As soon as Wu Zhongyuan said this, everyone was stunned.

Wu Zhongyuan was finally relieved, no matter what, it is wrong to steal people's things, if you find an excuse for yourself to shirk the whitewash, it will be even more despicable, if you steal, you will steal, and if you steal, you will have to admit it.

After being stunned, Yu Qingdu was the first to react, "The adult laughed. ”

"I'm not joking, I really stole the nobleman's soul-attracting lamp," Wu Zhongyuan Zhengse said, "The big mistake has been made, and I came here this time to apologize and discuss compensation with you." ”

Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking, Yu Qingdu turned his head to look at Huang Youyun, Huang Youyun frowned and said, "It's obviously not an adult's doing, why should an adult bear this matter?"

"I did it," Wu Zhongyuan said, "and the woman you saw that night was not Li Fei, but the noble Li Bei of the Bird Clan, and although she walked with me, she was not my accomplice. ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere immediately became very embarrassing, and everyone originally regarded him as a benefactor who helped him, who would have thought that he would be a thief who stole the soul lamp.

Yu Qing is the big leader, others don't speak, but he can't help but express his position, and said with an embarrassed smile, "There must be another hidden meaning in this matter, the soul-attracting lamp is a sacrificial thing, since it is in the hands of adults, adults might as well return it to us." ”

"No," Wu Zhongyuan shook his head and said, "I used it, I got a piece of Nine Heavens Dark Iron, which cannot be melted by ordinary furnace fires, the oil of the soul-attracting lamp is used to heat up, and the wick is used to stretch the bowstring." ”

Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, everyone turned their eyes to the longbow behind him, because part of the dragon tendons were burned, there was nothing left in length when they were tied, and the burnt tendons were not cut off, which became a mark of recognition by the Yi people.

Wu Zhongyuan said, "You must know that the five seals are about to disappear, and I am not building weapons and wrapping bows and arrows for my own selfish interests, but to defend against foreign enemies and protect humanity." On that day, he was forced by the situation to take it without telling him, and he blasphemed the ancestors of the Yi people, and it is difficult to escape the blame. But the big mistake has been made, it is difficult to reverse, this time I am standing here, to fight to kill all the respects, if you can understand my difficulties, I am willing to compensate, although you put forward conditions, as long as I can do it, I will not shirk. ”

The stakes are very high, Yu Qingdu and the others couldn't make up their minds, and in desperation, Yu Qingdu had to say to Wu Zhongyuan, "The adults don't tell you, it's really a little not bright, but you dare to act but you don't lose your openness, this matter is not trivial, can you wait for a while, and let me wait until I go back to the city to discuss with the elders before making a decision?"

"Okay," Wu Zhongyuan nodded, "Everyone, please." ”

"Your Excellency, please come into the city and serve tea. Yu Qingdu invited.

Wu Zhongyuan waved his hand, "I have a loss of virtue, I haven't repaid it yet, I have no shame to enter the city, you can do it yourself, I will wait from here." ”

Seeing his firm attitude, Yu Qingdu and the others could only let him go, and went to the city to discuss eagerly.

There are a total of nine patriarchs in Yiren, only Yu Qingdu, Huang Youyun, Lu Juntian, and the rest are mostly coffin seedlings, as soon as this matter comes out, it is sad for everyone, although Wu Zhongyuan said that he admits to fight and admit to killing, but who dares to kill him? Don't say kill, even if he fights, he doesn't dare to fight, and he sent Li Shi and Li Fei away in a few words, who dares to offend such a person.

Moreover, even if Wu Zhongyuan stole the soul-attracting lamp, it can't be denied the fact that he saved Yiren, if Wu Zhongyuan hadn't appeared today, Yiren would have been unlucky.

Wu Zhongyuan is still waiting outside at this time, they can't delay it for too long, older people are often more grinding, like to scrutinize the details, but push around, things are there, Wu Zhongyuan did blaspheme the ancestors of the Yi people, but it is impossible for everyone to punish him, to say that it is false not to be angry at all, but what can be done if you are angry, and you can't beat others.

Although Huang Youyun is the number two person, he is more straightforward and decisive, and raised his hand to interrupt everyone's complaints, "Don't say that he just stole the soul lamp, even if he burns our ancestral tomb, what can we do with him?"

The crowd sighed.

After a short discussion, Yu Qingdu and the three of them went out of the city again, and there was no other way but to pretend to be generous.

Wu Zhongyuan just said why he stole the soul-attracting lamp, this time they can only make a fuss about it, only saying that Wu Zhongyuan took away the soul-attracting lamp to save the world, and if the ancestors had spirits in the sky, they would definitely not blame.

As for compensation, it is naturally not wanted, but it is not that you don't want it, but you can't take the initiative to ask for it.

Since the words have been said, it will be easy to do next, Wu Zhongyuan was invited to the city as a guest, but he did not say that he would enter the city as a guest, but emphasized that he entered the city to discuss the details of compensation in detail.

At this time, it is already noon, the banquet must be prepared, and it is the highest standard, the place where the Yiren live is close to the sea, there is seafood to eat, there is no refrigerator at this time, seafood is a real luxury.

The wine and food were served, but Wu Zhongyuan didn't move his chopsticks, he really wanted to compensate the other party, this matter was not good to talk about, and this meal could not be eaten.

Although the Yi people were slow to say what they needed, Wu Zhongyuan could see that what they wanted was not something specific, but shelter after the arrival of the great enemy.

If it's just a simple shelter, it's easy to say, but the difficulty is that the Yi people don't want to move inward, so it will be more difficult, his sphere of influence is in the southern region of the Central Plains, and this is located due east, too far away.

When he went back before, he had seen the map drawn by the old blind man and Wu Di, and the general outline had come out, and the location of the Yi people was still east of Dongguan, and if he wanted to include the Yi people in the scope of protection, the entire battle line had to be extended.

Anyone who knows a little about the art of war knows that it is taboo to start a war on multiple fronts when the number of troops is insufficient, and both the Japanese devils and Hitler in those days committed this problem.

However, there are pros and cons to everything, and it is not only a disadvantage to include the Yi people in the protection, at this time there are many ownerless places, and a large area to the east of Jiulian City is no man's land, if it is all occupied, at least two walled cities can be carved out, so that it can also be connected to the area where the Yi people are located.

The two newly built walled cities can provide shelter for those tribes who have moved inward, and can strengthen their own forces, but the flaw is that the battle line is too long, and the longer the battle line, the greater the possibility of being attacked.

However, there is another advantage to including the Yi people in the protection, that is, the Yi people are good at making strong bows and crossbows, in the era of cold weapons, the strong bows and crossbows made by the Yi people are amazingly powerful, equivalent to heavy artillery, and are a sharp weapon for defending the city and resisting the enemy.

If you take in the Yiren, you will be able to assemble all the cities under your jurisdiction in large quantities, which will greatly improve the defense of your own cities.

At this time, the news that the five seals were about to disappear had been completely spread, and people inside and outside Middle-earth were panicked, and the Yi people knew the bad situation they were facing, and they also knew that Wu Zhongyuan had guessed what they wanted, seeing that Wu Zhongyuan was slow to express his position, he could only make his words clear, and then complain, explaining the reason why they could not move inward, they were different from other tribes, they had lived by the sea for generations, and all their life skills were related to the sea, and if they moved inland, they were afraid that they would not be able to make a living.

After Yi Ren made his words clear, Wu Zhongyuan also talked about his difficulties, this is not the time to slap a swollen face and become fat, he must let Yi Ren know what price he must pay if he wants to shelter Yi Ren.

The Yi people also understand Wu Zhongyuan's difficulties, but they have already offended the bird clan, and it is impossible to seek refuge from the bird clan, and the cow clan and the bear clan are far away from them, and Wu Zhongyuan has become their only hope.

In this case, if you want to seek refuge, you have to contribute, and like Kuicheng, the Yi people also hoarded a lot of salt, as well as dragon tendon Jiao oil and a lot of skin, and most importantly, they would make large bows and crossbows, which they were willing to share with Wu Zhongyuan.

Sometimes you want to be thorough and look ahead, and making a decision on the spot does not mean frivolous and hasty, after Yiren expressed his position, Wu Zhongyuan also expressed his position, and the way he expressed his position was also very special, pointing to the wine banquet, "The rest of the banquet will be discussed in detail." ”

Saying this is equivalent to indirectly agreeing, and the people of Yi are overjoyed, greeting them warmly and hospitingly.

The content of the next negotiation between the two sides is more specific, Yiren is not the first tribe accepted by Wu Zhongyuan, he knows very well what the other party is most concerned about, the primary issue is the ownership of the regime, to put it bluntly, who will have the final say in the future of Yiren City, there is no suspense about this, or a high degree of autonomy, full decentralization, which is actually no different from the separating of the earth in later generations.

The second problem is to get shelter while being in the same boat with other walled cities, sharing resources, the Yi people occupy the seaside, the food is relatively abundant, and you can also dry salt, although Kuicheng can bring a lot of salt, but it is only a hammer deal, there will be no salt supply in the future, you have to walk on two legs, you can't just rely on the consumption of salt reserves, you have to have a new supplement.

Since it is a detailed discussion, it naturally involves all aspects, including the relationship with the bird clan, the Yi people are very worried that Wu Zhongyuan will have a bad relationship with the bird clan because he shelters them, Wu Zhongyuan is also more worried about this, not that he is afraid of the bird clan, but that the Yi people have been paying tribute to the bird clan before, and he is tantamount to robbing the bird clan's colony by doing so.

It's easy to deal with this problem, all the disputed salt-drying beaches are given to the birds, and there is no need to pay tribute, after all, the birds have never promised to provide shelter to the Yi people after the five seals disappear.

Many trivial matters were mentioned during the banquet, Huang Youyun had many burns on his body, Wu Zhongyuan casually helped him heal, and after the meal, he went with Yu Qingdu and others to heal the previously injured Yiren soldiers, which was not only to show goodwill, but also to show ability, to show the mysterious spells, so that the Yiren were shocked.

Wu Zhongyuan was very interested in Yiren's arrow crossbow, Yu Qingdu and others accompanied him to review, on the way Wu Zhongyuan asked about the origin of the soul-attracting lamp, Yu Qingdu and others did not know the details, only knew that the soul-attracting lamp had been lit for thousands of years, as for how it came about, what kind of dragon-like creature the grease and wick in it belonged to, they did not know.

The Yi people lived on the remote seaside, Wu Zhongyuan came here, Yu Qingdu and others had to ask where he went, and Wu Zhongyuan did not hide it, only said that he wanted to go to Turtle Island in the East China Sea.

"The turtle island that the adults are talking about is the island that looks like a turtle?" asked Yu Qingdu.

"Yes, you know there?" Wu Zhongyuan nodded.

"You can't go to that place. Yu Qingdu waved his hand again and again.

"What's wrong?" Wu Zhongyuan frowned and tilted his head.

"That place is haunted......"