Chapter 379: Hidden History (Part II)
Tuoba Jade has a name in the big family of Vermilion Bird City, called the Fire Sparrow.
Fire, not only refers to her red and unchanging outfit, but also implies that her character is like fire, enthusiastic and unrestrained, and the word finch coincides with the finch of Suzaku, but there are some differences in meaning, the metaphor is not Suzaku, but Peacock. Suzaku is one of the four holy beasts of the empire, even if Tuoba Yu is the eldest lady of the Tuoba family in Vermilion Bird City, she does not dare to put herself at the same height as the holy beast, because she is known as a peacock.
Although the peacock is not as good as the Suzaku, its nature is also extremely proud, and it can be seen from Tuoba Yu's example of the White Tiger City Lord Eva that her pride is only better than that of the peacock.
A fiery peacock, gorgeous, but not many people dare to try to regard it as a forbidden body, in addition to the power of the Tuoba family, Tuoba Yu's own personality also accounts for a large part of the reason.
But there is only one exception, this person is Lan Shiyao.
In fact, Lan Shiyao's age is four years younger than Tuoba Yu, and in the eyes of many ordinary people, he is just a child who has just grown up, where can he understand the relationship between men and women, but Lan Shiyao is different and has made amazing moves.
At a banquet held by the Tuoba family, Lan Shiyao, who had just turned thirteen, attended with his brother and his father, and Tuoba Yu, as the eldest lady of the Tuoba family, naturally appeared at the banquet.
That's how the two met.
Tuoba Yu didn't care about Lan Shiyao, in her eyes, the thirteen-year-old Lan Shiyao was just a yellow-haired child, even if she was the second young master of the Lan family, where would she take a few more looks?
Kelan Shiyao was different, from the first time he saw Tuoba Yu, his gaze became extremely hot, and he never moved away.
His actions quickly attracted the attention of many people, and Tuoba Yu's father, Tuoba Zhen, naturally noticed it, but he didn't care too much, but smiled and joked: "Shiyao Gongzi pays so much attention to the little girl, isn't he in love with the little girl?"
Listening to the smile in Tuoba Zhen's tone, everyone knew that it was just a joke to the juniors, but Lan Shiyao's answer made the chuckles of the people present disappear in an instant.
"Aimu, heh, how is it possible? But this body away from the fire, I, Lan Shiyao, are going to decide!"
The audience was silent!
This is a banquet held by the Tuoba family, Lan Shiyao's identity is just a guest, not only expressed disdain for Tuoba Yu in his words, but also compared her to an object, anyone who heard it was a tightened heart, and then looked at Lan Jue.
It's just a teenager, he dares to have such an attitude towards the Tuoba family, could it be that the Lan family has a mind about the Tuoba family?
Syllable!
What broke the silence was a slap, and it was Lan Jue who shot it, and he put a red handprint on his second son's face in front of everyone.
"What nonsense!"
The anger on Lan Jue's face made many people begin to doubt the speculation in their hearts, but Lan Shiyao, who had been slapped in the face, quickly raised his head, but there was not much shame on his face, but he continued to stare at Tuoba Yu indifferently.
In the end, Tuoba Zhen opened his mouth, covering it with the words 'children's words don't have to be taken seriously', and then collided with Lan Jue's wine glass, and the matter was suppressed like this.
After the banquet, many people secretly watched whether there would be a change in the incident between the Lan family and the Tuoba family, and it turned out to be a farce.
Tuoba Yu is known as the finch in the fire, although the pride of the personality seems to be unattainable, but it is only for ordinary people, among the ten major families in the city, there are still many young talents who are unwilling to give up the opportunity, trying to find a close relationship with the first beauty of Vermilion Bird City.
However, on the fifth day after the banquet, one of Tuoba Yu's suitors, one of the ten major families in Vermilion Bird City, the fourth young master of the Enamel family, was attacked by unknown people, and the three high-ranking guards of the enamel were unconscious, and Enameu was also beaten to the point that his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and the bridge of his nose was deviated to one side.
On the sixth day, the ninth young master of the Qi Lun family, the ten major families, Fei Xue, was attacked.
On the eighth day, Guo Tianming, the young master of the Guo family, was attacked.
For more than ten days in a row, the young masters of the seven families were all attacked by unknown people, and it was only then that someone discovered what these young masters had in common - they were all suitors of Tuoba Jade!
At this moment, everyone remembered Lan Shiyao's words.
"This body that is away from the fire, I, Lan Shiyao, are going to decide!"
I thought it was just a casual word, or a word taught by his father, but at this moment, everyone understood the truth, that is, Lan Shiyao, who was only thirteen years old, did not joke at all, but really showed his attitude.
Tuoba Yu, he Lan Shiyao is bound to win!
So everyone understood who the murderer of the attack was, but after all, there was no serious situation of dead people, and no one dared to quarrel with the Lan family because of this, and in the end, it was Lan Jue himself who gave a solution, and let Lan Shiyao carry the thorn on his back and go to the seven families to plead for sin.
But although it was a plea, Lan Shiyao's head never lowered, but instead sneered, as if he was the one who accepted the apology.
However, for the sake of the Lan family, this matter has been suppressed like this, but those young masters who have expressed their love for Tuoba Yu have since been like strangers to Tuoba Yu, and they no longer dare to pursue this finch in the fire as before.
So, in everyone's hearts, Tuoba Jade became Lan Shiyao's forbidden body.
However, this incident is a great shame for Tuoba Yu. She is a peacock who still holds her head high in the midst of the flames, how can she endure such gossip, not to mention that Lan Shiyao's words during the banquet have already made her angry, and she can't wait to beat him up to relieve her anger.
As for those suitors, Tuoba Yu didn't take it to heart, she was arrogant and couldn't look down on those young masters at all, even if the other party's cultivation qualifications were not weak, but in Tuoba Yu's eyes, they all became wine bags and rice bags, but Lan Shiyao bullied them so arrogantly, which made Tuoba Yu even more angry, if it wasn't for the lack of excuses, she really wanted to rush into the Lan family to confront Lan Shiyao in person, and teach this boy who doesn't know the height of the sky or the earth a lesson.
Subsequently, time passed slowly, and Tuoba Yu's identity in the eyes of others was also a foregone conclusion, she had the heart to find Lan Shiyao's stubble many times, but found that the yellow-haired child's personality changed rapidly in just one year, and the edges and corners of the first meeting seemed to be all polished, and he became a seemingly harmless young man with a smile.
In the face of such Lan Shiyao, Tuoba Yu only felt that he had punched the cotton, and there was no way to take him, so in the end he could only simply give up struggling, and as for Lan Shiyao's pursuit attitude from time to time, she could only choose to ignore it.
In her eyes, even if it was the background of the Lan family, it couldn't make her lower her proud head!
However, this idea of hers gradually came under threat, because she found that her family, including her father, their attitude towards her gradually changed from the initial support, and some people began to agree with the idea of marrying the Lan family.
At this time, no matter how arrogant Tuoba Yu was, she knew that she could not refuse Lan Shiyao without the support of her family.
Later, Lan Shiyao drugged her, trying to encroach on her, which made her vigilance rise to the top, in order to keep her innocence, she could only choose to become stronger, strong enough to be able to get rid of the shackles of the family.
And the civil and military talents are the best opportunities.
Taking advantage of the chaos caused by his rescue by the Sheik Dance, Tuoba Yu stole two famous cards and a broken artifact mirage from his home, and crossed the sea into the Suzaku Tower.
She originally thought that according to her qualifications, as long as she could enter the tower, she would soon be able to stand out and become the best in the trial, and finally win the ranking, and enter the imperial capital and no longer be bound by the family.
However, the reality is completely different from what she thought.
Tuoba Yu's qualifications are indeed not bad, and the first trialist also belongs to the middle and upper posture, but the middle level is undoubtedly a blow to Tuoba Yu himself.
Flame Peacock, is it possible that the achievement is only to such an extent?
She suppressed this mood and only wanted to prove herself, so she separated from Xue Yi Dance and tried her best to challenge the trial of Suzaku Tower.
Then, she met someone from the Lan family.
Without the cover of the mirage, she quickly revealed her identity, was pursued by the Lan family, and was about to fall into the hands of the Lan family, but she happened to meet Qiao Ximing.
Although she is a peacock, Tuoba Yu's pride does not affect her kindness, when Qiao Ximing stood up to help her, she also tried to save this stranger who seemed to her to know the height of the sky, but who knows, the other party relied on the guess of the rules of the Vermilion Bird Tower, so that the people of the Lan family suffered a miserable defeat.
At that moment, Qiao Ximing officially entered Tuoba Yu's eyes.
However, after all, the two are not familiar with each other, and Tuoba Yu is only grateful to Qiao Ximing, that's all.
But it didn't take long for Qiao Ximing to bet against her to surprise her to realize that this trialist, who seemed to have saved her only by virtue of the rules, actually surpassed herself in terms of cultivation qualifications, and easily cracked the illusion that she had not been able to break through.
This situation made Tuoba Yu suddenly have a strong curiosity about Qiao Ximing.
You must know that although she only belongs to the middle and upper reaches in the trial, almost all of the trialists who are in front of her are the trialists of Vermilion Bird City and Youwu Mansion, and Qiao Ximing knows at a glance that she is not from these two places, but she can also break into the upper reaches with her own talent, so she has to make Tuoba Yu curious about the other party's background.
She wanted to know the details of Qiao Ximing, but Qiao Ximing smiled and said nothing, which made her have all kinds of guesses in her heart, but she never knew it.
Until the encounter in the second trial.
At that time, Tuoba Yu was guarded by the demon god spirits, but she didn't know their origin at all, and when she entered the third realm, she saw Qiao Ximing again.
This meeting was not accidental, Tuoba Yu soon realized that her identity had become a bait to lure the Lan family, and her benefactor with a plain temperament showed an amazing evil aura for the first time, and laid a trap to easily defeat the attackers of the Lan family.
Until Qiao Ximing left again, Tuoba Yu still didn't know his name, but the impression in his heart became more profound, curiosity, awe, fear, all kinds of emotions were mixed with a hint.
She had only one thought in her mind.
This man ...... It's so interesting!