Chapter 1331 Late Night Japanese Arrival
In early winter, the sun sets very quickly. The sun was setting just now, and in the blink of an eye, night has fallen.
“Look, it’s getting dark, and the third day is about to pass, and there’s no trace of the Japanese pirates anywhere.”
The man who had complained before, pressed hard on the city wall Looking at the dark night in the distance, there was not a trace of human figures in the night, and he cursed again.
"No, as the saying goes, if you keep repeating it again and again, the third day is about to pass, and the Japanese pirates have not come. It seems that the Japanese pirates will not come again. We, the county magistrate, are here This time the tiger took a nap." The person who complained with him before also said.
"Haha." The locals glanced at them meaningfully and replied.
The two of them replied, "Hey", murmuring in their hearts, the county magistrate is not a god, so what if we make a mistake once, our gratitude to the county magistrate will not be reduced much.
The night was getting darker and darker, and it didn’t take long before it was so dark that you couldn’t even see your fingers. There was still silence outside the city, except for the night owls who occasionally made one or two menacing calls. Voice.
“It’s been a wasteful day of being frightened! Let’s go, go home and go to sleep. From now on we will no longer be frightened. Japanese pirates are not dogs respected by the county, and the county does not predict the future”< br>
“That’s right.”
The two of them stayed on the city wall for a while, rubbed their lips, muttered a few words in a low voice, and then walked down.
However, just as the two of them stepped down the next step, they heard a commotion behind them.
“Look, there is someone coming straight to the city gate over there.”
“Oh, it’s really fast”
“The Japanese pirates are coming”< br>
A cry of surprise from the city wall reached the ears of the two of them, and they couldn't help but stop in their steps. The timid one among them had his legs weak on the spot. If he hadn't held on to the wall in time, he would have rolled down in fear.
The two looked at each other, as if they were struck by thunder, with green smoke coming out of their heads, and said in a trembling voice, "The Japanese pirates are really coming?"
"Brother, brother, please give me a hand. Let's go down quickly and find a place Let's hide in cellars, smelly ditches, etc. I hope we are lucky and the Japanese pirates can't find us."
The timid man clung to the wall, shaking uncontrollably. , said to the man shivering.
"Ah? Ah! Yes, yes." The man couldn't help but panic when he heard the Japanese pirates.
When the locals on the city wall saw this, they looked at them with a sneer, took out a butcher's knife from their sleeves, spat on the butcher's knife, and said to themselves, "Brother, today We can fight side by side again. Last time we defended the city, I didn’t let you drink enough of the Japanese pirates’ blood. Today I will help you drink enough.”
After saying that, the locals crowded to the city wall with butcher knives. One line, a look of determination.
“Go crazy, he is. Even though the Japanese pirates are not tall and are dressed like beggars, they are all highly skilled in martial arts. They have three-foot-long swords at their waists, can cut gold and cut iron, kill without batting an eye, and cannibalize people. He took a butcher's knife without adding salt. Isn't this because the old man thinks he has a long life?"
When the two saw this, they couldn't help but say.
“The Japanese pirates are coming, and I finally have the money to marry my wife”
"Excuse me, I didn't go up to the city wall last time, and I regretted it for half a year. This time I said I wouldn't go down."
In the blink of an eye, there were many people holding manure forks, shovels, red-tasseled guns and other weapons. They squeezed past them, scrambling to occupy the wall, and looked outside the city with gleaming eyes.
"What is the situation? Can madness be contagious?! Are all these people crazy?!"
The two of them were completely stunned when they saw so many people rushing forward. , murmured to himself.
"No, it's not a Japanese pirate. That's one of our people. That's the government servant Zhang Ergou. I know him." A sharp-eyed person discovered the clue and couldn't help but loudly remind the people around him.
"Well, it's really not Zhang Ergou. Behind him is Gou Yue's Tiedan, who is also a yamen servant."
Soon someone recognized several people outside the city who were quickly approaching the city gate and shouted Make a sound.
"Ah?! It's not a Japanese pirate." When the two heard this, the tension and worry on their faces disappeared. Their bodies quickly relaxed again, and they said with some excitement, "I just said Well, how could the Japanese pirates come just now? ”
Soon, under the watchful eyes of everyone, several torches from outside the city came to the city gate and started calling.
It was Zhang Erniu, Tiedan and the others.
"Er Niu, Tiedan, the county magistrate ordered you to monitor the coast closely. Why did you come back?! This city gate cannot be opened. The county magistrate has an order. Without the county magistrate's order, no city gate can be opened."
A guard on the city wall asked.
“There is a situation on the sea. Hundreds of hachiman ships appeared on the sea and came straight to our Jingnan. The hachiman ship is a warship commonly used by Japanese pirates. After the leader noticed this situation, he quickly ordered us Come and report to the county elder. Zhang, since the city gate cannot be opened, please send the basket down quickly and we can go up in the basket so that we can report the situation to the county magistrate in time."
Zhang Erniu and others explained loudly under the city gate. Urging the guards on the city wall to put down the basket.
After verifying their identity again, two cradles were quickly hung from the city wall with ropes, and Zhang Erniu and Tie Suo were pulled up one by one. After Zhang Erniu and others came up, they quickly went down the city wall and reported to Zhu Pingan the news that the Japanese pirates were approaching Jingnan waters.
"The Japanese pirates are really here!!"
"The Japanese pirates are really here!!"
Hearing this, the two people at the city wall looked at each other, dumbfounded, and were shocked. . How could they have imagined that when the county official said that the Japanese pirates were coming, they actually came!
Soon, the news of the Japanese pirates' arrival spread throughout Jingnan County. Although Zhu Pingan had warned everyone, everyone was still shocked and frightened when they heard the news.
"The Japanese pirates are really here. These Japanese pirates who kill thousands of swords are so insidious and treacherous that they attacked in the middle of the night. How could we have discovered the Japanese pirates' tricks without the county magistrate reminding them! Who would have thought that the Japanese pirates could actually do this? Attack at night . It was late at night, and everyone must have been asleep at home. If there had been no warning from the county magistrate, I don’t know how many families had been murdered by Japanese pirates; if there had been no warning from the county magistrate, I am afraid that even the county town might have been attacked by Japanese pirates.”
"These Japanese pirates, who are capable of killing thousands of swords, are attacking late at night. They are going on a killing spree."
"The county magistrate is really amazing. He said that the Japanese pirates were coming and ordered us to move in advance to avoid the Japanese pirates." It's really here. Our village is right on the seaside. We will definitely be the first to be attacked by Japanese pirates who kill thousands of people. Thank you so much for the county. If it weren’t for the county, our whole family would have been in trouble right now.” They had taken precautions to evade, otherwise, they might be doomed tonight. (End of this chapter)