A Heart Blinded

After Fang Weiyan took charge of the yamen, the four characters "Bright Mirror Hanging High a phrase signifying "a bright mirror hangs high") above the yamen seemed to shine even brighter.

The people who came to Pingshui City Pingshui City from all around were quickly assigned to jobs after arriving.

Fang Weiyan was sitting in the yamen at this moment, with a map in front of him, a map of the Jiang Kingdom.

He wanted to examine the map in front of him to see if he could deduce the location of Divine Farmer Valley.

There is a valley within Divine Farmer Valley, which should probably be called a valley.

Look carefully at the map for some valleys; you might find it.

Fang Weiyan had such thoughts in his mind, but when he saw the map in front of him, he felt that he was overthinking it.

The map laid out before him was so crudely made that the area outside the Jiang Kingdom was completely shrouded in mist.

With a map like this, it's practically impossible to find the location of Divine Farmer Valley.

After looking at the map in front of him, Fang Weiyan had no choice but to give up for now.

The location of Divine Farmer Valley was probably not so well-chosen.

We should send more people to inquire about it later.

Fang Weiyan was thinking this, he was about to get up when he saw Cheng Feng leading several people, escorting someone in with long strides.

"Grown ups."

Cheng Feng pressed the person down and kicked them hard, forcing them to kneel on the ground.

He then clasped his hands in a fist salute and addressed Fang Weiyan.

Fang Weiyan glanced at the person kneeling on the ground. It was a man who, after kneeling down, immediately began to cry and shout for his parents.

"My lord, spare me! My lord, spare me!"

The man under the table was shouting loudly.

Fang Weiyan ignored him and instead asked Cheng Feng, "What is it?"

"Sir, this guy is embezzling salaries! Luckily I discovered it early, otherwise who knows how much more salary he would have embezzled!"

"Receiving a salary without working?"

Fang Weiyan was stunned upon hearing this. He had only just begun disaster relief efforts, and already people were drawing salaries without working?

How did you eat it?

Fang Weiyan's expression darkened, and he looked rather displeased.

"This person is a minor official who distributes salaries. He wrote several extra names on the roster and used these names to fraudulently claim grain!"

As Cheng Feng finished speaking, he kicked the man hard, his face extremely ugly.

He had always respected the adults, and now the adults were here distributing livelihoods to everyone, ensuring that they all had something to eat.

Now look what's happened! This person actually had ulterior motives and tried to take advantage of the adults. How could he not be furious?

Fang Weiyan frowned upon hearing this. To be honest, it would be quite easy to manipulate things in certain positions if one really wanted to.

It's very difficult to prevent.

He just didn't expect that his men would set their sights on him so quickly.

Perhaps they had never seen so much grain before, and were suddenly overwhelmed by it.

Looking at the guys below still crying and wailing, Fang Weiyan waved his hand.

"When evening comes, drag him away and behead him as a warning, so that all the minor officials and common people in Pingshui City can see it."

"Tell the people that if these petty officials embezzle even a small amount of grain, it could very well be their lifeline. Ask the people to keep a close watch on them."

Fang Weiyan had no intention of letting the other party off the hook.

He's only been in this business for a short time, and he's already produced such a person under his command. Although the amount of grain embezzled isn't much, it's enough to infuriate Fang Weiyan.

Cheng Feng had originally thought the man deserved to die, but upon hearing Fang Weiyan's words, he immediately responded with murderous intent and dragged the man away.

I'll show everyone when it's evening.

Let everyone know what will happen to such a petty official who dares to steal.

Cheng Feng was radiating murderous intent, Fang Weiyan delegated the matter to his subordinates and didn't pay much attention to it.

It's normal to make mistakes occasionally when selecting people.

Wu River

A small cuttlefish is swimming around.

The fish demons in the Wu River all knew the identity of this little black fish, so they would generally avoid it when they saw it swimming around.

This is the Dragon King's only bloodline, so the group of fish demons naturally held it in great awe.

The little blackfish had just finished its cultivation, but because it hadn't yet faced the Human Tribulation, its cultivation level wasn't increasing at the moment.

Feeling depressed, the little blackfish swam out, intending to wander around and explore the Wu River.

But today, before the little blackfish had swum for long, a strange power suddenly blessed it.

In an instant, the little blackfish's cultivation was completely sealed, and its Divine Sense was then bound within its body.

The little blackfish was instantly terrified and began to frantically rush around. It realized it was about to face Human Tribulation and wanted to inform its father.

However, once this force was applied to him, his meager strength was completely insufficient to struggle against it.

His Divine Sense was bound within his body, so he couldn't even call for help.

A moment later, the little blackfish drifted to the surface of the river in a daze, and was then caught in a net and taken onto a boat.

Meanwhile, outside Pingshui City on the riverbank, several burly men were waiting for something.

"I've been waiting here for quite a few days, but I haven't seen a single snakehead fish."

One of the burly men looked towards the distant Wu River and then spoke.

They were sent here some time ago.

The people above simply instructed them to observe the fishermen and children to see if they had caught any snakehead fish.

If a particularly plump snakehead fish is caught, it will be killed and taken home, as the master of the house wants to eat it.

Although I had some doubts, if I wanted to eat snakehead fish, why kill it fresh? Wouldn't it be more delicious to kill it after taking it home?

However, due to their status and the fact that each of them would receive ten taels of silver after the deed was done, these burly men kept quiet.

Ten taels of silver!

This is a huge sum of money for them.

So they've been waiting here all these days.

As long as you can see the fishermen catching snakehead fish, you can get ten taels of silver.

"Let's wait a bit longer. It's a pity we don't know how to fish, otherwise we could try to catch one."

Upon hearing this, the other person immediately replied.

The others nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

It's a pity they don't know how to fish; otherwise, they could have caught one themselves.

Time passed slowly, and soon it was dusk. The distant ships creaked and groaned as they sailed back.

The fisherman on the boat had a big smile on his face.

There are adults in the city trying to find a way for everyone to make a living, so that even the adults have something to eat.

However, since he was a fisherman who could usually catch some fish in the Wu River to earn a living, he stopped going.

Today, his catch was quite good.