Lu's relatives

Chapter 384 Adopted Daughter!
"This guy! Don't even think about it!" Inside the Post House in Linzi City of Qingzhou Government, Zhen Jian, the patriarch of the Zhen family, was staring at his old eyes, which were as muddy as Shen Yuan, almost bursting into flames.

The Patriarch of the Zhen family, who has paid great attention to self-cultivation since he passed the year of knowing the destiny, and has rarely gotten angry, has gone berserk twice in just one day.

The so-called man is old enough to be refined. As the helm of a wealthy merchant family that can be counted in the Han Dynasty, he has promoted and supported several powerful men in the world to rule Bazhou County, and underestimated how many turmoil suddenly occurred in the midst of the dynasty. Behind Qin Xu's little cleverness The hidden deep meaning is really not enough in the eyes of sophisticated Zhen Jian.

This is not to say that Jia Xu, a poisonous man, is not as wise as Zhen Jian, but that the focus of the two is fundamentally different. There are some "shameful" methods that cannot be put on the table in private, and Jia Xu will not bother to use them. The superior thought that even the poisonous man was "ashamed of himself", but Zhen Jian only heard Qin Xu's intentions after hearing it once.

Adopted daughter?Fortunately, this kid can figure it out.Not to mention whether Qin Xu, who was just this year, would feel disobedient if he brought a "daughter" who was only four or five years younger than him in front of others, just Qin Xu's ignorant "attitude" made him Zhen Jian was very upset.

Why did Lao Zhen's family come to Zizi?That was planning to get married with General Hussars and Mu Lubu of Qingzhou!As long as Lu Bu married his precious daughter, even if it was just a concubine, he would be able to take the title of son-in-law of the Zhen family in Hebei and the Lv Bujun who controlled the two prefectures of Qing and Xu.

Zhen Jian could see clearly that no matter what the situation in Hebei would be like in the end, Qingzhou, where Lu Bu was based, lay between the Northland, the Central Plains, and Jiangdong, and it would be a hurdle that the vested interests in Hebei would not be able to get around.And if this happens, then no matter how the situation changes in the future, Zhen Jian, as an elder, will also increase his family's bargaining chips in Hebei because of his "relationship" with Lu Bu; no matter whether Lu Bu has ambitions for Hebei, It can also be an iron shield for the Zhen family!
Moreover, even if it is only a weak status, it is impossible for the Zhen family to say anything to influence Lu Bujun's decision-making. There is room for turning around by relying on the old and selling the old, and there is no danger if you are prepared.Lu Bu, who is bound by the rule of "filial piety", especially in the critical period when he is trying to "clean up the white", no matter how much he can listen to Zhen Jian's "suggestions", he still has to put on a show in front of the world!In this way, Zhen Jian obtained part of the right to speak in Lu Bu's army in a disguised form. No matter how much it was, it could become a talisman for the Zhen family.This is actually the real purpose of the old fox Zhen Jian.

What if you didn't succeed the first time you spoke?Didn't Lu Bu explicitly refuse?Zhen Jian has considerable confidence in the beauty of her precious daughter and her own strength.No matter in terms of comprehensive strength, reputation, or even "future", one of Liu Yan, Liu Yu, and Yuan Shao was the most powerful clan of the Han family at that time, the other was the emperor of the royal family, and the other was a well-deserved leader in the Han family. Everyone is rushing to find the help of the Hebei land snake of the Zhen family. Lu Bu is just from a grassroots background. Relying on his reputation as "the most powerful general in the world", at best he is regarded as a relatively powerful tycoon in the eyes of the family. Why should he refuse? ?Why should you refuse?Zhen Jian is very confident that he will "take down" Lu Bu under the circumstances that he, the contemporary patriarch, will personally act.

As for Qin Xu, in Zhen Jian's eyes, what is a kid with no hair at all?It's nothing more than sharp teeth and a sharp mouth. In Hebei, Zhen Jian would not even bother to see this kind of person.That is to say, relying on his being Lu Bu's son-in-law, and by chance and coincidence, he got a shit luck and deceived the emperor to ascend to a high position, so that he would have the opportunity to meet him.The reason why he looked angry before was actually to show Lu Bu.In Zhen Jian's "experience", if he is the master of other powers, even if he is a relative of the Han family or a wealthy family, if his subordinates offend a family master who can affect the trend of Hebei, he is his own son. It is also necessary to pretend to reprimand a few words to calm the possible rift between the two families and cause immeasurable losses.But this time Lu Bu was beyond Zhen Jian's expectations, and her own daughter even said that not only did Lu Bu not "understand" her own kindness, but if Qin Xu's "rescue" hadn't been for Qin Xu's "rescue" when he was angry, he would have almost escaped because of himself. The threat of her, causing her death, caused Zhen Jianping to accept a "favor" from someone in Qin for nothing.

How could Zhen Jian endure this?That's all for Lu Bu, Zhen Jian, who is full of confidence, already regards Boss Lu as his own son-in-law, and he really needs to rely on the power of Lu Bu's army to think that foreign aid will stabilize the situation of Zhen's family in Hebei, and now he is in the city of Linzi , Zhen Jian didn't want to make troubles.But what is Qin Xu?After learning of Qin Xu's "good intentions", Zhen Jian's first reaction was that Qin was crazy!Completely insane!
No matter what the reason is, Lu Bu is "unwilling" to marry the daughter of Zhen's family as his wife, so why are you Qin joining in the fun?My own precious daughter Zhen Jiang also suggested to have a good relationship with this kid, what should I do?After all this, he was about to become a godbrother with someone who was about the same age as his eldest grandson.Moreover, he was born as a domestic slave, but because of his nepotism with Lu Bu, he was a high-ranking courtier, regardless of Lao Zhen's family background as a merchant, he really felt ashamed.

"Father, stop scolding Qin Xu, and think about what to do about this matter now!" Zhen Kun looked at Zhen Jian with a dark face, wondering what his father could come up with this time." Good" idea.Zhen Kun knew very well that Qin Xu's move completely defeated his own army.Originally, Zhen Kun agreed with Zhen Jian's plan very much, and decided that Lu Bu, who had a history of being a son and concubine, must be a womanizer, and his five younger sisters, except for Xiaowu, are the 50-year-old father Zhen Jian. Born during the youth madness, the four younger sisters are less than ten years old, and each of the four younger sisters has a peerless appearance. This time, Lu Bu will definitely be tempted and be willing to use it for his own family.But who would have thought that the fact is that the notorious Lu Wenhou was very polite at the banquet, and the hospitality standard was extremely high, but he didn't even look at the most promising Zhen Jiang.On the contrary, Qin Xu, the number two figure in Lu Bu's army, seemed to be quite "interested" in his sisters.Moreover, his own sister Zhen Jiang also said that this Qin Xu is the hottest number one under Lu Bu's command, and it won't hurt the Zhen family to win him over early.Moreover, it also vaguely pointed out that Qin's "special love" and the way he looked at the fourth sister, the meaning is very obvious.Seeing that his father, Zhen Jian, is about to be used by the second sister to make an appointment first, anyway, the fourth sister is still young, the big deal is that if Qingzhou is not in good shape, the reason for breaking the contract is just a matter of time. Qin Xu conveyed his meaning.

This can be regarded as stabbing a hornet's nest. If it is just a matter of marriage contract, Zhen Jian may be persuaded by Zhen Jiang.After all, although Hebei is now a mess, Yuan Tan still occupies Bingzhou, and he still has tens of thousands of Bingzhou Jingqi in his hands, and Yuan Xi has been integrated for more than half a year. He also gradually took control of the foundation of Jizhou's elite soldiers, and in fact already has the strength to compete with Yuan Tan; plus Liu Bei, the actual controller of Gongsun Zan's forces in Youzhou, and Cao Cao, who deployed elite soldiers in Yanzhou, Sili, etc. , except for Qingzhou, almost all the forces that are on the border with Hebei have already begun to move.The situation in Hebei is becoming more and more chaotic, and it is not yet known who will die.Perhaps one of the forces will imitate Yuan Shao's tactics at that time and unify Hebei forcefully, then the Zhen family will have more choices.At that time, whether to rely on the new Hebei overlord, or to support Lu Bu to continue to make Hebei chaos, can't help the old Zhentou's mind?Zhen Jiang is worthy of Zhen Jian's evaluation that if he is a man, he will be a hero, and he proposes to pay a marriage contract in exchange for a temporary peace of mind, but it is a "strategy" that can be attacked or defended. Well worth it.

But right now, Zhen Jian reluctantly agreed to Zhen Jiang's proposal, thinking he was at a disadvantage, and planned to agree first. As long as Lu Bujun was a little passive in Hebei affairs, he would immediately engage in marriage, and Qin Xu came out of nowhere.Isn't it obvious that he wants to let his father go berserk?Xiaowu is still young, compared to Zhen Mi who is Xiaosi, she is usually the most loved by Zhen Jian. This time when she brought Linzi, honestly, the intimacy prevailed, but it was just a show of sincerity.Lu Bu is a hero in this world, and he also has a daughter. If Zhen Jian thinks about it, no matter how hungry he is, he will definitely not choose a Zhen Mi who is younger than his daughter, so he is very relieved.But if Qin Xu wants to go this time, wouldn't it be inconvenient for Zhen Jian?
But then again, this is Qingzhou’s administrative office anyway, and it’s really Lu Bu’s territory. If you don’t respond to Qin Xu’s "good intentions", then...

"What should we do? He, Qin Zhongming, would never want to take advantage of our family like this! How can I give it to someone else casually, my daughter of the Zhen family? If this Qin Xu is a late hero, it's fine, but... In short, this old man will never agree!" Zhen Jian This time it was really outrageous.Hunting geese all day long, unexpectedly being pecked in the eyes by a little house sparrow, this made Zhen Jian hard to accept.This has nothing to do with the plan, it's just that he doesn't want to let Qin's treacherous plan succeed.

"Daddy! Why are you so angry? It hurts you, Daddy should be careful." Zhen Jian's roar was not intentionally suppressed this time, and happened to be heard by sisters Zhen Jiang and Zhen Mi who came to say hello.Zhen Jiang still didn't know Qin's idea of ​​wanting to be his father Zhen Jian's "brother". When he was outside, he only heard a few intermittent words. Zhen Jiang held Zhen Mi's hand and frowned. forehead, asked suspiciously.

The news about Jia Xu was sent through other channels, but it was concealed by Zhen Jian and his son, and they were not immediately publicized with great fanfare.After all, from Zhen Jian's point of view, this so-called recognition of a righteous daughter is Qin Xu's trick to humiliate the Zhen family and sabotage his plan.He should have refused without further ado, but if he could think about it, he would have given Lu Bu enough face.Now that he saw his two daughters, he had already heard something, and Zhen Jian, who was a father, also felt a little embarrassed. He glanced at Zhen Kun who was smiling wryly, and turned his head away, refusing to say more.

"Ahem, it's not that Qin Xu!" Zhen Kun got the look in his father's eyes, and the bitterness on his face became even stronger.As the second son, only a small portion of the huge family property of the Zhen family belongs to him, and in order to preserve the reputation of the Zhen family's filial piety, he entrusts it under the name of his eldest brother Zhen Gan. When he came to Qingzhou, he had an attitude of indifference, but unexpectedly things changed, so he had to follow along.As for the searching eyes of his wise second sister, Zhen Kun even felt more pressure than staying with his father.

"What? It's fine if Lu Bu doesn't want me. Could it be that Qin Xu also doesn't want a little girl?" Zhen Jiang's violent words that didn't fit her beautiful temperament made Zhen Kun feel ashamed for a while, and even turned his back Zhen Jian who passed by also frowned.But thinking about it, it's not surprising that this girl dared to speak bluntly and satirize Qin Xu, who is now the second number in Lu Bu's army, at the banquet.

"No, no, no!" Zhen Kun glanced at the back of his father's head in embarrassment, and said tentatively: "Qin Xu has just ordered his servants to send the news, of course he is willing to ask for a younger sister..."

"That's the end! Right now, the younger sister is still young, and there is still some time before she can reach the end. Our Zhen family is not one of those small households who are in a hurry to marry off their daughter, and wait for Hebei affairs for a few years." After that, I will make the final choice, and it will not affect the life of my Zhen family and my younger sister. Second brother, what are you and your father worrying about?" Zhen Jiang asked very quickly: "Could it be that Qin Xu is worried about my father? Sincerity? That's right, this thief just had a fight with his father, so naturally he has some prejudices against my Zhen family. It seems that he has to find a way that can not hurt the reputation of the little sister, but also let Qin Xu get what he wants. ..."

"No...Jiang'er, can you listen to me?" Zhen Kun looked at his second younger sister Zhen Jiang who didn't give him a chance to speak with a wry smile, and said rather hesitantly: "Jiang'er, don't bother, then Qin Xu did agree, and didn't put any conditions!"

"Huh?" Zhen Jiang turned her eyes suspiciously, and asked, "In that case, what are you and Daddy worried about, second brother? I think so too. Although our little sister hasn't opened her eyes yet, compared to the same Lu Lingqi, who was promised to Qin at the age of 13, is superior in both beauty and family background, so since Qin Xu has such a hobby, he will definitely not let it go easily."

"Although Qin Xu agreed, he didn't want my younger sister to be a concubine, but a daughter!" Seeing that if Zhen Jiang couldn't be cut off in the middle, Zhen Kun was really afraid that he would be taken into a ditch by Zhen Jiang, Said hastily.

"What? What did you say!" Zhen Jiang's eyes were stunned, and she blurted out in disbelief: "Then what is Qin Zhongming's plan? Is he crazy?"

"Jiang Er is right! My father also thinks that this Qin Xu has lost his mind! He actually wants to use this method to covet my daughter of the Zhen family and keep himself out of the matter. Do you really think others can't see his plan? !" Zhen Jian was a bit embarrassed to see her two precious daughters at first, but after hearing what Zhen Jiang said, she immediately applauded.

"Father! Jiang'er! Now that the family's conditions have been put forward, what I should think about now is how to answer. Let's talk about other things slowly!" Qin Xu really didn't like him very much, but any words that hurt Qin Xu would make Zhen Jian a lot happier.But the problem is, it doesn't seem to cause any substantial harm to Qin Xu at all, so what's the use?

"Pack up and go back to Jizhou! If you don't believe Lu Bu as your father, he dares to detain him as a father!" Zhen Jian said firmly: "Didn't Qian'er go to visit Cao Cao on behalf of my father? Lu Bujun and his gang are unreliable. Father still doesn't believe that this is the case with Cao Cao! Even if my Zhen family wants to be inferior to the Wei family in the future, it's better than being humiliated by a boy who was born as a slave!"

"Wait a minute, Dad!" As soon as Zhen Jian finished speaking, two crisp voices rang out.

"Huh? Jiang'er, Mi'er? You?" Originally, if Zhen Jiang was the only one who wanted to stop her, it was still in Zhen Jian's expectation.After all, Zhen Jian's old eyes are still not blind, and he can tell that his precious daughter Zhen Jiang has become so interesting after meeting Lu Bu.After all, she is already a young girl in her twenties. In the past, it was Zhen Jian who delayed her daughter's life because of her self-indulgence. Jiang looked down on others, so it dragged on until now. Now that he finally met someone who could be called a peerless hero, it's strange that he wasn't tempted.But Zhen Mi's reaction was far beyond Zhen Jian's expectation.

Although my Xiao Si is not very old, as the old father of the Zhen family, they naturally know that this girl is actually a very assertive person under the appearance of being cute and dumb, and even eight bulls can't pull back what she believes in.Moreover, Zhen Mi has a very good relationship with her second sister since she was a child, and she is also somewhat similar in personality, otherwise she would not be calm and abnormal watching a group of brothers and sisters plus her own father planning her life and blindly "playing stupid".Now that he speaks suddenly, he must have reached a conclusion.

"Mi'er! Don't worry, Daddy will definitely protect you in this matter! Although my daughter of the Zhen family is not a noble person, but that divine man said back then that among the five of you sisters, there will be one who is extremely noble. In this world, the world is full of respect! I will definitely not let the villain cut off my Zhen family's luck out of thin air!"

"Daddy!" Zhen Mi and second sister Zhen Jiang looked at each other, and said firmly to Zhen Jianyu, who was gnashing her teeth at Qin's treacherous plot: "Daughter and second sister have different opinions!"

"Mi'er! Jiang'er! You are..." Zhen Jian stared in astonishment at the two daughters with faint smiles on their exquisite faces, and suddenly felt that the brains that had been relying on Hebei for several years were not enough.

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