Sun Yuanqi stared at the door that Wu Yue closed after leaving, as if he was pressing a 10,000-pound stone in his heart, and that smiling face with pleasure always appeared in front of him.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, with the great ideal of "restoring China", he imitated the feat of the righteous soldiers during the Meiji Restoration of Dongying, and spared his life to assassinate political enemies. Their lives were short, but they were very martyred: their ideals were narrow, but they were very pure. They used their blood to continue the tragedy of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and did not hesitate to sacrifice their flesh and soul for the rise of the world's largest nation. How much deep love this is for the nation!

Think about the Republic of China, those warlords and party leaders who were from the same background as the martyrs, for their own petty profits, did not hesitate to fight in the same room, and even forgot their ancestors and betrayed the country to seek glory. When they think back to the sacrifice of their comrades, shouldn't they die with a dead face?

As the latter deceased, Sun Yuanqi felt that the burden of his life was heavier, although he could not see the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people a hundred years later, but he always had to complete the first two dreams of martyrs before he died. When we met on the Huangquan Road, we could tell him without shame: the Han people have regained power and the country has defeated the great powers! In the process, I did my best!

Not to mention that Sun Yuanqi was full of thoughts in the principal's office and stayed up all night after returning home. It is said that after Wu Yue left Jingshi University, he changed his clothes in a secluded and uninhabited place, and went around in a big circle before returning to the official road. But he did not enter the city from Desheng Gate, but turned to the Fuxin Gate in the west, and saw that there was no follower behind him, Wu Yue Shi came to the Anwei Hall.

Anwei Hall is located in Sun Park Hutong near Xuanwumen in Beijing, and was originally part of the "Sun Park" residence of Sun Chengze, a beginner in the late Ming and Qing dynasties. Many celebrities such as Weng Fanggang and Sun Xingyan lived here in the Qing Dynasty, and it is said that Hong Sheng's "Palace of Eternal Life" was performed in the grand theater here. In the fifth year of Tongzhi), 75 people, including Wu Tingdong, an official of Anwei nationality, proposed to build an Anwei guild hall. In the eighth year of Tongzhi, Li Hongzhang, who later served as the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, and his brother Li Hanzhang, the governor of Huguang, and the generals of the army raised funds to purchase most of the area of Sun Park, and prepared to build the Anwei Hall, which was completed in the tenth year of Tongzhi.

Different from other provincial associations, the Anwei Guild Hall is neither a "test hall" set up for those who enter Beijing to rush for the examination, nor an industry hall to promote the development of industry and commerce, but a place for Anwei generals and dignitaries to carry out activities in Beijing, and only receives incumbent state and county-level officials and deputy staff generals and above the real power figures. So it's the safest place to be. Wu Yue also relied on a relationship to find a place to stay here.

Turning around, Wu Yue came to a small room in the West Courtyard. Before he entered the house, he heard someone inside: "Brother Meng Xia is back!" “

Wu Yue smiled and said, "Brother Liaohe, you came early!" Is Uncle Ren here? ”

The original name of "Brother Liaohe" in his mouth was Zhang Ge, but he was a strange person in the late Qing Dynasty. His ancestral home is Shandong, his guest home is Liaodong, and he is a former Han military bannerman. The ancestor followed the Shunzhi Emperor to "enter the customs from the dragon" as the Eight Banners garrison officers and soldiers, and for generations as the Qing Taizu Nurhachi Mausoleum, his family was extremely wealthy. And then there was this banner man, who actually woke up1 and abandoned the flag and returned to Han, trying to kill the enemy to atone for the sins of his ancestors. He was proficient in swordsmanship, and once defeated the master of the Japanese Black Dragon Society's second sword stream, which became a sensation in Tokyo.

And "Shuren" is Yang Dusheng, a native of Changsha, Hunan. In the spring of the 28th year of Guangxu (1902), he studied in Japan and was admitted to Waseda University. Together with Wu Yue, he participated in the Anti-Russian Volunteer Army, the Military National Education Association, and later the assassination group. He was proficient in bomb blasting techniques, and Wu Pao once worshipped him as a teacher for this purpose, specializing in learning this craft. Therefore, the relationship between the two is the most intimate.

"It's early, I'm waiting for you!" Yang Dusheng said with a smile in the house, "The few dishes I brought from Tongchun Garden are estimated to be cold now!" “

Wu Yue walked into the house, and sure enough, he saw Zhang Rong, Yang Dusheng, and several members of the assassination team, everyone chatting around the table. Seeing Wu Yue enter the house, he hurriedly got up, and asked a little anxiously: "Brother Meng Xia, where are you going?" Why are you only coming back now? ”

"I went to visit a division commander and talked to him for a while. What's the matter, everyone is in a hurry? Wu Yue casually perfunctory. Among these people, except for Zhang Rong and Yang Dusheng, who knew that they were going to assassinate the five ministers tomorrow, the others were still in the dark.

Zhang Ge also said: "Since Meng Xia is back, everyone will take a seat and prepare to start the banquet." If this squirrel wrinkled fish and oily scale paste are cold, it is really not delicious! “

In order to prevent information leakage, the three of them kept silent about the assassination. Although they all pick some happy and happy words, after all, there are friends who are going to die tomorrow, and the atmosphere at the banquet is quite dull. Seeing this, Wu Yue said: "How can there be no song without wine?" The younger brother will learn a few sentences of Peking Opera to cheer everyone up. ”

Everyone applauded in unison. I only heard Wu Yue sing: Angry and long, sighing, 

Raise a glass to the broadside, and the anger is hard to sweep.

Spit rainbow kunwu sword at the waist,

There is nowhere to dump this full of blood.

It's not that I'm anxious,

I'm only paying for Lipeng Zhi,

but called that little pond will despise me. ”

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Peking Opera was the main form of daily entertainment, and everyone has been in Beijing for a long time, so they are naturally familiar with Jing Ke's singing segment in "The Biography of Jing Ke". Seeing Wu Yue's generous and sad song, some people were suspicious: "Brother Meng Xia, are you planning to do it in the near future?" ”

"Not bad! I first familiarize myself with the itinerary of several Manchu slaves in the capital, and then I will have a plan! Wu Yue smiled and said with a smile, not like a person who will be generous to righteousness tomorrow.

After saying that, the atmosphere in the banquet was much more lively, and from time to time some people sang and drank wine for Wu Yue.

At the end of the banquet, Wu Yue, Zhang Ge, and Yang Dusheng sent off a few companions, and after returning to the house, they asked eagerly: "Shuren, have you got the travel plan for the five Manchu slaves?" ”

It turned out that Yang Dusheng was an undercover agent and wanted to go abroad with the five ministers for investigation, so the task of getting information was given to him.

Yang Dusheng nodded, took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, spread them on the table, and introduced them to Wu Yue and Zhang Ge: "At ten o'clock tomorrow morning, the people who went abroad to investigate will set off from the Qianmen Railway Station. Because the time to go abroad is very long, everyone's luggage will be more, plus someone to see them off, it is estimated that at eight o'clock, people will expire one after another!

"For this delegation, the railway bureau specially prepared a special car. There are a total of five special carriages, the first two are for the attachés, the third is for five full slave floats, the fourth is for the servants, and the last is for luggage. So it's best to pretend to be a servant, enter the fourth carriage first, and wait for five full slaves to wait for the train before acting! ”

Wu Yue nodded, and asked Yang Dusheng for some details, and then said to Zhang Rong: "Brother Liaohe, I'm afraid I will trouble you to find someone to get a set of servants' clothes!" “

"Look!" Zhang Ge agreed, and after speaking, he went out to do this matter.

After finalizing the assassination plan, Wu Yue took the bomb that Yang Dusheng had prepared in advance and went to the room to recuperate. Yang Dusheng returned to his residence and prepared to go to the station with the five ministers tomorrow.

Early in the morning of the second day, Wu Yue put on the clothes sent by Zhang Ge and ate a bowl of tofu brain. In order to prevent the incident from leaking out and not burdening others, he also left a letter under his pillow, explaining in detail the reason for the action, which had nothing to do with the people in the hall.

When I arrived at the Qianmen train station, just after eight o'clock, people saw off one after another. The first to arrive was Xu Shichang, the squire of the Ministry of War, followed by the right Cheng Shaoying of the Ministry of Commerce, Duanfang, the governor of Hunan, and the squire of the household department to intercept Hongci.

If you don't come late, let everyone wait, how can you show the dignity of the clan?

At this time, Wu Yue had already mixed into the fourth carriage, but Zhang Rong was a little late and there were many people at the station, so the car was like the Spring Festival, so he didn't squeeze in at all. Seeing that the head of the regiment was coming, everyone began to board the car.

After boarding, the train did not leave immediately, and several ministers and high-ranking send-offs told each other in the third carriage that they parted. Wu Yue is waiting for this opportunity, not only the five ministers, but also other Manchu slaves, this bombing, hugging the grass and beating the rabbit will not be delayed.

When Wu Yue walked from the fourth carriage to the third carriage, he ran into trouble: there were soldiers guarding the junction of the carriages! Thinking about it, it is understandable that when these officials at or above the deputy ministerial level visit abroad, how can there be no guards around them?

The soldiers looked Wu Yue up and down: "What are you doing?" ”

Wu Yue was prepared, and shook the cigarette pouch in his hand: "This is the high-grade Yunnan tobacco that several masters wanted, and the small ones have to be sent over!" “

There was no flaw in his words, but his An Wei Tongcheng accent made the soldiers suspicious: "Who would use a servant with this accent?" This southern accent can't be an assassin, right? "Last winter, Wang Zhichun plotted to assassinate the former governor of Guangxi in Shanghai. This summer, Wang Hanyou plotted to assassinate Tieliang, a Qing household servant, in Zhangde, Henan. These vivid examples have already made these soldiers bow and snake.

Thinking about it, the soldiers began to raise their guns and interrogate, and several soldiers in the distance also rushed over when they saw this. Wu Yue saw that something was wrong, suddenly put aside the gun against him, rushed into the third carriage, and saw several officials sitting there, looking up at himself who had snatched it. said that it was too late, and then it was too fast, Wu Yue threw the bomb in his hand! (To be continued.)