Only when he picked it up and held it in his hand did Xiao Chen realize that it was a sword.
It is a little different from ordinary long swords. It has a certain degree of flexibility and can be wrapped around the waist, so you don't have to wear it.
However, this is the residence of the imperial court, and the weapons used are mostly sabers, spears, and crossbows. How can a soft sword that is only used by people in the world be left here?
Could it be said that among the associates of the hundreds of households in Jiangwan, there are also people from the Ming Dynasty?
The imperial army, Japanese pirates, and Jianghu people have completely colluded to bully the people?
Xiao Chen secretly made a decision in his heart.
Whether they are members of the army or people in the Jianghu who collude with the Japanese pirates, their nine tribes must be implicated.
The cultivation of scum requires a certain environment.
And their tribesmen bear unshirkable responsibility for this.
"Sir, can you show your subordinates what you have in your hands?" Zhang Xiaozhong, a householder in the south of the city, came over.
Xiao Chen handed over the soft sword in his hand.
Zhang Xiaozhong held the soft sword and looked at it carefully.
"Sir, this soft sword is Wu Shuisheng's self-defense weapon." Zhang Xiaozhong said.
"Is this the weapon of hundreds of households?" Xiao Chen was startled.
"Yes." Zhang Xiaozhong nodded.
Xiao Chen fell into deep thought again.
If Wu Shuisheng, a hundred households, colluded with Japanese pirates and killed the soldiers in the house, why did they leave their self-defense weapons under the wall?
on purpose?
Xiao Chen shook his head.
There is no reason to intentionally leave a self-defense weapon behind.
Thinking of the deliberately arranged scene in Baihu's room, Xiao Chen couldn't help but have another hypothesis in his mind.
The person who created the scene was not Baihu himself.
If this is the case, then the other party must have already known about Dongchang's arrival, and this scene was specially arranged for him to see.
Deliberately creating the illusion that hundreds of families were killed and silenced, and then fled in a hurry.
This made him believe that he was the real person who had contact with the Japanese pirates.
Let yourself no longer believe in all the information related to Japanese pirates provided by hundreds of households in Jiangwan, and let those real "traitors" escape.
Such a lot of effort was put into it, and the person responsible for the layout didn't know the slightest bit about Dongchang.
This person is from the Ming Dynasty.
"Half of the people will deal with these corpses, while the other people will go outside and search the nearby forests, rivers, and ditches." Xiao Chen shouted loudly.
An hour later, Captain Dongchang found Wu Shuisheng in a weeds half a mile away from Jiangwan.
Lying quietly on the ground, there was a stab wound on his neck, which was almost severed.
His whole body was stiff and he was no longer breathing.
Zhang Xiaozhong glanced at the Ming Dynasty Baihu uniform that was exactly the same as his own, and turned around.
There was endless sadness and burning anger on his face.
A man of hundreds of families who cared about the people and was loyal to the court was killed and his body dumped.
The scene must be arranged carefully and dirty water poured all over the body.
Is it already so difficult to not want to be complicit and just want to follow the principles I should follow and do something for the people?
"Carry Wu Baihu's body back." Xiao Chen slowly closed his eyes.
Japanese pirates must be completely eradicated.
The spies hiding in the Ming army must also be uncovered and severely punished.
These soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country should be treated with courtesy.
We cannot let those truly loyal and brave men bleed and shed tears, and we cannot let them feel cold.
At dawn, both Tang Xing, the commander of the Songmen Guards, and the military attachés from the Thousand Households and Hundred Households under his subordinates all received orders from Dongchang asking them to go to Jiangwan Station immediately.
How could everyone dare to be lazy? After a brief explanation, they hurried away.
By the time Tang Xing, the commander of Songmen Guards, arrived, the beach defended by Jiangwan was already crowded with people.
The corpses of more than a hundred soldiers were divided into three rows and neatly placed on the beach.
In the front, there was a small bed, and on it lay Wu Shuisheng, a member of the 100th household in Jiangwan, whose face had turned black.
Next to the small bed, leaning against his self-defense weapon: the soft sword that was taken away and thrown away by the enemy.
There is also a half-man tall fire gun, together with his favorite crossbow.
Three hundred heavily armed Dongchang Shenji Commanders solemnly surrounded all the corpses, and no one was allowed to get close.
Xiao Chen put his hands behind his back and looked at the sea in the distance without saying a word.
In the entire scene, except for the sound of waves hitting the rocks, no one dared to make a sound.
"Lord Ziyi, what is going on?" Commander Tang Xing looked at the corpses on the ground and approached them nervously.
"Last night, Jiangwan was attacked and everyone was killed." Xiao Chen said coldly.
Xiao Chen was sympathetic to Tang Xing being sidelined at first.
But after what happened, Xiao Chen began to despise Tang Xing's incompetence.
Since you can't control these thousands of households under your command, then you should consciously give up the position of commander.
Let the imperial court arrange for people who can truly control a guard station to serve as commanders.
Taking the food and salary given by the imperial court to the commander of the guards, he occupied the position of the commander of the guards, but he could not do what a commander of the guards should do, and the management of Songmen Guards was in a mess.
Such a person is not worthy of continuing to serve as the commander of the Songmen Guards.
"Who did it?" Tang Xing asked eagerly.
Xiao Chen snorted coldly: "Is Jiangwan Institute affiliated to Dongchang?"
Tang Xing was startled, with an embarrassment on his face: "Jiangwan Institute belongs to me, Songmen Guards."
"As the commander of the Songmen Guards, your Jiangwan Station was attacked and all the officers and soldiers of the station were killed. If I hadn't informed you now, would you have known about it in a few days?" There was no expression on Xiao Chen's face.
.
But when he heard it in Tang Xing's ears, it was like a huge mountain on his back, making him feel suffocated.
He clasped his hands and saluted hastily: "This official made an oversight, please punish me."
Ignoring Tang Xing, Xiao Chen looked at the thousands and hundreds of households standing solemnly around him.
"Do you know why the Jiangwan Institute was ambushed? Why was there no one left alive?" Xiao Chen said coldly.
Everyone lowered their heads.
After arriving here, everyone realized that Jiangwansuo no longer existed.
As for why they were ambushed and why they were killed, how could anyone know?
"Because Jiangwan Station is loyal to its duties and knows what it should do as the coastal defense station of the imperial court. As long as it is within its own defense range, Jiangwan Station will never allow a Japanese pirate to appear here." Xiao Chen said loudly.
After looking at the crowd, Xiao Chen added: "The actions of Jiangwan Institute have prevented the Japanese pirates from succeeding in their purpose of invading local fishermen and cut off their financial resources. Therefore, Jiangwan Institute has become a thorn in the side of the Japanese pirates and a thorn in their flesh."
.Last night, the Japanese pirates, led by the 'running dogs' they had trained with money, took advantage of Jiangwan's rest time to conduct a sneak attack."
"One hundred and thirteen soldiers from the Jiangwan Division were all martyred for their country. Hundreds of Wu Shui students were thrown into the ditch."
Xiao Chen turned back, raised his right arm and pointed at the neatly arranged corpses: "In the face of these loyal and brave men, you have lost thousands of people, and not even a single Japanese pirate was left behind. Do you feel guilty in your heart?"
"All those who died in Jiangwan didn't leave a single Japanese pirate alive." An untimely voice sounded quietly among the crowd.
Xiao Chen's calm face suddenly turned cold, and his eyes were like sharp swords, directed at the source of the sound.
"There was not a single Japanese pirate left in the Jiangwan Institute, and hundreds of households in the Jiangwan Institute were thrown into the ditch. But the brutal fighting scene in the barracks left behind broken arms that did not belong to our Jiangwan Institute soldiers.
Broken legs. I dare not say that the soldiers of Jiangwan Institute killed many Japanese pirates, but their bodies were collected by other Japanese pirates. But the soldiers of Jiangwan Institute would rather die than surrender and left their bodies in the Ming Dynasty.
on the land.”
"Have anyone seen the bodies of the thousands of soldiers who were lost before? Even if it is just a piece of clothing floating in the sea, I admit that they sacrificed their lives for the country."
"I don't want to say that they have surrendered to the enemy and betrayed the country. This is something that I personally and the court do not want to see. But the Japanese pirates are becoming more and more familiar with our coastal defense fortifications. They always take advantage of our patrols to rob our country.
Common people, I have to suspect that the Japanese pirates have mastered all our coastal defense strategies."
Everyone, no one dared to say a word.
"Today, I invite you all to see off the soldiers of Jiangwan Institute." Xiao Chen said.
Hearing this, everyone hurriedly bowed towards the corpses on the beach.
"Kneel down, everyone, kneel down."
Xiao Chen gave a stern scolding and took the lead to kneel on the beach.
The sea breeze blows, and flocks of seabirds circle on the beach.
What came out of his mouth were actually shrill screams.
