Xu Lian left Handu's mine and returned to his own mine, where he took a nap until noon.
His physique in the marrow refining stage allows him to go without sleep for several days, but he still sleeps when he can, so that he can keep his physique in peak condition at all times.
The kitchen delivered lunch, which consisted of four dishes and a soup, the standard meal for the steward.
Just when Xu Lian finished his meal, Pei Zhaoxi's guards arrived.
Xu Lian looked outside the door and was a little disappointed when he didn't see Pei Zhaoxi. It would be great if Little Lajiao came and took a nap together.
"Meet Manager Xu."
The guard saluted with his fists, came closer, and whispered, "My young lady sent me here, saying that she would like to ask Manager Xu to meet at the bridge east of the town this evening. She has something to discuss."
Xu Lian's heart burned with excitement when he heard this, and he remembered a poem by Ouyang Xiu: The moon is above the willows, and we make an appointment after dusk.
"knew."
Xu Lian said, "Report to your young lady and tell her that I will be there on time. See you there."
The guard replied "yes" and said goodbye and left.
Xu Lian waved and called Pu Lin over, "I didn't sleep well last night, and I have to go back to sleep later. Don't disturb me unless you have something to do."
Pu Lin nodded and smiled, "Then Manager Xu, please get some sleep."
After Xu Lian asked him to go out, he closed the door and went to take a nap.
In fact, he had already slept enough for a morning, but in order to better conserve his energy, he continued to sleep.
In this way, he slept until the evening. Xu Lian woke up refreshed, full of endless energy and as strong as a bull.
"Call the work, open the warehouse and release the grain."
Xu Lian made the announcement, then rode away on his horse.
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Galloping on horseback.
Go to the bridge east of the town.
It was more than ten miles and we arrived quickly.
I saw a luxurious carriage with a canopy parked in the maple grove beside the bridge, with more than a dozen guards standing around.
This scene reminded Xu Lian of a poem: Why stop the car in the maple forest at dusk? It's a pity that it is winter now and all the maple leaves have fallen. If it were autumn, the trees would be full of red maple leaves, and the scene would be perfect.
He rode over, dismounted, stretched out his hand to push aside the curtain of the carriage, and then bent down to go in. The dozen or so guards standing around consciously walked away.
"Do you miss me, Sohee?"
Of course Xu Lian was not polite and hugged Pei Zhaoxi.
Pei Zhaoxi said coldly, "I don't want to."
Xu Lian didn't care whether she wanted it or not, he made love with her right away. Although this little hot pepper was spoiled and had a bad temper, she was really pretty, and she had practiced martial arts since she was a child, so she had an excellent physique.
The shaking of the carriage continued until it was completely dark.
Xu Lian succeeded in the end. The only regret was that he couldn't see Pei Zhaoxi's favorability towards him. The arrogant young lady from a wealthy family was different and it was not so easy for her to develop feelings for him.
Pei Zhaoxi said with a cold face, "In a few days, the young master of the Fang family will come to my house to propose marriage. What are you going to do?"
Xu Lian said, "Didn't we agree last time that you would call off the engagement and marry me?"
Pei Zhaoxi asked, "How can I cancel the engagement? If I tell Dad directly that I want to cancel the engagement, won't Dad beat me to death? And the Fang family will definitely not let it go. Are you going to let me bear the consequences alone?"
Xu Lian frowned. This was indeed a difficult problem.
Pei Zhaoxi said, "I do have an idea. Let's get rid of the young master of the Fang family together. When the young master of the Fang family dies, my engagement will naturally be over, and I can be your woman."
"no."
Xu Lian refused without hesitation, "He has no grudge against us, how can we do this?"
Is this something a human would do? Although the world is like this and he is not a good person, there should still be a bottom line. Even if you cannot become light, at least don't go towards darkness.
Once this beginning is made, there will be endless darkness and complete loss of humanity until it turns into "weirdness".
Pei Zhaoxi said listlessly, "Actually, I don't want to kill him either. The Pei family and the Fang family are old friends. He often comes to the Pei family as a guest. I've also been to the Fang family a few times. I can see that he likes me very much. I also have some girlish feelings for him. If you and I hadn't gotten together by accident, I would have been willing to get married."
You have some feelings for her, but you still want to kill her? Xu Lian was shocked. He had to be careful when he was with Pei Zhaoxi in the future. She was not a good woman.
Xu Lian couldn't help but ask, "Now, between him and me, who do you prefer?"
Pei Zhaoxi glanced at him and said, "I don't know, you messed up my heart."
Retribution... Xu Lian asked, "Besides killing him, is there any other way to cancel the engagement?"
Pei Zhaoxi thought for a moment and said, "Take me and elope. As long as I am missing, he will slowly let it go after a long time. After he gets married, the engagement will no longer count, and then we can come back."
Xu Lian shook his head. If Sister Xiya asked him to elope with her, he would take Sister Xiya away without hesitation, even to the ends of the earth. But Pei Zhaoxi had not yet reached the point where he would give up everything here.
Pei Zhaoxi was annoyed. "This is not okay, and that is not okay. I think you just want to eat for free. You get the benefits, but the consequences must be borne by my Pei family!"
This has all been seen... Xu Lian said, "That's not what I meant. I'm just discussing this with you. Let's work together to find a way to overcome this hurdle."
Pei Zhaoxi said coldly, "How about I think of a way to conceal the fact that I am not a virgin and marry the young master of the Fang family. At worst, I can just do something to replace the one with the other on the wedding night. It shouldn't be difficult to get away with it."
Xu Lian hurriedly said, "Don't! I can't bear to let you go. You are already my woman, and I don't want you to be with another man."
Pei Zhaoxi snorted coldly, "If you can't bear to part with me, just settle the matter of the engagement. Then I will belong to you alone."
Xu Lian was really afraid that she would mess up, "Okay, don't worry, let me think about how to solve it."
He thought that an engagement with a wealthy family was not so easy to cancel because it involved a matter of face. The party whose engagement was broken off would definitely be ashamed and become enemies.
Seeing that he had been thinking about it for a long time but had no idea, Pei Zhaoxi became impatient and said, "Don't you know the Mining Inspector? Ask him to come forward and put pressure on the Fang family to force them to give up the engagement."
Xu Lian said, "Wouldn't it make the Fang family hate you even more if we did this?"
Pei Zhaoxi frowned, thinking about it, "If the hard way doesn't work, then try the soft way, use benefits to impress the Fang family. The purpose of the marriage is actually benefits. As long as the benefits you give are big enough, so big that the Fang family can't refuse, they will naturally help you and me."
Xu Lian said in embarrassment, "I am just the manager of a mine. What benefits can impress the Fang family, one of the three largest families in Lvzhu Town? In fact, I don't even know what benefits you three families want the most."
Pei Zhaoxi stared at him, “Don’t pretend with me.
My father and elder brother both told me that your relationship with the mine inspector is special, and you are not just a mine manager.
As long as you want, you can definitely offer benefits that will tempt the Fang family.
If we were to say what benefit we three major families want most, it would of course be to join the Yi Sect and become its disciples.
This is the ultimate goal of our three major families. If you can get a place as a disciple of the Yi Sect, the Fang family will definitely be willing to give up the engagement."
The quota for Yijiao disciples? The ultimate goal? Xu Lian looked at him strangely. It seemed that he had overestimated the three major families. They were nothing in Yijiao.
"Okay, I'll think of a way. It shouldn't be that difficult."
Xu Lian agreed.
Pei Zhaoxi hesitated, "If possible, can you give our Pei family one too? My father's biggest dream in his life is to join the Yi Cult."
Hearing her pleading tone, Xu Lian couldn't help but want to bully her, "That depends on Zhao Xi's performance."
Pei Zhaoxi was no longer an ignorant girl. She knew what he was thinking and immediately gave in and started having sex with him.
The night gradually deepened.
Only then did Xu Lian allow Pei Zhaoxi to go home.
In order to avoid meeting the night watchman on the way, he showed rare mercy and escorted Pei Zhaoxi to a place not far from Peijiazhuang instead of going directly to the gate, in order to avoid being known by the Pei family.
The Pei family has the right to be exempt from bloodshed, but this is only limited to within Peijia Village. If they encounter a night watchman in the wild, they will still suffer if they do not have the authority to ask the night watchman to retreat.
Before leaving, Pei Zhaoxi invited him to come tomorrow to participate in a hunting activity between the three major families, so that he could meet the head of the Fang family and discuss the marriage contract and exchange of interests.
"Okay." Xu Lian agreed. He also wanted to resolve the matter as soon as possible and marry Pei Zhaoxi, the little hot pepper, as soon as possible so that she could eat as much spicy food as she wanted. It was too uncomfortable to have to wait many days before tasting spicy food.