Shen Tinghao of course recognized the two people.
There were only seven top aristocratic clans in the capital. Even if he wasn't familiar with them, he wouldn't not recognize them.
He also knew that both of them held important positions in official departments, and their ranks were not low.
But he didn't expect them to stand up for Chen Fan, or to do so on such an occasion.
He had vaguely heard about Han Wei and Chen Fan going through the incident at Guikui Market together, and knew that their relationship was probably unusual.
But in such a situation, with Han Wei and Xiang Jingshu so strongly supporting Chen Fan, wasn't it going too far?
Unless, the Han family and the Xiang family had already made up their minds to fully support the Chen family and Chen Tianjiao?
He hesitated.
The expressions of the many martial artists also changed greatly.
Even though they were all from the martial arts world and didn't understand secular affairs well, after coming to the capital, they would know the reputation of the seven aristocratic clans.
Shen Tinghao had already made many of them envious, and now the Han and Xiang families had appeared.
While Shen Tinghao was still hesitating, Xiang Jingshu walked forward, took out a piece of paper from her pocket, and almost slapped it directly onto Shen Tinghao's face.
Shen Tinghao did not dare to make a scene. He took it and looked, his expression changing.
This was a letter of appointment, appointing none other than Chen Tianjiao.
The appointed position was not high, merely appointing him as the Capital Inspector, with full authority over all matters in the capital.
He had full responsibility for handling all affairs.
The problem was that below this letter of appointment were several signatures!
Each name represented the highest authority and peak power.
Among them was his father's signature!
What did this mean?
It meant that the higher-ups had reached a consensus and would fully support Chen Tianjiao!
"Have you finished reading it?"
Xiang Jingshu sneered and said, "If you're done, then get lost!"
Shen Tinghao opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing. He handed the letter of appointment back to Xiang Jingshu and turned to leave.
His departure left countless people stunned.
Even a top young master like Shen Tinghao had to leave in disgrace. Chen Fan, whose background was already strong, now seemed to have an infinitely strong one!
Or was it that the authorities had unified their stance and intended to crack down on them, the martial artists gathered in the capital?
A sense of unease spread among many.
Zuo Tianze's expression also became grim. He had a relatively good relationship with Luo Han of the Luo family, but for some reason, Luo Han had not come to watch the Grandmaster battle today.
"Boss."
Xiang Jingshu walked up to Chen Fan and handed him the letter of appointment, "This is the appointment letter I just received."
Chen Fan glanced at it and returned it to Xiang Jingshu.
This appointment was naturally not something he and Jun Ruowang had planned. It was a pleasant surprise brought by Jun Ruowang.
It would make it much easier for him to act in the future.
However, its effect was limited to that.
"I will repeat myself, Zuo Lizhou, please come with me to cooperate with the investigation now!"
"Resisting stubbornly and refusing to cooperate will not benefit you or the Hero Alliance!"
Chen Fan looked at Zuo Lizhou and spoke again.
Zuo Lizhou's face was grim, and he said coldly, "I said, Chen Tianjiao, if you have the ability, just give the order to fire!"
"I am a dignified Grandmaster of martial arts and the leader of the Hero Alliance. I cannot afford to lose face. According to the rules of the Jianghu, unless you can defeat me. But do you dare?"
His tone was still firm, but Shen Tinghao's embarrassed departure had clearly deterred him to some extent, making him much softer than before.
Chen Fan suddenly smiled.
"I am injured, so defeating you in a one-on-one fight is indeed difficult! But this is official business, not a competition among Jianghu figures."
Chen Fan said, "You were right earlier, the war zone will not fire randomly, but setting aside the deterrence of war zone weapons, Zuo Lizhou, do you really think I can't deal with you?"
Zuo Lizhou sneered, "Chen Tianjiao, without the power of the war zone, you are nothing in my eyes!"
Chen Fan raised his hand and said, "The martial arts world has suffered from the Hero Alliance for a long time. My esteemed guests, if you do not stand out now, then in the future, when you are encroached upon and coerced by the Hero Alliance, you will have no choice but to submit. At that time, do not harbor any unwillingness or resentment about the outcome of being slaughtered."
"The choice is yours!"
Zuo Lizhou sneered at Chen Fan's actions.
Except for Shaolin and Wudang, who were already closely associated with the authorities, he didn't believe anyone else would stand with Chen Tianjiao, and thus stand with the authorities.
But the next moment, his eyes narrowed, and the veins on his forehead bulged slightly.
He saw a person from his side step forward and come behind Chen Fan.
"Fengcheng Mo, you... you are going to betray your Jianghu brethren?"
Zuo Lizhou said with a dark expression.
Fengcheng Mo glanced at Zuo Lizhou and said in a deep voice, "The Feng family has long allied with Chen Tianjiao!"
"Has your Feng family forgotten the mortal enmity of your brother Feng Qianyuan three years ago?"
Zuo Tianze said indignantly.
"It is precisely because the Feng family cannot forget this enmity that they have allied with Chen Tianjiao!"
Fengcheng Mo said calmly.
The other Feng family disciples also moved their positions and came to Chen Fan's side.
"My brother Feng Qianyuan, a martial arts genius not seen in a hundred years for the Feng family, was poisoned and assassinated!" Feng Qianluan spoke, staring at Zuo Lizhou, and said, "The Feng family has investigated for three years, and the more they investigate, the more confusing it becomes. A vast force is concealing all clues in the dark, preventing the Feng family from continuing their investigation!"
These words shocked everyone.
Many people subconsciously looked at Zuo Lizhou.
Although Feng Qianluan did not explicitly state it, there were only a handful of forces in the martial arts world that could make the Feng family unable to find any clues and fail. The Hero Alliance was one of them!
After all, the Feng family was a royal family of thousands of years, and their location was not far from the capital!
Zuo Tianze also felt the unfriendly gazes around him and snorted, "Feng Qianyuan died at the hands of Chen Tianjiao, yet you are cooperating with your enemy?"
"I already said that my brother died from poisoning and assassination!"
"Although Chen Tianjiao has grievances with the Feng family, he can help the Feng family find the real killer!"
"Have you found out who the real killer is?" someone couldn't help but ask.
Staring at Zuo Tianze, Feng Qianluan did not speak.
"Miss Feng, why don't you say it clearly? Are you still going to imply that our Hero Alliance did it?"
Feng Qianluan sneered, "It's not the Hero Alliance, but it's inseparable from the Brotherhood, and the Brotherhood has a close relationship with your Hero Alliance!"
Zuo Tianze was stunned for a moment, then said, "What Brotherhood? I don't know what you're talking about."
He denied it flatly.
Feng Qianluan merely sneered and did not continue to accuse the Hero Alliance.
Just then, another person quietly came behind Chen Fan, it was the Shang Rulong father and daughter.
"The Shang family will withdraw from the Hero Alliance and will no longer have any dealings with the Hero Alliance!"
Shang Rulong said.
"Brother Shang?" Zuo Lizhou was not too surprised. He stared at Shang Rulong and said in a deep voice, "Have you thought this through?"
"Alliance Leader Zuo, the Shang family prefers to be more independent. I hope you will not blame us."
Shang Rulong said.
Zuo Lizhou snorted.
Chen Fan smiled and suddenly said, "Grandmaster Ji, Grandmaster Ba, what are you still waiting for?"
The crowd looked uniformly in one direction.
Ji Cang and Ba Zhu showed helplessness under everyone's gaze and stepped forward.
Ji Cang said, "Alliance Leader Zuo, it's just cooperating with the investigation. Why are you being so stubborn? Master Hui Xing has already said that with your status and martial arts cultivation, no one can make things difficult for you!"
"As the saying goes, the clear will remain clear, and the turbid will remain turbid. Alliance Leader Zuo has a magnanimous heart. There is nothing wrong with cooperating with the war zone's investigation!"
The many martial artists in the martial arts world looked sideways in surprise.