Zhang Jinli nodded in agreement: "That's fine, let Meng'er go to the city gate tomorrow to have a look and understand the situation." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

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In the study of another luxurious mansion, Tuoba Chengkun, the current lord of Astor City, was also discussing with important people in the family.

Tuoba Chengkun, like Zhang Jinrui, the second eldest of the Zhang family, is one step closer to reaching the senior swordsman of the Great Swordsman. He is in his fifties, with a square face, a beard, and a calm and resolute appearance.

To his left sat his younger brother Tuoba Chengzhong, also square-faced but very white, and many of the development plans of the Tuoba family were formulated by him. It was he who spoke at this time: "The Bai family is over, the young man is still inexperienced, and the obvious traps have not been seen." As soon as the day after tomorrow comes, the results will come out, and we must strike first, and we can't let the Quinn family and the Hunter family continue to expand. ”

"Yes, what the second brother said is right, although everyone has been fighting for a hundred years, but after all, they are all old Aster's people, Bai Zhaoxuan will not be cheap outsiders, right?" Tuoba Chengkun nodded in agreement.

"That kid values love and righteousness, probably not, let's let Ru'er come forward for the sake of safety." Tuoba Chengzhong thought deeply and said.

There were two men and a woman sitting below, and when they heard the conversation between the two elders, both men turned their heads to look at the girl. The girl's name is Tuoba Ru, and she is the youngest daughter of Tuoba Chengkun, who is nineteen years old this year.

Among the two boys, the older is Tuoba Laihe, who is twenty-five years old this year, and is also the eldest son of Tuoba Chengkun and the young master of the Tuoba family. The younger one is Tuoba Laiming, twenty-two years old this year, the same age as Bai Zhaoxuan, and a classmate, he is the only son of Tuoba Chengzhong.

Tuoba Ru is a beauty, of course, a little worse than Zhang Xiaoling, her skin is her weakness, a little dark. She is one of the famous "double pride" of Astor City, and the other is Zhang Xiaoling, who ranks first.

Boys and girls on this continent have to undergo a coming-of-age ceremony at the age of sixteen, and some are married at the age of sixteen. Bai Zhaoxuan and Zhang Lie both found this flower at Tuoba Ru's coming-of-age ceremony, and then began a long pursuit. The reason for the long time is that the Tuoba family has not expressed its position for a long time, and Tuoba Ru himself is not in a hurry. Now Tuoba Chengzhong suggested that Tuoba Ru come forward to negotiate the acquisition of the Bai family's property, in fact, he wanted to play the emotional card.

The same scene was also played out in the Huyan family, they were all local forces in Astor City, and hoped that Bai Zhaoxuan would accept their replenishment proposal in terms of local friendship, so as to curb the continued expansion of the two "cross-river dragons".

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The two "cross-river dragons" Quinn family and the Hunter family are not idle, and they are all negotiating behind closed doors.

The Quinn family is indeed mysterious, and all the prestigious families in the empire do not have the surname "Quinn".

However, for the four super families in the capital, there is nothing mysterious about the Quinn family. In the more than 700-year history of the empire, they have seen too many families rise and fall. Only the families where the Sages are in charge can arouse the interest of the four major families, and of course it would be another thing if there were two Sages in charge. It's a pity that the sage is not secretly cultivated, the famous and hidden sage of the empire is unknown to others, and the imperial family and the four super families have mastered some of them. Therefore, for this trial of the children of the family, the four super families did not take the Quinn family seriously, but thought that the emergence of the variable of the Quinn family was a good thing for the children's trial.

Of course, the fact that the royal family regards Astor City as a testing ground for the third-generation children of the four super families is only limited to a small circle, and no one knows about it. The original four families of Astor City, including the current branch of the Hunter family, are not aware, they are all pawns.

The number of people in the study of the Quinn family is relatively small, only three people, two middle-aged and one young, and one of the middle-aged people is the patriarch of the Quinn family, named Quinn Shauna; Another middle-aged man is Quinn Kerry, who is Shauna's younger brother; The last young man was named Quinn Terry, the son of Quinn Shawner and the young head of the Quinn family.

"Dad, uncle, the day after tomorrow is the day when the Bai family is out, and we are one step closer to completing the task." Terry said happily.

It seems that they are also pawns, that is, they don't know whose pawns.

Kerry said solemnly: "Yes, this time we were lucky enough to pick up a leak, and I don't know which one wiped out the top of the Bai family." ”

Shauna said proudly: "I guess it was the Hunter family who did it, and of course the Tuoba and Huyan families are also suspicious." They make praying mantises, and we make sparrows. If it weren't for the fact that the strength of the Bai family had dropped too much, I wouldn't have used this trick, and we would have benefited more by directly provoking their war. ”

"Dad, do you think the other ones will replenish the Bai family?"

"Your second uncle and I have already thought of this, our informants have already discovered Bai Zhaoxuan's traces, and they will be able to arrive tomorrow morning. When the time comes, go to the gate and warn the boy. If he dares to accept someone else's replenishment, he will die when he leaves Astor City. Shauna said viciously.

Now the Bai family is already a fish belly, and the threat is also a threat, what can the Bai family do? Besides, outside the city is not under the protection of Imperial law, and Quinn doesn't mind actually doing it.

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The Hunter family was a large family in Cox City, which was the seat of the state capital, and the current city of Astor was administered by Cox City. In the Etullain Empire, the Hunter family belonged to the second tier of the big family. Of course, the big families of the first tier are all in the capital of the empire, and the four major families such as the Sun family belong to the super families in the empire.

At this time, in the study of the Hunter family in Astor City, there were only two people sitting there to discuss.

This is a father and son, the father's name is Hunter Lee, and he is the patriarch of the Hunter family's branch in Astor City. His son's name was Hunter Ben, and he was twenty-five or sixteen years old, and he was not only handsome, but his eyes flashed from time to time.

The Hunters are one of the largest families in Cox City, but they are not the lords of Cox City. As the family continued to grow, they also encountered a bottleneck, that is, Cox City could no longer meet the growth of the family.

The eastern part of the Tetulai Empire was the sphere of influence of the Black family, and without the permission of the Black family, they could not get their hands on a state capital. Cox City is one such city, where the lord and his family are not only stronger than them, but also more trusted by the Black family. In desperation, they had no choice but to set their sights on Astor City, hoping to turn Astor City into their family's territory.

That's when Blake Shaw approached them and offered to help them win Astor City.

The appearance of Blake Shaw made the Hunter family ecstatic. Although they have long been vassals of the Black family, they have always been in contact with the peripheral children of the Black family, and this is the first time they have come into contact with the sister-in-law of the Black family.

Although they didn't know why this Blake Shaw showed great interest in Astor City, Blake Shaw's proposal was exactly what they had originally envisioned, so they immediately agreed to Blake Shaw's request.

Astor City was too small to be worth the Hunter family to go through, and it would be better to send a branch into there and win the election there.

Thus, Hunter Ben's line was chosen. And the reason they were chosen by the family was because of his son, Hunter Ben!

Hunter Benn, despite his background, showed a genius side from an early age. His genius is not reflected in cultivation, but in wisdom. This person was already literate at the age of three, able to read independently at the age of four, able to understand the meaning of books by the age of six, able to quote scriptures at the age of ten, and able to give constructive suggestions for the development of his own line at the age of fifteen. Because of this, he was hailed as the smartest wizard by the Hunter family.

The only thing that makes the family a little pity is that he has some congenital deficiencies in cultivation, and the outstanding performance is that his physique is poor, and his cultivation speed is not as good as that of his peers. But even so, the family still had high hopes for him, because with the family's financial resources, they were confident that they would help him cultivate to a higher level.

At the age of twenty-five, with the help of his family, he had already reached the late stage of an intermediate swordsman, and his strength was on par with Zhang Lie. But his status in the family is incomparable to Zhang Lie. Because at this time he was analyzing the situation in Astor City for his father, who was just a loyal listener.

"Father, little Blake was anxious for success, not only let the second and third uncles die, but also made the family spend a lot of financial resources. This made it impossible for us to keep up with the follow-up arrangements, and as a result, the Queens took advantage of the loopholes. Alas... Hunter Ben sighed.

Hunter Lee's eyes turned a little red, and he said heavily: "These super families are not ****** things, in order to appease the anger of the Sun family, they actually took your second and third uncles to their lives, I must avenge this revenge!" ”

After hearing his father's words, Hunter Ben immediately became anxious and hurriedly said, "Father, by all means! Never! Even our own family can't afford to provoke those super families, and our small branch is no match for others at all, this is hitting a stone with an egg! ”

Hunter Lee said weakly, "Alas... I know, I just can't swallow it. ”

"Father, through this incident, you have also seen the domineering of the super family, I hope that for the sake of the family, you still don't have any extravagant hopes. Otherwise, even our family will not let us go. Hunter Benn said solemnly.

"I, I understand." Under the serious gaze of his son, Hunter Lee finally reluctantly agreed.

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