Vice Minister Jin was stunned on the spot, what kind of place is the Ministry of War, in ancient times, it was the Yamen of the Ministry of War, the White Tiger Festival Hall, and Lin Chong broke into the White Tiger Hall with a knife in the Water Margin, which was a big crime, and was sentenced to a stab by Captain Gao Cangzhou, although the War Department of the Beiyang Government is not so powerful, and its official authority is not as good as Gao Yu, but it will not be a mouthful of people in the office.

The four big-eared posts, left and right, really pumped on Jin Yongyan's cheeks, his cheeks were swollen, a stream of blood foam gushed out of his mouth, and there was a tooth in it, Jin Cichang only felt that it was dark in front of him, and countless little stars were circling around him.

I don't know how long it took, but there was a distant call in my ears: "Second long, second long~~"

Jin Yongyan woke up slowly, and there was a trance in front of him, and there were many people around him looking anxiously at him, and some people pinched him.

"Where is this?" Kim asked weakly.

"Vice-Chief, this is your office, what's wrong with you? Who branded you like this? The adjutant held him up, filled with righteous indignation.

The people who came to the house were all Kim Vice Chief's cronies, and a few horses were pressed on their holsters, murderous, just waiting for the second elder to give an order.

But Vice Minister Kim really didn't know who hit him, the slap was like a storm, and his ears were still buzzing, and his brain was a mess, so he finally got up with the help of the adjutant, sat on the chair, unbuttoned his military uniform, took a few breaths, drank tea and pressed it, and then he was a little sober.

"Has Chen Zikun been caught?" Vice Minister Kim asked, suspecting that Chen Zikun was the murderer who beat him.

"I don't know, I'm going to ask." The adjutant ran away, Vice Minister Jin opened the drawer and took a small mirror out, looked at the clear finger marks on his face, gritted his teeth with hatred, beat people without slapping his face, scolding people without revealing his shortcomings, today a dignified deputy chief of the army was beaten in his office, if this revenge cannot be avenged, don't mix in Iron Lion Hutong in the future.

After a short time, the adjutant came to report: "Chen Zikun has arrived and is drinking tea in the office of the Military Law Section." ”

Jin Yongyan took the case: "It's him, bring me up!" ”

The adjutant took two horses with him, and five minutes later, Chen Zikun was brought in, followed by Lieutenant Colonel Yan with four gendarmes, and a group of people saluted and shouted a report in front of Vice Minister Kim's office.

"Come in!" Vice Minister Kim tried hard to show off his official authority, but he lost a tooth and spoke slightly leaky, so he always didn't look very serious.

Chen Zikun came in proudly, he didn't have the consciousness of a prisoner at all, and what was even more annoying was that he actually looked at the finger marks on Jin Cichang's face and snickered.

Jin Cichang was annoyed and ashamed, and then looked at Chen Zikun's breeches and riding boots, which were exactly the same as the person who beat him, confirmed that they were correct, and shouted: "Take it!" ”

pounced left and right, grabbed Chen Zikun's arm and twisted it back, but Chen Zikun shook it back with a little force, and the adjutant was about to pull out the gun, but the gun holster button on his side had not been opened, and Chen Zikun M1911A1 was already in his hand, and the hammer was wide open, murderous.

Chen Zikun's prestige is known to everyone, that is the first general under Wu Peifu, in terms of marksmanship, fists and feet, he is called second in the army, no one dares to call him first, and he plays with guns face to face, and the gang of people under Jin Cichang are not brave enough.

"It's the other way around! Are you going to rebel? Kim Ci Chang shouted hoarsely: "Gendarme, don't tie it up yet!" ”

The four gendarmes were about to make a move, but they were stopped by Lieutenant Colonel Yan, and they said on their heels: "Vice Chief Kim, why is this?" ”

Jin Lieutenant pointed to his face and said: "Beating the boss, the crime is inescapable, even if Wu Peifu personally intercedes this time, he will never be spared, send him to the military justice department, deal with it strictly, and shoot him!" ”

Yan Su was surprised: "Vice Chief Jin, there must be a misunderstanding, Chen Zikun was brought from Shandong by his humble position, and he has been holding on to your side, looking at your injuries, it is obvious that he has just been beaten, it can't be his hand." ”

Jin Jichang was furious: "It's clearly him!" ”

Chen Zikun sneered: "What evidence do you have? ”

Vice Minister Jin opened his mouth and suddenly said angrily: "Will my dignified army deputy minister frame you?" ”

Chen Zikun continued to sneer, pointed to the newspaper on the table and said, "Wouldn't it? ”

Yan Su also said: "Vice Minister Jin, even if Chen Zikun is guilty, he must be handed over to the department for punishment, you are the deputy commander of the army, and you are not a military judge, please forgive me for being difficult to obey." ”

"Okay, you're the opposite, come on, guard battalion! Come and get them! "Vice Chief Kim is out of control, he really can't imagine that the day hasn't fallen yet, and the people below are not in his own hands.

Today's War Department is very different from the past, in the huge courtyard, more than half of the offices are empty, and only a few dozen people heard the roar of Vice Minister Kim and came over to watch the excitement, and none of them had any intention of helping.

Seeing that there were more people, Jin Cichang became emboldened, and shouted: "Come on, take Chen Zikun and Yan Su for me." ”

No one moved, and a colonel officer said, "Vice Minister Kim, when will our salary be paid, we owe it for two months." ”

Vice Minister Kim was speechless and speechless, the government was seriously short of money, and the salaries of public officials were seriously in arrears, and the Beijing Police Department and the Gyeonggi Command had gone on strike in the past few days.

Just as he was about to appease everyone, suddenly the direct line phone on the table rang, and there were two phones on Jin Yongyan's desk, one was an ordinary phone, and the other was the president's special line, and the one that was ringing now was from the president.

Ignoring these officers, Jin Yongyan answered the phone first, and sure enough, it was a call from the Li Da Presidential Mansion in Dongchang Hutong, Li Yuanhong said in a Hubei dialect: "Lao Jin, how do you manage your subordinates, the garrison of the presidential palace has withdrawn, and the guards at my house have also run away, and hundreds of officers have come to the gate of my house to make trouble." ”

Jin Yongyan is Li Yuanhong's fellow countryman and a native of Hubei, Jin was Li's staff, so he became the deputy commander of the army.

"President, I am incompetent, I will deal with it." Jin Yongyan put down the phone, his expression was gloomy, at this moment he already understood that the general trend had gone, Zhang Shaozeng had fallen, and the president could not last long, and his chief Mengbai had done it.

"Vice Minister Kim, do you still take me?" Chen Zikun asked teasingly.

Jin Yongyan's face was pale, he didn't say a word, grabbed his hat, picked up his saber and walked to the door, the officers who were blocking outside hesitated for a moment, but still made a way for him.

Jin Yongyan's back disappeared outside the door, Yan Su took a long breath, patted Chen Zikun's shoulder and said, "I asked you to hit his face, but I didn't let you really hit him in the face." ”

Chen Zikun pretended to be confused: "Isn't the slap in the face really a slap in the face?" ”

Yan Su said: "Forget it, if you fight, it's not a big deal, anyway, he won't be able to do it for a few days, Beijing City is all in chaos." ”

Chen Zikun said: "What happened during this time? ”

A few days ago, the police in Beijing went on a collective strike, the staff of the Ministry of Education also marched in the streets, the National Assembly issued a motion of no confidence in the cabinet, Zhang Shaozeng was forced to resign and leave Tianjin, and now the city of Beijing has no government, no police, and no soldiers, and is completely in a state of anarchy.

"Originally, the army review made Feng Yuxiang and Wang Huaiqing, the commander of the Gyeonggi garrison, still able to maintain it, but I heard that they also submitted their resignations to the president, which is not messy enough." Yan Su sighed, took off his military hat and looked at the five-colored star emblem on the wall of the hat, "This hat, I'm afraid I won't be able to wear it for a few days." ”

When Vice Chief Kim left, no one cured Chen Zikun's crime, but he was a little disappointed, and when he left the gate of the War Department, he found that today's Iron Lion Hutong gate was deserted and sparsely populated, and many of the policemen standing guard at the entrance were gone.

Walking on the street, there is still a lot of traffic, but there is no patrol police on duty, the road is a little congested, many cars are constantly honking, foreign cars are jammed into a long line, passengers are carrying big bags and small luggage, as if they are going out of the house, no, it seems to be more like fleeing.

Chen Zikun casually found someone and asked, "Sir, where are you going?" ”

The man glanced at him and said, "Tianjin, Beijing is so chaotic, you can't hide." ”

It's not good, Chen Zikun hurried to his home, first went to his new house in Dongwenchang Hutong, knocked on the door for a long time before the maid came, first looked at the crack in the door for a while before opening the door with confidence, and said: "Master, you are back, the city has been in chaos in the past two days, but it scared us to death." ”

Chen Zikun reassured him indiscriminately, and went directly into the back hall, only to see Yao Yilei wearing suspenders and carrying a Winchester double-barreled shotgun, directing the servants to stick glass ballast into the wall.

"You're back!" Yao Yilei's eyes lit up, and she rushed over and hugged Chen Zikun's neck, so panicked that Chen Zikun hurriedly said: "Be careful of the gun misfired." ”

Yao Yilei said with a smile: "My gun is fine, it's safe, but your gun is not good and will go off." ”

Chen Zikun coughed dryly, and looked left and right at him: "What are you busy with?" ”

"Isn't this a mess, the resignation of the Zhang cabinet, the strike of the military and police, the streets are full of petitioning citizen groups, all the rich people in Beijing have gone to Tianjin, and it is very difficult to buy train tickets." Yao Yilei said.

"Then why don't you leave?" Chen Zikun suddenly thought of Yao Qizhen and Mrs. Yao, these two must have fled to Tianjin to avoid trouble.

"It's not because of you, I went to Tianjin last time, and it turned out to be three and a half years, they can go wherever they like, anyway, I'm not going, I'm waiting for you here." Yao Yilei's eyes were a little red, obviously remembering the past.

Chen Zikun sighed secretly, Yao Yilei was infatuated, how could she live up to it, but at this time, Jian Bing was afraid that she was already on the train to Beijing, these two women were not fuel-efficient lamps, and she was afraid that she would be caught in the middle and be angry.

There must be a road in front of the road, and thinking that those troubles are not beneficial at all, Chen Zikun suddenly took Yao Yilei's hand and said, "Let's go, go to the car factory and have a look." ”

Yao Yilei said: "Yes, that's our family's industry." ”