The story of Jin Yunchong's private torture of Jin Yunlan finally reached the ears of the clan leader. He immediately called his good son to ask questions.
Jin Yunchong was not afraid at all, and even found a high-sounding reason for himself, "My son just couldn't bear to see his eldest sister having an affair with the Li family, and he was angry for a moment, so he acted like this."
The patriarch was furious and slammed the table several times, "But she is your biological sister after all, how could you be so cruel?"
Jin Yunchong rolled his eyes contemptuously: "Whether they are relatives or strangers, my son will never tolerate any traitor who endangers Jin Yun's safety. If my father feels that I am acting viciously, he can call the elders of the clan to come and see if he can do justice.
Lock up your son in the ancestral hall as well."
"You!" the clan leader shouted angrily, "The matter about your sister has not yet been made clear. Even the great elder has never said that she leaked Jinyun's secrets to the Li family. How can you be a traitor? But you insulted your sister and made her humiliate in public.
, with sinister intentions. I have never taught you to be like this. I am so angry. I must teach you a lesson today. Come on, bring me my whip!" He shouted out the door, and the attendant was quick.
The figure immediately left the door.
Jinyun was as immovable as a mountain, not afraid of his father's majesty. Instead, he sneered: "Father, how could I ever have the heart to teach me? Even my uncle has taught me more than you. You only have the eldest sister in your eyes, so why bother to show it in front of me?"
Father’s airs.”
The patriarch roared: "I see you are becoming more and more presumptuous. You are so extreme in your words and deeds. I heard that you also blamed your mother, saying that she was servile and servile by being close to Lan'er. It is simply rebellious! I have always been willing to tolerate it, and I don't want you to not only be unrepentant, but also to get worse.
, using the public for private gain. Why do you think you are superior to others just because you stepped on your sister? With your narrow-minded heart, you will never be able to catch up with Lan'er's broad-mindedness."
When Jinyun Chong heard this, he became furious, his face turned red, and he roared hysterically: "I keep myself safe, and I think about Jinyun, but I am narrow-minded. Jinyunlan violated the ancestral precepts and had a private relationship with the Li family, so she is broad-minded. This is
Is there any justice in the world?"
"Are you really thinking about Jinyun, or are you trying to compete with your sister? You know it in your heart!" The patriarch's eyes were extremely insightful and clear. When Jinyunchong touched his penetrating eyes, his arrogance suddenly became much lower, and his eyes widened.
A glimmer of panic appeared in his angry eyes.
At this time, the attendant came in carrying a whip and handed it into the hands of the clan leader.
The patriarch held the handle and whipped it hard against the ground, leaving a gray mark on the floor tiles.
Jin Yunchong neither ran away nor hid. He straightened his back and waited for the punishment to come with a stern expression on his face.
The patriarch whipped him sternly, and just as he was about to hit his shoulder, he raised one hand and grabbed the whip coming down.
The patriarch shouted gloomily: "Brother, I am educating my children."
Jin Yunchong looked at the elder with emotion and gratitude, and called out aggrievedly: "Uncle."
The great elder threw down the whip and said, "This is not an education, it is a lesson. I asked Chong'er to do what Lan'er did, and it has nothing to do with him."
The patriarch said angrily: "Brother, you don't have to excuse him. This treacherous son beat his own sister and broke two ribs. If I don't teach him a lesson, how will he know that there is a king's law in this world?"
The First Elder glanced at Jinyun Chong with a complex expression, and still interceded for him: "If it comes to it, Lan'er does things his own way, regardless of the consequences. Isn't it the fault of your indulgence in the past? Fortunately, Chong'er found out
It's too late. This matter is only spread within the clan. If the people in the city know about it, will the Jinyun clan still have credibility? Although Chong'er's behavior is inappropriate, he can take this opportunity to beat Lan'er and make her restrain her temperament.
, Isn’t it a good thing if she doesn’t dare to act recklessly in the future? I have the final say on this matter, let her go home and be grounded, so she doesn’t need to kneel in the ancestral hall anymore.”
The elder of the clan stopped him, sighed heavily, and threw the whip out in anger.
The great elder winked at Jin Yunchong and asked him to go out first.
Jin Yunchong glanced at his father's furious expression and left in despair. However, he had only left less than a hundred steps when he suddenly changed direction, made a circle, and came to the base of the wall on the other side of his father's study.
eavesdrop.
But this wall is extremely thick and the sound insulation is very strong. It is impossible for ordinary people's ears to hear a single word inside.
But for Jinyunchong, this is an excellent place to display his talents.
He has studied under the Grand Elder since he was a child. Most of the techniques studied by the Grand Elder are related to stealing intelligence secrets, whether it is the mind-reading technique he used on Jin Yunlan before or the listening technique he taught himself.
The advantage of the Listening Technique is that as long as the distance between the listener and the person being listened to is no more than a hundred steps, you can choose a medium and continuously attach your spiritual power to the medium, thereby unknowingly transmitting their spiritual power to the medium.
Conversations are delivered through media.
However, this requires extremely high requirements for the caster to release spiritual power, and requires extremely fine control. A little more will be noticed by eavesdroppers.
At the moment, this wall is undoubtedly the best medium. Jin Yunchong groped on this wall, slowly seeping spiritual power into it along the gaps between the blue bricks. On the other side of the wall was the conversation between the patriarch and the great elder.
on site.
This thick wall concealed his breath very well. He concentrated for a while, and a faint sound appeared in his silent ears. He was overjoyed, and he tried to type more, and the conversation became clearer and clearer.
The great elder said: "I don't believe you are unaware of Lan'er's actions. I need you to give me a reason to turn a blind eye or close one eye."
The patriarch said: "Brother, others don't know, don't you still understand me?"
The great elder replied solemnly: "Even I can't understand what you have done these years. But now that Lan'er has happened, I regret my innocence even more. If I were the patriarch, I would never have caused this situation.
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The clan leader lowered his head in despair and said dejectedly: "Yes, if I were my brother, I would be able to arrange everything properly."
The First Elder looked at him with a look of disdain: "Don't pretend to be pitiful here with me. I've never gotten tired of doing this since I was a kid."
Realizing that he had been seen through, the patriarch immediately put away his pitiful face.
The Great Elder's tone softened slightly: "It's not that I didn't give you time and opportunity, but I am very disappointed that you handed in such an answer sheet. Don't interfere in the next decision-making, I will arrange everything."
The patriarch opened his mouth to speak, but the elder raised his hand to stop him, "You have no reason to refuse. You know better than anyone else that Lan'er has a special status, but you still allow her to take risks and secretly collude with the Li family. You are afraid of others.
I don’t know that she is the daughter born to you and Li, right?”
Jin Yunchong outside the wall was stunned by these words and was speechless.
Oh my god, Jin Yunlan’s biological mother is actually a woman from the Li family!
The elder of the house continued: "The current situation is turbulent. Once this matter is leaked, if you make a careless move, not only will you, the clan leader, have no place to stand, but the entire Luo City may fall into the hands of others. You are so ignorant of the overall situation, you let
Me, how can we be convinced?”
The patriarch fell down on his chair in frustration, pinching the bridge of his nose with a headache.
The elder looked at this worried brother and sighed heavily: "There is something I have never told you. Lan'er seems to have the consciousness of others in her mind. That night when I interrogated her, she suddenly
If the two of them have greatly increased their skills, they once forced me into a desperate situation."
The patriarch suddenly raised his head, worried: "What? Such a strange thing happened? Is Lan'er affected?"
The Great Elder shook his head: "I have sealed her power for the time being. She has too many secrets hidden in her body, so she needs to learn to keep herself safe. After returning home, let her rest quietly and recuperate, and she is not allowed to go out again. Also, don't be too biased.
Yes. I know you owe Lan'er's biological mother, but Chong'er is also your child, and a bowl of water should be balanced." After the elder gave stern instructions, he glanced at the whip that fell on the ground, tossed his sleeves and left.
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And Jinyun Chong outside the wall also returned with a full load.
Soon Jin Yunlan was taken home and Yuanyuan was released.
The patriarch's wife and Xiu Xiu stayed by her bed from morning to night, often getting red-eyed. Poor Jin Yunlan was unwell, and she had to take turns trying to persuade them not to shed tears, which took a lot of effort throughout the day.
She did not tell them that it was her son and her brother who had done this to her.
One day, when Xiu Xiu was helping to apply medicine to her wound, her eyes were attracted by a mark on her lower back. She stretched out a finger, touched the flat mark, and asked strangely: "Sister, is this a birthmark?
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Jin Yunlan didn't know why: "What birthmark? Why didn't I know it?"
Xiu Xiu replied: "A birthmark like a flower."
After hearing this, the patriarch's wife came over to take a look and said in surprise: "It's true. I obviously used to bathe you when you were a child, and I have never seen this birthmark. Could it be that it was born later?"
Jin Yunlan didn't know much about it. She applied medicine that night and lay on the bed with a lot of thoughts. She ignored her own safety and was particularly worried about what her clan would do to Li. She didn't fall asleep until late that night.
The next day, at the morning meeting in Jinyun, the elders were selecting representatives to go to Kongshan to negotiate with the Li family. In view of the unexpected situation, the meeting with the Li family was urgent. However, Jinyun and the Li family had not been in contact for a long time. For the newly promoted
I have never really experienced the strength of the Li clan leader. In order to ensure the safety of the representative, I must find someone with outstanding ability and good words to go there.
Just when everyone was worrying about the candidate, Jin Yunchong volunteered to stand up.
"My disciple is willing to go to Kongshan to negotiate with the Li family."
The incident happened suddenly, and it did not take much time for Jin Yunchong to be confirmed as the negotiator.
The great elder made a prompt decision and passed the case.
The clan assigned powerful guards for Jin Yunchong's trip, five in total.
After the morning meeting, Jin Yunchong was left alone to hold a brief meeting on diplomatic rhetoric with the elders.
This diplomacy has only two purposes. First, to confirm whether Li has set up a secret tunnel. Second, to confirm whether the contact between Li and Jin Yunlan is true.
Naturally, these two points are just a cover. The main purpose is to observe Li's attitude. If they are in any way disrespectful or disrespectful, or even complain a lot about Jinyun, they will have to discuss a countermeasure after they return.
The elders were all impassioned and thoughtful, and polished their words and sentences to the extreme. However, the negotiator was absent-minded. In his eyes, the Li family was just a ragtag group of people, so why did Jinyun need to pay so much attention to it.
They are worthy of these humble words being placed upon them.
But on the surface, he still pretended to be obedient and obedient, nodding repeatedly to the views and suggestions put forward by the elders. So that everyone thought he had understood the core purpose of this diplomacy. Little did they know that he had already made a plan for himself in his heart.