The Young Swordsman of Dalu

"Wenfei, are you surprised to see me?" Zhou Shiyao looked at Wenfei, who was standing there in a daze.

"Greetings, Your Highness!" Wen Fei quickly bowed in greeting.

"I've come here incognito, no need to be so polite!" Zhou Shiyao said. "What happened to all these injured people in this courtyard?"

"Your Highness! I apologize for disturbing you!" Hai Yitian hurriedly walked out of the main hall.

"Master Hai, you've finally shown up! It's so rare to see you in this manor!" Wen Fei said.

"Please, Young Master Wen, show mercy!" Hai Yitian said.

"Please, Master Hai, show mercy!" Wen Fei shouted.

"Is there some misunderstanding between you two?" Zhou Shiyao asked.

“Your Highness, Young Master Wen has some misunderstandings about our Haifeng Manor,” Hai Yitian said.

"Wouldn't it be fine if the misunderstanding was cleared up?" Zhou Shiyao said.

"Yes! Yes!" Hai Yitian said, bowing and scraping.

With his servile, servile attitude, Wenfei felt utterly disgusted just looking at Hai Yitian.

"Master Hai! Yingmei was beaten to death and thrown into the sea by you? Your Highness, please do justice! Seek justice for the dead!" Wenfei said.

"Young Master Wen, this is a private matter between us. Don't involve His Highness," Hai Yitian warned Wen Fei.

"Can we resolve this privately? Do you even want to resolve it? You've already locked me up in your manor's jail, is that your solution? I think you're trying to get rid of me," Wen Fei said relentlessly.

"I've heard that the morning scenery at Haifeng Manor is very beautiful. Wenfei, Manor Lord Hai, would you like to accompany me for a walk by the sea?" Zhou Shiyao said.

Wenfei and Haiyi followed Zhou Shiyao toward the seaside.

"Get up now and go where you belong! Stop making a fool of yourselves here!" Haisin said to the thugs and swordsmen lying haphazardly on the ground.

The people on the ground got up in a flash and limped towards the backyard.

“They’re all a bunch of useless trash!” Hessing cursed at them.

Hai Huashan stood with Qiu Dong and asked, "Are you still going to kill my father?"

"Kill! We must kill them!" Qiu Dong said expressionlessly.

"Second Young Master, I think we should put her back in the cell!" Haisin said.

"Arrange a guest room for him," Hai Huashan said before walking towards his villa.

"Second Brother! Are you planning to let her go?" Hai Qingyun stopped Hai Huashan in the garden and asked.

"I don't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately, and neither can you!" Hai Huashan said to Hai Qingyun.

At the beach, the tide lapped against the sandy shore with the waves. Zhou Shiyao walked in front, with Wen Fei and Hai Yitian following on either side.

"Wenfei, Wenwu told me you're going to the Northern Frontier," Zhou Shiyao said.

“Yes, Your Highness!” Wenfei replied.

"Why did you stay here?" Zhou Shiyao asked.

"It's all thanks to Master Hai's hospitality that he insisted I stay for a few days," Wenfei said, looking at Hai Yitian.

“I have long admired Young Master Wen. Since he has finally made it through Haifeng Manor, the manor should certainly treat him well,” Hai Yitian said.

"You two! You're trying to confuse me with riddles. Do you think I can't see through you?" Zhou Shiyao said loudly.

"Your Highness, please calm your anger!" Wen Fei and Hai Yitian bowed and said.

“You are all pillars of the Great Lu Kingdom, serving the country. Why can’t you get along well?” Zhou Shiyao said.

"Your Highness is right," Hai Yitian said.

“Your Highness! I don’t get along with Master Hai,” Wenfei said.

“Look at you, throwing a tantrum,” Zhou Shiyao complained.

“Your Highness, Young Master Wen is still young, so please don’t take him to heart,” Hai Yitian said.

Wenfei couldn't stand Hai Yitian's despicable face, and he was determined to expose his hypocrisy in front of His Highness the Crown Prince.

“Your Highness! Hai Yitian has been disregarding human life and has even built a private prison to detain innocent people.” Wen Fei knelt before Zhou Shiyao.

"Is what Hai Tianwenfei said true?" Zhou Shiyao asked.

“Young Master Wen is unaware of the situation, Your Highness,” Hai Yitian said.

"Hai Yitian! Tell me, did you force Qiu Dong's family to their deaths? Did you lock Qiu Dong in your own cell? Did you order me to be locked up?" Wen Fei asked.

"It's all a misunderstanding! Your Highness, what Young Master Wen said is all a misunderstanding," Hai Yitian argued.

“This is a serious matter; it’s a disregard for human life. What exactly happened?” Zhou Shiyao asked.

"Please allow me to explain slowly, Your Highness," Hai Yitian said.

“Not a single word of the truth,” Wenfei said.

“Let him speak!” Zhou Shiyao said.

“Qiu Dong, the woman from the villa just now, her family runs a dried fish business. Every year, they would sell their best dried fish to the villa, and we’ve always had a good relationship. But then her cousin, Lu Maohan, came and brainwashed Master Qiu. He actually handed over the entire Qiu family business to Lu Maohan. Originally, our prices remained unchanged all these years, regardless of the harvest. But since Lu Maohan took over the business, he’s been arbitrarily changing prices and disrupting the market. The villa stopped doing business with the Qiu family. I never expected that Lu Maohan would contact merchants from all over the country to deliberately raise prices. Our Haifeng Villa isn’t one to be easily manipulated. Butler Hai sent someone to the Qiu family to find Lu Maohan, hoping to teach him a lesson and make him more sensible. I never expected it to lead to a death. I didn’t want this either!” Hai Yitian said aggrievedly.

"Hai Yitian, you're making excuses again. Without your authorization, where would Hai Xin have gotten the audacity to force Qiu Dong's family to hang themselves?" Wen Fei said angrily.

"Ah! How could they do something so heinous? It's truly despicable!" Zhou Shiyao said.

“That’s not how it is! We didn’t force them; they chose to die on their own,” Hai Yitian said.

“Why would someone choose to die when they’re perfectly healthy? If you don’t pressure them, who would die? Why don’t you arrest Haising and ask him?” Wenfei said.

“Hysin is a fellow member of my Hai family. He has been with me for many years and I trust him,” Hai Yitian said.

"Go back and find out the whole story. I'm also very angry about this." Zhou Shiyao walked towards Haifeng Manor.

Wenfei and Haiyi followed behind to Haifeng Villa.

Haixin led Qiudong to a guest room in the resort. Before leaving, he glanced at Qiudong and said sarcastically, "Miss Qiu, you should know in your heart what you should and shouldn't say. I don't need to remind you again."

Qiu Dong stared blankly into the courtyard and said, "Butler Hai, are you afraid of the Black and White Impermanence?"

"You're insane! Talking nonsense! You better stay in your room. If you leave this room, I can't guarantee you'll leave this yard alive," Haising warned menacingly.

"Butler Hai! Butler Hai! Quickly call Butler Hai to the main hall!" Hai Yitian shouted as soon as he entered the villa.

When Haising heard Hai Yitian calling him from the backyard, his heart tightened, and he had a bad feeling.