Chapter 14: Soldiers or pirates

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Yuan Zhao Di felt that this was the first time he had been so persistent in his many years of life.

However, after a lengthy pursuit, Yuan Zhao Di was dumbfounded when he saw the pirates’ boat arrive at its destination.

It was clearly the ship of the pirates, but it ended up entering the water village of the imperial court’s navy.

Yuan Zhao Di was dumbfounded when he saw this.

The ones who had attacked dragon head dock were not real pirates but soldiers of the imperial court’s navy.

But why?

Yuan Zhao Di could not think of an answer.

He did not dare to pursue the answer.

After discovering that the pirates were imperial court soldiers in disguise, Yuan Zhao Di was dumbfounded and squatted on the spot for a long time. When he finally returned to his senses, he immediately turned around and returned at full speed.

The matter of navy officers impersonating pirates was heaven-piercing.

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The news that pirates attacked dragon head dock and that there were countless casualties reached the village.

When Madame Li received the news, she immediately fainted.

Although Old Yuan didn’t faint, he looked like he had aged a lot instantly. It was a great tragedy for a white-haired man to see a black-haired man die.

“No, it won’t!”

Old Madame Zeng jumped up suddenly, “Zhao Di have Jiao Jiao! She is the treasure of our Yuan family. With her protection, Zhao Di will definitely be fine!”

As Madame Zeng’s words rang out, Old Yuan, who had sat down dejectedly, also jumped up.

“Right!”

“Right!”

“We have Jiao Jiao at home. Jiao Jiao is Zhao Di’s daughter. She is the lucky star of our Yuan family. With her protection, Zhao Di will be fine!”

At this moment, Old Yuan had placed all his hopes on his precious granddaughter’s fortune.

“Pan Di, hurry up. All of you, go to the town and search!”

Old Yuan returned to his senses and quickly told his family to set off for dragon head dock.

At the same time, many young men from many villages were heading to dragon head dock. The laborers at the dock were young men from Lin He village or the people from the surrounding villages.

Knowing that something had happened at the dock, how could the villages not do anything?

To prevent more pirates from occupying dragon head dock, everyone who went brought their weapons.

They held sabers, spears, clubs, bows, arrows, and rakes. Streams of people headed straight for dragon head dock like rivers returning to the sea.

During this process, groups of people gathered together.

When the crowd reached the dock, there were already more than a thousand people there and they realized that it had already been turned into a sea of fire.

Although people were trying to put out the fire, it was like putting out a cartload of firewood with a cup of water. They were simply unable to put out the raging flames. Even when the young men from all the villages gathered together, they still couldn’t extinguish the fire.

In fact, no one was in the mood to care if the fire could be put out. Everyone’s main focus was to save and find survivors.

The pirates had made this trip to dragon head dock with the intention of killing. Therefore, there were very few survivors.

Even if they occasionally found a few survivors, they were all seriously injured.

The Yuan family members dispersed and searched for Yuan Zhao Di. They wanted to see him, dead or alive.

However, Yuan Zhao Di’s figure was nowhere to be seen even after the corpses were cleared.

“It’s good news that we can’t find it!”

Though Old Yuan’s hands were shaking, he was still hopeful.

After all, those who couldn’t be found were either dead or in hiding.

Old Yuan naturally hoped that his son would go into hiding.