Updated: 202-02-27

In August, the rumbling of artillery can be heard almost every day on both sides of the Huangpu River. The flag of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom on the head of Shanghai flutters high every day as usual. Shanghai City, its city circumference nine miles, the city wall is two feet high and four feet high, surrounded by the Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek, and separated by the concession. Knives would dig holes in tall buildings, add forts in important places, place smuggled cannons, and make gunpowder and bullets by local methods...... Active preparations.

The acting governor of Jiangsu, Gil Hang'a, mobilized 5,000 elite troops from all over the country, plus the training of the township brave regiment, no less than 20,000 people, and carefully planned several siege operations, but all of them were defeated. On July 24, Gilhanga adopted the "gunpowder bombardment method", the Qing army ignited three pre-buried gunpowder in the west of the south gate, with three loud bangs, the city wall was blown open three gaps, but due to poor technical mastery, more than 50 Qing troops were also killed on the spot. In the chaos, the knife will rain artillery fire, and the Qing army will suffer more than 500 casualties, and the siege of the city failed.

The siege failed one after another, and Gilhanga was at a loss, so he had to look for a comprador who had a close relationship with the foreigners in Shanghai, and wanted to contact the British, American, and French powers to help exterminate the Little Knife Society. A lot of messages asking for help were sent, and the replies I received were all that Lord Yang wanted to talk about the revision of the contract first, and as long as he allowed his request, other things were easy to discuss.

In April this year, British Minister to China ordered the French Minister Bulblon and the American Minister Maillin to arrive in Guangzhou, and on the pretext that the "Treaty of Nanjing" had already expired 12 years ago and should be revised, they sent a letter to Ye Mingchen, the Manchu minister for foreign affairs and the governor of Liangguang, requesting a comprehensive revision of the treaty, the main contents of which were: opening up the entire territory of China to trade, legalizing the opium trade, abolishing the import and export tax, and stationing foreign ministers in Beijing.

The contents of these amendments have long gone far beyond the scope of "slight adaptations" to certain trade terms, and Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang, did not dare to reply rashly, so he had to adopt the method of refusing to meet and avoid answering. Now the consuls of Britain, the United States and France in Shanghai have once again adopted coercion and inducement to once again demand the revision of the treaty.

The amendment of the treaty was a matter of national policy, and where could an acting governor agree to this, and Gilhanga had to adopt a perfunctory approach, under the pretext that handling diplomacy was the duty of the governor of Liangguang, and he could not do anything.

Gilhangana could not meet the demands for a treaty amendment, and the British, American, and French powers were not interested in him. As a result, Gilhanga was so anxious that he jumped up and down.

Gu Wusheng had just made a small profit from the Little Knife Society, and he sold the musket for 5,000 taels alone, and got a total of 000 taels of silver plus grain. It's really comfortable, Gu Wusheng sat on the leisurely chair in the office of the foreign bank and calculated, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is a big fat pig, and this bamboo pole must be knocked well.

Soon, the news that "foreigners only believe in Wu Jianzhang" spread to Gilhanga's ears from multiple channels.

Wu Jianzhang was originally a comprador in Shanghai, but because he was familiar with foreign affairs, he donated an alternate road, and was appointed by the Qing court to act as the supervisor of Shanghai Daotai and Jiang Customs. But at the beginning of July, because of the failure to suppress the bandits, he was ordered to be dismissed by Gilhanga to the imperial court, and Xianfeng.

Gilhanga was a little crying and laughing, he had just been dismissed, and he was going to use it again, which was to slap himself. Since foreigners only recognize Wu Jianzhang, he had to hurry up to the court and use Wu Jianzhang again.

After Wu Jianzhang was dismissed, he has been hiding in the villa in the concession. Gilhang'a sent someone to greet Wu Jianzhang, and someone came to report that Wu Jianzhang, a leather worker, fell ill and did not go out for more than a week.

In a garden-like bungalow villa in the British Concession, "Get out, you get out of the way for me!" A maid who delivered food couldn't enter the door, so she scolded Wu Jianzhang and cried. During this time, Wu Jianzhang's temper was particularly bad, and his family and slaves were all far away.

In the bedroom, Wu Jianzhang sat on the bed alone, holding one of his feet, looking in a trance. I thought I was having a nightmare, but I didn't expect that the center of my foot was really branded with four words, the left foot was clear, and the right foot was repeated.

For a year, he tried his best to clean up the Little Knife Society, but he was dismissed. Wu Jianzhang felt aggrieved and scolded at home. A man secretly hid in a brothel and drank alcohol, and was beaten with a stick. When he woke up, he found himself in a dark prison.

Wu Jianzhang was abducted and taken to the basement of Huafu Foreign Bank by members of the intelligence team of the Yangtze River Bureau. After careful analysis, although Wu Jianzhang is a Shanghai Taoist, he has also dealt with gangs for a long time, he himself is an opium merchant who was born to buy chickens, and has served as a comprador of a foreign bank for a long time. In order to carry out its work better, the Yangtze River Bureau decided to attack Wu Jianzhang.

When Wu Jianzhang woke up, his consciousness was still a little confused, he just wanted to move, but found that he seemed to be restrained all over his body, and he couldn't move his body at all. Wu Jianzhang opened his eyes, and there was no light, so he quickly closed them, and then opened them again, but there was still nothing.

Although he didn't see anything, he felt as if he was naked** and fixed in a chair, a chair like an iron frame. His hands, feet, body, neck, and head were all immobilized, and he couldn't move the slightest.

Although I couldn't move, I couldn't feel any pain, and everything in front of me was black, black and nothing. There was no sound all around, and I couldn't feel the flow of air, only the stuffiness.

Wu Jianzhang is not a weak person, he has gone from a hawker who bought chickens and ducks to a big comprador in Shanghai, and he has become a Taoist official, relying on more than luck.

Wu Jianzhang didn't see anything, so he pricked up his ears and listened desperately, there was no sound around him, and he was silent. Still, you can hear your own "thump" heartbeat.

Wu Jianzhang sat there thinking nonsense, where the hell is this, who locked me up here? It can't be Gilhanga; Will it be a knife, not like; Foreigners can't either, they have always been good friends with foreigners.

"Where is this? Who are you? Let me out? Wu Jianzhang shouted desperately, hoarsely. There was only his own humming voice in the darkness, and nothing else. He was dumb, shut his mouth, and tried to calm his mind. But no, Wu Jianzhang completely lost his senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch, and he felt a little hopeless.

Wu Jianzhang was physically and mentally exhausted, and fell asleep in a daze, "Dry over Xianfeng, anti-Qing and restore Ming", this voice echoed softly in his ears.

It didn't take long for him to wake up suddenly, "Turning over Xianfeng and recovering the Qing Dynasty", this is a major crime of rebellion, heinous, and scared Wu Jianzhang into a cold sweat. It was still dark all around, and there was no sound, the only sound coming from his own mouth.

fell asleep and soon woke up again; I woke up and fell asleep again before I knew it. When he fell asleep, he always felt that someone kept chanting in his ear, "Dry Xianfeng, anti-Qing and restore sight", and when he woke up, there was no movement, and he was still in a world where he lost his senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch.

In this basement where there was no sound, no day and no night, Wu Jianzhang didn't know how long it was, he was almost a little crazy, he didn't know how much sweat was on his body, and he felt like he was about to collapse.

In the monitoring room on the ground, Ma Jiayi observed Wu Jianzhang in the basement through an infrared camera, and Wu Jianzhang's somewhat distorted face, "Why did he become like this in just one day." ”

"Man is a social and sensual animal. Losing sight, hearing, smell, touch, within ten hours he will collapse, especially the weak-willed. Man is receiving information all the time, and when the source of information is cut off, he will be at a loss. Zhu Yangni said with a smile in a soft voice, while paddling the sandalwood fan in his hand to cover his red lips.

There is a ceiling fan in the monitoring room, the temperature is not high, and Zhu Yangni still keeps the fan in his hand. He wore a purple corset underneath and a Krinolin skirt on the outside, and his fair and flawless bare shoulders were embellished with a taffeta ribbon of wavy crepe that was also purple. Zhu Yangni's waist is very slender, at least about 9 or 20 inches, which is a vivid contrast to her plump breasts and hips. Few people know about this cospaly trip, and even in her own turf, Zhu Yangni was dressed in mid-nineteenth-century Western women's makeup, and her tight girdle was almost loosened

Han Yumo is a soft girl, although she is extraordinary, she has a soft and cowardly personality and is extremely kind. She came to Far Eastern Huafu Company from Mingxing Island and was surprised to find a classical beauty who was even more beautiful than her, with superior wisdom and first-class eloquence, and suddenly became a fan of Zhu Yangni. She nodded again and again, "That's right, we Ma Jiayi know how to use white powder, or coercion and temptation." Sister Ni is still experienced and knows how to control the mind, which is worthy of a master's degree in psychology. ”

"Sell cute." Ma Jiayi glanced at Yang Ni, who was dancing lightly, and scolded secretly.

"Although you don't want white powder, you still need to use a little hallucinogen." Zhu Yangni seemed to hear Ma Jiayi's heart, and her beautiful big eyes flew towards Ma Jiayi.

"Uh-huh!" Ma Jiayi coughed twice, "Yangni, this guy is almost broken, can he take the next step?" ”

"With infrared-monitored heartbeats and pulses, he's almost at the limit."

Wu Jianzhang woke up again in a daze and found that a tube was fixed in his mouth. He sucked it lightly, and it was water. Because of his prostration, Wu Jianzhang's throat was full of fire, and he could barely make a sound. This water was like a wisp of sweet spring, flowing through his heart, and Wu Jianzhang sucked up the water in the pipe in one go.

After drinking the water, Wu Jianzhang felt a little hungry, he calmed down, there was still a silent world in front of him, it was dark, and nothing was clear. At this time, the psychotropic drugs placed in the water worked, and he felt a little dizzy. Wu Jianzhang thought it was because he was hungry, he didn't know how many days he hadn't eaten, and in order to save his physical strength, he didn't bother to sigh.

Hazy, Wu Jianzhang heard a very soft sound of music in his ears, and who else was shouting in the music, "Dry Xianfeng, oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty." He quickly pricked up his ears, it was a man's voice out of nowhere, the same as the one he had heard in his dreams.

The man, accompanied by soft music, gushed in his ear, tirelessly chanting, "The Manchu Tartars are greedy and cruel, which is really unprecedented in ancient and modern times!" For more than 200 years, the cruelty of foreign races and the poison of tyrants have made my Han people unbearable, and the ninth generation will never forget!

The Kunshan Massacre, '4 out of 10 people in the city, 2 out of 10 people who fell into the river and threw themselves into the well, 2 out of 10 people who were captured, 1 out of 10 people who escaped, and 1 out of 10 people who escaped from hiding ......

The Guangzhou Massacre, 'Jiashen changed his surname, and he was killed for seven years. He is innocent of the people, and then he will suffer from the six poles. Blood spattered on the streets, and ants gather to eat. The hungry bird pecked at the intestines and flew up to the north of the city. The north wind is a cow, and the skulls are piled up. Or like a pagoda, or like a mountain. The five elements are exhausted, there is no wisdom and no foolishness, no nobility and no cheapness, and they are all in the same area......

The Nanxiong Massacre, 'the nests of swallows in the empty forest, and the corpses are like mountains and reckless...... The dead were taken captive without a head, and with a head they were in the company of the headless. The bloody scorched earth covers the red face, and the orphan child is still pregnant with her mother. ’

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The sound with music was like the sound of chanting, far and near, light and heavy, and kept chanting in his ears, saying over and over again, saying that Wu Jianzhang went from waking to sleep, and from sleepland to waking again.

In the monitoring room, Zhu Yangni said with a smile: "It's almost, let's give Wu Jianzhang some ice water first, and then go to the audio-visual synchronization." ”

Wu Jianzhang woke up from the dream in a daze, feeling that his mouth was dry, he unconsciously sucked the tube in his mouth, and another stream of clear spring flowed into his mouth.

Suddenly, a terrifying sound passed through his ears, and he opened his eyes suddenly, and a faint light appeared in front of Wu Jianzhang, and soon many filaments of light floated across the wall in front of him. Although there was some faint light, Wu Jianzhang's head could not move, he could only blur into the empty cell, to the black walls on both sides. A glimmer of light kept coming out in the distance, and soon many demons and monsters appeared, as well as the flames of hell. The horror became louder and louder, and the little ghost seemed to be floating in front of him, so frightened that Wu Jianzhang hurriedly shouted, "God, Bodhisattva, spare your life." ”

The nine-headed monster and devil opened his bloody mouth, Wu Jianzhang quickly closed his eyes, and kept chanting, "Taishang Laojun is as anxious as a law, Taishang Laojun is as anxious as a law!" ”

It didn't take long for all the sounds to disappear. There was silence in the black prison, Wu Jianzhang heard his heartbeat again, he quickly opened his eyes, and a rotating blue planet appeared in front of him. It didn't take long for a loud and deep sound to fill the room, from far to near, from weak to strong.

Under the hypnotization of powerful psychotropic drugs, Wu Jianzhang went to the demons and monsters in hell in a daze, saw the bright stars in the heavenly palace, burned and looted after the Qing soldiers entered the customs, and went to the anti-Qing righteous army to shout "oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty", and went forward one after another.

"Dry Xianfeng, anti-Qing and restore Ming" In his sleep, Wu Jianzhang was still shouting along.

"Dry over Xianfeng, anti-Qing and restore Ming" Wu Jianzhang muttered in his dream, and woke up from his dream again. This time he found himself lying on the bed of the former brothel, his feet piercing with pain. Wu Jianzhang sat up, took off his socks and checked, and found that the soles of his feet were branded with the words "Qingming and repeated".

"Qingming, repeatedly" Wu Jianzhang muttered twice in his mouth, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, isn't this "anti-Qing and restoring sight"? ! Wu Jianzhang didn't dare to make a noise, and quietly asked for a small sedan chair to send him back to the mansion. ** The pain, coupled with the trauma of the soul, Wu Jianzhang could only hide in the villa and did not dare to see people.