Gongren is quietly waiting for his soul to ascend to heaven, so that he can meet Xipin early, what will be the scene, whether it is enthusiasm, or extravagance, a kind of happiness, or a last resort, no matter what, he should have worked hard, and it will be a lifetime of no regrets. Time is passing slowly, a second, two, three seconds...... I've been waiting for about 10 seconds, but I don't feel like anything is happening! Gong Ren slowly opened his eyes, only then did he find that he was unscathed, and the 10 brothers were not injured, one by one seemed to be watching each other, and they were all confused, this is the world or hell.

This is a cat playing with mice, Gong Ren scolded in his heart.

Yuan Shikai laughed for a while: "Okay, the execution is over." Your little life is not worth much, and it is not a matter of moving a finger to shoot it, whether you can survive depends on whether Gong Ren will do this business. Gong Ren, come here! ”

Gong Ren had no choice but to come to Yuan Shikai's face. Yuan Shikai said to Gong Ren: "Do you still remember the thing I told you?" Gong Ren thought about it in his heart, it was still a matter of the military book, but he just pretended to be confused: "What's the matter, please let Master Yuan make it clear?" Yuan Shikai scolded: "Are you really confused or pretending to be confused, as long as you promise to continue to look for the military book for me, I will let you go." If you continue to play dumb, I'll kill you in an instant. ”

Gong Ren pondered a little in his heart, and thought, it seems that Yuan Shikai still doesn't want me to die, he wants to squeeze the last drop of blood and sweat from me, and besides, heroes don't eat the losses in front of them, it doesn't matter if I die, but these 10 brothers are really wronged, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, it is better to ask them for their lives. So, Gong Ren said unhurriedly: "Lord Yuan, the villain really doesn't know the origin of that military book, if you really want it, the villain will try to find it for you." ”

Yuan Shikai nodded and said: "This is still like a human saying, don't say anything and don't know, my sixth sense is that you seem to have something to do with that military book." Seeing that you are a talent, I spared your life, otherwise, there will be a lot less excitement in this world. As long as you find that military book, you will send it to me immediately, in fact, I am not afraid that you will play tricks, as long as you play tricks, since I can let you go, I can also find you among thousands of heads. ”

Gong Ren nodded and complimented: "That's, that's, what kind of person is Lord Yuan!" How can I play tricks in front of Lord Yuan! ”

Yuan Shikai nodded, and said to the soldiers of the new army: "The public management belt is on a special mission, let it go-"

With an order, Yuan Shikai's soldiers got out of the way. Gong Ren looked at it, didn't leave at this time, and waited for He Jin, and said to Wang Dayan: "Leave!" The 10 people of the triad were eager to hear this, and hurriedly jumped into the carriage, Li Si and Zhang San shouted, and the two carriages drove forward quickly from a gap in the new army.

The soldiers of the New Army who had left Yuan Shikai had been far away, and everyone had not yet recovered from their nightmarish situation, and there was only the sound of Dada of horses' hooves in their ears, and nothing else could be heard. Wang Dayan couldn't help but ask Gong Ren: "Yuan Shikai said that he would talk about a deal with you, what kind of deal is it?" ”

Gong Ren sold a pass and said, "I can't say it yet, I'll tell you when the time comes." ”

Wang Dayan said again: "Yuan Shikai's shot just now, I thought we were all finished, but I didn't expect to be alive." Tell me, since he didn't want to kill us, why did he put the gun for a while? ”

"I think this is to break us psychologically first, and then use it for him. Do you think Yuan Shikai is really so kind and let us go, but in fact, he is trying to squeeze all of our bones to achieve his greatest private purpose. Gong Ren said.

Gong Ren led this small team of small station training and returned to Guangdong by boat. He asked Wang Dayan to train a unit according to the method of training troops at the small station, and he himself took a ship to Japan to personally report to Sun Wen about the failure of the small station uprising. Sun Wen comforted Gong Ren and told Gong Ren not to be discouraged and prepare for the next uprising.

One day in early July of the second year, 1900 (the 26th year of Guangxu), in a remote cave near Wuhan in Dabie Mountain, the leaders and backbones of the Xingzhong Society, the Elders' Association, and the Triad Society quietly gathered together and held a secret meeting.

Above the entrance of the cave, the three big characters of "Kongtong Cave" are written in large characters in Yan style. Walking inside, the deep cavern of the dome was dark and damp, and the water that overflowed from the surface of the stone fell one by one, smashing on the limestone, giving birth to stalactites like freaks. The stalactites have become stone curtains, stalagmites, stone flowers, and stone pillars, forming a colorful and splendid mysterious world...... Dozens of large oil lamps hung on the rock wall, and under the blowing of the wind at the mouth of the cave, they changed shapes one by one, and flickered brightly and darkly. Dozens of leaders in the cave, wearing all kinds of clothes, sitting or standing postures, faces of different shapes, and motionless postures, and the original eerie and terrifying lava cave are integrated, adding a bit of ghosts and grotesques.

The one who pinched these three together was Bi Yongnian, the head of the Elder Brothers' Association.

In the winter of 1899, Bi Yongnian led dozens of people to Hong Kong, including Yang Hongjun, Li Yunbiao, Gu Tianhu, and Zhang Yaoqing. Chen Shaobai introduced the bigwigs of the triads in Guangdong and Hong Kong to meet with Yang Hongjun, Li Yunbiao, Gu Tianhu, Zhang Yaoqing, and others, so the two major parties of Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Hong Kong, and the triad secretly united to prepare for an uprising. Bi Yongnian also proposed that the three major groups of the Elders' Association, the Triad Society, and the Xingzhong Society jointly establish the Xinghan Society, and publicly elected Sun Wen as the president, and the three associations had no objections. At this time, the Boxers in Shandong and Hebei were surging in order to resist the foreign hairs, and the Qing government was a little panicked, so the National Congress Party also took this opportunity to make some noise. Bi Yongnian also asked the leaders of the Xingzhong Society, the Elders' Association, and the Triad Society to have a meeting in Yangxia to discuss the major events of the uprising, and saw that there were heavy troops of the Qing court there, so for safety, he went to the northeast more than 200 miles and moved to the Dabie Mountains for a meeting.

Bi Yongnian sat at the top of the dragon heads, he first glanced at everyone with his eyes, said hello, and then said generously: "All the leaders, all the righteous people, since February this year, my Xingzhong Society, the Elder Association, and the Triad established the Xinghan Society, and established the purpose of 'driving out the Tartars, restoring China, and establishing the United Government', from Sichuan Bashu to Zhejiang and Shanghai, from Guangdong and Guangxi to Anhui and Jiangsu, my Elder Brothers and Triads have grown to 400,000 people. Now the situation in Shandong and Hebei is developing rapidly, since the Boxer Rebellion in Shandong Gaotang came out in March last year, those who could not pay the rent began to practice, those who resisted the official food payment began to practice, and those who had money also began to practice in order to protect their property, and in the first half of this year, the Boxer Rebellion has become popular throughout Hebei and Shandong. They eliminated the bullies, took Ermaozi, slaughtered foreign Maozi, and stirred up the Qing government. At the beginning of June, the Boxers began to enter Beijing, setting up more than 800 altars in the city, and not only more and more Beijing residents joined the Boxer Rebellion, but also many Qing soldiers joined the Boxer Rebellion even in the Qing government's Shenji Battalion and the Wuwei Rear Army. When the opportunity comes, why don't we take this opportunity to raise the banner of righteousness, take Wuchang and Hankou, and lay a foundation. Chairman Sun started an incident in Guangzhou, took Guangdong, and used these two places as base areas, and then we will follow the situation according to the situation, the southern map or the northern expedition. ”

The leaders were excited, and cheered for themselves. When the cheers stopped, Yang Hongjun, the hall master of Jinlong Mountain in Hunan Province, who was dressed in blue, said: "What Bi Longtou said is good, the situation is getting more and more favorable to us, and we see that the whole world is ours." But let's not forget that our hundreds of thousands of brothers need to eat, drink, march and fight, and there is only one word lacking - money. Without money, we can't move a single step. ”

Li Yunbiao, the hall master of Tenglong Mountain in Hubei Province, who was dressed in black, Yaoqing, the head of the Hulong Mountain Hall in Sichuan, who was dressed in red, and Gu Tianyou, the hall master of Yuelong Mountain in Jiangxi, who was dressed in yellow, also shouted: "Yes, yes, we can't move a single step without money." ”

Bi Yongnian waved his hand to everyone and said: "Hall Master Yang is indeed right, the Xinghan Society has only been slow to move, and it is not because of money." Money is in our way! Now God help me, at this critical time, I would like to introduce you to a friend, that is, a friend of the president, Mr. Tang Caichang. Mr. Tang Caichang is not only our timely rain, but also the director-general of the Chinese National Assembly that will be established in Shanghai. ”

As soon as they heard that there was money, there was hope in everyone's eyes, and all the dragon heads and guards stomped on the ground rhythmically: "Boom! Boom! Boom! "Boom! Boom! Boom! After stomping for a while, they clapped rhythmically again: "Quack! Wail! Wail! "Quack! Wail! Wail! The deafening sound caused a violent roar and echo in the cave, and the sound that overflowed the cave rushed out from the various openings and crevices, reaching into the sky.

It turned out that Liang Qichao's royalist society had raised a huge amount of money in Honolulu, and Liang Qichao wrote to Sun Wen that he would send Tang Caichang as a representative to raise the banner of rebellion, so Sun Wen wrote a letter to Bi Yongnian, asking Bi Yongnian to be flexible and make good use of this fund no matter what. Bi Yongnian thought, my revolutionary party's rebellion under the guise of royalist funds, is not a strategy, people are all members of our Xinghan Society, afraid of what you do, plus when I was a child, I and Tang Cai were often stubborn friends who grew up with bare butts, and it is estimated that he will not harm me, so I strongly recommend Tang Cai to come forward and become a standard-bearer.

Tang Caichang's face was shaved clean at this time, and there was a bit of arrogance between his eyebrows, and he was followed by a handsome little boy of eight or nine years old, who was born with red face and white teeth, a bright nose and eyes, and a wisp of black and oily pigtails on the back of his head, which was extremely gratifying. He tugged on Tang Caichang's gown for a while, and tugged at Tang Caichang's pants for a while, looking very naughty. After that, there were several good-looking men, closely protecting Tang Caichang on the left and right.

Tang Caichang pressed his hand down, and everyone stopped stamping their feet and applauding. His neck was stiff, his eyes could only be fixed on one point, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, heroes of the green forest, friends of the Xinghan Society, the rise and fall of the country, the husband is responsible, the great powers are small countries, but they are tyrannical and domineering, repeatedly offend my China, and bully me too much." Recently, the Eight-Nation Coalition has besieged Tianjin again, Beijing is in an emergency, and the Chinese nation is already at the most critical juncture. Our country of China, the country of etiquette and music, and the literati and warriors, are countless, but now they are like caged birds, trapped by outsiders, what is the reason for this? It's not that traitors have misled the country, Cixi is in power. The country has reached such a point, what should we do? We must not sit idly by. We must raise the banner of uprising, occupy Wuchang and Yangxia, and then wave our army to the north and fight to Beijing, save the people from fire and water, and save the country from overthrow. I think your heroes have long held back their strength, but there is one thing missing......"

Tang Cai often said this but didn't go any further, and deliberately sold a pass. He was waiting for the reaction of the crowd......

Everyone's nerves were excited, and they all stared at Tang Caichang with wide eyes.

Tang Cai often achieved his goal, and then said slowly: "Mr. Kang Youwei has raised 600,000 yuan from abroad, give us 200,000 yuan first, and after we raise the banner of righteousness, Mr. Kang Youwei will continue to provide us with funds." ”

Hearing that the money has been settled, Yang Hongjun, Li Yunbiao, Zhang Yaoqing, Gu Tianyou and others are extremely happy, and their faces can't help but be happy. The little boy also found a big stone and sat down, with his hands on his cheeks, as if he were listening attentively. But after sitting for a while, he ran to the side again, found some small stones, and threw stones at the dragons for fun. He threw it very accurately, and the stones fell into the ears of several dragon heads, and every time he hit it, he giggled happily, but the dragon heads were not light. Yang Hongjun couldn't stand this wretchedness, so he glared at the little boy, the little boy was not afraid at all, and also glared at Yang Hongjun. Yang Hongjun made all kinds of grimaces at him, and the little boy also made all kinds of grimaces at Yang Hongjun. Yang Hongjun ignored him, but he didn't give up on Yang Hongjun, raised a handful of soil, threw it on Yang Hongjun, turned around and ran. was so angry that Yang Hongjun chased after him, but the little boy was spinning around beside the adult, his body was extremely flexible, and Yang Hongjun chased hard but couldn't catch up. Yang Hongjun stopped chasing, but the little boy deliberately provoked Yang Hongjun between Tang Caichang's legs, and did all kinds of antitics to Yang Hongjun. Yang Hongjun has never been so angry, but because of Tang Caichang's face, he just blew his beard and glared at him, but he couldn't help it.

The frolic of children disturbed the solemn atmosphere of the venue, and some people let out laughter.

Gong Ren felt that Tang Caichang's words were very unpleasant, although he had already understood in his heart that Mr. Sun Wen wanted to use the money of the royalists to carry out the revolution, but he couldn't make Tang Caichang's royalists too explicit, so when Tang Caichang finished his words sonorously, he interjected and asked: "Director General Tang, we all know that Kang Youwei is an imperial party and a royalist. Excuse me, when we go to Beijing, do we overthrow the Qing Dynasty and establish a united government, or do we defend the Qing Dynasty and support Guangxu as emperor? ”

Gong Ren's words were asking the point, and one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and all the dragon leaders talked about it for a while. Yang Hongjun said: "Is it easy to get some money? It's hard to get some money, and you put forward crooked opinions, really! Wang Dayan shouted loudly, "That's not good! What to mix with the royalists, you can't spoil a pot of soup with a mouthful of stinky meat! ”

Tang Caichang was smiling at this time, smiling and silent. Qin Lishan, who was behind Tang Caichang, stepped forward and said: "Whether it is overthrowing the Qing Dynasty or defending the Qing Dynasty, our purpose is only for the country." If the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached, how can our dignified Chinese sons and daughters let foreign devils run rampant. We must raise the banner of King Qin and kill foreign devils without leaving a piece of armor. ”

Gong Ren shouted: "You have to make it clear! Rebellion and King Qin are incompatible. King Qin's words were inconsistent with Chairman Sun's purpose of "expelling the Tartars, restoring China, and establishing a united government." Besides, eating other people's mouths is short, taking other people's hands short, and using Kang Youwei's money, can Kang Youwei protect the emperor? ”

Qin Lishan also said: "The brothers are not good, whether it is to protect the emperor or overthrow the Qing Dynasty, only when the two factions unite can they drive away the foreign devils and protect the country and the people." Tang Caichang smiled, and then said: "The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and there is no money, how can we revolt." Besides, if we don't use the banner of King Qin, how can the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangjiang, stand by and watch? Is everything a strategy? ”

Wang Dayan was anxious and shouted loudly: "I don't care what strategy is not strategic." If you want me to say, go all the way to Beijing to kill, kill the dog when you see it, kill the foreign devil when you see it, and don't leave any of them, it's good to kill them cleanly. Gong Ren continued: "If you want to really save the country, you have to carry out major reforms. King Qin, King Qin, King Qin is not the same as changing the emperor. Only by expelling the Tartars and establishing a united government can China be saved. ”

Several people were noisy and shouting, not letting each other go, Yang Hongjun and Li Yunbiao discussed the four leading companies, Yang Hongjun looked at Bi Yongnian and said: "There are thousands of people in charge, and there is one person in charge, so please ask Bi Da Longtou to decide." ”

Bi Yongnian beckoned to everyone, and everyone stopped talking. Bi Yongnian said: "All the leaders, all the righteous people, everyone doesn't know that Fochen (Tang Caichang) has secretly formed an alliance with Mr. Sun, and we are carrying out the revolution under the banner of King Qin, and protecting the emperor is just a strategy." Seeing that the situation in Beijing was tense and uncertain, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangjiang, had secretly contacted us and secretly supported our King Qin, which was extremely beneficial to us. I don't think everyone should quarrel, let's get ready to do a big job! ”

Most of the faucets, you look at me, I look at you, very excited. Bi Yongnian said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, I think Brother Fochen has both ability and political integrity, and is fully capable of commanding the overall situation. Now I propose to ask Brother Fochen to be the commander-in-chief of the Self-Reliance Army, and to unify the command of all the people of the Xinghan Society. ”

Gong Ren interjected: "Slow, slow, let's talk about the Self-Reliance Army first?" Where did the Self-Reliance Army come from? ”

Bi Yongnian said: "This is the case, in April this year, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Tang Caichang and others established the Self-Reliance Association in Yokohama, Japan, with Kang Youwei as the president and Liang Qichao as the vice president. Mr. Sun Wen also took the initiative to liaise with Kang and Liang and advocated cooperation to launch an uprising in the Yangtze River region. Kang Youwei was dedicated to protecting the emperor and refused to cooperate with the revolutionaries, and Mr. Tang Caichang, under the influence of Mr. Sun Wen's revolutionary thoughts, gladly expressed his willingness to join forces with the revolutionaries to make trouble, and was determined to return to China to make trouble. The reason why it is called the Self-Reliance Army is because Kang Youwei said that if he wants to revolt, he must call it the Self-Reliance Army. ”

The four hall masters muttered, discussed and said, "We'll listen to the big dragon head." As for the name, it doesn't matter. The rest of the faucets agreed.

Gongren whispered to Wang Dayan: "Hey, how did they discuss it in advance, and breathed out of one nostril." called Tang Cai to be the commander-in-chief...... If he leads us to a fake revolution and really protects the emperor, what will we do? Wang Dayan said to Bi Yongnian dissatisfiedly: "I don't know if President Sun knows about this." Gong Ren also shouted: "President Sun knows and will never agree." ”

Bi Yongnian waved his hand and said, "I am responsible for everything that happened, and I think President Sun will definitely agree." Okay, now let's ask Brother Fochen to talk about the plan of action. ”

Others no longer objected, only Wang Longtou and Gong Ren muttered, and they were dissatisfied.

At this time, the appearance of two beggars disrupted the progress of the meeting, one was an old man with white hair, white eyebrows and white beard, and the other was a middle-aged man with crazy black hair and a shawl. Gong Ren took a closer look, these two beggars were none other than the two thieves who appeared on the Wanghai Tower in Guangzhou, and it was precisely because of their appearance that the four dragon heads, Liang Qichao, and Yuan Shikai were all greatly provoked and insulted, and they almost couldn't get out of the Wanghai Tower.

"It's so lively here, it's so lively, it's such a good thing, why don't you invite us." The white-bearded old man said with a grin. The crazy middle-aged man also followed closely and said, "There is no wine or meat, let's fill our stomachs first, we are really hungry." ”

Tang Caichang first showed great dissatisfaction with the appearance of the two beggars, and then lost his temper: "What about the guards? What about the guards? What the hell, there's a meeting going on here! I don't check how two people got in with such a big person, and if the enemy's spies come in, then they will be returned. Guards—"

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