Chapter 1396 Cleaning

Even though Liu Shang has extremely good professional qualities, he was still inevitably moved after hearing the news. This defense change statement does not seem to be a problem at first, but Liu Shang has just come out of Majiazhuang, so he naturally knows about it.

How weird.

According to the information Liu Shang obtained after arriving in Shandong, Haihan deliberately reduced the size of the local garrison in order to promote the positioning of Majiazhuang as a trade distribution center, so as not to put too much pressure on the Ming merchants coming in and out of the area. Therefore, Haihan was in Majiazhuang.

Zhuang's garrison has always maintained a size of about two platoons, and at most it is only one company.

Only two months ago, when Chen Yixin set up an ambush here to encircle and suppress the assassins sent by the Ming Dynasty, he transferred an army company from Zhifu Island to help. However, after completing the mission, he quickly withdrew from Majiazhuang, leaving the garrison size still at the previous level.

The level of the army he saw in front of him had at least two companies, which had greatly exceeded the normal size of the garrison in Majiazhuang. If it were another time, maybe Liu Shang would not particularly care about such details, but it happened

At this juncture, he couldn't help but wonder if there was something else going on in this defense change.

Of course, he didn't think that these soldiers would show up here because he stuffed a no-brainer report letter into the suggestion box in Majiazhuang last night, not to mention whether the report letter could get Chen Yixin's approval.

Attention, even if the other party is really willing to launch an investigation into this letter, it is unlikely that they would have ordered the deployment of troops from Zhifu Island last night - these two ships of well-dressed soldiers arrived here early in the morning, obviously not early this morning

Just received the order.

This means that Haihan mobilized troops first and reported him later. This is a reasonable timeline. Meeting him here should be just a coincidence. After Liu Shang came to this conclusion in his mind, he relaxed a little.

However, Liu Shang then thought about it. Zeng Xiaowen found him in the cafeteria this morning. Obviously, he did not meet by chance, but came to assign him a task. He will detach himself from Majiazhuang in the shortest possible time and join this army.

Is there any connection with the coming of ?

Liu Shang did not dare to ask the officer he knew about this. He knew that talking too much would lead to mistakes. If this unit arrived at Majiazhuang and the officer mentioned himself a few more words when reporting to Chen Yixin, it might be possible.

It would become a source of trouble. Therefore, although he really wanted to know the real reason why this unit would be transferred to Majiazhuang at this time, he still exercised restraint rationally and did not ask the officer he knew for any relevant information.

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Watching the troops gathering on the pier and marching on foot in an orderly queue toward Majiazhuang, Liu Shang had a complicated mood. Although there was no evidence, his intuition told him that the mobilization of this troops might be related to

These things he has been investigating recently are directly related. Otherwise, he really can't think of any reasonable explanation for why Zeng Xiaowen suddenly removed himself from his job.

The immigration camp... something happened after all! Liu Shang suddenly regretted writing the report letter last night, because it would most likely draw the military's attention to his existence and dig out his true identity. He had no choice.

Explain to the Haihan military why they were able to see through the true identities of the Ming Dynasty spies in the immigration camp. If the military had originally planned to thoroughly investigate the problems in the immigration camp, then your report letter would be the icing on the cake at best and could provide the military with

It's just to reduce the workload of the interrogation. No, maybe it's just superfluous and involves yourself!

If you were not so impulsive last night and thought about it again and did not rush to write a letter to report, you should still receive Zeng Xiaowen's order to leave Majiazhuang early this morning. If you leave cleanly like that, you won't leave too many people behind.

There are so many sequelae. As for the money that Ma Bo forcibly left behind last night, Liu Shang did not take it away at all. If someone finds out about this later, he can withdraw the money immediately and put all the responsibility on Ma Bo.

On the head. In this way, you can basically pick yourself clean and not be implicated by Ma Bo and others.

But unfortunately, there is no regret in the world. Now that everything has been done, Liu Shang has no way to take back the report letter he sent out. The only thing he can do now is to quickly think about how to deal with the good deeds.

Separate yourself from the mess in the immigration camp and don't get involved with Ma Bo and others.

"Everyone who is going back to Zhifu Island, please get on the boat. This ferry has been cancelled. We will take over."

The sailor's greeting came to his ears. Liu Shang came back to his senses and saw that a few people on the shore were walking along the gangplank to the troop ship. He immediately followed them. No matter what, the task at hand was still

You have to complete it first. Staying far away from Majiazhuang at this time can actually increase your safety factor.

After Liu Shang boarded the ship, he looked back at the coast on the deck and saw the Haihan army two miles away. He couldn't help but murmured in a low voice: "I wonder if the higher ups will protect this guy Ma Bo...

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At this time, in Majiazhuang, a few miles away, Ma Bo sneezed loudly, looked up at the gloomy weather, shook his head, and shrank his neck into his sheepskin jacket. Although he had already done what he should do yesterday.

All the things he had done were done, but he still had a very uneasy sleep at night, and his eyes were twitching very hard. Mabo was a very superstitious person, and he thought this sign was extremely bad, so he didn't even pay attention to it early in the morning.

When I had to eat, I went out and burned a few sticks of incense at a local temple a few miles west of Majiazhuang.

Although this earth temple is small, it is said to be extremely efficacious and the incense is pretty good. At this time, Ma Bo was not in the mood to seek unrealistic goals such as high official status, rich salary, glory and wealth, so he could only hope for peace and quiet.

When Ma Bo returned home and had breakfast, he remembered that he had not seen Liu Shang this morning, so he called his servant and asked. He heard that Liu Shang had gone out, so he knew that he had probably gone to the canteen, so he didn't feel anything strange at the moment.

Although he was not very smart, he still had the ability to observe people's emotions. Liu Shang intended to keep a distance from him, so he had naturally noticed it a long time ago. However, the other party did not do anything excessive, so Ma Bo let him go.

If the main messenger behind the situation hadn't asked him to deal with the unstable factor of Liu Shang, he would not have been interested in persuading Liu Shang with a shy face over and over again.

Ma Bo felt very sorry for the money he sent out last night. Apart from keeping Liu Shang away for a few days to facilitate his own affairs, Ma Bo seemed to have no other purpose. Although the money was paid by the boss behind the scenes, it was given to Liu Shang in vain.

He still felt that it was a waste in the hands of an "idle person" like Shang. Moreover, the other party had no interest in accepting the money at all, which made him even more depressed. The trick that he had tried so well before actually had to be blackmailed and threatened to work.

He couldn't help feeling that the officials from Haihan Capital did indeed have a much higher vision.

It's just that this official from the capital didn't look down on the benefits given by Ma Bo because of his high vision. The real reason, not to mention Ma Bo, even the main messenger behind him could not have imagined. Ma Bo only saw this honest official leading him every day.

I led a few helpers to paint slogans outside Zhuangzi, but I never thought that the other party had been quietly investigating the immigration camp and some suspicious elements in the camp through various direct and indirect means these days.

Mabo returned to the immigration camp, asked his men and learned that Liu Shang had not come to pick up the people today, so he decided to wait for him here and give him a few words in person to prevent Liu Shang from forgetting the one-day appointment.

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However, he waited and waited and Liu Shang didn't come. When he was considering whether to go to the office building to inquire, Ma Bo heard some strange sounds coming from outside the house, like many people walking fast, and

The sound of clanking stones stopped unconsciously.

"Are these lazy guys slowing down their work again?" Mabo cursed and put down his tea cup and stood up. In this cold weather, he would rather sit in front of the brazier and doze off instead of working as a supervisor in the cold wind outside. He opened the door.

I walked out, already thinking about how to punish the guy who took the lead in stopping work.

However, the situation that appeared in front of him made Ma Bo freeze at the door. He saw at least hundreds of Haihan soldiers pouring into the immigration camp silently, blocking all the entrances and exits. The expressions of those refugees who were knocking stones were...

Just like him now, he stared at these soldiers with his mouth wide open and at a loss.

Ma Bo noticed that the rifles in the hands of these soldiers had been equipped with shiny bayonets, and there were many militiamen armed with swords, guns and clubs on the periphery, completely isolating the immigration camp from Majiazhuang. He even saw some soldiers in the distance.

The dozen or so Haihan cavalrymen moved slowly in the wilderness, but their eyes were fixed on the immigration camp.

Obviously, this is not a drill, but the military is planning to arrest people in the immigration camp. After Mabo realized this, he couldn't help but feel nervous. He knew the situation in the immigration camp very well. The military had such a big show

The formation, I am afraid that the target to be captured is not an ordinary character.

A serious-looking officer appeared in the immigration camp. Ma Bo hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and said with a smile: "Secretary Zeng, are we going to conduct another temporary inspection today?"

Zeng Xiaowen nodded and said: "Yes, please bring the roster. I want to count the people in the immigration camp."

Why did Ma Bo Xindao call on names as soon as he came? Isn't this deliberately embarrassing me? However, he did not dare to offend Zeng Xiaowen. The relationship between the other party and Chen Yixin was much closer than that of his cheap brother-in-law, so he had to lower his voice and said: "

Secretary Zeng, it’s freezing outside, why don’t you take a break in the room and have a cup of hot tea first? Just leave the roll call to me."

The expression on Zeng Xiaowen's face did not change at all, and he did not pay attention to Ma Bo's words. He just said coldly: "Roster!"

Mabo didn't dare to fight with him anymore, so he had to ask his men to go inside and take out the refugee roster. However, he didn't panic much, and the other party might not be able to tell that there was something fishy in the immigration camp. Even if he noticed something was going on through the roll call,

One might not have imagined that there might be something bigger hidden in the vacant registration situation. If there were just some vacant registrations, that would be a charge of "poor management" at most. Zeng Xiaowen would have to take into account the relationship between Chen Yixin and the Ma family. It was impossible.

Get yourself a hat of corruption or something and put it on.

The only thing that made him uneasy was how Zeng Xiaowen could bring so many soldiers to conduct an inspection. This was not consistent with common sense. You must know that in the past, when the military came for inspection, there were usually no more than ten guards, including the accompanying guards.

Please go inside and have a cup of tea, and you can get by with some benefits, but today Zeng Xiaowen's attitude is obviously much tougher, which makes Ma Bo smell a hint of danger.

But as the supervisor of the immigration camp, he could not leave at this time. He could only stand behind Zeng Xiaowen and watch the soldiers gather all the personnel in the open space and line up. Before the roll call started, there were

Dozens of soldiers entered the barracks where the refugees lived and seemed to be searching room by room. This action made Mabo feel cold again. He knew that the Ming spies had managed to bring in weapons, and these weapons must have been hidden in

They entered their barracks. Of course no one would search their residences normally, but if these Haihan soldiers were allowed to search through boxes and cabinets slowly, they would definitely not be able to hide it from their eyes.

Ma Bo felt that he had to do something, otherwise he would inevitably be responsible for oversight when the soldiers found contraband from the barracks later. He licked his dry lips and said to Zeng Xiaowen cautiously: "

Secretary Zeng, can I ask what you are looking for?"

Zeng Xiaowen didn't even look back and said coldly: "Of course I'm looking for evidence that some people intend to cause trouble."

Ma Bodao: "Is this happening? If we find him out later, he will be punished severely!"

When Zeng Xiaowen heard this, he turned around and smiled at him and said: "Yes, you can't do it without heavy punishment for lurking in the immigration camp and plotting evil!"

Ma Bo could feel that the other party's words seemed to mean something, but he did not dare to extend the topic any further. He could not confirm what information Zeng Xiaowen had already mastered and what information he had not mastered. If he continued to talk about it, it might be counterproductive.

"Roll roll!" Zeng Xiaowen did not wait for the results of the search, but ordered the actions of both parties to be carried out simultaneously.

Immediately, a soldier came out holding the roster and began to call the names one by one according to the names registered on it.

Although the weather was very cold, Ma Bo felt that cold sweat was starting to form on his back. Because Zeng Xiaowen didn't seem to mean to just click on a few and go through the motions, but wanted his soldiers to remove everyone on the roster.

Click it again. With such a huge formation, who are you trying to arrest?

Ma Bo suddenly wanted to leave here and go home to ask the man hiding in his backyard what went wrong in the process that led to the army's raid on the Majiazhuang Immigration Camp. Of course, subconsciously, he might

There is another reason, that is, Majiazhuang is a relatively safer environment, where you can have the protection of the family, and even if something happens, it will not cause too much trouble.

But at this moment, he saw another group of Haihan soldiers in the distance, led by Chen Yixin, quietly entering Majiazhuang.
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