"Going to sea?" Jiayin asked doubtfully?

Didn’t he say that he would go to other villages to collect seafood?

Yu Fugui sighed and said: "Yes, I have gone to sea for three or four days. Before that, the young people visited several surrounding villages to collect some dry goods.

But because the caravan had already collected it before, other villages didn’t have much inventory, and the price had also been raised a lot. They felt it was inappropriate, so they went out to sea to fish on their own, and they haven’t come back yet.”

It usually takes several days to go to sea here, ranging from three to four days to as many as ten days before returning.

Jiayin and others were stunned, and Fang Zhigang asked quickly: "Aren't you fishing at the beach? Why do you have to go there for so many days? Are you going to a very far place?"

Why are you not worried even if you go out for several days at once?

The village chief smiled and said, "Of course, if you just fish around the beach, there won't be enough fish to catch. Besides, the fish are not stupid. If they are all caught, who will hang around on the beach?"

Really good seafood or fish schools are found in the deep sea. On the shallow seaside, where you catch the sea, there are some small fish and shrimps that the real big ones can't catch at all.

Like ours, every village has one or two large fishing boats, and every time they go out to sea, the strong laborers from the village go there in batches."

Fang Zhigang and a few people who had never seen the sea suddenly realized that when they heard that they were fishermen and made a living by fishing, it was just like what they saw in other places, like rowing a small fishing boat and casting a net. But here.

There is more water, and the fish are just bigger.

It turned out not to be the case.

Yao Jiayin said, "They have never seen the scene on the sea. The sea is very windy and rough, and small fishing boats like that can be directly hit by the waves on the beach, and they can't even sink into the water."

Jiayin pretended to be unintentional and asked: "How far do you go fishing?"

Yu Fugui casually replied: "Not necessarily, it depends on the wind direction. Most of them are near Gyro Island in the northeast. If there is a sudden storm, you can go to the island to take shelter. If it rains and the wind direction changes, go to the southeast. There are also rains there.

We passed the rocky island, but it’s too bare to stay on, so it just serves as a landmark.”

After knowing the direction, Jiayin released his spiritual consciousness and enveloped it on the east sea.

No fishing boats were found!

She covered almost the same distance as the village chief said, including the two small islands.

Not to mention it was a fishing boat, there wasn't even a piece of wood. Could it be that it had gone to farther seas?

Jiayin probed further with his consciousness, and found another small island hundreds of miles away from the previous location. The trees on the small island were lush and dense. From the sky, it looked like a patch of green.

Hairy turtle.

It has a head, four paws and a pointed little tail. If Jiayin hadn't detected that it was not alive, he could have deceived her.

Near the triangular bend near the turtle's front paws, many fishing boats were found docked there.

The fishing boats are large and small, and the canvas and masts on them have some signs of wear and repair. It can be seen that they have been used frequently.

Could it be that they ran to this island?

Jiayin thought about it and asked, "Uncle Village Chief, do you go farther when you go fishing? There should be many small islands in the sea, right? Will you go to other small islands to rest?"

Yu Fugui was stunned, not knowing why the little girl asked, but replied: "There is enough water and food on the boat, and it can basically last until it comes back. Unless there is a storm, it will not go to the island.

It is even more impossible to go far away. The reason why we go to those two small islands is that the terrain and climate are familiar to us from generations of fishing there.

Another thing is that you cannot just go to the islands in the sea.

There may be venomous snakes and beasts on the uninhabited island, but you won't dare to go to the inhabited island. Who knows who is on it? Just like the inland bandits occupy the mountain and dominate the mountain, there are many pirates who occupy the island as their king.

The king’s.”

When Jiayin heard this, he immediately swept his consciousness to the turtle island.

I saw many paths under the shade of the trees, extending in all directions, and they looked like they had been stepped on for a long time.

Not far along the widest path is a high ground, where there is a lookout made of wood.

Jiayin looked stern, she had seen this thing in the bandit's village!

She knew that it was used to arrange for sentry.

The role of building such a lookout on a small island is self-evident.

There were two people on the observation deck. One was standing looking around, and the other was sitting on a chair drinking wine. The two chatted from time to time, which was quite leisurely.

After Jiayin listened to their conversation for a while, it was all about trivial matters and daily routines, without any useful information, so he continued to probe deeper with his consciousness.

Not far away, there were some stone houses with thatched roofs. The houses were not high, with circular walls and pointed roofs, like tops turned upside down.

There are a dozen such houses in total. Except for the largest one in the middle, which is empty and empty, the rest of the houses are filled with people staggering around.

Their clothes look very similar to the villagers in this village, so they must be strong laborers who go to sea.

Although the location where they go fishing is not nearby, it is not too far away and can be reached in an hour or two with favorable winds and currents.

If the purpose is to deceive these people into going to sea, the purpose of those people's deception will be obvious.

With the skyrocketing prices of seafood, the oil man deceived the villagers into going out to sea to fish, and after finding a way to attract them to the island, he could easily catch them on the island.

I just don’t know what the purpose of catching these people is. Is it to catch strong men? To strengthen the pirate power?

But if it’s not voluntary, there’s no point even if you’re caught. You can’t think that being caught means you’ve joined their pirate organization, right?

Aren't you afraid of being set on fire or poisoned?

At this moment, only those who were captured were tied up in the house on the island, and there were a few scattered people guarding them outside.

Those people didn't communicate with each other, so Jiayin didn't know what kind of organization they were.

As for searching for the souls of these people, let's forget it. From the first glance, these people are just minions. How much can we know? Besides, there are no human lives on them, so Jiayin can't do it.

Even if you want to search, it will only be effective if you look for those who have committed the most heinous crimes and can be identified as the ringleaders at a glance.

Jiayin scanned the entire island and left a trace of consciousness in the large empty room. If anyone entered, she would know it immediately.

Then he said to Fugui: "Uncle Village Chief, since those people also went to other villages to collect seafood, it must be that it is not just the young people of Mitsui Village who are interested. Didn't the uncle go to other villages to ask? Maybe they also went to sea.

.”

Yu Fugui was stunned, "Yes, even though those people said they were passing by their village, they didn't mean that they came directly to their village. Otherwise, the young people in their own village would not be unable to receive things from the surrounding villages.

Now that they know it, other villages must know it too, and maybe some of the younger generations have become more active and have gone to sea.

I just don’t know if those people are talking about the same thing or if they use other methods.

Yu Fugui became even more worried, he always had a bad premonition.

Although he didn't know yet that the young people from his village had been caught, not knowing the purpose of those people made him even more uneasy.

The second son went to help Jiayin and the others with their business, so he asked the eldest son and the third son to go to the next village to inquire.

Not far from their village, there is a village on the left and right. If it is far away, it is not necessary. Just ask about the situation of these two villages.

If it was like their village, they would probably have to sail out to sea to look for those who were left behind.

Not all young people in the whole village want to go out and have a try, there are still many left behind.

Even every time they go out to sea for fishing, only one-third of the strong labor force goes out, and most of them stay at home, fearing that if there is any danger, the village can still retain its strength.

After all, there are a lot of strong winds and waves on the sea, and there is always a danger of death.

"Gensheng, Genfa, you two go to Hanjia Village in the south and Yangji Village in the north to inquire and see if any of their descendants have gone to sea. If they have come back, ask if they have seen the fishing boats in our village.

"

"I know, Dad." They both replied in unison, turned around and left the yard.

While walking, I assigned a village to ask.

Jiayin just heard the village chief tell her the direction, so she used her spiritual sense to explore it, and knew that the situation in the other two villages was similar to that of Mitsui Village.

Otherwise, the stone house on the small island would not be packed with people, and it would be impossible for it to be only people from Mitsui Village.

Those ten or so rooms were crowded together, and there were probably hundreds of people there, and maybe even more people from the village.

Although Jiayin had only taken a cursory glance before, he could still tell that those who were caught were drugged.

Some were still unconscious, while others had woken up. They seemed to be limp on the ground as if they were completely powerless. There was no struggle or any attempt to escape by grinding the rope.

Of course, it's also possible that those people didn't give them food, and it's normal for them to feel weak after being hungry for a few days.

Jiayin quietly gestured to Fang Zhiwen and Fang Zhiyuan, and they walked a little further away, pretending to see if the villagers delivering goods outside the hospital had arrived, and softly told her what she had discovered.

Of course I said it in the name of Qingzhu.

Fang Zhiwen and Fang Zhiyuan were shocked when they heard this. They didn't expect that all the young people would be arrested!

But how to reveal this matter to the village chief? They were in a bit of a dilemma.

You can't just come up and say that the envoy of Lord Dragon God, whom we worship, found that the young people of your village were imprisoned in such-and-such island, right?

The other party will definitely think that they are in the same group with those people and continue to deceive people.

Before they could think of what to say, the village chief's two sons had already returned from inquiring about the news. As soon as Yu Gensheng entered the courtyard, he shouted: "Dad, as soon as I entered Hanjia Village, I saw them organizing people at the head of the village to prepare to go to sea.

It was said that a dozen young people from their village had been away for six days, and they had only brought four days' worth of food before going out.

It is said that after listening to the caravan, they planned to catch some ordinary sea fish, mainly in quantity, so they did not need to go to a specific place, and they would be back in a few days."

Yu Genwang also said: "The same goes for Yangji Village. The married women in their village also said that they have gone to other villages. The earliest one has not come back for seven or eight days."
To be continued...