With what happened to Master Liu, Xiao Heng naturally used this matter to sort out the Dali Prefecture again and arrested many people of unidentified identities. Since they dared to take such a risk, it was only natural that they should pay some price.
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in Fuzhou, someone sneezed suddenly and threw the fishing rod on the ground with a look of dismay: "I'm done fishing. I've been fishing for so long and caught nothing. What's the fun?"
As he spoke, countless servants came over, some picking up fishing rods, some holding umbrellas for him, and the beautiful maid also poured out the chilled osmanthus plum juice and handed it to him respectfully, calling him "Young Master".
Xiao Yuan snorted coldly, without even glancing at the glass of sour plum juice, he wiped his hands coldly and threw the handkerchief aside, and asked in a cold tone, "Has Old Shen not replied yet?"
Xiao Yuan was perhaps the only person in the world who could call the well-traveled Shen Hai "Old Shen". The servants surrounding him all shut their mouths at the same time, not daring to speak out for a moment.
Since they didn't say anything, Xiao Yuan's expression became even uglier, and he coldly scolded, "Waste!"
So he walked straight ahead.
Everyone looked at each other, and hurriedly chased after him forward.
Fortunately, Xiao Yuan didn't go anywhere else, but just went to the study in the backyard.
No one dared to go in again, knowing that Xiao Yuan had a quirk. His study was not accessible to ordinary people, only those with his permission could enter. If anyone else entered, it was common for them to lose their lives.
There was no movement inside and everyone was getting anxious. Suddenly, they heard someone in front of them calling "Uncle Qiu" and "Uncle Wei San". They all breathed a sigh of relief and smiles appeared on their faces.
Uncle Qiu and Uncle Wei are both relatives of the Chi family. They have been close to the Chi family since childhood, so naturally they have a very good relationship with Xiao Yuan. With them around, Xiao Yuan's mood will at least be much better.
Sure enough, after hearing the noise outside, a beautiful girl quickly came out and said that she wanted to invite Uncle Qiu and Uncle Wei San in.
Uncle Qiu and Uncle Wei did not dare to delay and hurried in.
Everyone felt a little relieved. Someone wiped the sweat off his head and said, "My God, I was almost scared to death. It's fine if the young master is happy, but if he is not happy, burying people in a well would be the least of his punishment. I thought I couldn't escape today."
This is true. Xiao Yuan has been in a very bad mood recently. Even a girl he liked very much was sent directly to the pirate's lair because she did something wrong.
Everyone was holding their breath, fearing that they had angered Xiao Yuan and ended up like that.
As soon as he opened his mouth to say this, someone pushed him and said, "How dare you say that? Aren't you afraid of being heard? Shut up! I heard that our young master has been in a bad mood recently. Don't cause any trouble."
Everyone suddenly fell silent.
Unlike the people outside who were cautious for fear of angering Xiao Yuan, Uncle Qiu and Uncle Wei San were relatively calm inside.
Master Wei was sitting opposite Xiao Yuan. When he saw the maidservant beside Xiao Yuan pouring tea, he stood up to receive it and thanked her. Then he sat down again and said calmly, "Shen Hai said that in order to help us this time, he lost a powerful general. If he takes action again now, it would be to deliberately anger the court and go against the court. What he meant was..."
Xiao Yuan sneered.
Uncle Wei San and Uncle Qiu stopped talking.
This young man usually looks elegant and is a very gentle person. In his own words, he is different from the deposed emperor and he wants to be a benevolent ruler.
I don’t know if he is a benevolent ruler, but his temper is not as good as he seems.
While he appears to be smiling at you, he may have secretly sent someone to take your head at night.
It is precisely because this kind of person is moody, so when he is happy, you cannot assume that he is really happy, but when he is unhappy, you'd better assume that he is really unhappy and not say a word.
Sure enough, Xiao Yuan's face was full of sinisterness, and he spoke coldly: "He is demonstrating to me. He thinks he is capable and has helped me, so he doesn't take me seriously. Boss Ma is dead, he is going to back down and is ready to draw a clear line with me!"
The last boat burning incident happened not long ago, it was impossible for Xiao Yuan to have no resentment in his heart.
It was only because he had to deal with the imperial court and Xiao Heng that he reluctantly formed an alliance with Shen Hai.
But now, Shen Hai made it clear that he wanted to withdraw.
Then he is not so easy to talk to.
After Xiao Yuan finished speaking, both Third Master Wei and Grandpa Qiu had no choice but to express their opinions. Grandpa Qiu coughed and said bluntly: "Shen Hai is indeed planning to break up to protect himself. It's not fair of him to say this, but we really can't do anything to him..."
After all, he is a big pirate who even dares to call himself the king of the sea. The imperial court hates and fears him. Although the Chi family is powerful and is the leader of the southeastern nobles, if they confront Shen Hai head-on, they will not end up well.
After all, the Chi family is engaged in maritime business, so they always have to have ships going out to sea. Although the Chi family also has its own maritime guard team, this guard team is really not enough compared to Shen Hai's men, not to mention that Shen Hai has so many islands available.
Uncle Qiu was tactfully persuading Xiao Yuan to swallow his anger.
Mr. Wei Sanye said nothing, but it was obvious that he meant the same thing.
After all, to be honest, everyone wants to do business. If you can be on good terms with Shen Hai, you must not offend him. This is a recognized fact.
However, Xiao Yuan was not the type to swallow his anger in silence, so after Uncle Qiu said this, he just remained silent.
His attitude has been made clear here.
He didn't want to hear anything like reconciliation with Shen Hai.
Uncle Qiu sighed, "Sir, I know you are angry. This time Shen Hai and the other party did something a bit unreliable. But in the end, it can't be said that he is not dedicated. After all, he has given Boss Ma away. In the end, we are too far away from Yunnan. Even if we have laid the groundwork for 20 to 30 years, the foundation is not stable. No one wants such a thing to happen... But since it has already happened, try to think positively."
He raised his eyebrows. There were some words that only he dared to say at this time: "We didn't suffer much loss, did we? If they want to touch us, they can't even dream of it."
Unless the imperial court wants to force the Southeast to rebel!