Xianfeng is in the capital, Weng Xin exists in Shanghai, Xianfeng Emperor found out that Weng Xin was lying and bullying the king and Long Yan was furious, Weng Xincun could not know in a short time, and on the contrary, the Xianfeng will that was first sent to Shanghai could be regarded as overjoyed good news for Weng Xincun's father and son - let Weng Xincun arrest Wu Jianzhang's family, and allow Weng Xincun to act expediently, and execute Wu Jianzhang's ancestors and grandchildren if necessary, so as to eliminate foreign response.

After reading this will sent in an expedited manner of six hundred miles, Weng Xincun and Weng Tongyi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the heart that had been hanging over their throats for the past few days was finally temporarily put back in their stomachs, because Weng Xincun's father and son already knew that Wu Jianzhang was still collecting tariffs from foreigners for the Qing court, and they were also worried that once the Qing court knew about it, they would be suspicious, and they wondered whether Wu Jianzhang had betrayed the country.

That is, to breathe a sigh of relief temporarily, although it is possible to take this holy decree and directly cut Wu Jianzhang's ancestors and grandchildren, but the ancestors and grandchildren of the Wu family are now all hiding in the concession, Wu Chaoyue does not rent out an inch, even if Wu Jianzhang leaves the concession to collect taxes on the wharf, he is also hiding in a boat to work, and there are thugs from the Double Knife Society by his side to strictly protect him, and at the same time, the army of foreigners has also taken over the security of the wharf, Weng Xincun's father and son want to arrest the ancestors and grandchildren of the Wu family to correct the law. No matter how Weng Xincun and Weng Tonggong racked their brains, they couldn't think of any way to catch the ancestors and grandchildren of the Wu family and kill them with a knife.

On the morning of the second day after receiving the holy decree, just when Weng was worried about how to arrest the ancestors and grandchildren of the Wu family to rectify the law, the county commander Yuan Zubi came to say goodbye, saying that the foreigner's gunboat had left the Shanghai dock. As a result, Weng Xincun's father and son were also overjoyed, and asked repeatedly: "Did the foreigner's gunboat really sail away?" Where did you go? Is there still a foreigner army guarding the dock? ”

"Lord Yuqincha, the foreigner gunboats really drove away and went to the lower reaches of the Huangpu River, and I don't know where they went." Yuan Zubi reported happily: "The foreigners' troops on the wharf have also withdrawn, and there are still some foreign soldiers guarding the concession, but the number is much smaller, and it is estimated that there are only more than 100 and less than 200 people. ”

"God help me!" Weng Xincun's father and son cheered at the same time, and then Weng Tonggong couldn't wait to ask, "What about Wu Jianzhang?" Is that old thief still collecting duties on the docks? ”

Yuan Zu, who was tied to the father and son of the Weng family, smiled, and smiled very happily............

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In fact, Wu Jianzhang and Wu Chaoyue had already known the plan for the combined fleet to leave from the Shanghai dock on the first day, and they tried to persuade them to resist it for various reasons, but it was a pity that the ministers and consuls of Western countries insisted on not listening, and Wu Jianzhang, who had no choice but to adopt Wu Chaoyue's suggestion, wrote an excerpt to the Qing court to report the reason for the withdrawal of the combined fleet and the specific whereabouts, and sent someone to Jiangning to present it to Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, so that the Qing court could prepare in advance and explain that this matter had nothing to do with him.

Subsequently, because the Combined Fleet only left a company of marines to defend the concession and no longer had the extra strength to control the foreign wharf, Wu Chaoyue was also very worried that Weng Xincun's father and son would take the opportunity to go out of the city to arrest Wu Jianzhang, and strongly persuaded the comprador grandfather not to leave the concession again. However, Wu Jianzhang didn't listen at all, thinking that he was working on a ship that was convenient for escape, and Liu Lichuan was closely protected by the people of the Shuangdao Society, so he didn't have to worry about any safety issues, and in order to win the hope of reinstatement as much as possible, he insisted on still going to the dock to collect tariffs.

Not to mention, Wu Chaoyue seems to be really worried about the comprador grandfather in vain, after the combined fleet left Shanghai, for three or four days in a row, although Wu Jianzhang went to the wharf every day to work and collect taxes, the city gate of Shanghai County has never been opened once, and there is not a single soldier and a soldier out of the city, but the people living outside the city saw the foreign warships withdraw, and they returned to the wharf to make a living, so that the Shanghai wharf completely restored the prosperity and liveliness of the past, and also made Wu Jianzhang more confident that he would not encounter any danger, Patience is just waiting for new news from the Qing court.

During this period, Wu Chaoyue, who never left the concession, was not completely idle, in addition to helping Maddox open a church school, he also made many new foreign friends, and under the introduction of Father Martin, he met a business representative of the American Colt Company named Brown, and Brown deliberately befriended Wu Chaoyue The purpose was to ask Wu Chaoyue to help him sell arms, especially the revolver that Colt Company was proud of. It's a pity that Wu Chaoyue doesn't even dare to come out of the concession now, even if he knows that Brown sells all good things, he can't find a buyer, so he can only promise to help Brown if he has the opportunity in the future, and at the same time order ten revolvers and some ammunition from Brown, ready to be used to defend himself and Wu Jianzhang, and give it to Liu Lichuan to protect Wu Jianzhang.

In addition, when discussing the opening of a textile factory with the British businessman Billy, Wu Chaoyue unexpectedly found that picric acid in this era was still only used as a yellow dye, and no one in any country had discovered its military value, and Wu Chaoyue also clearly remembered that if picric acid wanted to be used in shells, only a layer of paraffin wax on the inner wall of the shell could prevent self-explosion and prevent corrosion of the shell, but Wu Chaoyue did not reveal this secret to foreign friends, but just hid it deep in his heart and left it as a way out for himself- If you really can't stay in China, going abroad to open an arms factory is also a way to make a fortune.

On the fifth day after the combined fleet left the Shanghai dock, the arms salesman Brown sent the revolver ordered by Wu Chaoyue as promised, and when Wu Chaoyue was still practicing how to load paper shell ammunition repeatedly, Lin Afu, the second leader of the Double Knife Society, suddenly stumbled into the small courtyard where the Wu family's ancestors and grandsons lived, and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Young Master Sun, quickly, go to the foreigner consul and ask them to send troops to save your grandfather!" ”

"Save my grandfather? What happened to my grandfather? Wu Chaoyue was taken aback.

"Your grandfather has been caught!" Lin Afu screamed: "Brother Ayuan sent someone to deliver a letter just now, saying that your grandfather was arrested by Yuan Wuba and was going to be taken to the city!" Tell me to come and report to you quickly, and ask you to beg the foreigner to save your grandfather! ”

"How did you get caught? My grandfather collects taxes on the ship, and there are people around to protect him, how can he be caught? Wu Chaoyue asked in surprise.

"Brother Ayuan fell for Zhou Lichun's plan to transfer the tiger from the mountain!" Lin Afu explained: "Didn't Zhou Lichun's turtle son sell Young Master Sun and Uncle Shuang?" Today he suddenly appeared on the dock and was seen by Brother Ayuan, Brother Ayuan took people to chase and kill him in order to avenge you and Uncle Shuang, but as soon as Brother Ayuan left, Yuan Wuba rushed onto the boat with some people and took away your grandfather, Brother Ayuan found out that he was fooled, and when he came back, he was a step late, and your grandfather had been caught by Yuan Wuba. Now Brother Ayuan is blocking them, but he is afraid that the city will send troops, so he called me to ....... ”

Before Lin Afu finished speaking, Wu Chaoyue had already inserted two revolvers full of bullets into the front and rear belts, covered them with robes, and then interrupted Lin Afu's words and said, "Don't say it, I'll save people with you, go quickly." ”

"Young Master Sun, what's the use of you going?" Lin Afu screamed miserably, and said: "Go and beg the foreigner, ask the foreigner to send troops to save your grandfather!" Otherwise, once the city sends troops, Brother Ayuan and they won't be able to stop it. ”

"The foreigners only left a company of troops to defend the concession, and they couldn't divide the troops at all! And they may not say yes. Wu Chaoyue roared angrily: "Even if the foreigners promised to send troops to save people, and the consular officers found them one by one, my grandfather would have been arrested and taken into the city!" Less nonsense, go now! Let's talk about it when we get there! ”

After that, Wu Chaoyue took the lead in running out of the small courtyard, and Lin Afu had no choice but to take the other thugs to follow Wu Chaoyue closely, and rushed all the way to the rental world to the Huangpu River Wharf. During the period, when passing through the concession sentry, Wu Chaoyue also explained the situation to the foreign defenders in English, and the result was not as Wu Chaoyue expected, those foreign soldiers in the concession who were ordered to protect really did not dare to leave their posts to help Wu Chaoyue save people, and only promised to report the situation to Aliguo to see how Aliguo decided, Wu Chaoyue knew that this result was not too concerned, but hurried to the dock.

When they arrived at the wharf, the area where Wu Jianzhang's tax-collecting ship docked was already crowded with people, and there were already several people with blood all over their bodies lying on the ground, and at the same time, there was also a thug from the Double Knife Club who rushed to Wu Chaoyue and Lin Afu and others, and said to Lin Afu: "Brother Afu, it's not good, Yuan Wuba's gang took Master Wu as a hostage and forced Brother Ayuan to give way, otherwise they would kill Lord Wu, and now Brother Ayuan and they don't dare to move." ”

Lin Afu listened to the complaint, and hurriedly led people to rush over, but Wu Chaoyue was very calm to see the situation at the small east gate first, and saw that the city gate was still closed, and the defenders did not go out of the city, Wu Chaoyue was a little relieved, knowing that Weng Xincun and others were still afraid that the foreign army would take the opportunity to enter the city, so they did not dare to send a large number of defenders out of the city to arrest people, and then Wu Chaoyue did not hesitate, and also rushed to the scene with Lin Afu and others.

When he arrived at the scene, before he squeezed into the middle of the crowd, Wu Chaoyue had already heard Liu Lichuan's roar, "The surname is Yuan, let my Uncle Shuang go immediately, I'll let you go!" If you dare to hurt my Uncle Shuang, Lao Tzu will dismantle you today and divide your body with a knife! ”

"Less nonsense! Get out of the way, or I'll cut this old immortal with one slash! Let's all die together! ”

When he heard Yuan Wuba's familiar voice, Wu Chaoyue had already seen the situation in the crowd from a distance, Liu Lichuan led hundreds of thugs to block the road, and Yuan Wuba led more than 20 people to hold Wu Jianzhang hostage and was surrounded in the middle, and at the same time, Wu Chaoyue was quite surprised that Weng Xincun's precious son Weng Tongyi was also at the scene, and he was shouting and threatening with a male duck voice, "You want to rebel?" You want to rebel, don't you? Wu Jianzhang is a criminal who was personally ordered by the emperor to arrest him, and if you save him, you are rebelling and rebelling! It's going to be all over the house! We want to destroy the Nine Clans! Give way, give way to us at once! ”

In terms of the number of people alone, the Shuangdao Society has an absolute advantage, but Yuan Wuba personally carried a knife on Wu Jianzhang's neck, so that Liu Lichuan and others did not dare to act rashly, but only dared to shout and intimidate, and at the same time, the defenders in Shanghai City may also go out of the city at any time to respond, and whether the foreign army will send troops to help is still two words. Seeing this scene, Wu Chaoyue was inevitably anxious, knowing that once the defenders in the city were dispatched, he would never have a chance to save his comprador grandfather.

The more anxious the more hellish it is, at this time, the hanging suspension bridge on the side of the small east gate suddenly and slowly lowered, and at the same time, the city also beat the war drums, obviously the city has made up its mind to go out of the city to save people. Seeing this situation, Weng Tongyi and Yuan Wubashi and his party were of course thunderous with joy, but Liu Lichuan was shocked in his heart, and Lin Afu next to him also hurriedly said to Wu Chaoyue: "Young Master Sun, you go back to the concession quickly, otherwise you will also be in danger!" ”

Wu Chaoyue didn't say a word, just looked at Wu Jianzhang who was held hostage by Yuan Wuba, Weng Tongyi and others, and then turned back to look at the city gate that had been opened in the distance, his eyes rolled wildly and quickly calculated, and then he suddenly pulled Lin Afu and whispered quickly in his ear......

"Young Master Sun, is this okay?"

"It's all about taking risks! If you want to save my grandfather, this is the only way! Remember, do as I tell you! ”

Answering this sentence, Wu Chaoyue grabbed Lin Afu and squeezed into the crowd, kicked and beat the crowd separately, and forcibly rushed into the middle of the crowd. As a result, seeing Wu Chaoyue suddenly appear, Yuan Wuba, Weng Tongyi and others were of course all bright-eyed, but Wu Jianzhang was taken aback, and he opened his mouth to tell his grandson to hurry back to the concession......

"Uncle Ayuan! My grandfather sent me to inform you that you should leave his stand-in alone! Everyone go back to the concession first! ”

Wu Chaoyue shouted out this sentence first, but when he heard Wu Chaoyue's words, not only Weng Tonggong and Yuan Wuba and others were dumbfounded, but Wu Jianzhang and Liu Lichuan and others, who were held hostage by Yuan Wuba and others, were also dumbfounded, but Wu Chaoyue didn't look at the comprador grandfather at all, but just shouted at Liu Lichuan: "Uncle Yuan, it was my grandfather's stand-in who was arrested!" My grandfather is still in the concession, don't worry about him, the city has sent troops, let's go back to the concession first! ”

"Your grandfather's stand-in?" Liu Lichuan was dumbfounded, pointed at Wu Jianzhang, who was being held hostage, and exclaimed: "He is your grandfather's stand-in?" How did I not know? ”

"For the sake of secrecy, my grandfather and I didn't tell you before!" Wu Chaoyue said quickly: "For the sake of safety, my grandfather secretly prepared a stand-in that looks exactly like him to collect taxes for him in the rental industry!" This is fake, don't worry about him, let's go back to the concession first! ”

Liu Lichuan was completely dumbfounded, and Yuan Wuba, Weng Tongyi and others on the opposite side were also dumbfounded, but they were held hostage by Wu Jianzhang and closed his mouth, his eyes rolled wildly to analyze what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of his baby grandson, and the scene was at a stalemate for a while......

When hundreds of Qing soldiers lined up out of the city and rushed to this side, Weng Tongyi had already come back to his senses and laughed loudly: "Wu Gongzi, there is really a set, if you want to save your grandfather, you can even pull out a stand-in, you can leave if you want to, just catch your grandfather's ......." ”

Weng Tongyi couldn't stop laughing when he laughed so far, because the situation had changed again that made him dumbfounded - Lin Afu, the second-in-command of the Double Knife Society, suddenly grabbed Wu Chaoyue's hands, put a knife on Wu Chaoyue's neck, and said loudly: "Weng Gongzi, you guessed it right, that Wu Ashuang is real, and this Wu Chaoyue is also real!" ”

The incident happened suddenly, everyone present was all taken aback, Lin Afu took the opportunity of everyone's surprise and lost his mind, and held Wu Chaoyue hostage and strode forward, Liu Lichuan and others came back to their senses and roared to stop them, and Lin Afu shouted: "Get out of the way!" Otherwise, Lao Tzu will kill this little deflated three with a knife! Liu Ayuan, Lao Tzu has endured you for a day or two, and I can't bear such a good opportunity today! Way! Get out of the way! ”

Roaring, Lin Afu forced Wu Chaoyue to step forward, Liu Lichuan and the others were even more jealous, and they didn't dare to make big moves, Lin Afu pushed Wu Chaoyue forward, and said to Weng Tongyi: "Gongzi Weng, this is a small gift for you, I will mix with you in the future!" ”

Originally, I didn't expect to be able to arrest Wu Chaoyue, who had been hiding in the concession all day, but I never expected that the thugs of the Double Knife Club would defect and send Wu Chaoyue over, Weng Tongyi was of course overjoyed, and nodded again and again and said: "The strong man is a traitor for the country and a thief for the court, I will definitely ask my father to show the court and ask the court to reward the hero!" ”

"Thank you, Gongzi Weng!"

Agreeing loudly, Lin Afu, who had already walked closer, suddenly pushed Wu Chaoyue in front of Weng Tongyong, kicked with his left foot and slashed with his right hand, kicked away and slashed Weng Tonggong's subordinates who came up to capture Wu Chaoyue. At the same time, Wu Chaoyue also quickly grabbed Weng Tonggong's collar with his left hand, and a revolver appeared in his right hand at some point, pointed the gun at Weng Tonggong's head, and shouted: "Stop it!" ”

Seeing this scene, of course, everyone next to him was stunned by the successive accidents, taking this opportunity, Lin Afu stepped forward again to help Wu Chaoyue copy Weng Tongxiao's hands, and also put the knife on Weng Tongshu's neck, Wu Chaoyue shouted again: "Put down the knife for Lao Tzu!" Otherwise, Lao Tzu will kill this Weng Tongyi with one shot! ”

The people brought by Weng Tonggong were all stupid, and Weng Tonggong himself was also stupid, looking at the barrel of the black hole in front of him dumbfounded, he couldn't believe that all this was true, and he regretted that he shouldn't have been able to personally command the Tiger to leave the mountain to arrest Wu Jianzhang, and all the words in his mouth were some boundless words, "Wu Chaoyue, you are so bold!" Do you know who I am? ...... you dare to point a foreign gun at me? ”

"Less!" Wu Chaoyue slapped him in the face and shouted: "Tell your lackey to release my grandfather, I'll let you go!" One life for another, or we will all die! ”

"You...... Dream....... ”

Weng Tonggong trembled and retorted, but in exchange for Wu Chaoyue's heavy shot in his face, he directly smashed his nose with blood, and then Wu Chaoyue said coldly: "Is it a dream, you Weng Tonggong think about it!" How old is my grandfather and how old are you? What future do you have, and what future can my grandfather have? One life for one life, you yourself say who suffers and who takes advantage? ”

At this time, in the continuous exclamations of the onlookers, Liu Lichuan and others, who had finally come back to their senses, had already rushed up to help Wu Chaoyue and Lin Afu, helping to drive away the thugs around Wu Chaoyue and others, and Yuan Wuba and others were in a state of confrontation again, and then Wu Chaoyue shouted at Yuan Wuba: "Yuan Wuba, release my grandfather immediately, and I will release Weng Tongyi!" ”

Yuan Wuba didn't dare to say anything, hesitated and didn't dare to make any moves, and Wu Chaoyue smashed another gun on Weng Tongxiao's face, smashing Weng Tongxiao's nosebleed even more, and shouted: "Tell Yuan Wuba to release my grandfather, and I will release you!" Fast! ”

"Release ......, release people quickly."

Weng Tongyi trembled and ordered, but Yuan Wuba still didn't dare to move, just said with a crying voice: "Gongzi Weng, this is the person who Lord Qincha wants to arrest, and the little one doesn't dare to let go!" ”

"Less nonsense!" Weng Tongxiao's crying voice was even more obvious, "Lord Qincha is my father, release me quickly!" ”

Afraid of the reaction of the foreign army, the Qing soldiers came extremely quickly, and in the blink of an eye, they had already rushed closer, and the onlookers scattered to hide, and even the thugs of the Double Knife Society were scared away by more than half - after all, it was a rabble. And the green battalion that led the team directly surrounded the scene with the commander-in-chief commander of the green battalion soldiers and others, Wu Chaoyue hurriedly shouted loudly again, saying that Weng Xincun's precious son Weng Tongyi was in his own hands, and asked the Qing soldiers not to act rashly.

Wu Chaoyue's hand really played a role, afraid that Wu Chaoyue jumped over the wall in advance to avenge the Beiyang Navy Division and Deng Shichang and destroyed Weng Tonggong with one shot, the Qing army general did not dare to order an attack, but sent someone to hurry back to report the news, and asked Weng Xincun, who was in the city, how to deal with it.

Weng Xincun must be praised here, even if his baby son was pinched by Wu Chaoyue as a hostage, no matter how much Weng Xincun's heart was twisted, he refused to accept Wu Chaoyue's threat, and after hesitating for a long time, Weng Xincun finally made up his mind and shouted to the herald: "Arrest someone!" Don't care about the old man's son, state affairs are important! ”

The herald rushed back to the scene to convey Weng Xincun's order, and the Qing army general did not hesitate, and immediately waved his hand and ordered: "Arrest people!" Try to protect the safety of Weng Gongzi! ”

"Stop! Stop it! ”

The sudden roaring sound once again attracted the attention of everyone present, and in the roar, several fast horses galloped to the scene, and a strong man in his thirties yelled in a capital accent, "Stop me!" This official is Su Shun, and he is a special envoy sent by the emperor! The emperor has decreed that Wu Jianzhang and his family must not be arrested! Wu Jianzhang stayed in his post to participate, and Weng Xincun was suspended on the spot! Everything will wait for the official to find out the truth! ”