My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 457 Don’t embarrass your father!

It doesn'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 secret agent beside him, holding a servant of Xu Mansion in his hand.

"Commander, this is the man who led the way to the city gate, and he is also the one who sent the letter to Ming Gang."

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 of the house. He was just ordered to do things... to send some letters. I don't know what is written in the letters."

"Well, it's normal for people to have different statuses and do things as servants."

Li Bai waved to him and asked him to come closer. Then he reached out directly, put his arms around the servant's shoulders, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a light voice, "It's really not your fault, but it's against the law." The law requires punishment, but if you are just following orders and not knowing it, the punishment will be much lighter. If you can make up for your mistakes, the light punishment may be erased as appropriate."

"Please... sir... please give me a chance to make up for my mistakes!"

"Take us to Minggang and find the Japanese meeting there."

The servant Xu Fa swallowed his saliva and nodded repeatedly: "Okay."

……

At this moment, the waves of the Japanese Tong case spread outward.

More than a hundred secret agents from the Department of Embroidery formed several teams, marched out of the city under the stars and surrounded the Minggang side.

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.

Moreover, Minggang is not just a simple port. Based on the coastline of more than ten miles, many private houses extend inland, with about 50,000 households and a population of nearly 150,000. In recent years, life has been stable, and the number of births has remained stable. is continuing to rise.

Therefore, in addition to the Shipping Department, there is also the Prefect's Office that manages people's livelihood.

At five o'clock in the morning, there are only a few lights on the streets. The porters on the pier also get up early and are busy making fires and cooking. Occasionally, there are dogs barking in the empty and quiet streets.

Figures walked quickly 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.

It was in this atmosphere that while the two were chatting and laughing, they didn't know that eyes were watching them silently.

outside.

The walking figure stopped, and 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. The couple who were chatting and laughing inside heard the noise and turned around. Fifteen figures jumped into the air and then lowered to the wall.

"who are you……"

The moment the porter said these words, there was a loud bang, and the courtyard door was kicked open. Xu Yongshou dragged his servant Xu Fa and the rest of the spies in. Looking at the trembling couple in front of the earth stove, he said bluntly Open your mouth.

"Japanese spy? Wu Yu speaks very fluently. Has he been lurking here for several years?"

"Sir... we don't know what you are talking about." The short man hugged his wife and looked at each other tremblingly. As he spoke, spies from the Embroidery Department flew up from the other side of the courtyard wall, and the rooftop There was also the sound of tiles being stepped on, and it could be seen 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 message to you before."

The moment his words fell, he suddenly took out his sword. There was a "bang bang" sound of two metal collisions. The plum blossom knife was placed in front of him and Xu Fa. On the eaves pillars on both sides, there were nails nailed Two cross-shaped hidden weapons.

"No need to leave alive, kill!"

Over there, the short man watched the sneak attack with hidden weapons 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 spy who was the first to rush in said, "Drink!", jumped down in the air, and slashed out with a knife. The light of the knife reflected the firelight at the stove, like a lake suddenly rippling through the air.

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 good player in the world. He smashed 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 and leaned against her husband's back.

He muttered something in Japanese, and the short man roared "Ah!" and pulled out a tachi from the firewood pile next to the earthen stove. He pointed it in the direction where there were not many people, and it was like a wild boar arching over, the blade dancing wildly. , bringing up pieces of sword 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, used skillful strength to neutralize the opponent's brute force, 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, put her foot on the stove, jumped up, and flew out from above the heads of the two spies.

Obviously, this was to allow the dwarf to sacrifice himself to create a gap in this direction so that the woman could escape from the encirclement.

In 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 streak of white hair crossed the sky between the flowing beard and hair.

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 her back into the courtyard like a rag doll.

The short man's wife rolled several times on the ground, her eyes and nose covered in blood. She struggled a few times and looked at the figure who had 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 boxes, and Xu Yongshou picked up the knife and handed it to Li Bai.

"Commander, it is indeed the sword of the Japanese."

"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, held the blade between his two fingers and gently broke it. There was a 'dang' sound. Cut the Japanese sword 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 take it back to Yanjing. Send a fast horse back first. Tell your majesty that the spy has been removed and you can rest assured to carry out the plan!"

Xu Yongshou held his knife and arched it: "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.

That 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, take a swig!"

Zhou Yu, wearing a big cloak, stood in the night wind, raising the drink in his hand above his head, "What should be said, the people sent by Governor Zheng have told you. After boarding the boat, I hope that the souls of you will be able to take the south wind to return north." native land!"

There were many torches at the pier. The officers from the Shipbuilding Department and the officers from the Police Factory looked at the men serving drinks. These people were all death row prisoners who were to be executed this year. They were all people who had seen blood on their hands. Among them was Jian Jing There are big thieves 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, who are about to die, can carry out such a mission to fight against the Japanese, we can finally avenge the death of more than 800 people. , it’s a worthy 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 did not forget to remind me: "Remember to give the settlement allowance to my parents! Say a word for me and say that I did not embarrass them this time!"

After saying that, the fifty or so people fell silent. Immediately, they all drank the strong wine in the bowl in large gulps, smashed the pottery bowl into pieces, turned around and walked onto the waiting merchant ship ahead.

"Weigh anchor!"

The selected 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 in their hearts 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)