Walk about a kilometer from the shore of Shamian to Xiguan, there is a Dilong Street, if you refer to the current address of Guangfu, its location is near the Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street of Guangfu. There is a part of the area that falls within the scope of the Xiguan business district, so there are quite a lot of bamboo tube buildings and Xiguan mansions.

Bamboo tube building, as the name suggests, the building is shaped like a bamboo tube, the façade is narrow and small, deep and narrow. The birth of bamboo tube houses was due to the rapid development of industry and commerce in Canton and the gradual increase in population, so these bamboo tube houses were often a mixture of residential and commercial buildings in the late 19th century. Therefore, it can also be called a shop house.

At the same time as the Qing Dynasty's Westernization Movement, the island country also carried out the Meiji Restoration reform movement, introduced Western modern industrial technology, and promoted the country's industrial and commercial development, and therefore, the island country set up a consulate in the Xiguan business district of Guangfu, which was ostensibly to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of citizens and legal persons of the island country in the Qing Dynasty, and even to promote the political, economic, cultural, educational, scientific and technological relations between the two countries.

But in fact, the consulate of the island country is secretly an espionage and intelligence agency. The consulate in Canton is mainly used to spy on confidential military information from the government offices in the two Canton regions, or to carry out sabotage activities, such as supporting some revolutionary reactionaries.

Right now, during the second round of the tournament, in the second-floor box of a restaurant somewhere on Dilon Street.

The decoration in the box is in a simple and elegant style, and there are not many decorative objects in the room, except for the dining table and wooden stool near the window for people to eat and drink, and two pots of bonsai placed in the corner of the wall, there are only calligraphy and paintings symmetrically hung on the two walls.

The two sat at the dining table facing each other, one looking sideways at the street scenery, and the other putting down the chopsticks in his hand after eating a few bites of food.

"Sun Jun, looking at your preoccupied appearance, is there a problem that is difficult to solve?" The man who spoke was a man in a black suit named Masao Watanabe, with two mustaches under his nostrils, who was an aide to the ambassador of the consulate of the island nation and the head of an intelligence agency.

He and Sun Wen have known each other for five or six years, and if you go back to the source of time, it will be the days when Sun Wen studied in Honolulu. It is precisely because the two met and formed a very deep friendship when they studied abroad that the island country sent him to the Cantonese intelligence agency, responsible for tracking all the activities of Sun Wen in the Qing Dynasty, and providing resources such as funds, intelligence and guns, and even if necessary, if Sun Wen's uprising failed, he must also be responsible for Sun Wen's evacuation.

Today, he and Sun Wen met here, on the one hand, to hand over to Sun Wen the hiding place of the guns and the military deployment map of Guangfu, and on the other hand, to contact the relationship and strengthen the friendship between the two.

Hearing this, Sun Wen withdrew his gaze from the window, and at the same time gathered his inner thoughts one by one. With a smile on his face, he said, "Oh, Watanabe-kun, I'm thinking of a friend who participated in the tournament today. ”

Sun Wen and Huang Feihong have only known each other for a day or two, and the intelligence agency here in Guangfu mainly collects information on the military secrets of the government, so Watanabe Masao failed to get the specific information about Huang Feihong, thinking that Sun Wen was worried about his friend's life, so his face showed concern and asked: "Sun Jun, are you worried about your friend being injured?" ”

Sun Wen shook his head, indicating that the problem was not his friend's life: "I'm thinking about what the use of the martial arts competition." ”

When he saw Watanabe Masao listening, Sun Wen showed a look of pity and pity, and said with a sigh: "Hey, Watanabe-kun, you say, what are the authorities in power in the government thinking at this time, instead of solving the problem of food and clothing for the poor at the bottom, they will hold a martial arts competition that consumes a lot of people's resources, material resources and financial resources. ”

Speaking of this, before Watanabe Masao opened his mouth to say the words, Sun Wen suddenly stood up, his face was very excited and sad: "Are these people in power blind, covering their ears and stealing bells, don't you see that the riverbank is full of foreigners' cannons!" What are they doing in the face of foreigners' bravail! Can you drive foreigners away by engaging in martial arts competitions? The country and the nation are in danger! ”

Long.

Sun Wen calmed down his grief and indignation, tidied up his clothes, and said, "Watanabe-kun, let you see a smile." ”

"No, Sun Jun, I understand your feelings very well, a few decades ago, my country was also opened by foreigners with guns. And now it is still under the oppression of Westerners. Watanabe Masao hurriedly waved his hand, expressing his feelings with a look of agreement.

"Yes, both of our countries are weakly lagging behind the Western powers, and if we want to catch up with the Western powers and drive out their ships and guns, we will learn from each other's advantages and develop industrial gun technology, so that we can save the country and the nation from the crisis." Sun Wen said with a solemn face.

Masao Watanabe said, "I don't think we can rely on industrial guns alone to become a strong country, and we also need to learn from the Western government model......

At this time, just when Sun Wen and Watanabe Masao were in high spirits and pointing out the country, a large group of people were ushered in on the streets of Dilong Street.

Shen Zhu and Nalan Yuanshu walked in front, and behind them, in addition to the Divine Tree Sect disciples and officers and soldiers, there was also a group of other people, they were the masters who participated in today's martial arts competition, except for the three masters who were injured and couldn't come.

Coincidentally, the place where Shen Zhu and the others walked was the restaurant where Sun Wen and Watanabe Masao were now.

"Huh."

Sun Wen suddenly heard a burst of noisy sounds coming from downstairs, listened carefully for a while, his face was a little surprised, and then he quietly walked to the window, pressed his figure against the wall, and looked downstairs.

I saw that Shen Zhu and Nalan Yuanshu were already standing at the door of the restaurant at this time, they were talking happily, and then, not long after, Shen Zhu and Nalan Yuanshu took the masters into the restaurant, and the officers and soldiers and disciples behind them, some of them went to the restaurant next to them to eat first, and some of them lined up at the door of the restaurant.

"It's from the government." Masao Watanabe also hid at the window at this time, and after a glance, he withdrew his gaze. After thinking for a while, Watanabe Masao's face was a little worried, and he asked, "Sun Jun, did you say that the government government has received any rumors?" ”

Hearing this, Sun Wen pondered for a while, and suddenly a familiar figure flashed in his mind, and his face immediately bloomed with a smile, and said: "It's noon now, presumably the people of the government and the Divine Tree Sect are hungry, just come here for a meal, we don't need to mess around." ”

Saying that, Sun Wen sat back, raised the white porcelain tile wine glass, and said with a relaxed face: "Watanabe-kun, you see, we only talked and chatted before, and we even forgot to eat the meal, come, let's finish eating first." ”

At this time, just as Sun Wen and Watanabe Masao picked up the chopsticks to pick up the vegetables, there was a sound of footsteps in the next room.