Red Heart Survey

Lian's ancestor worship ceremony was full of uproar.

Not only did Jiang Wuyong lose face, but because of Lian Que's fierce response, the Lian family itself did not see glory.

Visitors from all over the world left one after another, and gossip spread.

But these are not things that Jiang Wang needs to consider.

At this time, Jiang Wang was talking to Chong Xuansheng in the most luxurious restaurant in Nanyao City.

"Offending the Fourteenth Prince so hard, won't it really affect you?" Jiang Wang asked.

This time he owed Chong Xuansheng a big favor. Chong Xuansheng's gains and losses are the only things he considers.

"Of course there will be an impact, but overall, the benefits outweigh the risks."

Chong Xuansheng carefully analyzed for him: "Your Majesty, there are seventeen sons and nine daughters in total. The eldest son of the emperor has long been abolished and is still imprisoned in the palace. The crown prince is the second son. In addition, there are only three emperors, nine daughters, and nine daughters. The prince and the eleventh prince are extremely powerful and have the qualifications to compete for the throne."

"Families like our Chongxuan family will never get involved in the struggle for succession. The gain outweighs the loss. No matter who succeeds, it is impossible to treat my Chongxuan family lightly. So for other princes and daughters, I don't have to give them any money. For face, the family will not say anything. Spreading it out, on the contrary, proves that the Chongxuan family is only loyal to His Majesty, and has no intention of participating in the dragon fight."

The fat man was very complacent, and he squinted his eyes with a smile: "As for us, you have gained a lot of benefits from gambling, and our reputation has even increased."

"Do you know what defeating Jiang Wuyong means? It means that you are in the Tongtian Realm, and you are already one of the strongest. Many people will compare you with Wang Yiwu. And you are my disciple, tell me how strong I should be ? I used my wealth to suppress Jiang Wuyong today, just to tell those people that they should reconsider standing in line!"

Chong Xuansheng only mentioned the advantages, not the disadvantages, but Jiang Wang certainly knew it.

After listening quietly, he just nodded and said, "It's good that you think about it carefully."

After finishing speaking, he picked up the long sword across his knee, got up and walked out: "We will leave later. Lian Que asked me to find him, and I have something to tell me."

"That ugly blacksmith boy?"

Jiang Wang gave him a helpless look, meaning, please don't say that about Lian Que. Also, are you much stronger?

"Go, go." Chong Xuansheng waved his hand nonchalantly.

When Jiang Wang walked to the door, he said coyly again: "Well, apologize to him for me."

Lian Que was forced to commit suicide to prove his innocence. Although the Lian family took the main responsibility, his cynicism of Xuan Sheng also played a big role.

From the bottom of his heart, he really respected such staunch people.

Of course, it is impossible for the dignified Chongxuan family's future head (self-proclaimed) to apologize in person. Except for benefits.

...

As one of the ten most outstanding members of the young generation of the Lian Clan, Lian Que naturally has his own business in Nanyao City.

For example, this wine shop.

Urns of spirits are placed in the hall, and bowls are scooped out to the guests. There are only a few boxes on the second floor for receiving guests.

These industries, including wine, are mainly used for domestic consumption.

But not many, because Lian Que has never been very interested in things like power and wealth.

Going to Tianfu Secret Realm is to become stronger, and becoming stronger is to forge better weapons, that's all.

Originally driving Jiang Wuyong away, Jiang Wang was ready to leave directly with Chong Xuansheng. But Lian Que couldn't help staying, and after the cooperation with Jiang Wuyong was broken, the top management of the Lian Clan also wanted to repair the Chongxuan Clan, so they stayed temporarily.

Chong Xuansheng would not have to put on a life-and-death stance just because he had a bad impression of these people. This time he came to Nanyao City, he basically achieved all his goals, so there is nothing to be ashamed of.

If you want to seek great things, it is impossible to let your personal likes and dislikes decide. You don’t follow some steps, but most people want to remove them for you. Those competitors, I wish you could break your head and bleed.

After Jiang Wang communicated with Chongxuansheng, he came to Jiulong.

Entering the box, Lian Que has been waiting for a long time.

Outside of casting soldiers, he is not a careful person, but he also asked first: "Is your hand okay?"

"A little injury." Jiang Wang smiled, his hands were wrapped with several layers of gauze, but it didn't affect his activities: "When you forged weapons, you must have suffered such injuries."

"Yes." Lian Que sighed a little, and stretched out her hand to Jiang Wang, which was covered with dense scars and thick calluses.

Jiang Wang also had thick calluses on his hands, but they were mainly concentrated on the part holding the sword, the knuckles. Lian Que's hands were not so scarred at all.

"I have a friend. When casting soldiers a few years ago, the fire was not controlled properly, and the furnace exploded. Because he was too tired, he couldn't escape, and his eyes were gone. It's not that he was blind. There is still a chance to cure the blindness. In Wanggu or other places, if you spend more money, there is always a solution. The two eyes are gone."

"I have a deep relationship with you, right?"

"Ah, yes. My only friend."

"Then...how is he now?"

"Unable to bear the blow, I committed suicide that day." Lian Que said very flatly.

It is indeed not that easy to be an armorer. It's hard work, dangerous, and easy to covet. Those magical weapons that are cast are often known all over the world by the people who use those magical weapons, and most of the military casting masters are unknown.

Everyone in the world knows that Jiang Mengxiong is the master of the overthrowing general. How many people remember who forged this pair of knuckles for him?

The situation of the Holy Land of Armorers like Lian's is not bad, they have status and respect, and they are not lacking in strength. But there are more ordinary craftsmen with low status and hard work in the world.

This is also one of the reasons why Lian's senior management immediately relented when Lian Que died. For the Lian family, Lian Que, who cast the famous Long Acacia, is no longer just an insignificant family junior, but one of the important factors for them to maintain the position of the holy place of the soldiers.

Even if they didn't think it through before, after this incident, they should have thought it through.

Jiang Wang was silent for a while.

Because Lianque is not a person who needs comfort.

Lian Que rested his callused hands on the table and said, "Actually, I asked you to stay here because I have something to discuss with you."

"Just say it." Jiang Wang said.

"This matter has to start with Lian Shao, do you remember Lian Shao?"

The guy who sneered at Lian Que in front of the sword furnace...

Jiang Wang nodded.

"As I said, he's actually a poor man." Lian Que said slowly, "As for the reason, it's because of the life token you gave me back..."

In Lian Que's narration, Jiang Wang learned about the dusty history of the Lian family.

When the homeland of the Lian family was destroyed, the whole family of the Lian family fled and moved.

Because the inheritance of the Lian family's military casting division was already quite famous at that time, it was hunted down and betrayed along the way.

In order to protect the family, to ensure that the family's secret method of building soldiers is not leaked, to prevent people from turning to the enemy...

At that time, the patriarch of the Lian clan decided to refine natal cards for the entire Lian clan and hand them over to the loyal family elders to take care of them. If there is any betrayal, he will be killed without mercy.

These family elders just ignore common matters, but they control the power of life and death of the clan.

This kind of regulation fully guaranteed the inheritance of the Lian family. At that time, the strength of the Lian family was gathered, so that the Lian family could take root in Qi State. A prosperous Nanyao City has been built from scratch, and it has become one of the five holy places of the Casting Division.

But hundreds of years have passed, and a temporary emergency policy has become a foul-smelling and antiquated family rule.

Every newborn of the Lian family has to refine a life card after birth. Without having one's own will, life and death are already controlled by human hands.

The earliest family elders may all be loyal to the family, but the situation has changed. There will always be a few unconvincing elders appearing, and there will always be a few scum who will swell because of it.

It's not that many people don't realize the problem with this rule, but those with vested interests who control the power can't let go of the power in their hands.

Push forward from the current time, a hundred years ago, there was a talented student of the Lian family. Because he was dissatisfied with the fact that his life was in the hands of others after birth, he secretly developed a rebellious heart. He has been operating silently for many years, colluding with all parties and laying out the overall situation.

In the end, all forces were mobilized to hunt down the Lian family.

If it wasn't for the fact that Emperor Qi wanted to fight a big war at that time, the Lian family urgently needed to build troops and mobilize a large army to protect them. In that disaster, the Lian clan was wiped out.

Even so, after the disaster, the Lian family's reputation has plummeted, and there is no one property left.

Liam's was rebuilt after the disaster.

But even after going through such a thing, the elders of the Lian family are still unwilling to give up the power of life and death.

They are used to being superior, they have come this way themselves, they have suffered from the rules, and gradually they have become a part of the rules.

It's just that since then, the Lian family will select ten of the most outstanding family children in each generation, and the family recognizes that they have the ability to control their own destiny, and return the life cards.

Lian Que is one of them.

The way to control floods is better to block them than to sparse them. These ten people seem to be a kind of honor, but in essence, they are just a vent.

Why did Lian Zhuping and Lian Luyue feel that the personal honor of a family child is not worth mentioning, and they didn't even think about it? Because in their thinking, there is no possibility that the family children will disobey them.

They never imagined that Lian Que would be against them.

This kind of old and rotten rule has been going on for too long in the Lian family. It has been so long that it seems to be born with it, and it has been so long that few people will feel that it is wrong.

Lian Shao, on the other hand, is those members of the Lian clan who can't control their own fate cards.

It is the majority of those who cannot live and die independently.

He also worked hard for the ten free places. But everyone worked so hard, he was a step behind, and he lived in two worlds with those ten people ever since.

Precisely because he was born incapable of autonomy, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get it, so he was particularly angry at Lian Que's behavior of handing over the fate card to Jiang Wang in the secret realm of Tianfu.

For him, if he can get his own life card, he will not hand it over even if he dies.

Why is he resenting Lian Que?

He is angry that he is not free, and even more angry that Lian Que does not cherish this freedom!

After saying this slowly, the jar of wine has bottomed out.

Lian Que lifted the wine jar upside down and shook it, only two drops of wine fell down.

He put down the wine jar, and finally sighed: "Born in the Lian family, I have been under the control of others all my life."