CHAPTER XXXI

When the bleeding had stopped, the soldier with the wound on his leg gritted his teeth and stood up, pulled over a few passers-by, and asked them to help close the city gates. www.biquge.info After a while, the chief of the army returned with a few soldiers who were guarding the city, and one soldier led the horse, and immediately lay on his stomach the man with the disheveled hair just now.

The city gate was slowly opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and the commander and the soldiers walked into the city, ordered a few soldiers to rest and eat, and waited for the night to change the guard, and personally escorted the prisoners to the yamen of the prefect. Now the yamen is taken over by Chai Baochen, and everything is handled by him.

Wu Chang went to the door to report, and then was taken into the yamen lobby. Chai Baochen quickly came out of the study, and was very surprised to see Wu Chang and several officials come in with a half-dead person.

Chai Baochen looked at Wu Chang and asked, "Who is this and what's going on?" ”

The captain saluted Chai Baochen and said, "This is a very suspicious person, he stabbed the soldiers guarding the gate when the city gate was about to close, and tried to cause a riot. ”

"Oh? What's going on? You elaborate. Chai Baochen immediately raised his vigilance.

"Yes, sir. Half an hour ago, the villain heard the sound of the bell ringing and ordered his men to close the city gates, just then a caravan was pushing a large number of goods into the city. I'm blocking it, and the merchant representative is asking for release. I was thinking about whether it would be convenient for the common people, when suddenly a man who could chase a passer-by with his hair scattered. Don't be wary, let the man throw a dagger and shoot it right in the leg of one of my soldiers. We went after him, but I didn't expect the culprit to be able to run, but fortunately, I had a lot of strength, and I didn't feel tired when I ran, and finally caught up with him. I flew over and pinned him to the ground, which I was used to, and then the other soldiers came and we had a great deal of effort to catch him. Xiao Yi thought about it at this time, and last night there were still Japanese robbers who killed a few of my brothers to raise their vigilance. Wu Chang told eloquently.

"Well, you're very detailed, I'll ask you a question." Chai Baochen asked in deep thought.

"My lord, what's the problem?" Wu Chang asked.

"You mentioned the caravan, so did the caravan enter the city in the end?" Chai Baochen asked.

When Commander Wu heard this, he knew that it was bad, the caravan had entered the city, right? So he said, "My lord, when we pursued the criminal, we left only one soldier, and he let the caravan into the city. ”

"Do you wonder why such a large caravan came when the city gate was about to close, and why they had to enter the city so coincidentally when the city gate was about to close? You said that they rushed over as soon as they unloaded, so what kind of caravan was unloading at the previous hour, it is impossible not to find out, right? It just so happened that just when you thought you were going to rest after a busy day's work, a criminal suddenly came running up and stabbed the soldiers, deliberately provoking you and diverting you so that you could scatter your forces to capture him. And the caravan entered the city precisely at this time. Isn't this too much of a coincidence, you say? Chai Baochen's analysis is reasonable.

"This, my lord......" Wu Chang also felt more and more that the problem was a little serious.

"Let me ask you again, what are the caravans loaded on? Do you do you check car by car? Chai Baochen resisted Captain Wu.

"My lord, this ......" Wu Chang sweated in front of Chai Baochen.

"It's okay, you don't know, we'll just ask him." Chai Baochen pointed to the murderer on the ground.

"Your Excellency is wise." Wu Chang said and walked over. The murderer was still disheveled, just lying on the ground, covered with knife wounds, compared to the beatings he had received from the brave soldiers. Wu Chang grabbed his hair and said fiercely: "Kneel quickly, my lord wants to ask you!" ”

But the murderer hung his head and said nothing.

"He's dead." Chai Baochen said.

"Huh? How so? We have weight in our hands, and we will never kill him. Wu Chang distinguished.

"It's not yours, you look at his mouth." Chai Baochen was furious.

Captain Wu twisted the murderer's face around, and only then did he see his pale face under his hair. A little blood flowed from the corner of the murderer's mouth. I pried open his mouth with my fingers and saw that his teeth were clenched tightly.

Wu Chang looked back at Chai Baochen suspiciously. Chai Baochen said: "He hid highly poisonous medicine in his teeth, and he heard our conversation just now, and he was worried that I would torture him to extract a confession later, so he bit the pill and committed suicide by taking poison." ”

"So that's the case, then his death is even more suspicious, indicating that there must be something wrong with the caravan he wants to cover." Wu Chang said.

"Yes, how many people are in the caravan?" Chai Baochen asked.

"The small ones see, about fifty or sixty people." Wu Chang said.

"How many wheelbarrows are carrying the goods?" Chai Baochen asked.

"There were eleven wheelbarrows, and there were ten cargo-carrying vehicles." Wu Chang said.

"Well, that's not good." Chai Baochen said.

"The subordinates are guilty, and the subordinates are negligent, causing the spies to sneak into the city. Please punish the sin. Wu Chang knelt on one knee and folded his hands.

"What's your name?" Chai Baochen asked.

"Back to the adult, the little one's name is Han Zhong, and he is from Yiwu, Jinhua, Zhejiang." Han Zhong said.

"Are you from Yiwu? I've heard that the people are fierce there, haven't they? Chai Baochen asked.

"Huh? Do adults know Yiwu? The villain's hometown is a poor and remote country, many people have never even heard of it, and the adults can say our folk customs so accurately, the little ones are really admired! Han Zhong praised from the bottom of his heart.

"Don't make a noise about today's incident, this official doesn't blame you. You go back to the city gates, don't change guards tonight. When the soldiers who have changed their guard arrive, you should be more vigilant, something big will happen tonight. I will strengthen the defense of the gates. Are you scared? Chai Baochen asked.

"Go back to the adults, don't be afraid of the little ones! Today's incident is a small negligence, if there is really a sneak attack by the Japanese at night, I will kill a few of him to make up for it! Han Zhong said.

"Well, that's good! You can go back and set it up first. Chai Baochen said.

"Yes, sir!" Han Zhong turned around and left. When he walked out of the yamen, he thought to himself: This messenger is really easy-going, and he doesn't blame me. I will live up to my trust today, saying that I will definitely be able to gain his trust, thinking that I am a good seven-foot man, it is better to find a job in the army, than to guard the door a hundred times.

Chai Baochen looked at the corpse and said, "Someone." ”

A servant walked in. Chai Baochen instructed: "Find someone to bury the body of this murderer." Another person was sent to call the deputy company commander of the Shenji Company here. ”

At night, the curfew was already past the hour. The whole city was pitch black and silent. In a wealthy merchant surnamed Shen in Ningbo, there is a room in the backyard with lights on, and several black-clothed people sit around the table.

One of them squinted at the oil lamp, fiddling with the flame with his dagger, and at the corners of his eyes there were several furrow-like wrinkles that connected to the furrows on his forehead, continuing from the left eye to the right, breaking off at the brow bone of the right eye, and replacing them with deep scars. There was also a black cloth on the scar. When others looked at him, he felt more majestic because of the scars on his face. That's right, this person is Murakita, the leader of the Japanese Bandits!

"Brothers, although we only came in with fifty-two people, you also felt that the Ming army was very brave in the battle in the middle of the night yesterday, and our combat effectiveness was very strong in comparison. This is also in line with our combat experience near Chongming Island. You have all seen it during the day today, there are not many soldiers in the Ming army defending the city, only a dozen people. When we move later, as long as we quickly open the gates and let the warriors from outside the city into the city, we will definitely be able to take the city. "Murashita is doing the mobilization and deployment in front of the station.

After hearing this, several small bandit leaders felt that this was really what the village said, and they looked forward to the wonderful scene after the occupation of the city, revealing greedy eyes. They didn't know that at this moment, the home of the wealthy merchant surnamed Shen had been monitored by the scouts of the Shenji Company. Chai Baochen has been prepared, and the people in Ningbo City have also been prepared, and a big net has been quietly cast.