Inside the main courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion, Mo Wen was serving himself a bowl of porridge. Seeing Su Baiyi striding in, he simply said, "Here you are."
Su Baiyi sat directly next to Mo Wen and asked, "There is no drug in today's breakfast, right?"
Ye Huo, who was standing behind Mo Wen, lowered his eyes and unconsciously increased the strength of his sword-holding hand.
"No, you see I'm eating." Mo Wen said with a smile.
"Then give it to me." Su Baiyi snatched the bowl of porridge from Mo Wen, raised his head and took a big sip.
"Miss Nangong, Xia Qiu, come and eat with us." Mo Wen greeted, not caring.
Nangong Xier sat next to Su Baiyi, and Zhao Xiaqiu sat next to Mo Wen. Mo Wen served each of them a bowl of porridge, and the group of people began to eat breakfast seriously in silence.
Just when they were halfway through the meal, a scholar walked in, reading a book, walked to the front of the table, put down the book, looked at everyone, and then turned and left.
"This is the leader of the nine evils, Xiao Sheng." Mo Wen introduced.
"Is that the Xiao Sheng who is known as the best killer in the world?" Nangong Xier asked.
Mo Wen nodded, "That's the Xiaosheng. The eldest brother has read a lot of books since he was young. He knows everything. Later, he went to take the imperial examination. He encountered difficulties with the examiner and his classmates were killed. In the end, he killed the examiner with a knife. From then on, he began to wander around the world. Although he was born a scholar, because he had read so many books, he knew how to kill people the fastest, how to kill without the other party noticing, and how to kill people in the most secretive way. In the end, people called him the Xiaosheng who is best at killing."
After the scholar left, another pretty girl wandered into the hall, picked up a bun from the table, glanced at Su Baiyi, took a bite of the bun, and turned and left.
"This is the only woman among the Nine Evils, ranked fifth, her name is Ling Ran." Mo Wen said, "She used to be a member of the Crescent Moon Organization."
"Yueya, the most famous assassin organization in Jiangnan?" Nangong Xier asked in surprise, "Didn't they disappear a long time ago?"
"They didn't disappear, they were all killed by Ling Ran." Mo Wen took a bite of the bun, "Ling Ran was an orphan who was adopted by a killer from the Crescent Moon Organization and trained to be a top killer. Later, the leader of the Crescent Moon Organization died, and Ling Ran's adoptive father died in an internal fight. Then Ling Ran killed everyone in the organization."
Su Baiyi swallowed the bun in his mouth and exclaimed: "Looking at such a young girl..."
"This is how the Crescent Organization is. Only those who are good at killing can survive in it." Mo Wen said dimly.
As soon as he finished speaking, a young man with a delicate face but a cunning look in his eyes walked in. He was playing with three dice in his hand and said impatiently, "City Lord, can you play a few rounds with me?"
Mo Wen pointed at the man and said, "This is Adou, ranked sixth, nicknamed "Losing Every Time You Gamble", I wonder if you have heard of him?"
Su Baiyi was stunned: "I have actually heard of this."
"Oh? You haven't heard of the first two, but you've heard of Adou?" Mo Wen asked in confusion.
"I am a humble man, but I often hang out in casinos. I heard from them that there is a fat sheep, who roams around the world and spends all his wealth. If I heard correctly, his surname is Zhang." Su Baiyi looked at the young man, "The only son of the Zhang family, the richest family in Lingnan."
"It's a pity that the Zhang family has long been gone, and he is now losing my money." Mo Wen sighed lightly.
"Boss, I used to bet a hundred taels of gold, but now I'm only betting two copper coins." Zhang Adou looked at Su Baiyi, "You said you hang out in casinos, so how about we bet?"
"You always lose when you gamble, so why do you keep gambling?" Su Baiyi asked.
"I'm accumulating my luck. I hope that I keep losing. Then one day, when my luck reaches the sky and I must win, I will definitely win." Zhang Adou smiled and tossed three dice.
"I'm betting big." Su Baiyi said.
Zhang Adou turned and left, and three dice fell on the table, four, five, and five.
"It turns out that I always lose when I gamble." Su Baiyi sighed.
Zhang Adou walked out of the room with his back to them and waved at them.
"As for the others, Eighth and Ninth Brothers will be guarding the gate. They met you briefly last night. Seventh Brother is the one who poisoned you. Fourth Brother Gu Ye had a fight with you. Third Brother is Xia Qiu. Come, Xia Qiu, have some shrimp balls. Second Brother, this is my bodyguard Ye Huo." Mo Wen pointed at Ye Huo, who was guarding behind him with his eyes closed.
"He fell asleep." Su Baiyi said.
Ye Huo opened his eyes and said coldly: "I didn't."
"Ye Huo is not well-known in the martial arts world. Unlike others, he has lived in Demon City since he was a child. He is a child adopted by my brother." Mo Wen said, "They all pretended to pass by one by one just now, but they just wanted to come and see you."
"Look at me?" Su Baiyi asked in confusion, "What's so good about me?"
"If you talk about good-looking, your sister is more worth looking at. But now those people outside are specifically trying to capture you, and you are also the one we in Demon City are trying our best to protect, so they are all very curious about what kind of person you are." Mo Wen turned to Ye Huo and asked, "Ahuo, what do you think of Master Su?"
Zhao Xiaqiu nodded and said, "Mr. Su is very good."
Ye Huo snorted disdainfully: "I don't think it's that good."
Su Baiyi spread his hands and said, "I also don't think I'm that great. Senior Sister, what do you think of me?"
Nangong Xier was stunned: "I think... you are pretty good."
Su Baiyi was also stunned: "Senior Sister, if you say that, I can't answer."
Nangong Xier blushed: "Then you are not good, not good at all."
"Yes, I am just a very mediocre person." Su Baiyi continued smoothly, "The reason why people outside protect me is only because I have the Immortal Book on me, and the reason why Demon City protects me is not because of my master's request?"
"You are very smart. Your master did write me a letter." Mo Wen put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand and changed the subject. "Miss Nangong, I only told you half of the story yesterday. Do you want to hear the other half?"
Nangong Xier immediately put down the chopsticks in her hand: "Of course."
Su Baiyi was puzzled: "What story?"
"A story about a visitor from Yingzhou." Mo Wen said with a smile.
"A visitor from Yingzhou? That androgynous guy?" Su Baiyi was shocked. "You spied on my dream?"
Mo Wen was even more surprised: "You have seen him? No, Xie Kanhua said he never told you."
Su Baiyi was also puzzled when he saw Mo Wen's expression. He had just talked about that dream with his senior sister for the first time. Could it be that there really were visitors from Yingzhou in the world, and that everything that weird guy said was true