Chapter Twenty-Nine: Turning Enemies into Friends

The first day of the second month of the 71st year of the Great Qianyasu Dynasty, the first day of the second month, the last time, Kyoto Houwei Street, Kamo Mansion]

After Xu Ke unexpectedly won the championship in the Kyoto Sword Fighting Conference, everyone surrounded Xu Ke and returned to He Mao's mansion together. He Mao ordered the Shikigami in the mansion to set up a sumptuous banquet. Everyone raised wine for joy and celebrated Xu Kexi for winning the first place in sword fighting.

Liu Sheng raised his glass first and congratulated Xu Ke: "Friend Xu, Liu Sheng wants to toast you to celebrate that you have not only won the title of the first swordsman in my Sang Kingdom, but will soon be able to become the son-in-law of the Yoshida Da Nayan family!"

Xu Ke asked Liu Sheng several times before, but when he saw him, he smiled and did not answer. At this time, I heard him take the initiative to speak, and immediately asked again:

"Brother Liu Sheng, you dragged me to participate in the martial arts competition before, and gave me the name of Sang Country, what is it for?"

Liu Sheng smiled and said: "Friend Xu, your brother was bullied, don't you want to avenge him? Today, you surrender without a fight, and bravely win the honorific title of the first sword fighter, tomorrow your name will spread all over the north and south of the Sang Kingdom, I don't know how many people will envy you and worship you!"

Zhu Wuneng said in an urn voice: "Then, I should also pass on my eldest brother's real name, what do you call him 'Xu Zuozhinan'...... What's going on?!"

Yanagi took a big sip of the wine in the cup, and still smiled: "I will give you a name for the country of Kuwa, but it's a good idea of our Lord Kamo!"

Zhu Wuneng hurriedly asked He Mao: "Old He, what kind of medicine is hidden in your gourd, why do you have to give my eldest brother a Sang country name?"

He Mao said unhurriedly: "If we don't give Brother Xu the name of Sang Country, our great man will not agree to let Brother Xu join his Yoshida family." ”

Zhu Wuneng stroked his palms and smiled: "It's been a long time, you are giving my eldest brother Zhang Luo's family business......! I'm okay with old Zhu! But, to speak, ...... Lao He: What is the daughter of the Yoshida family, how does she look like? Is it really the most beautiful woman in the world, as you say?"

He Mao replied: "Yoshida Akino has only one youngest daughter who is still waiting to be in the boudoir, and he regards it as a pearl in his palm, named Yoshida Ryoko. Yoshida Yoshiko is seventeen years old this year, she looks like a natural beauty, unparalleled in the world, at least in our Mulberry country, she is a well-deserved first beauty!"

Zhu Wuneng couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva when he heard this, and couldn't help but slap the table, sighing: "Why can't it be my turn to be Lao Zhu for such a good thing!" He turned his head to Xu Ke and said: "Big brother, right now, you have become the number one swordsman in the Sang Kingdom, and you have married the first beauty in the Sang Kingdom." The climate here is warm, the scenery is pleasant, and your father-in-law is still a high-ranking official in the court, so there must be endless slaves and endless money at home. You have his daughter in your arms, and if you are fine, drink some dragon anointment wine from the palace...... Haven't you taken up all of this wine-colored wealth? In my opinion, you will settle down in this Yingzhou Sang Kingdom from now on! Why do you want to go back to Shenzhou again? Lao He and Liu Sheng, do you say yes or no?"

He Mao and Liu Sheng glanced at each other, nodded frequently, and seemed to agree with Zhu Wu's words.

"As for that big snake, if you win, you can fight it, and if you don't win, it doesn't matter! It's nothing more than a 'golden cup'! It's a big deal, I don't want Lao Zhu to look for it! Ao Guang has lost something, why should I let Lao Zhu help him take it back? Can he rain and care about my?!" Zhu Wuneng muttered while bowing his head and drinking stuffy wine, as if he was quite dissatisfied in his heart.

"Second brother, what are you talking nonsense!" Xu Ke said lightly.

"What did I say? Didn't I say what you said in your heart? I had already won the first place in the swordfight, but I didn't expect to kill a 'north of the mountain' halfway through! With his shining sword, he was lucky enough to win against me! However, when he saw you, he didn't even move a finger, and he took the initiative to admit defeat. Big brother, he deliberately gave you the 'No. 1 beauty in the world'......" Zhu Wuneng took another sip of stuffy wine, the more he talked in his heart, the more resentful he became, and then said: "But big brother, you were in the seaside fishing village before, and you had already slept with a rice field hime, this is called Yoshida Ryoko, you ...... You just let Lao Zhu and I'll forget it!"

"Second brother, Hugh is talking nonsense!" Xu Ke couldn't listen anymore, and hurriedly waved his hand to block Zhu Wucan's complaints.

Xu Ke had doubts in his heart, so he turned to He Mao and asked: "Brother He, my second brother and I came to Yingzhou this time, in order to kill the Baqi Snake and cut off the harm of the giant monsters for the people of Sangguo! The reason why the two of us stayed in Kyoto for a long time is to wait for the dragon anointment wine in your palace. Now, the dragon anointing wine has not arrived for a long time, and you force me to participate in a sword fighting conference of Laoshzi, even if you still have the heart to arrange a marriage for me, what is your intention?"

He Mao put down the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, don't worry, we all know that you are the one who will return to Qianguo sooner or later." But now that you are married, it is also a last resort, if not, if you want to kill the big snake, I don't know if you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Month......"

Xu Ke was puzzled: "Brother He asked me to marry the young lady of the Yoshida family, is it to kill the basilisk?"

He Mao nodded and said, "Exactly!"

Xu Ke wondered in his heart: "What is the relationship between these two things?"

He Mao replied: "According to Yi Helong, if you want to kill the Great Snake of Yagi, you must get him drunk with forty jars of good dragon anointing wine beforehand. If you want to get so much dragon anointing wine, you must have your majesty's permission. But now, even if General Yanagi and I try everything we can, Your Majesty is willing to produce a maximum of ten jars of good wine. If this continues, we will never get forty jars of dragon anointing wine, and we will never be able to kill the basilisk!"

Xu Ke then said: "So, you want that Yoshida Da Nayan to help, and let your emperor agree to give wine." ”

"Yes!" Yanagi on the side also nodded and said, "If you want to get forty jars of dragon anointing wine, you must ask Yoshida Akino to help persuade Your Majesty." If you want Yoshida Akino to help, you have to be his son-in-law first!"

"What kind of truth is this!" Xu Ke hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Brother Liu Sheng, Brother He, this killing of the basilisk, for the whole of the Sang Kingdom, it is a move for the benefit of the country and the people. Since Yoshida is a great man, he bears the emperor's holy grace at the top, and he is the chief of a hundred officials, to the Son of Heaven

It should be his duty to go out of the palace and help us to get rid of demons and kill monsters! Could it be that if I don't be his son-in-law, he won't go to the book to give advice?"

After Liu Sheng heard this, he was silent, just poured himself a large glass of wine and drank it all. He Mao next to him replied: "Brother Xu, I won't tell you, if you refuse to agree to be his son-in-law, this Yoshida Da Nayan, not only will he not help us speak, but he may also dissuade Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty will not even give us ten jars of dragon anointing wine......

"Ah, why is that?" Xu Ke couldn't help but scratch his forehead and wondered.

He Mao sighed and said with a wry smile: "Ahem......! That's it, I can't say clearly! Brother Xu should prepare later, hurry to the Da Nayan Mansion as soon as possible, and marry Miss Yoshida!"

Xu Ke still waved his hand and said, "No!

Zhu Wuneng, who was beside him, looked very impatient, so he pursed his lips and said disapprerovingly: "Big brother, what's the matter! It's not good to let you pick up a little lady for nothing? Why do you want to get cheap here and sell well?!"

"Second brother!" Xu Ke was even more embarrassed in his heart.

"Brother Xu, you don't have to worry too much! You just think this is an expedient measure, and when the matter is over, you can leave and return to your Qianguo to marry a wife and have children, and from then on, it will be as if this incident has never happened at all. I and Yanagi will explain the rest of the matter to you......" He Mao persuaded again. After a pause, he smiled again and said, "At today's sword fighting meeting, although Yoshida-sama was a little dissatisfied with your misconduct, he still recognized you as a good son-in-law! Otherwise, Yoshida-sama would not be so anxious, and he would let you marry his daughter tonight." ”

Xu Ke thought about it, but still felt that this matter was quite ridiculous, he smiled bitterly, and sighed: "Is it just for the sake of dozens of jars of fine wine, to put in the name of a young woman and the happiness of her life?"

Liu Sheng slapped the table and laughed: "Friend Xu, you are really a good person! However, you don't have to worry, our Sang Country is different from your Qianguo, and there are so many rules and etiquette. Marriage between men and women, if they can be together, if they can't, they will be separated, and they are not so particular! It is common for husbands and wives to divide and merge, gather and disperse! After you kill the basilisk, just leave. Miss Yoshida will marry and have children, and it will not affect her happiness in the future. What's more......" After saying that, he looked at He Mao again.

He Mao said: "Brother Xu, what Yanagi-kun means is that even if you marry Yoshida Yoshiko tonight, you can not do things with her, and in this way, it can be regarded as preserving Miss Yoshida's honor......"

"How can this be reasonable!" Zhu Wuneng suddenly said angrily: "Aren't you bullying people? Where are there men and women who are married and don't sleep at one end? A man like my eldest brother who is in the wind with a jade tree, if he can wait for him for one night, it will be considered a ......."

"Second brother, don't say it!" Xu Ke was in a hurry, and hurriedly covered Zhu Wuneng's big mouth with his hand, and then blocked his next sentence: "It can be regarded as that woman's blessing!"

Xu Ke was afraid that his second brother would say any more nonsense, so he hurriedly said to He Mao: "Then it's decided, I agreed!"

"Okay, then thank you Brother Xu!" He Mao bowed to Xu Ke and smiled. He glanced at Liu Sheng again, and the two of them looked the same, both of them were inexplicably happy.

Xu Ke thought for a while, and then said to He Mao and Liu Sheng: "Brother Liu Sheng, Brother He, Xu still has something to ask for. ”

He Mao returned the salute and said, "Brother Xu, please speak!"

Xu Ke said: "From now on, Xu's name in Sang Country will be called 'Xu Zuozhinan' As for my real name, there is no need for outsiders!"

He Mao smiled: "That's natural! Brother Xu, don't worry, from now on, no one will know Brother Xu's real name, and no one will know your true identity, including that Miss Yoshida Ryoko." He said to himself, isn't this exactly what we are asking for? If Yoshida-sama knew that the son-in-law of Chenglong Kuai, who had become a member of the Great Nayan family, was actually a Qianguo, Yoshida-sama would have to be angry......

He Mao saw that the matter had been negotiated, so he began to list the "dowry things" before Xu Ke entered the wealthy family. No, Xu Ke hesitated again and again, and pleaded with He Mao again:

"Brother He, Xu still has a reluctant request, there is a girl named 'Rice Field Ji' in the seaside fishing village of Xiaye County, who is the one who was used as a sacrifice by the villagers on the fifteenth day of the first month. She...... Now that her parents are dead, she has no relatives in the world, and in the future, she will have to ask Brother He to ......"

"This matter, Yi Helong has already told me in the letter" He Mao replied: "Brother Xu, don't worry, as soon as the matter is over, I will immediately send someone to take Inada Ji to Kyoto, and take good care of her in the future to ensure that she has no worries for her life......"

"In this way, thank you Brother He!" Xu Ke bowed and bowed to the end.

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Two hours later, Xu Ke was dressed up by He Mao and others, wearing a groom's red robe, riding a high-headed horse, and came to Yoshida Akino's Great Nayan Mansion.

But everyone didn't expect that at this moment, the spacious and magnificent Da Nayan Mansion would be deserted. Not only did there be no guests in the palace who came to congratulate them, but they didn't even see some of the most basic decorations. In this huge house, there is no atmosphere of happy events.

"It can't be that I heard it wrong, right?" At this moment, even General Yanagi, who came over, muttered in his heart. He and He Mao next to him couldn't help but look at each other a few more times, and their hearts were at a loss.

It was the head of the Great Nayan Mansion who came out to entertain the guests, and he wanted to take the groom directly to the young lady's backyard to pay homage to the marriage. At this moment, seeing that General Yanagi and Lord Kamo had accompanied the groom together, he did not dare to slack off at the moment, and hurriedly sent someone to the official residence to report to the master.

Liu Sheng immediately showed displeasure on his face, and rebuked the chief manager in the Sang land language: "How can this be reasonable! You, Yoshida-sama, personally promised to let Xu Zuo and Miss Yoshida marry tonight, why is his father-in-law not at home?!"

The manager looked embarrassed, so he had to nod his head again and again, and explained with some reason

"My family is busy with official business, and official business is really busy......"

"No matter how busy you are with official business, how can there be a reason for your father to be absent from the scene?" it is simply too rude, rude!" Liu Sheng still did not give up, and opened his mouth to reprimand angrily.

Everyone in the court of Sang Guo knew that General Yagyu and Yoshida Daina had different political views, and the two were on the same page. Although now Yoshida Akino Shengyi Masataka is the first celebrity around the Sang Emperor, the Yagyu family has been famous in the Mulberry Country for a long time, and Yagyu Yoshio not only enjoys the reputation of "the first swordsman in the Sang Country", but also occupies the position of the left guard general, and is deeply trusted by the Sang Emperor, specializing in guarding the palace, which is also a ruthless character that no one can shake. Therefore, even in Yoshida's mansion at this moment, the manager was reprimanded by Yanagi Yitong, and he could only keep his head down and remain silent, not daring to have the slightest defense.

Everyone waited for another half an hour, and then they saw that Yoshida Akino was late. When Yoshida Dana saw General Yanagi and He Mao, they were willing to come together as Xu Ke's congratulatory guests, and he couldn't help but be stunned. Although he and Liu Shengshi are in the same boat, but at this time, people specially came to attend his daughter's wedding, and he can't break the etiquette. At that moment, Yoshida Akino hurriedly stepped forward and greeted Yanagi and Kamo one by one, and it was not until this moment that there was finally some joy in the front hall of this great Nayan Mansion......

Under the constant request of Yagyu and He Mao, Yoshida Akino reluctantly agreed, and asked the chief manager to order someone to add some furnishings and some festive things in the front hall and back garden of the mansion. However, Yoshida Akino still stubbornly refused to accept what Yanagi said, inviting guests and putting on a banquet. Yanagi saw that Yoshida's words were hesitant, and there seemed to be a secret in his heart, so he asked again and again. However, no matter how Yagyu and Kamo inquired, Yoshida Akino was always reluctant to say so.

Yanagi and the others had no choice but to obey Yoshida Akino's arrangement. After everyone was a little polite, they followed Yoshida Akino to the backyard where the young lady lived. Arrangements had been made in advance, and there was a slight hint of joy.

According to Yoshida's plan, the marriage between "Susanoo" and Yoshida Yoshiko is simple, only a symbolic pass, and then the groom directly enters the new house and spends the night with the bride. Since then, "Susanoo" has become a son-in-law of the Yoshida family......

Yanagi and He Mao had been discussing for a long time before, and they wanted to use this marriage to resolve the hostility between Yanagi and Yoshida in the court. It's also good that Yoshida can help to make a message to the emperor and leave the palace with all the good wine, so that they can do their best to kill the basilisk.

After all, if Xu Ke becomes Yoshida's son-in-law, then helping his son-in-law kill the Yaqi Snake should be beneficial and harmless for Yoshida Akino. As for Liu Sheng's side, as long as he can kill the big snake and eliminate harm for the people, it is also a matter of his heart, besides, Xu Ke is also a friend of his.

This marriage, in the hearts of Yanagi and He Mao, was supposed to be the best of both worlds. However, at this time, the two of them saw that Yoshida Akino was not very happy in his heart, and he dealt with the whole wedding hastily, if it wasn't for the two of them today, even Yoshida himself would not have come to attend his daughter's wedding. A dignified and powerful person, the most powerful person in the whole country, held a wedding for his daughter, it was so simple and casual, and even that it was not a wedding at all. If this is preached, who will believe it?

"No wonder, at today's 'Kyoto Sword Fighting Conference', Friend Xu just won the first place, and Yoshida wanted him to come over that night to get married, which is obviously unwilling to make a noise, and he doesn't want more people to know!" Liu Sheng couldn't help but think to himself.

"The first person to fight swords can marry Yoshida Yoshiko, which is a will that His Majesty has made clear in advance. Moreover, I heard that this will was requested by Yoshida himself to His Majesty, why, now that it is the day of his daughter's marriage, have you Yoshida repented? No, if you want to repent, why did you call Xu Ke in such a hurry, and let him have sex with Miss Yoshida tonight?" He Mao also thought to himself.

What was the reason for this? What was Yoshida thinking in his heart? Since he was so reluctant, why did he still want Yoshida Ryoko to be married to Xu Ke? At this time, neither Yagyu nor He Mao could know. But Yoshida Akino refused to say anything. Although Yanagi and Kamo were anxious, they were also helpless.

Compared with Liu Sheng and He Mao's heavy hearts, at this time, the most relaxed mood is Xu Ke himself. Because, if it is really according to Liu Sheng's plan, the whole wedding banquet is full of guests and fanfare, he, the groom, is naturally tired of coping, and if he is not careful, he will behave at a loss and fall into the laughing stock of people. Now, the whole mansion is deserted, and half of the guests have not come, the more simple and casual it is, the more comfortable it is for Xu Ke. As for Zhu Wucang, except for anxiously waiting for when the banquet will start, he has a lot to eat, and everything else is not something he is worried about......

In this way, in Yoshida Akino's mansion, there were no congratulatory guests, no noisy drums, and no atmosphere of many happy events. According to the custom of Sang Kingdom, Xu Ke, as the groom official, after saluting Yoshida Akino and his wife, as well as Yanagi and others, was led by two maids and took him into the young lady's boudoir, which was also his new room at this time.

Xu Ke had already thought that what he did tonight was to kill the basilisk. Since the customs of the Sang Kingdom, after a man and a woman get married, they can also get together or leave, he doesn't need to worry about today's marriage, which will damage the happiness of each other's lives. It's just that at night, when the husband and wife share the same bed, he must strictly abide by the etiquette and do not do anything beyond the thunder pond, so as to protect the name of Miss Yoshida.

Xu Ke thought about it all the way, and before he knew it, the maid took him into the new room, and the maid closed the door for him, hid her face and smiled, and bowed down.

The new house was originally the lady's boudoir, and no changes were made at this time, and the Yoshida Ryoko was sitting on the edge of the bed at this time. Not only was he dressed as usual, but he didn't have a red hijab on his head.

Xu Ke walked into Yoshida Ryoko's side, and when he saw her face, his face immediately changed color, and he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot.

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