“Otherwise this Northern War Zone would probably have borne the Chen name long ago!”

He slapped the table in front of him. Inside this secret chamber, Feng Tianmin simply stopped pretending, and for the first time in front of Feng Long he showed the anger of the supreme commander of the war zone.

And all of this was something Feng Long had not known before, or knew very little about.

“Let’s not talk about this for now. You said you found the Director’s trail. What exactly happened?”

With a turn of his words, Feng Tianmin pulled the topic back.

“It’s like this. After I went out this time...”

He pressed the information he had just received deep into his mind, and with the shock not yet fully gone from his face, Feng Long slowly began to tell his story.

“I thought it would be the same as always, with nothing to gain. But on the train back, I met a very interesting man, and his surname happens to be... Su!”

“Su? No way. I once heard Brother Su say that he had only the Director as a son, and his other relatives were all the very distant sort. By rights there shouldn’t be any distant relatives.”

Feng Tianmin shook his head, about to deny it, but when he heard Feng Long’s next words, he froze abruptly.

“No, Brother, how could I judge that he has a relationship with the Director just from a surname? I’m not stupid.”

“I met him because those beasts from Wuya Mansion were bullying people from our territory again. But unlike before, when I went over to help, this Su Youzong beat several dozen people of Wuya Mansion into a rout all by himself, and even killed three of them on the spot who had broken the rules.”

“At that time I thought it was a little strange. There was actually a fierce fighter like this willing to join our territory, so I felt a love of talent and wanted to recruit him into our Northern War Zone!”

“But afterwards...”

He described in detail the scene he had seen when he came to help, and told everything honestly about how Su Mo later showed the original version of the Su Family Spear and a frightening talent for learning.

Even though several days had passed, the shock of witnessing Su Mo’s terrifying talent was still left on Feng Long’s face.

And when he looked at Feng Tianmin now, sure enough, his face showed much the same surprise.

“The original version of the Su Family Spear, a terrifying talent for learning, a stubborn temperament, and an original heart that power and position cannot move...”

“Have you found out who he was before?”

Feng Long nodded. “Yes. After parting from this Su Youzong, I took a plane specially these last two days and spent a heavy price going back to Qingguo Territory to investigate in detail. It’s basically clear now.”

“This Su Youzong joined Qingguo Territory three years ago. At first he was just a refugee who had drifted there, but in his second year, by buying the post, he became deputy head of the supplies department in a small town under Qingguo Territory called Prickly Pear Town.”

“From secret visits, this man was very greedy while in office. He took a good share of nearly any benefit that passed through his hands, so he was given the nickname ‘Skinner Su’. But one difference was that he only took what he should take, and whenever the interests of ordinary people were involved, he would instead step in to protect them. His nature should not be bad.”

“Of course, in a town in a remote little territory like that, no matter how greedy he was, he couldn’t have gathered many points. The reason he could afford an identity in our territory is that before leaving he used violence to wash the whole management of Prickly Pear Town in blood. Anyone with ties to the underworld was killed off completely, and the trade points were plundered clean.”

“And three years ago? Can you find that out?” Feng Tianmin frowned.

“I can’t. Qingguo Territory is at war with the alien race right now, and it is very hard for me to find ordinary people connected to him. This line of leads has probably been cut off.”

Feng Long shook his head, then changed his tone. “But he has a girl with him named Huang Xiaojuan. We can use her as a breakthrough point and see whether we can dig up his past!”

“Where is she?”

“In Mulberry Field Town next to our Hope City. She is currently a planting worker, so Chen Shen shouldn’t have noticed her.”

“Good, I’ll handle this. Your movements this time back were a bit unusual. For now, try to lie low and don’t let Hope City notice anything odd about you.”

Tucking the materials Feng Long handed over inside his coat, Feng Tianmin stood up and gave his instructions.

“As before, I’ll arrange a battle three days from now. Take people there and just put on a good show.”

“As for Su Youzong and Huang Xiaojuan, you needn’t pay attention to them for the moment. I’ll send our own people to lurk over there and protect him first.”

“Once this wave of attention passes, I’ll think of a way to contact him, see if we can meet him and talk in depth!”

“Yes, I understand that, but...”

Feng Long stood up too, seeming to hesitate to speak, but in the end he lowered his voice without realizing it. “Brother, between us and Mayor Chen, is there really no room for easing things?”

“There is, but the initiative isn’t in our hands!”

Patting Feng Long on the shoulder, Feng Tianmin walked toward the wall with a hint of melancholy and began to tap on it rhythmically.

“Feng Long, remember this. A struggle between concepts has only ever been a matter of life and death.”

“From the moment he sent the Director’s family away, we were already standing on opposite sides for good.”

“Unless he turns over a new leaf and starts again from scratch. But... is that possible?”

The retractable ladder unfolded, and Feng Tianmin raised a hand and pointed, and the dim cellar began to light up.

After pointing to the inside of the wall, he said no more and began to climb up toward the ground.

Following the direction of his finger, Feng Long turned his head, and with just one look, he froze on the spot.

That was.

Rows and rows of black and white photographs hanging on the wall.

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