I brought ng Jiangnan back to the hidden room were in before. There were less than half of his n there when we returned. I assu they left to go and save him.
ng Jiangnan quickly called for his n to return.
I ripped the sheet on a folding screen off, and snapped it into two lengths of timber. I then nailed the screen-sheet to cover the hole I created before.
"Now that you know my identity, I trust that you will patiently listen to for a bit, yes?"
"Yes, yes, of course."
His assassin guards found it difficult to accept the situation seeing how he treated with the utmost respect all of a sudden. Boss ng seed to be treating more courteously than his own biological father.
I told them about the warriors being killed in a governnt vicinity today.
ng Jiangnan revealed a grim look on his face when he heard it, and communicated with the girl nad Cai Die using his eyes. The young girl imdiately understood what that ant and sent everybody out, including herself. When she left, she snuck a glance at .
I gave her a smile. The young girl blushed and ran out with her head down. How cute~, now I really want a maid to take care of . But it's pointless to even wish for it. If shiyi finds out, hehehe……
"Can you tell now, Boss ng?"
"I am truly sorry about that, Master Ming. I truly do not know the details."
Huh? You sent everybody away only to tell you don't know? I juggled it in my mind… That's not right. You sent them out so that you wouldn't look bad, didn't you?
"It is as you said, Master Ming, it was the work of the Black Winds Thirteen Wings." ng Jiangnen confird my conjecture, "However, they did not notify the League of Assassins about the job, and we did not offer them the job. It was sothing they accepted on their own accord."
That's how it is?
"So your group didn't send them on the job, but rather, they took the job themselves?" I blinked my eyes, "That doesn't make sense. You have a branch in the capital, so why would they need to accept the job themselves? That's a high risk decision. In the assassination circle, assassins take jobs from well-known custors, and not strangers, right? Isn't that the rule?"
"I agree. To be honest with you, I was furious when I first found out they were behind the hit. I once called their leader over to reproach him, but they insisted on completing the mission. I threatened to remove them from the League of Assassins, but they wouldn't listen. Even I cannot understand why."
"……"
I fell into deep thought.
While this case is strange, it's answered the question in my mind. I told you the League of Assassins wouldn't go and pick a fight with the imperial court, and throw themself into a crisis. It's stupid. While the evil sects wield great power in the pugilistic world, as soon as it cos to fighting the imperial court, they all hide and zip their mouths because they know that no matter how strong they are in the pugilistic world, they can't bring the imperial court down. Consequently, they won't challenge the formidable foe that the imperial court is.
Don't think for a second that the Black Winds Thirteen Wings are hot-shots and having a blast after the last few days. The imperial court will eventually be able to dig up even their deepest secrets if they decide to. It's just a matter of ti.
I looked in ng Jiangnan's direction: "Aren't you afraid that the imperial court will target you if that's the case?"
ng Jiangnan smiled bitterly and said: "Who said that I'm not afraid? Those in this industry are most afraid of being targeted by the governnt. That is why I have increased our intel collectors recently. I have not dared to let my guard down, which is why I offended you before, Master Ming. Please forgive for that."
I waved my hand to indicate I didn't mind.
If that's the case, then it makes sense. However, the location of the Black Winds Thirteen Wings has beco a mystery again.
"Boss ng, can you get in contact with them on my behalf?"
"Um….." ng Jiangnan revealed a grim look, "I think you would already know the rules of our line of work. The information I have is a secret to even the leader of the League of Assassins. I cannot tell you how to communicate with the Black Winds Thirteen Wings."
I angrily retorted: "Hmph, boss, are the won of your household made of gold or sothing?! You won't even let contact one!" *
ng Jiangnan revealed a clumsy smile: "I, I'm really sorry, how about I give you soone else. Is Cai Die any good?"
You actually had a response for that?
This fatso truly is unbelievable.
After the two of us finished our "evil young master getting angry because he couldn't get the girl at the brothel" act, Miss Cai Die's cheeks were bright red. She looked very cute.
Boss ng finally apologised with a smile: "Jokes remain as jokes. As this is a rule, I cannot tell you."
I raised my hand to stop him from continuing.
"Don't worry, Boss ng. I won't ask the impossible of you. I just want you to do , Ming Feizhen, a favour. Go and contact the Black Winds Thirteen Wings. It'll suffice if you just contact them on my behalf. I don't care what it is they do, nor do I want to bother with them, but I don't want to have to deal with nuisances while completing my job at Liu Shan n. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
ng Jiangnan paused for a mont, then laughed and said: "Hah, I was wondering what the matter was. Now I know that you have business at Liu Shan n and want to say sothing to them. I shall let them know, and tell them to 'take care'. Easy. I will tell them to do Master Ming a favour, what do you think?"
"That would be for the best. I should get going now."
Well, we can consider the arrangents complete now. All we have to do is wait for them to take the bait now. Boss ng and I exchanged looks and smiled at each other as I left his teahouse.
Notes:
*Ming Feizhen was basically saying "are they like your precious daughters that you stuff gold inside and therefore unwilling to share" and he was surprised ng Jiangnan could actually play along by providing an actual response to it. As you can see, the joke makes literally no sense, hence his surprise
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