Chen Qimei had palpitations along the way, and soon returned to the Tianbao Inn. He has a bold personality and is good at organization, and is known for his "four shortcuts" among his colleagues, namely quick speech, quick ideas, quick means, and quick actions. He often haunts restaurants, teahouses, theaters, bathhouses, and prostitutes in Shanghai. In the hospital, he made friends with classmates and thought that he was an anti-Qing force, so people said that he "had many henchmen". In the autumn of last year, he was preparing for the Mainland News in Hankow, but everything was ready but it was suspended due to the sabotage of the Qing officials. When he returned to Shanghai, he knew that if he wanted to start an incident, he must have his own force, so he was introduced to join the Green Gang and became a big-character boss.

After entering the Tianbao Inn, he saw his brother Liu Fubiao and a few brothers in the gang sitting at a table drinking, Liu Fubiao is the apprentice of the old man of the Qinggang Fan Gaotou, known as one of the "Four Courtyard Pillars", is the real outlaw in the Qinghong Gang, and hurriedly walked over and said: "Brother Liu and a few brothers are here?" ”

Liu Fubiao was drinking with a wine glass, when he heard the voice, he turned his head to look, and immediately put down the wine glass and stood up and said: "Brother, you came back just in time, we have just arrived, and we are trying to talk to you about something!" ”

Chen Qimei saw Liu Fubiao's stern expression, so she knew that this matter was not small, so she hurriedly took a chair, and after everyone sat down, she asked, "Brother Liu, what happened, seeing that you are in a hurry?" ”

Liu Fubiao nodded and said: "Yes, I don't know which hero killed eight foreigners at the gate of the Huangpu Beach Public Garden tonight, and now the foreigners are crazy, and the British soldiers on the British warships anchored in the Huangpu River have all gone ashore, including all the concession patrols and arrests the entire concession area, this is not counted, the foreigners also let the Qing court dog officials dispatch officials and arrest the officials to investigate in the Nanshi area, this time it is miserable, many brothers in the gang have cases in their bodies, this is good, many of my brothers have been arrested, I heard that the search is now moving from Nanshi to the west of Gu's house, and it seems that Shanghai Beach will not be peaceful these days! I came here to ask my brother to think of a way to see if he could get people out."

Chen Qimei frowned when she heard this; "This is too troublesome, the key is that it was a foreigner who died this time, do you know who I bumped into just now?"

Liu Fubiao asked cooperatively, "Who?" ”

"Deputy Inspector Mak Gaoyun of the Concession Police Department!"

Liu Fubiao was taken aback: "He? What is he looking for you for? ”

Chen Qimei said with palpitations: "This matter is very troublesome, Mai Gaoyun thinks that it was our people who killed those foreigners, but I have never given such an order, if it was really our people who did it, I can't not know!" McGoun ordered me to hand over the murderer within three days, otherwise I will bear the consequences, look at his tone, and make it clear that he believes that we did it, how do we hand over this person? ”

"What? How so? Liu Fubiao was so shocked that he almost jumped, this matter is not trivial, if the concession authorities believe that it was the revolutionaries who did it, I am afraid that it is basically impossible for the revolutionaries to want to operate in the concession in the future, if this kind of thing happens, the concession authorities will definitely want the revolutionaries!

Chen Qimei sighed, Liu Fubiao was stunned, and the other gang brothers had no opinions, so they couldn't interject, and the dinner table fell silent for a while.

After a long time, Liu Fubiao patted his head and said, "Brother, is it possible for Master Huo to do this?" ”

Chen Qimei glanced up at Liu Fubiao, and hurriedly said: "Brother Liu, don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, and let's not guess, in fact, I doubt it too, but I'm not sure, I came back in such a hurry to ask for verification!" ”

"Then ....... let's ask?" Liu Fubiao asked tentatively.

Chen Qimei frowned and thought, and was about to speak, when she heard the sound of the stairs, and when she looked up, she saw a man about forty years old with a pair of round-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose and a rich man's hat walking down the stairs, he got up and arched his hand and said, "Brother Jinsun, come and have a drink!" ”

"Haha, it's better to come early than to come by chance, just when I'm hungry!" The middle-aged man walked down the stairs briskly with a smile, and a gang brother got up to give up a place, and the middle-aged man was not polite and sat down generously. This person's surname is Nong, the name is bamboo, the word Jinsun, born in a Manchurian bureaucratic family, joined the League when he studied in Japan, and later returned to China on the order of Sun Wen to open Huaiqing Pharmacy in Tianjin.

Chen Qimei picked up the wine jug and poured wine for Nong Jinsun and asked, "Brother Jinsun, why didn't you see Master Huo and his apprentices come down for dinner?" ”

"Oh, Master Huo and his apprentice have just arrived in Shanghai, and they want to familiarize themselves with the environment, but they haven't come back since they went out this morning!" Nong Jinsun picked up the glass that had just been poured and drank it all.

Chen Qimei turned her head and glanced at Liu Fubiao next to her when she heard this, and became more and more convinced that the thing was likely to be done by the two masters and apprentices, and after thinking about it, Chen Qimei said to Nong Jinsun: "Brother Jinsun, when it was dark, there was a heavy incident of attacking foreigners at the gate of the public garden in Huangpu Beach, a total of eight foreigners were killed, it is said that two men did it, and now the foreigners outside are crazy looking for the murderer, and the street is full of foreigners and concession patrols!" ”

Nong Jinsun is a person in his forties and has rich life experience, how could he not understand Chen Qimei's words? His expression froze: "Do you suspect that Master Huo did this?" It's impossible, I have a good relationship with Master Huo, I know him very well, Master Huo is not a reckless person, I think this matter should wait for their master and apprentice to come back, let's not suspect here, so as not to hurt the heart of the righteous man! ”

Chen Qimei nodded when she heard this: "It makes sense, we finally invited Master Huo's apprentice from Tianjin, if we are suspicious because of something that we are not sure about, it will indeed chill the heart of the righteous man!" ”

A few people were talking, and soon, they felt that someone came in at the door of the inn, and a middle-aged man of about forty years old wearing a rich man's round hat, a short riding coat, and a pair of old-fashioned cloth shoes on his feet walked in, followed by a sturdy young man, who was still carrying a large bag of things.

"Master Huo is back!" Liu Fubiao happened to be sitting facing the door of the inn, and when he saw it, he immediately stood up and said.

The others turned their heads and saw that they were all standing up, Nong Jinsun hurriedly walked over and said, "Brother Junqing, your master and apprentice have come back, and after going out for a day, we thought that you had encountered something outside, and everyone was worried!" ”

The middle-aged man clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Haha, Yuan Jia and the apprentice first arrived in Shanghai, walked around the streets, and were fascinated by the prosperity of this big Shanghai, so they looked at it more, delayed some time, and made Brother Jinsun and Brother Yingshi worry, forgive their sins!" ”

It turned out that this middle-aged man was the famous Hebei martial artist Huo Yuanjia, and the young man behind him was his apprentice Liu Zhensheng. This time, he took his apprentice Liu Zhensheng from Tianjin to Shanghai because Nong Jinsun and Chen Qimei invited him, and a strong man named Obiyin from England came to Shanghai, who set up a ring in the concession to ridicule the Chinese as "the sick man of East Asia", and the people of Shanghai were very dissatisfied, but no one dared to fight. Nong Jinsun learned the news from the newspaper and recommended Huo Yuanjia to Chen Qimei, a well-known person in Shanghai, a member of the League, and a revolutionary. Chen Qimei immediately invited Huo Yuanjia to Shanghai to meet Na Obi Yin to fight for the Chinese, and Huo Yuanjia readily agreed after being invited, and then took his apprentice Liu Zhensheng to Shanghai accompanied by Nong Jinsun.

Chen Qimei said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, someone killed eight foreigners in the public garden just now, and now the foreigners are crazy, arresting people everywhere, I'm worried that you will be in trouble!" ”

Huo Yuanjia said with a look of sudden realization when he heard this: "Dare to be like this, I said why are there patrols and cards everywhere on the street!" ”

Liu Fubiao didn't have any scheming, and when he saw Huo Yuanjia say this, he immediately patted his thigh and said, "Master Huo, we thought it was your master and apprentice who did it, and we were taking care of it for you!" It's not like you did it, you don't know ......" told the whole thing in detail, and after speaking, he turned his head and said to Chen Qimei: "Hahaha, brother, now you can rest assured!" ”

Huo Yuanjia was quick-witted, and at a glance he glanced at the expressions on everyone's faces and understood that these people must have thought that their master and apprentice had done it, and immediately smiled: "Hahaha, Yuanjia admires the person who did this very much, if it were me, I could have solved those two British soldiers in two moves, but I can't use a gun, not to mention that I still shot and killed six people in a row, I don't have that ability!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Qimei and the others immediately reacted, this matter was really not done by Huo Yuanjia's master and apprentice, when it comes to kung fu, Huo Yuanjia has the ability to solve two British soldiers with two moves, but he definitely doesn't know how to use a gun, and he doesn't have such accurate marksmanship!

Seeing this, Nong Jinsun hurriedly said: "Yes, I don't know which hero did such a thing, but this time it has brought endless trouble to our alliance!" ”

Huo Yuanjia immediately asked, "What's wrong?" What does it have to do with your alliance when someone else does this? ”

Chen Qimei was about to tell him about being blocked by Mai Gaoyun in the Qinlou villa just now and asking him to hand over the murderer within a time limit, Huo Yuanjia also frowned after hearing this, and he said: "This matter is indeed a ** annoyance, but how can foreigners think that this thing was done by your people?" ”

Liu Fubiao scolded and said: "Who knows which tendon of those foreign devils is wrong, and they insist on thinking that we revolutionaries did this!" ”

Huo Yuanjia said: "This matter is tricky, even if we know who did it, we can't hand it over, we can't tie up our compatriots and hand them over to foreigners to deal with, right?" This is going to be poked in the back! ”

Isn't it? Chen Qimei and others listened to Huo Yuanjia's words, and they looked even more bitter and hateful, this matter is really difficult to handle, don't hand over people, the foreigners will definitely make every effort to clean up the revolutionary party in the concession, if there is no concession as a cover, the revolutionary party will really not be able to stay in Shanghai, but if you hand over people, not to mention whether you can find it, even if you find it, will it really not be able to make friends?

After thinking for a long time, Chen Qimei gritted her teeth and said: "For today's plan, it seems that we can only evacuate this place and hide for a while, and then come out to do activities when the rumor passes!" ”

Nong Jinsun said: "What about Brother Junqing's martial arts competition with the British Hercules Obiyin?" At that time, if Yuan Jia is absent, the British will still think that we are afraid of them! ”

Chen Qimei said: "Then Master Huo is still competing with Obiyin, I can't live here, I wrote a letter, Master Huo took the letter to find Mr. Yu of Zhejiang Chaebol, and lived in his house first, Mr. Yu will definitely respect Master Huo and his apprentice when he receives my letter!" ”

Everyone thought about it, and thought that they could only do this now, Huo Yuanjia hugged Chen Qimei and said, "Then thank you Brother Yingshi!" ”

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