"Which family is this little sister from?"

The assassin looked at him warily.

The leader threw a stone into the river and said:

"If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. I'm originally from Cangzhou. You know the Lord of Cangzhou, right? He was the one who led the uprising in the early years and was suppressed by Lord Yunyang and the king. I was the chess piece that Cangzhou originally buried in Yuxi City. This move has been going on for ten years. The situation in Cangzhou has been changing. Our superiors all died in the internal struggle. In the end, we are homeless and can only wander. We are all from the Anbu. I believe you also know that sometimes we look for the same kind, and we have a feeling that we can find the same kind. So I guess you are also an assassin raised by someone. Unfortunately, I can't save you this time, so I can only send you on your way."

The leader was in his thirties, had a beard, looked a bit sinister, but spoke with a melancholy tone:

"You, remember, don't join the Anbu in your next life, it's not worth it. Live in the dark, die in the dark, no one pays attention, and no one remembers. My boss back then followed the Lord of Cangzhou wholeheartedly, held his horse for him, planned for him, and killed countless hostile people for him. In the end, he was sentenced to death by an imperial edict. It is said that the body was cut into pieces and the people rushed to buy it. Haha. The mess was thrown to my boss to bear, and the blame was also thrown to my boss to bear. One was borne when he was alive, and the other was borne after he died. It can be regarded as making the best use of everything. Apart from him, you didn't live a good life either, right? Listen to me, those who live in the sun, whether they live or die, whether they are meritorious or demerits, can all be judged by the world and by history. But people like us live in the dark, and we are what the superiors say we are."

The young assassin did not respond.

She remained silent throughout.

At this time, the two younger brothers bought some buns, held them in their hands, ran to their boss, and said with a smile:

"Brother, we bought the buns. The owner of the bun shop even gave us an extra one, saying that this one didn't look good and wouldn't sell."

As he said that, Dogleg No. 1 happily handed the bun that was said to be ugly to the leader, and then put the remaining two buns into the hands of the young assassin, and said with a stern face:

"Don't think too much. If it weren't for our big brother's kindness, how could you get to eat such delicious food? Why don't you thank our big brother quickly!"

The assassin clenched the bun in her hand. Her white and tender hands were red from the cold, and she could only feel a little warmth when she held the hot bun.

39. Don’t lose your integrity even if you are out there

I watched the little assassin bring the bun to his mouth, slowly take a bite, and chew it mechanically.

Then she ate faster and faster, and soon the two small buns were swallowed into her stomach.

The assassin licked the corner of his mouth.

Dogleg No. 1 cursed:

"This girl is a starving ghost reincarnated."

The leader thought about it and handed the ugly bun in his hand to the assassin, but this time the assassin pushed it back. The leader and his two brothers shared the last bun. After eating, the assassin opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice:

“Shiloh.”

The leader asked:

“What’s your name?”

The assassin nodded. She picked up the tattered blanket beside her, put it on herself, wrapped herself tightly, and said:

"Thanks."

The leader said:

"You're almost dead, and you're still saying thank you."

The assassin did not refute. She had short hair, a rosy face, white teeth, and beautiful eyes. It was obvious that she was a beauty, but she looked a little embarrassed at the moment. Although she was pretty, she was not in my strike zone.

In my opinion, a lolita should look like a lolita. For example, the little princess Lana is very cute, silly and ignorant, believing whatever others say. This assassin named Xiluo is obviously more mature than her age. She is only twelve or thirteen years old, not to mention her strength of the seventh level of perfection. She is also very cautious in her dealings with others. How can she look like a lolita?

Especially those eyes, no wonder Alayya described them as "like a dead person", at first glance there is absolutely no sense of life in them.

The leader stood up and walked towards the bridge, and his two younger brothers hurriedly followed.

After walking about seventy or eighty steps away, Dogleg No. 1 whispered:

"Brother, can we really not save her? I think she is quite pitiful..."

Dogleg No.2 said:

"That's right. Alas, the money for a meal from those nobles could probably save her life, right? People are really so different. The rich die of gluttony, and the poor die of starvation. Big brother, if you ask me, we can just find a noble and get some money from them to save her. This is called robbery, robbery..."

Dogleg No. 1 added:

"Rob the rich and give to the poor."

The leader frowned, shook his head and said:

"Do you think that Yunhai Baihuang is just a decoration? At the beginning... Sigh. Let's not talk about it. In short, don't underestimate her. Although she is a woman, she is still good at handling cases. In addition, she is followed by a guy who can't be defeated. If she leaves even a little clue, the three of us brothers will probably have a narrow road."

The two lackeys sighed repeatedly.

It is said that a penny can make a hero fall. In this world, every class has its own troubles. But the troubles are different. Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouths, and the biggest entanglement in this life is that they have too much money and have nowhere to spend it. After living a life of luxury for a long time, they gradually feel spiritually empty and difficult to fill. Most people work hard all their lives just to survive. They want to help others, but no one pays for their kindness.

But is it really true that no one is paying for it?

wrong!

At this moment, a young, wealthy and successful city lord quietly appeared and passed by the three people.

At such a young age, he is already the lord of a city.

He holds absolute power over life and death.

He is so bored that he would care about things that have nothing to do with him.

He searched his entire body and found that he didn't have a penny...

I touched my nose awkwardly, and then I remembered that I had given my private money to He Yue a long time ago, and now I am also a poor class. But when my hand fell, I suddenly touched something hard, and then I remembered that the jade pendant I usually wore was still hanging around my waist.

This jade pendant was a birthday present I gave to myself when I was fifteen, because that year no one in the entire lord's mansion remembered my birthday except Alayya.

Alas, it seems that I will have to bleed heavily today.

I raised my hand and broke the pendant of the jade pendant, which fell to the ground with a plop. I pretended not to know and walked forward without looking back.

At this moment, the lackey number one behind me shouted at me in a scoundrelly manner:

"Hey, stop right there, kid. Huh? I'm talking to you. You didn't even notice your stuff dropped? Pick it up for me, idiot. You don't even know how to take care of your own money? Or are you showing off your wealth? Be careful or we'll beat you up."

God knows how I felt after hearing this.

It was like one day someone blocked my road, holding a knife and saying to me, "Hello, put on your long underwear quickly, don't get cold." I didn't know what to say to these weirdos, so I could only lower my head and pretend I didn't hear anything, and walked forward silently.

Unexpectedly, the man picked up my jade pendant and chased after me, shouting as he ran:

"Are you going to stop or not? Wow, look at what you can do. Don't let me catch up with you, or I can't fucking kill you!"

I ran half a block before I finally got rid of him. Wiping the sweat off my face, I couldn't help but sigh that the ideological education work of the masses in Yuxi City was a little too good. It's not easy to be a good person who doesn't leave a name now. Fortunately, I was not discovered in the end. I patted my clothes and went back to the city lord's mansion.

The next day, Hantu knocked on the door of the City Lord's Mansion, respectfully handed over a jade pendant, and said:

"Lord City Lord, your jade."

I was confused:

"How did it end up in your hands?"

Hantu wiped the sweat from his face and said with a flattering smile:

"I went to the pawnshop yesterday to look for something, and I accidentally saw this being sold there. I remember it was the piece you usually wear around your waist, so I asked about it. It was said that someone had picked up this jade and came to the pawnshop to exchange it for some cash. I told the shop owner that this was your jade, and he didn't dare to sell it anymore, so he asked me to return it to you."

I took the jade, hung it around my waist, and asked:

"How much did the pawnshop owner pay for this jade?"

Hantu whispered:

"Three gold coins."

"What a damn profiteer."

I cursed. I bought this piece of jade for 40 gold coins. The discount was too severe. It was directly reduced to 3 gold coins. However, 3 gold coins should be enough to save the assassin's life. She just had a high fever. It would be enough to find an old Chinese doctor to treat her.

I patted Hantu on the shoulder and said:

"You did a good job. Tell the pawnshop owner that I'll remember him."

Hantu breathed a sigh of relief. I had neglected him during this period, and he had sensed some danger. This time he had a chance to show his abilities, and I believe he felt much more relaxed.

Khantu said:

"Besides that, the shop owner also said..."

He hesitated and said:

"The man who found the jade said that the jade was not his. But in order to save someone, he had to pawn the jade. If the owner of the jade came to him in the future, he would tell him his name. If he could still afford it at that time, he would give the money even if he had to sell everything he had. If he couldn't afford it at that time, he would give his life as an apology. He said his name was Chang Qing and he was the leader of some gang."

I smiled, yawned, and said casually:

"understood."

40. Poaching is the primary productive force

What else is missing from Yuxi City?

I often think about this question.

This question is related to when I can really experience the joy of collecting money by hanging up. Although it is basically running automatically now, the problem is that various problems often arise during the operation. In my absence, the chief minister of internal affairs, He Yue, is basically the backbone of Yuxi City.

But He Yue is not mature enough yet. Although he is 20 years old, he has shown a smoothness and maturity beyond his age, but he is still a little behind those top counselors. He is not as good as the legendary white-robed minister in the capital, nor as good as the counselors around many lords. His talent is indeed extremely excellent, so many people will overlook a problem.

That is, He Yue had never really held any position before coming to Yuxi City.

When he was with Lord Tiancheng, he helped the Lord to make plans, and when he arrived at Yunhai, he was also Bai Feng's younger brother. It can be said that most of what he mastered was theoretical knowledge, and he had no experience in holding power. And his first official job in life was the internal affairs of the entire city... No, not just internal affairs, but also the ambition to expand outward, and there were strategies to be realized step by step, all of which were on his shoulders.

He Yue is not a god, he is a human. He does not have the ability to turn stone into gold, but only the method of making money from money. He will make mistakes, but he will also make up for them. Overall, he is a very worry-free guy.

In addition, Fang Shisan was there to support the military, which was enough to put people at ease. Throughout the ages, no territory had ever expanded outward by relying on the power of an individual. Maybe it was okay to bully weak enemies in a small area, but when it came to fighting with the heroes of the world, it was more about the army and money and food, which were the foundation of a territory.

It can be said that the original Yuxi City was an isolated city, relying on Fileta to defend it alone, and there was no possibility of expansion. The addition of He Yue and Fang Shisan gave Yuxi City the capital to turn defense into offense. He Yue could handle internal affairs in an orderly manner to ensure the continuous accumulation of wealth in the city, and Fang Shisan could use the money saved by He Yue to attack outward and conquer more cities. With more cities in He Yue's hands, he could generate more money and recruit more troops for Fang Shisan, thus forming a virtuous circle.

I also call this the most important foundation of Yuxi City at present.

Neither of these two people can stop, otherwise there will be problems.

As long as this virtuous cycle does not collapse, Yuxi City will naturally continue to develop. It can be said that what Yuxi City is doing now and what it will do next are all for He Yue and Fang Shisan. For example, Bai Huang, Bai Huang's role is to ensure public security. If public security is not stable, people will be in chaos, and He Yue's work will also be affected. For example, Alayya and Felita, their strength will make Fang Shisan's tactics more flexible and will greatly enrich the combat effectiveness of the army.

So far, everything seems peaceful.

At least until the assassin showed up, even I felt that peaceful days were coming.

It was not until Fang Shisan was stopped by an assassin just when he was about to succeed at the front line that I realized something. Yuxi City is still too weak. It has been able to persist in its development. Of course, it has the contributions of He Yue and others, but more importantly, it depends on me, the boss behind the scenes, to maintain it.

But this is inevitably a bit boring. Just like a tower defense game, the goal should be to do nothing and watch the tower you built kill monsters in a pleasing way, rather than you having to frantically click on the screen to release active skills. What fun is there in that?

But the current Yuxi City still can’t do without me.

If the assassin had killed Fang Shisan immediately, or had not left me a note and directly burned the food, she would have succeeded. This also means that if another assassin had been used, Yuxi City would have collapsed. The internal and external circulation system that I had worked so hard to build could be easily defeated by just one assassin, which made me a lot more sober.

The strong one is not Yuxicheng, but me.

After thinking it over, I understood one thing. Yuxi City is still short of people. Other children inherit a lot of their father's connections when they leave home, and they basically have everything they need from the day they take office. But I can't do that. When I first came, I had nothing except Alayya. Fileta was about to be given to the demons as a heretic, He Yue was locked up in a brothel to sing after being paid a sky-high ransom, and Fang Shisan was trapped in the family circle and couldn't move forward. But I brought them out and brought them to Yuxi City. But it's not enough. This only filled the three holes of internal affairs, military affairs and public security. There are still too few people around me.

Cultivate it yourself?

It's hard.

Then poach people!

No matter who he is, no matter what hatred he has against me, no matter if he is in a high building or in a quagmire, there is only one word: dig! As long as he has the ability, dig him to Yuxi City! As long as he is willing to come and work for me, dig him here at all costs! All those years of learning to use excavators are not in vain. No matter how wide and thick the corner of the wall is, I will dig him with a shovel.

Especially someone like Xiluo. She has reached the seventh level of perfection at the age of twelve or thirteen. A lot of resources must have been used on her, right? I'll dig it up for you with one shovel! What is this called? This is called taking from the surplus and making up for the deficiency. Isn't this the will of heaven and man?

So, since that night when Shiloh failed to burn the food supplies, I have been secretly planning how to build my own Anbu organization with her as the core.

At least we can't be too passive in intelligence. We can't let someone kick our ass and not even be able to find out who the murderer is, right?

But Fang Shisan's success story cannot be replicated. I was wearing makeup at the time, so she didn't recognize me, but I knew her. I was able to win her heart easily. But Xi Luo couldn't do that... She wasn't blind.

So, I need someone to help me test it out first and get some information about Shiloh himself.

For example, whether she can communicate normally with others, which territory she comes from, and what her purpose is.

For example, why she didn't kill Fang Shisan at the beginning, why she left notes before burning food and assassinating, etc.

Even things like what she likes, what she hates, what she's thinking, what her measurements are, whether she has a history of dating...

Until I figure this out, I don't plan on taking any action.

But I didn't know anyone related to Shiloh, and I couldn't ask Shiloh directly, so the matter made no progress at all.

Until this man named Changqing appeared.

When Hantu reported the news to me, I looked calm, but I remembered it firmly in my heart.

Changqing can be used. He will be my springboard for attacking Hilo.

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