They went to the fishing village last night and were very damp. When they came back, they passed through the mountains and forests, and the trees and weeds were covered with morning dew. Of course, they got all wet.
Zhu Lin didn't lie down to sleep; he sat in meditation all night. He noticed Zhu Qiuyu and the other two entering the courtyard as soon as they entered. He opened his eyes, paused for a moment, and then got up and walked out.
Just as they reached the door, they heard the senior brother's deliberately lowered voice from outside, "Junior brother, we're back."
Zhu Lin opened the door, gesturing for them to come inside, and then the four of them sat down at the table.
"So, was the fishing village really massacred?" Zhu Lin asked in a cold voice.
Zhu Qiuyu's expression darkened slightly. He tapped his folding fan lightly on the edge of the table and said in a low voice, "We went to four fishing villages in total. Three of them were completely massacred. Only one village with a relatively large population was spared. However, we learned from the villagers of that unscathed village that..."
The massacre didn't stop at just three fishing villages; many other small coastal villages also suffered. Although the perpetrators wore the robes of the Great Jin government, their cruel methods were exactly the same as those of the Japanese pirates.
"Didn't those thieves show up again last night? Otherwise, capturing them alive and questioning them would have saved us a lot of trouble." Zhu Lin lowered her eyes thoughtfully.
Zhu Qiuyu continued, "We didn't encounter any criminals. We only found the bodies of two government soldiers in the abandoned fishing village. They had machetes stuck in their bodies, so it seems that the fishermen fought back and killed them. Judging from the clothes the dead soldiers were wearing, they were indeed government officials. They also had government tokens on their bodies. They didn't look like Japanese pirates at all."
Zhu Xichen also shared his opinion, "Based on the current clues, the massacre of the fishing village was indeed the work of Prince Cheng. Perhaps it wasn't that he colluded with the Japanese pirates, but rather that he sent people to do it himself."
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