Regarding the origin of the Blood Contract, it is because the profession of thieves has a bad reputation, full of betrayal and darkness. Back in the days of magic, no one believed in thieves, and later they exterminated the profession of thieves en masse.

But among the thieves, not all of them are inferior, after all, there are still good people, but they are also involved by those thieves who have done all the bad things, and they can't survive in the sun.

Later, a thief who wanted to be loyal to his country created this blood pact to bind himself and gain the trust of others. Later, after this blood contract spread on the mainland, many thieves made a pact with others to show their loyalty, and thus the act of exterminating the thieves came to an end.

These are all things that happened thousands of years ago, and Mali let Wang Yong know about these things, just to establish a blood contract with Wang Yong, which should be enough to prove his loyalty.

But it was not these things that made Wang Yong feel uneasy, but a secret story recorded at the end of the book.

According to the content, the person who wrote this secret should be the old man Mali said.

He used to be a bodyguard for the current emperor's mother, but at that time, because the old emperor was busy with state affairs, he often did not return for many days. At that time, the queen was young and beautiful, and lonely and unbearable, this old man was in the prime of life at the time, and he was also heroic and extraordinary, and he also liked the queen in his prime.

The two fell in love for a long time and hit it off, and on a star-studded night, the two had a super friendly relationship. Ten months later, the empress gave birth to the current emperor, and the old man was very happy at that time, and kept persuading the empress to elope with him.

But the queen didn't want to give up her glory, and she was afraid that her adultery would be exposed, so she was ruthlessly ready to kill people. The old man was heartbroken when he heard the news, but in order to survive, he chose to leave.

He fled all the way to the Eternal Empire, but as soon as he entered the border of the Eternal Empire, he was still chased by the people who accompanied the queen. The old man didn't die, but his fighting spirit was ruined, and he became a slave after being discovered by slave traders. After more than 30 years, the old man was finally sold here to mine.

At the end of the secret, the old man also mentioned that he didn't blame the queen for being ruthless, but he was unwilling, and his own flesh and blood could not recognize each other. So, when he knew that his time was short, the old man wrote this secret behind the book, hoping that his heirs would tell the emperor about these things, and that his wish would be fulfilled.

After a long time, Wang Yong opened his eyes and asked Mali with burning eyes: "What do you think? Is it to fulfill the old man's last wish?"

Instead of answering Wang Yong's question, Marcy said, "I want to establish a blood contract with the Lord first. ”

Wang Yong asked suspiciously: "Why did you establish a blood contract with me, just because I indirectly saved you and your brothers?"

Without hesitation, Mari nodded and said, "Yes, my lord." Also, I know that you, unlike other nobles, no nobleman would be so kind to a slave. I've been watching adults for a long time, and if I say something I shouldn't say, I think you're a good person through and through, except that you like to play tricks on people. To my friends and subordinates, I can be worthy of my heart and follow you, which is the most correct choice for me. ”

Wang Yong touched his chin and thought, "Yo, I met a stupid young man, I like this the most, don't fool around, I will send it to the door." ”

There was no half embarrassment to be praised by Ma Wangye in person, with a natural expression on his face, he said to Mali with appreciation: "Your choice is correct, let's start the contract now." ”

Mali was a little dumbfounded when he heard Wang Yong's words, he didn't expect Wang Yong's face to be so thick-skinned, and muttered to himself: "Is it a little inconsiderate to decide to follow him?" But now, Mali has no room for regret, so he has to bite his finger and start a blood covenant.

This contract is simple, but it is very painful for Mali, because Mali wants to share a part of the soul imprint into Wang Yong's body, but it is nothing for Wang Yong.

After the contract was established, Wang Yong felt that as long as he wanted to, he could know all the thoughts of Mali, and he could kill them instantly with his mind, but it had no effect on himself, which made Wang Yong very satisfied.

After the contract, Wang Yong asked Mali, who was covered in sweat: "Who else knows the secret in the book?"

Mali touched a handful of sweat and replied, "Before that, I was the only one who knew. This book has always been in my custody, and none of my brothers have seen it, because I am afraid that something will happen to them in the future. ”

Wang Yong sensed that what Mali said was everything, so he turned his head and asked Reagan and the others: "What do you think?"

Kevin said impatiently, "What is there to say, whose son is the emperor and what does it have to do with us?" Ryan and Mu Sen also nodded in agreement with Kevin's statement.

Wang Yong patted his thigh and said: "I have decided, we should not know about this matter, and you must also keep it secret, because if this matter is leaked, we will all have to be beheaded" Wang Yong gestured with a beheading action.

Then, after everyone had taken an oath of secrecy, they all left the conference hall and went back to their own business.

As for Shirley's tax issues, Wang Yong has already sent someone to the West Asia Province to find someone to come and teach Shirley, and now he has to wait.

Phoebe was the most depressed, she was originally her scheduled deputy Mali, but she was directly poached by Wang Yong, and she didn't know what to do, but Phoebe was still able to guess a rough idea.

Yes, Wang Yong asked Mali to set up an intelligence department, in addition to investigating insiders, but also to find a way to get some outside intelligence, Wang Yong knows the importance of intelligence and information.

In the past, there was no suitable candidate, so I didn't get it, but now that there is Mali as a thief, it is just right, and of course we have to start forming an intelligence department. Wang Yong did not ask Mali to make the intelligence services as pervasive as the Gestapo, there are not so many people to say, and they are not that capable.

Wang Yong's request is that the internal investigation should be meticulous, and externally, it is enough to know the general movements of several nearby provinces. There are not enough people, Wang Yong asked Mali to pick at will, and if he didn't have funds, he asked for it, and asked Mali to strive for eyeliner to be distributed to neighboring countries within two years.

Mali didn't understand this, so Wang Yong gave Mali everything he could think of, like what can be opened a brothel to collect intelligence, buy beggars, threaten some petty officials or something, and let Mali think about the rest.

Mali's first task was to investigate Jesse and some of the other people in positions of power as quickly and thoroughly as possible to see if they could be trusted.

Then, Wang Yong chatted with Mali for a while, and then asked Mali to go back to do what he had explained.

After sending Mali away, Wang Yong sat on a chair and fell into deep thought, because just now, he had figured out some questions in Mali that he couldn't figure out. In the past, Wang Yong always thought: "I don't seem to have the spirit of a king, why is he so lucky, and I want to follow him one by one? Even if my character explodes, I won't have such great power, right?"

Wang Yong sometimes even wonders: "I don't know if I am being used by others." ”

But after getting along for such a long time, Wang Yong can feel that these people are sincerely working for themselves. Although everyone is familiar now, sometimes they talk together no big or small, but Wang Yong doesn't care about these at all, he thinks it's good, it's much happier to treat these people as friends than as subordinates, that's enough, what is more important than being happy?

When I talked to Mali about this just now, maybe because of the blood contract, Mali didn't hide it at all, and he replied very frankly that in addition to repaying Wang Yong for saving his life, there was actually another reason.

The reason for this is that Wang Yong's territory has just begun to be built, and there is a large staffing gap, which is a great opportunity for those who want to get ahead. As long as you can get Wang Yong's trust, you will definitely be able to be reused, which saves a lot of time than going to other nobles who already have a mature circle of influence to get reuse, and loyalty to Wang Yong is a shortcut.

Wang Yong smiled bitterly and shook his head, but he didn't blame anyone, because Wang Yong knew that as long as he was not a desireless person like the legendary immortals, he would choose to choose this way.

In all fairness, if you encounter such a shortcut, you won't be stupid to give up this great opportunity. What's more, these friends are not false and wronged with themselves, but are truly loyal to themselves, and Wang Yong is already very content.

Putting aside these boring thoughts, Wang Yong walked towards the water tower, which had just begun to be built.

When Wang Yong came to the barracks construction site, he thought that without his own command, those workers would either go back to rest or go to Brant's side to help after digging the ditch, and there should be no talent here. But from afar, Wang Yong saw that the construction site was brightly lit and full of people.

Wang Yong thought that he had gone to the wrong place, and after looking at the nearby buildings left and right, he was sure that this was the construction site of the barracks, so he hurriedly quickened his pace, planning to go over to see what was going on.

Wang Yong came to the place where the water tower was built during the day, which is no longer the foundation of a water tower as Wang Yong imagined, but now there is a three-storey building here, and many workers are busy transporting steel bars and live cement.

Wang Yong did not disturb the busy workers, and walked around the building alone. After looking at it, Wang Yong was very surprised, this building looks down on the concave shape, and the recess in the middle is not very wide, but it extends to the center of the building.

And in the center of this building, there is a cross hollow, which makes Wang Yong dumbfounded, he didn't expect that these guys who have not been in contact with cement before can understand the characteristics of cement in such a short time, and build such a difficult building.