Xiang Bei has been depressed recently. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 After returning from Falling City, the first thing he did was to go to his grandfather and ask him for permission to go to Falling City to propose marriage. But Xiang Gong went to the border of Chu and Song to patrol the border, not in Yingdu. Xiang Bei waited for three months, and finally waited for Xiang Gong to come back, so he couldn't wait to put forward his request, but Xiang Gong rejected it, and put forward three reasons why he couldn't be accommodating.

First, Xiang Bei is the eldest grandson, and he will inherit the position of patriarch in the future. According to convention, Xiang Bei's first wife was given to the king of Chu for marriage, and the woman he married must be from a big family, or even a princess from other countries. Miao Miao is obviously not suitable.

Second, the Miao people and the Chu State are feuding, and Xiang Gong took Miao Miao's father Miao Fengshan because he is a wizard of the rivers and lakes, and there are some other reasons that cannot be said to others. But it is very inappropriate to let the Xiang Miao family become in-laws, and even if the suspicious King of Chu knows, it may cause a big disaster for the Xiang family.

The third, Miao Miao is beautiful and beautiful, and she is a typical "trouble" level beauty. Historical experience has proved that marrying a peerless beauty as a wife is a curse rather than a blessing, and it is never a good thing for oneself or even for one's family. Xiang Bei is the successor of the Xiang family, and he will definitely be in the prime minister in the future, thinking about military affairs, and carrying out all the things in his chest should be to help the world, how can he be confused by women?

Xiang Bei is now crying without tears. He was the eldest grandson of Xiang Gong, and when he was eight years old, his father died while fighting against Qin, so he loved Xiang Gong even more. And because Xiang Bei has had an unusual martial arts talent since he was a child, and when he grew up, he was even more outstanding in martial arts, and he was set as the successor of the patriarch early. It can be said that Xiang Bei has been spoiled in the heart of his grandfather Xiang Gong, who has always been spoiled. In Xiang Bei's mind, all the requests he has made since he was a child, and his grandfather will do everything possible to meet them, and this time, presumably grandpa will not refuse. However, Xiang Gong not only refused, but also refused very harshly, leaving no room for maneuver.

Mother Luo Shi understood her son's mood very well, and looked at Xiang Bei's depressed appearance, worried and distressed, so she persuaded and said: "There are thousands of women in the world, why do you have to marry a Miao girl? You are the future pillar of the Xiang family, and your marrying a wife is also a major event of the Xiang family, how can you let you do nonsense? In major matters, your grandfather will not give in, you still choose to give up." ”

Xiang Bei's eyes were full of tears, his face was full of sadness, and he said resolutely: "Mother, please forgive my son for being unfilial, I will marry Miao Miao, no one can change it, I would rather give up the position of patriarch, even run away from home, and I can't live up to Miao Miao's friendship." ”

Roche hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense! These words will rot in the stomach from now on, and they should not be mentioned to anyone." Do you think you can achieve your goal in this way? On the contrary, it can only harm yourself and other people's girls. Don't you know what kind of family the Xiang family is? Our Xiang family has been a Chu general for generations, and we have lived an iron-blooded life, how can we tolerate the private affairs of our children? If you force your grandfather to be anxious, will that Miao girl still have her life?"

Xiang Bei's heart froze, and he couldn't help but be silent. However, the thought of giving up Miao Miao made my heart like a knife. In a hurry, Xiang Bei grabbed his widowed mother, knelt down on one knee, and begged: "Mother, son, please, help me think of a way, I can't live without Miao Miao." ”

Luo Shi looked at his lost son with pity, his heart softened, he pondered for a long time, and sighed: "If you just like this woman, your mother has a way, I don't know if you can accept it?"

Xiang Beiyu said: "Mother, please speak up. ”

Luo said: "You first follow your grandfather's wishes and marry a wife, and then you quietly take Miao Miao as an outer room, and your mother helps you cover it up, once it is a fait accompli, your grandfather is helpless, and may acquiesce." ”

Xiang Bei thought for a while and asked, "Does the outer room mean that you can't enter Xiang's house?"

Luo nodded and said, "It can be understood in this way, but if there are children in the outer room, there is hope to enter the family in the future." ”

Xiang Bei said with a sad face: "In this way, I'm so sorry for Miao Miao, and Miao Miao's father will definitely not agree." ”

Luo Shi glared at Xiang Bei with disgust, and said in a reproachful tone: "You are still a man, since you want to fulfill your wish, you must have firm confidence." What can you accomplish if you are so discouraged?"

Hearing his mother's blame, Xiang Bei felt ashamed for a while, and his mind, which was confused by anxiety, regained a trace of clarity. Xiang Bei calmed down for a while, then kowtowed respectfully to his mother and said, "Thank you, mother, my son understands how to do it, but he still needs his mother to be thoughtful in the future." ”

Luo sighed again, helped Xiang Bei up, and said, "Alas, who made me your mother, but this matter can't be too urgent, you have to plot slowly." During this time, you have to double down on your martial arts to make your grandfather happy, and only in this way can you achieve your wishes. ”

Xiang Bei finally had to let go of the urgency of proposing marriage immediately, he understood that in this matter, he had to be careful and not act recklessly. So, he sent someone to send a message to Miao Miao, telling Miao Miao to be patient. And he has always been impulsive and reckless, and he tries to calm himself down. In addition to Shangguan Xue, he neither went out to visit friends to drink, nor went out to play, after school, he was bored in the house, desperately practicing martial arts, compared with the lively and naughty in the past, it was like a different person, so that everyone in the house was wondering.

On this day, in the palace school, Xiang Bei couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that he hadn't seen nineteen for a long time. After school, he changed his previous dullness and called out loudly: "Nineteen princes, I haven't seen you for a long time, my brother misses me so much." Tomorrow is the day of rest for Gongxue, why don't you go out of the palace and play in my brother's house for a day?"

Nineteen had been practicing for five months, and was just about to relax, so he happily responded, "Okay, but I don't know what interesting activities there are?"

Xiang Beidao: "There is nothing interesting, I just want to get together with you." Otherwise, how about bringing Qu Beggar and the three of them drinking and learning martial arts?"

Qu Qi pouted and said, "I won't go, you are a pervert, I won't be tortured by you." ”

"Scared?" Xiang Bei asked in a slightly mocking tone.

Qu Qi said: "Why are I afraid of you, I just hate your strange serpentine fist." ”

"Serpentine Fist?" Nineteen said curiously, "I'd like to see it." ”

Zhao Slip, who was standing on the side, stroked his palms and smiled: "It's rare that Brother Xiang is in a good mood, why don't you bring the younger brother with you?"

Xiang Beidao: "We are learning martial arts, you are not good at this, wouldn't it be extremely boring for you to go?"

Zhao said: "How about I bring two people who know martial arts to help the fun?"

"Who?" asked Xiang Bei.

Zhao Hua replied: "One is Zhao Ziyu, and the other is Uncle Zhao Qi." ”

For the two people in Zhao Hua's mouth, Xiang Bei has heard of it. Zhaoziyu was not surnamed Zhao, he came from a humble background, and his father turned out to be a coachman in Zhaoyang. Once, when Zhaoyang went out and was suddenly attacked by thieves, his father stepped forward to protect the lord and blocked an arrow for Zhaoyang, but Zhaoyang saved the day, but the loyal coachman died of his injuries. Zhaoyang adopted the only son of the coachman, gave him the surname Zhao, and treated the same as the descendants of the Zhao family, and the only son of the coachman was Zhaoziyu. Unexpectedly, this Zhaoziyu is talented, loves martial arts, and became the top master of martial arts in Zhaofu when he was a teenager, and was deeply valued by Zhaofu, and became a second-class guard at a young age, the same level as Xiang Bei, Qu Qi and others.

The other uncle Zhao in Zhao Slip's mouth is the grandson of the authentic Zhao family, and he is the youngest son of Zhao Slip's uncle, Shangguan Doctor Zhaoyi. He is the same age as Zhao Slip, but he is a generation older than Zhao Slip. However, since he was a child, he has been messing with his younger generation Zhao Slip and others, and is known as Uncle Mi. After a long time, no one remembered his name, and later everyone simply linked his surname with the title and called him Uncle Zhao. This Uncle Zhao is introverted, slow in speech, and loves martial arts. Since he was a child, he has been taught by Luo Tianhe, a stranger in Yunmeng Mountain, and is proficient in boxing, and rarely loses against others. In the Zhao Mansion, the uncle only fits with the Zhao Zi fish, two martial arts people, dancing guns and sticks, day and night, becoming a unique scenery in the Zhao Mansion.

Xiang Bei had long wanted to learn martial arts with these two, and when he heard that Zhao Hua was going to bring the two to the mansion, he nodded again and again: "Okay, if Ziyu and Uncle Yi can come, tomorrow's meeting will be interesting." ”

At this time, Jiuzi Xionghuai had just walked out of the Hall of Talents with square steps, and happened to hear Xiang Bei's words, so he asked with a smile: "Do you want to have a fight tomorrow?"

When the sleek Zhao Slip saw Xiong Huai, he was afraid that Xiang Bei would say something unpleasant, so he hurriedly grabbed the conversation and said: "Xiang Gongzi will hold a hero meeting in the mansion tomorrow, and the heroes will judge the level of martial arts, why don't the nine princes go together? ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, his heart moved, isn't this a good opportunity to further gather his strength?

"It's better for me to give ten gold as the lottery head, and whoever wins the first place in the competition will be rewarded to whomever it is. In addition, it just so happened that my cousin Huang Xie was also in Yingdu, he was a disciple of Mr. Wei Yi and a master of swordsmanship, and he was also introduced to everyone. ”

The crowd applauded. Seeing this, Ye Fei and Xiong Yue on the side begged to participate, and even the tenth son Xiong Qian, who rarely interacts with people, also proposed to bring his personal escort to increase his knowledge.

Xiang Bei was originally a person who loved to be lively, and when he saw that everyone's mood was high, he swept away the decadence of many days, and said happily: "Go together! Go together! After learning martial arts, let's go to Tianxianglou to drink together, and we won't get drunk or disperse." ”

As a result, a small gathering of three people turned into a martial arts competition of more than a dozen people. After everyone made a contract, they dispersed in a hurry.