103Chapter 103 The murderer comes from the Xingluo royal family (Please pre-order!!!)
Chapter 103 The murderer comes from the Xingluo royal family (Please pre-order!!!)
While everyone was discussing, the door of the forging room was knocked again.
Silong went to open the door, and outside was Zhao Tieshan, the lord of Gengxin City.
Zhao Tieshan glanced at everyone present and was surprised that there was a child as young as Su Ming. Before he could say anything, he saw Chen Xin, his face was shocked, and he bowed to him.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
Chen Xin nodded slightly.
Zhao Tieshan breathed a sigh of relief and stood up.
"City Lord Zhao, now that something like this has happened, do you still have time to come to our Blacksmith Association?" Zhu Jiuyang raised his eyebrows.
Zhao Tieshan gave a wry smile.
"President Zhu, everyone here, there's no need for us to beat around the bush. Your association should cooperate with Spirit Hall. With this kind of thing happening during this period, you must be anxious to find the murderer. Why don't we join forces?"
"What clues does City Lord Zhao have?"
Zhao Tieshan took a deep breath.
He did not ask why they did not share the clues first. Since Chen Xin was sitting there, he simply lowered his head and did not dare to take any tough stance.
"Regarding this assassination attempt, I feel it might be directed at me."
"Come for you?"
Everyone present frowned and looked at Zhao Tieshan, not understanding what he meant.
"Can City Lord Zhao tell us in detail?" Lou Gao asked.
"Let's start with your association. You know what kind of turmoil those twelve pieces of spiritual metal you're auctioning will cause, right? I'm the mayor of Gengxin City. I don't know how many people are eyeing my position, not just those under me, but those outside as well."
"The forces interested in the spiritual metals you auctioned off probably want to get rid of me and take over the position of the Lord of Gengxin City."
"really!"
Silong hit his left hand with his right hand.
"Do you also think that someone is watching my position?"
Zhao Tieshan didn't expect that the blacksmiths in the Blacksmith Association were so smart and could deduce this far.
In fact, he was overthinking it, because what he just said confirmed the speculations of everyone in the association.
"If the Xingluo Royal Family takes action, then even if they anger us, even if the Spirit Hall does not pursue the issue of the association in the end, they will not lose out in the end because the association is in Gengxin City. After the mayor of Gengxin City was replaced by them, he will directly govern the association." Silong murmured.
Zhao Tieshan looked bewildered.
What?
Is it Your Majesty who wants to snatch my position as city lord?
Silong's words made sense, but the premise of all this was that the association had to continue to stay in Gengxin City.
However, will the association continue to stay in Gengxin City?
Yes, but I won't stay in Gengxin City alone.
Su Ming carried out reforms based on the Blacksmith Association of later generations. He would inevitably choose the same development path as later generations, that is, to establish multiple associations. The associations are a whole, but are also scattered in various cities.
If the Xingluo Empire really intends to firmly grasp the position of the Lord of Gengxin City in order to extract benefits from the association, then they must be overthinking it.
"Now that we've basically determined the murderer's origins, how are we supposed to explain this to the Spirit Hall's messenger?" Silong said with a bitter face, "We still don't know who the messenger from the Spirit Hall is."
"Let's first confirm the identity of that Titled Douluo. It would be best to catch him before the Spirit Hall's envoy arrives. Then we won't have to worry about how to explain it." Zhu Jiuyang said.
His method is simple and crude.
The others looked at each other, with a hint of retreat in their eyes.
Zhu Jiuyang could say this because he was a Soul Douluo and seemed to have other trump cards. However, the others were not Soul Douluo and did not have any so-called trump cards.
After Zhao Tieshan learned from everyone that the person who assassinated Miles was actually a Titled Douluo, he wanted to withdraw. He felt that he should relax the blockade of Gengxin City a little and quickly let the Titled Douluo go.
If you really push the other party into a corner, who knows what they will do?
What if you happen to run into the gun?
He took a step back slightly.
Noticing Zhao Tieshan's actions, Su Ming immediately became unhappy.
Are you scared?
That won't work.
The main force to capture the Titled Douluo this time is the city guards and the people from the Spirit Hall. As the city lord, how can Zhao Tieshan retreat?
He spoke directly.
"City Lord Zhao, we're almost done identifying the murderer. Can we start a search?"
As his voice rang out, everyone turned their eyes to him.
Although Su Ming is only eleven years old, he truly created the blacksmith system and is the real driving force behind the blacksmith reform. People who know this will naturally not underestimate him.
The only person on the field who didn't know this was Zhao Tieshan.
Zhao Tieshan looked at Su Ming expressionlessly. He had just been wondering how such a little kid could appear in this meeting, and now he was even more suspicious.
This kid who knows nothing dares to say anything.
He looked annoyed.
While he was furious, Su Ming seemed oblivious to his expression and continued, "If the City Guards are short on manpower, they can cooperate with the Spirit Hall's people. I believe the Spirit Hall will also make great efforts to find the murderer."
"Boy, you are too naive." Zhao Tieshan sneered.
Will you make great efforts?
Who is not afraid of death?
There's no way it can be handled.
The Platinum Bishop has been killed. Who among the remaining people in the Wuhun Main Hall dares to conduct a serious investigation?
"It's actually very simple to get the people in the Spirit Hall to cooperate. All we need to do is tell them that the Titled Douluo Elder from Spirit City will arrive in Gengxin City within two days."
"What?"
Zhao Tieshan's face changed drastically.
The envoy coming from Spirit Hall is a Titled Douluo?
"Are you sure that the Spirit Hall will send a Titled Douluo to Gengxin City?"
Su Ming shook his head.
"uncertain."
He 'thought' for a moment and added.
"But that doesn't rule out the possibility, does it?"
Zhao Tieshan frowned and fell into deep thought.
The more he thought about it, the more struggling his expression became, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
I am not afraid of not having thought of it, but I am afraid of having thought of it, even if I am not sure.
Just imagine, if a Titled Douluo really came and learned that Bishop Platinum was assassinated, and there was no clue about the murderer, and he was determined to find someone to be responsible for this matter, who would he look for?
Regardless of whether they want to put the blame on the Blacksmith Association or not, they will definitely take the opportunity to make a profit from the cooperation with the association, and then the blame will no longer belong to the Blacksmith Association.
So who will be blamed in the end?
Zhao Tieshan broke out in a cold sweat.
The Spirit Hall will ask him to take the blame, which corresponds to the needs of Xingluo.
As long as the top leaders of both sides work together, wouldn't he, a mere Soul Saint, be convicted at will?
So when Su Ming said that the Spirit Hall would help, he was actually telling him that he, as the city lord, must help, and help a lot!
The murderer must be found and the truth revealed, otherwise he will become a pawn abandoned by both parties.