265 Hostage-taking
As early as when Su Hao and the others were still standing outside and hesitating, the shopkeeper of Liuxian Pavilion had already seen them. There were so many soldiers pouring in the town at once, and the outside of the town was full of troops, how could the shopkeeper not know? Looking at these people downstairs, they are obviously high-ranking officers in the army outside the town, this is a rare official.
Therefore, as soon as Su Hao and Xu Guangzu stepped into the Liuxian Pavilion with their front feet, the shopkeeper greeted them with a smile on his face, and said in his mouth: "Generals, please hurry up, there is a seat upstairs!"
Without waiting for Su Hao to say anything, Xiong Minfan stepped forward and stopped the shopkeeper who was about to come to Su Hao to salute. The shopkeeper was taken aback by this big black man, hurriedly took two steps back, and sneered: "Rude, rude, the military master forgives the sin."
"Second Xiong, don't scare the people!" Su Hao shouted.
Xiong Minfan responded, and then said to the shopkeeper: "Our general is going upstairs for dinner, you take me upstairs to have a look first."
The shopkeeper dared not agree, but he took Xiong Minfan and two other personal soldiers upstairs in a loud voice. Su Hao and Xu Guangzu followed behind them and also walked up the stairs.
Xiong Minfan's caution is reasonable, Su Hao is a senior officer, and before going to a strange place, he must let people take a look at the surrounding environment first to eliminate potential safety hazards. However, in this small Liudian Town, Su Hao didn't feel that he would be in any danger. Deep inland, it is impossible for either Warat or Wakou to come to this place to harm a Ming garrison. As for bandits, seeing that there are more than 2,000 soldiers outside the town, which bandit who doesn't open his eyes will come to find abuse?
The business of Liuxian Pavilion is good, and there are four or five tables of guests upstairs. The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, thinking about whether he should drive this type of person downstairs, but he hesitated. This kind of thing is very credibility to drive customers downstairs, Su Hao is just passing by, but this type of person is a frequent customer in the store, and the shopkeeper really doesn't want to offend them.
"It's okay, just let them eat upstairs." Su Hao saw the shopkeeper's thoughts. Said with a wave of his hand.
"Are these people regulars in town?" Xiong Minfan asked the shopkeeper in a low voice.
The shopkeeper nodded and said, "That's right, this type of person is a rich family in the town, and his family background is innocent, so the general can rest assured...... Uh, except for the girl. ”
Xiong Minfan followed the shopkeeper's gaze to the corner of the hall, and saw a thin girl sitting at a table there. Eating alone. As if sensing that someone was observing her, the girl raised her eyes and glanced at the shopkeeper and Xiong Minfan, her eyes were calm and quiet, and there was no wave.
"You mean, this girl isn't from town?" Xiong Minfan asked.
The shopkeeper said, "That's right, she's passing by." I only came to town the day before yesterday. Staying in the inn, I ate at the restaurant for the past two days, and went back to the inn after eating. ”
"Is she alone?" Xiong Minfan asked again. Female backpackers are creatures that are difficult to survive in the complex electromagnetic environment of the Ming Dynasty, and it is strange for a woman to walk outside alone.
The shopkeeper said, "Listen to her accent." It looks like it's from Nanjing. I didn't bring much luggage to the hotel, so I was very generous. According to the villain, she should have escaped from marriage. ”
"Oh......" Xiong Minfan nodded, the explanation of escaping marriage has a certain degree of reasonableness. Since it is an escape from marriage, of course, it can only be left alone. Marriage runaways are usually because they have another lover, and maybe this girl came here to wait for her lover.
When Xiong Minfan was talking to the shopkeeper, Su Hao and Xu Guangzu had already sat down at a table. Xiong Minfan stepped forward. After telling the two of them about the investigation just now, Su Hao and Xu Guangzu both raised their eyes and looked at the girl, and decided that a girl with a weak text like this could not be a bandit woman, but more like the shopkeeper explained, belonging to a young lady who ran out of a big family.
"Let her go, don't harass her." Su Hao commanded.
"Understood." Xiong Minfan replied.
The shopkeeper politely walked over and warmly recommended the restaurant's signature dishes to Su Hao and Xu Guangzu. Su Hao ordered a few things, asked for a jar of good wine, and beckoned the shopkeeper to prepare. Xiong Minfan brought three personal soldiers to sit at another table to protect Su Hao's safety. As for the rest of the pro-soldiers. I had to stay downstairs and eat.
After a while, the food was delivered. Su Hao and Xu Guangzu stretched out their chopsticks to taste the dishes, and found that in such a small town, the cook's skills were really good, and the fried dishes were quite authentic. Su Hao poured wine for Xu Guangzu, and poured a small glass to accompany him, and the two of them talked while eating.
The content of the conversation was nothing more than the war at the border pass and the training of the survey camp, and so on, Xu Guangzu had already found some ways in the training of firearms, and he also proceeded from practice to put forward some construction for the design of the flintlock pistol. Su Hao smiled and told Xu Guangzu that he was asking Xu Guangqi to design an automatic ammunition feeding device, and if it could be successfully designed, it would be the world's first machine gun, and its significance would be epoch-making.
"Is there really such a gun in the world?" Xu Guangzu asked Su Hao with round eyes.
"We can make what doesn't exist in the world. In principle, automatic ammunition feeding is achievable. Su Hao said with a smile.
Xu Guangzu said with emotion: "If there is such a sharp weapon, wouldn't it really be able to do it in one husband and ten thousand people?"
"There will be a day." Su Hao said.
The two were talking lively, and the girl who was eating alone in the corner of the room put down her empty rice bowl, stood up, and walked in the direction of Su Hao. Her previous position was at the very edge of the upstairs seat, and if she wanted to go downstairs, she had to walk past Su Hao's table. Xiong Minfan had already seen her and was hesitating to stand up, Su Hao gave Xiong Minfan a look, which meant that there was no need, they just wanted to go downstairs.
However, it was at this moment that the change happened. The girl walked unhurriedly, and when she walked past Su Hao, she suddenly pulled out a knife and rushed towards Su Hao. Su Hao was pondering this girl's life experience, imagining how a weak woman could climb over the wall and trek thousands of miles to meet her lover, who would have thought that Lin Daiyu would suddenly become Sun Erniang. Caught off guard, the girl had already grabbed the clothes on Su Hao's back and pushed the tip of the knife to his neck.
"Dog officer, tell your men not to move!" The girl said.
Including Su Hao, everyone was stunned. Su Hao wanted to break his head, but he couldn't figure out who this girl was, why she called him a dog official, and held a knife against him. Judging from the accent, this girl does look like a Jiangling clan, and Su Hao thinks that he has no enemies in Jiangling.
Xiong Minfan had already drawn a knife in his hand, but when he saw the dangling knife on Su Hao's neck, he didn't dare to act rashly. The girl pulled Su Hao back two steps so that there was no longer a threat behind her, and then said:
"Dog officer, go with this girl, I promise not to hurt your life! If these dogs of yours dare to mess around, the girl will let you give me a funeral. ”
Su Hao heard some hesitation from the girl's tone, and his heart was a little settled. Although he couldn't guess the girl's identity, he could feel that she should be an independent crime and not a member of the party. I came to Liudian Town to drink on a temporary basis, and this girl has been staying here for two days, so she shouldn't be waiting for him on purpose, that is to say, this girl has no grudge against him Su Hao, and kidnapping him has another purpose.
In addition, the girl kept saying that she only called him a dog officer, which also proved that the girl did not know him and that there was no possibility of vendetta.
After figuring this out, Su Hao was reluctant to take risks. He made a gesture to Xiong Minfan, meaning to ask them to get out of the way and let the girl take him away. Xiong Minfan hesitated, and there was no other way, so he had to take a few steps back and give way to the stairs.
"Girl, what are you doing here, oops, you have something to say, let go of the official!" The shopkeeper happened to serve the food upstairs, and when he saw this scene, he was so frightened that a plate of dishes spilled on the ground. Such a big official was kidnapped in his restaurant, what a big deal. In case this officer has another bad guy, and the soldier won't tear down his restaurant?
"Less nonsense, you go and tell everyone downstairs to get out of the way!" The girl shouted to the shopkeeper.
"Girl, I beg you, it's not easy for a villain to do a little business, if you hurt this official, the villain's family will have to drink the wind." The shopkeeper played the sad card.
The girl was slightly stunned, and then said: "Don't worry, this girl does things alone, and she will never affect you." You tell this dog officer that as long as he doesn't embarrass this girl, this girl will never hurt him. All this girl wants is for him to come with me. ”
"Go, boss, this girl just asked the official to accompany her on a trip, she won't hurt the official, let the people downstairs get out of the way...... By the way, let the guests go too, and the official will make up for your losses. Su Hao said calmly to the shopkeeper.
The commotion upstairs was heard by the soldiers downstairs, and everyone rushed to the staircase with their swords in hand, and then they could only slowly get out of the way, because they saw a girl walking down the stairs with a knife against the guard. What they have to do now is not to stop the girl, but not to scare her. If she was scared and stumbled, the tip of the knife would have stabbed directly into the guard's heart.
"Girl, where are we going? Walk, or call a taxi?"
Standing at the door of Liuxian Pavilion, Su Hao asked the girl with a smile. He felt more and more that this thing was quite funny, and it should be dangerous. The girl was not skilled in either the way she held a knife or the way she pulled people, and she was obviously an amateur kidnapper. That being the case, Su Hao decided to simply accompany her to see what made a young girl embark on this road of no return.
Hey, how does this look like a common headline in a newspaper...... Su Hao hurriedly crossed over.
"Come with me." The girl said, and then shouted to the group of soldiers in front of her: "Don't come with me, if you dare to follow, I will kill this dog officer."
After that, the girl pulled Su Hao to walk out of the town step by step, Su Hao walked easily, and in the corner of his eye, he clearly saw that there were black shadows speeding out of the town, and it was his own soldiers who blocked their way in advance. (To be continued.) You are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation votes and monthly passes. For mobile phone users, please go to read