Li Xuan's eyelashes fluttered, as if desperately trying to get out of that nightmare.

This nightmare is so realistic, too terrifying. In her own family, although her father is not the most valued room. But she has always been the object of attention in her own family and among her peers in the entire Surabaya Chinese family! No one will wronged her, not even her own brother will let her go everywhere. Needless to say, her parents doted on her.

There were even young officials of the colonial authorities, who, despite the ban on intermarriage with Chinese families, were ready to abandon their positions in the colonies and propose to her!

But sneaked out of the house and followed his brother into the streets. But I encountered so many hideous faces, so many injuries, so many deaths, so much blood, and so many screams and screams of the girls around me who were forcibly dragged away......

A pair of silver beast eyes seemed to still surround her, and a pair of black hands reached out to her from all sides. Judging from her nineteen-year-old and caring life, she has never met it! Her self-esteem, her pride, do not tolerate the desecration of these things. I seem to have put a knife to my heart?

And then what......

It seems that in the midst of one vibration after another, I heard a somewhat familiar voice that had been directing everyone. When other voices are noisy and flustered, the conductor's voice has always maintained a certain calm?

In the midst of the endless nightmare, she seemed to be falling downward, and the voice held her all the time. Don't let her sink into the bottomless abyss.

Warm ......

It was as if he had seen a person, and everyone else was surrounding him, and everyone's eyes were looking at him anxiously and dependently. And who is that person?

She slowly opened her eyes, only to feel that all she saw were shaking shadows. As soon as I gasped for breath, my left rib side hurt so much that I almost fainted again. She didn't even dare to moan, waiting for the figures swaying in front of her to slowly become clearer.

It took a while for her to make out what she was seeing. Lying on the big bed in his room, people came and went, and everyone had a smoky look on their faces. The subordinates, who had to behave calmly, were so elated that they stumbled around the house as if they were drunk, as if they didn't know what they should do.

is still a close-fitting old mother, and she saw Li Xuan wake up. Hurriedly shouted out of the house: "Madam! Miss woke up! ”

All memories returned to Li Xuan's mind, what happened just now was not a nightmare, it was a real thing! What happened later? How did you get home? What about them, brother? What about the Chinese youths who took to the streets together? And what about the indigenous thugs? She struggled to move, and lay back in pain, only to find that she was wrapped in a thick bandage from her shoulder to her right rib, and the wound did not know how deep it was, and it was only throbbing for a while.

The girl has suffered such a grievance in her life, and with the fear of it, tears suddenly swirled in her eyes. When I saw my mother carrying her skirt, she hurried over with a look of fireworks on her face. Where can I still hold back, tears are dripping down from the big light blue eyes. I didn't dare to cry yet, and I pulled the wound when I moved.

Her mother hurriedly sat down beside her, and the mother and daughter cried together, both of them looking at each other more and more sad and afraid. After a while, her mother comforted Li Xuan in English: "It's all over...... Your father is accompanying the Lord of Qingguo...... Your brother is fine, why did you sneak out? Our Lady Maria, thanks to a lady of the Qing Kingdom, who saved you back...... Tens of thousands of aboriginal thugs who should have been cursed are besieging here, and the cannons have been bombarded all the way to our doorstep! God, this is hell. It's all right, it's all right......"

The Lord of the Qing Kingdom? Li Xuan's eyes rolled, but he still couldn't figure it out. There are fragments of memories in a trance in my mind, but they can't be reconciled.

It was as if a pair of hands had lifted themselves from the cold and despair......

Thinking of this, the girl forgot about the pain, bit her lip and rolled her eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.

The mother looked at her daughter, who was usually eccentric, but now pitiful. Lovingly kissed her forehead: "Honey, rest quickly, those are the things that gentlemen worry about, we only need to pray to God at this time......"

As she spoke, she waved her subordinates to stand down, and she stayed by her daughter's side, just touching her hair.

Li Xuan's thoughts didn't turn for long, and because of excessive blood loss, he fell into a deep sleep.

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Xu Yifan completely forgot the Miss Li family he had rescued at this time.

Things have been done, only to stay the course. Now the first thing is to clean up the aftermath! To appease the Chinese community, this favor cannot be done in vain. By the way, the evidence of the rioters' rebellion was searched and examined, which was used as a copy of the action to protect overseas Chinese. And also to immediately protest to the colonial authorities in Java!

I have to take advantage of the reason first, and then slowly fight the lawsuit. He has already found two reasons, the first is that the Qing Dynasty recognizes dual nationality, since he is a member of the Nanyang Chinese Society, he has to interfere in this matter! When necessary, when the foreigners were to be invoked to fight the Second Opium War, the reason for firing artillery on Guangzhou was to protect overseas Chinese. Anyway, didn't the foreigners say it, what kind of bastard taught the Qing people the public law of all countries? I must bite him to death for the title of the Chincha Propaganda Committee!

The second is to display the soldiers in front of the consulate, and put weapons on the members of the Chincha and their guards, when the flag of the Chincha Festival has been raised! The Dutch naval division, ignoring the regulations set by the Qing Dynasty, threatened the naval division and naval ships that entered the port of Surabaya to revise the coal and water replenishment according to the treaty! The fact that he was attached to the guard, and the scars were there, which is the proof. Even Master Xu himself has an opening on his head!

Mom's, it hurts to think about it.

After the bombardment was no more than four or five platoons, the natives just scattered and ran around. I no longer have the courage to dance with a knife and a gun. Escape faster than a rabbit. The foreign light infantry and armed sailors gathered in the vicinity of the wharf, while stunned by the boldness of the Qing people, reported back to the governor's palace, and hurriedly collected their clothes in the rain and went around to maintain order. Lieutenant Colonel De Tann didn't care about anything, just stared at Xu Yifan with dozens of people. And Xu Yifan didn't care about it, and took more than a dozen active attachés, and dozens of armed sailors who came to Zhiyuan to reinforce him, and then forcibly went west to the place where the disaster was most severe.

Of course, he did not forget the flag he was waving. Without further instructions from the Governor's Palace, Detanne followed closely behind with light infantry and policemen. Now they were even frightened by the action to stop it. These Qing people really dare to open fire!

Therefore, when Xu Yifan went ashore proudly under the escort of dozens of armed sailors and several sampans, the foreign soldiers and foreign ships did not dare to stop him. Zhiyuan Laiyuan had already fired at full power, sailing out of the range of the old guns of the port battery, and several 210 mm Krupp cannons, still emitting white smoke, pointed here!

As soon as he landed ashore, Xu Yifan ignored the murderous gaze cast by De Tanen, and beckoned Chu Wanli over. A stack of papers was handed to him.

Chu Wanli walked over with an excited expression, and Xu Yifan had already given him a stack of papers. It was all in the sound of artillery just now, on the bridge of Zhiyuan, and he seized the time to wave it.

"Wanli, one was sent to the Prime Minister's Yamen and Beiyang Yamen, and the other was sent to the Shanghai Daqing Times...... I'll force my consolation later, and attract the brigade of foreign soldiers here. The big change came suddenly, and they didn't have time to think of blocking external information. No matter what means you use, leave you a dozen or so people, seize the waterline telegraph room near the port, and risk your life to send these two telegrams! Got it? ”

Chu Wanli took the two stacks of paper and hurriedly glanced at them, the handwriting on them was crooked. knew that Xu Yifan was shaking his head while his mind was buzzing, and at the same time he forcibly calmed down and wrote as fast as possible!

Looking far away everywhere, this is also where Chu Wanli does not show it on his face, and admires Xu Yifan the most in his heart.

He gave a military salute with a flat chest: "My lord, don't worry." ”

Xu Yifan took another look at the injured cadet soldiers sitting and lying on the dock, especially Li Yunzong was seriously injured. Lying there, I don't know who is there, and some of the students who are slightly injured are still holding on to confront the foreigners around them. couldn't help but explain softly again: "Take care of Yunzong, after this quenching and refining, the big guys are all my baby bumps!" ”

After saying that, he made a gesture towards Zhang Xuzhou, and went straight to his own carriage, which was already in tatters and the wheels were still full of flesh and blood.

More than a dozen trainees who could still move, and dozens of armed sailors, followed closely behind him. Squeezed away the foreign soldiers who were a little stunned around him, and surrounded Xu Yifan and got into the carriage, and the Qinchajie flag was held by Zhang Xuzhou. Zhang Yu's horse shook the reins and suddenly roared away. De Tann also shouted a loud greeting, and dozens of foreign soldiers hurriedly followed. Along the way, the lieutenant colonel was still gritting his teeth: "As long as the order from the Governor's Mansion comes over, you bastard looks good!" ”

Seeing that the foreign soldiers in the brigade were led away by Xu Yifan, Chu Wanli cheered up and made a move: "Go!" ”

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Regarding Chu Wanli's cleverness and ability to do things, Xu Yifan was very relieved.

He got into the carriage with a calm face, leaned on the broken carriage board, and looked at the blood stains on the bottom of the carriage, which turned out to be a whirlwind. Zhang Yu held his arm, so he didn't fall down.

Although he had to do it in Surabaya, he had to do it, but this matter had a great impact, and he knew it completely!

The carriage was speeding on the road, and Xu Yifan's mind just couldn't move. All the means he can arrange now are arranged. At this time, the Qing Empire still had a little façade of the Westernization Movement, and a little bit of residual power that was barely tied to the Sino-French war, and it was still regarded as a big empire in Asia. In the minds of foreigners, it is slightly stronger than Turkey, which has threatened Europe for hundreds of years. In the past few years, the Prime Minister's Yamen has not suffered too much loss and has done too much. The negotiations of Chinese workers in Peru and the expulsion of overseas Chinese from the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines in the 16th year of Guangxu were quite reasonable and modest. I hope this time, this shelf won't fall down!

I took the risk here myself, just to get the upper hand. The face and the inside are all pulled...... Now is not after the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War and the collapse of the small country. The Qing Empire has truly become the sick man of East Asia!

Perhaps, everything is still roughly within my control...... There will be a more acceptable outcome of the negotiation. The premise is that you can't soften here!

I hope that this burst of cannons, the morale of the Surabaya Chinese community can be completely used by Master Xu. In any case, he also wants to take advantage of this opportunity to risk his life to stir up the trend of the Javanese Chinese community. In this way, in the midst of the turmoil, we can find a way to retreat with benefits!

National heroes have already done it, and the following should be planned for themselves. All kinds of thoughts and calculations came to Xu Yifan's mind one after another, and they could not be stopped. After the Surabaya catastrophe, there is nothing to see. When I think about the depths, I'm a little crazy.

The situation that was so complicated and involved for the first time was that it would inevitably shock the world, and it really required him to show all his knowledge and thoughts.

Instead, they seized the usurpation...... A reverse word shows how much effort he has to put in in this process!

The whole of Surabaya is still covered with smoke and fire. The streets are like ghost towns, with bricks and rubble everywhere and corpses everywhere. The black smoke rolled up for half a day, and I don't know when, it actually started to rain. The roof of the carriage had already been broken, and the rain poured directly on Xu Yifan's head, waking him up from his thoughts. Zhang Xuzhou had already taken off his tattered military uniform and covered Xu Yifan's head. Faithfully stand by his side.

Xu Yifan looked at the students in front of him and behind him. If you can see the harvest now, it is these students who have suddenly grown up and have gradually been tempered and formed......

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In the wooden hall of the Li family, there are figures coming and going everywhere. One by one, the Chinese wounded were carried in and lay down in the courtyard. At this time, the Li family all acted as nurses, and under the command of the Chinese doctors, they bandaged and fed water one by one. After this catastrophe, there was no distinction between rich and poor among the Chinese in Surabaya for a while. There is only the most fundamental connection in the bloodline.

Everyone was trembling with excitement, and they had not yet recovered from the frenzy of the rest of their lives. The Chinese youths who could still move spontaneously gathered and guarded around the houses and courtyards as long as there were Chinese people. They walked around with red eyes in their hands the balemon knives they had snatched from the mob. After this catastrophe, everyone seems to understand a truth, the net worth and surname of the Chinese can only be maintained by themselves, and they can only hold on to a group and struggle to survive!

Everyone was looking north, as if they were waiting for someone to arrive.

Li Yuanfu and Old Man Li walked around the courtyard on crutches tremblingly. Li Daxiong and Li Xing helped him, but they just looked at the wounded people who kept carrying in and helping them in, and several of them were silent. When I passed by the small incense altar of the house in the corner of the courtyard, I saw Li Daren, the eldest son of the Li family, kneeling there, huddled in a ball, muttering and chanting.

Li Yuanfu snorted, turned around and walked away.

Li Daxiong and Li Xing followed behind, and they heard the old man suddenly ask, "What about the injured attachés of Mrs. Xian and your lord?" ”

Li Daxiong hurriedly replied: "Mrs. Xian is tired, and several adult attachés are also seriously injured. They were all invited into the inner house, and several aunts were waiting there......"

Li Yuanfu stood still: "This time, our Surabaya Chinese Society, and even the entire Nanyang Chinese Society, owe this adult an unfinished love...... Let's be human beings, we can't forget our roots! ”

Li Xing raised his eyebrows and was about to speak excitedly, but when he was glared at by Li Daxiong, he didn't dare to open his mouth.

"Lord Xu has saved so many of our lives, and we can't help but repay Lord Xu...... Nobita, take advantage of this. You go and arrange the matter of our Javanese sect conference, and hold it as soon as possible! To settle this matter, internally and externally, Lord Xu wants people to ask for money, and we will break the house to supply! There is also a matter of fundraising, there is no need for this adult to mention it again, let's do our best to serve! ”

Li Daxiong responded, and Old Man Li handed over such an important matter as convening the sect conference to him. His status in the Li family has been promoted, that is a self-evident thing. But there was no excited look on his face, and he muttered: "I'm afraid that this matter will make a big fuss, and Lord Xu will ...... him."

The old man Li Yuanfu admits death and has been stubborn all his life. As soon as his eyes widened, he said loudly: "My old man only knows that without the cannon bombardment of the warship, we will really be ruined!" Let's support this Lord Xu just so that next time there is such a thing, he will bring a cannon to support our waist again! There is no such thing in the world that money is unfair, and I know those officials too well. Let's carry a silver mountain out and keep Lord Xu, that is, to protect ourselves! ”

Li Daxiong replied again, and still groaned: "That's ...... Holding a sect conference and fully supporting Lord Xu is to tie our Nanyang Li family to this lord in one place......"

"Tie it up in one place?" Li Yuanfu stroked his beard and rolled his eyes. Before he could speak, he heard shouts from far and near.

"Lord Xu's car!"

"Chincha Festival Flag!"

"Our Chinese Wanjia Buddha is here!"

Li Yuanfu saw that Li Daxiong was still holding him, and he took a cane: "Don't go to greet him yet!" ”

When the words fell, Li Xing had already blushed and threw away his grandfather's arm, so as not to flash the old man. After slipping out, he ran out, and shouted louder than anyone else: "Lord Xu! Lord Xu! ”

In the rain, it was Xu Yifan who came in the rain.

He was in the carriage, drenched, but still standing straight. Thousands of Chinese people cried and cried to him with unprecedented enthusiasm.

Everyone reached out to him, everyone wanted to touch him.

At this moment, Xu Yifan looked at the surging crowd through the rain curtain, and looked at the passion that wanted to ignite the rain. The mood is agitated.

His prestige and status in the Nanyang Chinese Society will be unmatched from now on!

Although what awaits him below is still an unpredictable trend. I don't know where the tide of history is rolling, and he will be struggling to change the trajectory of this tide.

But at this moment, his faith turned out to be more abundant than he had ever been.

History has changed for him!

(To be continued)