Chapter 169: Behind History

After the assassination, there were no more surprises at the banquet.

Li Siming specially set up a table on the second floor to invite Zhang Chenxing and the three of them, and not only was he respectful to Zhang Chenxing, but also showed obvious friendship intentions to Yi Fanrou.

After the banquet was dispersed and the tea was drunk after the meal, Zhang Chenxing proposed to say goodbye, and Li Siming hurriedly came out to see him off.

"Thank you so much for today's incident, if it weren't for your talisman, I'm afraid my two great-grandsons would never see each other again!" Li Siming mentioned the matter again while sending people out.

Zhang Chenxing knew why he mentioned this matter at this time, so he said with a smile: "That killer assassination can't be successful, maybe he will come again, or Grandpa Li will go back to my residence with me, and I will send you a few talismans?"

"Xiaoyou's amulet is magical, but it's a very valuable thing, and I shouldn't have asked for it. It's just that it involves the comfort of my family, so I have to beg with a thick old face! But I won't ask for it in vain, just ask for anything Xiaoyou needs, just ask, I will definitely satisfy Xiaoyou!" Li Siming was embarrassed to take it for nothing, and immediately said.

"Grandpa Li is serious, it's just a little effort, it's nothing. Zhang Chenxing excused himself.

"Or it's nothing to Xiaoyou, but for me, that's a great life-saving grace! I already owe Xiaoyou a life last time, and tonight I saved my great-grandson, how can such a great favor not be repaid!"

Although it is not clear where Zhang Chenxing came from, he has that kind of magical ability, and he is definitely not an ordinary person, Li Siming is naturally trying to get closer to each other. Therefore, Zhang Chenxing's kindness to him should not only be repaid, but also repaid, so as to show sincerity and bring the relationship between them closer.

"I don't need anything either, so Grandpa Li doesn't have to bother!" Zhang Chenxing replied.

"Okay, since you don't need it for the time being, then I'll make a note of it first, and when you need my help, just ask! Don't dare to say anything else, in this Xijing realm, I still have some ability!" When it comes to this, it's no longer interesting to force it, so Li Siming first remembered this kindness in his heart.

When it comes to the safety of his family, it is not the time to be reserved, Li Siming immediately called two cars to give Zhang Chenxing a ride.

Although the distance is not far, and it takes less than a few minutes to walk, but with the experience of being watched by onlookers when he came, Zhang Chenxing did not shirk.

Zhang Chenxing found that at this time, the Furong Villa was already under martial law, the number of security guards was several times more than usual, there were patrols everywhere, and even some eyeliner was placed on the street outside, either openly or secretly, it seems that what happened in Villa No. 5 has aroused the great attention of Furong Villa.

Back at the villa, let Li Siming wait downstairs for a while, and Zhang Chenxing returned to his room on the fourth floor.

During these busy days, Zhang Chenxing also took the time to ask Xue Anmin for help, purchased some materials needed, and made some rune paper suitable for the foundation building period. Since it is a life-saving thing, Zhang Chenxing decided to use these better rune papers, and the effect will be much better.

It's not a hassle to draw talismans, but there are a lot of people in Li Siming's family, and if there is one for each person, there will be a lot of need! Fortunately, Li Siming is ready to send most of the people to his family first, and only let some people who have to stay stay, and ten talismans are more than enough to count.

It didn't take long for Zhang Chenxing to hand over the ten talismans to Li Siming and asked him to go back early to make arrangements.

After Li Siming left, Zhang Chenxing sat down on the sofa in the living room, and said to Yi Fanrou with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be a member of the family, I would have asked you about that Zhu Gongzi if I knew it." ”

"Brother Xing, don't you really know about our Sixteenth Clan?" Yi Fanrou was even more strange, she thought that Zhang Chenxing had already known these things.

Zhang Chenxing said with a smile: "I'm just an ordinary person, how can I know these things." ”

"Cut, you are still an ordinary person? If you are an ordinary person, there will be no ordinary people in the sky!" After glancing at Zhang Chenxing, Yi Fanrou straightened his posture and asked solemnly: "Brother Xing, looking at your methods, you should be a member of the Xuanmen, right?" As far as I know, the master should have explained the birth and training of the people in the Xuanmen, and he shouldn't be ignorant of us families?"

"Oh, so you know a little bit about the Xuanmen? What do you know, can you tell me?" Zhang Chenxing was still very interested in this.

Originally, Yi Fanrou thought that Zhang Chenxing had already recognized the identity of the children of his clan, so he would teach himself things without any request, but now he knew that he had gone wrong, and Zhang Chenxing didn't know the existence of those clans at all! This made Yi Fanrou strange, a little unclear about Zhang Chenxing's background, but she had received so many benefits from Zhang Chenxing, and it was also appropriate to reveal some news, these news were secret to ordinary people, but in the Sixteen Families, and even some other small families were not secrets.

Only then did Zhang Chenxing learn from Yi Fanrou's mouth that in addition to the country, there were forces like the big families around him, such as the representative sixteen families!

Although these families are not famous, their influence in the secret is very great, not to mention the connection with the party, government, and military, just the wealth accumulated for hundreds of thousands of years, which cannot be underestimated!

Regarding Xuanmen, Yi Fanrou also said something.

In ancient times, Xuanmen had close contacts with ordinary people, so people in the world could often see some supernatural figures. However, because of their close association with ordinary people, some people are tempted by fame and fortune, so there have been several incidents of power seized by people in the Xuanmen, which have had a great impact on the world of ordinary people. So since the Great Song Dynasty, Xuanmen has gradually drawn a line from the world of ordinary people, no longer showing up, and it seems mysterious and unpredictable.

Although it is a hidden door, it is still closely related to the world of ordinary people, and the bridge between the hidden door and ordinary people is the world! Not only is it a wealthy family with a surname, three clans, and twelve families, but even some other small families may become the spokesperson of a certain hidden door, after all, the world of the hidden door is not simple, and there are different sects.

And the rule that the Xuanmen does not deal with the official family, that is, it was handed down at that time, after all, the official family is an institution that rules ordinary people, and if a certain hidden door directly cooperates with the official family, it is very involved.

Listening to Yi Fanrou's narration gave Zhang Chenxing a new understanding of history, and it seems that his view of the world will be completely changed.

"I really didn't expect that the world we live in is like this, it really opened my eyes!" Zhang Chenxing sighed.

"The hidden door does not cooperate with the official family, but it cooperates with the family, so behind each family of the sixteen families, there will be the shadow of the hidden door. Saying that, Yi Fanrou asked rhetorically: "Brother Xing, didn't your master explain anything to you when you came out?"

"I got a Taoist book by chance, and I cultivated it by myself, so how can there be any master. Zhang Chenxing replied with a smile.

"Isn't it? You are so powerful at such a young age, even if you are relatively rare in the Xuanmen, how can it be that you can find it out by reading books by yourself?" Yi Fanrou still knows a little about the Xuanmen, knowing that the exercises of the Xuanmen are easy to go on a fork in the road without the guidance of a teacher, and she doesn't believe that Zhang Chenxing is cultivating by herself at all.

"Maybe I'm lucky, I haven't encountered any obstacles in my cultivation. By the way, you just said that the sixteen families all have huge wealth, so the Yanshan Zhu family should be no exception, right? Why did they come to Xijing to mix with the underworld?" Zhang Chenxing brought the topic to Zhu Gongzi.

"In fact, our sixteen families, more or less will meddle in the underworld, after all, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, and it is better to control it in your hands if you let it develop freely, which is also conducive to social stability. Just like the Tianhan Li Clan, there must be some underworld forces under it, and Xijing City must also have their minions!"

"As far as I know, then Zhu Gongzi is preparing to unify the Xijing underworld, so won't there be a conflict with the Li family?"

"This is the difference in the strength of the family! One surname, three clans, and twelve families are actually divided into three levels, the strength of the Zhang family is transcendent, and others can only look up, and its next Zhou, Zhao, and Chen three families are the three major families in China, and then our twelve families can only be regarded as second-rate families. Among these second-rate families, there are six families and six families, and the upper six families are two by two, and they are friends with Zhou, Zhao, and Chen. The Yanshan Zhu family and the Wuxing Shen family have always been interdependent, both belong to the upper six families, and have a close relationship with the Zhou family among the three families. Therefore, compared with the Yanshan Zhu clan, the power of the Li clan of Tianhan is too thin, and if Zhu Gongzi intends to set foot in the underworld of Xijing, the Li clan will have to take the initiative to give up his territory. Yi Fanrou explained.

"Oh, I see, it seems that there is no peace between these big families! Like the assassination incident that happened in the Li family today, shouldn't it be more common?" Zhang Chenxing guessed.

"After all, the main force of the Tianhan Li family is not in Xijing, so it is nothing to them to give up a little underworld power, if it involves fundamental interests, then the Li family will not give up! As for assassination, although this kind of thing is not very common, it is not uncommon. After all, the struggle between families is no longer something that can be restrained by ordinary laws, and the laws of the country are too limited in binding force for these big families who can influence the change of regime. Speaking of this, Yi Fanrou's face sank, and her tone took a big turn: "However, according to the unwritten convention, whether it is an open fight between various families or assassination, it is not allowed to collude with outsiders, otherwise it will be attacked by other families!

Zhang Chenxing raised his eyebrows: "Oh, there is such a saying?"

"If they are allowed to collude with foreign forces, won't they make a mess at home?"

"Hey, no wonder they all say that Chinese people are good at infighting, it turns out that the root cause is in the rules set by these big families!" Zhang Chenxing sighed.

Yi Fanrou said with a smile: "Hehe, there are pros and cons to everything, although it will cause some internal friction, but it will also prevent the country from being disintegrated by foreign strong forces in times of crisis! ”