Considering that there would be a battle, Zhu Houwei called 50 people from the land and water battalion to Zhufu to participate in this rescue operation, and at the same time to test the combat effectiveness of this unit. All 50 people are already equipped with flintlock pistols, and it is estimated that it will take some time for rifled guns, and after getting the guns, they will practice 50 rounds of live ammunition every day, and to this day, the shortest practice is 10 days.

In the main hall of the Zhu Mansion sat the two Zhu Houzhao brothers, and the little girl had already been sent back to Kunning Palace with a magnifying glass. Liu Jin stood next to him and poured water for the two of them, the tea is the famous West Lake Longjing, but no matter how good the taste is, the two brothers don't have the heart to drink more, all they can do now is wait. After a while, Lao Tan and Lao Jinyi returned to the palace and reported the situation to the two brothers. For Jinyiwei's tracking ability, the two brothers are still very confident.

After about half an hour, the men and horses of the water and land battalion entered the Zhu Mansion, and after entering the capital, they attracted many onlookers. In front of the team is a carriage, on which all the team's weapons, ammunition, helmets and other items are placed, the carriage is covered by a carriage, and it is impossible to see what is placed inside, but some long weapons are half exposed from the back of the carriage, so that onlookers know what is inside. The most noticeable people who are about 5 meters away from the carriage, the number is not much, only 50 people, each person has a goose knife hanging on the waist, jogging with the carriage, the footsteps of 50 people are very neat, and occasionally there are mistakes will be immediately changed to a frequency with others. The team is divided into 2 columns, 25 people in each column, the clothing is also different from the Ming army, there is no heavy armor on the body, the clothes are all blue cloth, the style is also very novel, the blue jacket, the separation is in the middle, there are a total of 5 buttons, the lower body is a pair of pants, also made of blue cloth, and there are leggings at the calf. Such a strange costume has attracted a lot of attention, the neat queue, the serious military appearance, the uniform military uniform, and only 50 people also make people feel the momentum of a strong army.

When the water and land battalion arrived at Zhu's mansion, the two Zhu Houzhao brothers were very satisfied with their speed of action, and it didn't take long for Jinyi Wei to report that they had discovered the hiding place of this group of people.

Now it has been found that there are a total of 17 people in this group of people, and it is a temple 30 miles south of the capital, but the backyard has not been able to enter, and it is impossible to find how many people are inside. Zhu Houzhao's brothers discussed, and first sent a group of people from the water and land battalion with flintlock pistols and ammunition, as well as a Yanling knife and a brocade guard by his side, to ambush around the temple first, waiting for an opportunity to rescue the hostages.

One hour later, a 7 or 8-year-old child walked to the door of Zhu's mansion with a letter and handed it to the guard at the gate of Zhu's mansion. The letter was directly handed over to Zhu Houzhao by the guards, the two looked at it, came to the gate, took a look at the child, and asked Liu Jin to give him a tael of silver to let him go.

Zhu Houzhao's brother knew that this child had nothing to do with this matter, Lao Tan saw the change at the door, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, Zhu Houzhao directly gave the letter to Lao Tan, and the letter named Lao Tan to go to the temple, and he could only bring 2 people to accompany him, if he didn't follow the letter, he would tear up the ticket.

Lao Tan can still know some words, and after reading this letter, he can probably guess what it means, and after reading it, Lao Nian burst into tears, knelt down and said, "Please also ask the two young masters to save their lives." Zhu Houzhao helped her up and said, "Old Tan, don't worry, I will send two people with you later, and your son and grandson will definitely be rescued." Lao Tan could only nod with tears in his eyes.

Lao Tan took a carriage and walked first, the driver on the carriage was pretending to be Jinyiwei, and one person accompanied Lao Tan in the carriage, both of them carried a short knife, and drove towards the temple together.

In the backyard of the temple in the south of the capital, Tan Degong, Tan Xuliang and Craftsman Ding were all there, at this time Tan Degong and his son were tied up, Xiaoliang was close to Tan Degong, and Tan Degong was staring at Craftsman Ding angrily. Tan Degong knew that these people could catch him and his son all because of Craftsman Ding, Tan Degong and Craftsman Ding have known each other for almost 10 years, and they were friends when they were in the Ministry of Industry, and the day before yesterday when the two were chatting, they happened to talk about their son Xiaoliang's achievements, and also said that they were going to the market today to buy things for Xiaoliang, but they didn't expect Craftsman Ding to tell all these thieves, so that he and his son were captured, and the 10-year friendship was ruined.

The backyard is not big, it is 6 bedrooms, and there is a back door on the west side of the courtyard wall about 2 meters high. The temple is built on a hill and is on a hill to the south. At this time, there were 8 thieves standing in the backyard, 2 guarding Tan Degong's father and son, and Craftsman Ding was not tied up, but there were 2 thieves with Pu knives standing next to them, and 4 set up a table in the center of the courtyard, the table was full of vegetables, but there was no wine, but the four of them were very happy to eat. Tan Degong and his son sat on the steps in front of a room.

Craftsman Ding glanced at Tan Degong with some guilt, and when he saw his angry eyes, he immediately withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking. Suddenly raised his head, and shouted to the person next to him with a somewhat frantic expression, "My wife and daughter, now that they have been brought, let us go quickly." Before the words fell, the eight thieves in the courtyard all laughed wildly. Craftsman Ding sensed that something was wrong, quickly grabbed one person's collar, and shouted loudly, "What about people, what about them, where did you hide my wife and daughter?" The man who was grabbed by the collar glanced at him disdainfully, and suddenly punched Craftsman Ding in the stomach, Craftsman Ding let go of his hand, knelt on the ground holding his stomach and kept coughing, Tan Degong adjusted his body and tried to cover his son Xiaoliang's sight, not letting him see these scenes.

The thief sneered, "I'm so anxious to see them, don't worry, I'll take you to see him now." The other seven burst into laughter. Another thief close to Craftsman Ding kicked Craftsman Ding hard behind the kneeling Craftsman Ding, kicked Craftsman Ding to the ground, and said, "How long are you going to kneel on the ground, don't you want to see your wife and daughter, get up, I'll send you there." Craftsman Ding stood up a few times, and the two thieves took the Pu knife and walked out of the back door of the west with Craftsman Ding.

Only a minute later, a terrible and desperate cry came, but it stopped abruptly, making people shudder, and the thieves in the backyard laughed again, and continued to eat and talk, just now they were all quiet, probably just want to hear this terrible and desperate howl. Tan Degong roughly guessed what happened to Craftsman Ding, and his originally angry mood suddenly became a lot more complicated.

An hour later, Tan Degong and his son were already very nervous, and suddenly a thief came from the front and shouted, "Come, bring people to the front." This sudden sound startled the father and son. Four of the eight thieves in the backyard came over and rudely pulled up the father and son, and his son Xiaoliang was so frightened by the actions of these people that he cried. Tan Degong immediately said in a deep voice, "Xiaoliang, don't cry, be obedient, don't cry, Daddy will protect you." A person next to him said, "Child, listen to your father, if you cry again, I will kill you, and you will be in the supper tonight, and it must be steamed." Xiao Liang was so frightened that he didn't dare to cry when he heard this, and stood tightly with Tan Degong, Tan Degong stared at the thief who spoke just now, but the man just smiled and didn't care. The man who just came over to shout, "Okay, Sixth, don't scare that hairy child, Lao Tzu has a big head when he listens to the hairy child crying, but it's a pity that they are still useful." The man nodded and said no more.

After walking for about 2 minutes, everyone walked to the front of the temple, at this time there were 2 groups of people, one group was thieves, there were about 7 or 8 people, and the other group was Lao Tan and three people, and the two groups of people stood 10 meters apart from each other. As soon as Lao Tan saw Tan Degong's father and son, he shouted "Xiao Liang" in his mouth and was about to walk forward, but was stopped by the two brocade guards standing on both sides. Xiao Liang shouted "Grandpa" Before he could continue, the thief who had just scared him stared at him, and Xiao Liang was silent.

Lao Tan looked at the father and son, then at the wave of thieves, and shouted, "What do you want?" ”