75. Explosion
"Who's there? Catch him!"
The spies looked in the direction the golden pig pointed, and saw a dark face peeking out from behind the roof of a restaurant, secretly spying on Hongyi Lane.
One of the spies was suddenly startled: "Is it a human or a ghost?!"
The Golden Pig looked at the traces on the building with a smile: "Playing tricks, surround him for me!"
The Secret Service came up empty-handed tonight. Although Jin Zhu had a smile on his face, he was burning with anger in his heart.
If other zodiac signs knew that there was an undercover agent from Jing Dynasty among him, they would definitely laugh their heads off.
The next moment, Chen Ji watched helplessly as dozens of spies surrounded him, blocking off the restaurant where he was.
Some people climbed up the outer wall, while Chen Ji lifted up tiles and threw them down, smashing the heads of the spies who tried to climb up and causing them to bleed.
Another spy brought two long ladders and wanted to climb to the roof.
Chen Ji came to the ladder and tried hard to overturn the ladder and the spies on the ladder. Every time the spies put up the ladder, he overturned it.
But there were too many spies, more and more ladders were brought in, and more and more people were climbing up the stairs. He couldn't take care of it all by himself, and it was only a matter of time before he fell.
He was like guarding an isolated city, facing the attacking forces from all directions.
At this time, Lin Chaoqing slowly asked Jin Zhu: "Do you need me, Jie Fanwei, to take action? If Lord Jin Zhu's spies can't capture him, we, Jie Fanwei, can help you solve the problem."
"With so many eyes watching, if we can't even deal with a thief from the Jing Dynasty, people will laugh at us for having no one in the Imperial Household Department."
Jin Zhu smiled and said, "No need for Jie Fanwei to help. My Secret Service can handle it myself."
After saying that, he took off his light armor and handed it to his subordinates, then went to arrest Chen Ji himself.
Chen Ji caught a glimpse of this scene and thought to himself that it was not good. If Jin Zhu went upstairs to catch him personally, he would be doomed.
He untied the cloth bundle on his back and took out two bamboo tubes from it!
The next moment, the golden pig rushed towards the restaurant, and each step could cover a distance of several feet.
When it arrived in front of the building, the golden pig jumped up, and its fat body climbed up to the second floor like pulling onions from dry land.
He took advantage of the wooden railing on the second floor and flew straight to the roof!
A great official like Jin Zhu can climb a building several meters high as if it were flat ground, and has already transcended ordinary people.
However, just as he jumped onto the roof, he saw the dark figure opposite him, holding a fire stick in one hand.
He held a bamboo tube in one hand, and the medicine wick on the bamboo tube had begun to burn.
But after Chen Ji lit the fire, he did not throw out the bamboo tube immediately.
He waited patiently until the wick was almost burned out before throwing it towards the golden pig that had just landed on the roof.
Get down!
Chen Ji lay on the roof and covered his ears.
The Golden Pig, who hadn't yet stood firm, saw the bamboo tube flying towards him and subconsciously wanted to kick it away, but the bamboo tube suddenly exploded before it reached him!
With a loud bang, the Golden Pig raised his arms to protect his head, and was thrown out by the huge and powerful shockwave!
The sound was like thunderclap out of nowhere, and the flames of the explosion set the originally dark sky ablaze, as if a god had brought down his wrath, extremely strong and masculine.
Outside Red Lane, the thunder of the explosion echoed far away. Hundreds of guard dogs barked wildly, and the entire city of Los Angeles seemed to have been awakened!
In Hongyi Lane, the clients and singing girls were so frightened that their hair stood on end. Countless of them lay on the ground howling in fear.
Not only them, even Jie Fanwei's horses neighed in fear. They saw dozens of war horses rearing high on the bluestone road, almost knocking Jie Fanwei to the ground.
The warhorse under Lin Chaoqing was about to raise its hooves, but was stopped abruptly by him.
The commander of the Chief Criminal Division had a solemn expression on his face. He raised his head and looked calmly at the sky, his sharp eyes darting lightning beneath his bamboo hat.
The golden pig that had just climbed onto the roof flew backwards like a kite with a broken string, falling straight down from a height of several meters.
The sleeves of Jin Zhu's originally exquisite cross-collared and large-fronted robe were now torn, and half of his pants were missing. His whole body was in tatters, like a rag bag.
A spy exclaimed: "Save the master! Don't let him fall to the ground!"
After saying that, more than ten spies rushed towards the landing point of the golden pig and caught him before he fell to the ground.
With a few crackling sounds, several spies felt their arms being crushed by the heavy golden pig, their arm bones breaking and their waists unable to bear the weight!
A group of people fell down with a bang, but fortunately the golden pig did not fall on the bluestone road.
"grown ups!
"grown ups!"
These spies have followed Golden Pig for many years and have become as close as brothers.
Not to mention how cruel Jin Zhu was to the Jing Chao villains, just to say that he was indeed very caring towards his subordinates and very good at winning people's hearts.
But now, the golden pig closed its eyes, its face was dark, and even its breathing had stopped.
The spies were immediately overcome with grief.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem, why are you crying and howling? I'm not dead yet."
The Golden Pig slowly opened his eyes and sat up, bewildered and confused: "How can this damn gunpowder be so powerful? The stuff in our workshop is not this powerful!"
Earlier, when the Golden Pig saw the bamboo tube and the medicine twister, he had already prepared himself mentally.
He guessed that there must be gunpowder in the bamboo tube, and if it exploded, he would be injured.
But he never expected that the power of the firecrackers would be much greater than he expected!
This thing is totally different from the gunpowder he had seen before!
The Golden Pig looked down at his tattered clothes. He felt a burning pain all over his body, as if his bones were falling apart and his internal organs were displaced.
If it weren't for his high level of cultivation, he would have been blown to death on the spot.
Strange, could it be that someone in the Artisan's Office developed something new but kept it secret and secretly sold it to the Jingchao thief?
Oh no! If Jingchao gets this thing, Ningchao will be in danger!
Jin Zhu struggled to stand up and said, "Quick, quick, catch that man! If I let him escape right under my nose, how can I face the Prime Minister again?"
However, when he looked up again, Chen Ji's figure was no longer on the roof. He had already jumped to another roof and ran away.
Lin Chaoqing glanced at him from his horse and said, "Master Jinzhu, you have survived a great disaster and will surely have good fortune in the future. But next time, if you are not absolutely sure, don't come to the Mengjin camp to transfer me to the Jiefan Guard. Return to camp!"
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Red Lane became quiet.
Jin Zhu sent out half of his spies to try to track down the black-clad, black-faced man. But he knew in his heart that it might be difficult to find him.
He led his confidants to the backyard of the restaurant and watched quietly as his six men died in the yard.
"They are all knife wounds. Xifeng, you are best with a knife, so please examine it."
The golden pig said expressionlessly.
The spy named Xifeng squatted down, said sorry in his heart, and then stripped off all the clothes of his dead colleague.
The spy brought clean water to clean the wounds on the body and observed carefully: "The other party used a short knife. The blade is a bit strange. It doesn't seem sharp. It doesn't even look like a knife designed for killing people."
"What kind of knife was used?"
“Sir, there are so many different types of knives, and it seems like the assassin just picked up any knife and used it.
"The assassin's knife skills were extremely sharp and cunning, and the wounds were all on the vital points, very precise.
"The other party is an old swordsman with many years of experience.
"Without years of hard training, it would be impossible to be so efficient."
"And this man was very cautious. He knew very well that a single strike wouldn't kill the victim instantly, so he would stab them several times in other vital areas before killing them."
The spy gasped: "What a cruel idea."
Jin Zhu frowned and looked around. He suddenly looked at the scattered conspirators' long knives on the ground: "Hey, why are all these knives broken?"
The inspecting spy stood up and looked, only to discover that of the six swords in the yard, five were broken!
He picked up one of the broken pieces of the blade, found a matching handle, and put the two pieces together with his hands. Only then did everyone see an obvious gap where the long sword was broken.
The spy was a little surprised: "Sir, these knives were cut off by a single blow."
The long swords used by our conspiracy department are all made of hundred-forged steel. The enemy only picked up a short sword and was able to cut off our swords with one blow.
The Golden Pig looked at the spy and asked, "Have you ever seen this kind of swordsmanship?"
The spy shook his head: "I've never seen him before. Could it be Liang Gou'er?"
Jin Zhu sneered and said, "It's not Liang Gou'er. If Liang Gou'er were here, why would we bother to break their swords? Moreover, Liang Gou'er's spine is broken. He dare not go against our conspiracy department. Who else could it be? Such a powerful swordsman can't just jump out of a crack in the stone, right?"
He stood in the quiet yard, looking at the bloodstains and corpses on the ground.
The other party killed six spies by himself, so he must be an official.
However, although he had seen many Golden Pigs, he had not seen many with such exquisite swordsmanship.
Wait, isn't there a Si Cao who is good at using a short knife in the Jing Dynasty Military Intelligence Department?
Previously, Baohou led a team to capture the enemy in Jinling, but after being killed by the enemy for more than ten people, he jumped into the Qinhuai River to escape.
At that time, the Si Cao used a short knife!
The golden pig felt a burning pain all over, and countless pieces of iron chips were embedded in its skin.
Now every step he took was torture, as if his bones were falling apart.
Logically, he should have sought medical treatment as soon as possible, but when he thought about the possibility that such powerful gunpowder would fall into the hands of the Jing Dynasty villains and would be used against the Ning Dynasty border troops in the future, he no longer cared about his injuries.
The Golden Pig said in a fierce voice: "Xifeng, take my badge and go to the Luocheng Military Commissioner and ask him to seal off all the gates of Luocheng.
Dongfeng, go intercept the Jiefan Guards and tell them to go to the Caoyun Wharf immediately. No ships will be allowed to leave within three days!"
He said gloomily, "Find him for me! Even if I have to dig three feet underground and turn Luocheng upside down, I must find him for me!"
End of this chapter.
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