Wang Changmin's breathing was rapid, and his eyes held long-lost resentment and anger that had been smoothed by wind, frost and time.
Xiao Yu looked at him and said, "Xiao Zhuzi is really your son? I asked someone to investigate. When you had an accident with your front foot, your brother's family of eight people died one after another.
Mr. Wang has lived in Chunxi Town these years, so he must not know that Xiao Zhuzi lived a miserable life in Wangjiacun?
Did Zimu tell you about the beatings he suffered?"
Wang Changmin was gritting his teeth, his jawline was tense, and the anger on his face was almost ready to come out.
"I really don't understand. My family has all been killed. Why is Mr. Wang just living here? He doesn't want to take revenge or prove himself, so he keeps digging in the mud every day?
So what if you find out what's wrong with Jinnan Pier?
Can your brother's family of eight be brought back to life?
Can the beatings Xiao Zhuzi received since childhood be erased?
You are alive, but others should not suffer what they have suffered..."
Xiao Yu didn't finish his heart-wrenching words. Wang Changmin roared in a low, trembling voice, "That's enough!"
Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows but said nothing more.
Wang Changmin took two deep breaths, squatted down slowly, and rubbed his head hard with his trembling hands, "What do you want to do when you come to me? It's not just to reminisce about old times."
Xiao Yuming did not say secret words, "My father died tragically on the battlefield. As a son of a man, since I know the strangeness of his death, I can't do nothing. If I don't tell who is the person who harmed him, Mr. Wang must have it in his heart."
guess.
I want revenge, Mr. Wang, do you want to join me?"
Wang Changmin raised his eyes to look at Xiao Yu, his eyes were red.
There was a smile in Xiao Yu's eyes, like a monster bewitching people, "Master Wang, you have to think about it yourself whether you want to go with me, but in two or three days, I will leave Chunxi Town, and I will take Xiao Zhuzi with me."
Wang Changmin looked stunned.
Xiao Yu laughed and said, "I'm looking for Mr. Wang now because Mr. Wang knows a lot about water transportation. To put it bluntly, I have something to ask for from Mr. Wang. This is a good thing for Mr. Wang. You can take this from me.
There is something to ask for from me.
For example, let me treat the little bamboos well. For example, let me cultivate the little bamboos well.
If I find someone who can replace Mr. Wang in the future, this request will be gone, and Mr. Wang will not be able to make requests to me.
According to my usual practice, without telling Mr. Wang, I will train Xiao Zhuzi to be Su Zimu's guard and loyal servant. There will be no self in his life, only Su Zimu.
If Su Zimu lives, he will live; if Su Zimu dies, he will die.
Although using a child to threaten Mr. Wang is a bit clumsy.
But I am a person who has always used unscrupulous means."
I don't know whether it was Xiao Yu's threatening words that had an effect or Wang Changmin himself was unwilling to do so. His red eyes met Xiao Yu's, but after a moment, he said hoarsely: "I can't blatantly appear in front of anyone."
As long as he can appear in front of people alive, there is no need for him to live a life of inhumanity and ghosts.
"They will not let me go, neither party will let me go."
Xiao Yu was waiting for Wang Changmin's words.
"So, I read it right. Even knowing that they will not let you go, Mr. Wang has been persisting in investigating the dock matter all these years, right?"
As he spoke, Xiao Yu bowed respectfully to Wang Changmin with his fists clasped.
"What I said before can be regarded as a way to stimulate the generals. Mr. Wang has the people of the world in his heart and is a blessing to the people. I thank Mr. Wang on behalf of the people of the world. Then... if Mr. Wang is willing to join me, I will call him an avenger.
Alliance phalanx?”
"Avengers?" Wang Changmin was a little confused by this word.
The careless look on Xiao Yu's face subdued, and with a bit of solemnity, he said: "Those are all the victims."
Wang Changmin looked at Xiao Yu. After a while, he slowly stood up from the ground and asked, "What should I do?"
Xiao Yu smiled, "What Mr. Wang has to do now is to tell me everything you know about the dock. As for what to do next, I will send people to continue to contact Mr. Wang. I just want to wrong Mr. Wang and stay in a humble room for the time being.
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Wang Changmin rubbed his hands and invited Xiao Yu into the house.
Once a person recognizes his or her identity, his innate temperament will be revealed.
Although he was wearing shabby coarse linen clothes, Wang Changmin no longer acted like the weird old man who was hated by everyone.
In the simple house, Wang Changmin asked Xiao Yu to sit on the only chair in the house, then turned around and dug out a wooden box stained with mold from under the bed.
"This is all the information I have compiled over the years."
Wang Changmin opened the box and took out a stack of manuscripts.
"This pier was built during the construction of the Zhenning Marquis Mansion. The old Marquis personally brought people to supervise it. However, after the pier was built, because of the shipwrecks that occurred here, the pier was given an unknown name. In addition, the late emperor later devoted himself to
Water transportation was abandoned and replaced by dry transportation, and this terminal became one of the first to be decommissioned."
The old Marquis of the Marquis of Zhenning that Wang Changmin mentioned refers to the father of the current Marquis of Zhenning and Chen Heng's grandfather.
"Because the old Marquis personally supervised the construction, but something went wrong later, the late emperor was furious and severely punished the Zhenninghou Mansion. In order to avoid this punishment, the Zhenninghou Mansion remained neutral when the late emperor abolished the canal transport.
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Xiao Yu had to say with emotion: Development is a circle.
In order to avoid punishment, the Zhenning Marquis Mansion remained neutral when it abolished water transport.
Now, in order to protect Chen Heng from being punished, the Zhenning Marquis Mansion once again maintained neutrality when the emperor wanted to restart the water transportation. It even took over the task from the emperor and asked Chen Heng to work with him to supervise the restart of the water transportation.
"At that time, Zhenninghou Mansion was not the leader of the eight major aristocratic families. However, after the premature closure of water transportation and the revitalization of drought transportation, the family that originally controlled the most powerful water transportation suffered the biggest blow. Zhenninghou Mansion was that
He suddenly rose up and became the leader of the new aristocratic family.
The two parties that benefited from that change were the late emperor and the Marquis of Zhenning."
What Wang Changmin said couldn't be more straightforward.
It was the late emperor and the Zhenning Marquis Mansion who joined forces to defraud other aristocratic families, as well as all the working people on the water transport line.
In exchange, he gained the status of the leader of the Zhenning Hou family and the late emperor's stable imperial power.
As for the people, it has never been within their scope of consideration.
Xiao Yu picked up the manuscripts and placed the top one. It was a hand-drawn drawing. It could be seen at a glance that it was the engineering drawing of Jinnan Wharf. One of the inconspicuous positions was marked with cinnabar by Wang Changmin.
"What is this?" Xiao Yu pointed to the location of the cinnabar and asked.
Wang Changmin had a cold look in his eyes, "Man-made destruction is the root cause of shipwrecks at the pier."