Chapter 29: The Scoundrel
Li Zijun repeatedly deliberated on the pros and cons, but Zuihou still decided to meet this Princess Julie. Even if he flew so far just for Bilbohm, he couldn't refuse Princess Julie's meeting.
In the eyes of ordinary people, being able to fly freely in the sky should be a dream thing. But for the magician, it was definitely a cold and wind-wrenching experience. Bilbohm's ability to endure this kind of pain for this woman in itself shows how important Julie is to him, and Li Zijun can't embarrass his mentor! Not to mention that withdrawing can never be a good solution to the problem!
On the way back, Li Zijun accidentally learned that Julie had the intention of making peace with Emperor Dongyu in addition to paying homage to Emperor Dongyu this time, and she brought Blanche, known as the first beauty of the grassland, to the Dongyu Empire. This incident touched a certain nerve in Li Zijun and made him smell a hint of conspiracy, but the matter has not been confirmed yet, and he doesn't want to judge it now, but this suspicion has made him more vigilant.
In order to cope with Julie's visit, most of the main members of the Li family rushed back to Sarat City, and Li Zijun had just returned to the Hou Mansion, and Caroline immediately organized everyone to hold a family meeting.
"Ed, the imperial court has officially sent you an invitation to go to Beijing to participate in the emperor's birthday celebration! After everyone sat down, Jenny handed the invitation letter from the court to Li Zijun.
"You should be aware of it, right? There are people in the court who want to calculate us again! They think that I have been too comfortable during this time, and they want to find me something to do!" Li Zijun looked at Caroline and Jenny with a frowning look, checked the invitation letter in his hand, and said with a wry smile.
Caroline and Jenny nodded in unison when they heard Li Zijun say this.
"This matter is getting more and more complicated now! Princess Julie has been living in Salat City for almost a month, and there has been no movement in the capital, but three days before you returned here, this invitation was delivered. The other party did this because he didn't want you to find an excuse and not rush back to Sarat City. The other party is also very calculating!" Jenny said, shaking her head.
"Ed, what do you think the other party wants to do?" asked Caroline with a solemn expression as she looked at Li Zijun.
"If I am not mistaken, Princess Julie will soon invite me to set out with her, and if I agree to go with her, she will immediately spread the word that I wish to present Blanche, the first beauty of the prairie, to Emperor Bixia, and that she will join the marriage on the letter of state. ”
"At that time, any explanation will be pale, and the charge of trying to use beauty to confuse Bixia will naturally fall on my head. I will also become the number one public enemy of those women in the palace because of this!Originally, those women in the palace had already looked at me a little unpleasantly, and this time they had to hate me even more!" Li Zijun said with a smile.
"At this time, do you still have the heart to laugh, none of those women in the palace have a deep family background, if they join forces to deal with you, we are afraid that the Seine Peninsula will be in big trouble!" Jenny glanced at Li Zijun and said.
"They treat me with such insidious tricks, I can only use such a smile against them!" Li Zijun said and laughed, but his smile gradually became a little obscene.
"Hurry up and put away your dead look! it makes me upset when I look at it!" Jenny said unhappily before she noticed anything, thinking that Li Zijun was still joking with her.
"You mean?" Caroline saw Li Zijun's expression, and gradually showed a happy expression, and her smile became more and more obvious. But to Jenny's surprise, Caroline shook her head while laughing, and Jenny looked at Li Zijun suspiciously.
"At present, Julie has not written her intention to marry in the national credentials, and because of the identity of Princess Blanche, she cannot write her name in the gift list, which gives me a lot of room for movement. Li Zijun winked at Jenny.
"That is to say, Blanche does not belong to anyone at the moment! In the face of such a beautiful woman from the prairie, it is normal for a marquis like me to be tempted. ”
Hearing this, Jenny also understood what Li Zijun meant.
"You're playing a stinking scoundrel!" Jenny scolded.
"Although I am a little young, this does not prevent me from pursuing the wonderful aiqing! The seat of the Marquise next to me is vacant, and it is not an insult to the status of Princess Blanche! I will launch a crazy attack on Blanche from the day I see her true face. At the same time, I also want to report my thoughts to Emperor Bixia and the imperial court, and implore Bixia to fulfill them! Second sister, am I wrong in doing this? How can you say that about your innocent brother!" The conversation with Anna in Beast Mountain opened many knots in Li Zijun's heart, and he became more open in many ways. After Li Zijun finished speaking, he didn't forget to make a grimace at Jenny.
"Phew, how can I have a brother like you!" Jenny couldn't help but scold again when she saw Li Zijun's funny appearance.
"Second sister, playing a scoundrel is sometimes the best way to deal with conspiracy!"
"I think I can give this a try! At least I can tell Julie and those who want to frame Ed that we have discovered their plot and make them have some scruples. Caroline was silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement with Ed's idea.
Everyone saw that Caroline had expressed their support for Li Zijun, and the others didn't say anything more.
Early the next morning, Li Zijun and his two sisters, under the protection of the Giant Clan's guards, arrived at Julie's camp outside the city of Zarat.
After several years of development, Sarat City has the most luxurious hotels and inns in the Dongyu Empire and even in the Youlan Continent. But Julie did not choose to stay in these places, and the Turk-Hungarian mission maintained the habits of the steppe peoples, camping outside the city of Zarat.
The officials of the Turk-Hungarian Empire had already been informed yesterday that the Marquis of Edlaide was going to visit, and when Li Zijun arrived here, someone immediately welcomed them into the camp.
The Giants' guards were kept out of Julie's tent, and only three people, Li Zijun, Caroline, and Jenny, were allowed in.
Princess Julie's tent covers an area of 2 to 300 square meters, and is divided into two connected tents. This is the largest camp Li Zijun has seen so far!
Someone had already gone inside to inform them that the Turk-Hungarian officials had taken them directly into the camp, and after saluting the three of them, the official turned and left.
Princess Julie hadn't come out of the back account yet, which also gave Li Zijun some time to carefully look at the situation in the tent. After seeing the surrounding arrangement, Li Zijun was a little surprised. If Li Zijun hadn't known that this was Princess Julie's camp, he would have thought that this was a military camp for marching and fighting. There was no childlike atmosphere in this tent, and the furnishings inside were extremely simple, which could not help but make him more interested in Princess Julie.
Li Zijun's sister and brother did not wait long, several officials of the Turk-Hungarian Empire walked in from outside, and then a woman in military uniform walked out of the back camp.
Receiving Jenny's hint, Li Zijun hurriedly stood up and waited until the Turk-Hungarian officials sat down firmly before saluting Princess Julie.
Seeing that although Li Zijun was young, he paid great attention to details, Julie couldn't help nodding secretly, and immediately arranged for someone to take care of Li Zijun's sister and brother and sit down, their position was just opposite to those Turk-Hungarian officials.
After Li Zijun sat down, he began to secretly look at this extremely legendary woman, Julie was only of medium height, but she gave Li Zijun an extremely burly feeling! Li Zijun himself was also very strange, how could he use the word 'burly' to meet Princess Julie. But Li Zijun really couldn't find a more appropriate and appropriate term than 'burly' to describe the woman in front of him. Princess Julie even made Li Zijun feel that there was a beast sitting in front of him that might attack at any time, and her body contained a powerful Liliang, this woman was definitely a high-level martial artist.
Princess Julie's facial features are not surprising, but they match each other very reasonably, and Li Zijun can barely classify her as a beauty. Of course, it could only be more than twenty years ago!
"Marquis Edred, it's a pleasure to see you here! If you come back three days later, I'm afraid I'll already be on my way to your capital!" This Princess Julie spoke extremely plainly, and her expression was also indifferent, and Li Zijun didn't feel any emotion in her. I really don't know how Bilbohm was fascinated by this woman back then? Li Zijun couldn't help but slander in his heart.
Seeing that Li Zijun was a little dazed when he heard Julie's words, Jenny hurriedly nudged him. Li Zijun reacted at this time, and immediately got up and said:
"I'm really sorry, Xiaohou is playful, I have been hunting in the mountains of the Seine Peninsula all this time! If I really miss the princess's demeanor because of this, it will be my lifelong regret!" Li Zijun said exaggeratedly, making Caroline and Jenny, who were sitting next to him, feel a little sour.
"My sister said that the princess has something to tell Xiaohou when she comes this time, I don't know what the princess has to teach?" Li Zijun is now like a sour scholar.
"Young man, he is all playful! My son is twenty-three years old, and he is no worse than the Marquis! He wanders around every day, and he seems to have become interested in magic again lately, and I really don't know when he will settle down!" Julie kept staring at Li Zijun as she said this, as if she wanted to tell him something.
Twenty-three years old! Julie said this, clearly trying to imply that Li Zijun said that her son was Bilbohm's flesh and blood! The woman had already guessed that Bilbohm would tell her about their past. But whether what she said was true or not, Li Zijun had no way to judge. When Li Zijun arrived at this time, he felt that he still underestimated Julie as a woman.
Julie ignored Li Zijun in a daze and waved her hand outside. A few strong men brought in several large boxes from the outside, and then opened all the boxes.
The box was full of magic cores, magic crystals and other strange treasures, and Li Zijun's sister and brother were all knowledgeable characters, and they immediately recognized that there were many things in it that could be called priceless! They exchanged glances with each other, but they didn't understand the purpose of Julie's actions.
At this time, an official of the Hungarian Empire stood up, and after giving a deep salute to Julie, he turned to look at Li Zijun's sister and brother and said:
"Master Hou, I believe you must have heard that our Emperor Bixia of the Hungarian Empire has been plagued by arrow wounds for so many years! Recently, under the guidance of a master, the Spirit Fruit can relieve Bixia's pain, we inquired in all directions, and finally heard that Master Hou You got a Spirit Fruit some time ago. ”
"We also know that treasures like the Spirit Fruit are hard to find for thousands of years, and they can't be exchanged for those things in the world! But we still hope that Lord Hou can endure the pain and cut your love and save the life of our Emperor Bixia! As long as Lord Hou is willing to exchange, the things here will be regarded as a gift to our Turk-Hungarian Empire, and all of them will be given to you. And you can make any request, as long as we can do it in the Turk-Hungarian Empire, even if we want to exchange half of our Turk-Hungarian Empire, we are willing! Even the princess stood up.
Li Zijun was taken aback by the actions of these Turk-Hungarian officials, hurriedly stepped aside, and immediately returned the salute to these officials.
"Princess Julie, to be honest, about half a year ago, I did get a Relic Fruit. Originally, with the relationship between the Turk-Hungarian Empire and the Dongyu Empire, you made such a request today, even if there are no gifts, I should give you the Sheling Fruit and take it back to heal the emperor of your country. "Since the Turbulent Hungarian Empire has concluded that the Spirit Fruit has fallen into Li Zijun's hands, they must have received extremely accurate information, otherwise they would never have behaved like today. There was no need for Li Zijun to continue to hide this matter, he happily admitted that he had obtained the Spirit Fruit.
Hearing Li Zijun say this, the corners of Princess Julie's mouth twitched slightly, and she began to sneer at Li Zijun in her heart. She had already guessed that Li Zijun would not take out the Sheling Fruit, she just wanted to give an explanation to the Turk-Hun ministers through Li Zijun's mouth, and she was waiting for Li Zijun to say his excuse.
"But it's not a coincidence that when I was injured in the mountains a few days ago, the elves around me used this spirit fruit to save me! Hey!" Li Zijun sighed in disappointment.
The officials of the Turk-Hungarian Empire had already received the news of Li Zijun's return to the city, and they also knew that only one elf had returned to the city of Salat. For a while, they didn't know whether to believe Li Zijun or not, and they all set their eyes on Princess Julie.
Hearing Li Zijun say this, Julie was also difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, so she hesitated.
"I didn't expect that we inadvertently touched the sadness of Hou Ye, I'm really sorry!" Julie said with a little regret.
"Thank you for your concern, Princess!" Li Zijun bowed deeply to express his gratitude.
"Marquis Ed, will you go to Beijing to pay respects on your emperor's birthday this time?" asked Julie, as if she wanted to divert the subject.
But for Li Zijun's sister and brother, Julie's question suddenly made them nervous.
"I haven't thought about this matter yet, I'm going to talk about it later!" Li Zijun also said casually.
"Princess Julie, I heard that this time, Blanche, the number one beauty of your Turbid Hungarian Empire, also followed you to our Dongyu Empire, can you let her come out and let us meet?" Li Zijun didn't wait for Julie to speak again, and continued.
Li Zijun's words immediately angered the Turk-Hungarian ministers, and they all looked at this guy who didn't care about the life and death of their emperor, and just wanted to take away their grassland pearl. But Li Zijun didn't seem to see their expressions, and still looked at Princess Julie with expectant eyes.
Julie smiled slightly when she heard Li Zijun's somewhat rude request, and without comment, she got up and walked to the back camp.
Li Zijun saw that Julie had left, and he also got up and walked outside the camp with his two sisters. But the moment he lifted the curtain, he felt a slight pain in his back, and it should have been a master's gaze resting on his back. Li Zijun resisted the urge to turn back and walked out of the big tent.
When the ministers of the Turk-Hungarian Empire saw that Princess Julie had left, they also walked out.
At this time, an extremely strong middle-aged man walked out of the back camp, and Julie also walked out after him again.
"Uncle, what do you think of this kid?" Julie respectfully addressed the man who looked about her age as 'uncle'.
"Slippery man! If I hadn't seen him with my own eyes, I really wouldn't have believed that he was still a child! It seems that your Jihua who wanted to use him to make things happen this time will be in vain!" said the middle-aged man with a smile.
"How about his martial arts, has he really used the Spirit Fruit?"
"He should at least be a martial artist in the high-level swordsman realm, and this is the first time I've seen a high-level professional of his age. When I tested their brother and sister just now, he was the first to react, although he tried his best to control it, but the changes in his muscles and walking posture still betrayed his depth in martial arts!" The middle-aged man recalled Li Zijun's actions after he found out, it was a jiashi who was ready to fight back at any time, and he actually didn't find any obvious loopholes in Li Zijun's body.
"Senior Swordsman, you're not kidding me, Edlaide is just a teenager, how can he be so skilled. Even if he had used the Spirit Fruit, it would not have been possible to achieve such a high result!" Julie said in disbelief.
"That's what I can't believe because I don't think Edlaide has ever used the fruit at all. If he said that he used the Spirit Fruit half a year ago, maybe I could still be deceived by him. But the time he described was more than a month ago, which allowed me to confirm my previous thoughts. The spirit fruit can only improve the fighting spirit of the martial artist, and it is of little help to the martial artist in terms of skills. After the Dou Qi is improved, the skills of the martial artists at this stage will have a significant lag, and they must go through a long period of running-in before the Dou Qi and the skills can cooperate tacitly. I didn't notice this phenomenon in Edlaide's body, which also indicates that he definitely couldn't have used the Spirit Fruit recently!" the middle-aged man said very firmly.
"So, the Spirit Fruit must still be in his hands!" Julie looked greedily.
"Do you really want to get the Spirit Fruit? the result of everything you want is likely to be in vain in the end!" the middle-aged man reminded as he looked at Julie meaningfully.
"I just don't want a treasure like the Spirit Fruit to fall into his hands!" Julie wanted the middle-aged man to help her steal the Spirit Fruit from Li Zijun, but the middle-aged man didn't want to take Julie's stubble.
"Edlaide has seen through your jihua, what are you going to do next?" the middle-aged man jumped back to the topic just now.
Julie knew this person well, and she understood that this person had refused to help her steal the Spirit Fruit.
"Jihua will continue, but he has wasted so much time and only got this result. I really didn't expect this kid to give us this hand, but now we're worried about letting him see Blanche. If he does attack, the emperor of the Dongyu Empire will most likely give up the woman to him. Like you said, this kid isn't really slippery!"
"In the past month or so, we have a more intuitive understanding of the Seine Peninsula, and it is not considered to be nothing! This kind of game is bound to have gains and losses, and we don't need to pursue perfection too much! It's just that that kid is really interesting!" The middle-aged man suddenly laughed when he remembered the scene just now.
"Aren't you just a person who pursues perfection?" Julie heard the middle-aged man's laughter, and glanced at him with an extremely coquettish look, such an ambiguous look should never appear between uncle and nephew!
"Julie has already seen through your thoughts, otherwise she wouldn't have behaved like that!" Back at the Hou Mansion, Caroline looked at Li Zijun with some concern and said.
"It's nothing, everyone is not stupid, it's normal to see through each other. However, I'm afraid I won't have much chance to see the No. 1 beauty of the grassland!" Li Zijun said as he sat down easily.
"Are you saying that Julie will give up on framing you? I don't think she's such an easy person to give up, so you'd better be careful!" Jenny couldn't help but remind when she saw Li Zijun's indifferent look.
"This game is just a test for Julie for us! We have now seen through the cards in the opponent's hand, and no one will gain anything if we continue to play, and the end of the draw is a result that both of us can accept! Second sister, don't worry, if I guess correctly, Julie will leave Sarat City in three days. ”
"Leave, don't forget, she's still beating you up for the idea of giving up the spirit fruit! I don't think she'll believe your lies!"
"Shelingguo? That's a scene we played together. The purpose was to deal with the ministers of the Turk-Hungarian Empire, and only Julie could hold the power more firmly in her hands if she wholeheartedly treated Noski. Of course, the premise of this matter is that Noski must never really be cured! Julie is not a fool, she knows very well that if Nosky really recovers, in order to regain power, the first person to kill is her, Julie! Do you think Julie will really save someone who is going to kill her?"
"According to your claims, the crisis of the Seine is over!" asked Jeanne, in disbelief.
"It's over for now! We're still a long way from the end of the dagger, there's no need to make a fight now. Neither of us is the other's main enemy, and calculating each other is just a matter of convenience. ”
"This time we were put in a position by Julie for no reason, if we don't retaliate back, it will make others think that we are easy to bully, I must find some trouble for Julie!"
"Julie is the princess of the Turk-Hungarian Empire, you can't be foolish!" Caroline reminded.
"Blanche is not only the first beauty of the steppe, she is also the princess of the Turk-Hungarian Empire! Of course, such a big man can't make a special trip to the Dongyu Empire just to frame me, a little marquis. Julie is supposed to want to borrow Blanche and achieve her bigger jihua. ”
"No matter what Julie wants to do, I won't let her succeed easily!" Li Zijun smiled sinisterly.