"This fish noodles are getting more and more expensive and can't afford it."

"Pirates are rampant. Who dares to go fishing in the sea? My distant cousin's fishing boat was snatched by the pirates and his two sons died."

"I heard that a powerful eunuch came out of the court and defeated the Five Tiger Generals of the Southern Liang Dynasty and killed 400,000 enemies in one battle. I don't understand why I didn't send troops here to tackle the pirates."

"Hey, their kings, princes, generals and ministers have made meritorious contributions, who cares about our promotion to the common people's lives or death?"

"After all, there are insiders. Those people colluded with the pirates to grab how many fishing boats and rich people."

"Say a few less words. The Wu family in Zhenhai County has resisted pirates for so many years, and this time they have been destroyed."

"There are hundreds of thousands of people in Zhenhai County who have been killed these days, and tens of thousands of them have been killed. The bodies blocked the city gate. It's so miserable."

These men have dark skin, look older, and have big soles of their feet. They are obviously on fishing boats all year round.

Long Chen was eating fish noodles and tried to speak: "A few brothers, as you say, you can't go out to sea now?"

The men looked at Long Chen alertly, and no one answered, and they all lowered their heads to continue eating noodles.

Long Chen knew that they didn't trust him, so he hurriedly said, "I am a hunter in the mountains. My father was slapped in the claws by a big insect when he was hunting in winter. The doctor asked me to buy fish oil here, saying that it would be cured."

"I heard from several elder brothers that I couldn't go out to sea, so where would I go to buy fish oil to treat my father's injuries?"

Long Chen looked sad and placed the chopsticks on the bowl.

Seeing that Long Chen and Zhang Qian were wearing fur, not like locals or fishermen, the man asked, "Where are hunters are you?"

Long Chen said: "Only from Shangjiang County are begging for food in Jiulong Mountain."

Another man said: "I know Jiulong Mountain, there are so many big insects there, and the people at the foot of the mountain are often eaten."

The man's face relaxed with vigilance and said in a tone of mutual sympathy: "All of them are miserable people. We are seeking life on the sea, and you are begging for food in the mountains."

"There are fish on the sea, all over their bodies are covered with bones and no meat, but the oil refined from the bones can heal the wounds. This is what you should be talking about."

Long Chen immediately turned around and asked anxiously: "Where can I buy this big brother?"

The man sighed: "This kind of fish is only in the deep sea. Now pirates are rampant, you can't buy it."

Long Chen sighed: "Damn pirate, then my dad...hey..."

Another man saw Long Chen’s filial piety and said, “Actually… there are, too.”

Long Chen asked immediately: "Please tell me brother."

The man said, "The Xu family has it, but it's very expensive."

Long Chen immediately asked, "Which Xu family?"

The man said, "Everyone here knows the Xu house near the city wall in the east."

Long Chen asked strangely: "Just just now, this big brother said that pirates are rampant, why can the Xu family buy it? Could it be that the big brother teased me?"

The man said unhappily: "You don't know anything. I kindly tell you what to do to tease you? You can definitely buy it if you go."

Long Chen didn't ask much, so he hurriedly thanked the men, finished the fish noodles, gave the money, and returned to the room with Zhang Qian.

After closing the doors and windows, there was still a smell of sweat inside. Zhang Qian rolled up all the bedding and threw it aside, then matted it with fur.

"Which is the Xu family?"

Long Chen asked.

Zhang Qian shook her head and said, "I'm not familiar with this place, so I have to ask the locals."

Long Chen thought about it, opened the door and went out for a while, and then led the waiter in.

"Customer, what are you asking for?"

The waiter picked up the apron and wiped his hands, and the back of his hands was a bit severely cracked.

If you want to inquire about news, people come and go in the market, and the news will gather here.

The waiter in Paotang can hear everything. As long as he is smart, he will definitely know more.

So, Long Chen found the waiter.

"Brother, we are hunters in the mountains and want to buy fish oil to treat my father."

Long Chen said this again.

The waiter said, "I heard it just now. If you go to the Xu family, there must be some there. They didn't lie to you."

Long Chen asked him to sit down and talk.

"I am from another place. I want to ask about the situation of the Xu family. There is no other meaning, just worrying about being unsafe."

"My father is still lying at home waiting for medicine. If I have something to do, no one will collect the body of my father."

Long Chen looked at him, and Zhang Qian immediately took out a ingot of silver and threw it to the waiter.

The waiter took the silver and smiled and said, "Your guest is so generous, are you hunters making so much money?"

Long Chen smiled and said, "I'm going to hide it from you, we can find golden sand in the mountains, so we have some money."

The waiter took the money and lowered his voice and said, "Brother, I said it because you trust me."

This silver ingot is enough for his wages for several years.

"Brother, you have been in the mountains for a long time and have no intention of being on guard. You should not show off your wealth here, especially when you arrive at the Xu family."

"The Xu family..."

The waiter paused, pricked up his ears and listened to the movement, and confirmed that there was no one around, then continued: "The Xu family is a pirate. They colluded with the pirates, and the pirates plundered on the sea and on the coast. He was here to be an insider.

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"Why did he have fish oil? Because he took action on all the things he had snatched from the pirates, he also provided weapons, rice, food, fruits and vegetables to the pirates, and informed them."

"You go to Xu's house to buy things, and you can't bring more money, otherwise you will want to kill you when you see money."

"And my sister-in-law, I can't go with such a beautiful sister-in-law, listen to me."

Long Chen asked in a low voice: "Don't the governor know?"

The waiter frowned and said, "The official bandit family is a family, and the governor Chen Zu himself is also a pirate."

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Long Chen felt that things were a bit ridiculous. If the county magistrate colluded with local gentry and gentry, it would be nonsense. The governor of a county was actually a pirate, which would be nonsense.

As a senior official of the party, the governor must be enthroned by the empress and the Ministry of Personnel personally evaluated. How could it be a pirate?

"How is that possible!"

Zhang Qian was also shocked.

The waiter whispered, "I heard that you can't bring more silver when you go to the Xu family to buy things."

Downstairs, the boss cursed and looked for the waiter. The waiter quickly stood up: "Brother, listen to me, be careful."

After saying that, the waiter hurried downstairs and immediately heard the boss scolding him.

"Sir, why do you feel that the water in Qianjiang County is a bit deep?"

Zhang Qian closed the door and carefully confirmed that no one around eavesdropped.

Long Chen felt incredible: "The governor of a county is actually a pirate? How could this happen?"

Zhang Qian asked: "Is it a rumor? Someone framed the governor?"

Long Chen shook his head and said, "If the Xu family is a pirate and they dare to do business in the city, the governor Chen Zu would not have known it."

"There is only one possibility, the governor Chen Zu and the Xu family colluded."

Zhang Qian said in confusion: "But the governor has to go to the Ministry of Personnel to report work in person every three years. Could it be that the Ministry of Personnel has been bribed?"

Long Chen denied this assumption: "Bai Li Bing from the Ministry of Personnel is a saint, and it is impossible to be bribed. There must be other reasons."

Zhang Qian asked, "But what's the reason?"

Long Chen shook his head: "I don't know, I'll go to the Xu family tomorrow and let's talk about the situation."

"You go out of the city tomorrow to wait for Dugu Jiali and Wu Jian and tell them not to enter the city."
Chapter completed!