To Luo Jian's surprise, the little captive's mouth came out of Japanese, how could there be Japanese in Zhu Guobi's bandit team, Luo Jian felt so strange.

After interrogating the captive Luo Jian, I learned that Zhu Guobi fled into Dabie Mountain in a fit of anger, and hid in Dabie Mountain for more than a year, wanting to escape but not daring, since last year, the national defense army has become more and more vigorous, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty will not be able to do it, and Zhu Guobi has also broken off the idea of fleeing to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

It's not a matter of hiding in the mountains all the time, Zhu Guobi still wants to find a way out. Although it became a lost dog, after the Yangzhou army entered Nanjing City, it did not completely liquidate a few people, and many of Zhu Guobi's businesses continued to be done.

Relying on these businesses, Zhu Guobi didn't have to go out to rob in the past two years, which is why the Nanjing government has not found them. It's just that the more than 500 people who escaped with Zhu Guobi fled and scattered, and only more than 200 people remained, and the war horses that were brought out at the beginning did not dare to be used anymore, and most of them were slowly sold.

In recent years, there has been more and more trade with Japan, and Zhu Guobi's business has also been related to Japan, Zhu Guobi wanted to flee to Japan after learning about it, so people went to Japan to contact, but I didn't expect the Japanese government to be interested after hearing about it, so he sent three people to Dabie Mountain with Zhu Guobi's people.

At present, there are still a lot of merchant ships that trade in Japan privately, and in the final analysis, they are smuggling ships, if Zhu Guobi escaped to Japan so quietly, he might really be escaped.

But after the three Japanese came, they saw that Zhu Guobi's power was very small, and they suddenly lost a lot of interest, and they were not very active in arranging for Zhu Guobi to flee to Japan, which made Zhu Guobi anxious.

Anyway, we have to rush to the beach. Zhu Guobi took the remaining more than 200 people and began to travel from Dabie Mountain day and night to the seaside. Along the way, he began to catch Ding non-stop. Zhu Guobi also wanted to expand his influence as much as possible when he left China, and he was afraid that he would be looked down upon when he arrived in Japan.

What Zhu Guobi didn't expect was that these Japanese showed great interest in him starting to rob and kidnap young people, and even actively participated in it.

It's just that the joint management and joint defense of the southern provinces have done a good job, and Zhu Guobi didn't have many successes, and it wasn't until Moganshan that more than 50 young men were arrested, which made him very unwilling, seeing that the terrain of Moganshan was complicated. The range is not small, so I simply went up to the mountain to become a bandit and waited for news from the sea while robbing and plundering.

"Humph! Japanese. Suozhu, you arrange for someone to escort the prisoners back to Nanjing directly, especially to take care of these Japanese, and hand them over to Lai Fu when they arrive in Nanjing, which will be useful in the future. ”

When Luo Jian heard that the Japanese had participated in the robbery of this gang of bandits, his heart was even more angry, which reminded him of what Lu Wei had told him about the situation in Japan. There were a lot of things going on during this time, and Luo Jian really didn't expect the Japanese problem to go up, and now it seems that the Japanese shogunate seems to be at peace on the surface. But there are more small movements underneath.

It seemed that it was time for Lai Fu to step up his intelligence work against Japan, and now that the Manchu court had fallen. It's time for the Ministry of Security to shift its focus.

Through the separate interrogation of the three Japanese prisoners, Luo Jian felt more and more frightened, last time Lu Wei said that the situation in Japan was serious enough, but Luo Jian did not expect that the situation he learned from the prisoners was more serious than what Lu Wei said.

In fact, the Japanese shogunate began the so-called revitalization plan after Wang Qiang led the fleet to Edo Bay and was forced to sign the "Edo Treaty", which included strengthening its rule over Japan, learning advanced technology from various countries, strengthening the construction of warships, and so on.

Although the confessions of the three captives shocked Luo Jian, Luo Jian was shocked and more happy, and now he is worried that he can't find an excuse, since the Japanese shogunate itself has died, then let them do it again, if China is forced to send troops again, then it will definitely not work like the last two "surgical" blows, no matter how bad it is, it will overthrow the shogunate and support a pro-China regime.

Suozhu arranged for forty people to escort these captives to Nanjing, and the others began to disperse in three groups, and Luo Jian quietly left with Huang Zongxi after lunch in Moganshan Town.

Shortly after leaving the town, the lock pillar immediately said, "Look, shopkeeper! ”

Luo Jian looked forward, hundreds of people were kneeling on the ground in the place where the outer guards of Moganshan Town had been stationed, and Li Laohan and his eldest son, who had just been rescued, were kneeling at the front.

When Luo Jian saw it, he quickly turned over and dismounted, and ran towards the people kneeling on the ground, "Folks, please get up!" You're going to make me die! It's because we didn't do a good job and let the villagers suffer, how dare you do this great gift! ”

Luo Jian stepped forward to help Li Laohan and his son up, and Huang Zongxi and Suozhu also dismounted and helped the people kneeling on the ground one by one.

It was already far away from Moganshan Town, and when Luo Jian looked back, the people were still standing there.

"Brother Taichong, it's been so long since the government announced the abolition of the kneeling ceremony, it seems that the effect is not very good!" Luo Jian said to Huang Zongxi, who was riding along.

"Shopkeeper, where can you change thousands of years of habits can be changed in a while, in my opinion, our propaganda is not enough, shopkeeper, our art troupe is only doing some performances in the city during this time, do you also let them go to the countryside to perform? They advertised it best. Huang Zongxi said.

"Brother Taichong is right, let's go back and arrange this matter." Luo Jian nodded and said.

Moganshan Town is not far from Deqing County, and in less than three o'clock, Luo Jian and his entourage rushed to Deqing County.

Luo Jian, who wanted to stay in Deqing County for one night, temporarily changed his mind, and didn't even enter the city gate of Deqing County, because there was a large group of people in front of the west gate of Deqing County, obviously waiting to greet Luo Jian and the others.

Luo Jian was a little surprised that the news spread so quickly, but Luo Jian didn't want to alarm the local officials as the governor of the capital, so he simply went around with Huang Zongxi and a few people from the edge of Deqing County.

It was still early, Luo Jian and his entourage ran for more than 30 miles, and rushed to Anxi Town, Deqing County, preparing to stay here for one night, and then go to the suburbs of Hangzhou tomorrow.

Anxi Town, located next to the official road, is only thirty or forty miles away from Hangzhou City, and its scale and prosperity are incomparable to the remote Moganshan Town.

Quaint streets. The smooth bluestone pavement indicates that this is an old town. Luo Jian and the others stayed in one of the largest inns. A few guys came up and led a few people and horses to the backyard to feed, and Luo Jian and the others washed up briefly and began to go out to find a restaurant to eat.

"The shopkeeper, let's just come here again, looking at the atmosphere, it's also very clean." Said the lock pillar leading the way.

"Alright, let's go inside." Luo Jian said as he looked left and right, and there were many lanterns hanging in front of the two-story wooden building in front of the door of the house on the right. People in and out is very lively, there are a few grease and powder girls at the door to solicit guests, the signboard at the door is written "Yihong Pavilion" three words, obviously this is a green building.

Luo Jian shook his head, how to deal with these things left over from the past made Luo Jian feel very embarrassed, neither could he be cut across the board like his predecessors, nor could he completely let go like the Ming Dynasty, he could only solve it slowly.

"Shopkeeper, there are such brothels in Qinglou and larger towns." Huang Zongxi saw the meaning of Luo Jian shaking his head, and said beside him.

"We'll have to take our time. If these places are sealed all at once, it will be a problem for these Qinglou women to eat. We can't arrange things for them to do, so we can only slowly reduce. Luo Jian said to Huang Zongxi that the status of women in the era of the predecessors has been greatly improved, and there are already women in many jobs, but this era is not good.

"A few guest officers, you're here! How many of you sit upstairs or in the lobby? The guy stepped forward and beckoned.

Luo Jian glanced at the lobby, there were a lot of candles around him, the light was not bad, although there were a few tables of customers in the store, it was not too noisy.

"Let's sit in the lobby." Luo Jian pointed to a table against the wall and said.

A few people sat down, and the man stepped forward to pour tea for everyone, and the lock post quickly ordered all the dishes.

Luo Jian was about to pick up his chopsticks and start eating, when there was a commotion outside the restaurant, and after a while, more than a dozen people poured in.

"Get out of here! Get out of here! Our young master has chartered this place! A man who looked like a housekeeper shouted into the store as soon as he entered.

As soon as the guests at the table saw the people who came in, they all quietly stood up and began to walk out, and a young man of about twenty walked in with a girl in his arms around him, surrounded by several young people of the same size, also one of them holding a girl.

"Ouch, Young Master Gong, what kind of wind blew you into the shop today, Young Master Gong, please upstairs?" The shopkeeper standing behind the counter saw it and hurriedly stepped forward to say.

"Hmph, they said that your upstairs is too narrow, and there are too many people to sit down, so it's in the lobby, your shop Gong Ye has chartered it today, you let everyone else get out." Young Master Gong, who was holding the two girls, snorted with his nose and said to the shopkeeper.

"Young Master Gong, this lobby is spacious, you don't need to drive everyone away, right? Besides, how can we open a store to catch up with customers? Young Master Gong, will you just take a moment? The shopkeeper stepped forward and nodded and said.

"I said Boss Liu, why are you so blind? Young Master Gong finally came to our Qingxi Town, why don't you wait for it? A young man next to him said to the shopkeeper, who was obviously familiar with him.

In fact, now the customers at the other tables in the store have left, only Luo Jian and their tables are still there, a young man walked to Luo Jian's table, pointed at a few people with a folding fan in his hand and said, "Where did you come from?" Don't get out of here! ”

As soon as the lock pillar heard this, he was about to stand up as soon as he slapped the table, but Luo Jian raised his hand to stop him.

"I said that this hall is so big, you eat yours, and we don't bother each other, but why do you want to drive us away?" Huang Zongxi asked quietly.

"Yo ho, where did this bed bug come from? I can tell you, get out of here quickly, if you disturb our Young Master Gong's interest, you will be good-looking! The young man who had just come over was a little impatient, and he cursed in his mouth, and swept the folding fan in his hand at the plate on the table.

The lock post looked dead, raised his hand and slapped the young man's outstretched arm, which almost didn't slap the young man in the fight.

"Do you dare to do it with you? Give it to me, little ones! The young man cried out with one hand over his arm.

"Don't be a few, these are businessmen from afar, Liu can't stand you today, how about a few people find another restaurant?" Seeing that he was about to make a move, Boss Liu hurriedly stepped forward and stopped in the middle, and persuaded Luo Jian and the others.

Luo Jian didn't expect that a few of his people would encounter such a bloody bridge in Qingxi Town, and smiled at Huang Zongxi helplessly.

The lock pillar was already impatient, and said to Zhang Long and the other two guards: "These rabbit cubs owe discipline, I'll teach them a lesson, don't move." ”

"This brother, don't do it, we can't afford to mess with these people!" Boss Liu walked to the lock post and whispered.

"Boss Liu, come here." Luo Jian beckoned Boss Liu over.

"Who are they?" Luo Jian asked.

"A few guest officers, I'm really sorry, this Young Master Gong is the son of our Haiqing County Master, where can we afford to provoke it! How many people are tired of moving? Boss Liu leaned over to Luo Jian and whispered, he had already seen that Luo Jian was the leader of these people.

"Haiqing County Magistrate Gong Ci's young master?" Huang Zongxi asked beside him, before he came out, he had copied a list of the heads of the county governments along the way, and as soon as he heard the county lord of Haiqing County, he blurted out and asked.

"A few of you go to help lock the pillar, leave that Young Master Gong behind, move smaller, don't destroy the things in the store, let them go to Haiqing County to inform Gong Ci, and let him go to Mao Bijiang tomorrow to get people." Luo Jian said to Zhang Long and a few guards. (To be continued.) )