Warring States Eagle

"Even if you don't tell me, I know that you were sent by Mr. Akagi." Scar said with an unhappy face,

After hearing this, Zhengliang felt a little puzzled, why did the other party always believe that he was the subordinate of that Chief Akagi?Listening to the name, this Akagi Dazuo should be a Japanese person?Could it be?Thinking of this, the word "Japanese pirates" suddenly appeared in Zheng Liang's mind.

Hmph, no matter what, the Japanese who can come here to hook up with the officials of Ming Dynasty are not simple traitors, either Japanese pirates or local local tyrants in Japan.Thinking of this, Zheng Liang pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "Since your Excellency already knows the identity of your subordinate, please exchange quickly."

"This time, I have brought exactly what you need, and now they are all loaded in the boat behind. You can see if this is the case, and you and I will each send a person to the other side's boat to check it out. You and I can rest assured." Hearing that Zheng Liang affirmed his judgment, the heart hanging on the scarred face was finally relieved, at least his son should be fine.Of course, just to be on the safe side, he immediately made this suggestion.

"In addition, in order to express our sincerity and apologize for the last misunderstanding, we will also leave a hostage for you. This hostage is the culprit that caused the failure to deliver the goods in time last time. You can dispose of it as you like." Before Zheng Liang responded Regarding the proposal just now, Scarface immediately lowered his voice and said.Anyway, the master has decided to get rid of this fat man who knows too much inside information, instead of waiting for the exchange to be completed, he will spend more time to deal with him.It's better to be a favor now, on the one hand, it can reduce the other party's resentment and let the young master who is still in the other party's hands be treated better, and on the other hand, it is also using the hands of these people to get rid of this waste, why not do it?Based on what I have always known about these Japanese pirates.As long as it is in the hands of the opponent, it will undoubtedly die.

Um?Zheng Liang was stunned.There is a problem, there is definitely a problem.Looking at the meaning of the scarred face, it seems to imply that he can get rid of it. There must be something hidden here.That being the case, why not agree to the other party for the time being, and interrogate him after he is out of danger.Besides, the other party is now proposing to send one person from each side to check the boats of both sides.Zheng Liang didn't care either.Even if the other party is a master of martial arts, on such a narrow ship, it is impossible to be an opponent of Wang Hai, a sailor who has spent his days on the water, so Zheng Liang is not worried at all that the other party will cheat.

So Zhengliang thought for a while.He agreed to the other party's request.

The next thing is easy.Both sides sent one person to the ship to confirm the hostages and goods, and then completed the exchange of supplies and hostages under the surveillance of both sides. The poor fat man was knocked from the back of the head by Scarface's men before he knew what happened. Dizzy, gloriously became Zhengliang's hostage.

The exchange is complete.The two parties immediately parted ways and left.Zheng Liang was worried about some small tricks in the dark, and Scarface was also worried about Zheng Liang's sudden change of mind. After all, in terms of numbers, his side was much smaller.Once the accident happens, they must be the one who suffers.then.Under the circumstances of mutual suspicion, the two fleets quickly left the exchange place.

Zheng Liang went ashore with the newly acquired three boxes of goods.Then scuttled the two boats (these boats were temporarily bought from the poor fishermen, and the money Zhengliang gave them was enough for them to buy a new boat or start a new life), cover up and go ashore Without anyone noticing, they drilled into the dense forest where people had already surveyed the path, and left calmly.

"Your Highness, I have counted. There are a total of 500 taels of gold, and there are 10 more guns, and there is a lot of gunpowder." An hour later, in a ruined mountain temple that had been garrisoned for a long time, Liu Le, who was in charge of counting the goods, reported. "In addition, there was a letter inside," the report said.

"Yeah." Zheng Liang took the letter and read it.He knew of the existence of this letter.Before leaving, Scarface had mentioned this letter to him, and asked Zheng Liang to pass it on to Akagi Osamu on his behalf, and said that if Akagi Osamu could not implement the conditions in the letter, there would be no need for further cooperation in the future.

Zhengliang read the letter carefully.The letter is anonymous, this is inevitable, and the other party is definitely not willing to leave anything behind.There are three main messages in the letter. The first one is to ask Akagi to increase the price in future transactions, otherwise he will not be able to get any benefits from Zhang Tuiguan; the second is a brief analysis of the failure to fulfill the transaction promise in time last time; the third is about The fat man's message.

After reading the letter, Zheng Liang turned his head to look at You Jianxia, ​​who had been drinking at the side, cupped his hands and said, "This time, thanks to Brother You's help, it will be so smooth." You Jianxia's subordinates put in a lot of effort in guarding the wind and other matters.

"Hahaha, Brother Luo, you don't need to be too polite. It's just a little effort." You Jianxia cupped his hands in return.

"According to the agreement, the 100 taels of gold in that wooden box belongs to Brother You," Zheng Liang said with a smile.

"Then I will be disrespectful," You Jianxia said.After all, there are a lot of people who need to eat at home, and 100 taels of gold is enough for him to support him for a long time.

"Brother Luo, do you have any other important matters? If so, it is inconvenient for me to bother you here." Since Zheng Liang has proposed the distribution of goods now, there must be urgent matters to be done next, and it is very likely to be related to that You Jianxia was also very knowledgeable about the letter, and offered to avoid it first.

"No, Brother You doesn't have to be like this, maybe you'll be interested in hearing about the next thing." Zheng Liang pretended to be mysterious and said, "Wake up that person and bring him here."

When Kinoshita Masao and others heard the words, they immediately woke up the captured fat man with clean water, and brought them to Zhengliang.

Fat Mian had just woken up, and the back of his head was still aching, and he just got used to it.When he took a closer look, he immediately exclaimed, because he found that the guy who exchanged hostages with Scarface just now was looking at him, and what made him even more horrified was that he found that his hands were tied.

Obviously, he has entered the wolf's den.

"Don't worry about it, I have good news and bad news for you now." Zheng Liang said with a smile, "The good news is that you are still alive. The bad news is that you have been betrayed by your superiors, and will soon die."

"Ah?" Fatty was taken aback when he heard that, he who is usually pampered would never think that such a thing would happen to him, and he was so frightened that his three souls disappeared and seven souls disappeared.

It took a long time before he came back to his senses, and the fat man quickly crawled to Zheng Liang's feet.Pleading bitterly: "Master, please spare the life of the villain."

"No, I can't spare your life." Zheng Liang shook his head and said.

"Ah? My... my lord" Hearing Zheng Liang's words, the fat man was a little desperate.He thought Zhengliang was going to kill him.

"Let him read this letter." Zhengliang waved his hand, and asked Masao Kinoshita, who was standing beside the fat man, to spread the letter in front of the fat man.

Following the light of the torch, the fat man looked at the letter suspiciously.Soon, the fat man began to tremble.

"How? Now that I know that I really can't spare your life?" Zheng Liang said.Zheng Liang's original plan was to interrogate the fat man after he was brought back.Put him back again.Scarface intends to borrow a knife to kill people. If Zheng Liang is really a Japanese pirate, then Scarface will get his wish. The problem is that Zhengliang is not.So Zheng Liang's original plan was to let Fatty know who sold him.Then let him go back and ask him to trip officer Zhang Tui.

It's a pity that the other party is not a fuel-efficient lamp, how could he rashly let a person who knows their details go back alive, so the letter has already explained.The fat man had already been poisoned before he came to exchange hostages with Zheng Liang, and he would have a complete attack the soonest tomorrow, showing slurred speech, and then lost his mind.In the end, it will be poisoned and die.Obviously, this is a chronic nerve poison used in the Jianghu.

"No...impossible?" Fatty muttered to himself.

"If it is true as stated in the letter, then you can feel it yourself, presumably. You should be able to feel it now," Zheng Liang said.

The fat man heard the words.I really forced myself to calm down, and then closed my eyes to feel it.

"Ah? I don't want to die. Huh..." Soon the fat man broke down and cried.Apparently he also noticed changes in the body.

"If I let you go back now, I believe you can still find the antidote," Zheng Liang said suddenly.

Fatty's crying stopped.

"My lord, please let the villain go back, and the villain will definitely repay you generously." The fat man tried to crawl to Zhengliang's feet again, but was held down by the two behind him.

"Hehe, I can let you go, but there are some things I want to know about. If you can tell me in detail, I might let you go," Zheng Liang said.

"My lord, it's okay to ask, as long as the villain knows, I will definitely tell you in detail." Now that it was a matter of his life, the fat man of course tried his best to cooperate.

"Okay, now I will ask and you will answer. If there is any falsehood, I will kill you before you get angry," Zheng Liang threatened.

"Yes, the villain will definitely cooperate," the fat man said hastily.

"It was mentioned in the letter that this time your goods were robbed during delivery. What's going on?" Zheng Liang asked.

"My lord, it's like this..." Hearing Zheng Liang's question, the fat man immediately described it cooperatively.

Immediately afterwards, Zheng Liang asked a few more questions, and the fat man knew everything.

"So that's the case!" Zheng Liang exclaimed after the fat man finished answering all Zheng Liang's questions.

"Hmph, these dog officials, colluding with Japanese pirates and ordinary people, should be cut to death!" You Jianxia who was on the side was also very angry after hearing this.As a military family member, he naturally doesn't have a good impression of corrupt officials.

"Come on, pull it down" Since he got the news he wanted to know, there was no need for this fat man to live any longer. Even if he was about to suffer from poison, Zheng Liang didn't intend to let him live for a few more hours.One is that Zheng Liang and the others will leave this place soon after finishing their management. After all, they hijacked the son of a high-ranking local official, even if they return him now.But who knows if the other party will go out of the city immediately to search for it?Second, someone with a little intelligence would have guessed from Zheng Liang's question just now that Zheng Liang was not the Akagi Colonel.Don't look at Fatty's hatred for Zhang Tuiguan now, maybe he will go back and provide this information to Zhang Tuiguan in order to get the antidote, then Zheng Liang and others will be in trouble.

"Ah? Your Excellency? No, please don't kill the villain!" Fatty is such a smart person, he knew from Zheng Liang's tone that he was about to face a catastrophe, and immediately exclaimed.

Masaragi waved his hand, motioning for Masao Kinoshita and others to pull him down.

"Shitou! Shitou! I'm my second uncle! Plead for me!" At this moment, the fat man suddenly shouted at Shitou, who had been lowering his head not far behind Zhengliang.

"Second Uncle?" Zheng Liang looked suspiciously at the trembling stone.

(A new volume will start tomorrow! The protagonist will return to the territory. I personally think that this volume really has the flavor of the Warring States Period. Stay tuned!) (To be continued...)

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