Section 4: Life and Death
Everyone followed Zhang Zhenwu and Ma Lei, and walked through the alleys, and after about a few meals, they came to a small remote door. Ma Lei went up and knocked a few times, and the door opened, and a young man of fifteen or sixteen stood at the door, his eyes were clear, he looked at Ma Lei, nodded, and welcomed everyone in.
Everyone thought that they didn't know which abandoned house was here, but the more they went inside, the more they saw the magnificence, and saw the rockery and ancient trees, small bridges and flowing water, dotted in the meantime, which is a deserted garden here, it is clearly a rich and noble family's house.
Yang Hongsheng was sandwiched among the crowd, and saw that this mansion was even more vast and far-reaching than Liu Gong's. I couldn't help but feel a little happy in my heart. If Zhu Chongzhen, the chief helmsman of Hongmen, is willing to raise the banner of righteousness in Wuchang, the funds for this revolution will be several times higher, and the hope of success will be a little greater.
Ma Lei and Zhang Zhenwu led everyone through the back garden, through the corridor, and after a while, they came to the backyard. Everyone heard the babbling here on the way, as if they were singing, and when they got to the backyard, they saw that there was a stage, and an old student was singing on it. There were several teenagers standing sparsely in the audience, all of them were like Ma Lei, with short hair, no long braids, wearing oriental kimonos, who were watching a play there, and one of them was riding a ten-year-old child on his shoulder. Only a slightly larger one, with a long and short knife stuck in its waist, leaned far away against the trunk of a tree on one side, as if wary of something; A little farther away from the stage, there are dozens of tables and chairs, many of which are empty, only in the middle of the front row, there are two people sitting, looking at the figure, it is clear that they are the leaders of the two sessions - Liu Gong and Jiang Yiwu!
Hearing the sound of everyone's footsteps, several teenagers all turned their heads sideways and looked at everyone. Everyone was also looking at a few people, and saw the young man leaning on the trunk of the tree, his eyes were open; The two teenagers standing under the stage, one with a calm look in his eyes, the other with a look out of his eyes; But the strangest thing is the boy and the young child who are stacked on top of each other, the eyes of the two of them, the big one is like the deep sea, vast and far, but the small one is like a blade, sharp and abnormal. Everyone was secretly surprised in their hearts, but they all vaguely felt that this group of teenagers must be very people!
Mare walked over to the boy with the young man riding the toddler on his shoulder, and whispered a few words, but the boy just nodded and said something casually. Ma Lei turned back to the crowd and said, "My son-in-law said that he is very happy to meet you today. So I specially invited the famous Ai family class to come and perform a Huang Xiao flower drum for everyone. Everyone is tired of walking, so it's better to drink some tea first, and then we'll talk about it in detail after the drama is finished. β
After hearing this, everyone's hearts were faintly angry. In Wuchang City today, such a field has been reached, who still has the heart to listen to what Huang Xiao flower drum? The reason why everyone walked patiently for so long was because of the reputation of Zhang Zhenwu and Ma Lei, and secondly, four years ago, in the Hawaii incident, Chen Ping led Hongmen to fight for the rights of the Han people. But now that they met, Hongmen only sent a few teenagers, although Ma Lei was famous in the past, but he had been away from the country for many years, and he did not belong to him, what were his intentions this time, many people were also thinking in their hearts. However, Hongmen did this, and he really didn't understand the etiquette.
Since he dares to call himself a revolutionary, doing such a thing of exterminating the nine clans is mostly a fierce temper. Among the people, there was a fiery temper who wanted to be angry, but he saw Jiang Yiwu get up and walked over, and said to everyone: "Everyone must be a little thirsty all the way, drink some tea first, and then discuss big things later." β
Zhang Zhenwu, who led the way, also nodded and said: "What Bo Kui said is reasonable, everyone should be calm, drink some tea, and listen to the play." β
Sun Wu frowned, not knowing what these two were doing, but then Liu Gong over there also got up to persuade him, and the people of the two societies were not good enough to say anything. Because Jiang Yiwu was the selected commander-in-chief of the uprising, and Liu Gong was the selected prefect of the Wuchang government. So everyone looked at Sun Wu and Liu Fuji who came together, but saw that Liu Fuji found a chair casually, sat down, picked up the teapot on the table, poured himself a cup, raised his neck and drank it, and reached out to take an orange, peeled off the skin neatly, and ate it one by one - it really looked like he had entered a teahouse and watched a play.
Liu Fuji was the most intense in the two sessions, and seeing that he was so calm, everyone followed suit, found a seat, and sat down.
When everyone's hearts were far away from the quarrel and accusation just now, and they calmed down, they realized that what they were singing on this stage turned out to be a past incident in the late Spring and Autumn Period - the orphan of the Zhao family.
There are those who know how to play, and when they see the characters on the stage singing, chanting, and fighting, they are still a little jerky. I knew that this piece of music must be a new work.
Chinese people are always easy to indulge in pleasure, at this moment everyone's hearts are a little relaxed, not thinking about the country and the nation, but gradually, sinking into the play, with the story in the play, joy and sorrow.
I only listened to an old man's recitation: "Which is easier, lonely, or dead?" β
Another old student replied: "It's easy to die, but it's difficult to be lonely, it's ......."
The previous old student read Bai and said: "The ancestor of the Zhao family treats me well, I hope you will do that difficult thing, this is easy, just let me, I please die first!" β
Then he sang: "With the branches and leaves of the Zhao family for thousands of years, the mountains and rivers of the Jin Kingdom are one hundred and two heroes." show off the heroic talent to lead the army, and coerce the states to subdue the arch; Worship the minister and complain about his grievances. When the disaster first started in the palace, three hundred relatives drank Jianfeng; Just left a lonely child. β¦β¦ took out the traitorous marshal's mansion early, cut off the heads and sacrificed to the ancestors, and the nine clans were all punished without leniency. The season is not enough for you to risk death to repay the lord, even if I am willing to bury my son near the grave on the road! β
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Singing is wonderful, and there are those who understand, applauding loudly. But among these people, there are also many party members from poor backgrounds, who blow fire with a rolling pin in front of the dramaβthey don't know anything, and they are so boring to listen to. Fortunately, the repertoire is not long, and in the blink of an eye, there is kindness and revenge, and the Zhao orphans are reunited.
After singing on the stage, the young man with a pair of eyes that were also like deep seas, put down the young child standing on his shoulder, turned around, arched his hand to everyone, and said: "Comrades of the Communist Association and the Literature Society, brother Zhu Chongzhen, who is the chief helmsman of Hongmen, invites you to come today for the sake of Wuchang's righteousness. β
Sun Wu was taken aback, but he didn't expect that this Hongmen chief helmsman was such a young person. He originally thought that these teenagers were just family members of the Hongmen people, but he didn't expect that this would be the case. Sun Wu looked back at everyone, and they were all surprised. Only Liu Fuji's face was calm, but he already knew it. Sun Wu was a little unhappy in his heart: "Everyone is for the revolution, why hide it from yourself and everyone?" β
He heard that Zhu Chongzhen was straight to the point, and he didn't hide it, and he was somewhat relieved in his heart. Then he said: "Brother Zhu came from afar, but what do you have to say to us?" β
Zhu Chongzhen smiled, stood in front of everyone, and talked eloquently: "Since I received the news of the failure of the uprising of Huang Huagang, a member of the Alliance, I led the brothers of the helm to return to their homeland four months ago. On the way, I heard that the Qing court first set up its own imperial cabinet, cut itself off from scholars, and wanted to make some kind of 'state-owned railway', which caused anger and resentment. I was first in Guangdong, then in Changsha, and just the day before yesterday I arrived in the city of Wuchang from Chengdu. Along the way, I worked with Hongmen brothers from all over the country to unite the people and use various means to protect the railway, including in Sichuan, leading the people to rise up one after another. The Qing court was overwhelmed, and hurriedly transferred soldiers from various provinces, and the new army in Hubei also transferred most of them. β
Among the crowd, Peng Chufan was the most reckless, fierce, and short-tempered, originally the two associations were discussing just now, but it was at a critical moment, but Zhang Zhenwu and Ma Lei were inserted horizontally, and sat here to listen to such a piece of Huang Xiaohua Drum, and his heart was already suffocated, and then he heard Zhu Chongzhen talking at length there, and he really couldn't hold it back, so he jumped up and shouted loudly: "This kind of thing, in Wuchang City, it is Na Ruizheng, and he also knows the innocence, where is the need for you to talk here!" What are you going to do when you come to Wuchang? To tell you the truth, if you are making a revolution with us, we welcome it! If you have any other ideas, we don't welcome them! β
The young man who had been leaning on the trunk of the tree suddenly turned around, held the handle of the Taidao with his hand, looked at Peng Chufan coldly, and said, "Didn't Yu Peilun teach you how to speak to the helmsman?" β
Without waiting for the reaction of the people of the two sessions, Zhu Chongzhen smiled first: "Yiying, this matter is okay. This brother is Peng Chufan, who threw his pen from Rong, right? Revolutionaries must be able to eat three bullets: guns, cannonballs, and shells.* That's what my brother said, right? This sentence is very heroic, and I have always admired it! β
"I know that at this moment, you may all have such doubts in your hearts, Brother Peng is quick to speak, but he is the first to say it. As I have already said, I am here to discuss with you a plan to expel the Tartars and restore my China! It's just that after I came here, I listened to Liu Gong say that your two sessions have launched several uprisings before, but they have not succeeded. I will invite you to come today and discuss this matter clearly, after all, such a good opportunity in front of us is fleeting, and it will not wait for us! β
As soon as Zhu Chongzhen's voice fell, Zhang Tingfu stood up and arched his hand and said, "What Brother Zhu said is very true! However, there is one sentence, I want to say it in the head first, Brother Zhu don't be angry, I want to know, who are you? You want a revolution, and for what? β
Who knew that after Zhang Tingfu asked, Zhu Chongzhen didn't answer, but Liu Fuji next to him said slowly: "Who are you asking?" He is a descendant of Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty, the master of the Han Dynasty in the world, the incense master of the Hongmen Zhigong Court, and Chen Ping in Hawaii are all his subordinates. β
Sun Wu frowned and asked Liu Fuji, "How do you know so clearly?" β
Liu Fuji smiled and said, "I am from the Hanliu lineage, how can I not know?" Don't you all know what the Hanliu line does? β
As a revolutionary, most of the people are derived from Hongmen, such as the officers of the three-point society triad, and of course they are all familiar with this Han lineage, which is the source of all associations and a little emberfire of Han civilization.
Liu Fuji is known for his prestige among the people, and when he says this, everyone believes it. It's just that Liu Gong suddenly stood up, and also arched his hand to Zhu Qiu and asked: "Gongzi turned out to be a descendant of the Ming Zhu family, Liu Gong didn't know just now, if there is some rudeness, please don't be surprised!" But the public has a question, don't vomit or be unhappy, may I ask Gongzi, did you come to Wuchang, do you want to establish the Republic of China, or do you want to restore your Zhu Ming dynasty? β
When everyone in Hongmen heard Liu Gong's words, they were all a little unhappy. It's not for Liu Gong's problem. The Hongmen people, all the way north from Guangzhou, helped the revolution everywhere along the way, and there was no one like the people of the Wuchang City Central Committee, who did not talk about major matters, but just repeatedly said some irrelevant things. Speaking of which, counting this Wuchang City, it was the first time they had dealt with the Hui Party of the homeland, although they had contact with many Hongmen people in the homeland before, but most of those people had died and died in the country, and Xu Xilin was an example. In the past few years, Zhu Chongzhen has been busy with the construction of Hawaii and Yiye Academy, but he has neglected his homeland.
Zhu Chongzhen was very patient, and still replied with a smile: "Brother Liu's question is very true, but Chongzhen also has a sentence to ask, the wild goose has not been shot down yet, so we are thinking about dividing the wild goose here, is it a little early?" β
Zhu Chongzhen's answer made everyone stunned. Liu Gong sighed: "What Gongzi said is very true, it is Gong wrong!" β
Liu Fuji looked at the people around him, chuckled, and asked Zhu Chongzhen: "Since Gongzi has arrived the day before yesterday, he must have known the innocence of the Nanhu Artillery Team, right?" I don't know if Childe has any ideas? β
Zhu Chongzhen laughed, but did not answer. The gentle-eyed young man next to him walked over slowly, but he recited a passage of the book in his mouth:
"In July of the first year of the Second Emperor, Fa Lu Zuo Shu Yuyang, 900 people Tun Daze Township. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang are both in charge of the line and are the tun chiefs. It will rain heavily, the road is impassable, and the degree has been lost. If the deadline is lost, the law will be cut. Chen Sheng and Wu Guangnai conspired and said: "If you die today, you will die, and you will die if you make a big plan; Waiting for death, what about the dead country? β
Everyone was inexplicable in their hearts, and they didn't know what Zhu Chongzhen meant, only Liu Fuji slapped his palms and laughed: "Gongzi is really wise, and he can think of such a strategy, if this plan works, Wuchang City will be at your fingertips!" β
Jiang Yiwu frowned and asked Liu Fuji, "Yao Zheng, what are you talking about?" What's the best way to do it? β
Liu Fuji chuckled and said: "Bo Kui, you have a lot of experience in military affairs, don't you know that there is a cloud in the art of war: 'Fall into the place of death and then live, and put it in the place of death and survive'?" β