Lu Ming

Chapter 207 Killing the King ([-])
Just as Song Jia started preparations hastily, Zheng Sancai had already finished assigning tasks.

Coordinates Hengguangkang University Study Room.Zheng Sancai first called Lu Da and Lu Er, a pair of Fuzhou locals, into the door from the group of men waiting outside the door.Next, he took out two packs of 50 taels of broken silver and put them in front of the two brothers: "This silver is not a reward, it is for you to save on the road. In case you encounter soldiers and horses patrolling the city, there is also a city gate tower." The soldiers on board will be sent with pieces of silver."

The brothers of the Lu family agreed in unison.

"You guys are ghosts of geography. You know the roads well." Zheng Sancai said this, walked around from behind the table in front of the two brothers, and stretched out a slap: "500 taels. Just bring the news to the head of the house. I'm here for 500 taels." The two will reward you with silver, as for how much the master will reward you, it will be calculated separately."

Seeing the excitement of the two brothers was beyond words, Zheng Sancai couldn't help but said: "You two will separate later, Lu Da will go to the south gate, Lu Er will go to the Jinglou gate. Don't worry, it will be the one who arrives later, and you will be rewarded with money." It’s also a lot, so don’t be greedy for merit on the road, and be careful.”

"Here!" The two brothers crossed their hands in unison.

"Go."

After watching the two brothers walk out of the study, Zheng Sancai let out a sigh of relief, then turned his head and said to Zheng Huairen who was sitting beside him: "The master will know the great achievements you have made tonight, and your benefits will definitely be indispensable in the future. As for now, you still It's better to leave early. By the way, you still have to work hard on my sister's place, so don't be negligent."

Zheng Huairen got up when he heard the words: "Then I will go first, and the Ming people will send a buddy to find out the result."

Zheng Sancai, who walked out of the study room behind Zheng Huairen, looked at the dozen or so subordinates gathered in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, and after pondering for a moment, he beckoned a thin young man over.

Leading the young man to the corridor, Zheng Sancai said in a low voice: "The south gate is the key point, Bai Yu'er, just follow Lu Da and don't make any noise. After he leaves the city safely, come back and report to me."

The young man nodded, turned around and left the courtyard gate.

Zheng Sancai then said loudly to the others: "Look at the front and back doors, anyone who reports the news will be brought to me. If you have nothing to do, go rest and sleep with your clothes together."

After sending everyone away, Zheng Sancai took out a clay basin from the house and threw it in the courtyard, and started the last preparation: burning letters.

The malice shown by the government today made Zheng Sancai shudder.Even in the most ideal situation, Zheng Zhilong will have to escape the catastrophe this time, then there will inevitably be a series of battles in the future to achieve a result.

He couldn't judge how the government would treat Heng Guangkang. After all, after tonight, the two sides would be completely torn apart.

That's why Zheng San started burning the letters.

The shape of Fuzhou City in the Ming Dynasty was basically a perfect circle.The Dezheng Square where Heng Guangkang is located is located at the bottom right of the city.In other words, the two brothers Lu Dalu who were sent out to report the news arrived at their respective city gates at about the same time.

The south gate where Lu University goes is the most critical location: Zheng Zhilong is just across the wall at the Nanmen Guan Wharf. If all goes well, Lu University will be able to complete the task soon.

As for the Jinglou Gate that Lu Er went to, the route is completely different: Jinglou Gate is in the north of Fuzhou City, which can be regarded as the upper right corner, and outside the gate is the Minjiang Shipyard with many large and small shipyards.

The reason why Lu Er’s insurance was arranged is because the Minjiang Shipyard has a dark thread of the Zheng family; even if something happens at the south gate, Lu Er can use the private boat released by the Minjiang Shipyard to bring the news to Chengnan Wharf .

The basic layout of the Fuzhou Station is as follows: Xue Haiyuan, who is closest to the Jinglou Gate in the north, is responsible for intercepting Lu Er.

When Xue Haiyuan first came to Fuzhou, his main purpose was actually to buy a boat.At that time, the Dayuan Shipyard was newly built and lacked the ability to build ships of over [-] tons, so Xue Haiyuan built a commercial warehouse near the gate of the Jinglou, so that he could buy ships and batch goods by himself. Unexpectedly, the wrong thing happened today: Xue Haiyuan has plenty of time now, and he can Arrange in advance in front of the gate of the well building, and wait for the rabbit.

And Song Jia was a little nervous.

The area around Yamen Bridge (later called Macau Bridge) where Carrefour is located is roughly parallel to Hengguangkang Silk and Satin Village.

That is to say, the distance from both sides to the south gate is about the same, which belong to the two points of the triangle.So Song Jia is now sitting on his laurels: Lu Da set off before him, and he has to use a faster speed to catch up with the target.

However, Lu Da also thought so.

Lu Da, who was stimulated by the high reward of silver, wished to have two wings at the moment, and informed the head of the city outside the city early, and then his two brothers could reach the pinnacle of life overnight - he knew that the reward of silver was not empty Yes, sea masters have monstrous silver.

In addition, he is responsible for keeping the recognition flags that Heng Guangkang sells every month. He knows exactly how much silver is in the silver cellar in Heng Guangkang's backyard.

Lu Da, who was hurrying in the night, relying on his familiarity, crossed the streets and alleys along the way, dodged the patrols, and with the help of the bright moonlight above his head and the brilliant stars of the Milky Way in the distance, it took only half an hour to get from Heng Guangkang rushed to the south gate of Fuzhou City.

Of course, the emotional Lu Da didn't notice the little tail behind him.

Looking at the dark South Gate not far ahead, Lu Da walked over slowly.The city gate is definitely hopeless, he does not have the ability to ask Mending to open the south gate of Fuzhou for him in the middle of the night: Even in the peacetime now, the city gate cannot be opened without the presence of a magistrate.

The purpose of Lu Da is the hanging basket on the tower.

The hanging basket is a very useful thing.During the war, the hanging basket can drop lobbyists/messengers/negotiation experts and other characters from the city wall to communicate with the enemy.

In the peacetime period, in a big city like Fuzhou, almost every few days, someone would have to leave the city urgently.Those who are in a hurry, those who seek medical treatment and medicine, the master with his pigtails and the servants who go to find the second son on the West Lake boat and go back to mourn.

So when Lu Da took a few steps forward and came directly below the city cave, he saw the dim lantern above his head and heard the lazy voice: "Who is here?" Don't worry about it.

Two city guards wearing old livery and holding spears were leaning crookedly against the city wall at this moment, opening their sleepy eyes and looking at Lu Da.

The Ming Dynasty has been in peace for more than 250 years.Except for the Japanese pirates in Jiajing, who were shocked three times a night for several years, the city of Fuzhou has always been this lazy.These two are the only ones on the night shift, and most of the troops are sleeping in the ear room of the door opening.

After Lu Da heard the sound, he immediately stood still under the lantern, and said in an eager voice: "I'm out of the city. My master is sick, and I want to ask Li Yizhen from Guanxiang in the south of the city to see a doctor."

"Oh, look at the sick man, have you brought the fare?" When the two doormen heard that they were going out of the city, they immediately walked over with spears: According to the rules, they can get a little fare for this kind of thing Yes, so the two immediately became active.

"Bring it." Lu Da hurriedly reached into his bosom at this time, took out a handful of copper coins, and put it in an old, dark, cracked hand that had been stretched out in front of him.

After Mending retracted that hand, by the dim light of the lantern above his head, he found that his hands were full of high-quality Jiajing gold back money, and he immediately smiled, and his attitude became much more friendly: "Go up, the person on duty tonight It's Chief Ding, don't be negligent."

"Thank you very much." Da Lu didn't dare to delay any longer, left the two doormen who were tugging at each other to share the money, turned around and strode to the right.Anyone who has traveled to the city gate tower knows that to go up the gate tower, one has to go up the horse path next to it, either left or right.

Lu Da quickly climbed up the gate tower.

In addition to two more lanterns hanging and a few more soldiers on duty, the gate tower was also lifeless.Lu Da knew that the next thing was to meet the real master: the city gate guard.

The city gate guards in the Taiping period did not have high official positions. Like the one on duty today, it is the general Ding Hu.

When several subordinates surrounded Lu Da and entered the gate tower, the short and stocky Ding Bazong, wearing an old official robe and full of beards, was sitting on the top chair with a Yanling knife in his arms at the moment. Li closed his eyes and meditated.When he heard a human voice, he opened his eyes and opened his mouth to ask, "What's the matter?"

Lu Da: "Master Ding, my surname is Ma, my master"

When Mr. Ding heard Lu Da say his surname, he knew that this man was full of oil and water.So he quickly forced a smile on his face: "This housekeeper, you have to spend money to go out of the city."

"It's easy to say, easy to say." Lu Da reached into his bosom again, and what he grabbed this time was a handful of broken silver worth about ten taels.

Bowing down, he snatched the broken silver from Lu Da's hand, picked out a piece and bit it hard in his mouth, and found that it was indeed the best snow silk silver, President Ding laughed, and jumped up from his chair: "Little ones, Steward Ma has rewarded enough, carefully send the good people out of the city, don't neglect!"

The faces of several Cheng Ding immediately beamed with joy, and together with Ding Ba Zong, they surrounded Lu Da out of the door.

There are insiders in any industry, the so-called relying on the mountain to eat the mountain.Outsiders who don't know the inside story want to get better service, there is only one way: spend more money.

The hanging basket system on the city tower is actually a large potter's wheel water lifter, which is not much different from the potter's wheel by the well platform of ordinary people.Today, Lu Da paid extra money, so he got extra care: the city men first let him sit in the hanging basket, and then the windlass rolled. After the hanging basket was pulled up beyond the height of the crenel, someone pushed the boom, and Lu Da In this way, it was moved to the outside of the city wall.

The next step is very simple, as long as the potter's wheel turns, Lu Da will be sent to the city, and the whole process will be safe and safe.As for those who are reluctant to spend extra money and bargain, the city officials are usually too lazy to serve: the hanging basket is suspended outside the wall, and if you want to go down the city, you can climb over the crenel and climb into the hanging basket. In the dark, people fall from the city wall every year. Dead and broken.
You get what you pay for.

Therefore, Mr. Ding, who is very professional, is still with his hips on his hips and a knife, and told the person shaking the pulley: "Slow down, Steward Ma is a noble person, so he must not stand shaking!"

At the moment when Lu Da, the VIP customer of the city gate building, was slowly sinking, three figures suddenly rushed up on the horse path.

The positions of these three people are two in front and one behind.When they rushed over, one of them jumped straight while running and threw himself on the potter's wheel, and then the potter's wheel got stuck.

The other rushed over and rewarded someone with a flying kick, kicking the only armed man in the field, Ding Bazong, into a gourd - the others threw their tattered spears aside in order to serve VIP customers.

The last one was a pig spirit: the monster was covered in black skin and an iron helmet, with a thick and long black nose covering half of his face.

Without waiting for the stunned trash on the tower to react, Zhu Jing ran to the crenel in two steps, leaned out half of his body, and aimed at the hanging basket with a pair of iron tools in both hands.

The next moment, with the low "bang bang" sound, Lu Da in the hanging basket was beaten into a sieve, and blood began to drip down the hanging basket to the city.

(End of this chapter)