When the car arrived in Nanjing, Zhou Shixian's newly promoted sailor did not follow Xiao Dingtian into the palace, but led hundreds of people to stay outside the palace, they were not at ease, after all, Nanjing is too big and complicated.

The Nanjing water camp is under the governance of Xiao Dingtian, and now it can still be used, at least after his mediation, he basically pulled all the boats that can still be used in the water camp, and the water system around Nanzhili has the ability to deliver four or five thousand soldiers.

But this naval division, at present, the combat effectiveness on the river and the sea is not to be talked about, after all, only two ships have cannons, and the others, in the end, may have to be hand-to-hand combat.

Zhou Shixian can't take care of the water master for the time being, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty does not have a water master, so it is impossible for him to invest any resources in this in the short term, so he can only send capable people to revitalize the stock of resources.

After Zhou Shixian boarded the ship and left Nanjing, Lu Jiude and Wang Chaodong first separated, and then came to a remote mansion in the east of Nanjing, in the city of Waiguo.

The two of them each brought five or six personal guards, all of them in civilian clothes on foot, and did not swagger on horseback, so as not to attract unnecessary attention.

"Father-in-law, are these people you looking for reliable? What the horse wants is not crooked melons and cracked dates. After listening to Lu Jiude's words, Wang Chaodong couldn't help but question.

"It's not reliable, you have to see it, they are all outlaws, and their martial arts are not bad, but whether they can do things or not, they have to be screened, and then handed over to Ye Bu for training."

Lu Jiude grimaced, and said: "The horses don't let our family use all the people of the army, and the task of the assassination team is extraordinary, so there is no room for the slightest mistake, so it can only be like this." ”

Wang Chaodong listened and didn't speak, he knew that Zhou Shixian wanted to use this dark force to do some unsightly things, help the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty, and select people from the army, implicating too much, that was a big taboo.

The two soon walked into the backyard of this remote mansion, and the exit of the backyard was guarded by more than a dozen fierce soldiers in strong and stubborn clothes, and there were more than fifty strong men inside, each with a murderous face.

This is the secret stronghold arranged by Zhou Shixian for Lu Jiude, and there are secret sentinels arranged by Lu Jiude all around the mansion, as long as someone approaches, he can know it as soon as possible, and the precautions are not strict.

When the leader of the guards saw that it was Lu Jiude, he immediately stepped forward to greet him, and said with his hands in his fists: "My lord, everyone is here, just waiting for the adult's lecture." ”

Lu Jiude nodded, smiled gloomily, and immediately stepped forward, Wang Chaodong followed behind him, looking at the fierce leader's respectful appearance, only to feel that his momentum was actually much weaker than that of a eunuch, and he felt a little strange in his heart.

"Is that why the colt sent me?" Wang Chaodong secretly speculated in his heart.

The fifty or so thugs, bandits, routers, coolies, and criminals recruited from all over the surrounding area were originally bragging in small groups, but at this time, watching a thin man in civilian clothes come up, even those armored soldiers had to follow him, they couldn't help but gather together, and cast their eyes on him.

When Lu Jiude approached, he immediately saw that this was a eunuch, and some people even laughed because of it. Most of these people have been in Nanjing for many years, and they have seen all kinds of people, Lu Jiude has been a eunuch for so many years, and his words and deeds are too obvious, so he is naturally seen through by many people at a glance.

And among these people, there are also those who are not long-sighted, and immediately have a lively personality, no big or small, and said with a smile: "Why, recruit us, and let us look at a eunuch?" ”

After that, he laughed out loud.

Lu Jiude frowned slightly, staring coldly at the person who was laughing in front of him. Those people are also outlaws, and there is basically no blood on their hands, but at this time, they are stared at by an old eunuch who has led the army for more than ten years, and they all feel a chill in their backs.

After these people were silent and didn't dare to make a sound, Lu Jiude gently raised his hand, summoned a guarded armor soldier, and said softly: "The one who spoke just now cut off his tongue and then chopped it off and fed it to the wild dogs." ”

The volume of this sentence is not big or small, and it just so happens that the fifty or so strong men can hear it.

It's just that when this sentence came out, not only Wang Chaodong beside him, but also the fifty or so fierce strong men suddenly turned pale, but the armored soldier did not have the slightest surprise.

He immediately stepped forward, wearing armor and holding a steel knife in his hand, to deal with an unarmed bandit who was about the same size as him and far less trained than him.

Wang Chaodong watched the strong man's tongue being cut off alive in front of dozens of people, and he couldn't help but shudder in his heart, it's not that the picture is too bloody, but the screams are too terrible, and Lu Jiude is too ruthless. Even a person like him, who has been on the battlefield, can't help but be a little afraid.

And after such a while, everyone looked at the person who had eyes and didn't know Mount Tai just now, and made fun of him was cut out of his tongue, and then he couldn't speak, and was dragged down by the two armor soldiers with a bloody face, and no one at the scene dared to speak recklessly, and everyone's eyes were full of fear.

"We don't have so much nonsense to talk about, just two points."

Lu Jiude said as he stretched out two fingers: "First: If you are willing to stay, you will be paid four taels a month, and you will never deduct it, you will be rewarded for a task of twenty taels, and you will be rewarded for meritorious service, but you must obey orders, just do everything, and don't ask why." You just need to know that it's a life job.

Second: If you want to go, stand on the side, you can leave now, but if anyone dares to leak today's affairs, they will not be spared. ”

After Lu Jiude finished speaking, he stared straight at these people in front of him again, when he recruited them in advance, he didn't tell them what they were going to do, only said that it was a big thing, there was money to take, and it was a long-term livelihood.

And these dozens of outlaws who had just been frightened by Lu Jiude's tongue cutting and chopping people were just looking around, looking at each other, and did not dare to speak.

In the final analysis, they are just gangsters, robbers, gangsters, and gangsters, in the face of a person like Lu Jiude, who can be called a local leader, once they show the momentum of controlling thousands of troops, where can they dare to be presumptuous?

Seeing that no one spoke, Lu Jiude said again: "I'll give you ten counts to make a decision, if you don't say anything, then even if you all plan to stay." ”

Wang Chaodong listened and watched from the side, and he didn't speak, he knew that Lu Jiude was putting pressure on these people, which was a very common method.

Soon, more than a dozen people stood aside, although they said that they were not good people, nor were they good people, but they were all courageous when they were so frightened by Lu Jiude just now.

Seeing this, Lu Jiude immediately smiled and said: "In this case, our family will not force you to stay, each person will take some travel expenses for a while, and don't leave it at that, but you have to remember that if today's events are rotten in your stomach, no one is allowed to say a word and go out." ”

Immediately, he glanced at the soldiers beside him, and the other party understood, and immediately stepped forward and took the people who decided to stay, while the remaining dozen or so people were also relieved when they saw this.

When Wang Chaodong heard Lu Jiude's decision, although he felt a little hasty, he didn't say much, he mainly came to visit. Lu Jiude seems to have nothing to do except that his momentum is stronger than him for many years.

It's just that after the other thirty or so people were taken away, Lu Jiude suddenly spoke: "Liu Tao, deal with all these people." ”

"Whoa!"

There was a scar on the other face on Lu Jiude's side, and the armor soldier who had been cracked to the corner of his mouth immediately responded, and then in Wang Chaodong's surprised eyes, he rushed up with five armor soldiers, and five or six armor soldiers who were stubborn and stubborn quickly rushed in outside the door.

Before Wang Chaodong could react for a while, the dozen or so strong men who thought they could still get the money to walk had already screamed and turned into corpses on the ground.

"Lord Wang, let's go too."

Lu Jiude turned around and was about to walk out of the door, looking at Wang Chaodong, who was a little stunned, he felt a little funny in his heart, the other party pretended to be quite sophisticated, but in fact he was still very tender.

Zhou Shixian had to be above board when dealing with deserters at that time, but Lu Jiude didn't have to be like this, he was originally going to play conspiracy, and the assassination team was originally going to act in the dark.