"Are you here to propose marriage today?"

The city lord and Zhai Ling'er never dreamed that Zhu Yushou would be so direct, and for a moment he was a little confused.

"Yes."

Zhu Yushou nodded with affirmation, and his eyes looked at Zhai Ling'er with tenderness and sweetness, as if he was not married to you.

"Ahem!"

Lord Zhai coughed gently and said in a deep voice: "Master Zhu, as far as I know, you and Miss Mengyelu, the eldest lady of Mengyu Villa, have already had an engagement before.

Although my little girl is like Pu Liu, I still hope that she can marry a family seriously as a father.

Even if the family is a little worse, it will always be better than being a concubine. In the future, he will be inferior to others and be bullied by his wife's wife. What do you think of the head of the Zhu family?"

Zhu Yushou's face showed an extremely sincere look and said:

"My city lord, the engagement between Xia Xia and Meng Yelu is just a political marriage between the family. The two parties have no feelings at all. In Xia's heart, there is only Ling'er who really likes."

As he said that, Zhu Yushou took the gift box from Long'er and said:

"This "Bird Singing in the Empty Mountain" is a betrothal gift from me. I hope the city lord will fulfill it."

"Birds Singing Picture in the Empty Mountain?"

Lord Zhai and Ling'er's pupils shrank slightly, and their eyes showed enthusiasm. Just as they were about to speak, they heard a domineering voice coming:

"I want to marry my junior sister Ling'er with a broken picture, but I am still a concubine without a name. Master Zhu, you are too disgusted with my junior sister Ling'er, right?"

Whether it was Lord Zhai City, father and daughter, or Zhu Yushou, they all looked at Luo Renjie, an uninvited guest who came uninvited and forcibly destroying the process of the script.

However, Luo Renjie had no idea at all. He still looked like he thought he was good, looked at Zhai Ling'er affectionately, and then bowed to Lord Zhai City and said:

"Uncle Zhai, here is a letter from my father, so please read it."

After saying that, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it over respectfully.

Lord Zhai took the letter and opened it. After reading it quickly, he looked slightly, but his expression condensed and said:

"Nephew Luo, is this really a letter written by Ling Zun?"

Luo Renjie hurriedly said, "Uncle has been with his father for decades. Can't he recognize his father's handwriting and seal?"

Lord Zhai City handed the letter to Zhai Ling'er and said, "Ling'er, your Uncle Luo formally asked his father for marriage in the letter and wanted to marry you as your daughter-in-law. What do you think?"

Zhai Ling'er took the letter in her hand and her expression changed when she heard this.

Luo Renjie glanced at Zhu Yushou and said, "Sister Ling'er, Brother Yu really likes you and will never dare to humiliate him as a concubine. You entered my Luo family's door and made the first wife.

Moreover, my father had prepared the betrothal gift and set out to come to Mincheng. He would definitely submit the etiquette, the three books and six rituals, according to the etiquette."

After saying that, he glanced at Zhu Yushou indifferently, as if he was mocking Zhu Yushou for not knowing etiquette.

Looking at Luo Renjie jumping up and down, Zhu Yushou seemed to be speechless and said nothing.

But I was thinking in my heart: "It is also a good thing to ask you to test the weight of "Yu Xiu's Notes" for me."

Lord Zhai had a little embarrassed look on his face. Finally, he looked at Zhai Ling'er and said:

"Ling'er, this is your lifelong event after all, so you should make your own decision."

Zhai Ling'er bit her lip slightly, a trace of determination flashed in her eyes, and then she knelt down at Lord Zhai and said:

"Father, my daughter and Brother Yushou are in love. Whether they are wife or concubines, their daughter will never marry her in this life. I also ask my father to fulfill her."

Luo Renjie was shocked when he heard this, and his face turned pale in an instant.

A few days ago, when Zhai Ling'er abandoned him for Zhu Yushou in the mystery, he already realized that his status in Zhai Ling'er's mind was far inferior to Zhu Yushou.

But he always had some luck in his heart, thinking that as long as he moved out of his father and could turn his disadvantages around with his prominent family background.

After all, although Zhu Yushou is the head of the family, he is just a gangster after all. Those of them, who are from the hundreds of schools who are entitled to the court, have always seen them not afford it.

What's more, Zhu Yushou had already had a engagement.

But he never dreamed that Zhai Ling'er would rather marry a concubine to a gangster in the world than to be his wife, and Ye would rather be Luo Renjie's wife.

In an instant, a feeling of shame and anger came to my heart. The pain of losing Zhai Ling'er was second, and the feeling of being completely humiliated and trampled on by others was even more unacceptable and mad.

Finally, Luo Renjie looked at Zhai Ling'er deeply, and without saying a word, he walked straight out of the living room.

Looking at Luo Renjie's leaving figure, Lord Zhai frowned slightly. Luo Renjie had a deep background and offended him badly today. There will inevitably be something wrong in the future.

But now that things have come to this point, the play has already been performed, and some things have to be done with one stone.

Lord Zhai City gently helped his daughter up and said:

"Ling'er, you have grown up. There are some things that you don't regret, and you will follow you for your father."

After saying that, he looked at Zhu Yushou deeply.

Zhu Yushou knew that it was time for his own line, so he quickly handed over the "Birds Singing in the Empty Mountain" in his hand, then knelt down on one knee and said loudly:

"My father-in-law is here, please accept a greeting from the son-in-law."

"Um!"

The Lord Zhai City looked eager, but his face was filled with a casual expression. After taking the gift box of "Bird Singing in the Empty Mountain", he said:

"Yu Shou, although you have been engaged in a long time, Ling'er is just a concubine. But my Zhai family is in Beihuang County, and it is also a well-known family. You should not be careless about marrying a daughter.

You ask your parents to come to Mincheng to discuss the etiquette. Before that, you and Ling'er should not meet."

Zhu Yushou lowered his head and said yes.

But a smile flashed in his eyes. Is the old man trying to make a fortune by himself? But if your daughter can't help but come to me, my lover, I will take your surname.

"Birds Singing in the Empty Mountain" has been handed over. Zhu Yushou knew that staying would only allow Lord Zhai to blatantly teach a lesson based on his identity as his father-in-law.

Although it was not painful or itchy, he was too lazy to suffer such idleness, so he simply stood up and said goodbye.

Lord Zhai did not try to keep him, and Zhai Ling'er did not send him away.

After Zhu Yushou left, the father and daughter immediately returned to the study and opened the gift box containing "Bird Singing Picture of Empty Mountain".

The scroll unfolds, and you can see the green mountains empty and hundreds of birds flying past the mountains. The shape is lifelike and the artistic conception is lofty. When you look at it, you feel like you are in an empty valley, and you can hear the sound of birds singing in your ears.

"Father, is this one?"

Zhai Ling'er asked anxiously.

Lord Zhai nodded and said, "That's right, it's the original work of Wen Shiren. Apart from him, I'm afraid no one can draw such an artistic landscape painting."

As he said that, Lord Zhai City gently stroked the hundreds of flying birds densely packed on the scroll.

Suddenly, he stopped on one of the birds, felt a hint of indefinite protrusion under his fingers, and a hint of joy flashed across his face: "What Yu Xiu's descendants said is indeed true."

Then he reached out and snatched the bird just a few fingernails.

Then he picked up the scroll at the bottom of the scroll and gently inserted the bird into a small gap.

The bird hidden among the hundreds of birds can be removed is actually an extremely exquisite key.

Lord Zhai twisted his hand and with a "click", the scroll was gently opened.

The father and daughter looked at each other intently, but saw that there was nothing in it.

"How could this happen? What about Yu Xiu's note?"

Zhai Ling'er said in disbelief.

Lord Zhai City did not believe in evil and tilted the scroll over and shook it. There was indeed nothing inside. He only said with a pale face:

"Impossible, the letters that Yu Xiu's descendants said were in the scroll. The man was tortured by me for three months, and his mind had collapsed. It was absolutely impossible for him to lie to me."

There was a silence in the study.

The two tried their best to accompany the treasure like Jiulong Gathering Stars and offended the tenth elder's grandson, but in the end, they were given such a result that they had nothing to get, which did not frustrate them.

A moment later, Zhai Ling'er suddenly said:

"Father, if the descendants of Yu Xiu's Shutong did not lie to us, then would there be a letter from Yu Xiu in this scroll, but he was finally taken advantage of?"

"You mean, Zhu Yushou!"

A chill flashed in Lord Zhai's eyes, and he said with some gritted teeth.

Zhai Ling'er nodded and said:

"My daughter thinks carefully, this should be the only explanation."

Lord Zhai frowned slightly and said:

"However, the mechanism of "Bird Singing in the Empty Mountain" is so secret that if my father didn't know it in advance, he would probably not be able to open it. Then how did Zhu Yushou know the secret?

Besides, Yu Xiu’s note is of no value to those who don’t know the inside story. Why is Zhu Yushou taking it away?”

Zhai Ling'er shook her head and said, "My daughter couldn't understand the inside story for a while. But if she wanted to retrieve Yu Xiu's note, the matter might have to fall on Zhu Yushou."

Lord Zhai frowned and couldn't bear to say, "But Zhu Yushou has already had a engagement with you. If you go to see him again, what if he..."

A hint of hesitation appeared on Zhai Ling'er's face, but then she said firmly:

"As long as you can help your father get Yu Xiu's note, even if your daughter makes some sacrifices, it will be worth it."

"Ling'er!"

Lord Zhai trembled all over. The reason why he asked Zhu Yushou and Zhai Ling'er not to interact for the time being.

It was because he originally thought that after obtaining the "Bird Singing in the Empty Mountain", Zhu Yushou had lost his value.

After he got Yu Xiu's note and completed what he wanted to do, the Zhu family came to propose marriage. He just needed to find a reason to push the marriage, that's it.

In this way, although it is inevitable that he will become famous for his rebelliousness, he will eventually save his daughter's reputation.
Chapter completed!