On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

The next day, at midnight, the moon was dark and the wind was strong, with a howling sea breeze.

On the east side of Chongming Sandbar, there is a desolate mudflat area far away from the main port.

The dense reeds swayed violently in the strong wind, making a rustling sound, as if countless ghosts were whispering.

The turbid sea water slapped against the muddy mudflats, making a monotonous and depressing "splashing" sound.

A low, narrow, black-painted Korean-style fishing boat without any lights slid silently into the depths of the reed marsh like a ghost.

On the boat, apart from two dark-skinned, fierce-eyed Korean sailors, there were Zhao Sihai and Li Mubai!

Both of them were wearing dark tight-fitting water jackets, their faces were smeared with mud, their palms were sweating and their hearts were beating wildly due to nervousness.

"Hurry! Hurry!" Park Changfan's voice came from the reeds on the shore, very low.

The fishing boat docked, and Zhao Sihai and Li Mubai, supported by two sailors, stepped onto the cold, slippery mudflats, one foot deep and one foot shallow. A strong smell of seawater and the stench of rotting seaweed hit them in the face.

"Boss Park! Lead the way!" Zhao Sihai's voice trembled, he was both nervous and excited.

"This way!" Park Changfan crouched down and led the way.

He was obviously very familiar with the terrain, leading the two of them through knee-deep mud and dense reeds.

The wind was biting, the muddy water was icy, and every step was extremely difficult. Zhao Sihai and Li Mubai were panting and in a state of disarray, but thinking of the sacred land they were about to see, they endured it.

In the darkness, a pair of eyes, like a night owl, stared at them closely from the reeds in the distance.

It was Brother Lin who was following behind!

He was thin and nimble, moving through the reeds like a civet cat without being discovered.

He bit his lips hard, his little face full of tension and anger.

He knew these people were doing bad things!

He was sneaking onto the island!

He remembered the warning from the Jinwu Guards: "Anyone who trespasses will be killed without mercy!"

He thought of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his mother's stable life in the workshop, and an inexplicable courage surged in his heart!

......

Park Changfan took Zhao and Li and finally crossed the muddy mudflats and came to the edge of a relatively dry sandy area.

He pointed to a grayish-white area in the moonlight ahead and lowered his voice with a hint of fanaticism:

"Boss Zhao! Lord Li! Look! That's Xirang! The eastern tidal flat area marked on the map! Your eighty acres of land! It's right there!"

Zhao Sihai and Li Mubai looked eagerly in the dim moonlight. All they saw was a barren, desolate beach covered with gravel and shells!

Not to mention the "holy land", there is not even a blade of grass!

It is completely different from the "treasure pot" they imagined!

"This... this is Xirang?!" Zhao Sihai was struck by lightning, and his voice changed. "This... this is a fucking mudflat!!"

Li Mubai's face turned pale: "Park Changfan! How dare you play tricks on us?!"

"No! Impossible!" Park Chang-hwan was also stunned. He threw himself on the sand and frantically dug at it with his hands. "The map clearly... clearly marked this as... fertile alluvial soil! How could it be..."

at this time!

"call out--!!"

A whistling arrow tore through the night sky with a sharp scream!

In an instant, countless torches appeared from the ground and lit up simultaneously in the surrounding reeds!

This small mudflat is illuminated as if it were daytime!

"The Jinwu Guards are here! Anyone who trespasses into the restricted area! Surrender!" Mao Mengji's hoarse voice, like the friction between metal and iron, exploded in the night sky like the announcement of the god of death!

Dozens of black-armored Jinwu Guard soldiers emerged from the reeds like ghosts!

Holding a powerful crossbow, the cold arrow flashed with deadly cold light in the firelight!

They surrounded the three of them instantly! Their murderous intent was fierce!

Zhao Sihai and Li Mubai were so frightened that their souls were about to flee. Their legs went limp and they collapsed onto the cold muddy ground with a plop!

Park Changfan looked pale and his whole body was shaking like a sieve!

"It's over... It's all over..." Zhao Sihai muttered to himself with a deathly pale face.

Mao Mengji stood holding the knife. The scar on his skinny face looked like a wriggling centipede in the firelight, and his eyes were as cold as a knife.

He glanced at the three limp figures as if they were three chickens and ducks waiting to be slaughtered.

Finally, his eyes fell on a small figure trying to slip away quietly in the reeds in the distance.

"Come out!" Mao Mengji's voice was as cold as ice.

Lin Ge'er's whole body stiffened, and he walked out of the reeds trembling, his little face pale.

"Were you the one who reported the news?" Mao Mengji's voice showed no emotion.

Lin Ge'er nodded vigorously, mustering up his courage and pointing at Park Chang-fan and the other two: "He...they sneaked onto the island! I...I saw them plotting! So...I ran to tell Brother Zhang from the patrol team..."

Mao Mengji looked at Lin Ge'er deeply, and that look made Lin Ge'er feel cold all over.

After a moment, he waved his hand and said, "Take him back. If you have any merit, you will be rewarded."

A soldier stepped forward and took the still trembling Lin Ge'er away from the scene.

Mao Mengji's gaze returned to the three pale-faced people, and a cruel arc appeared at the corner of his mouth:

"Capture him! Take him to death row! Await the Crown Prince's decision!"

"Yes!" The soldiers pounced like wolves and tigers!

......

The next morning, notices with the bright red seal of "Governor's Office of Hu County Special Economic Zone" were posted at the four gates and main intersections of Hu County!

The notice was concise, yet every word was as sharp as a knife:

"Investigate, Korean businessman Park Changfan colluded with illegal merchants Zhao Sihai and Li Mubai, disregarded the ban, trespassed into the Special Administrative Region's military restricted area (Chongming Shazhou), spied on secrets, and plotted illicitly! The evidence is irrefutable, and their crimes are unforgivable!"

"In order to enforce the law and serve as a warning to others, we hereby render the following judgment:"

"Park Chang-Bum, the instigator and mastermind, shall be executed immediately! His head shall be hung at the East Gate for three days!"

"Zhao Sihai and Li Mubai, accomplices, may be spared the death penalty, but their crimes will be punished! All franchised development and management rights to the Xirang land parcels under their names will be revoked! All payments will be confiscated! In addition, each will be given 100 strokes of the cane, shackled for one month, and sent to the Special Zone hard labor camp for life! This will serve as a warning to others!"

"His Royal Highness decrees: The laws and regulations of the Special Zone must not be violated! Anyone who dares to spy on, trespass, or sabotage the construction of the Special Zone will be severely punished, regardless of their identity or nationality! No mercy will be shown!"

As soon as the notice came out, the whole city was in an uproar!

Park Chang-fan's bloody head was hung high on the East Gate Tower, his eyes wide open, as if he died with his eyes open!

It attracted countless people to watch and talk about it. Some cursed, some were afraid, and some were in awe of the Crown Prince's iron-fisted approach!

Zhao Sihai and Li Mubai were stripped of their shirts, put on heavy wooden shackles, and escorted by yamen runners to the busiest intersection in the county to be beaten in public!

The heavy killing stick fell, tearing the flesh and making screams!

The once prosperous tycoons are now like two dead dogs, suffering humiliation in public!

In the end, they were dragged away like dead dogs and thrown into a dark and gloomy labor camp, where endless labor torture awaited them!

The news spread throughout Hu County in an instant as if it had wings!

Those merchants who were originally ready to make a move and were dissatisfied were like having a basin of cold water poured over their heads!

All the anxiety, doubts, and little thoughts were instantly replaced by boundless fear!

Park Changfan's bloody head and the miserable end of Zhao and Li were like two loud slaps in their faces!

Let them understand thoroughly that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s words of “stay calm” are not empty words, and that the warning of “killing without mercy” is full of blood!

For a time, all the merchants who held the "Xiran" land were silent, and no one dared to mention the matter of landing on the island for survey.