Chapter 1966
Rural life in this era was often the same day after day, especially at night, when there were basically no outdoor activities. The same is true for Yangyue Village. Today is no different from any other day. After night falls, the farmers who have been busy all day return home, take a short rest after dinner, and then prepare to wash up and go to bed.
Feng Agui drank a few more drinks at dinner today, so sleepiness came earlier than usual. He was lying on the bed, thinking that this good wine produced in Sanya was really good. After drinking less than half a catty, he was already feeling dizzy. He usually has at least one kilogram, but he is reluctant to buy the "Sanya Special Liquor" that costs two yuan a bottle. He can only drink the kind of homemade bulk liquor sold in rural liquor stores. The taste is of course not as good as this high-end product.
Feng Agui just made a deal yesterday, selling more than two thousand kilograms of new rice he harvested to a group of grain merchants from out of town at a very good price. However, these grain merchants did not bring enough vehicles, so for the time being, I only paid a 20% deposit to Feng Agui. This amount of money was no longer a small amount for Feng Agui, so he took the opportunity to go to the town to buy grain today and bought a bottle of long-coveted wine as a reward for himself.
Feng Agui was surprised when he thought about the grain merchants. They had gone to the countryside to collect grains despite all the trouble, just to get a bargain, but the price they offered was higher than the purchase price at the grain market in the north of Danzhou City. Moreover, you have to pay for the freight yourself. After all, it is better to go to the grain market to buy it directly. Isn’t this a waste of money? Moreover, this group of people seemed to be more interested in the pond outside the village than in food, and they asked him a lot about the pond.
Feng Agui felt that this group of people did not look like grain merchants, but more like those literati in the city who had nothing to do and liked to go to the pond to feed mosquitoes at night. But this is not a problem for him. Anyway, the banknotes issued by Haihan Bank are already in his pocket, no matter whether they come to buy food or to see the scenery.
After sleeping for a while, Feng Agui felt that the room was a little stuffy and felt uncomfortable, so he got up and opened the window for some fresh air. Unexpectedly, after he opened the window, he saw people not far away outside. His house is located on the edge of the village. If you open the window, you can see the fields outside the village. At this time, there are many people marching silently on the field paths.
At this time, the autumn grain harvest has long been finished, and most of the fields are still wild, so these people active outside are particularly conspicuous, and it seems that everyone is carrying a long and thin thing on their backs.
"Damn it, I'm hallucinating after drinking this wine!" Feng Agui lowered his head and rubbed his eyes, feeling that what he saw at first sight might not be the real influence.
However, when he looked up again, he found that this was not an illusion. There were really many people walking in the fields. Under the moonlight, he finally saw clearly that the things these people were carrying were rifles. Although Feng Agui had never served as a soldier or handled a gun, he had gone to see the excitement during the militia training in the town, and he recognized this most common individual weapon in the Haihan Army. Obviously, these people currently operating outside the village should be the army.
In a rural place like Yangyue Village, Feng Agui didn't understand why there were large groups of soldiers operating here at night, and he couldn't find anyone to ask. He didn't even dare to say a word to his family to get up and watch this spectacle - if they were discovered. , maybe he will be charged with "spying on military aircraft" or something like that. When I was listening to a book in town, the storyteller specifically said that you should never pry into the affairs of the army privately, especially when you are marching and fighting. The crime of spying on military aircraft can be serious or minor. If you are regarded as a spy, you will lose your head. It's a felony.
Feng Agui noticed one thing. These soldiers moving in the fields did not light torches or other lighting objects. According to his understanding, this was most likely to be performing some kind of special mission-last month the county Detective Chen led a team to the next village to arrest the criminal who was involved in a wounding incident. I heard that he got in during the darkness.
Feng Agui didn't think there could be any criminal thieves in Yangyue Village that the government would send out troops to arrest, so even though he found a seemingly justified reason for the behavior of the soldiers outside, he himself was not too Believe in this possibility.
Feng Agui was about to go to bed when he suddenly remembered that the grain merchants seemed to be staying temporarily not far from the village, and he was afraid they would be shocked by the battle. But at this time, he didn't dare to go out and warn the grain merchants, so as not to get into trouble. If those people were still outside the village, they would have to ask for their own blessings. He just hoped that it would not delay their arrival in the village to transport grain in two days. That's good, after all, the other party only paid the deposit, and more than half of the money was not received.
But what Feng Agui didn't expect was that he would never receive the remaining payment for selling grain, but the other party would not come back to get the deposit back, so he still made a pure profit from this transaction.
Xue Zheng was not sleeping at this time. He took some of his most skilled men and hid in the forest only ten feet away from Yangyue's pond in Yantang. From here, you can even see several tents set up by the pond, as well as seven or eight official personnel who are busy setting up the venue.
Xue Zheng has repeatedly calculated in his mind the distance from the hiding place to the tent, the time it will take to cover this distance when launching an attack, and his optional attack routes. He must strive to complete the raid in the shortest possible time. , and then evacuate this place as soon as possible. It is important that the less time the course of action takes, the more time they have available to evacuate.
Although someone should have prepared a sailboat for their evacuation on the seaside more than 20 miles away at this moment, considering the terrifying speed of the Haihan naval warship, it is still theoretically possible that they will arrive on the other side of the strait. They have been intercepted before, so the sooner they complete the operation and evacuate this place, the greater the possibility of escape.
Although Xue Zheng believed that he was hiding well in Danzhou, and the official investigation was loud and light. A few days ago, there was a rigorous investigation at Danzhou Port with no results. It seemed that there were no follow-up measures, but Xue Zheng He still didn't dare to rely on him. He knew that once he took action, his whereabouts would be exposed, and the hunting ability of the Haihan Eagle Dog was something that no one dared to underestimate. After this attack was launched, it would definitely be launched with full force. Even if he escaped by then, Even within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, one may not be able to completely escape the enemy's tracking.
Xue Zheng silently counted the time. From the time when his men came back to report that the Koreans had crossed the Beimen River, considering the relatively slow speed of traveling on country roads at night, it was estimated that they would arrive about an hour later than the men who rushed back. here. If nothing happens on the way, we should be there soon.
Xue Zheng checked the equipment on his body again, including short guns, long knives, daggers, heart armor, sleeve arrows... and a poison hidden in the pendant on his chest. Yes, if this operation fails and he fails to escape successfully, then this poison will probably come in handy. And this kind of thing, everyone who participated in this mission had it, and it had been distributed to everyone through him when they set off from Sanya. This meaning is also very clear. If the mission fails and you really can't leave, you have to end it yourself to avoid leaking the secret. Whether this measure will have the desired effect is actually a test of human nature. Although these people participating in this mission are all desperadoes, it is not an exaggeration to describe them as brave and unafraid of death, but the ruthlessness of these people Jin is all about being cruel to others. If you want them to take their own lives decisively, that is not something that can be accomplished by being cruel.
Since he came from several different forces, Xue Zheng didn't really understand the mentality of other people, but as far as he was concerned, if he wanted to commit suicide, he knew that he would definitely hesitate when the matter came to pass. This has nothing to do with greed for life and fear of death, but the desire to survive. It is not easy to overcome such a nature. In Xue Zheng's view, this is even more difficult than performing the task itself. And he didn't want to think about other people's opinions on the matter. If he didn't want to die, let alone giving him poison to kill himself, he would still resist even if a knife was put to his neck.
However, the moment was not the time to consider such complicated issues. Xue Zheng brushed his hand over the pendant, paused for a moment, and then went on to check the next piece of equipment. He knew that as long as he could complete the task here and settle the matter completely, he would no longer have to think about such annoying problems.
After the seven or eight official personnel responsible for setting up the venue completed the work at hand, they seemed to be squatting by the pond in boredom, chatting in low voices. At this moment, Xue Zheng even had the urge to kill these people first, then pretend to be an official, and wait for the North Koreans to arrive and take action immediately.
But he quickly suppressed this thought, because the risk of doing so was too great. If someone called out and alerted people in the distance, the success would most likely be in vain.
After chatting for a while, the few people actually returned to the tent, apparently planning to take the time to rest before the North Koreans arrived. The accomplice next to Xue Zheng muttered a few words in a low voice. He must have been scolding these government officials. After all, the forest was humid, hot, and full of mosquitoes. It was not a comfortable place. At this time, he saw people in the woods. Resting in a dry and ventilated tent, it is natural to feel resentful.
After waiting for a while, Xue Zheng suddenly felt that something was wrong. Since these government officials did not pay much attention to the Koreans and went into the tent to rest at this time, why not light a lamp in the tent for lighting? Could it be that they wanted to Save some money on lamp oil, or simply sleep in a tent?
Of course, this was an unlikely situation, but Xue Zheng had a bad idea in his mind - the reason why those people didn't light the lights in the tent might be because they didn't want the outside world to notice their actions in the tent.
Xue Zheng turned his head and listened for a while. There was no sound in that direction. He then tapped the two people on the left and right to signal them to follow him.
Xue Zheng slowly moved forward. There was silence around the large tents. Only a fire was lit about a few feet away from the tents. At this time, because there had been no firewood for a long time, the flames were already very small. It was estimated that It will have to be turned off after a while.
Whenever he heard any movement from the tent at this time, Xue Zheng would immediately stop, but it was still very quiet in that direction, and he could only hear the rhythmic chirping of insects in the night.
The closer Xue Zheng walked, the more he felt something was wrong. There were obviously several people in the tent, but how could there be no sound at all. These tents formed a corner, blocking the view no matter which direction they looked from. Xue Zheng felt that this was probably not a coincidence, but a terrifying situation that he did not dare to think about in detail.
Several people reached the outside of the tent where they saw the government officials entering without any obstruction. Even if these people had fallen asleep in the tent, they should have been able to hear breathing at such a close distance, but there was still no sound inside. Any movement.
Xue Zheng slowly pulled out his long sword and showed the fire stick in his other hand. The men around him understood and drew their weapons. The tent door was wide open in the direction of the pond. Everyone rushed in, intending to restrain the people in the tent as soon as possible. However, under the illumination of Huozhezi, they suddenly found that the tent was empty and completely empty. Not even one person.
Everyone felt a chill down their backs. They all saw with their own eyes that the government officials had been busy here for a long time, and finally they all entered the tent, and then disappeared out of thin air. Isn't this place a scenic spot? Is it a haunted unclean place?
Xue Zheng glanced left and right, walked straight to the direction facing the door, lifted up the tent cloth with a knife, and lifted up the tent cloth. He stretched out the fire fold and looked outside, and it was less than five feet away. It's the woods, and on the left and right are two other tents, just enough to block the view on both sides. To put it bluntly, this is not surprising at all. After entering the tent, those people should have slipped directly into the woods behind through this exit.
Will government officials become so idle that they play hide-and-seek with themselves? This is obviously impossible. The only conclusion Xue Zheng can think of is that this place is extremely dangerous, not because the government officials disappeared out of thin air, but because he realized that this was most likely a trap - the North Koreans probably wouldn't Appeared here, and the only people who will appear here at this time are the assassins like myself!
"No, it's a trap! Evacuate!" Xue Zheng immediately issued an order to evacuate here. Although he knew it might be too late, his desire to survive still made him try to escape from this trap.
At this time, on the outskirts of this dense forest, hundreds of Haihan soldiers have completed the encirclement, and there is a lit torch for every five people, a fire every twenty feet, and several roads connecting this area. Roadblocks have been set up. As for the two men Xue Zheng left nearby to guard the horses, they had already been captured with their horses.
(End of chapter)