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Chapter 86 The Second Assassination
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"What's the matter?" Zhang Qing, who was already asleep, was also awakened by the loud noise from outside the room. When he woke up, a large piece of dust falling from the beams fell on Zhang Qing's face, and Zhang Qing was so frightened that he loudly Called, "What's the matter? What's the matter? Little dog, little dog, what happened?"

"I don't know, it seems that there is a cannon shot there?" Young Master Zhang, who had already been shaken by the loud noise and his ears were ringing and dizzy, crawled on the ground and replied casually.But Zhang Qing immediately screamed again, "Young dog, look outside the window, it's on fire!" Young Master Zhang turned his head in shock, and sure enough, he saw the flames outside the window, which had already turned the window paper red, and he could still hear the flames from the next door. Xiao Chuan, Bo Jue and others were also shouting to put out the fire.Young Master Zhang didn't dare to neglect, he quickly jumped up and shouted: "Brother Zhang, hurry up, get out of bed and run outside!"

"Okay." Zhang Qing agreed, but things happened too suddenly. Zhang Qing, who lacked experience in coping, was already frightened by the drastic changes. Young Master Zhang was in a hurry. He went to pick up Zhang Qing, turned around and went to the door. run.But before he could take three steps, several rockets flew in from outside the window, two of them landed on the bed, and one almost hit Zhang Qing who was in the arms of Young Master Zhang.At the same time, Xiao Chuan next door roared, "There are assassins! Qing Yun, someone deliberately set the fire on fire. You hide under the window and squat. Don't stand up! I'll go out and kill the enemy!"

"Someone set fire on purpose?!" Young Master Zhang's face turned pale, but he didn't allow Young Master Zhang to think too much, the rockets outside the window had already flown one after another, so Young Master Zhang was quite clever in his hands and feet, so he hugged Zhang Qing and rolled on the spot, rolled away To the rocket under the window into the dead corner.And more than a dozen rockets swished into the room, igniting many tables, chairs, benches, sheets and quilts in the room. The small room was suddenly ablaze, and thick smoke was everywhere, making Zhang Qing in the arms of Young Master Zhang cough and cry again and again. DC.Fortunately, Young Master Zhang still remembered the survival training he had received before, so he pressed Zhang Qing's head down in time, and ordered: "Try to keep your head on the ground, don't raise your head, it will be troublesome if you inhale the poisonous smoke."

"Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping-pong!" At this time, the sound of swords and swords colliding could be heard outside the door, and Zhang Fengyi, Ma Xiangling's coquettish voices and Xiao Chuan's roar could be vaguely heard. They fought with the assassins outside, but there were still a few rockets flying into the room from time to time outside the window. Obviously, the number of assassins this time was definitely not a small number. Xiao Chuan, Zhang Fengyi and others will not be able to kill the enemy for a while.

"Cough, cough, cough!" As the fire in the room got bigger and bigger and the smoke got thicker and thicker, the knowledge of escape that Young Master Zhang had learned gradually became useless.Young Master Zhang, who was coughing so hard to breathe, knew that there would be a dead end if he continued to nest like this, so he pulled Zhang Qing up again, coughed and said, "Qing Yun, let's rush out, remember, don't let go of my hand!" Zhang Qing Agreeing, he subconsciously clenched Young Master Zhang's hand. First Young Master Zhang stood up and pulled the latch, and opened the door violently, but did not immediately rush out of the room.Sure enough, two rockets flew in at the same time from outside the door, accurate to the position where the door entered and exited.

"Damn it, it's really aimed at me!" Young Master Zhang cursed secretly, then grabbed a half-burned bench and threw it out of the door, first attracting the attention of snipers outside the door, and then pulling Zhang Qing out door.It was too late, and it was so fast, Young Master Zhang pulled Zhang Qing almost out of the room with his front feet, when a large rocket, a fire dragon used in army water warfare, flew into Young Master Zhang's room and exploded, immediately killing Young Master Zhang. The room exploded into a sea of ​​flames.Young Master Zhang was sweating profusely, and dragged Zhang Qing to rush away from the sea of ​​flames. During the period, the rockets one after another almost chased Young Master Zhang like tails. Several times, they almost stared at Young Master Zhang—God forbid. eye!
"Master Zhang, Master Zhang." At this time, Bo Jue, Xu Guangqi and Xu Guangqi's family members had also escaped from the room, shouting hello to Young Master Zhang from a distance.Xu Guangqi shouted again: "Master Zhang, don't go to the backyard. My firearms depot in the backyard was set on fire by an assassin. There is a lot of gunpowder there, and the fire is very dangerous!"

"I can't go to the back garden, so where can I go?" Young Master Zhang observed the situation in his busy schedule, and found that Xu Guangqi's courtyard was also in flames. The blazing fire lit up the yard brightly, and there was nowhere to hide.The assassin's archer was hiding in the canopy nearby, and he was constantly shooting cold arrows at him, almost hitting himself and Zhang Qing several times, but fortunately, the assassin didn't shoot at Xu Guangqi, Bo Jue and others. arrow.Eldest Young Master Zhang was quick-witted, and while running, he pushed Zhang Qing towards Bo Jue, and shouted: "Qing Yun, the assassin's target, stay away from me and be safe."

After drinking, Young Master Zhang turned around and ran in the opposite direction, shouting as he ran, "I am Zhang Haogu! I am Zhang Haogu!" The assassin on the tree really let Zhang Qing go, and just shot arrows at Young Master Zhang , but fortunately the smog affected the line of sight, and the aim was not as good as usual. Young Master Zhang learned the standard counter-strike action of dodging left and right and fled in a zigzag shape. Therefore, although the assassin's feathered arrows were fierce, they scratched Young Master Zhang several times. But Leng didn't hit Young Master Zhang with an arrow - God still didn't open his eyes.

"Okay." Seeing that he was about to escape to a dead corner of the bow and arrow where the courtyard wall was not on fire, Young Master Zhang was secretly delighted, but Zhang Qing chased after him, "Young dog, young dog Zhang! Wait for me!" Young master Zhang was shocked again Angry again, he turned around and shouted: "Damn girl, why did you follow me? The assassin's target is me, stay away from me and you'll be fine!"

"I don't care, I want to be with you!" Zhang Qing pouted.Before the words were finished, Young Master Zhang was already a hungry tiger pounced on a sheep and pressed Zhang Qing to the ground. Two feathered arrows also brushed against Young Master Zhang's back and sank deeply into the mud next to him.At this moment, Young Master Zhang didn't bother to complain about Zhang Qing and check his injuries, he rolled on the spot with Zhang Qing in his arms, and rushed towards the dead end of Yujian.While rolling and dodging, Eldest Young Master Zhang suddenly felt as if something had bitten his back, and the pain suddenly pierced his marrow.When Young Master Zhang was crying secretly, the left elbow on the ground suddenly felt cold, and he fell into a deep water with Zhang Qing in his arms. In the pond of Xu Guangqi’s courtyard—the ancestor of the eunuch Zhao Gao opened his eyes to bless Young Master Zhang!

"Thank God." Even though he and Zhang Qing were both wet from the fall, Young Master Zhang still called out his luck, and quickly swam to pull Zhang Qing to hide in a blind corner. The clear water stagnated, even if it hit him, he was not afraid. Only Zhang Qing, who couldn't swim, panicked and hugged Young Master Zhang tightly.Swimming to a safe corner, Young Master Zhang lifted Zhang Qing over the water, let her breathe, and cursed: "Damn girl, I was almost killed by you, if you didn't follow, I would have jumped into the water to escape for my life. "

"Cough! Cough!" Zhang Qing, who had choked on a lot of water, coughed, and replied, "How do I know? I just thought, if we die, we will die together....Besides, I am a man."

"Why are you pretending? You can see for yourself?" Young Master Zhang pointed to Zhang Qing's chest.Zhang Qing looked down, and found that his corset was tightly attached to his body after being soaked in water, and the corset was secretly untied by him while sleeping. The exquisite and beautiful curves had long been exposed. body, leaving only the head outside.Young Master Zhang squinted and said: "Not bad, I can't see that you are young, but your bust size is not small."

"Prostitute!" Zhang Qing pinched Young Master Zhang angrily, and asked with a blushing face, "When did you know I'm a woman?"

"Your makeup is too bad. I noticed something was wrong when I got on the boat in the capital." Young Master Zhang shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "So at that time I quietly sent someone to the British government to inquire about your situation. Only then did I realize that there is no son named Zhang Qing at all in England, only a daughter named Zhang Qingyun. Eunuch Song, Brother Xiao, Brother Wei and Second Brother Fu also knew about it a long time ago, just because they are afraid that you will be shy and hurt. Zhang Guogong's face, so we discussed it and pretended not to know."

"Ah!" Zhang Qingyun yelled shyly, then stared at Young Master Zhang and asked, "Since you already knew that I was a woman, why did you still say those obscene words in front of me?"

"Really? When did I say dirty words? I have always been an upright and upright gentleman?" Young Master Zhang's face was full of purity, but a pair of claws were moving underwater. He quietly touched the protruding part of Zhang Qing's chest, gently With a light grip, he secretly praised, "It's really big enough."

"Ah!" Zhang Qingyun screamed again when she was attacked suddenly, she was so ashamed that she wanted to slap Young Master Zhang across the face.But at this moment, two masked men in black suddenly jumped down from the courtyard wall of the pond. Edge, step back and avoid.Without any hesitation, the two masked men brandished Japanese knives and jumped into the water to chase after them. Seeing that Young Master Zhang was doomed, two long white hooks suddenly came out from the side of the pond, and they were hooked at once. The two masked men dragged them to the shore, and at the same time, a bloody Xiuchun knife swung one after another, immediately cutting off the wrists of the two masked men holding the knife.Young Master Zhang was overjoyed, and hurriedly called out to Xiao Chuan, who was covered in blood, "Brother Xiao, keep alive!"

"I know!" Xiao Chuan agreed loudly, and began to assist Zhang Fengyi and Ma Xiangling to drag the two masked men to the shore.But the two masked men were very stubborn, seeing that they could not resist or escape, they even drew out the short knives with their uncut left hands, and inserted both of them into their lower abdomen.Xiao Chuan hurriedly stopped him but it was too late, he could only draw out a short knife that a masked man had inserted into his lower abdomen bitterly, and after looking at it, he shouted: "Brother Zhang, this is a Kodachi, a Japanese pirate!"

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The imperial envoy was assassinated by Japanese pirates at the home of Xu Guangqi, a senior official in Songjiang Prefecture. He was injured and nearly died.After the news spread, everyone in Songjiang was shocked. Zhang Zongheng, the magistrate of Songjiang, who had a fairly good official voice, was so frightened that he fainted on the spot. Assassinated, if Wei Zhongxian's party seized this incident to make a big fuss, he would not be as simple as losing his job and dismissing him.After being woken up by the slaves, Zhang Zongheng hurried to Xujiazhuang with the servants, Langzhong and Songjiang gentry without saying a word, and pleaded guilty to the imperial envoy.

When Zhang Zongheng and his entourage arrived at Xujiazhuang, the inside and outside of Xujiazhuang had already been surrounded by the Daming army dispatched by the young master Zhang as an imperial envoy. The guards were extremely strict. Seeing this situation, Zhang Zongheng He was even more frightened, so he hurriedly handed over a famous assassin to ask for an interview. Fortunately, Young Master Zhang didn't put on any airs, and just crawled on the bed to meet Zhang Zongheng.When the two met, Zhang Zongheng was so frightened that he almost fainted again when he saw the bloody bandage on Young Master Zhang's back. He knelt on the ground and just kowtowed.

"Master Zhang please, you didn't send the assassin, and I didn't ask you to send someone to protect me when I came to Songjiang. The assassination of my official has nothing to do with you, and I won't pursue it." Young Master Zhang is reasonable, not only did he not pursue it Zhang Zongheng's responsibility, on the contrary, comforted Zhang Zongheng.Zhang Zongheng wiped off his cold sweat, got up and asked, "Master Imperial Envoy, how is your injury? Your servant has already brought the best doctor from Songjiang Mansion, should you call them in for your diagnosis and treatment?"

"It's okay, the military doctor has already seen it. The arrow was not poisoned, and it was blocked by the ribs. It didn't hurt the internal organs. It will be fine after a few days after taking the medicine." Young Master Zhang shook his head and asked again: "Master Zhang, I would like to ask, are Japanese pirates rampant in this area of ​​Songjiang Mansion?"

"No, there have been no Japanese pirates in the Songjiang Mansion for decades." Zhang Zongheng replied with a mournful face.Young Master Zhang asked: "Then why were the seven assassins killed last night all dressed up as Japanese pirates? The weapons and hair are also Japanese pirates?"

"This? I don't know about this." Zhang Zongheng almost didn't cry, and explained: "Master Zhang, Songjiang is facing the sea on three sides, but there are often Fusang merchant ships docking at the pier, but Songjiang Mansion really hasn't had any trouble with Japanese pirates for 27 years. gone."

"This guy shouldn't be lying. Besides, the Japanese pirates have no grievances with me now, so there is no reason to assassinate me." Young Master Zhang rolled his triangular eyes and thought secretly, "It seems that even if these Japanese pirates are real devils, there is no reason for them to assassinate me." There must be an enemy of this young master, so who is behind the scenes? Donglin Party? It should not be a big deal. Donglin Party members have always regarded themselves as noble, even if they buy assassins, they will only choose Han people like Zheng Yiguan , will not collude with foreign bandits. If it is not a member of the Donglin Party, then who is it?"

Young Master Zhang thought for a long time, and analyzed several of his major enemies, Donglin Party, Yangzhou Salt Merchant, Wang Huazhen Remnant Party, Yang Yuan, Yao Zongwen and his group. Possibly, but they can't have such a large financial resources, so after analyzing and analyzing, Young Master Zhang still can't figure out who has such a big hatred against him, and who has so much energy to hire Japanese pirates to assassinate him.In desperation, Young Master Zhang had no choice but to order Zhang Zongheng: "Master Zhang, please send more people to the large and small shipping terminals in Songjiang to investigate the Fusang ships these days and see if you can find any clues. For the specific characteristics of the situation, you can Ask Mr. Xiao about it."

"Yes, I will arrange it right away." Zhang Zongheng agreed.Over there, Xiao Chuan also said: "There are quite a few Japanese pirates in this group, about 18 to 22 people. In addition to the seven people who were killed by us on the spot, there was one person whose hand was cut off by me. There are six or seven wounded, as long as your people pay attention to these wounded Japanese pirates, they should be found." Zhang Zongheng remembered carefully, and hurriedly left to make arrangements.

"Try your luck. Since these Japanese pirates are so well prepared, the way to retreat must have been arranged long ago. Whether they can catch their tongues can only depend on luck." Young Master Zhang muttered and sighed, and then shouted at the back hall Said: "Zhang Qingyun, why don't you little girl come and feed me soup and medicine, don't forget, I was injured to save you! My wound is hurting now!"

"Get out!" Zhang Qingyun's murderous voice came from the back hall, "You stinky liar, stinky thief, you deserve it!" Young Master Zhang smiled, and was about to coax Zhang Qingyun, who had been played by him so much these days, outside But another hundred households of the Songjiang Ming army came in and reported to Young Master Zhang: "I want to report to the imperial envoy, the Songjiang gentry brought by the prefect of Songjiang asked to see him, saying that he wanted to donate money for disaster relief in person."

"Damn, you're so obedient, are you afraid that they will be involved in my assassination in Songjiang?" Young Master Zhang snorted coldly.But when others offered to donate money, Young Master Zhang couldn't refuse, so he could only nod his head and agreed to meet him. After a while, more than 500 gentry who were well-known in Songjiang Mansion entered the private house that Young Master Zhang borrowed, and donated more than [-] yuan to Young Master Zhang. For the two disaster relief donations, Young Master Zhang naturally had to praise them for their patriotism and love for the people.At the end, Young Master Zhang was about to excuse these people from being injured and inconvenient to drive these people away, but a middle-aged businessman stood out at the end of the Songjiang gentry team, holding a gift box alone, speaking with a northern accent, and said respectfully: "Fan Yongdou, a grassroots man, I would like to donate [-] taels of silver to help the imperial envoy for disaster relief, please accept it with a smile."

"Why don't you donate with others?" Young Master Zhang asked casually.Fan Yongdou replied with an apologetic smile: "Reporting to the imperial envoy, the Caomin is not a merchant from Songjiang, but a Zhili merchant from the north. Recently, he happened to be selling goods in Songjiang. Because he admired the sincerity of the imperial envoy for the country and the people, the Caomin voluntarily donated .”

"Oh, it's a good thing that the northern businessman voluntarily donated food for disaster relief." Young Master Zhang nodded secretly, thinking that this Fan Yongdou was not bad, at least a hundred times better than the son of Li Sancai, who was also a northern businessman.In favor of him, Young Master Zhang looked at Fan Yongdou carefully, and found that he had a chubby face, a small mustache, and a very kind smile.And that Fan Yongdou was also looking at Young Master Zhang, and found that Young Master Zhang's face was not too pale after blood loss, he was unavoidably disappointed, he just smiled and said: "Master Imperial Envoy, Cao Min is a businessman in Zhangjiakou, who often sells food, grass and military supplies for the Ming army in Liaodong. If my lord is promoted in the future and is in charge of the Liaodong military affairs, I also ask my lord to take good care of the grassroots."

"Heh, shopkeeper Fan's calculations are very precise. It's hard not to make a fortune even if the cold stove is so hot." Young Master Zhang laughed, nodded and said: "Well, if I participate in the Liaodong military in the future, I must take good care of you. Well, I am injured and cannot speak, you all go down, and when I have a chance in the future, I will hold a banquet to thank you."

"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy will take good care of your body, and the grassroots will leave." More than twenty Songjiang gentry agreed in unison and bid their farewell together.Seeing Fan Yongdou's leaving back, Young Master Zhang was thoughtful, and suddenly called out: "Treasurer Fan, please stay."

Fan Yongdou's heart trembled, he turned his back slowly, and asked with a smile on his face: "Master Imperial Envoy, what else can I order?"

"Treasurer Fan, I heard that smuggling is serious in Liaodong, and there are many traitors who secretly sell military supplies to Jiannu." Young Master Zhang said in a deep voice, "If you want to make money from this official, you need a lot of money." Keep an eye on these traitors and running dogs for me. As long as you do well, I will never treat you badly. At the same time, I also said ugly things before, if you dare to smuggle a piece of grain or a piece of cloth to Jiannu, I will let you I regret being born into this world!"

(End of this chapter)