One evening a few days later, after pushing a few rounds of pai gow at a gambling stall near the Sixteen Shop Pier, Lao Scar, the leader of the Axe Gang, came out with a cigarette in his mouth, unbuttoned his pants by the stinky ditch behind the alley and began to release water.

A black shadow walked over quietly, the old scar hummed a joke about Suzhou Pingdan, shook his head, and sprayed a water dragon under his crotch, so happy that he didn't notice that the danger was approaching.

The black shadow raised the axe and slashed it without hesitation, the sharp axe fell with the sound of the wind, the old scar was the hob meat that had been mixed in the rivers and lakes for many years, and his head was subconsciously biased, but the head dodged, and the body couldn't dodge, the axe was slashing on his shoulder, deeply embedded in the bones.

The old scar was hit by an axe, the adrenaline rose rapidly, and he didn't feel the pain, but pulled the axe out of the shoulder with his backhand and slashed it back, the black shadow had already taken precautions, dodged and dodged, the old scar roared angrily and pounced, strangled his neck, the two scuffled together, and after a few turns, the old scar on the shoulder, which was bleeding, finally fell to the ground.

The black shadow picked up the axe, pressed the palm of the old scar to the ground, chopped off the fingers one by one, and the blood picked up his face, but he didn't hesitate in the slightest, and after doing all this, he lifted the old scar's body into the stinky ditch, and then walked away.

Twenty minutes later, in the locker room of the Petersburg Pachinko room, Li Yaoting put plaster on his face in front of the mirror, and the collar of his shirt was full of blood, and his colleague walked in and asked, "Foreman, what's wrong, got into a fight with someone?" ”

"It's okay, I fell, thank you for your concern." Li Yaoting grinned, replied politely, picked up the towel and looked at himself in the mirror, carefully wiped the blood spots on his forehead, and wore a black celluloid pen sleeve on his little thumb.

After dressing up, Li Yaoting stood at the door of the pachinko room, looked left and right, popped a three-gun battery from the cigarette case into his mouth, took out a lighter and lit it, took a deep breath and sprayed smoke from his nostrils.

He saw the four deflated people wearing old felt hats squatting in the corner of the wall, nodded slightly, and pressed the brim of the hat to twist his head to the side.

Petrov's boss dragged his fat body out of the club and went to the pachinko room across the road to inspect the business, the winter in Shanghai was not cold at all, especially for a Russian, who had just drunk a bottle of vodka, and sweat beads were oozing from his thick neck, which was very comfortable.

The streets were bustling with traffic as usual, and as Petrov reached the door of the pachinko room, suddenly a group of deflated people rushed over, and God knows how their thin bodies contained so much force that they knocked Petrov, who weighed two hundred pounds, to the ground.

Petrov cursed in Russian, he felt a hand reach into his bosom to pull out the wallet and the gold watch, these hateful little red guys had the audacity to rob the streets, if he had been twenty years younger, Petrov could have easily subdued them, but unfortunately he was old.

"Stop!" An angry roar sounded, and then Petrov felt a lightness on his body, and struggled to prop himself up to see, the foreman of the pachinko room, Li Yaoting, scuffled with this gang of thieves, and the siren sounded in the distance.

Petrov crawled over to see that Li Yaoting had a deep blood cut on his back.

"Lee!" Petrov shouted eagerly, Li Yaoting is a new guy in the pachinko room, witty and clever, with the loyalty of northerners, and can speak a few words of English, very appreciated by himself, in just a few months he was promoted to the foreman, if it were not for the natural contempt for the Chinese, Petrov even wanted to hand over the pachinko room to him to take care of, now it seems that there are also men among the Chinese.

……

In Hengyang, Hunan, the battalion of the Third Division of the Beiyang Army, although there was no goose feathers and heavy snow in the winter in the south, it was extremely wet and cold, and the sentries at the gate of the camp were so cold that their cheeks were red, and they still stuck to their posts.

A group of students came suddenly, claiming to petition Wu Dashuai, the sentry did not dare to slack off, and urgently reported to the Chinese army, after a while, but saw an old army hurrying alone and greeted the students: "Wu is late, please come inside." ”

The students looked at each other, unable to believe that this forty-year-old veteran was the legendary victorious general Wu Peifu, but judging by his calm bearing and sentinel's respectful attitude, it was clear that he was Wu Dashuai.

"Dashuai, save Hunan, save us." The leading student shouted coldly.

The rest of the male and female students also followed closely and shouted, "Dashuai, save 30 million Hunan people." ”

"What's going on? Take your time. Wu Peifu hurriedly asked.

The leading student took out a petition from his bosom, held it high above his head, and said: "Wu Dashuai, this is a petition from our Hunan academic circles, please uphold justice and expel Zhang Jingyao." ”

Wu Peifu tightened his eyebrows and said: "Zhang Inspector is an overseer appointed by the Beijing government, I, Wu Peifu, am just a division commander, you have found the wrong person, if you want to expel Zhang Jingyao, you have to go to Beijing to find the president." ”

The student said: "The Beijing government is controlled by the Anfu Congress, everyone in the world knows, Zhang Jingyao looks up to Duan Qirui's snort, the same is a national thief, Zhang thief is in Hunan, rampant expropriation, disbandment of the school, the people are bankrupt, swallow their anger, only Hengyang Wu Dashuai jurisdiction, the people live and work in peace and contentment, peace and prosperity, we don't want Zhang Jingyao, we want Wu Dashuai!" ”

The students in the back raised their arms together and shouted: "Wu Dashuai, Wu Dashuai!" ”

The mustache on Wu Peifu's lips slowly curled.

The student said: "Woohoo, there is a tendency to overcome the rising of the division, not to mention that the people of Hunan Province hope for the savior of the handsome, if the hope of the great drought is cloudy." ”

As he spoke, he knelt down with his hands raised and cried.

The students also knelt down, crying bitterly.

Wu Peifu helped this one up, and that knelt down, he couldn't be busy at all, and the soldiers of the Third Division slowly gathered around, listening to the students' accusations against Zhang Dujun, and couldn't help but shed tears.

"The people of Hunan have really suffered." Wang Degui said with emotion, raised his sleeve and wiped the corners of his eyes, he and Chen Zikun happened to pass by the camp gate and saw this scene.

Chen Zikun stared at Wu Peifu's every move, and suddenly said, "The division commander seems to be quite useful. ”

Wang Degui said: "That's not it, who are the college students, all of them are Wenqu stars, and they all kneel down for our teacher, can they be used?" ”

Chen Zikun didn't speak, but he was thinking in his heart, May Fourth was so troublesome, Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng's Anfu government was put on the fire and roasted, pointed out by all the people, this is the time of day, located in the front line of the war between the north and the south, you can get the help of the southern armies at any time, this is the location, the people's wishes, even college students come to beg him to go north, so to speak, the time and place are favorable, Wu Peifu occupies all, it seems that a vicious war is not far away.

Wu Peifu over there reassured the students and promised to give a reply as soon as possible, but the students did not comply, saying that they would not leave if they could not get a reply, but they did not expect that this trick would not be difficult for Wu Dashuai, Wu Peifu immediately asked the adjutant to entertain them to stay, and they were entertained with good food and rice.

Back at the headquarters, Wu Peifu high-fived and laughed: "It's a big thing." ”

A middle-aged man in a long shirt and glasses said: "Congratulations to the general, the Northern Expedition is just around the corner." ”

Wu Peifu said: "Wait a little longer, this time I will go north, I will not take the lives of 30,000 soldiers as a child's play." ”

The middle-aged man nodded and said: "To open the north, Lu Rongting in Guangxi, and Tang Jiyao in Yunnan should breathe a sigh of relief, and they can ask them for some opening fees appropriately, and Hunan Tan Yanmin and Zhao Hengti should also express themselves, so that at least 600,000 military salaries can be raised, and with this money, it will not be a problem to solve Zhang Jingyao." ”

Wu Peifu said with a smile: "To fight Zhang Jingyao, you don't need the third division to go out, as long as I withdraw, the Hunan army will be enough for the headache surnamed Zhang." ”

The middle-aged man said: "The general is wise, so how should I deal with it now?" ”

Wu Peifu said: "Power on again!" ”

……

The monotonous days passed very quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the three-month agreement had already arrived, but Chen Zikun still had no news, and Jian Bing was worried that he would not be able to find a place for Chen Zikun to come back due to his move, or that he could not receive the letter, so he went back to the place where he was doing business every three or five to ask.

The fireworks world has always been a new person for an old person, after Jianbing washed her hands, a newcomer immediately took her place, and the one who renewed the lease of this courtyard was a girls' school book named Liu Ruyan, and Jianbing were sisters brought out by a mother.

"Sister, I'll keep an eye on it, if there is a letter or telegram, send someone to send it immediately." Liu Ruyan smiled.

"Please, sister, I won't bother my sister to do business." Jian Bingyingying got up and left, Liu Ruyan personally sent out the door, waved a handkerchief and said, "Sister often comes to play." ”

Seeing the Oldsmobile car go away, Liu Ruyan still had a smile on his face, returned to the book, and took out two letters from the drawer, one from Guangzhou and the other from Hengyang, Hunan.

"Sister, I'll burn it to you." Liu Ruyan cocked her orchid fingers, put the two letters on the kerosene lamp and lit them.

Coming out of the four roads, Jian Bing felt uneasy, and the ghost sent the gods to the Zhabei Jingwu Association to find the hall owner Huo Dongge to ask Chen Zikun's whereabouts.

"Ms. Jianbing, please come with me." Huo Dongge's expression was serious, and he took Jian Bing to a room, where there were two sets of tablets in the center, one was that of Huo Yuanjia, the founder of the Jingwu Society, and the other was written with Chen Zhen's name on it.

"Fifth junior brother, he is gone, he sacrificed for the country and the nation, and we will not forget him." Huo Dongge lit a stick of incense and handed it to Jianbing.

Jian Bing didn't answer, turned around and left, rushed out of the Jingwu meeting and got into the car, hurriedly started, blindly driving on the road, letting the winter wind blow through the car window with a tearful face.

It wasn't until the evening that the depressed Jianbing returned to the apartment, and the debt collector sat in the house, although Jianbing had washed his hands in a golden basin, but the specifications of food and clothing were the same as before, and it took at least three hundred yuan a month to pass away.

The landlord, the owner of the rice shop, the shopkeeper of the jewelry shop, and the fur shop all nodded: "Miss Jianbing, you are back, do you see if this account is settled first?" ”

Jianbing took off the diamond ring in his hand and threw it on the table, and took off the jade bracelet: "Is it enough?" Not enough yet. ”

"Enough, enough." The creditors laughed and retreated.

Jianbing cried alone, and only after a long time did he sigh, clean up his head, and prepare to go back to Sima Road tomorrow and open for business.

Suddenly, the servant came with a large bouquet of flowers and reported, "Sir, someone has put this at the door." ”