The subordinates and relatives in the venue retreated outside because of the orders of the lords, so that only the lords of the Xiaohu family and Maier, who had become the quasi-son-in-law of Xiaohu Tengyan, were left in the venue. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Ladies and gentlemen, the atmosphere in Bogu City has changed recently."

Teng Yan used such a sentence as his opening sentence to attract the attention of the lords to himself.

Bogu City is the second most prosperous city in the territory of the Xiaohu family, with a permanent population of about 1.5 million. After Xiaohu Liantong seized Bogu City from another branch, the strength of this family has increased by leaps and bounds.

"I've heard that the magnates of Bogu City like to bid for beautiful slave girls, and the price of the slave girls in Yili is the highest, and even the starting price is 500 yuan!"

The Ilibians attached great importance to citizenship, so the Ilibians preferred to be killed rather than slaves after being captured. As a result, Ilibi slaves were very rare, and their prices were often ridiculously high.

"It is said that our lord sold an Ilibi slave girl for 2,000 guan last month, which is really extravagant."

Bogu City is far away from Yaolin City, so the transmission of messages between the two cities is relatively slow. Teng Yan was able to learn about Bogu City's events last month, and he could also tell the specific price used by Xiaohu Connect to bid for slave girls, which meant that he probably planted eyeliner next to Xiaohu Connect.

Teng Yanfei put so much effort to insert his eyeliner to Xiaohu Connect, it is impossible that he is just interested in his private life. The lords knew that Teng Yan must have more important news to say, so they quietly waited for his next step.

"I also heard that the head of our family has recently taken several concubines in a row, all of whom he bought from the auction house. The head of the family is so old, I wonder if he can handle these energetic young women. ”

When the lords heard this, their faces changed. These words seem to be mocking Xiaohu for being disrespectful to the elderly, but in fact, they are words. There are two key points in Teng Yan's words, one is that Xiaohu Connect is very old, and the other is that he seems to feel that Xiaohu Connect can't cope with these young women.

Although Xiaohu Connect is more than 100 years old, his body is very tough, and he even made a concubine pregnant the year before last, which can be described as old and strong. The people in the Xiaohu family knew all these things, so Teng Yan was obviously hinting at something to everyone.

"What does Lord Teng Yan mean that the head of the family may have been ill recently?"

One of the lords asked tentatively. His wording is very subtle, adding a future tense "near probable" to the original normal interrogative sentence of "the head of the family is sick", although this sentence is still an interrogative sentence, its content has changed to a different meaning. Although Maier didn't know much about the internal intelligence of the Xiaohu family, after hearing this, he already understood the reason why Teng Yan had gathered all the lords in Yaolin City.

The nobles of Tairong do not have the ability to predict the future, and the lord asked Teng Yan if the body connected to Xiaohu would have problems recently, which is obviously unreasonable. But he asked like this, and the others didn't think it was strange, which meant that there was some kind of tacit understanding between these lords, thinking that Xiaohu's connected body was likely to have problems recently.

Why do they think so? The answer is simple. Didn't Teng Yan say just now, Xiaohu Liantong has recently bought a lot of female slaves as concubines, and at the same time hinted that everyone has placed eyeliner next to him, so the eyeliner he placed next to Xiaohu Liantong is likely to be one of the female slaves.

This eyeliner is not only used for gathering intelligence, but can also be used for assassination when necessary. Just now Teng Yan said that Xiaohu Connect might not be able to cope with these energetic young women, obviously wanting to let Xiaohu Connect and eyeliner try to do something to him when Xiaohu Connect and eyeliner were affectionate, so that his body would have problems. In this way, Teng Yan can "predict the prophet" to Xiaohu Lake to connect with the matter of his physical illness, so the question raised by this lord seems very natural.

"I'm waiting in Yaolin City, how can I predict the affairs of Bogu City in advance?"

Teng Yan deliberately sold a pass, and he was very happy when he saw that the lords were waiting for his next step.

"But in my personal inference, if the head of the family has been addicted to women, he will one day lie on the woman and die."

Teng Yan's answer made the lords happy. Just like Yun Xin said to Maier when he was a child, many people are looking forward to Xiaohu connecting to death. If Teng Yan's assassination plan succeeds, the Tengzi generation, whose strength has been restored, may seize the position of the head of the family and become the family again.

"Hmph, I don't think so."

At this time, Tengyuan, who had not spoken at the normal banquet, suddenly opened his mouth. Everyone immediately focused their attention on this former candidate for the head of the family, which made Teng Yan very unhappy.

Teng Yuan took a sip of wine indifferently, and shook his head lightly as if he didn't notice everyone's eyes, as if he was not very satisfied with the wine in the glass. Ignoring the lords who were holding their breath and staring at him, he smiled and turned his face to his nephew and asked Mel.

"I heard that you gave your Uncle Teng Yan twenty jars of century-old wine, but is there such a thing?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and they didn't know if Teng Yuan had something to say, or if he simply changed the topic. Maier nodded respectfully and replied to Tengyuan, "This is indeed the case." These twenty jars of hundred-year-old wine are the dowry gifts I prepared for Yishan, if Uncle Tengyuan likes it, I will ask someone to send you a few jars another day. ”

"Just send it."

Teng Yuan placed the wine glass on the table and tapped it lightly with his index finger. The Taeyong nobles ate with one table per person, one set of wine and food per person, and knelt at the table without chairs or stools during meals. He got up and moved his slightly numb legs, then sat back cross-legged - a posture that was very impolite in the table manners of the Taeyong aristocracy.

"I don't like to owe favors to others, especially to younger generations. If I want to drink your wine, I will ask you to buy it, and I will buy it at full price, and I will not be allowed to give it a discount. ”

When Maier was in the mountains, he heard his mother mention Tengyuan's temper. He knew that Tengyuan's temper was very stubborn, he said that if you say one, you have to say one, and if you want to say other numbers, he will be angry. Since Teng Yuan wanted to buy wine from him at full price, he could only agree with a wry smile.

"How's your mother doing, O Mel?"

After talking about the wine, Tengyuan suddenly started a family affair with Meier. Maier told Teng Yuan a brief account of his mother's life in the mountains, and Teng Yuan smiled slightly after listening to it, and stroked the white beard on his chin with satisfaction.

"Well, good, good. Sister Yunxin's leisurely life is really envious of me! ”

After sighing, Tengyuan suddenly turned pale and asked Maier.

"Maier, did your mother tell you what kind of person Xiaohu is connected?"

Maier thought for a moment and replied in a serious manner.

"Mother said that Xiaohu is a very deep city and an unscrupulous person."

"Your mother has never seen Xiaohu Connect, this evaluation is just hearsay." Teng Yuan smiled faintly, "But there is some truth in this, at least it tells the essence of this person." ”

Although Maier is a relative of the Xiaohu family, he is not the lord of the Xiaohu family, and although it is a bit disrespectful to call Xiaohu Liantong's name, it is not a big deal. But Tengyuan is the lord of the Xiaohu family, he didn't call Xiaohu "Lord of the Family", but called him by his name, which had to make the lords think more.

"I've been dealing with Xiaohu for decades, and this person is very scheming, suspicious, and very life-saving. When I was young, I fought with him for wine, but he admitted defeat before he was drunk, saying that drunkenness hurts the liver and should not drink more. Don't you think it's strange that this person doesn't even dare to drink more alcohol in order to live a few more days, but suddenly plays with women? ”

Teng Yuan's words seemed to be asking Maier, but in fact, he was slapping Teng Yan in the face in front of all the lords, saying that his assassination plan would never succeed. When the lords heard this, their faces became ugly. Teng Yan lost face in public, his face turned red, and he stared at Teng Yuan with hatred.

Teng Yuan continued to say to Maier as if he didn't notice Teng Yan's gaze.

"When your father came to Xiaohu's house, I fished with him. The river in our Chunshan Castle is very clear, and you can see it at a glance. When I saw a small fish bite your father's hook, I whispered to him to start the rod. But your father said, "It's too early to start." As a result, it didn't take long for a big fish to be attracted to the small fish that bit the hook and bite the hook while eating the small fish. Your father has just started the rod and caught the big fish along with the small ones, which is really an eye-opener for me. ”

After listening to Teng Yuan's words, the lords knew that Teng Yan's assassination plan was likely to have been exposed, and Xiaohu Connection deliberately let the plan go smoothly, just to let Teng Yan bite the hook, so that Teng Zi could be labeled as an anti-thief, and call on other clans to attack him - this plan is not insidious.

These words made Teng Yan's face pale, and he was eager for quick success, and he gave his eyes an order to assassinate Xiaohu Connect yesterday. The carrier pigeon has been flying for a day, and the order is no longer recoverable. If Tengyuan's speculation is true, then it won't be long before Xiaohu Connect will release the news of his assassination, and point out the identity of the main messenger behind the scenes with the strong evidence at hand. Assassinating the head of the family is a big crime, and Teng Yan has only two choices at that time, either to rebel or commit suicide to apologize.

Admitting guilt and subduing the law is a dead end, there is still a glimmer of life in rebellion, although Teng Yan is not as life-sparing as Xiaohu Connection, he is also afraid of death, so he will definitely choose to rebel. Once Teng Yan rebelled, Xiaohu Liantong could take the opportunity to suppress the Tengzi generation, and even carve up the territory of the Tengzi generation with other families.

Although the strength of the Tengzi generation has recovered, it has not yet reached the point where it can fight alone. As a result, the lords of the Tengzi generation also had to face two choices, whether to abandon Teng Yan and protect the Tengzi generation, or to fight side by side with Teng Yan and fight to the death. The former can survive for the time being, while the latter is a big gamble, if you win, you will become your own family, and if you lose, you will have nothing.

The lords were afraid of death, but they preferred the second option. You must know that Teng Yan's territory is now the largest in the Tengzi generation, if Teng Yan is killed by Xiaohu Connection, Teng Character Generation will lose Yaolin City and a large amount of territory, which is equivalent to being cut off by Xiaohu Connection, and its strength will be greatly damaged. And even if Teng Yan was abandoned by the Tengzi generation, Xiaohu Connectivity could still say that they betrayed Teng Yan in order to cover up their crimes. At that time, as long as Xiaohu connects and promises enough benefits to other branches, the Tengzi generation will still be besieged by other branches and will inevitably be destroyed.

Teng Yan didn't know what the lords thought, afraid that they would sell him, so he quickly got up and came to Maier, and said to everyone in a slightly panicked manner.

"You don't know! This nephew of mine has made an alliance with the Republic of Bukin! Marriage to the kingdom of Egus! Now that he's my son-in-law, he'll be on my side no matter what happens! ”

After the Great Reformation, the ideology of the Ilibians became different from that of other races, and since then the Ilibians have ceased to be allied with foreign forces, and Mair was the first foreigner to sign an alliance with the Ilibian forces after the Great Reformation. There are undoubtedly many advantages to forming an alliance with the Ilibians, the most important of which is that if you are in the middle of a war, you can be supported by the entire Ilibi League.

As a race with a strong sense of nation, the Dugu people are prone to all-out wars with other races. Therefore, after the formation of the New World, the emperor of the Tugu people had a new function, that is, he was responsible for coordinating the communication between the kingdoms in wartime, and when necessary, commanding the coalition forces organized by the kingdoms.

Therefore, the emperor of the ancient people is not a good job, and every king does not want to be an emperor. However, this does not mean that there are no benefits to being an emperor, and once a kingdom needs to summon allies to join the war, the king of that country is likely to nominate himself as emperor and then gather allies to join the war. It is worth mentioning that the nature of Emperor Toko is fundamentally different from that of Emperor Ira, so there may have been multiple emperors in the same period.

If the king of the kingdom of Egus wanted to help his son-in-law in the war, he would most likely become emperor in order to gather allies, so that Mel could be supported by several Tudchu kingdoms in the war. In other words, the one with the most potential for war was not Tengyan, who had the largest territory, but Mer, who could be supported by both the Ilibi League and several Tugu kingdoms.