Chapter 52: Postponement of the Marriage Contract
Li Youtian paused, looked at Luo Chen and said, "Why are you asking this? Do you also want to go to Jiuli Palace to find immortals like them and ask? Let me tell you that it is not a good place, my father has wanted to send me to Jiuli Palace since I was a child, if I didn't want to go, how could you still meet me here!"
Luo Chen turned his head sideways to look at Li Youtian and asked, "Don't you want to become an immortal and make yourself stronger?"
Li Youtian chuckled and replied, "Hey... I don't have that kind of life, and I can't endure that kind of hardship, so I don't want to go! Could it be that you really want to go to Jiuli Palace?"
Luo Chen nodded heavily, and said: "Yes, I really want to go there to learn from the teacher, I heard that Jiuli Palace is a holy land for cultivating immortals, and everyone there is very powerful, I want to be like them, become a very powerful person!"
Li Youtian gave a thumbs up and continued: "There are pursuits, there are dreams, I wish you an early return from your studies and show your ambitions!"
Luo Chen hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile: "I want to become a strong person not for anything, but for... Hey, why tell you so much, if you really don't want to marry the merchant's miss, then come with me to the Jiuli Palace, in that case, your father won't urge you to marry the merchant's miss! Besides, doesn't your father really want you to go to the Jiuli Palace, I don't think he will object!"
Li Youtian thought for a moment and said, "This is a solution, but... But I don't want to go to Jiuli Palace, it's so boring!"
When the words fell, I saw three women coming from outside, each with a sumptuous dish in their hands, including roast chicken, beef, and wine. They put the plate on the table and said, "Youtian Gongzi, these are your favorite dishes on weekdays, they are all served to you, you can enjoy them slowly!"
Li Youtian waved his hand and said, "You guys go out quickly, I still have something to talk about here!" Li Youtian had already spoken, and they didn't dare to stay any longer, so they walked out immediately!
Looking at the delicious food on the table, Luo Chen smiled and said, "Then I'm welcome, but, Youtian Gongzi, the girls here seem to know you, it seems that you are a frequent visitor here!"
Li Youtian cleared his throat and said seriously: "As the old saying goes, people are not romantically young people, are you right? Just now we talked about going to Jiuli Palace, do you have any other ways besides this trick?"
While eating, Luo Chen replied: "Other than that, there is no other way! You better think about it again, the decision is in your hands, if you feel that the days of going to Jiuli Palace are more difficult than marrying a merchant lady, then you should go to the marriage honestly!"
Li Youtian hesitated for a long time, Luo Chen knew what he was thinking, whether it was going to Jiuli Palace or marrying a merchant lady, Li Youtian would lose his freedom, but in comparison, he would definitely choose the former.
Seeing that Li Youtian was indecided, Luo Chen asked: "Have you thought about it? Do you want to go to Jiuli Palace with me or marry Miss Merchant?" Let me tell you, if you miss this village, you won't have this shop, you know, even if you go to Jiuli Palace, you can't get rid of this marriage, but at least you can postpone it, who can say what will happen in the future, right?"
As soon as Luo Chen's words fell, he saw Li Youtian slam the table, stood up and said loudly: "Go and go, it's so decided, I'll go home and discuss with my father, and let him arrange for me to go to Jiuli Palace!"
Luo Chen coughed dryly and said, "I'm shocked, I want to scare people to death!"
Li Youtian sat back in his place, looked at Luo Chen and said, "Since you are also going to Jiuli Palace, why don't I ask my father to arrange for you too, with me, I promise to let you enter Jiuli Palace! By the way, I don't know what your name is?"
Luo Chen paused and said, "My name is Luo Chen." I entered Jiuli Palace to learn real skills, so I wanted to rely on my own ability to enter, instead of engaging in this kind of backdoor thing. In fact, the reason why I gave you this idea also has my own purpose, one is that I want to know the specific time and requirements for Jiuli Palace to recruit new apprentices, and second, I also promised Miss Shang before that I would let you quit this family business, so..."
Li Youtian patted Luo Chen's shoulder, interrupted him, and said, "No matter what your purpose is, as long as you don't hurt me Li Youtian, I don't care, besides, you don't call it anything, it's just what I want!"
Li Youtian paused and continued: "Brother Luochen, it is fate that you and I met today, you helped me such a great favor when we met for the first time, you are a friend of yours and I Li Youtian have made a deal, what is the use of me in the future, even if I speak, I still have some weight in this Jiuli City!"
Luo Chen raised his wine glass and said to Li Youtian: "Then thank you Youtian Gongzi!"
Li Youtian waved his hand and said, "Don't call me any Youtian Gongzi in the future, since I have identified you as a friend, you will call me Youtian in the future! By the way, you just said that you want to know the specific time and requirements for Jiuli Palace to recruit new apprentices, I have to go back and ask my father, I don't bother to care about these things on weekdays, so I don't know anything! But it doesn't matter, when I inquire clearly, I'll tell you as soon as possible!"
Luo Chen nodded, and said with a smile: "Then thank you to the prince of Youtian..."
After eating and drinking enough, Li Youtian originally planned to leave Luo Chen to have a pastime in Chunxiang Building, but Luo Chen decisively refused, and said that he would not be in the same stream with him. Since Luo Chen was unwilling to stay, Li Youtian followed him out of Chunxiang Building.
After leaving Chunxiang Building, Luo Chen told Li Youtian that he was going back to the jungle, and two days later, Jiuli City came to him to ask about the specific time when Jiuli Palace would recruit new disciples. At the same time, he also told Li Youtian to quickly tell his father about going to Jiuli Palace, and make a decision as soon as possible to fulfill his promise to Miss Merchant.
After Luo Chen left Jiuli City, Li Youtian did not delay, but returned home directly. The city lord Li family is located in the center of Jiuli City, and it is a large courtyard. The stone wall outside the courtyard is encircled, the green willow hangs around, there are three hanging flower gatehouses, and the verandah is copied on all sides. The Yong road in the courtyard is connected, the mountains and stones are embellished, and the plaque of "Li Family Compound" is hung on the hugging building. The whole courtyard is magnificent, graceful and luxurious, the garden is splendid, exquisitely clear, the backyard is full of roses and treasures, and there is a pool.
Li Youtian strode into the hugging building, and when the guards on both sides saw this, they shouted in unison: "Childe..."
Li Youtian didn't pay attention to them, but walked directly inside. After a while, Li Youtian came to the stone steps of the middle courtyard, and saw a mighty and powerful man in iron armor coming towards him, Li Youtian immediately stopped him and asked, "General Ba Yuan, where is my father now? I have something to look for him!"
The big man pointed to the main hall not far in front and said, "The city lord is discussing in the main hall, Youtian Gongzi, you have to be mentally prepared!"
Li Youtian didn't understand the meaning of Ba Yuan's words, and asked, "General Ba Yuan, what do you mean by this?"
I saw Ba Yuan take a step forward and whispered: "The person who is discussing with the city lord is the merchant lord Shang Muyan, if it is as I expected, they must be discussing the marriage between you and the merchant lady..."
Before Ba Yuan finished speaking, he saw Li Youtian running towards the main hall violently. In the main hall of the Li family, in the middle is a vermilion lacquer square platform about half a zhang high, on which a gold lacquer carved tiger throne is placed, behind is a white screen, there are three gold pillars on both sides of the square platform, and each gold pillar is carved with ancient totems. Looking up at the top of the temple, there is a huge tiger in the central caisson, and from the tiger's mouth hangs a large silver-white bead, surrounded by eight small beads, and the tiger's head and orb are facing the throne below.
On the throne sat a man with gray hair, a tiger-shaped jade hairpin, a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, square lips, and a somewhat white beard on his chin, and the whole person was extremely energetic. Between the words, there is a gentle atmosphere.
Li Youtian came to the man, first arched his hand to him, and then shouted: "Father..."Sitting on that throne is none other than Li Renyuan, the lord of Jiuli City. He not only ruled Jiuli City, but also asked for immortals in Jiuli Palace in his early years, and later left Jiuli Palace only because of the position of the city lord.
Li Renyuan was very happy to see his son returning, and said with a smile: "Tian'er, you came just in time, hurry up and meet Master Shang!"
After listening to Li Renyuan's words, I saw Li Youtian turn around and arch his hand to Master Shang, who was sitting next to him, and said, "Master Shang, why did you have time to come to our house to sit today?"
Shang Muyan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Tian'er, what are you talking about, we will soon become a family, can't I come to the house to sit down?" hahaha..."
Li Renyuan coughed dryly and said to Li Youtian: "Tian'er, how can you speak, Master Shang is right, we will soon become a family, you came just in time, we are discussing your marriage with Shang Yan!"
Li Youtian smiled and said, "Don't think that I don't know what your merchant's idea is, you want to tie up with our Li family, and you don't see what kind of identity you are!" Li Youtian's words were really a bit excessive, but what he wanted was to anger Shang Muyan.
Li Youtian got his wish, and his words had already angered Shang Muyan, only to see him stand up suddenly, and said loudly: "What do you mean by this? In Jiuli City, with the strength of our merchants, who else do you need to tie up? It's really ridiculous, if it weren't for the face of the city lord, do you think I would marry Shang Yan to you?" Although Shang Muyan said this, he had other ideas in his heart, he wanted to marry Shang Yan to Li Youtian not because of a marriage contract back then, but because of other intentions.
Li Youtian said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then please go back!" When the words fell, I saw Shang Muyan snort coldly, waved his big hand, and strode out of the main hall.
After Shang Muyan left, Li Renyuan got down from the throne, walked to Li Youtian's side, and said: "Tian'er, although our Li family is the lord of this city, and we also have some festivals with merchants in private, but you must know that merchants are famous weapons in Dongyi Jiuli, if it were not for their support, Jiuli City would have changed hands long ago..."
Li Youtian interrupted the city lord's words and said, "Dad, even so, you want me to marry a woman I have never met?" Actually, I came back today because I want to tell you something, I want to go to Jiuli Palace, you can do it!"
Li Renyuan paused and said, "What do you say? Do you want to go to Jiuli Palace? This is a good thing, I remember when I was a child, I asked you to go, but you didn't go when you were born, why do you think of going to Jiuli Palace now?"
Li Youtian cleared his throat and said: "I was ignorant when I was a child, but now I understand that people are incompetent and unable to move an inch, so I want to go to Jiuli Palace to learn some skills, and he will help my father manage Jiuli City one day!"
Li Renyuan laughed out loud and said, "Tian'er, don't think I don't know what you think in your heart, did you go to Jiuli Palace to escape this marriage?" But it doesn't matter, as long as you have this idea, Dad will be very happy, as for your marriage with Shang Yan, I will talk about it later!"
Li Youtian looked happy and asked, "Is this true?"
Li Renyuan smiled and said, "When did Dad lie to you, I will send someone to carry a letter to Jiuli Palace!" In Li Renyuan's heart, he actually hoped that his son could go to Jiuli Palace to learn skills.
Li Youtian immediately stopped him and said, "Dad, no! I heard that the time for Jiuli Palace to recruit new apprentices is coming, this time, I want to rely on my own ability to enter Jiuli Palace, not you!"
Li Renyuan nodded slightly, and said with great relief: "Tian'er, you have finally grown up, and my father is happy for you!"