Five thick fingerprints suddenly appeared on the girl's pale cheek, and blood oozed faintly. Two lines of clear tears fell straight down like broken pearls, her face was full of grievances, and she murmured
He said: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, I brewed this tea myself."
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something. She pointed at Zhu Ying and said, "Brother, it's you, it must be you!"
Zhu Ying's face turned pale, and he hesitated: "Sister, you, don't talk nonsense, me, why should I hurt him?"
The girl calmed down a lot at this time, wiped her tears, and said: "I remembered, it must be you. This bowl of tea has always been in my hand. Only when I brought it out just now, you passed by in a hurry and said that my clothes were a little
It was messy, so I straightened it up, and kindly took the tea bowl for me. No one else has touched this tea bowl except you!"
Although Zhu Ding was old, his skills were still strong. He quickly pulled out his sword, put it on Zhu Ying's neck, and roared: "Niezi, tell yourself, what's going on?"
Zhu Ying fell to her knees with a plop and said with a trembling voice: "Dad, I don't dare to do it anymore, please forgive me this time."
Although the barbarians are sometimes very cunning, they are still very honest with their friends and guests. Seeing his own son, he actually wants to assassinate his guest, and this guest is a well-deserved warrior in the Three Surnames League today. Not only that, this
Zhu Ding couldn't help but feel like a knife was twisting his heart when the evil son put the blame on his sister. He laughed in anger, said "haha" twice, raised his sword in his hand, and chopped off Zhu Ying's head.
Zhu Ding cut halfway with the knife when he suddenly felt numbness in his wrist and took the knife out of his hand. When he looked again, the knife had already reached Liu Xin's hand. Zhu Ding sighed and said dejectedly: "That's it, I'll leave this scoundrel to you."
Dispose of it!"
Liu Xin has been paying attention to the development of the situation. Since it is just an accident, he certainly does not want to expand it. He has nothing to lose, so why should he sacrifice his life to compensate for it? Besides, it is easy to resolve enemies but not easy to make them, and he also wants to be friends in the future.
There was no need to delve deeper into the matter as the Nanman territory was being borrowed. When he saw Zhu Ding holding a knife on Zhu Ying's neck, he had already made secret preparations, so he was able to take action in time to save Zhu Ying's life.
After listening to Zhu Ding's words, Liu Xin smiled, returned the waist knife in his hand with both hands, and said: "Master Zhu, please calm down. This time it can be considered an attempt at best, so let him pass."
Zhu Ding asked in confusion: "What does it mean to fail?"
Liu Xin smiled and said: "The attempt means that it didn't succeed. Since it didn't succeed, then why bother."
Tiger poison does not eat its children, so Zhu Ding naturally does not want to really kill his son, but in front of so many people, if he just forgets it, his words will no longer have any weight in the future, whether in front of the tribe or in front of outsiders.
Thinking of this, Zhu Ding gritted his teeth and said: "Since Mr. Liu said I don't care, I will spare your life and you will not be allowed to come back to the cave again. You will follow Mr. Liu as a slave from now on."
Liu Xin hurriedly said: "Clan Chief Zhu, your treatment seems a bit harsh. It's really not possible to let him shut up and think about it for a few days."
Zhu Ding hesitated for a moment and then ordered: "Someone, take this evil boy down."
After saying that, he turned to Liu Xin and said: "Master Liu, please don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter. If it's convenient, how about you come over and talk about it?"
Liu Xin turned back, glanced at Sister Ling'er, and said, "I think there's nothing going on here. You guys go back first."
Zhu Ding had already invited him, and Liu Xin naturally had no reason to refuse. Besides, this was a grand gathering of the barbarians, and he didn't want to end it unhappy because of an accident. The girl didn't speak anymore, and silently followed Liu Xin.
He took the tea bowl in his hand and stepped back with a sad expression.
Fengyuan also let out a long sigh. If Liu Xin lost his life because of his participation in the Three Surnames Alliance, I'm afraid the whole clan would suffer as well.
Someone on the venue has already started to dismantle the "knife mountain" and pull out the "climbing pole". This was originally the highlight of this afternoon. In the past, only one person from each of the three surnames participated, and the three participating people were often inextricably linked. I was responsible for the preparations
Zhu Ying, the young patriarch of this incident, thought it would embarrass Dian Wei, so he deliberately changed the name to "Sifang". As a result, Liu Xin appeared halfway, and the "Square" hegemony became his own performance. Although the scene was really beautiful, the process was too much.
It's faster, and as soon as many people get excited, everything is over. The afternoon is still very long, so the square trade that originally started tomorrow has to start early.
Zhu Ding looked up at the crowds in the square who were busy again, raised two tea bowls, handed one to Liu Xin, and said: "Master Liu, what happened today is very regrettable. I offer tea instead of wine to apologize to you."
No."
The two bowls of tea were poured from the same pot. Zhu Ding was worried that Liu Xin still had doubts, so he raised it first and drank it all. Liu Xin smiled, drank the bowl of tea, and said: "Three
All the clan leaders are here. That’s it for today. No one should mention it again in the future. What do you think?”
The three of them nodded in praise. Zhu Ding put down his tea bowl and asked, "May I ask what kind of business Mr. Liu is mainly engaged in? Is there any place where I can help?"
Liu Xin said calmly: "Speaking of which, Liu doesn't have any fixed business. In short, he does whatever he wants to make money."
Zhu Ding patted his chest and said, "No matter what goods Mr. Liu brings, I will buy them all."
Liu Xin smiled and said: "Liu pays attention to the process when doing business. If all the goods are taken care of by you, then my business will be meaningless."
Suddenly a voice came from behind him: "I couldn't even drink a bowl of tea, and I thought it was quite boring."
Before Liu Xin could turn around, Zhu Ding had already said, "My good daughter, my father was too harsh just now, and I'm still blaming him."
Liu Xin just turned around when she heard Zhu Ding say again: "Master Liu, this is my daughter Zhu Rong. What happened today really shocked the master."
After listening to Zhu Ding's introduction, Liu Xin muttered: "This name sounds familiar. It seems to be the same as the name of the God of Fire."
Zhu Ding continued: "To be honest with Mr. Liu, what our clan respects is the God of Fire. When my daughter was born, the whole house was filled with red light. The elders said that she was the descendant of the God of Fire, so she was given this name."
How could Liu Xin believe that there was such a thing as a room full of red light? She smiled and said nothing, but she saw Fengyuan and Meng Dan both nodding. Apparently this story was widely circulated among the barbarians. She couldn't help but look at Zhu Rong carefully.
Come, I saw her childish face, the five finger marks were still looming, but her eyes were bright and clear, and there was no trace of her having just cried. She was holding a bronze bowl in her hand. Liu Xin turned her eyes.
, suddenly saw Meng Huo, who had been "competing" with him just now, looking this way, and suddenly remembered that she could be Meng Huo's future wife, Mrs. Zhu Rong.
In fact, there are many things he doesn't know. Today's two competitions have a special purpose. Zhu Rong is fifteen years old this year, and Zhu Ding also implies that he will help her choose a son-in-law. Feng Yingying and Zhu Rong are
She was a best friend who talked about everything, so she would say something interesting. Meng Huo had coveted Zhu Rong's beauty for a long time, and this time he was bound to win. Liu Xin won the first two games in a row, and in his heart
Annoyed, how could Zhu Ying dare to poison the tea without his instigation.
Seeing that Liu Xin was in a daze, Zhu Rong handed over the copper bowl in his hand and said, "Mr. Liu, you have won two consecutive championships. I must respect you for this bowl of tea."
Liu Xin was pulled back from her thoughts and said with a smile: "Little sister, you don't have to be so persistent. I already drank tea just now, so forget this bowl."
While she was talking, Liu Xin looked at Meng Huo out of the corner of her eye and saw him staring here, his hands clenched into fists and his face flushed.
When Zhu Rong saw that he refused to drink the tea he handed over, he laughed and said, "This bowl of tea was brewed by the little girl herself and has been brought here. It has not been faked by other people's hands, and it will definitely not be poisonous."
Liu Xin waved her hand and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Miss. Liu is not worried about the poison. I really can't drink it."
Without saying a word, Zhu Rong picked up the tea bowl, tilted his neck, drank half the bowl of fragrant tea, and stretched the remaining half bowl of tea to Liu Xin, saying: "Mr. Liu, I have already drank half of this tea, you can't
Don’t worry! I’ll just wait here and see if I die of poison!”
Liu Xin was not worried that she had poisoned the tea. Regardless of whether the poison in the tea was poisoned by Zhu Ying or Zhu Rong, some things can be done only once. Doing them one after another would be too stupid.
, even if he wanted to harm himself, he had to find another way to do it. He just felt that although this kind of tea smelled fragrant, it was a bit bitter in the mouth, which was not to his liking. Moreover, Zhu Rong drank half of the bowl of tea first, and he even thought of the remaining tea.
Not willing to drink anymore, Liu Xin raised her head and looked around, looking for an opportunity to escape.
But he listened to Fengyuan's advice: "My lord, Miss Zhu Rong is the descendant of the God of Fire. She is quite prestigious in the Bashu area. It is not easy to get a bowl of tea from her. Sir, please don't shirk it anymore."
Fengyuan didn't mean to reveal Liu Xin's identity. He understood Zhu Rong's intention of insisting on serving tea. This girl fell in love with Liu Xin. In fact, Fengyuan was still a little sour in his heart. He saw his daughter falling in love with Dian Wei a few days ago, so he
He was very excited. From then on, his family had a backer in Jingzhou. Who knew that Zhu Ding's daughter was also a cow, and she immediately fell in love with Liu Xin. However, Feng and Zhu's families have always been on good terms, and he was also concerned about this matter.
I was happy to see the result. Because I was worried that Liu Xin's repeated refusals would annoy Zhu Ding and get out of hand, so he came out to persuade him in a hurry and accidentally let the matter slip.
Zhu Ding, his daughter and Meng Dan exclaimed in unison: "Sir? Isn't he a businessman?"
Liu Xin knew that it would be hypocritical to hide it any longer, so she smiled and said: "To be honest with you, Liu is both an adult and a businessman. In Xiangyang, I am a Jingzhou herdsman, but here, I am just an ordinary businessman."
This place is under the jurisdiction of Yizhou, and both Yizhou and Jingzhou have established state pastors at the same time. Therefore, Zhu Ding and Meng Dan were no strangers to this official position, and they were all shocked. In their eyes, Jingzhou pastor was definitely a rare high-ranking official.
Zhu Rong had already taken another step towards Liu Xin, almost touching him. He handed the bowl to his mouth and said, "I don't care whether you are an adult or a businessman. Do you want to drink this tea or not?"