Chapter Three Hundred and Thirty-Six The World Outside the Fishing Village
It was not until almost noon the next day that Zhang Pan arrived here with 300 people.
Since more than 300 people were infantrymen and the speed of the march was really not fast, Yu Ren became anxious again. In the end, Zhang Pan had to piece together fifty cavalrymen and asked Yu Ren to take them with him to chase Liu Ziming first.
In fact, Yu Ren was so anxious that he was not just afraid that Liu Ziming and the others would run away, but that he didn't want others to catch Liu Ziming before him. Because he was worried that if Liu Ziming and the others were caught by others first, Yu Yuqian would be unable to survive.
Although Yu Ren had never fallen in love with Yu Yuqian from beginning to end, this girl's infatuation with him made Yu Ren feel that he owed her something. So he didn't want her to die. Besides, there was another Cao Wenzhao here.
On the way of pursuing, Yu Ren was able to get the information provided by the secret detectives of the Jinyiwei from time to time. Judging from the information, Liu Ziming fled north.
While chasing, Yu Ren also inquired about the movements of several other teams, especially Zhao Yan's team. Hearing that Zhao Yan also sent a team of 500 people to chase Liu Ziming, Yu Ren became even more anxious.
On this day, they chased to Qingshui Lake in Qingzhou. The information provided by the Jinyiwei to them was: Liu Ziming and the others stopped after they escaped here, and did not go north again.
This place is facing north, and the sea is no more than a hundred miles away.
Yu Ren knew that the last moment was coming. His mood was particularly complicated at this time. In order to fulfill his promise to Qi Shi Cult and to allow him to do his best to migrate the people to Taiwan, Yu Ren wanted to eliminate Liu Ziming, the last remaining enemy of the incense-smelling sect as soon as possible.
But at the same time, he didn't want to die too many people, especially Yu Yuqian and Cao Wenzhao. These were the two people he least wanted to see them die.
But he also knew that sometimes, destiny cannot be completely controlled by him, even if it is the winner.
Yu Ren, with his fifty cavalry, followed the route provided by the secret agent of the Jinyiwei, and chased him to the Qingshui Lake.
This is a big lake. Looking from the shore, you can't see the other shore at all.
Yu Renzheng didn't know how to start, and a small boat was rowed out of the reed beach next to him.
"Do the guest want to go to the island in the middle of the lake?" On the boat, a fisherman in his forties asked Yu Ren and others with a boat razor in his hand.
"It's exactly that, the boatman might take us there?" Ruomei quickly interjected.
The shipkeeper did not answer after hearing Ruomei's words. Instead, he pulled the bamboo hat on his head down, picked up the pulp and prepared to turn around and leave.
"The island in the middle of the lake is not fun. We want to go up to Heixiazhu." Yu Ren said.
Yu Ren's words sounded illogical, but after hearing this, the boatman stopped turning and rowed the boat to the shore.
"It's indeed General Yu. Our leader asked me to wait for you here for a long time. Please wait for me to call them out, so you can take you over."
After the boatman finished speaking, he shouted into the reed beach, "Brothers, it's General Yu. Come out!"
There was a sound in the reed beach, and three larger fishing boats were soon rowed out.
Yu Ren asked everyone to keep the horse on the shore, leaving two people to guard, and the others went to Heixiazhu with him.
This Heixiazhu is located in the north of Qingshui Lake. It is a small Shazhu with a radius of less than five miles. There are dozens of families living on it. They mainly make a living by fishing and also grow some fruits and rice. Since it is close to the sea, the temperature is higher than that of other parts of Shandong, and it has a bit of Jiangnan.
Although this place is small, it is very famous in this area. It is said that a strange man appeared on this small turkey 50 years ago. He is very skilled in martial arts and likes to be a hero. He has been dressed in black many times and sneaked into the homes of corrupt officials who bullied the people late at night to punish them.
His punishment has made the corrupt officials in the Qingshui Lake area restrain and dared not exploit the people too much, and it has also made this a good place that everyone envies in Qingzhou Prefecture.
Yu Ren led his men to the shore by a wooded forest south of Heisha Zhu. Because of the woods as a cover, it was not easy to discover. Next, Yu Ren asked someone to take a boat to take all the boats parked on the shore. Then he took everyone to the only village on the island.
This is a standard small fishing village. In the afternoon sun, the entrance of the village is quiet, and several naughty children are sitting under a big tree playing with stones. From the entrance of the village, you can see that fishing nets of all sizes are drying in front of the doors of each household in the village.
Seeing Yu Ren and his group, several naughty boys raised their heads and looked at them curiously, but were not afraid.
Yu Ren looked at the scene before him, calm and peaceful, and began to doubt the accuracy of the information of the Jinyiwei. From the outside, this Zhuangzi did not look like a thief leader like Liu Ziming, no matter what.
"Children, what kind of strangers have you been here recently?" Yu Ren squatted down and asked the naughty boys.
"No!" One of the children shook their head firmly.
From the child's eyes, Yu Ren saw that he was not lying.
Yu Ren couldn't help but become even more confused. Could it be that there was really a problem with the information of the Jinyiwei?
Yu Ren stood up and was about to go into the village to take a look. Another naughty boy suddenly said, "When Uncle Liu came back the day before yesterday, he brought a young man in his twenties. We didn't know each other. Does this count?"
Yu Ren nodded quickly, "For sure, of course."
After saying that, he excitedly took out a piece of silver worth ten taels from his sleeve and threw it on the ground.
"This reward is for you to buy fruits."
But the naughty boys didn't even look at the silver on the ground. "We have only dozens of families here, there are no shops to sell things, and there is no place to spend money." After saying that, he turned his head and continued to play their games.
Yu Ren no longer paid attention to the children. He ordered people to quickly surround the small fishing village, and then took more than ten people to search the village.
For some reason, the adult men in the fishing village did not leave the boat today. When they heard that someone had entered the village to search for the rebel Liu Ziming, they all ran out. And everyone was holding hoes and fishing forks and other tools in their hands. Everyone stood in a row and stopped in front of Yu Ren and the others' team.
Yu Ren looked at the group of innocent villagers in front of him and did not order an attack.
"Friends. We were sent by the imperial court to capture Liu Ziming, the thief of the Winter Sect, and it has nothing to do with the villagers. I hope everyone will make the way out."
One of the old men raised their hoe and said to Yu Ren, "We have nothing Liu Ziming here, you can go quickly!"
Of course Yu Ren didn't believe it, but it was difficult to fight with the villagers in front of him.
"Old man, we have confirmed information. The thief Liu Ziming is here. Why don't you let us go into the village and search it.
Liu Ziming is very cunning. Maybe he sneaked into the village and hid it when you didn’t care?
Don't worry. No matter whether you can search or not, we will not touch the villagers' things. If we break anything from the villagers, we will definitely compensate them at the original price."
After saying that, Yu Ren asked Ruolan to take out fifty taels of silver from the package and put it on the ground.
"What if these silvers are the deposit we paid first?"
The old man glanced at the silver on the ground and then looked at Yu Ren. His eyes seemed a little confused. In his lifetime, he had never seen an officer or soldier like Yu Ren.
He is simply a fool! Whoever searches for fugitives and has to pay a deposit first.
So, in the old man's mind, he quickly came to a conclusion that the young man in front of him was a slut and must be easy to fool.
"There is no one you are looking for here, so you don't need to say anything. We won't let you go into the village to search!" the old man said toughly.
After hearing this, Yu Ren couldn't help but frown.
"If this is true, then we can only force ourselves to break through!" After saying that, Yu Ren's eyes suddenly shone coldly. The old man looked at him, was shocked, and he couldn't help but take a step back.
Yu Ren then glanced at the audience again. As soon as the villagers contacted his eyes, their hearts trembled, and their hands holding the weapons also seemed less firm.
"I'll count to ten times. If you don't let go, don't blame me..." At this point, Yu Ren pulled out his sword.
"One, two, three..." Yu Ren's voice was firm and powerful, like a heavy hammer, hitting the hearts of the villagers in front of him. But although they were hesitant, no one was allowed to move out of the way.
"Seven, eight...nine..." Yu Ren's voice became slower and slower, but he had no intention of stopping. Just as he was about to shout "Ten", a voice suddenly sounded behind the villagers.
"Slow down!"
[I really want to keep up two updates a day, but unfortunately I have too little time. After all, I work overtime until seven or eight o'clock every day, and I am very busy at work and have no time to think about books. This week, it may take a long time to maintain one update. I can only apologize to all children's shoes and book friends here. If you are impatient, you can fatten up before reading. Thank you for your support!]
Chapter completed!