After hearing my inner thoughts, the ancestors in the Dream of the Red Chamber went berserk.

Chapter 351 Anger

Zhen Chenhao pulled a horse and rode all the way to the saltworks estate.

When they arrived at the village, they found that the places where the laborers had lived were all empty.

Zhen Chenhao's scalp tingled as he shouted:

"Old Li, Old Li, where have you gone? Where are all these people?! Where have they all gone?"

Hearing the commotion, everyone else in the village came out. When they saw that it was their master, they quickly ran over.

Zhen Chenhao asked:

"Where are the people here?"

Zhuangzi's man replied:

"Manager Li took them all away, and we don't know where he took them."

"Where the hell is Manager Li? Tell him to get over here and see me!"

Damn it, how dare they take these people away without my permission!

Manager Li and Chunmei were drinking and enjoying good food and drinks. They were laughing and chatting happily.

Just then, the door was hurriedly pushed open, and Manager Li cursed:

"You ill-mannered brat, what are you doing, all flustered and reckless? Is a ghost chasing you?!"

"There really is a ghost chasing me," the man said in a panic.

"Manager, the master is here, looking for you! He's asking where you sent all the slaves."

The old man is throwing a tantrum over at the village! You'd better go there quickly.

Manager Li quickly tidied himself up and stood up, feeling a little scared. He had just lost one person, and now the old man had come over. Could something have happened?

Chunmei calmly smoothed her hair and said:

"What are you afraid of? I'm here. You're just a slave. If you die, you die. What's the big deal?"

Manager Li was furious, but Chunmei was unhurried. She even looked in the mirror and applied her lip rouge.

Chunmei saw Manager Li standing there in a daze and said:

"Are you still waiting for me? Can we go together? Why don't you go first? I'll be there in a bit."

Manager Li was also nervous, so he hurriedly led the messenger towards the estate.

Chunmei looked at herself carefully in the mirror and felt that she was not satisfied with her clothes. She then opened the wardrobe, changed into a brightly colored outfit, and then slowly went out the door.

Manager Li ran up to Zhen Chenhao, but before he could say anything, he was kicked to the ground.

"You son of a bitch, I told you to keep an eye on these people, where did you put them?"

Ignoring the pain, Steward Li knelt down and said:

"Sir, I was afraid that His Majesty might get carried away and come to the estate to see those people, which would be a disaster. So I moved them to a secluded spot in the mountains, where it's well-protected and no outsiders can go."

"I knew it was you, you son of a bitch, who lost him! Don't you know someone ran away?"

Manager Li straightened up and nonchalantly defended himself:

"Grandpa, the man who ran away was injured and sick. He was beaten before he ran away. He can't go far; he'll die anyway."

Zhen Chenhao picked up the riding whip and lashed it at Steward Li.

"I told you not to spout nonsense here. Do you even know that the man escaped and was rescued by Jia Hu? If you expose my secrets, I'll skin you alive!"

Manager Li was then somewhat frightened. How could it be such a coincidence that he was saved by the young master of the Jia family?

At this moment, Chunmei also came over. She wasn't afraid of the scene. She walked over in a seductive manner and took Zhen Chenhao's hand.

Chunmei smiled sweetly:

"My lord, you've finally arrived! I've missed you so much!"

As Chunmei spoke, she took Zhen Chenhao's hand and placed it on her heart.

"My lord, I miss you so much that my heart aches. I wonder if you miss me too."

Zhen Chenhao smiled sinisterly in the darkness of the night.

"My dear Chunmei, let me ask you, was it your idea to move those people up the mountain?"

He knew Manager Li quite well; among his subordinates, Manager Li was a cautious one, otherwise he wouldn't have trusted him so much.

Manager Li wouldn't move people out without my permission.

Chunmei smiled and said:

“It was my idea. I also wanted to share the burden with you. Those people here just eat and don’t work, and there’s a risk of them being exposed. Moving them to the mountain valley will save us food.”

Zhen Chenhao was furious and suddenly pushed Chunmei to the ground.

"You brainless idiot, who gave you permission to do this! And you dog, you just listened to what she said? I'm asking you, how many people escaped from there?"

Chunmei fell to the ground, her hand scraped by the pebbles. She didn't dare cry out in pain, only gasping for breath.

Manager Li had no choice but to kneel down and beg for mercy.

"Sir, there really is only one; all the others are still here."

Zhen Chenhao pulled the horse over, mounted it, pointed at the two men, and said:

"I'm going to settle this matter today. You two still have one life left. If anything really happens to you, I'll skin you alive and tear you apart to vent my hatred."

As Zhen Chenhao spoke, he rode away, leaving only Steward Li and Chunmei lying on the ground.