Chapter 193 Rescue the adults
Shen Zhi and the pirate looked at each other, and the air seemed to freeze instantly. The man's clothes did not look like a simple soldier, but more like the leader of the pirates. Shen Zhi knew that she could not retreat at all at this time. She held her saber tightly and was on guard. Seeing this, the pirate slowly stood up, drew out his saber from his waist, and prepared to fight Shen Zhi to the death.
The Japanese pirate shouted loudly, and swung his knife at Shen Zhi like a hungry wolf, as if he wanted to chop her in half. Shen Zhi's eyes condensed, and she thought: This Japanese pirate is so cruel, I must be careful. She dodged to the side and just barely avoided it. The Japanese pirate missed the attack, and his face became more angry and ferocious. He swung his knife again and again, and the knife flashed. Shen Zhi responded calmly, sometimes blocking, sometimes counterattacking. The sound of the collision between the knives echoed in the house, and sparks flew everywhere.
Shen Zhi seized an opportunity and thrust forward. The Japanese pirate dodged hastily, but his sleeve was still cut. The Japanese pirate became more and more crazy and attacked more fiercely. His eyes were red, as if he wanted to eat Shen Zhi alive. Shen Zhi was not afraid at all. She relied on her agility and tenacious will to deal with the Japanese pirate.
After several rounds, Shen Zhi gradually gained the upper hand. He took advantage of a flaw in the Japanese pirate and swung his saber hard, slashing the Japanese pirate's arm. The Japanese pirate felt pain and dropped the saber in his hand. Shen Zhi took the opportunity to kick the Japanese pirate to the ground, then quickly stepped forward and put the saber against the Japanese pirate's throat.
The Japanese pirates showed despair in their eyes, but Shen Zhi did not hesitate at all, and ended the lives of the Japanese pirates with his sword. At this time, Shen Zhi was panting, and her clothes were soaked with sweat. But she did not dare to stop, because there were two ferocious Japanese pirates outside the room where the officials were imprisoned.
Shen Zhi left the room quickly without noticing that a pair of red eyes were staring at her gloomily through the gap in the closet against the wall.
The two Japanese pirates at the door were still guarding it like ferocious monsters.
Shen Zhi quietly observed the two Japanese pirates. They held sharp blades and looked around vigilantly. If he rushed up directly, it would undoubtedly be like hitting a rock with an egg. He had to come up with a foolproof plan.
Shen Zhi found some stones and branches, and threw the stones hard in a distant direction. The sound of the stones falling to the ground immediately attracted the attention of one of the pirates. The pirate walked towards the direction of the sound, and the attention of the other pirate was also slightly distracted.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shen Zhi quickly approached the Japanese pirate who was still there from another direction. She tried to keep her body low and walked slowly. When she was close to a certain distance, Shen Zhi suddenly jumped up and pounced on the Japanese pirate with lightning speed. Before the Japanese pirate could react, Shen Zhi covered his mouth tightly and quickly killed him with her saber.
At this time, the other Japanese pirate was still far away. Shen Zhi did not hesitate at all. She picked up another stone on the ground and threw it in the direction of the Japanese pirate. The Japanese pirate heard the sound and just turned around, Shen Zhi rushed over like lightning. Before the Japanese pirate could react, Shen Zhi made another move and successfully got rid of the Japanese pirate.
After getting rid of the Japanese pirates guarding the gate and even quickly rushing into the room where the officials were imprisoned, Lord Jiang's complexion had improved a lot at this time. It seems that the quick-acting heart-saving pills were quite effective for him.
"Let's go quickly. We don't know if there are other remnants of the Japanese pirates hiding in the dark." After saying that, Shen Zhi helped Lord Jiang up and walked out. The other lords also stood up and followed behind. They were still in fear, their feet felt weak as if they were stepping on cotton. They had never experienced being held hostage in their lives.
Not long after they walked, they met Song Shijie and his soldiers.
"Sir Song, it's that courtyard. I have dealt with all the Japanese pirates in the open. I wonder if there are still some in secret." Shen Zhi said, pointing to the dilapidated courtyard.
"Liu Da, take your men in and search thoroughly."
At Song Shijie's order, Liu Da led a group of people to go in and search.
Liu Quan also followed Song Shijie over. When he saw his master, he quickly came over to take the child from Shen Zhi and supported him.
"Liu Quan, go find a carriage to send the adults back to Baiyun Villa. Wang Jun, take a team of people to escort the adults." Song Shijie ordered.
The two men received the order, and Liu Quan quickly rented two horse-drawn carriages, asked several adults to get on, and drove away with a yamen runner.
Shen Zhi was a little uneasy, always feeling that something was missed. She returned to the small courtyard and searched carefully with everyone. In the room where the fight with the Japanese pirates had just taken place, the bodies of several Japanese pirates had been cleared away by the officers and soldiers. Shen Zhi suddenly found that the cabinet in the corner was ajar. She remembered that the closet was clearly closed during the fight just now.
Shen Zhi walked over and opened the closet, which was empty. Shen Zhi suddenly found a pearl earring in the corner of the closet. Someone must have been hiding inside, and it was a woman. Shen Zhi looked around and finally found a small piece of torn fabric hanging on the window. The person must have run away.
In the following days, the government searched several abandoned houses and found several Japanese pirates according to the clues provided by the people. After several rounds of torture, the stubborn Japanese pirates finally spoke.
It turned out that they were the Japanese pirates stationed in Haizhou. On the day when the Japanese pirate camp was burned, their team was ordered to deliver a letter to Nanzhou. When they came back, they saw the camp on fire from afar. Commander Xingzi ordered them to lie in wait and wait for an opportunity. Later, the Zhan family army burned all their compatriots in the Great Japanese Empire to death. Commander Xingzi said that it was the idea of the little girl surnamed Shen. She had to find a way to lure out the dead girl and kill her herself.
Song Shijie sent a message to Shen Zhi, asking her to be careful of a woman named Xingzi. As for the other hiding places of the Japanese pirates, the captured Japanese pirate had confessed, and Song Shijie destroyed them one by one and captured several more Japanese pirates. According to the confession of the Japanese pirates, only the female commander named Xingzi was missing.
Shen Zhi's heart was beating fast. Her intuition was always accurate. As a special operations soldier, she knew that the closer the enemy was to the end, the more cunning they would be and the more likely they would appear in front of her in unexpected ways.
Time passed by, and the government did not find the whereabouts of Xingzi for more than ten days. At this time, a long-unseen heavy rain fell. The rain poured down without stopping, as if it wanted to rain all the rain for the year at once.
Shen Zhi was hiding in Baiyun Mountain Villa. The village head Liu had already led the workers to dig holes in the rice paddies to release the water inside to prevent the paddy fields from flooding. Fortunately, after two days and two nights of heavy rain, it gradually stopped, and a rainbow bridge quietly appeared in the sky.