A three-storey European-style villa in Bangkok.

A middle-aged white man with a beard was drinking in a room, his brow slightly furrowed, and he looked preoccupied.

"Mr. Lehman, this is the best liquor in Siam, I hope you like it." The door opened, and a pot-bellied middle-aged white man walked in, carrying a sealed jar of wine.

This bearded middle-aged man is the Lyman that Li Hongyu is looking for, and he really didn't leave Bangkok, so Li Hongyu's shooting is very likely to have something to do with him.

"Mr. Eric, when will I be able to leave this damn place?" Lyman asked, putting down the glass in his hand.

"Don't worry, the people of the Ming Kingdom think that the matter was done by the Spaniards, and the general thing that was shot by you is not in a good situation now, and you will be able to leave here as soon as he dies, and you will be able to reunite with your family at that time."

Eric smiled and sat down in the seat next to Lyman, opened the seal of the wine jar and poured a glass for Lyman, and said with a smile, "These Orientals are really a waste to make wine with such good grain, and if they were in Europe, they would have been cut off their heads long ago." ”

From Eric's words, it can be known that the person who shot Li Hongyu that night was none other than Lyman, and Gonzalez was just a framed scapegoat.

Lyman took the wine glass and drank it down, the expression on his face was extremely serious, he finally managed to get rid of his pursuers after shooting Li Hongyu that night, and then hid in Eric's villa all the time.

Originally, Lyman thought that Eric would be able to arrange for him to leave soon, but the King of Siam ordered to block the water 6 passage in and out of Bangkok, which made him trapped in Bangkok, and as the Daming Sailors and Siamese soldiers probed the news with great fanfare, his heart naturally felt anxious.

Everyone knew that he had left Bangkok to return to England to visit his family, and it would be impossible to explain it if he was in Bangkok.

"That messenger isn't dead yet?" Putting down the wine glass in his hand, Lyman looked at Eric with some surprise, he saw Li Hongyu shot in the chest, even if he didn't die, he only had half a life left, and the chance of wound infection was very high, so he shouldn't be able to hold on.

"The people of the Ming Kingdom have not yet attacked the camp of the Spaniards, it seems that he is not dead yet, otherwise there will definitely be a fight."

A smug look appeared on Eric's face, and he poured himself a glass of white wine, took a sip, and said with a smile, "Stupid Spaniards must not have imagined that they were calculated by us." ”

"I don't want to stay in Bangkok for a moment now, so if I have the chance, arrange for me to leave immediately." Lyman didn't laugh, and said solemnly to Eric as the events revealed his previous predictions.

Originally, Lehmann thought that he could easily leave Bangkok, but the imposition of martial law in Bangkok made it impossible for him to escape, and he was particularly disturbed that the Ming did not attack the Spanish camp, as long as the two sides did not fight, he could not get out of danger.

"Don't worry, I'll arrange for you to leave as long as I have the opportunity, I want you to leave now more than you."

Eric smiled and nodded, and then said, "Captain, with that money, you don't have to worry about the rest of your life, you can start a factory and buy a manor." ”

In order to persuade Lyman to assassinate Li Hongyu, Eric offered a high price of two hundred pounds, and Lyman's salary was only one pound a month, so this was definitely a huge amount of money.

"Once the Ming Kingdom falls out with the Spaniards, your East India Company can take advantage of it and get unimaginable returns from it, two hundred pounds is too cheap."

Lyman's brow furrowed, and then he said coldly, what Eric had just said sounded very harsh, as if there was a lot of sarcasm.

"We are mutually beneficial, and if the captain wants to do business in the future, he can cooperate with our East India Company." Eric laughed when he heard this, and he naturally heard the dissatisfaction in Lyman's tone, so he enthusiastically extended the invitation.

The British East India Company was founded in the 28th year of Wanli and the 16ooth year of the Western calendar, and its original official full name was "London Merchants Trading Company in the East India", which was composed of a group of powerful merchants and obtained a 21-year trade patent charter granted to them by the British royal family for the East Indies.

Over time, the East India Company went from being a commercial trading enterprise to becoming the de facto ruler of India, and later acquired an auxiliary ruling and military function.

Of course, the East India Company did not want to be satisfied with the privilege of being in the East Indies alone, and also set their sights further east, and their main competitors were Spain and Portugal, and their allies were the Netherlands.

Eric was a director of the East India Company, and since the Spanish came to the South Seas first, he had much more power in the South Seas than the British, and also had an advantage in the smuggling trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, if Eric wants to get a piece of the pie, he must fight the power of the Spaniards, and the arrival of the Ming fleet provides him with a golden opportunity.

In fact, Eric initially wanted Lyman to shoot the officials of the Ming fleet to blame the Spaniards, but because of the duel between Li Hongyu and Gonzalez, he targeted Gonzalez.

Eric is a very scheming man, and he knows the situation in the Spanish camp very well, which makes Cole, who has a lover outside, the first victim to be kidnapped by Eric's men while going out for a tryst.

Even if Cole doesn't come out that night, Eric will trick him out, in other words, when Eric decides to murder Li Hongyu, Cole is already dead.

Things went very smoothly as Eric expected, but to his surprise, Li Hongyu, who was shot in the chest, did not die, otherwise Daming and the Spaniards would have fought a long time ago.

In fact, when Li Hongyu was shot, the reaction of the Ming officials was completely beyond Eric's expectations, he didn't expect those officials to make a big move for a small matter, and he was surprised and felt a burst of joy, the bigger the trouble, the more bad it would be for Spain.

The smug Eric would not have thought that the reason why the Ming officials would react so aggressively was because the person who was shot was not just a matter of doing things, which also meant that the shooting incident would not end easily, and the situation had unfolded beyond his expectations.

"Miss Lian'er, according to our private inquiries, there was only one Englishman who appeared strange in the house during this time, and it was a director of the British East India Company named Eric, who had many properties in Siam."

When Eric was proud, Wang Hong was informing Yang Li'er of the results of the secret investigation during this time, and explained to Yang Li'er with an expressionless face, "According to the reaction of Eric's family, Eric has asked for a lot of wine recently, but he usually doesn't drink much. ”

During this period of time, Wang Hong secretly sent people to inquire about the situation in the homes of Europeans living in Bangkok, looking for strange information in those homes.

Li Hongyu believes that the gunman will not hide from the locals, in which case the target will be too big, so he will definitely hide in the homes of Europeans living in Bangkok.

The people in the European family were all locals, which made it much easier to find out the news, and although it was likely that the people would not see Lyman, the diet of the person who lived in it would definitely change, and according to this change it would be possible to calculate whether there were any extra people in the family.

Eric thinks he's hidden Lyman well enough that no one has seen him except his henchmen, but he can't hide it with an extra meal, not to mention that Lyman likes to drink, and Eric has asked people to buy alcohol more often since he arrived.

Usually people don't pay attention to these subtle changes, but the situation is different now, and it is an extraordinary time, so these abnormal changes will attract the attention of those who are interested.

"Sure enough, it's British!"

After listening to Wang Hong's words, Yang Li'er couldn't help but turn cold, and burst out coldly, although it is not yet possible to confirm that Lyman is hiding in Eric, but from the current information, this judgment can already be made, otherwise Eric would not need to hide a person.

"Miss Lian'er, without further ado, I'll send someone to search Eric's house." Wang Hong also felt very angry in his heart, and said to Yang Li'er in a deep voice.

Since Li Hongyu fell ill, Yang Li'er has actually become Li Hongyu's stand-in, and Wang Hong and Bai Cheng have important matters to discuss with her.

In addition to Yang Li'er being Li Hongyu's woman, what is more important is that Yang Li'er knows Li Hongyu's style of acting, so there will be no major mistakes that deviate from Li Hongyu's thoughts after discussing with Yang Li'er.

"Tell the Spaniards the news and ask them to go to Eric and ask for someone." Yang Li'er shook her head when she heard this, and said to Wang Hong in a deep voice, this is what Li Hongyu meant.

The reason is very simple, Eric wants to provoke the relationship between Daming and Spain, so Li Hongyu definitely doesn't want Britain to live peacefully, and letting the Spaniards ask for someone will definitely make the relationship between Britain and Spain worse, and Daming will benefit from it.

"Good!" Wang Hong didn't understand why Yang Li'er did this at first, but he quickly reacted, so he nodded and said.

"Report Colonel, the soldiers of Ming and Siam are evacuating."

At the Spaniard camp, Fidel was in his office discussing a solution to the current predicament with several officers, when a soldier entered the door to report.

"What?" Hearing this, Fidel and the others were stunned, this news was so unexpected that people were not prepared for it.

"Do you know why they left?" After an initial pause, Fidel asked the soldier in a deep voice.

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, we haven't had time to ask yet." The soldier replied.

"Lieutenant Gonzalez, why are you back?" At this moment, Fidel suddenly saw Gonzalez walk in, and immediately looked at him in surprise, now Gonzalez should be under house arrest by Daming.

"Mr. Colonel, the Ming people have found out that the British Captain Lyman, who was supposed to go home on leave, was hiding from Eric, the director of the British East India Company, and suspected that Eric and Lyman were related to the attack on the Ming Kingdom, so they released me."

Gonzalez pressed his legs together and solemnly reported to Fidel, "I learned from the interpreter that they are withdrawing now to capture Eric and Lyman. ”

"Lyman didn't leave?" Hearing this, Rohr at the scene showed a surprised look, and he thought that Rohr had already left Bangkok.

"It should be, otherwise the Ming people wouldn't let me go." Gonzalez nodded, feeling much more relaxed, as long as he caught Lehman's words, he could restore his innocence.

"So, Cole was killed by those hateful Brits!"

A captain immediately remembered something and turned to look at Fidel, "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, if Lyman is really at Eric's, it means that Lyman is the murderer, and he will definitely be taken away by the Ming people at that time, so Cole's death will not be good." ”

"We can't let those Ming people capture Lyman first, he must be tried by a Spanish military tribunal first." Fidel frowned when he heard this, and then said in a deep voice, "Great Spain will not accept this kind of insult, we must make those British pay the price!" ”

"Assemble the team, catch Lyman and Eric before the Ming people, and then hand them over to the Ming people, and let us judge them for their crimes."

As he spoke, Fidel gave an order with an expressionless face, "This operation is under the command of Captain Rohr, and it is a matter of honor for Spain, and it must not fail!" ”

"Long live Spain!" Hearing this, Rohr and Gonzalez and other officers shouted in unison.

Soon, the Spanish soldiers gathered in the courtyard and then rushed to Eric's residence in a hurry, and seeing this, a soldier of the Daming Naval Division who was hiding in the nearby woods hurriedly left to report it.

This time it was naturally a small calculation by Wang Hong, it was impossible for him to directly send someone to prosecute the Spaniards Eric and Lyman, and it was even more difficult for the Spaniards to send troops to arrest people, so he let Gonzalez do it for him.

Wang Hong's calculation proved to be very successful, and the Spaniards were really fooled, and rushed over to arrest people in a hurry, while the Ming army sailors were walking slowly on the road, leaving enough time for the Spaniards.

Next, all Wang Hong and the others have to do is to watch a good show, once Eric is arrested, then the British in Bangkok will definitely not be able to sit still, and the two sides will fight if they don't make it.

When Rohr and Gonzalez and other officers led the panting Spanish soldiers to rush into Eric's house, Lyman, who was already a little drunk, was taken aback, and quickly drew his sword to resist, he didn't want to be captured.

Due to Lyman's great value, Rohr ordered him to be captured alive, and Gonzalez personally fought Lyman.

If it is said that in normal times, Lyman, who has rich experience in actual combat, is on par with Gonzalez, but he drank a lot of alcohol and naturally affected his competitive state, so after a stalemate with Gonzalez for a period of time, Gonzalez hit the back of the sword holding the sword, and the pain made him throw away the saber in his hand.

The Spanish soldiers, who had been waiting around for a long time, suddenly swarmed up and pressed the struggling Lehmann to the ground, unable to move.

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