Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 224 - 197 Love of the Man, Affection of the Concubine (A - of Six Thousand Words)_1

Chapter 224: Chapter 197 Love of the Man, Affection of the Concubine (A Chapter of Six Thousand Words)_1

The Court’s awards did not disappoint Li Xuan, the first of which was the ’Hereditary Commander of the Weisuo Institute’. This is a military position ranked from the 3rd rank official, meaning that Li Xuan’s descendants could inherit the ’Hereditary Commander of the Weisuo Institute’ position from him.

The Great Jin Dynasty didn’t have the second-tier nobility, so the ’Hereditary Commander of the Weisuo Institute’ was almost equivalent to the status of a viscount in the previous dynasty.

This is the pinnacle of the hereditary military ranks, the next step is to be ennobled, which shows the generosity of the court’s rewards.

Of course, this is due to the fact that Li Yan was a sinner at the time, and the Court attributed all the merits of the Battle of Beigu Mountain to Li Xuan.

Unfortunately, Li Xuan had already entered the Liudao Division and couldn’t enjoy these benefits himself. Otherwise, he would now be a proper 3rd-rank military official, even higher than Li Yan.

Next are the nine ’Samadhi Dingyuan Elixirs’, a unique elixir from the Shaobao. It is more potent than the Liudao Renyuan Elixir, but less powerful than the Four-turns Dahuan Elixir. Also, it’s an extremely rare medicine.

In addition, there are numerous goods including jade and silk, worth about fifty to sixty thousand yuans of silver. He is ready to spend this money on the soldiers who fought with them that day, especially those who were disabled or killed.

Li Xuan thought to himself that he wasn’t a military man, so he didn’t need to worry too much, and he wasn’t afraid of being impeached by the civil officials of the Court for buying people’s hearts.

The most important of all, was a scroll of the "Lime Chant" personally written by Shaobao Yu - Refined by the pounding hammers and burned by the fierce fire, not even afraid of crushing our bones into powder, we leave our integrity to the world!

The overwhelming Hao Qi in it is just as strong as that in the "Song of Integrity" penned by Wen Zhonglie Duke. Unfortunately, it has fewer words, which slightly falls short in terms of Hao Qi quantity.

But for Li Xuan, the value of this scroll is no lesser than a high-grade magical instrument.

However, the words ’pounding hammers’, ’fierce fire’, and ’crushing our bones into powder’ made Li Xuan’s face twitch. He felt that his Shenpo and his "Sacrifice" suit were becoming more and more harmonious-the day of sacrifice seemed right in front of him.

After Li Xuan sent off the imperial envoy, and with the help of the housekeeper brought the imperial decree into the ancestral hall, he saw Li Yan striding arrogantly towards him with his sword.

Li Xuan did not hesitate and immediately raced towards the inner courtyard.

"You run, go ahead, let’s see where you can run to!"

Li Yan chased after him, sneering: "This time I will go all out, even your mother can’t save you."

Li Xuan, however, was running like lightning, without any intention of slowing down: "How do you know I’m going to get help from mother? This time, I’m going to see sister-in-law and present her with somebody’s beloved artifact."

Li Yan originally scoffed at Li Xuan’s words, thinking, could his wife possibly protect him?

But after hearing the latter sentence, his face changed. He noticed that Li Xuan was shaking the ’Hanjiaojue’ above his head.

Then he saw their positions, and lo and behold, they were less than a hundred steps from the eastern wing where they lived-

Li Yan’s heart suddenly pounded: "Hold on, stop! Wait! I won’t chase, so you need to stop running!"

Li Xuan saw that his brother indeed stopped, so he also stopped, and earnestly looked back at Li Yan: "Brother, as the verse goes ’born of the same root, why rush to damage each other’, why do we need to harm each other like this?"

Li Yan was angrily cursing in his heart, but his face was all smiles: "Xuan, you’re absolutely right. Life in the Earl Chengyi’s mansion is already challenging enough, we shouldn’t cause more harm to each other. How about this- you return the ’Hanjiaojue’ to me, and I won’t bother you for today."

Li Xuan noticed that Li Yan was slowly getting closer, and he hurriedly retreated a few steps: "Don’t come closer! I warn you! Be careful or else I’ll run away. Besides, brother, you’re making things too complicated. You won’t hit me today, but can you do it tomorrow? Make a compelling oath that can convince me that all grievances between us are settled, otherwise, I really can’t return this."

Li Yan was amused by his reaction: "So you tell me, what kind of oath should I make to let you be at ease?"

"Well? Just say if you break the oath you will not sleep with sister-in-law within a year."

Li Xuan said with a grin: "We can make the oath in front of the ancestral hall, under the gaze of our ancestors, so you have to speak out loud so I can hear."

Then Li Yan’s gaze gradually became dangerous. He was considering whether he should ambush his annoying little brother one day, beat him to a pulp, directly snatch the artifact, and saw Li Xuan take a step towards the direction of the eastern wing again.

"You better not regret it, brother, you only have one chance, or else I will choose to die together."

He knew that if he went to see Su Zhaojun, it was tantamount to self-destruct. Although Li Yan would inevitably be punished, he himself wouldn’t have a good ending either.

Li Yan, however, was grinding his teeth, then finally breathed a sigh of helplessness. Ever since he and his father were laid off and await for their crimes to be examined, this little brother had become extremely cunning, and he never got the advantage.

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Half a moment later, Li Yan stood in front of the family ancestral hall, declaring loudly: "I, Li Yan, hereby pledge that if Li Xuan returns the ’Hanjiaojue’ to me, all previous grievances between us will be drawn to a close, never to be mentioned again. If I break this pledge, may I be unable to sleep with Zhaojun for a year."

Then he glared at Li Xuan, asking indignantly: "Are you satisfied now?"

Li Xuan held the ’Hanjiaojue’, somewhat unwilling to part with it: "What about the ten thousand yuans you owe me? This thing is worth a good deal."

"Fine, consider it as my debt to you!"