Xiong Chengji opened the door. I went to the hospital and looked up, sure enough. Even the wall calls... There was a man in the chair, a dark blue military uniform, armed with a submachine gun, wearing an armband on his arm, and a combat cap on his head, and at a glance it was clear that it was a unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Xiong Chengji, an officer in the internal affairs force, had met a few times, but it was Lu Jianzhang, who was known as the "King of Lu Yan".

"What are you doing here?" Xiong Chengji put his hand behind his back and questioned Lu Jianzhang.

Seeing Xiong Chengji here, Lu Jianzhang was very surprised, but in the end, he was well-informed, and Lijian regained his composure, walked up to Xiong Chengji, and stood upright, but did not salute.

"It turns out that Deputy Chief Xiong is also here, but there is a bit of a collision. We came here on the orders of the Ministry of the Interior to get people. ”

"Take people? On what charge? Xiong Chengji asked again. "Unlawful possession of arms. Vice Minister Xiong must also know that now you have to get a license to carry a gun, and it is illegal to have a license without a license. Moreover, people are not allowed to keep short guns privately, and now there is a wire newspaper saying that someone has a private pistol here, so we were ordered to come and have a look.

Lu Jianzhang said.

"It doesn't seem to be under the control of your Ministry of Internal Affairs, does it? It's in the hands of the police. Xiong Chengji said.

"It's said that it's nothing more than illegal arming, but the report also says that there are people here who are plotting to assassinate government officials, and this is under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Lu Jianzhang's answer was very decent.

"I have a gun license, and I brought the two pistols in the house."

Xiong Chengji knew that if it was searched. The pistols in the house were easily searched, so they simply took the initiative to attack and talk about anything else.

"If that's the case, please also ask Deputy Chief Xiong to show his license, then there must be a gun number registered on it, let's check, if the gun number is correct, you can take the gun away, but the gang in the house will stay and cooperate with the Ministry of Internal Affairs investigation." Lu Jianzhang also saw the move.

"Why do you say that if you arrest someone, you will arrest someone? Are we not protected by the law? ”

"Do you have a search warrant? Do you have an arrest warrant? You're afraid you don't even have a summons, right? ”

The group of young men in the room rushed out. Surround Lu Jianzhang, you say a word to me, and take advantage of the situation to separate Lu Jianzhang and Xiong Chengji.

"Summons? You see, what is this? What is it? ”

Lu Jianzhang was not ambiguous, took a few steps back, stood behind several soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and took out two pieces of paper from the pocket of his military uniform, one of which was a summons order. The other is a search warrant, both stamped, but not from the Dongcheng Court, but from the Ministry of Justice.

Xiong Chengji pushed the young man away, walked up to Lu Jianzhang, took the summons order and the dial order, and looked at it carefully

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"Why a summons and a search warrant issued by the Department of Justice? Doesn't it need to go through the courts? Xiong Chengji asked.

"Vice Chief Xiong, you are not a judicial person. The Ministry of the Interior, unlike other ministries, is directly subordinate to the Presidential Palace and can bypass the local courts to enforce summons and arrest warrants, as for search warrants. The Ministry of Justice also has the power to seal the enforcement, and it has a higher legal force than the local courts, and only the Supreme Court can dismiss it. Lu Jianzhang said patiently.

"Oh? It turns out that there is such a saying, I am lonely and unheard. Wait, I'll go to the Ministry of Justice and ask if it's legal for you to do this. I also have a few friends on the Supreme Court. I also consulted with them by the way. ”

Xiong Chengji can be regarded as a poison, and dragging one step is one step.

But Lu Jianzhang was not fooled, he stopped Xiong Chengji and took back the summons order and the dialing warrant.

"Vice Chief Xiong, you appeared at the scene of the conspiracy. Supposedly, there is also a suspicion of conspiracy, but you are a government official, and I have no authority to arrest you without the approval of the Ministry of Justice. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Jianzhang waved his hand, and the soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs rushed up, pointed their guns at those people in the courtyard, and began to pin them with handhammers. For each wrong person, he pulled aside, covered his head with a black cloth cover, and ordered him to squat.

In this process, there was inevitably pulling and confrontation, but in front of the heavily armed soldiers, these unarmed people were no opponents at all, and soon, all of them were mistaken, and only Xiong Chengji was pulled aside by the soldiers alone. watched the arrest show all the time.

At the same time, several soldiers rushed straight into the east chamber, and a moment later they found two pistols, as well as several boxes of pistol ammunition.

Holding the two pistols, Lu Jianzhang poisoned Xiong Chengji and said, "Vice Chief Xiong, I'm sorry, I will detain these two pistols first, and I will return them to you after you bring the gun license and check the gun number." ”

"You just take me with you, and I'll go in and out with them."

Xiong Chengji said proudly, then put his hands behind his back, waiting for the other party to make a mistake.

But Lu Jianzhang didn't make a mistake for Xiong Chengji. Instead, he smiled faintly and said, "What are you kidding with Vice Chief Xiong?" Didn't I just tell you that very clearly? You are a government official, and no one can arrest you without the permission of the Ministry of Justice, and now I arrest you, that is breaking the law and you will have to suffer a lawsuit. Now it is a republic, and the rule of law is emphasized. How can it be messed with? Vice Chief Xiong, do you think that's the reason? If you want to go with them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you can, but you have to hire your own car, because our car can't fit too many people, and it's a bit unpleasant that there are either soldiers or suspects in the car. By the way, Vice Chief Xiong, before I leave, let me remind you again, after you go back, about your appearance at the scene of the conspiracy. I have to report to my boss, where I collided, I also looked at Haihan, Haihan. ”

After speaking, Lu Jianzhang waved his hand and took the soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to escort the suspect away, after the film was cut. Several trucks drove into the alley, loaded the suspects, and drove away.

The courtyard soon became empty, leaving Xiong Chengji alone standing in the patio, as if he had lost his soul.

"There are traitors."

This is the only thought in Xiong Chengji's heart at the moment. Otherwise, it is not enough to explain why Lu Jianzhang appeared in the right place at the right time, and easily allocated those weapons and ammunition.

But who is the traitor? Xiong Chengji didn't know. His mind was in a state of confusion right now, and he couldn't even think.

If there are traitors, then maybe the course of action has been leaked, but why didn't the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrest Xiong Chengji? Is it really because of his status as a government official? Or is it simply someone who gave a special order?

Who is Lu Jianzhang? It was a murderous presidential eagle dog, and in his eyes, the law was one. Fart, he only obeyed the orders of the Ministry of the Interior and the president, back then, Jiangsu overseer Xu Baoshan went to the warship for a banquet, it was Lu Jianzhang who was ordered by the general to correct the law on the spot, at that time, his Lu family did not shout any law.

Xiong Chengji stood in the patio, pondered for a long time, and finally made up his mind and went to someone to ask for an explanation

Who's going to ask? Ask the president, of course.

Xiong Chengji had just stepped out of the courtyard gate, and several plainclothes men walked inside, but there were pistols pinned to their waists, and they saw Xiong Chengji coming out, so they walked into the courtyard and closed the courtyard door.

Xiong Chengji understood that this was the person left behind by Lu Jianzhang, and he was counting on waiting for the rabbit to see if he could catch some more "plotting to assassinate government officials." of the suspects.

No suspects will ever be caught in the net again. Because Lu Jianzhang had already wiped out the revolutionary group that Xiong Chengji had worked so hard to organize just now, and now, Xiong Chengji was one of the few fish that slipped through the net, but Lu Jianzhang didn't want to arrest him.

Now there are two ways to go, one is to ask President Zhao Bei Zhao for clarification, and the other is to go directly south to Anhui to contact the local tyrant who sympathizes with the constitutional revolutionaries to see if he can immediately start an uprising.

Li Chengji thought about it carefully, and he finally decided to go to Zhao Bei to ask to understand, the Haoqiang in Anhui is not a constitutionalist himself, not even a republican, his grievance with Zhao Bei is a personal grudge, how much revolutionary determination he has, this is still unknown, and since Lu Jianzhang has seen Xiong Chengji appear at the scene of the conspiracy, then. Where can Xiong Chengji go now? Now I go to that person in Anhui to show the way to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Xiong Chengji didn't want that person to be exposed, he knew that even if that person didn't move now, he would move in the future, and the contradiction between him and Zhao Bei was irreconcilable, so he exposed that person now. It's better to wait for that. People act later.

Of course, Xiong Chengji can still choose to escape, but where to run? Constitutional revolutionaries. Shang Zhu rebelled, and was frightened and fled. If President Zhao Da knows, I am afraid that he will laugh even more happily, Xiong Chengji now wants to let the other party see, see that real revolutionaries are always fearless.

Maybe this move seems to be a bit of a knight rushing to the windmill, it seems a little stupid, but Xiong Chengji did this with deep meaning, he is the hero of the "Wushen Revolution", although Zhao Bei robbed most of the limelight, but no one can deny that he is one of the few revolutionaries who can give orders, if he goes to the presidential palace. If Zhao Bei arrests him, or simply kills him, then it will undoubtedly anger a large number of government officials and army generals from the revolutionary party, and at least make them lose trust in President Zhao Da.

With Zhao Beidou, brute force alone is not enough, this is a battle of wits and courage. However, before going to the presidential palace, Xiong Chengji deliberately went to the telegraph office and took a few telegrams. Now that he has chosen to die calmly, there is no need for comrades from other places to continue to take risks, and it will always be useful in the future to keep the flame of revolution.

Just hand over the banner of the revolution to those comrades from other places, Xiong Chengji is determined to exchange his sacrifice for the awakening of more revolutionaries, such as Huang Xing, such as Yang Wangpeng.

After leaving the telegraph office, Xiong Chengji called a rickshaw and told the coachman to take him to the presidential palace.

When he arrived at the place, Xiong Chengji got out of the car. Suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to send a telegram to his relatives in his hometown, and when he was hesitating, he saw an open-top car driving out of the gate of the presidential palace, and the driver was none other than Qin Sihu, the captain of the president's guard.

Qin Sihu also saw Xiong Chengji, greeted him from afar, and stopped the car in the control area in front of the presidential palace, Xiong Chengji couldn't avoid it, so he stepped forward and greeted the chief of guard next to the president.

"Four Tigers, why do you have time to leave the presidential palace during duty hours?"

Qin Sihu grinned and said, "No. When it was almost time for dinner, the president told me to buy him some Beijing food, and I could have sent soldiers there, but they didn't know what the president tasted. I had to make a trip myself. That's right. Vice Minister Xiong, are you coming here now to enter the Presidential Palace?

"Exactly. Can the president be busy right now? Xiong Chengji asked.

"Busy. But there is no problem in meeting you, yesterday the president also mentioned you, saying that he is too busy now, really can't separate the industry, simply give you the position of the head of the Ministry of Heavy Industry, you said in Wuhan, to Ran Industry to make China stronger, now China's industry has slowly developed, the president said, he is ready to let you show your skills in industry, to be China's industrial leader, in the past, you are a revolutionary idol, a hero, in the future, you are the model of the national industry Qin Sihu said.

"He still remembers what I told him in Wuhan?" Xiong Chengji was a little surprised.

"Don't you remember, the poem you wrote in the Hanyang Arsenal back then, the president often mentioned it to others, he said, although the poems he wrote and the poems you wrote are half a pound and eight taels, but when it comes to true feelings, he is not as good as you."

Xiong Chengji was stunned when he heard this, after he visited the Hanyang Arsenal, he once mentioned a poem and wrote it on the gate of the factory, but he was very excited at that time and did not take the poem to heart. Later, he gradually forgot about it, and it wasn't until Qin Sihu mentioned it now that he remembered the poem, but he only remembered it roughly, and the specific details were a little vague.

Perhaps seeing that Xiong Chengji's expression was a little strange, Qin Sihu said, "Vice Minister Xiong, you want to see the president." Let's go to the waiter's room to shake the phone and see how the waiter's room is arranged, you have the president's special business card, and the waiter's room will not dare to turn you away. ”

Xiong Chengji came back to his senses, smiled sadly, and said, "I lost that business card a long time ago."

Nowadays, any government official can easily enter the presidential palace, the work of the government has long been on the right track, and the majesty of the president has long been established.

"Ahh Well, you might as well wait here. When I come back from grocery shopping, I will lead you into the presidential palace with me. ”

"Okay, I'll wait at the teahouse

Xiong Chengji nodded, pointed to a teahouse outside the control area, and when Qin Sihu drove the car away, he walked into the teahouse, ordered a cup of tea, and then asked the guy for a pen and paper, and began to write a letter.

This is a letter to his family, Xiong Chengji didn't use any overly emotional words, just a few simple words. Then he put the envelope on it, gave the teahouse guy some foot money, and beat him to take the letter to the post office and send it.

Twenty minutes later, Qin Sihu drove the car back to the teahouse, invited Xiong Chengji to get into the car, and then drove him into the presidential palace.

After the car drove into the main entrance of the presidential palace, Xiong Chengji glanced back and saw that the guards were closing the two heavy iron gates.

Xiong Chengji's heart also contracted suddenly, and the car slowly drove on the tree-lined path of the presidential palace. There is almost no sunlight all the way, Xiong Chengji has only appeared now, and this presidential palace is so gloomy.