The candlelight in the lobby swayed slightly, Li Yuanxiu stood sideways at the top, and below was a Shanyue envoy covered with animal bones and jade, with his head pressed tightly to the ground, and said respectfully:
"The villain has met the young head of the family, the king of my family remembers the friendship between the two families, talks about the health of my aunt and uncle, and remembers the alliance between the two families, and has sent me a lot of output on the land boundary......"
Li Yuanxiu stepped forward and walked two steps down from the top, and the clan soldiers on both sides immediately fixed their eyes on the Shan Yue in front of him, and Chen Donghe on the side stood at the bottom of the steps, and silently became vigilant to prevent the people in front of him from rioting.
"My Li family is located in the east, and I have only heard that there are riots in Shanyue, and none of Mu Jiaoman's descendants have survived.
Li Yuanxiu did not answer this person's words, but picked up the details of the turmoil in Shanyue, so that the messenger of Shanyue in front of him hesitated and sweated profusely, although the current king of Shanyue, Yanmu, said that he was ordered by Mujiaoman to slaughter the brothers, but there were many doubts in Shanyue under such an excuse, not to mention using these words to deal with Li Yuanxiu, the messenger had to tremble and say:
"There is turmoil...... The heir of the former king was broken, but the change of throne was inevitable... It was not intentional for my king, but the king specially saved his mother and concubine, and he also had merit!"
Although Mu Jiaoman gave the Li family face to stay in the palace of the maiden, she acted carefully and never had heirs, her status in the palace was quite special, and every force sent someone to protect her as soon as possible in this turmoil.
Li Yuanxiu didn't answer when he heard this, looking at the trembling and majestic appearance of the Shanyue envoy in front of him, thinking in his heart, and thought to himself:
"Before Shamori breaks through qi training, he has to appease Shepherth, don't let this person become suspicious, ask for help everywhere, and cause trouble, everything is still the same, let him rest assured."
"Offering and trading are easy to say, but it's just a matter of the next order, but if this woman marries, won't she be a widow in a few years? There are many daughters of the small clan at the moment, but several clan uncles and elders will inevitably make noise."
The next Shan Yue didn't know what was going on, thinking that Li Yuanxiu was angry, and had shaken into chaff, sweating like pulp, and accumulating into a small depression on the stone bricks on the ground, Li Yuanxiu was no longer silent and said softly:
"Shanyue is willing to renew the in-laws of the two families, and my Li family also agrees on this matter, and the matter of offering and trading is according to the old practice, and there is no need to change it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The messenger at the head of the next head was like a pardon, kowtowed heavily a few times, and called the king indiscriminately, but he never thought that Li Yuanxiu raised his hand and said with a smile:
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"It's just that my family doesn't have many daughters now, and they have some status in the clan, so how can I say that I will marry, my father is now practicing in seclusion, but I, the young head of the family, is not as talkative as my father, and there is still one condition for Shanyue and my family's in-laws."
"My lord, please speak."
The messenger asked repeatedly, and Li Yuanxiu said with a smile:
"My clan daughter married in the west, how can she not have a fief to show her dignity, there are still villages in the west of Dongshanyue, let that shepherd's purse wood go west to congratulate my clan daughter."
"This... This ......"
The so-called fiefdom is meaningless to a clan daughter who marries out without real power, it is nothing more than more fiefdom tax expenses, so he had to reply:
"Whether the fief can take one or two from the villages of Dongshan Yue, my king will not be stingy, the turmoil in the territory may not be suitable for reckless use of swords..."
Li Yuanxiu frowned, and before he could finish speaking, he interrupted fiercely:
"Is this the sincerity of your king?!"
The mountain is weak, and it has to rely on the snort of the Li family to survive, this messenger naturally became a soft-footed shrimp, and was immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic by Li Yuanxiu's bluff, and kept shouting for mercy, and hurriedly said:
"The villain will report back to the king, and there will be a reply in a few days...... Please forgive the young patriarch!"
"Go down."
Li Yuanxiu waved his hand, and the man hurriedly retreated, and a clan soldier led a person up, also dressed in Shanyue costumes, but knelt down with his fists clenched and said in a deep voice:
"Young family master!"
"What news did my clan sister bring back?"
Li Yuanxiu looked up and asked, and saw Shanyue take out a thick stack of cloth from his arms, and replied respectfully:
"The Crown Princess has recorded many of the arrangements of the shepherd's purse and the distribution of the junior high school qi training Shanyue, all of which are in this book."
Li Pingyi below stepped forward to take it, Li Yuanxiu smiled and nodded, and said softly:
"Go back and tell your clan sister to be her mother first, and I will find a way to reunite her with her family in the next few years."
"Yes."
The man thanked him and withdrew, Li Yuanxiu took the stack of cloth from Li Pingyi, who walked up, spread it out and read it for a while, and muttered in his mouth:
"Three early stages of qi training, one middle stage of qi training, all of them are miscellaneous qi monks, this mountain is too weak, no wonder the shepherd has pacified the country in one go, and he doesn't dare to wait, so he comes to attach himself."
Li Yuanxiu was reading this, Li Yuanjiao was already standing in the courtyard, glanced at the Shanyue man with the letter, and waited until the person exited the courtyard before he spoke:
"Brother, although our sister is a small clan daughter, she is not a fuel-efficient lamp, Mu Jiaoman was so wary of her during her lifetime, but she was able to quickly win the support of the forces after Mu Jiaoman's death, collect information in such detail, and place people in the caravan to return, it is not easy."
"Hmm."
Li Yuanxiu nodded and replied while reading the letter in his hand:
"When I chose a daughter of a small clan to go to the west, I was also carefully selected, and the people I brought were also loyal, and when she returned, I wanted to give her a credit."
The Li family married in the past, naturally, it was not as good as Mu Yalu who married alone back then, and the daughter of that clan could not only return to visit her relatives every year, but also brought a lot of loyal manpower.
Li Yuanjiao listened to his brother's speech, nodded in agreement, and then said:
"Brother, Shamori has broken through the fifth layer of fetal breath, and has been persuaded by me to go back to retreat, and those spiritual fruits have also been sent to Shamori.
"Okay."
Li Yuanxiu nodded slightly, thought for a few breaths, and said softly:
"I will also go up the mountain to talk about it myself, so that my family can prepare for that miscellaneous gas."
Li Yuanjiao laughed low and replied:
"I listened outside for a while, my brother's method is really good, force the new king of Shanyue, no matter if he goes west to take a town or two towns, in the end it will still belong to my Li family."
Li Yuanxiu and Li Yuanjiao's quite similar faces evoked a smile, compared to Li Yuanjiao's sharp eyebrows and eyes, he looked at the brothers below and replied:
"You and I know the plan at home, but it's just to make up for it, since Wushan is closed, the villages of Shanyue in the west will definitely lose their support, according to the news that came back, that Xiangmu should also have the heart to invade the west, I will find some reasons for him."
"When he annexes a few more villages for my family, his soldiers and horses will also work hard and lose money, and kill more, and it is more justifiable for Shamori to replace this person."
"Brother still thinks carefully."
Li Yuanjiao smiled and praised, Li Yuanxiu waved his hand and replied:
"It's just a matter of doing it casually, and it won't have much impact on the situation, but it will make the subsequent calculations smoother."
"As for the married clan daughter, who does my brother plan to let go?"
Li Yuanjiao asked, and Li Yuanxiu then took his eyes off the letter in front of him and said softly:
"No one is sent."
Li Yuanjiao was slightly stunned, and immediately understood what his brother meant, and said in a low voice:
"I know my brother's love for his people, but is it safe?"
"Oh."
Li Yuanxiu smiled and nodded, and replied:
"Go to the town to find a reliable family who is willing to give up a woman with wealth, and send the girl to train him, not to mention whether the shepherd's purse can find out, even if he senses something wrong, he will pinch his nose and suffer it, do you dare to say anything? When Dongshan is controlled by my family, and then takes it back, she can still get the name of a branch, so naturally many people are willing to do it."
Li Yuanjiao lowered his eyebrows slightly, his love for his clansmen was different from Li Yuanxiu's, it was all based on friendship rather than bloodline, and his heart was inclined to really send a clan of women over to appease the shepherd's purse, even if there was a chance, he didn't want to startle the snake, but since Li Yuanxiu said this, he had no choice but to nod and said in a deep voice:
"Brother, it's good if you're sure."
Li Yuanxiu looked at him, saw that he had a different meaning in his heart, put down the things in his hand, and said softly:
"The people of the Xiaozong mainly have five veins, and since the time of the great-grandfather, these five veins have been separated, and several old people are very old, and they don't talk much on weekdays, but they also need to pay attention."
"These people are very close to us, they are the right-hand men of the family, and there are several clan elders who can speak in front of their fathers and uncles...... Harmony in the family is the most important."
Li Yuanjiao curled his lips and replied:
"Who cares what they think, it's just a bunch of mortals."
"Jiao'er!"
Li Yuanxiu shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"The reason why the family can be closely connected is that the secrets of the exercises are passed on in an orderly manner, and the second is that the clan is humble and respectful of the old and the young.
"The juniors are all educated and similar, what you do today, everyone remembers it in their hearts, don't look at those clan elders who are nagging on weekdays, thinking about seeking some benefits for their descendants, but they also know right and wrong, restraining future generations from not daring to do prodigal things, the existence of the clan courtyard has their own merit."
Li Yuanxiu stared into his brother's eyes and explained:
"If these old people meet their children and do something disgraceful to the family, they will even go to the clan courtyard on crutches to expose it in person.
"What's more, for the sake of the family, Uncle Qiuyang and several monks from the small sect are diligent and diligent, if you marry their children like this today, you will slaughter the shepherd's purse tomorrow, which will make these people feel cold."
Li Yuanjiao opened his mouth, he never thought that Li Yuanxiu would think so far, and he changed his mind about the nagging clan bosses, nodded, and said in a low voice:
"My little brother has been taught!"
Li Yuanxiu nodded approvingly and continued:
"In the past, there were no powerful monks in the main vein, and it was appropriate to be more prepared for the small sect branches, but now the main vein is prosperous, and my uncle's swordsmanship is a must, these small sects and branches are the right-hand men of the family, what they have to do is to win over and favor them, and treat them as their own."
Li Yuanjiao nodded in response, the brothers looked at each other and smiled, Li Yuanxiu asked a few warm words, and then smiled:
"I have already broken through the second layer of fetal breath."
"Seriously?"
Li Yuanxiu had to start cultivating earlier than Li Yuanjiao, Li Yuanjiao quickly broke through the Xuanjing Wheel with the help of the talisman, and broke through the second layer of the Chengming Wheel a few months ago.
"You guy, what's so fake about this?"
Li Yuanxiu looked at Li Yuanjiao giggling, calculated the time, and said with some embarrassment:
"Seeing that the day of the sacrifice is approaching day by day, several elders are breaking through the retreat, and the sacrifices have not been placed.
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Li Tongya, Li Xuanxuan, and Li Xuanfeng each retreated, while Li Xuanling practiced intently in the lobby, sitting cross-legged on the futon on the ground all night, the door at the door of the cave shook slightly, and the two clan soldiers retreated in response, and walked in a woman wearing a white robe, with a dignified face, looking at him with a smile.
"Husband."
Lu Wanrong now has a three-layer cultivation base, and her strength is also good among the monks with foreign surnames, she stepped forward with a smile, holding a bamboo food box in her hand, and put it on the stone table, Li Xuanling saw this and said softly:
"Just let them deliver it, but I will trouble you to make a trip."
Once they break through the particularly critical Yujing Wheel, they transcend the mortal realm, and their food intake suddenly becomes smaller, and when they break through the qi training and become a god and a long-lived qi eater, they can only eat the wind and drink dew, they only need to drink some pure water, if they want to eat, they also have to eat some spiritual meat and rice, ordinary food can easily hinder the cultivation and diligence.
Li Xuanling's fetal breath is five layers, there is still one or two steps away from qi training, he needs to eat, about a meal or two days, now that the family is well-off, he naturally eats not ordinary rice noodles, but some spiritual rice and monster meat.
Lu Wanrong opened the food box and took out two cages up and down, one box was steamed white and clean spiritual rice, and the other box was a few pieces of tender red monster meat.
Li Xuanling took the jade chopsticks from his wife's hand, chewed and slowly solved the food in front of him, Lu Wanrong handed him tea to drink, and then whispered:
"Yuanyun hasn't gone down the mountain for more than a year, I've always been very worried in my heart, this child is silent, in fact, he is very angry, and he refuses to share with us after suffering such a blow......"
Li Xuanling suddenly froze, his expression was quite helpless, he felt a little guilty, and said in an awkward voice:
"Why don't I know!"