Chapter 38: Ling Er's Worries

  Sun Shangxiang came in and saw that it was Ling'er riding on the horse, with a tall young man leading the horse and running alongside.

  This young man is Ma Chao's cousin, Ma Dai, 17 years old this year. He has a slightly thin but robust build and the same fair skin as Ma Chao, a handsome mixed-blood with Roman ancestry.

  He smiled brightly, running alongside and carefully watching Ling'er on the horse. Ling'er was riding a tall horse like the sweat-blood horse for the first time, feeling tense and excited, giggling non-stop.

  Sun Shangxiang arrived at the front of the building and saw Huang Yueying standing at the gate, lost in thought, so she greeted her.

  Huang Yueying smiled and continued to look into the courtyard, Sun Shangxiang also followed her gaze and turned around.

  Ling'er was tired from playing and wanted to get off the horse. The tall body of the sweat-covered horse made Ling'er a bit afraid, but Ma Dai carefully lifted her down. Ling'er's small face was bright red, but she didn't show any signs of displeasure. After getting off the horse, the two stood together, and they really were a matching pair.

  Huang Yueying said thoughtfully: "Ling'er should find a husband's family now." Sun Shangxiang also smiled in agreement. (Beautiful cotton candy)

  For two days in a row, there was no news from Sun Quan, and since it wasn't anything urgent, Ma Chao's family lived peacefully at the Inviting Moon Mountain Villa. Zhuge Jun didn't go anywhere these past few days, instead accompanying Ma Chao in idle chatter. When they talked about martial arts, he suddenly wanted to try out Ma Chao and see how good this legendary master's skills really were.

  After he made the request to engage in a martial arts contest with Ma Chao, Ma Chao had not yet expressed his opinion. Sun Shangxiang, who loved excitement, clapped her hands and cheered first. Ma Chao thought to himself: "You little rich boy, what kind of martial art do you know?" But out of politeness, he agreed. He just thought about playing along with him, being careful not to hurt him.

  Sun Shangxiang is good at martial arts, after moving here, she built a martial arts arena by the lake and often practiced with her female soldiers. She also brought many weapons and filled up the weapon racks.

  Arriving at the martial arts arena, Ma Chao asked Zhuge Xuan what kind of weapon he usually used. He said he used a sword, and Ma Chao also picked up a wooden sword to compete with him in a sword fight.

  Zhuge Jian made a sword salute according to the rules. Ma Chao saw him showing off and smiled, saying "Be careful." He stabbed at Zhuge with one sword, but intentionally held back some of his strength for fear of hurting him.

  Zhuge Yun dodged and weaved, wielding his sword to deflect the probing attacks, allowing Ma Chao's two swift swords to pass by. He spotted an opening and stabbed forward with one sword. Ma Chao saw the sudden movement and was greatly startled, hastily dodging to the side but a step too late, taking a hit to the abdomen. Fortunately, the sword tip was wrapped in hemp cloth, otherwise he would have been injured.

  Meng's family shouted and wanted to come forward to check. Ma Chao stopped her, waving his hand to indicate that nothing was wrong. He put away his contemptuous heart and fought with Zhuge again in the next round.

  Zhuge Jian's swordsmanship championship wasn't given to him for free, the moves he practiced were not routine, but rather a distillation of the experiences of his predecessors into precise killing techniques. Ma Chao's true specialty was the long spear, and his swordsmanship was no match for Zhuge Jian's; after a flurry of frantic movements, he was struck by a single sword and conceded defeat.

  Ma Chao did not dare to be arrogant anymore, and chose a long spear from the weapon rack to compete with Zhuge.

  Zhuge Jin was skilled in some hand-to-hand combat and only knew swordsmanship among weapons, so he could only confront him with a long sword.

  Ma Chao, with his long spear, was the valiant and invincible Ma Chao. With one thrust of his spear, he seemed like a dragon flying up and down, and in a short while, Zhuge Jun was exhausted from running around, hit by two spears and defeated.

  Zhuge said sincerely: "If it comes to fighting on the battlefield and killing enemies, Ma's skills are still more practical."

  Ma Chao knew he was speaking from the heart, and he also admired his swordsmanship. He put down his weapon, came over to grab his hand and said: "Little brother is truly an extraordinary person, at a young age, you have established such a large career, invented so many things, and your swordsmanship is so impressive, it's the only genius I've ever seen in my life. I have a proposal."

  He said with a smile, looking at Zhuge Jun with appreciation: "I and my younger brother have a good rapport from the first meeting. If you don't despise me, I would like to become sworn brothers with you, what do you think?"

  Zhuge Jin was overjoyed, as Ma Chao, a world-renowned hero, was willing to form a fraternal bond with him. He hastily ordered the preparation of an incense table and exchanged eight bows with Ma Chao to seal their friendship.

  In the following days, Ma Chao waited at the Inviting Moon Mountain Villa for news from Sun Quan, with Zhuge Jun accompanying him in idle chatter every day.

  Ma Chao and his wife visited the factory accompanied by Huang Yueying and others, praising him and Huang Yueying to the skies.

  Ling'er and Ma Dai were quite compatible. After Huang Yueying hinted at this to Zhuge Jun, the two also found excuses to create opportunities for them to meet. As a result, Ling'er and Ma Dai became very familiar with each other.

  Sun Quan finally arrived and had a secret conversation with Ma Chao for a whole day, the content of which only the two of them knew. That night, Sun Quan accompanied Ma Chao to dinner and then left.

  Ma Chao's visit this time had another purpose, which was to contact Liu Bei. After contacting Sun Quan, the opinions of the two families, Sun and Liu, on resisting Cao were consistent. He also unexpectedly made friends with Zhuge Jun, so it was not necessary to have a detailed discussion with Liu Bei.

  Ma Chao told Zhuge Jun that everything had been settled, so he wouldn't attend the auction tomorrow and would leave. Zhuge Jun knew he was burdened with important tasks and didn't detain him, saying he would see them off tomorrow instead.

  Ling'er heard that they were going to leave, and she felt a bit annoyed in her heart. She stayed in her room, thinking about her troubles. Huang Yueying walked up to her side and whispered a few words into her ear. Her small face immediately turned bright red, revealing a radiant smile.

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