Along the road, Nyunjian had not gone far when he saw a rather luxurious garden house on the side of the road, with two large black iron gates, high walls, and a canopy of trees trimmed like small pavilions peeking out from the top of the wall. Inside the wall is a two-storey building with elaborate tiles, beautiful sconces and chic round windows.

On the iron gate of the wall hung a sign with gold letters on a black background.

"Chen Zhai"

"We're here!"

Niu Yongjian turned his head and looked at the people behind him with a smile.

"Xiaozhi, I'm going to come here so presumptuously, will it ......?"

"No, Mr. is a lover and will never care!"

When the doorbell rang, in the study of the main mansion of the Chen Mansion, Chen Moran looked at Zhang Jing who was standing, and he hadn't said a word for several minutes, just looked at him coldly.

And Zhang Jing, who maintained a standing posture, was dripping with sweat on his back, and the silence and forced gaze of the boss made him feel nervous.

"Humph!"

A cold snort broke the silence in the study, and Chen Moran raised his eyes coldly.

"Twenty-two lives, Zhang Jing, Zhang Jing! is so ruthless, I'm afraid it wasn't taught by Confucius! ”

Sweat dripped down his forehead, and the boss's cold words made Zhang Jing's heart tremble.

"The food of the king, the matter of loyalty! What Zhang Jing did was to share the worries of the boss! ”

"Killing people is also worrying about me!"

"People always have to be killed!"

Although he didn't raise his head, Zhang Jing's tone was full of affirmation.

"Boss, if you don't kill people, those guns will be seized, and Mazi and his gang will be seized, and they will kill Mazi, although they keep the guns, they can keep those people, and they may not reveal the news one day, killing one person is killing, and twenty people are also killing!"

Staring at Zhang Jing, who was still with his head down, although his eyes were cold and his face was fierce, Chen Moran still sighed in his heart for this person's decisiveness, but he was more surprised by this person's transformation, but in just a few days, he was no longer the person who read the books of sages and did hard work.

In his heart, Chen Moran appreciates his transformation, some things always have to be done, but people like this must be properly beaten before they can be used by themselves.

"Humph! There are more than two dozen people, if one day, the news comes out of their mouths! ”

The boss's words only made Zhang Jing's heart tremble.

"If the boss is not to blame, Jingzi will solve this matter!"

"How to solve it!"

A question poured out of Chen Moran's throat.

"Kill!"

As expected, when Zhang Jing spit out this word, Chen Moran sneered in his heart, this Zhang Jing's decisiveness and ruthlessness far exceeded his imagination, if this kind of person can't be subdued, there is no doubt that he will put a poisonous snake beside him.

"And what about the one who is still alive?"

The cold voice only made the study cold a few degrees in an instant, and when he heard this, Zhang Jing's knees were weak and he almost didn't kneel, and there was one who was alive, but it was not pointing at him!

Since entering the study, Zhang Jing, who has been keeping his head down, raised his head, looked at the boss in front of him, with some sadness in his eyes, opened his mouth, although his throat and eyes were astringent, but he continued to speak.

"If the boss is not at ease, Jing Zihui will end his own life, and ask the boss to read Zhang Jing's little credit, and send some silver to the old mother every month, so that her old man can ......"

"Boom!"

A short gun of the wheel was thrown at his feet at this time, looking at the black and shiny short gun, Zhang Jing's heart was just tight.

"Don't worry, after you leave, Chen will definitely send someone to take care of your mother, thirty taels of silver per month, and Chen will not treat Lingtang badly during festivals!"

Looking at Zhang Jing coldly, Chen Moran said in an extremely plain tone.

Looking at the gun under his feet, Zhang Jing's heart can be said to have set off a wave of turmoil, regret it, maybe! Who wouldn't regret this kind of ending?

After staring at the gun for dozens of seconds, Zhang Jing bent down to pick up the gun, the cold hand of the gun only made Zhang Jing show a sad smile, and after picking up the gun, he didn't look at the gun, but looked at the boss in front of him.

"I hope the boss is trustworthy!"

As soon as the words fell, his eyes closed suddenly, the gun was pressed against his temple, his face was hideous, and his index finger was forcefully buckled.

"Horn!"

The sound of metal crashing echoed in the study, but Zhang Jing, who had walked around the ghost gate, still had his eyes closed.

When he pulled the trigger, Chen Moran smiled, he accepted this person! Seeing that Zhang Jingyi was still standing there with his eyes closed, he got up and walked over and took the pistol from his hand.

Not loaded!

Zhang Jing, who came back to his senses in a daze, looked at the boss in front of him, but the boss looked at him with a smile.

"Good! From now on, follow me! ”

It wasn't until he heard this sentence that Zhang Jing understood the boss's intentions, he was testing himself, and after figuring this out, the cold sweat behind Zhang Jing was even worse, if it was...... As soon as his knees weakened, Zhang Jing knelt on the ground.

"Thank you boss for not killing! Zhang Jing's life will be the boss from now on! ”

"Zhang Jing, I said, I don't like people to kneel, as long as you are loyal, this life is yours!"

The corners of Chen Moran's lips lifted when he spoke, but he didn't say the next words, Zhang Jing is an understanding person, how could he not know what the boss meant.

"Jing Jinsheng will never live up to the trust of the boss!"

After kowtowing, Zhang Jing stood up, knowing that his life would no longer belong to him from now on.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the study, and after glancing at Zhang Jing, Chen Moran gave a faint order.

"Go to the account office and pay two thousand dollars, and give one thousand to the brothers, and another thousand...... Lingtang has suffered all his life, and it's time to enjoy it! ”

"Thank you, boss!"

Isn't this exactly what he asks for?

A few minutes later, as soon as they entered the Chan Garden, there was a slight strangeness in their eyes, and anyone could tell that it was a large garden, with a wide gravel road for horse-drawn carriages to enter and exit. Two rows of manicured holly were planted along the sides of the concrete road, like two low walls.

Occasionally, the road is a little branched, it is the road leading to a slightly smaller villa, at a glance, this Chen garden gives people a neat, refreshing, and luxurious feeling, finally, after walking for a while, a group of six people walked to the main house, which is a stone European-style palace-style building, and European-style stone monkeys lie on each side of the gate steps.

Walking up the stairs, the six were in a splendid hall with an ornate chandelier hanging from it, and before they could come to their senses, they heard the servant who had brought them in.

"Mr. New, please come here!"

After a few more steps, they finally reached the living room. The living room has teak floors and a bright European-style sofa with a thick red carpet in front of it. The living room is flanked by floor-to-ceiling glass windows with white gauze curtains. The other two walls are made of original red brick and are hung with oil paintings of European landscapes. The furnishings and gardens of the living room are the same as those of this palatial building, and there is a taste of opulence everywhere.

Chen Moran, who was on crutches, had already walked downstairs, looking at the six people in the living room with a smile, just now the maid informed that Niu Yongjian was coming, and he was still a little unconvinced, after all, after returning to Shanghai from Nanjing, he had heard the prince mention that he was not at home when this Niu Yongjian came, and the prince gave him five thousand dollars according to his own explanation.

If it is said that he is here to fight the autumn wind, Chen Moran does not believe it, he brought five friends over, obviously with his intentions.

"Filial piety!"

The sound of the words was not loud, coming from behind the six people who were restless, and Niu Yongjian and his party hurriedly turned around, and saw Chen Moran walking in the living room on crutches.

"I've seen Mr. Chen!"

Although the other five people were shocked by Chen Moran's youth, they still saluted respectfully like Niu Yongjian.

"Filial piety, I'm really sorry for the tightness, the last time you came to the house, you silently prepared an iron mine and iron factory in Nanjing, I hope you will forgive me!"

"Don't dare! Can't! ”

Chen Moran's politeness only made Niu Yongjian busy with a salute.

"Sir is a man with great ambitions, and there is no leisure for idlers such as me! Today, Yongjian took the liberty to bring a friend to visit, but it really disturbed Mr. ”

"Filial piety, look at what you said! These guys are! ”

Chen Moran said and walked into the living room.

"Qin Yuliu has seen Mr.!"

"Ye Lan has seen Mr.!"

"Zhang Ji has seen Mr.!"

"Shi Jiuguang has seen Mr.!"

"Lan Tianwei has seen Mr."

After the five of them greeted Chen Moran one by one, Niu Yongjian spoke.

"Sir, the five of them are all friends of Yongjian studying abroad in Yueben, and it coincides with the summer vacation, so they visit Mr. Yongjian together, and Mr. Xie is a donation! I hope you don't blame Mr.! ”

The reason why they say this is because they had already seen in the newspaper that Chen Moran had been released from prison before they came to Shanghai by boat, so naturally they did not need to take rescue measures, and they still came to Shanghai after buying the ferry tickets at that time.

"Sit! Hurry up, please take a seat! ”

Pointing to the sofa with his right hand, when the six people did not sit down, Chen Moran took the lead on the sofa.

"Awu, tea!"

When instructing the servant, Chen Moran looked back at Niu Yongjian, and without waiting for him to introduce his friends, he apologized first.

"Friends come to the door, how strange is it, silently I don't have many friends, and I'm looking for how to know you Renjie!"

As he spoke, Chen Moran glanced at Lan Tianwei, who was the last to sign up, he still had some impression of this person, but he knew that he was one of the heroes of the Xinhai Revolution, and he didn't know anything else.

The servant brought seven teacups and a pot of tea, which brought a burst of fresh tea, and Chen Moran picked up a cup of tea, and the green tea leaves in the white porcelain cup dyed the whole cup of water pale green.

"Everyone, please use tea!"

After this greeting and politeness, Chen Moran looked at Niu Yongjian with a smile, if they said that they were just saying that they were just saying that they were going thousands of miles away for a thank you, but he didn't believe it, especially when he saw that Niu Yongjian looked like he wanted to say something, he smiled in his heart.

"Sir, that Jiangchuan was taught by Mr., Yongjian was presumptuous, and he was good at teaching Mr., and published the article on Qizhi Magazine with a chance encounter, and I hope Mr. is not strange!"

Hesitantly, Niu Yongjian took out the inaugural issue of Qizhi Magazine, and put his hands in front of Chen Moran.

After taking the magazine, Chen Moran looked at the river boat on the cover in surprise, the magazine printed in ink was very simple, and when he opened the magazine, he saw a short editor's preface on the first page.

"The purpose of the founding of this journal is to enlighten the wisdom and enlighten the nation! Open the wisdom of the nation......"

Turning two more pages, I saw the "Night Talk of the Riverboat" edited by Niu Yongjian, and met Mr. Crutch ......, "Sir, I don't know, after the publication of this article, Mr.'s name can be said to be famous in the East, and Oriental scholars are not without amazement, Mr. solves the confusion of the hundred years in one word......"

China!

Qin Yuliu's words only made Chen Moran frown, the insult between the words of Zhi, people in this era may not be able to understand that the current Chinese Han people, especially Chinese revolutionaries, are not only not angry at the fact that they call China "Zhina", but they are also a little grateful. The Han people were under the rule of a foreign nation, and they secretly supported the Chinese revolution, and for a time it became a paradise for Chinese revolutionaries.

The first two things that many Han Chinese did when they came to Yueben were: first, they cut their braids, indicating that they were no longer loyal to the Qing court; The second is to call himself a "Shina person" and refuse to admit that he is a "Qing Guoren". Since the word "China" had not yet been recognized at that time, many revolutionaries directly borrowed the name of the book and called themselves "Zhina".

Nowadays, many Chinese revolutionaries use the word "zhina" to refer to themselves, which also shows that the use of "zhina" to refer to China at that time not only did not have a derogatory meaning, but contained respect for the Han Chinese. If I refer to the Chinese as "Daqing people" and the Chinese dialect as "Daqing language" according to China's official national name "Daqing", for the Han people, I will feel insulted.

However, after the Xinhai Revolution, China's official name changed from "Qing Empire" to "Republic of China", which led to the "China" controversy between China and China, and China became an insult.

Because of this, although he was disgusted with that word, Chen Moran only frowned, but did not say anything.

Listening to the words of the six people, I said my own words word by word, which caused a sensation in the book, and said that my surprise and the Chinese revolutionaries and reformers even fell into a quarrel because of their own words, and each used this as a weapon to argue in newspapers and magazines, Chen Moran couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, which is a bit too incredible.

Looking at Chen Moran, who had been smiling and silent, Lan Tianwei, who had never said a word, opened her mouth and asked a question that had puzzled her for months.

"Dare to ask sir, what is the success of the revolution, the republic will not necessarily come, the republic is coming, the country will not necessarily be rich and strong! If you are rich and strong, the country will not necessarily cook openly! ”

Looking at Lan Tianwei with a smile, the reason why he said those words was not Chen Moran's opinion, but just stealing the fruit of others, facing this question, he smiled slightly.

"The French Revolution can be the front car, the French Revolution still has decades of enlightenment, our country [***] thousands of years, the people have the idea of a republic! But even if it was the French Revolution, the Bastille trapping, the guillotine of the king and queen, and then what? What awaits France is nothing but chaos and bloody slaughter, and what about the little people who have given their lives for this struggle for ideals, for tomorrow, who have fallen on the stage of political parties, revolutionaries, politicians, warlords, party leaders, intellectuals, and big businessmen? The French Revolution, the revolution came out of just Napoleon! ”

"Napoleon, that's also a powerful France!"

Shi Jiuguang whispered, only making Chen Moran smile and pointing his finger at Shi Jiuguang, who had already answered the question instead of Chen Moran.

"Yes...... Mr. once said that there is never an ultimate goal, there is only social progress! The republic is a symbol of world progress! ”

As a soldier, Lan Tianwei was not good at political debate, but he still muttered Chen Moran's words to refute him, just like the dispute between the reformers and the revolutionary party in Yuben, fighting back and forth but falling into a strange circle.

And this strange circle is the strange circle that Chen Moran said left on the boat.

"So, apart from the two republics of the United States and France, the south of the United States is a republic, what do those South American countries look like after the republic?"

Holding a teacup with a smile, Chen Moran invited the six people to drink tea, while tasting the fragrance of new tea.

"The republic may be a symbol of progress, but the republic is not necessarily a panacea for one use, like a revolution, it is also a panacea for non-one-use and strength, if it is a panacea for one-use and strength, then how can there be presidents of South American countries who practice talents in the name of a republic, and how can there be years of military mutiny, and the state affairs of all countries are weakened."

"If it is in the opinion of a gentleman, wouldn't it be the reality of abandoning the revolution and practicing reform!"

Lan Tianwei's voice suppressed some dissatisfaction, and sure enough, as some revolutionaries said, "Mr. Crutch" was a pseudo-revolutionary.

"If the Restoration can save China, I choose the Restoration, and the destruction of the violent revolution! Whether it is revolution or reform, the ultimate goal is the same, and the progress of society and the strength of the country are the ultimate goals! ”

Chen Moran's words only startled the six people, and at the same time, there seemed to be a burst of fire in his heart, even if Niu Yongjian's face showed a little dissatisfaction, he didn't expect that the gentleman he regarded as a teacher in his heart would actually say this.

The dissatisfaction and cold snort of the six people made Chen Moran laugh.

"Then it seems that in Mr.'s opinion, I am going to be the slave of the Qing country!"

Qin Yuliu snorted coldly, and Zhang Ji, Ye Lan and the others were full of dissatisfaction.

Smiling and putting down the teacup in his hand, Chen Moran leaned back on the sofa, as if reminding everyone, touched the bare head with some scars, and the eyes of the six people also moved to his bald head.

"I'm afraid you misunderstand what I mean, I mean that if the Restoration can save China, dare to ask you, is the Qing Kingdom today China?"

At the end of the words, Chen Moran shook his head, showing some sadness on his face.

"No, since Jiashen, my China has been dead for 257 years, and those who are not sad in Jiashen in Sisi Yashan will be disloyal! Mo Ran is a Chinese who has lost the country, I am a Han, how can I be the Qing country, not to mention that in front of their eyes, my Han is just a slave of his family and surname, the country is dead, how can I talk about restoration, and how can I restore the new and seek to strengthen the country? ”

Only then did the six of them understand what Chen Moran meant, but Qin Yuliu, who was originally sneering and mocking, was ashamed, and hugged his fists with his hands.

"Yuliu Menglang, please don't blame Mr!"

In the face of Qin Yuliu's apology, Chen Moran waved his hand.

"What's the blame? What's so weird! We are standing in the world, we are all people who have lost our country, if we are still strange to each other because of the difference in speech and creed, how can we recover the Han nationality and return my rivers and mountains! ”

(To be continued)