Human beings are in a state of deception, and immortality begins with the secret book of origami

The frightened and angry Ji Yu was yelling at Mu Lin, and the reason why he did this was because he felt a crisis-a fatal crisis.

As Mu Lin caused more and more losses to the East China Sea Kingdom, the King of East China Sea looked at him with an increasingly cold look.

Ji Yu had a feeling that his father wanted to kill him now.

The reason why he didn't do this was just because of face issues... The King of Donghai didn't want others to think that he had given in and killed his son to make amends under the coercion of Mu Lin.

However, although the person was not killed, he was already banned, and in the foreseeable future, his end would not be good.

In addition to the dislike of the King of East China Sea, what worries Ji Yu even more is the opinions of other clansmen in the King's Palace of the East China Sea.

Now, his uncles and brothers are deeply disgusted with him because of the heavy losses their family suffered.

At the same time, the King of Donghai is ambitious and values ​​​​face very much and does not want to reconcile with Mu Lin.

But other people in the Donghai Palace did not have such ambitions. They just wanted to plunder the people's wealth and enjoy their lives, and no longer wanted to live such a life of fear.

Because of this, Ji Yu was afraid that others would no longer want to fight and would hand him over.

Ji Yu's worry...is right.

When many aristocratic families had different intentions and ordinary people heard various propaganda and the influence of Manzhu Shahua, they felt that King Donghai was a coward and a tyrant. The clan of Donghai Palace also sent people to negotiate reconciliation with King Donghai. matter.

"Tianhai, stop. If you continue to fight, you will wipe out all the family's wealth. At that time, you will become a sinner of the Donghai Palace. I think this result is not what you want."

"That's right, Uncle Tianhai, it's unnecessary. You are more than just Ji Yu's child. He is not even your chosen legitimate son or heir. There is really no need to ruin your family's heritage for such a rebellious son."

"Because jealousy has caused such heavy losses to the family, no matter where he is or which family he is, Ji Yu will be expelled from the clan. My lord, if you defend him to the death, you will only disappoint everyone in the East China Sea Kingdom."

The most important thing for a superior is to have clear rewards and punishments. Even the emperor cannot do things according to his own preferences.

In his previous life, Emperor Tang was forced to kill Yang Guifei and Yang Guozhong.

Now, Ji Yu has caused more trouble than Yang Guozhong, and everyone is deeply disgusted with him. If the King of Donghai continues to protect him, it will only alienate everyone.

The King of Donghai also understood this, and the Zongzheng in front of him was also an Earth Immortal, who was an important force in the Palace of the East China Sea. Therefore, the King of the East China Sea did not drive him away randomly, but explained it.

"I have no intention of forcibly protecting Ji Yu. I have caused such a big trouble. Once this matter is over, I won't care whether the traitor is destroyed or killed."

"Even after the matter is over, I have no problem handing Ji Yu over to you for punishment."

Having said this, King Donghai said solemnly:

"What I protect from the beginning to the end is the face of our Donghai Palace."

"A mortal monk knocked on the door and killed so many people. If our Donghai Palace does not make a strong response, our Donghai Palace's face and majesty will be completely lost."

"And without prestige, do you think other wealthy families in the kingdom will still obey us?"

"Do you think they will return our minerals, spiritual fields, and even the city tax revenue they control?"

"If you don't have these resources, do you think you can still live a good life and practice well?"

Looking at the clansmen in front of him, King Donghai said with a stern look:

"Don't be so naive."

"Everything you enjoy now was taken by me from other noble families. We are cutting their flesh and draining their blood."

"If we act like this, it will be fine if we are always strong, but once we decline, these resources, those powerful families, and the big sects will never be handed over. They will be like jackals, eating up these resources, and there will be no more The treatment of all of you will be reduced to the point where you will not be able to use these resources at all.”

"At that time, our Donghai Palace will only slowly decline and die slowly, and its final situation will become the same as that of Prince Liang's Palace."

Having said this, the ridicule on the corner of Donghai King's mouth became even colder:

"Speaking of which, you still don't know the situation of Prince Liang's Mansion. Because of the scarcity of resources, all their clansmen, as long as they are not three generations directly connected, will be expelled from the Mansion and left to fend for themselves, instead of being like you. Controls various powers in the East China Sea Kingdom."

"At the same time, Prince Liang's Mansion also has very little control over the dragon veins in the territory. Because of the low control, Prince Liang's Mansion can only support one Earth Immortal (Dragon Vein Earth Immortal) per generation."

"Haha, if you want to cut off your roots and your future, I have no objection."

"Anyway, even if I admit defeat and surrender, as a prince, I can still keep my position as an Earth Immortal, and there will be no shortage of various resources in my palace. But you, just find a way to support yourself."

"Oh, by the way, the powerful family is very afraid that we will rise again. Even if you go out, you will be suppressed by the various defenses of the powerful family."

"Those who are confident that they will not rely on the resources of the palace and are not afraid of suppression by powerful families can stand up."

"..."

After King Donghai finished speaking, naturally no one stood up.

It can only be said that the King of Donghai is still very capable. His words not only completely reversed the situation of being held accountable, but also threw the anxiety to others.

Thinking of the disappearance of resource supply and their own decline into a poor family, all the clan members who came over shuddered.

Life is indeed important, but sometimes, resources and status are more important than life.

As long as you are not stupid, you will know clearly that there are countless poor families who climb up with their lives.

And many times, the poor families pay the price of their lives but still cannot climb up.

"I must not let the family decline in my hands."

Such thoughts emerged in their minds, and their idea of ​​dealing with Mu Lin was stronger and more active than that of the King of Donghai.

However, some people regained their courage, while others had doubts.

Like the Zongzheng, he frowned and said:

"Our prestige has been damaged, and people's hearts have been scattered. It is really not easy for us to be the leader. It would be best if we could kill Mu Lin and revive the prestige of the Donghai Palace. But... can you kill him?"

"No matter how he did it, two earth immortals have already died in his hands."

"And after this incident, the earth immortals of other aristocratic families will never fight for us again. In this case, we can only rely on ourselves..."

The Zongzheng didn't say the rest, but the King of Donghai already understood what he meant.

If they killed Mu Lin alone, it would be fine. If they couldn't kill him, and let Mu Lin run away, or cause greater damage.

At that time, their situation and condition might be worse than that of King Liang.

Even if they won, if it was only a miserable victory, they would not be able to keep their current position.

Only a big victory, a hearty victory, can restore their prestige.

But Mu Lin is too strong, they may not win... This is a vicious circle.

"Bang!"

"It's all Ji Yu's fault. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have ended up in this situation!"

Zong Zheng of the Donghai Palace was angry, and the King of Donghai was also hesitant.

He didn't want the reputation of the Donghai Palace to be damaged, nor did he have the determination to defeat Mu Lin.

In the end, he chose to find a way to deal with Mu Lin himself and let Zong Zheng talk to Mu Lin.

"Thinking of a way to deal with Mu Lin while negotiating... OK."

Zong Zheng didn't really want to reconcile with Mu Lin. He just didn't want the Donghai Palace to suffer huge losses again, so he persuaded the King of Donghai.

At this moment, he found that the King of Donghai's proposal was the best for the Donghai Palace, which naturally met the wishes of Zong Zheng, so he didn't refute it.

Afterwards, the two who had reached an agreement discussed the conditions and bottom line of the negotiation.

- In order to preserve the face and strength of the Donghai Palace to the greatest extent, the King of Donghai drew several bottom lines.

"You can go and negotiate with Mu Lin, and tell him that I will stop hunting him, but he also needs to apologize to my Donghai Palace, and he also needs to return my Shanhe Ding..."

...

The King of Donghai proposed many conditions, and because Zong Zheng was not really loyal to Mu Lin, he not only did not reject the bottom line set by the King of Donghai, but also added a few more conditions.

It is even more natural that after the King of Donghai's conditions were conveyed by the Yan and Chu families, Mu Lin did not agree to any of them.

Not only did he not agree, but Mu Lin also sneered and sent some words.

"Tell the King of Donghai that what he can't fight for on the battlefield, he can't fight for at the negotiation table."

"He is the initiator of this war, and he is also the loser. He has no right to negotiate with me!"

"You want to surrender, but you have to show me the right attitude... the attitude of apologizing and admitting your mistakes!"