The old man left, and Chen Mu didn't even ask his name.

Putting down the rice bowl in his hand, Chen Mu picked up the hookah.

He filled it with the inferior tobacco left by the old man, struck a match, and lit it.

The sound of gurgling water sounded in the courtyard, which was particularly harsh.

Chen Mu was choked by the thick and hot smoke and coughed, and sat in silence for a while before he could be considered relieved.

Yang Zhaochun walked out, put down his pipe, took the hookah, and smoked it skillfully.

After taking three puffs, he looked up at the rising stars and spoke in a hoarse smoked voice.

"A few years ago, in Shanghai, Liu Lichuan, the boss of the triad side branch of the small knife club, occupied the county seat of Shanghai with only seven people, Sun Wen discussed with me, saying that we can do the same, as long as a team of five people, form a death squad, capture the thief and capture the king, and it is not impossible to take Guangzhou."

"At that time, Guangzhou was stationed in the Eight Banners, the Green Battalion and the patrol battalion and other battalions, not to mention there were 10,000 people, but they were all stationed outside the city, although there were four yamen in the city, such as the commander, the governor, the governor and the admiral of the navy, but there were few guards, and the guards were not strict, I thought it was feasible, so I agreed."

"I got the help of the triad in Hong Kong, and I got together 300 people, and took the passenger ferry from Guangdong and Hong Kong to Guangzhou, after all, I had dotted inside and out, and even the pipe belt of the Guangzhou Navy Zhentao ship at that time was my people, more than 200 * were hidden in wooden barrels, and there were 80 boxes of ammunition, and I cleared the customs by falsely claiming to be glue."

"Seeing that everything is ready to go, Hong Kong sent a telegram saying that the reinforcements would arrive two days late, so let's cancel the plan first, so as not to leak the news."

"When we received the telegram, seven or eight boxes of our firearms had already been loaded onto the ship, and if they were suddenly not transported, they would inevitably arouse suspicion, so we could only board the ship and let Zhu Guiquan, the boss of the Guangzhou Triad, and Qiu Si and others take over."

Yang Zhaochun's tone was very calm, but Chen Mu could still feel the oppression and tension.

"When we landed, what awaited us were officers and soldiers, countless officers and soldiers!"

"The guns and ammunition were sealed in barrels, loaded on the ship, and crushed under other boxes, and the brothers couldn't take them out at all, unarmed, and they were all arrested."

Hearing this, Chen Mu was also very uncomfortable in his heart, and his heartstrings tightened.

"I think you should also know that this must be a traitor's whistleblower, but I didn't expect that the whistleblower would be Zhu Qi who helped us draft the document!"

"He was in charge of drafting the text, and it was printed, so that if our uprising was successful, it would be distributed everywhere, and even the English version would be translated and ready for distribution to other countries."

"Hateful!" Chen Mu couldn't help but scold, but Yang Zhaochun shook his head and said: "Later, I learned that Zhu Qi has an eldest brother Zhu Xiang, who is from a prominent background and has become an official, for fear that his younger brother will be affected, so he used Zhu Qi's name to tell the secret, hoping that he can make a ...... after the incident."

Yang Zhaochun also smiled bitterly when he said this.

"The matter was reported to Tan Zhonglin's desktop, and Tan Zhonglin wantonly arrested the brothers, but we were able to get away, Lu Haodong returned to destroy the roster, and he was arrested."

"Those dog officials and evil officials tortured them for interrogation, steel nails interfered with their hands and feet, hammers knocked on their teeth, and did everything, but Lu Haodong didn't recruit anything, you know, our blue sky and white sun flag was designed by him......"

"The Qing soldiers asked him why he would rather die than give in, and he said, I can kill, and those who rise after me cannot be killed, and those Qing soldiers wept when they heard it......"

"As for Zhu Guiquan and Qiu Si and other arrested guys, they were all sentenced to capital punishment, but they still failed......"

Speaking of this, Yang Zhaochun took two more puffs of cigarette, but Chen Mu clenched his fists tightly.

"You also know that I am the president of the Xingzhong Society, but before I came, I had already handed it over to Sun Wen......"

"To tell the truth, when I ran the Furen Cultural Society in Hong Kong, the whole of Hong Kong was my land, and when the Xingzhong Association was established, many people elected me as the general office, but Chen Shaobai and Zheng Shiliang supported Sun Wen, and there were also a lot of contradictions, and they almost fell out......"

"Although Sun Wen took the lead in this Xingzhong Society, in the end he gave me the position of the general office, which calmed down the internal contradictions......

"I'm not greedy for power, if that's the case, I don't have to be born and die, maybe this is called being a good person, to put it more greatly, I am willing to die before my brothers."

"The reason why I tell you this is to tell you that we may be few and weak, or we may have all kinds of internal problems, and the external enemy is too strong, and it is simply a mantis arm as a car......

"But we never gave up, even if we failed, even if the guys were tortured and executed, even if we lacked funds and weapons, even if everyone thought we would not succeed......"

Chen Mu wanted to speak and stopped, but after all, he couldn't help but ask: "You are not poor people, why are you working so hard?" ”

Yang Zhaochun smiled and said: "Although our life is better than others, we can't think about ourselves in everything, I want to let other people, let my children, my grandchildren, other people's children and grandchildren, all be free to live in a better world!" ”

When Chen Mu heard this, he was stunned, and he couldn't speak for a long time, only his chest rose and fell slightly.

Yang Zhaochun patted Chen Mu on the shoulder and said: "In our club, there are triad brothers, foreign students, talented gentlemen, and vulgar and lowly peddlers and pawns, not all of them are strong-willed, and some people have impure motives, but ......"

"We all believe that that day will come sooner or later!"

Chen Mu raised his head, and Yang Zhaochun explained with a smile: "If you really don't want to, we won't force it, you go back and think about it first." ”

"Oh yes, I don't want you to mention this to anyone, including the Red Lotus Mother, I hope you can understand, after all, our earlier failure was due to the leakage of the plan......"

"I know that you are not such a person, and I also know that Our Lady of the Red Lotus is not such a person, but as a Holy Mother, she needs to give an explanation to the people under her, you can trust her, she can trust her people, her people can trust others, everyone has trustworthy people, there are no secrets in this world......"

Chen Mu nodded in response, and then listened to Yang Zhaochun say: "If you want to stay, we are welcome at any time, if you want to go back, you can do it, but time waits for no one, you had better make a decision early, it will be good for you and us." ”

After Yang Zhaochun finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the room.

Chen Mu sat for a long time, and finally stood up and returned to his residence.

Honglian waited all the time, and when she saw Chen Mu returning, she hurriedly greeted her, but she was only halfway there, but suddenly stopped.

She is an extremely delicate person, and when she saw Chen Mu's expression, she immediately felt uneasy in her heart!

"So?" She looked at Chen Mu from afar, a little worried, even a little scared!

"I ...... I'll explain it to you in a few days...... But it can't be revealed just yet......"

"So?" Tears rolled down Honglian's eyes, and her whole body trembled.

"I ...... Believe me......"

"So what!"

"So what!"

Honglian took a few steps forward and glared at Chen Mu angrily, her eyes instantly holding back bloodshot!

"I ...... I'm going to marry her......"

"Huh!" The short knife came out of the sheath, and the red lotus rushed in front of Chen Mu almost instantly, and the tip of the knife was against Chen Mu's left chest!

She shook her head, as if unwilling to believe it.

She looked at Chen Mu and looked deeply, as if she wanted to see through everything about Chen Mu.

However, this emotion was soon replaced by grief and indignation!

The tip of the knife slowly swept over, and seeing that it was about to pierce into the flesh, Honglian finally threw the short knife to the ground!

A sharp short knife, half a blade into the ground!

"You gave this knife to you, and I gave it back to you! It's all back to you! Red Lotus turned her head and ran out.

Chen Mu didn't chase after him, because he knew that it was useless to say anything to himself now, and only when Yang Zhaochun and the others succeeded, Honglian would understand his hardships.

After all, he and Song Zhenshu are just fake marriages, and everything will be clear and will pass by then, and he believes that Honglian still has this mind.

But what he didn't expect was that not long after he left, there was another conversation going on.

"Honglian and Wei Guzhi are red lights, they are trustworthy, if they can absorb it, it is also a good choice, if they tell the inside story, Chen Mu will be able to get Honglian's understanding and consent, why did Brother Yang specifically tell Chen Mu not to talk about it to Honglian?"

Yang Zhaochun's expression was also a little complicated, and he pondered for a moment before responding.

"I know that, but a big wedding isn't enough......"

"If Honglian doesn't know what's going on, she will inevitably be heartbroken, but whether it's her, or Wei Guzhi, a group of people who are struggling in the tomb, how can they let it go easily, they will definitely not let go of Chen Mu and Song Zhenshu, let alone let the wedding go smoothly!"

"Once they make a big fuss about the wedding, it is best to fight, in order to maintain order, those friends in the government will definitely send someone over, so as to attract their attention to the greatest extent."

"And it's easier to get in with our people!"

Huang Xing was also shocked: "So, let's not attract attention, attack the west, and occupy the four mansions, but ...... Instead, he assassinated the officials who attended the wedding?!!! ”

Yang Zhaochun narrowed his eyes slightly, full of murderous aura!

"Brother Yang, in this way, Chen Muke will not be able to get rid of the relationship with us! Although he has read eight shares, his thinking is not old-fashioned, and he is the most righteous person, we deceive him like this, but we will be scolded! ”

Yang Zhaochun shook his head: "Brother Huang, you are wrong about this, it is precisely in order to clarify his relationship that Red Lotus is allowed to make trouble, and only Red Lotus can make trouble!" ”

"If he is a rebellious revolutionary, it is impossible for Red Lotus to make trouble, and on the contrary, if Red Lotus comes to make trouble, it proves that Chen Mu is just a simple dispute between men and women, and has nothing to do with assassination."

"Maybe doing this will cause him to have unnecessary misunderstandings with Red Lotus, but from the overall situation and in the long run, it is the best choice......

When Huang Xing heard this, he was also a little embarrassed: "It's ...... But I misunderstood Brother Yang......"

Yang Zhaochun waved his hand: "No, it makes sense that he can be recognized and even admired by you, and it is understandable that you care about him, you must know that my cousin, who is mercenary and only knows how to play with women, is willing to follow him, this Chen Mu is not simple......"

"Anyway, he's sure he'll be back!" Yang Zhaochun looked at the light of the city in the distance, and his eyes flashed with hope.