Mao Maoer smiled and said, "It's just like that. When you see a beautiful woman, you get close to her."
"By the way, I keep asking you, who was the person who captured you yesterday? And...are there any ghosts on this island?" I asked Mao Maoer.
Mao Maoer asked, "Ghost? Where did the ghost come from?"
"Forget it, it's better not to have it. If you don't know, it means there isn't one on this island. It's considered a pure land. Then... what do those people do and why are they arresting you?"
"They are from the Zhenhai Gang..."
"Zhenhai Gang? What is that?" I asked.
"You want to know? Anyway, it's okay. I'll tell you about it. The island we live on is called Tianbao Island. There is also Dibao Island to the southwest, and there is Personal Treasure Island to the southeast. Originally, these three islands were collectively called Tianbao Island.
Because it is Sancai Island, there are ships that communicate with each other, and the residents on the island also exchange what they have, and go to the sea to fish together to make a living, and then there are large ships to transport it to the inland for selling. "
"Oh, that's not bad. It's not a bad life to rely on mountains and rivers to live on." I admired.
Mao Maoer glanced at Lang Shuoyang and then said, "The good times did not last long. This situation was broken about twenty years ago..."
"Twenty years ago? How old were you?"
"I'm not twenty years old, but I just listened to what my mother said, right?" Mao Maoer asked, rolling his eyes.
"Okay, keep talking." Lang Shuoyang nodded.
"Twenty years ago, Dibao Island was suddenly closed, and all the people on Dibao Island were driven to the other two islands. According to the residents who ran over, there were soldiers with guns on the island, but judging from their clothing,
We couldn't tell where the soldiers were. Since unknown ships often passed by here, we couldn't figure out why the island was closed. But since then, none of us dared to go near the island. There used to be fishermen who couldn't catch fish.
We carefully entered the sea area, but none of them came back. I don't know if they were shot or something else happened. So later on, our expressions changed when we talked about the treasure island, and we never dared to go near it again." Mao Maoer muttered.
, his face also turned pale.
"How do you know so clearly?"
"Because...my father accidentally entered the waters of Dibao Island and never came back..." Mao Maoer said sadly.
Lang Shuoyang didn't expect that this Maomao'er would have such a tragic experience. It seemed that her parents were no longer alive.
He quickly changed the subject, "Mao Mao'er, go on, what happened next?"
Mao Maoer calmed down and continued, "Later...I don't know how many years passed, but the Rentao Island was also occupied by others. It was the Zhenhai Gang who later occupied Rentao Island, leaving only
A small number of people who worked for them, and the rest were all driven to our Tianbao Island. Moreover, they asked us to fish and exploit the resources on the island. We must provide them with the Zhenhai Gang, and then let them go inland.
Selling.”
"Damn it, isn't this a robber?" Lang Shuoyang cursed angrily.
"Isn't that right? Originally, although the lives of the people on our three islands were not very prosperous, they could at least have enough food and clothing to live without worries. After they did this, we managed to catch some fish, collect some medicinal materials, etc., and we had to send them all.
Go. They even sent people to come to our place regularly to check, and if anyone hid it or sold it privately, they killed all of them."
Lang Shuoyang nodded. This situation actually sounds very familiar. In the old society, many landlords and wealthy people oppressed good people like this. I didn't expect that in this era, this kind of phenomenon would still happen.
"Then...doesn't anyone manage your island? That is to say, there are no police, troops or anything like that to maintain order?"
Mao Maoer shook his head, looking confused.
"I bet, this isn't an isolated island, right? It seems like Mao Maoer doesn't quite understand what I'm saying." So I thought to myself.
"No outsiders have been here for a long time, and no one cares about it at all. It turns out that we have no contact with the outside world except selling fish at sea. After the Zhenhai Gang did this, we lost contact with the outside world." Mao Maoer said.
"Then why did they arrest someone? Did you provoke them?" Lang Shuoyang asked.
"Who dares to mess with them? This is not a year ago. People from the Zhenhai Gang suddenly started arresting people. At the beginning, we found that people often disappeared on our Tianbao Island. Later, the missing people did not appear again. We
People on the island started to become alert. It wasn't until a long time ago that some of us discovered that it was people from the Zhenhai Gang who came to the island to arrest people. They didn't arrest many people every time, only one or two people.
Take it on the boat and drive away. Once, my mother and I were in the woods and we met people from the Zhenhai Gang. My mother was taken away by the Zhenhai Gang in order to let me escape..."
Hearing what Mao Mao'er said, Lang Shuoyang knew why her mother felt a little sad when she mentioned it.
"What are they arresting people for?"
Mao Maoer shook his head, "I don't know. Anyway, the people captured never came back. We speculate that those people are in danger."
"Then you didn't resist and allowed them to arrest you like this?"
"We resisted at the beginning, but there was no effective organization and we mostly fought alone. The outcome was of course predictable. Later, we were left with only one way to escape. Since the sea route was also blocked, we could only
Hiding on Tianbao Island. Fortunately, Tianbao Island is the largest of the three islands, and the residents on the island have lived there for many years and are very familiar with the island’s terrain. As long as they can’t hide, it’s not that easy for them.
You can find it. But you can’t hide. You have to eat. Yesterday I ventured out of this cave to find something to eat. I was discovered by them and was arrested. Thank you for meeting you."
Lang Shuoyang nodded, "So that's what happened. So how do the Zhenhai Gang arrest people? Do they have guns in their hands?"
Mao Maoer shook his head, "That's not true, but there are many of them, and most of them are strong. Even on our side, there are many young people who secretly crossed the sea to join them, so they are very powerful. We
Most of the people here are old, weak, sick and disabled. We can only let them slaughter us. If this continues, soon we people on Tianbao Island will either be captured by them or trapped in caves and starve to death."
Lang Shuoyang thought to himself, the only way I can do now is to go back and find people with Taoism to help me cross the underworld, and ask Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to help me, but when I fall into this hellish place, even the sea route is blocked, and I can't fly. Look,
If I want to go out, I have to start with the Zhenhai Gang. They are the only ones who can go to sea. It seems that I have to take care of this matter regardless of it.
"Mao Mao'er, if someone starts it, do you dare to confront the Zhenhai Gang?"