Shi Dekuan's family has a lot of financial resources, so solid that they can allow Shi Dekuan and his cousin to study in Japan. In the Yue Wang Society, Shi Dekuan held the position of "picket", a position that required walking everywhere. Without a solid property, it is simply impossible to afford the many expenses of traveling. After receiving the order to lead some gentry to the Fengtai County People's Party to get the task of dignitaries, he immediately went to meet the people of the gentry family.

Among these people were young men in their forties and young men in their twenties, and they all wore long robes. Seeing Shi Dekuan, a 27-year-old young man, coming over, they got up one after another. Everyone's behavior and speech were polite, but the anxiety and dissatisfaction from the heart could not be hidden. It has been almost a month since the war broke out in Anqing on February 2 and their daughters disappeared. It was not easy to get an accurate reply, and the current owner of Anqing City, "Yue Wanghui", sent people to bring these family members back to retrieve those female students. But now the leader of the team is actually a young man under the age of 30, and these people feel uneasy again.

However, the families of these female students did not know that in the eyes of Yue Wanghui, this was a recognized drudgery, and in the days of chaos, they had to take a family member to walk hundreds of miles to the territory of the Fengtai County People's Party to ask for someone, and no one in Yue Wanghui was willing to accept this task. The cadres of the Yue Wanghui who had been dealing with these family members hurriedly said a few words to Shi Dekuan, and left in a hurry after pushing the matter to Shi Dekuan. This attitude makes these families feel that the future is even more bleak. Of course, if the families of these schoolgirls knew something inside, I am afraid that they would feel even more desperate. There was even a suggestion in the Yue Wang Society, so that these female students had been kidnapped by the People's Party anyway, and the People's Party would definitely extort a large ransom or something. Instead of letting the People's Party extort ransom, King Yue would simply take advantage of the unknown situation of his family members and ask these people to "donate" a sum of revolutionary funds first.

Fortunately, Chen Duxiu was not confused, he immediately rejected this suggestion, reprimanded this self-proclaimed smart guy in public, and strictly ordered that it was absolutely not allowed to blackmail the families of these female students, so these poor parents finally avoided the crisis of breaking their wealth for the time being. And the side effects of Chen Duxiu's strict order are also obvious, since the families of these female students have no oil and water, King Yue will stay away from these people.

Shi Dekuan had heard a little about this, and Shi Dekuan was quite disgusted that someone could put forward such an unsuccessful idea. Of course, Shi Dekuan didn't know that the reason why he himself was appointed to this task was, on the one hand, because Shi Dekuan was a native of Shijiaji in Shouzhou, and he was very close to Fengtai County. The more important reason is that Shi Dekuan is a picket and quite serious. Regarding all kinds of illegal acts in Anqing City, as well as the unrevolutionary morality of the people of King Yue's society, Shi Dekuan fully fulfilled his responsibility of picketing. This made him a thorn in the side of many people, and taking advantage of this drudgery, many people enthusiastically recommended Shi Dekuan. They desperately hoped that Shi Dekuan, a "stunned youth", would disappear from Anqing City as soon as possible.

"Mr. Shi, you King Yue will keep saying that it is the Fengtai County People's Party that kidnaps people. But we have never heard of such a party in Fengtai County. And your King Yue will be able to defeat Anqing, why can't you even manage a party? ”

This is a question that the family has been asking about, but has not received an accurate response.

"The women's school was run by Mr. Qiu Jin, where is Mr. Qiu Jin now?" Some parents have been completely disappointed in Yue Wanghui, and they hope to find Qiu Jin, the person in charge of the girls' school.

The young man has a good face, Shi Dekuan listened to these two questions from the female students' families, and only felt a fever on his face. He couldn't say it straight that King Yue would not be the main force attacking Anqing at all, and even played a negligible role in this war. He couldn't even say it bluntly, after Yue Wanghui took over Anqing, the first thing he did was to squeeze out the power of the Restoration Society from Anqing City.

Chen Duxiu and Bai Wenwei hoped to cooperate with the Liberation Society, but the young cadres below did not buy the account of the Liberation Association at all. As a local force in Anhui, King Yue will have an almost instinctive rejection of the Guangfu Society from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Tao Chengzhang was also interested, and he took the initiative to withdraw from Anqing with the people of the Restoration Society. Finally avoided more intense conflict. Qiu Jin, as the main cadre of the Restoration Society, naturally withdrew from Anqing with Tao Chengzhang.

All this is a contradiction between the Yue Wang Society and the Guangfu Society, and the relatives of the female students don't care about it at all. Seeing that Shi Dekuan didn't speak, they continued to ask. At this moment, an older middle-aged man temporarily stopped everyone's questioning, and he stood up and said, "Mr. Shi, I am under Huang Chengxun." ”

Shi Dekuan was already a little unable to bear the pressure at this time, and seeing that Huang Chengxun was still elegant, he reluctantly got up and arched his hand. "Mr. Huang has something to say, please speak."

"Mr. Shi, now people have been taken captively. You also said that it was not King Yue who robbed people, and Mr. Qiu Jin was not your person. I think it's better to tell us where Mr. Qiu Jin is, and let's go and meet Mr. Qiu Jin together. Everyone made it clear to their faces, and came up with a charter to save people back. What does Mr. Shi think? ”

Although this method is wasteful, it is not impossible. After hearing this, Shi Dekuan immediately replied, "Yes." "Shi Dekuan is a man of action, if he is asked to do things, he can do it. Let him have such an endless fight with people, Shi Dekuan really can't bear it.

Everyone didn't expect Shi Dekuan to agree so thoroughly, for fear that he would be the same as those people in front of Yue Wanghui, just perfunctory. Huang Chengxun asked, "When will Mr. Shi leave?" ”

"How about we go now?" Shi Dekuan said sharply.

"Okay, let's go now." Huang Chengxun replied immediately.

The group took a boat from Anqing down the river and arrived in Chizhou in half a day. As soon as I got off the boat, I saw a group of people with rifles approaching. The leader shouted, "Are you from the New Army?" ”

Shi Dekuan knew that the military uniform of the Anhui New Army he was wearing had aroused the vigilance of the other party, and he also shouted: "I am Shi Dekuan from the Yue Wang Society." Come to visit Tao Chengzhang and Mr. Qiu Jin. ”

The other party heard Shi Dekuan's name and snorted from his nose. "Mr. Tao Chengzhang is very busy now, I don't have time to see you."

"Then I can see Mr. Qiu Jin. Regarding Anqing Girls' School, I have some things to meet with Mr. Qiu Jin. ”

When the other party heard this, he hesitated for a while, and then said, "You wait first, let's go and report it." ”

Seeing those people marching towards the city, but leaving half of them to monitor Shi Dekuan and the others, Huang Chengxun couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Shi, have your Yue Wang Society and Chizhou's Restoration Society become a fire and water?" ”

Shi Dekuan couldn't help but sigh, "That's not true." It's just ......, it's just that everyone is busy with their own things. ”

"Then what is the relationship between the People's Party of Fengtai County and the Yue Wang Association that you are talking about?" Huang Chengxun asked.

Shi Dekuan had never dealt with the People's Party in the first place, but he couldn't say anything when asked like this. Huang Chengxun misunderstood Shi Dekuan's silence. He pondered for a moment, then asked, "What is the relationship between this Liberation Society and the People's Party?" ”

Hearing this, Shi Dekuan suddenly thought that the relationship between the Liberation Society and the People's Party seemed to be quite unusual. One of the fuses on the surface was that the People's Party gave two cannons to Chizhou, which was in the hands of the Restoration Society, during the retreat. After Tao Chengzhang accidentally mentioned this matter, the cadres of the Yue Wang Association immediately became "indignant". After mastering the remnants of the Anqing New Army, which had been crippled by the People's Party, King Yue would immediately assert himself as the Anqing New Army. In their opinion, all the armaments of the Anqing New Army should belong to the Yue Wang Society. The People's Party ran away without a trace, and King Yue naturally couldn't find the bad luck of the People's Party, but two cannons were transported to Chizhou, which was close at hand, and King Yue would immediately feel that he had suffered a big loss. Everyone in the Yue Wang Society seemed to have suddenly become an artillery expert, and they talked about the great significance of these two guns to the defense of Anqing from all angles. And how important it is to hold Anqing to Chizhou.

Chen Duxiu, Bai Wenwei and other upper echelons knew that they had to cooperate with the Restoration Society, so no matter what they thought about waiting in their hearts, they at least didn't say it. And since the middle level, as long as King Yue will be able to talk to Tao Chengzhang, all of them will be coercive and tempting, and they will return the two cannons to the Guangfu Society. The matter of the cannon, and some other things, made Tao Chengzhang finally decide to take the people of the Restoration Society to withdraw from Anqing completely.

The People's Party took away a total of four cannons, sent two to the Liberation Society, and only needed two for themselves. From this point of view, the relationship between the BJP and the Liberation Society is very unusual.

was thinking about the complicated situation, Shi Dekuan suddenly heard Huang Chengxun shouting: "Mr. Qiu Jin, you are really here." When I looked up, I saw Qiu Jin wearing the same short clothes as the armed soldiers of the Restoration Society, and was striding forward accompanied by several people.

Most of the family members of the female students have seen Qiu Jin, and in their opinion, finding Qiu Jin and finding their own family members is half the battle. They threw Shi Dekuan aside and rushed to Qiu Jin.

Huang Chengxun rushed to the forefront, and he shouted with an anxious face: "Mr. Qiu, where is the little girl, please make it clear." ”

Hearing this, seeing Huang Chengxun's anxious look again, a look of pain flashed on Qiu Jin's face. She never expected that Chen Ke would actually do the kidnapping of female students. Not only that, in order to prevent Qiu Jin from intervening halfway, Chen Ke also used indiscriminate means such as drugged.

But no matter how much Qiu Jin regretted that she had misjudged Chen Ke, things still happened. Wait for Qiu Jin to be sure that Chen Ke kidnapped the students of the girls' school. She also sent someone to chase after her. However, the People's Party marched too fast, and the brigade left only two days early, and the people sent by Qiu Jin could no longer find any trace of the People's Party. Hearing the news of the return of the comrades sent out, Qiu Jin was furious. According to Qiu Jin's original intention, she wanted to chase all the way to Fengtai County. Say everything to chase the girls back. However, the situation changed extremely quickly, and the grievances between the People's Party and the Restoration Society had not yet been resolved, and the contradiction between the Yue Wang Society and the Liberation Society immediately broke out. As an important cadre of the Restoration Society, at the juncture when the Yue Wanghui was trying to squeeze the Restoration Society out of Anqing, Qiu Jin had to ensure that the Restoration Society occupied Chizhou.

This back and forth, the plan to recover the female students had to be put on hold. But Qiu Jin was always determined that as long as she had time, she would personally go and take back the students that Chen Ke had snatched. Therefore, Qiu Jin specially explained to the comrades of the Liberation Association who defended Chizhou that as long as the parents of female students came to them, they must inform her. It was not because of Qiu Jin's strict order, with the current relationship between the Restoration Society and the Yue Wang Society, Shi Dekuan reported to the Yue Wang Society's home, and the comrades of the Restoration Society never let him see Qiu Jin.

Qiu Jin still remembers Huang Chengxun, and also remembers that Huang Chengxun's daughter Huang Yuyue is her student. "Mr. Huang. Your lady and other students were taken away by a friend of mine. ”

Hearing Qiu Jin say the phrase "a friend of mine", Huang Chengxun only felt that his legs were a little weak. He originally thought that Qiu Jin was a decent teacher, and even as a revolutionary, he should not make friends with bandits who kidnapped people. With some illusions, Huang Chengxun asked in a trembling voice: "But you were taken away by the People's Party?" ”

"Yes. My friend Chen Ke, that bastard is the chairman of the People's Party. Qiu Jin replied almost through gritted teeth.