Nan Shiying pressed her head and rubbed it vigorously.
Little Man did not dodge. Instead, she nudged her head into her hand. She threw away the bloody rags she was holding and tore off another clean piece. With practiced skill, she expertly bandaged Nan Shiying’s wound.
Nan Shiying looked up at Shen Xing.
His chest had been cut, but the wound was not deep and was of no great concern.
Shen Xing clutched his chest, slowly stood up, and walked to Nan Shiying. “Shen greets Divine Doctor Feng.”
Nan Shiying glanced at Situ Kong. If the cook represented brute force, then Situ Kong represented the brains in their small three-person group.
He was very smart!
Situ Kong smiled brilliantly.
Nan Shiying withdrew her gaze from Situ Kong and turned to look at Shen Xing. Seeing Shen Xing’s expression, the corners of her lips curved upwards. “Does Head Shen want me to treat you?”
Shen Xing nodded. “Shen does indeed have this intention. Although Shen is not seriously injured, to better protect the Divine Doctor, I hope my wounds heal faster.”
Shen Xing, Head Shen.
Nan Shiying’s fingers fiddled with the hem of her clothes, her eyes slightly lowered.
The faint sound of crying seemed to echo in her ears again, emanating from the bottom of the boat, a heartbreaking cry.
She raised her eyes, a smile playing on her lips, but the smile did not reach her eyes. Her voice was cold enough to send shivers down one’s spine. “Head Shen, the dead require no treatment.”
Shen Xing’s body trembled, and a chill spread through him. He understood her meaning.
The other party wanted to kill him.
But why?
Shen Xing had considered countless possibilities, but he had never imagined that the other party would want to kill him.
Shen Xing did not ask why. He fled into the distance with the fastest speed he could muster.
Ying Yi’s figure was as swift as a ghost. He swung his sword, stirring up frost. The frost landed in front of Shen Xing, blocking his path. Shen Xing was forced to stop. Under absolute martial power, even escape became a luxury.
He turned, a look of despair appearing on his face.
“Why?”
Even if he were to die, he wanted to die with understanding.
“Why?”
Nan Shiying smiled, her smile thin and chilling, dark and ominous. “Because I heard the crying!”
The marketplace. Gu Ruiji led the Eagle Department’s heavy cavalry and surrounded the Hengyuan Trading Company and all the cargo ships docked at the port.
“Search it!”
“My lord, my lord, we Hengyuan…”
“Get lost!”
Gu Ruiji gave the order, and the soldiers rushed in.
The people of Hengyuan Trading Company could not resist. The sounds of overturned goods were incessant. Some were shouting, some were resisting, some were wailing.
“My lord, my lord, our Hengyuan Trading Company has always been on good terms with Liaojiang. If we have inadvertently caused offense, I hope my lord can clarify!”
With Shen Xing gone, the镖师, facing the soldiers rushing into the ship’s cabin, turned pale. He was pinned to the ground by soldiers wielding long sabers, and could only tilt his head back and shout for mercy to Gu Ruiji.
Gu Ruiji turned a deaf ear to this.
The ship’s cabin was empty.
Gu Ruiji stomped hard on the deck, and it sounded hollow.
His eyebrows rose slightly. He squatted down and, beneath the carpet near a corner, discovered a handle. He pulled it hard, opening a hidden door.
“My lord, my lord, we…”
“If he talks too much, cut out his tongue!”
“Yes!”
Gu Ruiji’s calm voice was devoid of any fluctuation, yet it instantly silenced the clamor.
Heh, the soft eggs of Linyuan!
Gu Ruiji sneered disdainfully. A soldier lit a fire with a piece of Linshi and jumped down first.
The faint crying echoed in the dark room below the deck. The entire dark room was filled with a sour, foul odor. As the soldier’s eyes adjusted to the scene, he couldn’t help but freeze.
“Crying?”
Shen Xing seemed to recall something, his face suddenly changing color.
“It seems I did not accuse you wrongly. You knew about this!” Nan Shiying slowly lowered the sleeve Little Man had just pushed up, and tidied the wrinkled edges.
“Your Hengyuan Trading Company actually dared to traffic our Linyuan citizens like livestock. Women, children, hundreds of them were thrown into a cramped dark room. They were like spoiled fish in a basket. When you sold them, did you even rinse them?” m..oΓg
As she spoke, she slowly raised her eyes.
Nan Shiying was smiling. Her eyes and mouth were smiling, but the eyes that gazed at Shen Xing held the deepest malice in this world.
Like a profound demon gazing at the human world, like a hungry beast eyeing its prey!
A chill spread from the depths of Shen Xing’s heart and rapidly permeated his entire body, even making his breathing rapid.
He, he was just a head escorting goods. What could he do even if he knew about such things?
“No, no, I am just a nobody, I…”
“You’ve earned quite a lot over the years, haven’t you!”
Shen Xing suddenly fell silent.
He remembered the three-courtyard house, the maids and servants, the fine silks and satins worn by the women.
“Tell me, where did you sell them?”
Her voice was neither high nor low. If one ignored the content, it was as 평범 and casual as inquiring about the weather. But Shen Xing, Shen Xing trembled even more violently.
“I don’t know, I really don’t know. I’m only responsible for transporting the goods, I…”
“Goods?”
Her Linyuan citizens were goods?
“Ying Yi!”
Nan Shiying no longer wanted to ask. Since he knew nothing, then trash should be placed where trash belongs.
“Sentenced him to a thousand cuts!”
This was the literal meaning of a thousand cuts.
The screams in his ears startled the roosting birds. Situ Kong watched Ying Yi flay Shen Xing piece by piece. His face was pale, but his eyes held a hint of glee.
The night before.
He had discovered the dark room under the deck. He had actually just felt an itch, wanting to see what good items were on the Hengyuan Trading Company’s cargo ship.
The dark room was not large, but Hengyuan Trading Company had packed hundreds of people into it.
Like fish thrown into a box, layered one on top of the other, Situ Kong could not describe his feelings. He probably felt that there were people more wretched and things more terrible than him in this world.
Afterward, he told Feng Luan about the matter.
Feng Luan appeared very calm, so calm that he thought she didn’t care about the lives of these people, nor about anything Hengyuan Trading Company had done.
Only at this moment, as he watched Shen Xing being dismembered by her personal guards, did he understand.
She simply watched calmly, observed, without any change in her expression, but Situ Kong, at this moment, felt an anger and malevolence capable of destroying and devouring everything.
It was also at this moment that Situ Kong finally understood the profound meaning behind all her actions.
She had perhaps long guessed that this trip to Liaojiang would not be peaceful, which was why she had Shen Xing escort her, merely to use the Eagle Division to destroy the foundation Hengyuan Trading Company had built over the years.
Her schemes and methods made him fear, make him tremble, make him admire, and make him submit!