This family looked very normal, and there was nothing special about it.
There were six people in this family, old and young, and they were all caught. They were all shivering, and they didn't look like nobles at all.
But the Black Water instructor insisted that they were nobles and wanted to take them back for investigation.
When he picked up an old man, he probably used too much strength, and the old man screamed in pain. The little boy of the family pushed the member of the Self-Defense Forces who was carrying the old man angrily. The guy stepped back a few steps and was stunned for a moment. Then he directly picked up a stick and hit the little boy's head.
Sad and shrill cries rang out.
Yuan Saburo and the other members of the Self-Defense Forces covered their eyes again and didn't want to see such a scene.
By the time the Self-Defense Forces finished their work in the morning, they had arrested a total of 27 suspects, and 109 would-be suspects were beaten to death with sticks. Including Saburo, many of the sticks in their hands were stained with blood.
At the summary meeting at noon, Xu Yangchuan focused on the ten people who had killed the most people and acted the most efficiently, and appointed them as team leaders. Then he gave them ten taels of silver as a reward on the spot, and also gave each of them a pig and ten bags of rice as a reward.
They would be given the power to manage and guide the members of the Self-Defense Forces to arrest nobles, and they would get better treatment and better living conditions than the ordinary members of the Self-Defense Forces, as a reward for their service to Daqin.
After a morning's training and guidance, most of the members of the Self-Defense Forces seemed to be enlightened. Except for the more than 20 people who had died, most of them were enlightened. In the afternoon's search and arrest operation, they basically hit wherever the Black Water instructor pointed.
In the end, there was no need for them to give instructions. They had already mastered their power and techniques. Basically, they would kick open the door and go in to search. Those who were slightly better would come out after causing a commotion. Those who were slightly more problematic would come out with a bloodied stick. It was very simple.
They had already experienced the existence of happiness.
With their help, the pressure of the Daqin army was greatly reduced, and they could concentrate on the real search and arrest.
After analyzing the information and looking for important clues, Li Rusong and Xu Yangchuan soon divided the three most suspicious people, and then the three brothers, Li Rusong, Li Ruzhang, and Li Rumei, were responsible for the arrest.
Li Ruzhang and Li Rumei's arrest operation was very successful. They destroyed two large shelters for the nobles, and caught more than 50 Nihonese officials and more than 200 of their families. The Daqin government estimated that they could get more than 100,000 taels of silver.
It was worth celebrating.
Only in the area where Li Rusong led the team to search, they didn't make much progress. They always caught some big fishes. But they caught some warriors. They were explained that they belonged to the ruling class, but their status was relatively low, and they were the thugs and henchmen of the senior officials.
These people all had weapons, and Great Qin's soldiers had lost some people when capturing them. Li Rusong had been furious and interrogated all of them, and those who could not tell him anything were tortured to death. He would not let him have a good time.
But the real big fish still hadn't been caught.
Li Rusong was anxious, but the real big fish was even more anxious. Seeing that their living environment was getting worse and worse these days, they had to let some loyal retainers deliberately expose themselves, so that the Qin Army could rest assured. But they still didn't let go.
They seemed to be even more ruthless.
What were these guys thinking?
Maeda Toshinaga hadn't eaten meat for three days. The beef they found three days ago had already been eaten by Houyang Cheng and his queen. Even Maeda Toshinaga only got a little soup. It was just a taste to soothe his injured stomach so that it wouldn't be so angry.
He was also very painful. He had no meat to eat and could only eat dry food, and it was the kind of dry food that only ordinary people could eat. It made him want to vomit.
But there was nothing they could do. They had to do this. Otherwise, the taste of hunger would be even more uncomfortable. The Queen of Houyang Cheng was like this. She refused to eat such dirty food. After she was so hungry that she cried, she had to eat it. Now, she ate it honestly.
After all, the guards had to share the food. They couldn't eat until they were full. If Houyang Cheng and the queen were still unreasonable, it would seriously damage the morale of the guards, which would make the guards very dissatisfied and even have the intention to rebel.
The retainers still had some political wisdom.
But now, it seemed that this wisdom had no effect on the Qin Army. The Qin Army did what it should do. They even publicly announced the rule of offering information in exchange for food. The retainers thought for a while and also sent people out pretending to be ordinary people to offer information in exchange for some food. But somehow, they attracted the Qin Army.
"In the past few days, I heard that the Qin Army set up something called the Japanese Self-Defense Force in the city. It was formed by some traitors who cooperated with the Qin Army. It was said that they were very cruel and captured people everywhere. They didn't care whether the people they caught were requested by the Qin Army or not. They just captured them, and those who didn't obey were beaten to death."
A retainer reported this horrible news to Houyang Cheng and Maeda Toshinaga. Houyang Cheng was very panicked.
"If so, what if they find this place and forcibly capture me? What should we do? Won't we be exposed? "
Houyang Cheng's words were indeed a hidden danger. Maeda Toshinaga had to admit.
"But we still have a way. There are many of our people here. We must have a way."
He could only comfort Houyang Cheng in this way.
But Houyang Cheng gradually couldn't bear it.
"A way, a way. Every day you say you have a way! But in the past few days, I have been eating such coarse food every day and enduring such a dirty environment. Why? Isn't it to wait for Guan Bai to come back and save me? Didn't you say that Guan Bai has defeated Tokugawa and is back to save me? Where is Guan Bai's army?! "
Houyang Cheng roared at Maeda Toshinaga.
What should Maeda Toshinaga say?
He couldn't say, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry. I lied to you. I don't know where Toyotomi Hidetsugu has gone. I said those things just to make you feel at ease. In fact, even I don't know if Toyotomi Hidetsugu has won or not."
He definitely couldn't say that. But what else could he do?
Houyang Cheng's roar made him very unhappy. He wanted to roar back.
But the situation was stronger than him. What else could he do?
He could only continue to lie.
"Guan Bai has indeed defeated Tokugawa. But he needs time to return to the army, investigate the enemy's situation, and arrange the troops. Everything needs time. Your Majesty, please be patient. Give Guan Bai enough time. Only then can Guan Bai defeat Qin and save Your Majesty!"
He tried his best to persuade Houyang Cheng.
But Houyang Cheng had lost his patience.
"Be patient, be patient! I've already been patient. How else do you want me to be patient? Do you want me to be patient and not reveal my identity after being captured by Qin's people?! "
This was indeed a problem.
Maeda Toshinaga didn't know what to say.
Actually, at this point, they had no other choice but to deal with it passively.
No one knew what would happen tomorrow.
Every one of them was deeply worried.
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