"We are here today to marry Princess Ji Le. These are the 'betrothal' ceremonies for marrying Princess Ji Le. Do you still want to see them?" Hua Zichen rode on the [Tianlongju] without saying anything. Qing Geertai came to the captain of the city guard who blocked their way and said.
"Who knows if it's true? Our Princess of Lu can be married to anyone who wants? My job is to guard the gate of Qufu City. No carriages can enter without inspection!" The captain of the city guard looked up and said.
Qing Geertai was furious when he heard this. The time for the Hua family to arrive was set early for the princess of Lu to marry. How could they not know the news! This is obviously deliberately making things difficult for him!
"Haha! This Lu country is also strange! A small captain of the gate guard dared to stop the wedding team heading to the Lu Palace. Do you not know the token adopted by the King of Lu, or do you think that the Lu family doesn't care, or... do you want to test how hard your head is?" Yu Jun saw Qing Geertai wanted to take action, and pulled him forward and said.
If the Hua family takes action today, those noble families who don't want Princess Ji Le to marry into the Hua family will definitely use this as an excuse, and Hua Zichen's wedding will not be so smooth!
The captain of the city guard paused when he heard this. Someone told him that he was asked to block the carriage of the Hua family from entering the city today, intending to give the Hua family some trouble. However, if this matter gets out of hand, the Lu family's face will also be damaged. If the Lu family asks him for punishment, how should he explain it?
"It's just my duty. I just want to see if you have any contraband... Or you can send someone to the Lu Palace to ask for instructions!" said the captain of the city guard.
Hua Zichen knew that this matter was not that simple. It stands to reason that even though he was going to marry the Princess of Lu, the Lu family would definitely send someone to the door to greet him, but no one has come to greet him yet. Is this because of the King of Lu, or is there a noble family playing tricks in the middle?
Sending people to the palace of King Lu to ask for instructions, isn't this a low position, indicating that the Hua family lowered their status to ask King Lu to marry the princess. The two sides are not communicating on an equal footing. The Hua family married the princess of Lu at the cost of the family becoming a subsidiary of Lu?
In this case, it is better to forcefully break in. In the end, King Lu will ask for punishment. At most, it will be said that Hua Zichen is reckless, and the captain of the city defense will be held accountable, but Hua Zichen does not want to do this.
"Haha, interesting! It seems that this is the first test that the various families of Lu have given to Hua Zichen! Yu Jun, you stay outside the city, Qing Geertai, the ten of you follow me into the city." Hua Zichen rode into the gate of Qufu City. Qing Geertai and his ten men put on armor and followed him. They knew that the fifth master was a little angry!
Since it is impossible to enter the city safely, then today I will pay homage to King Lu first. Several people wearing armor are provoking the entire Qufu City. If you don't want me to come in, you can stop me.
"Who are you?" Hua Zichen and his party were stopped by a team of patrol soldiers as soon as they entered Qufu City.
"The wedding procession of the Hua family in Guang County, Qi State, are you here to stop and test me?" Hua Zichen said, taking out the token of [adoption] from the King of Lu and said to the other party.
The patrolman was a little stunned. If he said no, he would have to quickly report to the King of Lu's palace that the wedding procession had arrived when he saw it. If he said yes, then there would be a battle. If he shouted that the enemy army was attacking Qufu City when there were only 10 people on the other side, no one would believe him!
"Why are there so few people here to marry the princess? Stop and be checked!" The patrol leader still said with a stiff face.
"Since you are here to test me, everyone should be careful not to hurt the other party's life!" Hua Zichen heard this and rode directly to the patrol team. He was not afraid that someone would dare to make a big deal.
The patrol team did not expect Hua Zichen to come directly. This script was completely different from what they thought!
Hua Zichen rode a horse and rushed, and more than a dozen ordinary patrol soldiers were thrown to the ground. Qing Geertai just used his true energy to shake them away. Although these patrol soldiers were injured, they were not seriously injured.
At this time, a team of hundreds of patrol soldiers "just happened" to pass by not far away, and saw Hua Zichen and rushed over.
Hua Zichen and 11 others were completely surrounded by the enemy. They slowly killed towards the inner city with Hua Zichen as the spearhead, but they did not kill him. Many patrol guards were injured, but no one was killed.
Some people in the city saw it and hurried to report to the inner city, but most people gathered around them and watched curiously. They all heard clearly just now that this handsome young general riding a divine horse and wearing silver armor came to Lu to propose marriage.
There is a custom of blocking the wedding party in many places in the Central Plains. Although Hua Zichen has been fighting with the patrol team, he is mainly defensive and will only fight back after being attacked. The battle has been controlled within a very small range.
The people in Qufu City saw that Hua Zichen and others were just approaching the inner city along the street, so they were not afraid, but watched from a distance.
The closer Hua Zichen got to the inner city, the stronger the obstacles he encountered. They began to have to increase the intensity of their attacks, and the speed at which the city guards were injured began to accelerate.
Qing Geertai and others began to get a little scared. If things continued like this, it would be difficult for them to get out today. However, Hua Zichen was already wrapped in the [Eight Treasures Night Armor] and had no fear at all.
Some people watching the excitement nearby were still worried, but when they heard someone say that the people under siege in the middle were the ones from Qi who came to welcome the bride, they all understood that although the battle looked tragic, it was just a test, and none of the guards really died.
Some onlookers began to approach the direction of the battle. The patrol team stepped forward to stop them from approaching. Those people actually shouted to cheer for Hua Zichen. Everyone also hoped that the princess of their country could marry a capable man.
As more and more people cheered for Hua Zichen, the battle really became a farce.
In a teahouse not far from where Hua Zichen was fighting with the patrol team, a man in brocade clothes tasted the tea in his hand carefully. Seeing more and more people from Qufu City watching from a distance, he gently shook his hand.
"Let Lao Li do it! Just injure him severely, but don't take his life!" the man in brocade clothes said softly.
"Yes!" a voice came from outside the teahouse.
Hua Zichen saw more and more people around him, and he couldn't help but smile. These patrolmen had no intention of fighting here. Many of them deliberately showed their flaws to let them leave. The eleven of them were not really fighting, so they took the opportunity to quickly approach the inner city gate.
"Who dares to go wild in Qufu City!" Suddenly a voice came, and a man in black stood in front of Hua Zichen and others.
"We are from Guang County, Qi State..." Hua Zichen was about to explain that the other party didn't give him a chance to finish his words, and he ran towards him with a long sword in his hand.
Hua Kai saw that the other party was in the Xiantian realm and hurriedly asked everyone to get out of the way. He clamped his legs together and signaled [Tianlongju] to move forward. All the bonuses of [Eight Treasures Night Armor] were turned on. A white silver light flashed on [Silver Spear]. Hua Zichen roared and shot the spear directly at the other party.
"Bang!"
There was a loud bang and many people in the distance had turned their heads. The [Silver Spear] collided with the opponent's long sword, and the Xiantian realm master was directly knocked away more than ten meters. When he landed, he couldn't help coughing a few times, and a trace of blood slowly flowed from the corner of his mouth. This blow actually seriously injured the opponent.
Hua Zichen's body was affected by the true energy from the opponent, and his body couldn't help but retreat. At this time, [Tianlongju] shook and stopped retreating abruptly. Hua Zichen only felt a tightness in his chest. His internal organs were also affected this time. If it weren't for the damage sharing of [Tianlongju] and the damage reduction of [Eight Treasures Night Name Armor], he would have been injured if he fought hard this time.
The young man in brocade clothes in the teahouse not far away was calm. Seeing that the master he sent was seriously injured after just one encounter, he stood up in shock, and the hot tea in his hand spilled on his hand without knowing it.
"You are indeed a great country's pride, you are really amazing! It's no wonder that cousin Ji Le loves you so much! In this case, I will help you!" The man in brocade wiped his red hands and sighed silently.
Hua Zichen looked at the Xiantian realm master lying on the ground in front of him and vomiting blood, and rode the [Tianlongju] slowly towards him. The people in Qufu City around were originally watching the excitement, but when they saw Hua Zichen walking slowly, their hearts were extremely heavy. The man was not just trying to stop the wedding party. If the wedding party was not too powerful, he might have died or been seriously injured.
But this was in Qufu City, Lu State after all. The people saw Hua Zichen approaching slowly and thought he was going to kill him. The Xiantian realm master showed fear and slowly retreated. At this time, a voice came from a distance!
"Calm down! Master Hua, calm down! I am late for something, Master, please don't do anything stupid!" At this time, an old man with a white beard came from a distance in a hurry.
Hua Kai smiled sarcastically when he saw the other person's look. There were too many coincidences today.
He was sure that even if he killed this Xiantian realm today, King Lu would not blame him. The Qi family, a great family in Lu, would at most send a Xiantian realm to snipe him, and this would also have to bear the consequences of Qi's anger. Although Qi was the weakest among the Seven Hegemons, it was not something Lu could provoke.
As for the foundation-building realm of Lu, if they dared to kill Qi's Tianjiao, they would cut off Qi's lifeline. When the news was passed back to Qi, the anger of the people of Qi would destroy Lu without the King of Qi saying anything.
We Qi came to marry you. It was a good thing that everyone would praise that we Qi married your princess. If Hua Zichen got into trouble in Lu, how would King Lu explain to King Qi?
Therefore, Hua Zichen knew very well in his heart that no matter how big a problem he got into today, it was not a problem. The key was that he must not lose face for Qi and the Hua family.