Dip the shopkeeper's words! Chisel chisel. Duan Jinfan believed it a little. Don't please take into account the yak... Du is a fugitive who was collected by the Southern Army, and he will lose his words if he says more. So Duanjin decided to get down to business as soon as possible.

"Gong Qingxiu, let me ask you, Zhao Cishan has been loyal to the Qing Dynasty a few times ago, do you know about this? . Xiao Duanjin asked again.

"A few days ago, I had heard the news from the newspaper, and when I heard the bad news, my heart ached, but I didn't dare to set up sacrifices, and the depression and anxiety in my heart were not enough for outsiders. The so-called "public mouth of Qinjin" Zhao Xiantai did not hesitate to die in the case of the Sichuan-Han Road fund deficit to show his intentions, but it was also a helpless move. ”

The shopkeeper said a few words, sighed a few times, and his eyes turned red.

"Oh? What do you say about this high? According to the accounts published by the army, there was a deficit of four or five million taels of silver in the Han Road, and this account was indeed counted on Zhao Cishan's head. ”

Duan Jin looked at Gong Qingxiu to see how he answered.

Gong Qingxiu frowned, and said hesitantly: "This, I don't know how many people rushed to Tianjin from the fourth, so why did they pick it up on Zhao Xiantai's order?" In addition, Duanye's surname is Totek, but the righteous man who assassinated the commander-in-chief of the Republican Army in Sichuan was published in the newspaper? ”

"That's right, it's Duan. only hates the hand that he doesn't have, otherwise, Zhao Cishan may not die. ”

Duan Jin nodded and said, "You don't have to be suspicious, I was captured after the assassination failed, and I was also locked up in the military prison, and I still live opposite Zhao Cishan." Zhao Cishan was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty. I admire him, I am also a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Cishan also believes me, so he told me one thing, that is, about the deficit of the Sichuan Han Road, I know that he did embezzle the road money, but he did not put it in his own pocket, nor did he use it all for military expenses, but proposed that some of it was used elsewhere. Gong Qingxiu, tell me, am I right? ”

"You, you know about it, too?. Gong Qingxiu was stunned when she heard this.

"Although this matter is top secret, but at that time Zhao Cishan knew that he would definitely die, so before committing suicide, he wrote the original matter on a cloth in blood and handed it to me. The silver that Zhao Cishan gave you is a huge amount of money, a large amount, right? ”

Duan Jin paused, glanced at Gong Qingxiu, and said, "That silver still has a name, it's called the "Restoration Fund", right?" This is the term that Zhao Cishan learned from foreigners, right? ”

After this series of "right" questions, Gong Qingxiu was even more surprised.

"So, you really know about this" Fuguo Fund. things. ”

Gong Qingxiu arched his hand to a few people again and asked, "I don't know how you escaped from the military prison?" I heard that after the fall of Chengdu, all the guests of the Governor's Mansion were captured by the revolutionary army, I wonder if those guests also escaped? ”

"We are locked up in Huayang, but I really don't know where Zhao Cishan's curtain guest is. As for how we escaped from prison, I'll tell you about that later. Tell me first, how much Zhao Cishan gave you

Duanjin narrowed his eyes and looked at Gong Qingxiu with a smile.

Since this is my own person, I will tell you the truth. Zhao Xiantai originally planned to assign a number of cronies to preside over the restoration of the Qing Dynasty. Zhao Xiantai only gave me 200,000 taels of silver and told me to go to the north first, which was supposed to be good, and there would be silver remitted in the future, but before the bill of exchange was delivered, Chengdu had fallen, so I only had 200,000 taels of silver in my hand. ”

After listening to Gong Qingxiu's words, several people were shocked, and Guishan and Erle Dengbu were even more smiling, and it was only then that they understood why Duanjin wanted to go to Tianjin Huajie.

Duan Jin nodded lightly and said approvingly: "Zhao Cishan really found a loyal person. At the beginning, Zhao Cishan told me this amount, 200,000 taels of silver. Qingxiu, since you are a real person, I won't be verbose with nonsense, so take out the bill of exchange for 200,000 taels of silver, let's take the silver and go to Liaodong to restore the country, and when we restore the Qing Dynasty, you Gong Qingxiu is a hero, and it is indispensable to be crowned an official and a knight. ”

Before the words fell, Duan Jin had already stretched out his hand. Perhaps because he was too excited, his hand trembled.

Duanjin's excitement is understandable, he went to great lengths to run from Sichuan to the north, did not go directly to the northeast, but ventured to Tianjin to stay, one is to meet with Fukushima Yasumasa, and the other is for the twenty real two Ku Pingyin's recovery fund.

Although there is Rì himself in the back, but Rì himself is not a fool, before Duanjin has made great progress, Rì himself will never be generous to the point of giving him 200,000 taels of silver, that is, the last time he entered Sichuan to assassinate Zhao Bei, Rì's military headquarters only allocated him a few thousand taels of silver, it was like calling Huazi. After the failure of the assassination operation, the military headquarters had to rein in a few points, which made it more difficult to raise funds.

Therefore, when Duanjin learned that 200,000 taels of silver were placed in front of him, he admired Zhao Erxun's "foresight" at the beginning.

"Zhao Cishan, Zhao Cishan. You're really thinking about it! If the Great Qing Dynasty is restored, you, Zhao Cishan, will be the first loyal minister and the first hero of my Great Qing Kingdom! With this, you Zhao Cishan can posthumously be crowned duke! , Zhao Bei, Zhao Bei, you thief can't imagine that the shortfall of the road you worked so hard to pursue has become my "recovery fund" of the Qing Kingdom. Finish! ”

Duan Jin wondered how to use this recovery fund after getting it, whether to buy arms or buy grassland horse thieves?

With this amount of money, even if Rì himself doesn't help, Duanjin is sure to toss it in the Northeast, even if it is not "less, it can make Yuan Shikai and the revolution restless!" Let everyone in the world see that Shuke's Duanjin is the hero of this banner people! It is the loyal and righteous man of the Great Qing Kingdom!

But the shopkeeper Gong Qingxiu shook his head and said something, which made Duan Jin stunned.

"That's right, Zhao Xiantai did personally hand me a bill of exchange of 200,000 taels of flat silver, but that was in "building **." Before the expedition to Sichuan, it had been a few months since then, and the 200,000 taels of bills had been broken up by me. It's been used where it should be. Originally. Zhao Xiantai plans to use this recovery fund to fund the "Eight Banners outside the Guan". Qin Wangjun's, but I went to Fengtian for a trip, but I couldn't get in touch with the Eight Banners outside the Guanwai, I took a telegram back to Chengdu, Zhao Xiantai asked me to lurk in Tianjin first, and find a way to lay eyeliner, ears and eyes in the Beijing and Tianjin area, so ah, all this silver is used here, and now the Beijing and Tianjin area is all over my ears, eyes, and eyeliner. ”

Listening to Gong Qingxiu's words, Duanjin only felt that the world was spinning for a while. Almost fell.

You, "Have you used up all the two hundred thousand taels of silver?" Guishan, who was standing behind Duanjin, hurriedly grabbed a few steps, held Duanjin up, and questioned Gong Qingxiu.

Gong Qingxiu said: "I haven't used it up, but it's not much, and now I only have more than 20,000 taels of silver in my hand." ”

"What? More than 20,000 taels? Only 20,000 taels of silver are left, you are a boy who scatters wealth? Eledemb couldn't help it. snatched it in a few steps and grabbed Gong Qingxiu's collar.

Seeing that several people were so excited, Gong Qingxiu hurriedly argued.

"Zhao Xiantai told me that this great cause of recovering the country cannot be stingy, this silver has to be willing to spend, the revolutionary party can use the silver to buy the party to sell their lives, and of course we, the loyal ministers and righteous men of the Qing Dynasty, can also use silver to buy people's hearts. I have been in Tianjin for several months, up and down dots, buying eyeliner, has used a lot of silver, a few rìzi in the capital to buy a few infantry army commander Yamen, now only 20,000 taels of silver in hand. At the beginning, Zhao Xiantai gave me the 200,000 taels of silver, which seemed abundant at first glance, but in fact it was very poor, and now the world is not peaceful, everyone wants to make money, and this can only rely on silver to open up the joint, Zhao Xiantai also said at the beginning, 200,000 taels of silver is only the first restoration fund, and there will be silver remitted one after another. But who would have thought that as soon as the construction ** entered, the news was cut off from Chengdu, and Zhao Xiantai's follow-up silver could not be remitted, and then Chengdu fell, Zhao Xiantai was too busy to take care of himself, where could he still send the silver? ”

Gong Qingxiu's words were true, but they could not satisfy the other party.

Son, what about lying fools? Ye has been in the flag camp for so many years, and he has seen a lot of liars. Say! Do you want to take that money to yourself? Eldenbu said as he pulled the dagger out of his sleeve. shook in front of Gong Qingxiu's eyes.

"If you don't believe me, I have no way, you kill me, follow Zhao Xiantai under Jiuquan, it may not be a destination. It should be regarded as returning Zhao Xiantai's favor. ”

After Gong Qingxiu finished speaking, she closed her eyes and looked like she was being submissive.

Duan Jin patted Gong Qingxiu's shoulder and said: "Qingxiu, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, and everyone has greed, I don't blame you, but this restoration fund is very important, even if you want to swallow this silver alone, then you have to see if we agree." ”

Gong Qingxiu opened her eyes and said in amazement: "Master Duan, where did you start with this?" If I have swallowed all this money, why should I stay here and open a grocery store? 200,000 taels of silver, even if I hide in the concession and eat interest, it is enough for my life. Why should I carry my head and run for the restoration of the Qing Dynasty? Although I only have more than 20,000 taels of silver left in my hand now, I don't dare to spend this money indiscriminately, and this grocery store can't make any money. The reason why I held on was to see if Zhao Xiantai had sent someone over to deliver the silver, and now that Zhao Xiantai had been loyal to the Qing Dynasty, I had also made up my mind, if no one came over after a while. I will close this shop, go to Fengtian, and then contact the Eight Banners outside the Guanwai, and give them all the more than 20,000 taels of silver, tell them to restore the country, and ask them to equip the Qinwang army. Duanye, if you don't believe me, I will send you the remaining silver immediately, let's go to Fengtian to find those Eight Banners outside the Guan, hand over the silver, I will be a big soldier, I can't do anything else, but it's not difficult to be a scribe with the army. ”

Seeing that Gong Qingxiu said sincerely, and it seemed reasonable, Duanjin's face looked a little better, but he was still a little unwilling, so he walked towards Erle Dengbu and glanced at him.

The leader of the Erle Dengbu Heart Association patted Gong Qingxiu's face, and said: Boy, the master will tell you directly. Ye is specialized in killing people in the Chengdu Banner Camp, and it is much easier to kill people than to kill pigs. You spent most of the 200,000 taels of silver, and only 20,000 taels of silver remained, which can only fool fools, you say it when we are all fools! Where did you hide the money? ”

Gong Qingxiu's neck stiffened, he glanced at Le Dengbu, and said: "I made it clear just now, this silver has been used to buy eyeliner, do you think I bought all the ninth-rate little feet?" I'll tell you the truth! With the tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy the road, now, not only does the presidential palace have my eyeliner, but even the heavily guarded Prince Alcohol Mansion, I can also hand in the news! ”

"What? What do you say? ”

Duanjin pushed away Erle Dengbu, grabbed Gong Qingxiu's collar, and said word by word: "Gong Qingxiu, you say the last two sentences of Caicai again!" ”