After Situ Jin left the banquet hall, he returned home directly, and not long after, Xiu also returned.

"How's it going? Is there a result?" Situ Jin sat on the chair in the study, the room was not lit, and the backlight of the place where he was sitting made it even more difficult to see the expression on his face.

"Yes, young master. Xiu's tone sounded a little solemn, and after a moment of silence, Xiu said, "It's Chentian." ”

"Chentian?" This is the second largest organization in the underground organization after Dawn, Situ Jin also knows something about it, but the two major organizations have been developing separately in recent years, and the well water does not interfere with the river water, Situ Jin doesn't know why the other party suddenly made a move against Dawn, could it be that the second one has been in office for a long time, and he also wants to challenge the position of the boss?

After a moment of silence, Situ Jin spoke: "It seems that the other party has premeditated!"

"Young Master" Xiu suddenly spoke, but he stopped talking, which made Situ Jin notice that something was wrong: "What? Xiu, do you know anything else?"

There was silence again, and Xiu suddenly spoke: "Young Master, have you heard of the Downton Empire?"

"The Downton Empire?" Situ thought for a moment and said, "I've read books about the geography of the continent before, it's a small and medium-sized country in the western part of the Ceylon continent, right?"

"No" Xiu said: "This is not the case, the world only knows that the three major empires on the continent of Ceylon are powerful, but in fact, the most powerful country on this continent is the Downton Empire. ”

"Oh?" This was the first time Situ Jin had heard such a thing, although his face was still calm, but in fact his heart was shocked: "Why do you say that?"

Xiu said, "This is a fact, but it is a fact that only a small part of the people really know. Although the area of the Downton Empire is not large, whether it is economic strength or military strength, it is definitely stronger than any country on the mainland, and the two most valuable things on the continent, spices and slaves, are all exported from the Downton Empire. ”

Hearing Xiu's words, Situ Jin was even more shocked.

Spices are not produced on the mainland of Ceylon, although some trading houses do not know where to get spices for sale, but the price is by no means affordable for ordinary people, let alone ordinary commoners, even ordinary small and medium-sized nobles cannot afford it, and it is precisely because of this that spices are called luxury goods among luxury goods on the mainland.

We all know how powerful spices are, they can make food taste more delicious, can be preservative, and have certain medicinal properties.

Take Situ Jin as an example, he originally felt that the food on the mainland was rough and unpalatable, and if he didn't add spices, he would definitely not be able to swallow a mouthful, but fortunately, the Situ family was strong, and since he was born, there has been no matter of cutting off spices.

But until today, he didn't know that it was the Downton Empire that controlled the spice market behind it, needless to say anything else, this alone was already a super lucrative industry, but what surprised Situ Jin even more was that such an industry was completely monopolized by a small and medium-sized country on a continent, except that this country was super strong, Situ Jin couldn't think of any other better explanation.

"But where did the spices of the Downton Empire come from?" asked Situ Jin.

Xiu shook his head: "I don't know about this, I believe that few people in the entire continent know, and the people who want to know all this have disappeared from this world." Unlike the vast majority of countries on the mainland, this country is not open to the outside world, and all news is closed to the outside world, although there have always been people who want to find out about this country, but it seems that they have never succeeded, even we Dawn, there is no way to infiltrate the power into this country, not only that"

"En?" Sensing that Xiu's tone was wrong, Situ Jin opened his mouth and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Young Master" Xiu lowered his head, and after a while, his tone was a little hoarse: "Lord Anthony, he was actually captured by the Downton Empire. ”

"What?" Situ Jin stood up suddenly and said, "What the hell is going on?"

Xiu said: "Actually, not long before you were born, young master, the Downton Empire wanted to control our dawn in the name of cooperation, and Lord Anthony knew that the Downton Empire was not at ease and had always refused to cooperate with the other party, and as a result, he was captured by the Downtons. ”

After speaking, Xiu explained: "In fact, from the beginning of the rejection of Downton, Lord Anthony knew that the other party would not let him go, at that time, we purple-level eight people were afraid that after Lord Anthony was captured, the organization group of dragons without a leader would be miserably, and they all persuaded Lord Anthony to choose to submit to the Downtons for the time being, but Lord Anthony told us with certainty that soon Dawn will usher in a new leader who will be more excellent, even if there is no him in the organization, it will not collapse, and let us do our best to assist the new leader, and we must not let Dawn fall into the hands of the Downtons." It didn't take long for you to be born, young master, and a few days after I carried you to Lord Anthony, Lord Anthony was taken away, and you know what happened after that. ”

"Why are you only telling me this now, Xiu?" asked Situ Jin.

"Young Master" Xiu said respectfully: "I am just following Lord Anthony's orders, before he was captured, he once told me very solemnly, unless it is absolutely necessary, don't let you know this, Lord Anthony said that the strength of the Downton Empire is too strong, even if you tell you this too early, it will only increase your pressure, so"

Situ Jin looked at Xiu: "Then why did you choose to tell me now?"

Xiu met the gaze of his boss and said, "The reason is that I suspect that Chentian's sudden attack on us this time was instructed by the Downton Empire from behind. ”

Situ Jin was surprised again: "Why do you say that?"

Xiu replied: "Since the Downton Empire wants to control us, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not want to control other underground organizations. Although the underground forces cannot see the light, there are benefits of not seeing the light, and there are many interests in the hands of the underground forces, so it is not surprising that the Downton Empire is red. But in terms of its appetite, what it wants is definitely not as simple as controlling one or two underground organizations, it probably wants to firmly control all the underground forces in its hands, so that it can eat both black and white. ”

Situ Jin said suddenly: "You mean to say that Chentian has been controlled by the Downton Empire, so he suddenly attacked us?"

Xiu smiled slightly: "Young Master, you are really smart, it is indeed strange that Chen Tian suddenly made a move on us, but if it is controlled by the Downton Empire, then all this is not strange." ”

After being silent for a while, Situ Jin spoke: "This Downton Empire has a really big appetite, but no matter what, I didn't know it before, but now that I know it, I have to quickly find a way to rescue Lord Anthony from what you said." ”

Indeed, for Situ Jin, the old man named Anthony was quite unfamiliar, and the two only met briefly, not long after Situ Jin was born.

But in fact, are the two really strangers? Absolutely not!

Many of the things that Situ Jin has now have were obtained from that old man, including Xiu, who was also assigned by that old man.

Although everything he accepted may not be good, Situ Jin is still very grateful, when the family and his father gave up on him, if it weren't for everything Anthony gave him, he wouldn't even have the heart to become stronger, let alone go all the way to the present, at most, it may be that An An will be a noble young master.

Whether it is from the identity of the leader of Dawn, or from a personal point of view, Situ Jin can't let Anthony go.

Hearing Situ Jin's words, a trace of emotion flashed in Xiu's eyes, but he said: "Young Master, don't, the strength of the Downton Empire is by no means comparable to us now, and it is even no exaggeration to say that if the other party goes all out against us, we will definitely not even have a chance to fight back." I believe it is precisely because of this that Lord Anthony let himself be captured by them back then, and asked me not to tell you all this too soon. ”

"So, are we just sitting back and waiting for death?" After coming to this continent, this was the first time that Situ Jin felt so powerless and frustrated, and this feeling of being completely suppressed by others made him feel terrible.