Chapter 42: Between Gains and Losses
Outside the comfortable nest, Shang Xiuxun sat quietly in front of the stone table where only Huang Yaoshi and Lu Miaozi would sit on weekdays, her fingers flicked the chess pieces on the chessboard, making a mess of what was originally a good game of chess, and her eyes occasionally looked at the small building that was hanging in the air, and behind her, Bai Qing'er smiled bitterly.
Lu Miaozi said that maybe it's because people are dying, his temper is not too big, most of the time he faces everything with an indifferent mentality, and only in Shang Xiuxun's matter will there be mood fluctuations.
But the other old man, Huang Yaoshi, is not very easy to serve, and he is also a genius, but that old man Huang feels very ...... to Bai Qing'er Evil!
Yes, even Bai Qing'er, who was born in the Demon Gate, felt that the word evil seemed to be more suitable for this old man than for anyone who was a person in the Demon Gate, and most of the time, people disdained to pay attention to their little maid, but there were exceptions.
Take the chess game in front of you as an example, if you mess up a little, it will attract the anger of the other party, but now......
Bai Qing'er looked at Shang Xiuxun a little helplessly, this is also a master who can't be provoked! One is relying on his own ability to not put anyone in the world in his eyes, but the other is a powerful father, known as the world's number one genius.
It is all unprovoked, and at this moment, Bai Qing'er is powerless to dissuade anything, looking at the hanging attic, only hoping that the things inside can end as soon as possible.
"Sister Rong, ......what do you say" Shang Xiuxun finally lost her breath and looked at Huang Rong with a calm face on the side.
"Sister don't worry, he said yes, he will definitely be able to, Master Lu will definitely come out safely." Huang Rong smiled lightly and said to Li Xuan. She has enough confidence.
"Who said I was worried about him!" Shang Xiuxun's face changed, he snorted coldly, pinned his head over, stretched out his hand and unconsciously stroked the hair in his ear, his eyes drooped, and he fell on the chessboard that was unrecognizable by himself.
"Owner. The messenger arrived. The maid Xiaojuan came from a distance, looked at Shang Xiuxun, bowed down and said.
"Arrange for them to rest for the night first, and if there is anything, we will talk about it tomorrow!" Shang Xiuxun said impatiently.
Xiaojuan couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, in the past few years, the horse business of Pegasus Ranch has gradually shifted to Li Valve, and in the past, when Li Valve came, Shang Xiuxun would immediately receive her. But what is the situation today?
However, as a maidservant, Xiaojuan naturally couldn't and didn't dare to express any opinions, nodded when she heard the words, and after saying yes, she bowed down and retired.
On the other side, Huang Rong and Zhao Min glanced at each other, and could see the smile that flashed in each other's eyes, although Shang Xiuxun had treated them with courtesy before. But he has been avoiding talking about the purchase of war horses, and he has secretly investigated. Naturally, I know that Pegasus Ranch is gradually shifting the focus of business to Li Valve over the years, obviously although due to ancestral training, Pegasus Ranch cannot openly support any of the princes, but in troubled times, as the owner, Shang Xiuxun is not inflexible. In this way, he supports his chosen master in disguise, and seeks a way out for the future unification of the world in the pasture.
It is difficult to reverse Shang Xiuxun's decision, judging from the fact that the other party has been avoiding Li Xuan during this time, and even Li Xuan is willing to back down when he openly occupies the Bird Park. It's hard to get support from Pegasus Ranch right now, but that doesn't mean there's really no chance.
In the current form, the pattern of the north has basically been decided, Li Xuan wants to start an incident, he can only choose the foundation in the south, since ancient times, it is much easier to fight the south in the north than in the south, if you add the high-quality war horses provided by the Pegasus Ranch, Li Xuan's cavalry power will definitely increase greatly, and it is really a big problem for Li Xuan, who is about to establish his own power.
Therefore, this transaction between Pegasus Ranch and Li Valve must be disrupted.
The day of treatment was chosen today when Li Valve came to make Shang Xiuxun mess up, at least although this attitude can't change anything, it can bury a nail between the two sides, and at present, it seems that the first step in the decision of the beauty owner is a success.
Time passed little by little, and when the sun was gradually slanting to the west, and the darkness began to gradually engulf the heavens and the earth, the door of the comfort house finally opened slowly.
Li Xuan and Huang Yaoshi came out side by side, their faces were not very good-looking, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling followed behind, their faces were a little pale, but more of them were helpless and ashamed.
"How!?" Seeing the faces of the four people, Shang Xiuxun finally couldn't help but step forward, with a thick expectation in his eyes.
As if unwilling to face that expectation, Li Xuan turned his gaze away, sighed and said, "We've done our best, let's go meet him." ”
"No......" Shang Xiuxun's originally ruddy face turned pale instantly, took two steps back, looked at Li Xuan and shook his head: "Impossible, you're lying to me, right!?" They say, as long as you say yes, you can do it! ”
Li Xuan didn't answer, just walked past Shang Xiuxun indifferently, and came straight to Huang Rong, and the two of them changed their eyes inexplicably.
"Bastard!" Shang Xiuxun seemed to have lost the strength of his whole body all of a sudden, weakly leaned on the door frame, walked into the attic, looked at Lu Miaozi lying quietly on the bed, faced this man for the first time, showed a sad look, and muttered: "Liars, they are all liars!" They clearly said you could, why did this turn out!? Why!? ”
"Dad~ Wake up, look at me, I'm Xiuxun, your daughter!?" Shang Xiuxun, who was in a state of grief, didn't notice that at the moment when she called out her father, Lu Miaozi, who originally seemed to be dead, had her eyelids twitching slightly.
"You said that you will take care of me for the rest of my life, watch me get married, and watch me give birth!" Shang Xiuxun's cry was heartbreaking, and outside the attic, Kou Zhong glanced at Li Xuan hesitantly, and whispered: "Master Li, isn't it too ruthless for us to do this?" ”
Li Xuan smiled and shook his head and said: "I haven't experienced loss, how can I experience the sweetness I can get, the more I cry now, the more joy I will get after learning the truth, don't worry, she will be grateful to us." ”
"It's weird!" Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling secretly sneered in their hearts, and looked at Li Xuan's eyes as if they were looking at a demon wearing human skin.
"Dad~ Don't leave me." In the attic, Shang Xiuxun's crying had become hoarse, and the placket on Lu Miaozi's chest had been wet, but he still couldn't stop the sad cry in his heart.
"Alas~" The originally closed eyes slowly opened, looking at the pretty face of the pear blossoms with rain in front of him, Lu Miaozi reached out and touched it lovingly, and said softly: "Idiot, how can Dad rest assured that he will leave you like this!" ”
"You ......" cries abruptly stopped.
"Suffer!" Outside the attic, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling keenly felt a monstrous killing force spreading from inside the attic, their scalps were a little numb, and they looked left and right, and they had already made the idea of smearing oil on the soles of their feet.
"Wow~" In the crisp footsteps, Shang Xiuxun had a frosty face, and appeared in front of everyone at the fastest speed with light skills, staring at Li Xuan with an indifferent face, and said hatefully: "His Excellency the Sword Emperor is also a grandmaster-level figure, do you feel a sense of accomplishment in deceiving a woman like this?" ”
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling quietly retreated, turned around, and were already about to leave, but they were so frightened by Shang Xiuxun's loud shout that their bodies froze in place, and they turned around to look at Shang Xiuxun with a smiling face.
Shang Xiuxun ignored the two, she knew that Li Xuan was the only one who could really call the shots here, and glared at him viciously.
Li Xuan said casually: "What does the mall owner mean by this? How have you ever deceived the owner? ”
"Hmph, what you said when you just went out was not deception?" Shang Xiuxun glared at Li Xuan fiercely.
"I've really done my best." Li Xuan said as a matter of course: "Is there any problem?" ”
"Uh......" Shang Xiuxun was slightly stunned, looked at Li Xuan and said angrily: "Then why did you make such an expression?" ”
"The power consumption is too huge." Li Xuan replied.
Shang Xiuxun stared at Li Xuan with an innocent face, with her intelligence, it was naturally not difficult to guess that she was being played by the other party, thinking of her gaffe just now, she had a feeling of wanting to find a crack in the ground to get into.
"Good!" dropped such two words, but Shang Xiuxun was the first to be unable to stand the eyes of everyone, and left as if he was running away.
"Strongman!" Behind him, Kou Zhong gave Li Xuan a thumbs up with admiration. (To be continued......)