The Jiang room was quiet, no one spoke, Xu Shichang closed his eyes and gasped, saying what he was thinking, Xiong Chengji stared at Xu Shichang's ravine-horizontal face, his expression was serious, and no one knew what he was thinking, as for the other people in this room, they also closed their mouths,

Xiong Chengji questioned Xu Shichang's words just now, which also makes sense, after all, more than 20 years have passed since the assassination of Song Jiaoren, and back then, the assassination case was an unsolved case. There is no trace of the assassin, and the main messenger behind the scenes is not sure which side of the force, so many years have passed, even if there are some clues left back then, I am afraid that now it has long been annihilated in the rolling waves of history, and it is almost impossible to find any convincing evidence to prove that Zhao Bei planned the assassination of the Song family.

Xiong Chengji asked Xu Shichang for evidence, which is understandable, after all, Song Jiaoren is his mentor, Zhao Bei is his old friend, although the relationship between Xiong Chengji and Zhao Bei has long been cracked because of serious differences in constitutional politics, and even estrangement, but after all, Zhao Bei has fulfilled his promise four years ago, not only ended the long-term state of government ahead of schedule, but also governed in a democratically elected government and Congress, this alone, Xiong Chengji is enough to look at Zhao Bei differently, Zhao Bei is now seeking a resurgence in the political circles, this is another matter, Although Xiong Chengji is also worried that he will carry out the government again, but at present, Xiong Chengji cannot be hostile to Zhao Bei because of his suspicions, not to mention, Zhao Bei has promised to make a political deal with him, in this case, Xiong Chengji is indeed difficult to believe what Xu Shichang just said.

Stance determines opinion, ass determines head, now. Xu Shichang himself is a big chaebol, and standing behind him is a Beiyang consortium with huge influence in China's industrial circles, and at this moment, most of the people standing in this room are also chaebols. Or the political representatives of the plutocracy, in this environment, in this atmosphere. Xu Shichang suddenly said that the assassination of Song Jiaoren was caused by Zhao Bei, and it is indeed difficult for people to believe that this kind of statement is the truth.

Zhao Bei has now made it clear that once he is elected the next president. From this point of view, most of the chaebols and politicians present have every reason to stand on the opposite side of Zhaobei, why won't Xu Shichang stand on the opposite side of Zhaobei?

"People die for money, birds die for food" For these chaebols, nothing is more important than their wealth, the world itself is a world where capital is king, in this world. Wealth determines everything, wealth is everything, social status, political power are built on the basis of wealth, in order to pursue wealth small chaebols can sell everything, including this country, in the face of capital, there are no borders, the struggle between countries, in fact, is the struggle between chaebols, at least in this era, this is particularly strong.

Now, Zhao Bei is coming to restrict the chaebols from pursuing their wealth kingdom, so it's strange that the chaebols don't jump over the wall in a hurry.

Xiong Chengji has been in politics for many episodes, and he is no longer the simple idealist he was back then, and he also knows a lot about political shady, so he will not easily believe Xu Shichang's words, and he even suspects that the Ministry of Tingbi brought him to this Jiangsu guild hall, the purpose of which is to separate him from Zhao Bei, so that he once again firmly opposes Zhao Bei's position.

"Alas. More than 20 years have passed since the assassination of Song Yuchu, and I have no conclusive evidence to support my suspicions. Now that you ask me for evidence, how can I get it? Back then, I had a political transaction with Song Yuchu, and I signed a note, but the note had already been burned by me, otherwise, I could show you what kind of concessions Beiyang made in order to quell the impeachment of the president in Congress? And what kind of promise did Song Yuchu make? In that case, you won't suspect me of being a fool. That's it. That's it. That's all I have to say, if you want to believe it. If you don't want to believe it, in short, I have explained the cause and effect of this incident to you. I have said everything that needs to be said, and the stone hanging in my heart has finally fallen, and I can sleep peacefully in the future. Okay, I'm tired, and I still have my own things to do. Drop off for me. ”

Xu Shichang opened his eyes, looked at Xiong Chengji, said a few words, and then ordered Zhou Xuexi to send off the guests.

Xiong Chengji had no choice but to say goodbye, and left the Jiangsu Hall with the Ministry of Tingbi, after Zhou Xuexi sent them to the car, he stood by the window and whispered a few words to the two.

"Two, these days have been hard, why don't you come to my place tonight, let's drink wine and chat, and discuss the affairs of the world these days."

Without waiting for Xiong Chengji to say something, Ministry Tingbi had already agreed for him.

"Brother Zhou is right, tonight I will be with Weigen to bother your house, and then I will inevitably tell you about my plans, since these days, too many things have happened in this country, but people of insight are helpless about it, we celebrities, national parliamentarians can not sit idly by, we have to take some practical actions to save this country, save the current constitutional situation.

"I may not be free tonight, so I might as well not go." Xiong Chengji excused.

But Zhou Xuexi said: "Weigen, you haven't been busy with official business recently, don't you even have time to drink a few glasses of wine?" That's it, when the time comes, I will send a car to pick you up at the newspaper office, but you won't come. Let's not have a banquet, just wait for you, anyway, you are also a distinguished guest, a distinguished guest from afar, how to say that we have to do some landlord friendship, this banquet is regarded as your reception banquet. ”

"I'm going back to Nanyang in a few days, but it's not appropriate to have a reception." Xiong Chengji shook his head. "That's the feast, in short, you must come. We're not going to see you anymore. ”

Zhou Xuexi smiled. A few more words of advice to the Ministry of Tingbi, then said goodbye to the two, and turned around and returned to the Jiangsu Hall.

Ministry Tingbi instructed the driver to drive the car to the newspaper where Xiong Chengji was staying before returning to his apartment.

Back at the newspaper office, Xiong Chengji went to find Zhang Taiyan first, but was told that Zhang Taiyan participated in Zhang Cha's spirit transfer ceremony and had not yet returned, Xiong Chengji felt quite strange, Zhang Taiyan left before him, but he did not return to the museum, and no one knew that he Weili went, and there was no one to speak, which made Xiong Chengji's mind even more troubled, pacing back and forth in the study, pondering what Xu Shichang said to him.

"Will Zhao Zhenhua send someone to assassinate Mr. Song? Will Mr. Song do it behind Zhao Zhenhua and Beiyang Dagan? Is there really a fine work sent by Zhao Zhenhua lurking around Song Zhusheng. "The thief Fangsheng's attaché also disappeared after the assassination? Xu Donghai told me these words, is it just a discord scheme?

There were too many questions swirling in Xiong Chengji's heart, but he couldn't find the answers, so the more he thought about it, the more troubled he became, so he simply called a handyman from the newspaper hall, gave him some money, and asked him to go to the street to buy some wine and food for himself, and borrow wine to drown his sorrows.

Waiting for the miscellaneous servants to buy wine and food, Xiong Chengji suddenly remembered that Zhang Taiyan may have been invited to participate in the banquet of Zhang's mansion, Xiong Chengji and Ministry Tingbi and others also received invitations, but they declined, now that they think about it, I am afraid that Ministry Tingbi is just to take Xiong Chengji to the Jiangsu Hall to listen to Xu Shichang's story, as for whether the story is true or false, only Xu Shichang himself knows.

At the beginning, Xiong Chengji was still drinking while pondering the truth of Song's assassination, but later, he was a strong drinker, he didn't drink much, and at this time he was unrestrained, so he soon got drunk, and simply lay down on the couch in the study, and fell asleep after a while.

Until six o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Taiyan rushed back to the hall with the students. Xiong Chengji was woken up by Zhang Taiyan, wiped his face with cold water, Xiong Chengji was a little sober, and was hesitating whether to tell Zhang Taiyan what Xu Shichang said. The car sent by Zhou Xuexi had already arrived at the newspaper office, and a housekeeper in Zhou's house was holding Zhou Xuexi's business card. Invite Xiong Chengji to the Zhou Mansion for a banquet.

Xiong Cheng basically didn't want to go, but he couldn't stand the housekeeper's soft grinding and hard bubbles. So he simply took Zhang Taiyan over with him, took the car of Zhou Fu, and went straight to Zhou Xuexi's mansion.

When he arrived at the place, Zhou Xuexi personally went out to greet him. There was also a large group of people who greeted Xiong Chengji in front of Zhou's mansion with Zhou Xuexi, many of whom were Xiong Chengji's old acquaintances, and even a few old people who followed Xiong Chengji to preside over the recovery work in Shaanxi, everyone was enthusiastic, Xiong Chengji got out of the car, and Zhou Xuexi shook hands with him first.

"Wei Root, I heard that you are going back to Nanyang soon, and tonight's banquet will be regarded as a wine banquet for you, so you must sit down."

Xiong Chengji immediately excused himself, and in the end, Zhou Xuexi sat on the table, Xiong Chengji sat next to Zhou Xuexi, and Zhang Taiyan sat on the other side of him.

An hour later, there was little left of the delicacies of the mountains and seas at the banquet, and the singer at the table began to perform the tactful singing again, singing the Jiangsu minor tune, Xiong Chengji's hometown flavor, but unfortunately Xiong Chengji couldn't listen to half a sentence.

。 Mr. Zhou, this banquet has been dispersed, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it. ”

Of course, Xiong Chengji would not think that Zhou Xuexi was really returning to the south for him, so after the banquet was dispersed, he said these few words to Zhou Xuexi.

Zhou Xuexi smiled faintly and said, "This is not the place to speak. Please also ask Weigen to move to the contemptible study, where we will talk in detail

Xiong Chengji nodded, Zhang Taiyan couldn't help but be a little angry when he saw that he didn't mean to invite him to go with him, but he was angry, and in the end he still calmed down, and continued to enjoy the singer's singing with the guests who stayed in the banquet hall.

Xiong Chengji followed Zhou Xuexi into the study, and then a few more people followed, most of them were Xiong Chengji's old acquaintances, Ministry Tingbi Xiao Rao Hanxiang, Tang Hualong, Duan Shirui, Wei Zifeng, Liu Renxiang, Zhang Zuoshuang, among these people, except for Rao Hanxiang is a professional politician, the rest of the people are basically chaebols and politicians, they are in different political groups and consortia, but their views on Xiong Chengji are highly consistent, at the banquet just now, everyone appreciates Xiong Chengji's insistence on the constitutional cause, obviously, They are now also on the side of the constitutionalists.

After the end of the Sino-Japanese Northeast Asian War, Xiong Chengji tried to send someone to contact Zhang Zuoshuang, but in the end he did not get in touch, because Zhang Zuoshuang did not want to mix with Xiong Chengji to oppose Zhao Bei's political affairs, Zhang Zuoshuang was preparing to abandon the military and engage in business, which can also be seen that this person is quite shrewd.

Now Zhang Zuoshuang is a leading figure in the industrial circles of the three eastern provinces, has a close relationship with the southeast consortium, and he is also a member of the House of Representatives, although he is not very familiar with Xiong Chengji, but he also admires Xiong Chengji very much, and even introduced his beloved son and daughter-in-law to Xiong Chengji at the table.

These people are all important figures in politics and business, and their every move, or even a word, may have an impact on the country's policy, and although there are only a few people who come, there are many more people standing behind them. What they represent is actually a class. The country, now in fact is controlled by this class.

There are so many people who show up, but what about those who don't? How many people are there? How much power is there? Is it to gather so many people here just to show Xiong Chengji their power?

When these people gathered together, they would definitely not say anything about the storm, and from the beginning of this conversation, their position was made clear.

This opening remark was told by Zhou Xuexi, and it was straight to the point.

"Mikan. You are a smart person, you don't need to detour to talk to smart people, today, I invite you to come over, in fact, I want to discuss a very important matter with you, this matter is related to the future political trend of our country, it is by no means alarmist, and whether this matter can be done well or not, the key is on you, you nod, everything is easy to say, if you don't nod, we can only let others slaughter, as for the constitutional era, I am afraid that it will go away again. When we heard that you were going to return to Nanyang, we thought it was inappropriate, at this time, you could not leave China, and I hope you can stay and cooperate with us. Prevent Zhao Bei from running in the next presidential election. We know that Zhao Bei promised you the benefit of returning to Nanyang as soon as possible, but now, I can tell you that if you cooperate with us, we will give you more benefits, this is also a political transaction, but it is not a blank check, as long as you agree to cooperate, we can immediately provide a considerable political contribution to the constitutional party. With at least 100 million yuan, the Constitutional Party can easily win the next Lan Fang general election. ”

The meaning of this is already very clear, see you in the picture.

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