"It's too late!" Du Gu waved his hand anxiously: "Send detectives to the Longarm Cape immediately to investigate, what about Major Silva?" What about Yoshida-kun? ”

"Silva is directing the siege of Fort Utrecht on the pineapple orchard, Yoshida is inspecting the forts on the sandbar on the northern front, and I will ask the two of them to come back immediately!" Lin Heshui had regained his composure, he looked left and right, and suddenly lowered his voice: "General Du, in my opinion, the most important thing now is to be careful of those leaders, especially the one named Wang Donglu, you must not take it lightly!" ”

"Be careful?" Du Gu was stunned for a moment, the "head family" in Lin Heshuikou is the name of the small leaders of non-governmental organizations such as shopkeepers, bosses, gambling dealers, and conveners in regular meetings in the southern Fujian dialect, and in the special immigrant society of Dayuan, the head family has a special meaning: it refers to some leaders of the local Han immigrants, because of the wealth and prestige they have, the Dutch colonial authorities must consult them when formulating policies, and have the right to mediate and arbitrate disputes among the Han people. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 These people were also very close to the big merchants of Fujian, and even participated in the East India Company's business in Taiwan, such as cultivating fields, conquering indigenous villages, excavating mineral deposits, logging wood, etc., so the colonists could not leave this group financially or administratively. After Du Gu and they came, these people behaved very tamely, whether it was to send people or food, as long as Du Gu opened his mouth, they would be delivered according to the quantity, and there was no second word.

"Do you think they're going to take advantage of it? No way? I see that we are besieging the Dutch these days, and they are working very hard. Especially the Wang Donglu you mentioned, he takes the lead in everything, and you don't always think badly about people. How to say that they are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, those are red-haired and green-eyed fans! You can't help outsiders, do you? Du Gu asked with some surprise.

"Not necessarily!" Lin Heshui sneered: "General Du, don't you understand, these people abandoned the ancestral tombs and came to this overseas barbarian land, which one is a good person?" Shame and faith have long been left behind, they have been able to mix well under the Dutch over the years, and they don't know how many compatriots they have betrayed and how many innocent and good people they have killed, so that they can save these family businesses, relying on the Dutch and Han Chinese, and making profits from them. And if Dayuangang was under the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the future, how could they be as free as they were under the Dutch in the past? Now that our army is here, they naturally pretend to be tame; If the Dutch reinforcements arrived, then these people may not be so honest! ”

"This-" Du Gu listened to Lin Heshui's words, and felt that there was some truth, but he remembered the sycophants and gifts sent by Wang Donglu's leaders on weekdays, and hesitated in his heart: "Mr. Lin, there is some truth in what you said, but after all, it is just your speculation, and there is no real evidence, so you can't just condemn others like this, right?" ”

"You want to be honest, don't you?" Lin Heshui sneered: "General, do you know where that Wang Donglu's eldest son is now?" ”

"That's a strange question, how would I know where his son went!"

"After the Dutch escaped by boat that night, I was worried that something would go wrong here, so I secretly inquired about the news, but I heard that the eldest son of Wang Donglu had gone far away, saying that he had gone to collect deer skins from the natives!"

"This is their business, what's so strange?"

"General, we are now at war with the Dutch, and the outcome is unknown, how can anyone come here to buy deerskins? Why did he let his eldest son go to buy deerskin at this juncture? Speaking of this, Lin Heshui paused slightly: "After learning about this, I carefully inquired about the situation of the Wang family, especially the situation of the boat, and found that his family was missing a fast boat!" And that very night. ”

"One less boat!" For the Han Chinese and the Dutch colonists, the mainland of Taiwan Island meant unknown dangers, and the safest way to travel between the colonies was the waterway. The Wang family didn't care if they went to collect the deer skin, he couldn't go far anyway, but the lack of a boat was another matter.

"Exactly, it's still a dhow! This Wang Donglu was born as a sea lord, and his sons are all old sea seals, and they are very familiar with the needle road to Nanyang and Fujian. ”

"This old dog!" Du Gu was furious: "Why didn't you say it earlier, I will immediately send someone to bring him and cut him down!" ”

"I only confirmed the matter of the ship in the past two days!" Lin Heshui said with a smile: "General, according to what I see, it is better to send someone to spy on it secretly to see if anyone has secretly contacted him, and then catch it all!" ”

Du Gu had already recovered from Fang Cai's anger and gradually controlled his emotions: "It's okay, this matter will be handed over to Mr. Lin to deal with, don't let this guy go!" ”

"Yes, General!"

In the dark night, there was a long banging sound. Wang Dacheng propped himself up, clenching the hilt of the knife at his waist, and beside him were two subordinates who had followed him to Anping. With those night eyes, he could make out the outline of the hill behind his househouse in the darkness.

"I'm finally home!" Wang Dacheng subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt a burst of pride: his father asked him to tell Lord Zheng Zhilong about the situation of the senior member, and he not only brought the words to him, but also brought back an army. Zheng Shoubei asked himself to contact his father and act as their internal response. Wang Dacheng is full of confidence in Zheng Shoubei's victory, and Zheng Cai's victory is also his victory.

With the dream of victory, Wang Dacheng got up from the ground, climbed over this hill and went home, the rest of the road was as familiar to him as the lines of his palms, he could slip into the yard from a corner door in the backyard without lighting a fire, and even the dog would not alarm him and he could lie back on his bed, as if he had never left. Suddenly, he heard two muffled noises behind him, as if something heavy had fallen to the ground, he instinctively turned around, only to see two of his men fall to the ground, one with his neck cut off, and the other with an extra hole in the back of his head, from which his brain was flowing, and a masked man with a thin figure was looking at him, his cold eyes reflecting a merciless light.

Wang Dacheng subconsciously reached out to grab the handle of the knife on his waist, and the masked man's wrist flicked, and a black iron chain shot out like a poisonous snake, wrapped around Wang Dacheng's neck twice, and then pulled hard. Wang Dacheng was so strangled that he fell to the ground, and then he received a blow to the back of the head and passed out.

The city of Pulo Minsha.

"Well done, Yuji, your lock sickle is getting better and better!" Lin Heshui smiled and said to the Japanese boy in front of him, next to his feet, the unconscious Wang Dacheng was tied up and lying on the ground like a ball.

"It's nothing, Mr. Lin, you are like a god, let us set up an ambush around the Wang family!" Compared with more than a month ago, Yuji Yamada's chin has an extra circle of fluff, which looks a little less childish and a little more mature.

"Hmmm! This is a reward for you! Lin Heshui took out five taels of silver from his waist and threw it to Yuji Yamada: "Now you go out, continue to monitor the Wang family, don't let anyone in!" ”

"Yes, Mr. Lin!"

Wang Dacheng was woken up by a basin of cold water, he just woke up and felt a terrible headache, as if there were two villains in his head who were beating with a chisel, he subconsciously groaned, only to find that he had been tied to a chair and couldn't move.

"Tell you the truth, I'll let you go home without tying you! If you lie—" Lin Heshui's voice was not loud, as if he was greeting an acquaintance he met: "Then I will cut off your fingers one by one, then your toes, then your skin, and finally your throat, starting with the little finger of your right hand!" Speaking of this, Lin Heshui shouted to a soldier, who walked up to Wang Dacheng's side, pulled out a dagger, and pressed the blade against the base of Wang Dacheng's right little thumb.

"I'll be honest! Your Excellency, you must let me go! Wang Dacheng pretended to be panicked, but he was thinking about how to get through the trick.

"Very well, first question, who are you?"

"My name is Wang Shuibian, and I am Master Wang's villager!" Wang Dacheng replied: "You can go to Master Wang and ask!" This is a small trick that Wang Dacheng came up with temporarily, this Wang Shuibian is his distant cousin, the age is similar, the appearance and figure are also seven or eight points similar, if it is not familiar with the people can not be distinguished at all, the most important thing is that if Lin Heshui goes to verify as Wang Dacheng requested, Wang Donglu will immediately realize that he has returned from Anping and fell into the hands of this group of outsiders.

"Wang Shui's edge? You say you are Wang Donglu's banker? ”

"Yes, I am Master Wang's Zhuangke!" Wang Dacheng pretended to be honest: "I went to the mountain with two companions to set rabbits, but I didn't want to meet a robber at night, but I didn't want to get here!" ”

"Good!" Lin Heshui sneered and nodded to the soldier.

A terrible scream tore through the peace of the room, Wang Dacheng could hardly believe his eyes, the soldier's wrist slightly cut off the little finger of his right hand, like a cook cutting a carrot, Wang Dacheng let out a desperate scream, trying his best to shake his head, as if this would wake him up from this nightmare.

Lin Heshui said with regret on his face: "I have already told you, you want to tell the truth!" He uttered the last sentence word for word.

"I'm telling the truth, I'm indeed Wang Shuibian, Master Wang's villager!" Wang Dacheng is already in tears. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Lin Heshui's terrible head nod again, and a sharp pain came from his left hand, which made him scream again.

"You've really disappointed me, I've made it so clear, but why can't you understand me? Do you have a lot of fingers for me to cut? Or can the severed finger grow back? Like leeks in the field? Lin Heshui shook his head, as if he was feeling sorry that the other party couldn't understand his words. Wang Dacheng stared at the ordinary man in front of him, his eyes were full of fear.

"Well, I'll say it again, you must hear it clearly this time! Lin Heshui walked up to Wang Dacheng's side, picked up the other party's sweaty chin with a folding fan, and asked word by word: "Who are you?" ”

Wang Dacheng did not answer immediately this time, it is not difficult to see that deep in his heart is in an extremely fierce struggle, Lin Heshui did not make a sound, just waited quietly. After about half a meal, Wang Dacheng finally said in a low voice: "My name is Wang Dacheng, and Wang Donglu is my father!" ”

"How many sons does Ling Zun have, how old are you?"

"Five, I'm the boss!"

"Who are those two people who are following you?"

"It's my companion."

"Why were you in the mountains behind your house just now?"

After asking a few inconsequential questions, Lin Heshui suddenly asked a substantive question, Wang Dacheng's body suddenly tensed, his ears sounded his father's parting advice, Zheng Cai's order, and the promised rich reward, but the sharp pain from the wounds on his hands pulled him back from fantasy to reality, he raised his head and asked in a low voice: "My lord, if I tell the truth, can I exchange my father for not dying?" ”

"No way!" Lin Heshui shook his head resolutely: "Ling Zun did such a thing behind our backs, the sin is unforgivable, and there is only one way to die." However, if you wear sins and make meritorious deeds, you can be exempted from your own sins, and it is not even impossible to reward you for meritorious deeds. ”

"Can't I atone for my father's sins with my merits?"

"You are you, Ling Zun is Ling Zun! I know that the law is strict, and my sins are not as good as my family, and naturally there is no reason to atone for my father's sins with the merits of my son. Besides, in this matter, Ling Zun is the mastermind, you are just a coercion, how can there be a reason to atone for the mastermind's sin with the merit of coercion? Speaking of this, Lin Heshui saw Wang Dacheng's hesitant look again, and said softly: "Actually, why is it difficult for me to tell a lie to coax you?" Will anyone blame me then? It's just that I think you're still a person who can be saved, and I don't want you to follow Ling Zun to the downfall. Think about it, why did you come home in the dark and get caught? ”

Listening to Lin Heshui's words, the beads of sweat on Wang Dacheng's forehead flowed down like rain, and the other party's meaning was very clear: to be able to wait for the rabbit to catch him, it was obvious that he had already sent someone to surround his house, but it was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and it was not discovered by the people inside. Obviously, this kind of encirclement can't last too long, otherwise it will definitely be discovered by the people in the house, and it's not encircled early, it's not encircled late, but it's only encircled when he comes back from Anping, obviously the other party has noticed something, but I don't know how much I already know.

"What do you want to know?" Wang Dacheng's voice trembled a little.

"Hehehe!" Lin Heshui suddenly laughed: "Wang Dacheng, do you still want to bargain with me when you listen to your tone?" Well, I'll tell you a little bit of news, there's a fleet of ships docked on the side of Cape Longarm today, don't say it has nothing to do with you, right? (To be continued.) )