In the sixteenth year of the Republic of China, at dawn on April 12, the gunfire in Xingang finally stopped.

Chen Bozhong and Ma Xiaotian also led the army to open the city gate to welcome the 17th Army that came to "quell the chaos".

At the same time, Leng Rui also came to the city gate with a letter of appointment from Shangfeng and announced that Chen Bozhong would replace Fu Guodong as the commander of Yongcheng City Defense.

Chen Bozhong couldn't control his excitement at all, the smile was completely piled up on his face, and he clasped his fists and saluted the people around him from time to time.

After Leng Rui gave him the letter of appointment, he said: "Commander Chen, at present, the Xingang Concession has been attacked by the trade union and suffered heavy losses, and the consuls of the British, American and French countries in the concession and the foreign directors of the Chamber of Commerce have all called me last night, asking us to send troops to stop the rebellion, I have reported to the upper echelons, and the upper echelons have decided to close the city and clear the party from today in Yongcheng!" ”

Chen Bozhong and his soldiers stood up and saluted, watching the 17th Army enter the city, but what he didn't expect was that Leng Rui did not use the 17th Army to enter Xingang, but asked Chen Bozhong to personally lead the team and Ma Xiaotian to carry out arrest and cleanup operations in Yongcheng and Xingang.

Chen Bozhong and Ma Xiaotian stood in front of the Xingang checkpoint, looking at the thick stack of lists in their hands, counting them carefully, there are a total of one hundred and fifty names on the list, all of which are people who must be arrested this time, and Leng Rui also said that one hundred and fifty people can't even let go of their families, and they can be killed if they resist.

Ma Xiaotian looked at the list and said, "Commander, one hundred and fifty people, including family members, how can there be more than three hundred people, right?" What does it mean to be resistant? ”

Chen Bozhong just shook his head slightly, looking at the Xingang checkpoint, from the blood on the bodies of those foreign soldiers, as well as the corpses that could be seen everywhere on the streets, it could be judged that the trade union's action last night had failed.

How is it possible not to fail?

How many people are there in the entire union? Even if they have automatic firearms in their hands, after all, they are a group of civilians, and it is okay to fight the Coast Guard Headquarters and prisons, but to deal with trained foreign soldiers, it is simply an egg hitting a stone.

In a previous conversation with the foreigner officers, they also learned that the trade union's attack on the foreigner's barracks last night lasted for four hours.

After four hours, even the group of foreign soldiers were surprised that this group of ordinary people could withstand their fierce counterattack for four hours, and it was under the premise that they used armored vehicles and light tanks.

Chen Bozhong put away the list and said: "The meaning of the above is very clear, that is, to take this opportunity to dig out all the trade unions and the people behind them, and then bury them again, bury them to death, and leave no one." ”

Ma Xiaotian said worriedly: "Commander, let us do this kind of dirty work, it will cost us a long time, by the way, I heard that several company commanders in the 17th Army have been arrested, saying that they are also from that side, and they will be shot directly when they are caught." ”

Chen Bozhong said: "Do our own thing, this is a son of heaven and a courtier, if we don't do it, the handle will be pinched in Leng Rui's hands, if you want to sit firmly in the position of the commander of Yongcheng city defense, you have to do all the dirty work, and when it's over, Yongcheng is too peaceful, and we can live a few days of stable life, let's go." ”

In the next few days, the daily gunfire in Yongcheng continued, and new graves were constantly added to the mass graves outside Yongcheng, and the Fenghua New Army even used trucks to transport the captured people directly to the mass graves, and let these people who were about to be executed dig their own pits, and after digging, no one sent a bullet, and then buried them on the spot.

In just three days, more than 300 people died at the hands of the Fenghua New Army alone, and at least half of them were only suspicious elements in their opinion.

It is better to kill by mistake than to let go, this is the order Leng Rui gave to Chen Bozhong.

The Li family in Xingang has been hiding for three days, and Tang Anshu and others, who have escaped several searches, are still anxiously waiting for news, although the foreigners contacted by Li Songming have promised that they can get on the ship, but they still need to be finalized.

In the past few days, the four people in the firewood room have not slept well, and every time they want to fall asleep, they will be awakened by the sound of gunfire on the street.

They had no idea what was going on outside, but they learned from Li Songming that the Fenghua New Army had entered the concession and began to arrest the fleeing rebels together with the foreign army.

Finally, the door of the firewood room was opened by Li Songming again, and An Wanghai immediately got up and asked, "How is it?" ”

Li Songming said: "There's news over there, you can board the ship tonight, Xingang Wharf, the British's ship, Mary, but because it was originally two people, this time it became four, so there is some trouble, two of them must be hidden in the warehouse, no problem, right?" ”

An Wanghai said: "As long as you can go, it's okay to hide in the box." ”

Li Songming said: "Okay, I'll go and reply to them." ”

Tang Anshu got up at this time and said, "Boss Li, excuse me, I'm going to go to the Coast Guard Prison now." ”

Li Songming was stunned: "Go at this time?" ”

Tang Anshu said: "Human life is at stake, I must go." ”

Li Songming nodded and said: "Okay, I have documents in my hand, I'm not afraid to come forward, the curfew has been lifted in the past two days, and everyone can go to the street, you come with me to change clothes, it's best to wear a suit, so as not to make people suspicious, and just say, you are my brother." ”

Tang Anshu followed Li Songming to change his clothes, and after a little grooming and dressing, he led him to the Coast Guard Prison, he had to go to see Leng Rui, at least fish out someone first.

But what Tang Anshu didn't expect was that when he walked on the streets of Xingang, he found that the originally prosperous Xingang had become a battlefield where the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, and there were traces of bullets and explosives on the walls and pillars around him, and many hired people were dragging the corpses with board trucks and walking out of the city.

Li Songming lowered his voice as he walked: "It's better today, two days ago, in the place you just saw, many people were killed, all of them were dragged out of the house directly, catch one and kill the other, and don't ask or interrogate, what do you say is this." ”

Tang Anshu was silent, and wanted to close his eyes and not look, but he couldn't.

Perhaps, from the moment he first stepped into Yongcheng, these things were destined to happen.

Coming to the coast guard prison, Tang Anshu directly stepped forward to explain his identity to the coast guard, and the coast guard understood, and after stopping Li Songming, he led Tang Anshu into the huge cave alone.

was still in the cell where Qu Feng was held at the beginning, and Tang Anshu saw Leng Rui again.

Leng Rui sat in front of a kerosene lamp and looked at him coldly.

Tang Anshu said: "The Seven Spirits are already under my control, and you can get them tonight, but I have to remind you that the Seven Spirits are individuals." ”

Leng Rui nodded silently.

Tang Anshu was not surprised when he saw him, and asked rhetorically: "You already know?" ”

Leng Rui said: "In order to show my sincerity, I'll let someone go first." ”

Saying that, Leng Rui clapped his hands, and soon the two coast guards led Benzoin who was blindfolded and covered their mouths from the darkness, Tang Anshu saw this and wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Leng Rui.

Leng Rui said: "You can take it away, what do you want to say, you go back and talk about it, I have to know the exact time and place of your tonight." ”

Tang Anshu said: "Xingang Wharf, the ship of the British, called Mary. ”

Leng Rui nodded and said, "I will arrange the arrangement, when the time comes, you will hand over the people, I will put the other two, and you can go." ”

Tang Anshu didn't say anything more, and walked out with the blindfolded benzoin, until he walked out of the hole, the police took off her blindfold, and the benzoin took off the cloth stuffed under the tongue in his mouth and hugged Tang Anshu directly.

Tang Anshu said: "Let's go, let's go back quickly, and we'll talk about it when we go back." ”

Li Songming was also puzzled, why did Tang Anshu go in and bring a woman out? What the hell did he do? But he didn't ask in detail, just led the two of them back to Li's house quickly.

After returning to Li's house, hiding in the firewood room, and eating and drinking some things, Benzoin told Tang Anshu and the others what happened.

On that day, Benzoin was on the run after luring away the headless monster in the desert of Cangcheng, and almost died several times, but she narrowly escaped and finally hid in a ruin.

When Benzoin hides in the ruins, although the headless monster can't get in, her zombies surround her, and what is even more terrifying is that she encounters the kind of centipede that hides in the ruins and can spew corrosive venom.

After the centipede and the zombie met, the two sides started a fight, and in the end the centipede won, just when the centipede turned to benzoin, and benzoin also thought that she was dead, she was inexplicably shrouded in a white light, and then returned to Yongcheng.

Tang Anshu asked, "Where did you return to Yongcheng?" ”

Benzoin said: "In the barracks of the Seventeenth Army, therefore, I was arrested at that time, and not long after, I saw the person who called himself Leng Rui, and I saw the three of Lei Maru, Ye Xin and Le Zhengxian. ”

Tang Anshu nodded and said, "It seems that Leng Rui didn't lie to me, you are really in his hands." ”

Benzoin asked, "I don't understand, why did I suddenly return to Yongcheng when I was in the ruins of the desert?" ”

Tang Anshu told Benzoin what they had seen after entering the ancient pagoda, and Benzoin was dumbfounded.

At this time, An Wanghai said: "From this point of view, maybe what Tang She said is all true." ”

Tang Anshu also nodded silently, looking at it now, Benzoin didn't die in that situation, does this mean that Benzoin is indeed the only one among them who survived?

But why did Benzoin not tell future generations about the Seven Spirits after he founded a new moat and kept the tomb for several generations?

Thinking of this, Tang Anshu immediately made a decision, he decided to let Benzoin leave Yongcheng, after all, Benzoin's current identity is safe, the revolutionary army will not embarrass her, and after the limelight passes, she can leave with Ling Jian.

Tang Anshu called Benzoin outside the firewood room and informed: "I have found the tomb slip, and I have hidden the tomb slip under the pavilion of the governor's mansion. ”

As he spoke, Tang Anshu described the appearance of Xia Ling Jian in detail, so that Benzoin could remember it firmly.

After hearing this, Benzoin asked, "Won't you go with me?" ”

Tang Anshu said: "I have other important things to do, your current identity can leave Yongcheng safely, and when everything is calmed down, you can leave with Ling Jian, and after we leave safely, we will meet in Shanghai." ”

Benzoin looked at Tang Anshu's eyes: "An Wanghai said earlier that everything that Tang She said was true, do you think so too?" That's why I was asked to leave alone with Ling Jian? What else do you have to do? ”

Tang Anshu had no choice but to say: "Le Zhengxian is my senior brother, and Yexin also has an agreement with me, I can't leave the two of them alone, so I must go to see Leng Rui and complete the agreement between me and him." ”

Benzoin asked, "What is the agreement between you and Leng Rui?" ”

Tang Anshu hesitated for a moment and said: "Tang She didn't tell me about the agreement between me and Leng Rui, so I thought, if I tell you, will it change history because of this?" ”