1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1192 Return to Zhoushan
Han Zhengshan has been working in Gongmen for so many years, and he has seen many dangerous scenes, but he has never encountered himself being kidnapped during the investigation process, and the person who kidnapped him is one of the victims of the case. situation.What's even more strange is that the other party's main reason for kidnapping him is that he doesn't want him to continue to investigate the truth of the case, which is simply unthinkable for Han Zhengshan.If he hadn't been chained by shackles, he really wanted to jump up and slap the guy in front of him, to see if he was obsessed with ghosts, and would actually take such an unsuitable way of cleaning up.

However, Lin Nan knew very well that with Han Zhengshan's status, it was difficult to have enough political sensitivity to view the impact of the fire on both Daming and Haihan. He could even be sure that if Han Zhengshan's boss knew about the situation, he would Equally, efforts will be made to prevent the investigation from continuing.The so-called truth of the case will not save the face of the Zhejiang government, it will only rekindle disputes after the situation has finally calmed down, and this kind of development is definitely not the situation that Zhejiang officials want to see.

From an objective point of view, Han Zhengshan is not considered a bad person, but he is indeed a stumbling block that must be cleared as soon as possible.Lin Nan didn't want to kill him, but he would never tolerate him continuing to appear in Hangzhou.However, after getting Han Zhengshan to Zhoushan, he can choose the opportunity to say something nice to the chief, and see if he can be sent to serve in other overseas colonies far away from Ming Dynasty.However, if this Han Zhengshan still refuses to give in when the time comes and insists on committing suicide, then no one will be able to save him.

Seeing that it was already the middle of the night, Lin Nan and Pan Yan were a little tired, so they lay down on the table and closed their eyes for a while. When they were drowsy, someone came in and woke them up, saying that it was past five o'clock. up.

"Pack up and get ready to go!" Lin Nan immediately gave an order after waking up: "Clean up the house, don't miss anything!"

A thought suddenly flashed in Pan Yan's mind, and he suggested, "Brother Lin, why don't you leave one or two of that woman's things here."

"Why..." Lin Nan responded halfway through the question: "You mean to create the illusion of their elopement? But the credibility is a bit low, isn't it a government arrester who gave up his future and took a prostitute to elope? He It's not that he can't afford the ransom fee, who would believe that he would secretly abduct a prostitute?"

"People will only believe what they want to believe." Pan Yan has a different opinion: "If someone wants to find a plausible reason for their disappearance, it must be more credible than the fact that both were kidnapped many."

Lin Nan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Brother Pan is right, if you don't leave any clues, it will make people think in a bad direction."

Lin Nan immediately called one of his men to come in, and asked him to put away all the valuable gold, silver and soft goods in the house, and then choose a few seasonal clothes to pack and take away together.In this way, when newcomers check here, it should be easy to have the impression that "Han Zhengshan left on his own initiative", so as not to associate his disappearance with the direction of kidnapping.

The carriage that Lin Nan came in was parked outside the gate of the yard. Some of his men had already led the pack horses out and harnessed them, and then carried Han Zhengshan and Cui'e, who could not move, into the carriage, and covered them roughly with two quilts. It's over if you live.

Pan Yan looked a little nervous and said, "What if you encounter interrogation when you go out of the city?"

Lin Nan is very confident about this: "No, the Ming army guarding the city of Wangjiangmen will automatically ignore our existence. It is not free to give a few hundred taels of silver every month."

Most of Haihan's personnel and goods entering and leaving Hangzhou came in and out from the east of the city, looking at Jiangmen, so the "filial piety" handed over to the Ming army defending the city every month is also quite a lot.He received money to do business, and Haihan naturally enjoyed the exemption from inspection when he entered and exited Wangjiangmen. He only needed to say hello to the Ming army guarding the city.

And Lin Nan's self-confidence was quickly verified. When the team was approaching Wangjiangmen, Lin Nan sent his men down to greet the Ming army, and when it was their turn, Ming on the side of the road Jun directly waved them to pass quickly, without any intention of stopping the carriage to take a look.Han Zhengshan and Cui'e in the carriage were both conscious and knew that they would probably have no way to get out after leaving the city, but they couldn't make any movement in the carriage, because their mouths were gagged and their hands and feet were handcuffed. In addition, there are two cold blades resting on his neck, and he dare not make any changes at all.

After Lin Nan's team left the city, they divided into two groups. One route escorted the two unlucky ghosts straight to Tongsheng Wharf, and the other route went to find Gu Hui.Originally, they didn't know where Gu Hui lived. It was the result of the interrogation of Han Zhengshan last night. When investigating the fire case, Han Zhengshan visited Gu Hui's home, but they didn't know that he would become Haihan and arrest Gu Hui in the future. help.

Gu Hui can go to a place like Bichunyuan to be chic and happy, so naturally there is no one else at home.The environment of the place where he lives is relatively complicated. Almost all the migrant workers on the wharf live here, and large areas of shacks are their residences.Lin Nan led the team to search for a while before finding the small courtyard where Gu Hui lived.

It was late in winter, and there wasn't much business at Tongsheng Wharf recently, so Gu Hui was still sleeping deeply in the house at this time.Lin Nan didn't even intend to knock on the door, so he asked his men to climb over the wall and open the door. Then a few people touched the door, confirmed that there was someone in the room, inserted a sharp knife into the crack of the door and opened the door latch. Hui couldn't move under the quilt.

"Gu Hui, your matter is out, come with us!" Lin Nan, who had already changed into a public attire, didn't give Gu Hui a chance to argue, and signaled his subordinates to shackle his hands and feet, and then directly proposed bed.

Gu Hui was about to open his mouth to call for help, but someone had already stuffed a ball of rags into his mouth and stuffed it tightly, and he fell silent immediately.Two strong men on the left and right grabbed his arms and dragged him out immediately.Gu Hui was terrified and struggling desperately. Seeing this, Lin Nan ordered two of his men to join in and grabbed him by both legs. With all their strength, the four of them lifted him up and left the shantytown without stopping.Occasionally, migrant workers who got up early came across this scene, and they were also repelled by a deep and forceful "Yamen handles business, and those who have nothing to do with it stay away".

This place is already outside the city of Hangzhou, so Lin Nan didn't have to have any scruples in handling affairs, and directly resorted to hard methods to kidnap people.There is no official security agency in this place, because it is not far from Hangzhou City, so the nearest inspection department outside the city is a few miles away, but it has become a dark place under the lights.This group of people carried Gu Hui out of this area where the migrant workers lived, and they didn't encounter any obstacles at all.

At Tongsheng Wharf, at least one or two ships belonging to the Haihan Security Department will be parked on the shore all year round, just in case. as cover.Pan Yan and another team escorted the two captives to the pier and boarded one of the sailing boats. The two captives were taken to the bottom cabin and hid in the interlayer of the cabin, which is specially used for detaining prisoners.In this way, even if someone boards the ship, it will be difficult to find "private goods" on board.Pan Yan didn't wait too long on the deck when he saw Lin Nan's team rushing over from a distance.

"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life, and I caught him without any trouble." Lin Nan panted heavily, and while speaking, he signaled his subordinates to get Gu Hui into the cabin as well.

"The three people are all in place, let's go back to Zhoushan!" Pan Yan thought about how hasty his trip to Hangzhou was. He only spent two nights in Hangzhou, and he hadn't had time to see many local scenic spots and historic sites. Look, I still have some regrets in my heart.However, yesterday's night was really exciting, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation.

With such a big incident, Lin Nan naturally wanted to go back with the ship and report the sudden situation to his superiors.However, there is no need for his subordinates to evacuate Hangzhou, and most of them will return to the city by the same route and continue to lurk.How the government will react to the disappearance of these people, and whether the investigation of the fire case will continue quietly, will be the targets of their continued attention.If this matter has not been resolved, then the Ministry of Security may have to organize several similar operations in the future.

Since the fire had just passed, the aftermath of the fire had subsided only a few days ago, and there were not many passenger ships and people on the pier. Standing on the boat, you could still see the ruins of the burned warehouse in the distance.As soon as the sky dawned, the ship left Tongsheng Wharf and headed downstream along the Qiantang River.

The journey from Tongsheng Wharf to Zhoushan Dinghai Port is about [-] nautical miles. With the speed of this lucky ship, it takes about two days to get there.However, it would be a waste of resources to just go back with an empty ship, so when he docked at a wharf in Linshan Town, Shaoxing Prefecture on the first day, Lin Nan also organized a trip to the shore to purchase a batch of Shaoxing rice wine, fermented bean curd, Rizhu tea, etc. Souvenirs are shipped back to Dinghai Port along the way.Generally, these items will not be resold. After they are shipped back to Hainan, most of them will become limited items specially provided by the Chief.In order to make up for Pan Yan's unexpectedly interrupted vacation, Lin Nan specially ordered a table of banquets from the restaurant in the town and delivered them to the boat, and by the way, he also celebrated the successful conclusion of this operation.

However, the three people who were imprisoned in the mezzanine of the cabin were not so comfortable. The mezzanine was less than two feet wide in order to make it concealed. The three people were wrapped in the quilt and thrown in. They were almost stuck and could not move. Every half a day He was brought out to be given water and food, and went to the toilet by the way, and was stuffed back after the work was done.The mezzanine where they stayed was almost the bottom of the cabin, and the turbulence was severe, and the air was stuffy. Once the ship was covered, there was no light at all. It was a great torture to be confined in this environment for a long time.

When preparing to set off the next day, the sea conditions were not very good, so the ship stayed in Shaoxing Prefecture for another half a day, waiting for the weather to improve before setting off.By the time they returned to Dinghai Port, nearly three days had passed since their departure.

Although the time away from Dinghai Port is not very long, Pan Yan has a sense of steadfastness of returning to his home territory.He himself felt a little funny, obviously as a citizen of Daming, but staying in Hangzhou City is not as comfortable as returning to Zhoushan, this kind of difference should not have appeared in him.Seeing the huge warships docked in the harbor that did not belong to Ming Dynasty, Pan Yan felt a different kind of pride, as if he was already a member of the Haihan camp.But he also knew that after two months of spring, the Haihan fleet would go north again, and he would have to return to Phi Island to serve Dongjiang Town. At that time, his relationship with Haihan would be regarded as an ally at best, and he would not There is no sense of distance like now.

The sudden return of Lin Nan's group did not have time to notify the Dinghai Port Management Committee in advance. After the ship entered the port and docked, someone rushed to notify Shi Diwen, who was in charge of local administrative and security affairs.It happened that Tom Wang was also discussing work with him. After receiving the news, the two rushed to the pier together to listen to Lin Nan's face-to-face report as soon as possible.

The three prisoners were also carried off the ship, but due to being held in the cabin for too long, the physical condition of the three became very weak. Only Han Zhengshan could barely stand up and looked around with blank eyes. situation.

The first thing Han Zhengshan noticed was of course the armed fleet docked neatly by the pier. Looking at the red and blue flags hanging on the bow and mast, Han Zhengshan also realized that this was probably the Zhoushan Island occupied by the Haihan people in the East China Sea.

A few days ago, when the soldiers of Hai Han came to the city, the government not only dispatched all the troops in the city to the front line to defend the city, but even the policemen in the yamen went up to the city wall with single knives and water and fire sticks. Go to the Haihan Fleet operating on the Qiantang River.But what he saw at that time was not at the same level as the visual impact brought by the close-up viewing now. Ten feet away from where he was standing was a huge Haihan warship, which can be clearly seen here. Seeing the densely packed gun ports on its side, it is no wonder that the naval forces of the various state capitals in the Hangzhou Bay are on the verge of collapse, and they cannot stop the actions of the Haihan warship.

Haihan's barracks was built not far from the pier, and the uniform slogans of the troops could be heard from the pier during the drill.Han Zhengshan's face turned pale, because he knew that since he had been taken to Zhoushan, he probably had no chance of surviving.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glared fiercely at Cui'e who was still sluggish on the ground beside him. If this girl hadn't been so talkative and said that there was something else behind the fire, how could he have fallen into the current situation.

When Han Zhengshan was thinking wildly, he heard Gu Hui suddenly shouted: "Boss Lin, save me!"

Lin De was standing behind Tom Wang and Shi Diwen, but at this moment he looked downcast and pleasing to the eye, not like a wealthy businessman who dictates orders at all.Although he heard Gu Hui's shout, he just glanced sideways and didn't intend to answer at all.

(End of this chapter)