"Master Lin, I have answered your question. Now you should keep your promise and let me go. The officers and soldiers are approaching. If you don't let me go, I won't be able to leave," Xu Xing shouted.
Lin Jue frowned and said, "I have another question that I need you to tell me. If you answer this question, I will naturally let you go."
Xu Xing frowned and said, "Why are you still asking? If you want to ask, hurry up."
Lin Jue nodded and said: "Lin Ke is your man and provides you with money and materials. I believe you are right about this. But I found a lot of kerosene, armor, weapons, etc. in your underground warehouse that are strictly controlled by the court.
It is impossible for the eldest son to obtain these supplies. You will never be able to rob ships at sea to rob such important supplies. Someone else must buy them for you. Tell me who helped you get them.
These supplies.”
Xu Xing sneered and said, "Mr. Lin, I can't answer your question."
Gao Muqing said coldly: "Then I'll kill you."
Xu Xing spread his hands and said: "It's useless for you to kill me. It's not that I don't want to answer you, but... I don't know who this person is. There is only one person who knows about the whole thing, and that is Hai Dongqing. He doesn't know
Who to contact and exchange silver for these things is extremely secretive. We send people to receive a small batch of these materials from the northern island every October. We don’t know where they come from or who transports them.
.Hai Dongqing personally handled this matter, and he didn’t tell anyone, including me.”
Lin Jue frowned and said, "How is that possible? Aren't you the person he values the most? How could he hide it from you?"
Xu Xing smiled bitterly and said: "Haha, you think so highly of me. If I was the person he valued most, how could he leave me and run away? What he values most is just himself. Daily affairs and some secrets in the cottage
It is true that I know the most about the matter, but I know nothing about this matter. At first, I only asked one more question, and he scolded me severely. I really didn’t know, I swear to God. If I
I knew it and kept silent, so I was stabbed to death by a hundred swords."
Lin Jue frowned and said nothing. This matter is actually more important than the identity of the internal agent. Because the identity of the person who can provide Haidongqing with fire oil, weapons, armor and other combat materials must be very high. If such a person is not found out
, the harm will be greater. But it seems that nothing can be asked from Xu Xing's mouth. Maybe it's not that he doesn't know, but that the matter is too important, and he refuses to talk about it even to death.
"Can I leave?" Xu Xing asked hurriedly as the shouts of killing from the surrounding officers and soldiers got closer and closer.
Lin Jue smiled and said nothing.
"You shouldn't break your word, right? If you break your promise, you are worse than an animal. You also swore a poisonous oath, and you will be punished by God." Xu Xing gritted his teeth.
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Since I have sworn an oath, of course I must abide by it. You can go, I will spare you."
Xu Xing was overjoyed. He bared his teeth and smiled, cupping his hands and saying, "Young Master Lin is indeed a good person. He keeps his word, and Xu admires him very much. Well, the mountains will not change and the water will flow forever. Young Master Lin, the leader of Gao Dazhai, we will meet again later."
"
After Xu Xing said that, he turned around and ran towards the cliff. Suddenly Gao Muqing shouted: "Stop."
Xu Xing turned around and said in astonishment: "What? Do you have any other instructions?"
Gao Muqing slowly approached with a knife in hand, his expression gloomy.
"You...you can't break your promise, Lin Jue swore an oath." Xu Xing screamed in fright.
"He swore an oath, but I didn't. He spared you, but I didn't say I would spare you." Gao Muqing said coldly.
"...You...you are acting like a villain. Damn it, I have been fooled by you." Xu Xing was shocked, turned around and ran towards the edge of the cliff.
Gao Muqing jumped up to catch up and scolded: "Aren't you a danger to the world if you are alive? Even if I swear, I will kill you."
The sword flashed, and a long gash was opened in Xu Xing's back from his shoulder to his waist and ribs. Xu Xing screamed and fell to the ground. Gao Muqing swung the sword again, and blood spurted out from the back of Xu Xing's neck, and his neck was slashed.
Most of it was broken off. Gao Muqing flew up and kicked his body off the cliff. After a burst of rocks rolled down, there was a dull sound of the body falling on the rocks below.
"But I can't keep you. You know that there is a bandit in my husband's family. It would be a disaster to keep you." Gao Muqing wiped the blood on the knife on the grass and scolded in a low voice.
Lin Jue came over, reached out and grabbed Gao Muqing's hand, and squeezed it gently.
"Did I do the right thing?" Gao Muqing asked.
"You did the right thing. If you don't kill him, I won't let him go. This man can't be kept. He knows about Lin Ke's involvement in bandits, how can he be kept here."
"I know, I know. I understood it when you refused to take him to see the magistrate and the others just now. You told me that you suspected Lin Ke of being a bandit, how could you make this matter public? So I made up my mind.
When you finish asking questions, you will kill him."
Lin Jue put his arm around Gao Muqing's shoulders, shook it, and said with a smile: "Mu Qing is much more considerate now."
"That's natural. As a wife of the Lin family, how can I not be smarter? Otherwise, my husband will dislike me." Gao Muqing said with a smile.
Lin Jue laughed loudly and said, "How could I dislike you?"
Gao Muqing smiled and said: "My husband swore a poisonous oath not to do anything. If there is really a divine punishment, I will bear it."
Lin Jue smiled and shook his head and said: "There is no such thing as divine punishment. If there really is a God, they are also blind people. Otherwise, how could they let go of the many injustices in the world and the unpunishment of many evil people. The oath is actually to do
What cannot be counted is proven by actions.”
"Yes, God is blind. Maybe he is deaf. In short, he is unreliable."
Lin Jue smiled for a moment, but then frowned and sighed: "This matter will be very difficult. Even if Xu Xing is killed, the fact that someone in my Lin family is a bandit will sooner or later become known. Anyone who knows this matter
But Xu Xing is definitely not the only one. After this bandit suppression operation, I'm afraid someone will jump over the wall. This matter is a huge hidden danger after all. If Lin Ke's conspiracy with the bandits is exposed, we will all be ruined. No matter how great the credit is, it will be difficult to
Cancel this sin."
Gao Muqing nodded slowly and said: "That's right. It's no small matter to have bandits working together. This matter is really difficult."
"This Xu Xing seems to be smart, but in fact he is very stupid. He knew that there was a bandit in our Lin family, but he told us about it. Isn't this asking for his own death? If one more person knows about this, he will be more interested in my Lin family.
The points are unfavorable.”
"Perhaps he just thinks that he is not the only one who knows about this, so he is not afraid of this." Gao Muqing said softly.
Lin Jue shook his head and said: "That's all, let's think about this later. We should go and meet with Commander Song, the young prince of Yan Prefecture, and they are going to meet up. I didn't expect that you and I would still be alive to see them. Haha, it's really a big deal.
good fortune."
Gao Muqing smiled and said: "Yes, we survived. Husband, I am so happy. Although this trip is dangerous, it has gained a lot for me. We don't have to die. From now on, I don't have to be a bandit."
, staying by your side to serve you, to be your husband and raise your children, just thinking about it makes me happy."
Lin Jue smiled and nodded, then put his arms around her.
…
The battle to eliminate the pirates ended temporarily after nightfall. The island was densely forested and the valleys were deep, which was not conducive to fighting at night. Moreover, a large number of pirates were annihilated or captured, and only five or six hundred people escaped. At this time of wind and rain and rough seas
, they actually have nowhere to escape, there is no need to rush to hunt them down, just wait until dawn tomorrow and then slowly hunt them down.
The Juyi Hall of the pirates became the command center of the Ning Navy. In addition to the soldiers and horses guarding various docks, thousands of Ning Navy soldiers and horses gathered here to rest and recuperate. For several days, the sea was unstable, the wind and rain invaded, and the continuous
The battles have exhausted everyone. At this time, they can finally take a good rest, dry the wet clothes on their bodies, and refill their empty stomachs with hot food to restore their exhausted body.
physical strength.
The lights in the Juyi Hall were brightly lit, and dozens of chairs for pirate leaders were now used as banquet seats. A simple but grand banquet was being held. When Lin Jue and Gao Muqing rounded up with the officers and soldiers, they immediately rescued the people in the water prison.
More than 20 people brought from Guishan Island. And these people who had survived the desperate situation now became the guests of honor at the banquet. Together with Lin Jue, Gao Muqing, they were arranged to sit at the same table as the young prince Yan Zhifu and the two commanders.
position.
The hot food was served, and the atmosphere at the table was very lively. Yan Zhengsheng, who had been talking to Lin Jue endlessly since he met Lin Jue, was now smiling, completely different from his usual stern appearance.
"Master Yan, Mo asked Lin Jue to talk. Didn't you see that he has no energy to speak anymore? Let's start the banquet first." Wang Kai reminded.
Yan Zheng chuckled solemnly and said: "Yes, yes, I am too excited. Lin Jue, are you starving?"
Lin Jue, who had already bathed and changed clothes and looked decent, was indeed very hungry.
"How should I put it? After landing on the island last night, we only ate some dry food, and then we didn't eat anything. From the underground warehouse to escaping, evading pursuit and arrest, where is there still time to eat? It's cold and windy.
It rained a lot. To be honest, I look at the food on the table and want to eat it right away." Lin Jue said with a smile.
"Hahaha." Everyone laughed.
Guo Kun stood up, personally filled a bowl of rice for Lin Jue and handed it to him with a smile: "You're welcome then, come on, come on, have a big bowl first, and then we can talk slowly."
Lin Jue was not polite. He took over and raised his chopsticks and said to Gao Muqing and the more than 20 tortured male and female guards of Guishan Island: "Everyone, eat, you all have worked hard. You are all good."
Lin Jue moved his chopsticks, and Gao Muqing, Liang Qi and others also began to eat. The hall suddenly became quiet. Yan Zhengsu, Guo Kun, Song Yanping, Wang Kai and others all looked at the more than 20 people devouring their food in silence.
Their faces were pale and disheveled because of the torture, and they didn't know what they were feeling in their hearts.
Someone suddenly burst into tears. Lin Jue turned around and saw a female guard of seventeen or eighteen years old sitting next to Gao Muqing.
Gao Muqing hurriedly comforted her and said, "Xiao Rong, what's wrong with you?"
"Master of the Dazhai, we can still live to eat, but Sister Qiu Ju and dozens of brothers are all dead." The little female guard said in tears.
As soon as these words came out, Gao Muqing's eyes turned red. Liang Qi and other people from Guishan Island also looked sad.
"Their deaths are in exchange for our lives. Their deaths are in exchange for Guishan Island Village getting rid of the name of gangsters. Their deaths are meaningful. We remember everything they have done for us and live well."
Just go down." Lin Jue said in a deep voice.
He said solemnly: "Yes, Lin Jue is right. Master Gao Dazhao, maybe I shouldn't call you that anymore, um... Miss Gao, don't worry. I will do my best to solve the problem on Guishan Island for you."
. Let you be naturalized where you are and turn bandits into civilians. All the past mistakes will be wiped out. This matter will be taken care of by me. You have made great achievements this time, and I will also report to the court to ask for rewards for you."
Gao Muqing stood up and saluted: "Thank you so much, Prefect Yan. We don't want any awards. We just want to be ordinary people and live a stable life."
Guo Kun said with a smile: "I will reward you if you deserve it. On behalf of my father, I would like to express my respect for what you have done. My palace will also ask for credit for you. You can rest assured."
Lin Jue smiled and said to himself: The young prince was not willing to lag behind and started fighting with Magistrate Yan. However, this would be beneficial to the matter of Guishan Island. They could argue as long as the matter of Guishan Island could be resolved.
