Chapter 209: Collusion between Officials and Bandits
"I'm going to find Doctor Xue." Sixteen said, then turned to the young man and girl behind him and said, "You come in first."
After Sixteen finished speaking, Liao Lin also came out of his room.
Sixteen patted Liao Lin's arm and said, "Clean up the bloodstains at the door and don't let anyone find out."
"yes."
It was the first time that Aunt Liao came to the main courtyard so late. Just as she was about to push open the door of the main house, a figure jumped down from the roof.
Aunt Liao was startled and was about to scream when the person in front of her pressed her acupoint.
Chuwu frowned and looked at Aunt Liao, "What are you doing so late at night?"
Aunt Liao pointed at Zhou Yunshu's room and then at the front yard. She never imagined that there was someone guarding the main courtyard at night.
After Chuwu untied Aunt Liao's vagina, Aunt Liao covered her pounding heart and said to Chuwu: "Sixteen is back. Let me go find the master in the front yard."
Aunt Liao was very nervous when she knocked on the door, but she finally felt relieved when she found out that it was Chunque who opened the door.
Zhou Yunshu was awakened by Chunque. She glanced at her daughter who was sleeping soundly beside her, then slowly got up and put on her clothes.
When Zhou Yunshu came to the outer room, Ji Sheng was already standing there.
"Go and continue sleeping with the child."
Ji Sheng nodded and watched Zhou Yunshu and Chunque leave.
When Zhou Yunshu arrived at the front yard, Doctor Xue was examining the injuries of the young boy and girl in his small living room.
There were simply too many wounds on their bodies, and not only were there too many, but there was also a lot of filth on their bodies, which made it difficult to apply medicine.
After checking that there were no fatal wounds, Dr. Xue asked Aunt Liao to take the two of them to wash first so that he could apply medicine.
The two men left, leaving them alone in the room.
Zhou Yunshu sat on the chair and looked at Sixteen, who immediately told Zhou Yunshu what had happened during the day.
"When we arrived at Peng Tianhe's place, only half of the people were left in the village, and most of them were the elderly, the weak, women and children."
"The point."
"Yesterday, when the leader of Blackwater Village got married, some of his subordinates who were dissatisfied with him took the opportunity to cause trouble. Just now, those two siblings took advantage of the opportunity to set fire and burned down most of the village."
"When Uncle He and I rushed over, Zhan Chuan had just brought them out and handed them over to me. He and Peng Tianhe are still in Heishui Village helping the leader suppress his men who are causing trouble. I guess we won't hear anything until tomorrow."
Zhou Yunshu: “…”
Well, after all this commotion, her previous plan to dump the things out in Heishui Village is no longer realistic.
After all, after tonight, not only will patrols in Heishui Village be increased, but the situation in the village will also be thoroughly understood, making it difficult to fish in troubled waters.
"Did Zhan Chuan tell me who these two people are?"
The Zhan Chuan that Zhou Yunshu knew was not a kind-hearted person. Since he saved the two siblings, it must be because he knew them, or because they were of other uses.
"You should know him too."
When Zhou Yunshu heard Sixteen say this, she looked at him in surprise. She thought her memory was pretty good, but she had indeed never seen the brother and sister just now.
"Their surname is Cen."
Zhou Yunshu still didn't react.
Sixteen said directly, "Is it the Haizhou Cen family? They used to be the local tyrants in Haizhou, but last year the head of the Cen family died at sea while sailing, leaving only the women and children at home."
"This girl is the eldest daughter of the Cen family, and that brother is the only male in the original owner's family."
Zhou Yunshu just remembered, but...
"Didn't the eldest daughter of the Cen family sell her property and go to the river to make a living? How did she suddenly appear in Black Water Village?"
The Black Water Village was the territory of the pirates, so it was a little strange for a young lady like her to appear there with her brother.
Sixteen spread his hands and said to Zhou Yunshu, "I don't know about that. I asked everything I should have asked on the way, but the brother and sister seemed to be scared silly. No matter what I said, they just kept silent."
Zhou Yunshu disagreed with Sixteen's words. If he was really such a coward and was scared silly, he would not do something like setting fire to the village.
In her opinion, the Cen brother and sister didn't trust them at all, so they pretended to be stupid.
But then again, if it were her, she wouldn't easily trust a stranger, especially after having experienced so many misfortunes at home.
Now that she knew this person's origins, Zhou Yunshu was no longer curious. She looked at Sixteen and said, "You woke me up in the middle of the night, weren't you just to tell me who these two siblings you brought back are?"
Sixteen smiled and said, "Of course not."
Seeing that Sixteen hadn't finished speaking, Zhou Yunshu stood up and said, "Come with me to the study."
Before leaving, Zhou Yunshu looked at the dozing Doctor Xue and said, "Grandpa Xue, please leave the medicine for Liao Lin and the others and go get some rest. Since they won't die, we can see them tomorrow."
Old Master Xue nodded. He had indeed been trying to keep his spirits up.
After Zhou Yunshu brought Sixteen into the study, Chunque consciously stood guard at the door of the study.
Although it is late spring, it is still a bit chilly at night.
Zhou Yunshu sat on a chair wearing a cloak and looked at Shiliu across from her: "There's no one else here now, so go ahead and speak."
"Zhanchuan said that a lot of weapons were found in Heishui Village. They were distributed by the imperial court."
When Zhou Yunshu heard this, she couldn't help but sit up straight.
She looked at Sixteen seriously, "How much is a lot?"
"Zhanchuan said there were at least enough equipment for a thousand men and twenty well-made ships. He didn't mention more. There were so many people around at the time, so I came back to report the situation, and Uncle He stayed behind to help Zhanchuan."
Zhou Yunshu nodded, "I understand. Then wait for Zhan Chuan and the others to send back a message."
You can't guess the truth just by guessing.
But the connection between the pirates and the weapons still made Zhou Yunshu frown.
If the robbery is not serious, even if it is a loss to the government, at least reporting it will allow the court to take precautions.
But if it is a deal between officials and bandits, this matter will become a big deal.
…
Zhou Yunshu felt weighed down and couldn't sleep when she returned to her room.
Fortunately, it was already the morning hour and it would be dawn soon. Zhou Yunshu thought of not sleeping and reading a book outside.
When Ji Sheng heard Zhou Yunshu's footsteps stop in the outer room and did not come in, he looked at his daughter who was sleeping beside him and got up and went straight to the outer room, and then he saw Zhou Yunshu sleeping on the table with a book in her hand.
Well, Zhou Yunshu overestimated her energy.
She was indeed still a little energetic, but when her eyes fell on the words "zhihuzheye" on the book, she instantly felt sleepy and was soon sent into a dream by "zhihuzheye".
Sure enough, vernacular is more suitable for people to read.
…
When Zhou Yunshu woke up, it was exactly noon.
However, the Zhou family, who were used to getting up early, had already had breakfast at this time. Zhou Yunshu ate the special meal that Ji Sheng asked Dong Ge to prepare for her, which included wontons in chicken soup with fresh shrimp and bamboo shoots. The food was so delicious that she almost swallowed her tongue.
After dinner, Zhou Yunshu went to see Pingping and Kangkang, then left them in the care of Ji Sheng and walked towards the front yard.
Speaking of which, although Pingping Kangkang was born to Zhou Yunshu, he has always been raised by Ji Sheng since he was born. Even Li Jialan, his grandmother, has very little time to take care of him.
However, Ji Sheng took very good care of the children, and Pingping and Kangkang became more dependent on him. Even when Zhou Yunshu saw it, she was not jealous at all. After all, the children were young and didn't remember much.
By the time they really start to remember things, Ji Sheng, the great hero who has taken care of them since they were born, may no longer be by their side. At that time, the person they should be close to will still be Zhou Yunshu.
This can be considered as picking the fruits that Ji Sheng had worked so hard to plant.
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