Now, Lian'er's assassination of the county order failed, Qin Zhihong also knew that he had torn his face with the county order, how to deal with it was really tricky, he wanted to go to the prison to see Lian'er, but he didn't succeed, he didn't expect the county order to strictly prohibit the Qin family from visiting the prison. Another day later, Zhang Zongqi came to see Qin Zhihong, and Qin Zhihong didn't know what he was doing, so he let him in.

Zhang Zongqi didn't greet him when he entered the door, and said:

"Brother Qin, I have heard about the things of these days, and I need to prepare as soon as possible if there are any plans."

Although Qin Zhihong knew that Zhang Zongqi was kind, but at this time, no one could be gullible, so he said:

"Brother Zhang, these days, there have been a lot of things going on between you and me, and it is a little inappropriate for us to meet at this time, not only will it not help, but it will divide the feelings between you and me, please go back."

Zhang Zongqi seemed to know that Qin Zhihong would say this, so he said unhurriedly: "Brother Qin, I know how inconvenient I am at this time, you listen to me first, I have a plan to save Mrs. Qin." ”

Qin Zhihong's spirits perked up, and he thought, could it be that the secret recipe of his Zhang family came to blackmail, and then exchanged for Lian'er? However, Lian'er is guilty of rebellion, even if I take out Fang Zi, what means can his Zhang family have to produce a death row prisoner who rebelled? But if you can save Lian'er out, what about a prescription? Besides, now the government says that if you rebel, it is a rebellion, and that you are ignorant, but you are just entering the government privately, plotting against you, and committing a crime that will not lead to death. Besides, this recipe was not originally from the Qin family, it was just obtained by chance. So Qin Zhihong continued:

"Do you mean to say, let me hand over the secret recipe, and let you help me with my wife? If you can, I'm willing to hand over the secret recipe, please Brother Zhang. ”

Zhang Zongqi smiled and said, "How could we do that kind of thing to take advantage of people's danger?" Then Zhang Zongqi's tone became solemn, and he said: "Actually, I know what my father did, he is doing everything possible to get your Qin family's ancestral secret recipe, I deeply disdain it, but as a son, I can't be disobedient, and the method I want to talk about this time is not to replace people with secret recipes." ”

Qin Zhihong didn't know what medicine Zhang Zongqi was selling in the gourd, but when he saw Zhang Zongqi looking around left and right, Qin Zhihong immediately understood, so he took Zhang Zongqi to his private bedroom, took everyone away, and said:

"Brother Zhang, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, no one here will hear it."

Zhang Zongqi immediately lowered his voice and said, "Brother Qin, there is only one thing to rescue Mrs. Qin now - robbing the prison. ”

Qin Zhihong immediately became vigilant, he was also afraid that Zhang Zongqi would have bad intentions, so he immediately said solemnly: "Brother Zhang, although I don't know what crime Jing has committed, but I also know the laws of the imperial court, this method is absolutely impossible!" ”

Zhang Zongqi also seemed to see that Qin Zhihong had scruples, so he hurriedly pulled Qin Zhihong to sit down and said, "Brother Qin, you listen to me slowly, in fact, Mrs. Qin's arrest this time has something to do with me." ”

Qin Zhihong was taken aback, and thought to himself, this thing was done by Lian'er herself recklessly, how could it have anything to do with Zhang Zongqi? Zhang Zongqi just now was because he didn't dare to talk about it in front of the public, so he had been fishing for Qin Zhihong's appetite, which was why he no longer sold it, and said directly:

"Brother Qin, don't hide it, I'm what you call the 'revolutionary party' on weekdays!"

This sentence is not trivial, Qin Zhihong was also taken aback, Zhang Zongqi continued: "We originally planned to assassinate the county commander a few days ago, and we also got the news that he went out to visit a friend that day, so he made an ambush on the road, and I personally led the team, but it didn't come to pass, I don't know where the news leaked, and the dog official didn't go out, so I immediately became suspicious." After my careful investigation, I found out that it was our family's little list who discovered my plan and informed the government. ”

Qin Zhihong's eyes couldn't help but widen, because he was at a loss for these things, and said, "How can there be a small list?" ”

Zhang Zongqi said: "The little list went to my house, in fact, it was also to survive, I saw that he was pitiful and took him in, but I didn't expect this to be an unreliable dog!" Zhang Zongqi paused angrily, then came back to his senses and said:

"Let's not mention these, has Brother Qin seen me recently?"

"Nope." Qin Zhihong said frankly.

Zhang Zongqi said with a smile: "In addition to such a big thing between you and me, don't I, Zhang Zongqi, care about it as your good brother?" It's just because these days we are planning to assassinate the county commander, I thought that once the county commander died, the grievances between you and me would be resolved. ”

Qin Zhihong asked, "Then I don't know what you plan to do, Brother Zhang?" ”

Zhang Zongqi said: "What should I do? robbed the prison, directly assassinated the county order, and rescued the wife. ”

Qin Zhihong was puzzled: "I want to do this too, but even if the assassination is successful, it will attract the officers and soldiers stationed within a radius of thirty miles, once the killing comes, we have nowhere to escape!" ”

Zhang Zongqi said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, do you know how many of the new troops in the barracks in our county are revolutionaries?" ”

Qin Zhihong didn't answer, but just listened to Zhang Zongqi continue: "At least half, now that the imperial court is exhausted, and his own army is so unsupportive, how long will he support it?" The imperial court thought that it would be easy to drive Lord Yuan back to his hometown, but it was too simple, we were not working for Yuan Shikai, we were working hard to 'drive out the Tartars and restore China'! ”

Zhang Zongqi's feelings were a little high, Qin Zhihong immediately told him to be quiet, and Zhang Zongqi continued:

"I'll talk about it later, I came this time for two purposes: first, to get Brother Qin to agree to my plan to save my wife, and second, to let Brother Qin help me assassinate the county commander, in fact, this is a purpose, but you and my brother's positions are different. As I said earlier, you should believe that I didn't lie to you, but I still have one thing to ask for, that is, to stay in your mansion for a few days. ”

Qin Zhihong was puzzled, but then understood, so he said, "You mean, the government has paid attention to you?" ”

Zhang Zongqi said with a smile: "Don't pay attention, I don't dare to go back to my house, there are people from the government inside and out, and I will take me down when I go." However, the county order has some friendship with his father after all, and he doesn't dare to tear his face all at once, so his father is safe for the time being. ”

Qin Zhihong hurriedly said: "Then you dare to go back to Hedong Village, you are too bold!" ”

Zhang Zongqi got up and fiddled with the things in Qin Zhihong's bedroom, and said: "I didn't dare, but this time the Qin and Zhang families got married, and our county lord never dreamed that I would hide in you, didn't you see that when I came to look for you, I was dressed up by Qiao Zhuang?" And I told your housekeeper alone, Brother Xu Wende. Xu Wende and I have grown up together, we have always had a good relationship, if it weren't for my father, we might be better. ”

Qin Zhihong immediately called Xu Wende to come, Xu Wende had already seen Qin Zhihong and Zhang Zongqi talking in the house for a while, for fear that the two would fight, so he kept paying attention, and when he heard Qin Zhihong call him in, he entered Qin Zhihong's bedroom without saying a word.

Qin and Zhang did not hide it from Xu Wende, and told the truth and the truth, and the three of them felt that they were like brothers at this time and could be trusted, but Zhang Zongqi said slyly:

"Brother Qin, let me make it clear, this time I came to borrow troops from you."

"Borrowed soldiers?" Qin Zhihong wondered, smiled and said, "How can I have soldiers?" ”

Zhang Zongqi said directly: "Could it be that the two cottages on the mountain are not Brother Qin's soldiers?" ”

Qin Zhihong laughed and said: "It seems that your revolutionary party really has some skills, this kind of thing, the government doesn't know, you really want to find out." ”

Zhang Zongqi turned to say solemnly: "Don't hide it, we don't have enough manpower to assassinate the county order, these days I suddenly got the news, Brother Qin and Mrs. can actually talk to the people in the cottage, we all unanimously feel that we can get acquainted, and they are all former Boxers, Zhu Honglan's subordinates, strong combat effectiveness, our two armies act together, take the county government and kill the dog official, it is not a problem." And Brother Qin's worried officials and troops can rest assured that when the time comes, we will let the brothers inside incite a mutiny, and the uprising will be successful, and once it succeeds, it will echo with the revolutionaries in the south, and the big thing will be done. ”

Zhang Zongqi's blood boiled, and Qin Zhihong asked, "When are you going to do something?" ”

Zhang Zongqi said: "In the past few days, I am specifically responsible for contacting and coordinating with the people in the cottage, so I have been hiding in your mansion for the past few days, and once there is news, we will act together." ”

Qin Zhihong and Xu Wende were all excited, Qin Zhihong said: "Okay, since Brother Zhang can bear the rise and fall of the country, I, Qin Zhihong, should do my best!" ”

Zhang Zongqi then talked about the plan in detail with Qin Zhihong, and coordinated many details, and that night, Qin Zhihong took Zhang Zongqi to the cottage to discuss the specific action plan with Qiu Laokui. Moreover, Zhang Zongqi also promised everyone that once the revolution succeeded, the cottage would not have to occupy the mountain as the king, and after the death of the imperial court, they could voluntarily join the revolutionary army.

When everyone heard that they could live a peaceful day, they all felt that the days had finally come to an end, after all, no one wanted to be chased and killed by the government as bandits all the time, and they had such a bad reputation, so they were all elated and high-spirited.

On the morning of the fifth day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhang Zongqi was still hiding in Qin's house, but as soon as he got up in the morning, someone came to send information to Zhang Zongqi, Zhang Zongqi was shocked, so he immediately looked for Qin Zhihong, saying that he would do something tonight, Qin Zhihong asked why, Zhang Zongqi said:

"The revolutionary army has already revolted in Wuchang, we are doing something at this time, the time is the best, you hurry up and inform the people on the mountain, and then they will go down the mountain tonight, and gather by the Daixi River tonight, and attack the county government together."

Qin Zhihong didn't say a word, immediately repaired the book, and sent someone to the contact point at the bottom of the mountain, Zhang Zongqi hurriedly said: "Brother Qin, aren't you afraid that someone will change your letter like this?" ”

Qin Zhihong said with a smile: "I recognize the leaders on the handwriting mountain, and we have discussed it in advance, and we must write the discussed words in more than a dozen places, if it is changed, it can be recognized at a glance, you can rest assured." ”

Zhang Zongqi secretly sighed that Qin Zhihong was thoughtful, had nothing to do during the day, and was ready to go.