Chapter 8: José's Daughter
"Who are you?" Peña tensed for a moment, screaming and stepping back.
"Introduce yourself, in Lower Bartley, from the Third Fleet of the Royal Spanish Navy. The man in the dirty sailor's suit politely introduced.
"Spain......? What are you looking for me for? You recognize the wrong person?" Peña shouted, her hand creeping into her robe.
"Don't move, take your hands out!" the man named Bartley instantly raised the musket in his hand, aimed at Peña, his expression froze, and the hand that wanted to pull out the gun was slowly taken out, and his hands were raised above his head.
"Dear Miss Peña, you don't know what I'm looking for you, how do you know that I've mistaken someone?" Bartley laughed, and he saw the panic in Peña's eyes.
From beginning to end, Bartley didn't pay attention to Xia Zuo next to Peña, probably because Xia Zuo was too young for him to be vigilant, and he knew that Peña was studying at the Royal College in England, and it was not strange that he knew his classmates.
"You, what are you going to do? This is England City, and when the guns go out, the whole of England will come and arrest you. Peña said calmly.
"Am I scared?" Bartley sneered, and then the gun in his hand shook and shouted, "Come over me!"
"What are you going to do, will you let me go?" Peña looked like she was about to cry at the black muzzle.
"Leave you alone, what trouble did your father get into and you don't know what to do? Don't think we don't know what you're doing in England? Get out of here! You want to die...... Or do you want to watch your friend die?" Bartley shouted, the muzzle of the gun dangling back and forth between Peña and Shazo.
Peña was scared, and her eyes glanced at Xia Zuo, she had heard about Xia Zuo, and maybe she could save her.
Xia Zuo gave Peña a helpless look, but the other party was holding a gun, Xia Zuo might have a chance at close range, this long distance, unless he has the combat strength of a martial artist and can open the shield, it is very dangerous to move.
Peña felt her legs shake and began to walk towards Bartley.
She knew that Bartley's purpose was not to kill her, but to capture her, but the fate of being captured could already be imagined, and Peña was scared, but she didn't have the courage to turn around and run to admit that she was also caught.
"Very well, Miss Peña!" Peña trembled as she walked over to Bartley, who raised her hand and struck Peña in the back of the head.
Boom!
Peña fell to the ground and fainted.
Bartley grabbed Peña and slowly leaned over on the snow, Peña was very expensive to him, and it would not be good if he was injured.
And just as Bartley put Peña down, he leaned his back to Xia Zuo, and at this moment, Xia Zuo reached out with his left hand to his waist, took out a silver-white silent gun from it, and took out a bullet from his pocket with his right hand, exited the magazine, and pressed a bullet into the magazine.
The whole action was done in one go, and Xia Zuo brought the good quality of calmness to the extreme.
When Bartley straightened up and looked back at Xia Zuo, Xia Zuo stood there with his hands in his pockets, looking unchanged.
"Can I go?" asked Xia Zuo coldly.
"I'm sorry, little sir, I admire your courage, but it's useless to pretend to be calm, you see something you shouldn't see!" Bartley smiled faintly, not looking like a kidnapper at all, and after speaking, Bartley slowly approached with a gun pointed at Xia Zuo.
Of course, the quickest way to kill Xia Zor is to shoot, but the sound of the gun will attract the English City Guards, and Bartley only wants to kidnap Peña quietly, not to cause too much trouble.
"You're going to kill me?" Xia Zuo asked, raising his eyebrows.
"What do you think?" said Bartley, step closer.
"I think...... You're damned!" Natsuzo smiled and showed a mouthful of small white teeth.
At the same time as he spat out the last sentence, with a "poof", a hole was broken in the pocket where Xia Zuo's left hand was, and almost at the same time, there was also a bloody hole in Bartley's chest, but the entire back was completely exploded, and the broken bones and blood sprayed on the snow behind him, bright red and dazzling.
The shot hit Bartley in the heart.
Bartley's whole body froze on the snow a few steps away from Xia Zuo, the expression on his face seemed to freeze, and as soon as he let go of his hand, the musket fell on the snow, and then the whole person fell heavily and was silent.
Xia Zuo used not an ordinary musket, but a silent gun that could fire black powder bullets, but it was much more powerful, and the moment he was shot, he died.
"Uncle!" Xia Zuo cursed, but didn't look at Bartley again, didn't even pick up the musket, and walked straight in front of Peña.
As the night progressed, there were not many pedestrians on the road, and no one was haunted by this remote alley, so Xia Zuo was not very worried for the time being.
"Hey, wake up!" Shazo patted Peña on the cheek.
Peña didn't wake up.
Xia Zuo immediately grabbed a few more handfuls of snow on the ground and touched Peña's face twice vigorously.
With a bang, Peña woke up from the cold, Peña's eyes were a little confused at first, and then she jumped up, and she remembered.
"Xiazo, what about that guy?" Peña asked nervously, she didn't know what was going on.
"Oh, it's dead, let's get out of here. Xia Zo tilted his head at Peña.
At night, the moonlight was hazy, and there were no people in sight on the street, and Peña and Xia Zuo, who had made a big detour to avoid trouble, finally embarked on the road back to the academy.
"Peña, don't you want to tell me something?" Xia Zuo asked casually with his hands in his pockets.
"Say...... What do you say?" Peña didn't seem to be able to compose.
"Why is someone kidnapping you? What does it have to do with your father? Also, what are you doing in that black shop? Don't deny it, I went to that shop too, just twenty minutes before you came out. Xia Zo asked a few questions, and Peña was completely silent.
"Why don't you speak? Xia Zuo pretended to be a little angry.
Peña walked to Xia Zuo's side, looked up at Xia Zuo's side face, and asked hesitantly, "Do you like Spain?"
"What a strange question, why do you suddenly ask this?" Xia Zuo was puzzled.
"Do you like it?" asked Peña again, as if it were important.
"I don't like it, you're not ignorant, I'm from South America, Spain...... They are aggressors. Xia Zuo said truthfully.
"That's good, I don't like Spain either. Peña showed a relieved expression, paused, seemed to have made up her mind, looked at Xia Zuo and said, "What I told you today, you can't tell anyone else, okay?"
"Uh-huh, no problem!" Xia Zuo nodded indifferently, he didn't have a problem gossiping.
"Do you remember, my father?" asked Peña.
"Remember, José San Martín, sheriff of Puerto de Seado. Xia Zuo nodded, his memory had always been good, although he had only met Jose once at the time.
"My father ......" Peña took a deep breath, stopped and looked at Xia Zuo, "It is the leader of the rebels, who is leading the rebels to fight against the Spanish colonial army. ”
"Wow, I see. Xia Zuo, who stopped with Peña, exclaimed, and he immediately understood, why did the Spanish Royal Navy want to arrest Peña? Needless to say, they must have heard that Jose had a daughter in England and wanted to kidnap and threaten José.
"Yes, that's why the Spaniards are going to arrest me. Peña walked forward again, her expression a little worried.
"Is there no one to protect you?" Xia Zuo asked, how could the daughter of the leader of the rebels not have protection?
"At the beginning, there was an accident three months ago and they all died. Peña lowered her head in frustration, looking like she wanted to cry.
"I'm sorry!" Natsuzo shrugged and apologized.
"I'm fine. Peña sniffed, looking up and grinning.
"Then you go to the arms dealer...... Natsuzo asked again.
"I want to buy a batch of weapons, carry them on a freighter, and send them to South America, I didn't have to do this thing, but the person in charge of this matter is missing, and it is estimated that it has been ......" Peña did not continue, but it was already obvious that the Spanish Navy had sent a lot of people to England City.
"It takes a lot of money to buy weapons, do you have any money?" asked Xia Zuo.
"Yes, the money has been with me, and I was supposed to pay for it when it was delivered, but there has been no news for two months, so I took the initiative to find it, but ...... No ...... was negotiated. Peña said.
"Didn't negotiate it, for what?" Xia Zuo asked again.
"I want five hundred muskets, twenty cannons, but...... I don't seem to have enough money. Peña was worried
"How much money did you bring?" Xia Zuo asked casually.
“...... 30,000 gold. Peña hesitated before asking.
"Isn't that enough?" Xia Zuo almost jumped up, scolding the profiteer in his heart.