At night, more than 100 people walking on the road is still very eye-catching. The dogs in the village passing by were startled and barking, but no one came to see what happened.

After all, there was such a big battle at night, who knows what it was for.

When the group of people walked to the gate of Wuling City, Qiqi stopped. They finally found a problem, that is, if so many people all entered the city, how would they pay the entry fee?

But before they figured out why, the soldiers guarding the city gate realized something was wrong, so they took the initiative to come forward and ask.

With so many of them gathered here, it was already eye-catching, not to mention that there were so many tightly bound people on the cart pulled by the animals.

The guarding soldiers hurried over and asked, "What's going on with you? Why did you kidnap so many people? Who are they?"

Village head Yu took the initiative to step forward and replied: "My lord, we are from Mijing Village, Jiangshi Village, and Dayu Village. I am the village head of Mijing Village, and these people are all pirates we caught.

The villagers in several of our villages were taken away by them when they went fishing a few days ago. Today we rescued them and captured these pirates in one fell swoop.

I will escort these people to Wuling City and hand them over to the government office..."

When the soldier guarding the city heard that he was a pirate, he knew that the matter was serious, and this was out of his control, so he had to report it to his superior immediately.

He asked them to wait at the gate of the city for the time being, and immediately went to the tower to report to his chief.

When the chief guarding the city heard this, he quickly followed him down.

Looking forward, although they couldn't confirm that these people were pirates, they were not from the people of Dayan Kingdom, but from another country.

The appearance of the people of Dayan Kingdom is slightly different from that of the surrounding small countries.

The first is the skin color, the other party is obviously darker than the people of Dayan Kingdom, and has that kind of bronze skin.

As for the people of Dayan Country, although they can't say that all of them have fair skin, even if they are exposed to the sun every day, they seldom have such a complexion.

In addition, the other party has deep facial features and a tall and strong figure.

He went forward to check the hands of some pirate leaders who were said to be. The calluses on the palms of these pirate leaders were obviously sharpened by holding knives for a long time.

These people are certainly not ordinary people.

He also asked the village head about the general situation, and hurried to the city to report to Mr. Fu Wei.

In fact, this matter should be reported to the magistrate of Wuling City, but who made him a soldier under the magistrate, of course he must first report to his immediate superior.

Afterwards, ask the immediate superior to discuss the matter with the magistrate. If there is any reward at that time, at least they cannot leave behind the soldiers who defend the city.

The prefect is a civil servant, and the only way to catch pirates is to rely on generals and soldiers like them.

Although Village Chief Yu of Mitsui Village said that the pirates had already been captured by them, it was impossible for them to be the only pirates.

As a city by the sea, in addition to the city guards like them, the Fu Wei also has a navy and warships that can fight at sea.

It is their duty to capture and exterminate the pirates near the sea, but there will still be rewards if the extermination is successful.

In addition, gold, silver and jewelry must be indispensable to those pirates' lairs. These are their trophies. As long as they are not tributes, the higher-ups will not care about them, and they will all be left in their hands.

In this way, everyone will be more motivated and more active.

When the Fu Wei of Wuling City followed his men to the gate of the city, nearly half an hour had passed.

It was Haishi now, but fortunately there was no curfew in the city, otherwise they would not be able to enter the city and would have to wait outside for the whole night.

At this time, there were basically no common people hanging around outside, and the Fu Wei directly led a group of people and pulled the pirates into the city.

Although he cut off this matter, it is impossible for him to handle it alone, and he still needs to discuss it with the magistrate.

So they went directly to the Fuya, and when they arrived at the Fuya, they didn't go to the main entrance of the lobby, but went directly to the alley at the back door of the Fuya.

It is said to be an alley, but in fact it is only slightly narrower than the main road. On both sides are the walls of a government office and the other is the back wall of a wealthy family. The whole alley is very quiet.

Fu Wei sent someone to knock on the door, and his subordinates stepped forward cleverly, and the porter who opened the door said: "Master Fu Wei has something urgent to find Mr. Zhou, please come out."

The concierge looked out and saw that it was really Mr. Fu Wei, he saluted quickly, turned around and trotted all the way to report.

After a while, Zhou Zhifu came out with someone.

Because Zhou Zhifu was dealing with official business in the study, he didn't fall asleep, and came out as soon as he heard the notification.

I was startled when I saw this situation, "Brother Han, what is this for? Why are there so many people?"

Han Fuwei took a step forward and briefly explained what happened in a soft voice.

"Brother Zhou, how do we proceed with this matter?"

Zhou Zhifu gave Han Fuwei a blank look, and he was very clear about what Han Fuwei was up to, but this matter really cannot do without him, and he will have to go through him sooner or later.

After all, if you send troops to suppress the bandits, you still need Lieutenant Han to lead the troops. As a civil servant, you can only come up with ideas and report to the county.

Afterwards, they carefully asked the victimized villagers, where and how they were arrested, and how did the village head and others find and rescue them?

Originally, the village chief Yu and Fang Zhiyuan didn't want to tell the story of the Dragon God. After all, others might not believe this kind of thing, so they might have to reprimand them.

But before they opened their mouths, those rescued people had already explained how they were rescued by the envoy of the Dragon God.

It was too late to stop him, and in the end, the village head simply dumped beans in a bamboo tube, and revealed how he found Turtle Island through the Dragon God's messenger and followed the pirates back and forth.

Of course, Village Chief Yu didn't tell Fang Zhiyuan and others about the deeds of the Dragon God that Fang Zhiyuan and others first mentioned to them, and the envoy of the Dragon God didn't speak out.

After all, everyone in the Fang family was already helpful enough, and seeing the other party's expression, they didn't want to show off the limelight, so they just passed that one by.

Zhou Zhifu and Han Fuwei listened with gusto, and they didn't have any doubts. After all, they have been officials near the Tianzun Temple for so many years, and they are more or less convinced.

When these people said that the rope tied to them fell off by themselves, they were excited, and they were given voice transmission in their brains, telling them what to do.

What kind of supernatural power is it to directly transmit sound into their brains?I think the other party is very kind.

Village head Yu said that the voice guiding him through sound transmission was a bit distant and ethereal, and it was not something ordinary people could hear.

It is even more amazing to be able to transmit voice directly to the village chief without anyone else hearing it.

They are so close to the Tianzun Temple, the people in the city believe in these gods and ghosts, it's not that kind of blind belief, they still have their own judgments.

At the same time, Zhou Zhifu and Han Fuwei were also thinking in their hearts, it would be better if there were gods to help, so that it would be easier for the government to encircle and suppress the pirates' lair.

Although the pirates have not been interrogated yet, they know that there must be a lair behind these pirates.

These people were only held there by pirates before, and then there should be enough people before the ship came to transport them away.

And just now some people said that they vaguely heard the guards on the island saying that they were going to be trafficked to other countries, but they didn't say which country.

Moreover, although these pirates are not from Dayan, they speak the language of Dayan very fluently, and they probably frequent the coastal waters of Dayan.

Afterwards, Yu Fugui told the two adults about the previous caravan, and they attached great importance to it. This sounds like a premeditated plan, maybe it was a secret operation of another country hidden in Dayan.

If caught, it might not be possible to find out anything.

The government of Wuling City has also seized some secret work over the years, most of them are not from Dayan Kingdom.

Of course, it is not accurate to say that it is not. It should be regarded as half of the people of Dayan. They are all descendants of the people of Dayan who were captured as slaves in other countries before, so these people talk very slippery.

Even some pirates are descendants of those slaves, and they can be regarded as mixed blood of the two countries.

After listening to the intermittent descriptions of the victims, Zhou Zhifu roughly pieced together some things, but this is just his guess, and it is hard to say it directly without confirmation.

Invite a few yamen servants who are on duty to patrol, and take these pirates into the cell first for interrogation.

Then he said to everyone: "It's getting late now, do you want to go back to the village to rest and wait for our summons, or stay in Wuling City?
However, there are too many of you, if you stay in Wuling City, you may have some problems with food and accommodation. "

In addition to those victims who had no energy and stayed in Sanjing Village to rest, there were more than a hundred people who came. This was in addition to the dozens of people from the three villages who went out to find people today. It is really difficult to arrange to stay in the city.

Oh, by the way, those victims also said which village they were from.

The victim's village is far away from here, and there is a city in the middle.

Their village belongs to Yuncheng. If they go there by land, it will take about four or five days to get there. If they go by sea, it should be faster, and it will take two or three days.

But it is not easy to send these victims back directly, after all, the distance between the two cities is too far, and there is a city of Wan in the middle.

What's more, there is still the problem of pirates that has not been resolved. Even if the two cities want to link up, it is not convenient to catch pirates together.

You can't bypass Wancheng, and the other party will definitely not agree.

But if the three cities are together, there will be too much movement at that time. If the pirate's lair is not so large and the higher-ups know, maybe not only will there be no rewards, but they will also be punished for their sins of ineffectiveness and mobilization. The loss outweighs the gain.

In the end, Zhou Zhifu and Han Fuwei still decided to settle the matter on their own side first, and the people of Yuncheng would help send them back later.

Although he had been missing for so many days, there were no casualties, and it was hard for the other party to say anything.

In fact, the best arrangement is to send people back immediately.

It's just that the pirates' lair has not been taken yet. If these victims are sent back at this time, in case the pirates are alerted to the wind, it will be very unfavorable for them to attack in the future.

The most important thing now is to be quick, ruthless, and act first to take down these pirates.

They have confirmed that the pirates did not escape, and they must have not heard the news, thinking that these people were just wasting time on the island.

At this time, if the government made a quick move and quickly found out the exact location of the pirate's lair, the officers and soldiers would then be able to enter the pirate's lair easily with the two pirate ships.

Afterwards, the warship on my side followed closely behind, and more officers and soldiers were dispatched to support at any time, and they would definitely be able to take it by surprise.

A pirate den is most likely to be gathered on an island, or that kind of isolated island, which is mostly easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Without the other party's ship, it was difficult to get close at all, so Village Chief Yu and the others brought back the pirate's ship, and Governor Zhou appreciated it very much.

Decided to wait for something, and reward Mitsui Village with some silver taels.

Turtle Island, where these people were imprisoned before, was just a newly established stronghold, and the food was obtained by pirates from these fishermen's boats, and there was nothing valuable at all.

Zhou Zhifu and Han Fuwei also believed this, because if these villagers lied, the pirates would definitely say it, and they would be able to find out in the first trial.

Therefore, there is no need to tell such a lie that is easy to see through.

And this also shows a problem, if you win the pirate lair this time, the benefits will definitely not be less, at least the gold, silver and jewelry must be in the lair.

The court will not ask for these harvests to be handed over, and they will all be distributed by the officers and soldiers who suppressed the bandits and the local government. This is a tacit matter.

The four Fang Zhiyuan brothers did not take the initiative to ask Ying to follow them this time, after all, all the well-trained officers and soldiers went to the government.

They followed, let's not say whether they will help or not, maybe the other party will think that they are making trouble by following.

Let's start together, what if Qingzhu is exposed at that time, and the other party reports to the court that they want to take Qingzhu away?
After all, it was deeply ingrained that the people did not fight against the government, so the Fang brothers returned to the village with the villagers of the three villages.

As for the fishermen from Yuncheng, they were all left in Wuling City and placed in the city guard barracks, and they were sent back to the village after the pirates were captured.

During this period of time, the government of Wuling City is in charge of food and lodging, which is actually the best.

For those who have no strength and live in Mijing Village, the Zhou Zhifu also allocated some silver taels to Village Chief Yu to take care of them for the time being, and then pick them up together when they send them off later.

Of course, the village head is not going to respond to anything, and he has already been allocated two taels of money, so it is nothing to do something by himself.

And the magistrate also said that when all the pirates are wiped out, they will definitely be rewarded according to their merits, and they will not miss Mitsui Village.

With the words of the magistrate, even if there is no reward, they think it is enough, because Mijing Village has shown its face in front of the magistrate and has registered.

If I want to do anything in the future, I believe that the magistrate will be more or less convenient.

These can’t be bought with money. These villages are directly under Wuling City, and the magistrate is their parent official. A good relationship is better than anything else...

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