In the side hall of the Chu family, Chu Tiannan said slowly:

"Speaking of the Black Knife Village, we have to mention the big master of the Black Knife Village, the strength of the early stage of Hantian Seal, and the one-handed knife technique is unrivaled. No one knows the origin of the Black Knife Hand, but he is not simple, and after coming to Tielin City, he collected bandits from all over the world in a short period of time and established the Black Knife Village. ”

"I know that. ”

Ling Xi nodded, these Luo Ji had told him, it was not a secret.

"Well, I'll just tell you about the things that few people don't know, I hope these will be useful to you. ”

Chu Tiannan smiled, and then said:

"At the beginning of the establishment of the Black Knife Village, Tielin City took corresponding measures. At that time, the City Lord's Mansion led the army to hit the mountain gate of the Black Knife Village, but no one expected that the City Lord's Mansion would return in a fiasco, and the City Lord Xiao Chengfeng was also seriously injured. Since then, the Black Knife Village has developed unstoppably, and in less than a year, even the City Lord's Mansion has been unable to suppress the Black Knife Village, and the bandits in Tielin City have become bigger and bigger, and it will eventually develop into what it is now. ”

"However, even if the City Lord's Mansion can't contain the Black Knife Village, then the City Lord's Mansion can report the matter of the Black Knife Village to the Imperial City and let the Imperial City deal with it, if that happens, the bandits in Tielin City will have been eliminated long ago. ”

Ling Xi expressed the doubts in his heart, as long as he figured this out, he would be able to know who was playing ghost in the matter of Black Knife Village.

Chu Tiannan shook his head and sighed:

"Who said that it was not reported, but it was useless, the Imperial City did not respond at all, and no one took care of the bandits in Tielin City. After several reports to no avail, the City Lord's Mansion also knew that the bandits in Tielin City were not so simple, and there must be big people who were obstructing it, so the City Lord's Mansion did not report to the Imperial City in vain. ”

"Did the seniors ever think that the City Lord's Mansion had a connection with the Black Knife Village, if the City Lord's Mansion deliberately concealed it and did not report it, it was not impossible. ”

Ling Xi said.

"That's impossible, let's start with the fact that the City Lord's Mansion alone can't hide it at all, after all, the bandits in Tielin City can be transmitted to the Imperial City through many channels, which can only mean that there is no result when the news reaches the Imperial City. ”

Chu Tiannan shook his head and said.

"Since the bandits in Tielin City can be transmitted to the Imperial City through many channels, why aren't the bandits in Tielin City known to the Imperial City?

Ling Xi wondered.

"This ······"

At this point, Chu Tiannan's words stopped, he glanced at Ling Xi, and then said:

"This is because there are people in the Imperial City who are helping the Black Knife Village to conceal it, so the Hongling royal family is not aware of the bandits in Tielin City, and the bandits in Tielin City have not been dealt with for a long time. ”

"Someone is helping the Black Knife Village to conceal it? If you can do this, that person's official rank must not be small. ”

Ling Xi sneered, the matter was really the same as he guessed, someone in the Imperial City was helping the Black Knife Village to conceal it.

"It's really not small, and it's not just one party who is helping Black Knife Village hide it. ”

Chu Tiannan nodded.

Ling Xi frowned and said in surprise:

"What do seniors mean that there are still people who are helping Black Knife Village to hide it?"

Chu Tiannan nodded and said:

"That's natural, otherwise just a high-ranking person wouldn't be able to hide the bandits in Tielin City for so long, and the most important thing is that the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce is meddling, so that others don't dare to care about the affairs of the Black Knife Village. Over time, Tielin City became an abandoned city, and the bandits in Tielin City were no longer cared about. ”

"Wanjin Chamber of Commerce!? Even the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce has intervened? Impossible, can the Black Knife Village have such a big face?"

Ling Xi felt a little incredible, no matter how to say that the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce was also one of the four major forces of the Hongling Empire, a small black knife village could make the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce take it to heart? Obviously, it can't, unless the Black Knife Village has a vital role for the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce, otherwise it is impossible for the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce to take such a big risk to help the Black Dao Village hide it. After all, this world belongs to the Hongling royal family, and the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce is undoubtedly challenging the imperial power, if this is known by the Hongling royal family, it is not something that can be fooled in a few words, and it will cause a war between the four major forces, and then the stakes will be great.

"How the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce was involved, I don't know, anyway, I heard that the big boss and the second boss of the Black Knife Village are all people from the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce, so the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce will take care of the Black Knife Village like this. ”

Chu Tiannan shook his head and said, obviously he didn't know why the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce wanted to meddle in the matter of the Black Knife Village.

"That's right. ”

Ling Xi nodded, but he had a different opinion in his heart. Just because the big boss and the second boss of the Black Knife Village are the people of the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce, it is obviously not enough for the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce to take such a big risk to take care of the Black Knife Village, after all, it is challenging the imperial power, if it is known by the Hongling Royal Family, the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce and the royal family will really tear their faces, there is no room for maneuver at all, and I am afraid that only war can calm this matter down. Since the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce dared to take such a big risk to take care of the Black Knife Village, it showed the importance of the Black Knife Village to the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce, and it could actually allow the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce to do something to challenge the imperial power.

"Okay, I've said everything I need to say, but I'm a little curious, how can you find revenge on the Black Knife Village alone, could it be that you have Ling Xi's ability, can you cut the seal of transformation, or are you Ling Xi yourself?"

Chu Tiannan turned abruptly, and his words pointed directly at Ling Xi's true identity, not giving Ling Xi any time to think, which could be regarded as catching Ling Xi off guard.

Ling Xi was stunned by Chu Tiannan's question, but his face did not change, he shook his head and smiled:

"Senior, this is to promote me, I participated in this year's Shenzhou trial, I have witnessed Ling Xi's strength, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is thousands of times stronger than me, how dare I compete with it, this is not self-inflicted. ”

Although Ling Xi was calm on the surface, he was still a little shocked in his heart, because he had tried his best to hide his identity, but he didn't expect to be suspected by Chu Tiannan. From this, he is not sure whether his whereabouts will be known by the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce, anyway, it is always right to be careful.

Chu Tiannan looked straight at Ling Xi, not noticing a trace of abnormality on Ling Xi's face, he dispelled the doubts in his heart, originally he had some doubts that Shi Yu was Ling Xi, but now it seems that it is not, although Shi Yu is excellent, it is far less than Ling Xi's rebellion.

After making sure that Shi Yu was not Ling Xi, Chu Tiannan said:

"Without Ling Xi's ability, then how can you take revenge on the Black Knife Village?"

Ling Xi smiled and said:

"Of course, my strength alone can't be compared to the Black Knife Village, so I came to Tielin City to inquire about the situation, and if possible, I want to use the power of the City Lord's Mansion to ······"

"That's impossible. ”

Before Ling Xi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chu Tiannan, who shook his head and said:

"Having said so much, do you know Xiao Chengfeng, the city lord of Tielin City?"

"I don't know. ”

Ling Xi shook his head, of course he didn't know Xiao Chengfeng, otherwise he wouldn't have suspected that Xiao Chengfeng and the Black Knife Village were colluding before.

"Then do you know the white-clothed marquis of Dragon City?"

Chu Tiannan smiled, changed his words, and directly mentioned the white-clothed marquis of Longcheng.

"The seniors laughed, the white-clothed marquis of Longcheng is a legend in the Hongling Empire, why don't the juniors know. ”

For the white-clothed marquis of Dragon City, Ling Xi couldn't be clearer. Although he hadn't seen what the white-clothed marquis of Longcheng looked like with his own eyes, he had heard the deeds of the white-clothed marquis of Longcheng no less than a hundred times.

In the entire territory of the Hongling Empire, the white-clothed marquis of Longcheng is even more famous than his master, the old man of Hongshan, and some juniors may not know the old man of Hongshan, but they must know the white-clothed marquis of Longcheng, the god of Zhenguo. In the new generation of the Hongling Empire, the White Marquis of Dragon City is a myth, many people take the White Marquis of Dragon City as an example, hoping that they can become a person like the White Marquis of Dragon City in the future, although Ling Xi is not one of them, but he still knows something about the White Marquis of Dragon City.

Chu Tiannan nodded and said:

"Xiao Chengfeng used to be a general under the white-clothed marquis of Dragon City, because he lost an arm in a war, so he was sent back to Tielin City and became the city lord of Tielin City. ”

At this time, Ling Xi interrupted Chu Tiannan and said:

"Senior, please wait a minute, you said that City Lord Xiao was once a soldier under the white-clothed marquis of Longcheng, so when bandits broke out in Tielin City, why didn't City Lord Xiao report the matter of the Black Knife Village to the white-clothed marquis of Longcheng?"

Chu Tiannan knew that Ling Xi would ask this, and explained:

Speaking of this, I have to mention one person, the son of Xiao Chengfeng's comrade-in-arms, in the war where Xiao Chengfeng lost his arm, his comrade-in-arms died, and he promised his comrades-in-arms to raise his comrade-in-arms' son. But at the beginning of the establishment of the Black Knife Village, the Black Knife Village sent people to plunder the sons of Xiao Chengfeng's comrades-in-arms, so Xiao Chengfeng was constrained everywhere and did not dare to inform the white-clothed marquis of Longcheng about the bandits in Tielin City. ”

"I see. ”

Ling Xi nodded, so he understood. To put it simply, Xiao Chengfeng sacrificed the entire Tielin City in order to promise a promise from his comrades-in-arms, although this is a bit selfish, but Ling Xi can also understand it, after all, it is the orphan of Xiao Chengfeng's comrades-in-arms, how can Xiao Chengfeng give up if he gives up. If it were him, he would not be able to decisively choose to protect Tielin City, and maybe he would also choose to protect the orphans of his comrades. This is a choice question that will be regretted no matter which side you choose, presumably Xiao Chengfeng was also painful in his heart when he made the choice.

"Now do you think you can still use the power of the City Lord's Mansion?"

Chu Tiannan said with a smile.

"I'll try. ”

Ling Xi smiled, he was going to the City Lord's Mansion, not only did he have to go, he also had to use the power of the City Lord's Mansion, after all, it was unrealistic for him to destroy the Black Knife Village alone, and the power of the City Lord's Mansion was indispensable. As for how to seek help from the City Lord's Mansion, Ling Xi had to think about it.

Afterwards, Ling Xi and Chu Tiannan talked about some things again, and after about half an hour, Ling Xi walked out of the side hall.

After walking out of the side hall of the Chu family, Ling Xi looked left and right, and then flew into the air and flew in one direction, and that direction was the direction where the City Lord's Mansion was located.