Since Wang Jieru came to Hai Rui's side, she has been in battles for a long time and has some experience. At this time, he saw that there were five enemies on the west side of the hull. His thoughts changed and he shouted into the cabin: "Ma Junxian, do you recognize me?"
At this time, the rocket outside the cabin had ignited the bulkhead. Under the firelight, Ma Junxian looked up in panic and saw the face of Wang Jieru, the person who had advised Hai Rui in the court that morning.
He shouted: "I recognize you! You are Lord Hai's man."
One sentence calmed Mr. Hong's mind. Since the matter was urgent, Wang Jieru didn't waste any words and shouted again: "Come here quickly!"
After hearing the words, the two people in the cabin rolled and crawled towards the east side of the cabin. Because Mr. Hong was close, he reached the window first before leaning out to crawl out. Wang Jieru had already grabbed the bun on his head with her right hand and held it with her left hand. His shoulders screamed, his body turned sharply to the right, and he pulled Mr. Hong out of the cabin and threw him into the grass by the river.
Mr. Hong screamed again and fell dizzy again. Ma Junxian was startled from behind and waved his hand to indicate that Wang Jieru didn't have to treat him like this. He grabbed a cotton coat from the bunk with his left hand, slapped it on the window lattice with his right hand, and jumped out of the window relying on his youthful and soft body. Then he jumped outwards with all his strength and jumped to the shore.
Just now Mr. Hong screamed, which had already alerted the two archers on the enemy ship. The two archers bent their bows and nocked arrows, and fired over the Wu ship. Although they were not very accurate in the dark, they still scared Wang Jieru into a cold sweat.
As soon as Wang Jieru got these two to the shore, the bow of the ship sank and the enemy had already jumped on the ship. It was too late, but it was too late. Wang Jieru dug out his bag and pulled out a winged tiger gun. He took out the fire stick and lit the match rope, and immediately rushed from the west side of Wu's ship to the stern.
The next moment, Wang Jieru, who was exposed at the stern of the boat, was already aiming at the two archers in the firelight and pulling the trigger. There was a loud "bang" sound, and dozens of iron sand spurted out from the mouth of the gun, hitting the two bows and arrows. Throwing away the bow and arrow, he covered his face and screamed loudly.
Everyone on the other side's ship never expected that tonight's target would have a musket in his hand, and they were all stunned after the sound of a gunshot. Wang Jieru made a good move with one shot. He turned the barrel downwards with force. When he heard a click, he raised his hand and shot a gangster who jumped over the boat in the chest.
The total length of Wu's ship from stern to bow was not more than four feet. At such a close distance, there was absolutely no chance that the Ouchi guards would miss him. This loud noise was accompanied by a scream, and the shot man fell into the Tang River with a plop.
There were five enemies in front of them, and Wang Jieru killed three of them with two shots. The remaining two had already jumped over here with knives in hand, and they were so frightened that the knives in their hands fell on the deck with a clang. Another gangster bent down and was about to tear off the planks and hooks connecting the two boats, apparently planning to escape.
Wang Jiesu had already rotated the barrel of the gun again, walked to the west side of Wu's ship, pointed at the bent gangster in the firelight and said: "Throw the knife away and jump over!"
Two gunshots and flames shot up into the sky, and half of Liangzhu was startled. The lights on the ships moored in the distance are all on, and soon someone will come to inquire about the situation. In the distant houses, dogs barked in unison, and everyone present could already hear the faint sound of gongs.
Several gangsters complained secretly. If it was spring at this time, it would still be possible to escape by diving. But at this time, the river had just thawed, and people who jumped in would freeze to death in less than a cup of tea.
Knowing that there is only one opponent, but with sharp guns, who dares to put it right? Several men also knew that he fired two shots, and this weird-looking three-eyed gun could probably fire one more shot. But no one is willing to sacrifice their lives for their friends, and they are restrained by this bullet.
The so-called meat is on the chopping board, you have to follow it. The two archers were beaten with blood by shotguns, and one of them was blinded in one eye. Under Wang Jieru's order, they came to the deck of Wu's ship and threw themselves to the ground. The uninjured gangster raised his hands, jumped over from the wooden plank, and then obeyed the order and lay down.
Seeing that the situation was under control, Wang Jieru ordered: "Everyone take out their belts and throw them in front." The four gangsters obeyed obediently and put their hands on their heads after throwing away their belts.
Wang Jieru felt relieved and shouted to the shore: "Have you been hit by an arrow?"
Ma Junxian said with a trembling voice on the shore: "No, my husband and I are fine."
Wang Jieru breathed a sigh of relief and shouted again: "I have ropes in my bag, come here and help me tie them up."
After these people were tied up, Wang Jieru jumped onto the incoming ship and searched it. Seeing that no one was hiding, she returned to Ma Junxian's Wu ship.
After some interrogation, the four of them confessed that they were fishermen from Sanliyang and Twelveliyang, and occasionally did some business without capital. The one who was shot dead by Wang Jieru was their leader. He received a business at noon today and came to collect the heads of two people here.
As for who his leader took this task from, he still has no idea.
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At this time, there were hundreds of lakes in Hangzhou. There are dozens of lakes that can be named, such as Xiahu, Minghu, Linping Lake, Baidanghai, etc. The Sanli Yang and Twelve Li Yang are both located between Hangzhou and Tangqi. During this period, there were sudden disturbances and many thieves appeared.
Wang Jieru couldn't quite understand the dialect spoken by these people, so Ma Junxian acted as a translator and asked several times, but there were no new clues.
At this time, the security chief of Tanghe Village came over with dozens of young men. Wang Jieru revealed his identity. The security chief turned pale with fright when he heard that thieves had come to the village. They also arranged for people to kill chickens and geese so that Wang Jieru and the others could eat.
Wang Jieru thought over and over again and felt that Mr. Hong and Ma Junxian were indeed unsafe at this time. If I wanted to take him to the Hangzhou court, I was worried that it would bring trouble to Hai Rui. Reluctantly, he found a pen and paper and wrote a letter, asking the security chief to arrange for someone to go to Hangzhou to deliver it to Hai Rui, while he stayed with the two of them. Because they didn't know what was going on with the Hangzhou Prefecture and the governor's Yamen, the four prisoners did not dare to be sent to official positions for the time being, so they were all locked up in Tanghe Village.
Wang Jieru is from Hebei. After entering the inner dormitory, the traces of Mandarin in her accent became even stronger. After the situation calmed down, a gangster recognized his accent and suddenly called out: "Are you Brother Wang, who is known as the 'Thunder Hand' in the world?"
Wang Jieru was stunned for a moment. After looking at it carefully, she really didn’t recognize it, so she asked, “Why do you know my nickname?”
When the gangster heard that it was really him, he said angrily: In recent years, there have been rumors in the world that the "Thunder Hand" has such a great reputation. It turns out that it is not because of his great palm skills, but because this guy holds a musket.
But Wang Jieru's question had to be answered: "I've heard about Brother Wang's name a long time ago. It turns out that this is what Thunder Hand is." There was some vague dissatisfaction in his words.
Ben Leishou has no sense of shame, saying in his heart that it is your good fortune that you surrendered in time. Otherwise, I will really use the palm technique of breaking open monuments and cracking stones, and I will break all your bones into pieces.
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By the time everyone here was done, it was already getting bright. Wang Jieru asked the security chief to arrange a secluded place for Mr. Hong and Ma Junxian. He asked Mr. Hong in detail about his background, why he intervened in the matter, and why he instructed Ma Junxian to report to the circuit court.
Mr. Hong first introduced himself: "A certain Hong Yingming, named Zicheng, is from Xindu, Sichuan. Due to failure in his career, he came to Nanjing two years ago and wanted to find a newspaper to make a living. Unexpectedly, he was stranded in Hangzhou due to illness, but was picked up by Chaosheng. Rescued by his father Ma Wenying."
"Later, I successfully applied for the job and became the deputy manager of the Hangzhou office of Nanjing Daily. I often visited the Ma family. After Ma Wenying died, I asked around. Not long ago, I was targeted and the office was set on fire and almost burned down. Death—that’s why you know how deep the water is here.”
"Since there is no evidence, where can I dig out the inside story? I had no choice but to take advantage of Master Hai's power. I just had the idea of 'snatching the enemy' and trying to protect myself, but I didn't expect that it would lead to death."
Wang Jieru was puzzled after hearing this, thinking that this was all a mess. The standard of Zhejiang officials was very low. A warehouse ambassador could cause chaos. It was much worse than the old officialdom that Hai Rui had dealt with before. And the so-called inside information that Hong Yingming has is just a figment of his own imagination, which is of little help to Hai Rui - let's see how Master Hai handles it.
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That day, before Hai Rui could go to court, he received an urgent report from someone sent by Wang Jieru, saying so.
Hai Rui was furious and refused to go to court. That is to say, he asked people to invite Zhang Wenxi, the inspector who was also in Hangzhou. The area where Zhang Wenxi and Hai Rui's responsibilities overlap is that the circuit court needs to forward clues about local officials' corruption to him. Hai Rui is still acting within the rules. And when Hai Rui was summoned, how could Zhang Wenxi dare to say no?
Hai Rui met Zhang Wenxi and first told him about Ma Junxian's life experience. Zhang Wenxi learned that Ma Junxian's father, Ma Wenying, was the ambassador to Hangzhou Weicang, the capital of Zhejiang Province. He had been ambassador to Cangzhou for sixteen years. Although his native place was not Hangzhou, he had already married and had children here.
Later, his wife fell ill and died, and Ma Wenying and his son depended on each other. Because Ambassador Cang only managed the garrison's warehousing affairs and did not follow the army's operations, the superior officer often gave him leave so that he could take care of the children.
Ma Wenying also came to trouble, and often gave some small favors to her superiors. As time went by, Ambassador Cang became like a member of the yamen, commuting to and from get off work normally and not living in the military camp.
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month last year, Ma Wenying was very excited after returning home and told Ma Junxian that he was going to make a fortune and that he would definitely have a good year this year.
However, he did not expect that less than three days after he returned to the right camp, officers and soldiers came to his home, saying that Ma Wenying had not been seen taking care of business for many days, so someone from the camp was looking for him.
After hearing this, Ma Junxian was busy and informed the commander that Ma Wenying was missing. The commander also mobilized his men to search everywhere, but found a headless body in the dense forest outside the right camp. After Ma Junxian identified it, the body belonged to Ma Wenying.
Then comes the procedure of reporting to the police and solving the case. It is no small matter that the garrison personnel died outside the military camp. The Hangzhou guards did not dare to neglect and reported to the governor Wu Shanyan. At the same time, local officials are urged to solve the case immediately.
When the body was found, Ma Wenying had been dead for four or five days. The Qiantang County bailiff and foreman did not even know whether he was killed in the dense forest, and how could they solve the case. The Qiantang County magistrate also refused and directly sent a letter to Hangzhou Prefecture. Although the crime occurred locally, the deceased was a garrison, so what does it have to do with the local area?
The Hangzhou Prefecture also thought it was reasonable and reported it to the governor's Yamen, asking the garrison to send personnel to investigate the case. Governor Wu Shanyan transferred the document to the Hangzhou Guard and asked the Guard to conduct self-examination. The Guards Office immediately reported it to the Governor's Yamen, saying that although he was from the Guards Office, he died in the jurisdiction of Hangzhou Prefecture. How could it be reasonable for the local government not to investigate?
After two disputes, the case was put on hold. More than four months have passed since there has been no movement regarding what happened in Dongyue last year. But after Hai Rui, a big shark, entered the calm water, he stirred up a dangerous storm. There are gangsters trying to kill people and silence them, which shows that there must be deep-seated corruption behind this murder case. Zhang Wenxi should investigate it carefully.
After hearing Hai Rui's analysis, Zhang Wenxi was convinced and agreed: "To be honest with you, sir, I brought eight experts from the Supervision Bureau of the Metropolitan Procuratorate this time, two of them are locals. I wonder where your relatives are now. ? But hand over the victims to me, I must dig them all out."
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