Jiuxi

Chapter 455 Chapter 453 [Some romantic figures]

The meeting ended on bad terms.

Lu Chen did not use all his strength. Although the punch knocked Shen Tianyi far away, it was just very scary to look at and Shen Tianyi did not hurt him at all.

After the Tieyang tribesmen brought by Shen Min came forward to check, the tense situation eased.

Although Shen Min's previous statement had tied the situation to a dead end, Lu Chen would not take the opportunity to vent his anger and directly intensify the conflict. Therefore, when it was determined that Shen Tianyi only needed to rest for a period of time and would not leave any hidden dangers, the heads of other departments looked at Lu Chen's eyes were a little more acknowledging.

Of course, Shen Min would not give Lu Chen a good look. He asked someone to pick up Shen Tianyi and left Blackwater Village without looking back.

Huining tribe and Zhehuang tribe, led by their respective leaders, followed Shen Min without hesitation.

Hardy, the leader of the Jinchuan tribe, delayed for a while and then said goodbye to Luo Yaozong. He was anxious to return to Jinchuan to find out the details of the merchants in the north.

As these people and the younger generation retired one after another, the spacious and empty lobby of the ancestral home fell into silence.

After a long time, Nayan, the leader of the Dashi tribe, said: "Marquis Lu, the current situation is obvious. I'm afraid you won't be able to do what you want this time."

Lu Chen nodded and said: "From the appearance, he does have the intention to do this. Otherwise, how could Shen Tianyi dare to insist on taking action in this situation? If it is said that there is no instruction from his father, I will not believe it anyway. But I don't understand The reason for his doing this is to insist on stirring up hatred with Daqi. Is it a good thing for Shazhou? "

The Seven Divisions of Shazhou are a unit. When nearly half of the people refuse to accept Da Qi's kindness, it will not help even if Lu Chen talks nonsense.

"My understanding of Leader Shen is definitely not as deep as yours, but judging from the information I have, Leader Shen is obviously not a simple-minded person."

Lu Chen looked at his unfailingly cold expression and sighed quietly in his heart.

Luo Yaozong looked at the young man's calm eyes and realized that he had gradually come into contact with the truth, and he secretly felt a sense of appreciation in his heart.

In other words, if the situation in Shazhou develops according to Lu Chen's prediction, civil strife will be the inevitable outcome.

Shuixibu and Dashibu tended to side with Luo Yaozong, but they also could not convince Shen Min.

Yang Jin, the leader of Shuixi on the other side, also said: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to talk more. Marquis Lu is a man. Even if we can't reach an agreement this time, Shuixi welcomes you as a guest at any time."

Lu Chen said: "It is possible. Today is the first fire. He forced all the ministries to express their stance. In fact, they have divided into camps. I just don't know where his second fire will be."

Luo Yaozong said slowly: "What does Marquis Lu mean? Is Shen Min deliberately intensifying the conflict?"

The Tieyang Tribe, the Huining Tribe and the Zhehuang Tribe, which accounted for nearly half of Shazhou's population, gathered around Shen Min, and their resistance and disgust towards Da Qi were very obvious. Even if Lu Chen didn't take action against Shen Tianyi, these people, especially Shen Min, would not change their minds.

Yang Jin said angrily: "How dare he! Shazhou will never allow such ambitious people to appear. If Shen Min dares to act recklessly, I will be the first to fight him!"

Na Yan frowned and said: "I have never heard of such a thing. Maybe Shen Min just can't let go of the blood feud? To be honest with Lu Hou, that blood feud is indeed a pain in the hearts of every Shazhou people. If it weren't for Lu Hou today With full sincerity and extreme restraint, I'm afraid we will be like Shen Min."

Na Yan finally came to his senses and said in a deep voice: "Marquis Lu is trying to say that Shen Min is deliberately provoking civil strife in Shazhou?"

Na Yan and Yang Jin couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Lu Chen nodded slightly.

Lu Chen's words made everyone look solemn, and he continued: "I have already explained the current situation before. Qi Jing is in a stalemate, and Shazhou, which controls the north-south main road in the upper reaches of the Hengjiang River, will not be able to stay away. The tragedy of nineteen years ago It is indeed an obstacle between you and me, but compared with Jing Jun, who is murderous and ambitious, Da Qi is definitely more trustworthy. I believe that Chief Shen will not fail to understand this simple truth, so I am even more dissatisfied. I don’t understand why he has to do this and what’s the benefit to him.”

He and Luo Yaozong looked at each other, and then said unhurriedly: "I understand the good intentions of the two leaders, but there is a question in my heart that is difficult to solve. I wonder why Leader Shen and the Tieyang tribe are so determined? Is there something behind this? Are there any other disputes?”

A trace of regret appeared on Na Yan's face, and he added: "When I saw him today, I realized that Marquis Lu was able to achieve such great achievements at such a young age. He was by no means a lucky person who gained a reputation in vain. He could be said to be polite, courteous and well-founded in his advance and retreat. It's a pity. Shen Min and others won't accept soft or hard advice, and we can't directly bypass them to make decisions. After all, the seven Shazhou tribes advance and retreat together. This is an old rule passed down for hundreds of years. "

Except for Hardy, who is obsessed with making money, the attitudes of the other six films gradually became clear.

Lu Chen said: "Thank you very much."

Judging from the rise and fall of the world he has seen, the fact that the Seven Shazhou tribes have been able to maintain such a peaceful and friendly relationship for hundreds of years is a rare exception.

Under normal circumstances, the seven tribes will definitely have big fish eating small fish, mergers and divisions, because people's greed will naturally expand. The leader of a small village wants to be the leader of the entire tribe, and then wants to be the leader of the entire tribe. Lord of Shazhou.

Lu Chen didn't know much about the history of Shazhou, but he firmly believed that people like Shen Min were definitely not the first, nor would they be the last.

Thinking of this, his eyes stayed on Luo Yaozong. What was this middle-aged man who controlled the most powerful force in Shazhou thinking?

Luo Yaozong sensed Lu Chen's eyes and immediately said to Na Yan and Yang Jin: "Marquis Lu's concerns are not unreasonable. Everyone should be more careful next time and inform each other in time if anything happens."

The two agreed, chatted for a while and then left one after another.

"Jiujiu, Hengshan, you go out first."

Luo Yaozong sent his two children out, and he and Lu Chen were the only two people left in the spacious lobby of his ancestral home.

He got up and went to the incense table, looked at the portraits of Shazhou's ancestors hanging on the wall, took three long incense sticks, lit them and worshiped them with an extremely pious attitude.

Lu Chen watched this scene quietly.

After a while, Luo Yaozong turned around and sat in Shen Min's seat, looking across from Lu Chen.

There seems to be a big river stretching through the middle, like the Hengjiang River that feeds countless people, running through the east and west. Lu Chen took the lead and said: "Big Chief, we Qi people have a saying that you must not have the intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others."

Luo Yaozong was silent for a moment, then suddenly sighed.

……

Outside the ancestral house, Luo Jiujiu was pacing back and forth in a daze.

The excitement calmed down, and the blood rushing to his forehead gradually subsided, followed by uncontrollable embarrassment and panic.

"Luo Jiujiu, what on earth are you thinking!"

"You said you like him in front of so many people. Do you know how to write the word shy?"

"What should we do next? How should we get along with that guy? Should we pretend that nothing has happened?"

There was no one else around, and Luo Hengshan, who usually liked to be funny, also knew that his elder sister was not in a stable mood, so he found an excuse to run away early, so Luo Jiujiu could whisper to himself.

She raised her hand and touched her hot cheek, and said without tears, "I don't have the face to see anyone now!"

In fact, she has no regrets, and she has always believed in doing whatever she wants. Everyone in Shazhou knows that she dares to love and hate, but not regretting is one thing, and not knowing how to deal with it next is another. .

The two are not contradictory.

Time passed quietly, I don’t know how long it took.

"Ugh……"

Luo Jiujiu thought hard and couldn't help but sighed heavily.

"Why did Miss Luo sigh?"

Lu Chen's voice sounded behind him.

Luo Jiujiu suddenly realized that he had been standing outside his ancestral home for at least half an hour as the sun was setting in the west.

She turned back to look at Lu Chen, her eyes were slightly shifted, not staring at him without scruples as before, and her tone was a little erratic: "You...you and my dad are done talking so quickly?"

"Yes."

Lu Chen said something and said with a smile: "If you don't mind, Miss Luo, can we go for a walk together?"

In the past few days, the two of them had been inseparable during the day, looking at the scenery around Heishui Village. Lu Chen's proposal was not over the top.

Luo Jiujiu felt nervous for no reason, quickly turned her head and whispered: "Okay."

The two of them walked in the village, and the passers-by gave them kind smiles. It was obvious that they did not know what happened in the ancestral house today, and Luo Hengshan did not have the courage to spread the news.

After walking for a while, Lu Chen raised his eyes and looked at the brilliant sunset on the horizon, and said softly: "Miss Luo, actually -"

Luo Jiujiu interrupted hastily: "Actually, I just feel unhappy with that guy Shen Tianyi, and I don't want to show weakness in front of him. He thinks he can control me with those words, but I insist on confronting him in front of everyone Come, let's see what he can do to me. I just like to see him jumping up and down in anger, so don't get me wrong. I know that the person you are interested in also has a marriage contract, and now you have the emperor's decree to marry me, so there is no need to marry me. Take your words to heart.”

Lu Chen suddenly stopped and turned to look at her handsome eyes and shaving her eyebrows. Unsurprisingly, he saw some insincerity in her words.

Luo Jiujiu felt a little flustered by what he saw, and said unnaturally: "Okay, I admit that I like you a little. The first time I felt this way was in the Qi Palace, even though I knew you stood up and You don’t have much to do with me, but seeing you standing in front of me to block all the criticism makes me have a good impression of you. "

Lu Chen smiled gently and said frankly: "Miss Luo, I am a very boring person."

Luo Jiujiu lowered his head, gently kicked the pebbles in front of him, and said in a low voice: "But I just like your dull-headed and responsible character in big things, so what can I do?"

Lu Chen moved slightly.

Such a confession is very simple, but extremely touching.

Luo Jiujiu obviously couldn't bear this weird atmosphere, so he changed the subject and said, "You and my dad were chatting for so long just now. What did you say?"

Lu Chen looked up at the sky and said leisurely: "We talked a lot. Miss Luo, your father is an elder worthy of my respect. His existence is not only lucky for Daqi and me, but also lucky for Shazhou."

"Of course!"

Luo Jiujiu escaped from the embarrassment and a bright smile appeared on his face.

She never seems to indulge in a certain emotion, which is a powerful talent.

Lu Chen looked at the radiance on her beautiful face and felt a bit of pity in his heart.

She is beautiful, and Shazhou is also beautiful.

Because of this, just like Luo Yaozong said, some things have to be done.

(End of this chapter)