At this time, in a corner of the palace treasury, Fumiko Akiyama, who was dressed in an ordinary palace maid's uniform and was about to receive Xia Gezhe, looked out of the window carefully, and she just saw Xia Gezhe standing there covered in blood, holding the gun in his hand and shooting at the Chinese guards chasing behind him, but judging from the shaking muzzle, these shots had no effect.

Another series of bullets flew sideways and hit Xia Gezhe, Xia Gezhe fell to the ground, and the sticky gun in his hand also fell, he lay face down on the ground, trying to support his body with both hands, but he tried several times, but he couldn't succeed.

Fumiko Akiyama pulled out the revolver at her waist and instinctively wanted to rush out to save him, but when she saw the gathered Chinese guards, she sensibly gave up the idea.

Xia Gezhe struggled to crawl on the ground, trying to grab the revolver not far away, when two Chinese guards rushed over, one of the guards kicked the revolver away, and the other guard aimed the "fifty-shot box cannon" in his hand at Xia Gezhe, who was crawling on the ground, and pulled the trigger violently.

Fumiko Akiyama saw a long tongue of fire erupting from the muzzle of the "Fifty Box Cannon", and Natsukata Tetsu's body in a pool of blood was moving incessantly like a battered face pocket, with blood splashes everywhere, Fumiko Akiyama couldn't bear to look at it anymore, she knew that there was no point in staying here, so she turned around and left quietly.

When Yang Du and other dignitaries of the Chinese Emperor were shocked to hear that the palace had changed and came to Xinhua Palace, the palace was already a mess.

Yang Du and others came to Yuan Shikai's dormitory, and at this time, under the auspices of Zhu Qichao, Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the bodies of Yuan Shikai and the two palace concubines had been moved into the temporary mortuary.

At this time, the blood stains in the dormitory had not been completely cleared, and the air in the room was filled with a strong smell of blood, looking at the blood dripping on the bed, Yang Du's heart couldn't help but tighten.

Yang Du left the dormitory quickly, came to the temporary mortuary, the staff saw Xiang Lin, understood that he was here to pay homage to the emperor's remains, and gently unveiled a splendid curtain on a wooden bed.

At this time, Yuan Shikai's body had been cleaned, he was wearing a military uniform, lying on the bed, his eyes were slightly closed, and his demeanor seemed very peaceful, but the bullet on his forehead was still clearly recognizable.

Seeing Yuan Shikai's remains, Yang Du couldn't help but shed tears.

"Has the murderer been caught?" The pale-faced Cai Ye asked Zhu Qichao, the chief of internal affairs, and Jiang Chaozong, the commander of the infantry, who were standing behind Yang Du.

"There were nine murderers, six men and three women, seven of whom were killed on the spot by the guards, and two of them were seriously injured and committed suicide by biting their tongues when they were captured." Jiang Chaozong replied in a hoarse voice.

"The dead can't speak, that is, there is no way to find the messenger through them?" Cai Ye's face instantly turned iron-blue.

"That's not all." Jiang Chaozong shook his head, he turned around and waved at Cai Ye and the others, and walked outside the house.

Yang Du, Cai Yi and others followed Jiang Chaozong to another room, and entered this morgue temporarily converted from a warehouse, Yang Du saw at first glance that there were nine corpses covered with white cloth lying neatly on the ground, and on a wooden table not far away, there were several long spears and a few short guns, as well as daggers and ropes.

Yang Du and Cai Yi and the others came to the corpse, Jiang Chaozong waved his hand, and a guard stretched out his hand to completely uncover the white cloth covering the corpse, and the corpses of nine naked young men and women were immediately exposed in front of everyone.

Seeing the three female corpses lying there naked, Yang Du and several Wenchen had a trace of embarrassment on their faces.

"Matsupa, look at this."

Jiang Chaozong didn't notice the difference in the faces of Yang Du and the others, he immediately gave the answer to why he was so disposed of, he came to the corpse of Xia Gezhe, who was beaten to a thousand holes and his body was incomplete, and pointed to the tattoo on Xia Gezhe's chest that was still very clear, "Swear to recommend Xuanyuan with my blood", and said to Cai Yi.

Cai Ye came to Xia Gezhe's corpse and took a closer look, his thick black eyebrows suddenly tightened.

That is, they are...... Against the party? Yang Du also saw these tattoo characters, and couldn't help but lose his voice.

Jiang Chaozong nodded, came to a female corpse, and beckoned to everyone, Yang Du looked at the towering chest of the Yan corpse, his face showed hesitation, and Cai Yi and Chen Yan came to the female corpse without changing their faces.

Jiang Chaozong pointed to the middle of the female corpse, Cai Yi and Chen Eun bent down in unison, and both of them immediately appeared with a flag pattern similar to the Japanese flag tattooed there. ,

"This is the banner and emblem of the anti-party, the blue sky and the white sun." Jiang Chaozong said.

After listening to Jiang Chaozong's words, Yang Du and the others didn't care about the "etiquette of men and women", and gathered around one after another.

"Yes, it is indeed against the party emblem."

"It's disgusting!"

"They should have been torn to pieces!"

Cai Ye turned a deaf ear to the discussions of the people around him, and his brows were furrowed, as if he was thinking about something. Chen Yan's gaze left the chest of the female corpse and fell on the table next to her.

Chen Yan paced to the table, took a "water bead" and looked at it, and his brows were furrowed like Cai Yi.

"These are all used by the murderer?" Chen Yan asked, and although his question was not loud, it still made the room quiet for a moment.

"Yes." Jiang Chaozong replied: "It's all Russian-style firearms. ”

Listening to Jiang Chaozong's answer, Cai Ye turned around and came to the table, he picked up a "Mosin Nagant" revolver and looked at it, and couldn't help but sneer.

"It's really done without leaving a trace." Cai Ye threw the pistol back on the table and sneered.

Chen Yan put down the "Water Lianzhu" rifle in his hand, picked up a ring dagger placed on the table, and examined it carefully.

"The palace ban has always been heavily guarded, and it is really strange that so many of them can sneak in without knowing it, and they also carry firearms, and they treat the forbidden door as if it were nothing." Cai Ye said in a deep voice: "There should be an inner ghost to respond." ”

"Yes, when our guards fought with the murderer, many of the servants in the inner palace absconded, and now they are gone, and there must be someone who responds to the murderer." Zhu Qichuan replied on the side,

"The guns used by the murderer are all Russian-style, and the meaning of their yùcover can be described as well-intentioned." Chen Yan looked at the dagger in his hand and sneered, "It's just that it's still leaking." ”

"What horse's feet?" Cai Ye immediately asked.

Chen Yan touched the blade of the dagger with his hand, and then gave the dagger to Cai Yi.

Cai Yi took the dagger, and touched the blade of the dagger like Chen Eun, and was also stunned.

"This dagger is blunt." Cai Ye said a little strangely.

"From the appearance of this dagger, it is exactly the same as the dagger of my country's people, but if you look carefully at Songpo, you will see that this dagger is very problematic." Chen Yan said, "Its length is much longer than the dagger used by the people in China, and the back is also very thick. ”

After listening to Chen Eun's words, Cai Ye took a closer look at the dagger, and sure enough, it was exactly the same as what Chen Eun said.

"Matsupa has also noticed just now, this dagger was originally very sharp, but now it has become dull." Chen Yan said: "Does Songpa know why this dagger is dull? ”

Cai Yi shook his head, and at this time, hearing Chen Eun's narration, Yang Du and others also gathered around and listened attentively to Chen Eun's explanation.

"Songpo look here" Chen Yan pointed to the thick ring of the dagger handle, "This ring is also made thicker, there are heavy wear marks here, which is caused by the tying rope, and the dagger ring in China is relatively thin, and only tied to red silk for decoration on weekdays, the wear caused by this kind of trace is completely different." ”

"Yang Tian means ......" After listening to Chen Eun for a long time, he still didn't talk about the crux of the problem, and Jiang Chaozong became a little anxious.

"I say this to tell you that this dagger is a special tool that can be used to climb over the city wall, and the blade is dulled, because it has been made so thick because it has been made so heavy that it can be used as a stepping tool, and with a rope, it is used for recycling." Chen Yan said, "And this kind of usage is not used by the people in the rivers and lakes in the 1uan party, but it is completely consistent with the usage of the Japanese ninja knife."

Hearing Chen Yan's last words, all the faces of everyone showed a look of sudden realization.

"If Commander Jiang doesn't believe it, he can send someone to investigate the palace walls and pillars to see if there are any stab marks." Chen Yan said.

Jiang Chaozong immediately shouted, and several guards came to the house quickly, Jiang Chaozong gave them a few words, and the guards took the order and left.

"Regardless of whether the opposition party has internal ghosts or not, with the intelligence of those of them, it is impossible for nong to attack the battle of the deep palace assassin king like this." Chen Yan's face became gloomy, "Unless someone of them has been specially trained by the Japanese, they can succeed so easily." ”

"Yes, the ability to hit this blow is indeed not like the style of going against the party." Yang Du nodded, "If that's the case, it means that the Japanese have been planning for a long time about the assassination." ”

"Although Yangtian's analysis is good, the problem now is that there is no direct evidence that the Japanese are involved." Cai Yi sighed, and his eyes fell on the "water beads" on the table again, "When the Japanese were planning this matter, they had already considered leaving themselves clean. ”,

"What if there is direct evidence?" Chen Yan sneered, "Even if the murderer is alive and confesses that he was instructed by the Japanese, will my country not be able to re-start a war with Japan because of this?" ”

After listening to Chen Eun's words, the faces of all the people in the room changed.

"We don't have direct evidence here, but Yang Hanzhi has evidence of Japan's direct support for the anti-party." Chen Eun watched Cai Ye's face turn from blue to white, and continued to say in a mocking tone: "The new gunboats of the Jiangfang Fleet have intercepted and sunk the arms transport ships from Taiwan to Guangzhou many times at the mouth of the Pearl River and Humen Bay, and captured the Japanese sailors on board, and the recorded confessions are all directed at the Japanese government, but what can be done? Are we going to bombard Taiwan? ”

"Yes! On this basis, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has repeatedly proposed to the Japanese side to be solemnly involved, but the Japanese have pushed the responsibility cleanly as soon as they say that 'what private enterprises have done has nothing to do with Japanese politics', and we have nothing to do with them. Secretary of State Xu Shichang, who had not spoken, said in a dumb voice: "Although China's current national strength and military strength have been greatly strengthened compared with the early Republic of China, if we want to seriously start a war with Japan, we still can't do it......"

Cai Ye, who was extremely indignant, slammed his fist on the table, and all the guns and daggers on the table were shocked and jumped.

"Then you can't just leave it at that!"

Cai's roar echoed in the room, shaking people's ears.

Everyone stood there silently, and soon the room fell silent.

Yang Du's gaze swept over everyone, and finally fell on Cai Yi.

"When His Majesty was alive, he often encouraged us to work hard for ten years, and then meet Japan, but now the period of ten years has not arrived, but the country has undergone such tragic changes, and at this moment the internal and external situation is not optimistic, we must not be 1uan first."

Yang Du's words played a certain role in the angry Cai Yi, Cai Yi took a deep breath, and it was easy to return to normal.

"It's all of a sudden, let's think about how to deal with the aftermath now." Xu Shichang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "If the country is plunged into turmoil because of this, it will be our sin." ”

After listening to Xu Shichang's suggestion, the people in the room said yes, and the military and political dignitaries began to discuss the aftermath in this small morgue.

Guangdong, Shaoguan, South Zhili patrol envoys.

"I'm afraid that the 1uan party doesn't have such means, and it can succeed in stabbing in the heavily guarded deep palace." Yang Shuoming put down the urgent telegram in his hand and said, "Look at this technique, it seems to be a good thing done by the Japanese." ”

"It is very likely that it should have been done by specially trained people, and the revolutionaries are afraid that there are no such masters." Xu Yuanjin said, "The palace ban should be heavily guarded, if it weren't for a group of masters, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to enter the door, let alone succeed." ”

"Even if you know that the Japanese are doing ghosts, what can you do?" Tang Jing smiled bitterly, "Now we want to start a war with Japan because of Lao Yuan's assassination, I'm afraid it's a little difficult." ”

"But if it continues to be displayed in the current way, at most in another ten years, our China will have the strength to compete with Japan." Xu Yuanjin said confidently, "And we, China and Japan, must really divide the winners and losers through a decisive battle in the future, so that we can truly live in peace." ”

"Yes! China is still too far from Japan. Yang Shuoming heard the helplessness in Tang Jing's words, and felt a little sad, but also felt a little relieved.

Yang Shuoming felt sad and worried that Yuan Shikai's sudden death could not be avenged immediately and that China was facing a dangerous situation again.

Yuan Shikai has a lot of not, and he became the emperor against the flow of history, but after all, Yuan Shikai is different from those feudal emperors of previous Chinese dynasties, he was born as a martial artist, but he has the heart to complete China's constitutional construction in his own hands, but unfortunately his ambition died before he was paid, and Yuan Shikai went, China no longer has enough prestige to lead the country, for China, it is likely to be the beginning of another movement.

For Yang Shuoming, his most urgent task now is to prevent China from falling into a situation of warlord warfare.

What makes Yang Shuoming feel gratified is that the two capable men under him have really grown up.

The current Tang Jing is no longer as high-minded and prosperous as he was when he was the king of the mountain in Yunshi Village, Tianyun Mountain, and the current Xu Yuanjin is no longer the captain of the Shuanglong Town security team who dared to attack the bandits' nest at night with fifty people, and it can be known from the words of the two of them just now that they now have a very clear understanding of the gap between China and Japan. ,

"When Lao Yuan died, there were still two concubines by his side, and on Huangquan Road, he was not lonely." Xu Yuanjin, who had a talent for mischief, sensed the sadness on Yang Shuoming's face, and smiled and joked about the dead.

"The telegram said that after Lao Yuan left, only the aunt in North Korea committed suicide and martyrdom." Tang Jing sighed, "Old Yuan's wife is like this, and it is not in vain to live a lifetime." ”

After Yuan Shikai's assassination, for fear of causing a shock across the country, Yang Du strictly blocked the news to the outside world, and did not mention the details of Yuan Shikai's murder, but Yang Shuoming knew the details of this earth-shattering change for the first time through the secret intelligence network he secretly established.

The two concubines who accompanied Yuan Shikai to be killed, one was Yuan Shikai's favorite concubine Hong Guifei, and the other was the "president" of the flower world, Hua Yuan; Hong Guifei was originally Yuan Shikai's sixth aunt, smart and beautiful, and able to speak well, and had repeatedly persuaded Yuan Shikai to be the emperor, so she was very favored by Yuan Shikai. Hua Yuan was last year's Oiran, and was admitted to the harem by Yuan Shikai because of his organization of the "Flower World Petition Group" for Yuan Shikai's emperor.

These two women who promoted Yuan Shikai to become the emperor thought that they would be able to enjoy a life of glory and wealth from now on, but they didn't expect that what was waiting for them in the end would be such an ending.

Yuan Shikai had a total of one wife and fifteen concubines, and the last one who left with her husband was the Kim family from North Korea.

Thinking that the rest of Yuan Shikai's wives and concubines were probably intriguing for the large amount of wealth behind Lao Yuan at this moment, Yang Shuoming couldn't help but sigh.

"It's not peaceful in Beijing now, you left your wife and children in the capital, but it's not good." Tang Jing looked at Yang Shuoming, as if he suddenly asked, "Don't you need to bring them over?" ”

"There is no shortage of people around him now, and he has long forgotten the original pillow person." Xu Yuanjin said with a smile.

Yang Shuoming listened to Xu Yuanjin's words, smiled, shook his head, and didn't explain anything to the two of them.

In fact, the reason why he openly took Xi Xue and Xiangyun out this time, and left Huang Yunzhi and his young son at home, was to protect the safety of the mother and son.

Let Huang Yunzhi's mother and son stay in the capital, and they can be protected by the elite guards he trained. And he openly brought Xi Xue and Xiangyun with two stunning beauties with him, to give a misleading hint to those invisible enemies, telling them that the two women around him were the ones he valued the most.