Chapter 1787 Brutal attack

A few years ago, Lin Xing would never have dared to speak in such a tone to the military attache leading the army. After all, this Jin Yiwei Baihu was a sixth-grade military attache, and his actions were not restricted by the local government. For ordinary people, he was already considered a big shot. Lin

What Lin Xing fears most about his maritime trading business is being investigated by the government. But today is different from the past. Lin Xing is now working for the Haihan Kingdom. He is well aware of the weight of this big backer behind him, let alone a small hundred.

Even if thousands of households with higher official positions, governors, and commanders came, what would happen? Lin Xing still dared to make them suffer on the spot.

It would not be enough for Lin Xing if he just took away the grain seized by the Jinyiwei today. He must find out why the other party targeted Haihan so much and whether there was someone behind it. Before the truth came to light, he

He didn't intend to let the opponent leave here. Of course, if the opponent wanted to try to break out by force, then he wouldn't mind letting these Jin Yiwei have a taste of the power of the Haihan Musket.

Deng Qing never expected that in such a short period of time, he would fall into complete passivity. He did not want to deal with the group of armed men in front of him, but the other party obviously did not intend to let it go, but wanted to settle things with him. Before

He only heard that the Haihan people acted arrogantly, and he thought it was an excuse for those people to be unable to deal with it. It was not until he actually saw it today that he truly felt the helplessness of those involved.

He couldn't walk or fight, but Deng Qing was unwilling to be humiliated. His face turned red and white at the moment. It was so exciting.

"Hurry up, have you thought about it? Time is precious!" Lin Xing waved, and someone behind him handed a musket to his hand. Lin Xing raised the gun and said, "If you don't drink the wine as a penalty, then I will

You’re welcome!”

Deng Qing weighed the pros and cons and concluded that the most beneficial option for his side at the moment was probably negotiation. He snorted coldly, took off his saber and threw it to his men. He put his hands behind his back and walked towards an open space on the side of the road. Lin Xing sneered twice when he saw this, and also

He followed him leisurely.

Lin Xing was not worried about what tricks Deng Qing could pull off at this time. The group of people he brought out were considered to be the elite of the Golden Shield escort in Zhejiang. Most of them had experience of serving in the Haihan Army and received formal training.

Military training includes many veterans who have fought overseas. With the small number of people Deng Qing and his team have, it is actually a bit like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.

Of course, the most important thing is that this is within the Ningbo Prefecture. No matter how big the trouble is, there is no need to worry that it will not end. If the Jinyiwei really wants to resist to the end, then these people will be killed. Not only will the Ningbo Prefecture not pursue the case,

Instead, they would provide official cover for this and cover up the truth. Even if the Jinyiwei Yamen wanted to hold people accountable afterwards, they would not be able to find out, and there would be no evidence left for them.

"I want to know who asked you to come to Ningbo and what is the purpose. After answering these two questions, you and your men can leave here. If you are still unwilling to cooperate, then I don't mind spending more time teaching you.

You behave yourself." After walking to the side of the road, Lin Xing asked the other party a question unceremoniously.

Deng Qing's mood had recovered a little at this time. After hearing this, he shook his head and said: "This is a secret in the military. Your request is too unreasonable. I cannot comply with it!"

"Does that mean you don't want to cooperate?" Lin Xing nodded and said, "This is your choice."

Lin Xing raised his hand and snapped his fingers. Before Deng Qing could realize what this meant, he heard a gunshot, and then one of his men fell to the ground. The gunshot hit his head directly.

, his brains were splattered everywhere, and he died on the spot unable to survive.

"How dare you kill Jin Yiwei!" Deng Qing roared. But he may not have noticed it himself. There was some lack of confidence in his tone, because he did not expect that the other party would actually kill someone in broad daylight, which would bring him so much trouble.

The vibration was really too great.

Lin Xing responded calmly: "Are you Jin Yiwei? I'm sorry, I think you are just pretending to be Jin Yiwei, and the crime is aggravated! Everyone knows that Haihan has established diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty, and Ningbo is also a trade port designated by the Ming Dynasty. What about the real Jin Yiwei?

They may seize the goods we bought from Daming through legal channels, and even try to arrest us. Besides, I have gone to the prefect’s Yamen to inquire, and the government has not arranged for anyone to seize our goods. You thieves

If you dare to pretend to be a Jinyiwei and want to kill people and get goods, we will kill you out of self-defense. This should be reasonable, right?"

Lin Xing's words clearly identified Deng Qing. This group of people did not inform the local government about their actions in Ningbo Prefecture. The only thing that could prove their identity was a waist card, but Lin Xing was reassured and wanted to give it to the other party.

If you are charged with a crime, you will definitely ignore this kind of evidence.

Deng Qing also had troubles that he couldn't tell. If he followed the normal case handling process, as long as the person being investigated was not a local official, the Jinyiwei usually had to inform the local government in advance when handling the case to avoid misunderstandings when taking action. Sometimes, the local government might need to be dispatched.

Some personnel assisted in handling the case. But this time Deng Qing's mission in Ningbo was to cause trouble for the prefect Qu Yutong. Naturally, it was impossible to inform the local government in advance. Even when they stayed at the inn in Changxing Town, they used false identities to cover up.

Of course, if the opponent is just an ordinary civilian, then Deng Qing will definitely not care about the situation and arrest the person before giving him a chance to throw dirty water on him. But the opponent he encountered today is extremely difficult. Not only is he bold, but he is also very powerful in terms of force.

He completely suppressed his own side, and immediately killed one of his own side. This was the first time that Deng Qing had encountered such ruthless tactics in the years he had been working in the Jinyiwei Yamen.

Although Deng Qing was not a good man or woman, when he realized that the other party really dared to kill people, he still felt fearful. He had originally hoped that the other party would consider the consequences of the incident and would not use force easily.

, but now it seems that they have overthought it, and the Haihan people have not considered how it will end if a conflict occurs and people are killed.

But Deng Qing can't really tell him about his mission in Ningbo, otherwise he will definitely not be able to deliver the mission when he returns. His official career will probably be terminated, and most of the official positions in these hundreds of households will not be preserved. To say the least, even if the current situation is

If the other party admits these two problems, will the other party really keep their promise and let him go? Deng Qing thinks that is not necessarily the case. Killing a Jin Yiwei will definitely leak the news, but if he kills all the people he led, maybe it will be very difficult afterwards.

It would be difficult to trace Haihan back to him. If he were in the other party's position, of course he would kill them all to be on the safe side. After all, only the dead can keep the secret completely secret.

"I know what you are thinking. Let me put it more bluntly. If you are willing to cooperate, at least you will not die immediately. If you are not willing to cooperate... I think your remaining life will not last more than a cup of tea.

!" Seeing that Deng Qing remained silent, Lin Xing could roughly guess what the other party was worried about, so he continued to put pressure on him.

But this time made Deng Qing make up his mind. Since it is very likely that he will not be able to survive, he might as well give it a last try. If he loses, at least his family can get a pension. But if he succeeds by luck, maybe

Things will take a turn for the better.

Deng Qing was thinking about how to attract the person on the opposite side to him, and then capture him as a hostage to escape. If he still couldn't escape, he could only fight for one to protect his capital, and fight for two to make one.

Just when he was about to lure Lin Xing closer with words, several cavalry were galloping towards him from the direction of Ningbo City on the official road, and they were all wearing Ming army uniforms. Deng Qing wanted to wait for these cavalry to get closer, so he tried to attract them.

They paid attention and asked them to stop. No matter which guard these cavalry belonged to, they would not dare to disobey as they took over their command as one of the 100 members of the Imperial Guard.

Deng Qing quickly sorted out his thoughts and was no longer in a hurry to talk to Lin Xing. Lin Xing didn't seem to be in a hurry either, and even looked back leisurely for a few glances.

What surprised Deng Qing was that these cavalrymen slowed down when they were ten feet away from the scene of the conflict. Then they reined in their horses and walked quickly towards this side. Deng Qing was still wondering about the purpose of these cavalrymen.

When he was confused, he saw the officer leading the team bowing his hands to Lin Xing and saying, "Shop Manager Lin, keep someone under the gun!"

Lin Xing recognized this person. He was a cavalry commander in Ningbo City. It was said that he was somewhat related to Huang Tao, the commander of the Guanhai Guards. The last time Huang Tao came to Ningbo City for business, he invited Lin Xing to dinner. This cavalryman named Xu

Mr. Ba was also present to accompany me.

"I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance in such a remote place. I haven't seen you for a long time, Mr. Xu!" Of course, Lin Xing could tell that this was not a chance encounter. The other party came specially to find him. It must be related to the Jin Yiwei present.

Sure enough, Mr. Xu responded: "Don't be joking, Mr. Lin. I came all the way from Ningbo City to find you. I galloped all the way, fearing that I would be late. Fortunately, it seems that I haven't delayed my business."

Lin Xingdao: "I wonder what bothers Mr. Xu to make this trip?"

Mr. Xu took two steps closer, lowered his voice and said, "Lord Qu has specially ordered me to come down and advise Mr. Lin not to get involved with Jin Yiwei." After saying that, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Lin Xingdao.

: "This is Master Qu's warrant, please take a look."

Lin Xing had a lot of contacts with the prefect's yamen, and he recognized Qu Yutong's handwriting. He unfolded the letter and saw that it was indeed Qu Yutong's handwriting. The content of the letter was very simple, which was to ask Lin Xing to avoid taking drastic measures as much as possible.

There was also a conflict with Jin Yiwei. Lin Xing had discussed the details of the operation with He Xiao before. It seemed that after He Xiao reported to his superiors, Qu Yutong did not agree with their arrangement, so he sent someone to warn Lin Xing.

Of course, Lin Xing is now a Chinese citizen, and Qu Yutong has no right to give him direct orders. He can only use a more tactful tone to persuade Lin Xing to stop. However, Qu Yutong probably did not expect that his

The buffering measures were still a step too late, and Lin Xing had already taken action here.

Lin Xing can probably think of why Qu Yutong doesn't want to conflict with Jin Yiwei. After all, Haihan is not afraid of offending Jin Yiwei. He can just pat his ass and leave when it's over. But if something happens to Jin Yiwei in Ningbo Mansion, Qu Yutong can't do anything about it.

Completely disconnected. If this kind of thing stirs up Jin Yiwei's hornet's nest in the future and sends people to Ningbo Mansion every three days to do things, it will be really annoying.

Lin Xing pointed to the corpse that had been dragged to the roadside and said: "Mr. Xu came a little late. These people wanted to seize the grain we bought and planned to fight with us, but we have already killed one of them. I

It seems better than this. Mr. Xu will avoid it for a while and then give me an hour to sort out the matter here."

Before Mr. Xu could answer, Deng Qing spoke up: "Is the person coming here an officer from the Ningbo Prefecture? I am Deng Qing, a householder in Fusi, Jinyiweibei Town. I was ordered to investigate the case in Ningbo. I met this group of Haihan people.

There is a misunderstanding, would you like to mediate?"

Mr. Xu did not respond to Deng Qing, but continued to persuade Lin Xing: "Shop Manager Lin, if the matter gets too big, it will not be good for everyone. Enough is enough!"

Lin Xing spread his hands and said: "One person has already been killed, and they also know where I am. I don't care, but if I let them go, do you think they will be grateful to the prefect?"

"This..." Mr. Xu didn't really understand the cause and effect of the situation at hand. He only knew that Haihan dispatched the golden shield to escort the grain shipped from Shaoxing, but why did the Jinyiwei want to seize the grain?

He had no idea how he had come into conflict with the Haihan people, and it was impossible to stop the fight.

"If these people leave here alive, there will be trouble later." Lin Xing whispered: "I'm not afraid of trouble, but I don't know if Magistrate Qu is afraid of trouble. If you want to insist, then I can give in, but something will happen later.

Whatever happens, we will no longer take the initiative to take care of it."

Mr. Xu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Sir Qu has made his attitude clear. I can only follow Mr. Qu's wishes. Please forgive me, Mr. Lin!"

Lin Xing sighed and said, "Okay then, I'll leave the mess to you to clean up."

Lin Xing could no longer stick to his point of view when his goal that was about to be achieved was interrupted like this. He could understand Qu Yutong's difficulties, but the failure of being forced to let go still made him feel a little regretful. Even if Lin Xing gave the order

The men gathered together to gather up the team, not even bothering to say hello, and the group headed east along the official road.

Watching Lin Xing and his gang leave, Deng Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that his escape was thanks to the cavalry who came over, so he quickly stepped forward to thank him. However, Mr. Xu didn't do anything.

Not giving them a good look, he just cupped his hands and said: "This gentleman should also know how powerful the Haihan people are. It is best not to make this matter public, otherwise it will anger the Haihan people and everyone will have a hard time in the future!"

Deng Qing nodded in agreement, but he had already cursed Lin Xing over and over in his heart countless times.
Chapter completed!