From the bodies of the two people in front of him, Lin Lichuan felt a powerful aura that belonged to the knights, and he was not weaker than the Yao Qian brothers at all.

It is rumored that there are a total of seven members of the Black Flame Council, and in addition to the speaker, there are a total of six members.

"If all the councillors have this kind of strength, plus Sue as a knight of the Radiant Moon, then this power is very terrifying. Lin Lichuan looked at the two people in front of him, and thoughts flashed through his mind.

I'm afraid that in the southern part of the entire continent, only the Thousand Courtyards Business Alliance and the Tania Empire have extraordinary power that surpasses such a lineup.

"Welcome, Your Excellency. ”

While he was thinking, the two councillors in front of him suddenly spoke up, breaking his contemplation.

"Please go this way, the Speaker is already waiting for you inside. ”

For Lin Lichuan, the two parliamentarians appeared quite respectful and showed a certain degree of respect.

Although Lin Lichuan is only a district lord, and nominally belongs to the jurisdiction of the Black Flame Council, he has already proven his strength by killing Moreira, the strong of Black Flame Island are respected, and those with strong power should be respected wherever they go.

"It's troublesome for two. ”

Lin Lichuan bowed slightly, and under the leadership of the two, he went to the castle on the top of Qimai Mountain.

When the tall and magnificent castle with a sense of time-honored simplicity came into view, a touch of surprise could not help but appear in his eyes.

Noticing Lin Lichuan's gaze, one of the two councillors, named Sariddin, explained with a smile: "The history of this ancient castle is almost a thousand years, it was originally on Qimai Mountain, more than 20 years ago, when the speaker came to settle on Heiyan Island, he accidentally discovered the existence of this ancient castle, so he repaired it as a residence, and then successively built a large number of buildings on the mountainside and at the foot of the mountain, and gradually formed today's headquarters of the Heiyan Council. ”

Lin Lichuan suddenly moved, and his heart suddenly moved.

A thousand years ago?

Isn't that the time for a star catastrophe?

Could this castle have anything to do with the Star Calamity?

Thinking of the giant stone pillar at the foot of the mountain, Lin Lichuan became more and more curious.

In the midst of their thoughts, the three of them passed through the gate and into the depths of the castle, stopping a moment later in front of a room with the door closed. Another councillor, Robb, pointed to the door:

"Here it is, right here, Your Excellency, the Speaker is inside. ”

Lin Lichuan nodded, stepped forward, pushed open the door and entered inside, while Saridin and Rob stayed outside.

The room was a study, and when Lin Lichuan stepped inside, he saw Su E sitting on a wicker chair behind the desk and a thin blanket on his knees.

This old man looks ordinary on the outside, but no matter where he is, he has a feeling that people can't ignore.

"You may be seated. ”

Su E greeted Lin Lichuan with a smile, patted his knee, and said with a sigh:

"When people are old, their bodies are not as strong as they used to be, and when you move a little, you feel very tired, far less than you young people. ”

"These words came out of the mouth of the majestic Knight of the Radiant Moon, but they were not very convincing. Lin Lichuan found a chair at random and sat down, looking up at Su E.

The latter shook his head and smiled when he heard this, and said slowly: "I was seriously injured more than twenty years ago, and although I survived, I also left the sequelae that have not healed so far, and I can't fight for a long time, even if I only use a part of my strength, it will lead to a recurrence of the injury. ”

Lin Lichuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered the scene of Su E's violent cough after killing the ghoul Moreira yesterday, and his heart was slightly abrupt.

However, he still had some doubts in his heart, and his eyes flashed at Sue: "Why did you tell me about this?"

If this was true, it was undoubtedly a crucial secret, and it was not a reasonable thing to tell him the whole thing about a stranger like him, and Sue was obviously not such a reckless person.

Su E understood what Lin Lichuan meant, and smiled when he heard this: "It's true, but this is related to the transaction I am going to talk about next, in order to make the transaction go more smoothly, I think it would be better for both parties to be honest with each other." ”

This statement was barely acceptable, Lin Lichuan bowed his head lightly, looked at Su E quietly, and waited for his next words.

"Do you know why the Black Flame Council has not allowed a unified force to appear on Black Flame Island?" Sue asked a question that surprised him.

“...... Is it because of outside pressure?"

This question is also something that Lin Lichuan has been wondering about, since a long time ago, he has been strongly puzzled by this approach of the Black Flame Council, and originally thought that he and the Lingting Court would have enough strength before starting to investigate, but he didn't expect Su E to bring it up at this time.

After a pause, he added, "There are many transcendents on Black Flame Island, and if all the transcendent forces on the island are unified, it will undoubtedly be an extremely large force, and I am afraid that even the Thousand Courtyards Business Alliance and the Tania Empire will not sit idly by." ”

Su E waited patiently for Lin Lichuan to finish speaking, and then chuckled and said, "You are right, most of them are indeed because of the pressure from the outside world, but it is not exactly as you imagined." ”

Lin Lichuan cast an inquiring look at him.

"The unified Black Flame Island will certainly make the Thousand Courtyards Business Alliance and the Tania Empire jealous, but unless the Black Flame Island really poses a substantial threat to the two countries, they will not make a move against the Black Flame Island, after all, the unified Black Flame Island has the power that even they have to face, otherwise if there is a conflict, even if they can defeat the Black Flame Island, they will have to pay a lot of price. ”

"In other words, Black Flame Island poses some kind of substantial threat to the Thousand Courtyards Business Alliance and the Tania Empire?" Lin Lichuan heard Su E's subconscious meaning.

However, what surprised him even more was that listening to Sue's meaning, the current situation of Black Flame Island seemed to be caused by the joint pressure of the Thousand Courtyards Business Alliance and the Tania Empire, but these two countries were in a situation where the relationship between them was well known, and it was really hard to imagine that they would join forces to deal with Black Flame Island.

"That's right. Su E glanced at Lin Lichuan appreciatively, talking to a smart person is to save trouble.

"What threat?" Lin Lichuan asked, if the unification of Black Flame Island could not be regarded as a substantial threat, then he couldn't figure out what else was.

Hearing this, Sue didn't answer and asked, "Do you know who the current emperor of the Tania Empire is?"

"Marco Tania. Lin Lichuan was a little puzzled as to why Su E asked, but he replied immediately.

Su E nodded and said slowly: "Before Marco Tania succeeded to the emperor, he was the thirteenth prince of the empire, and at that time, whether it was the succession of the throne or the power he controlled, he was not in the forefront of the many princes of the empire, and according to the situation at that time, there was no possibility of winning the emperor's throne at all. ”

Lin Lichuan's expression moved, revealing a quiet listening expression, and he did not interject.

Later, the struggle for the throne intensified, but the situation gradually became clear, the factional forces led by the first prince prevailed, and victory was almost within reach, and at this time, the previous emperor died of a sudden illness, which caught many princes and nobles off guard, but also pushed the battle for the throne to a climax, the first prince defeated other competitors with a vigorous offensive, and just when he was about to win, Marco suddenly emerged. ”

He colluded with the people of the Thousand Courts Business Alliance, and I don't know what means he used to win over Brocker, who was the head of the Royal Legion at the time and is now the Marquis of the Empire, and took advantage of the situation to suddenly attack, and in one fell swoop, he dealt a heavy blow to the factional forces of the first prince, killed the first prince, and then seized the throne. ”

Hearing this, Lin Lichuan couldn't help but show surprise: "Even if it is for the sake of the throne, colluding with the Thousand Courtyards Business Alliance is not a clean method, right, the nobles of the empire just sit idly by?"

Su E said suddenly: "At that time, the empire and the Thousand Houses Business Alliance had not yet developed into such a situation as it is today, and besides, although it was a collusion, Markle controlled this aspect very well, and did not cross the bottom line to borrow troops from the Thousand Houses Business Alliance, or seek help at the cost of dividing the country, but reached a deal with the Thousand Houses Business Alliance at another cost that did not harm the interests of the empire, although the means were not very bright, but it did not cause a backlash from the domestic nobles." ”

Lin Lichuan was slightly silent, the battle for the throne was extremely cruel, and the loser basically had no other end except death, so the competitors were all frequent, and they did everything they could, even in the history of the previous life, there were countless examples of luring foreign enemies into the country and borrowing the power of foreign enemies to seize the throne at the cost of dividing the country, and Marko's approach was not so rare.

Success or defeat, only victory is the only goal, and everything else has to lean back.

Sue continued: "I have to say that Marko's methods are indeed very good, the Thousand Courtyards Business Alliance sent a full six knights for his use, including even a Radiant Moon Knight, plus Brocker, the Radiant Moon Knight, the power in his hands suddenly greatly expanded, plus it was a surprise surprise army, so he became the final winner." ”

Knight of the Radiant Moon?

Lin Lichuan was shocked in his heart, the Radiant Moon Knight is almost the existence at the top of the Transcendent World Pyramid, it can be said that it is the same existence as the combined weapons of various countries, and the Thousand Courtyards Business Alliance is actually willing to send a Radiant Moon Knight to assist Marko?

What exactly did they make a deal privately.

As if he had guessed the doubts of Lin's position, Su E then said slowly: "In fact, to be exact, it is not the Thousand Courtyards Business Alliance that has reached an agreement with Marko, but the Zhou family within the alliance. ”

"The Zhou family, one of the four major families?" Lin Lichuan was slightly stunned, and quickly reacted.

"That's right. Su E bowed his head slightly, "In fact, more than twenty years ago, there were not only four but five elder families of the Thousand Courtyards Business Alliance, and the other was the Yao family, which was called the Five Great Families at that time. ”

Among the five elder families, the relationship between the Zhou family and the Yao family is the worst, and conflicts are frequent, and as a reward for assisting Marco to win the throne, Marco then tried his best to help the Zhou family defeat the Yao family and successfully annexed most of the wealth and resources of the Yao family, making the Yao family fall and withdraw from the ranks of the veteran family and become a second-rate family, while the Zhou family has become the most powerful patriarchal family in the alliance. ”

Hearing this, Lin Lichuan seemed to think of something, his expression couldn't help but move, and he asked tentatively: "Yao Qian, Yao Bing and Yao Jia......"

Su E nodded calmly: "You guessed right, the two brothers are from the Yao family, and after losing the struggle with the Zhou family, they were expelled from the Thousand Courtyards Business Alliance, and finally came to Black Flame Island. ”

"And so it is with me, I was originally a member of the First Prince's faction, and after losing the struggle for the throne, I was also expelled from the Tania Empire. Recommended reading: "Reading Files 2013"