Chapter 819: A Thousand-Year Love

This exchange of glances.

It felt like a thousand years.

Unlike when they were in the Western Regions, where there was estrangement, or even hatred, between them.

At this moment, they were already an engaged couple whom everyone in the world had begun to bless.

Xie Chan was undoubtedly the most beautiful.

At least in the eyes of Liu Zheng, her utter clarity made one feel as if bathed in a spring breeze; she was like a fairy descended from the celestial realm, a beauty capable of toppling cities and kingdoms, and one could find almost no flaws in her.

He did not know of Xie Chan's "stabbing tomorrow," but he knew that when he was in the tomb, it was she who had rushed out from the Imperial Palace, leading the Longyan army to crush the large forces of Nanyang.

The title of Princess General began to resound throughout Longyan.

It seemed like an encounter promised in a past life.

It was also, in the eyes of the people, the best of encounters.

A perfectly fitting encounter.

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As well as the enviable affection between them.

Facing each other at this moment.

There was even more of a sentiment born from a long separation.

But for Xie Chan, none of this existed.

"Young Master!"

Upon seeing Liu Zheng, Xie Chan could no longer hold back; tears streaming down her face like rain, she ran down like one possessed.

In this life, silence speaks louder than words.

The bystanders did not speak either.

According to etiquette, at this time, the two should still be keeping their distance. Even after the engagement and before the wedding, the two should not be seeing each other.

Xie Chan did not care about all that; in an instant, she threw herself into Liu Zheng's arms.

Liu Zheng hurriedly embraced her, and suddenly, his arms were filled with soft jade.

At this moment, it felt as if he had truly embraced everything he had wanted to hold, everything he had wanted to possess, and everything he had wanted to protect since coming to this world.

"Princess, Princess!"

"Your Highness, be careful!"

The group following Xie Chan shouted and hollered.

Oh my.

These people hurriedly turned their backs.

Liu Zheng deeply inhaled the scent of Xie Chan's hair and chuckled, "General Xie, I trust you have been well?"

The bystanders were terrified to see this.

At this time, one must be particular about men and women not touching; even for a couple already married, such recklessness would be impossible.

But they, but they...

Xiao Tao could no longer hear anything.

When Xie Fang slowly woke up, he was completely bewildered.

Xie Chan giggled, looked up, gazed deeply at Liu Zheng, and pouted coquettishly, "I really want to stab you to death with a sword!"

What a pity.

This sentence.

Xie Fang was startled, his body unable to help but shrink back.

Because these few people looked so strange; their hairstyles were practically bald on the sides, with a tuft left in the middle.

At a glance, they did not look like Longyan people!

Because he had been splashed awake by a basin of cold water.

Then, opening his eyes, the first things he saw were several burly men looking at him coldly.

"Who... who are you people?"

*Slap! *

It hurt!

Crown Prince Xie Fang almost cried out again.

"Baka!"

Several people roared at Xie Fang.

Xie Fang was startled, and the whip had already landed on his body.

"Hahahaha!"

"Hahahaha, what a piece of trash!"

Seeing his reaction, this group of people burst into laughter.

It hurt so much!

What kind of sin had he committed?

What kind of monsters were these?

The language he spoke...

Work?

He almost cried again.

"Alright, since you're awake, get up and go to work!"

At this moment, an older man gave a cold laugh.

Xie Fang glanced at him.

Only then was Xie Fang led out to the deck; he was already at sea by this time.

On the first day, Xie Fang was responsible for scrubbing the deck with water, and his hands were calloused from the exhaustion.

The second day, the work remained the same.

Having grown up, where had he ever done any labor? Others had always done the work for him.

But since he had already arrived here, if he wanted to survive, he had no choice but to work. The man called Lao Hu tossed him a piece of cornmeal cake, and Xie Fang was deeply moved, devouring it greedily. At this moment, this thing he would usually not even look at was simply a delicacy of the human world.

Once full and satisfied, he began to work.

At that time, his legs had already started to tremble.

Wa pirates.

The scourge of the Wa pirates had always existed in the coastal regions of Longyan. As mentioned previously, Wa pirates were further divided into True Wokou and fake Wa.

Seven days later, he finally worked alongside the others, helping them catch fish and cook. Only then did he dare to open his mouth and ask what kind of people these were.

The answer gave him a start.

Wa pirates.

Some fake Wa groups were even larger in scale than the True Wokou, because they had backgrounds within Longyan.

As time went on.

The fake Wa began to collude with the Scholar-Official Group in the interior and received their protection. They also began to transport sufficiently tempting profits to the scholar-officials.

This was caused by historical reasons.

Because of Longyan's maritime ban, these Wa pirates were driven to risk their lives to engage in smuggling. The Longyan people in the coastal regions naturally did not want to fall behind, but the punishment for smuggling in Longyan was very heavy: execution of the entire family. Thus, this group of Longyan people thought of a Method: disguise themselves as Wa people! This way, it would not implicate their families!

This also gave rise to some fake Wa groups.

Not even allowed to smuggle?

And if there is no profit in smuggling, then what are we to eat?

When people face the problem of survival, they often take risks. These Wa pirates thought to themselves, since they were already Wa pirates, since they were already thieves, if smuggling alone was not enough to fill their bellies, then they would start plundering!

In this way, a very complex chain of interests was created in the coastal region.

However.

With Xie Tianyao opening the borders this time and restoring maritime trade, while the interests of the Scholar-Official Group were damaged, these Wa pirate groups were affected just the same.

At the very beginning, the fake Wa still had relatives in Longyan.

Therefore, many people in the interior did not have any ill feelings toward the fake Wa.

But now it was different.

And so.

The scourge of the Wa pirates escalated once again.

These Wa pirates not only smuggled, but also went to kidnap, rape, burn, kill, and loot, stopping at nothing.

And so.

A Kill Wokou Decree was issued, appearing out of thin air.

It also completely excluded these Wa pirates from Longyan. Whatever True Wokou or fake Wa, it no longer mattered.

When one cannot even survive, who cares about family or relatives!

Rob!

The Scholar-Official Group saw this and thought it would not do. Back then, I colluded with you because we could still make money together, but now that the policy has changed, you should disappear. Not only do you not disappear, but you dare to commit such acts that anger both gods and men on our territory!

You won't let me play!

Then I won't let you have an easy time!

And so.

All of them became wanted criminals!

The two sides that were previously intimate and affectionate immediately turned into enemies.

The chaos caused by the Wa pirates in the interior also began to grow unscrupulous.

He.

The dignified Longyan Crown Prince!

Had actually fallen into a Wa pirate group!

The rise of the Wa pirates had become a rather headache-inducing matter for Longyan now.

"Wa pirates."

When Xie Fang heard these two words, his legs nearly went weak and he failed to stand steady.

Xie Fang nearly fainted.

Cut his hair?

At this moment, a person walked over holding scissors.

Shameful and pathetic!

"Come, come, come, those new ones, come over and get your hair cut!"

Cut into the same hairstyle as them?

You might as well kill me!