Li Jiqian breathed a sigh of relief. But at this moment, a group of people came from the side, quite a few of them, and looking at their clothes, although it was already dark, it could be seen that they were from the government.

Then a man walked out from the group. Judging from his clothes, he was an unofficial official. This man came over and said, "What is going on with you?"

Xiao Zhuo replied: "Your Excellency, we have nothing to do. We just went out to buy New Year's goods and happened to meet them here. I don't know them."

The unofficial official asked again: "It's all lies. You have been here for a while. I looked like we were about to fight, but in your words, it was just an accident."

Xiao Zhuo said: "Everything I said is true, sir! As for the fact that we stayed here longer, it was mainly because some of us who were drunk accidentally bumped into people over there, so we had a few words

There was a quarrel, but it was not an attempt to fight."

"Sir, it's the Chinese New Year now, who would fight on such a day?"

The unofficial official seemed to believe it, but he still said: "You each have a leader and follow me to Lord Tiju to tell the difference."

At this time, Li Jiqian, who had been silent just now, suddenly felt that he had figured out the reason for what happened today: the Ming government wanted to arrest their group!

Someone probably recognized him in the market this afternoon, so he immediately reported it to the government. Even though the government has sealed it, I heard that the person who promoted the Shanghai Shipping Department was a very serious and responsible official. I heard that

Pirates hang out here, and they are famous pirates on the wanted list. They definitely want to catch him. Catching him will be more effective than catching a thousand nameless pirates. It is a great political achievement.

However, during the Chinese New Year, it was difficult to mobilize the army, and many soldiers could not gather together for a while, so a tight encirclement could not be formed, and there was no guarantee that he would be able to catch him if he was captured head-on.

So I set up such a trap to get myself into the trap. First, it was very abnormal that someone was waiting for them at the door to ask for a drink. I gave a third and was still not satisfied; then a group of people came over and asked what the reason for this was.

, and then they pretended that there was an undercover agent among them, but in fact it was because the government officials hadn’t arrived yet, so they were trying to think of ways to stall for time, right?

Xiao Zhuo wanted to do business here for a long time. Although arresting himself was not his original intention, he did not dare to offend the Ming government and could only cooperate.

Now that I think about it, in fact, if his own people had not come out, Xiao Zhuo would have used their many people to arrest him just now. There were only three of them in total, so they couldn't resist.

But Xiao Zhuo saw that many of them were coming, so he was unwilling to sacrifice his own troops just to cooperate with the government. As for sending soldiers from the government to his men to pretend to be guards, those of them who had been pirates for a long time were

You could tell at a glance whether they were officers or soldiers, so it was definitely impossible to see a bunch of officers and soldiers waiting here stupidly. The government must have known about it, so they didn't do it.

So in the end, the government sent a low-ranking official over to trick him into following them alone, and Xiao Zhuo also cooperated. If he hadn't been alert and waited alone, someone would probably have caught him. As for

It doesn't matter if all his men run away. Catching one of his men is a great achievement. What's more, most of them will definitely be captured.

And one more thing, today is New Year’s Eve. Most people will relax their vigilance today and not be so alert. And there are many people setting off firecrackers and fireworks. They use fireworks to notify the people staying on the ships at the port.

, or the person staying behind the ship uses fireworks to notify them, which can easily be ignored.

In fact, there were still problems with Li Jiqian's reasoning, but Li Jiqian, who had already learned a lot, ignored these problems.

Li Jiqian had made up his mind and gestured to the people around him. The people around him were surprised when they saw his gesture, but after all, they had been drifting at sea all year round, so they still had basic qualities. They didn't speak, they just gestured to each other to tell each other.

All people are ready to do what they need to do.

Li Jiqian made a few gestures and pretended to come out and follow this unofficial official. As expected, Xiao Zhuo also came out and wanted to follow this official.

The unofficial official also turned around and said, "Follow me and go see Lord Tiju."

But he didn't take a few steps when he heard rapid footsteps coming from the side behind him. Although the sound of firecrackers was very loud not far away, his ears were very good and he heard it. But he turned around and wanted to say something just now,

He felt like his neck was being held by someone, and he couldn't breathe. He stretched out his hands to open the arms holding his neck, but it was of no use.

Xiao Zhuo was also surprised and immediately put on a defensive posture.

Li Jiqian ignored him and looked back at his people. Immediately, someone among their people lit up fireworks to notify the rest of them.

After all, they were people who had worked with Zhang Shicheng back then, and they knew several methods of arranging fireworks that were unknown to the public, which made their fireworks unique. As long as they were carefully distinguished, they could still be distinguished.

Li Jiqian can only pray that the other two people can tell the difference. Those who stay in the accommodation specially prepared for the merchants of the vassal state should be more vigilant, but those who stay on the ship may not be so.

All Li Jiqian's men also took out knives or bows and arrows. Li Jiqian took the unofficial official hostage to meet with his own people, and then fled to the port on the river. It would be great if they could board the ship smoothly or capture another ship.

Most people can escape; if they can't get off the boat, they can only disperse and break out, swim to Chongming Island, find their small boat hidden in the reeds on Chongming Island, and escape.

Xiao Zhuo was a little at a loss: Are they going to kill officials and rebel? No, it's such a trivial matter?

Xiao Zhuo said: "Brother, let's sort out this matter in front of Master Tiji. We can only fine you a little money. It's not a big deal. But if you kill an official and rebel, things will be different. If you don't want to

It’s the same thing if I pay all the fines and fines.”

Li Jiqian glanced at him and thought to himself: 'Still trying his best to deceive!'

But Li Jiqian didn't speak. He had to save every ounce of energy now, even if it was just to say a word.

Li Jiqian reunited with his people, and then saw that the same fireworks as the ones they had just lit were set off from the accommodation specially prepared for the merchants of the feudal state. The accommodation allocated to them was also set off.

Li Jiqian whispered: "Hurry up and join them!" Then the group of people ran towards the wall where they were. Not long after they first lived here, they had already figured out the terrain, the deployment of the officers and soldiers, and where to run.

There was a plan, and now they were running towards that plan.

Xiao Zhuo and his people had no idea what was going on and did not dare to move. They stayed where they were. Xiao Zhuo just went back to gather with his people because they were afraid that the government would mistakenly think that they also wanted to kill officials and rebel, so they moved

Neither dared to move.

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