As soon as Qiao Yu heard Wu Tong mention Guizhou, he couldn't stop thinking in his heart, if Sun Wen wanted to launch the so-called second revolution, neither Tang Jiyao nor himself would support him, and the only one in the southwest who could respond to Sun Wen was Xiong Kewu, Xiong Kewu was originally driven out by Qiao Yu in Sichuan, and then the southern army was withdrawn, Xiong Kewu defected to the Yunnan army, although he was from Sichuan, but he had a grudge against Qiao Yu, Tang Jiyao also wanted to use his reputation, so he appointed Xiong Kewu as the commander-in-chief of the Guizhou army, Stationed in Xiuwen, Guizhou, he was responsible for guarding against Zhang Bailin in northwest Guizhou.

Xiong Kewu is undoubtedly at the forefront of the Sichuan-Yunnan confrontation, it looks beautiful, but in fact he knows that he is bitter, Liu Xianshi is guarding against him, Zhang Bailin directly confronts him, and Tang Jiyao does not regard him as a confidant, Xiong Kewu, who is in the cracks, absolutely urgently needs to change the current situation, it seems that Sichuan should indeed pay attention to Guizhou, as long as the time comes, take action and reap the benefits.

Qiao Yu was making his own calculations, and at this time, Lao Yuan had completely fallen into a rage, since he got the news that Song Jiaoren was assassinated, Lao Yuan was shocked, and hurriedly gathered all his subordinates together, Lao Yuan's face was gloomy, and he swept over his henchmen.

"Song Jiaoren has been assassinated, and his life and death are uncertain, but depending on the situation, it is likely that there is no hope of being saved, let's discuss what to do?"

"The president, this is a good thing, Song Jiaoren doesn't know what to do, and it is also providence to be killed, the president doesn't have to mind!" It was the new cabinet premier Zhao Bingjun who spoke, this Zhao Bingjun is a native of Henan, and he is Yuan Shikai's hometown, and he followed Lao Yuan's left and right very early, forcing the Qing Emperor to abdicate Zhao Bingjun made a lot of efforts.

After Lao Yuan became the president, the prime minister of the cabinet changed frequently, and finally fell into the name of Zhao Bingjun, in the eyes of outsiders, Zhao Bingjun is undoubtedly Lao Yuan's confidant, but Zhao Bingjun is very selfish, and good at left and right, just when Sun Wen and Huang Xing went to Yanjing to carry out activities, Zhao Bingjun joined the revolutionary party, this time Song Jiaoren wants to compete for the prime minister of the cabinet, which is a great threat to Zhao Bingjun, so when he heard that Song Jiaoren was assassinated, Zhao Bingjun was undoubtedly the happiest.

However, after he finished saying this, he did not usher in praise, but happened to collide with Lao Yuan's cannibalistic gaze, and even Yang Shiqi, Yang Du, Duan Qirui and others also showed disdain.

Lao Yuan stared at Zhao Bingjun: "Zhi'an, you tell the truth, did you send someone behind my back to assassinate Song Jiaoren, didn't you!" ”

Yuan Shikai roared sharply, everyone present was shocked, Lao Yuan had never been so angry, everyone was shocked, Zhao Bingjun was even more so, he couldn't understand how President Yuan could be so angry.

"President, how could I send someone to assassinate Song Jiaoren, he advocates constitutionalism, and there are no longer a few people who have offended in the south, and there are also Tao Chengzhang's past experiences, I think most of them are caused by internal strife!"

Zhao Bingjun was extremely alert, and pushed the responsibility out at once, Lao Yuan gradually regained a trace of composure, but his fists were still clenched tightly, and his joints were all white, and Yang Shiqi was also persuaded on the side: "President, Song Jiaoren may still have the possibility of survival, if once he dies, we should still think about how to deal with it!" ”

"We must investigate thoroughly, we must find out the murderer for me, no matter who it is, we must severely punish it, never tolerate it, and let Cheng Dequan investigate it immediately!" Yuan Shikai gave the order, and everyone present left one after another, but only Yang Du stayed.

"President, Song Jiaoren's death is extraordinary, I am worried that someone will put the blame on the president, and the rift between the north and the south will never be repaired, and the Republic of China will fall into division!"

Lao Yuan let out a sigh: "I still know my thoughts, I am the president of the Republic of China, not the president of Beiyang, I want to use Tao Chengzhang, and Tao Chengzhang was blown up to the bones, I want to use Song Jiaoren, and Song Jiaoren was assassinated, this is the will of God, or the will of man." Yuan Shikai's tone was full of desolation and resentment, like a wounded beast.

Yang Du became more and more clear about Lao Yuan's thoughts in his heart, Song Jiaoren advocated that the responsible cabinet was certainly a restriction on Lao Yuan, but Lao Yuan still wanted to use him to restrain the increasingly uncontrolled Beiyang system, this is the imperial mentality, just like why did Tang Taizong use Wei Zheng, and Zhao Bingjun and others took it for granted that Lao Yuan must safeguard the interests of everyone in Beiyang and rely on Beiyang for everything, which is really underestimating Yuan Shikai's wisdom.

"President, I am in favor of your order to investigate thoroughly, but if it is found out that it was our people who did it, not only will your face be unsightly, but Sun Wen will also take advantage of this to make trouble and incite rebellion, but I am afraid that the trouble will be even greater!"

Lao Yuan's anger has weakened a lot now, he closed his eyes slightly and began to think hard about how to deal with it, at this time, someone sent a telegram, it turned out that Song Jiaoren was dead, Yuan Shikai looked at the telegram for a long time, and he was in Nanping for a long time, and it was only a year since he sat on the throne of the president, Lao Yuan felt exhausted, the development of things was more and more beyond his control, and what was even more terrifying was that Beiyang was also beyond his control, and the people below had their own ideas, and they didn't take themselves seriously anymore.

A trace of pain appeared on Lao Yuan's face: "Huizi, the matter of the aftermath of the big loan must be accelerated, and it must be negotiated, if they want to do it, the old man will fight with them, let them see the old man's methods!" ”

Yang Du knew in his heart that they were not just a revolutionary party in the words of Lao Yuan, Yang Du took the order and left, and the south was also stepping up to solve the case at this time, and soon there was an antique dealer in Henan Wang Afa who testified against Ying Guixin, saying that he had let himself assassinate a person ten days ago, this person was Song Jiaoren, and the patrol room quickly arrested Ying Guixin, and then arrested an assassin Wu Shiying that day, and then searched a large number of correspondence in Ying Guixin's home, including the secret letter of Hong Shuzu, the secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Although there are not too many obvious words on it, it undoubtedly points the finger at Zhao Bingjun, you must know that Zhao Bingjun is also serving as the Minister of Internal Affairs at this time, and Hong Shuzu is his subordinate.

The matter seems to have come to light here, but as the intelligence chief of the Sichuan side in Shanghai, Li Zongru doesn't see it that way at all, there are too many loopholes in things that seem to be logical, according to Wang Afa, he is an antique dealer, so Ying Guixin will not use him as an assassin as long as he is not crazy, and without talking about anything, he took out a photo and asked him to assassinate Song Jiaoren.

This kind of talk can't deceive children, and a lot of letters were found in Ying Guixin's home, including not only letters with Hong Shuzu, but also a lot of letters with Chen Qimei.

Li Zongru knows that if you want to see the truth of the matter clearly, you can't bring in subjective emotions, and people outside think that Lao Yuan is a bad person, so if the matter has a little to do with his henchmen, it is logical to think that Lao Yuan is the mastermind behind the scenes, which is completely taking politics as a joke, judging from the current evidence, Chen Qimei's suspicion is even greater than Zhao Bingjun's.

Ying Guixin, Wang Afa, Hong Shuzu and others are all puppet chess pieces, even Zhao Bingjun and Chen Qimei are the same, the two characters who finally point to are Sun Wen and Yuan Shikai, who did it, and whether other forces are involved, just when Li Zongru was pondering, news suddenly came that Luo Ying had come to his senses!

Li Zongru hurriedly came to Renji Hospital, at this time Luo Ying was lying on the hospital bed, his face was full of pain, Li Zongru walked a few steps and came to his approach: "Mr. Luo, I am a person sent by Sichuan Qiao Shuai, you tell us everything you know, we will definitely make things clear!" ”