With a warehouse full of supplies, I stood alone as king in this chaotic world, gun in hand.

Nangong Wu rolled her eyes at him and didn't say anything.

Since she arrived here, she has done many shocking things, and now rumors about her must be flying all over Kyoto.

"Look! Your face is all scrunched up again. A girl should smile more often to look prettier." Xiao Lin shook his head. "I heard you went to see the people from the Wujian Pavilion?"

"You've been following me?" Nangong Wu's gaze turned cold.

"No, no." Xiao Lin saw the murderous intent in her eyes and couldn't help but shudder. "Don't forget that I'm also a member of the martial arts world. Besides, I'm your guard. There are some things in the Prince's mansion that can't be kept secret."

"It's just some trivial matter. You don't need to spend that money. Anyway, I've already made an enemy of Nangong Xun. If you need anything, let me do it. I guarantee I'll do it better than the people from the Wujian Pavilion."

As if to demonstrate his abilities, he took out a secret letter and gave it to her, saying, "Take a look at the information I found for you."

"About me?" Nangong Wu asked, taking the secret letter with a puzzled look.

Tear open the wax seal and take out the letter inside.

There was only a letter, but every line written on it shocked her. She looked up at him, "Could my twin brother still be alive?"

The original owner knew about this. Back then, her mother gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, on the day the children turned one month old and the royal palace held a grand banquet.

Seeing that both children were asleep, the mother asked Granny Feng and the two wet nurses to take the children back to the "Jade Courtyard," while she and her father continued to entertain guests in the front courtyard.

An assassin took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the palace, drugged all the wet nurses, maids, and old women in the rooms, and carried away the older brother.

However, the assassin was discovered by the guards in the palace when he left, which startled everyone and caused them to surround the assassin.

Seeing that escape was hopeless, the assassin actually jumped into the artificial lake with the child in his arms.

The mother was very anxious and sent someone who could swim down to search for him; the father also went down.

It was summer, and the artificial lake was full of lotus leaves, making it difficult to find the assassin. So, the mother ordered the water in the lake to be drained and all the lotus flowers and leaves to be cut down in order to search for the assassin.

After two days and one night of hard work, the lake was drained and the lotus leaves were all cut, but there were no assassins, only a small, swollen corpse.

The mother fainted on the spot.

After reading the secret letter, Nangong Wu's hands trembled slightly. "So all of this was done by Nangong Qi."

"Hmm." Xiao Lin nodded. "Back then, Nangong Qi spent a lot of money to hire the Nine Nether Sect, an underground assassination organization, to do it."

"Nine Nether Gate?" Nangong Wu murmured these three words.

The original owner had heard his parents mention this name when he was a child.

"The Nine Nether Sect has committed too many evil deeds and was wanted by the imperial court. It has disappeared from the martial arts world for many years, but its leader is still active in the capitals of various countries," Xiao Lin said.

"Since you were able to find this information, you should know where my brother is?" Nangong Wu's voice was a little hoarse.

Now that we know he's still alive, we must find him and bring him back.

Xiao Lin shook his head, "I don't know yet! A few days ago, I had a falling out with the Nine Nether Sect Master. I went with several other sects to raid their hideout and found some secret letters. That's when I learned that Nangong Qi and the Nine Nether Sect had been exchanging letters and that he mentioned your relationship with your parents."

Later, you saved me. To repay your life-saving grace, I asked a friend to help investigate, and that's how I found this information. My friend also caught the assassin who stole your brother and sent him to Kyoto soon.

"Thank you..." Nangong Wu never expected that the person she saved casually would do her such a big favor by finding out that her brother was still alive.

Xiao Lin smiled slightly, "You're welcome. Don't forget I'm your gigolo now... the father of your children. It's only right that I serve you."

"But I am merely a wandering swordsman, roaming the world without a home, utterly alone and without support. From now on, I will rely on Your Highness in the Prince's Palace."

Helpless and alone? Nangong Wu stared straight at him, really wanting to roll her eyes at him.

How could someone who could connect with gangs, raid the hideout of an assassination gang, and dare to assassinate Nangong Xun single-handedly claim to be helpless and alone?

"Ahem..." Xiao Lin avoided her gaze, coughed lightly twice, and glanced around the room.

"How many children are there? I haven't been here for a few days, they must have gained some weight!"

Just then, Li An brought them tea and, upon hearing his words, took it and replied:

"Young Master Xiao, the children have just finished their milk and are asleep now!"

"That's really unfortunate," Xiao Lin said with some regret.

"We'll see them when you come next time." Nangong Wu didn't actually want him to see the children, afraid that he might recognize the seven black spots behind their ears.

This woman travels all over the country and is well-informed; she might recognize this mark. She doesn't want the children's father to come looking for her.

When the children are older, we need to find a way to cover it up to prevent the news from getting out.

In the original owner's memory, the medicine he took that night was extremely potent, making his whole body burn with heat, as if he had a high fever.

When she ran to the back mountain, she was already in a daze, and with the steam in the hot spring, she couldn't see the man's face clearly at all.

"Come to think of it, I haven't given the children any gifts yet." Xiao Lin patted his pockets, trying to find a decent gift.

"The children will be a month old in a few days. If you want to give a gift, you can do so on that day. You are the children's father, so don't give a gift that's too insignificant!" Nangong Wu said half-jokingly.

This guy has traveled all over the country and roamed the world for so many years, he must be rolling in money.

Thinking that the children will soon be a month old, I must throw a big banquet and not let the children suffer.

But we must never let something like the original owner and her brother's full moon banquet happen again, and before that, we must get rid of Nangong Qi's whole family.

"That's a must."

The two chatted over tea, and after half an hour, Xiao Lin left first, worried that he might disturb her rest.

The following afternoon, Li Shuang reported that Xiao Lin's friend had delivered the assassin.

"Where is he?" Nangong Wu stood up to go and see.

"Those men left after delivering the assassin; the assassin has already been taken to the dungeon," Li Feng replied.

"Let's go check out the dungeon." Nangong stepped out of the room.

Upon arriving at the dungeon of the Prince's mansion, they found Xiao Lin there as well.

"Your friends have come, why don't you invite them to have a cup of tea before they leave?" She felt that they had helped her so much, and she should thank them properly.

Xiao Lin's eyes flickered slightly. "I also asked them to stay, but they said they had urgent business to attend to and left in a hurry."

Nangong Wu felt a little guilty. "Then let the steward give you some silver so you can give it to them later."

"No need, they don't need it..." Xiao Lin suddenly realized that his words were a bit inappropriate, and quickly changed his words, "I rarely see them either, and it's inconvenient for them to carry money with them."