Chapter 721 The Little Dwarf
After saying this, Li Dalang turned around and ran into the cabin like a whirlwind.
Seeing Li Dalang like this, Gao Haiping and Wang Dadan followed closely behind him and ran into the cabin.
Although Twenty-Nine didn't understand what Li Dalang had thought of that the foreigner was still in the cabin, it didn't stop him from sending a signal to the undercover agents who were already hiding in the shadows.
"Let's go, someone's gone after that small boat."
Let's go see how Brother Li captured that foreigner."
When Twenty-Nine returned to the cabin with Twenty and Twenty-One, they saw Wang Dadan and Gao Haiping supporting a man on either side of him.
"Confess quickly, and you'll atone for your sins. You might even save your life."
After Gao Haiping said this, the man's expression did not change, let alone speak. His mouth was tightly closed, like a clam shell.
Wang Dadan lacked patience, and seeing this, he directly winked at Lao Qi, who was standing to the side.
The seventh brother swiftly stepped forward and punched the man squarely in the nose, causing him to see stars and bleed profusely.
As for Li Dalang, he was in the cabin tapping and banging on his scabbard.
"No, bro, what do you mean?"
My brain isn't quite working properly.
Hearing Twenty-Nine's question, Li Dalang didn't stop what he was doing. He walked and tapped as he went, "The first moment I saw the hemp rope that had been cut by a knife at the stern, I thought that while we were fighting at the front, the foreigner took advantage of the chaos to run to the stern and escape in a small boat."
Twenty-nine nodded. "Yes, why? Isn't that right?"
"yes!
The shadow we saw was indeed someone boarding a small boat and escaping.
But the people on that small boat might not necessarily be foreigners!
"How so?"
"As you said, there are already several groups of people watching this place. Just look at all those old soldiers who have been dispatched this time. I'm afraid the exits within a ten-mile radius have been blocked."
This is on a river, how could that small boat not be spotted!
Once discovered, how could it possibly escape being intercepted!
I immediately realized—this was a perfect fake!
Li Dalang knocked around the cabin but couldn't find anything wrong. He turned around and looked at the man who was still being held by Gao Haiping. "At that moment, I remembered the tense expressions on these people's faces when we broke into this cabin before."
At the time, I thought they were just nervous because they thought they had failed and couldn't escape. But when we left the cabin and headed to the stern, I glanced at the man's face, and his expression was no longer one of fear and anxiety, but rather one of relief.
After Li Dalang said that, Twenty-Nine understood.
Looking at the man's tense expression, Twenty-Nine said, "Yes, even if we chase them to the stern, they're still in our hands. We'll have to use them to gain merit later."
Why did he look so relieved?
Thirteen walked into the cabin and reported to Li Dalang: "Boss, they should have finished on the Fu ship. I think if they don't find anyone on the Fu ship in a while, they'll probably come here."
"There's not enough time," Li Dalang thought to himself. Then he drew his long sword and said to the man kneeling on the ground, "Tell me where you hid the person, and I'll guarantee you a whole corpse."
The man didn't react at all to Li Dalang's words. He didn't say a word and didn't even look at Li Dalang.
Li Dalang pressed the tip of the knife against the man's neck, and blood flowed out immediately. The physical pain made the man's brows furrow.
Even so, the man still didn't say a word.
Li Dalang controlled the strength in his hands, "You're tough on yourself, but what about the others?"
Can other people stand it? Will they be as tough as you?
Even if all of you could do it, what about your families?
Li Dalang kept a close eye on the man's expression. Seeing his nonchalant attitude, Li Dalang had a sudden idea and said, "You don't have any family?"
Then why wouldn't others have it too?
"You've betrayed your country and sided with the enemy. Do you think your families will have a good future?"
Li Dalang wasn't speaking to the man directly, but to the three henchmen beside him.
"Confess now, and we can still give your families a chance to live."
When Li Dalang mentioned his family, the expressions of the three henchmen changed slightly. They all looked at the man being held by Gao Haiping, as if they were angry but dared not speak out.
"Okay, she's got a temper."
Twenty-nine walked over, looked at the man on the ground, and then looked up at Li Dalang.
Li Dalang then shook the blood off the tip of his knife, sheathed it, and tapped the scabbard on the floor.
After tapping it several times, "Sure enough, the mechanism is here!"
"No!"
The man, who was being held captive by Gao Haiping, became extremely excited when he saw that Li Dalang had actually found the mechanism on the floor. If Gao Haiping hadn't been strong, the man probably would have broken free.
Twenty-nine used his dagger to tap the floorboards like Li Dalang, listening to the sound it made. "It really is different. It's probably hollow."
"I reckon that person is hiding in here."
Li Dalang searched back and forth but couldn't find the mechanism. Twenty-Nine chuckled and said to Li Dalang, "Alright, let Twenty-One show you something."
When Li Dalang saw Twenty-One take out his two large iron hammers from his back, he understood what it meant: he intended to use violence to destroy things directly.
Listening to the commotion outside, Li Dalang knew time was of the essence; he figured Captain Zheng would be heading this way soon.
With two "bangs," the floorboards were smashed open, splinters flying everywhere. Li Dalang and Twenty-Nine quickly looked into the hole.
"Why is it a young lady?"
Yes, right now, curled up under the floor of this mechanism is a little girl dressed in white with her hair down, her eyes closed and fast asleep. Judging from her profile, she looks to be only thirteen or fourteen years old.
"wrong!"
Li Dalang looked more closely and discovered that this so-called little girl had no pierced ears, her exposed brow bone was quite high, and he could vaguely see her Adam's apple.
"Not a young lady, but a young man."
Upon closer inspection, it was then discovered that the person did indeed have an Adam's apple. "Good heavens, a man with feminine features!"
"Boss, they've boarded the ship!"
Upon hearing what Thirteen said, Li Dalang instructed Twenty-Nine to first lift up his hand and pull out the unconscious young man.
Looking at the white-clad boy lying on the ground, breathing steadily, Li Dalang leaned closer to examine his face. Although he had black hair, his skin was fair, much fairer than the fairest woman he had ever seen.
Furthermore, high brow bones directly cause sunken eye sockets, which is not a characteristic of people from the Central Plains, but rather of people from the Western Regions.
"Who is this person? Is he the foreigner we're looking for?"
The mastermind behind this is such a short guy?
Yes, the boy, who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old and was about five feet tall (around 150cm), was indeed considered short by the people present.
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