Chapter Ninety-Six: Decision (Seeking Genuine Subscription)
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October 12, three days before Mr Sun's arrival in Hong Kong.
A rickshaw carrying a wealthy businessman Li Yutang through the streets and alleys of Central, pulling the cart is the Li family's little servant Ah Si, some time ago the typhoon destroyed some of the not very solid buildings on Hong Kong Island, but with the generous donations of people from all walks of life, in the blink of an eye, more buildings were rebuilt, making this Central more prosperous.
As soon as the rickshaw turned into an alley, a group of marchers shouting slogans appeared in front of them, and seeing that the road was blocked, Ah Si had to stop the car, wiped his sweat, and planned to wait for the crowd to pass before continuing the journey.
Recently, the Daily of the Flower Planter reported the establishment of the League and the news that Mr. Sun was coming to Hong Kong, and many patriotic young people marched on the streets in order to awaken more compatriots and raise donations for the League.
Li Yutang, who was sitting in the car, looked at the young faces in the crowd of marchers, his mood was extremely complicated, as a businessman, he couldn't quite understand the usefulness of the parade, but he knew that behind the parade was his old friend Chen Shaobai's credit, and there was also his credit.
Because last night, Chen Shaobai paid 3,000 Hong Kong dollars from him in the name of fundraising.
As the procession gradually approached, suddenly a familiar voice came into his ears, Li Yutang followed the prestige, and his face suddenly changed, his son Li Chongguang was shouting slogans in support of Mr. Sun in the crowd, while throwing handwritten leaflets.
Li Yutang hurriedly got out of the car, squeezed into the crowd of marchers, knocked out the leaflets in his son's hand, and then pulled his son out.
What he didn't expect was that his son, who had always been honest and obedient at home, would rebel against this old man in public.
Li Yutang raised the civilization stick in his hand and pulled it over, but was blocked by Ah Si in front of his young master, bearing his anger for his son.
Seeing the bright red blood left on Ah Si's forehead, Li Yutang also calmed down, Ah Si took the opportunity to intercede for the young master, and before he could agree, his son Li Chongguang took the opportunity to get into the crowd of the parade and disappeared.
Li Yutang looked at Ah Si, who was disobedient to him in order to protect his son, and had the heart to scold him, but the other party was loyal to the Lord, and he was injured in order to protect his son, so he immediately stomped his foot and transferred all his anger to his old friend Chen Shaobai.
"Let's go, go to the Flower Planter Daily!"
When he arrived at the Flower Planter Daily, Li Yutang asked Ah Si to go to the side of the hospital to treat the wound, and he himself walked into the newspaper office angrily, and when he saw Chen Shaobai, he asked loudly:
"Do you know that my son went to the street to parade to collect donations, does it have anything to do with you, I only had such a son at the age of forty, what do you want to do!"
Chen Shaobai's face showed shame at first, but he soon became calm: "I just told Chongguang some revolutionary truths, that was his own choice!" ”
"What to choose? I won't tell you how much money I've given you over the years, even this newspaper is funded by me, I understand that you are patriotic, but for such a dangerous thing, you also pulled my son in......"
Li Yutang said angrily: "Do you know what Herbert from the police station told me, this time Mr. Sun came to Hong Kong, and the Qing court sent a killer and a gun!" ”
He pointed at Chen Shaobai and asked, "Have you told me about these dangers?" Did you mention it to me? ”
Li Yutang was furious with Chen Shaobai, and the staff in the newspaper office stopped what they were doing and looked at this side, except for his roar, no one made a sound.
But at this moment, I suddenly heard someone ask, "Excuse me, which one is Mr. Chen Shaobai?" ”
Li Yutang, who still wanted to continue to be mad, couldn't help but suffocate, turned his head to look, and saw that it was two young men with faces, and the newspaper office was full of like-minded revolutionaries with Chen Shaobai, he didn't have to scruple, but when outsiders came, it was not good for him to shout anymore.
He turned around angrily, turning his back to everyone, wanting to wait for Chen Shaobai to finish the matter and then settle accounts with him.
Chen Shaobai helped his glasses, stabilized his mood, and said to the visitor: "I am Chen Shaobai, you are ......"
The two people immediately walked over with a smile: "Mr. Chen, I found you, we are ......"
They smiled as they spoke, and when they said, "We are ......," their smiles suddenly retracted: "We're here to ask you for a trip......
When he said this, he was already close to the front, and one of them casually slashed at Chen Shaobai's neck with a hand knife, and the latter went straight to the bottom, and was pulled by the person who made the move, and he resisted on his shoulder.
This action suddenly caused a burst of exclamation from the newspaper, and Li Yutang also felt that something was wrong, so he turned around suddenly, and saw that his old friend had been carried on his shoulders and strode out.
"Eh, what are you going to do!" Li Yutang hurriedly went to grab the person who was carrying his old friend, but the other person kicked him in the waist violently, directly kicked him to the ground, and hit the table leg before stopping.
At this time, the staff in the newspaper office also reacted, and several young men rushed over to stop the two people and save Chen Shaobai.
What is unexpected is that the person carrying Chen Shaobai is as slippery as a loach, and when he takes a step and shakes his body, he avoids the people who rush over, and his body does not stop.
And the person who kicked Li Yutang took out a short knife with a cold light from his arms at this time, cut down a newspaper staff member with one knife, and then fiercely pointed at the people around him with a blood-stained short knife: "Whoever comes here will be hacked to death!" ”
This kind of operation immediately frightened everyone, and those who wanted to rush up to save people were so frightened that they stood in place and didn't dare to step forward, and in the blink of an eye, the two of them strode out of the newspaper office with Chen Shaobai.
Li Yutang struggled to get up and shouted, "Call the police...... quickly"
Since it was Li Yutang who called the police, and it was the celebrity Chen Shaobai who was arrested, Smith, the assistant, personally went to the police, but after the two people left, they disappeared without any clues.
Li Yutang was kicked, although it was not a big problem, but he was old, and after this fright, he fell ill when he returned home, and he got better after taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor.
Later, Smith went to visit Li's house after finishing his business, Li Yutang was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, and the young and beautiful fourth aunt Tai Yueru was rubbing his waist.
Seeing Smith coming, Li Yutang hurriedly got up with the support of his fourth aunt, asked about the news of his old friend Chen Shaobai, and asked who kidnapped and committed the murder in broad daylight.
Smith shook his head and sighed: "I told you that the imperial court sent a killer over, and Chen Shaobai is the head of the alliance here, so don't you need to say who did it!" ”
"Then hurry up and arrest someone, hurry up and rescue Shaobai!" Li Yutang said urgently.
Herbert was a little annoyed, and said loudly in a male duck voice: "You said that if you arrest someone, you will arrest someone, but what about the evidence?" I'm a police officer, and I have to talk about evidence! ”
"And you said that if you save people, you will save people? Then do you know where Chen Shaobai was arrested? If you know, please tell me, and I'll get him out now!" ”
After finishing speaking, the two old friends stared at each other like angry children, so frightened that the fourth aunt Tai Yueru didn't dare to make a sound.
After a while, Smith waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I'll do my best, you can take care of your injuries, I'll go first!" ”
He waved his hand, turned around and left, but when he reached the door, he paused, turned around, and reminded again: "The events on the 15th are too dangerous, you must not get involved!" ”
After speaking, he waved his hand again and stepped out of the door.
Fourth Aunt Taiyueru saw Li Yutang's face full of sadness, thinking of the conversation just now, she couldn't help but carefully persuade: "Master, what Smith said, if there is danger, can you listen to him and don't participate." ”
Li Yutang patted Yueru's hand and sighed: "There are some things, if you don't do them, Chongguang will blame me, and I will blame myself... Hey....." he said with a heavy sigh.
Yueru's eyes fluctuated, there was hesitation, worry, pursed her lips, and finally she didn't say anything, but her fingers clenched and released, and then clenched again, as if at this moment, she had made a decision.