It was as if the West had evaporated from the world, and it could no longer be found.

In a helpless and melancholy mood, Gongren suffered until December 1910. One night, someone suddenly knocked on the 'door' in the grocery store, and listened to the sound of the knocking on the 'door', which was very rhythmic, exactly according to the pre-agreed code, three times and two times slow. The young man opened the 'door' and brought in a person, Gong Ren looked at it and was very surprised, this person was none other than Huang Xing, who had not been seen for many days.

Gongren sent the young man away, quickly called Tang Qingying, closed the 'door', and the three of them were so happy that they had endless intimate words and endless affection.

Gong Ren said to Tang Qingying, who was jumping with joy: "Your Uncle Huang is here, why don't you go and 'get' some wine and food and drink two cups." Tang Qingying was about to 'get', but Huang Xing dissuaded her and said: "Don't drink or eat, just make a cup of tea." Gong Ren said: "How can you, you are a rare guest, I met this time, and I don't know when we will meet next time." Huang Xing said: "This time I came, I won't leave." Gong Ren said happily: "Really, then I will give you the wind even more." ”

Huang Xing said happily to Gongren: "I tell you good news, we are going to act again." ”

Gongren was originally very happy to see Huang Xing, but when he heard this, his happy face suddenly grew up, and he asked Huang Xing: "How to act?" Huang Xing said with great interest: "In this Guangzhou uprising, the new army was the main force, and we selected 500 revolutionary party members as the vanguard to 'disrupt' the enemy's deployment in the city, occupy the 'gate' of the city, and then welcome the new army into the city." After occupying Guangzhou, I led an army out of Hunan and marched into Hubei, and Zhao Sheng led an army out of Jiangxi and attacked Nanjing......"

Gongren interrupted Huang Xing's words with a calm face: "Brother Keqiang, I have a sentence, I don't know if to say it or not?" Huang Xing glanced at Gong Ren, saw that Gong Ren's face was full of sorrow, and said, "If you have something to say, what do you dare not say to me?" Gongren glanced at Huang Xing and said, "If you want to mention righteousness, I am resolutely against it." ”

Huang Xing asked tightly, "Why?" Gong Ren shook his head and said in a low voice: "From the Guangzhou Uprising in the 21st year of Guangxu (1895) to the Self-Reliance Army Uprising in the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), the Sanzhoutian Uprising in Huizhou, from the Pingliuli Uprising in the 32nd year of Guangxu (1906) to the Huanggang Uprising in Chaozhou in the 33rd year of Guangxu (1907), the Fangcheng Uprising, the Zhennanguan Uprising, from the Qinlian and Shangsi Uprisings in the 34th year of Guangxu (1908), the Hekou Uprising to the Guangzhou New Army Uprising this year, we have all failed. Thinking of this, I felt cold, and I felt uncomfortable, I don't know how many heads fell to the ground in this uprising. In order for our remaining comrades to live a few more days, I think you will spare us! ”

Huang Xing was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "Yes, how many good comrades we sacrificed in order to establish a republic. Your thoughts, like those of many people, are inevitably depressed in the face of too many failures. Maybe you don't know much about the situation in the country, so I'll tell you about it! ”

Huang Xing didn't care whether Gong Ren wanted to listen or not, so he talked endlessly about the situation in the whole country:

"Since the end of the 34th year of Guangxu (1908), after Cixi and Guangxu died one after another, in order to consolidate their rule, the core ruling group of the Qing Dynasty cut off the military power of Yuan Shikai, who grasped the heavy power, and 'got' home to recuperate, so that there was no strong figure within the Qing government to preside over the overall situation. On November 19, the 34th year of Guangxu (1908), just a few days after Cixi's death, the Anqing New Army Uprising broke out. Now the Confederacy in Canton and Shanghai is very active, and our organization has grown considerably, which prepares us for an uprising. Twenty-one advisory bureaus were set up throughout the country, and although these consultative bureaus were vassals of the Qing government and did not necessarily speak for the common people, on the other hand, it also had many irreconcilable contradictions with the Qing government. In order to make up for the shortfall, the Qing government increased the amount of land endowment, centigold, and salt, and also indiscriminately produced copper dollars, which were originally 1 silver dollar that could be exchanged for 100 copper dollars, but now the copper yuan has depreciated to 175 copper dollars. Due to inflation, a large number of silver accounts went out of business, and the silver number closed down, which in turn involved a large number of factories. In this economic crisis, the most affected are the vast number of poor people in the cities and the poor peasants in the countryside, so the "tide" of rice grabbing in the cities and the struggle against donations and taxes in the rural areas have emerged one after another, and the most influential of them are the "tide" of rice grabbing in Changsha and the anti-donation riot in Laiyang. Although the Qing government was reluctant to convene a parliament for fear of losing power, the constitutionalists rose up and organized three major petitions......"

Gong Ren gathered his 'essence' to listen attentively to Huang Xing's talk about these domestic events, and was attracted by Huang Xing's eloquent tone, accurate statistics, the original internal logic of things, and the fact that there was no 'medicine' to save Qing Zheng.

Tang Qingying brought the wine and food, placed it on the table, and also supported her cheek with one hand, quietly listening to Huang Xing's speech. Huang Xing said that he was tired, and said to Gong Ren: "Just put it on the table, and don't let me eat, what do you mean, gluttonous me!" ”

Gongren saw the wine and food at this time, and hurriedly asked Huang Xing to drink and eat vegetables, and said: "Look at me, I have been nestled in this small grocery store all day long, and I can't imagine that such things have happened in the country." Huang Xing asked, "Do you still have confidence in the uprising?" After Gong Ren and Huang Xing drank a glass of wine, they said happily: "If that's the case, then let's revolt." ”

Huang Xing smiled and said: "This uprising not only has the new army, but also the 3rd battalion of Wu Zongyu in Fangyongli, and the platoon commanders of the battalion, Wen Daixiong, Chen Fuchen, Fan Xiushan, etc., are already discussing the uprising with us. Based on past experience, the troops and the party that were temporarily contacted during the uprising did not obey the command, so this time we 'finely' selected a group of backbone troops who could be directly led by the insurrectionary organs, which were called 'Xuanfeng'. Our task now is to straighten out the original organization, vigorously develop its members, and prepare for the uprising. ”

Gong Ren said: "What you say, of course, is an order, let's hurry up and prepare." ”

The three of them were talking while drinking, and they were all very excited, drinking and pulling, and they couldn't help but drink a little bigger.

Tang Qingying said to Huang Xing: "Uncle Huang, do you know that I have a dead knot in my heart that I can't unravel!" Huang Xing was stunned for a moment, and then asked Tang Qingying: "Whoa-I only know that you Tang Qingying are not afraid of the earth, but I have never heard of it, and you still have a dead pimple in your heart!" Say it and listen to it, and let Uncle Huang explain it to you? ”

Tang Qingying said: "She came out, what should I do?" ”

Huang Xing was a little puzzled for a while, and asked, "Who is she?" What to do? You're still you. Gong Ren waved his hand at Tang Qingying, and said with a red face: "Children, don't 'mess' and 'interject', just say something that has no fate." ”

Huang Xing suddenly understood what Tang Qingying meant, and couldn't help laughing, saying, "I didn't expect that the matter here is 'very' complicated." If you don't rescue Xipin, Gongren is unwilling, let's rescue Xipin, Xiao Qingying is jealous again, what do you say I should do? What do you say you can do if you want to be tough? Haha......"

Gong Ren said again: "I also have a dead knot here that I can't solve, you are a Christian, and you are also a great god, can you solve this mystery for me?" ”

Huang Xing heard Gongren say this, smiled a little, and said, "Oh, then tell me, what kind of dead pimple?" ”

Gong Ren said: "On the day we broke the Demon Heaven God Sect, there was actually a person who had already come to the Demon Heaven God Sect, he was wearing the clothes of the Earth Heaven under the banner of the sect leader, not only did he look like the Earth Heaven was coming out of a mold, but even his speech was extremely similar. Tell me, is there really a devil or a god who is going to destroy the earth and take over the sky, or to take his place. I've been thinking about this for a long time, but I just can't solve this mystery? ”

Huang Xing frowned and thought for a long time before he said, "Others have told me about what you said." Even though I'm a Christian, really, Christianity is just a faith, just a belief in God, but I also believe in science. Now that science is so developed, it's easy to do anything, and maybe this person called a bad guy or a good guy uses easy body skills to deceive the position of the earth. ”

Gong Ren nodded and said: "Every time we take a major action, there always seems to be some erratic shadows moving around me, sometimes, it plays some good roles, and sometimes, it plays some bad roles, and I can't figure out who these people are and what their purpose is?" ”

Huang Xing smiled and did not answer directly, but said implicitly: "You are so wise, what about your wisdom, you can only solve the problems you find by yourself, and others can't help you." ”

During this period, the grocery store moved to the vicinity of Xiaodong 'Gate' in Guangzhou, and in order to facilitate work, Gongren hired a few more young men.

On the morning of April 23, 1911, Huang Xing suddenly came to the grocery store, and when he entered the grocery store, he broke into Gongren's house.

Gong Ren was naturally very happy to see him, and pulled him to ask, "How is our uprising, why is there no news?" Huang Xing said to Gong Ren seriously: "Brother Gong Ren, let's make a long story short, now I will tell you two things. One thing is that we are going to revolt on April 26th, and the second thing is that we will use this as the temporary headquarters of the uprising, and you will be responsible for the absolute security here. ”

Gong Ren nodded, feeling that the burden on his shoulders was too heavy, and he was a little out of breath. Huang Xing searched back and forth in the house, and then looked into the courtyard, and Gong Ren asked, "What are you looking for?" Huang Xing said: "Why do I think there are a lot of things missing in this house, I only thought about it for a while, it turned out that I didn't see Tang Qingying, people?" ”

Gong Ren sighed, and told Tang Qingying that Tang Qingying often had some conflicts with herself in order to find Western products, so she had to send her out to be in charge of the training and liaison of the triad.

Huang Xing smiled bitterly and said: "Ruthless may not be a true hero, people who die on the battlefield without blinking their eyes will inevitably suffer from the fatigue of their sons' and daughters', I hope you will put this matter aside for the time being, and concentrate your 'essence' to prepare for the uprising." ”

Gong Ren nodded.

In order to give Gong Ren a general understanding of the uprising, Huang Xing talked about the uprising. He said: "Originally, we set the time for the uprising on April 13, and determined that Zhao Sheng was the commander-in-chief and I was the deputy commander-in-chief, and organized the 10th Route Army to attack at the same time. Unexpectedly, the uprising on April 13 was unsuccessful, firstly, the large amount of money from the Americas did not arrive, and the ordnance purchased from Japan and Vietnam did not arrive. Another incident was that on April 8, Wen Shengcai, a member of the League, suddenly assassinated the Guangzhou general Fu Qi without organizing himself, which made the Qing side increase its precautions. As a result, we had to postpone the uprising until April 26. ”

Huang Xing asked again: "Comrade Minister of Security, which room do you arrange me into?" Gong Ren smiled embarrassedly: "The Minister of Defense, almost a bare-bones commander." That's it, Commander Huang, you live in the north room, there are ready-made 'beds', and there are some rags in the east and west wings, pick up and pick up, and arrange for the selection of fronts and handymen to live, and the south house, which is inhabited by our security personnel. Do you think that works? ”

Huang Xing patted Gongren's shoulder and said, "You gave me the best room, thank you." ”

Gong Ren called the three young men who had already developed into members of the alliance at the head of the previous 'door' together to arrange tasks.

These 3 young men are all 20 upwards and 30 downwards, two thin men are extraordinarily 'fine', and one fat man is tall and burly. He told the two thin men to wander at both ends of the street, and as soon as there was a disturbance, he raised his hand to send a code to the fat man, and the fat man called the police.

Gongren told the fat man: "Zhang Fat, from now on, no one is allowed to enter this courtyard without a password, understand?" ”

Zhang Pang readily agreed: "Don't worry, shopkeeper, as long as I have a breath, I will never let them break into this courtyard, unless he kills me." After saying that, he lifted his 'trousers', and the two thin men smiled when they saw his habitual movements.

Gong Ren sternly warned them: "Don't laugh. From now on, everyone should be extra careful, this is your first mission to carry out the Alliance, and you must do a good job. ”

The three young men nodded, and each entered their own horn 'color'.

Gong Ren 'inserted' the big 'gate' in the courtyard with his backhand, and took out a pistol in the 'hole' in the north house wall, pinned it to his waist, and guarded it next to the big 'gate'. There are 3 rooms in the north house, 2 rooms in the west house, 2 kitchens and 1 toilet in the east room, and there is a small back 'door' between the north house and the west house, which leads directly to the back street. The two rooms in the south house are the 'door' heads, selling some groceries, non-staple food and other items, and the windows of one room face the street, and the 'door' of the house is open in the yard. In order to enter the courtyard, you must pass through the large gate at the head of the front gate. When I first bought this house, I bought it when I saw that this house could not only live in the yard, but also facilitate retreat.

From this moment on, one after another, there were members of the selection team who went to the grocery store to "buy" things, and after quietly communicating with Zhang Pang on the code, Zhang Pang slammed the 'door' three times and slowly twice. After Gong Ren opened the 'door', after the members of the selection team met with the leaders in the courtyard, Gong Ren arranged them in the west wing, so that they could not talk loudly in the house, and it was strictly forbidden to walk around the yard.

On the morning of the 24th, Gong Ren moved at the 'door' of the store, ostensibly grinning and coping with business, but secretly carefully observing the subtle movements on the street. At this time, there were not many people on the streets, and business was light, some people were either busy with work and business, or some students were in a hurry to go to school, and some beggars, sleepy-eyed and dirty, begging along the streets. Sometimes one or two policemen passed by the street, and the thin man hurriedly raised his hand and pretended to roll up his sleeves to give a secret signal to this side, and the fat man gave the public a 'color'.

Gong Ren nodded and issued a warning to the courtyard. After a while, the thin man's arm shook back and forth like an itch, and the alarm was lifted, and it turned out that the policeman had not entered the street, but had gone somewhere else.

Suddenly, there was a person who entered the field of vision of Gong Ren, how could this person look like Wei Jinshan! Dressed in a blue robe and a top hat pressed low, he quietly walked this way. Because he was dressed in casual clothes, the thin man didn't react at all, so he didn't give a code.

Gong Ren s heart was nervous for a while, where Wei Jinshan went, it didn't seem to be peaceful, did he smell something, and followed the smell to find here. At this critical moment of the uprising, nothing could be known to him.