Chapter 297: Angry Dragon Gang
The entire city of Xuzhou was under martial law.
There were officers and soldiers coming and going on the ships and in the surrounding towns.
There were several Japanese corpses hung on the four city gates in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest, and the common people passing by could see them clearly.
Of course, the huge reward of five thousand taels offered by the government on the bulletin board at the city gate also made the eyes of all passers-by light up.
Five thousand taels!
Not to mention that there is so much silver, the fact that the other side is Japanese pirates is worth the efforts of all parties.
As a result, in less than two days, both the black and white worlds, with Xuzhou Prefecture as the center and the surrounding three prefectures and twelve counties, were alarmed.
Even many officers and soldiers from the surrounding garrisons asked for leave and left the camp to search everywhere.
Unlike ordinary people, as long as they can help Ningguo Mansion find these Japanese pirates, their future career will be ten times smoother than it is now.
You know, although the Jia family is not in the army, it is still easy for the Duke's Mansion to promote a few people.
What's more, Jia Lian of Rongguo Mansion was also a doctor of the Armory.
Not to mention them, even their superiors hoped that they could help find the Japanese pirates and bring credit to the Jia family.
As the news spread rapidly in all directions, Kaneda Shoji, Uno Hideharu and others who sailed to Weishan Lake overnight all looked gloomy.
They didn't expect that those people could escape such a sophisticated assassination.
"Sir, we can't stay in Weishan for long."
Hashimoto Hirota acted like a loyal fisherman. "The five thousand taels reward has attracted not only the black and white worlds, but also the people of Weishan have begun to pay attention to the surrounding ships."
And their ships are relatively large.
But abandoning ship is now impossible.
Although they had already spent money to get a travel permit, the government still asked them to speak and checked their genitals when they checked them.
Although the government was quite good at investigating bandits in the past, it had never been so dedicated.
Especially this time, it attracted people from all walks of life to join in.
"How could this be?"
Kaneda Shoji frowned, "A declining Jia family..."
“Sir, the Jia family has fallen, but the name of Madam Shen of Ningguo Mansion has been heard even by the gentry and common people in Jiangnan because of those Jin people who abandoned their country.”
Hirota Hashimoto was helpless. It would have been fine if the woman was really going to die, but they hadn't succeeded yet.
"So where can we go now?"
He also went out for a walk today, but he definitely couldn't go to the canal.
Soldiers have already set up checkpoints at several locations where Weishan Lake connects to the canal.
Kaneda Shoji regretted very much that they should have gone to the capital overnight.
Weishan Lake looks like a good place to hide, but precisely because it is suitable for hiding, it attracts the most attention.
It would be fine if the government didn't investigate them so vigorously, but...
"What I mean is that we go to Dushan Lake."
"Isn't there a checkpoint over there?"
Uno Hideharu also went out to inquire today.
"Yes, there is a checkpoint over there, but there are relatively few officers and soldiers there."
Hashimoto Hirota said: "If it doesn't work, after we break through the checkpoint, we will disperse."
He said, "If we gather together, we will either be noticed by the soldiers or by those gangsters." There is no way to escape that. "It is better to disperse and wait until the storm is over. When we return to Xuzhou, we may not be noticed."
this? The fourteen people on the boat looked at each other, and then looked at Kaneda Shoji together.
The assassination was decided by Lord Kaneda.
The Russians also hoped that they could capture Madam Shen of Ningguo Mansion, the culprit who caused the Jin people to abandon their country.
Although the Left Minister opposed it, the Right Minister strongly supported it.
"Then..."
Kaneda Shoji was also helpless.
He failed in this mission.
It might even implicate the diplomatic mission.
He was about to say he would listen to Hashimoto-kun, but the only woman on the boat, Kurosaki Nami, said, "Sir, we may have another way."
She bowed to him and said, "Instead of forcing your way through the checkpoint at Dushan Lake, I'd rather let you seduce the Dazhao officer who is setting up the checkpoint at Weishan Lake."
this? Kaneda Shoji was very excited.
But Kurosaki-kun, who followed the operation this time, died in that inn.
When he came, he promised his mother that he would take care of him and his siblings.
"Do you want to avenge Kurosaki-kun?"
"Not just my brother."
Kurosaki Nami lowered her head and said, "And Honda-kun and the others."
Her brother and lover were both lost in that inn.
Don't take revenge...
I swear I will never be a human being!
"Everyone thought we would flee to another place, but we did the opposite."
Complete the mission and avenge your hatred! "On the contrary, it might catch them off guard."
this? Kaneda Shoji lowered his eyes and thought for a while before saying, "Then... let's try again."
At this time, they were still thinking well.
However, they didn't know that a line of water was running from the side of the boat to a small boat casting nets for fishing in the distance.
After a while, the boy poked his head out of the water and said, "Grandpa, I found it."
When he took out the reed tube that he had been holding in his mouth, he smiled extremely brightly.
"Are they really them?"
The old man looked at the boat over there from the corner of his eye, but asked the young man with a slightly excited voice, "Did you hear it seriously?"
"yes!"
The boy bit back the reed pipe and said, "They are going to Xuzhou. Grandpa, you have to gather everyone quickly."
Weishan Lake is their world.
If the meat that is right in front of us is snatched away by others, then none of us will be able to survive in this world in the future.
"Cheng Cheng Cheng, be careful."
The old man gave some instructions and rowed the boat away.
The young man touched the small axe at his waist, swung his legs slightly, and quickly dived into the water again, turning into a white line and heading towards the boat over there.
At this time, as the sun sets, the old man sings a vigorous and leisurely tune: "The water of Canglang is clear, it can wash my tassels; the water of Canglang is turbid, it can wash my feet..."
He sang here, and soon a harmony came from farther away, and then one by one, boats appeared, until three large ships joined in from farther away.
…
Beijing, Rongguo Mansion.
Jia Lian, who has been very busy recently, finally returns home.
When Wang Xifeng heard the maid report that the Second Master had gone to Rong Xi Tang, she rushed over with Ping'er, with joy on their faces.
She missed her enemy so much that she walked faster and almost reached Rong Xi Tang at the same time.
"Second Master~"
Seeing that he was about to go to his father-in-law, Wang Xifeng called out anxiously.
Jia Lian quickly stopped and turned around.
Wang Xifeng saw that he was no longer as relaxed and cheerful as before when he saw her, but instead looked solemn and angry. Her heart skipped a beat, "What happened?"
Her heart suddenly began to panic.
"……Father!"
Jia Lian did not reply to his wife immediately. Instead, he bowed to Jia She, who had lifted the curtain and came out when he heard him coming. "Something happened."
When he first heard the news, he suppressed his fear, but when he saw his father, his eyes couldn't help but turn red, and he said with trembling lips: "I just received news that Dongfu's aunt and brother Zhen were attacked at the posthouse outside Xuzhou Prefecture. A group of Japanese pirates used crossbows and poison. The guards suffered heavy casualties, and the aunt also fell ill."
What? Jia She's body swayed slightly, but he quickly stabilized himself, "Are you sure it's the Japanese pirates?"
The Russian and Japanese envoys are about to arrive in Beijing! How dare they?
"It is 100% certain that their methods and the way they use poison are common practices of the Japanese."
“…Okay, okay!”
Jia She gritted his teeth and said, "Someone, report to me immediately that the Japanese envoys have arrived in Beijing."
Again and again, three times, four times...
Their Jia family and Japan are irreconcilable.
"Pass on Jiao Da, pass on Lin Zhixiao!"
Is it not okay to bully the Jia family? At this moment, Jia She deeply hated himself for being incompetent.
What kind of heroes are his grandfather and his uncle? How powerful are his uncle and his father?
When his elder brother was around, no one dared to do anything to the Jia family, even though he had no official position or title.
He can't beat them by the right way, so is it possible to beat them by the crooked way?
As a woodblock printmaker for The Legend of the Condor Heroes, he began to envy certain people in the martial arts world.
"Second Master~"
Wang Xifeng, who was holding Jia Lian, said in a trembling voice, "Do you know how Brother Zhen, Brother Rong, and little Yue are doing?"
If they are fine, even if my aunt is frightened, she will be able to recover.
But if something happens to them...
Jia She also hurriedly looked at his son.
"Brother Zhen didn't send a letter home, he only wrote a memorial saying that six of the guards died and four were seriously injured, and many people inhaled the poisonous mist, including Auntie and Yue'er."
So Jia Lian was afraid.
Not to mention my aunt's poor health, even Yue'er, a child less than a week old, would have been too frightened if she encountered an assassination attempt like that, and the consequences would have been disastrous if she had been too frightened.
"Your Majesty..., did you say anything?"
Jia She clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves and asked his son slowly.
"My son was originally in the Equipment Bureau. The Emperor asked the third son to inform my son," Jia Lian said, "The Emperor has issued an order to have the Xuzhou garrison dispatch 100 soldiers to accompany them and provide protection until they return to the capital."
When the emperor received the news, he was shocked and angry.
The Japanese delegation was about to enter the capital, but they even dared to send someone to assassinate the first-rank lady of Dazhao.
Is this a counterattack to intimidate him?
The emperor sent a series of imperial edicts to the south of the Yangtze River, reprimanding military and political officials and demanding a strict investigation of the Japanese and not letting any of them off if seen.
He asked Jia Lian to go home and report the news because he wanted to drive Jia She crazy.
The generals and officers in the garrisons of Tianjin and Tongzhou all have some relationship with the Jia family.
As long as he could curry favor with them, he could put the Japanese delegation in jail as soon as they landed.
The emperor couldn't issue an imperial decree on this matter, but he was too angry.
Now the emperor only hopes that Jia She can be more capable.
So, when Jia Lian went home to report the news, An San also sneaked into Rongguo Mansion.
…
In Xuzhou, the heaviness that had settled down in the government office had actually eased.
Even Xiao Yue'er felt better after taking the medicine for two days.
But the mother and daughter could not get better immediately.
She needs to be sick, and even the emperor may need her to be sick.
So Chen Ning fell ill, and as Jia Zhen was his own son, he naturally had to seek medical treatment.
In fact, he was not only looking for medical treatment, he was also writing letters to the surrounding garrisons and guards, asking them to help find the Japanese pirates who might have escaped.
In short, whoever captures any Japanese pirate will be Jia Zhen's brother in the future.
It is true that he only inherited the title and had no real position, but as long as one was in the military, there was no one who didn't want to take on this big brother who fell from the sky.
"Mother~"
Early in the morning, Jia Zhen personally brought over the soothing and nourishing soup, "The medicine is almost cold."
Shen Ning: “…”
She couldn't help but frown when she smelled the bitter taste.
But don’t drink…
Shen Ning knew that the old doctor in the palace was watching her every day.
“No need for a spoon.”
How bitter would it be if you drink it spoonful by spoonful? Shen Ning took the bowl and drank it in one gulp.
Oh, it’s really bitter.
She hurriedly took the tea handed to her by Xiaodong and used it to rinse her mouth. Then Xiaonan fed her a candied fruit.
"No news about those people yet?"
With so many people dead, Shen Ning didn't believe that those who were intent on assassinating her would let go.
“Not yet.”
Jia Zhen was also helpless.
If the Japanese were intent on concealing themselves, their travel permits and identities, they would have definitely spent money to get them already.
It’s really not that easy to find it right away.
"But don't worry, mother. It doesn't matter if they don't show up. But if they dare to show up, they will definitely not be able to escape."
"...When they show up again, it must be when they attack again."
Shen Ning sighed, “I asked you to find something that Fireworks Li made, have you finished it?”
Those bastards dare to use poison? She doesn't know how to make mines or grenades, but she can provide ideas.
That is the ration of gunpowder, although it was not stated explicitly. However, please do more experiments and make one of each proportion.
“It’s in progress!”
Jia Zhen was also holding his breath.
"My son has been visiting Old Man Li every day these days."
This is a craft passed down from ancestors.
The fireworks they make are very powerful and are sold well all over the country.
Now changing careers...
If it wasn't about dealing with the Japanese pirates and the Russians, the old man might not have paid any attention to him.
Jia Zhen was also convinced.
"Yesterday, he asked his son to order a lot of small jars."
"You do whatever he tells you to do."
Shen Ning thought of something and said, "Oh, by the way, later you can get some sharp pieces of porcelain, nails, iron sheets, etc., break them up a little, and let him try to put them in a can."
"……yes!"
Jia Zhen glanced at his mother and agreed obediently.
“Things can be a little dirty.”
Shen Ning leaned back in the chair, "Try more, whichever one is more powerful, then use that one in the future."
“Hey~”
Jia Zhen nodded obediently. At this moment, Jia Rong ran in and said, "Grandma, father~~"
His tone was full of joy and excitement, "We caught them all."
What? "You mean those Japanese pirates?"
Shen Ning stood up at once.
"yes!"
Jia Rong nodded vigorously, his eyes shining brightly. "Those pirates ran into Weishan Lake overnight and were suspected by a gang called the Nujiao Gang. When they were asking the pirates about the outside world, they felt something was wrong and kept an eye on them. Then they determined that they were the pirates who had escaped that day, so they gathered all the gang members, scuttled their boats, and threw them all into the water. They killed ten and kept four. Now they have arrived at the gate of the government office."
ah? Huh?
Shen Ning and Jia Zhen were delighted.
"Mother, I'll go check it out right away."
Shen Ning: “…”
She wants to go too!
In the past, whether it was Jia Zhen or Rong Ge'er, they would definitely say, why don't you change your clothes and we can pretend to be ordinary people and go to the government office to watch the fun.
But now it's no longer possible, they dare not let her take the risk.
Jia Zhen ran away in a hurry. When Shen Ning looked over, Rong Ge'er hurriedly said, "Grandma, I'll go and listen to you, and I'll come back and learn it for you."
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