A creepy groaning sound was heard in the tent. Except for Old Man Wang who was lying limp on the ground, the eyes of the others did not waver at all.
After Tian Erlang passed out from the pain, Yinreng sat back on the Luohan bed and said to Yinzhi with a smile,
"What about now? Are you still being stubborn?"
"snort!"
Yinzhi glared at Tian Erlang fiercely. If it weren't for this son of a bitch, he wouldn't have lost face in front of Yinreng.
If it weren't for the fact that keeping this bastard was useful, Yinzhi would have wanted to kill him right now.
"Now that the man has been caught, what do you want to do next?"
Yinzhi withdrew his gaze from Tian Erlang and asked Yinreng.
"I only captured him to prove to you that there are spies of the Japanese pirates in the army, and I suspect he is not the only one."
"Since there are still some, why don't you take this opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop?"
Yinzhi frowned. He originally had great confidence in his subordinates, but now with the lessons learned from the previous experience, he no longer dared to make any boasts in front of Yinreng.
When Yinreng asked the question just now, he caught the key word. If Tian Jilang was a Japanese, no matter how much kindness he showed to him, Tian Jilang would not remember his kindness.
"Because it's not necessary at the moment."
"Why isn't it necessary? These bedbugs hiding in the military camp are a serious threat."
"Don't worry. I know their existence is a hidden danger, but if we use them well, they can also be a help to us."
Yinzhi almost instantly understood what Yinreng meant by "utilization".
"You want to use them to spread false information?"
"good."
Hearing this, Yinzhi frowned.
"But I think the help we gain from using them to pass on information is far less than the threat they pose."
Yinreng raised his eyes and looked at Yinzhi.
"oh?"
"The enemy is in the dark, while I am in the light. If they discover anything in advance, it would be a disaster for us."
"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. You have told me this more than once!"
Yinzhi was naturally not afraid of those villains.
He was mainly worried about Yinreng. Based on his understanding of Yinreng, he knew that Yinreng would not return to Beijing until the pirate issue was resolved.
Yinreng was the crown prince, and Yinzhi didn't want him to take even the slightest risk.
Hearing the worry in Yinzhi's tone, Yinreng's old heart felt a little warm, but this was not enough to change his mind.
"Don't worry, I'm not the one in the open. I'll stay in Weihaiwei from now on and won't leave. Can they kill me under the eyes of thousands of people?"
"Besides, today's incident is not entirely fabricated by me. I really plan to declare war on the Japanese pirates next year. I will first cripple them and extort some benefits from them before I do anything else."
Of course he knew that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, so he decided from the beginning to let Yinzhi be the first to take action. He had to stay in Weihaiwei and transform this place into a real military base.
Yinreng did not intend to destroy the Japanese nation and exterminate their race. He also wanted Japan to cede land and pay compensation to the Qing Dynasty and to continuously supply supplies to the Qing Dynasty.
If it weren't for the fact that there was not enough time this year, he would have wanted to summon the navy and set off immediately.
After Tian Jilang's tendons in his hands and feet were cut, he was thrown into a separate tent.
There were not many torture instruments inside, so Yinreng taught Dachun a few methods and asked him to send people to torture and extract a confession.
The next morning, just after Yinreng finished washing up, he heard Dachun asking to see him outside the tent.
He asked someone to let Dachun in and sat at the dining table himself.
"No need to bow. Did you find out anything?"
Dachun raised his hand and put it down again in an instant.
"Your Highness, I tortured him for two hours according to your instructions, and he has confessed everything."
As he spoke, he pulled out a few pieces of paper from his pocket.
Upon hearing this, Yinreng put back the chopsticks he had just picked up, his face full of amusement.
"Bring it here and have a look."
Dachun took two steps forward and handed the confession to Yinreng.
It turns out that Tian Jiro's real name is Takeda Jiro. He was born in the Kai Takeda family, an undoubted famous family in Japan.
But Jiro Takeda was just a side branch and was not valued in the family.
In order to support his family, when Takeda Jiro learned that his family was recruiting people to come to the Qing Dynasty to inquire about information, he signed up without hesitation.
He is twenty-nine years old this year and has been in the Qing Dynasty for ten years. He is considered one of the spies who arrived earlier.
However, as far as he knew, some of his compatriots had already infiltrated the Qing officialdom before he came to the Qing Dynasty, otherwise he would not have been able to easily assume Tian Erlang's identity and stay in the Fujian Navy for ten years.
There were nineteen other people who went undercover in the Qing Dynasty with him, but he didn't know where his peers were assigned.
During these ten years, even though he had good martial arts skills, he did not make a name for himself in the Fujian Navy.
After all, when he joined the Fujian Navy, Taiwan had already been recovered. There was no war to fight, so no matter how outstanding his abilities were, he could not climb up.
He wanted to use money to pave the way and get a position first, but his immediate superior happened to be the lieutenant general's uneducated brother-in-law.
You can curry favor with him, but if you want to step on his head to climb up, you are crazy.
It was not until the Qing Dynasty opened the Port of Tianjin and made maritime trade flourish that his hometown became jealous and sent people disguised as pirates to attack passing merchant ships. Only then was he, the spy who had been forgotten for ten years, put to use.
Jiro Takeda originally planned to find an opportunity to kill the lieutenant general's brother-in-law by borrowing a knife, and then report him to the police in order to get on board the lieutenant general's ship. However, before the plan was implemented, Prince Zhi came to the military camp with an imperial edict to expand the Fujian Navy.
Jiro Takeda gave up trying to get close to the lieutenant general.
When Yinzhi was selecting good men in the army, he spared no effort to show himself and was successfully selected by the Prince of Zhi.
The subsequent things were simple. In addition to using trained carrier pigeons to deliver messages, he also followed the instructions to deliver the messages to specific people.
After arriving in Weihaiwei, carrier pigeons were no longer useful, so he contacted his superiors and they sent him a contact person in a county town not far from the military camp.
He bribed Old Man Wang with money.
After reading the confession, Yinreng remained silent.
He didn't expect that the Japanese pirates had started to lay out their plans in the Fujian Navy more than ten years ago.
In addition to Tian Erlang, there must be other thorns in the Fujian Navy.
Moreover, given the Japanese's insidiousness and cunningness, Fujian is definitely not their only target. In addition to Fujian, Weihai, Tianjin, Jilin and even the Jiangnan area may be infiltrated by the Japanese.
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