Brocade tears

Xixi Township, the hometown of Zepei with dense waterways and river networks.In addition to a dozen small villages scattered in the wetland, there are also a large number of nunnery built by literati, which has become an excellent place for literati to live in seclusion, meet and socialize, and dance and write.Mingjing nunnery is one of the literati nunneries with a special terrain. It is built on a peninsula beach. It faces northwest and southeast, surrounded by water on three sides, and one side is backed by hills. The northwest hills are full of densely planted bamboo forests. The steep slope is difficult to climb. , Difficulty traveling. It was built 70 years ago by a retired official who called himself "Mingjing Layman", and was sold to Yangzhou Lu's ten years ago. Since then, it has been a residence of Yangzhou Lu's in Hangzhou.

On the morning of June [-], Xixi Township was shrouded in mist.In the lobby of Mingjing Temple, Zhang Jing was sitting on a wooden chair, with his hands and feet bound, looking at the four men and a woman in front of him with a gloomy horse face.Among them, three men and one woman were the four people who committed murder and arson on the boat.There was another man with a short mustache on his lips, dark skin, a hulking waist, wearing a Tibetan military uniform, with a big ax behind his back, and he had a domineering aura.Zhang Jing said to the man:

"Who told you to kidnap someone? You're making your own claims! This is definitely not what Lu Huaidong meant!"

"Of course this is not what my brother-in-law means, because my brother-in-law has been kidnapped by the Japanese. The Japanese want me to exchange enough people for my brother-in-law, otherwise my brother-in-law is in danger. In addition, the Lu family in Yangzhou and you The matter of Zhang Zhongguan's arms trafficking has been revealed, and he will be liquidated sooner or later. Why don't you take this opportunity and go all out to fight, kidnap King Lu, and hand him over to the Japanese. My righteous brother will come back, and our family will return Can get the asylum of the Japanese, rectify the property and flee to the Japanese country by boat."

"Wei Hu, you are also a general of the Shenji Battalion. You have received the attention of Admiral Song, and you have a bright future. Now that you are committing murder and arson, you still want to be protected by the Japanese. What is your future?" Zhang Jing squinted at him He was also surprised by the news that Wei Hu said that Lu Huaidong was kidnapped by the Japanese.But when you think about it carefully, it makes sense.The arms business was in decline, and the Japanese wanted to get the last fortune out of embarrassment, so they tied up the leader of the Ming Dynasty businessman who was doing business with them, extorting money.

"I was able to be a general of Shenji Battalion because my brother-in-law gave me food and my sister in the early years. Otherwise, Wei Hu and my sister would have starved to death. I have worked with him all these years without any complaints or complaints." Regret, he is living a good life, and I, Wei Hu, are living a good life." Wei Hu said in a deep voice, and when he said this, the only woman behind him also nodded.This woman is Wei Hu's younger sister, Wei Hong. She is ordinary in appearance, just like her brother.She is good at using steel knives, and on the boat, she pretends to be a handyman to mix in it.She was hiding in the corner of Huafang Banquet Hall at that time, and she was also the one who gave the sweat medicine to the drinking of four people including King Lu.This is also the reason why only Zhang Jing is awake. Zhang Jing is with them, so there is no need to stun him. If he is fainted, he has to carry one more person.

The other three men are all Wei Hu's devoted subordinates. They have been accompanying Wei Hu's guards for a long time to escort the arms sold out by the Shenji Camp, and travel between Beijing and Jiangnan. A reckless man with no words.

Zhang Jingjian couldn't make any sense with him, so he could only lament that he had met a bunch of stupid accomplices.Looking at Lu Wang, Tang Fuan, Wang Daoming, and Fang Ming who were tied to four pillars not far from the corner, sealed and blindfolded, and still unconscious, he wondered how he should get out of this matter. Get out of it.

If King Lu died, the consequences would be unimaginable. He was in the center of the vortex and couldn't escape at all.He had to save King Lu first, so he could use this as a bargaining chip in the deal.That Wang Daoming and Fang Ming... Zhang Jing felt that whether they died or not had nothing to do with him, it was best to die, anyway, he had already learned about Zhang Yunxiu's whereabouts from Wang Daoming.Once they die, there will be one less person to share the profit here, and there will be no worries in the future.

Then it is necessary to try our best to keep King Lu, use Wei Hu's sword to eradicate Tang Fu'an, Wang Daoming and Fang Ming, and then lead the officers and soldiers to eradicate Wei Hu and others.In this way, his interests can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

After he had made up his mind, he began to use his three-inch tongue, and changed the subject, and began to help Wei Hu with ideas.He analyzed the pros and cons, and told Wei Hu, Tang Fu'an, Wang Daoming and Fang Ming that the three were redundant and could not be kept, and should be killed as soon as possible.King Lu had to be guarded safely, otherwise the Japanese would not be able to take him as a hostage.If King Lu is not dead, there is still room for maneuver in his conflicts with the court, and there will be a way out in the future, and so on.Wei Hu thought about it, he was not stupid, but he knew what Zhang Jing said was indeed reasonable.

"If you still want to hand over King Lu to the Japanese and bring back your righteous brother, you have to leave as soon as possible. Otherwise, the officers and soldiers will come here soon." Zhang Jing finally said.

Wei Hu said: "No, the reason why I made a big deal out of this is to let everyone know that King Lu was kidnapped. This is what the Japanese asked me to do, otherwise they would kill me The arm of the righteous brother. I have already arranged the escape route. In a while, another brother will come to pick up Lu Wang from the northern waterway. My brother and sister and I will stay temporarily. When the officers and soldiers come, we will pretend to fight. After killing a few officers and soldiers, escape. It is said that Tang Jisheng, the prefect of Hangzhou, is directing the operation in person. If Tang Jisheng can come in person, killing him is the best result. A fourth-rank chief officer is dead. What does the Hangzhou local think? It’s impossible to suppress this.”

Zhang Jing heard the words, but he was thinking, why did the Japanese make such a big deal about King Lu being subdued?It is not in their interest to draw the court's attention in advance.They are attacking North Korea now, and the court has been doubting the authenticity of the Japanese invasion.If the Japanese do not admit it all the time, they can delay the time and speed up the progress of devouring North Korea. If the Ming army is organized one day later, the Japanese army will have a greater advantage.But now that they have captured King Lu, they want to make things worse and completely let the court focus on the Wa country. Wouldn't it be shooting themselves in the foot?

But he changed his mind and thought again, could it be that he wanted to shift the court's attention from the northeast to the southeast?Or maybe, the Japanese who are active in our Daming territory are simply acting on their own initiative and have no connection with the island?

It's useless to think too much, but Zhang Jing didn't think Wei Hu could succeed. He was too arrogant and underestimated the officers and soldiers of the Hangzhou government. This excellent opportunity to escape was missed, and he probably had the chance to escape. It's getting slimmer.What's more, there are Guo Ba and Meng Shisan who are difficult to deal with. At this time, I am afraid they have already united with the Hangzhou government.Knowing this, Zhang Jing deliberately didn't mention it to Wei Hu, because he wanted to see Wei Hu suffer the consequences.

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Guo Dayou and Meng Kuang were sailing in the river channel of Xixi in a fishing boat at this time, and the Mingjing Temple was right in front of them. The fisherman who punted the boat told them that no one had lived in the Mingjing Temple for many years.

The boatman circled the beach where Mingjing Nunnery was located, and Guo Dayou and Meng Kuang also used this to survey the terrain.

"Surrounded by water on three sides and facing slopes on one side. Thirteen, I think there is a good chance of sneaking through the bamboo forest behind. They shouldn't have much defense against the rear."

Meng Kuang nodded, she thought the same as Guo Dayou.

"I'm with you. Let's go ashore from the east side and turn back." He told the fisherman to dock the boat in an angled bay not far from the Mingjing Temple, and the two jumped ashore.This place can't be called a shore at all, the water is all steep slopes with slippery slopes, and dense bamboo forests grow there. After the two jumped onto the shore, they could barely stand on the steep slopes by holding on to the bamboos.It is really difficult for ordinary people to move freely in such terrain without any effort.

Guo Dayou ordered: "Boater, go back and go to the main road where we came. If you meet people from the government, tell them that we have sneaked into the Mingjing Nunnery, let them surround you, and don't act without authorization. At that time, the nunnery If the inside is safe, there will be a signal. If there is no movement within half an hour, they should attack by force."

"Okay." The fisherman who enthusiastically cooperated with Guo Dayou and Meng Kuang in arresting the "fugitive criminal" immediately obeyed and returned with the boat.Giving money is easy to do, not to mention Guo Dayou and Meng Kuang also have a Jinyiwei token that everyone fears.

The boatman left, Guo Dayou and Meng Kuang began to outflank the back of Mingjing Temple with bamboo.This road is really difficult. Even Meng Kuang, who has a strong balance ability, feels very difficult to walk with one deep foot and one shallow foot. It is even more difficult for Guo Dayou, who has a huge physique, to shuttle between dense forests. The next time, he stepped on the air and almost slipped, but was pulled up by Meng Kuang in the end.No wonder this group of people are not afraid of officers and soldiers outflanking from behind. There is really no way for a large number of officers and soldiers to leave here. Even if they walk by force, they will be alarmed by the movement in the bamboo forest.

After a little effort, the two of them finally made their way to the back of Ming Jing Nunnery. At that time, Guo Dayou was already out of breath and sweating all over his body.Meng Kuang was also a little breathless, and his physical strength was exhausted.

The two looked inside for a while through the courtyard wall of Mingjing Nunnery, but no suspicious person appeared, it seemed that everyone was hiding in the house.Guo Dayou judged the situation before him and whispered:

"Look at that room, which is the lobby in front. I guess people should be tied up there. Anyway, after entering later, we will split up. I will go to the west side, you go to the east side, and the houses on both sides of the east and west Check them all. If someone is hiding in it alone, we will solve it separately. Right now we don't know the situation inside. I suggest not to kill people unless it is absolutely necessary. Just subdue them. Although you are very skilled, we can't break in by force. The gangsters had nowhere to go, they dragged people into the burial, and hurt King Lu, so we can’t afford to walk around. If there is no one, we will meet up behind the main hall, and work together to eliminate the people inside. Have you brought the smoke?”

Meng Kuang nodded.

"Okay, with Miyan, things will be much easier."

After agreeing on a plan of action, the two began to act immediately.Meng Kuang jumped from the slope with his strength, directly climbed over the backyard wall of Mingjing Nunnery, and fell lightly into the courtyard.And Guo Dayou's movements were more clumsy, but he also climbed over the courtyard wall and entered smoothly.The two split up according to the plan, Meng Kuang walked to the east, and Guo Dayou walked to the west.

Before taking two steps, the two sensed something was wrong.There is a vicious dog in the backyard, and it is tied to a cage in the corner of the yard. It cannot be seen from the outside because of the angle, but it can only be noticed after entering.But at this moment, as soon as they came in, the strange smell immediately alarmed the vicious dog, and he began to bark wildly.

Is this how they monitor the back mangosteen forest?Meng Kuang secretly thought that it was not good, raised his hand and threw a throwing knife, and hit the vicious dog directly in the throat. The vicious dog whimpered and fell silent on the ground.But those barking dogs should have alarmed the people in the nunnery.The two suddenly heard movement in the front yard, and someone rushed over.

At that time, Guo Dayou and Meng Kuang hadn't separated completely, and Meng Kuang saw Guo Dayou gesturing to her: hide.

She immediately turned around, rushed towards a room in the east wing, pushed open the door and went in, then closed the door behind her body, she immediately looked around the room, fortunately, there was no one in the room, and it was covered with white cloth everywhere. There was a thick layer of ash, and it seemed that no one had been here for a long time.

And here seems to be the study of the master of the nunnery.

Before she could find a place to hide, a voice suddenly came from outside: "Who are you! Trespassing here, don't you want to live?!"

Meng Kuang was taken aback, and hurried to the window, quietly opened a crack of the window, and found that Guo Dayou had not hidden, but was waiting to be arrested in the courtyard.Now a few armed gangsters rushed out and surrounded him, Guo Dayou raised his hands expressionlessly, and those people quickly disarmed his armed belt and took away his weapon.

"Damn it, it's actually a Jinyiwei!" The leader of the gangsters saw the Jinyiwei token.

"Take him to see the boss!"

Several gangsters tied him up and escorted him to the main hall.When Guo Dayou left, he quietly blinked in her direction.

Is this making me play by ear?Meng Kuang slowly clenched the pistol at his waist.

……

Meng Zixiu and Taoist Luo inquired about the location of Mingjing Nunnery in a village in Xixi Township. An old farmer told them the approximate location. Seeing that the two outsiders seemed to be in a hurry, he asked his nephew to lead them there.The nephew propped up a small boat and took the two of them to Mingjing nunnery.

"Why do you two go to Mingjing Temple? No one has lived there for many years." The young man who punted the boat asked.

"There are fugitives hiding there, and the officers and soldiers have already rounded them up. We are also members of the government, so we accidentally fell behind." Meng Zixiu lied casually.

The young man was taken aback: "A fugitive? Could it be that the prisoner who blew up the West Lake boat last night escaped to our place?"

"Young man, don't ask too many questions. When we are sent to the place, you should go back as soon as possible. There is no need to take risks with us." Daoist Luo persuaded.

The honest young people were too frightened to speak any more, and just punted their boats. After a while, they came to the waterway not far from Mingjing Temple.

"I don't seem to see anyone from the government?" The young man muttered.

"Let's go ashore here." Daoist Luo pointed to another beach across a stretch of water from the southwest side of Mingjing Temple, which is a paddy field.

The young man sent them ashore, then punted away.They can't get close to Mingjing Temple without permission, it's too dangerous. Although Daoist Luo is good at kung fu, it's hard to guarantee that he can completely protect Mencius Xiu, and Mencius Xiu is even more powerless.The strategy of the two is to wait for the officers and soldiers to arrive, and use the officers and soldiers' ships and identities to sneak into the Mingjing Temple to see if there is an opportunity.

At the same time, Meng Zixiu and Luo Daochang were also trying to observe the movement in Mingjing Nunnery. They guessed that Guo Dayou and Meng Kuang might have sneaked into it at this time.

The two hid in the paddy field Sanji, and waited for about a quarter of an hour, and finally saw a large number of government ships approaching the Mingjing Temple.