It was getting late, the red lanterns of the Xiao Mansion were hanging high, and the paper-cutting of red double happiness could be seen everywhere, as if a big wedding was about to be held, so lively. There are a large number of soldiers guarding the house inside and outside the house to prevent anyone from colliding with this big wedding.
At this moment, an old man in green clothes slowly walked through the corridors and gates guarded by heavy troops.
"Ahem...... he probably suffered from lung disease, hunched over, covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and coughed from time to time.
He was followed by a giant black wolf dog, which was as large as a tiger, with swollen muscles and a fierce appearance, and his eyes scanned the surroundings coldly, as if he was choosing someone to eat. Along the way, the guards were all afraid, allowing this person and dog to pass unimpeded.
Finally, he slowly walked to the door of the inner courtyard, where more than a dozen expressionless guards stood, not allowing anyone to enter or leave the inner courtyard.
"Ahem! Does the prince still have emotions?" The old man in green coughed and looked at the guard leader.
The head of the guard said respectfully: "My lord, the prince drove away all the servants, refused to speak, and did not accept the groom's clothes.
The old man in green clothes looked at the groom's clothes on the tray in his hand and frowned slightly: "Give it to me, I'll tell you."
"The prince trusts you the most, then please ask my lord." The leader of the guards respectfully handed over the wedding dress and said.
Several guards immediately opened the inner courtyard door for the old man in green clothes to enter the inner courtyard, followed by the giant wolf dog.
The guards closed the inner courtyard door again, and each one showed a relieved expression.
In the inner courtyard, the old man in green clothes patted the wolf dog on the head: "Hei'er, just walk around here and don't eat anything."
"Woohoo!"
The giant wolf dog whined a few times, as if it was very humane.
All the servants in the inner courtyard were driven out, leaving only the person the old man in green clothes who came to persuade him, the prince.
The old man in green clothes held his wedding clothes and walked to a brightly lit study.
The door to the study was wide open, and the bookshelves inside were filled with books. In the center of the study was sitting a young man, holding a book in his hand, reading the book in his hand by the candlelight around him.
The young man looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a sense of maturity in his youth, although he was underage, but he still showed a handsome posture with sword eyebrows and starry eyes.
The young man was very serious about studying, even if the old man in green clothes stepped into the study, he didn't notice it. The old man in green clothes put down the tray in his hand and waited patiently.
After about a stick of incense, the boy finally finished reading the book in his hand, then closed his eyes and thought, and thought for another half an hour before slowly opening his eyes.
"Uncle Qing? Are you here?" The young man's expression was surprised.
"Prince, we are going to welcome our relatives tomorrow, do we still have to read at night with candles?" The old man in green clothes smiled.
The young man put down the book in his hand and sighed slightly: "Uncle Qing, do you say, I, Xiao Nanfeng, don't even have the right to choose marriage now?"
The old man in green clothes frowned slightly and shook his head: "Prince, no one is embarrassing you. You must understand in your heart that the god and his wife have been dead for ten years, and they have always been protecting you."
"My parents are just missing, who said they are dead?" Xiao Nanfeng's face changed, as if he was a little annoyed.
The old man in green clothes fell silent and had to wait for Xiao Nan's anger to subside before communicating.
Xiao Nanfeng also seemed to realize that he had lost his temper, sighed slightly, picked up a wine jug at hand, and walked over.
"Uncle Qing, I feel uncomfortable, tonight, you can have a drink with me!" Xiao Nanfeng poured two glasses of wine with a slight melancholy.
The old man in green clothes looked at Xiao Nanfeng and shook his head: "Prince, I know you feel uncomfortable, but you should understand that people cannot be resurrected after death. When the divine marquis died, you were only six years old, and now, you are sixteen years old. In the past ten years, everything has changed."
"Heh, this fief belongs to my father, but now it has become the chief manager. The chief manager? He used to be just a housekeeper in our family, and it was my father who gave him the rights. In the past ten years since my father disappeared, he has taken me as a hostage to cut off dissidents and gather power. The military power and political power of the fiefdom all fell into his hands, and all the industries and shops of my Xiao family became his private property. Xiao Nanfeng's face was ugly.
The old man in green clothes's face changed: "Prince, don't say this kind of thing, if it reaches the ears of the chief manager, something will happen."
"What? Can't you say this kind of thing? Can only be done? In the fief, who doesn't know that I, the young lord, has been imprisoned in the mansion all year round?" Xiao Nanfeng took a sip of wine and said.
"The chief manager didn't let you run around because he was worried that you were young and that gangsters would assassinate you, after all, the god prince had many enemies back then. And if you want to study, he has found all kinds of gentlemen to teach you, and all kinds of books in the fief, as long as you want them, they will always try to help you get them. Look at your room full of books, isn't it all he took advantage of your wishes?" The old man in green clothes comforted.
"But what else can I do besides reading? All the practice exercises were banned from me, and only one of the most superficial body refining exercises was given to me. This exercise, even you, dislike it and won't practice it for your children and grandchildren, right? Only allow me to study and cultivate my mind, not let me learn martial arts to strengthen my body? When I reach the age of sixteen, no matter how hard I try, it is only the fifth level of cultivation in the Later Heaven Realm, but it is really for my own good!" Xiao Nanfeng sneered.
The purpose of his visit today is to accompany Xiao Nanfeng to talk to him, so that he can vent his depression.
After the old man in green clothes finished drinking, Xiao Nanfeng helped him pour another glass of wine.
"However, I have no regrets about studying. In the past ten years, the teacher has changed batch after batch, and I can read any obscure articles. I have read all the 1,346 books in this room." Xiao Nanfeng looked at the books around him, and a sense of pride flashed in his eyes.
"Look, the chief manager is still helping you. In the future, if you marry the daughter of the chief manager, you and the chief manager will become a family." The old man in green clothes seemed to be coaxing Xiao Nanfeng.
"Family? Uncle Qing, the daughter of the chief manager, what kind of person she is, do you know?" Xiao Nanfeng frowned and stared at the old man in green clothes.
The old man in green clothes frowned slightly: "The daughter of the chief manager is as beautiful as a fairy......"
"As beautiful as a fairy? Heh, but the heart is like a snake and scorpion, water-based poplar! If I'm not mistaken, the daughter of the chief manager has already killed several husbands, right? Her first two husbands were tortured to death by her, and after their deaths, in order to prevent their families from causing trouble, they even destroyed their entire family, right?" Xiao Nanfeng sneered.
The old man's face changed, how did he know about this kind of thing?
"Prince, don't worry, it won't happen this time, you are the prince after all, and you have a body of ten thousand gold......" The old man in green clothes drank another glass of wine, and a trace of cold sweat appeared on his forehead and persuaded.
"My Xiao family's fiefdoms, military, politics, and business have all been held by the chief manager, and the only thing the chief manager lacks now is a great cause, right? Because this is my Xiao family's fiefdom after all, it belongs to my Xiao family! He is just a slave, he has no title, so he finally hit me with the idea, as long as I marry his daughter, the two families will merge into one family, and he will have the name to completely encroach on the last trace of my Xiao family's reputation!" Xiao Nanfeng stared at the old man in green clothes and said coldly.
"Prince, this, this, I'm afraid you misunderstood the chief manager, how could the chief manager ......" The old man in green clothes was at a loss for words.
"Uncle Qing, if I remember well, your life was saved by my father back then, right?" Xiao Nanfeng chuckled.
The old man in green clothes's face changed strongly, and finally nodded: "That's right, I was saved by the marquis. The marquis is very kind to me, just because I was injured and could no longer fight, so the marquis asked me to be responsible for raising the monster beast cub that was taken out of the demon cave, Hei'er!"
"Yes, Dad saw that you were injured, and he understood that it was not easy for you to follow him, so he asked you to be a dog breeder in the house, providing you with delicious food and drink, and arranging a fat shortage for your son. The smile on Xiao Nanfeng's face gradually disappeared.
The old man in green clothes changed his expression: "Prince, what happened back then has passed, and the marquis has been dead for ten years. Prince, don't resist anymore, the chief manager is also for your own good!"
"For my own good? Hahaha, a good one is for my own good, keeping me in captivity like a bird in a cage, bullying me young, taking me hostage, robbing me of everything in the Xiao family, and finally forcing me to marry a poisonous woman and squeezing my last bit of value? Heh, this is called for my own good?" Xiao Nanfeng narrowed his eyes, and a sharp look flashed.
The old man in green clothes frowned slightly, the prince did not lose his anger and accept his fate after venting, as if his temper was getting bigger and bigger? This is not good, the chief manager blames him, he can't afford it.
"Prince, I advise you to calm down, you can't resist the power of the chief manager. At least I still persuade you with kind words now, if I don't leave you alone, I'm afraid you will be even more embarrassed." The old man in green clothes's face gradually sank.
Xiao Nanfeng stared at the old man in green clothes: "It seems that my father has looked away at you! You have now completely forgotten the kindness of my Xiao family. Now you are focused on pleasing the big manager?"
"Prince, those who know the current affairs are handsome. The divine marquis is dead, and now in the fief, the chief manager has the final say, which is the general trend. I advise you not to struggle. Your current strength, even if I, an injured person, can take it with one hand. The books you read can't help you at all." The old man in green clothes had already lost all patience.
"Really? Then you can try it on me." Xiao Nanfeng sneered.
The old man in green clothes's face darkened, obviously about to tear his face, and stood up suddenly. However, he suddenly stumbled, and for a while the world was spinning, his whole body was weak, and he fell to the ground with a pop.
"Poison in wine? Impossible, you have been under surveillance for ten years, and you can't touch anything poisonous at all, what did you drink for me?" The old man in green clothes said extremely weakly.
On the chair, Xiao Nanfeng was still sitting upright, looking at him coldly: "Who said that studying is useless? There is everything I want in the book, poison? What's so difficult about matching? Some food and medicinal materials that conflict with each other, you can mix poison with a little mixing, don't you know?"
"How is this possible? Ahem! No, you drank that wine too, why are you okay?" The old man in green clothes was still a little reluctant to accept the result of poisoning at this moment.
"Since I can prepare poison, I can naturally make an antidote." Xiao Nanfeng said calmly, "Do you know? You are going to die."