Three Kingdoms: Ten Times Speed, Diao Chan Says I'm Too Fast

Within Wucun Township.

There is a large mansion in the village, covering a very large area.

The courtyard was surrounded by a wall made of yellow adobe bricks.

A wooden gate to the courtyard was open.

Men come and go from time to time.

Some were arrogant and happy, while others were dejected and full of grief.

Inside the courtyard, loud shouts could be heard from time to time.

The honest, simple villagers around here deliberately avoid this place when they pass by.

Today, the vast majority of villagers have gone to the city to go to the market.

But there were also some people who didn't like to work and were called idlers by the villagers, who gathered inside this courtyard.

There is no shortage of lazy people in any era.

The same is true in this day and age.

It seems that there are such people in every village and every township.

Diao Chan's uncle, Li Gou'er, was also one of these idlers.

This mansion, which gathered all the idle men in the village, was a place of chivalry that was extremely famous in the surrounding area.

The so-called heroes are not the great knights in Jin Yong's martial arts novels.

The terms "wandering knight" and "heroic knight" have mixed connotations.

Some chivalrous knights and heroes value loyalty above all else and are fond of making friends.

However, the vast majority of these terms refer to scoundrels.

That is, a hooligan.

The mansion in front of us belongs to the notorious "hero" and biggest rogue, Ma Sanjia.

Ma Sanjia has many brothers, as many as seven.

They migrated here from Liangzhou in their early years.

They were publicly said to be distant relatives of General Ma Yuan.

Of course, the villagers just listened and didn't take it seriously.

Liangzhou was even more bitterly cold than Bingzhou.

Moreover, due to the constant incursions by foreign tribes, the people of Liangzhou are known for their exceptionally fierce nature.

Although Bingzhou was similar, that referred to places like Yunzhong and Jiuyuan in Bingzhou.

Although Taiyuan is also located in Bingzhou, it is even closer to the Sanfu region.

Although the people's lives were hard, there was no invasion from foreign tribes.

Therefore, their personality is relatively much kinder.

As a result, after the Ma brothers settled down, they immediately became heroes in the surrounding area.

Relying on the large number of his brothers and their ruthless methods, they quickly gained a foothold in the area.

They also gathered some wandering knights from the surrounding area.

They run gambling dens and engage in forced buying and selling on a regular basis.

The people in the surrounding villages were angry but dared not speak out.

At this time, most of the villagers went to Jinyang City to attend the market.

Only the idle men from the village came to Ma San's house to continue gambling.

A group of idle men were gathered around a chicken coop made of a fence.

Inside, two fighting roosters are pecking at each other.

"Kick it, kick it, peck it!"

“Go, go, go!”

"Peck it, peck it!"

More than a dozen idlers surrounded the chicken coop, their faces red and necks bulging as they shouted at the top of their lungs.

Four or five wandering swordsmen, dressed in short clothes with their chests open and short swords at their waists, stood with their arms crossed and laughed as they watched.

Not far from the chicken coop are three rooms in a row.

Although it was also an adobe house, it was far better than Li Gou'er's adobe house.

The floor inside the house is paved with wooden planks.

There were more than a dozen tables in the main hall.

The main seat is a huge table.

On the table were roast chicken, mutton, roast fish, and cloudy wine.

Behind the desk, a burly man with a scar on his face sat.

He held a chicken leg in one hand and a wine bowl in the other.

A mouthful of meat, a mouthful of wine.

Two wandering swordsmen with short swords were standing in front of him.

He was looking down at Li Gou'er, who was kneeling in front of the hall with a bruised and swollen face.

The fierce-looking middle-aged man drinking and eating meat is named Ma San.

He is the most ruthless of the Ma brothers.

Although she was the third child in her family, she was the one who truly took charge.

"Dog, you've lost a total of five thousand coins to me since yesterday."

"Add the cost of the wine and meat, and I won't charge you more than five thousand five hundred coins."

"It's reasonable, isn't it? Not much, is it?" Ma San squinted at Li Gou'er kneeling in front of him.

Li Gou'er swallowed hard, then nodded cautiously: "Not much, not much."

"Alright then." Ma San smiled and put down the chicken leg in his hand. "I took a thousand coins from you, which means you still owe me four thousand five hundred coins."

"You don't have money, fine. I've already said I don't want it."

"Come on, bring me four fingers."

"One is worth a thousand coins."

"Let's call it even."

Ma San sneered at Li Gou'er and said, "Gouzi, don't say I'm ruthless."

"This is my livelihood. If I don't serve you today, how will I survive in the future?"

"Do it."

Ma San's gaze turned cold, and he gestured with his lip towards Li Gou'er's direction.

The two wandering knights standing in front of him grinned and walked towards Li Gou'er.

Li Gou'er was startled.

"Third Master..."

"Third Master... Third Master, please, please."

"I'm rich, I'm rich, I'm rich!"

Li Gou'er quickly waved his hands and begged for mercy.

"You have money?" Ma San was taken aback.

Li Gou'er was a notorious idler in the village.

He has a sick wife and only two acres of poor land, so they often have trouble even getting enough to eat.

If it weren't for the fact that there was an unmarried daughter in the family...

Ma San would never extend credit to Li Gou'er.

The threat of chopping off his hand was obviously just to scare Li Gou'er.

His target was Ren Diaochan, Li Gou'er's adopted daughter.

He had been eyeing Diao Chan for a long time.

However, it's not good to forcibly take it over, after all, there are still three elders in the village, and he can't go too far.

But if Li Gou'er owes money, he might use his adopted daughter to pay it off.

That makes sense.

That's his plan.

But Li Gou'er's sudden wealth surprised Ma San.

"Where is the money?" Ma San asked, frowning.

Li Gou'er quickly pointed in the direction of Jinyang City.

"Jinyang, Jinyang, the money is in Jinyang."

Upon hearing this, Ma San became furious.

"Grass!"

"You fucking tricked me!" Ma San roared, "Chop it off! Chop off his finger!"

"Third Master!" Li Gou'er immediately begged for mercy, "No, I'm not lying, I really am rich."

"Third Master, yesterday the head of the Moon Dance Troupe of the Wang family in Jinyang came to me, saying that he wanted to buy my adopted daughter Diaochan with one gold coin."

"I agreed and even signed the document."

"The thousand coins I received yesterday were the deposit that Master Zhang gave me."

"He will send someone to deliver money within the next day or two, and then take my adopted daughter Diaochan away."

"Third Master, I'm not lying, I really do have money."

Ma San was taken aback.

The Wang family of Jinyang?

There are quite a few people with the surname Wang in Jinyang City.

But they dared to call themselves members of the Jinyang royal family.

Moreover, one can pay one gold coin, which is ten thousand coins, to buy a woman.

It can only be that Wang family.

hiss~

Ma San frowned and took a deep breath.

Wang family.

That was an extremely powerful and influential family.

He can't afford to mess with them.

but.....

Ma San narrowed his eyes.

If what Li Gou'er said is true, then he really is rich.

only.....

What he really wanted wasn't money, but Ren Diaochan.

Ma San rolled his eyes, thought carefully for a moment, and then said to Li Gou'er, "Tell me everything in detail."

"If there's even the slightest lie, I'll rip your tongue out!"