The Purple Cloud Empire, located in the middle of the Tianlin Continent, has a vast area, magnificent mountains and rivers, and the people of the Purple Cloud Empire advocate martial arts, and everything is respected by martial arts, but there is only one in ten thousand people who can really become a martial artist or a higher realm. If you can become a warrior, you can join the imperial forbidden army, and those squadron leaders are generally samurai cultivators. Above the samurai is the realm of the martial artist, and the first-class martial artist can be appointed as a commander or lieutenant in the court, and he also has a place in the sect.

In the middle of the Tianlin Continent, in addition to the empire, there are many sects, and the martial arts sect should be dominated by the two super forces and the three hidden families, these forces are as strong as clouds, but they generally do not meddle in worldly affairs, what they pursue is always the continuous progress of martial arts cultivation and the ethereal way of immortality.

The imperial capital is the royal city of the Purple Cloud Empire, and in the eyes of ordinary people, the imperial capital is undoubtedly a symbol of the supreme power of the entire empire. The number of people in the imperial capital is a quarter of that of the entire Central Domain, and the prosperity of the royal city can be seen.

It is made of a number of meters of boulders, and the city wall is about 20 zhang high, with two big characters written on it - the imperial capital. Here, the warriors are forbidden to fight, the traders are forbidden to shout, and the order is orderly, although there is no forbidden army patrolling all the time, but no one dares to act recklessly in the imperial capital, even ordinary sect disciples have to be cautious in their words and deeds, and will not use force arbitrarily.

Changhui Street in the imperial capital is one of the most prosperous and lively streets in the imperial capital, with restaurants and flower gardens, large and small auction houses...... In the southeast corner of the street, a wooden plaque made of unknown material hangs at the top of the red vermilion lacquer gate, on which two big characters are written on the dragon flying and phoenix dancing - Chu Mansion.

A few simple big characters reveal a heavy sense of vicissitudes. Although the Chu Mansion is not a dignitary, it has also been inherited in this prosperous imperial capital for a hundred years, and has been doing business for generations, and it is also well-known in the imperial capital.

The main courtyard of Chu Mansion is full of beautiful trees, strange flowers, and it is quiet and warm. A flower path paved with white stones winds its way to a quaint cottage.

There are all kinds of brushes of different sizes on the bookcase in the house, and the dragon and the phoenix dance on the rice paper where the ink has not dried are written with the eight big characters of "clear breeze and bright moon, Lang Lang Qiankun", the penmanship is dignified and generous, the lines are concise and vivid, the mistakes are caused, the retraction is moderate, the dot painting is calm and the spirit is free, and there is no lack of handsome and free feeling everywhere.

No one would have imagined that such a model would come from the hands of a young man who was only a young man.

The young man is the famous rich merchant in the imperial capital, the young master of Chu Mansion - Chu Xidu. Because of his young age, he has a good attainment in calligraphy, and he is also famous.

The two thick sword eyebrows are like the first quarter moon in the night sky, a pair of clear eyes are elegant and profound, the straight nose bridge inadvertently gives people a sense of perseverance, and the slightly upturned thin lips reveal the agility and aura of a literati. The fifteen-year-old boy's face was still innocent and childish from time to time.

Although Chu Xiju is the only son of the Chu family, he has not liked business since he was a child, but he prefers to study calligraphy, and sometimes even to the point of forgetting to sleep and eat. His father Chu Yuannian had a son in his old age, and he did not force this, the Chu family has been in a single line for several generations, and the same is true for Chu Xidu's generation.

The Chu family has been in business for generations, and has a good reputation in the emperor.

Chu Yuannian has been in business since he was a child, and he is also very well-connected. Because of his ancestors, he made friends with the ministers of the current dynasty.

By chance, the three princes of the empire traveled to the people, ate the sturgeon in the Chu family inn once, and greatly appreciated it, and they never forgot it after returning to the palace. Since then, the Chu family has been providing sturgeon for the three princes. Just two days ago, another batch of fresh sturgeon was sent to the third prince.......

"Young master, the lord and the lady have asked you to meet the guests in the front hall, and the guests have been there for a while. "A woman dressed as a maid came to pass the word.

"Oh, do you know who the guest is? I haven't seen my father ask me to meet the guests. Chu Xiju put down the pen in his hand and asked with a puzzled face.

"This... The slave and maid don't know, the young master will know in the past. After the maid finished speaking, she retreated first.

......

In the main hall of Chu Mansion, I saw an old man who was dressed simply, about fifty years old, although there were traces left by the years on his face, he could still see that the old man was in good spirits and talked extraordinarily. At this moment, he was talking happily with the head of the Chu Mansion, Chu Yuannian, like an old friend for many years.

This old man is none other than the official secretary of the empire - Li Yucheng. Although he has lived in the temple for a long time, he is simple and plain at the moment, giving people an amiable feeling.

"In the first year, you and I have been friends for several generations, and your Chu family is still a benevolent person to my Li family, this time the old man intends to marry the little girl Minkui to your family, what do you think? After Li Yucheng finished speaking, he stopped saying and waited for Chu Yuannian's reply.

Li Yucheng did not give birth to a child in this life, and Min Kui is Li Yucheng's adopted daughter, and he clearly remembers that on Chinese New Year's Eve fifteen years ago, when the entire imperial capital was brightly lit, the guards of Shangshu Mansion found a baby in swaddling clothes at the gate of Shangshu Mansion, and strangely did not find out who abandoned the baby here after some inspection.

There were no letters or anything like that in the baby's swaddling clothes, only a black jade pendant with the word "Aoi" engraved on it. Mr. and Mrs. Li Yucheng regarded the baby as a gift from heaven, regarded it as a pearl in the palm of their hands, and named it "Minkui." ”

To Li Yucheng's surprise, she was able to lift a hundred-pound boulder at the age of five, became a third-grade martial artist at the age of ten, was promoted to a first-grade warrior at the age of twelve, and now she has just reached the age of sixteen to become a second-grade martial artist, and the most important thing is that she is self-taught!

This has been unheard of in the entire Central Region for nearly a hundred years, and has caused a lot of sensations. Even the emperor of the Purple Cloud Empire was amazed, and repeatedly offered to take Li Minkui to the palace and be personally taught and cultivated by him, but Li Yucheng and his wife politely refused on the grounds that Minkui was young.

Li Yucheng knew that with Minkui's temperament, if he really wanted to be brought into the palace, he didn't know what kind of basket to poke out for him.

Although Li Yucheng and his wife are not martial arts cultivators, they also know that it is not easy to become a martial artist, let alone a sixteen-year-old first-class martial artist, but no matter how "demonic" Minkui is, it is also the daughter of his Shangshu Mansion, and it is the pearl of his Li Yucheng. Although Li Minkui also caused a lot of trouble in the imperial capital, they were all secretly dealt with by Li Yucheng.

"Thanks to the love of Lord Shangshu, the evening decision is really a blessing from eight lifetimes, and I can marry the daughter of Shangshu, so I will respond to this matter for him, pick an auspicious day, and set eight sedan chairs to Shangshu Mansion to marry Ling Qianjin. Chu Yuannian agreed with a smile on his face.

"I don't agree!" Chu Xijue just wanted to enter the house when he heard his father's conversation with this "adult", in fact, he was no stranger to this Shangshu lord, the two families had contacts from time to time, and sometimes the Chu family's business was thanks to this adult's care, which he had heard his mother say.

It's just that he has always been an assertive person, no one can force him to do business, no one can let him abandon literature and follow martial arts, and this time it is the same, no one can only determine his life in a few words.

The most important thing is that he has heard many, many "rumors" about Li Minkui, such a legendary person, he feels that he should not provoke subtlety.

"Xi Decided, don't be rude in front of your Uncle Li, I just asked you to come over to inform you, this matter is not negotiable!" Chu Yuannian's tone gave people unquestionable sternness.

"Oh? Xi Du, do you think that my dignified Shangshu daughter is not worthy of you as a kid?" Shangshu Li Yucheng's expression was already a little displeased, in fact, he still admired Chu Xidu in his heart.

Although Chu Xi has no official position and no glory as a martial artist, this son is something he has watched grow up, he is honest and honest, and he has a pure heart, which is very rare.

"Uncle Li, I'm just a weak person who has no power to tie the chicken, not even a competent scholar, and my future achievements are limited, neither can I dominate the rivers and lakes, nor can I meet the source in the court, I really don't dare to climb the daughter, and I ask Uncle Li to take back his life. Chu Xiju just looked directly into Li Yucheng's eyes and said without humility or arrogance.

"You!hmph!" Li Yucheng was really angry and a little incoherent. He was a dignified imperial official, and he didn't care about the difference between the family and the family, and he was rejected, you must know that there are countless ministers of the DPRK and China who want to get close to him, and today they have destroyed their prestige and lost face here.

"Xiao Er is young, I don't know how thick the sky is, and I don't have to mind Brother Li. Chu Yuannian saw Li Yucheng's face gradually change, and hurriedly said.

"Forget it, let's get here today, I'm tired, go home!" Li Yucheng didn't say a word, got up and left.

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"Come, lock him in my room, and don't let him out without my permission. Chu Yuannian was a little hated that iron could not be made of steel.

Today, a beautiful marriage was ruined by Chu Xidu, and Chu Yuannian was very angry.

Chu Mansion has been doing business all year round, and it is inevitable that some people will "worry", and Chu spent a lot of money to hire ten first-class martial artists as nurses, which is enough to deter many people. At this moment, it was two of the first-class martial artists who were holding Chu Xidu.

"Strange, why are your eyelids jumping so hard today?" Chu Yuannian didn't know why, and there was a faint unspeakable uneasiness in his heart.

Perhaps, no one could have predicted that the fate of Chu Xidu and Li Minkui would be tightly entangled in the future.