March 11, the 29th year of Guangxu, April 8, 1903 in the Gregorian calendar, is the day when China and Russia expire. According to the demarcation, the Russian garrison in China should be withdrawn one after another. The Russian side openly tore up the treaty, and not only did not withdraw its troops, but instead stationed 800 troops at Yingkou and reoccupied it, without encountering resistance in the process.

However, a few days later, an English-language newspaper in Tianjin published a draft of the contract. Among them, it was Russia that put forward many demands, made a new covenant with the current imperial court, and tore up the original content! The draft was published in the newspaper in the form of a photograph as it was, and not a word of it was published, and its content shook the government and the opposition, and caused chaos among the people. Major domestic newspapers and periodicals have reprinted it one after another, and there are even newspapers in Japan that have published a special issue for this issue.

For a time, anti-Qing voices were raised in China, and foreign students echoed the anti-Qing forces at home, and the voices of rejection of Russia rose higher and higher. At the end of the month, people from all walks of life in Shanghai held a meeting to reject Russia in Zhangyuan, and sent a circular to the Prime Minister's Yamen to oppose it; Also at the end of the month, the students studying in Japan organized the "Anti-Russian Volunteer Team", also known as the "Chinese Overseas Anti-Russian Volunteer Team", sent a report back to China, boycotted the New Covenant and agreed to hold regular meetings, they said, "The Russians will not retreat for a day, and the volunteers will not stop for a day"; Still at the end of the month, the hall of Beijing Normal University "rang the bell to go to school" to denounce the invasion of Tsarist Russia, and the people of the capital watched one after another, and the soldiers did not dare to disperse.

The court was scolded for a while, and the atmosphere did not dare to come out. Even if they are the imperial court, they can't stand the scolding of people all over the world. The court was so anxious that it had no choice but to announce that it would never sign. But that's not the end of it, after all, the Russians didn't sign and they didn't withdraw their troops.

The court was soft, but it was ruthless in his heart, and he hated it to death! It was called a "secret agreement", and after the Russian side sent the draft, the draft never left Beijing, so why was it suddenly published in an English-language newspaper in Tianjin? Examine! Check it out carefully! The Queen Mother Lafayette made an edict to thoroughly investigate the whole story of the leaked case and catch people, and it must take a thousand cuts to resolve the hatred.

Why is it hated like this? Because if he doesn't sign it, Lao Maozi will be angry, and the court can't afford to provoke Lao Maozi, and even if Lao Maozi stomps his feet, the court has to follow and tremble. At the beginning, Lao Maozi fought all the way from Heilongjiang to Shengjing - even if some of the cities didn't fire a shot, they were all over.

The imperial court is now the imperial court of foreigners.

Things have developed to this point, and there is an undercurrent surging all over the country, and maybe someone will make something big about it at any time. But at this time, the northeast, which is on the cusp of the storm, is surprisingly calm. Yingkou, Dalian, and Lushun, which were occupied by Lao Maozi, did not move, and places such as Changtu Mansion, where Lao Maozi did not return, did not move. The people are happy and comfortable, and they still live their small lives as they should.

And this does not include the ghost family, they are all going crazy, even the tiger who has just recovered from serious injuries has to go back and forth in and out of the city from time to time. In the final analysis, it was these things that caused a lot of trouble, and the activities of the revolutionary caucus became more frequent. There are fewer things to catch ghosts and subjugate demons in the ghost house, and it can really be regarded as a bad job.

And the risk of doing things has also risen a lot. After all, the imperial court has not yet found out a single result of the leaking of secrets, but the activities of the revolutionaries in the imperial court are not completely invisible, and some details cannot be taken care of, which does not affect the imperial court to intensify the crackdown. The revolutionaries were more cautious. However, it is also true that the revolutionary party is now seeking revolution, which is a matter of losing its head, and naturally it cannot be too cautious in any way.

In fact, according to the original agreement, the ghost family had already repaid Nalan Lang's kindness for giving medicine, but Mr. Peng didn't take the initiative to mention this matter, and Nalan Lang didn't say it, and the two sides reached a certain tacit understanding, as if the originally agreed period did not exist.

Speaking of which, Mr. Peng is the owner of the ghost family's generation. According to the rules of the ghost family, the disciples of the martial arts sect are short of the disciples of the art sect, and the disciples of the martial arts sect are not allowed to serve as the masters of the sect. Although the ghost family has always been not prosperous, each generation has less than one or two, more than three or four descendants, but after all, it is a mountain and a sect. It is a sect and there are rules of the sect, Mr. Peng is the head of the ghost family, and there is no room for others in the door to refute the things he has decided, so Mr. Peng does not speak about this matter, and others do not mention it.

"Zhang Zhenren, are you at home?" Huzi stood outside the door of the hexagram shop and knocked lightly.

Zhang Li's voice came from inside the door: "The door is not locked, come in." ”

Huzi pushed the door in, and saw Zhang Li eating, and it was not wrong to calculate the time, it was just a little late for lunch.

Since he knew that Zhang Li was also a member of the regiment, Huzi sent him a letter above board. After all, they are all Taoist disciples, and they can call their neighbors a senior brother, and they don't break the law when they go to relatives, and they are still easy to attract suspicion.

Speaking of Zhang Li, it is also a unique environment here, a fortune teller is famous far and near, and outsiders are not suspicious of outsiders at the door, and people who are in the group are very important. Thinking about Zhang Li's fortune-telling skills that are less than half a bottle, Huzi feels ridiculous, and always maliciously feels that the people who come to Zhang Li to tell fortunes are all people from within the group.

"Would you like to eat together?" Zhang Li moved a small stool for Huzi and placed it next to the windowsill. His place is too cold, it is a small house where the street militia patrols the streets to rest and shelter from the rain, there is not much place, except for the hexagram table, there is no other table at all. Don't look at Zhang Li's ability, but he is very well-behaved, the hexagram table is exquisite, and he can only burn incense and write on it to place magic utensils and books, and it must not be used as a dining table. So he had to put dishes and chopsticks on the windowsill.

Huzi snapped his eyes and pouted his teeth: "You just eat this?" ”

Zhang Li's meal is really a bit unsightly, stick noodle porridge, small pickles, this is his lunch. Stick noodles are not cornmeal, cornmeal is a good thing. The cob noodles are the noodles made of the small cob wrapped in corn kernels, which are usually fed to donkeys, and only the poor to the point of being poorly clothed will eat this thing, a penny and a small half-sack, which can be eaten for several days. But this thing can only swell the stomach, there is nothing to eat, and after a long time, it is inevitable that those who eat this thing will have yellow faces and thin muscles.

Zhang Li actually took this thing for lunch, it's so pitiful! In Huzi's opinion, with his nonsense mouth, he will not fall into this situation.

"You don't know how expensive firewood and rice are," Zhang Lisan drank the porridge in two sips, grinned and pounded his chest—this thing snorted his throat—and said to Huzi, "Do you know how expensive the food in Fucheng is now?" The grain merchants are faster than the money they rob. I can't even afford to eat this little pickle? You know what? The price of salt has also risen! ”

Huzi picked up the bowl of small pickles and looked at it carefully, it was full of all kinds of wild vegetables and cut pickle gnocchi, not even a shredded cucumber. Huzi was very curious: "I know about the price increase, the Japanese collect grain, and the grain depot does not dare not buy it, and the grain of the individual family is also sold to the Japanese first." I've heard that the Japanese use beans to feed their military horses, but they are willing to spend it. But that's it, it's not your turn to have such a hard time, right? Aren't you pretty good at swindling money, silver? ”

Zhang Li snatched the pickle bowl from Huzi's hand, received it in the closet, and said with a flat mouth: "Running the rivers and lakes to sell skills, how can it be said to be a lie?" We have our own set of spring snacks, which is also a job that ordinary people can't do. Don't look at me like this, in the early years of this dynasty, my ancestor was also a famous man in Kyushu, and his ability to catch ghosts and subdue demons was not false, but the inheritance was later broken. As for the silver, I naturally have a place where I spend my money. By the way, I see that you seem to have a surplus on hand, junior brother, borrow a little from my brother, and I will repay you after I have unjust money, you know my ability. ”

"I said it wasn't a lie, and then I said it was a lie, but you made sense." Huzi couldn't help but be happy, "I can borrow your money, but my family's silver is not blown by the wind, you have to explain it to me clearly, what are you going to do with this silver?" ”

Zhang Li sighed lightly: "Hey! It's a long story, but I'll cut it short. In short, I fell in love with a girl, and I paid for it. ”

"Oh, you're going to make a home in Changtu Mansion?" Huzi nodded, "That's the right thing." You are also older than me, and you should ask for a daughter-in-law if you want to. ”

Zhang Li was happy: "Yes, yes!" I'm going to ask for a daughter-in-law. I've thought about it, the hexagram shop here can't live for two people, and it's not suitable for women to live, and when I get married, I'll make a small yard in a cheap place outside the city, and grow some fruits and vegetables by myself, this hexagram shop is also open, and I will run at both ends. ”

Huzi only thought that Zhang Li had fallen in love with the daughter of that family, and that family asked for a lot of dowry, so he asked Zhang Li to eat stick noodles to save money, and even borrowed it from himself. He thought very well: since the old grudges have been written off, he can help it.

He took the letter hidden close to him and the purse containing silver in his hand, first handed the letter over, saw that Zhang Li carefully stored it in the mezzanine under the table, and then opened the purse and lowered his head to count, asking, "How much do you want to borrow?" ”

Zhang Li scratched his head and said with a smile: "Second ...... No, ten taels, ten taels of silver is fine. ”

Huzi pulled out a money ticket with "pick up two" written on it, slapped it on the table, and said: "You can borrow it, but you have to write an IOU, and you have to demarcate the date and interest for repayment, and this money is not borrowed in vain." ”

"Okay, that's it." Zhang Li clapped his hands, grabbed the pen, and wrote on the paper.

Huzi watched Zhang Li write an IOU, that is, he asked: "Which girl is so unlucky that you are such a liar?" ”

He just didn't have anything to say, so he just said it. Zhang Li replied casually: "Miss Su'e of Chunfeng Garden." ”

Huzi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly snatched the money back. Half of this money ticket was pressed under the IOU that Zhang Li was writing, and when it was pulled, the ink scratched a long ink mark on the paper, and it was "cut into the roll", that is, it was invalid.

Zhang Li was unhappy: "Huzi, what do you mean by this." ”

Huzi smiled: "You have such a big face." What is Spring Breeze Garden? I don't dare to borrow money from you. Haven't I ever seen a pig run if I haven't eaten pork? I've heard of the rules there, but there are many reasons to ask for money, and it's a bottomless pit. I won't give you this money. ”

"I'm going to redeem Su'e!" Zhang Li slapped the table and shouted.

Huzi waved his hand: "I sent the letter back." Coincidentally, my next stop is to go to Chunfeng Garden, and I can help you bring a message to Miss Su'e when the time comes. See you later. ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Zhang Li to open his mouth again, pushed the door and left.

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