Chapter 133: The Dinner
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Gu Shenwei was sure that the Barren Sect was planning to climb up to Golden Roc Fort, but the fort had not yet discovered the sect's real intention. Those won had already successfully misled the fort by assassinating killers in South City. In the past two days, Golden Roc Fort had launched a citywide hunt for mbers of New Moon Hall and the Barren Sect but had only killed so ordinary disciples of the Barren Sect and even so innocent won.
Tie Hanfeng did not care much about those crazy won. He was glad that he could help his apprentice to make up with ng Mingshi after two days of hard word. He himself was also excited to get this chance to et such a wealthy young master.
Usually, ng Mingshi would never accept an invitation from a humble slave boy.
However, he accepted Slave Huan's invitation this ti. He did not want to offend Bighead Kingpin and he also kind of missed Xu Yanwei.
ng Mingshi had begun to hang out in South City at the age of 15, with Pot-bellied Buddha as his guide.
The first prostitute Pot-bellied Buddha introduced to ng Mingshi was his own daughter Xu Yanwei. It was ng Mingshi's first ti sleeping with a girl, but Xu Yanwei, a 15-year-old girl, was already a very experienced prostitute. She taught him many things that he could never forget.
Hearing that ng Mingshi had agreed to attend the dinner, Xu Xiaoyi told Tie Hanfeng and Gu Shenwei many interesting things about this young master. "There's a saying in this business that a man will always fall in love with the first girl he's slept with. The Fifth Young Master ng's first girl is my sister. He did fall in love with her at that ti and gave her countless silvers. Unfortunately, all those money was taken away by the old jerk."
Xu Xiaoyi still sounded bitter whenever he ntioned his own father.
What Xu Xiaoyi said reminded Tie Hanfeng of the first girl he had slept with. He smiled aningfully and nodded. "Yeah, that's true."
Gu Shenwei was the only guy who looked grim at this mont. He was confronted with a raft of problems, but none of the people here could offer him any advice.
Xu Xiaoyi raised his head up and bead just like Tie Hanfeng. "Given that, a man has to be prudent to choose his first girl. Look at . I'm still searching for a suitable girl."
"Stop flattering yourself. You just don't have enough money to sleep with a prostitute," Tie Hanfeng blurted out. "Before you go out to sleep with a prostitute, you'll have to explain to where you get the money."
Xu Xiaoyi smiled embarrassedly and changed the subject. "There's another saying in this business: A prostitute should never fall in love with her first man."
"Why?" Tie Hanfeng asked surprisingly. Although he was a frequent visitor to brothels, he had never heard of such a saying. "I'm always wondering why that woman suddenly began to treat so coldly."
"I just heard it from my seniors in this business." Xu Xiaoyi took a sip of his drink and continued to explain. "A young man usually has lots of fantasies about won and tends to imagine his first girl to be perfect. In the beginning, he's willing to do anything for the girl. However, once he gets bored with her and goes to sleep with the other prostitutes, he'll realize that there's nothing special about the first girl and will desert her for a better girl. If a prostitute falls in love with her client, she'll not only lose business but also look like a fool when her client abandons her. For example, Mr. ng Mingshi, he loved my sister so much, but he didn't give a d*mn about my sister and I when we were in trouble last year."
Gu Shenwei was not interested in this business at all, but Tie Hanfeng was deeply touched by what Xu Xiaoyi said. He kept drinking his liquor and sadly exclaid, "Oh, I see. That's why she acted like that."
That night, Tie Hanfeng kept murmuring in his sleep, but the next morning, when he woke up, he quickly recovered from his depression.
ng Ming ca to Xu Yanwei's brothel at noon, accompanied by a group of servants. Upon entering the house, he wept and poured out his heart to Xu Yanwei while neglecting all the other people in the house. After that, he put a smile on his face to greet Tie Hanfeng. He only nodded to Slave Huan to greet this slave boy, before they went upstairs to dine together.
Gu Shenwei was well aware that this banquet would never decrease ng Mingshi's hatred toward him. After all, he had threatened the young master with a wooden saber and witnessed the young master's discomfiture during the trip to the Iron Mountain Gang's camp.
However, this dinner was still aningful for Luo Ningcha and Tie Hanfeng. The forr took this opportunity to demonstrate that she had total control over her slave boy, and the latter was thrilled to make friends with the Fifth Young Master ng.
During the al, Gu Shenwei formally apologized to ng Mingshi and ng Mingshi reluctantly accepted the apology. After that, no one talked to the brown-belt assassin anymore.
ng Mingshi spent most of the ti flirting with Xu Yanwei. All the good mories about the girl ca back to him again and made him think that she was very attractive again.
Fifth Young Master ng brought three n to the al. One of them was in charge of telling jokes to liven things up. Another one remained quiet most of the ti but fixed his eyes on ng Mingshi. Once the young master got stuck for words, he would help him out. The last one ca to drink with Tie Hanfeng. These two guys chatted and drank rrily together like old friends.
Xu Xiaoyi led a group of servants to cater a dinner for the people on the second floor. He ran up and down inside the house to serve dishes and drinks.
No one seed to notice Gu Shenwei leave the table during the al.
The teenager walked to the window alone to get so fresh air. As it was autumn now, the wind was very cool and refreshing.
At this mont, all the other brothels in Pleasure Alley were closed. This alley got few visitors in the day, so he did not see anybody in the street. The only person he could see was a maid making the bed in the brothel across the street.
Suddenly, he saw a brown-belt assassin walking quietly on the roof of the brothel. That assassin also noticed Slave Huan, but he did not appear to mind it.
He continued to walk forward with an unsheathed saber in hand, and then he jumped into the house through a window and killed the maid with only one strike. He ca over to hold the maid after killing her and gently laid her on the ground to avoid making any noise.
A mont later, another two brown-belt assassins jumped into the room to join him. They quickly dispersed to find the other targets in the house.
They all knew that Slave Huan was watching, but none of them minded it.
They were also from Little Flag Battalion, and one of them was a forr Tattooed Arm Gang mber and Slave Huan's loyal friend. Despite the fact that all of them wore masks, Gu Shenwei still easily recognized them.
"Why do they assassinate their targets in broad daylight? This is not Golden Roc Fort's style at all." Gu Shenwei could not help but wonder. On second thought, he realized why they did this. Pleasure Alley was quiet during the dayti but crowded at night, so it was better to take action here during the day.
Soon, the assassins completed their task, but they did not retreat quietly. To Gu Shenwei's great surprise, they opened the door and sent out a frightened servant. "Help, help, it's a murder," the elderly woman scread.
All the people on the banquet were dumbfounded.
Tie Hanfeng darted to the window to see what happened outside. "Liu Yin'er was killed."
Upon hearing that the prostitute living across the street was murdered, Xu Yanwei shrilled and threw herself into ng Mingshi's arms. "Liu Yin'er is one of Mr. ng's favorite whores. Who dares to kill her? Did she deliberately send the elderly woman out to attract Mr. ng's attention?" One of ng Mingshi's servants said.
Liu Yin'er was not only one of ng Mingshi's favorite prostitutes but also a prostitute working for the ng family. Besides her, many other prostitutes in Pleasure Alley also had very powerful bosses. To avoid offending those prostitutes' bosses, Golden Roc Fort's killers and macheten, who had turned all the brothels in South City upside down during the past several days, never dared to co to Pleasure Alley to search for mbers of New Moon Hall and the Barren Sect.
ng Mingshi rubbed Xu Yanwei's shoulder with one hand to comfort her while holding a cup of liquor with the other hand. "What an annoying b*tch. Tell her to wait for a mont. I'll go over to kill her very soon," ng Mingshi grumbled.
In the next mont, the elderly woman got rid of Xu Xiaoyi and stumbled all the way up to find ng Mingshi.
"Mr. ng, my kind master, soone suddenly broke into our house. Oh, my goodness. They murdered the girl. They killed Miss…"
The woman's speech beca increasingly incoherent, but her blood-sared dress had already convinced everyone that Liu Yin'er was murdered.
"Master Yu will co here very soon," Gu Shenwei realized sothing and reminded everyone.
Just as he expected, a mont later, Shangguan Yushi and 10 brown-belt assassins galloped to the brothel. An assassin ca out to report to her.
The elderly woman's screams had already woken up all the people in the alley. They simultaneously stuck their heads out of their windows to see what was going on outside.
ng Mingshi turned pale because of anger. He threw his cup aside and ran to the window. "You… Shangguan Yushi… What're you doing here? Why did you kill my girl?"
Shangguan Yushi remained silent. She just raised up her head to give ng Mingshi a glance and then walked into Xu Yanwei's brothel. When she ca to the second floor, she still did not say a word to ng Mingshi. "Slave Huan, you seed to forget that you're a mber of Little Flag Battalion.
Gu Shenwei had had a lot of trouble to deal with yesterday and thus had completely forgot to report to his killer leader yesterday afternoon. "We were too busy to co back to report."
"Where's Maid Lotus?"
"She's watching the suspects."
ng Mingshi felt a little embarrassed, and his face beca red now. "Stop, stop. You have to give an explanation first. Why did you kill my girl?"
"Your girl? She's New Moon Hall's disciple. Mr. ng Mingshi, are you close to Golden Roc Fort's enemies?" Shangguan Yushi asked.
"What are you talking about? That's impossible. She's not a…"
"I've solid evidence."
"No, you must have forged the evidence to fra . I demand a reasonable explanation for this. Let's go to Golden Roc Fort together."
The two young masters began to quarrel. No one in this room dared to stop them.
Evidently, Shangguan Yushi did not just co here for Liu Yin'er. While arguing with ng Mingshi, she often turned to Slave Huan, condemning the brown-belt assassin for dining together with Master Ru's foe.
Gu Shenwei was not sure if Liu Yin'er was a mber of New Moon Hall, but he was 100-percent sure what Shangguan Yushi was trying to do here. She intended to make a big deal out of this dinner and wanted everyone to know that Slave Huan had openly betrayed Master Ru and dined with her enemy ng Mingshi. She was pretty confident that Shangguan Ru would hear about this incident very soon.
According to Tie Hafeng's theory about "relations", Shangguan Yushi, who wanted to kill Slave Huan without stirring up Shangguan Ru's temper, was now trying to sever the slave boy's relations with Master Ru,
Sohow, Mister Guo, the Commander of the action against New Moon Hall and the Barren Sect, also ca here to question Shangguan Yushi on the assassination of Liu Yin'er. According to Commander Guo's order, Little Flag Battalion should stay within the southeastern area of South City and should never co to Pleasure Alley without permission.
Now that there were lots of people packed inside this room, Gu Shenwei was pinned up against the window by the crowd. When he heard soone chanting Amitabha, he could only turn his head a little to have a look. To his great surprise, he saw two monks in Pleasure Alley: one was pale as a ghost and the other was tall and strong like Vajra Dharma.
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