"Here's the thing...... "It took a long time for Liu Ashui to calm down, he had been in guilt and self-blame for so long, it was really uncomfortable. Since the accident, he has often thought of apologizing for his sins with death, but it doesn't matter if he has a bad life, but how can these people in the village live? He must find a way for them to live.

In fact, Liu Ashui is a very famous boatman. His father and grandfather were both very famous at sea. Their family has a unique skill in recognizing the road and the weather at sea. So there has never been anything wrong at sea.

"I've been familiar with the islands since I was a child. Even when he was ten years old, he went to Sang Country with his grandfather. Liu Ah sighed on the water, "It's very poor and chaotic there, but there are good things." As long as you bring it back, you can exchange it for money. After my grandfather's death, my father took me to many nearby islands, and identified the dangerous islands that had been occupied for a long time, for fear that I would accidentally enter the islands. These pirates also clearly divide the sea area with each other, and no one will make a mess of whom. So, I know what kind of gang each island is. Sometimes they would come ashore for recreation and buying, and not far from our fishing village was the place where they landed. Some of them, we can all recognize. ”

Liu Ashui said, picked up the coarse porcelain bowl, and drank all the water inside. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve before continuing, "One day, I went out to sea to fish. But in the distance, he saw a pirate's ship. The islands of the several nearby islands never rob fishermen, only intercept the merchant ships of large families, ask for a part of the benefits, and rarely kill people, so I am also a little bolder, and I do not deliberately avoid it. Who knows, it didn't take long for a boat to come. They didn't know how to negotiate with the island, and got on the pirate ship. By the way, they also went up with women. Liu Ashui frowned, "Then I got a little closer, pretending to just pass the boat next to me." I heard the sound of frolicking and music on the boat. I was a little annoyed at the time, and I thought that the pirates were colluding with the pirates. Who knew that I hadn't gone far before I heard the sound of fighting. I left quickly, keeping an eye on their ship. I saw that many of the pirates were killed and thrown into the sea. ”

Dongfang nodded clearly, and when he saw Ruan Jingxin, he already understood, and said, "So you guess that the pirates went to the island of those pirates?"

Liu Ashui nodded, "I had a lot of thoughts in my heart at that time, but the only thing I could do was to flee quickly." The more I thought about it afterwards, the more I couldn't sit still, so I took advantage of the evening to go out on a boat to explore. ”

"Can you sail at night?" Ruan Jingxin said in surprise.

Before Liu Ashui could speak, Da Zhuang on the side rushed to say, "Our Brother Shui's family has the ability to sail!

Liu Ashui looked at his brother who had been guarding him, and couldn't help but smile, "It's not bragging, when it comes to boating, I really haven't served anyone." I went up to the island from a remote place under the cover of night, and I didn't dare to touch it, but I was sure that there were a lot of pirates on the island. After I came back, I thought about it for a while, and I felt that this matter had to be reported to the official as soon as possible, so I went to the yamen of the shipping department as soon as it was dawn. But ......"

"What did you say?" Dongfang Xu asked.

"I just told the gatekeeper that I saw a Japanese coward and wanted to report it to the police. Liu Ashui smiled bitterly, "The official on duty asked me to go to Yangzhou Mansion, and when I went to Yangzhou Mansion, I was detained by a head catcher." At that time, I realized that something was wrong and tried my best to escape. But within a few days, I was let go, and I was given five taels of silver. The more I thought about it when I came back, the more unsure I felt, so I asked my wife to take my son and daughter back to her parents' house, and the day after they left, the Japanese invaders touched our village and gave it to ......."

Seeing Liu Ashui and a big man wiping his tears, Ruan Jingxin sighed, "What about your wife and children?

"I got someone to bring them a letter and told them to hide first. I'm afraid I'll get into trouble with them. Liu Ashui relieved himself, "How can I not understand these days? I can't say, they just followed me back to the village and wanted to kill me." ”

"Then how did you and these thirty people survive?" Ruan Jingxin was a little puzzled.

"A few of them were not in the village that day, and a few children and women were hidden in the cellar or in the woodstacks, and I took the rest out with me. Liu Ashui sighed, "But we can't save more people......"

Dongfang Xu patted Liu Ashui on the shoulder and comforted, "Jieqing, you have done your best." You didn't do anything wrong from start to finish. "The collusion between local officials and the Japanese is not something that he can learn about as a small fisherman, and he can think of reporting problems to the officials as soon as he finds them, which is already very conscious. It's just that his vigilance is still a little worse.

"I think it's not convenient here, you and your family go back with us to settle down first. As for the others, they can only be arranged in batches, otherwise it will be too eye-catching. Ruan Jingxin felt that it was not a good idea to stay here, obviously the other party had already moved to kill, if she knew that the person she wanted to kill was not dead, I am afraid she would not give up.

Liu Ashui did not hesitate, "You have to ensure the safety of the others, and besides, I will take this brother with me, if it weren't for him, I would have died." ”

"That's easy to say. Ruan Jingxin nodded, "You pack your things." When you get to my house, after a short rest, you have to quickly draw a map of the nearby seas, and then mark the distribution of the forces you just mentioned. Don't worry, your revenge will definitely be avenged!"

Liu Ashui nodded excitedly, "Well, I know, I will definitely draw it well." But the waters around there are a bit complicated, so it's best to take me with you, and although I only have one eye, I'm familiar with the place, and I haven't lost my boating skills. ”

Dongfang Xu agreed, "Don't worry, yours is indispensable." But you'll still have to find a good doctor to take a closer look at your injury. If this thing is done, you have made the first contribution, and there is a great future and life waiting for you!"

Liu Ashui also had a number of the identities of these two people at this time, and he only thought that they were either rich or expensive before, but now he is sure that this must be from the official family.

In this way, Liu Ashui's family lived in the home of the two Huai salt envoys. And this ruined small fishing village was populated in a few days.