you still save him?"

"I..." Father Shi didn't know what to do.

Shi Kuan looked at his brother-in-law, "Dabao, he is your father, you can do whatever you want."

Hearing his brother-in-law's voice, Niu Dabao raised his head, "I...I didn't treat him badly, and I have pension money every month."

"What about the money?" a villager asked.

"I... I don't know."

Someone said: "It must have been corrupted by your stepmother."

"I guess so." Someone agreed.

Shi Kuan said loudly: "Dabao, let's go, take your old man back to Xiaoniu Village, and ask them to settle the score."

A well-informed person said: "My family has relatives from Xiaoniu Village. I heard that the Niu family has moved away."

"What, we moved away. We have such a good life in Pingding this area, how could we move away?" Someone was surprised.

Shi Kuan snorted coldly: "I must have taken my Dabao's money and fled, and then left him behind."

"What a crime!"

"Isn't it a crime?"

……

When Ma Min'er arrived, she saw such a scene. Seeing Xiao Dong's coming, Shi Chunyue quickly put down Xiao Bao and walked to her side, "I'm sorry, Xiao Dong made you laugh."

"I heard that he has been here for more than ten days."

Shi Chunyue shook her head, "I don't know either, if my father hadn't called me, I wouldn't have known he was the one sleeping under the withered vine."

Ma Min'er still knows about Niu Dabao's family, logically speaking, bad people should have bad karma, and let the cause and effect recur, otherwise there would be no godsend.

Everyone looked at Ma Min'er, waiting for her to make a decision.

The heavy snow stopped and fell, and the whole field, including the path, was covered with a thick layer of snow, except for birds, everything would leave marks on it.

When the man in black jumped out from the snow, Ma Miner immediately told everyone: "Lie down, protect yourself!"

Shan Xiaodan pulled out the dagger tied around his ankle, and immediately stabbed the oncoming assassin. The assassin was thrown away, but it was not his dagger, but King Yancheng who jumped up from behind.

"Brother Liu, please protect the villagers, they are innocent."

When Liu Zaili nodded, he had already waved his hands to let some of his men attack and some protect the villagers.

As the men in black continued to pour out, Liu Zaili's bodyguards who had disappeared when they reached Yunshui appeared, and a fierce battle was about to begin.

Father Shi and the others were so frightened that they lay down on the ground without daring to move. While worrying about their lives, they finally understood that it is not easy to be rich and powerful. Whenever there are nobles from the Ma family, there will be assassins. , This wealth is really not something ordinary people can enjoy.

Shan Xiaodan tightly guarded Xiaodong's house. For some reason, she always felt an inexplicable sword energy protecting Xiaodong's house. How could this be? She kept searching for the fighters nearby, whether it was the man in black or Liu She scanned all the guards in Zaili, and felt that the sword energy came from the man in black, but the man in black is not the one who kills, how could he protect Xiaodong's family, what's going on?

Ma Min'er knew that she was a seductress, and that these men in black wanted to kill Liu Zaili. She felt that this guy was a troublemaker, and she couldn't get too close to him, or she might die that day.

It wasn't until half an hour later that the man in black was shot away by Liu Zaili, and he paid a big price. Several of his guards died, and on the white snow, except for the corpses, there were scarlet bloodstains.

The target of the man in black was Liu Zaili, and he didn't have the time to kill the common people, but many of them were fainted by fright, and they were carried back by their families in the end.

Niu Dabao's father was also carried back.

"Little boss, put him in the small wooden shed."

Ma Min'er asked: "The small wooden shed has been built for several years, will it leak rain or snow?"

Niu Dabao replied: "Young master, don't worry, the small wooden shed has been repaired all the time, and there are people living in it when the farming season is busy."

"That's good. Find him a doctor quickly. We'll talk about everything after he wakes up."

"Little Boss, I understand." Niu Dabao wiped away his tears, "If it weren't for my father's business today, you wouldn't have suffered a random disaster, almost..."

"Stop talking, let's go!"

"Yeah." Niu Dabao wiped away his tears again, and hurried to find someone to help.

Only a few villagers were injured, Ma Min'er asked people to take money to comfort them, and everyone finally dispersed.

Liu Zaili stood there, his whole body was colder than the cold air emanating from the snow.

Ma Min'er glanced at him quietly, "Is it important?"

Turning his head away, Liu Zaili put away all the hostility in an instant, "It's okay, you've been with me before, you should know, this is normal for me."

Ma Min'er pursed her lips, looked at the guards picking up the snow, turned and went home.

Liu Zaili stared at her back for a long time without moving.

Ma Qifeng had heard the fight outside a long time ago, and was held back by Fu Xiaoyou desperately, not letting him go out. Seeing his daughter coming back, "Min'er..." his face turned pale.

"Father, it's not against us."

"I...Of course I know it's not targeting us, but it's really..." Ma Qifeng looked outside the door, but he didn't dare to speak out.

"Father, the villagers are quite frightened, I'll ask Xiao Youjie to send some money to suppress the shock."

"Okay, okay, it should be..."

On the night of New Year's Eve, it was really troublesome. Ma Min'er cheered up and asked with a smile, "Brother, have you posted the couplets?"

"Uncle Shan is helping." Ma Dalang was a little unprepared, and looked at his elder sister with self-blame. If only he was not greedy to go home, King Yancheng would not come, and there would not be so many assassin.

Ma Min'er shook her head and smiled at her eldest brother, signaling him not to blame himself, some things don't just happen if you don't want them to happen.

Ma Qifeng sighed.

Ma Min'er cheered up and clapped her hands, "Everyone move quickly, except for waiting at the gate, everything else is posted."

"it is good."

After finally having a reunion year, Ma Miner decided to abandon all unhappiness and celebrate the new year happily.

Under Ma Min'er's mobilization, everyone ignored the big fight just now, and the sumptuous dinner was almost ready, and the chef had to use the spoon.

"Aunt Niu is busy, Aunt Shan, I'll follow you."

"Okay, little boss."

"Aunt Shi—"

"..." Shi Qiuju stood behind the crowd, never expecting that Xiaodong's family would call her, and rushed to the front in a panic.

"Aunt Shi, you and Xing'er line up tables and stools and let the little girls serve the dishes."

"Oh, yes..." Shi Qiuju has been standing behind people, and she was not allowed to light the fire recently. She started to serve dishes and collect tables, and was very unaccustomed to doing things in front of people. With the encouragement of her daughter and Aunt Shan, she was not timid in doing things. up.

Ma Min'er looked at the submissive Aunt Shi, and thought, I'm easy, I have to worry about big and small things at home and outside, I really want to lie on the bed and do nothing.

She probably forgot that she will become a princess and be the master of the house, and there will only be more things to do in the future. No, she decided to train more capable stewards and servants, and become a worry-free shopkeeper herself.

Until it got dark, in Ma Miner's time, it was around seven o'clock in the evening, and all the dishes that could be served first were already on the table. If it wasn't for Liu Zaili, the Ma family would have already started to move.

"Aren't you here yet?" Ma Min'er asked.

Shan Xiaodan shook his head, "I've called twice."

Ma Qifeng said: "Dalang and I will go again."

"No, I'll go." Ma Min'er said.

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The secret guard stood in front of Liu Zaili, and was reporting the news of the investigation: "Your Majesty, there are two people who came to assassinate, one is Xia Zhen's man, and the other has not been found yet."

"Is Naba, the one with few people, from Xia Zhen?"

"Yes, the king of the county, Xiangzhou prefecture Ling County also sent a team, and there were so many people in that team, the people who joined us escaped."

"Xia Zhen... Xia Zhen..." Liu Zaili twisted his fingers habitually: "Leave the obvious ones alone, and check the unknown ones. I want to see who else wants to kill me."

"Yes, the king of the county."

Ma Miner took Shan Xiaodan out of the back of the main hall and walked towards the backyard. After a while, she arrived at the guest room at the back. There were many guards in the short corridor. Immediately report: "Lady Ma is here!"

The hidden guard in the room disappeared in an instant, and when Ma Min'er came in, he saw Liu Zaili sitting alone on the single sofa, "Brother Liu, it's time for dinner."

Liu Zaili raised his eyes, "I have no appetite."

"But tonight is New Year's Eve, how about some soup?"

Liu Zaili shook his head, "No, I want to rest."

Although Liu Zai felt that the centrifuge was too deep and he was arrogant, but at the moment he left his hometown, it was not appropriate to let him sit alone. Thinking about it: "Brother Liu, let me have a few bites with you."

Hearing this, Liu Zaili's eyes lit up, and joy overflowed his face.

Uh... Ma Min'er instantly felt like falling into a pit, "I... I can only stay with you for a while."

"It's okay, it's fine for a while." Liu Zaili smiled.

Ma Min'er turned her head: "Miss Shan—"

"Little boss—"

"Take two small casserole pots with charcoal fire, bring some vegetables, and bring some ready-made wet noodles."

Miss Shan turned and went out.

Ma Min'er thought for a while, and then called out: "Miss Shan, bring the wine from that small jar too."

"okay, I get it."

After Shan Xiaodan left, Ma Min'er said, "Brother Liu, let's sit at the small table by the window, they will bring the ingredients in a while."

Liu Zaili stood up with a smile, "Okay."

Before the food arrived, Ma Miner found some safe words to chat: "It was so nice to see your handwriting in the afternoon."

"I'm not good at writing facial expressions."

"If you are not good at writing so well, it would be great if you are good at it." Ma Min'er complimented moderately.

Liu Zaili was very happy: "Want to see the characters you are good at?"

"Okay!" The words were sincere admiration, but Ma Min'er was just looking for something to talk about. I didn't expect the lofty Liu Zaili to be so active and enthusiastic.

Before Liu Zaili returned to the desk, his attendants had already spread out the paper and picked up the pen.

Ma Miner had seen Feibai in the exhibition hall, and she seemed to prefer block letters to other calligraphy.

Liu Zaili wrote very seriously, his brushwork was different from that of the day, and he seemed to follow the vigorous and vigorous brushwork, which complemented the soft temperament.After waiting for him to finish writing, Ma Min'er said, "Good writing."

Liu Zaili asked, "You speak good words during the day, but now you speak good words, so what's so good about it?"

Ma Min'er was blocked by the other party's smile, and said: "I know it looks good, but as for whether it is good-looking or good-looking, then I don't understand."

"Haha..." Liu Zaili laughed out loud at Ma Min'er's truth, "To be honest, I wasn't in a good mood until you came in."

Ma Min'er understood why the other party was in a bad mood, "That...don't worry about that, and have a good New Year."

"Yes, Er Niang, you're right. I don't want to take it to heart. It's a noble spring spring. If you don't pay, you will get something."

Ma Min'er didn't answer. At this moment, smiling and listening is enough.

Liu Zaili stepped forward and sat down on the small table, but didn't say anything more. Even if a person like him sighed and complained, he would only point to the end, and it was impossible to say more.

Ma Min'er followed to the table and sat down beside him. Now she didn't dare to find anything to say, and she didn't know what to say, she waited silently.

Fortunately, Shan Xiaodan arrived soon with the two young girls. After a while, the small table was full. Ma Min'er helped Liu Zaili order the casserole. The ingredients in the casserole were already boiling hot. It was cold for a while, and now it was on fire again, and after a while, it rolled again, "Brother Liu, the ingredients in the small plate in front are all half-cooked, put what you like in the casserole and boil it."

"it is good."

It was already dinner time, and with the assassination in the afternoon, both Ma Min'er and Liu Zaili were hungry, and they both ate a lot without saying a word.

Ma Min'er thought about having a reunion dinner with his family, so he controlled the amount of food and ate six layers of fullness. For Liu Zaili, compared with his sisters, it was still more, so he thought The little lady sincerely accompanied him to eat, and she was in a good mood.

After eating, Ma Min'er accompanied him to digest, and made a pot of green tea for him, "Relieve the greasy, Brother Liu, have a drink." Shen handed him the teacup.

Liu Zaili looked down and saw some tender buds floating on the clear tea, which smelled faintly and gave people a sense of peace, "Thank you!"

"You're welcome." Ma Min'er smiled and said, "Brother Liu, I'm going back to the front yard first, and I'll ask you to watch the fireworks when the fireworks are set off at night."

Hearing that we could meet again, Liu Zaili released him and nodded, "Okay."

Ma Min'er gave a slight salute, turned around and went out. After turning around the corridor, she trotted to the front yard and to the restaurant. Sure enough, everyone was waiting for her, and she said nothing else, "Miss Shan, close the door. Let's eat New Year's Eve." Supper."

"Ok."

Ma Qifeng breathed a sigh of relief, with the arrival of his daughter, it finally felt like a reunion dinner.

"Father—" Ma Min'er raised his wine glass, "If it weren't for Aunt Wan's confinement and Xiao Wu is too young, our family would be a real reunion dinner. The family is only going to prosper."

"Yes, what Min'er said is right, our Ma family will become more and more prosperous." Ma Qifeng held his wine glass with a bright mood.

The brothers and sisters of Ma Dalang also stood up, holding the wine glasses, the juices thirsty, and the New Year's Eve dinner has begun.

Tonight, the table is full of big dishes, including beef, mutton, chicken, duck and fish. Everyone chatted and laughed. Ma Miner and Ma Dalang even brought the funny things they encountered outside to the table and told them. , how lively the atmosphere is.

The whole New Year's Eve dinner lasted until nearly eleven o'clock, and before the table was cleared, Masanlang couldn't wait to take out the fireworks, and the three brothers and sisters of the Shan family took turns to set off fireworks with other servant girls.

Ma Min'er trotted to call Liu Zaili, and turned her head while shouting, "Brother Liu, hurry up, or we won't be able to catch up."

When Liu Zaili heard the cry and went out, the sound of firecrackers in the front yard had already rang out. When he looked up, the fireworks flew into the sky. He smiled slightly and looked at the little lady who turned her head and waved to him. The small white face and the bright smile were reflected in the fireworks extremely brightly. In the past and present, this scene was deeply imprinted in his mind, and he couldn't shake it off.

"Brother Liu, don't stand still, hurry up..." Ma Min'er waved vigorously, the Yancheng County King who looked like Jin Han just smiled and didn't move, she hurriedly turned around and ran a few steps, stretched out her hand Pulled him to run to the front yard.

Ma Min'er didn't hold hands, but just tugged on his sleeve, afraid of any misunderstanding, but... For someone who likes me, even a slight movement will be hinted that the other party likes me.

Uh……

Ma Min'er suddenly felt that it would be nice for her to celebrate the New Year with her brother of ten years—Jin Hanlai.

In the front yard, Ma Sanlang was having fun, ignoring Liu Zaili's identity, "Second Sister, hurry up and set off the fireworks!"

"Okay...Okay..." Ma Miner jumped and laughed excitedly, extremely happy, "Brother Liu, this is for you, you can try it."

Liu Zaili was also infected by this atmosphere, and became happy along with it.

"Niu Xiaobao, be careful..."

"Xiaoshan, let it go quickly..."

……

The yard of Ma's house was filled with all kinds of cheerful sounds, and the girls who were lighting the fire and tidying up in the kitchen were also attracted by the fireworks. One of the little girls frowned slightly when he saw Ma Min'er and others dancing in the yard, and secretly thought, if the master knew that he would The little daughter-in-law jumped up and down with Yan Cheng, she didn't know what expression she had, but she raised her eyebrows gloatingly.

Seeing that her companion didn't run away, the little girl in front turned her head and shouted, "Xiao Ren, why don't you come here?"

"Oh." She was shrewd and agile a moment ago, but now her complexion suddenly changed, she was dull and honest, and when others told her to run, she ran away, clumsy like a duck.

"Haha..." The little girls who were lighting the fire and tidying up all laughed loudly, "Why is Xiao Ren so cute and interesting.

Interesting!Xiaoren, who was named Xia, frowned. Her eyes were on Shan Xiaodan. This girl has good qualifications. Foolishly use a short knife to block, is the short knife used to block?It's for offensive purposes, I can't even figure it out, and it's too inappropriate to be the personal girl of the future princess.

Xia Xiaoren couldn't help sneezing, did that paralyzed face speak ill of me again?

In a certain yard or in a certain wing in the distant Fucheng County Prince's Mansion, Xiaowen drank a glass of wine to warm up, "Dayou, it's really not easy to have a glass of wine with you."

The tall man called Dayou rolled his eyes, "As long as you want to drink, anytime, anywhere, what are you feeling?"

"Of course I have to be emotional. The four of us grew up together, and now only three of us celebrate the New Year together. Can you not be emotional?" Xiaowen was a little sad.

Dayu didn't care: "When the king of the county gets married, we can drink together anytime we want."

"I'm afraid some people won't want it!" Xiaowen curled his lips and glanced at the serious and startled Mo.

Jing Mo raised his lower eyelids, didn't bother arguing with him, and continued drinking.

　There are new characters appearing!Guess what she does!

　　Xia Xiaoren: "Do you still have to guess? You made it so obvious!" He rolled his eyes.

　　Me: "Uh..."

　　Fan Keai: "Could it be that she is..."

　　Xia Xiaoren stopped: "Don't say...don't say..."

　　
　
(End of this chapter)