For Jiang Xiao, the two qualities of madness and caution do not conflict with each other, but complement each other.
It is precisely because Jiang Xiao acts crazily and always takes desperate risks and seizes chestnuts from the fire, so he must be extra cautious and prepare various escape routes for himself, otherwise his desperate risks and seizing chestnuts from the fire will turn into suicidal thoughts and moths flying.
fire.
It is precisely because Jiang Xiao has a cautious temperament and is always prepared with various escape routes and retreats. Therefore, when he encounters a problem and needs to make a decision, he is qualified to act crazily and adopt some actions that seem to be seeking death.
But now, this is the situation.
"Three Caves of Cunning Rabbits" has always been Jiang Xiao's code of conduct. Although he has controlled Tang Kun, the defender of hundreds of households, and Cai Tan, the leader of the grain gang, he can use the two men's sphere of influence at the intersection of Nanjing City Wall and Qingxi to open the river gate privately.
With the advantage, he could secretly enter and leave the seemingly heavily defended Nanjing city, but Jiang Xiao never regarded the protection of Tang Kun and Cai Tan as his only support and retreat.
In the past few months, Jiang Xiao has prepared at least three escape routes for himself in Nanjing.
In addition to Tang Kun and Cai Tan, Jiang Xiao also selected a professor named Jia Chun from Yingtian Academy. This Professor Jia has a very high reputation among scholars in Nanjing. He is a great Confucian from Jiangnan, and he is fond of reading.
As fate would have it, he had secretly collected a large number of banned books by the imperial court for many years. In order to collect these banned books, he also built several secret rooms in the Jia Mansion.
After Jiang Xiao accidentally discovered Professor Jia's secret, he secretly kidnapped his young son and forced Jia Chun to work for him.
In fact, the group of "Chaofeng" dead soldiers who returned to Nanjing in advance and are wanted by the Nanjing officials are now hiding in Jia Chun's mansion.
At the same time, Nanjing Shantang, which adopted a large number of orphans and received numerous praises, was also one of the escape routes Jiang Xiao arranged for himself.
Nanjing Shantang has adopted orphans everywhere over the years, and often opens porridge shacks to help the people. It has an excellent reputation in Jiangnan.
As for the various expenses of Nanjing Shantang, it was mainly donated by the imperial merchant Ge Zhenye, so Ge Zhenye is also known as "Ge Buddha" in Nanjing.
But in fact, this "Ge Buddha" is secretly engaged in human trafficking. Nanjing Shantang is also a devil's cave. A large number of orphans are sold by him as slaves and prostitutes. Some of these activities - such as "human medicine",
"Purple River Car" and the like - even if someone is ruthless and ruthless like Jiang Xiao, they still feel disgusted after hearing about it.
Among the "Chaofeng" dead men under Jiang Xiao, one was adopted by Nanjing Shantang when he was a child, and finally escaped from this devil's cave by chance. Therefore, Jiang Xiao had already mastered Ge Zhenye's handle. He soon arrived in Nanjing.
Successfully, he controlled Ge Zhenye, and through Ge Zhenye, he controlled Nanjing Shantang.
As for the Nanjing Shantang, there were not only several secret rooms, but also an emergency evacuation tunnel, which also became Jiang Xiao's backup just in case.
Whether it is Jia Chun, professor of Yingtian Academy, or Ge Foge Zhenye of Nanjing Shantang, they can provide shelter for Jiang Xiao at critical moments. If there is a life-or-death situation and the escape route is cut off, Jiang Xiao can also hold Jia Chun and Ge Zhenye hostage.
And the orphans from Nanjing Shantang were used as hostages to bargain with the Nanjing government.
At that time, as long as the seventh prince Zhu Hejian takes the opportunity to promote public opinion and influence government decisions, Jiang Xiao can still find a way out for himself.
All in all, Jiang Xiao, who had different options, even though he had noticed all kinds of strange things at this time and felt strong alarm in his heart, he still did not panic at all. Instead, he showed his crazy side again and decided to rush in before the danger really came.
, seize the time to find Hu Xiao and take revenge.
Looking for Hu Xiao's revenge at this time will of course encounter various unpredictable risks, and even some suspicions of seeking death, but Jiang Xiao thinks that he is fully prepared and still has a certain degree of confidence in protecting himself.
On the contrary, if you just think about protecting yourself and escaping at this time, it is certainly safer, but if you want to catch Hu Xiao's tail and take revenge on Hu Xiao in the future, I am afraid you will never have the chance.
For Jiang Xiao, his accidental discovery of Hu Xiao's whereabouts in Nanjing was completely a blessing from God. Perhaps it was just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If he missed this village, he would not have this store, so this choice actually made no sense at all.
Worth hesitating.
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In a grain warehouse in the corner of Tang Kun's defense area, where the defenders were guarding hundreds of households, Jiang Xiao frowned and pondered for a moment, and soon made up his mind.
Later, Jiang Xiao's face became more serious and his mind became calmer. He immediately summoned a leader of the "Chaofeng" dead soldiers and asked: "Jiang Sisan, are the batches of wine I asked you to prepare?
Are you ready?"
Jiang Sisan immediately nodded and said: "It's ready. According to your instructions, all these drinks have been spiked."
Jiang Xiao slowly ordered with an expressionless face: "Now give these drinks to the Nanjing defenders and grain gangs here! In the past few days, we have been able to escape Nanjing with their cover and support.
The government is arresting people one after another, so naturally they want to express their gratitude."
Jiang Sisan asked again: "Then...after the medicine has overturned these defenders and gang members, do you want to..."
Having said this, Jiang Sisan waved his hand and scratched his neck, which naturally meant to kill and silence him.
Jiang Xiao shook his head and said: "After the medicine has overturned them, we will take off their clothes, take away their weapons, and let us use them ourselves! Let the brothers all change into the uniforms of the Nanjing defenders, and it is time for us to leave.
Here it is! Staying here for too long will only increase the risk of exposure!
But there is no need to kill people to silence them. Killing nearly a hundred officers and soldiers and dozens of people from the food gang in one breath will definitely cause an uproar. It will be difficult to calm down the situation afterwards. Instead, some banknotes should be left for them, not only to compensate them, but also to stabilize them.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! If we can successfully complete the task tonight and the escape route here is not exposed, then we will need to evacuate Nanjing City through here again!"
After Jiang Sisan took the order and left, Jiang Xiao summoned the other two "Chaofeng" leaders and continued to give instructions: "Niu Qi, Zhang Si, you two are the best in water. I need you to leave from Qingxi Waterway immediately."
Sneak away from here and never let anyone find your traces!
After you leave here, Niu Qi, go to the residence of Professor Jia Chun and inform the team of 'Chaofeng' who returned to Nanjing City in advance, and ask them to act immediately according to the original plan, deliberately letting the Nanjing government discover their whereabouts, so that
The whole city of Nanjing was in chaos, and they quickly fled to Xuanmen Street, fifteen miles west of Zhanyuan. Someone would naturally provide them with shelter and hide their whereabouts.
As for Zhang Si, you go to Nanjing Shantang immediately, meet with that Ge Buddha on my behalf, control him, and let Nanjing Shantang be ready to respond at any time. If something unexpected happens during my operation tonight, I will go to Nanjing first.
Shantang seeks a way out!"
Niu Qi and Zhang Si both nodded in agreement and left quickly.
Just as these "Chaofeng" leaders were taking orders to take action, Jiang Xiao frowned and crossed his hands, turned his head from the warehouse window to the direction of Zhanyuan in the west of Nanjing City, and murmured in a low voice: "This time.
The Seventh Prince will definitely be furious if I act without authorization. Although I have no intention of betrayal, the Seventh Prince will definitely feel resentful and may even regard 'Chao Feng' as a hidden danger that must be eliminated... Lu De
, the next step will depend on your methods, I hope you won’t disappoint me, otherwise..."
Speaking of this, Jiang Xiao's expression flashed with a stern look.
Then, Jiang Xiao stopped mumbling to himself, and just stood quietly in the grain gang warehouse with an expressionless face, waiting for the follow-up actions of the "Chaofeng" dead soldiers.
While Jiang Xiao was standing still, there was constant movement outside the warehouse, and the incredulous shouts and questions of some Nanjing defenders and grain gang members could be heard vaguely.
But from beginning to end, Jiang Xiao never moved.
The Liang Gang were just a bunch of rabble, and the Nanjing defenders were just a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled. Jiang Xiao believed that the "Chaofeng" dead soldiers under his command were fully capable of dealing with them.
Sure enough, Jiang Xiao only stood still for a quarter of an hour. It was already half past Unity Hour, and seeing the sky gradually getting dark, he saw Jiang Sisan, the leader of the "Chaofeng" dead soldiers who had left before, return again, holding in his hand
He also held a set of Nanjing garrison uniforms and a long sword.
Jiang Sisan quickly walked up to Jiang Xiao, handed the clothes and pants of the Nanjing defenders to Jiang Xiao, and reported: "Boss Jiang, I have successfully completed the task, using the batch of spiced wine and meat fans
Most of the Nanjing defenders and grain gangs here were stunned. Although there were a few Nanjing defenders and grain gangs who had not touched these meat and wine, so they still had the power to resist, but their force was extremely weak and they were quickly defeated.
The brothers took action to subdue him... They acted very quickly and did not attract any outside attention."
Jiang Xiao nodded slightly, reached out to take the uniform of the Nanjing garrison and put it on himself, while continuing to listen to Jiang Sisan's report.
"Also, according to your instructions, the brothers just tied them up and controlled them without harming their lives. They also left them a large sum of money to ease the relationship... At the same time, we also collected information from the guards here.
In addition to the military supplies, plus the things just stripped from the defenders, we obtained a total of more than 160 sets of defenders' clothing, more than 80 long weapons such as spears and halberds, more than 20 swords, and eight
A bow and six firearms."
Jiang Xiao had quickly changed his clothes, raised his head and asked: "Have the brothers also changed their clothes? Weapons have been distributed?"
Jiang Sisan nodded again and said: "Everything is ready, just waiting for Boss Jiang's order!"
Jiang Xiao sneered and nodded, and finally strode out of the grain gang warehouse and said loudly: "Send the order, everyone will follow me to leave here immediately and head to the south of the city!"
"Where are we going?"
"Of course it's the temporary residence of Academician Huo! We have an old friend. It's time to catch up!"