Lu Ming

Chapter 206 Killing the King ([-])
If the customers who came and went for fun were not uniformly dressed in ancient costumes, some people might think that this is a grand museum in the 21st century.

Now it is midnight, and one hour later, it will be early morning. A long day will pass, and a new day will come quietly in the dark.

However, Sanfu Pavilion is at peak business hours.

The pavilions with carved railings and painted sills are covered with bright tulle palace lanterns. From time to time, there are benefactors wearing gold and jade, staggering and joking with the girls.In the rows of private rooms, the voices of actors and actresses come and go, the voices of warblers and swallows continue, and the sound of pushing cups and changing lamps can be faintly heard. It is a prosperous place in the world, a magnificent place.

Shui Xiu'er, a popular lady in Sanfu Pavilion, is hurrying along the complicated and winding corridors.

In places like brothels and courtyards, all kinds of shady activities happen every day.Some are internal matters, and some belong to the privacy and private discussion services provided to guests, so there must be various hidden darkrooms and single-family courtyards.

Shui Xiu'er was dressed in a red gauze, and after turning around in the building, she opened the door and walked into an unremarkable private room.

This private room is located in a remote place, away from the bustling area, it is a place suitable for casual conversation.

In the room was a middle-aged man in his 40s, wearing a satin brocade gown with gold ingots, short and fat, like a meat ball, eating melon seeds.This person is Zheng Huairen, a native of Fuzhou.

In the Ming Dynasty, due to the production of high-quality raw materials in Fujian, stationery has always been a strong exporter, and the main business of the Zheng family is the wholesale of various types of rice paper and bamboo paper.

Seeing Shui Xiu'er enter the door, Mr. Zheng's fat face was filled with a smile: "Miss, it's hard work, did that bumpkin leak any news?"

"Don't mention those vulgar people again." Shui Xiu'er sat down with a look of disgust on her face: "The girl has a good body, which is cheaper than vulgar ones."

Master Zheng heard the words, although he was full of contempt, but his smiling round face did not show at the moment: "I have wronged Miss Shuixiu, after this matter is settled, maybe I should invite some friends to cheer for the girl."

"Master Zheng, I'm afraid it's not that simple?" Shui Xiu'er opened her almond eyes slightly at this time, and looked at Zheng Huairen with a half-smile: "Don't be a fool if you want to be a slave, then the news that Zheng Zhilong wants to recruit has already spread all over Fuzhou. city."

"Hehe, this matter has already been negotiated. Then Mrs. Zheng will return to Zhangzhou tomorrow morning. If she comes back another day, she will be an official of the court." Master Zheng picked up the tea bowl and took a sip without seeming to care: "Today I invite you Making a move is just a businessman's wish to be considerate, it's not a big deal, you don't want to use chicken feathers as arrows."

When Shui Xiuer heard this, her eyes rolled, she covered her mouth and giggled.While laughing, she stretched out a light-white finger, and nodded her nose: "But why does the little girl think that the trivial matter of whether Zheng Zhilong will be recruited will be pointed here tonight?"

After looking at each other with Shui Xiu'er for a while, and confirming that the other party's eyes are full of confidence, Mr. Zheng's amiable face suddenly disappeared, and he changed into a tycoon who sits on the ground and divides the spoils: "Tell me, what do you want? "

Shui Xiu'er also put away her fashion-forward manner, her pretty face turned cold, and she opened her small mouth: "I want to redeem myself!"

At this moment, Mr. Zheng heard such a large asking price, not only did he not get angry, but his eyes flashed. The next moment, he first took out a proof from his sleeve, and slowly pushed it across the table: "This is what was said in advance. A good Baofeng pawn shop deposits a ticket, 500 taels of silver, and it will be honored upon seeing the ticket."

When Shui Xiu'er carefully checked the monogram on the deposit ticket, Mr. Zheng bent down at this moment, and took out a small gold embroidered bag from under the seat, and poured out the gold bars inside: "100 taels of gold, today's Bring so much."

Speaking of this, Mr. Zheng took the pen and ink on the table, and with a few strokes, he wrote an IOU: "The IOU for 2000 taels, at dawn, you can send someone to my cabinet to collect the money."

After finishing speaking, Master Zheng slowly pushed the IOU in front of Shui Xiu'er: "There are more than 3000 taels of silver in total, enough to redeem both of you, tell me, what exactly did Xiong Qi leak?"

Shui Xiu'er was looking at the table full of these things called "Freedom", and couldn't help but reach out to take them, but the next moment, she was shocked by Master Zheng's eyes like looking at dead fish.

After a silent and awkward laugh, the beauty forced herself to calm down.Stretching out her hand to straighten her hair, and organizing her words, Shui Xiu'er began to slowly reveal the truth: "Just now I heard from that Xiong Qi that there is a group of pirates who have spread their troops on the ocean, and they will kill Zheng Zhilong when he returns. Kill this man."

"It's nonsense!" Mr. Zheng suddenly relaxed a lot at this moment, he leaned back in the chair, raised his legs, and said with a sneer: "Nowadays, all the shopkeepers with a lot of people gather in the center and left to wait for news. Let’s talk about the soldiers and horses? How many soldiers and horses will it take to eat 5 elite ships? Absurd!”

Having said this, Mr. Zheng said to himself again: "Could it be the official army?"

"No, no, the government wants to make a move, and it will do so in the city. Besides, it's just the navy's manned boats. Tsk tsk tsk, I'm not underestimating them."

After analyzing all the way, Mr. Zheng felt more and more that what Shui Xiuer just said was incomplete and untrue. The next moment, he leaned over viciously: "You won't make up nonsense to deceive your Master Zheng, right?"

Shui Xiu'er was already confused at this time, and she stammered and said: "That's exactly what Xiong Qizheng said, how dare the slaves lie to the master, they are just a bunch of pirates, the murderers of Qizhou are shooting guns and so on."

Just when Shui Xiu'er raised her head and desperately recalled the drunk man's words, after hearing a few loud bangs, Mr. Zheng disappeared out of thin air.

He brought down the chair, brought down the candlestick, and knocked open the door. Mr. Zheng's fat and round body stumbled and rolled down the stairs. Then he got into the sedan chair and shouted out of breath: "Go, go, early, there is a reward, early, there is a reward!"

Half an hour later, the two bearers who were running wildly collapsed in front of the Heng Guangkang silk shop, while the shopkeeper Zheng himself had already rushed to the door and began to smash the door desperately.

Hengguangkang manager Zheng Sancai, who was drinking celebration wine with his subordinates in the courtyard, hurriedly opened the side door when he heard the sound, and then saw a meat ball rolling in.

After everyone grabbed the meat ball in a hurry, Zheng Sancai lifted the lantern on the head of the passerby, and then said in surprise: "Why are you?!"

The squat Zheng Huairen was already sweating profusely, his legs and feet were weak: "It's a disaster, it's a disaster, please help me in."

After a while, Zheng Huairen sat slumped on a chair in the large study room of Hengguangkang Middle School, first gulped down a bowl of herbal tea, and then opened his mouth to tell the story of tonight.

After Zheng Sancai heard it, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock: "That sister will definitely not know about the people from Qizhou and Lianzhu Pao, it must have come from Xiong Qi's mouth. It's broken! The government must have something to do with the Dayuan Island group. If there is no collusion, the master will be counted!"

Zheng San arrived at this moment and suddenly realized.

And the chubby Zheng Huairen had already figured this out on the way here.Seeing Zheng San only now, he figured it out, so he opened his mouth and asked, "Will the general plan come out?"

At the same time, in a small residential courtyard not far from the silk and satin village, a young man dressed as a clerk in a coarse short robe was reclining in a chair at the moment, with his legs resting on the table, half-closed. Focusing, lazily listening to headphones.

Yes, that is headphones.

A small digital monitor on the desktop is clearly playing the sound of a conversation less than 200 meters away in a straight line.

But the originally lazy young man's eyes widened in vain after gradually listening to the content of the two surnamed Zheng's secret conversation in the study.The next moment, he quickly put his feet away, turned to turn on the car radio on the table, picked up the hand microphone and started calling the main station.

The radio waves directly transmitted to a grocery store near Yamen Bridge on the Antai River, not far from Xiluoma Market.

This grocery store is a typical Ming Dynasty front store and back yard structure. The plaque on the door is called "Carrefour".The location of the grocery store is at the intersection of Antai Street, with Hebutou in front of the door, and Xiluoma Market is a short street behind the door, with convenient transportation and easy access.

Song Jia, the head of the intelligence station stationed in Fuzhou City by the crossing forces, originally wrote the letter in the study.When the on-duty officer came to make an emergency report, Song Jia couldn't help but turn pale with fright. She hurried to the information room, picked up her microphone and said in a deep voice, "Hei Mao, I'm Hei Hu. Now play the recording again for me."

The recording that Song Jia heard at this time was already the recording after Zheng Sancai had discussed the countermeasures. down.

"Call the store and Fuya, report the situation, everyone change into night clothes, and gather in the front yard!"

After issuing the brief order, Song Jia hurried to her bedroom.And when the 10 intelligence agents at Fuzhou station were changing their clothes, Song Jia had already returned to the intelligence room with an aluminum alloy box, and was changing his clothes while talking with Xue Haiyuan with his hand microphone.

As the person in charge of a semi-public business store stationed in Fuzhou, Xue Haiyuan usually does not take part in this kind of work - the store is watched too closely by people from all walks of life, even to buy a shipment of goods, there will always be N spies. Inquiry content, so not suitable for other covert operations.

However, today is not possible, and tonight is an emergency. In this case, Song Jia has the right to mobilize all resources including Xue Haiyuan and Huang Juren.

After listening to Song Jia's narration, Xue Haiyuan was also extremely puzzled, and asked through the radio: "Where did this Zheng Huairen emerge from?"

"Maybe we have a dark thread that never showed up, so we won't let others have it?" Song Jia replied angrily while putting on a stab-proof vest on his upper body.

"Fuck me, this poisonous snake is so sinister! Tell me, what should I do?" Xue Haiyuan was also speechless at this time.

"What else can I do, you go to the Jinglou Gate, and I'll go to the South Gate."

"Where is Master Huang?"

"There is no answer to the call. They don't have a telegraph room there, so they would have rested in peace with Shengyi in their arms."

"It won't work, he has to arrange it in advance, otherwise something bad will happen tomorrow morning!"

"Understood, you still need to say, I will send someone to call him."

"Well, then I'll prepare. Remember to take the walkie-talkie with you when you go out."

"understood."

(End of this chapter)