Chapter 165: Planned Attack (1/2)
In the inner court of Jin Mansion in Linjiang City, Li Yan was visiting the young patriarch of the Jin family, Jin Huolin.
"Jin Yan, haven't you been practicing hard recently? How come you have time to come to me today?"
Jin Huolin looked at Li Yan and asked curiously.
Li Yan stretched his body and replied tiredly: "I can't stand practicing every day. So, I came to you today to ask you where there are fun places. I want to relax."
"I haven't been to the city for fun for several months, and I don't know if there are any new funs recently."
Hearing this, Jin Huolin was like being poked in the itch. He slapped the table and said with a smile: "Jin Yan, you asked the right person."
Clearing his throat, Jin Huolin raised three fingers and said: "Recently, there are more people in the city. There are three good places to go. One is called the Gentle Country, which is full of young girls with excellent looks. "
"One is called the Hero's Tomb, which is full of good-looking women. Needless to say, they are more open and playful than those girls."
Speaking of this, Jin Huolin interjected: "These days, I am under a lot of pressure. At night, I like to go to the Hero's Tomb. The taste is very moist. I recommend you to go here."
It seems that Jin Huolin really likes the Hero's Tomb. Not only does he give it a high evaluation, but he also recommends Li Yan to try it.
"As for the last place, I think you should not like this tune."
"What tune?" This aroused Li Yan's curiosity and asked hurriedly.
Talking about the last place, Jin Huolin couldn't help coughing. After covering up some of his embarrassment, he said: "This place is called Xianggu Pavilion, and it is full of handsome and young boys."
"I said this, you should understand it!"
Li Yan nodded. As soon as he heard it, he understood what this place was.
He did not ask Jin Huolin whether he had been to such a place of fighting. Asking too much is not a good thing.
In fact, there is no need to ask. Seeing that Jin Huolin did not show any disgust when he mentioned such a place, you can roughly understand it.
After introducing the three places, Li Yan pretended to think for a while and decided: "Let's go to the hero's tomb you recommended."
"I have been practicing hard for so long. This time I have to relax. Relaxing and working hard is the correct way to practice."
"Let's go. I will treat you today. Invite a few more people. Let's go together. Otherwise, what's the point of playing alone."
Li Yan invited Jin Huolin.
When Jin Huolin heard it, he hurriedly said: "How can I let you treat me? I will do it."
After saying that, he stopped Li Yan from saying the rest, and then began to order the servants to prepare the carriage.
At the same time, he also arranged for the maid to invite the direct descendants of the Jin family who were familiar with him in the past.
"Jin Yan, do you have anyone to invite to go with you?"
Jin Huolin asked Li Yan while arranging the maid to invite people.
Li Yan thought for a moment and replied, "Let them call Jin Huoxiong. I've been busy with cultivation recently, so I don't have much time to meet him. This is a good opportunity to keep in touch with him."
Jin Huolin nodded and made the arrangements.
After making the arrangements, Jin Huolin and Li Yan continued to drink tea and talk.
It was obvious that they had to wait until the invited people gathered together before rushing to the [Hero's Tomb].
During the conversation, Li Yan smiled and bowed to Jin Huolin, saying, "By the way, I heard that you have recently started to manage the family. Congratulations!"
Jin Huolin was also very happy when he heard this, but he said, "What are you congratulating me for? You don't know how difficult and hard it is to manage such a large family."
"I didn't know it before, and I thought it was just a piece of cake. It wasn't until I took over that I realized it was far from as simple as it seemed."
"When I first came into contact with these, I was a mess and had a big head. At that time, I slept very late every day."
Jin Huolin's words at first were just modesty mixed with a hint of pride, but later he began to express his true feelings and began to complain.
Li Yan listened to him, but he understood why Jin Huolin was like this.
Jin Huolin is currently in the state of listening to politics, which means he can listen to the decision-making meetings of the Jin family. He has the right to make suggestions but not the right to make decisions.
Generally, the decision-making meetings of the Jin family are not held for several months, but recently, as the external environment continues to deteriorate, the meetings have become held every few days.
And Jin Huolin had to go every time, and he would be there for one or two hours, which was the real reason for Jin Huolin's complaints.
After all, the scene was full of big guys, and although he was the young clan leader, he was also their junior.
At the meeting, these elders would ask Jin Huolin questions about certain issues.
It was natural for him to answer well, after all, Jin Huolin was trained as the young clan leader, and he must have excellent performance to convince the crowd.
If he answered poorly or even couldn't answer, Jin Fenglin, Jin Huolin's father and clan leader, would be the first to scold him.
Sometimes, after the meeting was over, Jin Fenglin had to spend a lot of time scolding Jin Huolin.
Under such pressure, it was understandable that Jin Huolin would suffer from insomnia and sleep late.
Of course, with Jin Huolin's cultivation in the Yunzang realm, even if he suffered from insomnia, he would only sleep for one or two hours a day and wake up the next day full of energy.
Perhaps it was because of the conversation, and Li Yan kept listening to Jin Huolin complaining about how much pressure he had recently.
Of course, these words cannot be said to the servants. As for other clansmen, in Jin Huolin's eyes, they are okay to play with, but they cannot agree when it comes to serious matters.
Only Li Yan, since the two had met, would communicate with each other every once in a while, and some of Li Yan's insights often made Jin Huolin's eyes light up.
Gradually, Jin Huolin began to ask Li Yan some questions, and Li Yan could come up with solutions most of the time.
In addition, Li Yan showed that his martial arts skills were getting stronger and stronger.
Since then, Li Yan's status in Jin Huolin has risen sharply.
This is also why Jin Huolin complained to Li Yan.
Without enough trust, Jin Huolin would rather keep these words in his heart and would not say them out.
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, five people came, and Li Yan knew them all, but the one he was most familiar with was Jin Hu Xiong.
When Jin Huo Xiong saw Li Yan, he punched Li Yan on the shoulder and said, "Jin Yan, good fellow, I haven't seen you for many days. I didn't expect that you would still remember me."
Li Yan pretended to grin, rubbed his shoulder, and laughed and scolded, "You fat bear, you are too strong. My shoulder is about to be broken by you."
Then, the two chatted with each other with a smile. The sense of alienation that had not been seen for many days disappeared in the conversation.
Li Yan did not chat with Jin Huo Xiong all the time. With the introduction of Jin Huo Lin, Li Yan also met the other four direct descendants.
They were all of the same generation of Huo as Jin Huo Lin and Jin Huo Xiong.
In fact, everyone knew each other, after all, they all lived in the inner court of Jin Mansion.
It's just that they didn't play together in the past. Although they often met each other, they had no intersection.
After Jin Huolin introduced them, they officially knew each other. If they met again in the future, they would have to chat with each other, otherwise they would have something against each other.
At this time, the servant reported that the carriage was ready.
Jin Huolin took the lead and walked in front, while the others talked about some bed topics in the back.
Hehe, dirty jokes kept coming, which was a warm-up for the activities later.
The seven people quickly got on a big carriage, and four horses with pure hair pulled the carriage in front.
Using four horses to pull the carriage here is not just to show off the wealth, but also a practical need.
You should know that the cultivation of these seven people is not lower than the blood exchange realm. Except for Li Yan, who is not heavy enough because of the special nature of his clone, the weight of others is at least more than 200 kilograms.
Therefore, many times, when they go out to have fun, they usually let the other party move by themselves.
In terms of subjective initiative, experienced beautiful women are always more open than pure girls.
This is why Jin Huolin prefers to go to the [Hero's Tomb].
Soon, the carriage drove out of the inner mansion, along the special lane of the outer mansion, all the way to the exclusive gate of the carriage connecting the outer mansion to Linjiang City.
On both sides of the gate, under the respectful gaze of two rows of guards who had just entered the mansion for less than a year, the carriage drove out of the Jin Mansion leisurely.
However, before these guards could close the gate, a sonic boom exploded out of thin air.
Then there was a series of explosions, and the carriage that Li Yan and the other seven people were riding in was directly torn into pieces. The four horses pulling the carriage even neighed and ran away in such a sound.
Seeing this scene, the guards of the Jin Mansion didn't care about the gate, and hurriedly shouted: "Direct lineage, protect the young masters?"
In an instant, more than a dozen guards rushed out and gathered beside the broken carriage.
It was not until then that the seven people who were attacked woke up from the dizziness.
The attack just now was too sudden. No one reacted in time, and no one circulated blood and qi to protect themselves. They were easily knocked unconscious by the violent shock wave.
The moment they woke up, the seven people subconsciously circulated their blood and qi and performed defensive actions.
It was not until a long time later, when there was still no movement around, that the seven people relaxed.
Jin Huolin had a gloomy face, with a look of fear after surviving a disaster in his eyes, as well as anger and murderous intent towards the attacker.
He looked around and found that the other six people were not seriously injured, which made him feel relieved.
As long as they were not hit directly by the attack, with their cultivation, even if the carriage fragments scratched their bodies, there would only be a shallow bloody scratch.
At this time, a guard came to Jin Huolin with an iron arrow in his hand, and said carefully and respectfully: "Master, this is a murder weapon."
Jin Huolin quickly took the iron arrow in his hand and looked at it.
The arrowhead of the iron arrow was broken, and the broken part was in a melted state. You can imagine how fast the arrow was shot.
At the tail of the arrow, there was no feather, but a piece of white cloth was tied tightly.
Jin Huolin frowned at the sight of this weapon.
Just as he was about to take off the white cloth on the arrow, a figure flew out of the Jin Mansion and landed beside Jin Huolin.
"Huolin, are you okay?"
As soon as the man landed, he hurriedly checked Jin Huolin's physical condition.
"Elder Feng Xiao, I'm fine."
Jin Huolin responded quickly.
The second elder of the Jin family, Jin Fengxiao, is a mid-stage innate warrior.
Jin Fengxiao carefully checked Jin Huolin's body and found that there was nothing wrong with him, so he breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that he's okay."
Just now, someone reported to him that Jin Huolin was attacked at the gate of the Jin Mansion. He was startled and immediately flew into the sky and rushed over with all his strength.
At this moment, Jin Huolin, the designated successor to the clan leader, must not get into trouble, otherwise the Jin family will likely fall into civil strife and be invaded by foreign enemies.
Only Jin Huolin was there. Even if the other members of the Jin family had some ideas, they dared not speak them out, let alone make any unwise moves.
But if Jin Huolin was gone, all the demons and monsters would come out.
There was no Jin family member who did not want to sit in the position of the head of the Jin family.
"During this period, you'd better not go out. Even if you have to go out, you must report to the clan leader. I heard it."
"Also,..."
After Jin Fengxiao breathed a sigh of relief, he began to talk to Jin Huolin.
This made Jin Huolin seem to recall something, and he quickly handed the iron arrow in his hand to Jin Fengxiao's hand, interrupting the other party's nagging.
"Elder Fengxiao, take a look at this, this is the murder weapon used by the murderer who attacked us."
Jin Fengxiao took it and took a look, and also noticed the white cloth on the tail of the arrow.
This made him realize that the matter was unusual. Obviously, this was not a simple attack.
He glanced at the seven people, none of whom were seriously injured, and the carriage fragments scattered on the ground showed that the other party had the ability to kill seven people.
Obviously, the other party's purpose was not to kill Jin Huolin and the others.
Realizing this, Jin Fengxiao took off the white cloth and unfolded it.
The white cloth was delicate and tough. Jin Fengxiao pulled it, but it didn't move at all. It can be seen that the texture of this white cloth is not simple.
Soon, relying on his rich experience, Jin Fengxiao judged that the white cloth should be woven from the silk of a kind of exotic silkworm.
This is also the reason why this white cloth can remain intact in such an attack.
Then, the crooked black font on the white cloth attracted Jin Fengxiao's attention.
The ugly handwriting made Jin Fengxiao's mouth twitch, but the content on it made Jin Fengxiao's face serious.
So, he quickly put the white cloth into his arms.
"You guys follow me."
Jin Fengxiao ordered Jin Huolin.
After that, he said to a head of the inner palace who came over: "Clean up this place. I hope this incident didn't happen today. Do you know what to do?"
Jin Fengxiao's voice sounded majestic and unyielding to the head of the inner palace.
"I understand," the head of the inner palace replied quickly.
Jin Fengxiao nodded and left with Li Yan and the other seven people.
The head of the inner palace began to command people to clean up the scene and control the dozen guards who witnessed the entire attack.
Tomorrow, a new group of people will be replaced here.
Li Yan and others returned to the inner palace, Jin Huolin was taken away by Jin Fengxiao, and the other six were sent to the inner palace clinic to check their injuries.