This is the second copy of the Hong Kong Island series after unlocking it.
Nine Dragons Walled City.
I have to say that Li Yi’s first impression here was that of fireworks.
After walking through the seemingly endless mountain road stairs and crossing a rusty suspension bridge, Li Yi quickly saw the walled city.
Contrary to imagination, there are neither heavily guarded fortress guards nor soldiers standing guard with numerous firearms.
Some are just all kinds of traders, workers, farmers, and...
thug.
Li Yi stood at the gate of the walled city, staring intently at the man in front of him.
The man was a little thin and his appearance was a bit vulgar. The reason why he attracted Li Yi's attention was very simple.
"Want a bodyguard?"
Li Yi looked around and was sure that he was talking to him.
"Are you talking to me?"
"Do you want a bodyguard?" the man repeated.
"Why do you think I need a bodyguard? And..."
"What makes you think I'd hire you?"
At this time, Li Yi didn't think it was funny, but was very serious.
Everyone could see that this stranger who suddenly came to the walled city was no ordinary person. Although they did not think that this man would dare to do anything excessive in the walled city, no one volunteered to recommend them.
Bodyguards, or thugs, are a relatively mainstream business in the city.
The early Jiulong Walled City was in chaos. They wanted to do business with the outside world, but no one dared to come. So the village owner at that time came up with a whim and came up with an idea to ask the merchants who came to trade to pay and hire the city.
The soldiers in the walled city serve as their own bodyguards to protect their personal and cargo safety while in the walled city.
Logically speaking, there should be no business for this kind of completely unreasonable business.
But no one expected, not even the village owner who came up with this idea out of the blue, that this business of bodyguards and thugs would become the only business supporting the city for a long time.
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So later there was such an unwritten rule.
Any outsider who comes to Nine Dragons Walled City must hire at least one local person as his bodyguard.
"Don't look at me like this, I can fight very well." The man showed off his not very strong figure, but his stomach made an inappropriate sound, causing the thugs who were also waiting to be hired to laugh.
"Xiao Huang, don't hold on, go back and help your wife wash clothes, hahaha!"
"Even so, I don't know what kind of bad luck this boy got. He married a wife who is as beautiful as a flower. She is willing to marry him."
"I saw it last time too, that appearance, that figure, tsk tsk."
Listening to the filthy words spoken by the people around him, Xiao Huang didn't get angry at all and yelled angrily: "You guys are a bunch of rubbish. Apart from watching other people's wives, you only eat what you want. Have you ever thought about working to support your family? You're rubbish!"
He must have been holding back these words for a long time, and Li Yi could also hear that his local dialect was not fluent, which showed that he was not a local before.
And the reason why that group of people were so unscrupulous was probably because he was not originally a local.
How could these people endure an outsider yelling at them? After a few snorts, they all gathered around him and wanted to teach him a lesson.
When Li Yi saw this, he simply walked aside. This kind of thing happened everywhere, and he wanted to take this opportunity to see the strength of the city's thugs.
So a city fight started without any suspense.
Although Xiao Huang was very brave and knocked down several thugs several times in a row, he was ultimately outnumbered. After being surrounded, he kicked and punched each other, and was knocked to the ground miserably.
Then, he was greeted by a storm of punches and kicks. After a while, Xiao Huang was just lying on the ground panting.
At this point, Li Yi came to the rescue.
"Okay, okay, what a big deal it is, don't fight. I'm going to stay here for a while. Let's just forget about it tonight. From tomorrow on, I'll hire two people every day. Is that okay with the head office?"
The thugs were just looking for money. When they saw Xiao Huang lying motionless on the ground, they also benefited from it. They looked at each other and dispersed, leaving only Li Yi squatting on the ground and staring at the panting Xiao Huang.
"How's it going? Can you still move? If you can still move, get up and take me around."
In a dark alley, an old woman shakily served two bowls of steaming wonton noodles, which made Xiao Huang unable to stop licking her lips.
"Eat." Li Yi looked at him and smiled.
"You ask me?"
"certainly."
After hesitating for a moment, he finally picked up the bowl and in the blink of an eye, he ate all the hot wonton noodles, not even the soup was left.
In the end, Xiao Huang wiped his mouth with satisfaction and looked at Li Yi with some embarrassment: "Well, the face money will be deducted from the employment fee."
"This is a small matter, are you full?"
After touching his belly, Xiao Huang nodded confidently.
"When you're full, guest, where do you want to go? I'll take you there!"
"I'm not going anywhere, just to your house."
Hearing this answer, Xiao Huang was a little surprised, and then suddenly thought of something, with a wary look on his face: "You, my family can't do it!"
Looking at his look, knowing that he had misunderstood, Li Yi shook his head: "Don't be nervous, you are not a thug. I have to rely on your protection. Let's go to your house. Some things can only be solved by going to your house."
Xiao Huang:???
"By the way, where is your home?"
"...Not far from this alley."
The west section of the Walled City.
This is the most backward and remote area in the entire city, and is inhabited by the poorest and most down-and-out families in the entire city.
But once upon a time, there was a glorious period here. Most of the soldiers who followed the officers and retreated to Hong Kong Island had lived in the Western District and were known as the cornerstone of the Walled City.
But as time goes by, the descendants of these soldiers gradually lose their original status and reputation.
Instead, they are descendants of military officers and some new immigrants who are good at finding tricks and calculating and doing business.
Most of these new immigrants fled to the walled city to escape the war. They brought a large amount of property with them. In addition, they were originally merchants. Except in the early days, the village owners did not reuse these merchants in order to stabilize their status.
Win over your brothers.
As time went by, the owners of the village changed several times. The original cornerstones of the West District no longer lived up to their original status, and the West District where they lived gradually became a slum.
At this time, Li Yizheng was sitting in front of the hall with a golden sword, sipping the tea served by Xiao Huang's wife.
As for the young couple, they looked at the man in front of them uneasily, especially Xiao Huang, who was holding a steel scale in his hand and looked defensive, almost talking about chasing someone away.
Li Yi, on the other hand, didn't pay attention to him at all, and just stared at the other party's wife with great interest.
That is his goal!
[The mission has been updated to Ogre’s Sorrow!]
[It has been found that a person who has a significant connection with the target mission, Xiao Cui, seems to be a gentle and weak person. Probably no one would have thought that she would give birth to a famous cannibal demon in the future! 】
Li Yi would never have thought that he seemed to have arrived a little earlier and did not see the cannibal demon who stuffed human flesh. Instead, he met the man's young mother in advance.
This development greatly exceeded his expectations.