"The Yu family wants to marry a woman from my Guoji family? Ha! The toad wants to eat swan meat!"
When Chieftain Guoji heard Ye Xiaotian's explanation of his visit, he immediately sneered. If it was a few days ago, maybe he would have thought about it. Now that he is married to the Zhan family, why would he care about the Yu family? The Yu family and his Guoji family are both tribes in Tongren Prefecture, and they are adjacent to each other. There is the most basic competitive relationship, and it cannot be reconciled.
Even if the chieftain of Guoji has never read a book and never heard of the phrase "distance and close attack", he still knows what to do is the most suitable survival rule for the Guoji family.
Ye Xiaotian dutifully pretended to be a matchmaker, and persuaded him unwillingly to give up: "Toast Guoji..."
Chieftain Guoji said decisively: "You don't need to say anything, please go back!"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Many friends lead to multiple paths, and many enemies build up walls. Guoji's family and Yu family's marriage is better than fighting each other!"
Chieftain Guoji said loudly and authentically: "I would rather drink the white water of my friends than eat the honey of my enemy. Since the two states were divided into eight prefectures, and the chieftain of the Tian family lost control of the two states, my Guoji family and his Yu family have been at odds. Sir, please go back!"
After saying that, Chieftain Guoji walked away in a huff, and coldly dropped two words: "Seeing off the guests!"
"Hey! Chieftain Guoji, you... why are you doing this, why bother..."
Ye Xiaotian left Liangyue Valley dejectedly, the city gate fell behind with a bang, hitting the ground with dust. Ye Xiaotian brushed the dust off his body, suddenly his eyebrows danced, and he said happily: "It's getting dark, let's go back to Yujiazhai."
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Ye Xiaotian returned to Yujiazhai, and after dinner, he and Li Jingwen rushed to Yu Tusi's residence, and talked to Yu Fushun about the mediation at Yu's, Guoji's and Zhan's homes in the past few days.
During the conversation, Ye Xiaotian casually said: "By the way, I went to Yang's house today and accidentally heard that Yang Xianda wanted someone to marry Guoji's family, saying that he wanted to marry his daughter to Chieftain Guoji. Yang Xianda is trying to win the support of the Guoji family with women."
The reason why Yu Fushun was able to fish in troubled waters on the matter of Mercury Mountain was because the Yang brothers were fighting each other, and the Zhan family and the Guoji family each helped one side. If Yang Xianda married the Guoji family and pulled the Guoji family to his side, then Yang Xianmin had nothing to argue about, and there was no chance for the Yu family, so he immediately became alert when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Master Ye is serious?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "It should be true. I heard that Yang Xianda will go to Liangyue Valley to discuss this matter in person tomorrow. He ordered the housekeeper to prepare gifts in front of me. He said it in Miao language. I thought I couldn't hear it." I understand, but I don’t know how much I can understand.”
Ye Xiaotian triumphantly said a few words in Miao language, and then said to Fushun: "Toast Yu, the Yang family's dispute will soon be settled, and then there will be no chance for your Yu family to intervene. Mercury Mountain was once your Yu family's The family property is true, but after all, it was married as a dowry two hundred years ago, you might as well listen to my advice and let it go."
Yu Fushun's face was cloudy and sometimes sunny, and he was perfunctory, and he hurried to see Yu Junting as soon as he sent Ye Xiaotian and Li Jianqing away. Yu Junting was taking a bath in the large bathtub in the inner room, his white body was hidden in the mist, only his fragrant shoulders were slightly exposed.
Yu Fushun recounted the news he heard from Ye Xiaotian through the curtain, and Yu Junting's hand on his shoulder suddenly stopped, and his black eyebrows twitched slightly.
Yu Fushun said: "Grandma, if what Ye Xiaotian said is true, once the Guoji family also supports Yang Xianda, the dispute between the Yang brothers will be settled, and then my Yu family will not be able to take advantage of the chaos to get back the ancestral property."
Yu Junting muttered to himself: "Yang Xianda wants to marry Chieftain Guoji? Will Chieftain Guoji abandon his clan sister and nephew and stand by Yang Xianda's side?"
Listening to her talking to herself, Yu Fushun was stunned. After thinking about it carefully, he said: "That's right! The Guoji family already has Yang Xianmin, so why abandon Yang Xianmin and form an alliance with Yang Xianda? They help Yang Xianmin , Yang Xianmin will try his best to join the Guoji family, but if they support Yang Xianda, Yang Xianda will also take into account the interests of the Zhan family. How can Yang Xianmin give them the benefits of the Guoji family. Unless the Guoji family sees that the Zhan family is on the side of Yang Xianda, they are worried. The opponent of the Zhan family. But the Guoji family and his son are not timid people...Could it be that Ye Xiaotian deliberately lied to me in order to let me go!"
Yu Junting thought for a while, then shook his head lightly and said, "Otherwise, what Ye Xiaotian said may not be impossible."
Yu Fushun asked cautiously, "What does my aunt mean?"
Yu Junting's eyes flickered and said: "If Yang Xianda can come up with a dowry that is enough to make Chieftain Guoji tempted, they may not be able to join hands."
Yu Fushun said, "The dowry that makes Chieftain Guoji tempted?"
Yu Fushun suddenly thought of something, startled, and hurriedly said: "Grandma, you mean... Mount Mercury?"
Yu Junting didn't answer, pondered for a moment, and ordered: "You send someone to watch the Yang family, and don't let Yang Xianda's every move go unnoticed."
"yes!"
Yu Fushun agreed and turned to leave. Yu Junting called him again, and glanced at the maid. The maid understood, and immediately bowed and retreated. The room was silent, separated by the bead curtain, only Yu Junting inside was naked, soaking in the milky white bath liquid mixed with goat milk, and Yu Fushun was standing solemnly outside.
Yu Junting asked, "How's the preparation I told you to do?"
Yu Fushun said: "I have secretly controlled several people from Guoji's family who went to Tongren to sell mountain goods, and they can be used when necessary. In addition, I also heard from them that Guoji Gelong seemed to be in harmony with them a few days ago. Ye Xiaotian had a conflict and suffered a loss. If something happened to Ye Xiaotian, the Guoji family would be the biggest suspects."
Yu Junting nodded, and said coldly: "Good job! Wait for the opportunity and get rid of this obtrusive thing for me. As long as he dies, there will be chaos. It doesn't matter whether the marriage between the Guoji family and the Yang family is true or not." It's important."
Yu Fushun nodded excitedly and said, "I see, let's make arrangements now!"
The sound of footsteps getting farther and farther away, Yu Junting let out a breath, closed his eyes, raised his beautiful neckline, let his legs go, and lay softly into the water, faintly visible on the milky water surface Two balls of snow-white jade peaks hung with milk-colored bath soup floated out, and the delicate and towering peaks were two spots of scarlet...
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Ye Xiaotian returned to his residence, pacing up and down with a heavy heart. He persuaded Yang Xianda to propose marriage to Liangyue Valley, and then went to Liangyue Valley to persuade Chieftain Guoji to marry Yu's family. A series of actions were actually to confuse the situation.
Ye Xiaotian came to Mercury Mountain originally to mediate the chaos among the tribes, but until now, all his energy has been focused on how to prevent Zhan Ning'er from marrying into Liangyue Valley. As for the mission entrusted to him by Fatty Zhang, he has long since left The back of my head, my wife is about to run away, why don't you mind meddling in other people's business? Ye Xiaotian doesn't have such a high awareness.
But to what extent the chaos can be stirred up, and whether he can use the chaos to prevent the Zhan family and the Guoji family from joining forces, he is really not sure. Ye Xiaotian thought for a while, looked at the six guards standing in the hall, and couldn't help but sighed softly .
He suddenly thought of a way, which might stop the good things of the Zhan family and the Guoji family, but the six guards around him had shown their faces with him and could not be used. The Gu religion originally sent him sixteen guards, but he thought it was too uncomfortable for so many people to hug him, so he only allowed six guards, and now he feels that there are not enough guards.
Seeing that Ye Xiaotian was worried, one of the guards couldn't help asking: "If you have any orders from the lord, just tell them, even if you are smashed to pieces, your subordinates will definitely do it!"
Ye Xiaotian frowned, waved his hands and said, "It's not necessary to be crushed, but this matter must be done in secret. You six have shown up with me, so you can't do anything."
The six guards looked at each other, and suddenly smiled, they winked at each other, then suddenly turned to Ye Xiaotian, knelt down on one knee in unison, and respectfully said: "This subordinate violated the orders of the adults, please forgive me!"
Ye Xiaotian said in astonishment: "What did you do that violated my order?"
The same guard from before replied: "My lord doesn't want to have too many followers to follow around, and my subordinates dare not disobey, but the safety of my lord is ten thousand times more important than the lives of my subordinates. My lord is here in Tongren Mansion. The subordinates are not at ease, so... the other ten brothers have also followed secretly."
Ye Xiaotian was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Really? Where are they?"
The guard whispered a few words to Ye Xiaotian, Ye Xiaotian said happily: "Well done! Tomorrow you will go look for them and tell them to be around at any time, I have a big thing for them to do!"
In the morning of the next day, Yang Xianda packed up, took some trusted people to pretend to be walking, and left Yangjiabao. Yang Xianmin heard from the little head who was loyal to him yesterday that Ye Xiaotian had gone and returned, secretly meeting with Yang Xianda, and had secretly sent someone to watch him, and when Yang Xianda left, someone would sneak up on him.
Yang Xianda took people away from the fortress, and wandered around the countryside for a while, but saw no one following him, so he immediately steered his horse towards Liangyue Valley. The chieftain of Guoji heard that Yang Xianda was visiting, and he was very puzzled. He has always supported Yang Xianmin, so he and Yang Xianda The relationship between them is very cold, what could be the reason for Yang Xianda's rash visit.
The perplexed Chieftain Guoji received Yang Xianda, and when he explained his intentions, he was startled for a moment, then overjoyed, and agreed immediately.
When he agreed to marry the Zhan family before, he knew that in all likelihood, he would need to change his position and support Yang Xianda, but he didn't expect that Yang Xianda would marry him, and he would also need to exchange Mercury Mountain for the ripe field in front of the Liangyue Valley Mountain. Well, there is no reason for him not to agree to such a good thing that goes smoothly.
When Yang Xianda saw that Chieftain Guoji agreed so readily, he knew that what Ye Xiaotian said was true, the Zhan family was married to the Guoji family, if not, Chieftain Guoji would never have agreed to marry him so rashly.
The marriage between the Zhan family and the Guoji family greatly weakened the use value of the two Yang brothers, and they were reduced to a secondary position in the vertical and horizontal relationship of several chieftains. At this time, which one to support depends on the Zhan family and the family. Who in the Guoji family has the right to speak.
Now that he is also married to the Guoji family, and had a relatively good relationship with the Zhan family, it is conceivable that his status will be as stable as Mount Tai. The two people in this room were planning their wishful thinking, Yujiazhai's secret whistle and Yang Xianmin's secret whistle had already rushed back and hurriedly passed the news to their respective masters.