People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 486: Gunshots in the middle of the night, pursuit and counterattack
Zhang Yi: ...

Sure enough, it was Chang Mao. This guy was still as incompetent as ever. He just asked him casually and blew him up.

Zhang Yi's memory is impeccable, and now he is even more certain that the other party is Chang Mao.

"He recognized me and wants to live, so I'll kill him!

He only has a musket, so there are so many people, what should he be afraid of?
It is better to die here than to have your orphans and widowers at home have their homes confiscated and their families exterminated! "

Chang Mao suddenly said something in dialect, but he didn't expect Zhang Yi to understand it.

Hokkien, this dialect is not a big problem for Zhang Yi.

From just a few words, Zhang Yi roughly understood the origins of these people.

A group of people who were caught by Chang Mao were also desperadoes.

Thinking back to the territory Chang Mao inspected, it was not difficult for Zhang Yi to understand why these people were threatened by Chang Mao.

They must have been smuggling and were caught by Chang Mao, who then took their benefits or blackmailed them for benefits...

If it were a child from another aristocratic family, doing this kind of thing would be completely stupid behavior.

But when it comes to Chang Mao, it seems inexplicably reasonable.

"It turned out to be brother from the Chang family. How come he hid on the boat for several days and didn't come out to meet Pindao?
Are you afraid that there will be too many ships on the road, so you deliberately waited until now to take action? "

Zhang Yi's voice in the cabin was calm.

But in everyone's ears, it is quite mysterious.

Everyone looked at each other, Zhang Yi actually guessed what they were thinking?

They had many opportunities to commit crimes along the way, but the biggest reason why they kept coming here before taking action was that they wanted to get rid of the passing ships and give themselves time to commit crimes...

If someone bumps into you, why don't you act like a fool?
But along the way, they didn't find an opportunity until they got here.

"If Pindao's guess is correct, are you ready to abandon the ship?"

Zhang Yi's words caused everyone to fall into silence again.

Chang Mao saw those people hesitating and became furious:
"Kill him, and I will protect you when you come back. You also know whose son I am, I am the uncle of the country and the future duke of the country!

If you help me today, I will never forget you tomorrow!
It's all about beheading anyway, so why are you hesitating? "

"kill!"

Inspired, these people raised their knives and continued to attack Zhang Yi's cabin door.

Zhang Yi was in the cabin, sighing secretly.

He took his time and took out some items from his arms.

While talking just now, Zhang Yi finally finished unpacking these things.

Facing the pirates who rushed in, he fired without thinking.

The firearms of this era had a very poor hit rate, but with Zhang Yi's abnormal muscle memory, they were able to shoot with perfect accuracy.

But his bullets were limited after all. Those people were shot and pushed a few steps.

Someone reacted and started to find something to block, trying to rush in.

Zhang Yi sneered, threw an object casually, and landed outside the door.

Boom!

A huge explosion knocked everyone over.

Zhang Yi's gun has exceeded many people's expectations. This explosive, which is similar to Xuanwu cannon, is really not among their considerations.

Chang Mao, as well as several confidants who followed Chang Mao, were also panicked for a moment.

The smoke of gunfire, the fire from the explosion, and the stench from the barbecued corpses all washed away Chang Mao's outlook on life.

Before he could react, Zhang Yi suddenly rushed out of the room.

As the smoke filled the air, he accurately found the place where Chang Mao spoke.

"Master, be careful!"

There were several soldiers beside Chang Mao, who drew their swords and slashed at Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi's expression remained unchanged and his moves were as fast as thunder.

He had a dagger in his hand, and he killed two people cleanly.

When others were about to rush over, Zhang Yi took out something the size of a meatball.

"If you don't want Pindao to strike again, just stop..."

Zhang Yi tried to throw the thing out, but the others were scared to death.

He turned back and looked at Chang Mao, whose scalp was also numb.

"Young Master Chang, would you like to accompany me for a walk?"

Zhang Yi held explosives in his hand and seemed unhurried.

Chang Mao was so frightened that his legs trembled and he nodded hurriedly.

Under the leadership of Zhang Yi, he slowly came to the deck.

The sea breeze gradually calmed down Zhang Yi. He looked into the distance and calculated the wind direction.

"Chang Mao, I don't think I'm worth the risk you take to kill me. Pindao isn't that hateful, right?"

The way Zhang Yi smiled and said to Yan Yan made Chang Mao feel frightened.

Just thinking of the past of the person in front of him, his mind started to heat up:
"You hurt my uncle and cheated me, why don't I remember?
Zhang Yi, you are lucky this year, otherwise I will definitely kill you!

Don't be proud. With so many people watching, you dare to kill me?
If you kill me, you will offend my father, the emperor, and the prince...all of you in Longhushan will be buried with you..."

Zhang Yi: ...

This guy is indeed a crazy person, cowardly and crazy...

Just when he wanted to return to Chang Mao, the boss of the ship next to him spoke:
"Taoist Priest, you can't escape in this vast sea!
Why don't we all sit down and talk? "

Zhang Yi smiled and said:

"How can we talk? Are we going to let the poor Taoist be captured without any help?"

The boat boss said:
"Today's situation has turned out like this. We are in trouble, but Mr. Chang's body is related to our wealth and life. You can't take him away. You see, even if you kill us all, you can't escape!
If we start here, we can be sure that no one will come over for the time being!
Do you think this is okay? We will drive the boat to the shore and give you a small boat. You can go on your own and everyone will leave a way for each other to survive...

Of course, before you leave, the Crown Prince must stay, otherwise everyone will die..."

Zhang Yi stared at the ship boss. This guy was obviously a businessman with a smuggling background, and he might have been a pirate.

This guy gave a very reliable idea, and Zhang Yi nodded silently.

"Turn the rudder!"

Under the order of the ship boss, the ship began to head towards the coast.

Not far from the shore, they stopped and looked at Zhang Yi quietly.

Where the boat stopped, the shore was faintly visible.

"There is a beach in the distance, and our boat can't get close! But we can give the Taoist priest a boat and let him leave..."

Zhang Yi nodded silently, looked at these people, and put a small boat away.

He took out the gun in his hand, pointed it at the other party, took Chang Mao off the boat, and then pushed him into the water.

He began to drift towards the coast with the wind, and Chang Mao fluttered in the water.

Others quickly went into the sea to rescue Chang Mao. Chang Mao shouted:
"You can't let him go, you must kill him! If he goes back, we will all suffer..."

The ship boss and others looked at the prodigal son speechlessly, and the other party said:

"Don't worry, Mr. Chang, he can't leave..."

……

Zhang Yi's boat was heading towards the coast with the wind.At this time, the sky was gradually darkening, and he could barely see the coast only with the moonlight in the sky.

The boat was small, flopping in the waves and beginning to fall apart.

Zhang Yi cursed secretly, knowing that he was being plotted and that the ship must have been tampered with.

Finally, after walking a short distance, the hull of the boat fell apart, and Zhang Yi fell into the water, holding a piece of the boat plank.

In the distance, there were firelights and boats approaching the shore.

Zhang Yi is helpless. These people are all good at sea life. Except for Chang Mao, who is a waste, the others are not easy to deal with.

Fortunately, the wind blew him towards the coast, so Zhang Yi didn't have to worry about dying on the beach for the time being.

After a while, he got up on a beach, surrounded by darkness.

After the Ming Dynasty Sea Ban, there were no ghosts on the entire coastline.

The imperial court moved the people to inland areas more suitable for farming, and Zhang Yi had no way to seek help even if he wanted to.

He roughly looked in the direction and estimated where he was.

From the memory left behind from his last trip north, Zhang Yi roughly knew his area, which was roughly the border area between Zhejiang and Zhili. Zhang Yi knew that as long as he walked inward and met the guardsmen, he would be safe.

While he was looking around blankly, touch!
A flash of fire shone in the night sky.

Although it didn't hit Zhang Yi, it made his heart tremble.

Matchlock!
He didn't need to look back to know what was causing the noise behind him.

Zhang Yi turned back sharply, with a solemn expression in his eyes.

Although matchlocks are not as precious as flintlock guns, they are also the first batch of weapons that the emperor worked hard to build. Where these weapons can be equipped, in addition to the Imperial Forbidden Army, it seems that the Xuanwu Army is also the focus of the emperor's care.

What's ridiculous is that these firearms were distributed to the Xuanwu Army. Zhang Yi didn't know whether they killed enemies, but they became weapons against himself.
Zhang Yi took a deep look at Chang Mao and quietly disappeared into the darkness.

Several more gunshots were heard from behind, but the accuracy of the Vulcan gun was not that good and it still failed to hit Zhang Yi.

"Your Majesty, if you had come up with something like this earlier, why would you be doing this?"

On several small boats chasing Zhang Yi, the boat boss's voice sarcastically came out.

When Chang Mao heard this, he became angry and said:

"how could I know……"

The Vulcan Gun is very precious. Even the Xuanwu Army has only obtained part of it now. He stole a few guns before he had time to play with them.

If Zhang Yi hadn't suddenly used the firearm, Chang Mao wouldn't have been able to remember it for a while.

However, these weapons have now become their reliance.

They came ashore almost one after another with Zhang Yi. There were dozens of them, three or four of them holding muskets.

Chang Mao looked at the others being cautious and couldn't help but cursed:
"He just fell into the water and his gun couldn't be fired. What are you afraid of?
You should be worried. He ran away at dawn. What should we do? "

Chang Mao's anger rose when he mentioned this vendetta that should have been a sure thing.

Lan Yu warned him not to be impulsive and told him the consequences, but he didn't listen at the time.Now I regret it.

The plan for now is to kill the intruder before the guards discover it or before dawn...

The people around him nodded silently and rushed towards the coast.

Zhang Yi chose a direction to walk in. He only knew that it was heading southwest. The most important thing for him now was to find out where he was.
With direction, he can go to crowded places. Whether it is a health center, a county town, or a village, wherever he goes, there is hope of escape...

However, in the coastal area where the sea was banned, the people were extinct.

Zhang Yi walked past a deserted village.

At first glance, these people were the seaside people who were forcibly abandoned by the emperor.

Nights in ancient times were not safe. In addition to the lack of firelight, even walking in the wild was in danger of being attacked by wild beasts. Zhang Yi was soaked all over. By the moonlight, he rummaged through the overgrown village and found no other useful things. He found it in a relatively nice room, and found some papers and books that he had not had time to take away.

"Huojiacun..."

These things like recording trivial matters in life and adding account books have given Zhang Yi a lot of help.

From these records, he at least found the direction to the county seat.

The official road is just a few miles outside the village. As long as he takes the official road, his chances of meeting the guards, inns and caravans who choose to camp at night because they missed the overnight point will greatly increase...

Zhang Yi didn't want to leave at first. It was very dangerous to walk alone in the wild.

But while he was reading, he heard the noise behind him.

Are those people following?
There was a trace of murderous intent in Zhang Yi's eyes. It was not a wise move to tangle with dozens of people, even if he had conflicts with Chang Mao.

Moreover, without a musket and personal force, Zhang Yi only had confidence that he could kill a few people.

He couldn't defeat dozens of people.

It was the wisest choice to leave, but at the first moment, he had lost the window to leave and could only hide quietly.

"Someone passed by here, looking for..."

The voice of the captain on the ship was mixed with instructions in Hokkien.

The people who entered the village began to disperse silently. Zhang Yi found an opportunity and touched a person over. With the dagger in his hand, he silently slit the person's neck.

The first one, and then he used the overgrown grass and the blind spot of his vision to kill the second one.

Killing people doesn't feel difficult, but it doesn't feel good either.

When he killed the second person, Zhang Yi finally made a move!
"Where is he……"

With someone shouting, Zhang Yi quickly passed through the surrounding woods.

boom!
Chang Mao raised his musket and fired again.

This time it hit the tree next to Zhang Yi, causing sparks to fly.

Bang bang bang!
Gunshots rang out again all around, which was quite harsh.

But when they arrived, Zhang Yi had already disappeared.

Chang Mao rushed over and looked at the corpse on the ground, feeling cold all over.

Although he was incompetent, he had been trained in the military. He himself could not kill someone so neatly, but the Taoist priest did it so well.

Unable to let him go, Chang Mao pursued Zhang Yi more and more out of fear.

"Come up!"

He quickly reloaded his arquebus, and the others hurried after him.

At this time, it was more than ten miles away.

A caravan was docked at a nearby inn.

The caravan may seem inconspicuous, but it is heavily guarded.

If someone looked carefully, they could see that they were wearing a thin layer of armor underneath their clothes.

Hiding armor privately was a serious crime in any dynasty.

But these people have no psychological burden, because their master is the emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen were drinking tea.

"Mr. Liu, have you felt anything along the way?"

Lao Zhu and Liu Ji patrolled together and unknowingly entered the territory of Zhili from Hangzhou, and followed the official road to the nearby state capital.

Liu Ji was about to answer when suddenly there was a noise in the night sky.

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression changed slightly and he stood up.

Gunshots?

(End of this chapter)