4-14 Assassination

Liu Ziguang's plan is for Addison to develop advanced eavesdropping and surveillance equipment, and use the power of science and technology to make up for the weakness of the reconnaissance force, but the cycle of scientific research is relatively long, and during this time, it is still necessary to follow everyone's opinions, start small, and vigorously collect peripheral intelligence, even if it is inconspicuous information, such as which minister's family has a child, the gift list received, or which minister likes to play in a green building, what kind of wine he likes to drink, and so on. Because Liu Ziguang was convinced that the important thing in intelligence work was analysis, Japanese reporters were able to analyze Daqing's oil production just from the iron railing on a photo of the Daqing oil field, and this was the power of intelligence analysis.

As for the recruitment of people in the rivers and lakes who are good at light skills, this will be handed over to Sun Jian, Sun Gang and his son, one of them is a dart master for many years, and the other is a little overlord who has mixed in the capital. All these tasks can be considered in the long run, and the most important thing at the moment is how to kill Huang Zhen on June 13.

It is not difficult to kill a high-ranking official of the Jinyi Guard, the difficult thing is how to kill the target without leaving any horses' feet, when it comes to assassination, Liu Ziguang's first thought is a sniper rifle, only this kind of thing can be sniped at a distance, and it is impossible to have a rifle, but it should not be difficult to snipe a bow and crossbow, there are still three days before June 13, and it is just time to carry out various preparations, Liu Ziguang found a single-barrel clairvoyant with a suitable magnification, and picked a crossbow with the longest range and the best accuracy from the warehouse of the Beijing Lianfeng, The clairvoyant mirror was fixed to the crossbow, which formed a primitive form of sniper crossbow, and then a special weighted arrow was used, and after many test shots in the field, the sniper requirements were finally initially reached.

The Red Shirt Regiment selected and sent them are all bold and careful, ordinary looking good hands, no foreigners, all pure Han people, the kind of people who are difficult to find in the crowd, just suitable for spy work, Liu Ziguang first let them wander around the city for a few days to get acquainted with the environment, and then selected a few people from these people who do not believe in ghosts and gods, and are hand-eyed and hand-stable to be sent to Dr. Jones as an apprentice. After completing these things, the secret letter of the little emperor and the invitation of Yuan Chonghuan also arrived.

Of course, Liu Ziguang had to go to the little emperor's appointment first, and outside the East Gate, the two sworn brothers got together again.

"Tell me, what good news do you have for me?" Zhu Youxiao didn't care about greetings when they met, and went straight to the point.

Liu Ziguang pondered for a while, and used concise language to tell the things that happened after coming to the capital, and finally gave a detailed account of the fact that he became a thousand households in Nanchang because he saved the niece of the Queen Mother.

"I see, no wonder the Queen Mother wants to kill Huang Zhen, this guy actually dares to attack the future queen in the Queen Mother's mind, and he doesn't take me, the ruthless queen mother, in his eyes." Zhu Youxiao smiled mockingly and asked Liu Ziguang, "What are you going to do?" ”

"This Huang Zhen must be killed, and only after killing him can he gain the true trust of the Queen Mother's side, then he can use the power of Nanchang to fight against the Nine Thousand Years Old gang, and he can also justifiably show his loyalty to His Majesty's men and horses in the capital." Liu Ziguang said.

"It's the same as I think, this is called the battle between cranes and mussels, the fisherman profits, I am the fisherman, these two groups want me to choose the queen on their side, hmph, I don't choose it, I want to be the queen myself." Thinking of the upcoming wedding, Zhu Youxiao was angry.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the minister's red-shirt regiment is stationed in **, just across the river from the capital, as long as the time is ripe, you can immediately enter the capital and get rid of those chaotic ministers and thieves." Liu Ziguang comforted the little emperor.

"Very good, I believe that I am not wrong, the prestige of Liu Aiqing's red-shirt troupe in Shandong is really spread all over the country, if the storytellers in the capital don't know how to say a few paragraphs about Aiqing, it will simply not be able to mix, but the general Liu in their mouths is a jade-faced white robe, but it is not your scary face." Zhu Youxiao joked that Liu Ziguang's departure from Jinan to the capital was secret and fast, so the news of his attack and injury had not spread in the capital, which also explained why he reported his real name and surname at Dong Xiaowan that day without causing a sensation, and when people saw his face, they thought it was a fake Liu Ziguang with the same name and surname.

Liu Ziguang touched the left side of his face that was getting better and better, smiled self-deprecatingly, thought of Yuan Chonghuan's invitation, and said to the emperor: "Shandong is now under the control of the Xuzhou army, and their marshal Yuan Chonghuan is a loyal man. ”

"It doesn't matter if I make friends with high-rollers and skilled craftsmen, but it will be a little troublesome for me to make friends with the court officials, and there are a few spies from the East Factory in their house, well, I know about this matter, and I will hand it over to Xiao Weizi later."

The two discussed some scientific issues such as motor parawings and airships before parting, and then Liu Ziguang went to meet with Yuan Chonghuan, and the two sides exchanged views on the situation in Beijing and Shandong, and once again expressed their support for the orthodoxy of the Zhu family and the indignation of the eunuch party that controlled the government. Of course, he also piggybacking on the matter of the South Factory established by the party after he saved the country and joined it, after all, Yuan Chonghuan represents the military, and it would be bad if there was any misunderstanding because of this matter in the future.

June 13 is the day when Lord Jinyi Wei Huang Zhen returned to Haizhou Province, this godgrandson has no real ability, he will only cause trouble, this time he poked the queen mother's hornet's nest, and it is almost certain that he will be retaliated, so nine thousand years old simply let him go back to Haizhou to avoid the limelight, the itinerary is in accordance with the rules of 369, going out and walking, there are not many people who know, and there is no fanfare, just brought a housekeeper, two servants, five strong martial arts Fusang guards, some of these people are broken samurai, and some are second-rate and third-rate ninjas, They all came to the Ming Dynasty to pan for gold, and the wealthy merchants and clans in the coastal area like to hire a few samurai with long knives to serve as guardians and decorate the façade, and the Jinyi guards are naturally the best among the ronins, they are good at ninjutsu, swordsmanship, and are masters of assassination and anti-assassination.

A green carriage with tight curtains came out of Huang Zhen's house in the capital, and went straight to the ferry port in Pukou under the escort of Jinyiwei, after a small half an hour, another inconspicuous carriage quietly drove out from the back door of the Fusi Yamen in Nanzhen, Jinyiwei was still very cautious in doing things, and the carriage behind it went around the city a few times, and only after making sure that no one was following before galloping towards the direction of Shuiximen Wharf, but they didn't know that Liu Ziguang They were already waiting for them at Shuiximen Wharf, which showed the importance of intelligence, Mr. Qi's secret letter said that he boarded the boat at noon, and this boat refers to the river boat instead of the river ferry that crosses the river, so naturally he has to wait at the dock instead of the ferry, and the suspicious plan of Jin Yiwei to dispatch two carriages at the same time is also considered clever in the Ming Dynasty, where the communication tools are not reached, if Liu Ziguang They do not have accurate information, relying on monitoring and tracking, they can't guess which car has Huang Zhen in it.

Shuiximen Wharf is still bustling, the merchants coming and going are endless, passenger ships, cargo ships are like carp crossing the river, just at noon, those boatmen are holding dustpans in the port to wash rice and vegetables, open the fire to cook, a wisp of cooking smoke rises on the river, Huang Zhen is taking a medium-sized passenger boat is parked in an inconspicuous corner, mixed with those ordinary passenger boats, Liu Ziguang hid in a canopy boat next to the trestle from time to time through the window to observe the movement outside, a carriage from a distance unhurriedly over, The driver of the Ziguang car dealership, who had followed the carriage, inadvertently made a gesture at Liu Ziguang's side, indicating that this was the goal.

The carriage drove to the edge of the trestle, the curtain was lifted, and two samurai wearing kimonos and long swords at their waists jumped down, looked around vigilantly, and stood on both sides of the carriage with their arms in their arms, and then Huang Zhen in a white silk shirt, who seemed to be unaware of the danger at all, jumped out of the carriage and walked straight towards the trestle.

Liu Ziguang raised his crossbow and was about to shoot at Huang Zhen's heart, when suddenly the beggars on both sides of the trestle saw a noble son passing by, and they swarmed around to beg, which immediately blocked Liu Ziguang's sight.

"Rush up and fuck the fuck straight away!" Sun Gang in the back saw Liu Ziguang put down the crossbow, and thought that the boss was going to draw a knife and go directly to cut people, so he also took out the nine-section steel whip.

"You think it's a vendetta in the rivers and lakes? There is no technical content at all. Liu Ziguang stared at Huang Zhen and got on the passenger ship surrounded by guards and beggars, leaving him no chance to shoot, and he was extremely unhappy, but then he said it, it is indeed difficult to carry out an assassination mission in a place like Shuiximen Wharf, killing people is secondary, the key is how to get out of the body, there are many people in this place, Jinyi Guard, Wucheng Soldiers and Horses, and Sailors, in case they are targeted, it will not be good to show clues and lead to the crazy revenge of the eunuchs.

"Implement the second option. Go to the Yangtze River to start. Liu Ziguang ordered.

Huang Zhen's boat left the dock and sailed along the Qinhuai River towards the Yangtze River, followed by Liu Ziguang's canopy boat, and only three small cargo ships were separated between the two ships. Although there are many ships on the Yangtze River, but after all, it is not 6 places, if the water is not very good, something happens and there is no escape, the so-called second plan is to jump directly on the Yangtze River, anyway, there are only five Fusang guards, and they are cut directly.

The two boats sailed one after the other to dusk, many ships on the river began to look for anchorage, only the passenger boat in front of it continued to move, seeing that there were few boats on the river, Liu Ziguang decisively ordered: "Come up!" "Their boats are ordinary ships driven by sails and oars, Liu Ziguang's side of the people is strong, and after a while to catch up with the passenger ship, the sides of the two ships are gradually approaching, when there is still a zhang away, Liu Ziguang took the lead in jumping over, seven or eight strong men in black clothes, black gauze also jumped after him, all holding bright waist knives, straight to the cabin, the people on the passenger ship just noticed that there was a boat behind the approaching step by step, although they tried hard to paddle but could not get rid of, at this moment the other party openly jumped with a knife, It seems that he has met Jiang bandits.

Three Fusang warriors rushed out of the cabin to resist with long knives in hand, and met Liu Ziguang head-on, the kung fu of these warriors and the two warriors who met when they were fighting in Tongrenju in Xuzhou Mansion were not the same, they were all masters of hands and feet, they flashed and moved barefoot on the board, the long knife danced a white light, and the figure flickered left and right, and ordinary people had already been cut in two by them, but they met Liu Ziguang, these little tricks were like child's play in front of him, Liu Ziguang rushed over without stopping to meet the three warriors, There was no sound of gold and iron resonating, and there was no sound of blades entering the flesh, just a second later, the three samurai stood on the board of the ship in their shape and did not move at all, Liu Zi jumped into the cabin without looking back, and the few killers who followed behind were startled by the three stunned samurai, and thought that Liu Ziguang had clicked on their acupoints, "Don't care, kill!" Sun Gang swung the nine-section whip and hit the nearest warrior, who thought that the steel whip had not hit anyone, the warrior's chest suddenly cracked a long opening, and then a stream of blood came out, and the upper body of the whole person was broken along the knife edge, and the remaining two were also broken in two.

"What a fast knife, such a fast skill!" Among the killers, those who had never seen Liu Ziguang couldn't help but admire, and the other men from the Red Shirt Regiment who had long been accustomed to seeing it just smiled lightly and jumped into the cabin.

Huang Zhen's housekeeper and the two servants were already trembling with fear, holding their heads and hiding aside, the remaining two guards saw that the three brothers had not been able to block the water bandits, and their hearts were also terrified, and they didn't have time to think about it, the octagonal darts in their hands were thrown like meteors, and Liu Ziguang waved the white rainbow knife for a while, knocking all the darts away.

"I'm Jinyi Wei Huangzhen, and you dare to be presumptuous when you wait for the water bandits?" Lord Huang saw that the water bandits were menacing, so he had to show his title in the hope of recovering a little leeway. ”

"What kind of tight-clothed guard and loose guard, it's you who kills!" The rest of the killers also poured into the cabin, Blade pointing at Huang Zhen and shouting.

The two guards glanced at each other, shook their palms, and suddenly the cabin was filled with smoke, and everyone couldn't see, and when the smoke dispersed, there was no one in front of them, looking out of the window, only to see a ripple on the water, and the two guards were already protecting Huang Zhenshui.