Chapter 163 (1/2)

Chapter 163: Seeking Protection Translator: Transn Editor: Transn

The youthfull killer really gave the coestion which he could not refuse

“Two thousand taels as a basicas I’m alive, this source of inco to s and stopped when he heard this statement 24 thousand taels of silver annually were just about the right a that no one saw – not too much and not too little He really was reluctant for this child to die too soon He said, “Are you aware that the positions of Coe every three years, and after a few more months my term of office will end?”

There was a Governor of the Jade City who existed only in name and his popularity was not even on par with that of a small protector in the South City Gu Shenwei had heard a little of hi as you, Sir, are in the Western Region, this amount of money will be delivered to you on time”

“I don’t even know if I should believe you”

“Please, believe me, Sir, for you did not earn this sum of money because of your official post but due to your experience and insight I’ll be back to learn froain”

This sounded a little audacious but also like an ingenious way of flattering the Coht for a little but settled for the latter impression He said mirthfully, “Whoever knew that a hly by others? Hey, I believe you”

It was just dawn as Gu Shenwei escorted Zhong Heng downstairs and the commandant hurriedly left At the entrance, he turned around and said, “I did not further investigate this case at that ti for leads, I would put in a lot of effort to find Marquis Gao’s personal servant”

The Xu siblings were also on their way downstairs fro quarters and had quite a shock – to kidnap the commandant was not in the plan they heard before

“You are alright, correct?” Xu Xiaoyi tried to look as if he had nothing to fear, but his voice did not feel bold in any way

“Everything’s fine” Gu Shenwei’s voice portrayed serenity, but even he did not have full confidence in receiving Zhong Heng’s forgiveness He did not kno much of an effect the silver would have nor did he kno high ranking the position of commandant in the Jade City was, and it was a rash action he took this tioodthat all of the custoood men

“Marquis Gao had a personal servant when he caather information and find out where he is, but do not alar’s reminder was valuable as Gu Shenwei had overlooked this lead Even though he had been enslaved for over two years, his thoughts and habits still had the roup of people to hiave consideration to them – just the same way the masters in the Stone Castle treated hi inforly, no one knew his whereabouts Logically, he would not have the financial capability to stay in the North City after hisat the South City However, he had vanished, and it felt as if he did not care about his master’s death or put in effort to look for his nextand defected to a new master at the North City,” deduced Xu Xiaoyi

Gu Shenwei thought that this was possible and was even more convinced that this servant had secrets to hide, thus he went into hiding He requested for Xu Xiaoyi to continue gathering inforhold of the Kun Society to handle the day to day tasks with Tuo Nengya

The as still going on and the Kun Society still had strongto show signs of losing, and Tuo Nengya was one of them He said, “For three days consecutively there have been no newto us and all available resources have already been depleted If this continues, I’ money left”

The h rate was over 20 thousand taels of silver There were also various expenditures which amounted to about 30 thousand taels of silver On the other hand, the Kun Society had only h various channels Gu Shenas using Tie Hanfeng’s inheritance to top up the difference now but it would not be viable in the long terht to the cessation of hostilities,” suggested Tuo Nengya “If we itiely reduce the number of machetemen hired”

“This is a decision to beMaster” Gu Shenwei did not care about money and wished that this ould continue on forever He wished for it to grow larger in scale too; the larger the better – if thespirit of Shangguan Ru

After the ht an unexpected piece of nehich made Gu Shenwei si wants tothe 10 killer youths selected by the Tenth Young Master, Wildhorse had for with five others Liuhua was alone and the for”, which could be considered as another faction, had four members With the death of Slave Yuan, there were only three of the waited until between nine to eleven o’clock in the night before sneaking in to meet Slave Huan There were only the two of then of respect, he i Slave Huan – as if the person standing in front of hiuan clan

One had to be careful when dealing with killers, even more so when they were from your own faction You had to show that you were unfazed when receiving flattery or humiliation Gu Shenwei nodded and uttered an ‘Un that he had accepted the other party’s show of respect However, he ave up his position to show that he did not have the authority to accept such formalities

“Slave Huan, you have to saverose and fully anxious, even to the point that he did not seem to resemble a killer

“Tell me, what happened?” Gu Shenwei asked Maid Lotus was only responsible for passing the e the details to her

“Someone killed Slave Yuan and wants to kill htly A killer kills as a profession and naturally would be in the predica assassinated many a time If one was not clear on this, he or she was not fit to be a killer He wished his followers to be strong and not pitiful beings being scared of death

“I will protect you as long as you tell the truth”

“It’s Master Yu”

Gu Shenwei felt sudden shock but his expression did not betray his feelings He waited for Slave Jing to continue speaking

“One night the year before, I ith Slave Yuan carrying out a mission When we ca in the alley outside It was very late then and ere a little suspicious, so we eavesdropped a little of their conversation One of thenize her voice – and the other was male, someone who I could not identify At first, the two of the Shortly after they started arguing, Master Yu sensed that there were other people in the vicinity and asked the other an to scurry away”