Chapter 558: Grudges and Entanglements

"Master Hu is auspicious, may Master Hu be blessed and prosperous..."

"Douguan paid his respects to Master. We haven't seen him for three to five days. Master has become more handsome. Douguan will kowtow to Master first..."

"Head...head..."

"..."

When Hu Ma returned to Zhumen Town, before Hu Ma was even two miles away, countless little angels suddenly swarmed in front of him, vying to come and pay homage to him.

The most diligent ones rushed to the front, one was a lame kid, kowtowing as if pounding garlic, and kowtowed four or five times in an instant. The other was a cheerful kid wearing a small official uniform. He was respectful and dignified, and kowtowed seriously. .

Behind them, there was a group of weird looking guys, including Xu Xiangzhu's, bald old Zhang's, and I couldn't tell who they were from, but these brats were because the first two performed too well. , suddenly felt ashamed and forgot to speak.

At the end, you can see a little headless ghost, which also wanted to come and report the news, but the paper head was blown away by the wind, and it is chasing after it. When the wind blows, it takes a few steps and circles twice. I couldn't catch up, so I forgot to say hello to Hu Ma.

"No need to say it, I know everything. Just go back and let your master feel at ease."

Hu Ma also had a headache when she saw so many little heads buzzing around. She didn't have time to ask them one by one, so she comforted them and asked them to disperse. At the same time, she reached out and took out a piece of blood food for the lame kid.

So, the lame kid jumped up and went away happily, only attracting envious looks from other kids.

We entered the town without disturbing others along the way. From a distance, we could see outside the town, square camps and clusters of soldiers and horses. They were well arranged and lined up for twenty or thirty miles. They were divided into front and rear camps. It looks like it has some military majesty.

Walking further in, we arrived at Zhumen Town. We were surprised to see that we had only seen each other for a day. Not only did this Zhumen Town have no sign of the man going to suppress Kongkong, it actually looked more orderly and even more domineering than the camp outside.

It makes sense when you think about it carefully. The outside is for General Baoliang, but everyone knows that General Baoliang protects the Red Lantern Empress. So doesn’t the temple in this town have to be stricter than the outside?

Not only were there people guarding every intersection, but there were also people with swords and armor patrolling everywhere. The only thing that was a bit awkward was that because the guards were so tight, it didn't look like they were protecting the Red Lantern Lady, but like they were locking her up. I came here to avoid her sneaking away.

Arriving in front of the guard, Hu Ma wanted to smile and say something nice so that he could enter the town, but unexpectedly saw Xu Xiangzhu coming out of the town, with a serious expression and a sad face. When he saw Hu Ma, his expression suddenly changed and he immediately indulged. The horse came after him.

Two or three feet away, the man had already rolled off the horse, looked at Hu Ma, opened his mouth, but did not speak, just looked straight at him.

Hu Ma smiled and said, "What's wrong?"

Xu Xiangzhu looked at him with a serious expression and lowered his voice: "My family, don't beat around the bush. Now that I'm talking to you, do I need to kneel down and kowtow? How many times?"

"Kowtow to what?"

Hu Ma looked surprised: "I always call you uncle."

"You are by that noble man's side..."

Xu Xiangzhu looked anxious and spoke in a lowered voice. He was nervous, excited, and obviously confused with a bit of surprise. It was really hard to see so many expressions on one person's face at the same time.

Hu Ma looked at him and suddenly said: "What noble person?"

"ah?"

Xu Xiangzhu glanced at Hu Ma's waist. The smiling mask was still tied there. Moreover, he was wearing the same clothes as yesterday. But since they didn't recognize him, he had no choice but to take a long breath and said, "Understood." , I know all the rules.”

"Xian...nephew...brother...hey, it's okay to call me grandpa..."

"But no matter what, you have to tell me everything. If you say a word in Zhuangzi, I will call a bunch of old guys here, join the food protection army, and fight a few stupid battles without thinking. , but how could I have imagined that now that we have reached here, it will be difficult to enter the city..."

"..."

Looking at Xu Xiangzhu's anxious face, hesitating to speak, Hu Ma laughed softly and said: "Uncle Xu, you are not an outsider. I have something to say, as a gift..."

As he said this, he leaned over and bowed slightly before saying: "...I can't say too much about people who are running errands for people. Now is the critical time for the food security army to enter the city. The situation is naturally dangerous, but you think it's because of the powerful things in the city. Or is that noble man more powerful?"

Xu Xiangzhu's brows suddenly relaxed, and he whispered: "So, who knows everything about this place?"

"Haha, we can't say whether that person knows. Anyway, when those people from the city came, the noble man knew it. Otherwise, can I persuade Uncle Xu to lend a hand?"

"Just remember, don't be distracted by the movements on those faces, or lose your focus at the critical moment. When this happens, we will meet in Mingzhou City, that's it."

"..."

Hearing this, Xu Xiangzhu's face turned red with excitement, and he repeatedly raised his hands to Hu Ma: "From now on, please don't call me Uncle Xu anymore. You call me nephew, and I just call you uncle. I didn't expect that my old Xu is in trouble." After so many years in the world, he still has such a good life. "

Hu Ma was speechless when she heard this. She also knew that with these words as a foundation, if the Red Lantern Empress wanted to leave the food protection army, then the following shopkeepers and incense owners would probably not agree, so she also said a few words with a smile. .

Then he was not polite and asked Uncle Xu to help him find a secluded house in this town.

He didn't say who he was waiting for, but just opened one door and left the other door open, and then sat in the hall waiting, and ordered a pot of tea, drinking it slowly.

This is the rule of Bu Chi Niu.

As soon as he returned to the town, Bu Chi Niu's disciples knew that he was coming, but they didn't know whether it was convenient for them to come and pay their respects directly.

Open one door, close one door, and they can come when they see each other.

"Master uncle has great magical powers, Miao Shan has opened her eyes..."

Sure enough, less than half of the bowl of tea was drunk, someone came, it was Miao Shan Fairy.

She personally led a horse, and behind the horse was a cart full of things. When she entered the yard, she came forward to kowtow, and waited for Hu Ma to exempt her from this ceremony, then she hurriedly got up and took out a wine jar-sized, exquisitely carved wooden box from the cart.

Holding it with both hands, Hu Ma took it in his hands, opened it and looked at it, then put it under the table, and looked at the car behind her: "Why did you bring so many things?"

"Ah?"

Miao Shan Fairy was stunned for a moment, and felt a little embarrassed: "These are all my luggage, clothes, things I usually use, money to buy rouge, needles and thread, etc..."

"... I brought this box to my uncle for official business."

"..."

"Okay..."

Hu Ma was a little helpless, thinking that this is a big deal, do you think it's just moving?

Seeing that Miao Shan Fairy saw her, her eyebrows were full of joy, and she glanced at her from time to time, and smiled: "Why do you come up to praise someone?"

Miao Shan Fairy hurriedly lowered her voice and said: "I knew that the leader was extraordinary, but I didn't see it clearly before. Now I know that the leader has such a good method and actually got close to the stupid young master in the mountain..."

"Miao Shan, I really admire the leader..."

"..."

Hu Ma didn't feel surprised when he heard it.

In the past few days, some people had already arrived at Bushiniu. Maybe when he just arrived in Zhumen Town, some of them came early. They also saw him appear as a ghost ghost. According to their cleverness, they had already found out about this identity.

So he tilted his head slightly and smiled: "Aren't you worried about me?"

Miaoshan Fairy was stunned: "Why should I worry?"

Hu Ma thought about it and it was a bit difficult to say too much.

The name of Hujia Zhensui Mansion came from the evil spirits such as the reincarnated. Logically, the Hu family should have a deep hatred with the reincarnated.

But it seems that whether it is Erguotou, whom he knows, or Miss White Wine, they just treat the people of the Hu family as ordinary ten surnames. They are afraid of them, but they are only afraid of the ten surnames, not particularly afraid of the Hu family.

If it is said that the reincarnated people of this generation are just too low-key and don't know what happened in the past, it makes sense, but Bushiniu is a disciple of the first generation of reincarnated people, and the previous generation of reincarnated people should have suffered from the people of the Hu family.

It would be normal if the hatred in the heart of the previous generation of reincarnated people was passed to Bushiniu, but now it seems that Bushiniu has no special feelings towards Zhensui Mansion?

‘Is it that Miaoshan, this idiot, doesn’t know, or that Bushiniu’s disciples don’t know? ’

Originally, Hu Maliang deliberately gave up his identity as the ghost ghost, and he had thought about how to explain it, but now that he saw that Miaoshan didn’t care about it, he didn’t say it specifically, but just smiled and said: “I said Mingzhou would be lively, what do you think now?”

“Great.”

When Miaoshan heard this, she became happy and praised: “We have been running the Yiqian Sect for many years, making friends with masters and wealthy families, and always paying attention to the situation in the world. We held the Lantern Festival to earn a reputation, just to create momentum and achieve great things.”

“Unexpectedly, while we were still preparing, Mingzhou suddenly became powerful, and the momentum was stronger than ours. When the brothers came here, they were all surprised, I am rubbing my fists and ready to do something big..."

"..."

Here, he paused for a moment and said, "They are all waiting everywhere. Uncle Master wants to summon them as the leader?"

"...It's not that they don't come on their own initiative. There are also rules in the sect. They are not of high status and cannot be seen without being summoned."

"..."

"Not for the time being, just help me to speak if there is anything. With my status, it is not good for me to see too many people."

Hu Ma waved his hand, looked at Miao Shan Fairy seriously, and said, "Don't just say nice things. Don't you see the difficulties here?"

"This..."

Miao Shan Fairy was stunned. When she spoke, she seemed to lack confidence. She whispered, "Uncle Master, let me be frank. The grain protection army has no chance of winning."