Xue Yan introduced that the desert town on the cliff corridor is the closest fork in the road to the three countries. Although it is infested with bandits, it is the fastest place for the three parties to send troops for support.
If any problem arises, troops can be dispatched immediately to resolve it, which can greatly avoid the situation where the delegation is trapped in the enemy country and captured.
"However, the situation has become even more complicated now. We don't even know who kidnapped their messenger."
"It was your Blue Armor Army. They pretended to be envoys from the Haoyue Nation and attacked and stopped us. In short, don't try to shirk your responsibility."
Song Lin retorted, "Brother, you said they were imposters, so why couldn't they be imposters of the Blue Armor Army?"
Xue Yanqian coughed and said, "People from Beihai are born with blue eyes. They can't speak our language, so they can't pretend to be us."
"Even though the Yanyang and Haoyue people have different scripts, their language is exactly the same. Isn't it possible that someone from Yanyang is impersonating them?"
Lin Si immediately stood up and said in a stern tone, "Are you saying that we staged the envoy's disappearance ourselves and framed you?"
Seeing that the other party's attitude had worsened, Song Lin said without showing any weakness: "You have no evidence, but you insist that it was our Haoyue Country who did it.
The negotiation location was chosen by your Yanyang Kingdom, and we haven't even met your envoy.
Besides, the envoy's disappearance was just your one-sided statement. You came up and beat our people, robbed our horses, and now you want to throw dirty water on us.
I think you just want to frame us and monopolize the gold mine."
Lin Si was dissatisfied and said, "We want to monopolize the gold mine? We are a great country like Yanyang. We have Shunning Escort Agency in the north and Nanjing Chamber of Commerce in the south. We have tens of millions of dollars in revenue every year. What products don't we have?
A mere gold mine is not enough for us to resort to such despicable and shameful means."
Song Lin started arguing with him directly, "What kind of capable minister is your Uncle Ling? What good will killing him do us?
Our Haoyue Nation has a royal army of cavalry galloping across the battlefield, and a female chancellor to govern the country. We have many capable people, and we have not resorted to assassinating envoys from neighboring countries to suppress foreign nations."
"You! I don't think your Haoyue Nation is sincere about negotiating. You just want to start a war. We in the Yanyang Nation are afraid of you. If you want to fight, we are ready to fight you anytime!"
Lin Si slammed the table. Uncle Ling was missing, and the most anxious ones were the Lin family. As the captain of the guard this time, his third brother was bound to be to blame.
Lin San quickly stopped him, saying, "Fourth brother, stop talking nonsense! Your every word and action represents the Yanyang Nation. Don't escalate your nonsense into a political issue."
Xue Yan also frowned and reminded Song Lin to be careful with his words. The atmosphere in the inn hall became stiff and cold.
Although Song Lin was still angry at the other party's words, he still gave in and said, "No matter what, the Beihai Kingdom is definitely involved in this matter. This mulberry paper and the Beihai cavalry can't be fake."
At this moment, Lin Liu came back and said hurriedly: "Fifth brother is back.
My fifth sister-in-law was injured, and he is taking her to the town clinic for treatment. He asked me to come back and let you know that she is safe.
"Fifth sister-in-law?" The two looked at each other in surprise, "Where did you get the Fifth Sister-in-law?"
"Hehe, I picked it up in the quicksand pond. It's so beautiful." Lin Liu came close to the two of them and whispered the whole story.
Lin San smiled happily and said, "Fifth brother, that's fine. This is progressing too quickly. I have to send a message to my eldest and second brothers right away and ask them to prepare a banquet in Xiling City. We haven't had a wedding in several years since Xiaoliu got married."
Lin Si added, "Then please invite mother back to Xiling City. Every year she looks sad when she sees Old Five, but this year she can finally smile."
The two men looked up at Xue Yan, and their positions suddenly changed.
Lin Si immediately sat down and apologized, "Master Xue, I'm sorry, I just made a slip of the tongue. The disappearance of our envoy still needs to be investigated. I shouldn't have spoken nonsense and arbitrarily judged your sincerity.
Since our envoy has disappeared, let's not discuss state affairs here today. Since fate has brought us together from thousands of miles away, let's talk about marriage first."
"Marriage?" Xue Yan and Song Lin exchanged a glance, and suddenly thought of something. His tone suddenly turned cold, and he questioned Lin Liu, "What did you do to my sister?"
"No, no, your sister fell into the quicksand and was injured. My fifth brother rescued her. We fell in love at first sight and promised to spend our lives together." Lin Liu blushed, afraid that he might have said something wrong.
Everyone in Xiling City knows about his fifth brother's situation. Any girl who gets close to him will be in trouble.
Xue Yu must have been seriously injured just now, and her brother must not know the details.
Lin San also hurriedly smiled and said, "Fate is such a wonderful thing. Congratulations, Master Xue. I wonder where your mansion is located. We will definitely come to propose marriage one day."
Xue Yan didn't know how to answer for a moment.
This is too fast. They were fighting fiercely just now, with the table banging, and now they say they want to come and propose marriage.
It really caught me off guard.
In the past, if someone was willing to come to the Xue family to ask for his sister’s hand in marriage, his parents would have been so happy that they would burst into tears.
But now, both their parents are dead, and he, as the eldest brother, has no experience to make decisions for his sister.
What's more, the other party is from Yanyang, the defender of Xiling City.
Given the current situation where the two countries are on the verge of war at any time, it is really not appropriate for them to discuss marriage at this time.
But ever since his sister's engagement was broken off by the Fourth Prince, she has never been able to find a suitable husband. Either she dislikes the men because they are too ugly, or the men dislike her because she is not slim and gentle enough. She has been going around in circles for 21 years now.
Xue Yan looked at Song Lin for help, as if discussing countermeasures with him.
Song Lin was slightly stunned. That was Xue Yan's sister, how could he have any objection?
Xue Yanqian coughed and replied, "Yu'er is now the vanguard general of the Black Armor Wolf Cavalry. Given the current stance of the two countries, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for them to discuss marriage."
Song Lin looked at Xue Yan's embarrassment and said pertinently, "Brother Xue, just follow your heart."
Lin Si immediately agreed, "That's right, our two families are well matched, and we're both older brothers. We can't do anything to break up a couple."
Xue Yan pursed his lips and said nothing. His sister was so sensible and had suffered so much. As the eldest brother, of course he hoped that his sister could marry someone she loved.
If the Lin family were from Haoyue, he would definitely not be so embarrassed.
"Actually, my parents have passed away, and our Xue family only has this one legitimate daughter. Besides, Yu'er is still young, easily impulsive and inconsiderate. I..."
Xue Yan thought for a moment, wanting to refuse but afraid of making his sister sad, so he said: "In short, marriage is not a joke, let me meet Yu'er first and ask her clearly before we talk.
The three of them also felt that it was not a good time to propose marriage. The Haoyue Kingdom and the Yanyang Kingdom had been at odds since the Donggang War more than 20 years ago, and the situation had been tense for many years. Xiling City and Jiangling Prefecture had also clashed many times.
Now that the envoy is missing, the relationship between the two countries is bound to become rigid. It is really unexpected that Lin Wu, the thousand-year-old iron tree, blooms at this time.
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