The lord's residence had been rather quiet in the morning, but by now it had many servants, with even cooks, gardeners, and others fully recruited. An hour after the various governors and chief constables had left, servants began arriving one after another to apply.
Su Xiao accepted everyone without exception. There were certainly enemy informants among them. Compared with letting the enemy infiltrate quietly, bringing them in directly and following the trail to uncover them was undoubtedly the better choice.
As the evil-faction villainous big boss in others' eyes, one convenience Su Xiao had was that he did not need to find evidence before eliminating traitors. With Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja's cooperation, nine-tenths of Muyu City's gangs had been wiped out in a single afternoon, and the several governors who had not attended the council all died sudden deaths.
Such utterly unreasonable brutality caused Chief Governor Gilbers, who had just gained a huge benefit and was harboring all kinds of thoughts, to immediately settle down. After all, the towering flames rising from the luxurious manors represented that the new lord was definitely neither a pushover nor a fool with money to burn.
The invitation at noon had been an opportunity. Since they had refused it, all that remained was to say goodbye before there was even time to shake hands. This was the Lord Continent, a dark forest that twisted kindness and tolerance into weakness.
What Su Xiao had done was an extremely extreme version of both kindness and intimidation. Thus, at around three in the afternoon, Governor Mel Torre of District 12 came to pay a visit with a complicated expression.
Mel Torre stated that he would find a way to solve the food and freshwater problems of District 12's residents himself, and would definitely not trouble the