The effect of meeting the two Kevin Deeres was immediate.

Throughout the day, Thales continued to send out warrants and letters, inviting guests from different walks of life, classes, and identities to come to Kongming Palace for a while.

The first person to arrive was "Sea Wolf" Tanganga.

Compared with the gorgeous clothes and perfume on the day of the competition banquet, the famous ship owner of the Emerald City today wore a simple to a bit old nautical coat, thick captain's gloves instead of gemstone rings, and a hair tie around his neck.

He wears a yellow sweat towel, has a ferocious appearance, and speaks rudely. He exudes an innate pirate spirit from the inside out.

As soon as he entered the luxurious study of the prince (to be precise, Duke Zhan), he began to marvel at the furnishings inside and exchanged over-enthusiastic greetings. On the way, he frequently looked at Thales' face - the bruises on it were really obvious.

It's impossible to ignore.

"Hit by Zhan."

Under the classic portrait of the first Duke Kevin Deere, Thales replied without raising his head, and by the way, he wrote "no money" on the report of the Midian District Police Department's application for increasing security expenses.

Tanganga's smile disappeared.

He shrank and rubbed his hands, his eyes hesitant, as if he had asked the wrong question and was at a loss for what to do.

No, he did it on purpose.

Thales raised his head and looked at the person in front of him, and the voice in his heart sounded again:

This former pirate likes luxury and enjoys enjoyment by nature, but he heard the news somewhere and learned that the prince was in a difficult situation and even lacked money. So before the audience, he took off his jewelry and changed out of his fine clothes, dressing up in a shabby and tacky way.

Deliberately acting careless or even rude and stupid to avoid the prince's anger and sharpness.

Thinking of this, Thales couldn't help but narrow his eyes. He took back the report just now from Huaiya, crossed out "no money", wrote "please forward to the Financial Secretary for discussion", and motioned Huaiya to explain something to the guest.

.

Sea Wolf was not invited here for no reason:

Recently, His Royal Highness received reports from the people of Kongming Palace and learned that a small group of "organized criminals" aboard armed merchant ships had appeared on the routes around the Nan'an Territory, patrolling back and forth, stopping the ships arbitrarily, and boarding the ships.

The ship was "inspected" and forcibly collected tolls and protection fees on the grounds that "the Duke has fallen and the license he issued no longer works."

This has triggered a series of changes, from rising shipping costs and delays in the arrival of ships to ports, to obstruction of the lifeline of freight, and a sharp decline in confidence in sea trade, to worried businessmen, either hoarding goods or selling goods at low prices, which has caused endless market fluctuations and deviated from normal prices.

Small and medium-sized craftsmen are even complaining, citizens and business travelers in the city are panicking, and sinister rumors such as "The Emerald City is really coming to an end" have become rampant again...

"What?"

Tanganga hurriedly called out to Qu before Huaiya finished his statement. First, he looked in disbelief, "It's unreasonable that this happened in the waters of the Kingdom." Then, "Your Highness clearly knows that our Sea Wolf Fleet is also a victim."

There are "The general environment is like this, there is no way we can raise prices", and even the slightly rogue "Oh, the world is like this, this can teach us what to do"...

"I don't want to hear these reasons," Thales replied to the official document expressionlessly, "and I don't want to know what role you played in it, but you have one day - just one day."

Tanganga frowned.

"If you can't solve the problem and restore the shipping order in the Emerald City within one day, Tanganga," the prince lowered his head and asked at the Civil Code Office to set up twenty monuments at the city gate, with the words "Thailand" engraved on them.

A big dog's head was drawn on the official document that Prince Erns' famous saying "to educate the people" said, "Then I will have to deal with you."

Tanganga's expression froze.

The former pirate's expression changed many times in that second, from dissatisfaction to ferocity, and then from anger to grievance, but it was all well concealed.

Finally, he glanced at the bruises on the prince's face, at the attendants guarding the prince, and then at Morgan and Custa guarding the door, as well as at the vigilant Batista and Batista standing in the corner.

Nexi's expression returned to calm.

He changed his strategy. First he was filled with indignation, "This is all what the evil Zhan forced us to do." Then he complained aggrievedly, "We don't want to be involved in the war between the prince and the duke." Finally, he burst into tears, "We have no choice but to be alone."

A lonely person is weak and unable to resist"...

Tanganga had a lot of reasons, starting from the fact that the Sea Wolf tribe was defeated and exiled in a foreign land, and they were taken in by Zhan En with great mercy, and they could not repay the favor. They finally settled in the Emerald City for more than ten years.

He had a place in the fleet, but he never thought that his weakness would be taken advantage of, and he could not resist easily. He also said that Zhan En had money and power, and was pervasive with coercion and inducement. He had full control of their fleet and bossed them around. Tanganga was a mermaid and could only subjugate him.

Being humble and small, he has been working hard for decades, and when he talks about the emotional parts, he bursts into tears, and even Thales can't help but be moved.

"So that's it," Thales mused, painting the dog's head on the official document with ferocious fangs, "At the previous fight banquet, Zhan said that anyone could betray him, but only Tanganga could not.

——I think it’s because he takes advantage of your weakness and can destroy your fleet in a matter of seconds.”

Under the strange looks of the surrounding guards, Tanganga burst into tears and nodded bitterly:

"Your Highness Mingjian, we are really..."

"No wonder."

Thales sighed and put down his pen:

"No wonder you have to go all the way to the Kingdom of Darkness, stuff Federico and his killers into your bilge, and sneak them back to murder Zhan."

As soon as the words fell, Tanganga's sobs stopped abruptly.

The entire study fell silent, and all the guards present looked at him sideways.

"Dian, no, I..."

Taking advantage of the moment when Tanganga looked horrified and speechless, Thales picked up the pen, sincerely and conscientiously copied a letter of thanks based on the draft provided by Ashford's butler, and sent it to the Emerald City.

Funeral industry giant Madam Tuolier of the Popon family returned a debt of 35,118 gold coins and 9 silver coins plus four coppers from the Kongming Palace in advance, and the check was redeemed directly.

His Royal Highness's desk.

In addition, the old lady also hinted warmly and coldly in the letter that if there were any shortcomings, the Popon family would be happy to provide services of equal value, such as providing a series of services from coffin making to cutting monuments, from tomb excavation to funeral rites for the prince himself.

Distinguished service.

("Of course, His Highness the Prince is in good health and has a long life, so he will probably not be able to use it in the short term" - the old lady's handwritten letter)

It is a pity that starting from "Black Eyed" John I, the Bright Star royal family has a tradition of cremation. In the face of such enthusiasm, Thales can only refuse to thank him no matter how greedy he is.

("What does it mean to be greedy for money? Thor, don't say it so harshly. This is called the cycle of life..." - His Royal Highness held up the 35,000 gold coin redemption ticket and smelled the scent of ink on it, so

grumble)

In the study, Tanganga finally calmed down from the initial tremor, but the next few minutes were a little awkward.

To sum up, it is probably that the Sea Wolf captain who reacted first tried his best to complain, refused to admit it to death, and asked to refute the rumors. However, in the face of the "Kongming Palace mass clue report", which has a reliable source and ironclad evidence, he returned to the people's will and is even more irrefutable.

, he was ultimately defeated.

The famous Sea Wolf suddenly came to his senses in front of His Highness the Prince, who represented justice and law, and sincerely repented:

"Oh, Your Highness... I have a few new sailors under me who signed temporary short-term contracts. They are not familiar with the business, and they accidentally accepted a business in a hurry, escorting the big shots of the Kingdom of Darkness to the Emerald City... No

That's right, it's Count Li! But I swear, the whole process was done by those temporary sailors. I have no idea what entourage the vampires brought in the cabin... Of course, although I didn't know about it or participated in it,

I was innocently implicated inexplicably, but I am their ship owner after all. It is my fault that the supervision is not strict and the supervision is not effective. I am fully responsible and will never shirk responsibility..."

"oh?"

"I swear, I really didn't know when they came. Your Highness, you know that vampires act mysteriously and never allow anyone to ask questions...I, I really have never participated in their conspiracy to murder the Duke. If I had been in advance

You know, then I... Then I won't carry it no matter how much money they give me... I immediately realized my mistake after the incident and took immediate measures to fire those short-term sailors at sea... Alas, this is the point of my oversight.

, I really regret it... But for God's sake, I have never thought of betrayal, let alone plotting to kill Duke Zhan! Your Highness, you have to believe me!"

Thales scratched his chin thoughtfully.

"Oh, that's it... of course I believe you, after all, no one has faults?"

Tanganga burst into tears of gratitude until the prince's next words:

"But does Zhan Enxiang believe it?"

Tanganga's crying face froze.

Without even looking at him, Thales first drew an exaggerated two-color cow cat on the cover of the 170-page summary (boast) report of the Urban Management Bureau on the Night-Out Banquet Tour.

He wrote another letter that came with the official document, which was called "Reflection and Apology" but was actually a strange apology letter ("Since the seal of His Highness's palm was clear, the whole city was excited, and the torrent was surging. Everyone in the government office ignored their personal salary and was in charge of the affairs.

Even more than before, Kang's work was done by night and day, working day and night without rest, and he did not distinguish between you and me. He risked his life and death and did not dare to slack off. Fuyu has been in Jade for thirty years, but he has never been able to work as hard as His Highness.

Those who encourage people to make progress, inside and outside the city, benefit the whole city. This is the great regret of the south bank of the city, the great fortune of the kingdom, the great sage in the world, and the great vision of the history books of the ages.") He wrote grandly "Today's salary, make up for it.

Accumulated debt".

"Ju Guan, you are a hammer - I'm sorry, I didn't mean you... By the way, I heard from Zhan En that your Sea Wolf business is not only bodyguards and transportation, but also occasionally engages in kidnapping and extortion?"

Thales said as he wrote, intentionally or unintentionally:

"Then, more than ten years ago, the ship that sent Federico to the high seas and finally let him go was not driven by your people, right? Hahaha, just kidding, just kidding! Of course I know that

It's not you... It's just a coincidence, it happened on the sea and on the ship... If I were Zhan, tut, tut... Oh, don't be nervous, even if Zhan knows, as long as the Kingdom of Darkness and Federico are willing to testify for you

, prove that you are innocent and have been implicated... Hey, it doesn't matter even if no one testifies... With Zhan En's character of knowing everything, being as careful as hair, not rubbing sand in his eyes, and not allowing injustice in his hands, well, I guess he won't doubt it.

Your loyalty..."

Under Tanganga's constantly changing expressions and eyes, Thales calmly folded up the letter to Mrs. Toriel and handed it to Waiya to put in the letter tube.

"...At most I doubt your ability."

Tanganga wiped away her tears and turned pale.

He looked up at the wall behind Thales - in the frame, the first Duke of South Bank, "Deadly Iris", was calmly playing with a dagger, with the corners of his mouth raised, half-smiling.
To be continued...