Lu Ming

Chapter 210 Killing the King (VII)
The people who came in from the back door were the two intelligence agents who monitored the hut.

Now that Hengguangkang has been destroyed, there is no need for the monitoring cabin specially set up for Hengguangkang to exist from tonight.Including the two plum vases that were put into the study with great difficulty, all equipment and personnel will be employed in a few days.

Of course, in the last two days, the communication equipment has to be temporarily set up in Hengguangkang - a huge office with a lot of information and property to deal with.In addition, what Song Jia is more interested in is: Who will come to Hengguangkang in these two days?

The dove occupies the magpie's nest, waits for the rabbit, and opens the door to welcome guests: Since there is support from the government, Song Jia doesn't mind being a counterfeit shopkeeper in Hengguangkang for a few days.

As for a few days later, as long as I, Zheng, set off on time this morning, he will have to finish playing within a day or two.By the time the news reached Zhongzuo Institute, it would be good if the remnants of the Zheng family survived the next month, and the tactical status of the silk and satin village had already been close to nothing.

So, Song Jia and his group began to deal with the aftermath generously.

First is the corpse.All the dead were searched and carefully bound in linen: the satin house had all kinds of linen in stock.The most important item on these people is a small wooden sign used to confirm their identity. This thing is very important because it will be used in the finishing work that will follow today.

As for Master Song Jiasong, he was already sitting in the big study, using the car radio to report the situation to Carrefour's old nest and Huang Juren respectively.The old nest will use the telegraph to send the information back to Dayuan Island; not to mention Huang Juren, the government will take the lead in the next action, and Huang Juren must always control the situation.

Panting, Bai Yu'er came to the south gate where he had been away for a while.

He doesn't think about anything now, he just wants to go out of the city to find the master.As long as he gets to the head of the house, his life should be saved, right?So, Bai Yu'er once again lurked in the street corner where the beggars were sleeping, fixed his eyes on the south gate tower, and waited for the moment when the city gate opened.

The opening time of the ancient city gates was irregular during wartime, but it was regular during peacetime: the gates opened at dawn and closed at night.When Bai Yu'er came to the south gate, it was already midnight. In later generations, it would be around 5 o'clock in the morning - the city gate will open soon.

At this moment, there was a sound of rumbling footsteps outside the South Gate Bridge.Bai Yu'er, who turned his head abruptly, saw a large number of soldiers riding horses, carrying long knives and lanterns, led by cavalrymen, running towards the south gate with swords and spears on their shoulders.

"Damn it, why did you forget to come out!" Bai Yu'er realized in an instant: Xiong Wencan was going to leave the city from the south gate early this morning.These people who came to the south gate now must be the vanguard of Jingjie, so before Xiong Wencan returns to the city, the south gate will definitely not allow people to come in and out.

After Bai Yu'er figured this out, he started to run wildly again without hesitation: the direction was due east.

Since the south gate might be blocked, the best choice is the Tongxian gate in the east.Between Tongxian Gate and South Gate, there is only Jiuxian Mountain, which was newly opened in the fourth year of Hongwu, when Fuzhou City was rebuilt by Prince Consort Wang Gong.

Bai Yu'er ran desperately, running past the county government office of Min County, the government school, and the foot of Jiuxian Mountain. When the sky turned pale, he had already seen the gate tower of Tongxian Gate.

Not only did he see the tower, he also saw sparse people standing under the tower waiting to leave the city.Most of these people are carrying sticks on their backs, and they are laborers who are going to get up early and go outside the city to do the work.

At the same time as Bai Yu'er ran to the gate of the city to stand in front of the horse posts, a drum sounded from the top of the city.Then, panting heavily, Bai Yu'er, who leaned on his knees with both hands, was relieved to see through the dark city gate hole, the ray of skylight that gradually brightened as the city gate slowly opened.

Bai Yu'er knew that soon all the gates of the city would be opened, and then Cheng Ding would come and move the horses away. Afterwards, he only needed to pay a few copper coins to leave this murderous city and run towards the light. Run to freedom.

The hooves sounded again.

A group of five or six war horses came galloping from the street, frightening the pedestrians on the side of the road to retreat.However, the cavalry did not slow down until they rushed to the front of the horses, and the leading knight reined in the reins of the horses.

"I am Chen Ce, Chief of the Horse Army of Fubiao Camp, and the guard of the city gate came out to answer!" The one who shouted loudly on horseback was a man wearing bright silver armor and a helmet with phoenix wings on his head, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. A majestic and majestic young general with a broad face.

At this moment, the gatekeeper hurriedly ran out of the gate.

As soon as the young general saw the official robe on the general manager, he threw a scroll in his hand: "According to the military order of the governor, the gates of the whole city will be opened half an hour late today. After half an hour, people are allowed to enter and not allowed to leave. One hour before the gate can be withdrawn."

The gatekeeper smiled as he opened the door and glanced at it hastily, then hurriedly turned his head and shouted at the gatehouse: "Close the gate, close the gate!"

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the "supervising standard battalion" and "fubiao battalion" directly under the jurisdiction of a local governor were important strategic forces for maintaining the stability of a province.This kind of core force usually has sufficient military pay, excellent equipment, skilled soldiers, and high morale;

So when the gatekeeper of Tongxianmen saw such a domineering armored cavalry, he didn't need to guess that it was the Jingzhi army of Fubiao Camp.

So, the city gate that was half opened just now began to slowly close again.

Therefore, Bai Yu'er, who could no longer bear the blow of disappointment, turned over the horse stake without hesitation at this moment, and ran towards the freedom that had not yet been closed.

"Bold!" Chen Ce, a handsome man in armor, couldn't help being furious when he saw someone dared to violate the military order and pass through the barrier face to face.So as soon as he stretched out his hand, he took off a black lacquered Zhe wood bow from the side of the saddle. The next moment, the arrow was like a shooting star, and Bai Yu'er was nailed to death without even entering the city gate.

The fish that slipped through the net finally died under a certain force's ultimate move "Close the Nine Gates", without causing any waves.

At the same time as Bai Yu'er died, the guard of honor of Fujian Governor Xiong Wencan was passing through the south gate tower.

Since the fifth watch, Zheng Zhilong, who had been waiting for Shangguan at the official pier in the south of the city, had already seen a large group of people pouring out from the south gate.He naturally reached into his arms and took out the beautiful cloisonné pocket watch. After checking the time, he nodded slightly.

"Look, brother, Xiong Fujun is out of the city!" Zheng Zhihu, who was waiting with him, pointed in the direction of the city gate.

"Well, it's a bit early, my lord is looking forward to our men going back early." Having said this, Zheng Zhilong, who was in a great mood, couldn't help but smile.

"Then go early and come back early, and bring all the brothers to put on official clothes!"

"I'm afraid that some shopkeepers are not happy."

While the Zheng brothers were chatting relaxedly, Xiong Wencan's large army gradually arrived at the pier.At this moment, the sky was already bright, and Zheng Zhilong and Naidi hurried up to meet Lao Xiong's eight-carried sedan chair as soon as it landed.

After the governor in a bright red official robe came out of the sedan chair, he enjoyed himself happily, and the drama of the monarch and his ministers getting along with each other was staged again.And this time there was an audience: a large number of elite bidders on the shore and a large number of elite Zheng's pirates on board witnessed this play performed by professional actors - "Farewell".

Prostrating and saluting, talking enthusiastically, Chunchun teaching, parting wine. When the four-act drama was finished, the last act finally began.

Zheng Zhilong stood at the bow of the boat, bowed slowly to the end, and shouted with a face full of reluctance: "My lord, Zhilong is going now."

And Xiong was also full of reluctance, with the expression of Wang Lun giving Li Bai a suit, and gently waved: "Go, go, go early, good morning."

With the joy of Ke Jinggong's success and full of longing, Zheng Zhilong left like this.

And Xiong Wencan, who also achieved the purpose of publicity, turned back into the sedan chair with a blank expression at the moment the Zheng family's fleet sailed and weighed anchor, and headed back to the Yamen.

After "sending the Zheng family out of the country" with no risk of danger, the time-traveling forces finally took the initiative in their own hands at this moment—from now on, Xiong Wencan will no longer be able to exert pressure on the time-traveling people at will like this time, forcing They mobilized more resources to defend his political line.

At the same time as Old Xiong turned to get on the sedan chair, a man in blue came to the door of Zheng Huairen's paper shop, and handed a letter to the clerk at the door.Zheng Huairen, who was not sleeping well, opened the letter after receiving it, and what slipped out was a contact badge of Heng Guangkang, and a piece of paper outside.

A short line of words was written on the paper: "The back alley of Wang's pharmacy is not well-known."

Of course Zheng Huairen knew about Wang's pharmacy, it was in a small street not far from his home.So after reading the letter, Zheng Huairen immediately got up and went straight to the place mentioned in the letter.Not long after, when he reached the back alley of the pharmacy, he saw a man in Heng Guangkang's gown beckoning to him. So he walked around a donkey cart parked at the alley and walked in.

Not long after, the donkey cart started.The car didn't stop all the way, it came straight to Hengguangkang's side door, and after entering, the driver unloaded the goods on the car in the sedan hall: Zheng Huairen.

In the afternoon, the martial law at the gate of the city was finally lifted, so the donkey cart, accompanied by two yamen servants in official costumes, began to bustle back and forth between the mass grave outside the city and Hengguangkang—this cart will be very busy today , because the body cannot be pulled out at once.

That night, Miss Shuixiu'er from Sanfu Pavilion picked up an elegant guest.Miss Shui Xiu'er, who has already saved enough money to redeem her body and is secretly planning to leave, has already been a little slow at work since today - she is not good at serving guests.

Fortunately, this guest is a generous and gentle person.When he saw that Shui Xiu'er was out of her mind, he didn't take it too seriously, had a few glasses of water and wine with the girl, and then left.

Shui Xiu'er died of the so-called urgent service: wind and cold three days later.

Now, all the finishing work is left to the last one: to transport the silk and satin and more than 2 taels of silver stored in Hengguang Kangli back to Xue Haiyuan's storehouse.

(End of this chapter)