Updated: 202-0-0

One afternoon in mid-August, Goshha smashed open the door of Wu Jianzhang's house, and Gilhanga broke in, "Wu Jianzhang, Wu Jianzhang, come out and meet me." ”

Gil Hang'a has been really anxious in the past two days, I don't know where Zhou Xiuying of the Little Knife Club has formed a team of foreign spearmen and killed Ding Guoen of Jiading Zhixian coldly.

Just two days ago, Ding Guoen, the magistrate of Jiading, led a team of men and horses outside the gap in the south gate of Shanghai City, inviting the battle from afar. As a result, a volley of guns came from the city wall, and at such a distance, Ding Guoen and several thousand generals, as well as more than fifty soldiers, were immediately shot and fell in a pool of blood. At this time, the south gate suddenly opened, and Zhou Xiuying, the female general of the righteous army, rode a big horse and led a team of men and horses to kill, Ding Guoen's team of men and horses died, wounded, and almost all the troops were wiped out. Even Ding Guoen's head was cut off by Zhou Xiuying and hung on the wall of the south gate.

In the past two days, Zhou Xiuying went out of the city every day to invite battles. Those who dared to go out of the city to confront each other came with rows of muskets. The muskets of Zhou Xiuying's foreign guns were as far as the Qing army's guns, but they were more accurate and more powerful than the guns. There were a few brave Qian Zong who led the team to battle, and they fought a few "crackling" battles, but they suffered heavy casualties. Since then, no one in the Qing army camp dared to fight, and all the soldiers and horses in the camp were timid, and the knives inside and outside the city would be thieves who had completely freely entered and exited the various gates of Shanghai.

Just when Gilhanga had nothing to do, Kuaima sent a will, and he promoted Wu Jianzhang's reinstatement report, which was approved by the emperor.

In the living room, Wu Jianzhang was disheveled, and he stood tremblingly in front of Gilhanga.

"What's the matter, after you were dismissed, you hid at home and pretended to be sick." Gilhanga looked Wu Jianzhang up and down, he was a man with a yellow flag in Manchuria, and he had always looked down on Han people who ate by mouth, especially treacherous businessmen.

Wu Jianzhang stuttered a little, "The foot is twisted, and the ankle is indeed twisted." ”

"Twisted foot? If you twist your foot, it won't affect your errands! Gilhanga sat on the chair, "The court can dismiss you, reinstate you, and cut off your head." ”

"No problem." Wu Jianzhang shuddered, "I can definitely do errands, and I should do my best for the imperial court." ”

Not long after Gilhanga left, his subordinates sent a name card and a gift list, "Gu Wusheng, the owner of Huafu Foreign Bank, on behalf of the British, American and French consuls, came to congratulate the Lord Daotai on his reinstatement. ”

Gu Wusheng entered Shanghai in early June, organized Huafu Foreign Bank, sold high-quality luxury jewelry, set up an industry, and soon opened up the situation. He is good at dancing with long sleeves, has formed friendships with consuls of various countries in Shanghai, and maintains close cooperation with major foreign banks in Shanghai.

Gu Wusheng made friends in Shanghai, and naturally had a good relationship with Wu Jianzhang. Although Gu Wusheng's Chinese-American identity made Wu Jianzhang scoff, Wu Jianzhang was born as a comprador after all, and the two often had common topics in foreign affairs.

Gu Wu was born just in time, and Gilhanga had just assigned Wu Jianzhang to contact European and American consuls to "borrow foreign teachers and work together to suppress thieves". Gu Wusheng came to discuss it, but what puzzled Wu Jianzhang was that not long after Ji Hang'a left, the news spread?

"Congratulations, congratulations!" As soon as Gu Wusheng entered the living room, he congratulated Wu Jianzhang and congratulated him on his reinstatement. It turned out that Gilhanga had informed the consulates of various countries in Shanghai early this morning that the imperial court had issued a holy decree, and Wu Jianzhang was still acting as the superintendent of Shanghai Daotai and Jiang Customs. On behalf of the British, American, and French consuls, he specially came to invite Wu Jianzhang to a dinner, and the concession held a ball at the Oriental Club tonight for Wu Jianzhang's reinstatement.

Gu Wusheng sat down and asked with great concern: "Lord Daotai has just been reinstated, so there must be not enough manpower, right?" I heard that your old Daobiao camp is gone. ”

Wu Jianzhang shook his head, "The battle is tense, Lord Futai merged the Daobiao battalion into the South Gate camp, and I heard that the city was attacked at the end of July, and they were all killed and wounded. ”

"If you are once again appointed to the Shanghai Daotai, you will naturally have to rebuild the military and Taoist standard battalion. Come, I'll recommend you a talent. As he spoke, Gu Wusheng pointed behind him, "Lin Shenhe, you should have heard of it." He had just returned from abroad, had studied military affairs in Europe and the United States, was proficient in Western firearms, and was familiar with the tactics of Western firearms. ”

Lin Shenhe is now a native of Shanghai. Gu Wusheng searched for a long time in Shanghai, and found out that there was a dilapidated family surnamed Lin in Linjiaqiao, not far from the American Concession, whose parents and elderly people had all died, leaving only two young children, and the family's land had been seized by the clansmen, leaving only a few dilapidated houses. However, the Lin family also has an eldest son, Aman, who was abducted to the West many years ago to pan for gold. After figuring out the situation, Gu Wusheng continued to send people to send letters and money in the name of Lin Shenhe, saying that he had made a fortune panning for gold in the West and had changed his name to Lin Shenhe, and also sent black and white photos of Lin Shenhe in a dress.

After Lin Shenhe rushed to Shanghai from Mingxing Island, he entered the Lin family very smoothly, and visited the clan and neighbors as the son of the Lin family. When Lin Shenhe saw them, he kept saying that he wanted to take his younger siblings to go abroad, and thanked the neighbors for taking care of his family. The Lin family's son left home when he was more than ten years old, and the old neighbors couldn't remember his appearance, and they all had ghosts, and they were very worried in their hearts.

After Lin Shenhe got the fake identity, he immediately took the two little brothers and sisters he picked up and came to Huafu Foreign Bank. Soon he joined the Concession Volunteer Corps organized by the Ministry of Industry of the Concession as an employee.

After the uprising of the Little Knife Society, warships from Britain, France, and the United States also arrived in Shanghai to protect the so-called expatriate. In April 54, the British, American, and French armies divided the defense area of the Shanghai Concession, and the Anglo-American, American, and French Concessions simultaneously set up volunteer teams to protect the so-called security of the concession.

In the Concession Volunteer Corps, some Westerners looked down on Lin Shenhe, a little white face in the East. The first time he participated in the training, Lin Shenhe first beat the foreign gun team with his fists and feet, and then compared shooting, whether it was the rate of fire or the accuracy, Lin Shenhe was the first. When it comes to Western military affairs, it is even more gushing. After a few rounds, no one dared to show off in front of Lin Shenhe by the instructors of the foreign gun team.

"It turned out to be Mr. Lin, I heard that you specialize in Western military affairs." Wu Jianzhang was very happy, "I hope Mr. can help me." ”

"Serve the adults." Lin Shenhe stepped forward, arched his hand to Wu Jianzhang, smiled slightly, and the four white teeth were particularly distinct, "The soles of Lord Daotai's feet don't hurt, right?" ”

"You~~~" Wu Jianzhang was startled, he hurriedly looked around and drove all the family members and servants down.

Seeing that there was no one on the left and right, Gu Wusheng walked to Wu Jianzhang's side, "Lord Daotai, I have a talking gadget here, adults identify it, and listen to whose voice it looks like." ”

As he spoke, Gu Wusheng took out a walkman from his pocket and pressed it lightly, and the machine immediately emitted Wu Jianzhang's voice, "Dry Xianfeng, anti-Qing and restore Ming."

"Dry over Xianfeng, anti-Qing and restore Ming" This is the voice that lingers in his mind every day, Wu Jianzhang couldn't help but read two sentences along, he was suddenly startled, his fingers hung in the air, his whole body was trembling, and his speech became incoherent, "You~~Who are you~~, what do you ~~ want to do~~?" ”

"Lord Daotai, we are who you are." Gu Wusheng smiled slightly, and put his head close to Wu Jianzhang, "As for what to do, we are here to save you." ”

Wu Jianzhang slumped in the chair, his face was blue and purple, and he said softly, "Save ~~me, I~~ What can I do?" ”

Gu Wusheng patted Wu Jianzhang's shoulder, very sincere, "Brother, have you heard of Tai Jisheng?" Do you know what it means to be self-respecting? With that, he turned back to his seat, "You seem to be reinstated now, this is all the credit of the Westerners, and Gilhanga needs the foreigners to help him eliminate the Little Knife Society." You are for your own selfishness, the dog and the fly camp, let the knife will take advantage of the city, don't you know? You are captured by the knife club, and you only care about pity and beggar, don't you know that Gilhanga? The foreigner forced him, he had to reinstate you as an official, and when the knife would be exterminated, do you want me to say the end? ”

Wu Jianzhang was speechless, his head was a mess. Stacks of anti-Qing pictures have just sunk, and the sound of "turning Xianfeng and restoring the Qing Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty" is lingering again; As soon as he covered his ears, his wife and children were tied up and taken to the execution ground, and the images of the beheadings appeared again, as if his head had been cut off by Gilhanga.

Wu Jianzhang's head was full of sweat, and a large string of sweat beads fell straight down, he shook his head, reached out to pick up the teacup, and took a sip of tea to calm down, "Dry turn over Xianfeng, anti-Qing and restore Ming, dry turn over Xianfeng, anti-Qing and restore Ming" The mess in his head was flashing again, Wu Jianzhang rubbed his temples with his hands, and muttered in his mouth, "Dry over Xianfeng, anti-Qing and Ming~~~~"

Stretching out the head is a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife. Wu Jianzhang made up his mind, he raised his head and asked Gu Wusheng, "You are also a knife club?"

Gu Wusheng showed his change and nodded approvingly, "It's not you, it should be us." ”

"Yes, it's us" Wu Jianzhang smiled bitterly, he didn't want to get on the thief ship, but he also got on the thief ship, "We are also the Little Knife Club?" ”

Gu Wusheng shook his head and said with a smile: "What will the knife be?" Fujian and Guangzhou are five parties, Ningbo and Shanghai are each one party, and the rabble composed of seven gangs, short-sighted, hot-headed exiles, they will perish sooner or later. ”

"You come to our army." As he spoke, Gu Wusheng took out a stack of black and white photos from his sleeve pocket and handed them to Wu Jianzhang. These photos from modern film and television show all the Ming heroes with flying flags, shining weapons, and majestic eight-sided majesty.

Black and white photos, Wu Jianzhang has long seen it from foreigners, he asked: "This is our people?" ”

"Yes, this is our Ming army. We are the descendants of King Lu's subordinates, and we have 100,000 heroes overseas. Saying that, Gu Wusheng stood up and took out the appointment document from his arms, "Today's cabinet has agreed to appoint Wu Jianzhang as the deputy Qianhu of Songjiang Jinyi Wei of the Ming Dynasty of China. ”

Wu Jianzhang respectfully took the yellow satin, which read:

"The system of power supervision and control of the state says:

The puppet Manchu Qing supervised the Jiangnan Customs sub-patrol Su Songtai soldier Wu Jianzhang, although he was in charge of the dynasty, he admired Wang Hua. Now the Ming Dynasty revitalizes the East China Sea, Jianzhang both wholeheartedly returns, and the Holy Dynasty contains Hongguang and abandons flaws. Special decree was given to Wu Jianzhang Songjiang Jinyi Wei Deputy Thousand Households. ”

At the beginning of the text, on August 12, 2695, the Republic was stamped with the seal of "The Treasure of the Ming Dynasty", and he looked up with some confusion and pointed to the year name on the letter of appointment, "Republic 2695?" ”

"King Lu and other orphans of the Ming clan have not been found, so they have to follow the example of the ancient sages and republics, and the cabinet will lead everything. The cabinet plans to vote and stamp the Daming treasure seal left by Lord Chongzhen! Gu Wusheng said, his hands clenched into fists in the upper left void, his expression extremely respectful.

Wu Jianzhang hurriedly stood up and respectfully clasped his fists upwards and saluted.

"You and Lin Shenhe are both colleagues of Jinyiwei, and Lord Lin is a thousand households of Songjiang Jinyiwei, and he is your Shangguan." Gu Wusheng's fierce gaze stared at Wu Jianzhang, "Your mission is to help the Manchu Tartars eliminate the Little Knife Society?" ”

Wu Jianzhang looked at Gu Wusheng suspiciously, "Help the Manchu Tartars eliminate the Little Knife Society?" ”

"That's right, it's to help the Manchu Tartars eliminate the Little Knife Society. You and Lord Lin are Guan Yunchang of the Ming Dynasty, 'in Cao Ying, and in Han'. If you don't eliminate the Little Knife Society earlier, how can you and Lord Lin be promoted in the Manchu Dynasty. ”

The next morning, outside the thick and towering Shanghai city wall, the Qing army camped at the south gate, and the flag fluttered. About a kilometer opposite the camp was a pidgin, and in the grass of the embankment on the other side of the river lay three men in camouflage uniforms, each holding a telescope and aiming at the avenue outside the camp gate.

"Do you know no, there are several people with red cherry hats who come and go, but none of them are Hu Songlin, Qin Ruhu, or Liu Cunhou?" Fu Baichen was a little impatient.

"Calm down!" Lin Shenhe showed four white teeth, "You can't just point at it." ”

As he spoke, a group of men and horses walked out of the camp, and an official walked in the middle on horseback, as if they were about to run towards the south gate.

"Just him." Wu Jianzhang shouted, "He is Liu Cunhou, the head of the Criminal Department." ”

"You're not mistaken?" Fu Baichen put down his binoculars and picked up the Cheytacm200 sniper rifle equipped with a silencer, and he aimed at the official with a slight suspicion.

"I won't admit my mistake, Liu Cunhou was originally a Beijing official, and when he was ordered to come to Suzhou on business, the knife would cause trouble, so he was entrusted with a battalion of soldiers. He was a confidant of Gilhanga, and I dealt with him a lot. Wu Jianzhang looked at Liu Cunhou carefully from the telescope. At this moment, there was a sound of glass bottles cracking around "Bang", and Liu Cunhou in the camera fell from his horse to the ground at once, and the soldiers suddenly panicked, like headless flies scurrying around. There were a few people who looked like soldiers surrounded Liu Cunhou's body, and more people ran out in the direction of the camp gate.

"Killed, right in the head." Fu Baichen smiled and put away the guy.

"Withdraw!" Lin Shenhe lowered his voice.

The three of them bent over a patch of reeds, and a carriage stopped on the side of the road.

Liu Cunhou is over like this, Wu Jianzhang really got to Liu Cunhou's head full of blood. He sat in the carriage, his heart still pounding. Two miles away can kill a person silently, which is completely beyond Wu Jianzhang's imagination.

"Dry over Xianfeng, anti-Qing and restore Ming" Lin Shenhe stroked his shoulder with his hand.

"Dry over Xianfeng, anti-Qing and restore sight!" The pictures in his head were in the movie again, and Wu Jianzhang couldn't help clenching his fists.