"How did you get to this point?" Chen Tianhua asked eagerly.

"I don't know how we got to this point, but we all completed a social survey around Shanghai according to Mr. Chen's arrangement. The results of the social survey are exactly the same as Mr. Chan said. Many of them have become probationary party members. Then the Whampoa Publishing House began to conduct local social surveys in Shanghai. A few days ago, there was a public trial incident in Shanghai, and many comrades from the Huangpu Publishing House went to see the situation. All of a sudden, there was a shootout, and then the whole Shanghai was in chaos. Then the patrol began to arrest people. Next, the government also began to arrest people. Kuroshima could see that he was emotional, and his speech was incoherent.

"On what grounds? Do you know this? Chen Ke asked.

"The patrol room said that it was instigated by the Huangpu Publishing House* and was the mastermind. I don't know what excuse the Shanghai government uses. Kuroshima said with an anxious face.

"What have the comrades of the Huangpu Publishing House done? How could there be a shootout? Chen Tianhua is very concerned about this.

Kuroshima thought about it with a tight mouth, and then said, "This, I don't know?" ”

"Who's doing it?"

"This ......" Kuroshima is even more unclear about this.

Chen Tianhua asked a few more questions, but Heidao did not participate in the action on the street, and he didn't know anything. Seeing this, Chen Tianhua clenched his teeth, and there was nothing he could do.

"Kuroshima, how long has it been since you slept?" Chen Kewen asked.

"Huh? How long has it been since I slept? Kuroshima replied in confusion. At first glance, he has not had a good rest because of psychological tension and anxiety in the past few days.

"When you arrive in Beijing, you can rest assured that nothing else will happen. You can rest assured, things in Shanghai will not be so serious. Chen Kewen comforted.

"But Mr. Qi has been arrested." Kuroshima was anxious again.

"Don't worry, Hui Shen is also the director of the British school, and the Hui Shen family has a deep relationship with the British, so it will be fine."

"How can it be okay? People are caught. Qi Huishen didn't understand Chen Ke's words.

"Well, Huishen was also arrested by the patrol room before, and he was not all released. He was also arrested for posting revolutionary slogans. This time, he did not directly participate at all, but the patrol room took the initiative to plant the sham. So it won't be a big deal. Chen Ke's tone was calm, which had a very soothing effect.

Chen Tianhua felt that Chen Ke was reasonable, but he still couldn't help but speak, "But our People's Party ......" halfway through the words, Chen Tianhua felt that he couldn't continue.

"Our People's Party is indeed going to rebel, that's right. But the British don't know. The Shanghai government doesn't know either. What they know is that Shanghai is happening*. Then look for a scapegoat. As long as the party members are not stupid enough to take the initiative to confess, this kind of thing can be settled with a little money. I have never heard of the Manchus using prisons against the *. ”

"But Zou Rongke died in prison."

"Zou Rong was imprisoned by himself, and besides, he was in the prison of the concession. He was sentenced to only two years. There's no comparison. Chen Ke explained, seeing that Chen Tianhua's mood was a little more stable, he continued: "And Heidao was suddenly ordered to come to Beijing, and he was in a hurry these days, and he didn't sleep much. Now his mind is not clear, and if you ask him now, you will not be able to ask him clearly. I mean, now everybody eats something and goes to sleep. Starting tomorrow, we have to get busy. Prepare today. ”

"It's all now, can you still sleep?" Chen Tianhua said angrily.

"Sharpen the knife and don't mistake the woodcutter. Everyone is in a hurry, so I'm not in a hurry? But what's the use of being in a hurry? Cheer up and get busy tomorrow. Mingxian, where is the rest of the food today, get some wine and food, everyone eats and goes to bed quickly. Chen Ke said.

"Mr. Chen, I can tell." Kuroshima hurriedly said.

Chen Ke smiled and patted Hei Dao's shoulder, "Then let's talk about it after eating." ”

The honeycomb coal was still much faster, and the fire lid was pulled out, and the meal was quickly heated. Chen Ke thought about it and returned to the main house, but saw that He Ying was not sleeping, and was leaning on the side of the bed and dozing off.

"...... He" Chen Ke almost blurted out "Miss He", but when he found that what he said was wrong, he quickly changed his words, "Madam, do you want to eat supper?" ”

"Huh?" After Chen Ke entered the house, He Ying hurriedly sat up, but she didn't expect Chen Ke to say such a sentence, and she didn't understand it for a while, and when she figured out the meaning of this, He Ying showed a look of surprise on her face, "I'm going to cook." ”

"I've made it, let's eat it together." Chen Ke said with a smile.

He Ying got up a little lazily, her coiled hair was already a little crooked after the afternoon and evening tossing, Chen Ke simply asked He Ying to loosen her hair and tie it into a ponytail with a red head rope.

"It's not good-looking." He Ying said a little shyly.

"You look good with any hairstyle, clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving. It looks good. Chen Ke said with a smile.

Hearing her husband praise her like this, He Ying couldn't help laughing.

Except for Chen Ke, several others met He Ying for the first time. After He Ying took off her hijab, this was the first person she saw besides Chen Ke. Seeing so many men, He Ying also felt very unaccustomed, but seeing that everyone was very polite, and she didn't glance at her, she was relieved. At the dinner table, everyone no longer mentioned the matter of the People's Party, but only congratulated the two on their new marriage. There is also a sense of peace in the evening.

Sure enough, as Chen Ke said, as soon as Heidao's spirit relaxed, and after drinking two glasses of wine, his head soon began to droop down. Chen Ke asked Xie Mingxian and Hei Dao to sleep in the wing. glanced at Chen Tianhua again. Chen Tianhua pulled Wu Xingchen to get up and say goodbye, Chen Ke sent the two of them out of the door, and saw that there was no one around, before he whispered: "Judging from the situation, it is impossible for the patrol house to chase from Shanghai to Beijing, you should also be careful." No one knows about the house you rent temporarily, it's safe there. I'll meet you tomorrow morning where you live. ”

"Wen Qing, do you really think there won't be a big incident?" Chen Tianhua didn't dare to mention this matter at the dinner table, but after thinking about it, he became even more worried.

"Something must have happened, but don't forget Xingtai, there are so many people from Fudan Public School among the members of the Whampoa Publishing House. There is Mr. Yan Fu in Shanghai, and he will not ignore it. As long as Mr. Yan Fu comes forward, it will be much easier. ”

"Well, you're right. But I'm so worried. Chen Tianhua was still not at ease.

"We can't go back like this now. If we are not prepared, should we rush back and die? But don't worry, Xingtai, this time it will be a prison robbery, and I will definitely rescue all my comrades. Go back and have a good rest, don't think so much, tomorrow is busy. Chen Ke persuaded him.

"That's all there is to it." After Chen Tianhua finished speaking, he shook hands with Chen Ke. Only then did he leave with Wu Xingchen.

This happened on the wedding night, and Chen Ke had no intention of making a husband and wife ceremony at all. After going back, Chen Ke asked He Ying to sleep first, and went to clean up the table for supper. While cleaning up, he thought about it, and waited for him to slowly wash the dishes and chopsticks and wipe the table clean. Back in the bedroom, He Ying was already asleep. Looking at his wife's quiet sleeping appearance, Chen Ke sighed with relief. Blowing out the candle and quietly touching the bed, Chen Ke wrapped himself in a quilt and fell asleep.

In the morning, a strange shaking made Chen Ke wake up suddenly, but he saw He Ying wrapped in a quilt and leaning his back against Chen Ke's side. Chen Ke suddenly felt a strange sense of unreality. The last time I had such an emotion, it was after the university exam, when he stepped out of the examination room and walked into the bright summer sun, Chen Ke once had this strange feeling. Not only Chen Ke, but also other students. I have been fighting for it for more than ten years, and in my third year of high school, I have experienced hundreds of mock exams, just for the few days of the college entrance examination. really finished the exam, everyone's rationality was acceptable, but the emotion couldn't accept it at all. This is the end of a major stage in life.

Looking at the woman wrapped in the quilt in front of him, Chen Ke really worked hard to be able to marry her. How many people can make Yuan Shikai a matchmaker these years? But Chen Ke made such an effort, so violent, and so absurd. The result of this effort is the girl in front of her. When he made efforts, Chen Ke didn't have any special feelings, no different from the countless efforts he had made, just rely on himself to do it. But in the face of the results of his efforts, Chen Ke felt strange. In the future, the partner in your life is in front of you, and you are already "married"?

He Ying heard that Chen Ke had woken up, and she wrapped her quilt tighter. Chen Ke's mind was full of all kinds of questions, what should he do? Then a thought popped into me, it was time to make breakfast. After breakfast, he hurried to meet Chen Tianhua and the others and asked what happened in Shanghai on Heidao. After determining the target, Chen Ke got up and got dressed, and went to fire. In the morning, the courtyard was quiet, and Chen Ke was busy alone. It seems that Hei Dao and Xie Mingxian are still sleeping deeply, if Wu Xingchen and they live here, maybe everyone will get up.

The water in the pot slowly heated, and a billowing white gas came out. When I didn't move out before, I lived in a bungalow at that time. Chen Ke lives alone in a yard next to his parents, and gets up so early every morning, Chen Ke goes out to buy fritters, and when he comes back, his parents have already made noodle soup, scrambled eggs, and are ready to order pickles, or heat up the fried vegetables last night, and everyone eats at this time......

Chen Ke suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he was a child at that time. Now I am a "husband". This is his wedding day, and the two of them slept separately on the wedding night, which seems completely inappropriate, right? So what should I do? Take a hot shower and go back to the house to get things done? Probably so.

It's okay to think so, but Chen Ke thought about it, he was a revolutionary party. When is it all? Now that the party is in crisis, I am still thinking about this, which is too outrageous. But there is still his wife in the house, and he threw people there without saying a word, but his wife served him yesterday for an afternoon, and he vomited, and asked his wife to wake him up on duty. This is a wife, not a life secretary. Thinking of this, Chen Ke finally figured out what he should do. He hurried back to his bedroom.

He Ying still turned his back to the outside like that, and Chen Ke gently shook He Ying's shoulder. "Madame, are you awake?"

"Wake up."

"Shall we hang out together in the morning?" Chen Ke said.

He Ying responded after a moment: "Okay." ”

Chen Ke wanted to say what he said later, but he couldn't say anything, he had never been so nervous in the face of Yuan Shikai, or he was not nervous at all. After a long time, Chen Kecai said extremely embarrassedly: "This ......, this ......, this ......, I really don't have time for the cave room during the day today." Let's wait for the evening. When these words finally came out, Chen Ke felt a sense of relief.

Obviously, He Ying didn't know how to deal with it. After a while, she let out a low hum.

"Then get up." Chen Ke said, "I'm going to cook now." After saying that, he felt that it was wrong, "Do you want me to wait for you to get up?" ”

With a snort, He Ying laughed out loud. The girl lifted the quilt and got up, her face was red with shame, and Chen Ke hurriedly got her clothes. He Ying changed into her usual clothes, the husband and wife washed their faces and brushed their teeth together, He Ying combed her hair, and started cooking together. Chen Ke was used to being alone, and he felt very sorry for his wife, so he hurried to work. He Ying didn't seem to be familiar with the things in the kitchen, so she watched Chen Ke skillfully use honeycomb coal to cook.

"Chen ......" He Ying wanted to speak and stopped.

"Wenqing, Wenqing." Chen Ke reminded.

"Wen Qing, do you often cook by yourself?" He Ying asked.

"I've been doing it myself for more than ten years." Chen Ke boasted.

"Wen Qing is twenty-five."

"That's right. Twenty-five, I remember Mrs. sixteen. ”

"It's seventeen."

Chen Ke suddenly felt that this was very familiar, just like chatting with netizens.

"By the way, ma'am, you have a table." It stands to reason that Chen Ke has read these materials about his wife. But at this time, I have long forgotten about the clouds.

"Jun Jie."

"Oh, how do you write it?"

The newlyweds are slowly exchanging personal information while cooking.

By eight o'clock in the morning, the meal was ready. Chen Ke went to the side room to wake up the two who were still asleep for breakfast.

There were not many people in the early morning in winter, and Chen Ke and his party arrived at Wu Xingchen's residence. Hei Dao temporarily borrowed Xie Mingxian's clothes, and if he wore that kimono again, it would be too eye-catching.

Wu Xingchen and Chen Tianhua have already gotten up. When he saw Chen Ke coming, his face showed joy. But when he saw He Ying beside Chen Ke, he couldn't help but change his face again. Chen Ke didn't care so much, after entering the house, he took out the book from his satchel, which was the last book in Chen Ke's series, which included a lot of monographs, most of which were plagiarized from later generations of online texts, and many articles could be regarded as small stories, and the interest was stronger than the text to go out ten streets.

"Junjie, this is the book I wrote, you can read it for a while. We have to say something. In the stunned eyes of everyone, He Ying nodded.

This is an ordinary courtyard house, He Ying is reading in the main house, and the party members are holding meetings in the wing room.

"*What's going on? Who started it? This is what Chen Ke is most concerned about.

Kuroshima slept all night, and it was a refreshment. He didn't know much, and he could only briefly introduce it. Wu Xingchen has been in Shanghai for a long time and has a certain understanding of Shanghai's officialdom, which he added next to him. Only then did Chen Ke understand the background of this incident and the related Shanghai government system.

After the opening of the concession in Shanghai, foreign powers established consular courts in the concession by virtue of the provisions of the unequal treaties on consular jurisdiction. At that time, the crimes of Chinese in the concession were still tried by the Shanghai magistrates of the Qing government (Shanghai Zhixian and Su Songtaibingdao), while the foreigners in the concession were completely exempt from Chinese law and tried by the consuls of various countries in Shanghai. Since 1853, when the "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom" wave swept through the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Xiaodaohui uprising in the county seat of Shanghai, a large number of refugees poured into the concession in Shanghai and its neighboring areas, causing the population in the concession to increase dramatically, not only changing the previous situation of "Chinese and foreign separation", but also the Chinese soon accounted for the vast majority of the residents in the concession. How to maintain security and order in the concession has become a major problem, and managing the large number of Chinese residents in the concession is the focus of this problem. To this end, in 1864, a judicial organ was set up in the British and American Concessions (later known as the Public Concessions) - the "Pidgin North Chief Council Yamen", and Su Songtai Bingbei Dao (commonly known as Shanghai Daotai) appointed officials to work with the British consul to try Chinese cases in the concession. Then, in April 1868, according to the "Regulations for the Establishment of Officials in Pidgin" negotiated by Shanghai Daotai and the British and American consuls, the Juju Gong was established in the British and American Concessions, also known as the Juju Court.

The Judicial Office is a special judicial organ established in a special period and a special area in the history of Shanghai, and the Daotai appoints a Chinese full-time judge (counselor) to hear the litigation cases related to the Chinese in the concession together with the foreign jurors (consuls). According to the agreement between the Chinese and foreign parties, if the case involves a foreigner or a Chinese servant hired by a foreigner, the foreign consul shall participate in the trial or observe the trial; Cases involving purely Chinese are adjudicated by Chinese counsellors alone.

Although nominally belonging to China's judicial organs, the triage itself reflects a kind of damage to China's judicial sovereignty in the concession by foreigners, and the independent exercise of the functions and powers of the Chinese officials has been interfered with by foreign consuls, and various contradictions and conflicts will inevitably arise between the two sides. Not only that, the foreign consuls also used the Ministry of Industry Bureau (a concession management agency set up by foreign nationals stationed in Shanghai) and the patrol house as tools to expand the power of foreign jurors without authorization, and the foreign consuls wanted to intervene in any case, and even forcibly tried and interrogated purely Chinese cases, so that the Chinese consuls almost lost the right to punish criminals in court. The detention and arraignment of prisoners in the public concession area were almost all carried out by the Ministry of Industry Bureau, and then transferred to the public office for trial. Obviously, the foreign side's brutal act of encusing the Chinese police and judicial power is aimed at putting all the Chinese residents in the concession under foreign control.

There are naturally many contradictions between Chinese officials and foreign consuls, public offices and arresters, and Heidao has been introduced by Qi Huishen as a probationary party member, and he was responsible for the collection of information from this social investigation before the incident. As far as he knew, this time it was December 15, and the foreigner in charge of the patrol room in the consular corps in Shanghai had a conflict with the chief officer of the trial office, and it seemed that the two sides were still fighting. It is said that the patrol house forcibly took away a group of women, and then the people of the Guangdong Association rose up to protest. On the 20th, there was a strike in Shanghai to protest.

At this time, the Huangpu Society had completed the preliminary summary of the social survey, and some of the excited comrades began to make initial preparations for the social survey in Shanghai. After encountering this incident, these people returned to the school club and began to pull people to help. A large number of leaflets and speeches were produced, and a series of protest marches were planned. There was even a city-wide parade on December 23.

The parade was divided into three parts, and the angry crowd smashed the old gate patrol house, and after smashing it, they also set fire to the patrol house. The procession in front of the city hall of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Industry of the Shanghai Consular Corps was shot and shot by the Indian patrol, and some people in the procession carried guns, so a shootout began. There were heavy casualties on the streets. The foreign consular corps used this as an excuse to fully intervene in the patrol room. Because the flyers and the organization were all done by the students of the Huangpu Publishing Society. The patrol house then arrested people on a large scale and copied the stronghold of the Huangpu Publishing House in Zhou Yuanxiao's workshop. A large number of prints and documents were copied. Then the patrol room searched the whole city according to the list copied. The first one went to the school to arrest Qi Huishen.

In a hurry, Hua Xiongmao and You Yu immediately commanded the People's Party and the Huangpu Publishing House to evacuate, and Kuroshima Renichiro escaped.

Listening to Kuroshima's methodical and detailed explanation, the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. So it seems that things are far from so drastic. If you use relationships, you should be able to get people out.

"That's it?" Chen Ke asked.

"This ......" Hei Dao's expression was not so relaxed, he plucked up his courage and said with some muttering: "The patrol room copied a batch of guns from Mr. Zhou Yuanxiao's workshop. After saying that, he stared at Chen Ke. I saw that Chen Keru's relieved face darkened.

"Where did the guns come from?" Chen Ke was really anxious. If it's such a commotion, it's really not a big deal. There was no basis for the words, and the Huangpu Book Society organized a parade and organized it*. This is all public opinion, the so-called law does not govern the people, and it can be solved by detaining it for two days and dredging up the relationship. But once you get caught with a gun, it's a different story. There has already been a shootout, and the foreigners have lost face, and they will definitely not let it go so easily.

Kuroshima gritted his teeth, and then said, "The guns have nothing to do with this parade. It was given to us by some businessmen and friends from the Japanese consular corps. I also helped a little bit in the middle. I also went to them after the incident, and they either disappeared or told me directly that they would never admit it. ”

Chen Ke's left hand touched his chin vigorously. This is really a twist and turn, from the first great fear, to the feeling of the peak, and then to the great disappointment. However, the context of the matter has been sorted out, and Chen Ke has already made a decision.

"Wen Qing, what should I do?" Chen Tianhua asked in a fierce tone.

"Brother Wu and I and Hei Dao are going back to Shanghai immediately. We must rescue the comrades, and if we can spend money to get out of the way, we will spend money. If we can't get through, we'll rob the prison. And this time I'm going to bring people to Anhui. So I'll have to prepare for a few days, and you'll all go with me to meet Shang Yuan. ”

"What about me? What am I going to do? Hearing that Chen Ke did not arrange for him to go back to Shanghai together, Chen Tianhua hurriedly asked.

"You go back to Brother Pang and do what you have to do. In case we can't stay in Anhui, we won't be in Hebei. Chen Ke replied.

"Then why don't you come to Hebei directly? Let's do it together. Chen Tianhua was puzzled by this.

"Self-reliance, abundant food and clothing. What can you rely on others? Brother Pang is not a revolutionary party yet, let's bring people over, are you preparing to fire and Wang Lun? ”

At this critical moment, Chen Ke adhered to his usual style and was not ready to borrow the strength of others at all. Chen Tianhua could understand, but he couldn't help but look at Wu Xingchen.

Wu Xingchen knew what Chen Tianhua's eyes meant, and he responded: "Wen Qing is right, this kind of thing can't rely on people outside the party. But be sure to bring Brother Chai, he is a good hand. He will never be soft when killing foreigners. ”

After hearing this, Chen Ke said with a smile: "That's great, I'll talk about it." If it must have reached the point of robbing the prison and killing people, I will personally lead it. When the time comes, I can see the kung fu of the brothers with my own eyes. ”

Looking at the joy that could not be concealed under Chen Ke's smile, everyone felt refreshed.