In August 1916, in Shanghai, the sun in the west was still left, and the sunset paved the entire street, Zhu Lin and Yin Weijun were riding on the edge of the wharf, and the refreshing sea breeze was blowing the sunset, which drifted in front of him from time to time, making Zhu Lin suddenly feel a little in Hawaii.

This Zhu Lin had just graduated from Yiye Academy last month, and originally planned to go to Europe to study, to find Xiang Haiyuan and others, and also to meet the world's first-class war. But Yin Weijun came suddenly three months ago and brought a letter from Zhu Qiu, in which he asked Zhu Lin to leave Shanghai after graduation, but as for what to do, the letter did not say, but asked him to find a person named Deng Zipu.

But it is said that this Yin Weijun, since the founding of Xinhai, she has left China, first studied with her sister Yin Ruizhi in Yiye Academy for a year, and then both went to Stanford University in the United States. Originally, Yin Ruizhi was more appropriate to send a letter, but unfortunately Yin Ruizhi was about to get married at this time, so Yin Weijun was cheaper. In fact, even if Zhu Qiu doesn't send this letter to her, according to Yin Weijun's character, he will return to this homeland, take a look at China four years after the Republic of China, and see what the blood of countless people in the Restoration Society has spilled.

Shanghai Yu Yin Weijun is no stranger. Back then, her two sisters formed an association here to gather people, plotting against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, crisscrossing the southeast, and this hot land was clearly set foot on. Now the old place is revisited, the heart is full, are close to the hometown timidity, near the hometown timidity, but there are many expectations, now the Han people are in power, the republic is the country, the wish of the teacher (Qiu Jin) has been realized, this China, is now not as good as the United States, and it should not be far away.

The expectations were not great, but since he got off the boat, bought two horses and Zhu Lin roamed around on the beach in Shanghai, Yin Weijun saw it in his eyes and tears in his heart. Four years of studying in a foreign country transformed Yin Weijun from an angry revolutionary who sacrificed his life to a wise and capable Zhenwutang warrior. And the four years of the Chinese homeland, in this beach, but like the wind and waves on the Huangpu River, although I have also been here, it seems to have left some traces, after all, although the mountains and rivers are different, the scenery is always the same.

"Four years," Yin Weijun looked at the streets where he had traveled in a hurry in the past, and sighed, "It's been four years since the Republic of China." ”

"What's wrong with Sister Yin?" Zhu Lin caught up with Yin Weijun on a horse, and rode in pairs, "But do you remember the eventful years of the past?" ”

"Alas!" Yin Weijun didn't answer, shook his head, and only sighed. These feelings are like a stream, flowing quietly in the heart, flowing deep in the heart, Yin Weijun has no intention of telling others.

"The Deng Zixuan mentioned in the door master's letter is near here, right?"

"This is it," Zhu Lin saw that Yin Weijun didn't say anything, and he didn't ask, so he took out the letter from the bag he was carrying behind him with his backhand, and unfolded it to look at it, "The eldest brother said that it was a wine shop, and there was a Hongmen letter." ”

The two men urged the horse to move slowly and looked around. Since the decentralization of Xuzhou four years ago, the backbone of the two families of the Hongqing and Qing Sects have left China, some of the dignitaries in the Qing Sect went to the East Coast, but most of them stayed on the West Coast, Yin Weijun was in Stanford for four years, and he saw many Qing people, because the Chinese Exclusion Act in California was the most prosperous, and the initial life of the Qing people was also very difficult. Liangbi, who was coordinated on the West Coast, repeatedly clashed with whites, and Yin Weijun also helped the local Hongmen when it was fierce. Years of bloodshed have deepened the hatred between the two sides, and it has also made both sides jealous, and it has slowly returned to balance. Two years ago, Zhuqiu broke through, and Ai Qing also went with him, and Qingmen somehow branched out into two roads, all the way to the north, into Canada, all the way to the east, into the vast western grasslands.

When Zhu Qiu asked Yin Weijun and Zhu Lin to return to China, Hong Qing and the two men were shocked when they learned the news. Later, when the news of Yuan Shikai's death came, everyone woke up to the fact that the Xuzhou covenant had turned into dust and smoke in history.

"It's there!" Zhu Lin suddenly raised his horsewhip and pointed to a wine shop in the distance, which was facing the riverside wharf, and a curtain of wine was moving in the wind. Yin Weijun looked fixedly, and sure enough, he saw the word "" looming in the afterglow on the wine banner.

The two drove over, and saw that the door of the wine shop was ajar, and a few spiders were running around the lintel, and a trace of dust was rubbing off from time to time. Zhu Lin and Yin Weijun looked at each other, smiled bitterly, turned over and dismounted, and tied the horse to the side post, Zhu Lin coughed, then reached out and pushed the door open, and slowly paced in. Yin Weijun stood at the door, standing sideways, staring at the pedestrians outside while listening to the movement inside.

The restaurant looks like it has been abandoned for a long time from the outside, but it is extremely clean from the inside. There were a few tables scattered in the store, accompanied by a few benches, and there were also two or three people sitting on the side picking up nuts and drinking, and when they saw Zhu Lin coming in, one of them showed curiosity on his face, but after a while, he shook his head and continued to drink.

"Excuse me, which one is Mr. Deng Zipu Deng?" Zhu Lin walked to the hall, settled down, clenched his fists and asked the house, "An old man asked me to pick up something." ”

Hearing Zhu Lin's question, several people who had been drinking raised their heads sharply, and they all stared at Zhu Lin tightly, like a cat smelling fishy and a wolf seeing a fat sheep. The old shopkeeper, who had been dozing off behind the counter, heard the voice, rubbed his eyes, stood up, looked at Zhu Lin, made a gesture in his hand inadvertently, and said, "This little brother went to the wrong door, right?" With such a crepe name, it doesn't look like a person who came to me to drink, but the Hongzi Restaurant in the Public Concession is possible. ”

When Zhu Lin heard the shopkeeper's words, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and he arched his hand and said to the shopkeeper: "Excuse me!" It's reckless! ”

After speaking, Zhu Lin turned around and walked out of the wine shop, and Yin Weijun asked in a low voice, "How?" ”

"I've been targeted," Zhu Lin also lowered his voice: "Those people in the house are also here to look for Deng Zixuan." The shopkeeper is the Hongmen people, let's wait until it gets dark. ”

Yin Weijun thought for a while, "There is a dim sum shop in front, the boss and I used to know each other, we can go there." If you fight at night, you have to eat a full stomach. ”

"Let's just find a restaurant," Zhu Lin said: "I'm afraid this matter is a bit tricky, and the few people in the house just now are all good hands." We showed our faces, and we were careful. ”

Yin Weijun was stunned for a while, and after a while, Yin Weijun said: "You are like an old Jianghu, even compared to me." ”

Zhu Lin smiled and didn't answer, these things were ordinary things in the nine industries of Hanliu, not to mention that he had been taught by Zhu Qiu since he was a child, and he was naturally very familiar with this kind of secret fighting in the rivers and lakes. Zhu Lin untied the reins of the horse, turned over on the horse, looked around, and saw that there was indeed a tea shop on the dock in front of him, "Sister Yin, let's go there!" ”

The tea shop was not far from this wine shop, Zhu Lin was walking unhurriedly, Yin Weijun saw Zhu Lin so relaxed and freehand, and his heart was also stable. When Zhu Qiu sent the letter to her, he also had the intention of taking care of Zhu Lin, thinking that this trip to China could be regarded as Zhu Lin's first trip to the rivers and lakes.

This sunset is the busiest time for the tea shops and wine shops, and most of the strong men who have worked hard all day will not go back immediately, but will meet to drink a few times at the tea shops and wine shops around the docks, complain to each other, and listen to tomorrow's market.

Zhu Lin and Yin Weijun were brightly dressed, and they attracted everyone's attention as soon as they appeared. The two of them acted as if they had nothing to do, chose an empty table, asked for some steamed buns and tea, and ate them in the afterglow of the sunset by the Huangpu River.

The two ate quickly, but after a while, they stopped their chopsticks, poured a glass of white water, and slowly drank to eliminate their appetite. Seeing that there were still two buns left on the plate, Zhu Lin suddenly became playful, reached out to pick them up, and shouted at a man in the distance: "Next!" Then he threw the bun over.

The man has been following Zhu Lin and the others since they left the wine shop. Zhu Lin and the two entered the tea shop, but the man either had no money on him, so he didn't follow, but just leaned on the wall on the side, quietly looking at the river and the tea shop.

The man took the bun, his face turned red, Zhu Lin only said that he was hiding and was recognized, and his face was a little unbearable. The man looked at the bun in his hand, swallowed his saliva, and suddenly strode towards Zhu Lin.

"I don't know what this little brother is called?" The man put the bun on the table and asked.

"Fengyang Zhu Lin, the second line in the family, just call me Zhu Er." Zhu Lin has a Jianghu tone.

The man nodded, and made a gesture of three half-incense handfuls in his hand, "Hunan Jinhua Mountain Chu Split Clothes." This is Yin Weijun, the second leader of the Ruijin Academy in the past, right? ”

Zhu Lin smiled and winked at Yin Weijun, sure enough, it was the shadow of a famous tree, the Restoration Society had a great momentum in the southeastern provinces, and today he returned to the rivers and lakes, and he was recognized at a glance.

"Since you know me Yin Weijun, why did you follow me just now?" Yin Weijun didn't raise his eyes, and threw out a sentence in a cold voice.

Chu Spliti smiled bitterly: "Entrusted by people, loyal to people." Chu Moufang just revealed his hiding, and he also wanted to warn the two of them that it was better not to meddle in the affairs of this wine shop. ”

"The rules of the rivers and lakes, the well water is not violated, and the river water is not overflowing. We've got our things to do! ”

Seeing Yin Weijun say this, Chu Spliti sighed and said to Zhu Lin: "Thank you!" So he grabbed the bun, bit half of it, turned around and left.

Seeing that he was far away, Zhu Lin smiled and asked Yin Weijun: "You said that he came to persuade us to say these words, is it because those two buns are still Sister Yin's name?" ”

Yin Weijun took a sip of water: "It's the same Hongmen lineage, and it's not good to see each other tonight, he just saved an incense." ”

As he spoke, the day began to darken. Zhu Lin looked up at the sky, settled the account with the boss, and then got up with Yin Weijun and got on the horse, but did not go back to the wine shop, and the two went leisurely in the distance.

The night on the Huangpu River is clear, and the moon is also abnormal, and it is not lazy, although it is only half out, it still shines brightly on the world. Zhu Lin and Yin Weijun saved their horses under the forest in a remote place, looked at the sky, and rushed towards the wine store.

The wine shop was still ajar with the door closed, and there were no lanterns in front of it, only some candles were lit inside, and the candlelight was reflected, which made Zhu Lin and Yin Weijun wonder.

"If you come, you will be safe. Let's go in and have a look. Zhu Lin said with a smile: "It's easy to go back to your homeland once, and it's good to have more experience." ”

Saying that, Zhu Lin pushed the door in, and saw that although the candles were lit in the wine shop, only the old shopkeeper was still dozing there. There were also a few big men, vaguely the ones who had been drinking before, lying on the ground on their backs, and I don't know if they were drunk or beaten and fainted.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the old shopkeeper stopped dozing, opened his eyes and looked at it, took out a booklet from under the counter, and threw it on the counter.

"You were sent by the door master," the old shopkeeper slowly raised his eyes and said, "I am Deng Zixuan!" ”