When he went out, it was not yet dark, He Ruming spent more than 100 taels of wine and food, as well as the girl's silver, and stuffed 500 taels of silver tickets, and got the pass he wanted. Qian Dingchu's drunken and dreamy bear appearance made He Ruming look down on him quite a bit. But Zheng Wenjie, who has been silent, surprised He Ruming a little. If it was before, when there were guys like Zheng Wenjie, He Ruming would not have made such a straightforward request anyway. But that was only before, and the current situation is that Beiyang has de facto collapsed.

The supposedly national government in Beijing has now become a bunch of trembling cowards, and the fact that the middle and senior officers of the Beiyang Army can give He Ruming a pass in such a situation is a testament to their attitude towards the future.

As a middle-level official of the Beiyang government, He Ruming should have felt the grief, indignation, hesitation and even despair before the collapse. But he had something more important on his mind now. Since he was arrested and put on death row by the Manchu government, his entire family was almost beheaded. After being released, because of his son-in-law Chen Ke, the people who came to visit and give gifts were at least given a considerable amount of money, even if they were not endless. He Ruming saw it completely, life and death are fateful. For him, the only thing he can do is to take responsibility for his loved ones.

Out of the Bada Hutong, He Ruming got into a carriage borrowed from the government and went straight to the south of the city. When he arrived at a parking place outside the house, He Ruming got out of the car and knocked on the door frankly. The servants came out from behind with large bags of goods.

Chengnan is a poor area in Beijing, and this house is not luxurious, but it is not a place for the poor to afford to live. As soon as the door opened, Chang Siye probed out. After seeing He Ruming, Fourth Master Chang was taken aback, "Lord He, why are you here?" After saying this, Chang Siye glanced at the army standing guard at the corner of the street not too far away, and he hurriedly invited He Ruming into the house.

"Councilor Chang, it's been good lately." He Ruming smiled as he walked.

"Lord He, don't make fun of me." Chang Siye said with a smile. There are a lot of people living in this house, especially many children, and the servants who followed behind He Ruming had a lot of food in the bags, meat, vegetables, and steamed buns, so that the little guys couldn't take their eyes off the bags, and some of the little guys couldn't help but stuff their fingers into their mouths. There were also a few little ones who couldn't help crying, "Mom, I'm hungry, I want to eat." ”

Chang Siye stopped and looked at He Ruming with an embarrassed look. He Ruming said with a smile: "This was originally a gift for Councilor Chang, what you want to do with it, Fourth Master Chang, is up to you." ”

"Lord He, these people are all people in our car dealership. You've saved your life, and the adults and children have been hungry for two days. Chang Siye said excitedly.

"Then Chang Min, you are busy first." He Ruming said with a smile.

Chang Siye didn't say much, first led He Ruming's servants to distribute food to everyone, and asked people to help the servants move the rice and white noodles in the car, and everyone shared it. In the midst of a thousand thanks and the laughter of the children, Chang Siye first asked all these people in his car dealership to go back to the house to eat. When the courtyard was quieter, he went into his inner room.

He Ruming brought his own wine and food, and the servants had already arranged it, and then he retreated and guarded the door. He Ruming sat opposite Chang Siye. After a glass of wine first, He Ruming asked, "Hasn't Councilor Chang's car been returned yet?" ”

Fourth Master Chang sighed, "Lord He, if it was before, if you came to me, you would just let you whip me, spit on my face and scold me for being useless, and I would have to kneel down and beg for your help." But now this situation, I will admit it. People have three years of good and three years of bad news. All I have to do now is finish the battle and start from scratch. ”

He Ruming admires Chang Siye's attitude very much, if it is someone else, don't say what he thinks in his heart, at least he can't say such backbone words. A few years ago, Chang Siye started a car dealership and established a loan relationship with the bank. Chang Siye also dared to do it, and with many connections, he set up a car shop in a year or two. He also imported diesel engines from the BJP and built a tractor brigade. This is a shotgun for a gun, and it has made a fortune in short- and medium-distance transportation.

It is unlikely that these officials of the bank will come forward to do some business in person, and Chang Siye's character also has some reputation in the capital. Therefore, some people from banks invested in Chang Siye, and the business became bigger and bigger. Chang Siye is not a fool, he relied on the help of these people in the local election to get the identity of a local councilor.

This good day was not interrupted even when the People's Party withdrew from the Beiyang territory and the Beiyang army was greatly expanded. On the contrary, with the tractor brigade, Chang Siye's business is prosperous. It wasn't until Yuan Kewen led the "model group" to start rectifying Beijing's "economic order" that Chang Siye fell into bad luck.

First, the tractor brigade was "expropriated", and then Chang Siye was forcibly shut down from the car shop because of "economic crimes" and hoarding. All the evidence was that more than 600 bags of flour were found in Chang Siye's car dealership. Chang Siye ran transportation, how could he not know the recent situation, more than two hundred bags of flour were prepared for the people of the car dealership to pay wages. Yuan Kewen doesn't care what explanation, these flours have become ironclad evidence. If it weren't for the identity of a "local councilor", and someone behind him to speak to Chang Siye, Chang Siye would have to enter the bureau now.

Even after such a big disaster, Chang Siye never complained about the sky, let alone frantically looking for help like a headless fly. This can't help but make He Ruming feel quite admired. Of course, if there was no such admiration, He Ruming would not have asked Chang Siye to do something.

After drinking two more glasses of wine, He Ruming said, "Fourth Master Chang, I came this time because you know many brothers in the Dao. I'd like to ask you to help me find a few people who can open a door through the wall. ”

If this request had been made a few years ago, it would have surprised Chang Siye, but now after listening to He Ruming's request, Chang Siye didn't blink his eyebrows, "Lord He, I'm afraid this person is not easy to find." Many of those who have this ability have gone to join the army. There are not many people in Beijing who eat this kind of food. What's more, at this time, the brothers' asking price is too high. ”

"I don't think it's possible that the asking price is high, and those who can still eat this way are really capable. When the ability arrives, what you want will definitely not be cheap. I want such a person in the past two days, and Chang Siye can go to find it. After speaking, he put a pass in front of Chang Siye.

Chang Siye put down his chopsticks, and it seemed that he was still struggling in his heart. After a while, he said, "Lord He, I shouldn't have asked what this matter was for. But I've never done anything wrong, and I'm ...... if you're looking for this kind of person at this time."

He Ruming said with a straight face: "Fourth Master Chang, I, He Ruming, don't steal or rob. But I have an enemy, and if I don't talk to him now, I'm afraid that I won't have much chance of finding him after the city is broken. ”

These words obviously did not impress Fourth Master Chang, He Ruming simply said straightforwardly: "Fourth Master Chang, Chen Ke is my son-in-law, everyone knows it. If the People's Party can take Beijing, as long as it can help to seek justice for Chang Siye, I, He Ruming, will definitely do my best. ”

When Fourth Master Chang heard this, he already knew that he couldn't refuse He Ruming. No matter what you say in your mouth, no matter how you recognize it in your heart, if you can get back your car dealership, or even get back some of your vehicles, Chang Siye feels that this favor still needs to help. As for what He Ruming wanted to do with these people, Chang Siye didn't care at all. In such a troubled world, Beiyang is about to end. What can't be done?

Putting away the pass, Fourth Master Chang said, "Lord He, if you are not busy tonight, we might as well go and meet the two of us." ”

Two days later, late at night, He Ruming took three cars out of the gate. After walking for a while, He Ruming and more than a dozen people got out of the car and started walking. With the pass of Beiyang and the guidance of the officer, they appeared at the back door of Sun Yongsheng's house. The troops patrolling back and forth were diverted for a number of reasons. There was silence around Sun's house.

The two brothers introduced by Chang Siye were extremely nimble, and they quietly climbed over the courtyard wall and gently opened the back door. He Ruming and a few people closed the door after touching it. Relying on the exquisite skills of these two brothers, the latch of the door was quietly opened, and He Ruming's subordinates made a gesture, and suddenly pressed the flashlight and rushed in. A moment later, the Sun family was controlled.

Quilts and mattresses were hung on the doors and windows, and the lights in the house were finally lit.

Sun Yongsheng's parents, brother, nephews and nieces are all there. He Ruming's subordinates were extremely ruthless, and there were blood marks on the heads and faces of adults. Everyone was gagged and tied up and piled on the ground. He Ruming sat at the table and looked at the Sun family condescendingly.

"Master Sun, we haven't seen each other for a long time." He Ruming unconsciously showed a fierce light in his eyes, and said through gritted teeth.

The Sun family all knew He Ruming, and since He Ruming was released, the He family once sent someone to ask about He Qian. Since then, the two have not interacted with each other. The Sun family never expected that Sun He's in-laws would reunite in such a way.

"I'm here for two things, the first is that I tell you that I'm going to take my sister's ashes. The people of our He family are still our He family, and she is no longer a member of your Sun family from now on. After He Ruming said what he had wanted to say for a long time, his excitement could no longer be suppressed. He closed his eyes with a short breath, and it took a while for him to calm down a little.

"The second thing, I want to ask ......, I want to ask how my sister died." He Ruming had gritted his teeth countless times and said this sentence in his heart, but when he said it in front of the great enemy in his heart, He Ruming's throat choked. More than anyone else, he wanted to find out what was going on, but now he suddenly felt that he was afraid to hear the truth about it. After all, it was He Ruming himself who decided to marry his sister to the Sun family.

Even if they knew that He Ruming definitely didn't break in with good intentions, the adults of the Sun family all showed a look of fear on their faces when they heard this question. Their mouths were gagged, but they tried their best to shout.

"People are bitter worms, you can't fight them, you take these little ones and servants out, and leave Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Sun, and these two young masters and young grandmothers of the Sun family." He Ruming ordered.

After his subordinates obeyed the orders, He Ruming's other two subordinates dragged Sun Yongsheng's brother up, forcibly pressed his arm on the table, pulled out the iron rod from his waist and beat him down. Although the cloth was firmly stuffed in his mouth, he strangled his mouth with hemp rope. Under the severe pain, Sun Yongsheng's brother still made a sound that was not too small. A few big men held him down firmly, so they didn't let this guy struggle out. And Sun Yongsheng's brother's hand twitched like a chicken claw, and several broken fingers twisted in a strange way.

He Ruming bowed his head and asked Mrs. Sun with great pleasure: "Mrs. Sun, do you want to continue to watch, or tell me how our sister died?" Your young master has a lot of bones on his body, and this whole night, we can slowly break these bones. ”

Mrs. Sun's eyes were almost blood-red, and the old man's body exuded an indescribable spirit, which made He Ruming more and more unpleasant the more he looked at it, and he got up and kicked on Mrs. Sun's head. Under such a kick, Mrs. Sun's head hit the ground hard.

He Ruming didn't care too much, he said coldly: "My sister must have been killed by you, even if you don't tell the truth, you don't have to think about living." I can't ask the reason for the incident today, and I don't care, all of you Sun family members from top to bottom have to pay for my sister's life. If you tell the truth, I'll let the little ones go. ”

Old Madam Sun was quite calm, and after listening to He Ruming's clear words, she tried hard to speak out, not trying to ask for help, but trying to express something.

"Let her speak." He Ruming ordered.

The cloth ball was taken out of her mouth, and Old Madam Sun gasped for a moment before she said with difficulty: "He Ruming, does what you say count?" You, do you dare to swear a poisonous oath? ”

He Ruming sneered: "Are you willing to tell the truth now?" Okay, the emperor is above, as long as the Sun family tells me the truth, if I, He Ruming, still want to kill the two children of the Sun family, I He Ruming will not die well, and I will go to hell after death. ”

Old Mrs. Sun didn't believe this, she gasped and said, "Who will believe this? You swear by my daughter-in-law Sun Qian. ”

The muscles on He Ruming's face immediately stiffened, his eyes seemed to erupt with fire, and his teeth chattered. However, He Ruming still squeezed out the oath from between his teeth, "If I don't keep this oath, the daughter-in-law of the Sun family, Sun He, will not be able to live in peace underground!" ”

In fact, Mrs. Sun has no other way, and He Ruming will naturally never let go of the Sun family if she dares to do this. Now the People's Party is besieging Beijing outside the city. And Sun Yongsheng doesn't know whether he is alive or dead outside Beijing, what is it that he killed a few people in Beijing? No one would actually do this at all. And after the fall of Beiyang, who dared to touch the father-in-law of Chen Ke, chairman of the People's Party? Even if she didn't believe He Ruming's oath, Mrs. Sun had to make one last effort. Anyway, the Sun family can't be left behind.

After hesitating for a moment, Mrs. Sun looked at the masked men who were holding daggers and steel knives pointing at her, and knew that even if she called for help, it was useless. She finally relented and began to say: "He Qian committed suicide by taking poison. ”

"Fuck you!" He Ruming scolded in a low voice: "My sister is a girl, she can't go out of the door, where did she get the poison." If she really got the poison, she would have poisoned you two bastards to death! Speaking of this, He Ruming suddenly found that his angry words were really slanderous against He Qian, and he put his feelings of wanting to kill the Sun family on his sister. But this is not the time to explain, He Ruming stood there angrily, and he didn't know what to say.

Old Madam Sun smiled bitterly, "This is fate, if He Qian really poisons us to death, it will be good." It won't hurt my family now. At that time, your He family became a prisoner, and the whole family was in prison. And what is said outside has a nose and eyes, not only your He family's whole family will be beheaded, but even our Sun family will be affected. But He Qian traveled thousands of miles to Anhui and saved my son. People's hearts are flesh and blood, I originally wanted my son Yongsheng to cultivate He Qian, and our Sun family and He family have nothing to do with each other. This is also considered a two-clear. But Yongsheng was unwilling. After he left that day, I went to persuade He Qian, begging her to show mercy and save our Sun family. This letter of resignation does not need to be written by Yongsheng, and we write it the same. But He Qian told me that the People's Party is powerful, and as long as the People's Party continues to win the battle, the court actually does not dare to treat the He family and the Sun family. On the contrary, it was the People's Party that lost the battle, and the imperial court would really attack the He family and the Sun family. Such a rebellious statement......"

"Fuck you!" He Ruming scolded again when he heard this, but his voice was not as murderous as Fang Cai. This is indeed what He Qian can say, if he didn't have such insight, He Qian would definitely not dare to travel thousands of miles to Anhui alone to save Sun Yongsheng.

Old Madam Sun also showed obvious regret on her face, but she knew that it was useless to beg at this time, which would only stimulate He Ruming's anger even more. She continued: "I originally just wanted to persuade her to agree not to be a member of our Sun family, but when I heard this, I was very angry. How dare the daughter-in-law talk to her mother-in-law like this. In a fit of rage, I poured a cup of poisoned wine and laid it in front of her. At that time, I said that if she really thought that she was the daughter-in-law of our Sun family, then she would drink this wine. Either he will draw a bet on the book of repair, and from then on he will be cut off from our Sun family. Whether the He family can avoid this catastrophe depends on the He family's own creation. ”

"And then?" He Ruming's voice couldn't help but tremble.

"I was so angry that I went out the door. After a while, I felt like it wasn't supposed to be this way. But Lord He, we didn't have a way at that time, even if we forced He Qian to send He Qian away after drawing on the book, others would only say that our Sun family was hiding He Qian. At that time, no one would think that our Sun family and your He family had a clear relationship. This can only let He Qian go by herself! Speaking of this, Mrs. Sun wanted to cry aggrievedly.

He Ruming said coldly: "If you dare to cry, I will continue to fight!" ”

Old Madam Sun reacted quickly, and immediately put away her crying. She continued: "I sat for half a night, and I couldn't help it after thinking about it, so I wanted to go to He Qian again to talk about it. I'm going to kneel down and kowtow to her, so that she can let our Sun family go. After signing the repair book, let's go by myself. We really can't help it. But by the time I got there, He Qian had already drunk the wine! Woohoo......"

This time, Mrs. Sun really sobbed in a low voice.

He Ruming stood there silently, He Ruming couldn't be clearer about how strong He Qian's temperament was. Her mother's family caused a big disaster, and her mother-in-law forced each other so much, He Qian had no other way but to commit suicide. After all, marrying the Sun family is a member of the Sun family.

But He Ru knew that this was likely to be true, but he didn't want to believe it at all. Thinking of this, He Ruming pointed at Mrs. Sun and scolded: "At this time, you still make up nonsense for me, do you believe that I will kill your son now?!" Well!! ”

"Master He, I'm not talking nonsense, I still have He Qian's suicide note here. You can watch it! Old Madam Sun hurriedly shouted.

"If you shout again, I'll kill you!" He Ruming shouted in a low voice.

Old Madam Sun hurriedly lowered her voice, "The suicide note is at the bottom of the cabinet over there, and we have kept it!" ”

He Ruming ordered someone to open the cabinet, and sure enough, a large envelope was found under the cloth lining at the bottom. When I opened it, it was a stack of paper full of words.

He Ruming opened the largest one, which was a repair book. Underneath is a thousand-character drawing. There is not only the signature of the Sun family, but also the familiar font of He Ruming, Sun He's, and the guidance of the red seal is clear. He didn't expect He Qian to draw a charge on it.

opened another letter, looked up and saw that it was a letter to He Ying, He Qian's beautiful words made He Ruming's eyes red, thinking of his sister a few years ago one night, sitting alone at the table and writing these things, He Ruming's tears flowed down, slid across his cheeks and hit the letterhead.

hurriedly wiped away the tears on the letter paper with his sleeve, but He Ruming burst into tears. He bit the back of his hand so hard that he didn't let himself cry.

After a long while, He Ruming wiped away the tears on his face and wanted to continue reading, but he only saw the familiar words clearly, and He Ruming's tears blurred his eyes again. He simply put the letter in his arms and put it away, and let people block Mrs. Sun's mouth again.

He Ruming looked at the people of the Sun family condescendingly, and finally learned more reliable news, most of the burden in his heart was finally relieved, and his expression and voice were much clearer, "The surname is Sun, I He Ruming might as well explain it to you." If I let you continue to live, I will always have a thorn and a stake in my heart! So all of you Sun family, I'm going to kill you today! ”

Hearing this, Old Madam Sun couldn't help but start playing, and tried her best to make a sound.

He Ruming smiled, "You must say that I swore by my sister." But I said at the beginning that this time I was going to take my sister He Qian back to our He family. She is no longer recognized by your Sun family. Speaking of this, He Ruming unfolded the repair book in front of Mrs. Sun, "Not to mention that everyone has already drawn a charge on this repair book, and my sister is no longer from your Sun family." ”

Putting away the book, although He Ruming's expression was not hideous, it was as cold as a harsh winter, "The surname Sun, I didn't think about letting you go." It's just that my sister was killed by you, and I'm completely sure of that now. My son-in-law, Chen Ke, once said in their People's Party base that they wanted to liberate women and smash the old rituals. You know that my sister is such a smart person, such a backbone person, you can't actually do anything to her. So you drove her to death with rituals! You did it on purpose. You're waiting for her to die! If my sister doesn't comply, you'll do something else. My sister is such a backbone person, she refuses to be insulted by you, so she drank the glass of wine herself. Since my sister has nothing to do with your Sun family, your Sun family will pay for her life! ”

After saying these words word by word, He Ruming's face showed a kind of joy. It was an expression that would only have if a great revenge had to be avenged, and He Ruming instructed his subordinates: "Do it, do it neatly." Don't let them suffer. ”

The Sun family was completely destroyed, and it was only discovered on the third day. And whether it is the Beijing army or the police department, they do not take this matter seriously at all. The People's Party outside Beijing has begun to show signs of attacking the city, and where can the Beiyang Army have the strength to take care of such trivial matters.

What's more, Yuan Shikai has been awake a few times by chance in the past few days, and most of the time has been spent in dreams, convulsions, and fainting. The high-level knew that Yuan Shikai was about to die.