Taiping Inn

The Ai family has Hu blood. Strictly speaking, the Ai family in Loulan City is just a branch. After intermarrying with people from the Western Regions, the current Ai family was formed. Its main family is far west of the Western Regions, and owns a country. The head of the Ai family today is Aina, the "Miss Ai" in Xiao Han's mouth.

Aina was born with a pair of blue eyes and long, slightly curly hair, which are all Hu appearances, but her facial features are not high nose and deep eyes, but more similar to the appearance of people from the Western Regions and the Central Plains.

Aina has half Hu blood. No one knows her mother, but her father is extremely powerful. He is a great noble in the Far West. In name, he is equivalent to the "Duke" of the Central Plains. In fact, he is more like a local vassal king who was enfeoffed in the Central Plains in the early years and held military and political power. He is called the "Grand Duke" by the people of the Western Regions. In short, the Far West is very different from the Central Plains, and the rules are very strange. What is the vassal of my vassal is not my vassal? It is incredible to the people of the Central Plains. Are the subjects of the vassal king not the subjects of the emperor? It is completely unreasonable. If so, the Central Plains has already been a county system with centralized power in the court, while the Far West is still a feudal system with layers of fiefdoms, and each is still ruling its own way. No wonder it is a barbarian land.

The main hall of the Ai family is not much different from the Central Plains architecture. The dome is arc-shaped, with a huge chandelier hanging. The windows are not paper-pasted, but extremely luxuriously made of colored glass. The moonlight shines through the small pieces of glass inlaid with lead strips on the windows, shining on the marble floor, leaving shadowy light and shadows.

Aiina, dressed in a red dress, looked a little nervous, looking at the two figures standing at the threshold.

One of them was the worshiper Li Shixing who helped her ambush Xiao Han. The thirteen long swords behind him looked like a peacock spreading its tail. At first glance, it looked a bit funny, but Aiyina knew the strength of this great worshiper. She didn't dare to say that she could sweep Loulan City, but she was also a matchless opponent.

The reason why Aiyina was able to get to know Li Shixing was thanks to her father.

The rules of the Far West are very different from those of the Central Plains.

The Central Plains emphasizes monogamy and multiple concubines. The children born by the wife are legitimate, and the children born by the concubine are illegitimate. Concubines are divided into "noble concubines" and "lowly concubines". "Noble concubines" are concubines who are married with a formal matchmaker. They also have their own family behind them, but they are not suitable for being the wife. Although their status is not as good as that of the wife, they cannot be disposed of at will. This is the origin of the fight between wives and concubines. Concubines who can fight with the wife are all "noble concubines". There are also those who give birth to sons, and the sons are successful and famous. The mother is honored by the son, and they can also be regarded as "noble concubines". Apart from these two types, other concubines, maids, prostitutes who have become good women, and widows who have been married are all "lowly concubines".

Illegitimate children should call the wife their mother, and call their biological mother their aunt. Generally speaking, the heir is the eldest legitimate son. First, the legitimate son. If there is no legitimate son, one of the illegitimate sons will be raised under the name of the wife and used as the legitimate son. There is another situation, that is, the concubine. The so-called concubine is a lover who is raised outside without a name and is not included in the family tree. The son born by the concubine is an illegitimate son. However, the Central Plains emphasizes that one's own flesh and blood must recognize the ancestors. If there is no son and one is unwilling to adopt a nephew as a son, then the illegitimate son can also inherit the family business. In summary, the first is the wife's son, followed by the concubine's son, then the maid's son, and finally the illegitimate son. "Raised by a maid" means the maid's son, which is actually an insult.

The case of the Donghai Li family inheriting the family business through adopted sons and sons-in-law is an exception, and it is not easy to generalize.

The rule in the Far West is monogamy, and concubines are not allowed, only lovers. Because there are no concubines, there is no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, and the eldest son inheritance system is implemented. The children born by lovers are illegitimate children. Illegitimate children have the inheritance rights of their mothers but not their fathers. Even if the father has no children, the family business and title are inherited by his nephew, and cannot fall on the head of the illegitimate child.

Aina is an illegitimate daughter. It is impossible for her to inherit her father's family business and title. She is not even recognized by the family, so she can only go to the Western Regions. Fortunately, her father likes her very much and gives her great help. Not only did he let her gain a foothold in the Western Regions, but he also helped her to find a strong enough backer ally.

That is the Yin-Yang Sect.

Her father and the geomancer have been friends for many years. She met Uncle Xu when she was a child, and Uncle Xu also gave her a jade pendant. But she didn't expect that this Uncle Xu had such great power in the Central Plains and had such powerful subordinates.

Let's not talk about Li Shixing. The man next to Li Shixing had a pale face, a tall figure, black clothes and white hair. This reminded Aina of the old housekeeper next to her father. Both of them were equally mysterious and powerful. According to her father, this old housekeeper who had served the family for three generations was a genuine immortal species. He fed on blood and had survived for seven hundred years. The reason why he was loyal to Aina's father was because Aina's great-grandfather protected him and allowed him to escape the trial of the Church.

Aina took a few steps forward and could see the profiles of the two.

The two were looking in the direction of the Helian family, with a solemn look in their expressions.

Feeling Ai Yina's gaze, the white-haired old man smiled, without turning to look at Ai Yina, and said softly: "Miss Ai, don't be nervous."

Ai Yina nodded and asked cautiously: "I haven't asked yet, what is your name?"

"Miss Ai is not from the Central Plains, so I won't bother with the red tape of the Central Plains. Miss Ai can just call me Zhong Wu." The old man replied, "Among the ten officials of the Yin-Yang Sect, I rank second, and Brother Shixing ranks fourth."

Ai Yina asked: "Where is that person?"

"He." Zhong Wu's expression became complicated and he glanced at Li Shixing, "No matter what, he is considered a junior of Brother Shixing, so let's talk about it."

Li Shixing smiled bitterly, "Brother Zhong made fun of me, how could I dare to have such a junior? Li Daoxu would not recognize me as my junior brother, and Li Xuan would not recognize me as my uncle."

Aiina knew the man’s name and asked curiously: “Since they are younger generations, why are they so afraid of him?”

Li Shixing sighed, "There is a saying in the Central Plains that is called 'The next wave pushes the previous wave'. Although this person is a junior, he is much better than us seniors. Looking at the younger generation today, this person is well deserved. The first person is no one to compete with him, and it is difficult to beat him. If we count all the older generations, not many of them are his opponents, so we should not be underestimated."

Zhong Wu said, "It's a pity that he was unable to get rid of him while he was not able to achieve his climate."

Li Shixing shook his head and said, "I knew it if I could not buy a lot of money."

Aiina said again: "Is this the one who rescued Xiao Han before before?"

Li Shixing nodded and said, "It was him. At first I was also hidden from me. It was Miss Shangguan who recognized him. Unfortunately, Miss Shangguan..."

Zhong Wu sneered: "Impatient and rash, I have become a prisoner for others again."

Li Shixing sighed, very helpless.

Zhong Wu continued, "After the White Emperor's Mausoleum was destroyed, the Ming Dynasty official expected that Li Xuan would not give up and would definitely follow him to Loulan City. It is true. For this reason, Sanming officials set up special places in the Ai family and Helian's homes. After the formation, if Li Xuan insists on breaking through, he will definitely not be able to stop this expert on the Taixuan List, but if he wants to hide his traces and sneak into it, he will never succeed."

Aiina thought for a while and pointed it straight at the critical point, "Are you going to kill him?"

Zhong Wu couldn't help laughing and said, "The person who can kill him doesn't want to kill him, and the person who wants to kill him can't kill him. This is where the root cause lies."

Aiina is also a smart person, and soon figured out the key point, "Is Uncle Xu not wanting to kill him?"

Zhong Wu couldn't help but look at the noble lady of Hu and praised, "Miss Ai can see through thoroughly. If we can kill Li Xuandu, the Earth Master will not blame him. The key is that we cannot kill him. Of course, he could kill Li Xuandu, but the Dishi just didn't kill him, but instead showed kindness to him repeatedly and wanted to win him over."

Aiina asked curiously, "Why didn't Uncle Xu kill him?"

Zhong Wu sighed, "If we could understand Master Di's mind, we wouldn't be so entangled."

Li Shixing suddenly said, "Since you can't figure it out, don't think about it. No matter what, Master Di has never said in person that "You can't kill Li Xuandu". If you can kill him, you will have merits and no faults. As for how to kill him, I agree with Miss Shangguan’s idea, and I always have to try it out before I know it.”

Zhong Wu said to himself: "It's good to succeed. If it doesn't work, there will be two more prisoners."

Li Shixing joked: "Aren't two dead bodies? One of the prisoners is enough. Men are always pitying and willing to give women a way out, but they are not so easy to talk to us two old men."

Zhong Wu said, "Diet will not die. With the Ming Dynasty official's guarantee, it is not that easy to die."

Li Shixing said: "'Indie Shitian' has reached a critical moment. Both the Ming and Sanming officials are staring there, afraid they have no time to clone them."

Zhong Wu said: "The main person in charge of this matter is the Sanming official. The Ming official is just a guardian. The Sanming official naturally cannot move easily, but the Ming official can be withdrawn."

Li Shixing asked tentatively: "Then let's give it a try?"

Zhong Wu smiled and said, "That's what you mean."

After the words came, Aiina found that there were many figures outside the door that were almost integrated with the night. She looked carefully through the moonlight and saw thirteen people, all wearing black clothes, stiff faces, and burning in her eyes. A faint black flame.

Zhong Wu looked at the thirteen figures and whispered: "With these thirteen sword slaves, Brother Shixing can form a sword formation, which is temporarily comparable to the realm of heaven and man creation. It is said that the number of three or three is added together. That's enough, too."

Li Shixing nodded and said, "This is natural."

After saying that, the two disappeared along with the thirteen sword slaves, as if they were in the dark shadow.

Aiina was the only one left. She clenched her fists and had only one thought in her mind: "As long as the task is completed, the entire Loulan City will be my possession."