Chapter 785: It doesn't matter who he is

Mu Ping

Cargo through the world's shops

Zuo Mingciao's face was solemn, and after glancing at Zhou Mingli, he said: "This matter is beyond our imagination, and we must immediately send someone back to report to the lord." If we want to continue to investigate, we obviously don't have enough manpower now, and we can't reach it at all. It is now possible to determine that those men are members of the military, but it is not yet certain which ones. But since you can do this kind of thing in Eastern Xinjiang, nine times out of ten you can't do without Mufu......"

"I understand why the people of Mufu want to give Mu Ping to Yang Shunhui!"

Zhou Mingli suddenly raised his head: "If it is Mu Mansion who buys firearms in large quantities from foreigners, then Yang Shun's entry into Mu Ping is just a trick for Mu Mansion." Giving Mu Ping to Yang Shunhui, who would suspect that it was the people of Mu Mansion who traded firearms with foreigners? Yang Shunhui is a shield, no wonder Mufu will let out Mu Ping, who is making money every day. ”

Zuo Mingcian nodded: "It's the Dongchu people who are trading, but obviously it's the foreigners behind the scenes." ”

Zhou Mingli suddenly thought of something: "I have been in Muping for a long time, and when dealing with those Eastern Chu merchants, I can always hear about some things on the other side of the ocean. The merchants of Eastern Chu mentioned before that after the Principality of Rus was swallowed up by the Opru Empire, the Oplu Empire sent a grand duke named Xiurens to take over the Principality of Rus, and began to suppress the original Rus nobles...... And those Rus nobles naturally would not sit idly by, so they formed a rebel army to fight with the army of the Opru Empire, but because of their limited strength, they could only fight a small fight. ”

Zuo Mingcian thought carefully: "So, if analyzed in this way, it is not the people of the Opru Empire who sell firearms to the Sui people, but the rebels of the Rus State, they need to use firearms in exchange for money, expand the army, and they can also use firearms in exchange for the support of the Sui people, and the only one who has the strength to support the Rus rebels in the eastern Xinjiang of the Great Sui is Mufu!" ”

Zhou Mingli's face changed: "What is the secret agreement between the people of Mufu and the foreigners!" ”

"That's right!"

Zuo Mingciao's eyes lit up: "With our current manpower, if we want to find out about the affairs of Mufu, it is obviously not enough." But we can start from other directions, if it is the rebels of the Rus State who are trading with Mufu, then those Eastern Chu merchants in the city are just here to cover them. Behind the merchants of Eastern Chu, there must be people from the rebels of the Rus State staring. ”

He stood up and said: "What we have to do now is to find out as soon as possible that those Eastern Chu merchants have shipped goods to that caravan, and then keep an eye on them, we will definitely be able to find the people of the rebels of the Rus' country, if we can catch a few rebels of the Rus' country...... And that's where it came to light. ”

"There are a few foreigners living in the Tongsheng Inn."

Zhou Ming idealized: "Yesterday, when I sent people out to keep an eye on those Eastern Chu merchants, I saw a few foreigners coming out of the General's Mansion and staying in the Tongsheng Inn. ”

Zuo Mingcian was stunned: "If these foreigners are the rebels of the Rus' country, then ...... Yang Shun will also know about this matter? ”

Zhou Mingli shook his head: "Then something is wrong, if Yang Shun will know about this matter, there is no need for the people of Mu Mansion to do things in such a secret, they can put the transaction in the Great General's Mansion, then who will see it?" There is no need for Mu Mansion to hand over Mu Ping to Yang Shunhui, as long as Mu Ping is still in the hands of Mu Mansion's people, wouldn't it be more convenient to trade? ”

"Makes sense"

Zuo Mingcian nodded: "Then these foreigners may have nothing to do with the rebels of the Rus' country." ”

"I'm thinking about ......"

Zhou Mingli said: "Why do the people of Mufu do so much? If it was just to cover up their trading of firearms with the rebels of the Rus' Kingdom, it was obviously more convenient for Mu Ping to be in their hands, and he could do it more secretively. Unless it is something that the people of Mu Mansion are afraid of, once this matter is exposed, the people of Mu Mansion can pass the buck, because Mu Ping is now Yang Shunhui! ”

"Afraid of what?"

Zuo Mingcia paced back and forth, his eyes flickering: "There is nothing in the Great Sui country that the people of Mufu can fear, the people of the imperial court are pinned down by Luo Tu's rebels and can't move in Jiangnan, and the only remaining troops in Gyeonggi Province are to defend against those people in the northwest Jin Shixiong." In the eastern frontier of the Great Sui, who can make the people of Mufu worry? ”

"Nope"

Zhou Mingli shook his head: "If even the imperial court is not afraid of it, what else can Mu Mansion be afraid of?" ”

"The person who Mu Fu is afraid of is not in Dasui!"

Zuo Mingcian suddenly found his way of thinking: "The people of Mufu secretly trade firearms, one is that they don't want the people of the Great Sui to know about this matter, they want to train an army equipped with firearms, and they can't guess who they are targeting now." Second, the people of Mufu went around such a big circle to trade with the rebels of the Rus' State, and it was not the Central Plains people who were afraid of it, but ...... The mighty Opru Empire across the ocean! ”

Zhou Mingli suddenly realized: "If that's the case, then you can explain it clearly." The people of the Oplu Empire are definitely not allowed to sell firearms to the Sui people, and the Mu Mansion can only deal with the rebels of the Rus State if they want to buy firearms. And once the people of the Oplu Empire know about it, the people of the Mu Mansion are worried that if the people of the Oplu Empire find out that the Mu Mansion is trading with the Ross rebels, they will retaliate against the people of the Mu Mansion. ”

"Yang Shunhui is really a shield!"

Zuo Mingcian was stunned for a moment: "In other words, the people of Mu Mansion have a very clear understanding of the affairs on the other side of the ocean, and since they are afraid of the Oplu Empire, it means that this country must be very powerful!" ”

"First send someone back immediately to tell the lord."

He said in a solemn tone: "In any case, this matter seems to be developing in the direction that the lord is worried about. The lord personally wrote a letter to remind Mu Fu and Yang Shunhui that they wanted them to beware of foreigners, and now it seems that no one cares about the lord's reminder at all. The people of Mufu wanted to equip the army with the help of firearms provided by the Rus rebels, and I found not only muskets but also unassembled artillery from the wagons of the caravan......"

"Mu Fu, it's finally time to join the Central Plains."

Zhou Mingli sighed, and his eyes were full of worry.

"But the lord is worried about ......"

Zuo Mingcia sighed: "Foreigner"

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There are two main streets in Muping, one runs north-south and one runs east-west, and more than eighty percent of the restaurants, casinos, green buildings, and inns in the city are concentrated on these two streets. In order to facilitate transactions, merchants from the south to the north also chose to settle down on these two streets, so the business of the inn was excellent.

Although the merchants of Eastern Chu are stingy, they will not go to live in a remote place because they feel sorry for a few silver. In that case, the lost business will be much more than the money saved.

Therefore, the people of the Xiao Riding School soon discovered that there was a group of Dongchu people with suspicious appearances. The masters and the people from the Xiao Riding School who were selected from the world of goods and the people of the Xiao Riding School stared at those Dongchu people respectively, and finally found clues after staring for a day and a night. One of the Eastern Chu people had been wandering the east-west street after the transaction, first finding a restaurant to eat, and then going to the teahouse to listen to the play, and did not leave until after dark.

They took advantage of the darkness to leave the teahouse, and then turned into a small alley. The men of the Riding School cautiously followed behind, and those who seemed to be very guarded, and would separate one person and go in another direction without crossing a fork in the road, no doubt enough to confuse the people who followed them.

Although they didn't notice that anyone was following them, they remained vigilant.

If it weren't for the fact that the Xiao Riding School barely had enough manpower, it would have almost been lost. Because it is impossible to determine which of those who are separated is the main target, the Xiao Riding School can only assign personnel. It wasn't until the middle of the night that it was determined that those people were living in a very inconspicuous inn in the east of the city.

This place may be difficult to find even the people of Muping Mansion.

However, it can also be concluded from this that there must be something wrong with this group of Dongchu people. Such a remote place, such careful vigilance, can only show that they have ghosts in their hearts. After discovering where they landed, the people from the Xiao Riding School immediately notified Zuo Mingciao.

Zuo Mingcia led his men and rushed here at night.

"I'll take two people over to take a look, you guys are hiding around this inn, don't show your tracks, and don't do anything without my orders!"

Zuo Mingcia commanded, and then led two skilled subordinates towards the small inn. The three of them were all good, and after carefully avoiding the secret sentry outside the inn, they climbed into the courtyard wall on the side of the inn. This inn is actually a dwelling, it should be that the house is idle, so I simply opened the inn, and there were only two shopkeepers in the front room, but I had fallen asleep on the table.

The lights in the small courtyard behind were still on, and Zuo Mingcia looked through the gap in the flower wall and found that there were two people standing guard at the door of the house, who did not seem to be from the Central Plains, and they were very tall and carrying firearms in their hands.

He motioned to his two men not to move, and then he quietly climbed over the courtyard wall on one side, jumped on the roof lightly, and then walked lightly from the roof to the eaves, hooked the eaves with one hand, and fell diagonally, peeking into the house through the window above, and the two foreigners guarding the door stood under him without noticing.

The Dongchu people in the room were muttering something in the words of foreigners, and a foreigner sitting on a chair interjected from time to time to ask a few words. Zuo Mingcia didn't understand the words of foreigners, so he didn't understand a word.

He took out the incense from his skin, and was about to puncture the window paper when he suddenly felt a slight sound of footsteps, and he immediately turned back to the roof and lay down.

Immediately after, several figures came in from outside the courtyard wall with a very light movement, and a few of them blew out stingers with blowpipes, and the two foreigners guarding the door fell down softly. Then the men approached the house, and about six or seven more people jumped in.

Zuo Mingcia was stunned, and said in his heart that besides himself, who else was staring at this group of people?

He didn't dare to make a rash move, but poked his head out and looked down. There were about a dozen people who came in later, and although their movements were very flexible, Zuo Mingcian was sure that none of these people knew how to practice, but their bodies were relatively athletic. After entering the courtyard, these people all took the short guns off their belts, which showed their identity.

Zuo Mingciao's heart moved, and his heart said Why did so many foreigners come in Mupingli? And obviously, the later group of foreigners and the people in the house are by no means in the same group, if the people in the house are the rebels of the Rus' country, then are these people?

Before Zuo Mingcia could figure it out, something had already happened in the courtyard below. The foreigners kicked the door open, and then rushed in with a short gun. Immediately after, I heard a few scoldings, but Zuo Mingcian still didn't understand a word. He hung himself from the eaves and looked down, and saw that the foreigner in the room had been subdued, and kept cursing something. And those Dongchu people were all held down and cut their throats with daggers.

This group of foreigners is extremely murderous.

At this time, the two young men who heard the shouting got up, rubbed their sleepy eyes and walked to the backyard. Two foreigners came out of the house, beckoning to the young man and muttering something, but the young man didn't understand, so he quickened his pace and came to the backyard. Zuo Mingciao's eyes changed, and he knew that these foreigners were going to kill people.

It doesn't matter who he is, take it all first!

The left cicada flipped out a whistle and flicked its fingers, and the whistle flew out of the cannon and made a very shrill sound, like the cry of a finch, and the foreigners in the courtyard looked up, but they didn't care. When it comes to these useful little means, they are far behind.

Just when the two foreigners hid the daggers behind them, and when the young man came over to make a move, Zuo Mingcia flipped down from the eaves and cut the back of the necks of the two people with two palms in the air, and the two foreigners snorted and fell down.