Chapter 40: The Wind Rises and the Waves Rise
Ironically, during this period, for foreigners, the last thing they were afraid of was the officials and officers and soldiers of the Qing government, but they were afraid of robbers and thieves. Therefore, the embassies of Western countries often protested to the Qing government, asking the government and the yamen to send troops to suppress and eliminate these bandits and other outlaws.
However, sometimes the Qing government is not stupid, and it will resign everything that it can, and if it can't, it will pretend to take in some robbers and thieves on the surface, but secretly, the Qing government will quietly release them, and it can even be said that it has reached the level of shielding and employing some obedient robbers or gangs.
Because the Qing government was secretly fueling the troubles, there were now some turmoil in various regions to "help the Qing Dynasty and destroy the foreigners".
In this regard, foreigners more or less know some inside information, and know that the Qing government is a hypocrite, but there is no solid evidence in hand, no matter how they protest, the Qing government will innocently deny it.
Therefore, now as soon as he heard that Nalan Yuanshu was preparing to arrest and eliminate the robbers and thieves, these unfathomable criminals, the ambassador wanted to make a contribution, he wanted to shoot those robbers and thieves directly, so that the robbers and thieves would be like they would change their doppelgangers, and harvest a group of people today, but another batch appeared the next day, which was simply endless.
The ambassador of the British Consulate said with a sincere face: "Admiral Nalan, the Qing government and the Sun Never Sets Empire have a deep friendship, if the Guangfu Yamen is insufficient, the soldiers of our consulate can help capture these robbers and thieves." “
"I would like to thank the ambassador for his kindness, and some robbers and thieves are useless to your soldiers." Nalan Yuanshu bowed his hand and replied with a smile.
The robber and thief to be arrested tonight are revolutionary reactionaries, how dare Nalan Yuanshu get involved in foreigners, let alone whether the foreigners are secretly funding revolutionary reactionaries, the wolf ambitions of foreigners alone make Nalan Yuanshu vigilant, and then the foreigners may help and even secretly let the revolutionary reactionaries go.
This is not the worst, the appetite of foreigners has always been very great, I am afraid that when the time comes, foreigners will use the government's inability to guarantee the lives and interests of foreigners as an excuse, come to oppose the guest, and once again force the Qing government to sign an agreement to lose power and humiliate the country.
"Loss of power and humiliation of the country? These foreigners are damned! “
Nalan Yuanshu's eyes showed a cold glow, and he was thinking to himself at the moment, if there was no accident tonight, should he take the opportunity of the revolutionary reactionary uprising to give the Western powers a hard blow in the turmoil, and cut off all the minions of Shamian.
"Mr. Sun, the revolutionary brothers are all ready."
A voice sounded in the dark room, and a man was seen walking out of the dark curtain and into the window sprinkled with silver-white moonlight. took out his pocket watch and saw that the hour had come, so the man reminded Sun Wen in deep thought.
The person who spoke was a man in a brocade robe and a horse coat, Lu Haodong, a thin figure of about 30 years old, who was Sun Wen's childhood friend and fellow countryman. At the same time, he is also the biggest patron behind Sun Wen.
Today, when he came to meet Sun Wen, he handed over the blue sky and white sun flag drawn by himself to Sun Wen.
"Haodong, have the families of the revolutionary brothers been arranged?" Sun Wen's face was brightened and dimmed by the moonlight, and he was looking at the place where the light and fire were lit in the distance, and it was the sand surface.
"The last batch was sent away this morning, and it is probably on the other side of the Xiangjiang River now."
"Haodong, when we are separated, you will go to the Shamian Concession." Sun Wen's eyes swayed, and then he said with a resolute face.
"Mr. Sun." As soon as he heard that Sun Wen was going to let him go to Shamian, Lu Haodong was a little anxious at this time. For him, these words are nothing more than taking refuge, to put it mildly, if he really goes to the sand to hide, he will be a kind of bastard who retreats from the battle!
"Needless to say, as the president of the Xingzhong Association, I ordered Lu Haodong to go to Shamian to collect intelligence." Sun Wenban said with a serious face.
"Maybe Haodong will think I'm an unreasonable person."
Sun Wen was a little entangled in his heart at this time, the risk of this incident was really too great, and he really didn't want his friends to mix up this troubled water. For him, Lu Haodong is not only a sponsor, but also a fellow classmate with whom he grew up. And now they also share the same revolutionary ideals.
But he knows his friend's temperament very well, his friend is a person with a bit of a strong temper, and sometimes his friend will follow his orders, but in terms of major matters, his friend has always had his own unique opinions, such as his current advice. Therefore, he could only give orders compulsorily.
"Quick, keep up."
"Slow down the footsteps ......"
In an alley more than 10 meters away on the right side of the Guangfu Yamen, a group of men dressed in cotton linen clothes, with red cloth strips tied around their arms, holding quick rifles in their hands and machetes behind their backs, came in the dark, and the direction was the barracks on the side of the Guangfu Yamen.
At the same time, on the top of Mount Guanyin.
A man with a rough face and a beard stood on the roof of the headquarters, he was one of the thirteen captains of the Divine Tree Sect's Sharpshooter Guard, and he was holding a telescope at this time, looking at the inner city of Guangfu, and he was looking at mainly those western-style buildings. Under the light of the electric light, the man had a panoramic view of the foreigners' activities.
"Li Huzi, when are we leaving?" A lazy man sat on the floor, his chin in his right hand and asked helplessly.
The man was originally nameless because he grew up begging for a living. After worshipping the Divine Tree Sect, he decided to take Shen as his surname and take the name of a tree character.
In begging, Shen Shu has eaten enough of the ups and downs of life, and therefore sees through the warmth and coldness of the world. Therefore, at this moment, among the thirteen captains, he was the most loyal to the Divine Tree Sect. The reason is very simple, if the Divine Tree Sect falls, he will continue to live a floating life.
Therefore, don't look at Shen Shu's temperament now, since he can stand out from thousands of people and become one of the thirteen captains, it can be seen that he is a capable person.
"The sect leader said before leaving, as soon as the revolutionary guys shoot, we will go down the mountain to carry out the mission." Don't look at Li Huzi, who is arrogant, but his brain is the most flexible and calm, so Shen Zhu handed him the position of team leader.
"Oh, we have to wait, I really don't know what the sect leader is worried about, with our current force, who is our opponent in the entire Guangfu." As soon as the words fell, Shen Shu directly pressed his limbs against the floor of the roof.
"Please learn from other people, look at them."
Just as Li Huzi put down the binoculars in his hand and was about to turn around, and the other captains were closing their eyes and meditating on the side, a gunshot came from the foot of the mountain.