Chapter 73: Hostage Exchange
Chai San searched Xiaohua's house and found evidence of her treason with the Japanese. He found the assassin's clothes and a fake citizen ID card from the house, as well as unburned notes with Japanese characters written on them.
After Huang Dajie saw the evidence that Xiaohua had tangled with the Japanese, he ordered Xiaohua to be imprisoned. This time the guard was tighter, and Xiaohua's hands and feet were tightly shackles.
Huang Dajie tortured Xiaohua in the cell. Cuiqiao was afraid that Xiaohua would not be able to bear it and confessed to herself, so she came up with the idea of replacing the hostages with Ma Jun and Xiaohua, so she entered the cell with a fruit plate.
Cuiqiao stuffed purple-red cherries into Huang Dajie's mouth and said softly: "Sir, Wang Yuejiao wants you to save Ma Jun. He will come to the government office to disturb us in the future. Why don't you exchange Ma Jun for a small flower? What do you think?"
Huang Dajie nodded in agreement: "Ma Jun should be rescued if he is captured. It would be a good thing if he could be exchanged for Xiao Hua."
Huang Dajie ordered the torture of Xiaohua to stop and called Qi Ying to come. He said to Qi Ying: "I want to send a messenger to discuss the exchange of hostages with the Japanese pirates. I heard that you have a "Japanese Comprehensive Guide". How about lending it to the messenger for a few days?"
Qi Ying originally wanted Huang Dajie to interrogate Xiaohua more and make her confess Cui Qiao, and then trade her for Ma Jun. Who would have expected that Huang Dajie would trade her for Ma Jun so soon.
Qi Ying asked: "Do we want to have another trial, and then exchange the hostages after the outcome of the trial?"
Huang Dajie said: "There will be no trial. People who are not afraid of death will not be able to get the results of the trial. It is better to exchange it for Ma Jun as soon as possible."
Qi Ying had no choice but to go back and get the "Japanese Comprehensive Interpretation" from Wang Yuejiao and gave it to Huang Dajie. Huang Dajie gave the book to the messenger. The messenger studied hard day and night with the book.
Cui Qiao understood that Qi Ying had discovered her identity as a spy, and she would definitely be the next target of the attack. She had to protect herself before saving Xiao Hua.
How to protect herself? In the past two days, she came up with a good idea to protect herself, and she was ready to implement it as soon as possible.
After she and Huang Dajie were frightened by Wang Yuejiao again, they stopped playing the piano in the lotus pond and went back to the house to play chess.
The two were playing chess, and Cui Qiao was preparing to sow discord between Huang Dajie and Qi Ying again.
Cui Qiao asked slowly: "Sir, Qi Ying has never asked you for instructions when searching for spies everywhere. Does it mean he doesn't take you seriously?"
Huang Dajie thought for a while and said: "The security of Taizhou City now depends entirely on Qi Ying, and it is appropriate to delegate power appropriately. His influence and appeal in the military are no less than mine, and he did not ask me for instructions on the investigation of spies.
They didn’t report the specific details to me, and they really treated me as if I didn’t exist.”
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Cuiqiao looked uneasy and said, "How can this go on? Where is your official authority?"
Huang Dajie said calmly: "I'm not afraid of being ostracized by him. As soon as the Japanese invasion is resolved, I am an official of the imperial court and have the imperial court's backing. My official authority will naturally be restored."
Cui Qiao said with an uneasy expression: "The elimination of the Japanese invasion will not be a matter of time. If Qi Ying gets used to mobilizing Vice President Qian to dispatch government officials, the military officials may really stop treating them as adults."
Huang Dajie touched the chess pieces in silence, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.
It was dark and bright that day, and before everyone got up, Ji Jin had already gotten up.
When he came to the training ground, he thought that he could not take down Sangu who was sweeping the floor and watched her commit suicide. He missed a good opportunity to torture the enemy and blamed himself for his poor martial arts.
His marksmanship was already outstanding, but he was still far from being a master. He practiced his marksmanship vigorously.
The sky turned white, and Qi Ying came with a strong man. The strong man was thirty years old and carried a simple knife on his back.
When Ji Jin saw Qi Ying coming, he put away his gun and asked Qi Ying: "Good morning, coach."
Qi Ying introduced the strong man to Ji Jin and said: "This brother is called Liang Wanning, a native of Taizhou. He performed very bravely in this battle at Jiaogu. I intend to improve his internal strength."
Ji Jin and Liang Wanning bowed to each other. Liang Wanning played with the sword and made a sound.
Qi Ying said to Ji Jin: "Let me see how far your marksmanship has progressed."
"Yeah!" Ji Jin nodded. He picked a line with his gun and hit the bull's-eye.
Qi Ying flicked the barrel of the gun with her fingers. The barrel of the gun vibrated in Ji Jin's hand without shaking. Qi Ying said happily: "Yes, the strength and speed of the spear have improved a lot."
After hearing this, Ji Jin asked happily: "Then my marksmanship has a solid foundation?"
"It's still far from enough." Qi Ying said, "To have a solid foundation in marksmanship, you must have strength, speed, and accuracy. Strength must be able to penetrate the wall with one shot; speed must be able to shoot like a lightning bolt; accuracy must be able to point the target through the heart. Only if you have
Only with these solid foundations and marksmanship moves can the power of internal strength be unleashed."
Ji Jin's face was sweating after hearing this. It must be too difficult to become a master.
Seeing his nervous look, Qi Ying smiled and said, "Don't be discouraged. Practice makes perfect. Your marksmanship has already started, and it will only become easier with practice."
Ji Jin said happily: "I am never discouraged. As long as the instructor is willing to teach me, I will keep learning and not be afraid of difficulties."
Qi Ying was very moved after hearing this and patted Ji Jin on the shoulder to encourage him.
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: "As long as your basic skills improve a little more, I will teach you Qi's marksmanship and Humen marksmanship."
"Thank you very much, coach!" Ji Jin was very happy.
The three of them were practicing martial arts in the training ground. Wang Yuejiao came over. Qi Ying saw her expression was a little sad and asked: "Why don't you sleep a little longer? Your face is a little haggard."
Wang Yuejiao remembered that her cousin Ma Jun had not been rescued yet and had not slept well last night, so she worriedly said: "Qi Ying, do you think my cousin can be rescued?"
Qi Ying comforted him: "Your Excellency has sent a messenger to negotiate. The Japanese pirates will definitely agree to exchange hostages. You don't have to worry too much."
Wang Yuejiao felt much better after hearing this, and said gently: "Okay then."
Xin Wulang, who was staying at Haimen Guard, learned that four assassins were killed in Taizhou City, San Gu committed suicide, Xiao Hua was captured, and Cui Qiao became a bare leader. He was so angry that he smashed the tea table with his palm.
He did not expect that this unknown person Qi Ying could severely damage his vitality. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth and cursed: "Baga! Qi Jinggong was against me back then, and now another Qi Ying has appeared."
Bai Xiang asked curiously: "Why are they both named Qi? Could it be that they are the same family?"
Xin Wulang stared in surprise and said, "You are right, they are probably the same family."
Shingoro gathered five generals, Bai Xiang, Akai, Wang Feng, Okamoto Hosuke, and Kujiudako, for a meeting in the hall. The generals rushed to Haimen Guard from various places.
Shingoro sat cross-legged on the futon in the main hall of the hall, with the well cover sitting cross-legged on the side. Five generals sat in two rows, with a small coffee table placed in front of each person.
Xin Wulang said: "Qi Ying broke into Kuaiji Mountain alone, robbed our food and grass, and destroyed three thousand of my soldiers. This man is now our number one enemy."
Bai Xiang said angrily: "I swear to kill Qi Ying to avenge my lord."
Inoue Gaiban interjected: "I'm not interested in your military meeting. If you want to learn ninjutsu, learn it quickly. I have to rush back to Dashui Island."
After hearing this, Xin Wulang said dissatisfied: "Old man, we haven't seen each other for so many years, are you so anxious to go back? My five favorite generals just gathered today, why are you anxious?"
The manhole cover said coldly: "I'm not interested in living as a guard in the sea."
Jiujiutazi brought an iron box and brought it to the manhole cover. She smiled sweetly and said, "What's wrong with Haimen Guards? They can take supplements every day." These were the bugs she went to the wild to catch for the manhole cover.
When the manhole cover opened the iron box, he saw that it was a longhorned beetle. He said happily: "Okay, okay, this stuff nourishes the body."
Chapter completed!