Volume 5: The Two Great Prideful Sons (Part 2) Chapter 168 Gift-giving Visitors
Murong Villa.
The wind sways the willows, and the lake water wrinkles. The water and the willows complement each other and form the same color.
But no one was in the mood to appreciate this beautiful scenery.
Their hearts were all moved by the head of the Murong family standing in the middle. Everyone was waiting for her to speak - what three things must be accomplished in order to allow the peerless beauty Murong Jiu, whose reputation had already spread throughout the world, to get married.
The head of the Murong family, that is, the old lady, stretched out her left hand, raised an index finger, and slowly said: "Our Murong family is a noble family, and the most important thing is to marry someone of equal status, so the eight sisters of Murong Jiuxiu all married the most popular figures in the martial arts world."
When she said the word "big shot", her voice paused.
Nangong Liu frowned and said, "Brother Su has ethereal body movements and extraordinary martial arts. He will be famous in the martial arts world soon, and his status will definitely not be lower than that of the Murong family."
He actually spoke up for Su Weiyun at this time. And in fact, he was already very tactful. According to his true opinion, if Su Weiyun wanted to establish a sect, it would probably become a giant in the world soon.
The old woman glanced at Nangong Liu calmly, and then said, "Don't worry, I haven't finished yet. What I want to say is that Xiaojiu had an engagement with the God Fist Gu family in Jiangnan, and was originally going to be betrothed to Gu Renyu, the sullen boy. Now it's a bit troublesome to break off the engagement..."
Everyone present heard the hidden meaning in her words.
Breaking the contract and canceling the engagement is indeed a troublesome matter - of course the Murong family cannot send someone to inform the Gu family that although Murong Jiu is engaged, she has lost her virginity to someone else and cannot marry you, so the engagement cannot be fulfilled and you should give up the idea.
That would be too absurd, embarrassing and ridiculous.
Moreover, gossip can be deceptive, and if the two families suddenly cancel the engagement without a good reason, it will cause a lot of rumors in the world.
Therefore, in doing this matter, we must not bring shame to the Shenquan Gu family, but also preserve the reputation of the Murong family. How to balance these two points has become a difficult problem.
"So the first thing we need to do is to ask you to help us cancel the engagement, so that we can get it done."
Murong Shuang, Murong Shanshan and others also looked at Su Weiyun, waiting for him to come up with a suitable method.
Qin Jian suddenly spoke up and reminded: "With your martial arts, it is not a problem to destroy the Gu family, but this is too overbearing and is a bad strategy."
Chen Fengchao suggested: "You can try courtesy first and then force. If that doesn't work, I can swallow my pride and plead for you."
The old woman hit him with her cane and scolded him, "You don't have enough dignity!"
Qin Jian said: "If my alliance joins the lobbying, it will probably be better."
The old woman snorted coldly, very dissatisfied.
Su Weiyun stared at the two of them in surprise, unable to understand why they suddenly came to help her.
Nangong Liu took a few steps forward and walked to Su Weiyun's side, whispering in her ear: "We all suffered from her troubles in the past, and now we feel the same way. Don't worry, as long as you really want to marry Xiaojiu, we will help you!"
Su Weiyun smiled and was about to answer when a hearty laugh like a lion's roar suddenly came from outside the village.
"If their face is not enough, then let me go and plead for them."
Outside the village, a big bearded man walked with his head held high. He was wearing tattered clothes and had an ordinary iron sword hanging around his waist.
"Who are you? This is Murong Villa, you can't just act wild here!"
Murong Shuang shouted loudly and wanted to punish the bearded man.
The old woman scolded her harshly, "Shuang'er, apologize to Senior Lu!"
Murong Shuang looked at the old woman in disbelief and stammered, "I...he trespassed into our manor, and I still have to apologize to him?"
The old woman ignored her and put down her dragon-headed crutch, bowed to the visitor, and said solemnly, "Sir Nan Tian, I am sorry for not welcoming you. Please forgive me."
"Nantian Great Hero" Lu Zhongyuan smiled and waved his hands: "No need to forgive me, but you should change your violent temper in the past twenty years."
Lu Zhongyuan knew that Su Weiyun had come to Murong Manor, but Su Weiyun did not expect that he would come here when he had nothing to do.
The old woman paused for a moment before she said, "I wonder why Hero Lu came back to the martial arts world and came to Murong Villa first?"
Lu Zhongyuan smiled and said, “I’ve already said that I’m here to see Su Weiyun.”
The old woman said, "Master Lu, you..."
Lu Zhongyuan interrupted her and said, “Yan Nantian also meant this.”
"Master Yan Nantian , could it be that he... could it be that he is still alive?"
Lu Zhongyuan said firmly: "Of course! Who can kill him? Who dares to kill him?!"
This time the old woman finally showed a look of surprise and looked Su Weiyun up and down. She really wanted to see carefully what ability this young man had that could alarm Yan Nantian and Lu Zhongyuan at the same time!
Lu Zhongyuan took the bag off his back and opened it. Inside was a purple precious letter, a row of silver incense, and a small jade box.
"This is a gift I sent on behalf of a young master of Yihua Palace. It contains some fairy incense and Su Nu Dan. It is not a token of respect, please accept it, Murong family."
Lu Zhongyuan brought some special gifts on behalf of Hua Wuque.
The old woman dropped her cane to the ground and murmured, "Yan Nantian, Yihua Palace... people from Yihua Palace are also going to intervene?"
Lu Zhongyuan smiled and said, “Madam Murong, don’t you want to accept it?”
He handed the three things to the old woman and said, "Su Weiyun is a young hero who killed the Toothless Rat of the Twelve Constellations. Your Murong family is so lucky to have such a blessing. Other families can only envy it."
The old woman took it with trembling hands, and examined it again and again. Finally, she sighed and said, "There are talented people in every generation. I am really getting old. I didn't even know that such a talented person appeared in the martial arts world!"
Su Weiyun thanked Lu Zhongyuan, and then said to Chen Fengchao, Nangong Liu and others: "Then please follow me to Gu's house."
Qin Jian smiled and said, "No need, no need. Just give me a greeting card from Yihua Palace, and I will send someone to deliver it to the Shenquan Gu family. I'm sure they won't say anything."
Chen Fengchao said, "That's right. Brother Su, you should take a short break and prepare to complete the second task."
Su Weiyun pondered for a while and said, "Then let Patriarch Murong ask the second question."
Lu Zhongyuan, Chen Fengchao, Nangong Liu, and Qin Jian all looked at the old woman, and Lu Zhongyuan even stared at her with a subtle warning.
The old woman picked up her cane, tapped it lightly on the ground three times, and then fell silent.
She never expected that the pressure she faced in this matter was so great that it was almost the most difficult time she had ever faced as the head of the family in all these years.
After a long time, the old woman said, "The second thing is neither difficult nor easy, but it is a very necessary thing."
"After Xiaojiu returned to the village, he stayed at home all day, had no appetite, and refused to eat any delicacies. He became haggard and emaciated. Hero Su, the second thing I mentioned is related to this."
At this moment, the old woman changed the way she addressed Su Weiyun.
"You must find a famous chef to cook a feast of at least eight dishes and two soups. The eight dishes must include both meat and vegetables, spicy and sour. Not only must they taste good, but they must also be nourishing to the human body. Most importantly, Xiaojiu must like them and be able to eat them."
Chen Fengchao said without hesitation: "I know a chef who is the leader of Yangzhou Restaurant. Just spend some more money and invite him."
Nangong Liu also said: "The Nangong family has a special chef. One of them was an imperial chef in the previous dynasty and is very good at cooking."
Both gave their own references.
Su Weiyun thought for a while and said, "Don't bother others. I will go to the east kitchen to test the fire myself!"
"You...you know how to cook?"
