1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1065 face to face

Hearing what Wanfa said, Liao Xun's heart sank.As an official of the intelligence agency, his whereabouts have always been relatively secretive. Today, he came to Chengfenghang to do business with only six subordinates. In addition to the two teams deployed outside Chengfenghang to monitor, there were only a dozen or so people in total.Originally, these people were used to monitor a small business store, and it was enough to protect their own safety. After all, this place is next to Hangzhou City, and ordinary people would not dare to make trouble with Jinyiwei in such a place.But Wan Fa dared to tease himself so unscrupulously here, presumably the subordinates he brought were not spared, and all fell into the control of the other party.

When things got to this point, Liao Xun also had a new understanding of Wan Fa's identity.Dare to drug and imprison the officials of Jinyiwei, and have not revealed any flaws in the previous contact, this is definitely not something that ordinary businessmen can do.As a professional, Liao Xun fell for this trick mainly because he was still unprepared against Wan Fa, but now considering the cause and effect, it is not difficult for him to deduce the reason why Wan Fa attacked him.

"So from the beginning to the end, you are with the Haihan people?" Liao Xun asked through gritted teeth.

Wan Fa didn't think otherwise, nodded his head and said, "Lord Liao, haven't you been planning to find Haihan people? In fact, the villain is one of them. You came here to seal the villain's life Don’t blame the villain for fighting back.”

After hearing these two sentences, Liao Xun understood the ins and outs of the matter.This Wanfa is a person sent by the Haihan people to Hangzhou to lurk. Using the identity of the shop owner as a cover, he secretly organizes immigration and collects information for Haihan. Qiancai will do things for the Haihan people, and he also expects to be able to scare him with his status as Jin Yiwei.But the other party was obviously pretending to be false to him during this process, and he dug such a big hole in advance and waited for him to jump down, which also showed his calm mind.

However, Liao Xun is not a rookie, and he didn't mess up in this unfavorable situation. He judged that since the other party just tied him with a rope, he must have a conspiracy to obtain some information from him or threaten him to agree to others. Certain requirements, otherwise, you should directly kill yourself to avoid future troubles.Since the opponent didn't strike directly, it means there is still room for turning around. Whether you can escape safely depends on whether you can figure out the opponent's true intentions.

Liao Xun said: "Boss Wan, since you want to kidnap this official at the expense of revealing your identity, you must have asked for something, so let's talk about it. If it's not too much of a request, this official can forgive you even if you don't want to."

Wan Fa chuckled and said: "The villain is just a pawn who runs errands and does things. What the above says, the villain just does what he does without asking the reason. Master Liao wants to know so much, please wait a moment for the villain's boss to come and talk to him." Adults talk."

After Wan Fa finished speaking, he left the room again without waiting for Liao Xun to ask questions.Liao Xun was tied to a chair alone, the door was open in front of him, and there were two lanterns hanging under the beams at the door, but there were no lights in the house, and there was no sound in the courtyard outside the door, and there was no one in sight. It can only be judged from the layout of the room that this is the room he was in before he fell into a coma.Although he also wanted to call out loudly, he knew that since the other party dared to let him go like this, he must have full control over the situation, and someone must be watching him secretly. Plugged.

Liao Xun's feeling was very accurate. When Wan Fa was talking to him, Gong Shiqi was watching him through the observation hole on the wall next door.If Liao Xun showed emotions such as fear and panic, he could use this to judge his mental state and make more targeted responses. This trick was also one of the interrogation techniques he learned from He Xi.However, Liao Xun was an officer who had been in the industry for many years and received special training. Although the incident happened suddenly and he was in an unfavorable situation, he did not appear too flustered. At least on the surface, he seemed relatively calm.

However, Gong Shiqi is also very confident in the plan he appointed. As long as Gao Qiaonan in the city can act according to the plan, he believes that it is only a matter of time before he defeats Liao Xun's spiritual defense.But before using his trump card, he had to meet his opponent first, and try to extract more valuable information from the opponent.

Liao Xun didn't know how long he had been sitting there, maybe it was just a cup of tea, maybe it had been an hour or two, when suddenly he heard the sound of dense and orderly footsteps outside, which shocked him, thinking maybe It was his own men who escaped and moved reinforcements to rescue them.

However, what finally appeared in his field of vision was not Jin Yiwei in Yisa's official uniform with an embroidered spring knife on his waist, but more than a dozen men with black cloth masks.These people were identical except for the black cloth on the face that only exposed the eyes and nose and mouth, but their clothes were different. After the first few people entered the room, they lit the lamps in the room.Liao Xun also recognized this new type of oil lamp. It is a Haihan oil lamp that has appeared on the market in Zhejiang in the past one or two years. Its characteristic is that a windproof glass cover is added above the lamp base. A layer of semi-enclosed metal cover can be added outside to gather light.Liao Xun is so familiar with it because he has two such oil lamps in his own house.Now two of the oil lamps are placed opposite to Liao Xun, the lights are facing his face, making it difficult for him to even open his eyes.

Liao Xun saw that the clothes of these people were almost all made of coarse cloth, and some of them even had soil marks on their trouser legs and the hem of their clothes. It seemed that they were all low-class people pretending to do rough work.However, none of these masked men carried weapons such as swords, only a few of them held a short wooden stick more than two feet long in their hands, and they didn't look like they were about to fight.

From what he saw in front of him, Liao Xun judged at least two things. First, these people covered their faces uniformly, probably to prevent their faces from being remembered by him. From this point of view, he did have hope of surviving. , because if the other party is at ease to kill him, he doesn't need to worry about the consequences of his identity being exposed.Of course, Wan Fa who has been exposed is definitely not included in this list. If Liao Xun can leave alive, then Wan Fa will definitely not step into Hangzhou Mansion again.

Second, these people did not carry swords with them, and they seemed to be very relieved of the environment here. They were sure that Liao Xun's rescuers would not come from the sky to appear so easily.

Someone moved a Taishi chair to the door in front of Liao Xun and put it down, and then another masked man walked into the room and sat down on the chair carelessly.Liao Xun saw that he was dressed like a wealthy businessman, and he seemed to be the mastermind of this group of people.

"Lord Liao, I have admired your name for a long time. It is a great pleasure to meet you today!" After the man sat down, he bowed his hands and greeted Liao Xun.

Liao Xun snorted and said, "Forgive me for being inconvenient to move at this moment, so I can't return the gift!"

The other party ignored his complaints, and had no intention of ordering the untiement at all, and continued on his own: "My servant, Gong Shiqi, happens to be on the same line as Mr. Liao. I heard that Mr. Liao has been looking for us, so we arranged For this occasion, I have a meeting with Mr. Liao. I hope Mr. Liao will be considerate of the disrespect."

Liao Xun sneered and said, "Do the same job as the official? You are so brave, you dare to boast about this kind of Haikou!"

Liao Xun said harsh words, but he was secretly surprised.He had seen the name Gong Shiqi in relevant intelligence before, and it was said that he was one of the backbone personnel of the intelligence agency under Haihan's rule. This person actually came to Hangzhou to deal with him. Less resources.

Gong Shiqi was not offended by Liao Xun's sarcasm, and continued: "During Haihan's one year in Zhejiang, Mr. Liao seems to have never stopped fighting against us. If it is for economic reasons, then I suggest a truce , Haihan can provide Mr. Liao with more lucrative income than in the past. The Zhoushan Ship Gang’s operation method is too crude and inefficient in our opinion. After Haihan takes over the local area, it can make money at ten times the speed. People on our side will also benefit from it. Master Liao is a smart person and should know which option is more beneficial to him."

Liao Xun said: "Of course everyone wants money, and I am no exception. However, it is too hot to take away Haihan's money, and I dare not just take advantage of it."

Gong Shiqi smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that Dongchang will investigate you? Or are you afraid that your two accomplices, Yu Pingfeng and Guo Zheng, won't let you go?"

Liao Xun's face changed slightly, his alliance with Yu Pingfeng and Guo Zheng was not made clear, how did this person surnamed Gong know?He didn't know that the relationship between their small group had already been known by the Haihan Security Department last year, and they had already recorded a lot of accounts for them.If it wasn't for the distance between Hangzhou and Zhoushan, Gong Shiqi would have brought his field team over to trouble him.

Gong Shiqi noticed the subtle change in the expression on Liao Xun's face, and continued: "In Fuguang and Guangxi in the south, there are many Ming officials who work with us who are doing very well. You don’t dare to trouble them easily, why do you want to fight us? If you had no chance to choose before, then I will give you a chance to make a choice now, either cooperate with us, or start from Disappear in this world. Master Liao, which path do you think is more suitable for you?"

Liao Xun is not someone who can be fooled by a few words, but he sneered again and again: "My surname is Gong, you probably made a mistake, you are just outside thieves, what I do is the right way, the law of nature is not evil Suppression, how can I let this officer give in to you thieves! This officer wants to persuade you to wake up as soon as possible, get back from the wrong way, and draw a clear line with Haihan!"

Gong Shiqi nodded and said: "Lord Liao's words are very righteous. If I didn't know about Master Liao's deeds before, I might really believe what you said. It's a pity that we are colleagues after all, and we don't ask so many questions when we do things. Right and wrong, you will only consider whether it is beneficial to your own camp, do you think this is the truth?"

Liao Xun said: "From what I've done, I'm not a reasonable person. Just save yourself such nonsense!"

Gong Shiqi said: "That's a pity. I originally planned to reason with you, but since you don't listen, I can only use other means."

Liao Xun said: "Since I have eaten this bowl of rice, I am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. You put the knife on my neck and see if this head will bow down to you!"

"You have a bit of backbone!" Gong Shiqi didn't hide his approval: "I don't know how many military officers of the Ming Dynasty can be like you. But it's a pity that you are in the wrong camp and choose the wrong one." opponent."

Liao Xun snorted and said, "I want to see what you can do."

Gong Shiqi snapped his fingers and said, "Hang up the map."

Immediately, someone propped up a pair of bamboo poles and hung the three-foot-square map on it.Liao Xun looked at it and said, "It's Hangzhou City!"

On this map, the positions of the ten city gates, the West Lake in the west of the city, and the Qiantang River in the south of the city are all clearly identifiable, and even the main arterial roads in the city are clearly drawn. Isn't it the city of Hangzhou?

"Master Liao has good eyesight." Gong Shiqi stood up and walked to the map. Immediately, some of his subordinates moved the oil lamp to the side to better show the details on the map.

Gong Shiqi pointed to the south of the city and said, "This is Fengshan Gate, and the red dot below is Chengfenghang where we are now."

Then he pointed to a certain tunnel in the city and said, "This is the capital's yamen... This is the inspector's office... This is the Jinyiwei's yamen... This is your former residence..."

As Gong Shiqi pointed out the places marked on the map one by one, Liao Xun's nerves became tense.He didn't expect that the Haihan people had put in a lot of effort in the city of Hangzhou and had already found out all these details one by one. Especially when the other party pointed out the location of his old house, Liao Xun already had a bad omen in his heart—since Gong Shi Qi already knew that it was his previous residence, which meant that the current residence had not escaped the surveillance of the other party.

Sure enough, Gong Shiqi's next target moved straight to the north of the city: "Here, the Jincaifang in the north of the city, the third house on this street, should be Mr. Liao's new house? If our surveillance doesn't show up omission, then this house should have Mrs. Liao’s monogamous wife and concubine, a son and a daughter, a housekeeper, six servants, and two martial arts guards. Originally, there were two No. 30 people, but I left the city and boarded a ship for Ningbo early this morning...Master Liao, is there anything I missed?"

Liao Xun said angrily, "What do you intend to do?"

Gong Shiqi went back to his seat and sat down, and said calmly: "It's not a big deal, I just want to invite Master Liao's family to stay on Zhoushan Island for a while... All expenses will be borne by us. "

(End of this chapter)