Although Ling Yao's harsh words really aroused a wave of hatred from everyone present.
But except for Ling Linhan, no one here really has a chance to compete with this genius who is now the third level of Puxiang.
What's more, in this matter, Hengnan is indeed at fault. Even if Ling Linhan could be better, it would be too ugly to do this to the people of the master's family in the territory of Hengnan. On the contrary, it would make people feel that they had "guilty conscience".
You can't explain others' truth, and you can't defeat them even more. Fortunately, they all have this understanding. At this juncture, no one dared to speak out, so this "meeting" was not caused more embarrassment.
However, if you want to save this last bit of face, you will always have to suffer some "grievances".
With the tacit agreement that both parties had ended the topic, Ling Yao waved his sleeves in front of the ugly faces of everyone present, and left leisurely - this really made the stunned young people like Heng Nan gnash their teeth. I can't stand it anymore.
However, this feeling of grievance is destined to last for a long time. Because before they could think of a way to deal with Ling Yao, what they saw in front of them was the stack of data and analysis reports left by Ling Yao, which reminded them glaringly:
This is not over yet.
They also owe the owner and everyone an explanation.
However, where to check? How to check? Who will check? What conclusion will be reached in the end? If the conclusion is unfavorable to Hengnan, how will they reply to the host's family? If someone really interferes with it, how will they deal with it? How to calm down troubles and appease people's hearts?
Questions like this and that stood between them and Ling Yao one after another, as if they were silently taunting them - whether it was cultivation or means, they wanted to catch up with Ling Yao, and even retaliate. For them, it's a difficult task.
Fortunately, in the brief silence after Ling Yao left, Ling Linhan finally got rid of the emotion of being outside the situation just now, organized the remaining people to have a new discussion on the current problem, and specified a preliminary division of labor plan and response strategy. Soothed the shaken hearts.
Perhaps it was Ling Linhan's calm performance that really stabilized their emotions, or maybe it was Ling Yao's ridicule about their "no distinction between public and private affairs", "no discipline in the organization" and "no dignity in the leader" that had just stimulated them. In their hearts, this group of people finally calmed down their attitudes at this moment, joined the discussion seriously, and went to work according to the division of labor.
To be honest, Ling Linhan didn't know whether what happened today was a good thing or a bad thing.
Although their performance today is not really glorious, at least these free and undisciplined guys, after some beatings from Ling Yao, finally learned what it means to be a normal "leadership team" and learned to communicate unanimously to the outside world at critical moments. Instead of starting to fight internal conflicts first, he learned to respect his own leader - this may be Ling Linhan's biggest gain from this day.
However, not everyone will choose to digest and sort out everything that happened during the day alone——
"Brother Han! Are you free? I have something to ask you!"
When Ling Linhan was re-reading the files provided by Ling Yao in his room, trying to find a new breakthrough, Ling Yuandong's voice in the yard interrupted his thoughts.
He wiped his forehead and shouted to the door:
"Come in, the door is unlocked."
Seeing Ling Yuandong walk into the door with a serious face and closing the door behind him, Ling Linhan knew that what the other party wanted to ask was definitely not that simple. So he simply put down the page, motioned for Ling Yuandong to sit down, and turned his whole body.
"What's going on? You came all the way to see me in the middle of the night. Are you in any trouble?"
Ling Yuandong waved his hand, looking like he was hesitant to speak.
"Then what is there that I don't understand? Is it something that happened during the day?"
Ling Linhan knew Ling Yuandong's temper, he was extremely impatient, irritable, and often unreasonable when he got angry; but if he took the initiative to ask others for advice, he would definitely do so sincerely and with a correct attitude.
Seeing that Ling Linhan's expression didn't seem to mind talking about what happened during the day, Ling Yuandong breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned and asked:
"Brother Han, I was too excited during the day and didn't take your feelings into consideration. I embarrassed Hengnan in front of that guy Ling Yao! Let me apologize here first!
"But, I'm not questioning your decision, I just can't figure it out! Why should we follow his words and take over the investigation? Isn't it obvious that the master is causing trouble for us and throwing dirty water on us?!
"Even if there is any problem within us, it is a matter for us to investigate ourselves. Why did he take the opportunity to seize the command and pressure us to give him an explanation? Didn't you also see that when he left today? That swagger! I just can’t get angry!”
Ling Linhan sighed and shook his head:
"I know that everyone doesn't have a good impression of the people in the master's family. Maybe you have a better solution to this matter. But from the standpoint of the master's family, Ling Yao's approach is already very gentle.
"I'm not saying this to try to change his image in your mind, but to illustrate a fact - if another person were to deal with us on behalf of the Ling family, he would have the power to dispatch supplies on the front line and take advantage of our mistakes. It can never be as simple as just irritating us in front of us.
"Even if he does not use coercive means, but releases the information in his hands immediately, the image of the Hengnan lineage in the eyes of the people will be greatly reduced, and whether our people are qualified to fight this battle will also be questioned. Everyone questions.
"Don't think that the number of casualties is just a small matter. As Ling Yao said, if there is really someone among us who dares to use power for personal gain today and secretly attack the master's family, he will never let it go when he attacks other branches in the future. . If this is the case, what is the difference between us and those who act domineeringly in the main family? The people may not like the main family, but they will never support such Hengnan."
"So, that guy had plenty of means to deal with us. At that time, whether you thought he was stupid, soft-hearted, or he had his own persistence, he did give us a chance.
"And I must seize this opportunity and immediately give him a clear attitude and specific approach that can temporarily satisfy him, so that we can control the leadership of the investigation in our own hands."
Looking at Ling Yuandong's thoughtful expression, Ling Linhan added:
"The choice I made may not be a top choice, but if I am distracted by his words because of my temporary mood, and let people from the master's family lead the investigation, that will really make it easier for them to blame others. I also hope that You can understand my choice at that time..."
Ling Linhan still didn't say anything. In fact, he was more inclined to Ling Yao's side in this matter.
There are problems around him, and it is a certainty that someone is plotting and scheming in private. If it weren't for taking care of the emotions of Hengnan and others and stabilizing Hengnan's position, he would really like to use Lingyao's power to clear away all the nails around him.
It's a pity that he can only be a "peacemaker" here, analyzing the pros and cons of the whole thing from Heng Nan's standpoint, so as to avoid a head-on conflict between himself and Ling Yao.
"Brother Han, please don't say that! We all know that you are doing it for our own good. No matter how unwilling the brothers are, they will never blame you! Alas - I am just stupid! Don't blame me for being ignorant. Enough!"
Ling Linhan shook his head, not sure if he was helpless or if he really didn't care. To put it bluntly, Ling Yuandong really doesn't think too hard about things.
Not to mention facing Ling Yao, even on the battlefield against the demons, he often caused trouble due to impulsiveness and carelessness.
But everyone also knows that he did it unintentionally and had absolutely no intention of harming anyone. When it was time to charge into battle and kill the enemy with a broadsword, he was more active than anyone else.
If something irreversible hadn't happened, he wouldn't have the heart to say such unpleasant things - he was indeed a troublesome figure, and even Ling Linhan often felt like he could only deal with him.
Then Ling Yuandong asked some more specific investigation matters. It was rare that the other party was willing to ask and listen, so Ling Linhan naturally answered his questions one by one.
But the more they talked about it, the more Ling Linhan felt something was wrong. Finally, he couldn't help it, and pretended to be unintentional and asked:
"Brother Dong, I'm actually curious too. If you had to choose, who do you hate more, the master, or Ling Yao? Looking at your attitude, it seems that you hate Ling Yao more..."
"How do you choose this? Of course I don't like them all, and I wish they would disappear!"
Ling Yuandong didn't hear what Ling Linhan was trying to say, so he patted his chest angrily.
"Brother Han, you also know why my father is gone. But you may not know that the 'eldest young master' was the one who approved this matter at that time! It was clearly someone from their master's family who made the move first, deliberately provoking My dad and the others will only resist if they hurt someone. It’s for self-defense!
"In the end, they hacked my father and several others to death with one knife. The matter was reported to the superiors, and the result was a quarrel and a fight. Each side was hit with fifty sticks!
"My father and the others are all dead! Those who committed the crime in their master's family received frivolous punishments such as kneeling in the ancestral hall and being imprisoned! Let us brothers not mention material compensation, but even a few words of spiritual comfort. I didn’t even ask for it! How can I endure this!
"Whether you want to say whether he is partial to his own family or whether he is really deceived by others, I will never give him a good look! As for the master's family, they are irreconcilable!"
Ling Linhan shook his head. After thinking about it, it was better to avoid talking about this topic for the time being.
Otherwise, just as he was suddenly reminded of past memories today and immediately lost his mind, reminding Ling Yuandong of past events will not only fail to solve the problem, but may instead be swayed by irrational emotions and miss the important events at hand.
Just as he was about to change the subject, he suddenly heard abnormal mental fluctuations coming from the courtyard.
"who!?"
He stood up and looked out the window. There was no sound outside the window, and only the shadows of the trees were swaying in the moonlight, as if the spiritual consciousness that had just flashed through him was just his illusion.
But that's impossible.
At his level, unless he is deceived by the True Essence Realm, he will never be able to mistake this kind of fluctuation that is not concealed at all - the other party just runs fast enough.
Although Ling Yuandong couldn't feel the mental fluctuation, he began to feel a little uneasy when he saw Ling Linhan's nervous reaction.
This is Hengnan’s territory! The one who can make Ling Linhan alert must be a master!
As expected, Ling Linhan frowned, immediately supported the table and turned out of the window, leaving only one sentence:
"I'll go after you and take a look. You stay here, keep an eye on the information, and don't let people talk about you. Be careful!"
Before Ling Yuandong could ask if he wanted to inform others, Ling Linhan's figure had disappeared into the night.
Although he felt uneasy, Ling Yuandong still listened to Ling Linhan's words and stayed where he was.
After all, in the entire Hengnan realm, apart from Ling Yao, Ling Linhan is already the person with the highest cultivation level. Even if he called a bunch of Dongxu Realm people to rush to look for people, it really wouldn't be of much help.
I don’t know who the other party is. Is it a spy from the Wolong Kingdom monitoring them, or a spy sent by several big families around them?
Or...a demon?
…
If Ling Linhan knew what Ling Yuandong was thinking at this time, he would definitely say
——The demon clan is a piece of shit. It's the devil! !
"If it was you, why were you running! I thought the enemy was coming! There's something wrong with you!"
"The fault is yours, okay! Didn't I take my consciousness back right away? What a fool you are! Who could just take one look at you and run away! Besides, you caught me when I went out to find a kitchen. Stop! There is a fool next to you, can I not run away! Do I want to lose face?"
"We Hengnan treated you harshly or something! Why are you looking for a kitchen in the middle of the night!"
"You think I don't waste physical and mental energy fighting with you during the day! What kind of food do you Hengnan eat! It tastes so bad! Even the roadside stalls in Luoshan next door are better than what your chef cooks! Isn't this harsh treatment? What's the problem with finding the kitchen when I'm hungry in the middle of the night?! I have no human rights!?"
Ling Linhan: ...I know that the other party's behavior is embarrassing, but because the other party is so confident and even justified, I don't know where to start to accuse.
"Ah, my beggar chicken has enough time! Digging!!"
Watching someone happily shoveling the mud on the ground, Ling Linhan felt exhausted today.
What is he doing out here in the middle of the night? Do you want to be angry? !
