Chapter 69: Welcoming the Dawn
After a long journey of nearly two months, Luo Shiyin led Shi Lang, Ye Ruliu, Shi Tianji, Xie Yuan and guide Li Ruzhu to a post station in the north of Wangjing.
The station was called Yingshu Station, and it was originally a place where messengers and merchants traveled between Pyongyang and Wangjing to stop.
After the outbreak of the Korean War, the exchange of couriers within North Korea and the commercial exchanges between different regions were almost suspended. The place gradually became barren and depressed, and few people cared about it.
From a distance, the only gray stone brick hut at Yingshuyi has collapsed for the most part, and only the tall watchtower next to it stands intact in the autumn wind, making people vaguely feel its busy scene in the past.
Originally, with the speed of Jinyiwei's march, the distance between Pyongyang and Wangjing would not take more than a month at all, but the detachment still had to reconnoiter several important defensive points of the Japanese army along the way, especially for several important towns along the way, such as Huangzhou, Xinxi, and Kaesong.
The reason why Luo Shiyin decided to rush to Wang Jing was based on the following considerations: First, Pyongyang's reconnaissance mission had come to an end, and as the capital of North Korea, Wang Jing was naturally included in the first target of the team's next reconnaissance operation; Secondly, although Wang Jing has fallen, the Jinyi Guard Agency sent by the Ming Dynasty to Korea still operates secretly in the city, and still maintains contact with the Ming court through secret channels.
Luo Shiyin hopes that this trip to Wang Jing can contact the Jinyi guards in the city, so that they can learn from them whether the imperial court has sent troops to Korea, and at the same time, with their assistance, complete the reconnaissance mission of Wang Jingcheng.
As for the information detected about the garrison of the Japanese army in Pyongyang, Luo Shiyin had already informed the abbot of Hueneng. Once the reinforcement army has entered the territory of Korea, Kyuneng, who is rushing to Uiju, can provide them with information in time.
Walking on the road to Wang Jing, the six people had already changed into thicker autumn clothes. North Korea's climate is temperate monsoon, and autumn comes quickly. In addition, there was an autumn rain just yesterday, and there was a slight chill in the autumn wind.
The afternoon sun shone lazily on the somewhat humid ground.
All six of them were dressed as businessmen.
"Let's go to the inn and rest for a while." Luo Shiyin said.
The six of them sorted out the backpacks on their shoulders and walked quickly to the Yingshu Station not far away.
"Help!" Just as the six of them were about to walk in front of the dilapidated house in Yingshuyi, they suddenly heard a woman's cry for help and the lewd laughter of several men from inside.
The six men came to the front of the house alertly, crouched down, and looked through the collapse of the hut.
I saw that six Japanese samurai were sexually assaulting a Korean girl, the girl had been stripped naked, and a naked Japanese samurai was riding on the girl, with a wild laugh coming out of his mouth.
The woman struggled desperately and cried for help, but her hands were held down. The other five Japanese warriors stood aside in loose clothes and smuggled out, eager to sexually assault the woman.
"Bastard!" Just when Luo Shiyin was considering whether to rescue, Li Ruzhu had already scolded, raised his legs to step over the collapsed wall, and rushed into the house. Luo Shiyin and the other five had to rush in with Li Ruzhu.
The six Japanese samurai had just taken off their coats, and the katana and other weapons on their bodies had already been thrown aside. They rushed to the battle without defense, and before they could pick up their weapons, they were twisted by Luo Shiyin and other six people one by one, and they were either broken necks, or thrown out, and their heads hit the wall of the house and died.
"Little girl, get dressed quickly." Ye Ruliu walked over, picked up the girl's torn blouse from the ground, and covered her.
When the woman saw someone walk up to her, she instinctively got up and sat up, curling up.
At the moment when the woman curled her legs, Ye Ruliu keenly observed that under the woman's navel, there was a lifelike scorpion pattern.
Ye Ruliu's heart sank, and she couldn't help but look up at the woman. The woman's pretty melon seed face was full of horror, and she hurriedly pulled the clothes in Ye Ruliu's hand, covering her body, and looked at the men standing in the room in panic.
Luo Shiyin and the other five men hurriedly stepped over the collapsed wall and walked outside.
After a while, the woman, with the help of Ye Ruliu, got dressed and walked timidly outside the house.
The woman calmed down and looked up at the team members around her, and the moment her eyes saw Shi Lang, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes, but it dimmed again.
Naturally, all this did not escape Ye Ruliu's eyes, and she found that when this woman saw Shi Lang, the glow that flashed in her eyes was exactly the same as the eyes she had when she first saw Shi Lang. The woman's natural sensitivity told her that the little girl in front of her was moved by Shi Lang's heart.
"The girl was frightened." Li Ruzhu asked with concern.
"Thank you to a few graces for rescuing the little girl." The woman gave a salute of thanks.
Just as the woman was giving the salute, Ye Ruliu, who was following the woman, made a color to Luo Shiyin. Luo Shiyin immediately understood. Shi Lang also saw the warning signal that Ye Ruliu sent to the commander through his eyes, and he couldn't help but look at the woman with Ye Ruliu's eyes.
This is a petite little girl, judging by her face, she should be about seventeen or eighteen years old. She wears a long white dress with a slanted collar. Probably due to nervousness, the bow tie on his chest was a little crooked. She wears a pair of sky-blue women's shoes, which are common to Korean women.
"Why did the girl go to this remote place alone?" Luo Shiyin stepped forward and asked. After a few months after entering the court, he, Shi Lang and Ye Ruliu have been able to understand the Korean language and can conduct some daily conversations in the Korean language.
"Hui Engong, I was originally an ordinary woman in the king's capital, and I went out of the city alone in the morning, preparing to go to the mountains not far away to pick some autumn fruits, and on the way back, I met a few Japanese people here. As soon as they saw me, they pounced on me, dragged the little woman into the house, and ...... me," the woman said, bowing her head and choking.
"How far is it from here to Wangjing?" After the woman finished crying, Luo Shiyin continued to ask.
"It's not far, it's less than fifty miles away. I don't know how many benevolent fathers are ......? The woman looked up and replied.
"Oh, we are merchants from Kaesong, and we are going to sell some mountain goods in this royal capital, and we don't know what the market is in this royal capital? Is it good to enter the city gate? Luo Shiyin asked tentatively.
"How's the market, this ...... The little woman really doesn't know. Since the Japanese people entered the city, they needed to show the pass issued by the Japanese people to enter and exit the city gate. ”
"Oh, it seems that it will be difficult for us to enter Wangjing City." Luo Shiyin pretended to be thoughtful.
"I have a way, a few beneficians can wear the costumes of a few Japanese people who were killed by you to enter the city, and they will not inquire about their own people entering and leaving the city gate." The woman saw Luo Shiyin's face embarrassed, and immediately came up with an idea.
Ye Ruliu gave Luo Shiyin a look just now, and Luo Shiyin immediately understood Ye Ruliu's intentions. He thought that Ye Ruliu must have found something suspicious from this woman.
At this time, as soon as the woman's words came out, Luo Shiyin's doubts in his heart further increased. Imagine, if it was a woman from an ordinary family, when she encountered this situation, she would definitely be at a loss for the frightened six gods. But the little girl in front of her quickly regained her composure, and just now she paid attention to him almost without thinking, and the idea she came up with seemed to be quite clever.
Thinking of this, the expression on Luo Shiyin's face was relieved, and he stretched out his thumb to the woman and praised: "Good idea, the girl is really a little ghost!" It's just that we are just ordinary foot merchants, although this idea is good, but how dare we pretend to be Japanese warriors and sneak into the city, isn't this looking for death? I don't think it's good to stay here for a long time, so the girl should leave here and return to the capital quickly. We won't do this deal, so it's better to go back the way we came. It's not worth it to lose your life for these little money, it's not worth it! ”
"That'...... Well, take care of your benefactors. The little woman said goodbye and returned to Beijing first. The woman hesitated, then said goodbye to everyone.
"Be careful on the road!" Li Ruzhu admonished with some unease.
"My lord, this little girl's idea is very good, why didn't she enter Beijing?" Seeing the woman walking away, Shi Tianji asked puzzled.
"This matter will be discussed later, so there is no need to ask more." Seeing Shi Tianji asking, Luo Shiyin's face showed a little unhappiness.
For Jin Yiwei, absolute obedience to superiors is a must. Although Luo Shiyin was not disgusted by Shi Tianji's upright temperament, and even liked it a little, but when he concentrated his thoughts and quickly thought about his next move, Shi Tianji's untimely question still made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"Yes, sir." Shi Tianji saw Luo Shiyin's displeasure on his face, and hurriedly stepped aside.
"My lord, there's a forest to the east, why don't we get out of here first and take shelter there?" Shi Lang looked around and said to Luo Shiyin.
"Okay. Everyone took the clothes that the Japanese people in the house had taken off, and hurried to the woods. Luo Shiyin followed the direction of Shi Lang's finger, glanced at the woods not far away, and said.
"My lord, when I was helping the woman dress in the house, I found that there was a scorpion tattoo on the secret place on this woman's body, and I thought at the time, if it was a woman from an ordinary family in this Wangjing City, she would definitely not get a tattoo on such a sensitive part of her body, and this woman is definitely not an idle person." When he came to the forest, Ye Ruliu reported to Luo Shiyin what he had just seen in the house.
"Yes, through the conversation just now, I also feel that this little girl is not like a woman from an ordinary family. is about to enter Wangjing, everyone should be careful in everything, and you must not act recklessly. Luo Shiyin said lightly.
"Then we ......" Shi Tianji wanted to ask Luo Shiyin if he could enter the city, but suddenly thought that when he was Yingshuyi, because of his questioning, the commander was unhappy, and he hurriedly shut his mouth halfway through his words.
"The city still has to enter, but we don't enter through the north gate where this woman entered the city, so we put on the clothes of the Japanese army and make a detour to enter the city through the east gate of Wang Jing." Luo Shiyin obviously heard what Shi Tianji wanted to ask, and he said as he thought about it.
"Shall we leave at once?" Li Ruzhu asked Luo Shiyin.
"Don't be busy, just flick your tail first. Let's look at the road to the west of the forest. Luo Shiyin gestured to everyone.
As far as everyone could see, behind the big trees on both sides of a path on the west side of the forest, there were two sneaky businessmen dressed as men, who from time to time secretly stretched out their heads from behind the trees to look into the woods on this side.
"Ever since we left Kaesong, I've noticed that there are always sneaky people following us. The reason why I ignored them was because I thought that even if I got rid of these tails, there would be other tails along the way. Since they were just watching, presumably they wouldn't attack us on the way to Wang Jing, so I ignored them. But the tail must not be brought into Wang Jingcheng. Luo Shiyin said to everyone.
After a while, the two men came out from behind the tree, talked in a low voice, and walked inside. The two walked into the forest not far away, and two Japanese warriors came up to them.
"Hello, there's an order from above, and your surveillance is over. Those Ming spies will be handed over to us. The skinny of the two Japanese warriors said loudly.
"You...... What are you in? The two were stunned for a moment, and then asked. Sure enough, they spoke the Chinese language.
"We belong to the Eighth Legion under the command of Governor Ukita Hideya." The skinny samurai replied.
"Then we ......" Before the two Japanese could finish their words, two people jumped down from the tree beside them, and the two of them waved their palms in the air at the same time, and before the two Japanese could react, they were hit in the head and fell to the ground immediately.
"What about you...... Let's go to Hades. "The two people who jumped from the tree were Shi Lang and Shi Tianji. Seeing that the two tails fell to the ground and died, Shi Tianji said to the two dead people on the ground, following the example of a widow just now.
Luo Shiyin and Li Ruzhu walked out from behind the tree.
"Look, if Sister Liu is dressed up, she really can't tell that she is a woman, she is simply a living little leader of the Japanese army." The two pretending to be Japanese warriors were Xie Yuan and Ye Ruliu. Seeing everyone approaching, Xie Yuan pointed to Ye Ruliu, who was dressed as a man, and said.
"It's really, big sister, I really can't see it." Shi Tianji said.
"What, it's not thanks to Brother Xie Yuan's disguise technique." Seeing everyone looking at her, Ye Ruliu was a little embarrassed.
"Alright, let's go into town." Luo Shiyin said loudly.