"How do you know that the White Lotus Sect is doomed? Did you tell the secret to the officers and soldiers?"
After asking this question, Yin Xiu didn't expect Ren Qi to answer, and just threw a piece of food into his mouth.
The cozy enjoyment of hot food and cold wine made him too lazy to talk for a while.
Ren Qi also held a glass of wine and glanced sideways at Yin Xiu, "Telling the truth is not as direct as using a sword, nor is it as fast as using a sword."
"I know." Yin Xiu took a sip of wine.
"You know it and you still ask?"
Ren Qi also swallowed the sip of wine into his throat.
"Just asking, otherwise I won't have much to talk to you about."
"Then you really want to know why I made such a judgment?" Ren Qidao glanced at him.
"Of course, a person should have a minimum of curiosity."
"Well, if those people from the White Lotus Sect had similar curiosity as you, they wouldn't have died here."
Ren Qi touched the sword at his hand.
Even in these relaxed moments, he kept his sword close at hand.
"They thought this was a conspiracy, but these White Lotus sect are completely different from those in the north. What can these fools do with their swords and neither enough muskets nor cannons?
Although I am a swordsman, I have to admit that swords have become an outdated thing. Nowadays, even masters have to consider how to use muskets. ”
"I understand."
Yin Xiu turned to look outside the door. At this moment, she didn't know whether it was because it was getting dark or because it was about to rain. The sky was gloomy, looking gloomier than before.
After a while, Liu Banxian and Sea Dog came in and sat down on the table.
"Explain it!" Liu Banxian was a little annoyed.
"Huh?"
Yin Xiu looked at the sea dog, and with just a faint glance, the sea dog shuddered.
Finally, the sea dog wiped the cold sweat from his face and explained to him: "Emperor, there is a hole in one of the cylinders of the turbine, and several pipelines were destroyed as a result. It may have been caused by Master Hong before. It was broken only when we arrived at the port.”
Yin Xiu suddenly frowned and said, "If it had been bad earlier, it wouldn't have been bad, but now it is bad. Someone is playing tricks?"
"Even if it is, it can never be me!"
Sea Dog quickly assured Yin Xiu, "You know, delaying time is of no benefit to me. It will also increase costs and is even dangerous. I never joke at sea, and I don't know who you are." , How dare I play tricks with you?”
At this moment, Seogou seemed to regard Yin Xiu as a customer, completely forgetting that Liu Banxian actually paid for this boat.
Yin Xiu sighed and patted his shoulder, "Brother, I didn't say it was you who played it, so don't be nervous. But how long will it take to fix it?"
"The day after tomorrow at the earliest."
"No!"
Yin Xiu's tone became serious, "Tomorrow, we have to leave tomorrow, whether it's you or which technician is called, tell him to hurry up."
Just as Sea Dog was about to reply, Yin Xiu warned again: "If we don't leave tomorrow, we will all be in trouble."
Although the cause and effect are not yet known.
But after meeting, when he found that all his sailors were fascinated, Sea Dog already knew that this trip to Wenling was completely different from the relaxed and pleasant trips in the past.
Perhaps there is some unprecedented danger and chaos involved.
"I asked them to stay up all night tonight, but the parts are not easy to find and it will take some time."
"As soon as possible," Yin Xiu nodded, "By the way, don't let the sailors leave the ship, otherwise we will need a new batch of sailors."
Sea Dog didn't ask the reason, but he vaguely guessed that it might be related to the previous incident, so he nodded to express his understanding and strode out of the restaurant.
Liu Banxian looked at Yin Xiu and asked: "Do you really know how to fight? Under a situation that is already known to others?"
"Why don't you fight?"
Yin Xiu grinned, "In any large-scale action, there will always be a time when the news leaks out. If the White Lotus Sect thinks they are ready, then they will definitely take action."
As he spoke, he stood up again and drank all the wine in the flask.
"Ren Qi, keep an eye on Liu Banxian. If someone is following him this time, don't worry about him, let alone chase him. Anyway, just stay on the boat."
Ren Qi took a sip of wine and said nothing.
"What about you?" Liu Banxian asked.
"Me?" Yin Xiu scratched her head, "I have to bring Ma Xiaoyu back first."
"Call an errand boy to deliver the message?"
"No."
Yin Xiu glanced at the sky again, "It was already getting late. She was walking alone at night, and I was coming back alone. Both of us were worried."
"I understand."
Liu Banxian nodded thoughtfully, "Then you guys, no, let's meet tomorrow?"
"I accept your good words."
……
It was already dark. Except for the foreign settlement in the east, which still had lights and music, most of the night in Wenling was filled only with stars and the barking of dogs.
In the invisible tile-roofed house, a match was struck, and then a green lamp was lit.
The firelight illuminated Lian Gu's face with clear features and a thin layer of powder.
She is in her best age, and every move, every smile, and every frown carries a mature charm, like a red persimmon on a tree.
Lian Gu stared at the light. On the other end of the light, many figures appeared, shadowy and shadowy, like paper figures peeled off some window.
"Fifth brother, sixth brother, and all of you, thank you for your hard work."
"My family doesn't speak the same language, so I'm being polite to my aunt."
Ma Wu and Sun Liu, the two guardian Dharma kings, cupped their fists at Aunt Lian.
The firelight swayed as they clasped their fists, and also reflected the two rather weathered faces.
There is a long scar from the corner of Ma Wu's eye to the bottom of his chin. It is not deep but conspicuous.
Sun Liu was taller and stronger than him. His whole face was as dark as his hands, as if he had just come out of the mine.
These two people are the largest leaders of the White Lotus Sect in southern Fujian.
The two of them are the local resident Dharma Kings, while Gu Lian came here specially from other places.
The three of them have the same rank, but because Lian Gu has met the Holy Son and Saint Daughter, Ma Wu and Sun Liu naturally looked up to her and regarded Lian Gu as a higher-level leader rather than as their own. The existence of peers.
Therefore, the two of them also respected Lian Gu in her words and demeanor.
Lian Gu has long been accustomed to receiving this kind of respect, but she knows that this is not because others respect her as a person, but because of their reverence for the Son and Saint's status in the church and some special divinity.
After the three people greeted each other, Lian Gu spread a map on the table.
This is obviously a city defense map, rather than a city planning map or a simple road map. The map clearly indicates the locations, scale and configuration of the various streets and garrison troops stationed in the area. Seeing this picture, Ma Wu was a little surprised, "Auntie, you can even get this kind of picture. This is a military secret."
"Confidential?"
Lian Gu chuckled, "It's a secret, but no matter what the secret is, it has to be shown to others in the end, right?"
She spoke in an understatement, but Ma Wu and Sun Liu's respect for her deepened.
If this picture wasn't stolen by someone who broke into the military camp at night, it means that there is an insider from the White Lotus Sect among the generals of the army.
The former proves that among the people Lian Gu brought on this trip, there are masters who are good at Qinggong, while the latter can only prove that Zongtan's skills are far more powerful than they, the locals, imagined.
Lian Gu didn't care what they thought, she just drew on the picture with her fingers like green onions.
"Look, you two, the entire layout of Wenling is destined to have the port as the top priority.
Whether we use it as a breakthrough to cut through the defense, or use it as a temporary defense and rest base, we must ensure that we seize the port as quickly as possible after the operation and clean up the officers and soldiers in the port.
There are two cavalry brigades in the south, about a thousand people. Brother Ma Wu, once the action starts, you deploy your people into the streets. No matter what method you use, set up traps, dig roads, whatever it takes, hold them back. them. ”
"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, not even a Tatar can get through." Ma Wu assured, patting his chest.
"Then the east."
Lian Gu frowned, "The east side is the settlement area of foreigners. As long as there is movement on the dock, we will have a team of people to attack this area to attract the attention of Gui Lao's troops.
Whether it's setting fires or arresting people, we want them to defend the settlement regardless of their head or tail. ”
"Let me go."
Sun Liu's eyes were blazing, "What I hate most in my life are ghost guys. Red-haired ones and golden-haired ones. In my eyes, they are all equally abominable and deserve to be killed."
"Remember not to be obsessed with fighting and act on your own initiative."
Lian Gu looked a little worried, "You just need to hold them back until we capture the port, and then the large forces can go back to deal with those foreign devils. Before that..."
"Auntie, don't worry."
Sun Liu nodded and said: "I can still tell the difference between the light and the serious. I guarantee with my head that I will never act without permission and ruin the plan. No matter how much hatred or anger I have, I will temporarily suppress it. For the sake of Ideal! ”
"Vacuum hometown, lifeless old mother!" Someone whispered in a low voice.
Then the words spread like a mantra, and everyone repeated it.
"A vacuum hometown, a birthless mother!"
"A vacuum hometown, a birthless mother!"
Amidst the murmurs, Lian Gu turned her eyes to one side. In the yard, several young people who looked like boys and girls lit torches, their eyes reflecting the light of excitement.
A Kongming lantern swayed up into the night sky, and then in other places in Wenling, little bits of fire light rose up and swayed up into the night sky.
The originally dark sky was suddenly filled with stars.
Yin Xiu stood on the street, looking at the swaying stars in the sky. He suddenly felt that a certain situation that he had been accustomed to from the past to the present was about to disappear tonight.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but quicken his pace and ran quickly in the deserted alley.
The sound of heavy leather boots on the ground startled a few birds on the roof, and also disturbed some people's last good night in their lives.
Soon, Yin Xiu arrived in front of the hotel. The hotel was not popular during the day, and only a few lonely lights were on at night - these hurried travelers always went to bed very early.
Yin Xiu clearly remembered that Ma Xiaoyu's room was on the third floor, one of the rooms on the inside, not facing the street.
As he rushed in, the boy, who was still drowsy even at night, raised his eyelids, glanced at him vaguely, and then lowered them again.
Just when his eyelids were about to close tightly, a hand reached out and pushed his eyelids up and down.
As a result, the man could only stare at his eyes, which were about to bulge out of his sockets, in shock and anger.
"The money is in the third drawer on the right! It's none of my business that the boss hid it!"
The boy's bloodshot eyes from staying up late were full of panic, until he saw that the person coming was Yin Xiu, the unlucky guy who had tried a trick during the day but failed miserably.
Somehow, thinking about this, he actually relaxed.
"Brother, what's the best thing to do at night? Heroes saving beauties? That's not how heroes save beauties. Let me tell you..."
Yin Xiu covered his mouth, "302, where did the woman who lived in 302 go?"
“%&*#……”
"What?"
"*&%#%..." The guy pointed to his covered mouth.
"Damn it! You didn't tell me earlier!" Yin Xiu let go of his hand.
At this time, the guy seemed to finally float out of the water and took a deep breath.
"Brother, for a beautiful woman like that lady, I don't even dare to look at her even if I don't talk to her. How do I know where she has gone?"
"You don't even know where you are going when such a big person walks out. How do you do your job as a receptionist?" Yin Xiu glared at him.
"I'm just making a living, man, have you ever seen a hotel with a dedicated front desk?"
The waiter screamed in pain, finally remembered something, and patted his head, "That's right! Brother, that lady left a note at the front desk, saying it was for you."
"Then why didn't you take it out earlier!?"
Yin Xiu took the note.
"Vampire, church."
Ma Xiaoyujuan's beautiful handwriting looked a bit messy on the crumpled note. It was obvious that she wrote in a hurry, and there must be a reason for it.
"Church? Hello!"
Yin Xiu looked at the guy again, "Is there a church in Wenling?"
"Yes! Sophia Cathedral, just to the east! Five miles away from here."
"Okay!"
Yin Xiu threw down two coins, turned around and left.
The clerk looked at the two coins on the counter and couldn't help but let out a long breath. Although he was frightened, this could be regarded as making up for his mental loss.
Just when he was about to accept the coin with some joy, Yin Xiu turned back and leaned half of his body behind the door panel.
When the boy saw this, he sighed and pushed the two coins out, "They are all here, I haven't touched yours."
Yin Xiu was still standing outside, just looking at him, "Find a place to hide tonight. Don't go out on the street to join in the fun, and don't open the door randomly."
"What?"
Before the guy could react, Yin Xiu had already moved away and quickly disappeared in front of his eyes.
"What a weirdo..."
After muttering like this, he actually grabbed the door panel and started to open the door panel of the hotel, even though the hotel was never closed all year round. (End of chapter)