I have long heard that there are many Dahua gangsters among the Japanese.
These people associate with foreigners and work together in collusion, and everyone hates them deeply.
Xia Shang was naturally full of hatred for such people. When he heard Xiao Bing's words, his first reaction was that it was not a pity for these people to die.
But after following the soldiers to an open space a hundred meters away from the fire pit that was monitored by more than a dozen soldiers, the person who appeared in front of him was somewhat beyond Xia Shang's expectations.
There are more than thirty people here. Although the physical characteristics of the Japanese and the Chinese are not much different, it can be seen from some subtle differences that these people are all Chinese.
And everyone had serious injuries.
Some had broken hands, some had broken legs, some seemed to be seriously ill, and some were even dying.
Although they all look kind-hearted and look like a group of extremely vicious gangsters, their current appearance is indeed a bit pitiful.
Unexpectedly, the group of people Acheng mentioned that he didn't know how to deal with were like this. Xia Shang was a little stunned when he saw it.
The surrounding soldiers recognized Xia Shang and saluted him one after another.
The group of wounded soldiers in front of them were still in a state of chaos. When they saw the soldiers around them saluting Xia Shang, they all knew that the young man who came here must have a good identity.
Some of them who reacted quickly immediately made a move. They knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing: "Sir, have mercy on me, my lord, have mercy on me! We are all forced. We are Chinese, not Japanese pirates. It is Japanese pirates who force us to do bad things."
When one person made a voice, others also followed suit. They all knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Your Majesty, please take this as a warning! Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
"We are all wronged."
Various pleas for mercy continued, and the contents were mostly the same.
Xia Shang showed no expression, and his sympathy would not overflow until he understood the true situation of the matter.
"What exactly is going on?" Xia Shang looked at Ah Cheng.
Ah Cheng was also a little embarrassed: "Sir, we don't know exactly what happened. This group of people was like this when they were sent here. Everyone has injuries and they are all people who have lost their combat effectiveness. Oh, by the way.
, there is also a Japanese woman among them."
"Japanese woman?"
Ah Cheng glanced at Xia Shang, and there seemed to be something special in his eyes.
Xia Shang was curious:
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Ah Cheng was speechless and didn't know how to answer. He thought to himself that Mr. Xia really lit up when he heard the word "woman".
Xia Shang came to the army not long ago, and the only thing the officers and soldiers knew about this young senior official in the capital was that he would never lack women by his side, and he would never let a woman go.
Ah Cheng was silent for a while: "Sir, you will know after reading it."
The conversation between Ah Cheng and Xia Shang was heard by this group of injured people, and they all suddenly became nervous. Although most of them had difficulty moving, they all gathered together with difficulty, as if they were protecting something.
Ah Cheng was leading the way for Xia Shang. When he saw this group of people gathered together, he immediately frowned: "Get out of the way!"
"You...what do you want to do?" a wounded man asked nervously.
"It's your turn to ask more questions? Do you still want to die?" Ah Cheng said in a bad tone and turned around to signal to the two officers and soldiers next to him.
Two officers and soldiers immediately came up with swords in hand.
At this time, the atmosphere became very tense. Someone among the wounded shouted: "Protect Sakura Girl!"
After this sound, everyone gathered tighter.
Unexpectedly, a group of injured people who had kneeled down to beg for mercy in order to survive would actually appear to be willing to give up their lives for some "Sakura Girl".
"Everyone stop it." Xia Shang raised his hand to stop the officers and soldiers from approaching any further. He walked in front of the crowd and glanced at the crowd. He couldn't tell that there was a woman hiding behind these people.
"The Sakura girl you talk about seems to be very special. Who is she? She is finally going to be revealed."
"Don't even think about hurting Miss Sakura!" A man glared fiercely at Xia Shang.
Xia Shang smiled: "With your current appearance, can you really protect anyone?"
"Even so, if you want to harm Miss Sakura, we will fight you tooth and nail."
"Sakura girl... There are no cherry blossoms in Dahua. I guess this cherry blossom girl is from Japan, right?"
"So what? Miss Sakura saved our lives, but I won't repay her even if I die."
"You are Chinese, but now you are desperately protecting a Japanese. Don't you know the various crimes committed by Japanese pirates in Dahua?"
"This has nothing to do with Miss Sakura. If you have anything, just come to us."
Ah Cheng was very angry when he heard this: "You guys who eat everything inside and outside are really poisoned by the Japanese! Sir, there is no need for such people to stay in the world. It's better to kill them all and throw them into the fire pit and burn them together."
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Xia Shang waved his hand to signal him not to interrupt, then looked at the crowd and raised his voice: "Girl inside, if you are really the irrelevant person they say, there is no need to hide like this. I, Dahua,
We always work with clear lines of grudges, and if the Japanese pirates' crimes have nothing to do with the girl, we will definitely ensure her safety."
After Xia Shang finished speaking, there was some commotion among the crowd. After a while, a girl with simple clothes but young appearance stood up.
This girl was wearing the simple clothes of the Chinese people. From top to bottom, there was no trace of Japanese characteristics. If you met her in another place, you would definitely think of her as an ordinary farm girl.
However, this girl has thin skin and tender flesh, extremely delicate facial features, and an excellent appearance, which is not something that ordinary farm girls can have, especially her long black and bright hair that is spread down her sides like a waterfall, making the whole person
Her temperament has become much nobler. There is also a delicate wooden box hanging on her body, which is edged with iron sheets and engraved with patterns all over. She has been holding it tightly in her arms, showing that she cares about it very much.
"They...are injured...don't..." The girl was very nervous and stammered when she spoke, but her Chinese was not smooth, and she finally had a somewhat foreign flavor.
Xia Shang looked at the other person up and down several times, then took a few steps forward.
As if sensing Xia Shang's aura, the girl was so frightened that she took a few steps back.
"who are you?"
"doctor."
"Doctor?" Xia Shang looked suspicious.
The girl shrank and carefully brought the iron box in her arms to Xia Shang.
Separated by a layer of wooden boards, the strong smell of medicine still wafted out of the box, as if she was proving her identity.
Xia Shang did not go into details and continued to ask: "You are the cherry blossom girl they call you."
The girl nodded, and then looked for something in her sleeves carefully.
After a while, she took out a small handkerchief, and when she opened it, there was a simple cherry blossom specimen inside.
Girl Sakura held the specimen seriously in her palms and sent it to Xia Shang with both hands: "To you, my friend from afar."