Brocade tears

In the damp cave, Meng Kuang crouched quietly in the shadows, observing the group of Japanese people in the distance.There are five ninjas in total, and they bow their heads to the old warrior leader in the middle.It's just that in the middle of the night, is it necessary for them to have a secret conversation in this damp cave?Meng Kuang believed that they should not live in this cave, but in the dock outside the cave.It was so late, and he still had a secret meeting in this cave, presumably to avoid his accomplices completely.

Bacheng is represented by Shen Zhe, the group of Ming people who did arms deals with the Japanese.Meng Kuang secretly speculated that maybe the Japanese and his compradors had secretly developed a suspicion. What the Japanese wanted to plan secretly was very confidential and very important, and no one should know it.

Damn it...Meng Kuang can no longer get close, not to mention it's useless to get close, she can't understand anything.

The most important thing to do spying work is patience and caution. It doesn't matter how much you can spy on, the important thing is not to expose yourself and scare the snake.After lurking for a while, the group of Japanese people finally moved. They stood up, packed up some mats and animal skins, went down to the trestle bridge, got on the sampan, and slowly drew out the cave.Meng Kuang finally emerged from the darkness and came to the place where they had been. The lights were still bright, but there was nothing left except for a few strange symbols drawn with stones on the ground.

Meng Kuang couldn't care less about it, he kept these symbols in his heart, maybe he could use them at any time.Immediately, she also followed the route of the group of Japanese people and came to the trestle bridge.Since there was no sampan boat, she could only jump into the water again and swim forward.

Meng Kuang's physical exertion was extremely severe, especially after being drenched in water for a long time, and now soaked in water again, which took away a lot of heat from her body.She no longer feels hungry, but her hands and feet have become weaker and weaker.After finally swimming out of this cave along the current, I didn't expect that the dock was only one step away from the entrance of the cave.And if you want to enter the dock, there is only one waterway in the middle.The outside of the dock is full of hard armor-like walls nailed with cedar boards, with almost no footholds, and not even a single window is opened.

Meng Kuang was very cautious, and didn't dare to swim into the dock easily. She observed it outside, and there was a big ship docked in the dock at this time, with a little light, and there were many figures wandering in it.The entire dock was built on the Shi Lei foundation, with a hollow opening and a huge internal space.In the center is a wide waterway, at least fifteen feet wide, allowing ships to enter.On both sides are high platforms raised from the water, and under the high platforms are stone foundations.People can climb from the high platforms on both sides, repair and build ships from different heights, and there are huge pulleys above them, which can be used as lifting equipment to lift heavy ships out of the water.

Just at the opening on the edge of the dock, the sampan that the Japanese took was docked there just now. There is a small port where people can disembark from the port and enter the dock by taking steps.Meng Kuang thought for a while, and decided to get closer and hide first.

So she quickly swam to the side of the sampan, submerged in the water, covered her body with the sampan's cover, and looked inside.Sure enough, a large number of shipbuilders in the dock were busy overnight, repairing the big ship.The sound of tinkling and knocking faintly came to her ears through the heavy wind and rain outside.If she went up, she would be discovered immediately.

But she can't float for a long time in this place where there is no village and no shop behind. She will soon lose temperature and exhaust her energy. She must find a way to go ashore, keep herself warm, and find a way to replenish her energy.

After thinking about it, she simply swam back to the cave just now, preparing to go back to the meeting place of those Japanese people.She went ashore, took off her soaked clothes in the darkness, wrung them dry, and took them to the blazing brazier to dry them.She herself leaned closer to the fire, rubbing her skin to generate heat.

Now that she is alone and weak, it is almost impossible to find a way to sneak into the dock without being discovered.How can she get into the dock?Thinking about this question, she saw the patterns carved on the ground by the Japanese just now, but felt that the patterns looked familiar.This seems to be the topography of the bay. The Japanese replaced the location of the dock with a big square. The lines drawn around the square seem to be their route.In addition, the Japanese also drew some marching lines in the board room area that Meng Kuang had just explored.

What's the meaning?Meng Kuang was confused.

...Could it be that those Japanese people just now were plotting civil strife and seizing power?

This idea made her happy, and she couldn't help thinking that if it was true, then her chance had come.She can take advantage of the situation, catch Shen Zhe, and complete the task.Now her first task is to recover her strength, keep her body temperature warm, pay attention to the movement and movement outside, and be ready to act at all times.Secretly encouraging herself, she leaned against the fire, closed her eyes and began to meditate, recovering her tired spirit.

……

At that time, Guo Dayou cut the tether of a small fishing boat with a dagger, and jumped into the boat, while Qiu Bai helped push the fishing boat away from the fishing port.

This is an unnamed small fishing village located in the southwestern bay of Pushan Mountain outside Jiulong Mountain. Qiu Bai noticed this fishing village when he came to Jiulong Mountain to investigate the terrain before, because it is very close to the bay where the dock is located. After some inquiries, I got some old stories about the dock.It's just that no one was allowed to enter the dock afterwards. Some fishermen went there to fish, but they never returned. It was rumored that this group of vicious pirates lived there.The villagers all felt that it was very dangerous there, and no one would dare to go there.

The situation was urgent tonight. In order to rescue Meng Kuang, Guo Dayou and Qiu Bai immediately thought of going down the mountain and borrowing a boat from this fishing village.But if you simply borrowed it honestly, you would definitely not be able to borrow it. Guo Dayou simply didn't bother the villagers at all, and directly picked a fishing boat in the fishing port, cut the tether and left the port without authorization.

The two sailed with difficulty in the stormy and rough seas. Both of them were not good at water, nor did they have any sailing experience. Usually, they would not even support small boats on the river.In the dark night, I couldn't tell the direction on the sea, so no matter how hard I rowed, the boat couldn't enter the bay, and kept circling on the sea outside the bay, being rolled by the waves, and drifting to the depths of the sea bit by bit.Guo Dayou was in a hurry, and rowed desperately with Qiu Bai.The two were embarrassed and out of breath in the pouring rain, but the boat did not listen to them.

Just when the two of them were about to fall into despair, a sampan with sails suddenly floated from a distance.Guo Dayou became vigilant, who would actually appear here tonight and even drive a boat towards them.But the night was too dark to see anything but a vague outline.

Finally, the two boats approached and joined together. A young fisherman-like man threw a rope to Qiu Bai. Out of instinct for survival, Qiu Bai grabbed the rope and tied it tightly to the iron stakes on the deck of his own boat, and pulled the rope to Qiu Bai. The two ships were tied together.Guo Dayou was so tense that his muscles tensed up, and he was about to call out at any moment with the iron mace in his hand.But I heard an old voice in the boat shout loudly:

"Young people! You are so bold, you have no experience, and you dare to go to sea in this kind of weather, are you going to die?"

While talking, a crooked figure in black clothes stepped out of the boat tent and stepped onto Guo Dayou and Qiu Bai's boat. The old man pulled Qiu Bai and Guo Dayou into the boat tent to shelter from the rain, and took out a fire from his arms to light it. As soon as the fire was lit, Guo Dayou and Qiu Bai saw the long scar on his face that ran through his left eye.Guo Dayou's mind flashed like a thunderbolt, he pointed at him and said:

"You are Li Laosan!"

"Yes, I'm Li Laosan. You two were saved when you met me. Do you want to enter that bay? Did you get separated from Meng Shisan?" Li Laosan seemed to know everything.

Guo Dayou frowned and did not answer, while Qiu Bai said helplessly, "Yes..."

"You and I wait outside the tide cave. When the tide recedes and the wind and rain stop, it will be more hidden for us to enter through the tide cave. You don't have to panic. Meng Shisan is much smarter than you think. She keeps her There is no problem with life." Li Laosan said.

"Wait a minute, how did you know we would be here, you have been following us?" Guo Dayou was full of doubts.

Li Laosan scolded his head and covered his face: "Nonsense, if I hadn't followed you, you don't know where you would drift. To tell you the truth, I followed you when you went up the mountain this afternoon, and later I witnessed how you went. It's loose. I'm more worried about you two than Meng Shisan. I can see that you are dizzy and want to find a boat to go to sea. I have more experience than you. After all, I have fought in Yu Dayou's army for a long time I am actually very familiar with Nine Dragons Mountain during the Battle of Anti-Japanese War at Sea. I have been stationed here for several months. Have you seen this young boy? He is the son of my old comrade-in-arms. Come to save you guys. Stop being suspicious here, you two, if you want to catch Shen Zhe, just listen to me quickly."

Guo Dayou seemed suspicious, and said again: "How did you know that we were going to arrest Shen Zhe?"

"Why do you talk so much nonsense? Guo Ba, you are still the thirteenth imperial guard of Jinyiwei? Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, suspicious, you didn't know where to nurse when I, Li Laosan, worked in Jinyiwei. How do I know about Shen Zhe? I There are many things you know, and you don't know any of them. In a word, will you listen to me?"

It was the first time in Guo Dayou's life that he was stunned by someone scolding him. He didn't have too many choices. He could only nod his head to express his obedience. As for the doubts in his heart, it would not be too late to make a long-term plan after getting out of the immediate danger, otherwise he would annoy this old Li Three, if you leave them at sea, you won't be able to eat them and walk away.

……

The night was getting deeper, and the wind and rain showed no sign of stopping.The princess was drunk and fell asleep on the table in the lobby.Sui'er patted her and told her to get up and go back to sleep, but she didn't wake up, and she said random nonsense, such as "Don't worry, I will take revenge" "Father, I will never again in this life" Get married." Sui'er was a little helpless, she simply took the princess's arm, tried to lift her off the table, and dragged the princess upstairs.However, the princess was drunk, and his body was heavy. Although Sui'er worked normally and had a lot of strength, he couldn't drag this drunk person. The two of them almost fell down together if they were not careful. Fortunately, a pair of strong arms helped Sui'er to support the princess, and it turned out to be the handsome scholar just now.

"Let me help you." The scholar was tall and tall. At first glance, he looked a little weak, but in fact he seemed to be very strong. He carried the princess on his back and went upstairs.

He easily sent the princess back to the guest room, settled on the bed, and Sui Er followed behind, expressing his gratitude to him:

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, girl, I'm going down now." He showed a hearty and charming smile, bowed again, exited the room very politely, and helped Sui'er close the door.

Sui'er kept an eye out, stood by the door, and listened carefully to the sounds in the corridor.She heard "da da da" footsteps, as if the scholar had gone downstairs.She waited quietly for a while, then quietly opened the door, and looked out through the crack of the door, only to see that the scholar hadn't left at all, and was crouching by the window of the room next to theirs, looking in furtively for something.Sui'er immediately closed the door quietly, her heart beating wildly.

This scholar is really wrong!Sui'er felt that there was something wrong with him before, but now she finally realized that although this scholar pretended to be very resembling, he was not the kind of frail scholar who could not be restrained. It also seems to have been exercised, hidden under the generous Confucian uniform, but it is actually very strong.Sui'er has been with Meng Kuang for a long time, and she has developed the eyesight to judge who has practiced martial arts, but she didn't realize it.

This person smelled like a Jinyiwei spy, Sui'er made a judgment.Why did he sneak around to find out what was going on in the next room?Who is the hotel guest next door?Sui Er was suspicious.