"Father!"
Lin Jianjia's eyes widened as she saw the scene clearly.
At that moment, she let out a scream and staggered back three steps, drawing many people's attention.
"Don't panic!"
Lin Xiaoyun said in a low voice.
With such a huge reaction now, wasn't she practically giving herself away?
As an enforcer of the Discipline Hall, she understood the clan rules best.
Of course, many people only learned to fear the law after their crimes had been exposed.
"How could this be? How could Second Uncle Lin have gone to save her? How could they have known in advance? Did Lin Wuqe betray me?"
Lin Jianjia's eyes were wide. She was still young, after all; faced with this scene, she was the first to be completely stunned.
"What happened?"
Even Lin Wuyi, who had already left, was called back.
"This..."
Lin Xiaoyun wanted to cry, yet had no tears to shed. He had no idea where to begin.
He simply could not tell Lin Wuyi that he had approved of Lin Jianjia doing this.
The clan succession struggle had just ended in failure. Lin Wuyi had only just gone to plead guilty, and Lin Xiaoyun had still been glad that he had not planned the matter himself.
Yet now, it was his turn.
Before the eyes of the entire crowd, Lin Xiao subdued Lin Wuqe. He raised his head, his face icy, and looked toward Lin Xiaoyun.
"Everyone! The battle for clan succession had just ended. I used some special means and happened to overhear something: someone had ordered an assassin from the Dark Flower to use the chaos after the succession struggle to murder a fifth-level disciple of the First Sword Branch with dual-six talent. So I rushed over and saved this child."
Many people had seen Lin Xiao