Chapter 457 Don’t embarrass your father!
Things don’t end there.
The purpose of cutting off the spies who communicated with the Japanese was just to cover up the subsequent strategic purpose, but the final finishing touch, Li Bai, as one of the leaders of the Embroidery Department, had to do it.
After coming out of Feng Mansion, Xu Yongshou had already brought people to join him. There was a spy beside him, holding a servant of Xu Mansion in his hand.
“Commander, this is the man who led the city gate, and he was also the one who sent the letter to Ming Port.”
Xu Yongshou pushed the man up. The servant named Xu Fa was only wearing underwear. It was freezing late in the early spring. He was shivering there, especially knowing that Xu Changyin had been killed by this group of people. He was even more frightened.
"This... sir... the younger one is just a servant in the house. He is just doing things under orders... to send some letters, but he doesn't know what is written in the letters."
"Well, there is a big difference in status. It's normal for a servant to do things."
Li Bai waved to him and asked him to come closer, then he reached out directly, took the servant's shoulder, and patted him on the shoulder. , said in a light voice, "It is indeed not your fault, but you will be punished if you break the law. However, considering that you were just following orders and did not know about it, the punishment will be much lighter. If you can make up for it, it will be lighter." The punishment may be erased as appropriate.”
“Please... sir... give me a chance to make amends.”
"Take us to Minggang and find the Japanese meeting there."
The servant Xu Fa swallowed his saliva and nodded repeatedly: "Okay."
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< br>At this moment, the waves of the Japanese Tong case are spreading outward.
More than a hundred spies from the Embroidery Department formed several teams, went out of the city covered with stars and moonlight, and surrounded Minggang.
Minggang is the largest seaport in Wuzhou and the largest port south of the Huaijiang River. Many countries in the southeast and overseas countries come here to trade with Xia during the northwest monsoon in June.
And Minggang is not just a simple port. Based on more than ten miles of coastline, many private houses extend inland, with about 50,000 households and a population of nearly 150,000. In recent years, Life is stable, and the number of births continues to rise.
So in addition to the Shipping Department, there is also the Prefecture that manages people's livelihood.
At five o'clock in the morning, a few lights are already on the streets. The porters on the pier also get up early and are busy making fires and cooking. There are occasional dogs barking in the empty and quiet streets.
One figure after another quickly passed through the dark alley.
In the deepest part of the alley is a dilapidated house. The lights were turned on early at this time. The earthen stove outside was burning for cooking. They were a middle-aged couple. They were short in stature, but their hands and feet were nimble. Their faces, hands and feet It has the rough feeling of daily hard work.
The two were talking and laughing, highlighting the love between husband and wife.
In this atmosphere, while the two were talking and laughing, they didn't know that eyes were staring at them silently.
Outside.
The walking figure stopped, Xu Yongshou looked at the small courtyard in front of him, "Is this here?"
"This is here. I've been here twice." The servant named Xu Fa nodded and pointed to the door leaf with old New Year paintings.
Xu Yongshou turned his face and whispered: "Do it!"
The secret agents of the Embroidery Department lined up on his left and right jumped up to the wall one after another. The couple who were joking inside listened. The moment he saw the movement and turned around, fifteen figures jumped in the air, and then lowered themselves to the top of the wall.
"Who are you..."
The moment the porter said these words, there was a loud bang, the courtyard door was kicked open, and Xu Yongshou dragged him The servant Xu Fa came in with the rest of the spies, looked at the trembling couple in front of the earthen stove, and spoke directly.
"Japanese spy? Wu Yu speaks very fluently. Have you been lurking here for several years?"
"Sir... we don't know what you are talking about." The short man hugged his wife and trembled. Looking at each other, as he spoke, spies from the Embroidery Department flew up on the other side of the courtyard wall, and the sound of tiles being stepped on was heard from the roof, which showed that the entire courtyard was surrounded at the moment.
"Do you know him?"
Xu Yongshou looked at the porter opposite, smiled and patted Xu Fa on the shoulder, "Xu Changyin and Feng Changqing are dead, this is The person who delivered the letter to you before."
The moment his words fell, he suddenly took out his sword. There were two sounds of metal collision, and the plum blossom knife was placed across himself and Xu. In front of him, there were two cross-shaped hidden weapons nailed to the eaves pillars on both sides.
"No need to leave alive, kill!"
Over there, the short man watched the sneak attack's hidden weapon being blocked. He pushed his wife beside him and shouted in Japanese: "Escape, I'll stop them. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a howling sound of wind all around, and more than a dozen figures suddenly swooped down from the courtyard wall and roof.
The secret agent who rushed over first said, "Drink!", jumped down in the air, and slashed out with a knife. The light of the knife reflected the firelight on the stove, like a lake suddenly rising up from the air. Passed by.
The short man hit the opponent's blade with a cross-shaped concealed weapon with his backhand. The moment he pushed his wife away, he also jumped up and struck one after another in the air.
Hidden weapons were thrown one after another, and the spies rushing around swung their swords to block them. The blades shook, and the force of the shock was transmitted to the tiger's mouth, causing them to drop to the ground. They did not dare to continue blocking carelessly.
The short man's wife was pushed away. Although the woman was short in stature, she kicked the low stool on the ground with a fierce kick and hit a Xia Kingdom secret agent opposite. The secret agent who rushed towards him was also a master in the martial arts world. He chopped the flying stool into pieces with a single blast. Almost without stopping, he opened the hem of his robe and kicked the woman opposite. The latter blocked it with both hands. She stumbled back involuntarily, leaning against her husband's back.
The short man mumbled something in Japanese. The short man roared "Ah!" and pulled out a sword from the firewood pile next to the earthen stove. There were not many people in it. In the direction of the sword, it was like a wild boar rushing over, the blade dancing wildly, bringing out pieces of blade light.
However, in the view of everyone in the Embroidery Department, except for the hidden weapon in his hand, this short man was as funny as a three-year-old child hacking randomly with a weapon.
Everyone gathered around, and the spy who was the first to draw the sword was very skillful with the plum-blossom sword in his hand. He inserted the sword into the short man's sword, bumped it a few times, and used skillful strength to neutralize the opponent's brute force. He wiped the opponent's knife edge and pressed down hard. , leaning the slender and curved knife in the opponent's hand on the ground.
A secret agent who followed closely raised his hand, swung his knife, and chopped off the short man's head cleanly.
But at this moment, the short man's wife took advantage of the opportunity, stepped on the stove, jumped up, and flew out from above the heads of the two spies.
Obviously, this is for the dwarf to sacrifice himself to create a gap in this direction so that the woman can escape from the encirclement.
Above the night sky, a figure flew from the roof of a house outside and rushed towards the fleeing woman. The splendid clothes with white cloud patterns were flying in the night, and a line of hair floated between the flowing beard and hair. Practice in vain.
Immediately, there were several sounds of gold and iron clashing, sparks were still flying in the air, and a hand pressed on the woman's head, pressing her down from mid-air.
Li Bai waved his arm, grabbing the woman's bun and throwing it back into the courtyard like a rag doll.
The short man's wife rolled several times on the ground, her eyes and nose were full of blood. She struggled a few times and looked at the figure who knocked her down. She was gasping for air. It was obvious that she could not survive.
After two more breaths, the woman stiffened and lay on the ground, completely motionless.
Soon, the spies entered the house and searched through the cabinets, and Xu Yongshou picked up the knife and handed it to Li Bai.
"Commander, it is indeed a Japanese sword."
"This Japanese couple speaks Wu fluently. They should have arrived very early." Li Bai looked like he was drunk at this moment. He stroked the Japanese sword. , clamped the sword blade with two fingers and gently broke it, with a 'dang' sound the Japanese sword was broken into two pieces.
Soon, the spies who went in to search found a secret compartment under the wardrobe and dug out a large number of letters, but they were all written in Japanese, which was incomprehensible.
"Pack it up and bring it back to Yanjing. Send a fast horse back first to tell your majesty that the spy has been removed and you can rest assured to plan!"
Xu Yongshou raised his sword and said: " Yes! ”
At dawn, a spy from the Department of Embroidery carried a package with a letter on his back. He galloped out of Minggang. He changed his horse to a faster horse at the post station on the official road in the north of Shengkang, and drove north under the stars at night.
When we arrived in Yanjing in the north, half a month had passed.
On March 17, the fast horses of the Embroidery Department entered the imperial city carrying letters from the Japanese. Soon after, the selected prisoners on death row were secretly sent to Feiyungang.
It’s night.
Fifty diseased farm cattle were all loaded into the two hulls, and the thirty death row prisoners were also selected. They all knew that there was basically no way to survive.
Before boarding the ship, they held empty bowls in their hands. The clerk from the shipping department came over with a wine jar and filled them with strong wine.
“This is the last time to drink, let’s take a swig!”
Wearing a big cloak, Zhou Yu stood in the night wind, raising the drink in his hand above his head, “What should be said, The people sent by Zheng Dugong have told you that after boarding the ship, I hope that your souls will be able to take the south wind and return to their hometowns!” Looking at the men serving drinks, I saw that these people are all death row prisoners who will be executed this year, and they are all people who have seen blood on their hands. Among them are thieves who cut paths, and common people who vent their anger and kill people.
They looked at the drinks in their hands, and someone said: "Captain Zhou, don't say these words. If we are waiting for someone who is about to die, if we can carry such a mission to fight with the Japanese, we can finally be able to die for him. More than 800 people took revenge and deserved their death!”
"Haha, I killed a lot of people in the village back then, and they were very ferocious. I heard that the Japanese were also very ferocious. I want to compete with them to see who is more evil!"
Some people also reminded: "Remember Give the settlement fee to my parents! Tell me that I didn’t embarrass them this time!” He drank the strong liquor in large gulps, smashed the pottery bowl into pieces, turned around and walked onto the waiting merchant ship ahead.
“Weigh anchor!”
The chosen man on death row shouted in a high voice, “Sail!”
Amidst the sound of water waves and within the sight of Zhou Yu and a group of government officials and officials, the two merchant ships slowly sailed away from the ferry bridge, turned around, and headed south.
Everyone knows that once they leave, no one can come back.
"They are all good, but they are going the wrong way."
Zhou Yu sighed.
(End of this chapter)