The people from outside the city gate were indeed Sinlika, and with the native elder came his wife, Gigi, seven children, and seventy or eighty men. Among them were young men, old people and children, all of them in tattered clothes, and several were wounded and bleeding.

"Moli Village" is not large, with a total population of only about 100 people, and these people brought by Xin Lika have almost brought most of the villagers in the village.

When Hua Bushi came to the city wall, he immediately recognized Xin Lika and Ji Ji, and with his eyesight, it was easy to confirm that the others were ordinary natives who had not practiced martial arts, and there were no pirates from the "Black Dragon Palace" mixed in. He immediately asked the soldiers of the city to lower the drawbridge, open the gates, and let the people outside the city in.

As soon as Xin Lika saw Hua Bushi, he made many gestures with his hands and feet, and his expression was extremely excited.

Hua Bushi couldn't understand what the indigenous fisherman wanted to express for a while, so he took his hand and gestured for him to take the other indigenous people to the Vedic Sky Tower to settle down first, and then talk in detail after bandaging the wounded villagers.

Although ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Vedic Sky Tower is not large, it can barely accommodate the Xinlika family and seventy or eighty indigenous villagers.

As soon as Hua Bushi returned to the Bark Tower, he immediately took the wound medicine and bandages and other materials to wrap the wounds of the injured person. From the wounds on their bodies, it can be seen that these villagers were injured by sharp weapons, most of which were cut by swords and other weapons.

After dealing with the injured, Hua Bushi came to see Xin Lika and Ji Ji, and under Xiao Xinwang's translation, he understood the origin of Xin Lika's group.

It turned out that Xin Lika and the villagers of "Moli Village" came to Okura City for refuge.

Two days earlier, the village's fishing boat along the coast had been sunk by a pirate ship, killing more than a dozen fishermen on board, and the pirates landed ashore and killed them in the direction of "Moli Village", slashing many villagers along the way.

Fortunately, Xin Lika did not go out to sea to fish that day for some reason, so he escaped with his life. In the face of the fierce and heavily armed pirates, the indigenous villagers were powerless, and Xinlika immediately fled the village with his family and the rest of the villagers.

They took refuge in the woods, only to see smoke rising from the village behind them, blazing with fire, and pirates burning houses.

Sinlica spent a day with the villagers in the nearby woods, and only then roared away as the pirates set fire to all the houses in the village and destroyed the crops in the fields around the village.

Today, the entire village of Moli no longer exists, and the indigenous villagers have been killed overnight, with nowhere to live, and many wounded. In desperation, Xin Lika decided to take them to Okura City to defect to Hua Bushi.

The elder of the indigenous village looked sad as he recounted the story, but his eyes were on fire, and it was obvious that he was angry at the pirates who had killed and burned the village.

After hearing what happened to Xin Lika and the indigenous villagers, Hua Bushi could only comfort Xin Lijia and tell him not to worry, and said that their family and the indigenous villagers could temporarily live in the Bark Tower.

Hearing that Xiao Xinwang translated Hua Bushi's promise to take in all the villagers, Xin Lika and Ji Ji put their hands together and thanked them again and again, but Hua Bushi waved his hand and said no, and asked Xiao Xinwang to tell his parents that when the danger passed, he would definitely help the indigenous villagers rebuild Moli Village.

After seeing Xin Lika and Ji Ji, and settling all the villagers, Hua Bushi had an ominous feeling in his heart.

The evil act of burning and destroying the village in Moli Village should not be a whim of the pirates.

A poor village like Moli Village has no value for the pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace" at all, and the people of the Dragon Palace are known for their brutality and ruthlessness, and they never leave a living mouth, if they really want to ransack the village, they will be wiped out, and Xin Lijia, a group of indigenous villagers who don't know martial arts at all, will definitely not escape so easily.

Therefore, Hua Bushi believes that this matter is a bit unusual, it must not be so simple, and the pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace" must have some kind of purpose in their actions.

The eldest young master's sense of foreboding soon became a reality, and the purpose of the "Black Dragon Palace" pirates in doing so was also revealed within a few days.

Early the next morning, more than 200 villagers from an indigenous village came to the gate of Okura Castle and asked to take refuge in the city. By noon, there were three indigenous villages outside the city gates, totaling more than 1,000 people.

By dusk, there were eight indigenous villages and 3,000 indigenous people.

Some of these natives were fluent in Chinese, and they told the soldiers guarding the castle that what happened to them was almost the same as that of Moli Village, that the village was destroyed by pirates, and that the whole village had nowhere to survive before coming to Okura Castle.

Starting from Moli Village, after the pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace" landed on Okura Island, they burned and looted the indigenous villages along the way, and destroyed the villages along the way, but did not exterminate the indigenous people, but drove them all to Okura Castle.

As for how to deal with this situation, Yao Yuanxiao and Chai Lin, the two elders of the "Wanjintang", have the same opinion, and they both believe that the city should not be opened to let the indigenous people in, and their reasons are also very strong.

The intention of the pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace" is very obvious, that is, to make a large number of indigenous people on Okura Island homeless, and all of them will flock to Okura Castle. If the gates were opened and they were allowed to enter, it would be very difficult for so many people to settle in the city, and it would greatly consume the food stored in Okura Castle, and even cause chaos, which could be taken advantage of by the pirates.

Moreover, there are more and more indigenous people outside the city, which has reached thousands, and it is difficult to ensure that there are no spies from the "Black Dragon Palace" mixed in.

But Okura Castle finally opened the city gates, the reason was that Sima Rulan insisted on doing so, and although the two elders strongly opposed it, they still couldn't disobey the order of the city lord, the eldest lady.

These indigenous Baba villages have been destroyed and left homeless, and many of them have been injured by pirates, who are likely to die if they are not allowed into the city. Sima Rulan is kind and kind-hearted by nature, and even the father and son of the Xiong family who rebelled against the sect are unwilling to kill, how can she bear to watch so many innocent people lose their lives?

As a result, thousands of natives from outside the castle were all released into Okura Castle, but the next morning, more indigenous villagers fled outside the gates of Okura Castle.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ night, the council hall of the city lord's mansion was brightly lit, and more than a dozen candlesticks along the four walls were lit with candles.

In the center of the hall was a large round table, with Sima Rulan sitting at the table, and Chai Lin and Yao Yuanxiao sitting on either side of the city lord's eldest lady.

In front of the round table, there were three businessmen, Gu Zhengyuan, Zhu Zi, and Gongora, and Hua Bushi also sat down. In addition to the few people in front of the round table, there were also several helmsmen of the "Wanjintang" such as Fuao standing in the conference hall.

Unlike the three days ago, when most of the business owners in the city came to this place, and the entire hall was full of people talking and noisy, this time there were only a few people who came to discuss the meeting, but they were all important people in Okura Castle.

In such a situation, it is much easier to discuss and discuss.

I only heard Yao Yuanxiao say: "Today, the indigenous Baba outside the city gate, at least 5,000 people have come, this time they can't be let into the city no matter what, otherwise there will be no place to contain them in Okura City, and there will be chaos!"

Gu Zhengyuan said: "What Elder Yao said is very true! There are not many vacant houses in the city, and the more than 3,000 indigenous villagers who entered the city yesterday still do not know how to live and resettle. ”

Yao Yuanxiao saw Chai Lin close his eyes and said nothing, "Elder Chai, what do you think, let's say a few words too!"

Chai Lin smiled bitterly and said, "My opinion is the same as yours, but it is useless for us to say a hundred or thousands more, I think Miss Lan'er is still going to let those natives into the city this time." ”

Everyone looked at Sima Rulan, and sure enough, they saw her blushing face, and said: "The pirates of the 'Black Dragon Palace' are here to attack Okura City, and it is also because of us that they burned down the villages of the Baba tribe, and now they are all homeless, how can we see death and not save them, and lock these indigenous villagers outside the city gate? Lan'er thinks that we should open the city gate and let them in!"

Yao Yuanxiao said: "Absolutely not! As the saying goes, if you can't bear it, you will have a big plan, if you let them in, you will fall into the trick of the Black Dragon King, once the city is broken by pirates, the jade will be burned, all of us will be killed, and these indigenous people will also be in a catastrophe! In order to save everyone's lives, the eldest lady must not be soft-hearted!"

Sima Rulan bit her lip, clenched her fists with both hands, tears were almost flowing out, and said: "If they are locked out of the city gates and have no food, those who are injured will probably die if they are not treated!"

Yao Yuanxiao said: "If we don't open the city gate, the natives outside the city may not necessarily die, even if they all die, there are only a few thousand, which is much better than the more than 50,000 residents in our Okura City who all give them a burial!

Sima Rulan said: "However, they are all innocent people, I ...... I ......"

Sima Rulan knew that what Yao Yuanxiao said was true, but to give up the lives of thousands of innocent people and not save them in the face of death, she couldn't do it anyway.

Her eyes looked at the rest of the people in front of the round table, Chai Lin, Gu Zhengyuan must have advocated not opening the city gate, and judging from their expressions, Zhu Zi and Gonggola also had the same opinion, only Hua Bushi's face was calm, and he sat down with his head down, but he didn't know what he was thinking.