Seeing the gangsters breaking into Zeng Cheng's house, the fishermen were horrified. If the eldest princess had a problem, they wouldn't be able to survive without the help of Marquis Zhenwu. But what everyone didn't expect was that the gangsters who broke in
One after another, they flew out of the eldest princess's house and fell three feet away. There was blood coming from their mouth and nose. It looked like they were seriously injured.
The fishermen took out the fireworks used for emergency communication and fired them into the sky. The navy around Xuanwu Lake and the personnel on other islands quickly dispatched after seeing the warning signal. The assassins who launched the surprise attack saw that they could not win and abandoned them.
The corpses and seriously injured people were quickly evacuated. Before their fishing boat could row away, the crocodile Liu Ziguang was riding on had already arrived. He jumped up and landed on the crocodile, flipped a few somersaults in the air and landed on the shore. He didn't care about pursuing the fishing boat that had fled in a hurry.
Now he rushed home to check on Zeng Cheng’s safety.
The door of the house was open. One of the door panels had obviously been kicked down and fell sideways to the ground. Liu Ziguang's heart tightened and he rushed in. As soon as he entered the room, he felt a strong wind coming towards him. He subconsciously
Blocking him, the huge force pushed him several steps away. After a closer look, it turned out to be a kick from Zeng Cheng.
Liu Ziguang's arm was sore from being kicked, but when he saw that Zeng Cheng was fine, he was overjoyed. He rushed over and took Zeng Cheng's hand and looked up and down: "Are you okay?"
Zeng Cheng accidentally injured her husband just now, and was feeling embarrassed when she heard Liu Ziguang ask and said with a blush, "I'm fine. I kicked you just now. Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt." Liu Ziguang said, but as soon as he said the words, he felt a numbness in the place where Zeng Cheng had just kicked him. He rolled up his sleeves and saw that his arms were blue. He never expected that Zeng Cheng had such strong fighting power.
Even Liu Ziguang was kicked and injured by her, let alone an ordinary assassin.
"Xiao Chengcheng, where do you get so much strength?" Liu Ziguang asked strangely.
"I just discovered it. There was a water bandit who wanted to come in just now to catch me. I kicked him in a hurry, but I didn't expect to kick him all the way away. Then I kicked several bad guys away. No,
Do you know if you were injured by the kick? It would be quite troublesome if someone died." Zeng Cheng whispered, for fear of bringing trouble to the village and her husband.
Liu Ziguang didn't know what was going on, so he could only comfort the eldest princess with kind words. The lights in the village were lit up, and people gathered around with weapons. The army was stationed on an island next to it. At this moment, the small airships were in full action.
With searchlights rising into the sky, five speedboats equipped with kerosene engines roared and plowed white waves on the lake. Soldiers wearing fish skins were lying on the bows, holding the latest rocket launchers, aiming at the scurrying people.
Fleeing fishing boats. This Xuanwu Lake is a hornet's nest. It's easy to get in and hard to get out. The whole lake is boiling. There are boats and torches everywhere. People are shouting. There are also long dragon-like torches moving on the shore.
The camp was very close. After receiving the warning, the Forbidden Army responded quickly and encircled the lake according to the plan, prohibiting anyone from entering or exiting. This group of assassins would be unable to fly even if they had wings.
Liu Ziguang comforted Zeng Cheng with kind words for a while, but he still couldn't hold back his anger for revenge. He called a few neighbors to accompany Zeng Cheng, turned around and went out, boarded a speedboat, and went to arrest the assassin in person.
The fishing boat the assassin was riding on has been surrounded by people. On the naval warships and the Nanchang speedboat, countless crossbows and muskets were aimed at the fishing boat, and five rocket launchers were watching eagerly. As long as the order was given, the fishing boat would immediately turn into ashes.
It is powder.
The fishing boat was parked alone on the water. The airships hovering in the sky shone down the dazzling light of the arc lamps. The lake was completely bright. The navy officers and soldiers shouted in unison: "Fall down! Down or down!" But there was no movement from the fishing boat.
Before Liu Ziguang gave the order, the officers and soldiers did not dare to open fire without permission.
Fortunately, Liu Ziguang rushed to the scene quickly. He had no intention of capturing the stubborn assassins alive and waved his hand: "Fire!"
"Wait a minute!" A shout suddenly came from the fishing boat, and then a beautifully dressed little girl appeared on the bow of the boat. She was about fifteen or sixteen years old. Her black hair was styled into two buns. She was very cute and round.
The round little face is pink and tender, and the whole person looks like a porcelain doll under the light.
"You are Su Xiaoxiao, right? If you don't want to be captured without hesitation, how long will it take?" Liu Ziguang shouted in a stern voice. He was not pitying her, but thinking of the Manchu and Qing peace talks delegation who were still entangled in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion every day. If
Being able to take Qing spies alive and captured before them was equivalent to a loud slap in the face for these hypocritical guys.
"Marquis Zhenwu is really smart. Yes, I am Su Xiaoxiao, but that is just a pseudonym. Now that the matter has failed, I have nothing to hide. I am Zhang Jingsumo, a fourth-rank military aircraft from the Qing Dynasty's Air Force Department.
Son, all military operations in the Southern Dynasties are planned and directed by me. This failure is not because we are incompetent, but because you are so lucky. Alas, how can we easily do anything to those who can't even do anything to three pigs and dragons?
Let's get rid of it." Su Mo'er shook his head and sighed, then sighed and said: "I'm willing to admit defeat. Mo'er has nothing to say. I just hope that the Marquis can give Mo'er a piece of thin noodles and come to shackle Mo'er himself.
My trip to Jiangnan has been wasted." As he spoke, he threw a dagger in his hand into the water, and then threw several more swords from the fishing boat. It seemed that these Manchu and Qing agents were really about to surrender.
Su Moer's face was indifferent, her thin body stood on the bow of the boat, her clothes were blown by the wind, and she felt indescribably lonely. But Liu Ziguang didn't follow her lead. The Manchu agents were cunning and cunning, and there might be something else.
As for the conspiracy, he shouted: "Everyone come out, take off your clothes, squat down with your hands on your head."
Su Mo'er frowned: "Master Hou, everyone is a spy, why can't you save some face for us?"
"You have such a shitty reputation, if you don't come out, I'll beat you into a hornet's nest!" Liu Ziguang was already impatient.
"Okay, let's do it." Su Mo'er turned around and whispered to the cabin, and then four or five big men walked out of the cabin. They untied their belts and jackets and squatted down with their hands on their heads.
bow.
"Everyone is on alert, go and lock them up with a team of people." Liu Ziguang ordered.
The two speedboats slowly approached, and the crew on the boat nervously aimed their guns at the enemy. When they were about to join forces, there was a loud noise and the fishing boat exploded! Flames shot up into the sky, and waves of air surged.
The fragments of the ship's plank were smashed everywhere. Two ships of Fanzi and a ship of Manchu agents were blown to pieces. Even the airship in the sky was hit. The fragments punctured the air bag, and the boat lost its balance and slowly
It fell, and the surrounding ships also suffered. Many officers and soldiers were hit by fragments, and even Liu Ziguang was knocked back several steps by the air waves.
After the explosion, only corpses and pieces of wood were left on the lake. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder. Unexpectedly, the Manchu and Qing agents were so ruthless that they had to pull a few people on their backs before they died. If Liu Ziguang hadn't been cautious, he might have been killed as well.
It blew up.
Liu Ziguang stared at the lake for a long time, sighed, and ordered the troops to withdraw.
This Manchu spy activity caused a lot of damage to the Ming Dynasty, and the impact was extremely bad. Rishengchang lost a lot of money, and its credibility was also damaged to a certain extent. The dignified British prince actually cooperated closely with the enemy's spies, causing
The Marquise was killed, and the Marquis of Zhenwu and his wife almost fell into the trap of the enemy. The court lost all face. The emperor became furious and ordered Nanchang, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei to retaliate at all costs. In fact, Liu Ziguang did not need an order from the emperor.
He would not let go of these Manchu and Qing spies. Nanchang was a newly established organization that was good at offense but not good at defense. It also lacked sophisticated military advisors. Simple and crude operations were more suitable for them. Liu Ziguang urgently transferred capable troops from his headquarters to go north to fight against the enemy.
There's some trouble happening in Beijing.
The peace negotiation delegation of Fifth Brother and Jiang Xu is still in the capital. In fact, everyone is already well aware of the actions of the Manchus. The delegation is just a cover-up to deceive others. The Manchus have never given up on Jiangnan.
Conquest activities, just as the Ming Dynasty never gave up the idea of regaining the north. Since both sides have no plans to launch a large-scale battle for the time being, they might as well fight on the secret front first.
Although there was such a huge chaos in the capital, the common people did not know about it. They only knew that Marquis Zhenwu punished the dandy British Duke, and that there was another fireworks show at Xuanwu Lake last night. They did not know anything else about the activities of Manchu agents. This is also
Liu Ziguang issued a hush-hush order in order to stabilize the public sentiment. If the people knew that the capital was not a safe place, it would play into the Qing's plan.
The British Duke Zhang Jun and his gang of non-mainstream brothers all met a good end. His death-free gold medal was confiscated by the emperor. Although the charge of conspiracy and treason could be cleared, the charge of making counterfeit banknotes was confirmed, and the Japanese
All the losses caused by Shengchang must be compensated. This is a good thing. The property accumulated by the British public for several generations was destroyed by Zhang Jun. I think the original negotiation with Su Xiaoxiao was 50/50. Now Su Xiaoxiao
There are no bones left, and all the money has been borne by Zhang Jun. How much counterfeit money there is is not a matter of Ri Shengchang's words. Shopkeeper Hu is not as big as a lion, but only added 30% to the actual loss.
This can be regarded as a punishment for Zhang Jun.
The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped. Without the protection of the alchemy and iron scrolls, all the bad things Zhang Jun had done in the past came to the surface. The indictments were handed over to Yingtian Mansion one by one, about how he oppressed good people, raped women, tortured and killed small animals, etc.
Wait, Ying Tianfu didn't dare to accept it, so he reported it to Dali Temple, and Dali Temple didn't dare to take care of it. He reported it to the emperor, and the emperor decreed that the British Duke was demoted to a marquis. Although it seemed that he was only demoted by one rank, everyone knew that from then on,
The old Zhang family was finished and had completely faded away from the upper class society in the capital. As for the boys who often played with Zhang Jun, they were all placed under house arrest. The capital suddenly became much calmer.