The first half of the evening of the eighth day of the ninth month.

In the main hall behind the Guangfu Yamen, in modern terms, it is the living room.

In addition to the round table and square stool with a diameter of one meter in the center of the main hall, the walls on the left and right sides are symmetrically hung with calligraphy and paintings, and a row of sculptural seats are placed below.

At this time, two people sat at the round table in the main hall.

Shen Zhu came in wearing a cotton coat and a hat, and he was now sitting on the right side of the round table, gently swiping the tea leaves floating on the tea water with the tea lid, and after taking a sip of tea, he said: "Brother Nalan, are you worried about the affairs of the revolutionary reactionaries? ”

Half an hour ago, Nalan Yuanshu heard that Shen Zhu had something to ask to see, and the two of them had been sitting here quietly drinking tea, until now, Shen Zhu did not speak, but did not say what happened, but talked about his troubles.

However, the affairs of the revolutionary reactionaries should be very confidential, and where did Shen Zhu get this information?

Pressing the doubts in his heart, Nalan Yuanshu, who was wearing martial arts training clothes, put the teacup in his hand lightly on the table and asked, "Brother Shen, do you have a way?" ”

Nalan Yuanshu didn't believe that Shen Zhu would come here to tell him about this for no reason, after all, they had already made an appointment to meet at Fulai Restaurant tomorrow night, so Shen Zhu really didn't need to be in such a hurry to talk about it.

"I think Brother Nalan knows better than me about the war, and he can speculate from which part of Fuzhou where the revolutionary reactionaries started the war, but the yamen has not yet found out where they are located, so the official yamen can only be in a passive position."

"I'm right, Brother Nalan."

Hearing Shen Zhu's question, Nalan Yuanshu didn't mean to hide it, and said directly: "Brother Shen, you also know that I am a person who doesn't like to use my brain, so just say it directly." ”

"Lead the snake out of the hole."

Subsequently, Shen Zhu told the matter of the martial arts competition.

He plans to hold a grand martial arts tournament tomorrow, which is the martial arts arena between the Qing Dynasty and Western countries.

At that time, people from all walks of life will come to watch, such as senior officials of the yamen and foreign ambassadors.

"This works?" Nalan Yuanshu was a little puzzled, it was just a martial arts competition, and revolutionary reactionaries would be led out so easily?

Later, when he heard that Shen Zhu was about to invite the executives of the Western consulate to come in and watch, he couldn't help but be a little surprised and asked, "Brother Shen, what should I do if the foreigners are injured by the revolutionary reactionaries at that time." ”

"Brother Nalan, where do you think the guns of the revolutionary reactionaries came from?"

Seeing that Nalan Yuanshu had realized, Shen Zhufang continued: "It is the people of Western countries who secretly support them, so you don't have to worry about the safety of foreigners, you should think about where the revolutionary reactionaries will start when the Guangfu transfers most of its troops to the martial arts arena." ”

After pondering for a while, Nalan Yuanshu said slowly: "Brother Shen, this martial arts competition is not okay if the yamen agrees alone, will the foreigners send people to participate?" ”

"Brother Nalan, the foreigners have already agreed."

Before coming to the yamen of the official mansion, Shen Zhu had already gone to Shamian, of course, at this time it was the concession, and the British and French soldiers were very savage and wanted to raise their guns to ask Shen Zhu, and Shen Zhu was too lazy to worry about the dying people, so he used hypnotism along the way, directly walked into the office of the ambassador of the British Embassy, and then let the World Tree temporarily blind the ambassador's consciousness.

Since the World Tree can blind people's consciousness, should he directly drive out the moldy people in the Forbidden City, and then blind the consciousness of the ambassadors stationed in the Qing Dynasty, and begin to quietly develop science and technology to catch up with Western countries.

But when the above ideas flashed in Shen Zhu's mind, he also deduced them carefully.

First, since this fantasy world has not yet been invaded by the World Tree, the World Tree needs to spend Wishing Power to blind people's consciousness, and the higher the position in the government agencies, the more it will be consumed.

But Shen Zhu and the World Tree came to this fantasy world to plunder the resources of the Willing Power and invade and occupy the fantasy world, if the expenditure was greater than the harvest at that time, wouldn't they be busy in vain.

Second, at this time, the social support stratum of the Qing government was the landlord class, which controlled a large number of peasants and supported the rule of the Qing government. Thus, as long as the peasants are not driven to a dead end, they will not have the spirit of resistance and struggle, but will foolishly sabotage their plans.

Combining the above two points, Shen Zhu directly dispelled the idea of controlling Western countries at that time, so that he needed the cruel oppression of foreigners and the Qing government to awaken the consciousness of resistance and struggle at this time.

The conversation returned to the main hall.

Nalan Yuanshu felt that since the foreigner agreed, then he could report the matter to the governor with peace of mind. As a result, Nalan Yuanshu nodded in agreement and discussed some details of the martial arts competition with Shen Zhu.

Shen Zhu took out his pocket watch and saw that the time was approaching, that is, at eleven o'clock in the evening. got up and hugged his hand and said, "Brother Nalan, it's getting late, we have time to catch up again." ”

"Please."

Nalan Yuanshu didn't say much to keep it, after all, the place where he lives now belongs to the official yamen, and it is not appropriate to keep Shen Zhu.

After stepping out of the doorbar, Shen Zhu turned around and said, "Brother Nalan, please stay." ”

"Brother Shen, I'm sorry, tomorrow night's banquet has to be postponed, and after I catch those reactionaries, I will set up a banquet another day to apologize." Nalan Yuanshu stood in the doorrail with an apologetic expression and said.

Hearing this, Shen Zhu nodded and turned to leave, and soon, his figure disappeared into a black curtain.

Nalan Yuanshu stood on the spot, looking at Shen Zhu's disappearing back, muttering something about "Is Shen Zhu a reactionary?"

Now he was a little puzzled, when Huang Feihong told him about the Divine Tree Sect, he didn't pay much attention to this information in his heart, but today Shen Zhu suddenly told him that he wanted to help the government yamen arrest revolutionary reactionaries, which made him suspicious.

"Brother Shen, he shouldn't be a reactionary, otherwise why would he come here to prepare to suppress the reactionaries with him."

Nalan Yuanshu shook his head and said this as he walked towards his residence, as if convincing himself to believe that Shen Zhu was a supporter of the Manchu regime.

On the other side, an unexpected thing happened at this time, that is, when Shen Zhu passed through the small north gate.

Shen Zhu saw that a fire began to burn a hundred meters in front of him, and there were bursts of fighting sounds from time to time.

As we got closer, civilians were already running out of the streets, and they were anxiously moving away from the fighting grounds.

Some were weeping quietly because their house had been burned, while others were wearing thin quilts and holding pot lids as a defense......

More people were gloating at the fight scene ahead, not at all worried that they would be injured by mistake.