The matter of the northwest road was indeed very tricky. The chief of the army was killed. There had to be an explanation for this matter.
"Do you know who did this?" Su Xin asked.
Tie Zhan said in a deep voice, "It must be the northwest foreign tribes. In the whole northwest road, only they would have the guts to do this.
However, I don't know the specific reason. I need you to investigate it and solve it as soon as possible. "
Su Xin nodded and said, "Alright, I'll leave with my men immediately."
Huang Bingcheng couldn't make it, so Su Xin asked someone to inform him to rush back to Shengjing City on his own, while he himself led hundreds of people to the northwest road.
Although these hundreds of people were few, the weakest was in the Innate Realm. They were all his confidants. It was enough to have this group of people as the vanguard.
Li Bo, Huang Bingcheng, and Su Xin had all been brought along. As the chief of detectives of Shengjing City, Qi Long naturally couldn't leave. He still had to manage the local affairs of Shengjing City.
The northwest road was close to the Zhou Kingdom and the Golden Horde Kingdom. Although the area was huge, most of it was barren mountains, grasslands, and some barren hills. There were very few places suitable for people to live, unlike the Central Plains, where most of the mountains were beautiful and the rivers were suitable for sects to settle down.
However, this did not mean that the strength of the Northwest Path was weak. The people here were tough, which naturally led to a strong martial arts atmosphere. Moreover, there was not much suppression from the sects, which led to the rise of countless heroes from the Northwest Path.
It was said that the ancestor of the former Seven Heroes Assembly's King Ping, Shen Wuming, was a martial artist from the northwest road.
After Su Xin stepped into the northwest road with his men, he didn't see too many martial artists. The northwest foreign tribes all had their own bases, and most of them were in the depths of the northwest road. Naturally, they wouldn't appear here.
There were very few big cities in the northwest road. The killed chief of the northwest road, Zhang Zhongye, was in the largest city of the northwest road, Flying Dragon City.
At this time, in Flying Dragon City, the three biggest martial arts forces in the city gathered together, looking worried.
The Northwest Path belonged to the foreign tribes of the Northwest. These people had a long history, but they were also extremely xenophobic.
Aristocratic families were different from clans. Aristocratic families were integrated into Jianghu, just like the Xiao family. Although they relied on bloodline inheritance, they still intermarried with other clans. Therefore, the Xiao family was the Xiao family, not the Xiao clan.
Although most of the tribes in the northwest were small in scale, with some only having a few hundred people, they never married with outsiders, be it the Central Plains or the people of the Golden Horde Kingdom.
Therefore, in such an environment, the number of sects in the entire northwest could be counted on one hand. Most of them were loose cultivators or loose cultivator martial artists.
Although the Flying Dragon City was the largest city in the northwest, there were only three martial arts forces in the city: the Donglin Sect, the Zhao Clan, and the Moonfall Sword Sect.
The strength of these three sects was not too strong. Among them, only the Moonfall Sword Sect had a Harmonious God Realm martial artist. Moreover, he was already old and had not fought for more than ten years.
Among them, the head of the Zhao Clan, Zhao Lan, sighed and said, "Alas, we have encountered an unexpected disaster this time. It doesn't matter if Zhang Zhongye is dead, but he died in this Flying Dragon City. The imperial court has already sent someone here, and it is Su Xin, the head of the Four Great Super Arresters, who is famous in Jianghu. Recently, he was also appointed as the military governor of the northwest and the chief of the Shadow Guard. He has monstrous power. If he comes to interrogate us, what should we say?"
The head of the Donglin Sect, Zhuo Dongtian, was a rough-looking man with dark red skin and slightly sunken eyes. He did not look like a martial artist from the Central Plains.
In fact, he was indeed not from the Central Plains. He was a martial artist from the Golden Horde Kingdom. However, he had already left the Golden Horde Kingdom when he was young, so the way he spoke and acted was no different from the martial artists from the Central Plains.
Zhuo Dongtian did not care about Zhao Lan's worries and said, "Head of the Zhao Clan, you worry too much. We did not do this. What are we afraid of?"
Zhao Lan said worriedly, "Although we did not do it, our three sects are the local bullies of the Flying Dragon City. When the time comes, how should we answer Su Xin when he asks?
That Taba Clan is also inhumane. If you want to kill Zhang Zhongye, you can do it at any time. Why do you have to do it in the Flying Dragon City? Isn't this putting us in danger?
If Su Xin asks, should we tell him or not? "
At the mention of the Taba Clan, a trace of fear flashed in Zhuo Dongtian's eyes, "I think it is better to pretend to be deaf and mute. It is not like we do not know the strength of the Taba Clan and what kind of character they have. If we tell them today, our sects will even disappear from the Northwest Road the next day!"
Zhao Lan said hesitantly, "The Taba Clan is not to be trifled with, but I heard that Su Xin is also not to be trifled with. If we know and do not report, what will the result be?"
Zhao Lan and Zhuo Dongtian could not make up their minds. They turned their gazes to the head of the Moonfall Sword Sect, Chen Huainan.
The Moonfall Sword Sect was the strongest among the three sects. Although Chen Huainan was in the Deity Transformation Realm, there was an old ancestor in the Moonfall Sword Sect who was in the Harmonious Spirit Realm. Therefore, the three sects had always followed the lead of the Moonfall Sword Sect.
Feeling the gazes of the two, Chen Huainan frowned and said, "This matter cannot be provoked on either side. However, we cannot afford to offend Su Xin, and we cannot afford to offend the Taba Clan.
At the end of the day, the Northwest Road is still the territory of the foreign tribes of the Northwest. These people do not regard themselves as people of any country, so even if the imperial court occupies the Northwest Road, so what? Even Zhang Zhongye came here to enjoy his retirement.
That Su Xin might be strong, but no matter how strong he is, he still won't be able to deal with all these foreign races. I reckon that in the end, he'll be the one to leave with his tail between his legs. We still have to act according to the Tuoba Clan's will, so we absolutely can't tell anyone about this.
Moreover, this matter was not done by us. If Su Xin asks, even if we pretend to be deaf and mute, what can he do to us? Will he let us casually slander someone?
What we need to do now is to unify our statements and not dig a hole for ourselves when the time comes. "
Since Chen Huainan had made up his mind, Zhao Lan and Zhuo Dongtian did not say much.
However, Zhao Lan still had some doubts in his heart.
His Zhao Clan was different from the Dong Lin Sect and the Luo Yue Sword Sect, which only mingled in the Northwest Road. They had dealings with some of the aristocratic families of the Central Plains, so they had some understanding of the famous Su Xin Lord Su.
This lord was not an existence that followed the rules. If the three of them really did not report what they knew, would they have a good ending? Zhao Lan was a little uncertain about this.
At this time, outside the Flying Dragon City, Zhang Xianting, the deputy general manager of the Northwest Road Military, was waiting with hundreds of Xiantian realm warriors. These people were the high-end forces of the entire Northwest Road Military. Although there were nearly ten thousand people, they were just ordinary soldiers. Some of them had not even reached the early Houtian realm.
And Zhang Xianting, the Deputy General Manager, only had the strength of the Innate Divine Palace Realm.
Speaking of which, among the 49 paths of the Zhou Kingdom, the Northwest Road Army was the most shabby one. With this strength, they could defend the entire Flying Dragon City, but they were still far from being able to suppress the entire Northwest Road.
Of course, the current situation could not be blamed on others. It was all the deployment of the Zhou Kingdom itself.
In the past, the Zhou Kingdom wanted to make a move on the Northwest Road. Unfortunately, these foreigners in the Northwest Road were too extreme. It could even be said that they would rather die than surrender. They had to guarantee their bloodline of some clan. They were unwilling to be people of the Central Plains, and they did not listen to the orders of the Zhou Kingdom.
These foreigners in the Northwest Road were not weak. The Zhou Kingdom could use force to conquer them, but the price was too high. It was even easy to force them to the side of the Golden Horde Kingdom, so they did not make a move.
Therefore, for so many years, the strength of the Northwest Road had always been this little. Moreover, they were only defending the cities built by the Flying Dragon City and a dozen other cities. As for some places in the depths of the Northwest Road, the Zhou Kingdom would not even go to them.
At this time, Zhang Xianting had been waiting in the cold wind of the grassland for about two hours, but he did not even dare to complain.
He knew very well who was coming this time. Recently, he was the one in the limelight in the imperial court, and his power was unparalleled for a while.
However, Zhang Xianting was also a little nervous at this time.
The general director of their Northwest Road had been killed, but they did not even know who did it. It could be said that they were extremely useless. It was unknown whether they would be implicated this time.
Therefore, Zhang Xianting personally brought people to welcome them and put on such a respectful attitude. He also wanted Su Xin to put in a good word for them in front of the experts of the military, so that he would not be punished.
After another half an hour, the sound of hooves could be heard, like the wind and thunder. The hundreds of horses were all the precious horses of the Golden Horde Kingdom, the Gale Colts, which were priceless.
The person in the lead looked young and wore the official uniform of the Six Fan School, but he was wearing a black robe outside. Zhang Xianting immediately recognized that this person must be Su Xin, Lord Su.
Su Xin was still one of the four Super Arresters of the Six Fan School, so he did not change out of the official uniform of the Six Fan School. As for the black robe outside, it represented his identity as a Shadow Guard.
"Your subordinate welcomes Lord Su!"
Zhang Xianting hurriedly came forward with his people and bowed.
Su Xin said faintly, "There's no need for so many red tape. Go directly into the city and go to Zhang Zhongye's previous residence."
After saying that, Su Xin and the others directly rode their horses into the city. Zhang Xianting was stunned for a moment before he hurriedly chased after them.
He didn't resent Su Xin for not getting off his horse. After all, the difference in strength and status between the two of them was too great. It was like the difference between clouds and mud. If it was before, he might not even have the right to speak to Su Xin.
After Zhang Xianting caught up with Su Xin, he directly brought them to the outside of Zhang Zhongye's Governor's Residence. Su Xin looked at the Governor's Residence. Zhang Zhongye's strength was not very good, but he really knew how to enjoy himself.
The structure of his Governor's Residence was almost comparable to those of the princes of the Zhou Kingdom. There were countless pavilions and there was also a huge martial arts arena for thousands of people. This was a little too extravagant for a general director of the army.
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