As a result of the strong presence of these two families, the situation in Astor City began to become tense, mainly because the competition for business began to intensify. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIt's like a cake, it's so big, it's already been allocated, and suddenly someone wants to step in and redistribute it, how can you not be nervous.

At this time, the two bigwigs in the capital, the Zhenxi General John family and the Zhennan General Fabre family, extended an olive branch to the Tuoba and Huyan families respectively, which surprised everyone. You must know that the two bigwigs in the capital are super powers, when will they take the initiative to extend an olive branch to the little ants.

The Tuoba family and the Huyan family were pleasantly surprised, and immediately pledged their allegiance to these two super forces, and became the vassal families of these two super forces. After obtaining the allegiance of these two families, the two bigwigs in the capital immediately announced their support for the two families, which alleviated the crisis of the two families and concentrated all the pressure on the Bai family and the Zhang family. The Bai family and the Zhang family were inspired by the Huyan and Tuoba families, and they also planned to find backers.

So the high-level Bai family organized a group to go to Beijing to find a backer, but they were intercepted and killed by mysterious forces halfway, and none of them were spared; The Zhang family first asked an old friend to contact the Sun family, the finance minister of the capital, and then secretly entered Beijing, and got a son-in-law, Sun Zhongkai, through marriage.

Of course, these two things have just happened, and the people of Astor City don't know much about it.

At this time, in the Zhang family's study, the decision-makers of the Zhang family were there, the Zhang family advocated that Jin Li was in the middle, his two younger brothers sat on both sides, and Zhang Jinli's two sons and one daughter sat in the first place. The six of them were frowning at this time, and they were all silent for a while.

The son-in-law of the Beijing boss and the son-in-law obtained by the marriage of the Zhang family, Sun Zhongkai, disappeared on the way to Astor City!

Although the news has not yet spread in the capital and Astor City, the Zhang family already knows about it.

If you want to say that the Zhang family is also bitter, they took the initiative to come to the door to take refuge, but they didn't report any illusions, mainly because the gap between the families was too huge. If there were no examples of the Tuoba family and the Huyan family, they would not dare to think about it, let alone take the initiative to take refuge.

But what they didn't expect was that the Sun family, the bigwig of the capital, received them warmly and promised to accept the allegiance of the Zhang family, and the only condition was that the two families would marry. Hearing this condition, the head of the Zhang family thought that he had heard it wrong, and later learned that the sister-in-law was a waste material who could not cultivate. Waste wood is waste wood, a family that does not enter the stream can marry with the super family in Beijing, and the object of the marriage is still the grandson of the Sun family, which is something that the Zhang family can't think of. It's pie in the sky. So they agreed without even thinking about it.

But later, they learned through other channels that this cheap son-in-law turned out to be the first gentleman in the capital. At that time, the Zhang family's family almost vomited blood when they advocated Jinli. After his only beloved daughter Zhang Xiaoling knew this, she wanted to die or live. But they don't dare to go back, the Sun family is not something they can afford to provoke.

So after making an appointment to meet Sun Zhongkai, the Zhang family struggled, and as a result, the cheap son-in-law disappeared! There were still traces of a fight at the scene, which frightened the Zhang family. If these two ancestors have three long and two short, the eight Zhang family will not be enough to plug the teeth of the Sun family's boss.

may be suppressed by silence and can't stand it, the first to speak is Zhang Jinli's third son Zhang Meng: "Dad, is it a blessing or a curse, it is a disaster that can't be avoided, the Sun family is too bullying, what can a garbage help us?" How can the second sister be happy if she marries such garbage? “

"Shut up!" Zhang Jinli glared at his third son fiercely. Zhang Meng was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head.

Zhang Xiaoling held her mouth, and the tears of grievance couldn't stop flowing, but she didn't dare to speak out, the Zhang family's tutor has always been very strict.

Zhang Jinli's third brother Zhang Jincai couldn't look at it, and said, "Mengzi, you can help your sister go back to rest." After speaking, he gave Zhang Meng a look.

Zhang Meng nodded in understanding, and helped the second sister who was choked up and couldn't speak to leave the study. He knew that the second sister was very stubborn, and he didn't know what to do without him.

Waiting for Zhang Xiaoling's sister and brother to leave, Zhang Jincai continued: "Hey, these bigwigs' methods are too high, we can't even think of entering the urn." ”

"Third uncle, what's going on?" Zhang Jinli's eldest son, Zhang Lie, was only twenty-five or sixteen years old, very young, and couldn't understand the meaning of his uncle's words, so he looked up and asked.

Zhang Jincai looked at Zhang Jinli, and when he saw Zhang Jinli nodding, he slowly spoke: "Lie'er, I have analyzed this matter with your father, and I will talk to you about it, which is beneficial to your growth." The Sun family sent this second ancestor to kill two birds with one stone, that is, they helped us and helped the Sun family, which is really high. ”

Seeing that Zhang Lie still didn't understand, Zhang Jinli continued to follow the words of the third brother: "When this person arrives in Aster, with his temperament, he will not reason with other families at all, but will only mess around. Therefore, the worst result for our Zhang family is not to suffer a loss, and it is more likely to take advantage of the subsequent redistribution of benefits. This is helping our Zhang family. Of course, the premise is that your second sister can agree to marry him. Ay. ”

"I understand this by helping us, but how can I help the Sun family? How could the Sun family take a fancy to the interests of Astor City. Zhang Lie still doesn't understand this very well.

"Child, you can't keep your eyes on the immediate interests. That kid's reputation in the capital has been very bad, if it weren't for his aunt to protect him, it is estimated that he would have been demoted to the family fiefdom long ago. What he did in the capital had seriously affected the reputation of the Sun family and was not conducive to the development of the Sun family. Now that you can marry Xiaoling and stay away from the capital, do you think it will be beneficial to the Sun family? To put it mildly, in the capital, whose daughter would marry such a person! Zhang Jinli continued to teach his son, because the future of the Zhang family fell on this child.

Seeing that Zhang Lie had already understood the meaning of this, Zhang Jinli continued: "Now we can't hide it any longer, we must inform the Sun family in the capital of the news of that kid's disappearance." We can't go back on the issue of the marriage contract, otherwise the Zhang family will fall into a place of no return. ”

Zhang Jincai also said: "At that time, we had to agree, and now it seems that we are also responsible." Hey, it's still not strong. Therefore, we must not have any more problems with us in the future, lest the Sun family transfer their anger to us. ”

Zhang Lie understood, it turned out that he was on the side of the second sister, and he didn't understand the family's sacrifice of the second sister. Now I know that I should think from the perspective of the interests of the whole family, and wanting to do it willfully will only bring disaster to the family. Fortunately, the second ancestor has disappeared, as long as the Zhang family does not break the contract, the Sun family will protect the Zhang family. Although it will have some impact on the second sister in a short period of time, time will eliminate everything. As long as the Zhang family survives the current crisis, then the Zhang family is still an influential big family in Astor City, and they are not afraid that no one will be sought after at all.

Thinking about this, Zhang Lie stood up and said with a solemn face: "Dad, third uncle, I understand, I will persuade the second sister well." ”

From beginning to end, Zhang Jinli's second brother Zhang Jinrui did not say a word. But whether it is Zhang Jinli or the third Zhang Jincai, they all know that the second child has this character, because he is a martial arts idiot, and he is also the highest one in the Zhang family, and what he pursues is always strength.

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Fifty miles east of the city of Aster, close to the Abel mountains, there is the small town of Oar. It was originally a small natural village.

As adventurers travel farther and farther into the Abel Mountains, it is very inconvenient to return to Astor City every time to recuperate or resupply, so more people choose this small village as a temporary resting place. As time went by, the place gradually prospered. When the profit-seeking merchants discovered this, they also began to set up shops in the village to provide various services for adventurers, and gradually it developed into a new gathering place for adventurers.

In fact, Astor City also developed in this way back then.

At this time, in the only tavern in the town, a white young man of about twenty years old was sitting at a dining table, holding a wine glass in his hand, looking at the door from time to time, with expectation, uneasiness, and a hint of nervousness. Suddenly, the curtain of the tavern door was lifted, and an old man in his fifties walked in. When the young man saw the old man, he stood up with excitement. But when he saw that there was no one else behind the old man, he sat down again in disappointment.

When the old man came to the young man's table, the young man waved his hand and motioned for the old man to sit down first, then poured the old man a glass of wine and handed it to the old man.

The old man respectfully took the wine glass, drank the wine in the cup before lowering his voice and said, "Young master, I have inquired clearly, Commander Chu Sen has indeed taken over the task of escorting the caravan in the mercenary union. He personally took the main force of the Wolf Mercenary Group on this mission, and it is estimated that he will not be able to return until three or four months later. ”

The white young man pondered for a while, then showed a sudden expression, and then said with a painful expression: "This is interlocking, it is to drive us to a dead end." Immediately, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "The ancestral business of the Bai family can't disappear in my hands, I want to fight." Then he instructed the old man: "It's too late, tell everyone that tomorrow we will go into the mountains to hunt." ”

The old man sighed heavily, and then bent over to the inn behind the tavern. The retinue they brought with them were all in the back. Then, the white young man drank the wine in the cup with his neck tilted, put the cup down with a "snap", and resolutely left in the direction of the old man.

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