my wonderful zoo

Chapter 67
Chen Liu left home and first went to the slum area to find a few elders, discussed with them, and then found some villagers who had successfully escaped from the village that day. These people had basically seen some pirates.

Gathering almost a dozen people, Chen Liu took them to the dock area and asked them to observe carefully.

"There was a very familiar man there, the man in blue shorts, carrying a stack of bamboo baskets." After a while, a woman spoke first and said, "But the pirates that day were murderous and half-covered. With his face, this man looks very kind, but a little different."

When Korey organized the "pirates" to go ashore, he specifically asked them to cover their headscarves, but some people's masks always slipped off during the battle, and some pirates who had just surrendered did not take it seriously and turned a deaf ear to Korey's order, causing some pirates' faces to look bad. Seen by escaping villagers.

Then several more villagers also discovered something.

"That man looks familiar, and his mostly bald hair is very conspicuous."

"It seems like that drunk guy over there was there that day."

Chen Liu's expression became darker and darker.

This was the outcome he least wanted to see. The "suspects" identified by the villagers were basically sailors and stewards from the ships docked at the dock.

In other words, these people are all from Chenjiazhuang.

Could it be that the pirates who persecuted the Lantau Island village before were recovered by the Chen family's sea guards?But looking at their expressions, it didn't look like they had just been recaptured. After all, several suspects already belonged to the management.

Or are those pirates actually disguised as sea guards from Chenjiazhuang?
Now think back, before Lantau Island Village was plundered by pirates, county soldiers from Dongguan County happened to be stationed outside Chenjiazhuang. This was probably Chenjiazhuang's move to blame the disaster on others.

If this is the case, what should we do next? ?

"Okay, let's go back first." Chen Liu stopped the crowd who were still pointing.

"Don't identify me? You haven't gone to other places yet." A young woman asked.

"I'm not going, I'll go back first." Chen Liu confirmed, if his guess was true, it would be unavoidable to scare the snake if he continued to identify him.

If Chen Jiazhuang can really do the thing of dispatching Triton to pretend to be pirates, then it will be nothing to silence people like himself.

Everyone came in a hurry and returned in a hurry. Before arriving at the shack area, Chen Liu warned: "Don't say anything after you go back. Don't mention the identification at the dock today to anyone, even to your family members." Keep your tongue, this is related to the future survival of our Yushan Village, so we must not be careless."

"Baozheng, we know."

"Don't worry."

Chen Liu, who felt uneasy, gave some more warnings, especially to the women, and did not let them go home until he made sure that everyone listened to his words.

Watching everyone walk away, Chen Liu turned around again and walked towards the dock. He wanted to figure out what was going on alone.

If his guess is true, for now, the less people know about it, the better.

Arriving at the dock, Chen Liu looked at Scarface from a distance, thinking back to the day when he led someone to rob Chen Xun.

Why did Chen Xun bring the hungry people from Yushan Village back to Chenjiazhuang?Is it really because of the hard work of people like myself?
But after these days, I have learned that the land of Hebei is full of wars and there are people fleeing everywhere. Most of the people who can survive on the road to escape are young and strong. Chen Xun only needs to send a boat to the north and he can easily bring back many of them. Are the young and strong Han people in the north better than the hungry people in Yushan Village who are mostly old and weak?

Could it be that Chen Xun was surrounded by his people and made the decision to save himself?
However, in the later stages of the confrontation, Lu Hui had already kidnapped his son Chen Zhuang. He had taken the initiative and could rely on Chen Zhuang to escape smoothly. There was no need to do anything else.Chen Liu had many thoughts in his mind. He really didn't understand. In today's world, are there really such good people as Chen Xun?If he was robbed, could he still take in his robber regardless of past suspicions?

I had just been resettled before and didn't think much about it. Now that I think about it, Chen Xun must be too kind.

But if you think about it carefully, it is not impossible. Look at the lives of the people in Chenjiazhuang, and then look at the lives of the Han people in the North. It is all because of Chen Xun's "kindness" that they can have enough food and clothing, and live and work in peace and contentment.

There is another possibility, that is, Chen Xun wants to atone for his sins!
He sent sea guards to pretend to be pirates and attack Lantau Island, attracting the county soldiers, and then ambushed them halfway and defeated the county soldiers.On the day I was robbed, I knew that I and others were salt households on Lantau Island before, so I felt guilty for letting people like me come to live in Chenjiazhuang.

Chen Liu thought about it, and the last guess was the most likely.

If it is really because of guilt that you feel great kindness, then you should pretend that you don't know about it and don't pursue it. The surviving villagers can continue to live their current lives, have enough food and clothing, and will have new houses to live in soon.

If we insist on pursuing it, the consequences will be difficult to predict.

Maybe Chen Xun will admit his mistake and compensate.Perhaps Chen Xun would become so angry that he might drive away the villagers of Yushan Village, or at worst, exterminate all the villagers in Yushan Village.

I don’t know Chen Xun well, so I don’t know what he would choose.

To the people of Chenjiazhuang and the Han people in the north, Chen Xun was a great good man.But to the villagers of Yushan Village, if the pirates were really assigned by him, then he would be no different from the devil.

These are all Chen Liu's guesses, and he must confirm them.

Chen Liu did not go up to question Scarface directly, but went to Chenjiazhuang.

Because Chen Liu was an unfamiliar face, patrolling guards came up to inquire. Chen Liu showed them his temporary identity certificate and was only allowed to enter the village.

When we came to Zhuangzi, it was also very busy. People were packing their families' luggage, the workshops were being packed up for relocation, and the construction of the village wall was not stopped.Some villagers were commanding the captives to work, and there was a group of personal guards at a distance as a deterrent.

Continuing to walk in, I finally saw some leisurely old people taking care of their children. The children were playing together in exquisite clothes. There were some old people sitting in the shade of the trees next to them to enjoy the cool air.

Chen Liu did not go to a crowded place, but walked around and searched.

Finally, he saw a badly damaged courtyard. Traces of fire could still be seen on the lintel. Several houses in the courtyard were in a semi-collapsed state.

He walked straight over and knocked on the door.

"Is anyone home?"

"Who is it?" A voice responded quickly, and the voice should be that of a middle-aged woman.

"Mrs. Sister-in-law, I am a hungry citizen from the private port. I came to the village today to do business. I feel unbearable pain in my stomach when I walk here. Can I borrow your toilet for a while?" Urination and defecation are strictly prohibited in Chenjiazhuang. This excuse makes sense.

"Wait a moment." There was a sound of movement in the courtyard. After a while, the door was opened from the inside, revealing a middle-aged woman with ordinary appearance but a clean face.

(End of this chapter)