Not only Yin Chang, but many people in this dark room were also listening to the conversation of the two sentinels, and some people with active minds also began to ponder, and Yuan Shikai's shadow gradually became clear in their minds.

Yuan Shikai can not casually enter and exit the palace and Yingtai, if you want to murder Guangxu can only be through the hands of eunuchs or palace maids, among the eunuchs in the palace, there are many people who do not deal with Guangxu, Li Lianying, the chief of the inner court, is one, and Cui Yugui, the deputy head of the court, is another, and Cui Yugui is famous for murdering Guangxu's favorite concubine Zhenfei, although he was driven out of the palace as a scapegoat when Cixi returned to Luan after the Gengzi year, but Li Lianying is still in the palace on an errand, this person is very deep in the city, on the surface he respects the emperor, but in fact, only Cixi is the first to look forward, After Guangxu was imprisoned in Yingtai, many precautionary measures were all handled by Li Lianying, who can guarantee that Guangxu has no opinion on him? Guangxu once escaped from Yingtai once, but as soon as he came ashore, he was caught by the eunuchs, and he was escorted back to Yingtai with his arms cut off, and those eunuchs were Li Lianying's henchmen! For an emperor, being toyed with by eunuchs is simply a great shame! In case Guangxu is in power, who can guarantee that the emperor will not kill Li Lianying and implicate his relatives?

Yuan Shikai + Li Lianying = perfect murder duo.

If you want to kill Guangxu, it is enough for these two people to join forces, Yuan Shikai controls the troops outside, Li Lianying is inside, who can find the slightest clue? For the head of the inner court, it is easy to reverse the time of death of the emperor and the queen mother, and he doesn't even need the help of others, even if someone is suspicious, who dares to say half a "no"? What's more, it is not difficult to poison Guangxu before Cixi's death, it is enough to put arsenic in the imperial diet, anyway, the emperor's meals are all arranged by the head of the inner court.

Thinking of this, everyone in the black room was in a cold sweat, and they forgot that they were prisoners for a while, and they were all embarrassed.

There is no way, Emperor Guangxu died too strangely, and he mourned two palaces in two days, looking at history, I really can't find a second example, and I can't remember it.

"Yuan Shikai! You bastard! Rebels and thieves! It's a shame that the master also married you, but the master is blind, why didn't you see that you were Cao Cao! ”

A miserable howl sounded in the darkness, and Duan Fang had already opened his mouth and howled, and as soon as he made such a fuss, the few people who had not yet figured out who the "Northern Inner Response" of the revolutionary party was, were suddenly enlightened, and their mouths were suddenly opened.

Yes, the new army of the six towns of Beiyang is strong, the combat effectiveness is strong, and the equipment is excellent, all of them look down on the world, but except for the first town, the other five towns are only Yuan Shikai is the first to look forward, from the official to the soldier, only know that there is Yuan Gongbao, do not know that there is the Qing Dynasty, if he Yuan Shikai takes this opportunity to raise troops to rebel, do the story of Chen Qiaoyi, I am afraid that no one can stop him.

"Row the river and rule! Yellow robe! ”

The words swirled around in everyone's minds, making people a little dizzy, and then, a flag man fainted.

Suddenly, a few more people followed Duan Fang and howled, but there were mostly banner people, but a group of Han officials were still that sluggish appearance, everyone's minds fluctuated, they had been pressed by the flag people for so many years, meritorious service was not rewarded, small mistakes must be punished, and everyone was also unconvinced, and now Yuan Gongbao wants to rebel, so, is it the opportunity for our Han officials?

However, before they could remember who they were now, Yin Chang had already poured cold water on them.

"Empty words! Is it a plan to divide them? Yin Chang said coldly.

Having said that, Yin Chang was also playing drums in his heart, and just now he thought about it carefully while Duan Fang and the others were howling, and he found a problem: this story is too moving, and the layout is as ingenious as the story in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

After careful analysis, Yin Chang quickly grasped the key to this story, that is, the time of Guangxu's death, the reason why it was arranged after Cixi's death was probably not to show that Guangxu lived half a day longer than Cixi, but to remind people of such a question: If Guangxu does not die, what will happen? Whose interests are at stake? Who wants Guangxu to die the most?

Guangxu does not die, according to the ancestral family law, Guangxu will be back in charge of the government, he has always been the emperor of the Qing Dynasty in name, no one is qualified to compete with him for the throne, as an adult monarch, coupled with the long-term experience of being a puppet, he will never be willing to be a puppet again, he must be pro-government, to be pro-government, to be pro-government, you must get rid of the enemies who block your own pro-government road, get rid of those who have caused humiliation and pain to yourself! Yuan Shikai, Li Lianying, and even King Qing and Na Tong will inevitably die, and if the imperial party wants to take power, it must eradicate the remnants of the Hou party!

No one wants to die, whether it is Yuan Shikai or Li Lianying, the so-called dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and people rush to the house, when they know that they can't escape death, people often take risks, and they die horizontally and vertically, so it's better to gamble, which is in line with Yuan Shikai's character.

Of course, this is all told by that moving story, and as for the truth of the facts, I am afraid that it will never be clear. Yin Chang does not examine the truth of the story itself, but analyzes it from another angle: the person who told the story, he, or what kind of purpose do they want to achieve?

borrowed a knife to kill people, used the knife of the imperial court, and killed Yuan Shikai? Yuan Shikai is the soul of the six towns of Beiyang, if the imperial court is suspicious of killing Yuan Shikai, the heart of the six towns of Beiyang will be shaken, and those officers who were promoted by Yuan Shikai are afraid that everyone will be in danger because of this.

It is not impossible to have this possibility, there have been many similar anti-intermediary actions in history, and the side of the plot is often shaken and demoralized, resulting in an uncontrollable war.

If this is the case, then most of the people in this dark room will not die here, because if they die here, there will be no one to spread the story, and then the counter-plot will not be carried out, and the mutineers must let them out.

But after careful analysis, you will find that it is too stupid to do this, the imperial court is not a fool, of course it understands that Yuan Shikai has a heavy army, and he cannot be punished lightly, he can only slowly divide his momentum and cut his wings, in this way, it is not good news for the revolutionary army, Yuan Shikai does not die, and the Beiyang Army is still their great enemy.

Therefore, the purpose of this story is probably not as simple as counter-plotting.

So, what exactly is the person making up this story trying to do? If this is really a story made up, then who will be the person who made it up? Why did he do this? Is it just to stink Yuan Shikai in the flag people?

This man is insidious.

Yin Chang fell into deep thought.

The room was quiet again, and everyone was thinking about Yin Chang's words, "anti-plotting", this word made people hesitate a little, is Yuan Shikai reliable? Does Yuan Shikai have the ambition and guts to rebel?

Before everyone could sort out their chaotic thoughts, they heard a few shouts from outside the room:

"You two! Standing like a soldier? It's all set up for me! Are all the prisoners still there? ”

With a shout, the two sentries outside the room stopped talking, and after a moment, one of them said, "Report to the chief, the prisoners are here!" ”

The sound of chains sounded, the door of the house was opened, and the captives' eyes lit up, and the two lanterns shook so that they could not open their eyes.

There was a commotion among the crowd, and before they could stand up, they heard the sonorous sound of the bolt of the gun, and the shining light in front of them, in addition to the lanterns, there were also a few bright bayonets, rushing, they could not rush out.

"Please bring Xu Shaozhen and Xu Tong out." The officer said.

Xu Shaozhen in the room immediately jumped up and ran out of the cell a few steps before everyone could react.

The captives looked at each other, but they heard the officer outside say to Xu Shaozhen: "Sir Xu, I have wronged you, now the investigation has made it clear that you are revolutionary in your heart, and many officers in the Jiangsu New Army are willing to guarantee you, without your cover, it is impossible for our revolutionary party to develop an organization in the Jiangsu New Army, so we vanguard officers want to meet you." ”

Only then did the people in the prison room understand why Xu Shaozhen ran out, and everyone immediately scolded, but Xu Shaozhen outside ignored it, and followed a staff officer and left.

"What's it called? Call it again, it's all dead! The officer shouted viciously outside the door.

Everyone is quiet, Xu Shaozhen has surrendered to the enemy, what good is it to follow the flag man to scold? It is better to think carefully about how to show the sincerity of the heart for the revolution.

"Bring Duan Fang and Yin Chang up!" The purpose of the officer's visit to the cell was obviously not just to bring Xu Shaozhen out.

"Yes!"

"Duanfang, Yinchang! Come with me! A staff officer shouted as he stood in the doorway with his hands behind his back, and behind him stood a dozen soldiers, all fully armed, carrying lanterns, rifles, and bayonets at the tips of their guns, who had no braids behind their heads, and whose short hair was fluttering in the breeze, looking extremely energetic.

Yin Chang stood up, intending to complete his military uniform, but when he reached out and touched his neckline, he remembered that his military uniform had already been stripped off by the mutineers, and even the riding boots on his feet had been snatched away, and now he was only wearing socks on his feet.

Yin Chang sighed, walked over, stopped in front of a bayonet, and said proudly: "What is the matter of calling this official?" I'm not going to go to the enemy. ”

"We don't expect you bannermen to make a revolution. Carrying you out is to eat Zhuangxing wine! The staff officer couldn't bear to lie to him.

The room was suddenly silent, "Zhuangxing wine", that is the severed head meal.

"Hah! It just so happened that the official was hungry! Yin Chang smiled miserably, and at this moment, countless thoughts turned in his heart, and what he thought about the most was the story of killing Guangxu.

If Guangxu was pro-government, maybe there would not have been this mutiny, right? Whoever poisoned the emperor, he did the revolutionary party a great favor invisibly.

The fortune of the country is like this, and Yin Chang can only sigh.

"Please." The staff officer stepped aside.

Yin Chang was about to take a step, but a person next to him handed over a pair of gripping tiger cloth shoes.

"Master, let's go. The slave serves the master and wears shoes. The man said, holding his shoe.

Yin Chang looked at this clothed minion, a trace of gratitude flashed in his eyes, and his lips moved, but the "thank you" was not said after all, he just silently raised his foot, and the man put on his shoes for him.

"It's almost dawn. The fortune of the country is coming to an end, the sky is weak, people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat! Yin Chang looked out of the door, the sky was faintly shining with silky light, and after a long sigh, he walked out without looking back, and crossed his hands back, letting the soldiers tie him up.

"I'm not going! I'm not going! There was a howl like killing a pig from behind Duanfang, and Yin Chang didn't look back, because judging from the change in the voice, Duanfang had been dragged out of the house and was following not far behind him, screaming all the way, extremely miserable.

"Go on your own! Brother, go by yourself! Don't lose the face of our flag people! Duanjin's out-of-tune howl came from the room, with a crying tone.

The light on the horizon gradually became stronger, and the morning glow faintly appeared on the horizon, miserable red, like the blood flowing from the necks of those soldiers killed by Yin Chang, which looked terrifying.

In the distance, there were several crisp shots, which were the rebel soldiers seeing off their martyred comrades, accompanied by the sound of gunfire, the resident birds in the forest, hovering in the sky, flapping their wings and flying south.

Farther away, the whole team's passwords and whistles came and went, and the black-pressed team was advancing in the same direction from all directions, with guns like forests and knives like snow, making people dizzy under the morning light.