The sound of firecrackers for the New Year is in the ears, from the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve to the first day of the new year, the people of Anqing greeted the New Year with joy, the children who like to lie in bed the most are in good spirits when they arrive at the New Year, and they get up early in the morning, boys and girls wear flowers, their mouths are stuffed with candy and pastries, and the three new clothes inside and outside will line each little face with red and puffy love.

Except for a few special departments to ensure water supply, power supply, safety, and fire prevention, the other personnel of the Military Advisory Office were all on holiday from Chinese New Year's Eve to the fifth day of the new year, and after setting off firecrackers that broke five, they went to work on the sixth day of the first lunar month, and Chai Dongliang also had a rare few days of leisure. Of course, the family is very busy, cooking meat and making dumplings all night, but these things don't need Chai Dongliang to worry about. The housekeeper naturally arranged it properly, not only were the cooks in the family room busy and their feet did not touch the ground, but the masters of several big restaurants in Anqing City were also hired with high salaries to temporarily take a hand. Of course, the Peking Opera and Huangmei Opera troupes are indispensable, and several famous actors in Anhui City have been invited to sing in the hall, but their limelight has been suppressed by a small curtain. The guests watched the movie with relish while eating the wine and feast.

Chai Dongliang invited photographer Wang Ping from Nanjing to shoot a lot of promotional films for Jiang Huaijun, he found business opportunities from here, and simply moved the studio from Nanjing to Anqing, taking photos and making movies at the same time, and as a result, he actually made him bigger in more than half a year. Wang Ping's studio became Huaxia Film Company, first made some opera films, filmed the repertoire sung by famous actors, and then began to recruit actors and screenwriters and other talents, and shot feature films. Of course, most of the actresses are not the daughters of serious families, they are basically from the Qinglou, the Qing people in the Ji Yuan, the red bustards and the old bustards, in order to increase their popularity, they are also very willing to make movies, and for a while, the Yingying Yanyan on the screen was very lively. Ladybills are also cheap, many not-so-famous girls, once they are on the big screen, they are willing to pay a lot of money to kiss Fangze, and the girls who have made movies are suddenly worth a hundred times. Not only does the girl not want a salary when making movies, but is willing to post it upside down, many people simply post to invite Wang Pingbai to eat and play for nothing, and willingly let him uncover the rules at night.

After the Second Revolution, Chai Dongliang took advantage of the chaos to seize Jiangsu, and Shanghai was under the jurisdiction of Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu, which was equivalent to the puppet of the Jianghuai Army. Greater Shanghai is the most prosperous city in the Far East, the bizarre is far from the conservative Anqing comparable, fashionable women have applied for film companies, with a large number of good women and even celebrities joining, movie stars and Peking Opera celebrities are almost as sought after by thousands of fans.

At seven o'clock in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the sound of firecrackers for the New Year had just sounded, and Chai Dongliang's home gathered a crowd of New Year's greetings.

Chai Dongliang obviously didn't have the material to do this, and in less than two hours, the cheeks that were already laughing stiffened, so he had to hand it over to the housekeeper and go to the back hall to hide himself.

However, he was destined to be idle, and after a while, Gao Ming and Gao Chuguan brothers came to worship together, and Chai Dongliang couldn't see them anymore, so he personally welcomed them into the inner hall and arranged a family banquet for hospitality.

Gao Ming served as the governor of Jiangxi, Chai Dongliang hadn't seen him for a while, and he was startled when he saw it, his hair was already gray, the wrinkles on his face were like sun-dried wild chrysanthemums, and his temples looked like an old man in his sixties, but in fact he was just fifty years old. Gao Chuguan has a round face that is white and fat, and he looks better, and the smile that always hangs on the corner of his mouth looks more like a businessman.

Chai Dongliang's heart was sour, and he said apologetically: "The old master has worked hard." ”

Gao Ming was wearing a silk horse coat and a thick fox fur on the outside, and he said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, but the governor should pay attention to his body, this burden is on your shoulders alone, and I can't wait for the governor to share the work." ”

Chai Dongliang waited for the two of them to sit down, and the next person served fragrant tea and held a copper hand stove wrapped in a towel for the two of them, and the three of them exchanged a few words and got to the point.

"Governor, the fifteenth year is the year, and after the fifteenth day of the first month, the year is over, and it's time to do it!" Gao Ming said eagerly.

Chai Dongliang laughed: "The old master is too anxious, right?" What's the matter, let Lao Yuan finish the New Year, otherwise I think we are not kind. ”

Seeing Chai Dongliang's relaxed expression, Gao Ming's heart was in his stomach, and he dared to conclude that Chai Dongliang had already made a calculation, after all, the strength and financial advantages of the Jianghuai Army were too great now, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Hubei, Fengtian, Mongolia, more than ten divisions in six provinces were close to 150,000 troops, and the equipment and individual firepower were several times that of the Beiyang Army, and there were also navies and planes as wings, and it was the hand to defeat Yuan Shikai??? But I didn't eat it, and I was always itchy and unbearable.

"Dudu, this time to fight Beiyang, how do we arrange? Land and water? Gao Chuguan asked.

Chai Dong nodded: "Yes, advance by land and water, the navy marches from Dagukou, covers the landing of Lu Kai and Lin Hu's troops, and approaches Yanjing from Tianjin, Kuang Haishan goes from Mongolia to Shanxi to cross the Niangzi Pass and attack Yanjing, Gu Nanshan enters the Central Plains from the Shanhaiguan Great Wall, and I personally lead all the way along the Jinghan Line to the north, and surround the Beiyang Army on all sides!" ”

Gao Ming laughed: "With such an arrangement, it will be difficult for Yuan Shikai to fly with wings!" ”

Gao Chuguan shook his head and said: "No, the body of the governor of Wanjin can't be in danger, besides, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Jiangxi provinces are the lifeblood of the Jianghuai army, and the governor does not personally sit in Anqing??? Don't forget, Lei Zhenchun in Guangdong and Feng Guozhang in Hunan are all people who Yuan Shikai picked up, and now he is close to the governor, once the situation changes, it may be a time bomb around us. ”

Chai Dongliang asked respectfully: "What about Mr. Xiangyuan's opinion?" Attack on three sides and let go of the south all the way? ”

Gao Chuguan said with a smile: "Beiyang has long been separated from Germany, if we attack to the death, maybe they will be twisted into a rope, although Beiyang's combat effectiveness is not as good as in the past, but after all, it is also a long-trained elite, the two tigers will fight for heavy casualties, according to the students' humble opinion, if you can instigate an uprising of soldiers and horses in Yanjing City, under the shock of Gyeonggi, and then let go of the way to flee south, the Beiyang Army will inevitably panic, the governor only needs to send a general, and set up ambushes along the way to intercept and kill??? In this way, Beiyang can be determined! ”

Chai Dongliang said with a wry smile: "A strategy is naturally a good strategy, the problem is that Yuan Shikai has been operating in Yanjing for many years, and even if the Beiyang generals deviate from Germany, it is not easy to instigate a large army to attack the presidential palace!" ”

Gao Chu observed his palms and said with a smile: "As long as we besiege Gyeonggi from Mongolia, Mukden, and Tianjin, as long as three or five hundred people in the capital respond, it will cause chaos in the capital, so why do we need to mobilize thousands of soldiers and horses?" ”

Chai Dongliang's eyes lit up: "Could it be that Mr. Xiang Yuan already has a perfect strategy?" ”

Gao Chuguan said with a smile: "I don't dare to do it, but I have a close friend who once served as the Jiangxi alternate Dao of the Qing Dynasty, and asking him to come forward may make a team of people in Yanjing City anyway??? Why not give it a try? If the strategy fails, the governor can naturally lead a large army across the Yangtze River and wave the Northern Expedition. ”

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Yanjing City is full of lights, craftsmen are rushing to make archways, stone squares and other point of view of the project, the porch of the shop is hung with red lanterns, the pillars are also wrapped tightly with red silk, a joyful scene.

In stark contrast to these, the ragged and ragged Hanako on the street stretched out their thin arms, dragging their families and begging, their eyes were cloudy and gray, and they couldn't see a little bit of brilliance. The child sucked his mother's shriveled **, but there was not a drop of milk, and he cried non-stop.

Everywhere you can see lying down, the dirty clothes that can't see the true colors of the clothes, driven by the Shuntianfu and the soldiers and horses, swept one by one, pinched their noses and threw these hard corpses into the car.

"Oh, the official spares his life, he killed someone, the child is his father, what are you doing?" There was a scuffle across the road, accompanied by heart-rending cries. A group of errand servants armed with red and black water and fire sticks came in groups, and the big sticks unceremoniously cried and howled wolves to beat the ghosts begging along the street, and the hungry children who had taken off their images were even more wow-wow, which made people worry about it.

The beggars with better legs and feet fled, leaving only three who looked like a family and did not run away, the male beggars had a slightly disabled leg, the woman was holding a child, and the servants were like wolves and tigers, and they smashed their heads and faces with sticks. The man was covered with blood and kowtowed like garlic begging for mercy, and the woman hid in the base of the gable on the side of the road, and protected the child with her body, and the child's voice was hoarse when she cried.

The officials fought vigorously, but they did not notice that a sturdy man on the other side of the road rushed over in three steps and two steps. This big man is only a medium height of 1.75 meters, but his shoulders are much wider than ordinary people, his eyebrow bones are high, and his two hands are like pu fans. He rushed over, and without saying a word, flew up and kicked the hard-hitting messenger to the side of the road.

With this kick, the guy rolled over in mid-air and fell down heavily, and before he could even snort, he rolled his eyes and passed out??? What a great leg work!

When the officers saw that the furious man was wearing a robe and a horse coat, but he had a foreign knife at his waist, and he knew that he was hiding a pistol at a glance when he was bulging under his clothes, and he knew that it must be an officer without asking, and the swear words that came to his lips were swallowed again with spittle.

"Stop, get out of here! Women and children also fight, do you still have a little human taste? Was it raised by his mother's parents? The man pulled out the cold and shining foreign knife with a loud sigh, and shouted angrily in the official dialect with a thick Henan accent.

The messenger saw that the big man was blushing, and the hand holding the handle of the knife trembled with anger, this master seemed to be really angry!

They didn't even dare to distinguish it, they dragged the water and fire sticks and ran away, estimating where this Eighth Master Qiu was angry, and spreading evil fire on them, why bother touching this moldy head.

The female beggar sat on the ground, holding the child in one hand and the male beggar bleeding from his head with the other.

Hearing this voice, Dahan felt that the cold air was rushing up his back spine, how many grievances and hardships he had to go through to cry so heartbreakingly.

Throwing down two pieces of eagle ocean, the big man ran away as if he was in trouble, this kind of miserable situation, he really couldn't stand it.

On the other side of the road was a richly dressed little woman, who was followed by several plainclothes guards, each with a pistol at his waist.

The woman's eyebrows were clear, revealing a bookish atmosphere, and seeing that she was only in her early twenties, she frowned lightly and said, "Brother Jiu, it's good to tell the brothers to do these little things, why do you do it yourself." ”

A man with thick eyebrows and big eyes who looked like a countryman also echoed: "Yes, big brother, you are now a lieutenant general of the army, the deputy director of the law enforcement department, no better than in the past, when you fell on the grass in Yangshan, you can see unevenness and draw a knife to help, this is Yanjing City!" ”

The man glared at him, and then snorted stupidly: "Fuck the lieutenant general of the army, I haven't been happy on Sheep Mountain yet!" ”

Wang Tianzong, whose name is Xujiu, is a native of Song County, Henan Province, and is 29 years old this year. Lieutenant General of the Army, he is currently the deputy director of the Army Law Enforcement Department of the Yanjing Political Axe. He dropped out of school in his early years due to his poor family, and was accepted as a disciple by a Shaolin monk to learn a good martial arts. Due to dissatisfaction with the rule of the government, he entered the Yangshan Mountain in the northwest of Song County and gathered in the mountains and forests, and defeated the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army many times. Although Wang Tianzong was a so-called grass coward who occupied the mountains as kings, he paid great attention to the situation in the outside world and even ordered the "Declaration" published in Shanghai. Four years ago, he disguised himself as an alternate Taoist and went to Shanghai to meet the world. Wang Tianzong returned from a trip to Shanghai, not only admired the material civilization in the ten-mile foreign field, but also hated the misdeeds of foreigners rampant in the meantime, thus germinating the idea of national revolution, and began to have contact with the Henan revolutionaries in the League Wang Tianzong returned to Henan from Shanghai on the way, lived in the Gaosheng Inn in Hankou, during which there was a period of romance, because he was dignified, generous, loved to make friends, and spent money like running water. attracted the attention of Zhang, the alternate Dao who lived in the same hotel, and the two hit it off at first sight. So Zhang promised his eighteen-year-old beloved daughter Zhang Weiyu, who was studying in the foreign school, to the twenty-five-year-old "alternate road", and the couple put up lights in the hostel and held a wedding.

On the night of the second day after the marriage, Wang took his new wife back to his hometown in Henan, and the group walked day and night, choosing remote mountain roads. The new lady asked curiously, "Why do you walk at night?" ”

Wang Tianzong replied: "It's cool to walk at night!" ”

A few days later, they arrived at a dangerous cottage, planted the banner of "king" all over the place, and many minions came to ask for peace. At this time, the new lady knew that her golden beetle son-in-law was the king of the mountain, and the "alternate Mrs. Dao" became the "Mrs. Zhai". At this time, the "second driving rod" opened several large boxes, which were full of smuggled guns. Only then did the new lady know who the groom was, and he was Wang Tianzong, who was known as the "Zhongzhou thief".

After the old father-in-law alternate Dao Master Zhang heard that his son-in-law was a thief in Henan, he was so angry that he almost pumped over, and Wang Tianzong sent money to his house several times, but he threw it out, swearing not to recognize this daughter and son-in-law.

Although the old man ignored him, but after marriage, the husband and wife were very affectionate, although Wang Tianzong was born in the green forest, he was ordered by the old monk in his early years, not only excellent martial arts, but also somewhat knowledgeable, which gave the new wife Zhang Weiyu some comfort. Wang Tianzong is obedient to this lady, although Zhang Weiyu is young, after all, she grew up in a place like Jiujiang, where Chinese and foreign places are mixed, and she has studied in a foreign school, and her knowledge is quite extraordinary, which has played a vital role in Wang Tianzong's career development.

A foreign student, a bandit in the mountains, turned out to be a husband and wife love and harmony, which has become a good story on the green forest road in western Henan.

During the Xinhai Revolution, it was this lady who encouraged Wang Tianzong to raise troops against the Qing Dynasty, and Wang Tianzong took the ten brothers of Yangshan and thousands of men and horses from Henan to Shaanxi, and got acquainted with Sun Yat-sen. Since then, the "Zhongzhou Thief" has become the famous "Zhongzhou Hero", and Qiu Jin is known as the two heroes of the revolutionary party.

After Yuan Shikai became the interim president, in order to win over this fellow Henan countryman, he awarded him the rank of lieutenant general of the army, and at the same time made the deputy director of the army law enforcement department, and allowed Wang Tianzong to have a guard of more than 300 people brought out from Yangshan.

After the revival of the Republic of China, Sun Wen launched the second revolution, Yuan Shikai coerced the election, and Li Yuanhong killed the first righteous hero??? All kinds of chaos are too numerous to mention, which makes Wang Tian indulging in frustration, he has said more than once that he would rather go back to Yangshan and fall into the grass than become this official. Later, when he heard that the white wolf had rebelled, he was moved to sneak back to Henan secretly, but he was watched closely by Lao Yuan's spies, and his wife had just given birth to a son, so he had to suppress this idea. Later, when he saw the bad deeds of the remnants of the white wolf in the newspaper, Wang Tianzhong was eager to lead his troops back and destroy this giant bandit, but he still couldn't achieve it??? How could Yuan Shikai let the tiger return to the mountain?

"Brother Jiu, let's go back, Bao'er is still waiting at home, I don't worry about such a young child at home." Zhang Weiyu smiled and held Wang Tianzong's hand.

Wang Tian followed her to the house with a huff, where he lived was very close, and after a while, he arrived at the door of the house, only to see an old man wearing a black silk square horse coat and a fox fur covering the outside, smiling happily holding a child carved in pink and jade, and stuffing the sugar gourd into the child's mouth while laughing.

Zhang Weiyu was startled at first, and then shouted: "Dad? ”

Wang Tianzhong was also stunned, and hurriedly said, "Master Zhang! ”

The old man feigned silence and twisted his head to the side.

Zhang Weiyu stepped on Wang Tianzong's leather boots fiercely: "Stupid man, still called Master Zhang?" ”

Wang Tianzong immediately understood, and hurriedly bowed: "Son-in-law Wang Tianzong asks for peace to Lord Yue." ”

The old man turned his anger into joy, holding the child in one hand and holding Wang Tianzong's rough palm with the other: "That's right, why is the family so angry?" Isn't it time for you to dislike the old man? ”

Wang Tianzong smiled and said: "How dare you, how dare you, the son-in-law is happy and ruthless, he can't speak, don't be surprised by your father-in-law." ”

The old man shook his hand and said, "No blame, no blame, seeing your family and harmony, the old man's heart is sweeter than eating honey!" After that, he looked at his daughter and smiled: "Xiaoyu, is this family business that my father promised you good?" ”

Zhang Weiyu's eyes turned red, and a thousand tastes came to her heart, and a line of tears fell.

Wang Tianzong hurriedly took out a handkerchief from his pocket and hurriedly wiped it on his wife's face: "Don't dare to cry, it won't look good if you spend the rouge gouache!" ”

The old man looked at their deep love for husband and wife, and frequently bowed his head.

Wang Tianzong suddenly remembered to wipe his wife's tears in front of his father-in-law, which seemed to be a little inappropriate, and said with a smile: "My father-in-law is coming, why don't you take a telegram, I'll pick you up!" ”

The old man smiled and said, "I'm not seventy or eighty years old and can't walk, what can I pick up?" Son-in-law, I'm really going to discuss it with you this time. ”

(To be continued)