Chapter 605 After the incident
Zhangzhou City had already tightened its security in the city even before the Haihan delegation arrived three days ago. Xu Xinsu specially mobilized two battalions of elite soldiers to enter the city, and also mobilized more than 100 elite patrol officers from surrounding prefectures and counties. The patrol force in the city has doubled compared to usual. These measures were taken to prevent anything from going wrong during the visit of the Haihan delegation, but they never expected that day and night defenses could actually cause such a big trouble in the city. Not to mention whether Haihan's distinguished guest was injured in this chaos, even if he was only disturbed, this crime would be enough for the local head catcher and city defense army officers to drink a pot.
Seeing a bunch of police officers and Ming army officers kneeling in front of him, Ning Qi was quite dumbfounded and quickly ordered: "I'm not injured, please get up and talk first!"
After the group of people stood up, Ning Qi continued: "There are probably assassins in the city. Close the city gate quickly and don't let them go."
An officer responded: "Don't worry, Mr. Ning. I have just ordered people to go to various city gates to close them. I will never let the thieves escape."
Ning Qi thought to himself that I am not an official of the Ming Dynasty, so the sound of "Master Ning" is really awkward. However, there was no time to correct these details at the moment, so he just nodded and said: "The guards who were injured just now are also sent for treatment quickly. The seriously injured ones are carried to the General Military Mansion. There are doctors in the mission who can help treat them. ”
After a while, Yang Lu, one of Xu Xinsu's deputies, also rushed to the teahouse after hearing the news and apologized to Ning Qi for what happened just now. This Yang Lu is an old subordinate who has followed Xu Xinsu for many years. Before Xu Xinsu was recruited, Yang Lu was also a famous pirate leader along the coast of Fuguang. However, when Xu Xinsu took refuge with Yu Zigao, the then Fujian commander-in-chief, in the sixth year of Tianqi, Yang Lu followed him and transformed into an officer of the Ming army. In the past few years, his military exploits have been steadily increasing, and he has been rapidly promoted from Xiao Xiaobai to the city defense general of Zhangzhou City.
This time the Haihan Mission came to visit, Yang Lu was in charge of Zhangzhou's city defense and security affairs. Yang Lu was also shocked when he heard the news that someone had assassinated the Haihan Mission on the street. If he is held accountable for this matter, he will definitely take the blame. Yang Lu was also decisive and immediately ordered people to seal the city gate and temporarily ban all streets and squares in the city. He rushed to the tea house where the accident happened first and confessed to Ning Qi, who was still waiting here.
Ning Qi waved his hand and said, "Master Yang, I have nothing to do. Can you send me back to Master Xu's house now?"
"Yes, yes, I will arrange for someone to escort Mr. Ning back." Yang Lu quickly ordered his subordinates: "Deploy two teams of elite soldiers to send Mr. Ning back. No movement along the way! If you find anyone acting suspicious, you can directly capture it. .”
Most of Ning Qi's thoughts were on Wang Lin, who was in his hands, and he did not intend to spend any more time here with Yang Lu. He quickly left the teahouse with four personal guards. Yang Lu had already dispatched a carriage and stopped at the entrance of the tea house. Before Ning Qi got on the carriage, he looked at the situation on the street and saw that several streets near this intersection had been cut off by the Ming army. Within the area, there were Ming troops wearing red cloth armor and Yamen police officers in soap-colored uniforms everywhere. There were at least three to five hundred people, and the formation was indeed quite large. This made Ning Qi feel a little more mentally balanced. Although Daming's side did not do enough work beforehand, the response after the accident was quite fast. At least the level of attention he received seemed to be worthy of his status.
After seeing Ning Qi in the car and leaving, Yang Lu immediately darkened his face and ordered through gritted teeth: "Take all the survivors to the teahouse. I don't care what method you use. Within half an hour, I will Get their confessions! Where they come from, who they are commanding, and where their accomplices are hiding, we must recruit them all!”
When the teahouse owner heard these words while standing at the door of the shop, his expression was so painful that it was indescribable. If this teahouse was turned into an execution chamber and the smell of blood filled the shop, who would come in to spend money in the future? However, before he could figure out how to plead with Yang Lu, he heard Yang Lu continue to give instructions: "...and the owner, clerk, and other relevant people of this store, arrest them all, and search the store and their homes carefully. Look for anything suspicious!”
Immediately, several soldiers came over and pushed the teahouse owner and several waiters, who claimed to have been wronged, to the ground. They handed over hemp rope and immediately tied them up. If Ning Qi was still here, he might have stopped Yang Lu from doing this, because he chose this store to rest on a temporary basis, and the location was also suggested by Wang Lin, one of his own, so there should be no possibility of being ambushed in advance. As for the three assassins who later attacked the store, they probably followed him into the store.
However, when Yang Lu came, he didn't know the cause and effect, so naturally all the people involved in the case were automatically labeled as suspects. Regardless of whether they have done anything before, we should first arrest them based on the principle of preferring to kill them by mistake rather than let them go. In this way, even if the real culprit is not caught in the end, there will at least be a few people alive to blame. When the time comes, chop off a few heads, and you can more or less be able to communicate with the Haihan Mission from above.
Ning Qi returned to Xu Mansion in a carriage. The place was already under martial law, and the entire street was sealed off by the Ming army. As soon as Ning Qi got out of the car, Xu Xinsu came up to him and said with a look of shame on his face: "I have failed to manage the place well and caused such a big mess. I am really ashamed of Mr. Ning!"
Ning Qi waved his hand and said: "Master Xu, there is no need to apologize, and I was not injured. How is the condition of the wounded who were sent back earlier?"
Xu Xinsu introduced Ning Qi through the door and said, "After Wang Lin and several injured guards were sent back, Dr. Morgan from your mission and the doctor from my house have already received treatment and treated their wounds. I have ordered someone to Go to the city to purchase various precious medicinal materials in order to save their lives. Mr. Ning, want to go and see them?”
"Okay, okay, let's go see the wounded first!" Ning Qi was very worried about the injury of Wang Lin, who had a good conversation with him, so he decisively agreed to Xu Xinsu's suggestion.
Xu Xinsu sighed: "Mr. Ning is really kind-hearted. For Wang Lin to be so appreciated, it is worth the injury he suffered."
The place where the wounded were treated was in the second courtyard of the Xu Mansion, and a faint smell of blood could still be smelled in the air. Because of his special status, Wang Lin was given treatment in a separate room.
When Ning Qi entered the room, he saw Wang Lin lying on the bed, and Morgan was washing his hands, as if he had just finished taking care of his injury. Ning Qi quickly asked: "How is his injury? Is it serious? Does he need a blood transfusion?"
Morgan glanced at Ning Qi and said: "He is lucky. The knife was stuck in the ribs. The injury was not deep. It did not damage the major blood vessels or any organs. However, there may be a small crack in the ribs, but the injury is nothing. It’s serious. I’ve stitched up his wound and let him rest for a few days. Once the wound heals, it won’t be a big problem.”
Ning Qi continued to ask: "Is there any quenching poison on this flying knife?"
Morgan shook his head and said: "Poison? No, this is just an ordinary knife. It has not been chemically treated. The only thing you need to worry about is tetanus, which is more deadly than poison. But I think he is in good health. And with good luck, the wound has been carefully cleaned, so it should be fine.”
Wang Lin, who was lying on the bed, said in a weak voice: "Thank you, Doctor Morgan, for your treatment!" Morgan nodded to him, and then said to Ning Qi: "I'll go check on the other wounded first, and I'll talk to you later."< br>
Ning Qi sent Morgan away and walked to the bedside to see that Wang Lin's face was still very pale, probably due to excessive blood loss. He turned to Xu Xinsu and said: "Master Xu, although the injury he suffered was not serious, he lost a lot of blood. He needs to Just give it a good patch.”
Xu Xinsu nodded and said: "Mr. Ning, don't worry. He has done a good job in guarding this time. I will definitely order someone to take good care of him. After he recovers from his injuries, he will be rewarded separately."
Wang Lin also said thank you after hearing this. Ning Qi remembered the content of his previous chat with Wang Lin, and took the initiative to say: "Master Xu, I have a merciless request."
"Mr. Ning, please speak."
"I want to wait for Wang Lin to recover from his injury and invite him to study abroad in Sanya again. We have talked before, and he himself should also have this wish." Ning Qi told Wang Lin what he had promised before.
Xu Xinsu looked at Wang Lin who was lying on the bed with an expectant look on his face. After thinking for a moment, he nodded slowly and said, "If he himself has this wish, then I will naturally be happy with the beauty of adulthood. Jialin, why don't you thank Mr. Ning?"
Wang Lin managed to hold himself up and thanked Ning Qi and Xu Xinsu, but his face was already redder than before. It seemed that this news was indeed a stimulant for him.
Wang Lin was lucky enough to escape, but some of the other injured guards were not so lucky. In the previous fighting, a total of four guards suffered relatively serious injuries. One of them was stabbed into the heart by the assassin's dagger and died on the spot. Another person was punctured with a lung lobe, resulting in severe hemopneumothorax due to massive bleeding. When he was sent back, he could no longer be treated. If we were in the special treatment ward of Victory Port, we might be able to rely on the medical equipment brought in the 21st century. But in Zhangzhou in the 17th century, there was no way to treat this kind of disease just by relying on some simple first aid devices brought by Morgan. For serious injuries, the only option is to be declared dead.
The other two injured people had pure skin injuries. After the wounds were treated and sutured, their lives were not in danger. There were five or six other lightly injured people injured in the fight just now, and they were handed over to the local bruises doctor for treatment.
By the time Morgan finished handling these matters, nearly an hour had passed since Ning Qi returned to Xu Mansion. At this time, Xu Xinsu came to invite Morgan with an apologetic look, hoping that he could take a look at the wounded assassins he had captured - although these people would die sooner or later, at this time, they still needed to save their lives to obtain confessions.
Morgan shrugged and said: "I think as a doctor, I have no reason to refuse to treat the injured."
"Let me go and have a look too." Ning Qi suggested. Now that the matter is over, he also wants to know who is so bold as to rush to Zhangzhou to assassinate him.
Xu Xinsu said: "I also have the intention of inviting Mr. Ning to go with me. Such a big thing has happened, and the investigation process should be supervised by Haihan."
When something happened to the Haihan mission in Zhangzhou, Xu Xinsu was not only charged with failing to protect them, but she was also a natural suspect. In terms of power, no one in most of Fujian can compare with him. In Zhangzhou, he is even more like a local emperor. When it comes to what tricks he wants to play in Zhangzhou city, Xu Xinsu definitely has a unique advantage.
Of course, Ning Qi did not doubt Xu Xinsu too much. After all, the benefits of cooperation between the two parties were too great for one of them to give up easily. What's more, Xu Xinsu's respectful attitude before and after the incident was not a fake in Ning Qi's opinion.
Of course, the most important point is that if Xu Xinsu really wanted to harm the Haihan Mission, Ning Qi believed that he would not use such a stupid method as a public assassination on the street. He had at least eighty ways to deal with it quietly. Drop the representatives of the Haihan Mission. Even if he took ten thousand steps back and resorted to a stupid method like assassination, he would never have left himself a chance to survive. In the chaotic scene at that time, as long as there were more than ten or twenty assassins, Or if you use a sharper weapon, you might be able to succeed.
However, this is just Ning Qi's personal thought, and it does not mean that Xu Xinsu has no motives. God knows what he has in mind. Xu Xinsu himself should be very aware of this embarrassing situation. In order to prove his innocence, the best choice he can make now is to invite people from the Haihan Mission to participate in the case investigation and use the truth to clear his name.
In the assassination incident that just occurred in the city, seven assassins were killed on the spot, and six others were injured and captured. According to eyewitness reports at the scene, two other people chose to escape after the mistake, and have not been caught yet. The six people who were injured and captured were immediately taken into the teahouse where the accident occurred and tortured by Yang Lu. Before the doctor arrived here to deal with their injuries, two of them were too seriously injured and could not survive. He failed the first three levels of execution.
When Morgan was treating several injured guards in the Xu Mansion, Xu Xinsu received the news and ordered Yang Lu to be notified immediately, asking him to suspend the torture of the assassins. Xu Xinsu knew very well that her deputy acted recklessly. If a few people were killed by him, then even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to clear away the suspicion.
Thanks to Xu Xinsu who issued the order in a timely manner, when Yang Lu received the order, he had already set up a stove in the teahouse and heated up the soldering iron, preparing to punish several assassins with clenched teeth. And these surviving assassins were all injured, so it was hard to say whether they could withstand the punishment prepared by Yang Lu.
After Yang Lu received the order, he closed the stall angrily and asked someone to escort the group of people to the prison of the city defense army. By the time Morgan and others saw them, the few remaining survivors were already dying.
(End of chapter)