Chapter 605 After the incident

Zhangzhou City has already tightened its security in the city since the Haihan mission arrived three days ago. Xu Xinsu specially mobilized two battalions of elite soldiers to enter the city, and also mobilized more than 100 elite patrol officers from surrounding prefectures and counties. The patrols in the city

The strength has doubled compared to usual. These measures were taken to prevent anything from going wrong during the visit of the Haihan delegation, but we never expected that day and night defenses could actually cause such a big trouble in the city.

Not to mention whether the distinguished guest Haihan was injured in this chaos, even if he was only disturbed, this crime is enough to make the local police chief and city defense army officers drink a pot.

Seeing a bunch of police officers and Ming army officers kneeling in front of him, Ning Qi was quite dumbfounded and quickly ordered: "I'm not injured, please get up and talk first!"

After the group of people stood up, Ning Qi continued: "There are probably assassins in the city. Close the city gate quickly and don't let them escape."

An officer responded: "Don't worry, Mr. Ning. I have just ordered people to go to various city gates to close them. I will never let the thieves escape."

Ning Qi thought to himself that I am not an official of the Ming Dynasty, and the sound of "Master Ning" was really awkward. However, there was no time to correct these details at the moment, so he just nodded and said: "There are also the injured guards just now, hurry up too

Send them for medical treatment, and carry those who are seriously injured to the General Military Mansion. There are doctors in the mission who can help treat them."

After a while, one of Xu Xinsu's deputies, Yang Lu, also rushed to the teahouse after hearing the news and apologized to Ning Qi for what happened just now. This Yang Lu was an old subordinate who had followed Xu Xinsu for many years. Before Xu Xinsu was recruited, Yang Lu

Lu was also a famous pirate leader along the coast of Fuguang. However, when Xu Xinsu took refuge with Yu Zigao, the then Fujian commander-in-chief, in the sixth year of Tianqi, Yang Lu followed him and transformed into an officer of the Ming army. In the past few years, he had accumulated military exploits and climbed up the ranks.

From the initial position of Xiao Xiaobai, he was quickly promoted to the city defense general of Zhangzhou City.

This time when the Haihan Mission came to visit, Yang Lu was in charge of Zhangzhou's city defense and security affairs. He just heard the news that someone assassinated the Haihan Mission on the street. Yang Lu was also shocked. If this matter is held accountable

, he was definitely going to take the blame. Yang Lu was also decisive, and immediately ordered people to block the city gate, and all streets and squares in the city were temporarily banned. He rushed to the tea house where the accident happened first, and asked the people who were still waiting here.

Ning Qi pleads guilty.

Ning Qi waved his hand and said, "Master Yang, I have nothing to do. Can you send me back to Master Xu's house now?"

"Yes, yes, I will arrange for someone to escort Mr. Ning back." Yang Lu quickly ordered his subordinates: "Deploy two teams of elite soldiers to send Mr. Ning back. No movement will be allowed along the way! If you find anyone acting suspicious, you can directly capture it.

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Most of Ning Qi's thoughts were on Wang Lin, and he did not intend to continue spending time here with Yang Lu. He soon left the teahouse with four personal guards. Yang Lu had already dispatched a carriage to stop.

At the entrance of the tea house, Ning Qi took a look at the situation on the street before getting in the car. He saw that several streets near this intersection had been cut off by the Ming army. Within a radius of sixty or seventy meters, there were people wearing red cloth everywhere.

A's Ming army and the Yamen agents in soap-colored uniforms numbered at least three to five hundred people, and the formation was indeed quite large. This made Ning Qi feel slightly more mentally balanced, although the Ming side had not done enough work in advance.

But the response after the accident was quite fast, and at least the level of attention he received seems to be worthy of his status.

After seeing Ning Qi in the car and leaving, Yang Lu immediately darkened his face and ordered through gritted teeth: "Take all the survivors to the teahouse. I don't care what method you use. Within half an hour, I will

Obtain their confessions! Where did they come from, who was instigating them, and where are their accomplices hiding? We must recruit them all!"

When the teahouse owner heard these words while standing at the door of the shop, his expression was so painful that it was indescribable. If this teahouse was turned into an execution chamber and the smell of blood filled the shop, who would come in to spend money in the future? But he had not yet thought about it.

How to plead with Yang Lu, and then heard Yang Lu continue to give instructions: "...and the owner of this store, guys, all relevant people are detained, and the store and their homes will be carefully searched to see if there is anything suspicious!

"

At that moment, several soldiers came over immediately and pushed the teahouse owner and several waiters who claimed to have been wronged to the ground. He handed them a hemp rope and immediately tied them up. If Ning Qi was still here, he might have stopped Yang Lu.

Because he chose this store to rest on a temporary basis, and the location was suggested by Wang Lin, one of his own, there should be no possibility of being ambushed in advance. As for the three assassins who later launched an attack in the store, it should be the same.

He followed me into the store.

However, when Yang Lu came, he didn't know the cause and effect, so he automatically labeled all the people involved as suspects. Regardless of whether they had done anything before, they should be arrested first based on the principle of preferring to kill by mistake rather than letting go. This way, even in the end

If the real culprit is not caught, at least there will be a few people left alive to bear the blame. When the time comes, chop off a few heads and they will be able to report to the higher-ups and the Haihan Mission.

Ning Qi took a carriage back to the Xu Mansion. The place had already been under martial law for a long time, and the entire street was sealed off by the Ming army. As soon as Ning Qi got out of the car, Xu Xinsu came up to him and said with a look of shame on his face: "

I manage the place so poorly that I caused such a big mess. I am really ashamed of Mr. Ning!"

Ning Qi waved his hand and said: "Master Xu, there is no need to apologize, I am not injured. How is the condition of the wounded who were sent back earlier?"

Xu Xinsu introduced Ning Qi through the door and said: "After Wang Lin and several injured guards were sent back, Dr. Morgan from your mission and the doctor from my house have already received treatment and treated their wounds. I have ordered someone to help them."

Go to the city to purchase various precious medicinal materials in order to save their lives. Mr. Ning, do you want to go and see them?"

"Okay, okay, let's go check on the injured first!" Ning Qi was very worried about the injury of Wang Lin, who had a good conversation with him, so he decisively agreed to Xu Xinsu's suggestion.

Xu Xinsu sighed: "Mr. Ning is really kind-hearted. For this boy Wang Lin to be so appreciated, it is worth the injury he suffered."

The place where the wounded were treated was in the second courtyard of the Xu Mansion, and a faint smell of blood could still be smelled in the air. Because of his special status, Wang Lin was given treatment in a separate wing.

When Ning Qi entered the house, he saw Wang Lin lying on the bed, and Morgan was washing his hands. It seemed that he had just finished treating the injury. Ning Qi quickly asked: "How is his injury? Is it serious? Does he need a blood transfusion?"

Morgan glanced at Ning Qi and said: "He is lucky. The knife got stuck in the ribs. The injury was not deep. It did not damage the major blood vessels or any organs. However, there may be a small crack in the ribs, but the injury is nothing.

It’s serious. I’ve stitched up his wound and let him rest for a few days. Once the wound has healed and the stitches are removed, it won’t be a big problem.”

Ning Qi continued to ask: "Is there any quenching poison on this flying knife?"

Morgan shook his head and said: "Poison? No, this is just an ordinary knife and has not been chemically treated. The only thing you need to worry about is tetanus, which is more deadly than poison. But I think he is in good health.

And I'm very lucky, the wound has been cleaned carefully, so it should be fine."

Wang Lin, who was lying on the bed, said in a weak voice: "Thank you Dr. Morgan for your treatment!"

Morgan nodded towards him, and then said to Ning Qi: "I'll go check on the other wounded first, and I'll talk to you later."

Ning Qi sent Morgan away and walked to the bedside to see that Wang Lin's face was still very pale, probably due to excessive blood loss. He turned to Xu Xinsu and said: "Master Xu, although the injury he suffered was not serious, he lost a lot of blood. He needs to

Just make up for it."

Xu Xinsu nodded and said: "Mr. Ning, don't worry, he has done a good job in guarding this time. I will definitely order someone to take good care of him. After he recovers from his injuries, he will be rewarded separately."

After Wang Lin heard this, he also thanked him. Ning Qi remembered the content of his previous chat with Wang Lin, and said proactively: "Master Xu, I have a merciless request."

"Mr. Ning, please speak."

"I want to wait for Wang Lin to recover from his injury and invite him to study abroad in Sanya again. We have talked before, and he himself should also have this wish." Ning Qi then told Wang Lin what he had promised before.

Xu Xinsu looked at Wang Lin who was lying on the bed with an expectant look on his face. After thinking for a moment, he nodded slowly and said, "If he himself has this wish, then I will naturally be happy with the beauty of adulthood. Jialin, why don't you thank Mr. Ning?"

Wang Lin managed to hold himself up and thanked Ning Qi and Xu Xinsu, but his face was already rosier than before. It seemed that this news was indeed a stimulant for him.

Wang Lin was lucky enough to escape, but some of the other injured guards were not so lucky. In the previous fight, a total of four guards were seriously injured, and one of them was stabbed by the assassin's dagger.

He entered the heart and died on the spot. Another person was punctured in a lung lobe and suffered severe hemopneumothorax due to massive bleeding. When he was sent back, he could no longer be treated. If he was in the special treatment ward in Victory Port, he might still be able to survive.

The medical equipment brought by the 21st century may give it a try, but in Zhangzhou in the 17th century, relying only on some simple first-aid devices brought by Morgan, there was no way to treat such serious injuries, and the only option was to declare him dead.

The other two injured people had purely superficial injuries. After the wounds were treated and sutured, there was no life-threatening danger. There were five or six other lightly injured people injured in the fight just now, and they were handed over to the local bruises doctor.

By the time Morgan had finished handling these matters, nearly an hour had passed since Ning Qi returned to the Xu Mansion. At this time, Xu Xinsu came to invite Morgan with an apologetic expression, hoping that he could go and take a look at the injured assassins he had captured—

-Although these people will die sooner or later, it is still necessary to save their lives at this time to ask for confessions.

Morgan shrugged and said: "I think as a doctor, I have no reason to refuse to treat the injured."

"Let me go and have a look, too." Ning Qi suggested proactively. Now that the incident has passed, he also wanted to know who had the courage to assassinate him in Zhangzhou.

Xu Xinsu said: "I also have the intention of inviting Mr. Ning to go with me. If such a big thing happens, the investigation process should be supervised by Haihan."

When something happened to the Haihan Mission in Zhangzhou, Xu Xinsu was not only charged with poor protection, but was also a natural suspect. In terms of power, no one in most of Fujian could compare with him, and in Zhangzhou he was even more of a local emperor.

For the same characters, Xu Xinsu definitely has a unique advantage when it comes to what kind of tricks he wants to play in Zhangzhou City.

Of course, Ning Qi did not doubt Xu Xinsu too much. After all, the benefits of cooperation between the two parties were too great for one of them to give up easily. Moreover, the respectful attitude Xu Xinsu showed before and after the incident was not fake in Ning Qi's opinion.

Of course, the most important point is that if Xu Xinsu really wanted to harm the Haihan Mission, Ning Qi believed that he would not use such a stupid method as a public assassination on the street. He had at least eighty ways to deal with it quietly.

He lost these representatives of the Haihan Mission. Even if he took ten thousand steps back and resorted to a stupid method like assassination, he would never have given himself a chance to survive. In the chaotic scene at that time,

As long as there are more than ten or twenty assassins, or if they use sharper weapons, they might be able to succeed.

However, this is just Ning Qi's personal thoughts, and it does not mean that Xu Xinsu has no motive. God knows what he has in mind. Xu Xinsu himself should be very aware of this embarrassing situation. In order to prove his innocence, he can do the most right now.

A good choice is to invite people from the Haihan Mission to participate in the investigation of the case and use the truth to clear yourself up.

In the assassination incident that just occurred in the city, seven assassins were killed on the spot, and six others were injured and captured. According to on-site witness reports, two more people chose to escape after missing the target, and have not been caught yet.

The six people who were injured and captured were immediately taken into the teahouse where the accident occurred and tortured by Yang Lu. Before the doctor arrived here to deal with their injuries, two of them were too seriously injured and could not survive the torture.

He failed in the first three levels of punishment.

When Morgan was treating several injured guards in the Xu Mansion, Xu Xinsu received the news and ordered Yang Lu to be notified immediately, asking him to suspend the torture of the assassins. Xu Xinsu knew very well that his deputy was acting recklessly, and if he killed a few alive

, then even if you jump into the Yellow River, you won’t be able to wash away your suspicions.

Thanks to Xu Xinsu who issued the order in a timely manner, when Yang Lu received the order, he had already set up a stove in the teahouse and heated up the soldering iron, preparing to punish several clenched assassins. And these few survived

The assassins were already injured, so it was hard to say whether they could withstand the punishment prepared by Yang Lu.

After receiving the order, Yang Lu angrily closed the stall and asked people to escort the group to the prison of the city defense army. By the time Morgan and others saw them, the few remaining survivors were already dying.
Chapter completed!