All of a sudden, the color on Ji Bozhou's face faded away, and he stammered, "This... I, I didn't know this gentleman was a Holy Silver Knight. Ignorance is not a crime, and I think the adults won't bother with me..."
Tian Yang smiled and said, "Indeed, ignorance is not a crime. I don't need to argue with you."
When Ji Bozhou heard him say this, he immediately took out a handkerchief, wiped the sweat off his face, and was about to sit down.
But Wen Tianyang asked slowly: "However, I remember that according to the church's regulations, church members need to maintain a neutral position and are not allowed to arbitrarily interfere in matters outside the church."
"Yin Meng, is there such a rule?"
Yin Meng leaned forward slightly and said, "Yes, Your Excellency Tianyang. The church has always been neutral. Only in this way can it maintain its transcendent position. Our church has other industries that are enough to support the development of the church, and there is no need to lean towards the outside world."
"Well, what if church members abuse their power and take a slanted stance?"
Yin Meng raised her head and looked at Ji Bozhou: "That depends on the circumstances. If it's minor, it's a severe punishment, expulsion from the church; if it's serious, it's death, to serve as a warning to others."
Tian Yang nodded, looked at Ji Bozhou and said, "As the bishop of the diocese, you should set an example for the diocese staff. But you openly support the Lin family and Lin Xingyuan. I don't want to argue with you, but from the standpoint of the church, I have to judge you."
"Deep Sea Castle Parish Rector Ji Bozhou has disregarded church regulations, tilted his stance, meddled in secular affairs, and damaged the church's reputation."
"As the Holy Silver Knight of the East Continent Cardinals' Academy, I hereby declare that Ji Bozhou will be removed from his position as Headmaster from today onwards, all his property will be confiscated, and he will be executed immediately."
Ji Bozhou's whole body was shocked and he shouted, "No, you can't kill me!"
But as soon as Tianyang finished speaking, Ye Xiao rushed forward, his long sword entangled with a flash of lightning and pointed at Ji Bozhou's chest. The parish priest was shaken all over and fell to the ground with convulsions. There was a little burn mark on his chest, but it was his clothes and heart that were instantly pierced by Ye Xiao's lightning.
Wow!
In the hall, all the businessmen who came to watch and cheer were frightened and left their seats, standing in rows.
Even the parish head Ji Bozhou said he would kill, let alone them. Considering that they had just helped the Lin family to put pressure on the young man, these people regretted it so much now.
Lin Xingyuan could never have imagined that his greatest support, his teacher, and the head of the Deep Sea Castle Parish had turned into a corpse with some warmth left.
Lin Xingyuan looked at Tianyang, pointed at him, and stammered, "You...you killed someone in public?"
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he shouted as if he had grasped a life-saving straw: "Murder! They openly killed people in the fortress, ignoring the laws and regulations of the fortress. Come, quickly, notify the fortress, notify Colonel Lu Ying, and arrest them!"
Snapped!
A slap hit him in the face, making Lin Xingyuan dizzy. After a moment, he saw that the person who hit him was the Silver Crown Knight who had communicated with Yin Meng before.
The Silver Knight looked at him coldly and said, "This is the church's internal affairs. What does it have to do with the fortress? Does the fortress want to interfere in the affairs of our church?"
Lin Xingyuan was suddenly speechless.
Unless Fortress was very full, why would he care about the internal affairs of the church? After all, the one who died was Ji Bozhou.
If it were in the past, Lin Xingyuan would never have made such a mistake, but now he is at a loss.
Just at this moment, he heard Tianyang chuckle: "Oh, by the way, I heard that Mr. Lin
"You are Ji Bozhou's student. So you are also a member of the church. Your teacher violated the church's rules, so you, as a student, are not much better."
The silver knight who had just beaten Lin Xingyuan asked respectfully: "Sir Tianyang, how do you think we should deal with it?"
Tian Yang did not answer immediately. He slowly looked at Lin Xingyuan from head to toe for several minutes. When Lin Xingyuan was frightened and his clothes were soaked with sweat, Tian Yang said calmly, "He abetted his own teacher and turned a blind eye to the church's rules. What can we say about such a person? He deserves death."
"No, no..."
Lin Xingyuan rolled and crawled to his father's side, grabbed Lin Zhongcheng's legs and shouted, "Dad, save me, Dad!"
Lin Zhongcheng's face turned pale, his eyes were complicated, and he stammered, "Sir Tianyang, everything can be discussed. Our Lin family was indeed blind this time and offended you... This, this..."
"How about this, Lin will have someone prepare a banquet right away, and my father and I will apologize to you in public and drink three cups as punishment. What do you think?"
Tian Yang laughed and said calmly: "Three cups of wine as punishment, why do I want you to drink three cups as punishment?"
"Well, didn't you just want to buy me a sea mine with a thousand gold bars?"
"Didn't you just say that this was reasonable?"
"Then, we also take one thousand gold bars to buy your Lin family's sea mine. I believe it is reasonable, right?"
At this point, Lin Zhongcheng dared not show off his strength. Even if his teeth were broken, he had to swallow his anger and said repeatedly, "It makes sense, it makes sense."
Tian Yang looked at the guests and businessmen slowly: "What do you think?"
At this time, those merchants were like fence-sitters, falling to Tianyang's side, pointing at the Lin family father and son and saying, "It's reasonable, it's more than reasonable, this is a win for your Lin family, it's a great honor to be able to do business with a big shot like Lord Tianyang."
"That's right, if it were me, I would have no problem with a hundred, let alone a thousand."
"The price of one thousand gold bars is really fair. It's a pity that I don't have sea ore, otherwise I would sell it to Lord Tianyang."
... ... .
Tianyang raised his hand, and the businessmen immediately shut up. Then he looked at Lin Xingyuan and Lin Zhongcheng and said, "Also, if you want me to let your son go, that's fine. But starting today, 70% of the profits from all your Lin family's investments must be delivered to our Longguang Group on time every year."
"If you are willing to make this deal with me, we can sign the agreement now. If you are not willing, it doesn't matter, just hand your son over to me."
"You can take your time to think about it. I'll give you five minutes to think carefully about whether your son is worth it."
After saying that, Tianyang closed his eyes slightly.
Lin Xingyuan's calves were trembling, and his face was pale. He hugged Lin Zhongcheng's thighs tightly and said, "Dad, what are you still hesitating about? Promise him. Do you want to give up your son for that little bit of money?"
"I am your biological son. Your blood flows in my body. Can this be bought with money?"
"It's just 70% of the profit. At least we still have 30%. Even if it's only 30%, we can still live a glorious life."
"dad!"
"Shut up!"
Lin Zhongcheng kicked Lin Xingyuan out and pointed at him, saying, "Didn't you say it was foolproof? What did I tell you to do? Be careful, be careful.
, don't be careless! "
"You are afraid now, what were you doing before?"
At this time, Tianyang opened his eyes, smiled and said, "Time's up."
Lin Zhongcheng's forehead was covered with sweat. He looked at Lin Xingyuan, closed his eyes, sighed, and said, "Just do as Lord Tianyang said."
Tianyang nodded slightly, stood up, and patted Longdan on the shoulder: "The rest is up to you."
He then said to Ye Xiao: "You stay and watch them get things done for me."
Ye Xiao put away his sword, leaned forward slightly and said: "I will definitely do it."
Tianyang said nothing more and strode towards the door. Yinmeng and other Silver Crown Knights put away their weapons and followed him. Then the team of church warriors withdrew in an orderly manner.
After Tianyang left, the merchants looked at each other, then did not dare to stay for long and left one after another.
In the blink of an eye, only Long Dan and his two companions, as well as a few people from the Lin family, were left in the conference hall.
boom!
Lin Zhongcheng sat down on the chair, feeling dazed and his ears were buzzing. He felt that he had never been so helpless before.
If he did not save the dying, he would leave people with the impression of being cold-blooded and heartless, and I am afraid that no one would dare to do business with the Lin family in the future. Otherwise, Lin Zhongcheng would rather not have Lin Xingyuan as his son.
And taking a step back, even if he handed over Lin Xingyuan, would others let him go and let the Lin family go
I’m afraid not.
I'm afraid that by then, others will use other methods to erode the Lin family's property. In the end, not only will Lin Zhongcheng fail to preserve his own family business, but he will also be branded as a tiger that eats its own cubs.
Looking at Lin Xingyuan, Lin Zhongcheng was immediately furious and waved his hands fiercely: "Get out! From now on, you are not allowed to leave the house without my consent, so that you won't squander the rest of our family wealth!"
Lin Xingyuan didn't dare to refute and left the hall and the trading house in shame.
At this time, Longdan laughed dryly and said, "Mr. Lin, well, would you mind sorting out the agreement?"
Thinking that he not only had to sell a sea mine for a thousand gold bars, but also had to pay 70% of the profits to Longguang Group every year, and that he had to sort out the final agreement himself, Lin Zhongcheng was so depressed that he almost vomited blood.
But at this time, he dared not say anything. He waved his hand, called his secretary, and asked him to prepare the agreement.
That night.
East District, Sea Monster Hotel.
"cheers!"
The hotel closed its doors early tonight. A long table was set up in the lobby, and the kitchen kept serving up food that looked quite rough but unexpectedly delicious.
Tianyang, Xun, Qianhong, Yueguang, Sunsun...
One figure after another stood on both sides of the long table, holding up their glasses, celebrating their reunion.
At this time, the door of the hotel was pushed open a crack, and Longdan went in, took off his coat, picked up the wine glass, and went into the table by himself: "You are so mean, you didn't even wait for me. You know, I've been busy all day today. My goodness, I didn't know it until I checked, it turns out that the Lin family has a lot of assets."
"But now, the more industries they have, the better. After all, 70% of their annual profits will be shared with us."
"This is all thanks to Tianyang. If you hadn't come back in time, not only would we not have had this good fortune, but we would have had to be led by the nose by the Lin family."
Longdan quickly poured a large glass of wine and gestured to Tianyang, "Tianyang, this glass of wine, I toast to you!"