Lu Ming

Chapter 343 Opening of Port ([-])
Comrade Liao Shuangding is undoubtedly a man of unsteady will.There is not a trace of fearless revolutionary spirit in him, but the corruption and cowardice of the lumpenproletarians are vividly displayed.

After the little chicken crossed the river, he confessed everything about the underground tunnel and the burning of the building in the middle of the night.

Later, when he fired a cannon at himself, in order not to become Liao Wuding, Liao Shuangding quickly confessed the man behind the scenes who instigated him: Old Guai.

After adding a hidden program of "Hand-cranked power generator and iron pestle attacking chrysanthemums", Liu Wang quit the job after discovering that there was really nothing to hide.In the early morning of the next day, he begged to see Xiong Dao immediately and reported what had happened last night.

"Tell me about your judgment." Xiong Dao brushed his teeth while beckoning Liu Wang to continue.

"Liao Shuangding is not an ordinary thief, but came here to set fire. From this point of view, I guess he was sent by Mr. Wu."

"Is there any evidence?"

"Not yet. It was Lao Guai who gave Liao Shuangding the order. He didn't mention Wu San."

"After being burned on the trestle bridge, it is human nature to want to burn the house back." Xiong Dao smacked his lips: "I also tend to be caused by the third master."

"However, you'd better ask the old abductor who ordered it. After all, we still need to speak evidence; don't wrong a good person, but don't let a bad person go."

"Yes, this subordinate will do it."

"Well, bring more people there, there are quite a few thieves in that group."

Outside the county seat, by the North River, Yuewang Temple.

As the deputy general manager who sits on the ground and distributes the spoils, is in charge of a hundred thieves, and controls the theft business, Lao Guai is naturally a cunning rabbit.

Recently, due to the increase in business and trade after the beginning of spring, Laoguai has set up his den at the Yuewang Temple beside the Beihe River: organizing people to steal from foreign business travelers is the highlight of every spring, looting along the river and diving on board boats are both It's a common trick used by thieves.

At noon, Liao Shuangding came to the Yuewang Temple with a strange walking posture, with a wry smile on his face, buttocks between his legs.

Yuewang Temple is an abandoned temple, otherwise it would not have been selected as a den of thieves.It is backed by the Beihe River, with bamboo forests on both sides, and a slope in front. You can see people coming from a distance, and you can retreat from the bamboo forest and Beihe River at any time. The location is not bad.

There will naturally be someone letting the wind out in front of the den of thieves.So when the two thieves saw Liao Shuangding, they greeted him casually—they didn't know about Liao Shuangding's mission yesterday.

After saying hello, the guard asked by the way: "Brother Liao, are these two new to each other?"

Yes, behind Liao Shuangding there were two smiling men in costumes.

"Look for someone to talk about things." Liao Shuangding nodded slightly, and led the two men into the temple.But just as everyone passed by, the two men took out the daggers in their sleeves and quickly inserted them into the guard's jaws.

At the same moment, one of the men ignored the guard who was still struggling in his hands, and lowered his head to his collar and said, "Clear!"

After a while, more than 30 men rushed up from the bottom of the slope.Most of these people are peripheral action players trained locally in Hangzhou and belong to Hangzhou Station.Among them, 10% of the backbone members are formal field personnel who have gone to the headquarters for training.

Most of the action team members wore short knives in their waists and held T-shaped crutches.In fact, in ordinary cold weapon fights, the T-shaped abduct, which was widely used by the police in later generations, completely defeated those messy weapons.

Of course, the premise of this statement is that there must be professional training and hollow steel pipes.

These two conditions are hardly considered conditions in later generations, but it was different in the 17th century when the total wealth of society was relatively scarce.Even the servants and soldiers under General Xungui usually exercise once every three days. Few forces can support hundreds of men, and they can train hard every day.

In addition, hollow steel pipes, which are both lethal and dexterous, were artifacts in the 17th century—even though the walls of these pipes were uneven, they were actually souvenirs after the steel mills failed to tackle the problem of seamless steel pipes, but in this era Still an artifact.

After the team that came to the gate separated a small number of people to guard the temple walls on both sides, the rest of them uttered a shout and rushed into the temple one by one.

At the same time, on the North River at the back gate of Yuewang Temple, two flat-bottomed boats sailed to the left and right, with people holding hooks and crossbows on them.

When the enemy rushed in, some of the thieves were dividing the spoils: last night's harvest needed to be counted in time and classified to find buyers.

Others who stay up late are sleeping.

More than 20 elites rushed in and beat everyone they saw. The more than 50 thieves in the poor temple didn't react at all, and they were beaten and fled in all directions.

Having said that, these things who are used to stealing and looting, even if they are prepared, they must not be opponents of elite personnel.Whether it is morale, equipment, or training, there is no comparison between undisciplined ordinary people and paramilitary action members.

So when Liu Wang, who was carrying a pistol, walked slowly into the temple gate, the remnant enemies were already chasing and suppressing inside.

There was not much blood on the ground, and only a few brave men who drew out their knives to resist would be brutally beaten. Most of the thieves were curled up there at the moment, clutching their stomachs and screaming from their broken crutches.

It didn't take long for the intruders to take control of the situation.All the people in the temple were searched out, packaged and thrown in front of the temple gate, and then seven or eight people who escaped over the wall were also taken in. It was a den of thieves, and there were quite a few with high agility values.

Afterwards, they ran away from Hebutou at the back door, which included the target person of this operation: Laoguai.

It was expected that Laoguai, the thief, would run away.Such people have been on the run almost all their lives, and they cannot be expected to be as indomitable as a bandit leader.

Laoguai, who was escorted to the apse with his hands tied, was soaked and his face was covered with blood. It was obvious that he had been fished out of the river after being beaten by oars.It is a little surprising that Laoguai is not the cunning old man with triangular eyes and gloomy face as everyone imagined, but a tall, fat, bald, and fleshy man.

But these are not important anymore.At this point, unless Lao Guai turns into Batman, no matter how much meat there is, it will be useless.

After being escorted in, when the inexplicable Laoguai saw Liao Shuangding with a wry smile on his face, he immediately understood the source of today's disaster after having been in the rivers and lakes for many years.

After figuring out the situation, Laoguai gave Liao Shuangding a resentful look at first, and then he opened his mouth and shouted: "But Master Xiong is in person? There is a wronged person and a debtor, and the business is also entrusted by others. There is no need to complain about this matter." people."

"Hehe, it seems that you have a debt in your mind, Laoguai." Liu Wang stood up from a bag of groceries in the corner of the hall at this time, and walked over slowly: "There is an injustice and a debtor, well, brothers and sisters Who should I go to ask for a debt?"

"This." Laoguai got stuck first, and then he said with a smile: "How can a petty person like me know about this matter, the left and right are just listening and doing errands, if you don't believe me, you can ask my master. "

"Use Deng Hu to scare our men?" Liu Wang said with a smile: "Deng Hu is the pick-up, we all know this, so don't worry, he can't run away."

At this point, Liu Wang stretched out his hand and patted Laoguai's bald head vigorously, then went around to his ear and asked, "Isn't it strange that you don't use crutches since you are called Laoguai?"

As soon as Liu Wang finished speaking, someone next to him hit Laoguai's knee hard with a T-shaped crutch. After the sound of "click", Laoguai groaned miserably, and he sat down on the ground.

"Old Guai, this is the right time for you, and I'm afraid you will need a crutch in the future." Liu Wang squatted down with a smile, stared at Lao Guai who was covered in cold sweat, and continued to ask: "What do you think of now?"

Laoguai looked at the big man who was eager to try, and stared at the big man on his other knee, and couldn't help but be out of his wits.

Knowing that he had encountered a hard stubble today, Laoguai couldn't help feeling extremely regretful at this moment. He knew that he might lose his leg. Although he didn't know Kong Yiji, he had seen too many people with that crawling style, so he didn't want the other leg. The legs are also finished.

Then Laoguai remembered everything: "It's Mr. Wu from the riverside who pays money to hire the people in the bank to do things. The little one just listens to Mr. Deng's yelling. It's not a small matter. If you are good guys, please spare your lives."

"That's right." Liu Wang clapped his hands and stood up from the ground: "That's what you want."

After tidying up the crutches, Liu Wang first said a few words into the walkie-talkie, and then he began to inspect the Yuewang Temple.

Since Yuewang Temple is a den of thieves, there must be plenty of stolen goods.In the apse there are not only all kinds of groceries piled up, but also the money and jewels that Laoguai has amassed in the past period of time are stuffed in the hidden compartment in the underground.

After roughly looking at the silk, cotton, paper, and raw silk wrapped in linen, Liu Wang couldn't help shaking his head: some of the goods had dark brown blood stains on them, and some had water stains on them, so The origin of these stolen goods can be imagined.

"Leave [-] people, and the rest will leave by boat." After estimating that the time was almost up, Liu Wang waved his hand to let some people go through the back door first.

After another half an hour, there was a commotion outside the mountain gate.

A large number of people entered the door.The leader is Cao Dianshi from the county government, followed by Kuaiban catcher and a group of government servants, followed by apprentices and white bodies of various government servants, the whole team is mighty, more than 100 people.

Not long after Laoguai was settled, the master who had arranged in advance got the news, swaggered into the county government office, and begged to see the county magistrate with Xiong Dao's post.

It stands to reason that Xiong Dao's white post is useless, but now it is not the same as before, at least the county magistrate knows that Xiong can take out a few posts from the gentry to see him at any time, let alone carry it out behind his back. That big guy——Cao Chuan's post is for seeing the governor, and the county magistrate is not enough.

After seeing the county magistrate, regardless of whether the relevant people in the county government are willing or not, this is considered a formal report.Then the Dian Shi, who was specifically in charge of public security in a county, and the fast class, who was in charge of apprehending the criminals, had to be dispatched.

(End of this chapter)