Chapter Ninety-Four: Hearts and Mouths Are Inconsistent
In this bloodless battle, Lin Qian took the opportunity of Boris's wedding to wipe out most of the hidden killers in the city, and the remaining small part should also be much more convergent, and this time is the warm-up stage for preparing for the decisive battle.
The little princess Elena learned about Lin Qian's situation and transferred some royal magicians to help, although Lin Qian thought that her actions were a little inappropriate, but she still accepted this wish. From an outsider's point of view, Lin Qian felt like he was coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but Lin Qian knew that in fact, he was "carrying" the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and what he did was largely helping Elena remove obstacles.
The strength of the magic family in the north is too strong, and the roots are quite deep, if it is allowed to develop freely, I am afraid that in the end, the strength will be stronger than the entire empire. As for the south, they have just moved into a new home, and it should take a lot of time to re-establish themselves, and Lin Qian is not particularly worried for the time being, but he doesn't know what Portlem wants.
If you want to win the decisive battle in a few days, relying on Lin Qian's magician team alone, I'm afraid the winning rate is less than half, even if you add the group of royal magicians transferred by Elena, so Lin Qian still needs the participation of other forces. Raymond, as a strong man of the dragon clan, can still find a few giant dragons to suppress the formation, but if he really participates in the battle of the human race, the dragon patriarch may not agree so easily. The Phantom King of Ten Thousand Soldiers, as Lin Qian's teacher, if he was there, Lin Qian would be equivalent to an extra magic army, but at this time, he disappeared without a trace. Is there any other force that can be co-opted?Nanyang tribes?guild mercenaries?or?
"Has that woman found out where she came from?" Lin Qian suddenly thought of the ninth-level magician of the Light Department that he met that day, her identity was mysterious, and she might be able to help Lin Qian. As for thinking of whether she had any other reasons, Lin Qian directly vetoed it in his heart.
"It is said that Benjamin has a granddaughter, who is about the same age as that woman, who has never been seen outside, and is also very strong, I heard that he can have a few tricks with Benjamin. The magician was almost certain that she was Benjamin's granddaughter, but he couldn't believe that granddaughter and grandfather would be at odds.
"If it's true, then I'm really grateful to Benjamin. Lin Qian chuckled and said, this is really interesting for grandchildren.
"Childe, I have an idea. The Ice Plains Scattered People offered advice.
"What's the idea?" Lin Qian smelled a hint of a bad feeling, and he was afraid that he would have to use that woman once.
"The last time she was in the same room with Childe and met honestly, didn't Childe think about her reputation?"
"What kind of honesty? Only I get off the ...... Anyway, there is no such thing, and besides, she is also here to save her life, so there is no other meaning. Lin Qian's face flushed, and he still felt a little embarrassed when he thought of that incident.
Bingyuan Sanren smiled and continued: "Childe is not to be taken seriously, but for a woman, it is still detrimental to her reputation, and if it is known by outsiders, I am afraid she will never be able to marry again." β
Go on. Lin Qian wanted to see what the hell this guy had in mind.
"I am willing to bring a group of teams, prepare gifts, go north to Guangming City, and propose marriage for your son. β
Sure enough, it was a bad idea, Lin Qian had long known that these old guys would want to be crooked, but he didn't have any feelings for that woman, it was just a normal physiological reaction.
"No!" Lin Qian refused, and the first thing that came to his mind at this time was Xiaoyi at home.
"The son is not yet married, and the identity of Benjamin's granddaughter is also worthy of the son, and after the marriage, the two families are friendly, and the union of the five families is self-defeating. What else is Childe not satisfied with?" Bingyuan Sanren thought that Lin Qian would definitely like this idea, but he didn't want him to refuse so simply.
"Does marriage have to be linked to interests?" Lin Qian was a little unhappy, he never liked this kind of marriage, but he admired Boris and Kelly, the hard-working mandarin ducks.
"A lifelong event?" Bingyuan Sanren was a little puzzled, and then realized, "For women, it is indeed a lifelong event, but for us men, even if we are over half a hundred years old, we can marry a few more wives, what is the lifelong thing?"
"That's the rule of your world, not mine. Lin Qian naturally knew that men in this world could remarry if they had the ability, but he insisted on his "monogamy", which was also a kind of respect for women.
"Could it be that Childe really only marries one wife in his life?" said Ice Plains Santo as he continued to tempt.
Lin Qian wanted to say "yes", but he didn't dare to say too much at the moment, in case he encountered a similar situation, Lin Qian still had some worries about his concentration. In this world where there is obvious "care" for men, if you don't want to enjoy the feeling of being surrounded by wives and concubines, it is definitely an obstacle in some way. But Lin Qian is still a traditional man in his bones, no matter how obscene he is in his heart, he still has to be a decent gentleman on the surface.
"I'm not sure what will happen in the future, but this woman has no feelings for her now, and I don't want to use her against those families. Lin Qian could only say this, in fact, what he wanted to say was that he considered himself a little shameless to use a woman's reputation for benefits.
"Doesn't Childe sacrifice himself for the sake of the overall situation?" This little old man's persuasion methods are still there, and it is not possible to lure him to benefit, he can only know and reason.
"Why should I do such a thing, can't I beat them?" Lin Qian was a little dissatisfied.
"Childe is angry," Bingyuan Sanren persuaded, "This should not be said in the future, but our side really has little chance of winning this decisive battle." Even if we barely win the battle, we will lose our troops and generals, and our strength will be greatly reduced at that time, and if those people in Nanyang take advantage of the weakness, we will not be able to stop it. Childe imagines that the situation in the north can be solved without a single soldier, why not do this method? For you, there is nothing to lose. β
To be honest, Lin Qian was a little moved, if this method was successful, he would marry a beautiful woman for nothing, not to mention, and solve all the previous situation, but how could Benjamin be so easily fooled, if he didn't agree, all this would be empty talk.
"Are you so sure that Benjamin will agree?" Lin Qian asked rhetorically.
"This woman is not only Benjamin's granddaughter, her parents died at an early age, Benjamin has no other children, and she will inherit the position of patriarch of the family in the future. β
"So Benjamin wouldn't have married her off to an enemy. Lin Qian thought of this and felt a little regretful.
"No," said Ice Plains, "on the contrary, it is precisely because of her special status that Benjamin cares more about her reputation, lest he become the patriarch in the future and cannot find a good son-in-law and inherit the family." What's more, Benjamin and we are enemies at the moment, but once we get married, we will be a family, and then his entire family will definitely have a higher status. It's more worth than working with a few other families with their own ghosts. β
"Could it be that he would really abandon those four families?" Lin Qian couldn't believe it, the family friendship of thousands of years was dispersed.
"Not only will he give up, but he will also help us deal with them together," said Ice Plains Sanren with emotion, "There are no eternal friends, no permanent enemies, only eternal interests." By the time the two of us are united, no, the three are unitedβthe Sam family is ready to go to war at the Princess's instructions. Our three families against four families will not suffer in terms of strength, and after the victory, there will only be two forces in the entire family, and we can also divide the property of the remaining four. Benjamin was a smart man, and he was happy to do it. β
Lin Qian had already believed most of them at this time, these families have always been mercenary, and they will never be soft on things that can expand their interests. What he didn't expect was that because of a woman, the whole situation between the two sides would be different.
"Childe doesn't have to be too serious, I'll take care of this matter, you just need to stabilize the woman at home. This little old man knew everything, and Lin Qian was as transparent as a child in front of him.
Lin Qian didn't agree, nor did he refuse, he still couldn't wipe his face and said yes, which was regarded as acquiescing to this matter. While doing things that he considered shameless, he had to pretend that he was unwilling, Lin Qian wondered if he said he didn't want to, but he was very honest in his heart.
However, after agreeing to this matter, Lin Qian's biggest headache was Xiao Yi's side, and he had to confess this matter to her no matter what. But whether she could accept it, Lin Qian didn't dare to think about it, what would he do if she was like the women in Lin Qian's world and insisted on leaving this relationship?
"She is so gentle and considerate, she should understand, right?" Lin Qian comforted himself. After thinking for a while, he fantasized about the rhetoric in front of Xiao Yi in front of the mirror: "Xiao Yi, I'm just like this for the situation, not ...... Anyway, although that woman is also very beautiful, but it is only her appearance, and for the sake of her reputation, it is also a man's job to be responsible......"
Lin Qian really couldn't say it anymore, he saw the man in the mirror, what kind of ugly face he was, saying the most shameless words, but hurting a person who loved him the most.
"Slap!" slapped himself in the face, and Lin Qian scolded in the mirror: "Lin Qian, Lin Qian, you are really shameless." Obviously thinking about hooking up in my heart, but pretending that everything is a last resort, are you still a man? If you want to, just open your mouth, don't pretend, I look down on you!"
This slap made half of Lin Qian's face red, and it also made him realize that since he had decided to do it, he had to bear all this bravely, no matter what the result was, it was better than his own fake appearance here.
"Xiao Yi," Lin Qian raised his head and looked in the mirror, and said solemnly, "I'm sorry, I found that I am no different from those men I used to hate, I don't know if you can still accept me like this." β