Chapter 40: The Undercurrent Surges
Yu Xuezhong was startled, and when he raised his eyes, it turned out that it was the leper Ah Si standing on the mound and whistling at him......
Yu Xuezhong asked Ah Si to sit on the edge of the handlebar, threw the whip behind, took out the vegetable naan that he was going to give to the small-footed woman yesterday from his arms, tore half of it and handed it to him, Ah Si took the vegetable naan, and smirked at Xuezhong while gobbling it up: "Uncle, I'll go with you"
Yu Xuezhong nodded and did not speak.
Ah Si said vaguely: "Uncle, have you heard of it?" ”
Yu Xuezhong subconsciously opened his mouth: "Ah, what? ”
"Lanjiagou Sunash's family was killed by the coats, and even the little master was killed by those coats......"
Yu Xuezhong was startled, sat up straight on the ox cart, his brother told him about Lanjiagou the night before, but he didn't expect it to be so terrifying
"Are those minions crazy or something? Later it was skinned, wasn't it? ”
The leper Ah Si said with some excitement: "Those baoyi killed more than ten people in the family of Master Sunash, and was later discovered by Bayala in the fort, uncle, you don't know, those baoyi had knives and guns in their hands, and killed two Bayala, and finally were surrounded and shot into hedgehogs, I heard that Muhaqi was angry, and he skinned these dead baoyi to show the public, and now he is still hanging at the door, uncle, let's go over and take a look?" ”
Yu Xuezhong was shocked and asked in a lost voice: "Crazy, crazy!" Where did these dog minions get their knives and guns? How dare you fight against the old man Bayala in Niu Lu? ”
Ah Si rolled his eyes and flew the debris from his scalp: "I don't know, I heard that those coats are holding knives and guns sent by the traitors of Lushun Mingguo." It can't be wrong, only the Lushun Ming army has a short gun, and Lord Muhaqi searched the fort several times. I heard that I found a few more bows and crossbows, uncle, do you know where you found them? Old man Yeheck's house ......"
Yu Xuezhong didn't say anything for a long time, and suddenly there was some sound behind him, Yu Xuezhong looked back, it turned out that the old Baoyi had been woken up, and Yu Xuezhong just wanted to scold. Suddenly, he held back, but took out the other half of the naan from his arms and handed it to him, this naan was the food on his way. The old Baoyi took it and ate it, and he didn't receive his benevolence from Yu Xuezhong.
"Cattle!"
Yu Xuezhong cursed in his stomach, his body swayed with the ups and downs of the frame, and his eyes looked ahead thinking about his thoughts.
"Isn't Master Ye Heke the leader of the White Flag?" Yu Xuezhong asked again.
Ah Si ate half a piece of naan cleanly. Even licked my fingers on my scalp. Only then did he say: "It's his family's coat Huang Ziqiang, I don't know who gave it to him, two knives and a short gun, all hidden under the manger,"
"Yes, it's Huang Gengzhu?" Yu Xuezhong was stunned, Huang Gengzhu he knew. It is a fellow villager in Qinghe, Liaodong, and they fled together when they fled. Later, several members of the Huang family died on the road, and he vaguely remembered that this person from the same village was about sixty years old, cowardly, and didn't even dare to kill chickens on weekdays, how could he dare to rebel?
"What happened?"
"Huang Gengzhu began to stiffen his mouth, where was Master Ye Heke polite to him, and he was whipped down, but he didn't expect him to die by the manger when he took Baya to dig, but he really found a knife and gun, Master Ye Heke was whipped by the adult, and when he came back, he smoked all the clothes in the house to death......
"Huang Gengzhu, who was killed by God, doesn't know what to do with his madness, where did the master treat him badly, he shaved his head, a head is clearly priced at five taels in the Ming Kingdom, how can the Ming army have a good thing? How could this dog slave really believe these words? Yu Xuezhong spat thick phlegm on the side of the road, and scolded with some disgust.
Ah Si smirked, because Ah Si likes to wander outside on weekdays, Yu Xuezhong wanted to warn him, be careful of being caught by the Ming army's Fu Lu army, but he saw the terrifying rotten sores on his head, his hair was almost gone, where was there any braids......
Passing by Lanjiagou, more than a dozen corpses hung quietly at the door, Yu Xuezhong glanced at it, and didn't dare to look at the tragic situation of the fellow missing half of his head, he had an inexplicable panic, his brother didn't know if it was a ghost who was confused or what was going on, and he actually had the idea of fleeing to Lushun, Yu Xuezhong felt that his brother was also crazy, he was a flag soldier, in the Tunbao in the Xiuyan area, who didn't know that the master of Wulindai personally went to ask Lord Bahai to carry the flag that his brother carried? When you get to Lushun, you can't have a dead word?
Following behind the old man Bayala, grab a few coats for the master and come back, maybe the master is happy, so he promised the two brothers to split the family, and the sister-in-law is pregnant, if the master can reward a few acres of land, won't this life be better? The master also personally promised to carry the flag himself, if the elder brother followed others to grab some silver, and went to ask Master Bahai to redeem the small-footed woman back, the two brothers have survived for so many years, and they are about to live a good life, why is the elder brother fascinated by the ghost at this juncture?
Thinking about his heart all the way, he walked for a long time, and finally arrived at Xiuyan, and saw the murderous Bayala Lord at the head of the city, his heart was much more settled, he stood at the door obediently, the leper Ah Si didn't know when he slipped away, and a red armor soldier with a blue flag recognized him as the younger brother of the flag Ding Yu Xueyong, or the coat of the white swing tooth Laulindai's family, so he drank a few companions, waved his hand and let him enter the city.
There is only one dilapidated street in Xiuyan City, paved with human and animal manure, stinking, Yu Xuezhong parked the ox cart at the grocery store at the corner of the street, this shop does not sell many things, that is, wine and grain, and some goods from the north and south, I heard that the owner is a North Korean nobleman, and the relationship with Zhenghuangqi is good, the cow Lu master in the city does not dare to snub him, the shopkeeper Yu Xuezhong has seen, he is also a North Korean, and the store also invited a person called Jin Biao to coat and miscellaneous.
"Shopkeeper, sell wine" Yu Xuezhong squatted in the corner of the wall, waited for a baya in front of him to leave, and walked in with some cringe.
The shopkeeper lifted his head from the ledger, looked at him, and asked in a somewhat strange way, "How much?" ”
"Two hundred catties" Yu Xuezhongdao
"Fifty taels of silver, three stones of grain" The shopkeeper was very cold, as if someone else owed him
Yu Xuezhong sprinkled a belly of fire on the old Baoyi who came with him: "You eyeless dog slave, don't you carry the food in?" delayed the master's major event, Lao Tzu sucked you to death! ”
The shopkeeper counted the silver and grain, and pointed to a row of clay pots with red cloth piercing the corners of the wall: "Twenty altars"
Yu Xuezhong saw that there was no one in the store to help. He could only angrily and angrily put a jar of golden sun on the ox cart with Lao Baoyi, and the shopkeeper looked at him coldly, waiting for the two of them to finish moving. Suddenly waved at him and said, "Come here, I have something to ask you?" ”
Yu Xuezhong hurriedly nodded and ran over, "Master, what else do you command?" ”
"Which flag is your master? What is your name? The shopkeeper's face softened slightly
Yu Xuezhong was slightly stunned for a moment, and said with some pride: "My master is a blue flag and a white tooth la, Lord Ullindai, Lord Agwang * Ullindai"
As soon as Yu Xuezhong finished speaking, the inner room of the shop suddenly slammed. It was like the sound of a bowl falling on the ground and cracking......
"Oh"
The shopkeeper also looked back, and said casually: "It must be the gluttonous cat who hit the vegetable bowl, you just said." Your master is Lord Ullinday? Is it the white swing tooth under the blue flag Debao Niu Lu that shoots arrows very accurately? ”
Yu Xuezhong nodded, he was a little surprised, the master of Debao failed to attack Lushun, and more than half of the casualties of a Niu Lu were killed. Afterwards, Debao was beheaded for public display. The master was lame that time, and then the Zhenglan Banner was purged, and even Lord Bahai was sent to this horn, but I didn't expect that today's North Korean shopkeeper also knew Lord Debao.
The shopkeeper suddenly smiled at him and said, "You wait here, have a cup of tea and eat a piece of naan, I'll go and relieve myself, and I'll ask you when I come back."
Yu Xuezhong muttered a little in his heart, but when he heard that he drank tea and ate naan, he couldn't walk.
"The old man is too polite, and the villain is squatting here and waiting. Naan, just ......" Yu Xuezhong didn't finish speaking, the shopkeeper had already lifted the curtain and shook it in, Guo Erluo took a moment, the curtain was lifted, and the miscellaneous wrapper came out with a plate, and two pieces of fine white naan with a yellowish color were placed on the table.
Boom!
Yu Xuezhong couldn't help swallowing the boss's saliva, and under the gesture of the miscellaneous man, Yu Xuezhong picked up a piece of naan and took a bite, sighing with satisfaction in his heart.
"Huh? He, he's eaten ......"
Yu Xuezhong saw the miscellaneous pick up another piece of naan and walked towards the same coat waiting outside, he was suddenly anxious, and it was difficult to reach out to stop it, so he scolded in his heart, scolding and biting at the same time, but this time he took a lot of bites.
It took a long time for the shopkeeper to come back, and he said to Xuezhong: "I'm afraid you don't know, right?" Our shopkeeper originally had some friendship with Lord Debao, through his relationship sold iron tools and grain to the blue flag, but unfortunately later Debao died in Lushun, the road was broken, Lord Debao was bold, after learning of his death, the owner was very sad, today I heard that your master is the old man under Debao Niulu, I have some cordiality in my heart, it is better to do this, I invite you to drink, you talk to me about the recent situation of those old people under Debao Niulu, go back and I will relay it to the owner, the owner is happy, there are always some benefits for you"
Yu Xuezhong took a long time to understand the meaning of the shopkeeper, he was a little happy in his heart, and looked at the sky hesitantly: "I'm afraid that I will delay a lot of time and go back to blame the master."
The shopkeeper smiled and took his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, just go faster on the road." ”
Three days later, an encrypted urgent mail was sent to the desk of Tang Baocheng, the foreign affairs department on the second floor of the Phi Dao Jiebai Trading Company. ”
After speaking, Tang Baocheng handed the translated emergency report to Cai Changshun, who had been waiting for a long time.
Cai Changshun looked at it carefully twice, and then smiled: "Fortunately, the gold label is careful, let the North Korean shopkeeper register the identity of every guest, and we will promote this method to every intelligence point in Liaodong."
Tang Baocheng also nodded and said: "It should be like this, those who can afford our high-quality wine, which one is not the rich and noble of the Eight Banners, and keeping an eye on their movements is what we should do." ”
The old cannon sitting in the corner suddenly asked, "What's the plan?" ”
The two were slightly stunned for a moment, Tang Baocheng took back the emergency report and read it again, and then muttered: "Some time ago, we lost most of the weapons that we transported to Xiuyan's various tunbao through the shop, and we failed to organize several coat resistances......"
The old cannon said coldly: "Whether you dare to resist the rule of the Tatars does not depend on whether the weapon is sharp or not, I said this at the beginning, but you refused to listen"
Tang Baocheng's face was released, and he unceremoniously looked at the old cannon for a moment before he said slowly: "Of course the weapon is important, will you feel the same mood when you hold a fire gun and a stone against a heavily armed Tatar armor soldier?" The bloodiness of those coatings has been almost worn away. We have to give them faith, we have to give them support, and the best thing to do is it. A weapon that can easily kill the most elite Tarnon armorers"
The old cannon sneered: "But your plan hasn't failed? Not to mention those small groups of resistant, how many people has our Foreign Intelligence Department lost alone? ”
Faced with the accusation of the old cannon, Cai Changshun was a little frustrated, but Tang Baocheng shook his head and said: "It's not necessarily a failure now, I still have a remedial plan, Master Ma, do you want us to take a closer look at it?" ”
The old cannon stood up: "Forget it." Actually, you already have a plan in mind, don't you? Although I have only been with you for a few days, Master Tang's arbitrariness has already been enough. Adults don't have the right to dictate to me, so I'll just say goodbye with a little fun. ”
"Don't send it, Master Ma" Tang Baocheng laughed
Bang!
The old cannon snorted. The door was slammed shut.
Cai Changshun said with some worry: "The old cannon is the henchman of the adult. You do this, if he goes back ......"
Tang Baocheng laughed and said: "The Foreign Intelligence Department will only obey one person's orders, if you don't understand this, your future as a chief official will be worrying in the future?" ”
Cai Changshun was stunned, and it took a long time to understand Tang Baocheng's ridicule, and he didn't take it to heart and said: "You think too much, how can I guess the mind of an adult?" Let's get down to business, what are your plans? ”
Tang Baocheng reported in a hurry: "Kill a tartar cripple who was sent to the tunbao outside Xiuyan City." Is it hard? ”
Cai Changshun nodded: "Send Qiu Yong and Zhuang Shidi to touch him at night?" ”
Tang Baocheng shook his head and said, "Don't be in a hurry for the time being." I'm going to keep him alive for a few more days......"
Tang Baocheng waved his hand, interrupted Cai Changshun's interjection and said, "According to the urgent report sent back by Jin Biao, what do you think of Yu Xueyong?" ”
Cai Changshun opened his mouth, and finally remembered the record of Yu Xuezhong's brother chatting about a few times in the emergency report: "Yu Xueyong, what does he have to do with our actions?" ”
Tang Baocheng stood up and paced around the room a few times with his hands behind his back, and said: "If Yu Xuezhong's beautiful words to his brother are removed, this coat will carry the master back from the battlefield, carry the flag, and have some reputation in the Tunbao area around Xiuyan, do you think we should take advantage of this to make some trouble?" ”
"Oh?"
Cai Changshun became interested and asked, "What article can this coating do?" ”
Tang Baocheng said: "The Tatar slaves are back, the Han people under the rule of the Han people continue to flee, Lushun, Phi Dao, North Korea, there are fleeing Han people everywhere, although they are always facing the threat of butcher knives, they still have no hesitation, some people have failed, but more people have succeeded, they came to Lushun, came to Phi Island, they lived a normal life, adults often say, they are the backbone of our nation, is the spiritual pillar of this nation, China for thousands of years, it is their existence, The Chinese civilization was able to survive several foreign invasions, but not everyone had the courage to do so......"
Tang Baocheng pulled his thoughts back from his memories and sighed: "...... There are also many cowardly Han people, they only have endless expectations, but they do not have the courage and bloodiness to take this step, and Yu Xueyong, the coat is a typical character of the Tartar slaves who fabricate lies, and raising the flag for him is certainly a move by the Tartars to buy people's hearts, and it is also a poison to deceive those who live in despair and coat a dose of hope, so we must tear off the disguise of the Tartar slaves, and let those who comfort themselves and say that tomorrow will be better to sober up, we have to make them despair, if they can see through the illusion of the intimacy of the master and slave of Xueyong, Understand that no matter how much they please their master, they will always be the lowest minions, and only when they understand this, will they throw themselves into the wave of resistance without hesitation. ”
Cai Changshun's eyes were a little red and swollen, and Tang Baocheng gently patted him on the shoulder: "Uncle is also a good man in our Huaxia, although he ......"
Cai Changshun wiped his eyes indiscriminately, and said with a forced smile: "Baocheng, let's still talk about business, what are you going to do?" ”
Tang Baocheng said: "I want to send someone to meet Yu Xueyong, I will tell him that we need him to come out and take the lead, no, I will go to see him in person"
Cai Changshun was shocked: "Go in person? Are you crazy? It's too dangerous! ”
Tang Baocheng nodded: "Qiu Yong's eloquence is not good, Wang Xiaoqi can't participate in the action, and you are not good at reading people's hearts, if you calculate it, I am more suitable."
Cai Changshun shook his head resolutely and said: "No, absolutely not, Yu Xueyong and his master are like glue, mixing oil in honey, how dare you conclude that he has different intentions?" ”
Tang Baocheng didn't answer, but said: "Yu Xueyong has some popularity in Xiuyan, we need him to take the lead as a model, I can make up some impassioned stories, well, I have prepared a lot here, and whoever listens to it will be impassioned, because they are all derived from real events, and there is only one purpose, so that Xiuyan can join the movement against the rule of the Tatars......
Cai Changshun was distracted by Tang Baocheng's bold plan, and ignored his last vicious words: "...... Even if more people are sacrificed for it. ”
"Why did you let Yu Xueyong betray his master? By those impassioned words? Is it enough? ”
After Cai Changshun cleared his mind, he sneered: "Baocheng, you better calm down, you don't know how fanatical your expression was just now, if you don't explain it, I won't agree to this plan." ”
Tang Baocheng nodded to himself, as if he was answering Cai Changshun, and as if he was saying it to himself: "He hates Tartar, and he is not a person without courage, I can feel it, I firmly believe in this." ”
"It's useless for you to believe in it, you have to convince me that as the deputy head of the Foreign Intelligence Department, I have the right to stop your plan" Cai Changshun retorted mercilessly
"In this case, I'll meet with him through the shop first, get ready, and then let's decide what the next plan is?" Tang Baocheng put on a flattering look.
Cai Changshun didn't speak, looked at Tang Baocheng for a moment before he said slowly: "Master Ma didn't misunderstand you, you are a person who will never compromise, and you will not follow other people's advice, even if your ideas are wrong, you will follow this road to the end." You say that you have people you trust, I doubt that, as a classmate and comrade-in-arms, I only hope that the path you have chosen is the right one......"
Tang Baocheng smiled and looked at Cai Changshun's angry body, and waited for him to walk to the door before he said softly: "I will notify the shop to implement the emergency plan first, and I will set off early the day after tomorrow to ......" (to be continued......