Tiancang Continent, Great Xia Empire, Donghai County, Lin Family,

According to the genealogy, due to the war, the Lin Hongju family, the third-generation head of the Lin family, moved to Donghai County and began to engage in maritime trade.

After several generations of hard work and continuous efforts of the Lin family, the Lin family finally gained a firm foothold in Donghai County and continued to multiply, and today, the clan's industries are all over the major cities along the coast of the East China Sea, and the five major families in the East China Sea rank fourth.

The original place of settlement, which is now the headquarters of the Lin family, is located on the seaside side of the eastern part of Donghai County.

Originally, there was only one small courtyard, but after several generations of continuous repair and expansion by the Lin family, a quarter of the land in the eastern part of Donghai County was included in the Lin family's residence.

In the Lin family's meeting hall in the center of the old house, some dim night pearl lights stretched the figures of the five people in the hall extremely long.

None of the five people spoke, and there seemed to be some depression in the silent hall, and this strange depression came from the first person.

This person was wearing a dark blue robe, the left and right cuffs were inlaid with gold lines, solemn and with an invisible aura of superiority, the sideburns on both sides of his forehead were slightly white, the upper eyelids were pulled down in the deep sunken eye sockets, the eyes seemed to be closed, and the slender fingertips slowly and rhythmically tapped on the Taishi chair, as if waiting for the decision of the remaining four.

"Lord County Shou, is that news true?" Lin Yi, the head of the Lin family, who was sitting on the Taishi chair on the right, opened his mouth to break the silence in the hall,

The person in the first seat opened his left eye slightly, as if he glanced at Lin Yi, "Naturally true, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to visit you Lin Family Master" Some chapped lips moved slightly, and a hoarse voice came into the ears of the remaining four people.

Hearing these words, Lin Yi nodded solemnly, as if he was thinking, but he did not show the slightest trace, and looked sideways at the remaining three people in the hall.

Seeing Lin Yi's inquiring gaze slowly swept over, Lin Zhan and Lin Rui, who were sitting on the side, glanced at each other in unison, seeing Lin Rui nodding slightly, Lin Zhan seemed to be encouraged, and his right hand supported the armrest of the Taishi chair, and some sturdy figures stood impressively,

"Since the news is true, then our Lin family can't help but express its position, besides, that beast has harmed the East China Sea for many years, and now that we know where it is hiding, and with the assistance of the county guard, we will definitely kill that beast in the East China Sea in one go, and return the East China Sea County to a peace."

Lin Zhan, the second eldest of the Lin family, has a fiery temperament, and the previous depression has long made him a little unbearable, but now when it comes to sex, Lin Zhan slapped the table with his big hand, and his voice almost roared out of his throat.

"The second brother is right, that sea Jiao is entrenched in the East China Sea, and it is the most harmful to our Lin family, and the batch of medicinal materials consigned by the Zhou family in Lingnan three months ago was destroyed by it, causing our Lin family to lose 500,000 taels of silver in vain. ”

Lin Rui, the third man who was sitting next to him and was a little thin, stroked his beard, there seemed to be a flash of light in his eyes, and analyzed it from the perspective of interests with his unique slightly hoarse bass.

Seeing that Lin Zhan and Lin Rui said so, Lin Yi, who had a somewhat vicissitudes in his face, nodded slightly, and lightly pinched the lid of the porcelain cup on the sandalwood table with two fingers of his right hand, and gently stroked the tea leaves in the porcelain cup along the lid, and took a sip, Lin Yi turned his gaze to Lin Yun, the only one in the hall who did not speak,

"Fourth, what do you think?"

The eyes of everyone in the hall shot at Lin Yi's soft question, and Lin Yun, who was half-sitting on the chair and wearing a blue and white patterned robe, knew that he couldn't escape, and after a little silence, his eyes swept back to everyone in the hall, cleared his throat, and said lightly

"Then I'll tell you my opinion, this news brought by the county guard is not for the sake of our Lin family, I am here to express my sincere thanks to Zhang Junshou on behalf of our Lin family, but as the so-called slow is fine, fast is rest, I personally think that the matter of killing Haijiao still needs to be considered in the long run."

"Oh, aren't we calling it a long-term plan?"

Zhang Ziming's eyes on the first seat were completely open, and the slightly protruding eyeballs in the sunken eye sockets stared directly at Lin Yun.

Although Lin Zhan and Lin Rui showed puzzled expressions, they subconsciously still believed in their fourth brother, after all, in the years since Lin Yun returned from Yunyou, several good ideas were put forward by him, which benefited the Lin family a lot, the two turned their heads to look at Lin Yun, waiting for Lin Yun's next words,

As for Lin Yi next to him, he still looked calm, looking at Zhang Ziming's somewhat hideous face, he was already secretly praising in his heart, leaning most of his body on the Taishi chair, and continued to be silent, his eyes slightly closed, as if he still had a little enjoyment,

Lin Yun glanced at Lin Yi, and when he saw Lin Yi sitting like this, he knew it in his heart, shook his head with a wry smile, sorted out his thoughts a little, and said,

"The destruction of the Zhou family's medicinal materials, I was also present, our Lin family merchant ships were more than ten, but the merchant ship full of medicinal materials was destroyed, which shows that the purpose of the sea Jiao is clear, and it is very likely that it has opened the wisdom, the ancient saying has clouds, Jiao has a spirit, it must be a hundred years, so it seems that this sea Jiao can not be used as an ordinary sea Jiao."

Lin Yun groaned slightly, thought for a while and continued,

"Although I have never fought with it, but looking at its momentum, it is already a demon beast comparable to a mid-level powerhouse, and when our Lin family caravan rounded up this sea Jiao, the thick fog it spewed out covered the sea area for ten miles, making most of my Lin family's crew faint and had to withdraw. I estimate that the purpose of this sea Jiao's attack on the merchant ship is to devour the medicinal herbs on the ship and prepare for its transformation, and now that March has passed, no one knows what it has become.

Lin Zhan and Lin Rui are not brainless people, and when they heard Lin Yun's remarks, especially the four characters of the middle level of Renxuan, they categorically denied their thoughts, and after thinking about it, the demeanor of the two of them looking at the county guard also changed.

After Lin Yun's words, the entire council hall returned to its previous silence again, and the pressure at this time was all concentrated on the person in the first seat.

At this time, Zhang Ziming, who was on the first seat, knew that today's plan to drive away the wolf and devour the tiger was no longer difficult to achieve.

Looking around, the eyes of several people in the Lin family who looked at him were already a little unkind, and Lin Yi, who was not squinting on the Taishi chair on the side, actually smiled, even if there was endless anger in Zhang Ziming's chest, it was not easy to attack, so he had to get up slowly, clapped his hands and said,

"Okay, a good one has gone and has no return, if it is really according to what Brother Lin Yun said, then this matter of removing Jiao must have to be delayed for some time, today is my Zhang Mou abrupt, I want to eliminate harm for the people of Donghai County and ignore the intelligence work, fortunately, my brother reminded me in time, it is not too early, I should also go back to the house to repair a letter to report this Haijiao, and I will leave first. ”

"I'll send you" Lin Yi, who got up from the Taishi chair, saw Zhang Ziming in a good mood for a while, and the smile on his face couldn't be concealed between his words, and his big hand pointed to the door of the hall, "Zhang Junshou, please~"

Zhang Ziming snorted lightly, flicked the robe around his waist, and stepped out.

The remaining three people in the hall watched the two go, and when Zhang Ziming walked away, they also began to ponder the matter.

"Fortunately, the fourth child has analyzed it well, otherwise today my brain is hot and I decided to fight that sea Jiao, and our Lin family's good hands will definitely lose most of it" Lin Zhan, who thought of the consequences, touched the back of his head and said with some embarrassment, with such a big and three rough appearance, it made Lin Chen a little dumbfounded,

"Yes, yes, 500,000 taels of silver is a small matter, but the family vitality is a big injury," Lin Rui, who was a little thin, also stood aside and echoed.

"You, you, do things from a distance, no matter whether the sea Jiao is psychic or not, if our Lin family goes to cut Jiao, it is inevitable that the vitality will be greatly damaged, not only that, if other families stab us in the back at this time, our Lin family's nearly 100-year-old foundation is afraid that it will be ruined, this time the Zhang Ziming came to the door seems to be kind, in fact, I know what the calculation is behind it, but he came to the door as a county guard, and I, the head of the family, are not good to refuse bluntly, but fortunately, the fourth brother helped me to clarify the stakes, so he had to leave"

Lin Yi, who sent Zhang Ziming away, also returned to the hall and said in a deep voice to the three of them,

"Big brother, I am also a member of the Lin family, for the sake of the Lin family, this is all right, these are trivial things, what we should pay attention to now is that now that his Zhang family's plan has been shattered, I am afraid that he will not give up, let's be careful recently, in case there is anything to do."

Lin Yun is also a careful person, and reminded the three of them,

"Yes, yes, what the fourth brother said is very true, I will go back and tell the mother-in-law and the little cub, so that they can stop a little bit recently. ”

"Then I'll go back to reconcile the accounts first, it's been an eventful time recently, and I still need more work from the eldest brother and the fourth brother"

"Go, go, go back, take care of your own affairs," Lin Yi said helplessly,

"Then big brother, I'll go back first, Chen'er is still waiting for me to go home for dinner" Lin Yun saw that the eldest brother and the second brother left one after another, and he also said goodbye,

"Fourth, wait a minute"

"Big brother, is there anything else?" Lin Yun stopped in response,

"Among our brothers, you are the only one who sees things the most thoroughly, originally my father and brothers all hoped that you would accept the position of the head of the family, but you are all focused on cultivation, so I have no choice but to become the head of the family."

"Big brother, these old things, what are you doing with it?"

"Your eldest brother, I just sighed, the position of the head of the family, one wrong step, will lead the family to destruction, not to mention that now the five major families in Donghai County seem to be peaceful, but in fact the undercurrent is turbulent, the Zhang family is expanding in Donghai County with the authority of the county, the Xia family has a royal background and lives in a corner, the Guo family climbs the god and the Li family seeks stability, and the Gao family is directly dependent on the Zhang family, only our Lin family, there is no strong about doing dependence, and there is no strong person in the clan, although it accounts for half of the maritime trade in Donghai County, but this fragrant bun is in our hands, but it is even more jealous”

"Jealousy?"

"It's okay for the Zhang family to say, I'm afraid that his Zhang family will overwhelm people or unite with other families,"

"Big brother, don't think too much about it, if one day it's really like what you said, our Lin family will also let them know that if you want to eat us, you have to be ready to break a few teeth" Lin Yun clenched his fist with one hand, and the mysterious power wrapped in the fist faintly showed signs of turning from virtual to real.

"Fourth, it's back again?" Lin Yi looked at Lin Yun with a happy expression,

"Well, it's a little bit better, but I can't tell anyone about it."

"Of course"

......

County Keeper's Office,

In the pavilion, there was a table of delicacies, the singer played music, the dancer shook gently, and a slightly floating middle-aged man stood beside Zhang Ziming.

"Lord County Shou, can this wine and beauty from the north of the desert suit your taste?" The middle-aged man who stood bent his bloated body, and squeezed out a smile on his face,

"Not bad, it's a pity that there is a fly in the ointment" Zhang Ziming looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him, and a sense of irritability in his heart did not subside.

"What do you say?"

"Master Gao, we don't talk darkly, today I went to the Lin family and invited the Lin family to exterminate the sea Jiao together, I had already said that the second and third elders of the Lin family were moved, but the fourth elder of the Lin family, Lin Yun, was too shrewd, and finally came back from the long-term plan."

"Lin Yun?

"It is the genius of the Lin family, who practiced martial arts at the age of eight, entered the Xuan at the age of ten, was a human Xuan at the age of fifteen, and was a dixuan at the age of twenty, if this momentum continued, he Lin Yun could have become the youngest Tianxuan powerhouse in Donghai County and even the empire, but unfortunately, it was a pity that he was still trapped by love in the end, and the realm did not advance but retreated, it was really a love species."

"Then, Lord Gunjo, what's next..."

"Hmph, I, Zhang Ziming, am the county guard of this Donghai County, and the Lin family doesn't even give me face in my Donghai County, so I will report to the empire later and accuse them of the Lin family for not assisting in the extermination of demon beasts and disobeying the law of the emperor."

"Your Excellency. Gao Jinde's fat body bowed slightly, lowered his head and said sincerely,

"As soon as the Lin family falls, our Gao family will become the fourth family, and the chess pieces of the Guo family and the Xia family will slowly play a role, and finally deal with this Zhang family, hum!" Gao Jinde's small eyes under the extremely low head were already spinning, and the silent abacus in his heart was also constantly beating.