Warring States Eagle

"Kangdang" a snow-white teacup made close contact with the blue brick floor, and then broke into pieces gorgeously.

"Nizi! Nizi!" A middle-aged man in a tunic with a collar, a black gauze cap on his head, and a heron belt around his waist shouted angrily with a flushed face.

There was another person kneeling on the ground not far from the middle-aged man.There was an obvious scar on his face.It was the scarred face who followed Zheng Liang that day.Seeing the middle-aged man get angry, Scarface wisely remained silent, but knelt down there with his head down.

The middle-aged man was Zhang Tuiguan, the handsome father of Huahua, who suddenly received an urgent report from his family in the yamen this morning, saying that something happened to his son, and he had to wait for him to go back to make a decision.Originally thought that his son was guilty of the trivial matter of fighting and robbing civilian girls, but he didn't know that his son was captured, and the other party also offered a lot of conditions to redeem his son like a lion.

Thinking of taking a huge risk to redeem this useless son, Zhang Tuiguan became furious.

"Have you found out who did it?" Zhang Tuiguan calmed down, sat down again, and asked calmly.

"Master, the villain thinks it is very likely that those Japanese people who reported to the master last time did it," Scarface immediately replied.

"Huh? Chief Akagi? Those subordinates of Chief Akagi? Could it be because you remember what happened last time?"

"My lord, I haven't confirmed that these are the people of Akagi Colonel, but judging from the situation, they are likely to be Akagi's subordinates. This time, the goods were robbed halfway, which made it impossible to provide them with goods in time. It seems that the other party thinks that we intend to raise the price. That's why they came up with this method of hijacking the young master," Scarface said.

"Hmph, these damn Japanese people, you arrange someone to contact Chief Akagi and ask him to release them quickly. Otherwise, I will definitely not be polite." Zhang Tuiguan waved his sleeves and said extremely annoyed.

"My lord, I'm afraid this is wrong. Those Japanese people are desperadoes. We took their things this time, but we didn't fulfill our promise. With their character of vengeance, they will definitely not give in." The scarred face was careful said.

"Hmph. Did you find any clues about the incident of being robbed last time?" Official Zhang Tui didn't continue to entangle the matter, but instead asked about the robbed goods.

"My lord, on the second day after the accident, the villain personally led someone to investigate the mountain road there. The other party is obviously a veteran, and he erased all the traces. It will take time to find out the clues," Scarface replied.

"Then use the batch of goods taken out of the warehouse to top it first." Seeing that the whereabouts of the stolen goods have not been found out, Zhang Tuiguan had no choice but to say discouraged.He knew that his subordinate was a master of the rivers and lakes.Many things can be done properly, but if he can't do anything this time, then there really is nothing he can do.

"Yes, my lord."

"Also, let Fatty go with him this time, although some craftsmen were hired to take the blame this time. But he knows too many things, so don't come back this time," Zhang Tuiguan ordered lightly.In the past, it was to accumulate a large amount of money as soon as possible so that he could start arranging his plans.That's why he took the risk and sent people to hook up with those Japanese pirates to do business secretly, but now it seems that the risk is too great, and Zhang Tuiguan is already thinking about how to get out.Of course, it is not a big deal for him to do business with Japanese pirates, or even arms business.As long as you stay in the coastal officialdom for a long time, you will understand that many of the so-called pirates overseas are played by the subordinates of some wealthy businessmen, and these wealthy businessmen often have the shadow of local officials behind them.

"Yes, my lord" Scarface took orders as usual.

"After saving the young master, tell those damned Japanese pirates that the price will be increased by [-]% in future transactions, otherwise the future business will be avoided." Zhang Tuiguan seemed very unwilling to be slaughtered this time, and he seemed not to forget to add a sentence.

Scarface took the lead again.

"Okay, let's go down. Let people quickly invite the adults who were hijacked by the other three sons to come to me. Hmph, can't I let my family alone bear the ransom this time?" Zhang Tui finally waved his hand.

"Yes, my lord" Scarface led away.

. . . . . .

It is night, and the night is hazy.

It was already winter, and there were bursts of cool air on the surface of the river.

In a remote river bend away from the Three Ports, Zheng Liang was standing leisurely on the deck enjoying the scenery.According to his letter to Zhang Tuiguan today, the handover of the two parties took place near here.As for the reason for choosing this place as the handover, it is located at the confluence of three rivers, and the bank is densely covered with forests, which is the favorable terrain for lurking quickly after the handover.

At this time, a small boat approached quickly, and Zheng Liang did not stop the other party from approaching, because that boat was the surveillance ship sent by Zheng Liang.

"My lord, they have arrived, not far ahead. It seems that there are indeed only two small boats. One of them has a deep draft and should be loaded with heavy loads." As soon as the boat approached, the boatman on the boat reported in a low voice.

"Lead the way ahead," Zheng Liang ordered immediately.I hope the other party can indeed abide by the agreement.Even though he had made all the preparations, Zheng Liang was still faintly uneasy now that he was in the other party's territory.

Following Zhengliang's order, the boat where Zhengliang was on followed the boat in front and began to march.

Ruomo walked on the water for [-] quarters of an hour, and finally saw two small boats faintly parked on the river not far ahead. Because they were too far away, the number of boats could only be vaguely judged from the kerosene lamps on the boats.

"Signal" Zheng Liang stopped the boat and ordered.

Hearing this, a sailor immediately picked up the kerosene lamp and ran to the bow of the ship, shaking it towards the two ships in the distance.Although the sailor's movements were already very slow, the kerosene lamp was almost extinguished by the river wind when it was shaken.

At this time, on the two small boats that had been moored on the river, Scar's face was full of anxiety.This evening, I suddenly received a letter from the other party at the back door, stating the time and place of the handover tonight.The entire Zhang family immediately took action in secret, and within half an hour the ransom was ready.Then Scarface personally led the team to redeem his son.

But it's been half an hour since I came here, but I still haven't seen half of the other party, and Scarface began to feel anxious.Although my master has repeatedly scolded the young master as a prodigal son, everyone can see that as the only child in the family, the young master is actually the master's heart. The end, after all, it was my negligence that day, not keeping up with the young master, that caused the young master to be captured.

But this time, in order to avoid complications, Zhang Tuiguan did not do anything secretly.Because both Zhang Tuiguan and Dao Scarface subconsciously believed that this kidnapping incident was just a small move by a few Japanese pirates who had been doing business.If you use the water force rashly, it may not only anger the Japanese pirates, and threaten the safety of several hostages, but more seriously, it may lead to secret transactions between your family and the Japanese pirates.

"My lord, look?" Just as Scar's face was full of anxiety, a servant next to him pointed to the distance and exclaimed.

Scar looked in the direction pointed by the servant, and saw only a cluster of lights shaking regularly in the distance.

"Quick, row the boat over immediately!" Scarface immediately recognized the handover signal.This is the lamp language commonly used by people in the rivers and lakes when they meet on the water.

Following Scarface's order, the two boats started to row towards the fire.This scarred face brought two small boats, of which there were three people in the small boat he was in, and three people in the other small boat, a total of six people.In addition to Scarface himself, there are four servants dressed up by trusted confidantes in the family, all of whom are skilled in martial arts.And the last one is a bit special, it is the fat man that Zhang Tuiguan mentioned.

At this moment, the fat man was also full of surprise.But he was helpless. This time, Shangguan's son was kidnapped. In the final analysis, it was because of a mistake in the last transaction with the Japanese that he participated in, which made the Japanese dissatisfied and kidnapped Shangguan's son recklessly.According to Zhang Tuiguan, he came to participate in the hostage exchange tonight to make up for his mistakes. Besides, he needed his cooperation to quickly remove the firearms from the warehouse, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and come.

Soon the two parties met on the river.

When he was about to approach Zheng Liang's ship, Scarface stopped the ship carrying the ransom in the rear first, and then directed his own ship to approach Zheng Liang's ship again.

"Hehe, Your Excellency is really brave!" There were still about three meters away from the boat where Zhengliang was, and under the signal of the sailors on Zhengliang's boat, the boat with the scar face also stopped, and the scar face stood on the bow. Zheng Liang said solemnly.

"Stop talking nonsense, have you brought what we want?" Zheng Liang asked immediately, too lazy to continue arguing with the other party.You must know that this is the opponent's territory, and staying for a quarter of an hour may increase the danger by one point.

"Your Excellency belongs to that fellow Akagi?" Scarface also ignored Zheng Liang's words, but instead asked angrily.As long as it is confirmed that the other party is Akagi Colonel, then it will be easy to discuss.After all, both parties have cooperated for so long, as long as the goods owed last time are handed over clearly, the conflict will naturally be resolved.

"It seems that Your Excellency does not intend to exchange?" Zheng Liang said in a deep voice, "Then please forgive me for not accompanying me, and I will leave."

"Wait," Scarface said immediately when he saw that Zheng Liang was resolutely preparing to leave.

"Your Excellency, you always want to let me see if the young master is all right?" Said with a scarred face staring at Zheng Liang.

Zhengliang waved his hand, signaling the sailors who were about to row away to stop, and then looked at Scarface.The meaning is obvious, you want me to show my sincerity, so you guys have to show my sincerity too? (To be continued..)

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