"There are also my sons. When the pirates came for the second time, they fought against the pirates with the young and strong in the village. The result was the same. They died under the pirate's sword." As they said, turbid tears fell in the old man's eyes.

Obviously, when they came for the first time, the people in the village were afraid that they would not react. The pirates snatched things and left. After leaving, the navy's personnel arrived here. The people in the village were disappointed with the navy's speed. The young and strong in the village planned to unite to resist the pirates themselves, but unfortunately they hit the stone with eggs and failed.

Gradually, the people in the village became numb, and all those who could go were gone, and the remaining people would be fine as long as they survived. Just pirates would just rob them, and the life would be kept.

The "late" of the navy and the government again and again made the people in the village believe that the government and the navy are unreliable.

"Are those pirates from the Tang Dynasty?" Xuan Shijing asked this question carefully.

Obviously, there is endless hatred between the old man and the pirates. Perhaps the old man can answer this question to Xuan Shijing.

The old man shook his head: "Stop asking, it's useless. You are all outsiders, so it's better to leave this place as soon as possible."

The old man said this, and Xuan Shijing couldn't ask any more, so he could only nod and leave the old man's yard with the three people behind him. The old man in the yard watched Xuan Shijing leave, but the tears in his eyes could not be stopped.

Xuan Shijing's arrival reminded him of his dead son.

Leaving the old man's dilapidated courtyard, Xuan Shijing stood on the street with three people. Looking around, the whole village was in a state of depression.

"Master, depending on the situation, I will go to other people's houses to ask the same thing. I can't ask anymore. What should we do next?" Gao Jun asked.

"Go to other villages and finally go to the beach." Xuan Shijing said.

"Yes." The three people behind him answered, then got on the carriage and drove to another village.

Wherever he went, it was similar to the scene he saw in the first village. Xuan Shijing sat in the carriage and didn't even have to get off the carriage and went to their house to see it. He could think of what was going on in their house now. It was just that the family was barely barely. Not to mention the past, in the year and a half when Chen Zheng took office in Quanzhou, the pirates had come many times, and those who could be plundered were naturally plundered.

"Go to the beach." Xuan Shijing said.

"Master, it's too late now and the sun is about to set. Why don't we go to the beach again tomorrow?" said the man sent by Chen Zheng.

Xuan Shijing looked up at the sky, and it was true. If he went to the beach again, it would probably be dark. It was already a little far from the Navy Camp.

"Okay, go back to the camp." Xuan Shijing said.

Two carriages set out along the way they came toward the Navy camp.

When we returned to the camp, it was completely dark, and the navy soldiers in the camp also came back to start burying the pot and making rice. They gathered together in groups of three or five, holding the sea bowl and chatting while eating.

Because the pirates invaded the border, the soldiers in the Navy camp became busy every day. During the day, they would basically take shifts to board the boat and patrol the nearby waters on the sea.

However, in the past six months, the results of the day have been obvious. The pirates have put their actions at night. At night, the navy cannot spend their energy to take care of them. Therefore, the navy soldiers are also exhausted and physically and mentally.

When Xuan Shijing's carriage was still a distance from the camp, Chen Zheng got news in the commander's tent. Therefore, when Xuan Shijing brought his people back, Chen Zheng personally came out to welcome him.

"Thank you for your hard work, but what did you find out?" Chen Zheng asked straight to the point when he met.

Xuan Shijing shook his head: "No, the local people are already disappointed with the government and the navy. They are unwilling to believe in outsiders anymore. They would rather believe the pirates than kill because of their confidentiality."

Chen Zheng sighed when he heard this, and the light in his eyes instantly dimmed.

"I plan to go there again tomorrow and go directly to the beach to see what is going on." Xuan Shijing said.

Chen Zheng shook his head: "It's useless. The navy went back and forth hundreds of times in the nearby sea, but he didn't find anything unusual."

Xuan Shijing frowned. Could it be that this matter would be stuck here like this?

"Today, the four of us pretended to be merchants and went to those villages, and we did not reveal our identities." Xuan Shijing said: "So if we continue, we might be able to find out what that day."

After thinking about it, Chen Zheng had to do so.

"I'll talk about tomorrow later. Mr. Xuan should have a meal first. I've been busy all day and I'm hungry." Chen Zheng took Xuan Shijing to the coach's tent.

I ate outside at noon, and the dry food and water I brought from the camp was not very good. At night, the food should be better, and the people from the Xuan family also brought the things from Quanzhou City.

The pirates' affairs were inaccessible, which gave Xuan Shijing a headache. Those people in the village refused to say anything. They visited several villages, but had never seen healthy young and strong people under the age of thirty. They were all older people stayed in the village.

Yes, as long as you can move, who is willing to live a life of stagnation in the village there?

The Tang people valued the most rural feelings. If it were not forbidden, no one would want to leave their hometown. Now the facts are right in front of them. Because of the pirates, they had to leave their hometown where they had raised themselves and find another way out.

"Mr. Chen." While eating, Xuan Shijing suddenly put down his chopsticks and raised his head to look at Chen Zheng.

"Duke Xuan, what's the matter?" Chen Zheng asked.

"Many young people in those villages have left. Have you ever asked where the young people who left have gone?" Xuan Shijing asked.

Chen Zhengliu pondered slightly, then shook his head: "I really don't know this. After all, the navy can't always watch the village. When the young and strong in the village left, the navy was not present, so I don't know where they went."

What a pity, if you know where the young and strong have gone, you might be able to inquire about the pirates from them.

However, Xuan Shijing estimated that those young and strong people would not have gone too far. They just went to the mainland from the beach, and might even be in Quanzhou. But even if they know this news, what can they do? How to find it? Could it be that they would go to the streets to find someone?
Chapter completed!