Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Marriage Proposal
Xiangyang City, in a fine room in the city lord's mansion.
Long Aotian's eyes were bright, he looked at the handsome young man opposite, and then leaned back lazily.
He is nicknamed the "Jingzhou Giant", and he is nearly two meters tall, and the average back of the chair is a little short for him.
Behind his chair is a sour wood tall desk, the top of which is the same height as the back of the chair. A woman in red was lying on her side at the table.
This woman has abundant snow breasts, a thin waist and long legs, and her whole body exudes a mature charm.
She is Long Aotian's favorite concubine, named Gongsun Hong.
Gongsun Hong was two or three years older than Long Aotian, and was born in a small sect of demons on the island of the East China Sea. Although all of this sect are humans, they have the bloodline of the ancient divine beast Golden-winged Dapeng, and the cultivation of the Dapeng Xiaoyao Recipe can make people return to their ancestors in a short period of time, simulating the shape of the Golden-winged Dapeng, although the body is much smaller, but it is also known for its flight speed.
When Long Aotian was eighteen years old, he went to the East China Sea to hunt for treasure, so he got involved with this woman, abducted her back, and took her as a concubine, and was extremely favored. Gongsun Hong also has a cultivation close to Zhengtian, so although he is thirty years old, he does not look old at all.
At the beginning, Long Aotian spoke sweetly to her, swore an alliance, and made an appointment with his wife more than once. But now Gongsun Hong's treatment is to use her breasts as Long Aotian's pillow in front of distinguished guests.
Gongsun Hongjiao groaned, as if she had been crushed comfortably, and as if she was dissatisfied with Long Aotian treating herself like this, but she was helpless.
Although Long Aotian behaves absurdly, he is really heroic and has the charm to conquer women. And the ability in bed is also extraordinary, every time Gongsun Hong wants to die, he can't stop.
Li Xun looked at this scene, his face was red, and he looked at the Feng girl on the side, only to see that Feng Shushuang's pretty face was also faintly dizzy.
In fact, the two of them have seen such a scene more than once, but they still don't get used to it after all.
And this kind of unscrupulous practice is exactly how Long Aotian shows his closeness to the people around him.
"Dao Miyagi's affairs, I hope the virtuous brother doesn't mind. Long Aotian's eyes were like torches, and he looked at Li Xundao.
He lost the battle, but still let the retainer Oka Motoshin occupy the Michinomiya Castle with 500 soldiers, which made many people in Mikawa dissatisfied. Jiu Zhongci and Zhao Zongsheng, who are strong by nature, have complained privately many times about this.
Li Xun replied softly: "In order to counterattack, this is a last resort. After Brother Long recovers the lost territory for Sanhe, the younger brother can call the shots, and then divide several castles directly under Shenxiao to reward meritorious officials. β
Indeed, Shenxiao Dao sent troops for the three rivers, and if the generals did not get benefits, they would definitely be dissatisfied.
Li Xun's words seem to be betraying Sanhe's interests, but the premise is that Long Aotian can defeat Su Mengzhen and regain the lost territory for Sanhe, which contains the meaning of urging Long Aotian.
"Little brother, how old are you this year?" Long Aotian politely poured a glass of wine for Li Xun and asked.
This is Xiangyang City, which was originally the territory of Sanhe, but Long Aotian poured wine for Li Xun, as if he was the master here.
But in his eyes, since the entire Jingzhou belongs to Shenxiao Dao, he is naturally the lord as the master of Shenxiao Dao, and although Li Xun is his righteous brother, he is also a retainer, so he is a guest.
Li Xun was stunned and replied, "I just turned fifteen." β
"Fifteen years old...... Hmm......" Long Aotian muttered, "It's time to get married." β
"Huh?" replied Li Xun, looking a little demented.
Long Aotian smiled and said, "The Master of the Li Sect and the Master of the First Sect are both at this age when they get married. β
The previous two generations of the Li family were married early.
However, it is not because of this tradition.
In troubled times, ordinary people generally get married early, and many get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen.
However, for cultivators, if they are exposed to carnal desires too early, they may lose their true yang and true yin, which will hinder their cultivation.
Therefore, the children of the great clan are officially married after the age of eighteen or even twenty. Of course, I can't bear the loneliness, but there are many people who steal by themselves in the early years.
However, the ancestor of the Sanhe Sword Sect, Li Xun's grandfather Li Qing, staged a coup d'Γ©tat at the age of thirteen, put his grandfather Li Yi and uncle Li Yong under house arrest and seized power.
Although he is only a thirteen-year-old child, since he has become the head of the door, he must give birth to an heir as soon as possible to stabilize his position. This is the reason why Li Qing married a wife at the age of fifteen.
And the reason why Li Zhong married early was also because of his father's early death.
Li Xun doesn't seem to have this need now, but Li Zhong is plagued by dark diseases and is not in good health, so he can't last a few years. Once Li Zhong died, the retainers would definitely ask him to marry a wife to continue the bloodline.
Long Aotian's eyes looked at Feng Lushuang again: "Ah He...... I've heard about you and Xiaozhu fighting side by side. β
"I didn't expect that I, a girl who has always been delicate and weak, would have such courage. I'm so gratified. β
Feng Shuangshuang's face blushed lightly: "Thank you cousin for your compliment." β
"You can take action for the little brother of the Li family on the battlefield, you must be very fond of him. Long Aotian poured a sip of wine into his mouth, and then said leisurely: "You two are also talented and beautiful, and you are born a ......."
Feng Shushuang's face turned red like blood, and he exclaimed, "Cousin......"
Her mind was in turmoil for a moment.
Then she turned her eyes and looked at Li Xun on the side.
The boy had a cute round face that made him look a few years younger than his real age. The eyes are like paint, the face is like condensation, and the face is like Wodan, which can be called beautiful and picturesque.
Jingnan is known to have many handsome men and beautiful women, but in Changsha City, Feng Shushuang has never seen such a beautiful boy.
She is the age of the girl Huaichun, and of course she has a good impression of Li Xun.
But there's a catch.
Mendi.
Feng Shushuang is arrogant and takes the door very seriously.
The Feng family and the Long family are of the same origin, they are branches of the Long family, and they were separated very early, and they have their own family style, and they are famous families for thousands of years.
And the Li family in Xiangyang, as well as the Su family and the Wu family in Shentang, although they are also known as famous families, they are just local nouveau riche in the eyes of the hairpin family.
The Su family and the Wu family are better, although the background is not enough, after all, there have been several famous people in history, but the Li family has never been an elegant heirloom.
The ancestor of the Li family was originally a homeless man who fled the famine. But this person is handsome and good at rhetoric, and after wandering to Xiangyang County, he hooked up with the daughters of the two small landlords, the Li family and the restaurant, which enlarged their bellies, and chose to join the Li family, which is a little more powerful.
At that time, 500 years ago, the Li family's territory was only a few dozen acres of corn land -- in the mountains, there was no way to grow rice.
It is also strange to say that since then, the two families have been running from time to time, and their power has become bigger and bigger, and they have even seized a piece of extremely fertile land in the north of Xiangyang City, built Anxiang City, and changed from a small local tyrant to a powerful family in the Sanhe Sword Sect that controls a county in Xiangyang.
The Three Rivers Sword Sect was initially divided into three lines: the Galaxy River, the Haihe River, and the River Styx, and the Li family was dominated by the Haihe family, which was assisted by the same origin restaurant, as well as several close-knit families such as the Lan family and the Zhao family.
Later, the Xinghe Jiang family was in civil strife, although the strength of the three rivers was seriously depleted, but the Li family also took advantage of the situation and entered Xiangyang City and became the lord of the three rivers.
Feng Lushuang felt that it was one thing to have a good impression of Li Xun, even if it was ambiguous, it didn't matter.
But if he really marries Li Xun, maybe he will be ridiculed by his girlfriends who are also from famous families, saying: "Let's see, the first famous flower among us actually married a descendant named Huazi!"
Thinking of this, Feng Shushuang felt that she couldn't accept it.
Even if there are as many children as famous as a cow, there are not many big families who can have such a power as the Li family of Sanhe. It's just that the arrogance of the famous family has its own set of arrogance, that is, it does not take the nouveau riche who lack background in their eyes.
Feng Lushuang knew that if her cousin really decided, she would not be able to resist.
No matter how pampered she is, she will not say in front of Li Xun that the ancestors of the Li family are called Huazi. After all, this is where the Li family's reverse scales lie.
So she stared at Li Xun, wanting to hear what he would say.
When Long Aotian saw this scene, he felt that his cousin was really in love with Li Xun, but it was only because of his daughter's thin skin that he seemed to refuse, so he looked at Li Xun with his eyes: "Little brother, what do you mean? β
Li Xun also chuckled in his heart.
Of course, Miss Feng is very beautiful, in addition to being a little proud, she can also be regarded as having an appetite for him, even if she doesn't feel particularly good.
But he knew what it meant to be Shenxiao's son-in-law.
In the Western Desert, there is a hero who marries his daughter to a rival, pretends to be harmonious, and then assassinates his son-in-law and seizes the opponent's family business.
Of course, a famous family like the Shenxiao Dragon family would not do such a thing. To marry you a blood relative is to show closeness, to say that it will never attack you.
But it also meant being included in the core retainers of the Long family.
The Shenxiao Dragon family has a famous family. After becoming their son-in-law, no matter how powerful the man's family is, he can only take the form of half-involvement, and spend half of his time in the Shenxiao General Altar in Changsha City every year.
And the territory can only be taken care of by the retainers.
In this process, Shenxiao Dao can of course send acting officials to strengthen the control of the three rivers.
Now Li Zhong is still here, but Long Aotian definitely knows that Li Zhong will not last long, and Li Xun's succession to the throne will only be a matter of the last two or three years.
Of course, Li Xun was unwilling to be reduced from an ally of Shenxiao Dao to a retainer, so he hoped that after recovering the lost territory, he would sacrifice a few castles and send them away.
But Long Aotian is really very calculating.
"This ......," Li Xun muttered.
Long Aotian seemed to see what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "If Ah He marries you, we will be a family." You said before that you would give a few cities to my subordinates as territories, which is too angry. After recovering the lost land, I will return all of them to you Sanhe, and if I don't take an inch of land, it will be regarded as Ah He's dowry!"
This sounds arrogant, although Feng Lushuang is reluctant to marry the descendant of a homeless man, and is ridiculed by her female companions, she also feels that her cousin is really heroic.
Li Xun secretly complained.
But Mikawa was still counting on Shenxiao to send reinforcements again, and he couldn't refuse clearly.
"Xiaozhu is still young, and the major matters of marriage must be decided by ...... parents after all" Li Xun lowered his head, as if he was shy.
This kind of kicked the ball back to Daddy.
Moreover, Li Xun's uncle Shui Xinyuan defected to the shrine, so Li Xun's mother Shui Bingxin also divorced Li Zhong and returned to her parents' home. If you want to ask Shui Bingxin's opinion, then Shenxiao will have to help Sanhe get Shui Xinyuan done first.
Now he only has to use a procrastination trick as a delaying tactic.
Long Aotian laughed heartily and patted Li Xun's shoulder.
"Marriage events really shouldn't be rushed. Wait for Shenxiao to break through the Shentang Army and recover all the lost territory for Sanhe, and then make plans!"
Although he suffered a crushing defeat at Burning Beanzaka, Long Aotian was not discouraged at all, and firmly believed that it would not take long to defeat Su Mengzhen and regain all the lost territory for Mikawa.
He knew that if Li Zhong was still alive, it would be useless to arrest Li Xun as his son-in-law.
But as long as Li Zhong dies, Li Xun must marry and leave heirs according to the convention, so there is no reason to shirk again. Shui Bingxin is just a woman, and it is impossible to oppose it at all.
If it was according to Long Aotian's usual way of acting, maybe he would have designed to assassinate Li Zhong. But he already knew that Li Zhong would not live for a few years, and he was afraid that Li Xun would see through it and hold a grudge, so he waited patiently for a few years.
Li Xun's plan to delay the army was actually completely useless.
After all, for this kind of thing, Long Aotian is actually very patient.