Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Broadsword Society
"One Knife Falling into the City" is also known as "The First Knife in China", and some are called "Big Knife King Five". Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info mainly describes a tragic page in modern Chinese history in the form of martial arts films, which is not comparable to similar films with ordinary vendetta content.
The plot of the film is based on the Wuxu Reform in the late Qing Dynasty, and tells the story of Wang Wu, the captain of the Black Flag Army under the command of the famous general Liu Yongfu, who led the broadsword team to assassinate the commander of the Japanese army, and all the troops died heroically. Wang Wu was ashamed of his subordinates and threw up his sword and jumped off the cliff, but survived. He lived in the northeast countryside, met the famous scholar Tan Sitong and the late Qing Dynasty famous general Yuan Shikai, the three of them were like-minded, so they joined hands in the capital to create a career.
Wang Wu founded the "Strong Martial Arts Society" in Beijing, and his power increased day by day, and he was appreciated by Prince Yi, a conservative veteran, and wanted to use it for his own use. In the meantime, Wang Wuqiao met the beautiful woman Yan Xi, and he was in love, but Yan Xi turned out to be the concubine of Prince Yi.
At this time, Prince Yi failed to recruit Wang Wu, and secretly sent a master to the "Strong Martial Arts Society" to kill Wang Wu's disciples, and Tan Sitong asked Yuan Shikai to send troops to help him. Unexpectedly, Yuan turned to Prince Yi and sent Tan Sitong to his death. In the end, Wang Wu's grief and indignation raised a sixty-nine-pound broadsword and went straight to Yuan Shikai's Longtan tiger's den.
This is a very old movie, but Qin Yun remembers it very clearly. What made Qin Yun feel the most was Tan Sitong's arrogance and Wang Wu's righteousness, and even Yuan Shikai's eight-sided exquisiteness and the torment and determination in his heart.
The martial arts of this movie is actually not the point, in his opinion, this is a men's movie, and it is a rare and valuable spirit of the Han nation. Tan Sitong and Wang Wu know and cherish each other, Wang Wu understands him, and Tan has such a confidant, he will sleep in the water prison with peace of mind, and the next day's beheading has nothing to do with him. This kind of heroism was rare in the hundreds of years of foreign rule in the Qing Dynasty.
Success doesn't have to be in me, Tan Sitong's heroic spirit is a kind of recognition and return to the confused generation that can't find the roots of tradition, just like the strong man in Tai Shigong's "The Legend of the Assassins" went to righteousness: the wind is dashing and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return once he is gone.
Tan Sitong is ambitious, affectionate and righteous, he is decisive and calm, he is a person who can really do great things, and Yuan Shikai is the same.
It's not that he doesn't have feelings for Tan Si and others, they just have different goals and choose different paths. It is impossible to say who is good and who is bad, who wins and who loses. Tan Sitong didn't lose to Yuan Shikai, he lost to the current situation. He is not a non-person, he is the wrong time. Doing great things is either a big success or a big failure. I am fortunate to succeed, and I am lucky to lose. I am relieved to be successful, and I am also comfortable with defeat. The life of a gentleman should be like this, and the life of a fighter should be like this.
10,000 years is too long. However, the choice of day and night has been the result of life and death. Whoever will remain in history forever will be stinking for 10,000 years. Before and after life, things that are too vain and cannot be controlled, so there is no need to be attached.
They only pay for what they want when they exist, and every time they struggle with contradictions, whether good or evil, they are moving. My heart is a stone, and I can't turn it. My heart is a bandit, and I can't be swept away. A hundred turns, so this life is enough.
Ten thousand years, maybe not that long. In 10,000 years, will there be anyone waiting for me on the journey in the future, riding with me, and accompanying me to recommend Xuanyuan; In 10,000 years, will there be anyone waiting for me to return to the retreat, giving me a piano and an umbrella, and rubbing shoulders with me.
People who have never worried about the country are sad people through the ages.
But 10,000 years of sadness does not leave a moment of regret. Because in my lifetime, the best ones have already been heard......
"Assessment tasks? Special bonus? It seems that this mission is a bit 'fierce'! I don't know if the system thinks it's okay to officially 'go out of school'? It was the first time that Qin Yun had seen the requirement to kill in the mission, and he muttered in his mouth.
In the past, most of the tasks were to ask for salvation, and even in other aspects, it was another way to put it. This time there is an obvious mission that requires kills, which is really rare!
This is a major matter of seeking the country, it is not so easy, and it is a hundred times more difficult than any of Qin Yun's previous tasks. What he had to face was not a few, but a powerful conservative force led by Cixi and Prince Yi, who controlled the vast majority of the military power in this vast empire. Even if the Green Forest Army is unbearable, as long as the three thousand Green Battalion Army is mobilized, Qin Yun guarantees that there will be no chance to be crushed and scattered.
But fortunately, although the task was arduous, the system also gave Qin Yun some convenience, so that he would not be at a loss.
Qin Yun knew from the memories instilled in him by the system that it was now the middle of 97, and there was still nearly a year before the start of the plot, although there was not much time, but it could also allow him to have a plan. Moreover, he now has an important identity that can make him extremely convenient in this mission.
That is, he is the cousin of Tan Sitong, the protagonist of the plot, and now he is living in Tan Sitong's home, and he and Tan Sitong have grown up together. With this identity, when the Restoration Party gains power, Qin Yun is not completely powerless to fight back.
"Cousin, are you feeling better?" A neutral voice came from Qin Yun's ears, with a hint of sternness and a hint of concern in his tone.
Qin Yun reacted suddenly, it was Tan Sitong's voice, and hurriedly replied: "It's much better, thank you cousin for your concern." ”
Tan Sitong's figure appeared in front of Qin Yun, this is a very young man, just past the age of standing, with a good demeanor, he is the kind of object that everyone loves. In addition, he is proficient in Western studies, began to create "Renxue", and used to be an official, in addition to the scholarly atmosphere, he also has a touch of majesty and the temperament of modern society.
"You still have to be careful, you have always been weak, and you need to be more careful. Otherwise, let Jiujin come over and take care of you for a while. Tan Sitong has always been very good to this cousin, and said when he heard the words.
"Ahh Young master, I don't want it, I want to follow you. Tan Sitong heard the nine catties behind him, and suddenly became a little flustered.
She has been by Tan Sitong's side since she was a child, but she has never left.
Qin Yun saw Jiujin's anxious and cute appearance, and the haze in his heart disappeared a little, and he couldn't help but joke: "Okay, Jiujin will take care of me, and I will rest assured." ”
"Don't." Jiujin didn't hear Tan Sitong's reply, and was a little worried. When she heard Qin Yun's words, she immediately glared at her and said angrily.
She was brought up by Tan Sitong and Qin Yun since she was a child, and she and Qin Yun were childhood sweethearts, so she had no scruples when she spoke. Moreover, Tan Sitong is familiar with Western studies, and the original Qin Yun is also kind to people, and he doesn't regard Jiujin as a subordinate at all, so Jiujin is unusually close to the two of them, and he has no scruples about some words.
"Ahh Nine catties, what you said makes me sad so much, we are childhood sweethearts! Qin Yun shouted.
"Humph! Whoever follows your childhood sweetheart, I want to follow the young master. Jiujin said coaxingly.
"You...... You...... It makes me so sad. Qin Yun looked heartbroken.
Tan Sitong looked at Qin Yun and Jiujin's 'battle', with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and was silent.
In the end, Jiujin continued to follow Tan Sitong as she wished, and she grimaced at Qin Yun when she left, very proud.
Qin Yun watched Tan Sitong and Jiujin's figures go away, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared. He came to the window, looked at the scenery outside the window, and made up his mind.
It had been nearly three days since he came to this world, and in order to commemorate this era, Qin Yun had purchased another Qin sword.
This time, Qin Yun spent a full thousand joy points to buy a Qin sword that was exactly the same as the nameless sword, but the quality was much better. Even if Qin Yun had broken through to the realm of refinement now, this Qin Sword would be enough to use.
Qin Yun looked at the gray-yellow Guanghua sword body, the long sword was erected, and said, "A good sword is called the Broken Sword." ”
Break the sword, break the Hu Lu who harms the world, and break the wolf ambition of the captive.
Qin Yun left the Tan family and left the Tan family on the fourth day after coming to this world. Although Tan Sitong tried all kinds of retention, Jiujin was reluctant to give up, but it didn't make Qin Yun stop. After going through so many things, Qin Yun has truly matured. He has his own things to complete, and he is determined to die without regrets.
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The Broadsword Society, a group dominated by poor peasants in North China in the Qing Dynasty, was named after the broadswords carried by its members when practicing martial arts. He mainly practiced the "Golden Bell Jar" hard qigong such as row knife, row gun, and row of masonry. It has superstitious colors such as swallowing charms and chanting spells, claiming that it can be guarded by gods and spirits, and it is invulnerable. It is one of the origins of the Boxer Rebellion and one of the most important branches.
The composition of the Boxer Rebellion was extremely complex, including poor peasants, handicraftsmen, urban poor, petty traders, transport workers and other lower-class people, as well as some officials and soldiers, rich gentry and even princes and nobles, and in the later period, many hooligans and scoundrels were mixed in. "From the prince and the prime minister, down to the prostitutes, almost everyone is not in the group", so that the organization of the Boxers was extremely loose, except for dealing with some unarmed foreigners and priests, even the green battalion army, which had rotted to the roots, was far inferior.
Even in Qin Yun's view, regardless of weapons, the modern underworld can completely beat the Boxers.
However, the big sword will be different, at least it has not been corrupted now, and the people inside have a certain combat effectiveness, and most of them are some low-class people such as poor peasants and transport workers, which can make Qin Yun really gain a firm foothold.
Qin Yun's target was the Great Sword Society.
In this era, it is not so easy to find someone with enough courage. And the Boxer Rebellion, an armed society in the late Qing Dynasty, is Qin Yun's best choice at present.
If you want to do something, you need someone. They don't need to have much ability, but they must be bold enough. Qin Yun has a lot of things to do, and the time is urgent, so he can't afford to train another batch of people to come out. The ability can be practiced quickly, but the courage is not so easy to grow quickly.
On top of that, he has no money! Obviously, he can't do it, he can only come to get out of the way.
Qin Yun summed up the reasons for Tan Si's failure with them, he was not a politician and couldn't see any other possibility, he only knew that according to their situation, they had no chance of success at all. Because they don't have soldiers, they don't have guns that can keep them safe, protect their rights and interests, and really belong to them. If the Hou Weixin Party had a few thousand elites in its own hands at that time, the result might not have been the same.
And Qin Yun came out this time, in addition to his experience, he went to find a gun. Most of the members of the Broadsword Society came from the southwest region of Lu, and there had always been a "strong atmosphere" and was known as the "bandit's den", so it was the target that Qin Yun was targeting.
A few hundred miles away from the capital, there is a small village, which at first belonged to a large family. Later, the big family died, and after several hands, now a hundred and ten years have passed, who can still say who this Zhuangzi belongs to.
However, in the past two years, this little Zhuangzi has been a little mysterious. Originally, there were only a dozen or so households, but now there are hundreds of households, but they are not serious farmers, but they are wielding knives and guns. A few days ago, a convoy came over at night, and I don't know how many things were brought in.
On weekdays, during the day, there are always 100 strong men outside Zhuangzi, who are far away, practicing together, dancing with knives and guns. The night was also thunderous, and there was no peace at all. Even if an officer occasionally came to inspect it, it was as if he hadn't seen it.
This Zhuangzi is the current base camp of the Great Sword Society, and it is also the residence of Pang Sanduo, the leader of the Great Sword Society.
In recent years, there has been a serious situation in the form of non-governmental secret associations, and although the Qing court has repeatedly strictly prohibited them, there is no way to deal with these associations, and some officials even secretly collude with them. The Dadaohui has been established for many years and has a great reputation, but it used to be active in the southwest of Lu, and now it has begun to spread to the capital. Even Pang Sanduo, the leader of the Great Sword Society, and a number of high-ranking people also came to the capital one after another.
Qin Yun relied on the information provided by the Tan family and the information he obtained to come to the outside of the Zhuang Courtyard. He looked at the gate of the village, smiled slightly, ignored the unkind eyes around him, and walked straight towards the courtyard.