Chapter 43: The Lin Family's Dilemma

Lianyun City City Lord's Mansion.

In the dim study, Lin Nantian was the only one.

Lin Nantian is in his sixties this year. Because of his martial arts, he looks like he is only about forty years old.

At this time, he was holding a book in his hand, but he hadn't turned the pages for a long time. Obviously, his attention was not on the book.

"Father, you haven't slept yet!" A voice broke the silence of the study.

Seeing the person coming, Lin Nantian's frown slightly eased, revealing a smile.

The person who came was a weak man with a pale complexion. He was in his twenties, with a thin body. It seemed that a gust of wind could blow him away.

This man is Lin Nantian's second son, Lin Qingming.

"It's Qingming! Why did you stay up so late?" Lin Qingming asked with a hint of concern.

Lin Qingming was Lin Nantian's illegitimate son. Although he was taken back to the mansion, his status in the mansion was not high due to his humble background and lack of any talent for martial arts.

Lin Nantian's main room was born in a big family in the Great Zhou Kingdom. Because of his power, he did not dare to be too kind to Lin Qingming.

But he still likes this son very much. The Lin family has two sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Lin Shan, is very talented in martial arts, but his mind is simple and not enough to keep the family business. Although Lin Qingming can't practice martial arts, his mind is extremely smart. Everything is Lin Qingming's plan.

Therefore, he cultivated Lin Qingming in the hope that Lin Qingming could assist Lin Shan in the future and carry forward the Lin family.

"Father, what are you thinking?"

"Sit down!" Lin Nantian pointed to the chair beside the desk.

"Qingming! Do you think my Lin family can survive this disaster?" Lin Nantian asked leisurely.

"Is father worrying about Ji's family?" Lin Qingming asked after sitting down.

"Yeah! Ji's family is getting tighter and tighter these days, and they even want me to marry Wanqing to their scoundrel, Ji Hao."

"Don't say that Wan Qing is only twelve years old, and she is not old enough to marry. Even if she is old, how can I have the heart to send her to the fire pit?"

"However, if I don't agree to the Ji family's request, how should my Lin family handle themselves?" Lin Nantian's face was full of sadness.

Lin Qingming, who has always been resourceful, is also a little overwhelmed. As the saying goes, a clever woman can't make a meal without rice. No matter how smart he is, he can't think of a solution without any help!

Lianyun City is one of the four defensive cities in the imperial capital Luocheng, and its status is extremely important.

Nearly 20,000 elite soldiers were deployed in each city to assist the imperial guards in protecting the safety of Los Angeles.

In view of the importance of these four cities, the city lords of the four cities are often held by the emperor's cronies.

But a month ago, the old emperor died, Xiao Tianci usurped the throne, and the situation took a turn for the worse. The three city lords in the four cities directly chose to join the new emperor.

The Lin family was deeply favored by the late emperor, and had always been brooding about Xiao Tianci's usurpation and seizing the throne, so how could he be loyal to him?

At this time, the second aristocratic family in Lianyuncheng, the Ji family, saw the opportunity to overthrow the Lin family, and the Ji family pledged allegiance to Xiao Tianci the moment he succeeded in usurping the throne.

The Ji family, who received the support of the new emperor, has grown rapidly in power, surpassing the Lin family in less than a month.

Now, half of Lianyuncheng's troops are in the hands of the Ji family, and with the gradual stabilization of the government, Xiao Tianci can immediately free up his hands to take care of the Lin family, and the Ji family's recent behavior has become more and more excessive.

Three days ago, Ji Hao, the youngest son of the Ji family, directly proposed to marry Lin Nantian's daughter, Lin Wanqing.

"Has Wanqing gone down yet?" Lin Nantian rubbed his aching brows.

After the Ji family proposed marriage, although Lin Nantian did not agree, he did not refuse, which made Lin Wanqing feel a sense of crisis and chose to run away from home.

"Not yet, but don't worry, father, Wanqing can't do without Lianyuncheng. As long as she doesn't fall into the hands of Ji's family, she will be fine!"

The Ji family set up a private checkpoint at the city gate. Anyone who wants to leave the city must pay the exit fee. He has already checked it. When Lin Wanqing left the house, she did not bring any gold and silver, so she would never be able to leave the city. city.

Lin Nantian nodded. He also knew that Ji's family set up checkpoints at the city gate to collect entry and exit fees, but his Lin family could not protect themselves, and he was too lazy to care about that much.

"Did our Lin family really have no way out?"

Lin Nantian leaned back on the seat and looked up at the roof, his face full of confusion.

"Father, it's not as good as us..." Lin Qingming's face showed a hint of embarrassment, but he hesitated.

Lin Nantian naturally knew what he wanted to say, he smiled wryly: "If Xiao Tianci just took the throne, we would have no problem turning to him, but now it's too late! The Ji family has already received Xiao Tianci's absolute support, and the Lin family has no chance. already."

"Then our Lin family, do we really want to make fish and wait for others to slaughter?" Lin Qingming was a little unwilling.

He has no talent for martial arts, and if he wants to stand out, he can only rely on the strength of his family to enter the court and become a civil official.

Once the Lin family falls, in this world where the family controls everything, his life will be over, how can he be reconciled.

"Take one step at a time! If you have to, you can only sacrifice Wanqing."

A look of pain flashed in Lin Nantian's eyes. The reason why he didn't reject Ji's family clearly was because he had this kind of thought, that he could give the Lin family a way out when he was desperate.

Lin Qingming also nodded helplessly, if they could use a woman to keep the family, they would naturally know how to choose.

"By the way, father, recently the eldest prince's red-clothed guards appeared in Lianyun City!" Lin Qingming suddenly mentioned this matter.

"Oh?" Lin Nantian's face showed a hint of curiosity.

Then he said disdainfully: "Xiao Tianci has just usurped power not long ago, and his sons are thinking about taking the heir. It's really not right."

"Now the enemy country is staring at it, but they don't care at all. This Great Zhou Kingdom will be destroyed by Xiao Tianci sooner or later."

"Then let's get in touch with the red-clothed guards, maybe we can use this to solve the predicament of our Lin family!"

This is Lin Qingming's real intention to find Lin Nantian tonight. If he can join the line of the eldest prince, Lin Qingming's career will be much brighter.

"No need, we are going now, and we are asking for no fun. Everyone knows that Lian Yuncheng is going to change hands, and the eldest prince is no exception. The red-clothed guard is looking for the Ji family, so let the Ji family have a headache!"

Lin Nantian has already made a decision, and naturally Lin Qingming dare not say anything more!

"Okay, Qingming, rest early!" Lin Nantian waved his hand, motioning for Lin Qingming to go down.

Lin Qingming bowed slightly, and then exited the study.

As he exited the study, his face suddenly turned gloomy.

Father, I will not let the Lin family be destroyed by your hands. The entire Lin family is destined to belong to me.

"Diaochan, little phoenix, early!"

Xiao Chen, who was in a good mood, rarely slept in, but when he went downstairs, Diao Chan and Ye Fenghuang, who was holding the little fox, were already having breakfast!

Diaochan, who wakes up early, doesn't wear Fendai, she is elegant and vulgar, and she has an air of lightness.

"Master, the food is going to be cold!"

She might not care about others, but Xiao Chen's meaningful gaze, she couldn't care less, so she had to remind Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen smiled lightly, and then started to eat.

Perhaps because of Wang Yue and Zhang Liao's absence, Xiao Chen finally got a chance to be alone, and Xiao Chen's mouth also became a little indebted.

Of course, Ye Fenghuang was selectively ignored by him.

"Diaochan, let's discuss something?" Xiao Chen pretended to be calm and approached, but there was a mean smile on his face.

"What's the matter?" Diao Chan asked indifferently without looking at Xiao Chen.

"Wait until I take back the throne! How about you being my queen?" This was the first time Xiao Chen mustered up the courage to confess to Diaochan.

From the first time he saw Diao Chan, he fell in love with her. For a woman as beautiful as Diao Chan with a gentle personality, I am afraid that no one can match her charm.

After saying these words, Xiao Chen felt extremely uneasy in his heart, for fear that Diaochan's loyalty would drop to zero because of these words.

Fortunately, the system did not prompt Diaochan's loyalty to decline.

Diao Chan turned her gaze to Xiao Chen, her eyebrows wrinkled slightly: "Young Master, are you alright!"

Xiao Chen was dumbfounded, what do you mean by all right? I am a man! Isn't it normal to make a confession?

Xiao Chen stared blankly at Diao Chan, only to see that Diao Chan had turned his gaze back, his face was as calm as water, and nothing had changed.

She still drank the porridge slowly, ignoring Xiao Chen.

After a while, Diaochan took out the silk scarf, wiped her lips lightly, and then turned around and walked to the room without saying a word.

Just the moment she turned around, there was a rare blushing on her beautiful face.

What does it mean?

Looking at Diao Chan's back, Xiao Chen felt a little depressed, what is this? Anyway, give an answer!

However, he has a system. Since Diaochan's loyalty has not declined because of this, it means that Diaochan is not resistant to this matter!

There is a play!

Xiao Chen secretly rejoiced in his heart.

"Brother Xiao Chen, what happened to Sister Diaochan?"

Ye Fenghuang, who was on the side, naturally couldn't understand the tricky relationship between the two, and stared at Xiao Chen with a pair of bright big eyes.

Xiao Chen turned his head and patted her head dotingly: "It's nothing, Xiao Fenghuang eat quickly, after eating, my brother will take you to go shopping!"

Ye Fenghuang didn't ask any more questions, and sat down on the seat to eat rice honestly.

After eating, Xiao Chen took Ye Fenghuang to his room.

"Brother Xiao Chen, aren't we going to go shopping?" Ye Fenghuang asked in confusion.

"Well, just wait a minute."

While speaking, he took out the humanoid puppet he had just drawn last night from the storage ring.

"what is this?"

Ye Fenghuang tilted his small head and looked at the puppet in front of him with curiosity in his eyes.

"This is called a puppet, come, little phoenix, drop a drop of blood on this puppet!"

Ye Fenghuang heard the words, lightly made a wound on his fingertips, squeezed out a drop of blood, and dripped onto the puppet.

Just as he dripped blood on the puppet, Ye Fenghuang felt a move in his heart, and suddenly he felt that he was connected to this puppet by flesh and blood.

"Okay, girl, this puppet will be yours in the future. If you encounter any trouble in the future, just call this puppet and he will help protect you!" Xiao Chen explained.

Xiao Chen is surrounded by experts at all times, and a one-star martial arts commander is not very helpful to him, so it might as well be her bodyguard for Ye Fenghuang!

There was a tear in Ye Fenghuang's eyes at this time.

"Oh, my little phoenix, what's wrong, why are you crying?"

Seeing the tears in Ye Fenghuang's eyes, Xiao Chen quickly crouched down and asked with concern.

"Brother Xiao Chen, you...why...why are you being so good to Phoenix!" Ye Fenghuang leaned into Xiao Chen's arms and whimpered.

"Silly girl, you are my sister!"

Xiao Chen wiped away Ye Fenghuang's tears and said, "Hurry up and put away the puppets, let's go shopping together!"

When Xiao Chen was in the Spirit Sword Sect, he robbed a few storage rings, and now even Ye Fenghuang has his own storage ring.

When Ye Fenghuang put away the puppet, Xiao Chen took her to the street.

With his 1-star martial artist cultivation base and the 1-star martial commander puppet in Ye Fenghuang's storage ring, no one in Lianyun City could hurt them, so he didn't call him Diaochan.

Mainly because it's a little embarrassing at the moment!

"Selling candied haws!"

"The best silk and satin, the guest officer, come in and take a look!"

"Shaobing! Special biscuits made in Northern Xinjiang!"

Lianyun City is close to the imperial capital, with a large population and quite prosperous. The streets are very lively, making Xiao Chen and Ye Fenghuang linger, and Ye Fenghuang is full of all kinds of snacks.

With a bumpy life, she has lived a life of one meal and one meal since she was a child. She never thought that one day she would be able to eat so much exquisite food.

This six- or seven-year-old girl's closeness to Xiao Chen has increased a lot.

The food Xiao Chen had eaten in his previous life was much richer than that of Tianluo Continent. Naturally, these things could not attract him. What attracted Xiao Chen the most was the Fireworks Tower, ahem, just curious!

As a modern person, Xiao Chen has not seen such prosperity for a long time. In the cities of the earth, the streets and alleys are filled with all kinds of loudspeakers or music, which are extremely harsh.

However, he noticed that although the main theme of human beings becoming stronger is to cultivate martial arts, there are not many warriors in Lianyun City.

Even the predecessor's memory didn't know much about this aspect, because the predecessor's time was basically used for fun, so his memory didn't help Xiao Chen much.

"When I ascend the throne, the common people can also practice martial arts!"

Xiao Chen began to think about it. Just imagine, the commoners in the entire kingdom are all warriors. How strong is the Great Zhou Kingdom?

"Brother, something seems to have happened ahead?" Ye Fenghuang's tender voice suddenly brought Xiao Chen back to reality.

He looked up and saw circles of civilians around the corner of the street. It is human nature to love to watch the fun, even in the martial artist world.

Xiao Chen also liked to watch the fun, so he walked quickly with Ye Fenghuang.

The second shift, two shifts a day in the future, the speed of Xiaoyu’s code words, the third shift really can’t keep up.