With Lin Qian's permission, the Ice Plains scattered people prepared gifts, disguised themselves as caravanserans, and went all the way to the city of light, the seat of the Benjamin family. When I entered the city, I found the gate of the family, and made a report, and immediately a steward came out to inquire.

"Who are you, what are you looking for the head of my family?" If it weren't for the fact that this group of merchants brought a lot of things, the steward wouldn't even want to ask.

The Ice Plains Sanren took off the hat on his head and replied with a smile: "The Magic Guild belongs to come and ask to see!"

"Come on, take them down!" the steward was startled when he heard this, and immediately called for someone to take them down.

"I have no ill intentions in this trip, I just want to see Patriarch Benjamin!" the Ice Plains immediately shouted. The voice was heard far away through the wind magic, and even Benjamin within the family could hear it clearly.

"Dare to roar here, take it quickly!" Now that the two sides are hostile, not to mention that the day of the decisive battle is approaching, what else is there to talk about?

As soon as a few guards wanted to step forward and make a move, they felt that their legs were as heavy as a thousand pounds, and they could only struggle in place. When the steward saw that the other party was still a magician, he thought that he couldn't keep his hand anymore, and he urged the magic to sneak attack the short magician led by him.

"I can't help myself. With a slight wave of his hand, an ice arrow shot out and landed at the doorpost next to the steward's head.

"Come on...... Someone ...... coming."

"Stop. Benjamin appeared at the right time and faintly interrupted the steward's order.

The Ice Plains Sanren immediately stepped forward to salute: "Patriarch Benjamin, the president of my family has sent me to discuss something. ”

Benjamin didn't answer, and looked at the truckloads of goods escorted by the team outside, and there was confusion in his eyes.

"Oh, these are dowry gifts for Miss Sophia, and the president of my family has specially sent me to escort them. The Ice Plains said lightly, not feeling that there was anything wrong with it.

As soon as this sentence came out, Benjamin's eyes immediately became a little angry, if he didn't want to see what tricks Lin Qian played, he would have done it directly.

Unmoved, Icefield Sanren continued: "Patriarch Benjamin must not know yet, my family president is very fond of Miss Sophia, not to mention that the two already have a ...... For the sake of the lady's reputation, the president was in a hurry to give the dowry. ”

"Nonsense!" said Benjamin, who knew that Sophia might have done something inappropriate to save people, but would never do anything else.

The Ice Plains Scattered Man approached and whispered, "Patriarch Benjamin is angry, this matter is related to Miss Sophia's reputation, can you take a step to speak?"

Benjamin came to his senses at this time, looked at the surrounding and many other family members, and thought that this matter must not be publicized, so he had to lead the Ice Plains Sanren into the courtyard and to a reception room.

Benjamin sat on the throne and thought about it carefully, Lin Qian's proposal was nothing more than an attempt to use this matter to win him over in order to provoke the relationship between several major families, and this trick was actually too underestimating him.

"Don't hide it from the patriarch, here to propose, and to be a lobbyist. "The Icefield Sanren have no secret of their purpose.

"Lobbyist, do you want to convince me to join you?" Benjamin wanted to laugh a little, it seemed that Lin Qian was not very good at employing people, although this person had survived in the Ice Pole Center, but he didn't seem to be good at diplomacy.

Bingyuan Sanren nodded and admitted: "Yes, the proposal is just an opportunity, in fact, I am here to persuade the patriarch to rethink the situation." ”

"Isn't the situation obvious, if you were sure of victory, you wouldn't have come to me. Benjamin still understands this.

"Yes, that's one of the reasons for this. However, the patriarch only saw our situation, but not his own situation. ”

"Oh, what's the situation?" said Benjamin, listening to what the other side had to say.

"We don't have the certainty of victory, but do you have it, Patriarch?" said the Ice Plains Sanren unhurriedly, "Since you joined forces with other families, have you ever had an advantage in anything?" Otherwise, the Magic Guild Guild Leader would not be the current Lin Gongzi. ”

"Last time, it was the people of Nanyang who intervened. Benjamin remembered the events of the last time and was still a little haunted.

"The patriarch is only half right, even if the people of Nanyang don't interfere, there will be others who interfere. If each family only cares about its own interests, I don't think the outcome of this decisive battle is unknown. ”

Benjamin believes this, except for Andre, who has a more upright personality, the other patriarchs are more shrewd than the other, and their small abacus is crackling, and when the time comes, they will only want to save their strength.

Seeing that he had a little bit of a move, the Ice Plains Sanren continued: "Even if we lose this decisive battle, then what does the patriarch want to do next? Will you directly fight to the Blue City and destroy the empire, or continue to go back and become a lord?"

"This ......" Benjamin really didn't think about it, he just thought about winning this battle, and didn't think about what would happen next.

The Icefield Sanren continued to add to the fire: "Patriarch, don't forget, the empire also has a king who is in retreat, and you should know something about his strength, even Lipsus only dares to hide in the face of him." To tell the truth, the reason why President Lin suddenly decided to conquer the north was not a whim, but the inevitable situation, didn't the king think about this when he was there? You can stop it for a while, but you can't stop it for a lifetime, and when it comes to your descendants, if you still stick to a city, you will be annexed sooner or later. As the head of a family, don't you want to make a living for your family?"

"What do you mean by taking refuge in you?" Benjamin was very calm on the surface, but in fact, his heart had become a little shaken. The other party is right, according to the family's development model, it will always be stuck in one corner, how can it resist the power of a country?

"If it was before, so to speak, but with Miss Sophia, I think this can be said to be a marriage. Once married, it's an equal family, and it's only good for your family, and it's much more worthwhile than working with a few other families with different agendas. "The Ice Plains Sanren brought up the one that persuaded Lin Qian.

"I'm just this one of you, who will inherit the position of patriarch if you get married?" Benjamin's intention has actually been revealed, he agrees with Lin Qian as a way out, but has some opinions on the way of cooperation.

"Patriarch, you're wrong," Bingyuan Sanren had already prepared his words, "The patriarchs of the past dynasties were mostly men, and the daughter's family was already easy to be talked about. To put it mildly, if you die and leave a daughter in charge of the family, who will help her sit firmly in the position of patriarch? Moreover, after the two gave birth to a baby boy, they could regain control of the family, and there would be no more gossip. I think that with your body and bones, you can slowly raise this baby boy and wait for him to become a great talent in the future. ”

Benjamin immediately saw hope for the future, to be honest, he did think about the inheritance of the family in the future, so he poured his heart and soul into Sophia, passing on his life's experience to her, so that she became an immortal master at a young age. It's just that this kind of training method also makes Sophia not ask about the world, and she has become a simple and willful girl without scheming, which is very unfavorable for taking charge of the family in the future.

"What Your Excellency said is not unreasonable, but I am still in an alliance with other families, how can I suddenly break my promise?" Benjamin deliberately said it rightly, and his original intention was to ask the Ice Plains to take the idea to cover up the fact that he had betrayed the alliance.

The Ice Plains Sanren immediately relieved his worries: "Our magic guild has always served the magicians of the world, of course, including your family, the addition of the patriarch is to set an example for the magicians of the world, I believe that those magicians will respect you even more." What's more, you married your granddaughter to the president of my family, so you are naturally one with us, so don't worry about this fragile alliance. As for these stubborn families, after they are exterminated, they will naturally not gossip. ”

"So...... It's fine, but ......" Benjamin still didn't let go, obviously still having concerns.

"What other concerns does the patriarch have?" "The Ice Plains Sanren was really a little impatient, thinking to himself why did you do so many things, so you just agreed to it.

"It's good on my side, Sophia's side...... You don't know, she has been pampered since she was a child, and I'm afraid that she won't agree, and something will happen when the time comes. "The marriage of nobles has always been decided by parents and elders, but Benjamin did not dare to be the master of his granddaughter.

"This ......" Bingyuan Sanren was also a little difficult, saying so much, it turned out that the final decision still depended on that woman.

"I'm not married!"

When the two were in trouble, a crisp voice came, but Sophia heard someone talk about today's incident and rushed over to stop it.

When the people of the Ice Plains heard this voice, their hearts were cold, could it be that they came here in vain today and talked nonsense for a long time?

"Nonsense!" In front of outsiders, Benjamin still had to assume the identity of the head of the family, and immediately reprimanded.

Sophia didn't give Benjamin face at all: "Grandpa, you said before, if I marry someone, I have to decide for myself, I won't marry any president, he is a stinky rascal who doesn't know what to do." ”

"Hooligans?" Benjamin thought to himself, could Lin Qian still be lighter than her?

"May I ask Your Excellency, what is the character of the president of your association? Could it be that he is still a thief?" The tone of these words was a little unkind, and it was related to the happiness of his granddaughter, and Benjamin did not dare to be casual.

How could the Ice Plains Sanren know what happened in the house at that time, even if they knew, they wouldn't say it, so they hurriedly replied: "The president of my family has always acted above board, but when the two of them were treated in the house, the president didn't know an inch, so there must be a misunderstanding." ”

This kind of explicit remark made Sophia's face flush, and she quickly left in shame. He had seen Lin Qian all over the place, especially the "middle" with a deep memory, and he hated it very much.

Benjamin caught a glimpse of Sophia's face and thought that it might have been a misunderstanding, but for the sake of insurance, he still explained his conditions: "If you want to propose, please ask President Lin to come in person, I can guarantee his safety, but I want to see if he has this sincerity." ”