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Chapter 233 Chapter [-] Killing the Mouth; The Law of Smile Transfer

As the imperial court issued a strict order to suppress the Endeavor Association and the Youth Yongyue Society, there was a huge wave in the Ming Dynasty and Kyushu.

Whether it's just to cope with errands, or to do their best for political achievements, the local government dare not neglect, and immediately organizes people to attack everywhere.

The meeting place of faction people, the residence of the faction leader, the assets of the faction, etc., were all raided and seized by the menacing Yi'an army and police without exception.

Vigorously suppress these radical guys, and bloody conflicts cannot be avoided. Physical resistance is considered the lightest, and resisting arrest with weapons is the most common.

Therefore, in the ten days and a half months after the "Jimao Disaster", to put it an exaggeration, all parts of Daming can be said to be full of wars, and fierce gun battles also took place in many counties that used to be peaceful and peaceful.

For the post-[-]th and post-[-]th generations of Ming Dynasty, the situation of so many casualties only existed in the stories told by their parents and grandparents in the past. The most chaotic scenes that can be seen in normal times are the occasional confrontations between the parade people and the government.

On October 26th, in Pingding Prefecture, Shanxi Province, two agents from the Foreign Police Factory were ordered to investigate the money and power transactions between the Endeavour Society and local officials, but they accidentally fell into a trap during the task, and were silenced and thrown into the wilderness.

After discovering that his companion had not returned for a long time, another agent who stayed at the foothold was very vigilant, quickly shifted his position, and issued an emergency warning code to his superiors.

Although according to the usual practice, he should get out immediately in this case to ensure his own safety, but the agent was probably unwilling or angry, and did not choose to return without success.

He wrote up the ins and outs of the investigation in detail and delivered it to the secret liaison office—under such circumstances, any local government agency cannot be trusted.Then, he managed to get close to several suspicious officials after disguised, and successfully set out the fact of murder.

Through excellent psychological tactics, the agent finally succeeded in instigating an official of the Household Department and signed a pledge as a voucher. After that, he escaped unscathed and returned to the main site of the foreign factory in Taiyuan.

Bad things often come one after another. When this matter is heard, the same thrilling game is going on in many places in the north and south of the river.

On the 29th, Zhejiang, Xiaofeng County.

Xiaofeng County is located at the northern foot of Tianmu Mountain, where the mountains are undulating and the terrain is complex, so it can be said that there are mountains around the city.

The autumn wind is rustling, and in the evening, the western sky is dyed red by the rays of the sun, and the setting sun sprinkles on Tianmu Mountain.

Agents Chen Yifu and Wei Peng of the Zhejiang office of the foreign factory are both disguised as hunters at the moment, trekking on the rugged mountain trails.

For a long time, the foreign factory has been infiltrating and monitoring the major parties. Many agents have changed their names and surnames to lurk among them with false identities. The same is true for the Endeavor Society and the Youth Yongyue Society.

But this is a game-changing process. In the past few years, the two have suffered a lot due to the internal and external cooperation of hidden agents. Since then, they have learned lessons, greatly strengthened internal censorship, encouraged mutual surveillance, and severely punished traitors.As a result, many agents were forced to flee after their identities were exposed, and most of the few remaining agents voluntarily cut off contact with their superiors and kept silent.

Therefore, the foreign factory has not yet penetrated into the core decision-making levels of the two, and the few people who have successfully lurked are at most middle-level, and have few opportunities to pass information to the outside world.

This is also the reason why the Ming court was not prepared for the "Jimao disaster". After collecting a little information from the headquarters of the foreign factory, we could only roughly guess that these guys might cause trouble; and the foreign factory did not inform the local police of this news. Institutions, because they think that local police agencies are a mixed bag, and it is easy to scare the snake.

The main site of the Foreign Police Factory in the Zhejiang area has recently learned some information about the Youth Yongyue Society. It is said that it may have set up a large secret stronghold among the mountains to the northeast of Tianmu Mountain.

The site clerks carefully collected relevant intelligence and information, and found that the earliest relevant information can be traced back to the beginning of last year, and there have been two or three related information since then, but they have not been paid attention to.

This time, Chen Yifu and Wei Peng were ordered to come to find out what happened.

Wei Peng was carrying a Ruifeng shotgun on his shoulder, with a dead hare and a dead pheasant hanging from the muzzle. area, but we've been wandering around here for a long time, and we haven't even seen a ghost."

"Long time does not mean a wide range, we only searched a third of the territory." Chen Yifu looked around, and then raised his finger to a dirt slope half a mile away: "It's time to prepare for camping. "

No matter where they are, experienced veterans are precious resources, and it is a routine operation in all walks of life to bring the old to the new, which can maximize the use of limited human resources.

Wei Peng used to be a member of the Yuyao County Police. After he switched jobs, he was successfully selected for a foreign factory and only officially took office this year.Compared with him, a rookie, Chen Yifu, who has worked in a foreign factory for ten years, is undoubtedly a veteran with a lot of experience.

The two brought tarpaulins, blankets, and matches with them. In order to ensure that they matched their pretended identities, they had bought these things from second-hand shops in the county.

Spending the night in the mountains is actually a very dangerous thing. The temperature difference between day and night is large, and there are poisonous insects and wild animals infesting. Sometimes an inconspicuous negligence can send people to hell.

However, just as the two of them were stacking branches and fallen leaves on the lee side of the slope to make a bonfire, Chen Yifu suddenly saw something unusual out of the corner of his eye.

He immediately said in a deep voice: "Stop! Don't move around, look over there at ten o'clock."

"Ah?" Wei Peng, who was about to light a fire, put away the matchbox, then raised his head and looked intently.

I saw a group of figures moving slowly near the ridgeline about a mile away, probably seven or eight people.

Because it was dusk at this moment, the lighting conditions were not good, and the amount of light entering the old-fashioned monoculars they carried was pitifully small, so they couldn't see clearly.

Chen Yifu turned his head and asked, "You have good eyes, can you see clearly?"

Wei Peng opened his eyes wide and tried to observe for a while, then hesitatingly said: "Probably they are all young and middle-aged, and their clothes are also the same, and the color is the same or similar."

With a keen insight and a little thought, it is not difficult to come to this judgment - the mountain road is not easy to walk, let alone in the evening when the visibility is not high?Middle-aged and elderly people can't do it, and who would a normal person stay in the mountains in groups at such a late hour?

"It's really suspicious..." Obviously, this group of people is not normal. Based on years of experience, Chen Yifu even feels that they are the target this time. "Let's follow them, be careful, and don't get too close."

"Okay."

In this way, the two followed the team and continued to march deep into the mountains, keeping a distance of about 150 meters.

Every mile or so, Chen Yifu would mark the ground with stones and branches, or use a knife to scratch the trunks of the trees he passed by.

As it got darker and later, the two couldn't help worrying - when it was completely dark, the other party could turn on the flashlight and light the torch, but they couldn't.

Walking on a mountain road in the dark is as dangerous as walking up and down the highway with your eyes closed.

Where are these people going?Shall we follow?
"It should be soon." Chen Yifu said lightly.

It was getting late, these people did not plan to camp, and did not turn on the flashlight or light the torch, indicating that they were not far from their foothold.

Sure enough, when the sunset was completely below the horizon, the finish line finally came into view.

This is a village hidden among the mountains, or the base is more appropriate. At this moment, there are dozens of light spots dotted around, which should be lighting appliances such as electric lamps and gas lamps.

If you observe carefully, you can vaguely see people coming and going in it. The radius is about several miles, and there are more than [-] large huts, surrounded by earthen walls and wooden fences about two meters high.

"Lucky, I really found the right place!" Wei Peng was so excited that he couldn't hide his joy.

Compared with him, Chen Yifu's reaction was much calmer, he frowned slightly, and fell silent.

What is the purpose of setting up such a large-scale camp among the mountains and mountains?
"It's getting dark and we can't see clearly. Let's find a leeward place near here to spend the night and keep the machete by our side."

Camping but not being able to light a fire undoubtedly significantly increased the danger. God knows if there will be wild dogs and wolves coming to attack.

"Maybe this is where they gather secretly. They are not stupid. The strongholds in the city are easy to check, so they will naturally leave a way out in the mountains." Wei Peng guessed.

"It's hard to say," Chen Yifu expressed doubts, "This scale is too large. Usually, it doesn't need to be so big to accommodate a hundred people. Ten small rooms are enough."

"That's right. There are about thirty people, big and small. I'm afraid they can accommodate hundreds of people."

"Well. Change the vigil, you go to bed first, and I will watch the first half of the night."

In late autumn, the temperature in the mountains dropped sharply. There was no bonfire to keep warm.

After staying up all night like this, at Mao the next day, when the first ray of morning light fell into the mountains, the sleepy two simply moved their hands and feet, and then returned to an excellent hiding place nearby.

In the bushes on the reverse slope of this hill, the two of them can peek at the stronghold below from a distance.

The reason why they were so sure was that the two immediately recognized the red and black flags flying in the camp, which were the banners of the Youth Yongyue Society.

Chen Yifu took out a small miniature camera from the bag that he carried across his body, and after focusing, he "clicked" several photos one after another.

This is a spy camera developed by Tianjin Minglang Mirror Industry Co., Ltd. under the secret request of the Foreign Police Factory and the Intelligence Department of the Metropolitan Government. For Secret Service use.

After a while, the camp gradually became lively, shouts and gongs and drums sounded, and people kept coming out of the houses in a hurry.

They lined up one by one, went to a large shed one by one, entered one by one, and came out each carrying a wooden model gun.

Afterwards, more than 300 people lined up in the middle of the camp, divided into five parts, arranged neatly, and then began to practice under the shouts of more than a dozen "instructors".

"I'll go! Let's practice private soldiers here, you're so bold." Wei Peng was amazed.

"It does look good." Chen Yifu recalled with a serious expression: "It is known that the faction of the Yongyue Society has recruited and absorbed many retired soldiers, and it seems that they are relying on them to train their party members."

"If it was in ancient times, it would have been to raid the family of the Yi tribe."

"It's over here, we have to go back to interrogate as soon as possible."

The place was found, photos were taken, and the specific situation was investigated. Considering the danger was too great, the two did not intend to stay any longer, so they left.

There is actually such a stronghold in Tianmu Mountain. There is no doubt that this is a serious violation of the law. It would have to be cleared in normal times, let alone in the limelight of suppressing the Endeavor Society and the Yongyue Society.

It was three poles in the sun, and when the two were shuttled through the mountain trails, they unexpectedly bumped into a group of people head-on.

[-]. Three young men and seven mules and horses laden with goods were slowly advancing. They were the team delivering supplies to the stronghold in the mountains.

Because both sides saw each other, hiding would look suspicious, so Chen Yifu and Wei Peng could only bite the bullet and continue walking naturally.

When the two sides passed each other, the person in the team said, "Hey, hunters, what are you two doing here?"

The smiling Chen Yifu replied, "Let's get some wild game."

"A chicken and a rabbit, you two are not very good at it."

"I laughed, I laughed."

The two sides went their own way, and it seemed that this encounter was about to pass without any risk.

But at this moment, a burly man in the team stopped everyone.

"The pheasants and hares are not fresh, they don't seem to be caught today, hurry up, chase them and stop them."

Ever since, Chen Yifu and Wei Peng, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, raised their hearts to their throats again.

Probably thinking that they had been exposed, the two of them ran away without any hesitation.

On this path full of autumn wind and bleak scenery, two people fled and five chased each other, and the sound of yelling and cursing filled the mountains.

"Damn it! It's a spy from the government, hurry up!"

"Don't let them get away!"

I don't know who fired the gun first, which turned the chase into a gunfight in an instant.

"Boom!"

Wei Peng fired two consecutive shots with the Ruifeng double-barreled shotgun, knocked down one person, and then threw the bulky thing aside.

Chen Yifu was hit by a pistol bullet in his right arm, bleeding profusely, but he still insisted on shooting back with his left hand.

The two ran away for a long time, and only dared to slow down when they were about to leave the mountain. It was already noon.

the next day.

After the film was sent and developed, after learning the specific situation, the main site of the foreign factory in Zhejiang immediately reported the situation in order to avoid long nights and dreams, and soon received an order to go to clean up.

In order to prevent the spies placed by the other party in the local government agency from leaking the news, this operation also specially transferred troops from the neighboring Ningguo Mansion across provinces.

More than a dozen special agents and three teams of Yi'an troops arrived overnight to purge this secret stronghold hidden among the mountains.

The two sides exchanged fire for a long time, and they shot at each other for a full hour and a half. Yi'an's army suffered eighteen casualties and seven died, while the other side suffered more than forty casualties.

After another half day and one night of confrontation, the more than [-] young Yongyue Society members finally surrendered.

After a detailed inventory check by the agents of the Foreign Police Factory, they counted more than 500 long guns, more than [-] short guns, more than [-] rounds of bullets, more than [-] catties of explosives, printing machines and a large number of notices.

The deputy envoy of the Zhejiang Provincial Audit Office couldn't help sighing: last year I was still laughing at France (this kind of thing happened), but now it happened in Guochao, I really can't laugh or cry.

(End of this chapter)