1

In autumn, in Tianjin, the eyes are full of gloom, because of the turbulence of the times, the original lively places on the market, have not seen the prosperity of the past, the pedestrians on the streets and alleys, generally look hurried, the noise is cold, but the piercing siren sounds, often sound.

In the courtyard of the deep house in the southern urban area, the carved doors and windows in the living room of the main house are closed, looking a little gloomy, Mr. Yu sat on the Taishi chair in the house, holding a cane, silent. Next to it sat a thin, withered flying monkey.

After being silent for a while, a small messenger pushed the door in and said, "Senator Lu has arrived." ”

The two of them stood up at the same time, walked outside the house, and welcomed a middle-aged man in a military uniform with a mustache. Is there anything unlucky? ”

Mr. Yu frowned, laughed dryly, and said, "Since Premier Duan went into the wilderness, can our group still laugh?" ”

"Bad," the three of them all entered the room and sat down at the Eight Immortals table, and the soldier called "Senator Lu" said proudly: "I just came from General Xu, and specially brought his message, General Xu said, not only did we not fail, but the situation is more favorable, although Premier Duan is nominally in the field, but, think about it, who can have the final say in China's affairs now?" ”

Mr. Yu interjected: "I think, it doesn't matter if anyone says it." ”

"No, no, no," Senator Lu showed a smug smile on his face and shook his head again and again, "On the surface, this is the case, but, if you think about it carefully, the affairs of the provinces are now in charge of the provincial overseers. When it comes to the Beijing government, who has the power and who has the final say, as long as there is a gun in his hand, it is better than any constitutional order, Premier Duan can always have the upper hand in the battle between the court and the government, why? Isn't it just the strength of the reliance? Needless to say, Li Yuanhong is almost bullied, that is the direct head of the family, Feng Guozhang, who is a big president, is not so poor that he sells fish in Beijing? ”

At that time, the provinces were basically in a state of separation, and the national financial revenue was very small, so it was difficult to support expenditures, so Feng Guozhang ordered the ornamental fish that had been raised in Zhongnanhai for many years to be fished out and sold for money, which was nicknamed "presidential fish" and became a big laughing stock at that time.

When he said this, Mr. Yu and the Flying Mountain Monkey couldn't help laughing, and Senator Lu continued: "General Xu told us that Premier Duan's going into the field is a strategy, but our Anhui Department will not only not weaken its strength, but will untie a lot of shackles, and it can show its strength even more, and we don't have to pay attention to any constitution and regulations. What can he do? This person is just a good gentleman, and his only good at it is to make peace with the mud, which is good for us. ”

"Well, that makes sense." Mr. Yu nodded, and his face became cheerful, "Brother Lu really has a lot of confidence, but, with all due respect, like our group, they all rely on Premier Duan to feed their families, and he is not in office, can we still make achievements in the future?" ”

"Haha," Senator Lu smiled, "Yu has always been far-sighted, how can he not open the account for this matter in front of him?" Premier Duan is no longer in office, but General Xu is still General Xu, Zhang Dujun is still Zhang Dujun, nothing has changed, and even Premier Duan himself has not been idle, we people, we must not be discouraged, but also to work hard, make a comeback, from the current point of view, the chaos of the party and the people in various places is becoming more and more rampant, and the control of bullet pressure is a top priority, it is the time to employ people, General Xu wants me to tell you, we must be sincere and united, stabilize the situation, recruit troops and horses in various places, and bring all the people and things that can be used into our command, Whether it's people, money, things, or land, the more we have, the better, as long as we do enough, our Anhui system will be able to surging in the country and take the lead. ”

2

Not far from the south of the city by the Haihe River, the breeze is blowing, quite cool, Hu Xuan, Shi Suo, Xiao Li, Zhao Ming four people, think the house is stuffy, sit by the river and chat, suddenly see a group of soldiers walking in the distance, hurriedly trotting, not knowing what to do. Hu Xuan said: "This autumn will be another eventful autumn, the country's chaos is getting worse and worse, the warlords of all factions, today you beat me, tomorrow I will beat you, the president and the prime minister, like a marquee, in exchange for each other, absurd things emerge one after another, it is really ridiculous and sad. ”

It turned out that in August of this year, President Feng Guozhang and Premier Duan Qirui resigned at the same time, and under the manipulation of the Anhui Congress, Xu Shichang was elected as the president. Ordinary people often can't figure out who has the final say in China. The situation in the whole country is confusing and turbulent than before.

Xiao Li stood up, threw a stone into the river, watched the stone jump on the water skin a few times, sank into the river, and said with emotion: "Think about the other day, I followed the blind man surnamed Yu, just like this little stone, ran into the river, jumped happily on the surface, but in fact it was bound to sink." Thankfully, I turned around in time and escaped without trapping myself. ”

"That's right," Zhao Ming nodded and said: "In June, General Xu of the Anhui department, that is, Mr. Yu's boss, assassinated Lu Jianzhang, the general of the Feng department, here, and the two families are like red-eyed mad dogs, ready to kill each other at any time. ”

Xiao Li said: "Yes, think about that time, I still have palpitations now." The one surnamed Yu is insidious and vicious, with a bad intestine. ”

Hu Xuan said: "This, it should be determined by the nature of the warlords, they make separatism, fight for power, kill people and set fire to war, because they have not evolved to the extent that they should adapt to the progress of the country, and it is not all due to personal factors. The six no's prime minister, don't eat, don't drink, don't prostitute, don't gamble, don't be greedy, don't take possession, and his personal character should be considered very good, but he is such an honest and upright person, and it is inevitable that he will lead his army to do so many things that hurt nature and reason, which is enough to show that this is an overall phenomenon, and if you want to change, you have to work hard from the political system and regime. ”

Zhao Ming exclaimed: "Hu Xuan is the best at using his brain, and this is said with depth. Let me add one more point, Xiao Li's separation from Mr. Yu is not greedy for life and fear of death, but following such a scum funeral, which is worthless. ”

"Yes, yes," Xiao Li nodded, "it will stink for 10,000 years." ”

As he was talking, there was a commotion in front of him, it turned out that the group of soldiers had come back again, several people were a little curious, stood up, looked carefully, and saw that the soldiers were holding two people, all the way to the passers-by, I don't know who was arrested.

"Who's unlucky?" Shi Suo said: "In these years, whoever has a gun can arrest and kill people at will, which is clearly to force the officials to rebel." ”

Zhao Ming said: "It is a matter of time before the officials force the people to rebel, by the way, a few of you will go to the south, let's leave in the next two days, Yan Jiashi and He Yuan didn't they arrive in Baoding?" You go to Baoding to find them first. ”

"Okay."

3

According to Zhao Ming's arrangement, Hu Bolt and the three people took the train from Tianjin, and arrived in Baoding smoothly, and when they got off the train, Hu Bolt and Shi Suo revisited the old place, and they were quite emotional, Shi Suo said: "Then let's let Wu Jinbao catch it, but I still don't understand what is going on, how do they know what treasure map we have?" ”

Hu Xuan shook his head, "What you say, I also wonder, those people are scheming, who knows when they heard about it." Ay...... What's the notice over there? Go over and take a look. ”

On the wall not far away, a large paper notice was pasted, and many people were watching and discussing, and the three of them walked over a few steps, only to see that the paper read:

Proclamation of the Overseer's Office: The people of close relatives are confused by the disorderly party, discuss state affairs in vain, gather people to misbehave, superstitious heresies, and cause rebellion, in order to be honest and protect the territory and the people, the specific regulations are as follows: 1. The student people shall not gather at will without reason; 2. It is forbidden to copy the books and texts of the Party; 3. No strikes and class strikes are allowed; Fourth, it is not allowed to fan up incidents and spread rumors to confuse the public......

Someone around the people who were reading the notice whispered, "What is this going to do?" "Do you want martial law?" Or is something wrong? ”

After reading the three of them, Shi Suo snorted with his nose, and Xiao Li said: "This is something they often do, I helped write it, for fear that something will happen, as soon as there is a wind and grass, this is not allowed to do that, I want to seal everyone's mouths." ”

Hu Xuan said: "The more this is the case, the more they are afraid, and it also shows that the people are becoming more and more brained and understand more and more things, which makes the officials afraid and angry." ”

Looking around, there were military policemen looking in the distance, and the three of them stopped talking, took a big stride, and went straight to the inn where Yan Jiashi was staying. After walking for less than three or five miles, he heard a chaotic running sound in front of him, mixed with shouting, Shi Suo reacted quickly and said, "Who is running, are the soldiers arresting people again?" ”

Turning the corner of the street, sure enough, I saw a young man who looked like a student in front of him, running head-on, and then followed by five or six people chasing, but those pursuers were not soldiers, they were all people in civilian clothes, Hu Xuan and the three people did not understand what was going on, they were watching, and saw that the person who ran away staggered, as if he was mixed up, and several people behind him chased after him violently, and held down the person at once.