Chapter 166 Helpless Preparation for War (1/2)

"Why are you calling us here in such a hurry?"

In the inner meeting hall of the Jin Mansion, Jin Fenglei shouted loudly as soon as he came in.

Obviously, his temper was a little bad at this time.

It's normal. It's already the end of the afternoon and the sun has just set. It's the time of day when people want to rest the most.

In addition, during this period, the number of meetings was too frequent, which naturally made Jin Fenglei, who had a bad temper, inevitably become a little irritable.

Jin Fengxiao sat on his seat and glanced at Jin Fenglei, who had a loud voice. He only said one sentence and made Jin Fenglei quiet down.

"Third brother, the Supreme Elder will also come this time. If you don't want to be scolded, just shut up and sit down."

As soon as these words came out, Jin Fenglei immediately calmed down and sat down obediently.

If there is anyone else in the Jin family who can scare the innate elder Jin Fenglei, it is only the supreme elder.

Even if he is a clan leader, if he loses his temper, he will not give face to the other party.

After all, the two of them are of the same generation, and there is not much difference in strength. They have been playing together since childhood. How much majesty of the clan leader can be seen in front of him.

After a while, the clan leader Jin Feng arrived. When he saw Jin Fengxiao for the first time, he asked, "Where is the thing?"

Jin Fengxiao handed the white cloth hidden on his body to the other party. After Jin Fenglin took it, he sat on the main seat and looked at it.

At first, like Jin Fengxiao, he looked at the ugly writing on it and his eyes twitched, but soon, the content above attracted his full attention.

In one glance and ten lines, he finished reading the above content in less than three breaths, and then his expression became very serious, with suppressed anger in his eyes.

Jin Fenglei underneath was curious as to what exactly Jin Fenglin saw that made him so serious.

I wanted to ask, but then I thought of Jin Fengxiao's words, so I could only suppress the words that came to my mouth.

Jin Huolin, who was standing behind Jin Fengxiao, was also very curious. Speaking of which, he was the first person to get that thing, but he never had a chance to take a look.

At this time, the sun had already set its last corner, and four huge candles three feet in diameter and six feet high were placed at the four corners of the meeting hall.

This is a candle made from the fat of alien animals. Only the fat of alien animals can make such a large candle. No ordinary animal fat or other materials can make a candle of this scale.

Maybe it's possible, but Linjiang County doesn't have this level of craftsmanship and technology.

As soon as the huge candle was lit, it instantly illuminated the meeting hall that was originally in darkness, brighter than daytime, and there was no dark corner around.

At the same time, there were four deaf-mute people guarding the four huge candles. The only thing they had to do was to keep looking at the candles and clean up the melted wax oil from burning candles.

After a while, other innate elders arrived one after another.

The last person to arrive was Jin Shuimiao, the 110-year-old Supreme Elder of the Jin family. She was now the oldest female member of the Jin family.

"I'm late, I kept you waiting for a long time."

With the support of the maid, Jin Shuimiao came to the meeting hall and spoke a word, which immediately caused other people sitting in their seats to stand up, including Jin Fenglin.

"See the Supreme Elder."

Everyone bowed respectfully, and then Jin Fenglin stepped down from the position of clan leader and took Jin Shuimiao from the hand of the maid.

Waving back, the maid understood and quickly made a farewell ceremony. She carefully exited the meeting hall, closed the door and stood guard outside.

While Jin Fenglin led Jin Shuimiao to the seat dedicated to the Supreme Elder, he said, "You are not late. It is us juniors who are here early."

"Besides, it's so late for us juniors to ask you to make such a trip."

When Jin Shuimiao heard this, he smiled kindly on his wrinkled face and said, "Xiao Lin, you still have such a sweet mouth."

If other people in Linjiang County dared to call Jin Fenglin this way, this person who holds the greatest power in Linjiang County would probably die in a miserable way.

But Jin Shuimiao calling him this would only make Jin Fenglin smile.

In the time it took these two sentences, Jin Shuimiao had already sat in the Supreme Elder's seat, which was next to the patriarch's seat.

Jin Shuimiao's first words after sitting down was to directly ask about the situation: "Tell me, what happened when I called everyone here so late."

As soon as these words came out, most people's eyes were focused on the clan leader Jin Fenglin.

Jin Fenglin turned his attention to Jin Fengxiao and Jin Huolin behind him.

"This matter is related to Feng Xiao and Huo Lin. Let the two of them talk about the ins and outs of the whole matter."

At this time, Jin Fenglin had already sat on the throne of the clan leader. After saying this, he handed the rolled up white cloth to Jin Shuimiao next to him.

Jin Shuimiao took it and looked at it carefully several times. His expression changed from that of an old god to a frown.

Just as Jin Shuimiao was fascinated by the content on the white cloth, Jin Huolin and Jin Fenglin talked about the cause and effect of the matter.

It was mainly Jin Huolin who was talking, and there wasn't much to talk about. He could finish it in a dozen sentences.

After listening, someone said: "We need to investigate this Jin Yan. Why did he go to that place to find Huo Lin? Why did he and Huo Lin and others encounter an attack as soon as they went out, just like they had agreed."

As soon as these words came out, some people agreed and some objected. The person who objected turned out to be Jin Fenglei: "I don't agree with this. Jin Yan went to Huo Lin to have some fun and keep in touch with each other. What's wrong with this among clan members?" Isn’t it normal?”

"As for why I was attacked when I went out, I can only say that it was a coincidence."

"Besides, I have noticed the performance of this kid Jin Yan during this period. He has practiced hard and made rapid progress. He has also gotten rid of many bad habits from the past."

"If there are any younger members of the Jin family who can be promoted to Xiantian, I think Jin Yan is one of them."

After Jin Fenglei said this, everyone started talking. They didn't expect that Jin Fenglei, a genius of the Jin family, would be so optimistic about a junior from the collateral lineage.

Finally, it was the clan leader who spoke, and Jin Fenglin said: "Jin Yan needs to investigate, but everything needs to be done in secret. Before there is any evidence, he must not be forced to interrogate, torture or other methods."

"I am personally responsible for this matter. I will never wrong any clan member."

Now that the clan leader has spoken, no one will discuss this matter.

Although Jin Fenglei was a little unhappy that Jin Fenglin still wanted to investigate Jin Yan, he did not continue to say anything.

After all, he still believed in Jin Fenglin's character.

Then, everyone focused their attention on the most important thing, what was written on the white cloth.

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Seeing the way Jin Fenglin looked at him, Jin Fengxiao could only cough. After attracting everyone's attention, he said, "I have read the content on it. Let me tell you about it."

At this time, Jin Fengxiao's expression became obviously serious, causing others to hold their breath.

“There’s not much content on it, but there’s a lot of information conveyed.”

After a pause, Jin Fengxiao continued: "The [Red Blood Battalion] that caused the chaos in Linjiang County is indeed a member of the [Red Blood Overturning Zhou Army], and behind the [Red Blood Overturning Zhou Army] is Dayue Kingdom. Now, at the request of Dayue Kingdom, [Red Blood Overturning Zhou Army] has secretly transported all the troops to Shannan, Cuiliu and Canglan."

"Their goal is to prevent the Great Zhou court from recruiting troops, so that the Great Zhou court will have no more new blood to add in the battle between the two countries."

"Furthermore, due to the limited personnel of the [Red Blood Overturning Zhou Army], there are no reinforcements in our [Red Blood Camp] in Linjiang County."

"Furthermore, the above also told us that there are currently only ten Xiantian warriors in [Red Blood Camp], one of whom is in the late stage of Xiantian, two are in the middle stage of Xiantian, and the others are in the early stage of Xiantian."

Jin Fengxiao stopped talking here. Others thought he had finished speaking, so they broke the silence and began to express their opinions.

"I think we should first send spies to investigate the situation to see if it is as stated above, and then make plans."

Someone said steadily.

Then someone followed up and said: "After finding out the situation, if it is true, I think we should send troops to immediately kill those people from the [Red Blood Camp] and let them see how powerful the Jin family in Linjiang is."

As soon as this person finished speaking, someone immediately stood up and objected: "I don't agree to send troops. You must know that if the situation is true, there are ten innate warriors on the opposite side, more people than our Jin family."

"Even if we can summon innate warriors from other forces to fight together, there will always be casualties in the battles of innate warriors. What if our innate warriors from the Jin family are seriously injured or even die? How can we maintain the power in Linjiang City? rule."

After saying this, most people fell silent. Indeed, this is a big problem.

No one can guarantee that those injured or killed in the Innate War will not be members of the Jin family.

Then, someone else added: "Actually, the best choice is if we don't send troops. Think about what we can gain by sending troops, a few half-destroyed counties and worthless untouchables."

"But if we don't send troops, just pretend we haven't seen the content on that white cloth, and we can continue to squeeze the wealth of those forces who fled to Linjiang City to take refuge."

"On the other hand, if we really paid a huge price to regain those counties for them, wouldn't they immediately leave Linjiang City and return to their original place?"

"Isn't this just losing your wife and losing your troops?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other and saw looks of approval in each other's eyes.

At this point, they have a unified opinion, and regardless of whether the content above is true or false, they are unmoved.

The Jin family will not be used as a weapon.

However, they did not see the still serious expressions of Jin Fenglin, Jin Shuimiao, and Jin Fengxiao.

Seeing everyone relaxing after a discussion, Jin Fengxiao reluctantly interrupted: "Everyone, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Everyone was surprised, and then immediately closed their mouths knowingly.

"I heard the voices of all the tribesmen just now, but have you ever thought that since you can understand things, will that person not be able to see clearly?"

Jin Fengxiao's words made everyone who had relaxed expressions tense up instantly.

"The white cloth also said that if our Jin family does not mobilize all the forces in Linjiang City to attack [Red Blood Camp] within three days, he will spread the news throughout Linjiang County."

"When the time comes, will we be able to resist those voices asking for war? Even if we can resist, our reputation in Linjiang County will plummet."

"This is nothing. As long as our Jin family is the strongest in Linjiang County, we can change any negative opinions about us in Linjiang County."

Speaking of which, not only Jin Fengxiao was very confident, but so were the other members of the Jin family.

"However, what we are not sure about is whether the Shannan Daocheng side will punish us because of our inaction."

"After all, if the entire Shannan Road recruitment is blocked, the imperial court will definitely punish it no matter what the reason is. The Shannan Jiang family will at most receive a mild punishment, but if it affects our Jin family, this will be a disaster that can wipe out the entire clan. ”

At this time, everyone's breath was a little disordered. It was obvious that such news caught them off guard.

"This man is simply a beast. He actually framed our Jin family in this way. My Jin family is kind to people, so why did we get into such a thing."

Everyone agrees with the first sentence, but as for the second sentence, everyone has their own understanding.

Before everyone could discuss how to deal with it, Jin Fengxiao said again: "There is one last point that I haven't finished yet."

Everyone's faces turned green when they heard this, what else?

"The last sentence is that after he spreads the information throughout Linjiang County, if our Jin family still can't hold on, he will pass the news to a family that is hostile to our Jin family, the Wu family in Xishan County Let them pass the news to Daocheng."

"As a result, we are beyond our reach and unable to suppress the news."

"When the time comes, our Jin family will definitely become Daocheng's pawns to test the reality of [Red Blooded Zhou Army]."

"Do you think our Jin family has the strength to disobey Taoist Master's orders?"

"Moreover, what we will face when the time comes is not the [Red Blood Camp] that is unprepared, but the [Red Blood Camp] that is always vigilant."

At this moment, everyone knew that they actually had no choice from the beginning. The other party had already blocked all their other paths.

"Beast."

Someone got excited and roared, even affecting the candlelight of the huge candles in the four corners, causing the candlelight to float continuously, causing the meeting hall to become dim and bright.

"Silence."

At this time, Jin Fenglin looked at the person who made the sound and shouted majestically.

The man immediately did not dare to act frivolously again.

Others dared not make any sound.

"Great Elder, what do you think?"

When the meeting hall became completely quiet, Jin Fenglin asked in a low voice to Jin Shuimiao, who was thinking with his eyes closed.

Although the sound was small, it was still clearly audible in everyone's ears.

So, they all turned to look at the Supreme Elder of the Jin family.

In response, Jin Shuimiao, who had already opened his eyes, had a hint of helplessness in his eyes, and then became determined.

She only said two words: "Prepare for war."