Different from this warm and sad atmosphere, Yamashita had a different look at this time.
Jinyun was aggressive and confident at first, but after seeing Li Zhi's sudden burst of strength, he showed a completely different face.
Jinyun Clan Chief, who had been sitting on the sidelines, stepped forward, bowed humbly to him, and said gently: "Please tell Chief Li Clan to ask him to come to Luo City for talks in his spare time. Also, my Lan'er is entrusting you to have a good life.
Take care of it." After saying that, he turned around and gave orders to everyone, his face suddenly darkened: "No one is allowed to tell anyone what happened today. Anyone who violates this will be expelled from Luo City! Go back to the city!"
With a wave of his arms, he led the scattered team and quickly disappeared into the night.
Jin Yunchong reluctantly followed the team at the end, frequently looking back at the silent mountains, feeling uneasy and unwilling in his heart. The feeling of failure made him extremely distressed, so he ignored the suspicious look from the great elder.
Before I knew it, the wind and rain stopped.
The Li clan members experienced life and death in just half a day, and now they return to their homes with the joy of rebirth after the disaster.
The heads of the Li family gathered at Li Zhi's house.
After seeing his mother come back from the dead, Li Tang ignored his doubts and rushed up to her with tears of joy and gave her a hug.
Everyone else was stunned when they saw it, with disbelief on their faces. Even Li's mother had never thought that there was a possibility of soul returning after death. She lay on the bed and kept emphasizing that it was Jin Yunlan who saved her.
Li Zhi sat on the edge of the bed, holding Jin Yunlan's hand tightly, motionless like a wooden man.
Li Li took Li Qiang into the house, patted Li Zhi's shoulder, and said softly: "Xiao Zhi, leave this to us, they are waiting for you outside."
Li Qiang nodded her head like garlic, pulled Li Zhi's half-dry sleeve, and said sensibly: "Brother Xiao Zhi, go discuss matters with my father and the others. As long as I'm here, Sister Lan will be fine."
Li Zhi then twisted his stiff joints, his eyes never leaving Jin Yunlan, and said hoarsely: "Then I'll leave it to you." Then he reluctantly left.
Li Li worked in the room for a long time before she left with her hands clean and came late with her skirt in hand. However, the clan meeting was not lively and exciting. There was silence in the room, and the three of them sat around the table without saying a word.
It is true that the current situation is extremely serious and complicated. Jinyun was intimidated by Li Zhi's absolute strength and retreated temporarily, not daring to make things difficult. However, although the immediate emergency has been solved, the long-term problem still exists. Moreover, Jinyun's sinister and vicious methods are indeed disgusting, and no one can do anything about it.
Swallow this bad breath.
Although Li Zhi broke through the bottleneck and successfully released the spiritual shadow, the duration of persistence was far from enough. If he wanted to use it as a weapon for long-term combat, it would probably take several years of dedicated training. At most, he only had this fleeting moment.
Explosive power can deter enemies.
If Li and Jinyun really want to fight hard, they will both lose. What's funny is that now that the barrier has been broken, Li doesn't dare to go down the mountain easily, Jinyun doesn't dare to attack wantonly, and neither side dares to act rashly.
"Hasn't the discussion come to a conclusion yet?" Li Li sat down at the empty seat full of energy.
Li Zhi hurriedly asked her about Jin Yunlan's condition. Li Li showed a meaningful smile: "Qiangwei is treating her. It's not life-threatening. However, she was seriously injured, and the old injuries have not healed and new ones have been added. In addition, she had previously
She is exhausted both mentally and physically, and is worried and depressed. She is very weak right now, and I am afraid she will have to fall asleep for a while. As for how long, it depends on her."
Li Zhi's frown relaxed a little, and his tense body relaxed a little. The chaotic thoughts came back bit by bit. He pinched the bridge of his nose, thought deeply for a while, and said: "I have an idea.
.”
As soon as he said these words, the three people's six eyes all burst out with light of hope, staring straight at him.
Li Zhi took off the Li Tan Sword from his back, held it with both hands, and placed it gently on the table. Just like he was sitting here half a year ago, arguing impassionedly with the scholars, insisting on risking everything to fight Jinyun to the death.
Everyone couldn't help but be afraid that he would not change his original intention and his bloody nature would remain the same. But they never expected that the reality was completely different from their imagination. This time, Li Zhi was so calm that he was even uncharacteristic of himself.
"Surrender to Jinyun and contribute our strength to them."
This was Li Tang's idea. He still remembered that when he raised this point of view, Xiao Zhi was so indignant and angry. The two brothers even had a big fight about it in the middle of the night.
At that time, Xiao Zhi had no trust in Jinyun, and even harbored great anger and hostility. Even though Jinyunlan took the risk and went up the mountain to sincerely apologize to them, he was still wary.
I didn't expect that in just half a year, he would undergo such a huge change.
Li Tang had mixed feelings for the moment and did not make any remarks.
Li Li also vaguely guessed that he would make this decision, so she was not surprised.
Li Jin, on the other hand, is a pacifist who has deep love and compassion for his own ethnic group. He cannot bear to bow his head to a sinister and vicious person like Jinyun. Although he hopes that his Qiangwei will be safe, this does not mean that this person will be safe.
To give up what little dignity they have left.
"I don't agree! Why have we reached this point? Jinyun is afraid of us and hastily retreated. Isn't it enough to explain the problem? We can use this to renegotiate with Jinyun and obtain a lot of rights and interests. We can bridge the gap with them in the future.
Let’s go back home without interfering with each other and live our own lives.” He strongly opposed the Li clan leader’s ideas.
Li Li disagreed and retorted: "Impossible. Jinyun has been hostile to us for many years. As long as we are here, Jinyun will not let us live alone. The strength shown by Xiao Zhi has caused an uproar now, and the Jinyun clan must be panicking at this moment. About
Let’s plan a countermeasure. If we don’t take the initiative, we will only be destined to be slaughtered.”
"But there is no need to surrender to Jinyun. To say the least, if we surrender to the enemies who harmed us, will they open their hearts and accept us?" The key point that Li Jin hit was undoubtedly Li Zhiyong at that time.
To refute Li Tang’s point of view.
At this moment, Li Zhi needed to take a completely opposite position to refute his insistence at that time.
"I can step down as the clan leader and surrender myself alone. In this way, this matter is about me personally and has nothing to do with the Li family."
Hearing this, Li Jin stood up suddenly, pointed at him angrily and scolded: "Nonsense! You are our main fighting force. If you leave, how can we people resist foreign enemies? Are you doing this?
Be responsible!”
Li Li came out to smooth things over: "Xiao Zhi, don't be angry. It's not that we can't understand your mood." She turned to explain to Li Jin, "Jin Yunlan's status in Luo City is very embarrassing now. In order to defend us before, she provoked anger
The people of Luo City now regard her as a traitor. Xiao Zhi did this to clear her name."
Li Jin answered: "What's the purpose of rectifying her name? To prove to the people of Luo City that she is in contact with us, to win over us by showing her favor to us, and to bring Li's talents under Jin Yun's command. In this way, she can regain what she had previously lost in front of the people.
Trust, so we all cooperate deliberately and flatter ourselves?"
Li Tang looked at his younger brother's increasingly gloomy expression, tugged on Li Jin's sleeves, and lowered his voice: "You've gone too far!"
Li Jin showed some remorse and softened his tone slightly: "I am not making any malicious speculation. We have seen what Jin Yunlan did. I just think why bother to restore the reputation in such a roundabout way." He pointed at Li Zhi and said,
He made suggestions: "In this way, Xiao Zhi, if you marry her and join our family tree, you will still be respected by others. It's not that we disagree."
Li Zhi was speechless for a moment, with an untimely blush appearing on his face.
Li Tang blushed, slammed the table angrily, and shouted uncharacteristically: "I don't agree!"
Li Jin gave him a strange look: "Can't you see that you are so prejudiced against Jin Yunlan?"
Li Li gave Li Tang a gloomy look and said in a sour tone: "He's not biased, I'm afraid he's more selfish."
Li Zhi immediately cast a wary look at him.
Li Tang shifted his gaze and whistled as if nothing had happened. Later he brought the topic back to the right track, "It is naturally impossible for Jinyun to accept us with an open heart immediately. But there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. If we want to live peacefully without disputes, we can only integrate.
Either they admit defeat, or we bow our heads. Jinyun’s ruthlessness is a lesson to the world, and we can only bear this grievance.”
Li Jin clenched her fists, "Jinyun has persecuted us for thousands of years, and finally asked us to surrender to them. How can I swallow this breath, and how can the entire Li family swallow this breath? Do you want to humiliate our ancestors for generations?
Write it off?"
Li Zhi suppressed the turbulent emotions in his heart, "Under such a disadvantage, in order to protect the lives of the people, we can only make sacrifices. We had no choice in the past, but now we have Jin Yunlan. If we can help her become
The head of the clan, with her temperament, will never treat us harshly. Then we have hope."
Li Jin glanced at him and snorted coldly: "You dare to swear that you didn't say this with any selfishness. You used to be so belligerent that you wanted to skin Jinyun and cramp him. Now that he has known Jinyunlan for only half a year, he has changed his mind.
Are you thinking that once you attack Jinyun, you will be on the opposite side of her and your fate with her will be completely severed, and you won't be able to let her go?"
Li Zhi remained silent.
Li Jin became furious, tapped her finger on the table, and shouted, "This is not child's play! Don't let the love between children delay important events!"
Every word he said undoubtedly hit Li Zhi's heart. This decision was really difficult to make. Not everyone could do it calmly and calmly. It was just Jin Yunlan who always argued about the two clans in front of him.
Peace made him unable to help but imagine what it would be like to escape from bad luck.
But to turn a war into friendship, one party is destined to make sacrifices. In the past, he was ambiguous and indecisive, but when he saw Jin Yunlan working so hard to protect them, no matter how hard-hearted he was, he couldn't help but be moved.
He is willing to place his hope on her and help her.
This was also an agreement they had made, and he couldn't break it.
He confessed bravely: "Indeed, I always wanted to vent my anger and avenge this arrow for my ancestors, so I insisted on fighting Jinyun with a knife, thinking that it was better to die generously than to linger. It was not until I became the patriarch and shouldered the responsibility
The safety and honor of my clan, I gradually understood that the lives of my clan depended on every decision I made.
Jin Yunlan's arrival has allowed us to live a normal life. The children can have enough food and clothing, and can even read scriptures and sing in their free time. I haven't heard singing in Kongshan for a long time, and maybe I haven't seen people from the heart in a long time.
I smiled. Even if there is only one such beautiful day, it is hard to forget to let go. Only then did I realize that the preciousness of life is not just the length of life, and I finally understood the motto my father told me before he died.
I sincerely hope that Li’s children can live a peaceful and happy life forever, without having to face the ruthless fire of war and the torture of endless disputes. Even if all this humiliation and pain is borne by me alone.”
He stood up, bowed to everyone for the first time, and sincerely begged: "Please."
"I agree!"
Li Qiang stood on tiptoes by the window, her two braids swinging back and forth. She raised her hands in the air with a smile, showing an innocent smile with both front teeth.
She responded immediately, and the friends who came with her raised their hands one after another to express their agreement with Brother Zhi's decision, even though they did not know the reason.
Li Tang and Li Li looked at each other and smiled, then turned their attention to Li Jin.
Li Jin still held on for a while, but soon he was made uncomfortable by the hot gaze. He glanced at his daughter's dissatisfied expression, pursed his lips, and said reluctantly: "Okay, I
Agree! Isn’t it okay if I agree?”
Li Qiang was the first one outside to jump and applaud, "That's great." This chapter has been completed!