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Chapter 14 "Pirates" are coming

"Exceptor Chen, is there a big difference between the number of registered households in your Chenjiazhuang and the actual number of households?" Zheng Jian held the household registration book in his hand and asked Chen Lu with a half-smile.

"This" Chen Lu's mind was racing, thinking about how he could fool him: "Years ago, the Jin people from the north invaded Hebei. The family's ships traveled to and from the north, bringing some refugees back with them."

"These refugees were able to live in brick and tile houses just after they came here. Your Chen family is really grand." Zheng Jian's tone was full of sarcasm, and then he asked: "You mean merchant ships? Your Chen family also has merchant ships that go to sea?"

Chen Lu really wanted to slap himself in the face, but before the issue of hiding his account was resolved, he leaked the ship again.

"There are a few small boats that can only run along the coastline, selling some local products produced in Chenjiazhuang."

"They have all gone to sea, how can they be small?" Zheng Jian said: "So, there is also a problem with the amount of your Chenjiazhuang's commercial tax reconciliation contract!"

The more he spoke, the colder his face became: "Exceptor Chen, your Chenjiazhuang is so bold."

Canglanglang, all the archers who had seen Zheng pulled out their swords.

"Don't dare! Don't dare!" Chen Lu almost knelt down, praying to his ancestors to let Chen Xun come back quickly. As long as Chen Xun can come back immediately, he will be whatever he says from now on!
Suddenly, there was a noise from the south:

"The pirates are coming! Everyone, run!"

"The pirates are here!"

Chenjiazhuang is located on the east side of the bay at the mouth of the Pearl River, and the coastline is to the south of Chenjiazhuang. The villagers who shouted loudly came from the south. Several people ran and shouted, looking frightened. Two people lost their shoes and did not dare to turn back. Pick up.

"Folks, run! The pirates are coming and they will kill everyone they see!"

The villagers who were being guarded in the drying area suddenly became confused and started running north.

The archers who were guarding the villagers did not care about the pursuit, and quickly formed a team to surround Zheng Jian.

"Oshi, should we go or stay?"

The pirates are still out of sight for the time being, and the mulberry trees planted on the southern ridge block the sight.

"Strange, how could any pirates dare to enter the bay?" Zheng Jian has seen the world after all: "Let's take a look at the situation."

"Brother Yu, they didn't run away."

The one who was called Brother Yu was the young man who was wearing Haiwei uniform just now, but now everyone has changed their clothes. They are all tattered old clothes, and the inner armor under the coat can be vaguely seen.

"Let's fight, you masked criminals, rush over with me and arrest all these corrupt officials who eat human flesh and blood."

"It's up to you, Brother Yu."

"it is good!"

Everyone checked their equipment and formed four lines of skirmishers and rushed towards Chenjiazhuang.

"kill!!"

"Oshi, the pirates are coming!"

"I'm not blind." Zheng Jian pushed the archer in front of him away: "I didn't expect that there would be pirates who dared to enter the bay. When I return to the county office, I must report it to County Magistrate Wang and kill this group of daring thieves. Destroy them all."

"Oshi, now is not the time to talk about this. Should we fight or leave?" the archer asked.

Looking at the more than 100 pirates rushing in front, Zheng Jian also hesitated.

Run, if the Chen family sues you later, you will be considered a huge dereliction of duty.

Let's fight, there is no order from above.

But if he didn't fight and allowed these pirates to rob Chenjiazhuang, Chenjiazhuang's property would be his own, and he would inevitably be blamed by his superiors.

If he fights, all his confidants will die. In the end, he won't be able to eat much of Chenjiazhuang's property.

Tangled ah!
"Oshiji, we have to make a decision as soon as possible."

Zheng Jian turned around and looked at the endless tiled houses in Chenjiazhuang. He gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Fight! Drive all these thieves to the sea."

He has decided that after driving away the thieves, he will first rob Chenjiazhuang to make up for his losses.

When the time comes, all the blame will be on the pirates, and they can still get some military exploits. "Archers, get ready! Get closer and shoot!"

"Get ready!" Zheng Jian shouted loudly.

Whoosh whoosh, when the two sides were seventy steps away, the pirate's arrow shot over first.

Anyone who was hit by the featherless crossbow arrow, which was more than one meter long, was shot through by one arrow.

"They have crossbows!" "They must be flying crossbows!"

The overcoming pirates stopped running when they were seventy steps away. The pirates in the front row raised their large wooden shields to protect the crossbowmen behind them.

"No wonder they dare to run into the bay to rob, they are a gang of giant bandits!"

In the Song Dynasty, people were prohibited from holding crossbows. Anyone holding a crossbow would be arrested and sentenced.

You must know that the Chuezhang Nu has developed from the Han Dynasty to the present. The large-scale Chuezhang Nu (bed crossbow) has a range of more than a thousand steps and is very powerful.

"Hurry and escort me to retreat!"

After being hit by another wave of crossbow arrows, Zheng Jian couldn't hold on any longer. What the hell property was not worth his life.

"Hurry up!"

More than a dozen archers protected Zheng Jian Lian and fled while the other archers scattered in all directions.

"Quick, catch up, don't let them run away!" The boys pretending to be pirates didn't expect the archers from the county to be so savage, so they quickly dropped their heavy crossbows and big wooden shields, and chased after the fleeing archers. past.

"Let's go to the horse pen!" Some people acted separately.

As soon as the fake pirates entered the village, they were recognized by the villagers. The villagers quickly put away their self-defense weapons to avoid misunderstandings. Some bold ones changed into old clothes and followed them with masks.

"Come on!"

"Run!"

"We're coming on horseback!"

"Dog officer! Don't run!"

"Surrender without killing!"

The chase lasted until dark.

The villagers helped the fake pirates to tie up the captured archers and gather the dead archers in the drying yard.

"The number of people is wrong, there are seventeen people." Chen Lu said. He was responsible for the reception before and knew the number of troublemakers who came here best: "When they came here before, they rode nine horses."

"The news must not be hidden, Dongguan County will definitely know."

"This is not nonsense. Even if we catch them all, if so many men come to our Chenjiazhuang and don't come back, pigs will know that something is wrong."

"What to do now?"

"How do I know."

Everyone was talking at once, and it was a big quarrel.

"Okay!" Chen Lu yelled to stop everyone from making noise, and scolded the young man who took the lead in pretending to be a pirate: "You are so brave, you dare to kill officials, now you have caused a big disaster for Chenjiazhuang."

"Everyone is responsible for the work. It was me, Chen Yu, who started this matter. When the government starts to investigate, I, Chen Yu, will be sent out. I promise to bear the responsibility." The young man called Brother Yu by his friends stood up and said.

"That's easy to say. How dare you say you can keep a secret under severe torture." Over the years, the older generation in the village has been severely suppressed by Chen Xun's students. This time, it was Chen Xun's students who got into trouble again. It is inevitable that some people will make strange remarks.

"I, Chen Yu, were picked up from the dead by Mr. Lang. I have earned my living for all these years. As long as I can take the blame, I promise not to give those dog officials a chance to be tortured." Chen Yu sacrificed his life for justice. Said this sentence in a tone of voice.

"Brother Yu, I'll go with you!"

"Brother Yu, I'm going too!"

(End of this chapter)