In Beijing City, deep in the hutongs of a hundred flowers, at the door of a separate house, several soldiers of the Praetorian Guard stood at the door, yawning boredly. Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, and the leader looked up, but it was Wang Shizhen.

"The prince came early today!" Zhao Laosi, the leader, greeted Wang Shizhen.

Wang Shizhen arched his hand at Zhao Laosi, "Brother Zhao is early, brothers have worked hard!" This means that I invite my brother to tea. As she spoke, Wang Shizhen gently shook Zhao Laosi's hand.

Zhao Laosi secretly shook it, the size was really the same as usual, and a pair of chaotic eyes instantly had some brilliance, "I'm really embarrassed to let the prince break the bill every time." Brothers, open the door and let the prince in. ”

Wang Shizhen thanked him again, and hurriedly walked in with the box.

This house is very barren, the autumn in Beijing is already deep, a few locust trees in the yard, most of the branches are bare, the leaves have fallen to the ground, Huang Cancan is thick and covered the yard, Wang Shizhen stepped on it, and there was a sound of many leaves broken bones.

"It's the secretary here, right?" In the room on the east side, a lonely voice came out.

"Master, it's me. What do you think of today? Wang Shizhen replied and gently placed the food box at the door of the house. But he did not enter the house, but stood outside.

"Well, the days go by day by day, good or bad." The people in the house were obviously not thinking about this, "Where are the Duan brothers now?" ”

"Back to the master, the last news from Wuqiao said that they had entered Sichuan." Wang Shizhen replied respectfully.

The people in the house were silent for a while, sighed, and then said: "The situation in Sichuan is unpredictable, you send someone to tell Wuqiao quickly, don't go forward." If the situation is not right, retreat to Henan and go to Zhangde to find a comfort pavilion. The comfort pavilion is still safe. ”

Wang Shizhen bowed, "Follow the master's orders, I will send a fast horse to inform the Duanjia brothers when I go back." ”

The people in the house seemed to be playing the piano just now, and then they provoked a few more sounds, as if they were thinking about something, and finally sighed: "This time they sent Wuqiao to Sichuan, but they just wanted to cut off my arm." If it is usual, according to the ability of the noon bridge, it may not be able to turn the danger into a disaster, but this time the road protection around the country is closely coordinated, if the deed, I am afraid that there are masters behind the secret manipulation, what is the purpose of the person, we do not yet know, always be careful. ”

"The master is very worried." Wang Shizhen replied, "I see that the protection roads in various places, although they are intense, they are all within a controllable range. Only Sichuan provoked the popular uprising. In order to pacify Sichuan, the regent also transferred most of the new army in Ezhou, and now Wuhan is empty. ”

"The vision of the secretary is still so sharp!" The voices of the people in the room were a little smiling, but they turned to the conversation and asked, "Is the new book of the business hall out?" ”

Wang Shizhen was stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, and immediately replied: "If you go back to your master, you haven't yet." ”

"Oh," the people in the room were obviously very disappointed, "it's been four or five months, and the last set of the hundred translations I said before is now the last one, why is it so difficult, it's really anxious, what is the translation of the hundredth set?" ”

The people in the room muttered to themselves for a while, and then asked, "Is the day for the book to be published?" ”

"If you go back to your master, you don't!" Wang Shizhen was obviously disappointed as well.

"What is this Zhu Fangsheng doing?" The people in the room muttered.

Wang Shizhen heard this, his nose was sour, he knew that the people in the house, in the past few years of imprisonment, almost relied on these translations of books in the business hall to pass the time, in the past, the books in the business hall were extremely regular, every time he sent a book, the people in the house were very happy. Sometimes Wang Shizhen also feels that with these translated books, although he is imprisoned here, the people in the house are not very sad, but very relaxed, maybe living in this way of poetry and books is the life he has been wanting to live for a long time. But since the beginning of the Xinhai year, this translation has not been able to pick up one by one, and the new books are pitifully slow. The prisoners in the house turned over and over the old books, and gradually became upset, and finally tasted the pain of being imprisoned. Wang Shizhen saw it in his eyes, and his heart was also very anxious. However, there is nothing to be done.

"Hasn't this Zhu Fangsheng's identity been found out?" After a while, the person in the room asked again.

"Back to the master, not yet. I asked Zhang Xiangtao to send someone to ask before, but Zhang Yuanji was very hard-mouthed, so he just didn't say it. I also took care of Zhang Jian and asked him to pay attention to it secretly, but over the years, I still haven't found the source of this new book. ”

"Forget it, you don't have to do such boring things in the future. These 100 sets of translated books will be finished soon, and I am afraid that there will be no more in the future, and there is no difference between knowing and not knowing. "The voice in the house came, and it was very lonely.

Wang Shizhen didn't answer this time, the hundred sets of translated books are about to be published, and after they are finished, how should the people in the house spend the long years of being imprisoned.

At this time, there was a knock on the door knocker at the gate of the courtyard, and Wang Shizhen was startled, "The hour is almost up, does the master have any other orders?" ”

"No, you can go." The sound in the room, a little tired.

Wang Shizhen bowed to the house, slowly retreated and went out, and walked out of the courtyard gate, but listened to a few voices in the house: "Zhu Fangsheng, Zhu Fangsheng, what kind of man are you?" ”

Wang Shizhen felt a pain in his chest, sighed slightly, opened the courtyard door, and walked out. As soon as he went out, he saw Qibei Zi Xiankui of King Su's Mansion walking back and forth in the alley, as if there was something urgent. Hearing the door knock and seeing Wang Shizhen come out, his face suddenly showed joy.

"Master Wang, you can figure it out," Xiankui said in a low voice, "There is news from Wuchang, as you expected, the Ezhou New Army has rebelled and has occupied the three towns of Wuhan!" ”

Although it was expected, Wang Shizhen was still taken aback and asked in a low voice, "Has the person in charge found out?" Who exactly? ”

"According to the report, it was Li Yuanhong, the leader of the 21st Mixed Association, who led the crowd to make a rebellion!" Xiankui said immediately.

Wang Shizhen shook his head, "Li Yuanhong is light and scheming, has no ambitions, and has no such means. ”

Xiankui was stunned when he said this, but he knew that Wang Shizhen was extremely accurate, so he didn't say much, but lowered his voice even more, and asked Wang Shizhen: "Do you want to tell the door master about this matter?" ”

Wang Shizhen looked back at the house and shook his head, "This matter is not clear yet, don't tell the master first, the master of the province is sad." ”

"Ama means the same thing," Xiankui nodded, "Prince Gong and Liang have already sent someone to invite them, let's go back quickly!" ”

Wang Shizhen nodded, and the two walked quickly towards the alley, and waited until they got out of the alley, then turned over and got on the horse, and flew like a horse.

When the two arrived at King Su's mansion, they saw Prince Su Shanqi, Prince Gong Fu Wei and Janissary Commander Liangbi all sitting in the living room, silent.

Wang Shizhen felt strange when he saw the three of them like this, and asked: "Although the new army in Ezhou is in turmoil, although it is troublesome, it is expected, why are you like this?" ”

Prince Su smiled bitterly, picked up a telegram from the table, handed it to Wang Shizhen, and said, "This is what I just received, let's take a look at it!" ”

Wang Shizhen took the telegram and saw the only 16 words on it:

"Er Qing Dynasty, the number of qi is exhausted! The imperial system must die, and the Republic of China should be established! ”

Wang Shizhen looked at it, and didn't think there was anything abnormal, in this case, which rebel didn't say it? During the Hongyang Rebellion, there were also such words.

But when he saw the payment, he was shocked. The inscription reads:

"The old man of Yuezhou, fulfill the ten-year covenant!"

"The old people of Yuezhou? Could it be that he is talking about the boy in Yuezhou? Wang Shizhen asked.

"I'm afraid it's just this person. Our spies in Wuchang said that the people in charge of Wuchang were actually a few fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers, and the orphans of the Zhu Fang family were exactly this age. The leader claimed to be Zhu Chongzhen. In the name of the emperor at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that it is to snow the grudge of the year," Shanqi said on the side.

"Humph! This Zhu Chongzhen is really untrustworthy! Prince Gong Fu Wei said hatefully on the side, "How did the master of the door make an appointment with him back then, 'Ten years later, when the flowers bloom, the night of the full moon, the top of the Forbidden City, there will be no enmity, no revenge!' But now before the ten-year period has expired, he has committed me to clear the house! ”

Wang Shizhen thought about it carefully, but shook his head and said: "Back then, the master of the door made an appointment with him, but he just said that he was waiting for him in the capital. He made trouble in Wuchang, but it was not a breach of contract. ”

"But the ten-year period has not yet arrived!" When Fu Wei saw Wang Shizhen say this, he was a little angry in his heart.

Zhu Chongzhen was born in Yuezhou, and it is estimated that he was talking about the foreigner's calendar at that time, and at this time, according to the foreigner's calendar, there are still more than two months to go for the New Year; He probably wanted to take advantage of this time to take the two lakes, or even the entire southern country, and then break the prestige of the country to go to the ten-year covenant! Wang Shizhen said in a low voice, "It's really a good plan, why did I say that the matter of protecting the road in various places is so noisy, it turns out that he Hongmen is behind his back!" ”

At this time, Liangbi, who had been silent, asked, "What should we do in this situation?" ”

Wang Shizhen didn't answer, but asked, "How did the regent deal with it?" ”

"He plans to send your teacher, Yin Chang, to lead the soldiers and horses of the four towns of Beiyang to quell the rebellion!" Liangbi said with a smile.

Everyone knows what he's laughing at, most of the Beiyang New Army is their Qingmen training, and Liangbi has also served as the commander of the Beiyang Army, and most of the proud generals will only listen to them. Besides, Yin Chang, who led the troops, was also a Manchurian from the white flag. It can be said that the counterinsurgency army, from top to bottom, is all their own line. How will you listen to the regent?

Wang Shizhen also smiled and said: "This Wuchang matter, whether it is good or not, whether it is bad or not. But we took this opportunity to take the master out. ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Everyone asked in unison.

"It's very simple, raise your own respect!" Wang Shizhen smiled.