Su Lin took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness, the Feng family is backed by Dinghai Tower. Even if the Town Demon Commander personally comes forward, he will have to give face to Dinghai Tower. Besides, the Feng family will not personally target our Su family. They will contact the surrounding bandits to suppress our Su family. We cannot afford to provoke some of these bandits."

"Bandits?" Ning Chen frowned.

The underworld in Lizhou is really in chaos, especially the mountain bandits, who are rampant. Not only do the big families and sects fail to clean them up, they also collude with them, making it impossible for the Lizhou City Lord's Mansion and the Demon Suppression Office to manage or ignore them.

If this continues, Lizhou will be in chaos within ten years.

Ning Chen turned to look at Yan Conglong, "Spread this matter to the palace as soon as possible, and let my father know. Lizhou is plagued by mountain bandits. Within ten years, there will definitely be chaos."

Yan Conglong nodded with his eyes twinkling.

At this time, Su Ting said, "Xiao Chen, Grandpa proposed to move the Su family out of Shanhai City and go to Fulong City. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Ning Chen was slightly stunned, but after thinking about it carefully, this was indeed a good idea.

Su Ting didn't say it, so he didn't remember it.

Of course, the Su family has been rooted in Shanhai City for more than two hundred years. This is their foundation, and he has never thought of letting the Su family move to Fulong City.

However, Fulong City is under construction, and it is also Chen Xian's fiefdom. If his mother's family moves to Fulong City, they will definitely be taken care of, which is better than being oppressed in Lizhou.

"can."

Ning Chen nodded: "However, the problem of bandits in Lizhou still needs to be solved, especially those big forces that have fallen into depravity and need to be rectified."

"Fulong City has a bright future. If the Su family moves there, it should be better than staying in Shanhai City."

Su Lin looked at Su Rui and another elder of the clan, who were of the same generation as him.

"Let's move."

Su Rui and his friend finally agreed to move out of Shanhai City.

Su Lin gave orders to quickly collect the Su family's business funds.

But it was too late.

In just one day, except for the shops, restaurants and other businesses in Shanhai City that were not looted, all businesses in the county town were completely looted by the bandits, and many people were killed.

It can be said to be a heavy loss.

Su Lin and others gnashed their teeth in anger.

Ning Chen was also furious when he heard the news, "Too rampant, go back to Lizhou and mobilize the army to wipe out the bandits."

Yan Conglong said, "Your Highness, don't worry. The bandits in Lizhou are a problem. I'm afraid it will take more than one or two days. There are 200 to 300 mountain strongholds of all sizes, with hundreds of thousands of people. It will take more than one or two days to wipe them out. I think we should focus on the big things first. If the big things can be accomplished, the bandits can be wiped out in no time."

Ning Chen frowned: "How long do we have to wait?"

Given the current situation in Lizhou, he has no confidence in forming a branch of the Martial Arts Alliance.

Yan Conglong said: "No matter how long we wait, we must focus on the important things."

Ning Chen said: "The biggest bandit in Shanhai City is Qingmang Mountain. Go investigate the overall situation of Qingmang Mountain."

Yan Conglong nodded, turned around and gave instructions to Cao Chong and Zhang Xing.

……

Southwest of Lizhou.

In a valley, Su Jingyi was covered in wounds.

Ever since he left Shanhai City, he has been hunted down, but he did not look back and headed all the way to Fulong Territory with the letter.

But the five men in black chased him relentlessly and forced him into this valley.

"Still running away?"

A masked man in black blocked Su Jingyi from the front, two people rushed up from behind, and one person appeared on each side, completely surrounding him.

Su Jingyi's face looked extremely ugly. These five people were all in the Spirit Infant Realm. Let alone five people, even if there was only one person, he could only fight with him at most, but it would be easy for five people to kill him together.

If he didn't have a secret way to escape, he would have been killed by the five men.

"Who are you? Why are you chasing me?" Su Jingyi held a sword in one hand and glared at the masked man in black in front of him.

The masked man in black sneered and pulled down the mask on his face, revealing the face of a man in his forties with dark skin and sinister eyes.

"Feng Kui?" Su Jingyi's face was solemn.

It goes without saying that the other four men in black are also members of the Feng family.

The Feng family has been keeping an eye on the Su family, otherwise how would the Feng family know if he left with nothing?
"Leaving Shanhai City and wanting to ask for external assistance?" Feng Kui sneered.

"It's ridiculous. If my Su family wants to go somewhere, do we have to ask your Feng family for permission?" Su Jingyi was furious.

“That’s not necessary, but the Ninth Prince Ning Chen went to your Su family, right?” Feng Kui sneered.

For the martial arts conference, some members of his Feng family also went to Zhenwu City, and naturally had seen the Ninth Prince Ning Chen from afar.

In addition, news came from Dinghai Tower that the Ninth Prince had arrived in Lizhou.

The Feng family immediately thought that the carriage heading to the Su family belonged to the Ninth Prince.

After the Ninth Prince arrived at the Su family, Su Jingyi left the Su family that night and even left Shanhai City. There must be something wrong.

That's why the Feng family sent them to kill Su Jingyi.

However, he did not expect that Su Jingyi had many ways to escape, and he forced the latter out of the Shanhai County City.

"What do you want?" Su Jingyi's face was extremely gloomy.

"Hand over the secret letter." Feng Kui said coldly.

"What secret letter? I don't understand."

"Stop pretending. You've been running all the way here. Are you trying to ask for help from Fulong City?" Feng Kui said.

If we were to ask who the Ninth Prince has a better relationship with, it would definitely be the Mad Saint Chen Xian.

If Su Jingyi really allowed to escape to Fulong City and hand over the secret letter to Chen Xian, his Feng family would certainly be suppressed by Chen Xian.

Even Dinghai Tower couldn't protect his Feng family.

So there was no way he could let Su Jingyi leave Lizhou.

"Brother Kui, don't waste time talking to him, just send him to see the King of Hell." A masked man in black said coldly behind him.

Feng Kui's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He stared at Su Jingyi and sneered, "Do you think the Ninth Prince can save your Su family? Once he comes to Lizhou and the news gets out, I'm afraid he won't be able to save himself."

Su Jingyi said angrily: "You, the Feng family, dare to attack the Ninth Prince?"

"Haha, idiot, if you want him dead, my Feng family doesn't even need to show our face, the Lizhou bandits can kill him." Feng Kui laughed.

The strongest bandit group in Lizhou is not from Qingmang Mountain, but from Kunlong Mountain.

The leader of Kunlong Mountain is a powerful person with hidden supernatural powers. He has eight people in the Wanxiang realm and more than thirty people in the Tiangang realm under his command. Isn’t it easy to kill a prince in the Tiangang realm?
"Get started!" Feng Kui was too lazy to waste time talking to Su Jingyi.

On a mountain not far away, an old blind man was standing with a wooden stick in his hand, his body slightly hunched.

He heard clearly the conversation between Feng Kui and Su Jingyi in the valley.

He shook his head secretly and tapped the valley five times with the wooden stick in his hand.

Five spear beams flew through the air. Feng Kui and his five companions, who were about to attack, suddenly sensed the danger. However, before they could react, the spear beams had already pierced through their bodies from behind, shattering their souls as well.

"Well!"

Feng Kui opened his mouth wide with a look of disbelief. He didn't even realize who killed him until his death.

Because Su Jingyi in front of him didn't move at all.

Su Jingyi was also confused. He had prepared to fight to the death and would rather destroy the secret letter than let Feng Kui succeed. However, he did not expect that the five people were killed in an instant.

He scanned the surroundings with his eyes, but did not see the person who made the move.

"I wonder which senior took action?" Su Jingyi asked with a breath, and there was only the sound of wind from all directions.

"I am Su Jingyi from the Su family in Shanhai City. Thank you for saving my life." Su Jingyi spoke again, but still did not respond.

Su Jingyi knew that the person who had attacked had left. He stared at the bodies of Feng Kui and the other four, split a pit with his sword, threw the five bodies into the pit, covered them with mud, then flew into the air and headed towards Fulong Realm.

Not long after he left, the old blind man, leaning on a wooden stick, staggered out of the mountains and headed for Shanhai City.

……

East of Shanhai City, Feng family.

In the main hall, a young man looked at the old man in the dark robe who was sitting on the throne and said, "Grandpa, although the Ninth Prince has become more successful than before, he has no power in the royal family and is not valued by Emperor Ning. Why should our Feng family be afraid of him?"

The young man's name is Feng Yuanling, and he is going to marry Su Jinglan, the daughter of the Su family.

The old man in the black robe is the patriarch of the Feng family, Feng Shaoshan, a seventh-level Wanxiang strongman.

Feng Shaoshan said in a deep voice: "What do you know? No matter what, he is still a prince. Even if he dies, he cannot die at the hands of our Feng family."

"The bandit problem in Lizhou has lasted for thirty years. Nie Yongxuan couldn't hide it at all. The imperial court also knew that there were bandits in Lizhou, but it has only become serious in the past ten years. The imperial court didn't know how serious it was."

"The Ninth Prince came to Lizhou. It is very likely that Emperor Ning sent him to investigate the bandit problem. He has been given an important position. Emperor Ning will not let his son die in Lizhou, so it is better not to confront the Ninth Prince head-on."

Feng Yuanling was unhappy: "Grandpa, are we just going to let this matter go?"

Feng Shaoshan said: "The Ninth Prince will not stay in Lizhou for long. He may even die in Lizhou. By then, the Su family will have no hope. It will not be too late to kill the Su family."

Feng Yuanling paced back and forth in the hall. He was now determined to get Su Jinglan.

Because the Su family is rich in beauties, since Su Jingyun, there is now another Su Jinglan.

Although Su Jinglan's beauty could not catch up with Su Jingyun, she was still prettier than Wang Jing, the great-granddaughter of the owner of Dinghai Tower. He felt itchy at the first sight of her, and no matter how affectionate other women were, he didn't find them attractive enough.

I have trouble sleeping every night and have to rely on fantasies to fall asleep.

"Don't hang around here. See if your brother Kui and the others have come back." Feng Shaoshan glanced at his grandson.

Feng Yuanling nodded and left. Not long after, he came back and said, "Grandpa, Brother Kui and the others haven't come back yet."

Feng Shaoshan frowned: "Does it take so long to kill Su Jingyi?"

News came from Dinghai Tower that no secret letter from the Ninth Prince could leave Lizhou, so Su Jingyi left Shanhai City at night and headed southwest, definitely wanting to go to Fulong City.

Where is Fulong City?
The fief of the brave Marquis Chen Xian.

Who is Chen Xian? He is a madman.

If he gets Ning Chen's secret letter, he will definitely rush to Lizhou from Fulong City. By then, he will turn Lizhou upside down and no one will be able to suppress him.

Unless Emperor Wu takes action.

"Go, Feng Kui comes back and ask him to see me immediately." Feng Shaoshan said.

Feng Yuanling left absent-mindedly.

……

Su family.

After two days, Su Lin gathered back all the surviving clansmen in the county town, and quickly closed down the family businesses in the county town, and all shops, restaurants and other businesses were transferred.

The whole clan plans to move out of Shanhai City and develop in Fulong City, and is currently waiting for news from Su Jingyi.

What surprised Su Lin was that, apart from causing trouble for his family in the county, the Feng family did not bring anyone to put pressure on his family.

I don’t know if he has learned about the identity of the Ninth Prince.

At this time, Ning Chen was sitting with the younger generation of the Su family drinking and chatting, and Su Jinglan was also there.

Su Jinglan and his mother Su Jingyun are cousins ​​and they are three points similar.

He had no memory of his mother, so he would stare at Su Jinglan from time to time. Su Jinglan had an oval face, big eyes, bright pupils and white teeth. In terms of looks, she was not as pretty as Tang Can, Li Hanyue and Ning Shiqi, but she was also very beautiful.

"Son."

Liu Dai walked to Ning Chen in small steps and whispered in his ear, "The news has leaked out that the Lord of Shanhai City and the head of the Demon Suppression Division are coming to the Su family and want to see you."

Ning Chen frowned: "So fast?"

He had thought that sooner or later the prince's identity would be revealed to the powerful forces in Lizhou, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon.

Because he came to Shanhai City, the City Lord of Shanhai City and the Demon Suppression Bureau had no way of knowing, or the people in Dinghai Tower recognized him.

The main hall of the Su family.

When Ning Chen came with Yan Conglong and Liu Dai, Su Lin was carefully serving the mayor of Shanhai City and the director of the Demon Suppression Division.

Seeing Ning Chen, the two recognized him after a quick look and hurried forward to bow and pay their respects: "Your subordinate Lu Fei greets His Highness the Ninth Prince."

"I, Zhang Liao, pay my respects to His Highness the Ninth Prince."

Shanhai City Lord Lu Fei and Zhang Liao from the Demon Suppression Bureau saluted at the same time.

Ning Chen did not say anything and sat down in the seat of honor. Yan Conglong and Liu Dai stood on both sides. He stared coldly at Lu Fei and Zhang Liao.

Both of them had reached the ninth level of Tiangang cultivation, yet they felt uncomfortable being stared at by Ning Chen.

Ning Chen then asked coldly: "My whereabouts in Lizhou were secretive, and my whereabouts in Shanhai City were even more secretive. How did you get the news?"

Lu Fei's face was slightly condensed. "I heard that a distinguished person came to the Su family, and I guessed it was the Ninth Prince, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect it was really you, Your Highness."

"Guess?" Ning Chen sneered, "Is this the news given to you by Dinghai Tower?"

For the martial arts conference, Dinghai Tower must have been to Zhenwu City.

That evening at Poqiang Temple, Yu Chunlei of Dinghai Tower did not recognize him, perhaps he thought of him afterwards.

Lu Fei shook his head repeatedly: "It's either Dinghai Tower or my guess."

Ning Chen was too lazy to argue with Lu Fei about this matter, and asked in a cold voice: "Shanhai City, the bandits in Qingmang Mountain are causing trouble to the people. As the lord of Shanhai City, why don't you send troops to eliminate the bandits?"

As soon as Lu Fei heard it, he knew that the Ninth Prince came to Lizhou to investigate the bandit threat. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Your Highness, you don't know that the bandits are from Lizhou. They are very familiar with all the terrain in Lizhou and are very powerful. They are stronger than the city guards. Either we can't defeat them, or we send troops to suppress them. The bandits escaped with light armor and are difficult to catch."

"It's not easy to catch?" Ning Chen sneered: "Why don't you report it? You have captured the bandits in Shanhai City, and there are strong men in Lizhou City. Can't you suppress them?"

"From what I see, Master Lu, you have accepted benefits from those bandits, right?"

Lu Fei looked terrified and bowed, "Your Highness, I am a loyal servant to the emperor. How could I possibly be in league with the bandits? I have reported the bandits around Shanhai City to Lizhou, and Lord Nie is also aware of it. He personally sent 30,000 troops from the Lizhou military camp to wipe out the bandits, but in the end, they only captured more than 300 people. Those powerful bandits could not be caught at all."

Ning Chen snorted coldly: "Dinghai Tower is the most powerful force in Shanhai City. There are many powerful people in the sect and many disciples. Why don't you join forces with Dinghai Tower to destroy those bandits and stabilize Shanhai City?" (End of this chapter)