Chapter 037 No More Eyes (ends with an inverted v)

On the white beach, a group of bare-chested fishermen with bare upper bodies were walking back and forth barefoot, very busy. Their backs were bent by the heavy backpacks, and they were sweating profusely despite the slightly cool weather.

Ah Hua looked in the direction of Yong Wang's sight and explained, "They are drying salt. When winter comes, there will be no strong sun, so they must catch the gusts of wind before the autumn rain to dry the salt."

Yong Wang nodded, with a heavy expression on his face.

These salt workers have been engaged in extremely intense physical labor all year round, and it is difficult for them to straighten their backs. Even if they take off the backpacks, they still walk with their backs bent. Moreover, they were not wearing shoes, and their feet were severely cracked, with gullies filled with mud and sand.

Others frowned just by looking at them, but these people who were actually doing the dirty and strenuous work had normal expressions, or to be more precise, they had no expression on their faces, like puppets who only knew how to work.

Their sudden appearance on the beach was still very noticeable, and soon, two men in coarse cloth shorts ran over.

The guards of King Yong stopped them. After a conversation, the guard came over to report: "Sir, they are the managers here. They said that they have built a temporary pavilion for you to cool off. Please go over and have a rest, and listen to their work report."

King Yong nodded and asked Ah Hua beside him: "Do you know those two people?"

"Yes, one is the manager of the ship, and the other is the manager of the salt workers." Ah Hua's expression was very angry: "It was him who stole my fiancée."

Ah Hua pointed at the shorter one among them. He couldn't see their faces clearly because they were far away.

King Yong patted him on the shoulder and said, "If what you said is true, I will seek justice for you today."

Ah Hua cried with joy and knelt down. Ah Dao was older than him and more thoughtful. Hearing this, his eyes were full of worry. The imperial edict could help them once, but not forever. When he left, those people would come back and their revenge on them would be even worse.

However, it was not appropriate to say this in the current situation. Ah Dao could only hold back and followed them with a heavy heart.

There were several extremely tall and lush trees growing by the sea, and the tea shed mentioned by the steward was set up under the trees.

King Yong did not sit on the bamboo chair they had prepared. The guards brought a large reclining chair from somewhere. King Yong half-lay down and said lazily, "If you have anything to say, please say it quickly. The sun is so strong that I will sweat all over after sitting for a while."

Hearing this, the two managers smiled even more deeply and respectfully handed over two or three account books thicker than their palms, saying flatteringly, "Sir, this is the income and expenditure of the fishing boats and salt fields in the past three years. Our master heard that you were coming to inspect the work, so he prepared it early for your review."

Xiao Wu took the account book from him and handed it to King Yong.

King Yong had countless shops under his command. Just one glance at it and you could see that there were many loopholes and frauds in it.

He sneered in his heart and said, "The income is reasonable, the expenditure is reasonable, and the account book is very detailed."

"It is the grace of the court that has made Nangang Fishing Village so prosperous today. We dare not neglect it at all." The steward said loudly.

Hearing him say this, King Yong said it was very good.

Ah Hua's eyes suddenly burst into anger, and he wanted to scold him for talking nonsense, but thinking of his father's continuous instructions at home, he could only clench his fists tightly, grit his teeth and dare not say anything. In the end, he placed all his hopes on King Yong, after all, he had said before that he would make the decision for him.

King Yong closed the account book with a snap and said to the two managers kneeling on the ground: "You did a good job. Stand up."

The managers thanked him repeatedly and were overjoyed. They looked at King Yong with more respect, and even paid extra attention to Ahua and Adao, looking at them with contempt.

But just when they were about to take the account book back, King Yong handed the account book to the guard beside him. He

picked up a cup of tea, skimmed off the foam slowly, and said: "I don't know how to read the account book. You should take it back to the specialist. If there is any problem, I will ask you to settle it."

The smiles on the faces of the two managers froze immediately.

Don't they understand what the problem is with the account book? The imperial emissary was not an expert who could not see it, but if his subordinates who were responsible for the accounting looked at it, wouldn't they be able to tell for sure.

"Sir, the account book contains secrets related to the sea, and it is used every day. If you want to see it, you can come to me anytime. But if you take it away like this, I'm afraid..."

The smile on Yong Wang's face suddenly disappeared, and he looked at him coldly: "I am an official appointed by the court, a close minister of the emperor, and an imperial emissary appointed by the emperor. From what you said, I am not qualified to review the accounts of a small fishing village?"

He has a handsome and delicate appearance, but he is also very intimidating when he is really serious. The two managers were immediately scared to death and shouted that they dared not to do it.

Yong Wang snorted coldly: "It's good that you don't dare. Go and call the sailor over. I have something to ask."

The shorter steward took the order and left in a hurry. Not long after, he came with a tall man with a bare upper body, a burly figure but obviously a bit of a sly look.

"Sir, this is Zhao Er, the captain of the two ships. Just ask if you have any questions."

Zhao Er knelt on the ground and saluted. Without waiting for Yong Wang to tell him to stand up, he raised his head without authorization, and his lustful eyes lingered on Yong Wang.

Yong Wang's expression did not change, and he sneered.

Hearing the sound of a sword breaking through the air, the guard Shenlong wearing a silver mask suddenly appeared in front of everyone. The tip of the sword pointed directly at the man's eyes.

"Ahhhhh!" A scream like a slaughtered pig sounded, and two eyeballs fell to the ground, and the man's face immediately bleed.

He covered his face and rolled madly on the ground.

Everyone was shocked by this sudden scene, and their breathing became cautious.

The guard wearing a silver mask looked down at the man and said the first sentence coldly: "If you don't want the eyes, don't take them."

King Yong looked normal, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said in a friendly tone: "Is such a thing worth your effort? You are getting more and more impatient now."

The man with the silver mask pursed his lips and said nothing. He jumped into the woods behind King Yong in a few steps and disappeared again.

Everyone was worried about his bold behavior, fearing that he would upset the prince and blood would be shed again. However, King Yong was not angry at his behavior at all, but smiled.

The man on the ground was still howling, and King Yong frowned: "It's noisy, it makes me upset, take him away."

After saying that, he looked at the steward who was kneeling next to the bloodstain.

The manager's expression was still dazed, as if he had been frightened and had not yet recovered.