Chapter 038 Chapter 38

"As far as I know, a ship is equipped with four sailors, two in the front and two in the back. The sailors of Nangang Fishing Village were all recruited and assessed by Zheng Shou himself. I asked you to bring them to see me, but you pretended to obey and secretly brought an unknown bowman here." King Yong sneered: "Did you see the look he gave me just now? What does he want to do?"

The steward was trembling with fear and said quickly: "This, this, this... It was my fault for not noticing that he was such a person. You can kill him or chop him up as you please, sir."

"Oh?" King Yong stroked the fan in his hand again and again, as if it were a blade.

The other steward knelt down quickly and said in an earnest tone: "Please check carefully, sir. We two brothers are just ordinary stewards. We supervise the workers at the beach every day. As for the sailors at the bow, we have no right to interfere."

King Yong was waiting for this sentence and asked: "Then tell me, who should I look for?"

The steward stiffened his neck and said nothing.

Yong Wang said, "Forget it. I believe you are just ordinary dogs. I have my own plan. Go and call the sailors."

The steward raised his head in embarrassment and said, "They have already gone out to sea. I am afraid they will not be back for a while."

Yong Wang smiled and raised his legs, put them on the bamboo chair, and looked at him leisurely, "I have plenty of time. I will wait here today." The steward

's face suddenly turned into a liver color. He wanted to say something else, but was pulled by the people next to him and shook his head lightly.

Yong Wang said he would wait, but he would not wait for nothing. His guards were all invisible, elusive, and patrolled everywhere.

Not long after, a guard came over with a short man in a coarse cloth shirt.

He threw the man to the ground and said to King Yong, "My lord, this man has been lingering on the edge of the beach, looking here furtively."

King Yong became interested and sat up straight, "Tell me, who sent you here?"

The man shook his head like a wave drum and waved his hands repeatedly, "I am a villager from Nangang Fishing Village. I heard that a noble person came to the village today, so I came to see the excitement on a whim. No one sent me here."

After that, he smiled flatteringly at King Yong, "I guess you are the one who came here. You are the envoy of this inspection. Look at you, you are so majestic and handsome, you are not an ordinary person."

King Yong covered his mouth and nose with a folding fan and waved his hand in disgust: "I didn't expect that you are a stinky person, but your mouth is not only not stinky

, but also good at talking." The man was not annoyed by his words. Instead, he smiled proudly and said with his chest puffed out: "Everyone knows that I, Zhao Er, am good at talking."

King Yong also laughed, but the smile did not reach his eyes.

He waved his hand, motioning Ah Hua and Ah Dao to come forward, and asked, "Do you know this man?"

Ah Hua nodded, saying, "He is a well-known rogue in our village. He is idle all day, talking nonsense, cheating and drinking."

Ah Dao followed up, saying, "Zhao Er is very cunning, and never speaks the truth. It is definitely not a coincidence that he is here today."

"Bah!" Zhao Er spat at them fiercely, "You two stinky boys! You haven't even grown all your hair yet, and you dare to slander me here. I will ask your father to teach you a lesson one day."

Ah Hua's face was full of anger, but he didn't kick him because King Yong was there.

"Who did you spit on just now?" King Yong looked indifferent.

Zhao Er's face froze. He was used to being a rogue, and bad habits followed him everywhere. He just couldn't help it.

"Li Guanshi, tell him what happened to the man who just looked at me with a stinky look."

Li Guanshi was terrified, and said with trembling lips: "You...you ordered someone to dig out his eyes."

Zhao Er's pupils shrank, and he couldn't believe his ears, and hurriedly defended himself.

But King Yong didn't listen to him at all. There was a flash of cold light, and guards wearing silver masks appeared.

"Wuwuwuwu!" Zhao Er's tongue was cut off, and his mouth was full of blood, but he couldn't even shout.

He was floundering on the ground, and the dust he kicked up hit the upper of King Yong's shoes.

Yong Wang frowned and said with disdain, "Xiao Wu, he really stinks. Take him to the sea to wash."

"Yes!"

Xiao Wu grabbed the man's collar with one hand, ignored his screams, strode to the seaside, and threw him directly into the sea. The bright red blood instantly dyed a small area of ​​the sea red.

Yong Wang's brows relaxed: "If you don't answer him properly when you ask him a question, your tongue will be useless."

The two stewards on the ground sweated profusely. They didn't dare to look back, but they could clearly hear the sound of Zhao Er struggling on the water. In a moment, they completely collapsed.

Manager Li collapsed to the ground, trembling, and said, "Please show mercy, sir. I will tell you everything I know."

"But I am tired and want to rest for a while." He leaned back on the recliner and closed his eyes.

The two managers looked pale.

"But if you are really sincere, just tell your master to come see me."

"Okay, okay!" The manager was very surprised and kept kowtowed to thank him.

King Yong waved his hands impatiently, and they ran to the village as if they had been pardoned. After

the annoying people left, King Yong returned to his usual lazy look and complained in a low voice, "I am such a good person to talk to, but they just don't cooperate." Everyone

was ashamed and dared not say a word.

"It will probably take a while for them to come back," King Yong looked at Yuan Ming and said, "Come and play two games of Go with me. I haven't had enough fun playing Go."

Yuan Ming nodded.

Soon, King Yong's personal guards brought up a portable chess table and placed it between them.

Amid the crisp sound of chess pieces falling, the breathing of the crowd could be heard clearly.

King Yong sighed, "Do you think I am too cruel and too ruthless to them?"

No one dared to speak in silence. Yuan Ming replied, "I think what you did was not excessive. Those two people just now were not good people. There are countless ordinary people who are bullied and oppressed by them on a daily basis. What happened today is just the retribution they deserve."

After a pause, he continued, "I always think that repaying kindness with kindness is not a way to repay evil. To deal with extremely treacherous and evil people, we must use unconventional means. This will not only help others vent their anger, but also save time and effort, and solve the problem as quickly as possible."

Yong Wang was stunned and looked at him with a very complicated look: "If I hadn't checked your background a long time ago, I would definitely not think that you are just a small scholar in Shifang Town."

Yuan Ming smiled: "I will take it as your compliment to me."

The two of them had a harmonious atmosphere, which stunned the other people. Especially Zhao Yucheng and others, they were simply prostrating themselves before Yuan Ming. They had just seen Yong Wang's cruel side, and they didn't call out, which was already a strong psychological endurance.

It turned out that Yuan Ming was really amazing. Even in such a situation, he could still calmly play chess with King Yong.

King Yong saw that the others were a little afraid of him, so he was very kind and did not change people. He played one game after another with Yuan Ming. About half an hour later, the stewards came with people.

The man who came was a fat and bloated man, about fifty or sixty years old.

From a distance, he started to cry and fell to his knees in front of King Yong, crying: "My lord! I am guilty. I shouldn't have listened to the slander of my best relatives and put a useless person in such an important position at the bow. I am really unworthy of the trust of the court and the lord of the town."

King Yong waved his hand at Yuan Ming, then leaned back in the recliner, looking at him leisurely: "What are you talking about?"

"I'm Wei Fusheng, the general manager of beach affairs in Nangang Fishing Village." He knocked his head heavily to the ground and said, "I'm seriously ill and old, and I'm afraid I can no longer handle this important position. I beg you to show mercy and allow me to resign and go home to recuperate."

After he finished speaking in a hoarse voice, he covered his chest and coughed violently, the fat on his body trembling with his movements.

Yong Wang raised his lips and then quickly lowered them. The fan bones gently tapped the table, making a regular and crisp sound: "Wei Fusheng, I have heard your name from Mr. Fu. You have been managing all the economic exchanges of Nangang Fishing Village for the past few years. Although you have not made any contribution, you have worked hard."

Upon hearing this, Wei Fusheng's face turned pale. What does "not making any contribution " mean?

"You are old and sick, and I will naturally be considerate. It's just that people leave and the tea gets cold, but the garbage that should be cleaned up must be cleaned up."

Wei Fusheng was startled. How could an old fox like him not hear the hidden meaning of Yong Wang's words.

So he quickly responded: "I understand. Please give me a day. I will give you a satisfactory explanation tomorrow."

"Okay, then I won't see you off."

Wei Fusheng got up tremblingly, and with the help of Manager Li, he slowly left.

King Yong stretched his back and stood up: "The sun is about to set, it's time for us to go."

Ah Hua was young and couldn't help but said: "Sir! Are you leaving like this? Were you fooled by the appearance of old man Wei? He has plenty of tricks. He is saying this just to delay time. What if he does something to the villagers when you are not around?"

King Yong turned his head and looked at him leisurely: "You have been with me all day today. Wei Fusheng knows that you told me everything about the village. He will definitely settle accounts with you later. Are you scared?"

"I'm not afraid!" Ah Hua stiffened his neck.

King Yong smiled and said, "You have seen everything today. I cannot tolerate any grain of sand in my eyes. How can I be fooled by him so easily? He said he would give me an explanation tomorrow, so I will give him one day. In short, don't worry, I will not break my promise to you."

When they returned home in the evening, Ahua and Adao sat cross-legged on the kang, and the village chief and several uncles sat in a row around them.

After saying that, Ah Hua lowered his head and whispered, "I'm sorry, Dad. I was too impulsive. You carefully told us yesterday not to talk too much, but I forgot everything when I was excited."

Ah Dao couldn't help but speak for him, "Ah Hua was a little impulsive, but I think the imperial constable who came this time is a tough guy. His behavior on the beach today has completely torn his face with Wei Fusheng. Maybe he can really solve this cancer."

"Humph!" Before the village chief could say anything, an old man with a white beard next to him knocked heavily on the table with a smoke gun and said coldly, "Officials are all the same. How do you know that what happened today was not a collusion between them to show us? Have you all forgotten what happened three years ago?"

When he mentioned three years ago, everyone was silent.

Three years ago, the governor of Shifang Town was not Fu Zan. At that time, the fishing boats and salt drying grounds in Nangang Fishing Village had just been repaired, and the fishermen were full of expectations for their future lives.

In their view, having a big boat meant that they would never return empty-handed again, and they would not have to worry about overturning the fishing boats when encountering wind and waves. And salt was even more important. Official salt was extremely expensive, and now they had to dry salt themselves, and they would never have to worry about not being able to afford salt in the future.

However, reality dealt them a heavy blow.

That day, the town guard brought Wei Fusheng to the fishing village, waved his hand, and said that he would be in charge of this place in the future.

The fishermen at that time did not know that Wei Fusheng's arrival would bring them many years of nightmares.

Wei Fusheng took over the fishing boats and changed the bows. The fishermen who went on the boats to fish every day had to give him most of the seafood as tribute, and the villagers who dried salt were even worse off. The manager stipulated the amount of salt every day. If it did not meet the standard, their wages would be deducted. As for the price of salt, it was even much higher than the official salt.

The villagers of Nangang Fishing Village complained and wrote blood letters. Under the leadership of the village chief, they came to the town government to petition for the investigation of Wei Fusheng.

Who knew that what they saw was not the town guard, but Wei Fusheng.

Wei Fusheng, with a victorious smile on his face, led the yamen runners to arrest them all, and the village chief's hand was stepped on.

"The town guard is my brother-in-law. I can give him dozens of taels of gold a month. Tell me, is he on my side or on your side?"

All the villagers were sent to prison. They were released only after they smashed pots and sold iron from house to house to collect enough ransom money. That winter, many families in Donggang Fishing Village froze to death because they could not afford charcoal fire.

The old man who had just retorted to Adao had a family of ten people. After a winter, only five sick people were left.

The fishermen in Donggang Fishing Village paid a heavy price for their actions. Since then, they no longer expect anyone to seek justice for them. They silently endured everything and lived a miserable life.

After a long silence, Ah Hua whispered, "I think this imperial officer is different from the town governor. He said he would help me and would not let Xiaoling marry into the Li family."

The old man snorted heavily when he heard this and said, "Just wait and see."

King Yong and his men were unaware of what had happened in the fishing village. They had another schedule today. They were going to the back mountain of Xiaohe Village to check on the growth of the newly promoted economic crops.

Xiaohe Village is the closest town among the four villages under Shifang Town. It has convenient transportation and its economic development is much better than other villages. This is also the reason why Shifang Town chose Xiaohe Village as a demonstration point when promoting planting nationwide.

Unlike the situation in Donggang Fishing Village, Xiaohe Village is very normal. The village chief took a few young people to the village entrance and took them directly to the small restaurant in the village.

The restaurant is located at the end of the village, on the only way from Xiaohe Village to Shifang Town, and at the foot of the mountain behind Xiaohe Village.

The restaurant is not big. The shed made of bamboo and branches is covered with straw. It can only shelter from rain, not even from wind. However, the weather is fine at this time, and everyone sits under the shed with the fragrance of straw, which is a unique wild interest.

Yong Wang said: "Village Chief Hao should have heard about what I did in Nangang Fishing Village. Are you trying to bribe me with a meal in advance?"

"You are joking, sir." Village Chief Hao was an old man who liked to laugh a lot. He had a wine gourd on his waist. He took it off and poured wine for Yong Wang: "If I want to bribe you, I will definitely invite you to a big hotel in town for a good meal. How can I come to such a shabby place?"

"Try this fruit wine. It is made from wild fruits picked by me. It tastes different every year. This year's barrel is particularly mellow. I thought my cooking skills had improved suddenly, but it turns out that a distinguished guest is coming."

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. Village Chief Hao not only smiled, but also spoke very beautifully. King Yong also smiled. After the guards tested the wine and found it was fine, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

"The village chief is not lying. It tastes really good. Give me another glass."

"Okay! Hahaha!"

The food was prepared long ago. Soon, four dishes and a soup were served.

Spicy hand-shredded rabbit, wind-dried chicken, stewed loach with tofu, cold wild vegetables, and a bowl of milky white loofah and egg soup.

After spending so much time in Nangang Fishing Village, everyone was hungry. After King Yong said to start eating, everyone quickly started eating.

I have to say that the food tasted really good. Both tables of food were served in large bowls, and there was nothing left in the end.

After dinner, it was already late, and Village Chief Hao did not dare to delay any longer and took them up the mountain.

The mountain behind Xiaohe Village has no name, because there are most families with the surname Hao in the village, so everyone calls it Haojia Mountain.

This time they are going to see a kind of mountain ginseng that grows in the terraced fields on the mountain.

In the past, people in Xiaohe Village also planted ginseng, but it grew in high mountains and ridges, and it only matured once every two years. Moreover, because the environmental requirements were too high, the output could never be increased. For the villagers, planting was too difficult.

During the weeding and harvesting seasons, they even had to live in the mountains for more than ten days.

The mountain ginseng planted on a large scale now is an optimized variety that is not picky about the environment and matures once a year, greatly reducing the input cost.

People stood on the edge of a low cliff. In the terraced fields below, neatly arranged rows of ginseng seedlings were swaying gently in the breeze.

"In another month, we can harvest. This year is a bumper year. The villagers will have a better life." Village Chief Hao smiled sincerely.

At this time, a loud dog barking sounded. Looking in the direction of the sound, several people and a dog were running in a field.

Prince Yong frowned, "What are those people doing? It's so late, and there are still people working in the fields?"

He was now a little nervous about what happened in the fishing village. He was afraid that Xiaohe Village would be the same as the fishing village. In fact, the villagers did not get any benefits at all, but worked day and night.

Village Chief Hao took a closer look and slapped his thigh, "It's the young men in the village. We told them not to come to the fields to hunt, but they came here secretly again!"

Seeing the doubt on Prince Yong's face, the village chief continued, "Your Excellency, you don't know that this kind of ginseng is not only a good thing for humans, but also very attractive to pheasants, rabbits and other small wild animals. The young men in the village always plan to come to the fields to catch rabbits, but in the process of running It is easy to hurt the ginseng seedlings, so we have clearly prohibited it. I didn't expect them to go up the mountain again under the cover of night. "

After saying that, he put his hands on his waist and shouted down: "Hey! You little bastards! I caught you today, let me see how I will deal with you when I go back!"

The running young men heard the voice, looked up and saw their village chief, and suddenly panicked and fled in all directions.

"Did the adults see it? These wild boys are like this, they don't obey discipline at all."

King Yong nodded, and the doubts in his heart dissipated.

Everyone followed the village chief to other places and looked around. The ginseng was growing well, with thick roots and slightly yellow leaves, which was a sign of maturity.

After walking around, it was already dark.

Village Chief Hao warmly invited them to stay in the village for one night, but Prince Yong refused. After a few rounds of negotiations, he finally agreed to let them go after the village chief gave him a full gourd of Aloe fruit wine.

Back in the carriage, Prince Yong specifically ordered the guards to keep the gourd of Aloe fruit wine well.

Yuan Ming saw it all, thinking that although this prince often teased them, he was very kind-hearted.

When they arrived at Shifang Town, Prince Yong ordered them to go home, and he took his guards back to the town guard's mansion.

What they saw and heard today was a big shock to these scholars who had been in the school since childhood and had not seen much of the world. On the way back together, they were all very silent.

"The teacher always taught us that we can't learn from books alone, we must go out and see. I didn't understand the meaning of it before, but today it seems that the hazy barrier has suddenly been broken." Yu Fei said.

His words were immediately recognized by Li Qingzhou and Zhang Bixin.

Li Qingzhou patted his thigh and said, "Nangang Fishing Village is right next to us, but we never thought about how miserable the people there are, and we never thought about going to see it."

Hearing this, Zhang Bixin couldn't help but say, "We don't know, but what about the town governor? He is the parent official of Shifang Town, and he should protect the people in the area to live and work in peace and contentment. Doesn't he know anything about Wei Fusheng coming out of Nangang Fishing Village?"

After this, everyone quieted down, and after a moment, they all turned their eyes to Zhao Yucheng.

Everyone knows that Zhao Yucheng's father, Zhao Zan, is the head of the town government, specifically responsible for the criminal and civil cases of the entire Shifang Town. "

Zhao Yucheng subconsciously clenched his fists.

Yuan Ming said: "This matter is not as simple as we thought, and when Wei Fusheng appeared, the town governor was not here now. Instead of speculating here, it is better to go back and have a good rest. Tomorrow, I will go to Nangang Fishing Village with the prince to see the truth. "

Hearing this, everyone calmed down and said goodbye.

Zhao Yucheng stood there without moving, silent for a while, and said to Yuan Ming: "Thank you, brother Yuan, for helping me out. "

"Of course I believe in Brother Zhao's character, and I am willing to believe that Uncle Zhao is not the kind of person they say. However, in the officialdom, no one can do whatever they want, and most of the time they are forced to do things against their will. Whether the Zhenshou is involved in this matter or not will be clear tomorrow."

Zhao Yucheng nodded: "I understand."

After saying goodbye to Zhao Yucheng, Yuan Ming quickened his pace and returned home. The yard was quiet, and not a single light was on. Yuan

Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he ran into the bedroom without even having time to change his clothes and shoes.

When he saw the slight bulge in the quilt on the bed, his heart finally settled back in his stomach.

"Is my husband back?" The bulge on the bed moved, and Ji Qingyue's head popped out from it.

Yuan Ming walked to the bed and sat down, touched his head, and asked: "Why did you go to bed so early? Are you feeling unwell?"

Ji Qingyue shook his head and nodded quickly.

Yuan Ming frowned and put the back of his hand on his forehead: "It seems a little hot."

Ji Qingyue's face flushed, wrapped the quilt tightly, and said hesitantly: "I'm fine, husband, go wash up, I'll wait for you to come back."

"If you feel uncomfortable, take you to the hospital. The weather has changed recently, and it's easy to catch a cold."

"Oh, I'm really fine. Go wash up and come back early."

Yuan Ming couldn't persuade him, so he had to go out to wash his face and hands first.

After quickly washing up and changing into close-fitting clothes, he returned to the bedroom. Ji Qingyue did exactly the same thing as before he left, lying flat on the bed, clutching the corner of the quilt tightly, with only her head sticking out, her eyes rolling around.

"Qingqing, tell me if you feel uncomfortable, okay?" Yuan Ming was very worried, afraid that he would wrong himself because he was busy these days.

Ji Qingyue blushed and hummed.

Yuan Ming sighed at this, and didn't force him to say anything, and planned to go to bed.

As soon as he lifted the quilt, he heard Ji Qingyue's low cry of surprise. Yuan Ming's hand touched a piece of warm skin and froze.

"Qingqing?"

Ji Qingyue took a deep breath and sat up suddenly. The quilt on his body slid down with his movement and piled up at his waist.

Yuan Ming looked at him with his pupils shrinking slightly.

In the dim candlelight, Ji Qingyue's fair skin glowed, as warm as jade. A light touch from his hand would cause a short shudder.

Yuan Ming's eyes were so hot that Ji Qingyue's face and neck turned completely red. He lowered his head uncomfortably, pulling at the small piece of clothes that was not short enough to cover his upper body, and whispered: "Husband, I like the ring you gave me very much. This is my return gift to you, do you like it?"

He was responded with a blanket of kisses.

In a trance, Ji Qingyue felt that what Sister Yan Zi said was true, and her husband really liked him to dress like this.

The next day, it was already mid-morning when Ji Qingyue woke up. He rubbed his sore thighs and blinked his eyes awake.

The absurd scene of last night suddenly flooded into his mind. Even though he was alone now, he couldn't help but shyly cover his head with the quilt.

After thinking about it for a long time, he reluctantly got up.

Turning around, he saw a note on the cabinet next to him. It was left for him by Yuan Ming.

"I like Qingqing's gift very much. You can keep it in the future. Breakfast is warm on the stove. Remember to eat first when you get up. Have a good rest today. Don't be too tired. Wait for me to come back."

Looking at the familiar handwriting, Ji Qingyue's mouth was filled with sweetness.

He carefully put away the paper, folded it, and then got out of bed to change clothes.

The breakfast was very rich. In addition to the porridge cooked by Yuan Ming himself, there were also buns and fried cakes sold by the lady at the entrance of the alley, and two cold side dishes.

He bit into the bun and took a big bite of tofu and minced meat. This was his favorite filling, which sold the fastest and best, and was usually hard to get.

Ji Qingyue couldn't help but chuckle while eating breakfast.

After breakfast, his body was really sore, so he didn't go to the workshop. He walked around in the yard, feeling bored. He happened to see the roses he had planted in the small yard were blooming, so he picked a few and wanted to give them to Song Yan.

The noodle shop was closed today, and Ji Qingyue thought it was a bit strange. He went around to the back and knocked on the door.

No one opened the door for a long time. Just when he thought that Yang Chao and his wife were not at home, the door suddenly opened.

Yang Chao's face looked a little bad, with dark circles under his eyes. Seeing that it was him, he forced a smile: "It's Brother Yue, come in quickly, Yan Zi is lying in the room."

Ji Qingyue didn't move, and handed the flowers in her hand out: "Is Brother Yang feeling unwell? I see that the noodle shop is not open. If that's the case, I won't go in to disturb you. This is the rose I planted myself, please pass it to Sister Yan Zi for me."

"Brother Yue, come in. Yan Zi is in a bad mood, you can talk to her, eat at home at noon, I'll go to the kitchen to cook noodles for you."

After that, Yang Chao pulled him in, and then walked into the kitchen.

Ji Qingyue felt even more strange, and walked to the door of Song Yan's room as if she was familiar with the place and knocked on the door.

"Brother Yue, come in."

Ji Qingyue pushed the door open and went in. The windows of the room were all closed. The room was a little stuffy and dark, and it felt very depressing.

"Sister Yan, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Have you been to the clinic?"

Song Yan looked at him without saying a word, her eyes red.

Ji Qingyue's heart skipped a beat, and she hurried over to grab her hand, worriedly asking, "What happened? Second Brother Yang's face also looked strange. Did you have a fight? Or did he say he bullied you?"

Song Yan shook her head fiercely, holding Ji Qingyue's hand tightly, as if she was holding a life-saving straw.

After a long time, she burst into tears, hugged her knees, and said sadly, "My child is gone."

Ji Qingyue's heart sank suddenly.

When they met yesterday, Song Yan said that she hadn't made up her mind yet, so how could she have aborted the child after one night?

Guessing his inner thoughts, Song Yan explained: "We didn't beat him. Last night, when Chaozi and I were cleaning up the store, we stepped on the water in the kitchen and fell, and our stomachs landed on the stove."

Ji Qingyue listened and tears welled up in his eyes.

He held Song Yan's hand tightly and comforted her: "Maybe it was God's arrangement. It's not suitable for you to have a child now. It's better this way than killing him with your own hands."

"Chaozi said the same thing." Song Yan said with a pale face, "But after I fell asleep last night, I heard him crying all the time. He wanted this child very much. It's all my fault."

"No!" Yang Chao, who was outside the door, heard this and rushed in, and quickly explained, "We are all wrong for losing the child. I'm very sorry, but I definitely don't blame you. It's my inability to protect you. Compared with a child I haven't met, I feel more sorry for you."

Song Yan cried even harder. Ji Qingyue stood up and gave up the seat beside the bed.

When he walked out of the room, he heard the low sobbing of two people in the room. He

wiped his eyes and walked into the kitchen. Song Yan taught him to cook so many dishes for free, and today he let them taste his cooking skills.

On the other side, Yuan Ming and others followed King Yong to Nangang Fishing Village again.

It was not known whether it was their illusion or not, but after one night, Ah Hua and Ah Dao became more alert to them, and did not say a word that should not be said.

King Yong did not react to this, nor did he ask any more questions, and let them take him around the village.

Unlike Xiaoye Village, Nangang Fishing Village was poor in every way, and the road surface was uneven, with potholes and puddles of water everywhere, so it was mud underfoot wherever he walked.

King Yong certainly would not suffer this grievance, and his guards found a sedan chair from somewhere, and he hardly stepped on the ground.

They passed by many houses, all with their doors closed, and occasionally saw someone looking at them through the window, but as soon as their eyes met, they would quickly walk away, each one like a frightened bird.

Ah Hua said, "There's nothing to see in the village, why don't we go directly to the beach?"

"How come there's nothing to see? I heard

some noise up ahead." As he spoke, everyone leaned over and listened, and indeed heard a louder cry. As

they got closer, everyone could hear clearly that it was a woman crying.

Ah Hua and Ah Dao's faces changed drastically when they heard the sound, and King Yong said, "You can go if you want."

The two hesitated for a while, and finally apologized to King Yong, and then quickly ran in the direction of the sound.

King Yong raised his head to look at the sky, and said expressionlessly, "The weather is not very good today, we have to go back early, and we will follow and take a look."

The guards naturally obeyed the order.

Li Qingzhou paused. Today was a sunny day with no clouds in the sky. It was a rare good day since the beginning of autumn. Why did King Yong say that the weather was not good today?

No one gave him an answer. Seeing that the people around him had gone far away, Li Qingzhou hurried to catch up.

They followed Ahua and Adao and turned into a farmyard. The family seemed to be very poor. The gate was shaky and about to fall down. The yard was just surrounded by a low fence, and the general situation inside could be seen from the outside.

The three low bungalows next to each other were simply built with wood and stone, and they felt like dangerous houses.

In the yard, on the wet ground, a woman sat in the mud, slapping the ground with her palms and crying loudly.

Ah Hua and Ah Dao stood on both sides of her, trying to pull her up, but the woman didn't move.

They were at a loss. It was not appropriate for men and women to touch each other, so they could only stand aside anxiously. "This is my family affair, it's not your turn to intervene. If you dare to touch that bitch today, I will go to the village chief's house tomorrow and say that you have defiled my wife. Either pay the money or take her back. I don't want to see her for a day."

A thick male voice cursed in the main room.

Ah Hua and Ah Dao blushed when they heard this, not because of shame but because of anger.

"Where did you hide Xiao Cui?" Ah Hua asked angrily.

"Of course she was sold to the kiln. Now that Manager Li doesn't want her anymore, do I have to keep her at home? She can't do anything, but she eats a lot."

Ah Hua yelled, rushed into the house, kicked the man out, and threw him to the ground.

"You'd better not be lying to me, otherwise I will make you pay the price."

The man coughed twice while holding his chest, but laughed when he heard this: "Why are you pretending to be affectionate here? Where were you when Manager Li came to snatch her away? You coward, what can you do to me?"

When Xiao Cui was chosen by Manager Li, Ah Hua failed to stand up for her, and it has always been a thorn in his heart.

Hearing the man say this, his eyes suddenly turned red.

She grabbed the man by the collar and yelled, "What do you know?"

"I don't understand. I only know that we are the same kind of people and can abandon her at any time." The man laughed so hard that he fell backwards.

"It's not like that." Adao explained for his brother: "At first, Ahua insisted on taking Xiaocui away regardless of everything. It was my father and I who stopped him. The two of them were so young and could not survive if they left Nangang Fishing Village. Not to mention that with the methods of Manager Li, they could not escape at all."

"After all, aren't you afraid that you will be implicated?"

Ahua was completely enraged and raised his fist to hit him in the face. Adao hurriedly stopped him: "Calm down, the most important thing now is to find Xiaocui."

Ahua nodded, lifted the man's collar to bring his face close to him, and asked: "Where is Xiaocui?"

The man looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, his eyes were full of provocation, but he didn't say a word.

Seeing this, Ahua raised his fist again, but before the fist landed on the man's face, he was stopped by King Yong.

"Stop!"

The two brothers realized that King Yong had been outside the door without knowing when. A Dao quickly pushed A Hua away and signaled him not to talk nonsense.

"Aren't you looking for Miss Xiao Cui? She is in the cellar."

In the surprised eyes of A Hua and A Dao, King Yong came slowly and said, "Don't look at me like that. I just searched here while you were arguing meaninglessly."

Hearing this, A Hua quickly turned around and ran to the cellar in the backyard.

King Yong sat on the recliner brought by the guards, looking down at the man: "As far as I know, no one in this fishing village dares to sell the girl that was chosen by Manager Li. Miss Xiao Cui has been waiting to be married at home for half a year. Why do you suddenly want to sell her? Or do you know something?"

He spoke slowly and leisurely, as if there was no sense of oppression, but the man felt a huge danger coming from his superior's aura, and immediately sweated profusely.

Especially when the two guards with swords took a step forward, he sat down on the ground directly, without any momentum of the confrontation with Ah Hua just now, and told him everything.

It turned out that Manager Li came to the village last night to inform him that he no longer wanted Xiao Cui and asked him to pay off all the gambling debts as soon as possible.

The man lost nearly twenty li of silver in the casino, and his family had been in financial difficulty for a long time, so how could he have the money to pay him back?

But Manager Li had accumulated great prestige, and the man did not dare to disobey him.

When Xiao Cui got the good news, she and her mother cried with joy and hugged each other. The next moment, the man tied him up with a hemp rope, threw him into the cellar, and blocked the entrance.

When Xiao Cui's mother heard that he was going to sell her daughter to a brothel, she became anxious and the two started fighting, but with her strength, there was no way she could beat the man, so she just lay in the mud for the whole night.

When she woke up in the morning, she didn't see Xiao Cui and thought she had been sent away, so she started crying and making a fuss, which attracted them.