Dragon's Soul Chapter 86: Tall Tales

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On a sunny day without a cloud in sight many carriages and people could be seen waiting in an orderly line front of them gates of Aurora City. The lord of Aurora, Jian Wei, had ordered for an extravagant festival to be held for days on end to help celebrate his foster son's wedding which was going to be held tomorrow. Thus people from many places gathered in Aurora to join in the festivities.

Tomorrow could be considered the most auspicious day of the year on the Wulan Continent's calendar. To add to the auspiciousness tomorrow was the day when the planet was perfectly aligned with the moon and the sun which happens only once every fifty years. Meaning tomorrow was the best day for anyone to get married.

Dignitaries from many provinces and kingdom had arrived in Aurora after having received wedding invitations sent by Jian Wei. This meant that the streets of Aurora crowded with people and carriages causing the businesses of the residents of Aurora City were all booming

Of course with more people there would certainly more gossip, people gathered in taverns, inns and restaurants by the troves to gossip about the various dignitaries that arrived, the events that happened during the festival and finally about the luckiest man on the face of the planet and his four wives.

In one particular inn called the Raven's Nest an extremely large crowd was gathered, people of all ages were currently engaged in a heated discussion amongst themselves.

"Have you seen the young lord yet? I heard he is as large as a bear and as strong as a tiger."  Someone said excitedly.

"What are you talking about? I heard that he looks as beautiful as a woman and if he wore women's clothes he could be considered a world class beauty." A bald headed man said after he gulped down a cup of wine.

"Get out of here and stop spouting nonsense." One of the people standing by the bald man said after slapping the back of his head.

"I hear he's a bloodthirsty killer and lord Jian Wei only choose him because of how good he is at slaughtering people on the battlefield." Someone blurted out.

"Enough about the young lord I want to know if anyone has seen how his future wives look!" A with a crooked nose and the eyes of a hawk said while rubbing his hands.

"A friend of mine knows of a baker whose sister's cousin twice removed works as a maid at the lord's mansion and has seen them." A chubby looking man said while gnawing on a grilled chicken thigh.

"What are you waiting for tell us how they look? Are they are beautiful as some people claim? Or are their tales of beauty simply made up rumors?" A few of the listeners said.

"Well from what I've heard and the little bit of research I did I know that one of them is the daughter of the previous lord of the Green Clover Province and is support to be very ugly. Something about an accident that disfigured her to the point where no one wanted to marry her, but she had offered the entire Green Clover Province to our young lord if he would take her hand in marriage. Our poor young lord is taking one for the team it seems." The chubby man stated in a know it all tone.

"Then what about the other three?  Xu Zhu hurry up and tell us!" A few of the listeners said.

"I was told that another one of the future madams is the daughter of some minister from the Heilong Kingdom whom seems to hates men. From what I gathered she once tried to light some poor fella on fire for looking in her direction. Probably is one of those political marriages." Xu Zhu said while munching on another chicken thigh.

"I kind of pity our young lord now it seems like he's getting the short end of the stick in this marriage." Someone muttered.

"No need to pity someone who is going to inherit an entire province. Hell if he wanted he can take a bunch of other wives later." Another person said.

Leading Zhang into a narrow alleyway cluttered with bamboo rafters and various things Lu Lingqi suddenly turned back and while standing on the tips of her toes planted a light kiss on Zhang's lips.

"I may have come last but I definitely won't give up the chance of taking your first." She murmured as she planted another kiss on Zhang's lips while he was still in a slight daze.

Of course by the second kiss Zhang had been able to regain his composure so before her lips could depart his arms swiftly wrapped around her waist and pulled her in closer. Without the worry of being seen the two of them stood out of sight in the empty alley way passionately kissing with arms wrapped around each other. Surely had Jian Wei been around he would have made some silly remark about it being too early in the day for such activities.

However, while Zhang and Lingqi were in a world of their own a sudden reverting sound of something falling onto the ground brought them back to reality. A few bamboo poles that had been leaning on a wall had been sent crashing down onto the ground. Behind where the bamboo pole had been were three dazzling beauties with flushed cheeks. Ling's eyes could be seen from the gaps in her fingers, while Ai's head was poking out from behind Yuying who was leaning against a wall.

Trying to ignore the three onlookers Lingqu placed her hands around Zhang's neck and tried to rekindle the flame that had been extinguished by the intruders. However, before the flames of passion could be reignited a karate chop came flying downward and struck Lingqi's head.

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Lol Lingqi trying to get ahead of the pack <3

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