Late Tang

Liaodong, Qingni City.

The envoys from Duli Town came and brought the city lord Wang Pu's reply to Li Lingfu's marriage proposal.

"My general is willing to marry the Lord Li, and marry the young lady to the eldest son. From now on, the two families will be good friends and will never offend each other." The messenger said, "However, our City Lord has one request, that is, we want to marry the young lady. At the same time as entering the Li family, we will marry the daughter of the city master Li and enter the house of the city master Wang in our capital town."

Before the envoy finished speaking, Li Juli, Li Lingfu's third son, had already stood up, pointed at the envoy and cursed: "Wang Pu is such a thing, our family is willing to marry his daughter, that's enough to value him. He He didn't even throw out instant noodles to take a picture, and he dared to ask my little sister to marry me!"

"Third brother, don't be rude!" Li Lingfu scolded.However, although he scolded Li Juli, he did not express his agreement to Wang Pu's proposal.He asked people to go to Duli Town to propose marriage. In fact, it was just that Duli had been suppressing him before. The Qingnipu Li family loved Duli Town for a hundred years.Now that they have finally defeated Duli Town once, they can't help being excited.Proposing marriage to Duli Town is just a revenge and insult to them.

He didn't expect that Wang Pu would dare to propose marriage to his daughter, which is really unreasonable.

"City Lord Li, please don't get angry. My City Lord said that in order to show his respect for the young lady of the Li family, the Wang family is willing to take out 1000 horses, 5000 cattle, [-] sheep, [-] taels of gold, [-] taels of silver, and [-] taels of spices." A cart and a thousand bolts of silk are used as a betrothal gift. In addition, if the good deeds of the two families are married, then my little lady’s dowry will also be the same amount.”

The emissary was straightforward, the dowry that Wang Wanjun took to Wuhu Island was completely turned into a dowry without changing a single word.This is indeed a generous dowry, worth 20 crowns.Even if it is the top wealthy family in Datang, such a dowry can be considered top-notch.

Although he had just defeated Duli Town and was about to receive 100 million yuan in compensation, the amount of money was still exciting.Especially the thousand horses, which made Li Lingfu even more excited.But he was still a little reluctant to let him marry his daughter to the Wang family.

"Zhongmou, I think we can agree to this matter, but we don't have to marry the eldest sister, we can marry the second sister." The boss Li Meng whispered in Li Lingfu's ear.The eldest sister was Li Lingfu's concubine, but the second sister was born to Li Lingfu and his concubine. Her mother said she was a concubine, but she was actually a slave of Silla. She became a concubine after giving birth to the second sister.For a family like Li Lingfu, a girl like the second sister actually has a very low status in the family.Their fate is generally used for marriage, but most of them are married to the middle-level officers under their subordinates.

Li Meng's words seemed a bit ruthless, but they were in line with the big family concept of this era.Using a daughter from a concubine's family to marry the other party, not only can you get back a daughter of the other party, but the dowry and dowry can be as high as 40 guan, especially the two thousand horses. For Qingnipu who has an elite cavalry It is definitely quite precious.Moreover, the war horse can not only be used by itself, but it is also the only equivalent that can be exchanged for a sharp weapon such as Shenhuo from Shamen Town.

Li Lingfu was also a little moved. He was neither close nor had much affection for that concubine's daughter.However, he still hesitated, "I heard that City Lord Wang has three sons, but the eldest is only twelve, and the remaining two are eight years old and five years old. None of them is an adult, how can they marry?"

The envoy smiled, "Twelve years old is not too young, let's get married now, and we can officially get married in another three years."

"Then it's better to wait another three years before I send my daughter there."

"This is not very good. My city lord said that it is best for the two families to marry at the same time. This is a double happiness."

Li Lingfu frowned, the development of the matter was somewhat beyond his expectation. "You allow us to think about it and reply later."

Considering the result of the discussion, it was obvious that no one would take the happiness of a concubine girl seriously.In this day and age, even a daughter-in-law would have to be sacrificed at any time for the benefit of the family.What's more, she was just a concubine born to a Silla slave.The result came out quickly, and the Li family unanimously agreed to Wang Pu's request.

The next thing developed quickly, and Wang Pu quickly sent someone to welcome the bride and took away the second sister.However, the Wang family did not send Wanjun here as promised, and even the promised dowry and dowry were presumed to be in the process of preparation.Moreover, the 100 million indemnities from Qingnipu were not delivered on schedule.

This result made Li Lingfu a little annoyed. Originally, he sent his daughter away so easily, but he just didn't care much about her.And he never thought that the Wang family would repeat this matter.

Several people were sent to Duli Town to meet the relatives in a row, but it turned out that Mrs. Wang happened to be ill, and Wang Pu hoped to postpone the day of seeing the relatives.

After going on like this for more than ten days, the envoy sent to Duli Town to welcome Xin Yiba rushed back in a hurry, and brought back a news that shocked Wang Pu.

"The young lady of the Wang family is not sick, but was sent to Wuhu Island in Shamen Town by Wang Pu a few days ago. The humble officer heard the news, saying that Wang Pu not only sent his daughter to Wuhu Island, but also sent her to Wuhu Island. One thousand war horses, three thousand cattle, ten thousand sheep, 1000 taels of gold, 5000 taels of silver, one hundred carts of spices, and one thousand pieces of silk were sent as dowry. Moreover, Duli Town sent 300 million indemnity money, food and materials All were handed over to Li Jing. I heard that Li Jing is now on Wuhu Island. It is rumored that the young lady of the Wang family has married Li Jing as a concubine, and the two have already had sex on Wuhu Island. I also heard that Li Jing By marrying Wang Pu's daughter as a concubine, the two families have formed an alliance."

boom!

The thick table case was smashed apart by Li Lingfu's punch. Li Lingfu's face was gloomy and red, and his veins were bulging.A pair of eyes were extremely sharp, and the whole person was trembling slightly.

"The news is true?" Li Lingfu said word by word.

"It's basically true. We have confirmed that Miss Wang is indeed on Wuhu Island, and she has indeed brought the dowry that the Wang family promised to us. In addition, Duli Town has already handed over the 300 million indemnity to Li Jing. , the young lady of the Wang family is still on Wuhu Island, and Li Jing also arrived on Wuhu Island seven days ago, and she is still there now."

"Father, Li Jing betrayed us!" Li Juli shouted.

"When did Wang's daughter arrive at Wuhu Island, and when did Li Jing arrive at Wuhu Island?" Li Lingfu was still trying to maintain his composure.

"It was all seven days ago. The lady of the Wang family arrived at Wuhu Island in the morning, and Li Jing arrived at noon, front and back."

"Is there a rumor about their marriage?"

"It's not just a rumor. I personally went to Wuhu Island to inquire about it secretly. Everyone on Wuhu Island knows about it, and the young lady of the Wang family lives in the town general's mansion."

Li Lingfu turned to look at Li Meng, "Uncle Meng, you always help me judge whether Li Jing has betrayed us and formed an alliance with Duli Town."

Li Meng also had an ugly face, no one thought that such a thing would happen.The boss pondered for a while, and finally said slowly: "I think there may be some misunderstanding in this matter. We are all familiar with Li Jing, and we understand him well. Although I heard that the young lady of the Wang family is beautiful, he should never He is a person who forgets righteousness when he sees sex. What's more, he should know who is his friend and who is his enemy in Duli Town and Qingnipu. I'm afraid there is something strange about this matter. In my opinion, our best It’s better to find someone to go to Wuhu Island and ask Li Jing personally, and listen to his reply. Don’t judge lightly, be careful that this is Duli Town’s plan to alienate.”

The alliance between Qingnipu and Shamen Town was just a simple alliance at first.But now, the relationship between the two has become very close.It can even be said that in this alliance, Shamen Town has begun to play a more dominant role.Qingnipu is more dependent on each other than Shamen Town.The boss thinks far and sees things more accurately.

"I hope so!" Li Lingfu nodded sullenly. Although he also believed the boss's words, this matter still made him sick like eating a fly.The envoys sent to Wuhu Island soon returned with the latest results.

"Li Jing said that Wang Pu really wanted to marry him, and he sent his daughter and dowry to the island directly. But he said that he did not agree, because Wang Wanjun has been forcing her to die and refused to go back, so she was temporarily allowed to stay. On the island, but there is absolutely no other relationship. And he also said that he had never heard of our marriage proposal to Wang Put before."

"Father, Li Jing is just sophistry. How could he not know about our marriage proposal to Wang Put. And if he really has nothing to do with the daughter of the Wang family, why did he keep her on the island? I don't believe it, but he really can't even send a weak woman back. In all likelihood, Li Jing has secretly formed an alliance with Duli Town. Otherwise, why did Duli Town pay all the 300 million indemnities so quickly? And our 100 million yuan has not been seen yet. Father, we have to be careful about Li Jing, if he joins forces with Duli Town, we are afraid that their next target will be us." The third child has been talking to Li Jing Jing was a little prejudiced, and said even louder at this time.

"Enough!" Li Lingfu rebuked him irritably, "Since Li Jing explained it, let's believe him once. He is our ally and my blood brother. You kowtowed and called him uncle. Some trust is necessary." Even so, Li Lingfu himself was still hesitating, wondering if he could still trust Li Jing.

"Father, you must be cautious." Li Juyi, the second child who had been silent all this time, also said, "I also sent someone to investigate and heard two bad news." "What news? "

"One is that although Duli Town paid Li Jing all the compensation, it did not hand over Feng Changgui's family to Li Jing as stated in the original contract, and Feng Changgui's sister is Wang Pu's wife and also Wang Pu's wife. Uncle Wanjun. Second, Li Jing has received the compensation, but we have not received a single penny. Li Jing has already ordered yesterday that the soldiers assembled on Wuhu Island will return to the islands of Shamen Town one after another."

Li Lingfu was surprised: "Li Jing has already withdrawn?"

"Yes, father."

Li Lingfu's face was gloomy and frightening, and he didn't say a word, but his hands in his sleeves were tightly clenched into fists, trembling non-stop.

(To be continued)