Chapter 369 The Real Culprit Behind the Scenes

Mu Lin, who devoted himself to cultivation, was rejoicing that he was about to advance into mortal transformation.

As for the wealthy noble families in the Southeast Region, they are worthy of their powerful reputation.

Perhaps in frontal combat, they were no match for the northern nobles, but when it came to intelligence collection, the two were almost the same.

More importantly, this is the Southeast Prefecture, the territory of the Southeastern nobles. They have been operating in this area for many years and have a large number of people.

Therefore, it is no surprise that after an exhaustive search, they were the first to find the real culprit behind Mu Lin's assassination.

However, after locking the target, all the southeastern nobles had a headache and were full of doubts.

"Ji Yu, the third son of King Donghai? Why did he assassinate Mu Lin? I remember that Mu Lin had no conflict with him, and there was no conflict, right?"

To be honest, after locking the target, the Southeastern nobles were a little confused.

According to their expectations, Mu Lin might be assassinated by the northern nobles - which ultimately ruined the northern nobles' plan.

There is a possibility of being targeted by monsters from other races - people who are not from my race will have different minds.

Even some wealthy families in the Southeast Prefecture might not want Mu Lin to fully grow up, so they took action.

But no matter what, they never expected that the person who assassinated Mu Lin turned out to be the third son of King Donghai.

In the eyes of many people, the two of them are incomparable.

Just when some people were confused, someone suddenly thought of something and looked at Prince Liang in the room with a strange expression.

"No, Mu Lin has a conflict with Ji Yu, a big conflict."

"It is said that the third son of King Donghai has been seeking to marry Ji Lingsha, the daughter of King Liang. Recently, there have been rumors in Yuzhou City that Ji Lingsha may become Mu Lin's wife..."

The gentry elder didn't finish the rest of the words, but everyone already understood.

"Love killing?"

Many people think this is reasonable.

Since ancient times, love has easily led to killing.

Considering that both parties are young geniuses, and as we all know, young people are high-spirited, but they are also the easiest age to be impulsive, so it makes sense for the third son of the King of the East China Sea to take action.

Of course, some people think of love, and others think of interests.

‘When Ji Yu took action, it shouldn’t just be that his lover was taken away. The prince of Donghai has many heirs, but there is only one throne. For this throne, his heirs fight fiercely. ’

‘Ji Yu wants to marry Ji Lingsha, not only for the love between man and woman, but more importantly, he probably wants to gain the support of King Liang in order to compete for the throne of King of East China Sea. But Mu Lin intervened, causing his plan to fail. ’

After thinking about this, everyone felt more and more that the conflict between Ji Yu and Mu Lin was reasonable.

After all, if love is only prone to killing, the fight for the throne is 80% likely to involve killing.

In order to obtain the royal position, those princes would not let go of their brothers, sisters, parents, uncles and nephews, let alone deal with an outsider like Mu Lin.

…

Combining all the information, his own speculation, and the news that Ji Yu escaped from the Southeast Prefecture overnight, the wealthy families in the room have determined that Ji Yu is the murderer of Mu Lin.

But because of this, they had a headache.

The assassination really broke the rules. It was not just a slap on Mu Lin, but also a slap on their face.

However, that was the King of East China Sea, an ambitious prince with real power and an army.

For the sake of Mu Lin, to kill the son of the King of the East China Sea and form a deadly feud with him... All the southeastern nobles in the room were not willing.

Even the Yanchu family would not do this for Mu Lin.

This is just like Mu Lin, who will not fight to the death for them.

"The most we can do is warn the King of East China Sea, ask him to pay some compensation, and ask him to discipline his son well. If we take action directly..."

The nobleman didn't say the next words, but everyone already understood what he meant.

And soon, there were echoes.

"That person has always wanted to attack our southeastern region, and we cannot give him a chance."

"After all, Mu Lin did not suffer much damage from this assassination. It is better for enemies to be reconciled than to be ended... We can ask the King of East China Sea to pay more compensation."

"Fortunately, we won't take action, and the northern nobles probably won't take action either."

For the sake of Mu Lin, no one is willing to fight with the King of Donghai, who is like a country within a country. They feel that the northern gentry will not be willing either.

Therefore, these people finally decided to let Mu Lin be patient for the time being.

"Brother Chu, Brother Yan, please give Mu Lin a little more advice and don't let him act out of anger. The enemy is powerful. It doesn't matter if you just tolerate it for the time being."

"That's when no one suffers."

…

Although they did not want to fight with the King of East China Sea, the nobles in the Southeast Region had no intention of covering up this matter for Ji Yu.

Therefore, at noon, Mu Lin learned the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes.

At this time, it was only half a day before Mu Lin advanced to transform into a mortal.

If nothing unexpected happens, that night, Mu Lin will be able to transform into a mortal.

Of course, Mu Lin currently has no intention of paying attention to the matter of transformation. Like the southern nobles who had just heard the news, he also did not understand why the third son of the King of East China Sea came to assassinate him.

"Who was that? I had a conflict with him?"

"There was a time when he wanted to marry Ji Lingsha, but now, Ji Lingsha will be your wife..."

"Ji Lingsha? Who is this?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

Mu Lin's second question silenced everyone.

After a long while, the head of the Yan family, Yan Yunlong, said in an extremely speechless voice: "Ji Lingsha is the daughter of Prince Liang, and there have been rumors outside that you will marry her and become your official wife... You don't know."

"Are you really unaware?"

With that said, Mu Lin looked at Yan Yunyu, Chu Lingluo, and Si Ye and asked what was going on.

Fortunately, nothing embarrassing happened to Mu Lin.

"There are indeed such rumors outside. Prince Liang has also contacted us. However, he acted...very hesitantly. A few days ago, he had said that he wanted to meet with us to discuss some things, but the time has not come yet. , he postponed this meeting, and now it has been postponed for the third time without consulting him to find out his purpose. We dare not disturb your practice. "

Put cultivation first and don't disturb yourself. This is indeed Mu Lin's order.

At the same time, King Liang's behavior also made Mu Lin raise his eyebrows.

However, how he acted had nothing to do with Mu Lin, so he quickly ignored the matter and focused on the present.

"Because of this, the third son of the King of East China Sea took action against me?"

"This is enough. The combination of Ji Yu and Ji Lingsha is not only about a woman, but also about the resource support of the King of East China Sea and the fight for his throne..."

Following the explanation from the head of the Yan family, Mu Lin learned about Ji Yu's motives for assassinating him, some of his action tracks, and even more learned that the old man in black robe who attacked him a few days ago was sent to him by Ji Yu's mother clan. Protector.

At the same time, Mu Lin also learned that Ji Yu fled Yuzhou City in a hurry yesterday and returned to the East China Sea Kingdom.

No matter where he looked, he was definitely the murderer.

After it was confirmed, Mu Lin no longer paid attention to anything else. He only wanted to ask one thing.

"Regarding Ji Yu's assassination of me, what are you, the powerful families in the Southeast Region, going to do?"

Hearing Mu Lin's calm tone, he didn't hear the slightest hint of fear or compromise, which made the head of the Yan family frown tightly.

But in the end, he sighed and said: "Sorry, Mu Lin, we can't start a fight with the King of East China Sea because of this matter."

"Killing Ji Yu may not necessarily lead to the King of East China Sea taking action."

"..."

Regarding Mu Lin's words, the head of the Yan family gave Mu Lin silence.

Seeing this, Mu Lin also learned about the choices of the Yanchu family and the Southeast Prefecture.

There was no further argument or persuasion.

Mu Lin, who understood everything, just nodded and said: "I understand, Yunyu, let's see the guests off. Also, thank you to Chief Yan and the Southeast clan for collecting information for me. I will always remember this friendship." "

"Ahem, don't worry, we really can't kill Ji Yu to avenge you, but we can warn the King of East China Sea to stop him from attacking you and make him pay some price..."

"No."

Before he could finish speaking, Mu Lin shook his head and said, "Weak words cannot have any effect."

Feeling Mu Lin's determination, the head of the Yan family thought that Mu Lin was counting on the northern nobles. Seeing this, he shook his head and said: "There is no need to wait any longer. We don't want to conflict with the King of the East China Sea, and neither will the northern nobles." As you wish, they can condemn the King of East China Sea for you, protect you from worries in the future, and ask the King of East China Sea to pay some compensation, but this is the only thing they can do. Ji Yu is the biological son of the King of East China Sea after all, and you are now. , and cannot be compared with the King of East China Sea at all!”

"I know."

After finding another way out, Mu Lin's tone was still extremely calm.

However, his calmness also made Yan Yunlong completely anxious.

"You don't want us to warn the King of East China Sea, and you don't expect the northern nobles to take action. Do you want to do it yourself? Don't be impulsive. You just have talent and have not become a strong man. If you go to the East China Sea Kingdom now, you will definitely die without a burial place. of."

"I know."

Mu Lin's tone was still extremely calm, but this calmness only made Yan Yunlong more and more anxious.

Of course, he was not that close to Mu Lin, so he wanted to keep Mu Lin.

But the Yan family invested a lot in Mu Lin. If he died in the East China Sea Kingdom, the Yan family would lose everything, so he would try his best to persuade Mu Lin.

"Mu Lin, don't be impulsive. Who doesn't suffer a little in the process of growing up? Before I became the head of the Yan family, I endured it countless times. Even if I become the head of the Yan family, I can't have everything go my way, so I still have to be patient."

"Besides, don't talk about me. Even the prince, and even the emperor of the Daling Dynasty, can't get everything he wants."

"It's okay to just tolerate it for the time being..."

For his own investment, he persuaded Mu Lin a lot.

After finding that it was difficult for him to convince Mu Lin, he asked Yan Yunyu, Chu Lingluo, and Si Ye to persuade Mu Lin together.