When Yi Xiaotian walked into Lu Mansion, he clearly felt a different atmosphere from the last time he came here.
how to say?
The current Lu Mansion has a sense of desolation in its twilight years——
Of course, this was not caused by Lu Xun and others.
As soon as he arrived at the vestibule, he saw Lu Ji and others greeting him, followed closely by a group of very familiar faces.
Most people now know the identity of Yi Xiaotian and know that the man named Zhantang who was working with them at that time is the rumored owner of Youjian Villa.
Yes, for most people, being able to see Yi Xiaotian, the surprise is naturally greater than the disgust.
Although...even though everyone knows that Yi Xiaotian has a close relationship with Cao Cao.
——
"Xiu Ming, you're fine."
"Haha, isn't it thanks to you? Fei Zhan and Peng Hu are indeed as you said, they are quite sensible people. They are definitely not the Shanyue thugs in the rumors. I have lived a good life in the past few months.
Quite fulfilling.”
Huang Xiang scratched his head. He was much older than Yi Xiaotian, but in front of Yi Xiaotian, Huang Xiang always acted like a junior.
After all, Yi Xiaotian was the one who brought about a turning point in his life. He seized this opportunity and ushered in the second spring of his life. No attitude can be exaggerated towards such a noble person.
Xu Beichen on the side looked as weary as usual, but... it was precisely because of this that Yi Xiaotian knew that Xu Beichen had not changed from before.
Yu Fan, Zhang Hong and others also came up to greet them, and Yi Xiaotian all returned the greetings one by one.
But well... the one who really caught everyone's attention should be Sun Shangxiang behind Yi Xiaotian.
"Welcome to you, Princess!"
Not only did everyone stand up, everyone saluted Sun Shangxiang, which made Sun Shangxiang tremble all over, obviously a little scared.
"Everyone...you don't have to be like this. I...I have given up my identity as a princess. Now I am just my husband's...my husband's..."
"Ahem..."
Yi Xiaotian coughed twice, interrupting this somewhat awkward meeting.
"I won't say much more about greetings. It's not good to make General Sun wait. Let's go ahead and have plenty of time to meet in the future."
After saying this, Yi Xiaotian hurriedly led Lu Lingqi and others into the attic in front of the court, leaving a group of friends in place, watching their figures from a distance.
"There should be no problem, right?"
Lu Meng muttered to the side and turned his questioning eyes to Lu Xun.
And Lu Xun held his chin, his eyes were rarely as confident as before:
"I guess so…"
——
The organizational structure of Lu Mansion is much different from that of other families.
One is because the Lu family is not a local. Lu Xun and Lu Ji, together with their clansmen, were able to build such a fairly impressive mansion with the support of many parties.
But compared to the Zhang family and Gu family that have been standing for many years, it is far behind.
However... this does not affect the current rise in Lu's reputation.
At present, although the title of Lord of Jiangdong has been restored to its original owner, there are also some discordant voices among the people.
These seem to be factors affecting today's meeting between the two sides.
——At least that’s what Yi Xiaotian thinks about.
Da da……
Yi Xiaotian opened the door and was the first to step inside.
The boots landed on the wooden floor in the pavilion, making a crisp sound.
echo?
The interior of the pavilion was extremely empty, and apart from some faint human voices, there seemed to be no other decorations.
Yes, the empty pavilion was illuminated by weak candlelight, and all the light seemed to only allow Yi Xiaotian's eyes to focus in one direction.
That is where Sun Quan is.
"Everyone, my lord has been waiting for a long time. Please take your seats quickly."
Followed by Lu Su's voice, his voice was neither humble nor arrogant, and seemed to have something like determination. Yi Xiaotian didn't say anything more, but just led everyone to sit down not far from Sun Quan.
What really broke the silence was Sun Shangxiang’s call:
"Brother, how are you these days?"
This was not the greeting Yi Xiaotian arranged for Sun Shangxiang to say, but this unexpected call seemed to give the meeting a good start.
Opposite... where the candlelight was brighter, Sun Quan let out a long sigh after a moment, letting most of the tense atmosphere in the field escape.
"Brother is fine...but...brother thought he would never see you again in this life."
"Yes...I'm sorry..."
Hearing Sun Quan's exclamation that was full of vicissitudes of life, Sun Shangxiang said at a loss.
But after hearing Sun Shangxiang's apology, Sun Quan actually laughed.
"Why apologize?"
"Ah...because...because I heard...I heard that after we left...brother...brother, you suffered a lot..."
"hehe…"
Sun Quan smiled and shook his head.
He didn't answer anything, just raised his head and looked at Yi Xiaotian.
At this moment, Yi Xiaotian was sitting upright, surrounded by Lu Lingqi, Ma Yunlu, Huang Yueying and others.
Sun Quan didn't seem to have much interest in the other women around Yi Xiaotian. He just stared at Yi Xiaotian quietly, as if he wanted to get more information from this man.
But... this is obviously in vain. Everyone who sees Yi Xiaotian and knows Yi Xiaotian's identity will do this, and the results will be roughly the same.
"Yi Xiaotian?"
"It's down there."
Sun Quan called out, and Yi Xiaotian calmly replied.
"Taking Shang Xiang away was an accident?"
In the first question, Sun Quan asked a question that was not very relevant to today's theme.
Yi Xiaotian was stunned and cast his gaze towards Sun Quan - as expected, Yi Xiaotian didn't see any anger on Sun Quan's face, just... the kind of worry that an elder brother should have.
"Rather than accident, I would rather use the word encounter to describe it."
"Humph, he is really sharp-tongued, just like the rumors say."
"The general has given you a reward."
It seemed that there were signs of tit-for-tat confrontation between the two sides, and Sun Shangxiang hurriedly wanted to explain.
"Brother, no...no, you...don't be angry..."
"Little sister, this is a conversation between the two of us, please don't interrupt."
But...Sun Quan stopped him with a smile.
Sun Shangxiang was rarely stopped by Sun Quan so forcefully and couldn't help but froze on the spot. Sun Quan changed the topic and continued to ask:
"That means that your initial target was not my younger sister?"
What kind of meeting is this?
Lu Su had been watching all this behind Sun Quan's back. The direction of the conversation made Lu Su feel that something was wrong.
Sun Quan's issue has never been discussed with them.
Obviously... now it's more like a scene where the woman's relatives are evaluating the man.
…
But Yi Xiaotian didn't laugh. Although he had discovered the intention behind Sun Quan's words, he had no intention of neglecting him.
"Before that, I think you may be mistaken about something, General."
"Oh? Tell me about it?"
"No matter what my goals are, the fact is that Shangxiang chose me, and I responded to her expectations. It's that simple."
Good guy, when Yi Xiaotian said these words, the smell of gunpowder seemed a bit strong.
Lu Su was dumbfounded. He really didn't expect that what was supposed to be a meeting about future cooperation would now develop into such a discussion about Sun Shangxiang.
Should I say this was an accident? Or is it human nature?
