Chapter 157: Rival in Love
It's also a bit of a coincidence.
Among the nine great families of the Dajin Dynasty, five were in Luoyang, Kyoto, and before today, Xia Sheng had more or less intersected with the younger generation of these wealthy families.
Qin Yan is his disciple, Ye Xiao'e is his fiancée, and although Gu Zhixing is not familiar with each other, he can be regarded as having some friendship.
Even when Xia Sheng was still competing with the young master of the Murong family, Murong Wangui had a face-to-face.
As for the Xu family, it is rumored that more than ten years ago, Xu Qiuchao had a son, but died tragically in infancy, and since then, to this day, Xu Qiuchao has no heirs.
If you want to count it like this, the Li family, Li Rujing, is the last child of the Luoyang family that Xia Sheng has seen.
Before going to the banquet, Xia Sheng had already done his homework, so he knew very well what the real reason why the Li family was able to be listed as one of the nine masters of Jinguo.
As the world knows.
The Qin family relies on Shantang and controls the world's financial and tax power, the Ye family and the Xu family rely on the Thorn Army and the Zhenguo Army and hold the power of the army, the Gu family and the Murong family rely on force, and there are many geniuses in cultivation, such as Gu Zhixing is called a martial idiot, and Murong Wangui is a perennial top five on the Jinyun list, known as a model for the younger generation.
So, what does the Li family rely on?
To put it more vulgarly, it is to rely on women.
Or to put it more directly, the Li family is a relative of the emperor.
In the 500-year history of the Dajin Dynasty, a total of five emperors were born, and in the Li family alone, there were three queens and seven concubines!
The contemporary head of the Li family, Li Fengnian's sister, is the current queen!
So it seems. It is not difficult to understand that the Li family can have such a prominent position.
Originally, in Xia Sheng's plan, he didn't plan to have any intersection with the Li family, but since Ning Zheng asked him to come, he also came, but he never thought about it. But during the banquet, I found that other people looked at him a little strangely.
In the end, Xia Sheng relied on the unstoppable amount of alcohol and the extremely sophisticated cliché strategy to finally learn about the relationship between Li Rujing and Ye Xiao'e from the mouth of an escort.
So for a while, he looked at Li Rujing's gaze, and he couldn't help but have a taste of scrutiny.
It must be admitted that judging from the appearance alone, Li Rujing has indeed inherited the fine bloodline of the Li family, handsome and chic. A table of talents, it is said that there is even such a sentence in the market:
Murong in the south, Jingru in the north.
This Murong naturally refers to Murong's late return, and Jing Ru refers to Li Rujing.
In terms of realm strength, Li Rujing is not to mention that he is compared with Murong Wangui, I am afraid that even the martial idiot of the Gu family can't beat it, so how can he be compared with Murong Wangui?
Is it just because both of them are young talents from the Nine Families?
Then why isn't it called Nan Murong. North Zhixing?
The reason is simple, the real meaning of this phrase. In fact, it is saying that Li Rujing can be on par with Murong Wangui's strength realm just by his appearance!
Xia Sheng didn't know which one was better-looking, this Li Rujing or the young master Mo who had a pair of peach blossom eyes, but at least he was very self-aware and knew that these two people could throw him more than ten streets in appearance.
But for this matter, Xia Sheng didn't mind. Because he knows better than anyone else that in this world, the appearance of a man is the most insignificant thing.
So in comparison, what he really cares about. It is Li Rujing's attitude.
At this time, Li Rujing was already a little drunk, although he was not enough to lie down on the table, but his eyes had begun to drift, and his tongue could not be straightened.
Maybe he never thought that Xia Sheng's alcohol consumption would be so terrifying, and there were more than a dozen strong men at a table, all of whom were not his opponents alone!
But Li Rujing, who was drunk, obviously couldn't see the sinister situation on the field clearly, and he didn't notice that Xia Sheng's face was not even half drunk, at this time he was still holding the wine glass and wine jug, staggering to Xia Sheng's eyes, and smiling.
"Summer ...... Xia Gongzi ...... I, I'll tell you...... If you are true in the future...... can really marry Xiao'e, that's really ...... Thousands of years of cultivation, of, blessings......"
This was the first time Li Rujing mentioned Ye Xiao'e at the wine table, so Xia Sheng raised it with interest, and asked with a smile, "What do you say?"
Li Rujing put one hand on Xia Sheng's shoulder, like an old friend who has known him for many years, and like a brother who talks about everything, although the demeanor engraved in his bones is still there, but the pungent smell of wine on his body can't be dissipated.
"Xiao'e and I are ...... ...... who grew up together That is, what they call it, green plum...... Bamboo Horse ...... I always thought ...... She will definitely be my woman in the future...... Hey...... Who would have thought that there would be a ...... of you out of the sky?"
"So what...... If you dare in the future, dare to treat Xiao'e badly...... I, Li Rujing, will be the first to let you go!"
Hearing this, Xia Sheng immediately laughed, he gently pulled away Li Rujing's arm, and said, "Just by virtue of, are you Xiao'e's childhood sweetheart?"
Li Rujing was immediately stunned, and the wine glass that had been brought to his mouth was paused, and asked rhetorically: "What...... How, no...... Can't you?"
Xia Sheng shook his head and said: "It is said that marriage is a major event, it is the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, you are neither her parents nor the matchmaker, don't say that I am not good to her, even if I divorce her afterwards, what do you have to do?"
Regarding Xia Sheng's unreasonable words, Ren Li Rujing was usually clever and logical, but at this time, under the drunkenness, he couldn't say half a word, so he could only hold his face redder and stare at Xia Sheng angrily.
"You...... You ......"
So Xia Sheng immediately laughed, filled Li Rujing's cup with wine, and said: "Oh, Brother Li, don't be so serious, I just said a joke, come on, drink, drink......"
Xia Sheng's posture of turning his face faster than turning a book suddenly frightened Li Rujing, who was already delirious, into a daze, and before he had time to think about it, he was raised by Xia Sheng's elbow and poured down another glass of wine.
As soon as he finished drinking, Xia Sheng poured him a full amount again, and continued: "Even if this glass of wine is not inferior just now, it is necessary to make amends, come, Brother Li......"
Li Rujing didn't even think about it, obviously Xia Sheng wanted to make amends, why did he drink by himself, so he drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp, so it seemed that he was making amends for Xia Sheng.
And this glass of wine completely became the last straw that broke the camel's back, Li Rujing's feet immediately softened, and his eyes became blurred.
The next moment, Li Rujing seemed to feel that he had floated up from the ground and came to mid-air, his body was light for a while, but he didn't know why, he had a terrible headache.
On the other side, I saw Xia Sheng grabbing his hair, dragging him to the wall, and then slammed Li Rujing's head against the wall.
"Boom!" (To be continued.) )