Chapter 91 (2/2)
“Pay the bill for the elderly lanced at Zhang Ji and asked, “Is he your father?”
“Oh man, what a nosy little informant I’ll return to report to East Castle tomorrow It seems that I need to also tell them of your perfor that, Xu Xiaoyi jumped off his chair and hurriedly walked toward the counter with the silver in his hands “Stop throwing the fort’s weight around to bully us,” he grumbled
After a while, the boy came back and looked embarrassed “That man owes a lot to the tavern He’s come here to drink for several days in a row and only ordered the best drinks Your h to pay for his bills”
“Well then, put it on ”
Xu Xiaoyi reluctantly walked to the counter again and caer of the tavern followed him to tell the killer apprentice, “We never kept a tab for Tie Hanfeng’s spendings here”
“You can start keeping a tab for him as of today”
Gu Shenwei learned an i from his mentor, which was one should always act boldly and steadfastly to achieve his goal in South City Since once he winced or appeared hesitant, he would be traer up and down and asked, “Are you his apprentice?”
“Yes, I am”
“What if your mentor refuses to pay for your tab?”
“I’ll pay with heads”
Gu Shenwei pressed one hand on the table and replied cal his first visit to South City, a youngservice, could also be used as currency in the city
Seeing the teenager er was displeased and looked quite gri to flare-up Nevertheless, after a while, the ’s account”
Xu Xiaoyi was so impressed He sat in a chair on the killer apprentice’s left side and looked at hi eyes “Wow, that was really awesome You’re so… By the hat’s your na tier had never mentioned his name and Xu Xiaoyi had never asked about it until now
“Yang Huan” Gu Shenwei told the boy his fake name Now that he was sent by the fort to carry out a task, he did not have to use his slave name anyht? You’re probably only one or two years older thanhis head It was very difficult for hi
Gu Shenwei did not payJi Soon, Mister Zhang invited the teenager to join hiht many students in the fort, but only you, a slave boy, kno to show respect for a teacher”
Beyond Gu Shenwei’s expectations, Zhang Ji still remembered the slave boy who had once disturbed his class They both worked in the Archives Library in recent days, but they had never spoken to each other
“It’s just a s”
“So to pay for my tab I’ve no reason to refuse such kindness Take a seat If you’ve anything to say, say it Don’t beat about the bush However, I need to remind you first that I won’t pay you back theto ask, I can’t proht I s in the future,” Gu Shenwei said sly
Gu Shenwei recited all the contents of the docu Ji in a low voice, and then he asked, “Mister Zhang, did you notice anything unusual in this docuently and slowly “I can’t help you with that I’s of the fort too ”
Gu Shenwei did not ask any other questions He had already gotten the answer froiven the complicated relationshi+ps between the people in the fort, Gu Shenas not sure whether Zhang Ji was reliable
He returned to his seat, closed his ears to Xu Xiaoyi’s nagging and i had spotted so unusual in the docuht be a plot against hiot uests sat near hian to chat They all talked in a roundabout way like Tie Hanfeng and Zhong Heng
Hearing their conversations, Gu Shenwei suddenly realized that Mister Guo ames in the document To knohat he really meant, he needed to crack the riddles and read between the lines
Gu Shenwei asked Xu Xiaoyi to get him a brush and a piece of paper He wrote the docu to end Now he understood why this document made him feel so uneasy
In this carefully worded document, the ht not succeed and that this failurefor the overproud apprentices
Gu Shenwei tore the paper into pieces and walked toward the gate of the tavern When he walked past Zhang Ji’s table, he said, “Thank you, Mister Zhang”
“If you want to thankto be spotted by so Ji replied coldly He did not even lift up his eyes to look at Slave Huan
Gu Shenwei did not stop near Mister Zhang’s table either He kept walking toward the gate when uests swarmed into the tavern Xu Xiaoyi sed the food in his ht up with hiave the killer apprentice a neeapon before he asked It was a sword again and was even shorter and lighter than the previous one It looked like a children’s toy
The fat guy ser, but Gu Shenwei just received it peacefully and s, “You could’ve done better”
It was getting dark and the snoas still quite deep They crunched all the way to the courtyard of the Ten-Dragon Gang This time, Gu Shenwei did not need to pay the enrollment fee, but he was asked to pay for the drinks Since Gu Shenwei had no money now, Xu Xiaoyi took out 10 taels of silver to pay and repeatedly reminded the killer apprentice that he just borrowed this money to him
Gu Shenwei held the short sword, with his eyes fixed on a rowdyto provoke the ht