Just when Qin Tai was about to leave Xuzhou, "Ma Sandao" returned. After his confirmation, fifty miles away from the Kunshan military camp, there was indeed a place called Jiangkou. It was a port that had long been abandoned, and it had long been abandoned because of the chaos at sea and the obstruction of the imperial court's shipping. Once a bustling bazaar and port, it is now a desolate place. "Ma Sandao" also inquired about several important clues, which made Qin Tai and Zhan Xiaoxiao excited.

"Ma Sandao" learned that since Jiangkou was abandoned, the surrounding people have left the port that can no longer be used. But there are still some indigenous people who are reluctant to leave the place where they have lived for generations, and they stay. Soon after, however, the natives were gone, some saying they had moved away, others saying they had been killed. These people are gone anyway.

"Ma Sandao" also learned that more than 10 years ago, a group of bandits had occupied the estuary of the river because they were forced to do so. But not long after, the army of the court, which had always been lazy, actually surrounded and suppressed this group of bandits. And that group of soldiers was really the soldiers of the Kunshan military camp, and the supervisor at that time was Zhang Jing.

"Ma Sandao" also wrote some stone carvings, some of which are strange words, similar to the words on the belt that Zhang Jing grabbed when he was dying. This clue made Qin Tai excited.

While digesting the information of "Ma Sandao", Qin Tai helped Zhan Xiaoxiao translate the stone carvings brought by "Ma Sandao". "Ma Sandao" also helped Qin Tai sort out the evidence after a little rest.

At this time, the grateful officer came, and he brought the information collected by his men. This is the information of the four widows that Qin Tai used Hu Zongxian's token to ask them to help find. Qin Tai hurriedly took the files and looked at them carefully, and after Qin Tai finished reading these files, a relatively clear clue appeared in Qin Tai's mind.

Qin Tai broke away the irrelevant people and ordered Li Ding and other personal soldiers from the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion, who had just arrived, to guard the tent, and no one was allowed to approach. Inside, Qin Tai, Zhan Xiaoxiao, and "Ma Sandao" opened the "Zhuge Society" again.

First of all, Qin Tai expressed his opinion, he said: "The information of the three swords, plus the file that has just arrived. One thing has been confirmed, these four Japanese are not only Japanese invaders, but also very important people among the Japanese who have endangered our coastal villages in the Ming Dynasty. They are not only the leaders of the Japanese Invaders, but also the Japanese spies who often disguise themselves as Chinese Han Chinese and come to the interior to spy on intelligence. The dossier says that six years ago, by chance, a soldier who had returned from a wounded wound from the front recognized one of the spies. This soldier originally belonged to Yu Dayou's spy corps, and he had seen these four spies report to their big leader on more than one occasion about the military situation and local defense of our Ming Dynasty. The soldier immediately reported to the nearest barracks, and the soldiers caught the four spies. These four people have quite tough personalities, not only are they reluctant to say their own things, but they also curse soldiers and officers. After reporting to Daniel Zhang, the eunuch of Nanjing Town, Daniel Zhang ordered the execution of the four traitors. Did you hear me clearly? It was the order given by that Daniel Zhang. ”

Zhan Xiaoxiao immediately thought of something, and immediately said: "So they are fighting in the nest." Daniel Zhang took this opportunity to kill these four people in order to borrow people to kill them? Later, Daniel Zhang died unexpectedly, could it be the revenge of the widows against him? ”

Qin Tai didn't answer Zhanxiao's question directly, and said, "How could four important widows appear together at the same time? According to the general practice, the four of them should have their own responsibilities and are unlikely to appear in the same place. And this place is in the enemy's place, how can the four of them be so stupid? There are only two explanations, the first is that they were deceived and that someone deliberately brought them together and then borrowed a knife to kill them. The second is that they deliberately attracted everyone's attention and deliberately caught the Ming soldiers. ”

Zhan said with a little skepticism: "The first possibility exists. It may be that Daniel Zhang deliberately tricked them into coming to the mainland and then arrested and killed them. But the second possibility, how can't it be explained? Could it be that these four widows have a brain disease and send themselves to death? ”

Qin Tai said again: "Now I don't care how these four widows died. Now let's analyze the place in Eguchi. More and more, I feel that there is something wrong with this estuary. First of all, the original inhabitants of this place are gone. Where have these residents gone? Even if they move out en masse, someone from the government should transfer their files. So they either moved away, were either killed or disappeared. Secondly, the role of the Kunshan military camp is to defend Nanjing, and it is not their turn to encircle and suppress the bandits. They took the initiative to eliminate the bandits entrenched in the estuary, there must be a problem. The third is that there are so many stone carvings in the river mouth, which proves that there are Japanese people who have lived in the river mouth for a long time. When the Jiangkou was prosperous, although there would be Japanese people entering and leaving the port, the relationship between our country and the Japanese country was not good, so there would not be a large number of Japanese people staying in our Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhan Xiaoxiao hurriedly said: "There is only one explanation, and that is in these years. During the time when Eguchi was abandoned by the imperial court, the Japanese invaders secretly stayed in Eguchi. Not only did it occupy the estuary, but it also garrisoned an army here for a long time. Some of these Japanese people like to sell literature, and they have left stone carvings on some stones. But what's the use of them here? ”

Qin Tai glanced at Zhan Xiaoxiao, I don't know if it was because Zhan Xiaoxiao was unhappy about his words, or if Zhan Xiaoxiao's question was too pediatric. Zhan Xiaoxiao immediately did a good job obediently and didn't say much. Qin Tai nodded with satisfaction, Qin Tai was very satisfied with Zhan's little "acquaintance".

Qin Tai also said: "Jiangkou is not only very close to the Kunshan military camp, but also very close to Nanjing. This made it easier for them to observe the military movements in the area around Nanjing. If the city of Nanjing was empty, they could attack Nanjing directly, or secretly transport a large number of Japanese pirates by sea to capture Nanjing. There is also a direct access to the sea, which is a natural place for smuggling and transporting bulky goods. It appears that the Japanese used the estuary as a secret liaison point and a military base. ”

"Ma Sandao" suddenly realized and said: "No wonder the bandits are going to be surrounded and suppressed." This is the Kunshan military camp, no, it should be said that Zhang Jing is helping the Japanese to clean up unnecessary trouble. In this way, the original inhabitants were all killed by the Japanese pirates. These unconscionable widows, have the common people offended you? Why massacre our people for no reason? I really want to go to their territory and torture their people as well. ”

Qin Tai said with a little sadness: "Three knives, calm down." The Wakou are not people, at least for the people of our Ming Kingdom, they are beasts. For example, if we are bitten by a dog, can we bite the dog in the past? They are brutes who can do anything, but we can't. These people will definitely have their own retribution, and I believe that my Ming army will definitely avenge us. As for these people, I wonder if they were arrested by the pirates and forced to clean up the blocked river. Jiangkou was a port, and the imperial court spent a lot of money every year to clean up the silt in the river. Since the abandonment, there must have been more and more silt in the river. In order to clean up the silt in the river, the Wako must have to be cleaned up by a large number of local people. It is likely that these residents were captured by the pirates to clean up the mud in the river. But after so many years, it is estimated that all these people have been killed. ”

None of the three of them were talking, and everyone felt unhappy, especially "Ma Sandao", who was really angry. If there are Japanese people around, they will definitely be very unlucky, and they will definitely bear the stormy impact of the "horse three knives". Not only the bad-tempered "Ma Sandao" can beat people, but even Zhan Xiaoxiao may be able to do it, Qin Tai is a little better. If there were no other people around and no soldiers watching, Qin Tai would also make a move. But as long as there are outsiders around him and soldiers guarding him, Qin Tai still has to be a little afraid of his identity.

At this time, the officer came over, and the officer's name was Zheng Yimin, a person from Tai'an, Shandong. Originally subordinate to the Kunshan military camp, he was later transferred to the barracks near Xuzhou and served as an assistant leader in the barracks. "Zuo Ling" is a job title in the Ming army, and the position is between the general and the thousand households. "The general" is also called a hundred households, and the name or above can lead an army of about 100 people, in fact, since the establishment of the Ming Kingdom, there has been no actual salary. In other words, the barracks have never been full, and they have not been paid in full. The military camps near the capital are better, generally seventy percent of the number of people, and thirty percent of the empty pay is obtained by the officers and the eunuchs who supervise the army. The number of people in local military camps is generally 60 percent, and in some places it is less than 50 percent. In this way, there are less than sixty or seventy soldiers under the command of a hundred households. A thousand households, that is, less than six or seven hundred people under the head of Qianzong. Zheng Yimin's military camp belongs to the rear barracks, which is not only poor in strength but also even worse in welfare. The soldiers here are not as valued by the imperial court as the soldiers in the capital, and they are not as important as the soldiers on the front line, so the overall strength is really not flattering. Although Li Ding only brought Hu Zongxian's personal army of less than 100 people, if he really fought, he would definitely be able to kill the more than 300 local soldiers brought by Zheng Yimin without leaving a single piece of armor.

Qin Tai heard that Zheng Yimin was from the Kunshan military camp, so he began to inquire about the things in the Kunshan military camp. Because Zheng Yimin was grateful to Qin Tai, and Qin Tai was a trustworthy official, Zheng Yimin told everything he knew.

Originally, the reason why the Kunshan military camp was called Kunshan military camp was mainly because the military camp was stationed in Kunshan County, which was not far from Nanjing City, and the military camp was built on the mountain, and this mountain was Kunshan. Because the Kunshan military camp was a military camp to defend Nanjing, their structure was built in accordance with the royal army. When there is an emperor's southern tour, they also have to take on the responsibility of protecting the emperor. Therefore, the combat effectiveness and equipment of the Kunshan military camp can be said to be one of the best in the south. If it weren't for Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou and other generals who took out their own money to subsidize the equipment and welfare of the front-line soldiers, the front-line soldiers would not be as good as the soldiers in the Kunshan barracks. However, the Kunshan barracks belonged to the rear guard barracks, and without special circumstances, they were not allowed to leave the vicinity of Nanjing without authorization, let alone participate in the war as a front-line unit. Therefore, the Kunshan military camp has so many such good equipment and soldiers, but it cannot kill the enemy and serve the country. Every commander sent to the Kunshan military camp is actually a disguised seclusion. The real power of the Kunshan military camp is in the hands of the supervising army, and the chief general only has the right to train soldiers. Since Zhang Jing left the Kunshan military camp, two eunuchs have come to the Kunshan military camp. The first is Ding Bai, the godson of the eunuch Meng Chong. Meng Chong is not only the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, but also the head of the imperial horse eunuch, and the person who controls the soldiers and horses of the world. If you say who the generalissimo of the Ming Dynasty is, only the emperors of the past dynasties are himself. However, the emperor could not manage the soldiers and the army every day, so the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses concurrently served by the emperor had an executive deputy marshal by his side. This deputy marshal who presided over the executive was the chief of the Imperial Horse Warden. The general logistics of the nation's soldiers and horses is the military department, and the general dispatch is the cabinet. Soon after Ding Bai came to the Kunshan military camp, he died of an unexpected illness. For this reason, Ding Bai's godfather, Meng Chong, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and the eunuch of the Celebrant Bingbi, ordered the reorganization of the Kunshan military camp. The upper echelons of the Kunshan military camp were all replaced by newcomers, the main general was changed, and the eunuchs of the supervising army were also changed. The new overseer is now in a mess in order to deal with the bad debts in the barracks. Zheng Yimin also took this opportunity to leave the Kunshan military camp.