Chapter 072: Birthday Dinner (1)
This time, the birthday dinner was held in the city lord's mansion.
The entire Yunzhou City is divided into four urban districts: east, south, west and north, which can be inhabited by people. The central area, on the other hand, was occupied by the castle lord's mansion and was not allowed to be entered.
At night, the city lord's mansion is brightly lit and brilliant. There was a lot of traffic in front of the door, and countless guests lined up to enter the inside.
At the door stood a row of samurai in silver-white armor, all of whom were warriors of the tenth layer of the day after tomorrow, maintaining order here. With them in charge, even people from big families don't dare to mess around, and honestly line up to enter.
Obviously, these warriors are all elite warriors in the Cloud Dragon Legion, and the guests of today's banquet were specially transferred to guard here, otherwise the martial artists of the tenth layer of the sky would never be able to guard the gate here.
Many wealthy families, large and small forces, and people who are qualified to receive invitations in the entire Yunzhou City have all gathered here tonight, densely packed and lively. Even one of the streets outside was crowded with people.
There are eight major families and hundreds of small and medium-sized families in Yunzhou City, and there are many powerful families. With so many forces coming to congratulate, it's no wonder there are so many people.
Moreover, not only in Yunzhou City, but even in the entire Feiyun County, if they get the news, they will also send people over to congratulate them and offer gifts.
With so many people, you must have to queue up, otherwise you will be messed up, and you will be fished in the water by people with ulterior motives.
There were a lot of ordinary people watching. For ordinary people in the city, even if they can't enter the City Lord's Mansion, it is also a good choice to be able to join in the excitement at close range and watch this rare event.
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On the street, a huge carriage made of white jade drove over from a distance, squeezed through the crowd of onlookers, and slowly stopped in front of the city lord's mansion. Seeing the family emblem on this luxury carriage, people instantly recognized their origins.
"This is the Wu family in the east of the city, one of the eight great families!"
"This carriage is really luxurious, but wouldn't the defense be too weak? If you're not careful, won't it break Meiyu?"
"What do you know? Don't underestimate this carriage, it is made of diamond jade, and its defense is extremely strong, and it can resist the attacks of the innate strong without breaking!"
"So powerful? The big family is really profound. β
As he was talking, he saw a group of people coming out of the carriage, led by a middle-aged man, who was the head of the Wu family. Behind him, there is a heroic and arrogant young man, this is the son of the Wu family, Wu Tianzhuo.
"What a young man!" someone exclaimed.
"Legend has it that Wu Gongzi worshiped the middle school sword of the Taihao Sword Sect, and his strength was extremely terrifying. Don't look at him now, he is only on the ninth layer of the day after tomorrow, but the ten layers of the day after tomorrow are not his opponents. β
"That's right. The disciples of the Taihao Sword Sect can fight beyond the ranks, and their combat power is very terrifying. Presumably, no one in the younger generation will be his opponent. β
"At a young age, he has already reached the ninth layer of the day after tomorrow, and it seems that it is very likely that he will reach the tenth layer of the day after tomorrow before the age of thirty. What a genius!"
Wu Tianzhuo heard the praise of the people around him, and his eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of pride, and the corners of his mouth inadvertently drew a trace of arc.
At this moment, another chariot with a golden body drove over.
"This is the Golden Chariot! The people of the Chengxilin family are also one of the eight great families!" someone exclaimed.
This golden chariot is an old antique of the Lin family, which can be called the symbol of this clan, and it will only be used on important occasions. They came in this chariot today, obviously to pay the highest respect to the City Lord's Mansion.
The city lord of Yunzhou, his prestige is too high, so many forces are impressed!
Out of the golden chariot was a middle-aged man with a majestic appearance, who was the head of the Lin family. When the head of the Wu family saw him, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he walked up and arched his hand, "Brother Lin, you also came here so early?"
"What a coincidence. The head of the Lin family laughed and was very bold. looked at Wu Tianzhuo and asked, "Is this Ling Gongzi?"
"Exactly!" the head of the Wu family nodded, "Tianzhuo, I haven't come to see Uncle Lin yet!"
Wu Tianzhuo hurriedly put away his arrogant expression and saluted respectfully: "I've seen Uncle Lin!"
The head of the Lin family nodded: "Well, it's really the best among the people." I heard that he worshiped under the Taihao Sword Sect, he must be extremely powerful, among the younger generation of Yunzhou City, I'm afraid there is no one who is his opponent, right?"
A hint of arrogance flashed in Wu Tianzhuo's eyes, but he still said modestly: "Don't dare to be, Yunzhou City Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, maybe there will be more powerful characters." β
While they were talking, large families kept coming, and luxurious carriages came one after another. The scene was very spectacular, all of them appeared in a high-profile manner, and there were even those who pulled the cart with demon beasts, which couldn't help but make everyone amazed.
These big families all have some friendship with each other, and when they meet, of course, they want to say hello, and by the way, they will chat in front of the City Lord's Mansion.
If you want to enter the City Lord's Mansion, you need to queue up, and even the eight major families dare not be presumptuous. However, when it comes to queuing, there are naturally people who do it for them, and they just need to wait.
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The arrival of the Liu family was relatively low-key, just an ordinary horse-drawn carriage, the carriage was very large, the decoration was very luxurious, it was like a house, very comfortable.
Li Qing and Liu Ke'er were sitting in it, and the people around them were all elders of the family.
The atmosphere in the car was a little serious, Li Qing felt very uncomfortable, and didn't understand that he had to take a carriage, and it was obviously much faster to walk. Perhaps, these may be the so-called family etiquette!
"Li Qing, Ke'er, when you go in, you have to communicate with the young heroes in Yunzhou City. Father Liu admonished.
"Yes!" the two replied.
The car stopped.
"Here we are, let's go down. Father Liu took the lead and walked out of the carriage, looked out, and saw that people from all major families were standing in front of the mansion and chatting, and couldn't help but light up his eyes, and hurriedly walked up, and said with a smile: "You guys are really early, but Liu is late." β
"Brother Liu!" everyone greeted one after another.
Li Qing and Liu Ke'er also walked out of the carriage and followed. As soon as Liu Ke'er appeared in front of everyone, it was like a fairy falling into the dust, which was too conspicuous and was noticed by everyone.
Suddenly, the crowd was silent, and the needle drop could be heard!
"It's beautiful! who is this woman?" they were dumbfounded.
"It's just a fairy in the sky! Seeing that she came out of the Liu family's carriage, is she the daughter of the Liu family?"
The crowd was detonated in an instant, and everyone was talking about it, and their eyes were blazing. Liu Keer suddenly became the focus of everyone.
Wu Tianzhuo also followed everyone's gaze, saw Liu Ke'er, and suddenly his eyes straightened, and he swallowed his saliva unconsciously.
His eyes skyrocketed, staring at her with a wistful look.
"It's so beautiful! Who is she? Seeing her get out of the carriage in Liufu, it must be ........"
Soon, his suspicions were confirmed.
"Old Liu, who is this woman, and how can she be so beautiful?" someone asked.
Father Liu smiled: "This is a little girl, Liu Ke'er!"
"It turned out to be your daughter!" everyone suddenly said, "Why haven't you heard of it before?"
"She has been studying in the Eight Desolations Sect all these years, and she is not in Yunzhou City, so naturally you have not heard of it. He explained.
"I see. The crowd nodded. Elder Liu is the elder of the Eight Desolations Sect, and it is not surprising that there is such a relationship.
Wu Tianzhuo finally couldn't help it, and asked, "Dare to ask this Miss Liu Keer, is it the one who has a marriage contract with me?"
It's finally here! A faint smile flashed at the corner of Father Liu's mouth, and he nodded and said, "The virtuous nephew is right, she is indeed a little girl." β
Wu Tianzhuo was overjoyed, but he didn't expect it to be her, so he hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, I am willing to accept this marriage contract, when will we be able to get married?"
He even shouted his father-in-law, which made everyone a little unable to react.
A hint of displeasure flashed in Father Liu's eyes, this is too anxious, isn't it? Wouldn't it be known to everyone to say such a thing in front of everyone?
"Don't think about it!" Li Qing shouted, stood up, and said, "Ke'er won't marry you, she's my person, you don't have to think about it!"
When everyone heard this, their faces were a little strange. What's going on?
"What?" Wu Tianzhuo was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "What are you?
"Virtuous nephew, don't worry, please listen to me. Seeing that the situation was not good, Father Liu said urgently, "He is actually Ke'er's fiancΓ©!"
"Two fiancΓ©s?" everyone was a little surprised, feeling a little confused. Could it be that one daughter and two husbands can't succeed?
"Uncle, what's going on?" Wu Tianzhuo asked in surprise.
Father Liu explained: "His name is Li Qing, and he is the apprentice of our old man in the Eight Desolations Sect. The old man didn't know that Ke'er had a marriage contract in advance, so he agreed to the marriage of Li Qing and Ke'er, and now he is back to get married. As a result, this is what is happening now. β
I see!
Wu Tianzhuo suddenly came to his senses and remembered that ten days ago, Liufu had sent someone over to let them cooperate in a play, was it because of this reason?
He couldn't help but feel a little remorseful, he refused too decisively at that time, and he didn't know the situation in detail. knew that Liu Keer was really so beautiful, how could he refuse?
However, it's not too late. At least he knew that Father Liu supported him, otherwise he would not have sent someone to Wu Mansion at that time.
Thinking about this, Wu Tianzhuo showed a hint of a smile and said, "Father-in-law, since Elder Liu didn't know in advance and made a wrong decision, then the marriage contract between the two of them is invalid. You have to pay attention to doing things first-come-first-served, Miss Ke'er has already had a marriage contract with me, so this one of mine is effective!"
"Well, that makes sense!" the crowd nodded.
"Uh, this ......" Father Liu showed an embarrassed expression. In fact, he was really embarrassed, because he knew that it was impossible for Liu Keer to agree, and it was useless to force her, so he could only come soft!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but scold secretly, this Wu Tianzhuo was really too anxious, didn't he plan well in private?
Sure enough, Liu Ke'er spoke: "I don't care what the marriage contract is, none of these count! I will not marry Li Qing in this life!"
"Make your own decisions?" everyone was a little displeased when they heard this. How can you make your own decisions about the marriage of a big family, it is simply a great rebellion!
This is indeed the case in large families, where family affairs are decided by their parents, and no one is left to them. It is all too common to sacrifice the happiness of children for the sake of profit.
But Liu Keer's situation was different, and Liu's father couldn't say anything about it, so he hurriedly said: "Okay, let's not talk about it." Today we are here to attend the birthday banquet, and the matter is important, so let's discuss this matter later. β
After speaking, he also secretly glanced at Wu Tianzhuo and signaled him not to mess around.
Seeing this, Wu Tianzhuo understood it, so he stopped pestering and said, "That's right, this is a private matter between our two families, let's find time to discuss it later." β
The head of the Wu family also nodded and said, "Okay, let's discuss it later." It's inconvenient here after all. β
This is the end of this topic.
Someone reminded: "It's our turn to line up, now we can go in, let's go." β
So the people dispersed and entered the city lord's mansion one by one. The surrounding crowd couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and a good show was not watched.
Liu Keer felt very unhappy, because Liu's father's attitude was too irresolute and worrying. What else is there to discuss? He should have resolutely rejected the Wu family's talents in front of everyone, although he would offend them, but cutting through the mess quickly was the best solution.
What can you do if you offend the Wu family? The backstage of the Liu family is so hard, they are not afraid of them at all.
"Don't worry, no matter what outcome they discuss, we won't care. Let's just be our own relatives, and don't pay attention to the eyes of the world. Li Qing said.
Martial artists pay attention to being at ease, how can they be bound by these rules? The orders of parents and the words of matchmakers do not apply to them.
Especially Liu Keer's strength is so strong, she can soon break through to the innate realm, who can force her?
"Well, let's go inside. Liu Ke'er nodded and smiled, "As long as we don't separate from each other, no one can separate us!"