Chapter 889 Clues
"Marty, a boat appears on the sea!" A guard slipped down from a rock next to him and said.
Chen Xu took out his telescope, pulled open the lens barrel and walked slowly across the sea and sky junction. Sure enough, he saw a few small black dots shaking in the waves. After more than ten minutes, he could see very clearly.
"What should I do with the Marquis? There is no chance to start now!" The guard leader asked in a low voice.
"No hurry. The ships in the shipyard have not been fully built yet. They will wait until autumn before going out to sea. I will wait and see if I have the opportunity to catch a few alchemists and ask!"
A group of people continued to hide at the foot of the mountain not far from the bay to watch. About half an hour later, three equally old ships slowly sailed into the bay, drew their anchors, and then several people walked out of the cabin and stood at the bow.
"Huangshi Gong?" Chen Xu saw through the telescope a gray-bearded old man standing at the bow of the boat. He couldn't help but twitch his face in surprise for a few times.
"Marty, who is Huang Shigong?" Xiao He asked in a low voice.
"Huangshi Gong's real name is Huang Tingjing. I don't know its origin. I heard that he is a contemporary Mohist master. How could he get these alchemists together..."
Chen Xu held up the telescope and carefully observed Huang Shigong's every move. At the same time, he thought about it repeatedly in his heart, and then suddenly shook his face and realized it.
Your mother drank a gourd, it turned out that this old bastard was making trouble behind her.
At this time, he finally knew why Hou Sheng wanted to harm him. It was very likely that after meeting Huang Shigong in Xia Pi, he guessed that Chen Xu was the person with Chi Songzi's apprentice Yu Wuya, so he provoked Hou to frame him.
Because it was rumored at that time that the disciples of Taiyi Immortal Lord were protected by Liezi's disciples, and Chi Songzi also vaguely revealed Chen Xu's identity after leaving. Although it was not stated clearly, it was not difficult for people like Huangshi Gong who were sophisticated, it was not difficult to infer Chen Xu's identity.
But Huangshi Gong was a great man from the Mo family and also came on a sea boat, but Chen Xu couldn't understand why the two groups of people were mixed together.
On the beach, several people wearing Taoist robes and buns boarded the Huangshigong's big ship. Several people stood at the bow and talked. During this period, they seemed to have a quarrel, but they soon entered the cabin.
After half an hour, the time was approaching Si. The coal and iron on the beach were basically loaded. Several alchemists got off the ship and boarded the three large ships loaded with cargo. A large number of ship workers and alchemists also boarded the ship. The three large ships quickly untied their cables and set sail to the depths of the sea. The three large ships that came with Huangshigong also sailed out of the bay and turned toward the southeast Langya.
The lively bay became quiet in an instant, and many fishermen who helped transport goods packed their belongings and drove away in small boats, leaving only more than a dozen people.
"Mr. Marquis, you can do it!" the head of the guard whispered.
"Well, take people down, don't get out of one, the rebels will kill them on the spot!" Chen Xu put away his telescope.
"Here~" the guard leader hugged his fists and took the order away. Soon more than twenty guards scattered among the reefs and thorns slowly approached the beach.
Under the observation of Chen Xu and others, for almost a moment, the group of guards had formed an encirclement to surround more than a dozen people left on the beach. Then, with the command of the guard leader, a group of guards pulled out their swords and rushed out, and kicked them to the ground when they saw someone. Some of them wanted to resist and were directly chopped to the ground. After a few terrified wails and screams, more than a dozen people left were dragged together by a group of guards and knelt on the beach.
While a group of guards took action, Chen Xu also took Xiao He, Jiang and Chuxing and others out of their hiding place to walk towards the beach.
Because I can see that what is left is a group of ordinary people, who do not seem to have particularly advanced martial arts.
"Mr. Marquis, you have all caught them and injured three!" The guard leader stepped forward to report.
"Yeah!" Chen Xu nodded and walked to one of the thin black men wearing shorts with his arms still bleeding, stared at him for a few glances and said, "Are you Mo Tu?"
"Yes, you... who are you?" Mo Tu looked at Chen Xu and others with his arms in horror.
"Tell me why you are carrying these coal and iron for, and where are the girls you caught?"
"These are all materials prepared by the emperor's orders for use in going to sea..."
"Fart!" Chen Xu kicked the mob to the ground with a kick. "The emperor ordered the preparation of food, clothing and boys and girls, to build a large ship for the alchemists to go out to sea to find the fairy grass of the sacred mountain. When did he order the arrest of civilian women and the preparation of these coal stone and steel, let him explain it well, otherwise he would cut you into eight pieces and throw them into the sea to feed the fish!"
"Speak quickly!" A guard put a bright steel knife on Mo Tu's neck.
"Don't kill me, I say...I say..." Mo Tu became timid in an instant, laying on the ground with a pale face and sticking out his butt, "These coal and iron were prepared by the giants and will be transported to a deserted island a hundred miles away from the coast. The captured little ladies were also transported to that deserted island!"
"The emperor only ordered the alchemists to go to sea. Why did your Mo family get involved with them?" Chen Xu asked with a frown.
"I don't know this. I was just a idle man nearby. Because I was familiar with the situation near Laoshan, Juzi accepted me into the Mo family and helped them find out the news in Langya County. I did... I really didn't know why, so please spare my life!" Mo Tu kowtowed like pounding garlic, and his nose and tears flowed all over the floor. I don't know if it was scared or hurt.
"Do you know these alchemists, Hou Sheng, Lu Sheng, Han Zhong, and where are they now?"
"Han Gong and Lu were still here just now. Those little ladies were asked by Mr. Han to help us arrest and purchase. I haven't seen Mr. Hou for almost a year, but I heard that he was injured by Taiyi Divine Thunder more than 20 days ago, and he might have been hiding in Laoshan to recuperate..."
"Taiyi Divine Thunder?" Chen Xu was stunned and then his face changed drastically. He grabbed Mo Tu's hair and lifted him up and asked anxiously: "You heard it right, is it really Taiyi Divine Thunder?"
Mo Tu nodded in horror and shook his head, "I... I just heard that, I don't know whether it is true or not."
Chen Xu loosened his hand and threw Mo Tu on the ground and said, "Term these people separately to see if anyone knows the whereabouts of Duke Hou and the Taiyi Divine Thunder, is it true or false?"
"Here~" A group of guards quickly dragged the group of people to different places to inquire. After more than ten minutes, they returned to report one after another, but the situation they got was similar to what the injured Mo Tu said. These people were not the core disciples of the Mo family, all of them were gangsters from the surrounding towns and villages near Laoshan and even in the surrounding towns. They only had one and a half years to join the Mo family. They usually helped to inquire about some information near the East China Sea. As for other matters about the Mo family, Hou Sheng and others, they basically didn't know about it.
"Mr. Marquis, since these people are familiar with the situation near Laoshan, why not let them take them to the places where Hou Sheng and others hide?" Xiao He reminded.
"Yes, it seems that's the only one!" Chen Xu nodded with a serious expression, and ordered the guards to apply hemostatic powder on the three hands and then briefly bandage them, and then escorted the group of people out of the bay.
If Hou Sheng was really injured by Taiyi Divine Thunder, then only two people could do it, one was Yu Wuya and the other was Xia Zijin, because only the two of them had grenades. According to the situation, the biggest possibility was Yu Wuya, and Yu Wuya was very likely to be with Shui Qingrou.
Through Chen Xu's understanding of Shui Lu, although she is as gentle as water, she is strong and decisive in character. She also has sufficient reasons to assassinate Hou Sheng, because she knew that the mastermind behind the scenes who used the Five Poisons Shuhun Water to frame Chen Xu was Hou Sheng. Although she left herself without saying goodbye, she might chase Hou Sheng all over the world to avenge herself.
When Chen Xu thought that Shui Qingrou might be in Langya, he was a little panicked instantly.
If it were just a group of ordinary Fangdao warlocks, there would be no danger with the skills of Shui Qingrou and Yu Wuya, but it would be hard to say if Huangshi Gong also got involved. Huangshi Gong's martial arts are almost unpredictable. Yu Wuya is almost powerless under his command, and even Yi and A are completely unable to compete. If Chi Songzi had not arrived in Xia Pi last time, I would probably have been easily pinched to death by Huangshi Gong one by one.
Led by a group of motus, wandering around the lush Laoshan Mountain for nearly two hours. The sun had almost set in the west. Chen Xu and others arrived in another huge bay on the coast of Laoshan. However, after arriving, the bay was in a mess. Apart from the wooden sheds and stone stoves and grasses all over the beach, there was no one left. However, according to the traces left on the scene, at least hundreds or thousands of people had lived here for a long time, with feces and discarded birds, beasts and fish bones everywhere, and even the helmets of shrimps and crabs.
"Marty, there are signs of fighting here!"
While Chen Xu was standing on the beach, holding a telescope to look at the sea, a guard shouted from a distance. Chen Xu rushed over and there were traces of swords and chopping on several reefs.
"Look carefully nearby to see if there are any iron bullets and iron pieces?" Chen Xu immediately ordered after seeing it, and a group of guards, Xiao He and Liu Bang and others quickly spread around to search.
"Mr. Marquis, come and see. I found a piece of iron here!" As expected, a few minutes later, twenty feet apart, a guard shouted loudly. A group of people rushed forward and saw a guard taking out a piece of iron half an inch size from the gap under a reef. It was already rusted, but it could be seen that it was still very sharp.
Chen Xu took the iron piece and looked around with a look. He soon found traces of collapse on another reef not far away. It should be the wound caused by the iron bomb exploded by the grenade.
A group of people searched carefully nearby again and soon found several iron sheets of rusty fingernails and mung bean-sized iron bombs. However, because the waves had been washed away by heavy rain for nearly a month, there were basically no traces of the grenade explosion. Even if someone died or injured at that time, they had already been washed away by the sea and rain.
But it is enough to have these iron sheets and iron bullets.
At least one of Yu Wuya and Xia Zijin has been here before.
Among them, the possibility of Yu Wuya is more than 90%, and the possibility of Shui Qingru following him is also more than 90%.
"Drag those mobs here!" Chen Xu ordered with a cold face.
Soon, more than a dozen Mo Tu, who were terrified like quails, knelt on the beach in front of Chen Xu with trembling all over his body.
"Say, who do you know where the people here have gone?" Chen Xu asked sternly.
"No...I don't know!" The group of mobsters shook their heads.
"Do you know where the island that transports coal iron and girls is?" Chen Xu asked again.
A group of mobsters still shook their heads tremblingly.
"Mr. Marquis, these people are just a group of slaves under Duke Huangshi. If you can't ask what the situation is. In fact, to find out the whereabouts of Duke Huangshi, Hou Sheng and others, it is best to go to the shipyard to wait. Since they are going to go to sea, they must wait until all the big ships are built..." Xiao He bowed and said.
"You're right, go, hurry up and go to Langya again!" Chen Xu turned around and left.
"Marty, what should we do with these guys?" the guard leader chased after him and asked.
"Kill!" Chen Xu said coldly.
"Give me your life~" More than a dozen Mopus were scared and all lay on the ground and kowtowed and begged like pounding garlic.
Resistance is impossible. More than twenty strong men around him holding sharp blades, tiger backs and bears waists are eyeing him. Before he can get up, he will be killed on the beach with one knife or two pieces, and then he will throw gods into the sea and can't find them. Besides, they have not done such things before.
There are now all over the Qin Dynasty. If you haven’t killed a few people, you’re embarrassed to say that you are a knight.
In this era when people's lives are like grass, it is normal to die.
As for the law, it is indeed strict, but the purpose is not to target these raiders who cannot control at all, but to target honest and unfamiliar common people.
The more honest the person is, the more bullied he is. This is the common characteristic of all animals and humans. Those who are good at socializing are gangsters, and big gangsters don’t care about the law at all. Moreover, in this primitive and barbaric era, the government cannot manage it even if they want to. If they are caught, they will naturally be cut off or sent to Mount Li to build a tomb, but 90% of them cannot be caught.
This is what Chen Xu knows about Daqin at the moment.
This time I went out and saw it all the way.
People like Xiao He and Liu Bang who were born pretty well are local gangster leaders, and it is common to gather crowds to fight. However, no one dares to provoke the gentry like the Xiang family in the local area, and the law is incompatible with their horoscopes.
(Note: Book friends can check the information of the Qin and Han dynasties when they have time. They know that old guests are not nonsense. The Qin and Han dynasties are everywhere, and the Han dynasties is actually a great force that promotes the final collapse of the Qin Dynasty. The Ji Bu Jixin brothers mentioned above, Ying Bu, and the Jing Ke in the previous assassins. The rise of the wanderer during the Western Zhou Dynasty and by the Qin and Han dynasties, it has become a class of people. Sima Qian even listed the legend of the golfers separately in the Records of the Grand Historian, fully affirming the "heroes of common people", "heroes of the countryside", and praising them for their words.
Trust, one will do what one has done, one will be sincere, one will not love one's body, one will suffer the trouble of the soldiers... not be proud of their abilities, not attack their virtues" and other noble qualities. However, in the eyes of the disciples of the Legalists, these traitors who are not punished by sins. The heroes who violate the ban with martial arts must be attacked. Therefore, the attack on the raiders also caused these raiders to overthrow the rule of the Qin Dynasty. Many of the famous generals who emerged during the peasant uprising at the end of the Qin Dynasty were the raiders, because these people had a great influence among the people and were very large, and they could easily summon a group of people to rebel.)
"Marty, these people are just being used by Huangshi Gong, and it is useless to kill them. What's more, we are going to Langya to explore the shipyard. Perhaps these people are still useful!" Liu Bang, who had never spoken, suddenly stood up and clasped his fists and said.
"Yes, this master is right. We join the Mo family just to ask for a stable meal. We have never done anything evil. We also asked the young man to spare our life. We have been to Langya Shipyard, so we can help us find out the news!" A group of Mo disciples all lay on the ground and begged.
"Marty, it may be of some use to stay!" Xiao He and Cao Shen also whispered.
Chapter completed!