At this time, Zhao Lian'er was completely renewed, like a pearl that washed away the dust, turning from a dog's tail grass into a bud that was about to bloom.

Her melon-shaped face, smoke-filled eyebrows, affectionate eyes, rosy lips, and white and tender skin. She is simply a little beauty that is like a fake one.

Even though she was wearing a servant outfit that she had prepared temporarily, she could not hide her charming appearance.

Only the body is still thin and thin, just like a weak willow to support the wind, which makes life pity.

Ye Xuan was surprised at first sight, which was completely different from what he looked like when he saw Zhao Lianer before.

The second glance came to my mind: A sister Lin fell from the sky.

In the third eye, he found that his study had been cleaned up and secretly praised in his heart, such a pretty, smart, sensible and lovely little maid.

After being stunned, Zhao Yun called out with a little confusion: "Little sister?"

Well, now I’m not sure whether my brother is my sister or not. It can be seen how much Zhao Lianer has changed.

"Lian'er, thank you City Lord for saving my brother." After seeing Zhao Yun, Zhao Lian'er was filled with surprise on her face, but she forced herself to suppress her and took the lead in expressing her gratitude to Ye Xuan.

"You're welcome, this is what the city lord should do." Ye Xuan nodded slightly, feeling quite surprised.

Zhao Lianer looks like she is only thirteen or fourteen years old, and she has such mature behavior. If it were other people of the same age, she would probably have been so excited that she hugged each other and cried.

When the brother and sister met again after the disaster, there must be a lot to say. Ye Xuan gave up the study room and returned to the hall by himself. Looking at the misty moonlight that fell into the front yard, he fell into deep thought.

The servant brought the tea, dared not disturb the city lord's thinking, and carefully retreated.

Although the city lord is young, he is becoming more and more powerful, especially his style of conduct since taking office, which really makes the subordinates respect and fear.

Soon, Zhao Yun and Zhao Lian'er came to the hall. The former looked full of disappointment, while the latter had tears on his face. It was obvious that he had just cried.

Ye Xuan saw that Zhao Lian'er must have had the upper hand in the brother-sister communication just now, and Zhao Yun obviously felt a lot of criticism.

"Just heard from my brother that the city lord is willing to take us brother and sister in there?" Zhao Lian'er's eyes were watery, big and bright, looking at Ye Xuan as if she could speak, and asked softly.

"Well, it's not right to take in. To be precise, it should be employment. Not only can you control food and accommodation, but you can also receive a salary." Ye Xuan said seriously.

The education received in his previous life made Ye Xuan always feel that no one has a high or low status, but he just made different contributions to society. Therefore, he would not be arrogant just because he became a lord. He still understood the principle that water can carry a boat and can overturn it.

"Does the City Lord know that my brother and I are not pure human race, but have the bloodline of a foreign race?" Zhao Lianer was not happy about it, but said frankly.

This Hei Shui City is so big, and it is not a secret that the origin of my brother and sister is just a little check to know.

There is a saying that if you are not of my race, your heart will be different!

It is precisely because of his alien blood that Zhao Yun cannot gain the trust of the big families in the city. Otherwise, with his figure, it would be easy to become a guard, so why should he get up early and go to the mine to sell labor?

Ye Xuan has looked at the history of Heishui City and learned that the former Heishui City was a trading city, which was prosperous for a while, and there were merchants of all countries and races. It was normal for intermarriage to occur over time.

However, with the gradual decline of Heishui City, foreign merchants have almost disappeared, but some of the descendants of intermarried races have left, while some have remained in Heishui City.

It was also from that time that humans, as the largest race in Hei Shui City, began to reject dissidents and suppress aliens.

The Great Shang Dynasty divided the class into three major systems: aristocrats, civilians and untouchables.

In Blackwater City, the untouchables are also divided into ranks, first-class untouchables and second-class untouchables.

When a human race commits a crime, he is sentenced to be a first-class untouchable. People with alien blood, regardless of whether they commit crimes or not, are classified as second-class untouchables.

There is even an unwritten iron rule in Hei Shui City that no merchant is allowed to hire second-class untouchables, and violators will be severely punished.

After Zhao Lianer confessed, her eyes stared at Ye Xuan tightly, and her little hands tightly held the hem of her clothes. Obviously, her heart was filled with tension and anxiety, expectation and desire.

However, when she saw Ye Xuan not answering immediately, her heart couldn't help but sink. It seemed that the human race's attitude towards foreign races was the same...

"Interracial blood?"

Ye Xuan looked at Zhao Yun, then turned to look at Zhao Lian'er, and thought to himself: No wonder he is a brother and sister, one is so big, but the other is petite and delicate, and most of it is caused by blood.

Fortunately, the man becomes older and the woman becomes smaller. If it is the opposite, it will definitely be a racial tragedy.

"So what? Does this have anything to do with me hiring you brother and sister?"

Ye Xuan's plain words were as pleasant as the sound of nature in the ears of the brother and sister, especially Zhao Lian'er, who was about to fall into the abyss, flew into heaven in an instant.

"Master Lord, are you serious?" Zhao Lianer covered her mouth in disbelief. If this matter came true, it would be equivalent to breaking the iron rule that Hei Shui City had defaulted over many years.

"In addition to being the lord of Hei Shui City, I am also the lord of this land." Ye Xuan stretched out his finger and pointed it downwards and said very domineeringly.

"So on this land, I have the final say!"

"Haha, little sister, look, I said just now that the city lord is a good person and worth following!" Zhao Yun swept away the previous annoyance on his face, and turned back to that honest man.

He strode to Ye Xuan, knelt on one knee, hugged his fists, and said in a rough voice: "I am Zhao Yun, I am willing to work hard for the city lord, and I hope he can fulfill his wishes!"

"Zhao Yun, I have said before that I will take care of you and your sister. From now on, as long as I have a bite of food, I will definitely not miss you brother and sister." Ye Xuan looked at Zhao Yun's posture. When he saw Mr. Wu doing it, he immediately felt aroused in his heart and his blood was boiling.

"Zhao Yun pays homage to the Lord!"

Zhao Yun's move was completely beyond Ye Xuan's expectations. He originally wanted to hire the other party, but he didn't expect Zhao Yun to directly declare his allegiance, which was equivalent to the other party being willing to hand over his life to his own hands, and he was an absolute iron.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining Zhao Yun's 100 faith points."

"Get up quickly!" Ye Xuan immediately stepped forward and helped the other party up and said with great relief.

"Okay, with you, I'm already like a tiger with wings. I'm just around the corner!"

"Zhao Yun is willing to go through fire and water for the Lord, and he will never refuse!"

After saying that, he subconsciously touched his stomach and muttered: "I shouldn't be hungry again in the future!"

With Zhao Yun's allegiance, the next thing will be natural.

Zhao Lian'er took the initiative to ask to stay in the City Lord's Mansion, saying that it is the current Heishui City, and there is no safe place besides the City Lord's Mansion.

Ye Xuan naturally agreed without hesitation. It is indeed safer for Zhao Lian'er to stay in the city lord's mansion, so as not to become a weakness of others coercing Zhao Yun again.

An hour later, Pei Qian came back and reported to Ye Xuan.

"Report to the Lord, my subordinates have handed Huang Li's body to the Huang family as you ordered and gave him a warning."

"Oh, what's the reaction of the Huang family?" Ye Xuan asked lightly.

"The Huang family just cleaned up Huang Li's body and seemed very calm." Pei Qian replied truthfully.

"Hmm?" Ye Xuan couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly.

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Chapter completed!