The person outside the city gate is indeed Xinli Ka, and with this indigenous elder, there are also his wife Jiji, seven children, and people in their 70s and 80s. Among these people are young adults, There were also old people and children, all in tattered clothes, and several others were injured and bleeding profusely.

"Moli Village" is not big in the first place, with a total population of only about a hundred. The people Xinliga brought brought almost all the villagers in the village.

Hua Bushi came to the city wall and immediately recognized Xinlika and Jiji. With his eyesight, he could easily confirm that the others were ordinary indigenous people who had never practiced martial arts and were from the "Black Dragon Palace" The pirates were mixed in. He immediately asked the soldiers on the city to lower the drawbridge, open the city gate, and let everyone in outside the city.

As soon as Xinlika saw Hua Bushi, he made many gestures and looked extremely excited.

Hua Bushi couldn't understand what the aboriginal fisherman wanted to express for a while, so he held his hand and gestured for him to take the other aboriginals to settle down in the Veitian Tower first, and gave the injured The villagers bandaged the injury before discussing in detail.[

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Although the Veitian Tower is not big, it can barely accommodate Xinlika's family and seventy or eighty indigenous villagers.

As soon as Hua Bushi returned to Waitian Tower, he immediately took medicine, bandages and other materials to wrap the wounds of the injured. It can be seen from the wounds on their bodies that these villagers were all injured by sharp objects, most of them He was cut by swords and other weapons.

After dealing with the injured, Hua Bushi came to see Xinlika and Jiji. With Xiao Xinwang translating, he understood the origin of Xinlika and his group.

It turns out that Xinlika took the villagers of "Moli Village" to Okura City for refuge.

Two days ago, the village's fishing boat along the coast was sunk by a pirate ship. More than a dozen fishermen on the boat were killed. The pirates immediately landed ashore and attacked in the direction of "Moli Village". Several villagers were injured on the way.

Fortunately, Xinlika escaped with his life because he did not go fishing that day for some reason. Faced with the fierce and heavily armed pirates, the indigenous villagers were unable to resist. Xinlika immediately took his family and the remaining villagers to escape. Leave the village.

They hid in the mountains and forests, but saw thick smoke rising over the village behind them, blazing fire, and pirates setting fire to the houses.

Xinlika led the villagers to stay in the nearby mountains and forests for a day, watching the pirates set fire to all the houses in the village and destroy all the crops in the fields around the village, before roaring away.

Now that the entire Mori Village no longer exists, the indigenous villagers have lost their homes and lives overnight, and are living everywhere, and there are also many injured. Only in desperation did Xinliga decide to take them to Okura City. Go to Hua Bu Shi.

When the elder of the indigenous village told this story, his expression was sad, but his eyes were burning. He was obviously angry at the pirates who killed people and burned down the village.

After hearing what happened to Xinlika and the indigenous villagers, Hua Bushi could only offer words of comfort, telling Xinlika not to worry, and said that his family and the indigenous villagers could temporarily stay in the Veitian Tower.

After hearing Xiao Xinwang's translation that Hua Bushi promised to take in all the villagers, Xinlika and Jiji clasped their hands together and thanked them repeatedly. Hua Bushi waved his hands and said no, and asked Xiao Xinwang to tell his parents that they would wait until the danger passed. , he will definitely help the indigenous villagers rebuild Mori Village.

After meeting Xinliga and Jiji, and settling down all the villagers, Hua Bushi felt an ominous feeling in his heart.

The evil act of going to Morili Village to burn and destroy the village should not be a whim of pirates.

For the pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace", a poor village like Morili Village has absolutely no value in looting. However, the Dragon Palace tribe is famous for their cruelty and never leaves anyone alive. If they really want to loot the village They would kill them all. Xinliga, a group of indigenous villagers who knew no martial arts at all, would certainly not be able to escape so easily.

Therefore, Hua Bushi believes that this matter is a bit unusual and must not be that simple. The pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace" must have some purpose for doing this.

The young master's ominous feeling soon became a reality, and the purpose of the "Black Dragon Palace" pirates' actions was revealed within a few days.

Because early the next morning, about two hundred villagers from another indigenous village came to the gate of Okura Castle and asked for refuge in the city. By noon, there were three indigenous villages outside the city gate, with a total of one thousand people. Multiple people.[

By dusk, eight indigenous villages and three thousand indigenous people came to seek refuge.

Some of these indigenous people were proficient in Chinese. According to the soldiers guarding the city, their experiences were almost the same as those of Mori Village. The village was destroyed by pirates, and the whole village had to seek shelter before coming to Okura City.

Starting from Moli Village, after the pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace" landed on Okura Island, they burned, killed, and looted the indigenous villages along the way, demolishing and destroying the villages along the way. However, they did not kill all the indigenous people, but drove them all to Okura. The city is coming.

Regarding how to deal with this situation, Yao Yuanxiao and Chai Lin, the two elders of "Wanjintang", have the same view. They both believe that the city should not be opened to allow the indigenous people to come in. Their reasons are also very sufficient.

The intention of the "Black Dragon Palace" pirates to do this is very obvious, which is to make the large number of indigenous people on Okura Island return home and all flock to Okura City. If the city gate is opened to let them in, then It is very difficult to accommodate many people in the city. It will also greatly consume Okura Castle's food reserves and even cause chaos, which can be exploited by pirates.

Moreover, the number of indigenous people outside the city is increasing, numbering in the thousands. There is no guarantee that spies from the "Black Dragon Palace" will not be mixed among them. Opening the city to let them in would also be a worry for safety, but it would be a hundred harms and one benefit.

But Okura City finally opened the city gate. The reason was that Sima Rulan insisted on doing so. Although the two elders strongly opposed it, they still could not disobey the order of the eldest lady of the city.

These Baba indigenous villages were destroyed and their families could not return. Many of them were injured by pirates. If they were not allowed to enter the city, they would probably die. Sima Rulan was kind-hearted and kind-hearted, and even betrayed the sect. Neither the Xiong family nor his son wanted to kill, so how could they bear to watch so many innocent people lose their lives?

So all the thousands of indigenous people outside the city were let into Okura City, but early the next morning, more indigenous villagers fled outside the gate of Okura City.

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At night, the meeting hall of the city lord's palace was brightly lit, and more than a dozen candlesticks on the four walls were lit with candles.

There was a large round table in the center of the hall. Sima Rulan sat in front of the table, while Chai Lin and Yao Yuanxiao sat on either side of the city lord's eldest lady.

In front of the round table were three businessmen, Gu Zhengyuan, Zhu Zi, and Gongola, and Hua Bushi was also sitting at the bottom. In addition to the few people in front of the round table, there were also Fu Ao and several other helmsmen of "Wanjintang" standing in the conference hall. .

Unlike the meeting three days ago, when most of the business owners in the city came here and the whole hall was full of chatter and noise, there were only a few people who came to discuss the matter this time, but they were all from Okura City. important figures there.

Under such circumstances, discussion becomes much more convenient.

I only heard Yao Yuanxiao say: "Today, at least five thousand of the indigenous Babas came outside the city gate. This time, we cannot let them into the city under any circumstances, otherwise there will be chaos inside Okura City. "

Gu Zhengyuan said: "What Elder Yao said is true! There are not many vacant houses in the city. We don't know how to resettle the more than 3,000 indigenous villagers who entered the city yesterday. What will happen if another 5,000 people come? Besides, there are more than 3,000 indigenous villagers in the city. Food reserves are also limited, and with so many more people, there will be even less food."

When Yao Yuanxiao saw Chai Lin closing his eyes and saying nothing, he said, "Elder Chai, if you have any opinion, please tell me a few words!"

Chai Lin showed a wry smile and said: "My opinion is the same as yours, but no matter how much we say, it will be useless. I think Miss Lan'er will still let the indigenous people enter the city this time. .”

Everyone looked at Sima Rulan, and sure enough they saw her blushing and said: "The pirates of the Black Dragon Palace came to attack Okura City, and it was because of us that we burned down the Baba villages. Now they all have their families home." , how can we refuse to save them and lock these indigenous villagers out of the city gate? Lan'er thinks we should open the city gate and let them in!"

Yao Yuanxiao said: "Absolutely not! As the saying goes, a small impatience will ruin a big plan. If you let them in, you will fall into the Black Dragon King's trick. Once the city is breached by pirates, they will be burned together, and all of us will be killed. These The indigenous people are also in danger! In order to save everyone’s lives, the eldest lady must not be soft-hearted now!"

Sima Rulan bit her lip, clenched her fists with both hands, tears almost flowed out, and said: "If we lock them outside the city gate without food, and those injured people cannot be treated, they will probably die. Dead!"[

Yao Yuanxiao said: "If we don't open the city gate, the indigenous people outside the city may not necessarily die. Even if they all die, there will only be a few thousand people. It is better than all the more than 50,000 residents in Okura City being buried with them." Much more! The Black Dragon King must have realized that the eldest lady is too soft-hearted, so he implemented this strategy. To let these natives come into the city to create chaos, the eldest lady should think clearly about what is more important and how to choose!"

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

Sima Rulan knew that what Yao Yuanxiao said was true, but she could not do anything to abandon the lives of thousands of innocent people and refuse to save them.
Chapter completed!