In the end, the matter of Jinyun Chong's private torture of Jinyun Lan still reached the ears of the patriarch. He immediately called his good son for questioning.

Jin Yunchong was not afraid at all, and found a high-sounding reason for himself, "My son just can't get used to seeing the eldest sister fornicating with the Li family, and he is indignant for a while, so he acts like this." ”

The patriarch was furious and slapped the table several times, "But she is your own sister, how can you be so ruthless?" ”

Jinyun Chong rolled his eyes contemptuously: "Whether it is a relative or a living, my son will not tolerate any traitor who endangers Jinyun's safety." If my father thinks that I am acting viciously, he can call the elders of the clan to come and see if he wants to put his son in the ancestral hall as well. ”

"You!" The patriarch shouted angrily, "Your sister's matter has not yet been clarified, and even the Great Elder has never said that she has leaked Jinyun's secrets to the Li clan, so why is she a traitor." But you bullied your sister and made her suffer humiliation in public, with sinister intentions. How have I ever taught you to be like this, and I am so angry. I will teach you a lesson today. Come, get my whip! He shouted at the door, and the figure of the attendant Mali immediately left the door.

Jinyun was as immobile as a mountain, not afraid of his father's majesty at all, but sneered: "How can my father have the heart to teach me, even my uncle has taught me more than you. You only have the eldest sister in your eyes, why bother putting your father's shelf in front of me. ”

The patriarch roared: "I see that you are becoming more and more presumptuous. Talking and doing things are so extreme. I heard that you still blame your mother, saying that she is a servile and a slave when she is close to Lan'er, which is a great rebellion! I have always been deliberately tolerant of you, and I don't want you to not only be unrepentant, but also to intensify your efforts to use the public for personal gain. Why do you think that if you step on the soles of your sister's feet, you will be superior? With your narrow heart, you can't catch up with Lan'er's mind in your life. ”

When Jinyun Chong heard this, he jumped like thunder, his face turned red, and he roared hysterically: "I keep to myself, I think about Jinyun, I am narrow-minded. Jinyunlan violated her ancestral teachings, and she was broad-minded when she taught and received it privately with the Li family, is there any justice in this world? ”

"Are you really thinking about Jinyun, or are you trying to fight with your sister, you know it in your own heart!" The patriarch's eyes were unusually perceptive, and when Jin Yunchong touched the eyes he saw through, his arrogant arrogance suddenly became much shorter, and a line of panic appeared in his round angry eyes.

Then the attendant entered the door with a whip and handed it into the hands of the patriarch.

The patriarch grabbed the handle and slammed it into the ground, leaving a gray mark on the floor tiles.

Jinyun Chong did not run away or hide, straightened his waist, and waited for the punishment to come with a ruthless face.

The patriarch harshly drew a whip at him, and was about to hit him in the shoulder, and one hand was raised high, and he grabbed the downward whip alive.

The patriarch shouted with a gloomy face: "Brother, I am educating the children." ”

Jin Yunchong looked at the Great Elder with emotion and gratitude, and shouted aggrievedly, "Uncle." ”

The Great Elder threw the whip down, "You are not an education, you are a lesson. Lan'er's thing was what I asked Chong'er to do, and it had nothing to do with him. ”

The patriarch said angrily: "Brother, you don't have to excuse him. This rebel beat his own sister and broke two ribs. If I don't teach him a lesson, how will he know that there is still a king in this world. ”

The Great Elder glanced at Jinyun Chong, who had a disrespectful face, with a complicated expression, and still interceded for him: "If it comes to it, Lan'er does things like this, regardless of the consequences, isn't it the fault of your connivance in the past?" Fortunately, Chong'er found out early, and this matter was only circulated within the clan, if the people in the city knew about it, would the Jinyun clan still have credibility? Although Chong'er's behavior is inappropriate, isn't it beneficial to take this opportunity to knock Lan'er and make her restrain her temperament and not dare to act recklessly in the future? I'm in charge of this, let her go home and ground, and no longer need to kneel in the ancestral hall. ”

The patriarch was stopped by the Great Elder, sighed fiercely, and threw the whip out angrily.

The Great Elder gave Jinyun Chong a look and asked him to go out first.

Jinyun Chong glanced at his father's angry expression and left disheartened. It was only when he had only left less than a hundred paces that he suddenly turned around, went in a circle, and came to the base of the wall on the other side outside his father's study, and eavesdropped.

But the walls were so thick and soundproof that it would be impossible for an ordinary person to hear a single word of them.

But for Jinyun Chong, this is an excellent place to show.

He studied under the Great Elder from an early age. Most of the techniques studied by the Great Elder were related to stealing intelligence secrets, whether it was the mind-reading technique he had previously performed on Jinyunlan or the listening technique he had taught him.

The advantage of listening is that as long as the distance between the listener and the listener is not more than 100 steps, the spiritual power can be continuously attached to the medium by choosing a medium, so that their conversation can be transmitted through the medium without being noticed.

However, this requires the caster to release spiritual power extremely highly, and requires extremely fine control, and a little more will be detected by the eavesdropper.

And for now, this wall is undoubtedly the best medium. Jinyun Chong groped around this wall, slowly infiltrating spiritual power along the staggered gaps of the blue bricks. On the other side of the wall is the scene of the conversation between the patriarch and the great elder.

The thick walls did a good job of hiding his breath. He was attentive for a moment, and there was a faint ringing in his silent ears. He was overjoyed and typed in a little 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 why you should open one eye and close one eye." ”

The patriarch said: "Brother, others don't know, don't you still know me?" ”

The Great Elder replied solemnly, "I don't even understand what you have done over the years. It's just that now that Lan'er has happened, I regret my naivety more and more. If I were the patriarch, I would never have caused this situation. ”

The patriarch lowered his head gloomily and said dejectedly: "Yes, if my brother can arrange everything, he will definitely be able to arrange everything. ”

The Great Elder glanced at him: "You and I are pretending to be pitiful here." I don't get tired of playing this set from childhood to adulthood. ”

Finding that he was being seen through, the patriarch immediately put away his pitiful face.

The Great Elder's tone softened slightly, "It's not that I haven't given you time and opportunity, but I'm disappointed that you handed in such an answer. Don't interfere in the next decision-making, I'll arrange everything. ”

The patriarch opened his mouth to speak, but was stopped by the Great Elder raising his hand, "You have no reason to refuse. You know better than anyone that Lan'er has a special identity, but you still connived at her to risk her life and secretly collude with the Li family. You are afraid that others will not know that she is the daughter born to you and the Li family, right? ”

Jinyun Chong, who was outside the wall, was shocked by these words.

Oh my God, Jinyunlan's biological mother is actually a Li woman!

The Great Elder of Fang Zhong continued: "Now that the situation is turbulent, once this matter is leaked, if you are not careful, not only will you, the patriarch, have no place to stand, but maybe the entire Los Angeles City will fall into the hands of others. You are so disregarded for the overall situation, you make me, how can we be convinced? ”

The patriarch slumped into his chair in frustration, pinching the bridge of his nose with a headache.

The Great Elder looked at this unconscious younger brother and sighed fiercely: "There is something I have never told you. Lan'er's mind seemed to have the consciousness of someone else. The night I interrogated her, she suddenly judged two people, and her skills soared, and for a time I was cornered. ”

The patriarch looked up suddenly, worried: "What? Is there such a strange thing? That Lan'er may be affected. ”

The Great Elder shook his head, "I've sealed her power for the time being. She has too many secrets hidden in her, and she must learn to keep to herself. After returning home, let her calm down and recuperate, and do not allow her to go out again. Also, don't be too biased. I know that you owe Lan'er her biological mother, but Chong'er is also your child, and a bowl of water is even. After the Great Elder gave him a stern order, he glanced at the whip that had fallen on the ground, shook his sleeves and left.

And Jinyun Chong outside the wall also returned with a full load.

Soon Jinyunlan was taken home, and Cheng Cheng was released.

The patriarch's wife and Xiuxiu stayed in front of her bed from morning to night, and their eyes were red at every turn. Poor Jin Yunlan was unwell, and she had to take turns to persuade the two of them to shed less tears, and it took a lot of effort at the end of the day.

She didn't tell them that it was her son and that her brother had done this to her.

One day, when Xiuxiu helped to rub medicine on her wound, she was attracted by a mark on her lower back. She stretched out a finger, stroked the flat mark, and said strangely: "Sister, is this a birthmark?" ”

Jin Yunlan didn't know why: "What birthmark?" How I don't know. ”

Xiuxiu replied: "A birthmark like a flower." ”

When the patriarch's wife heard this, she rushed over to take a look and said in surprise: "It's true." When you were a child, I used to bathe you, and I never saw this birthmark. Could it be that it is an afterlife? ”

Jin Yunlan didn't know. I rubbed the medicine that night and lay on the bed with a lot of thoughts. Putting her own safety at risk, she was so worried about what the clan would do to the Lai clan that she didn't fall asleep until late that night.

The next day, at the Jinyun Morning Meeting, the elders were selecting representatives to go to Kongshan to negotiate with the Li family. In view of the unforeseen circumstances, the talks with Le Thi are urgent. It's just that Jinyun has not been in contact with the Li clan for a long time, and he has never really understood the strength of the new Li clan patriarch. In order to ensure the safety of the delegates, it is necessary to find someone who is very capable and good at speaking.

Just when everyone was worried about the candidate, Jinyun Chong volunteered to stand up.

"The disciple is willing to go to Kongshan and negotiate with the Li clan."

It didn't take much time for Jin Yunchong to be finalized as a negotiator.

The Great Elder immediately made a decision and passed the case.

The clan is equipped with strong guards for Jinyun Chong's travel, a total of five.

After the morning meeting, Jin Yunchong was left alone to have a meeting with the elders on diplomatic rhetoric.

This diplomacy has only two purposes, one is to confirm whether the Lai family has set up a secret passage. 2. Confirm whether the correspondence between Li and Jinyunlan is true.

Naturally, these two points are a disguise, mainly to observe Lai's attitude. If they are not inferior or disrespectful, or even complain a lot about Jinyun, they will have to agree on a countermeasure after they come back.

The elders were all impassioned and thoughtful, and polished their words and sentences to the extreme. The negotiators, however, were distracted. In his eyes, the Li family is just a group of rabble, why does Jinyun need to pay so much attention to it.

These humble words are placed on them, and they deserve it.

But on the surface, he still pretended to be well-behaved and obedient, and nodded again and again to the opinions and suggestions thrown out by the elders. So much so that everyone thought that he had grasped the core purpose of this diplomacy. Unbeknownst to him, he had already figured out a set of methods in his mind that he was ready to perform.