“My cousin?”
“He is...”
Bai Li Dong Jun’s words caught in his throat. He was about to say Wen Nan Tian, the eldest grandson of the Wen family, the future heir, and that his grandfather, Wen Lin, was his biological grandfather.
But if he said that, his identity as ‘Bai Dong Jun’ would instantly be exposed.
Wen Lin had many sons and two daughters. One of his daughters, Wen Luo Yu, was married to the crown prince of the Marquis of the West, Bai Li Cheng Feng.
“No, if I reveal the truth,” Bai Li Dong Jun’s eyes darted around, a brilliant idea instantly forming in his mind. He put on a serious and proud expression, and a lie poured out of his mouth: “My cousin Wen Nan Tian is a direct disciple of the twelfth branch of the Wen family. His father and Elder Wen Hu Jiu are sworn brothers.”
“Although he rarely leaves his home, he is indeed a renowned genius of the Wen family. He spends his days studying medical scriptures, so he is not well-known outside the family.”
The Wen family, twelfth branch?
Lei Meng Sha and Luo Xuan looked at each other with expressions that seemed to say, “Do we look like idiots?”
The Wen family had eighteen branches, the first five branches being considered the direct line, the first ten branches being considered collateral, and the branches beyond the tenth branch being similar to the five generations beyond the collateral branches of other families.
Wen Nan Tian had entered the Xiaoyao Tianjing at a young age. This kind of swordsmanship prodigy, coming from the twelfth branch of the Wen family? They didn't quite believe that he was from a branch beyond the fifth.
“Dong Jun, we are just asking you a question. You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to. Why are you treating us like fools?” Lei Meng Sha placed a hand on Bai Li Dong Jun’s shoulder, a look of amusement on his face.
They simply didn't know Wen Nan Tian’s true identity, but that didn't mean they were stupid.
This lie could only fool a three-year-old, maybe a four-year-old at a stretch.
“Ahaha, is that so?” Bai Li Dong Jun knew he had gone too far with his lies and scratched his head awkwardly, avoiding eye contact with Lei Meng Sha.
“Forget it, if you don’t want to say it, we won’t ask.”
Luo Xuan shook his head helplessly. He decided to investigate it himself later. Such a monstrous talent couldn’t have appeared out of thin air. Yet, there was no mention of a powerful genius in the Wen family in recent years.
Unfathomable!
Bai Li Dong Jun opened his mouth awkwardly, but considering his identity, he could only awkwardly change the topic: “Speaking of which, earlier, that Yan Liu Li said your brothers were going to steal something. What is it?”
Knowing that Bai Li Dong Jun wouldn't say anything, Lei Meng Sha and Luo Xuan didn't waste any more time and immediately focused on the matter at hand.
Lei Meng Sha and Luo Xuan shook their heads in unison.
They didn’t know about this matter either.
“That kidnapping plan arranged by Yan Liu Li, and her mentioning being prepared to kill, what do you think about it?” Si Kong Chang Feng had been thinking about this matter.
“Didn’t you hear what Yan Liu Li said? If we don’t help, according to Yan Bie Tian’s plan, he will marry into the Gu family, but the new head of the Gu family, the second son, Gu Jian Men, will soon die. She will then take over the Gu family as a widow.”
Lei Meng Sha sat cross-legged, propping his chin with one hand, a look of worry on his face: “This alliance plan, this transaction, we have become the passive party, only…”
“Only what?” Bai Li Dong Jun asked curiously.
“Only who’s going to kidnap her? You or me?”
“Luo Xuan and I are both among the North Li Eight Gentlemen, brothers in arms. We cannot possibly kidnap his bride. If that got out, the North Li Eight Gentlemen would have to be renamed the North Li Eight Broken Shoes. As for this brother Si Kong…”
Lei Meng Sha looked at him with a mischievous smile.
Si Kong Chang Feng swung his spear: “What about me?”
“A wandering knight, kidnapping the daughter of the most powerful family in the Southwest. That’s a story that loves to appear in cheap novels. In the Southwest, people would chop you to pieces. Publicly slapping the face of the Yan family, you would probably be chopped up and fed to dogs.”
“Gulp!”
Si Kong Chang Feng swallowed: “I think it’s not probably, but definitely.”
“So…”
Lei Meng Sha looked at Bai Li Dong Jun with a mischievous smile.
“Me?” Bai Li Dong Jun pointed at himself, like a certain Ben Bo Er Ba who was told to kill Sun Wukong.
“You’re the only grandson of the Marquis of the West. In terms of family background, you are greater than the Gu family of the Money House and the Yan family of Mu Yu Hang combined. In terms of appearance, you’re not worse than Ling Yun Gongzi Gu Jian Men. Why can’t you kidnap her?”
“Ah??”
Bai Li Dong Jun was shocked, opening his mouth wide: “How did you know my identity?”
“Little brother Bai Dong Jun, you have called yourself Bai Li Dong Jun more than once. Moreover, your clothes and the jade pendant on your waist are extremely expensive. With the surname Bai Li and the courtesy name Dong Jun, who else could it be besides the only grandson of the Marquis of the West?” Luo Xuan shrugged his shoulders, feigning surprise.
If they hadn't known Bai Li Dong Jun’s identity beforehand, they wouldn't have thought he was treating them like fools earlier.
Bai Li Dong Jun was a little dejected, but he quickly cheered up, shaking his head: “Alright, even if I am the only grandson of the Marquis of the West, I don’t know martial arts. If I go to kidnap her and incur a deadly feud, I’ll be killed for sure, wouldn’t I?”
The current Bai Li Dong Jun was not the person who was easily fooled by a few words, someone who was unaware of the dangers of the world. Wen Nan Tian and Wen Hu Jiu had taught him a lesson.
The identity of the only grandson of the Marquis of the West was indeed untouchable in Qian Dong Cheng.
But this was the Southwest. If he was buried in some remote corner, even if his grandfather found out and turned the Southwest into white dust overnight, he would already be dead.
“That…”
“Sorry, it was indeed our oversight.”
Lei Meng Sha and Luo Xuan looked at each other, realizing that this idea wouldn’t work. That was kidnapping. They would be making a deadly enemy of the Yan family. If Yan Bie Tian didn’t back down, or if he sought help from those behind him…
That Bai Li Dong Jun, who didn’t know martial arts, would really die for nothing.
“That…”
Si Kong Chang Feng raised his hand, speaking with a lack of confidence: “Actually, there is one person who might be more suitable than Dong Jun!”
“Cousin (Wen Nan Tian)!!”
Bai Li Dong Jun, Lei Meng Sha, and Luo Xuan all spoke in unison.
“Right, if my cousin is willing to lend a hand, even if we provoke the Yan family, it’s not a big deal, right?” Bai Li Dong Jun thought about the times he saw Wen Nan Tian showing off his power today, and a thought to pit his cousin against the world instantly arose in his mind.
“Wen Nan Tian’s strength is definitely sufficient, but there is one problem. Is he afraid of the Yan family?”
Luo Xuan and Lei Meng Sha once again turned their gaze to Bai Li Dong Jun. Now that his identity was exposed, he had no more reservations and revealed Wen Nan Tian’s identity information.
The eldest grandson of the Wen family, the future head of the Wen family.
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