In the early morning, several fishing boats sailed slowly in the thick fog on the surface of Pengli Lake. The fishermen were rowing the oars and singing fisherman songs loudly.

The sun gradually rose, the thick fog on the water gradually dissipated, and the fishermen's vision became better and better, and they saw a small island in the distance.

The island is like a turtle's back, and is called the Turtle Island by fishermen. Turtle Island is a reference for this water area. When fishermen see this island, they can know that they have arrived at the fishing area.

However, if you want to fish, you have to pay.

Because this is a place where there is a "owner": there is a village nearby, and the village owner will send a boat to cruise in this area of ​​water. If fishermen want to come here to fish, they have to pay money or pay a portion of the catch.

People in the village will be bent their boats on Turtle Island. Fishermen who come here to fish will know the matter and pay the money by landing the island, and then they can hold the small flag given by the other party on the bow and start fishing.

If you don’t have money, you have to pay the catch when you leave. Anyway, you can’t fish here for nothing.

The boats gradually approached Turtle Island, and the fishermen could see several boats leaning against the island, but there was no movement on the shore, which made the fishermen feel a little strange.

In the past, at this time, the siege would light a bonfire to prepare for food, so there would be fire on the island and smoke rising from the cooking stove, but now there is no.

When fishermen were fishing, they went out early and returned late. They had enough food before dawn. Then they rode their boats out. When they arrived at the fishing area, they were just shining brightly. Now they saw the heroes not raising the bonfire for a long time, and they felt more and more strange.

As the fishermen were getting closer and closer to Turtle Island, they found something floating on the water. When they looked closer, they found that it was a dead person.

The deceased had a pale complexion and a bloated body. It seemed that he had been dead for at least half a day, otherwise he would not have floated on the water, because people who died in the water usually took more than half a day to float on.

For fishermen, it is not strange to encounter floating corpses while fishing. Occasionally, unlucky fishermen will be attacked by fishermen elsewhere and killed people and seize money.

Or maybe there was a robbed business traveler who was killed and thrown away his body. After a few days, it floated to the water.

The fishing boat carefully avoided the unlucky floating corpse and approached Turtle Island. As a result, floating corpses floated on the water surface, and more and more.

When the fishermen saw so many floating corpses, they were frightened and wondered if there were ignorant fishermen from other places who came here to fish, had a conflict with the gang of water bandits, and were killed all of them?

"No! This is not, isn't this Lu Baichang?"

Some fishermen shouted, and the others looked at the floating corpse on the water surface. After seeing their appearance clearly, they were so shocked that their backs were chilled: they recognized the deceased as the small leader of the water bandit, nicknamed "Lu Baichang".

They also recognized many of the dead of other corpses.

Although they may not know the name, they look familiar, because many of them are the water bandits entrenched in this area. In other words, the Turtle Island in front of them is originally a "residence" of this group of people.

Now, the guard in the other courtyard is dead, so what happened in the other courtyard?

Fishermen don’t come here to fish every day, so they don’t know what happened here yesterday or the day before yesterday. When you look at me and I look at you, you just feel a chill on your back:

It may be said that the water bandits from other places came to grab the territory, and the two gangs killed each other to death.

If you still stay here, will you be involved?

The fishermen began to hesitate, but everyone finally came here. If they returned empty-handed, how could they live?

Someone plucked up the courage to rock the boat to the dock, but as soon as he got to the dock, he tried his best to rock the boat back and shouted in panic: "Die people! There are so many dead people!"

......

At Pokou, a broken sailboat bent on the dock, the main mast was broken, most of the sails were burned, the hull was smoked and the deck was covered with blood.

Peng Yu, the county magistrate who was boarding the ship to inspect, looked at the boat with a bloody smell and fireworks, frowned and asked a young man who was shaking like a sieve: "Where is the master?"

"Bleed, quilted, quilted..." The young man said something unscrupulously. He shivered for a long time, and the word "bleed" was repeated.

He looked pale, his eyes were dull, his hair was soaked, and he was wearing freshly changed clothes. He seemed to be frightened by the scene, so he looked confused and could not describe what he saw and heard.

Peng Yu walked up to the other side, stretched out his hands and held the other side's cheek, letting the other side look at him: "Don't be afraid, now it's in Pokou, I am the commander of You Jun. No one can kill you. Tell me what you see."

"I, I, I..."

The young man shivered for a while and his emotions calmed down a little before he talked about what he saw and heard.

Yesterday, their boss returned from outing and the fleet berthed on a small island overnight, but was attacked by someone at night.

Originally, the fleet had already taken the initiative to guard against it, but there were internal ghosts. With the inside and outside, there were heavy casualties on our side.

It is obvious that the insider leaked the whereabouts of the fleet, so the other party was prepared to know the fleet's mooring and launched a sudden attack.

The boss rushed out desperately by boat, but was chased by several ships. He fought all the way and escaped for the middle of the night, but still couldn't escape.

All the people on the boat died, some were hacked to death on the boat, some jumped to escape, but were chased by the other party and died in the water with a harpoon.

Only this young man was lucky enough to hide at the stern after diving, and the man was trapped in the water and stretched a reed tube out of the water to breathe. Only then did he escape the search and survive.

The bodies of the deceased were thrown into the water, and the other party set fire to the boat, but it was getting brighter and the fire just started to burn, it was discovered by the patrol boat.

The ship was saved, the young man was rescued, and he was frightened by the bloody killing and had not come back to his senses until now.

Peng Yu knew about the incident and asked the young man to take ashore to rest. He looked at the blood-stained deck and fell into deep thought.

At first, there was only an internal strife in a village, the boss was killed, and the second boss took office.

This is nothing. The Shanhu people's village gathers many desperate people. Those who can become the leader must have the blood of the previous leader. Now they have been replaced by later generations, so it is nothing.

Then, there were two villages attacking each other and attacking each other's ships. It was nothing strange. After all, the villages of Shanhu people were in remote places and had no decent production. They could only rely on external robbery.

In order to compete for territory, conflicts will inevitably occur.

However, such situations are becoming more and more common, and the various parts of Pengli Lake District are gradually becoming less peaceful, as if the second and third leaders in many villages are becoming impatient and eager to replace them.

Or maybe there is a village that wants to annex other villages, so the relationship between the village and the village gradually deteriorates. You guard against me, I guard against you, you kill me, I kill you.

The original tranquility between the Shanhu people's villages was gone, and it gradually became chaotic.

More and more fighting has led to more and more floating corpses appearing in the waters of the edges and corners of Pengli Lake District, and more and more empty ships appearing, with bloodstains on the ship.

As a military lieutenant, Peng Yu had some knowledge of the situation in Pengli Lake District, Poyang County. The news from various channels was that someone was selling banned armor, and it was ring lock armor, also known as "Western Regions Soft Armor".

This soft armor can be worn close to the body, as soft as clothes, but it can prevent knife-cutting and cover the outer coat, and it is impossible to tell at all.

People with ulterior motives dare to start a sudden attack and attack others when they wear soft armor. They will not be easily injured during the fight and will have a great grasp of victory.

So much so that some villages and some young masters in the village became confident after getting these armors.

As he thought about it, Peng Yu was a little embarrassed. These Shanhu people got armor and now they were just internal strife. They were thinking about seizing power from the village or annexing other villages.

Therefore, the government is happy to see each other killing each other, and the killing will flow into a river, but sooner or later these people will look at the past business trips and villages along the lake.

When the water bandits attack, they will become even more crazy with their armor on their bodies, and the defenses of villages in various places will become difficult.

Although it is impossible for all the water bandits to wear ring lock armor, some brave and warlike outlaws are pursuing their crimes by relying on their armor, and the casualties in the government may increase.

Thinking of this, Peng Yu sighed.

If you go against the government, there will definitely be no good ending. The attacks and killing between villages will only make the fisherman profit. The older generation understands this principle, and those young people who are eager to get to power cannot understand.

The things between the Shanhu people can only be solved by the Shanhu people themselves.

Nowadays, we can only hope for the older generation of "Shanhu people" who are "respected" and control their younger generations who are ready to move.

Or, the heads find a safe place to touch each other, make clear words in person, eliminate misunderstandings, and set the rules again.
Chapter completed!