In a dilapidated courtyard inside the north gate of Xinkou Village, nine men dressed as merchants sat around the main room. The leader of the men first said in a deep voice: "Fox Fairy, tell me the information you have gathered!"
This man was about thirty years old. He was tall, powerful, and muscular, with a fierce look on his face. However, he was none other than Hou Mingli, the night commander under Bo Yongning, nicknamed "Big Monkey."
When Zhang Cheng left Zhenbei Road, he and Chen Huzi were both sent to Su Yiyang's secret hall to form two action teams to cooperate with Su Yiyang's special task force of assassination, assassination, rape, and rebellion.
Nowadays, the action teams that the two of them are responsible for have a size of more than a hundred, and there are nearly ten action teams within them, which perform various tasks such as surveillance, assassination, rape, rescue, and infiltration.
This time, his Team A was assigned to perform a mission in Shanxi. Because the area here was too large and it was difficult to get assistance from the Yongyi Army, the difficulty was not as high as usual.
For example, to rescue Qin Zichen's family, who cooperated closely with the Yongyi Army, he asked He Kuan, who was under the command of General Wang Pu of Datong, for help.
Although there is still Liu Quan's battalion in Liaozhou, it is relatively close to Fenzhou, Qixian, and Taiyuan Fucheng. It is also assigned other tasks, and it is too far from Xinkou Village, which is not conducive to long distances.
march.
There are also many people under Liu Jinhai who quietly entered Shanxi. However, he entered Shanxi from the north of Henan, so he was mainly responsible for Zezhou, Pingyang Prefecture, Lu'an Prefecture, Fenzhou, Qinzhou, and Taiyuan Prefecture.
The southern half still cooperates with Liu Quan's "Liaozhou Camp" operation.
Therefore, the northern half of Taiyuan Prefecture and the territory of Datong were mainly responsible for Dahou and He Kuan's headquarters. Because this operation was too important, he went to the front line to take command.
The team that appeared in Xinkou Village, in addition to Dahou and his subordinate He Gang, there were also twelve dark hall elites. They were the seventh action team of Team A.
The captain's name is Du Qi. He entered the temple as a monk in his early years and served as a monk guarding the temple. His personal martial arts skills are very outstanding, especially his stick skills. He is particularly famous even among the entire action team.
Because he had practiced in the monastery, although his kung fu was powerful and his sticks were deadly, he was never willing to do more killings. After every action, he would personally save the enemies who died at the hands of his team members, so he also had the nickname "Zhuo".
"Ming Bodhisattva".
However, the person that the big monkey asked was not him, but the smart guy in their seventh team, a young man who was thin, looked frail, but moved like a rabbit, and looked like a spirit fox. His surname was Hu Mingjie, so he also had
A mixed number - Fox Fairy.
Hu Jie is a native of Jinzhong, Shanxi Province. Due to poverty in his early years, he traveled around with an old Taoist priest since he was a child. Not only was he familiar with the dialects of various places in Shanxi, but he also learned from the old Taoist priests such as fortune-telling, fortune-telling, and house cleaning.
Law.
Especially the wonderful empty-handed stunts taught to him by the old masters, such as clavicle, disguise, ventriloquism, lock picking, etc. In the secret hall, he is also famous as a master of spying on information, spying on intelligence, and stealing secrets.
When he spoke, he still had a strong local accent: "We have visited them all. Xinkou is one of the key places for profiteers to print fake military stamps.
The guards here have a deep friendship with those profiteers. They have relied on their support over the years. Not only have they turned a blind eye to their goods passing through customs, but they have also sent soldiers to escort them. It is really like the work of profiteers.
Dog legs.
Especially the guard master, he is still a member of the Cao family in Taigu County, and he hates me from the North Road!"
As he spoke, he took out a hand-drawn map and laid it out on the table. Surprisingly, it was a simplified map of Xinkou Village. He pointed to a place on the map that was about Yamen Front Street: "This is
A guild hall was built more than ten years ago by Shanyou Fan, Liang, Tian, Cao and other big businessmen, who organized fellow villagers.
I have gone into the hall several times to investigate. In this hall, lamps and oil are burned every night to print fake military tickets. Looking at the entire Shanxi Province, this is also a big fake military ticket center.
According to my estimate, the fake military notes they have printed but have not released yet are probably worth more than 100,000 taels of silver."
"Damn it!"
"Grass, it fell into my hands... and I peeled off his mother's skin..."
"That's right, if you ask me...just go and kill these idiots right now."
After hearing this, everyone in the room was extremely angry and cursed loudly. Only Dahou and Du Qi were calm. They looked at each other and Du Qi asked: "How many caregivers are there in the guild hall?"
people?"
The Fox Fairy replied: "There are about thirty people. They all look like servants guarding the courtyard. They are looking for useless guys. But the key is not here, but the guards in the city. They can all be counted as guards."
He is a person raised by the Cao family.
If we alert them, we are afraid that we will be outnumbered, and it will be difficult to take all the people and stolen goods out of the city!"
At this time, the big monkey sneered and said: "You don't have to worry about this. There is another group of brothers in charge of the Xinkou defense. They are hiding inside and outside the north gate and will be responsible for seizing the gate.
There is also a group of brothers who will go to deal with Cao's guard and intercept the guards in the stronghold on the long street. We will just destroy this black den of counterfeit bills, seize both the people and the stolen goods, move them all outside the city, and then take them into custody.
Return to Xuan Mansion and hand it over to your uncle.
The operation will take place at twelfth hour tonight. Except for the chief people and those key witnesses, all the others will be killed. No one will be left alive. The battle must be ended within a quarter of an hour."
"Here!"
Everyone sang softly with firm expressions. No one raised any objections to the matter of not leaving anyone alive, or even showed the slightest pity. Obviously, this was not the first time they had performed such a task.
Hou Mingli then waved his hand and said: "Please remember it clearly for us. The red scarf is still used as the code for tonight's actions. At midnight, everyone wearing a red scarf is my brother. Don't accidentally hurt me."
"Here!"
"Okay. Bodhisattva, you arrange for people to take turns on guard duty, and the rest will rest and wait until dark for action."
"Yes, Mr. Monkey!"
The two action teams led by Dahouhou Mingli and Bearded Chen Hu are different from the other battalions of the Yongyi Army. Their internal teams are not subordinate to each other and have always acted independently, even if multiple teams are sometimes needed.
In coordinating operations, Hou Mingli and Chen Hu personally visited the front line to direct and dispatch.
The reason why this is so is because of their nature. What these two action teams do is mostly black and dirty work, and some of it is not enough to be explained to outsiders.
For example, although three teams were dispatched for this operation, they all received orders individually and acted separately. They cooperated with each other but were not in contact with each other. Each team was only responsible for concentrating on doing its own thing.
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On the ninth day of the third month, at night, at the end of Xu hour.
Four black figures quickly climbed over the wall of the Xinkou Village garrison and landed silently.
They took advantage of the cover of rockeries, trees and night in the garrison and walked slowly close to the walls, keeping their figures in darkness all the time.
Even if some maids, servants and servants from the palace occasionally passed by, they could not find any living people clinging to the walls.
Soon, they came to a house quietly.
Several people looked at each other and communicated with each other in sign language. Then they saw a black shadow quickly flash out and arrived at the house in just a few leaps.
He squinted his eyes and looked into the house quietly for a moment, then quietly stepped back, telling the three people what they had just seen in sign language and spoken language. They then quietly moved forward and found a rockery in front of the house.
After that, he hid his figure, as if he was waiting for something?
Although it was already after the Spring Equinox, the nights in the North were still cold at this time. However, they remained motionless, just waiting quietly. Their breaths were soothing, as if there was nothing there, even if someone came from them.
You won't notice it at all if you pass by.
I don't know how long it took before I saw a fat, middle-aged man in gorgeous home clothes, swaying over while humming a tune, accompanied by several servants.
He seemed to have been drinking, and he was swaying as he walked, looking drunk. The servants and guards around him also staggered.
"hey-hey……"
The obese middle-aged man said with a charming smile: "Our little baby, open the door quickly... We can't wait any longer..."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and slammed the door. He continued to mutter some sweet words, which actually made several servants and guards snicker beside him, but they did not dare to laugh out loud.
Zi Ke was really embarrassed.
"You damn ghost, I've been waiting for you all night, but you went to have a good time with that foxy girl. Why are you here now?"
A charming yet angry woman's voice came from the room, seeming to be complaining that the man was late.
The fat middle-aged man was Cao Deren, the guard of Xinkou Village. He was lying beside the door and continued to beg for mercy: "My dear, you know in your heart that these are just entertainment for my husband. Several people in Shanxi
We are hosting a banquet for my husband, how can we not make fun of it?
But in my husband's heart, you are the only one who is my treasure. Those in Quliu Lane are all vulgar and vulgar. How can I compare with you? They are not even as good as one of your little fingers..."
Fat Guard Cao Deren's sweet words really made the woman in the room feel happy. However, she thought that she couldn't wait in vain and had to let Cao Guard give her some blood. She couldn't help but continue to scream: "No."
Listen, don’t listen, I just don’t listen…”
Cao Shoubei also went out to socialize for several days in a row. He hadn't been close to women for a long time. He was thinking about it urgently tonight, so he continued to flatter him in a soft voice: "My dear, hurry up and open the door. The wind is very cold this night, and you don't want to
Isn’t that a blow to your husband?”
He was begging for mercy, and the servants behind him were looking at each other and hiding their faces in laughter. His master was like this, both lustful and henpecked, especially since he had married a new wife.
She was the grand-niece of Mr. Zhai from Shanxi Province. She was young, beautiful and delicate, but she had a bad temper and was very jealous. This was in line with the characteristics of Shanxi people.
The newly married matron of the house was very good at calling out to the guard master. Master Cao was always eaten to death in front of her.
Suddenly, the smiles on their faces instantly became dull!
He just heard "Puff..." Several soft sounds came from around him. Although the sound was not loud, it was like thunder in Cao Shoubei's ears.
He suddenly felt horrified, and his drunkenness subsided instantly. He turned his head with difficulty, and felt a gust of cold wind coming, and a short sword painted black was already pressed against his throat.
Before I could make a sound, I heard a cold voice saying: "If you make the slightest sound, you will be killed."
The words that came to his lips were swallowed back by Cao Shoubei. After all, in such critical moments, saving life is the most important thing. He was shaking like chaff, and he only murmured softly: "Hero, spare your life, gold and silver."
Women can use them as they wish, depending on the hero."
"Shut up!"
The cold voice came again, and then a heavy punch hit Cao Shubei's back. His head tilted and he lost consciousness.
In just a moment, as if it was a flash of lightning, several of Cao's guards were lying motionless on the cold ground with their hands covering their throats, and streams of blood gushing out from their chests.
It turned out that the four black figures who climbed over the wall first wiped their necks to silence them, and then in order to prevent them from struggling to make any movement, they quickly stabbed each of them in the chest.
This action was really neat, vicious and cruel, killing him with one blow, leaving no room for resistance.
They didn't say much. Two of them lifted up the unconscious Cao Deren to guard him. The other two, one exploring the way in front and the other covering behind, quietly returned along the original path and left.
The footsteps outside the house were too subtle to be heard and gradually faded away. The woman in the room listened and heard that there was no movement outside. She couldn't help but feel resentful in her heart: You damn ghost, please give me some gold, silver and jewels again, don't you?
Did I just open the door for you? Why did you leave like this? It’s so heartless and unjust. Let’s see how I deal with you tomorrow!
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, and the angrier she became, the more she hated her. She couldn't help but cover her head and face with the brocade quilt, and said resentfully: "Humph. Within a month, don't expect the slave family to give you a good look."
In the quiet and beautiful night, a vague smell of blood spreads in all directions with the cold wind of early spring.
The woman seemed to have smelled something similar. When she carefully opened the door of the house, a scream spread throughout the garrison, attracting countless maids and servants to guard the house.
In an instant, the commotion spread to the entire garrison.
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Almost at the same time, a more cruel and merciless bloody killing was taking place in another place.
Hu Jie, the fox fairy, quietly climbed over the high wall of the guild hall, and after killing the two gatekeepers, he gently opened the door and allowed the monkey, Bodhisattva and others to enter the guild hall.
Under the guidance of the Fox Fairy, they headed towards the core place where counterfeit military notes were manufactured.
Hu Jie led two other agile brothers in front, responsible for dealing with some mobile patrol guards. Whenever he encountered a large or small door, he relied on his unlocking skills to solve it.
Moreover, Hu Jie also has a knack for looking after his house. Every time he opens the door, there will be no "squeaking" sound.
This kind of noise is nothing during the day, but in such a quiet night, it is a huge movement, enough to attract the attention of patrol officers!