"How can a sacrifice for the sake of justice be condemned in the name of a mob?"

"How heroic it is to warn the world with one's own sacrifice!"

"Fu Wei, this is the heart of serving the country with fists, please reduce the sentence for it!"

"Injustice! Injustice! Injustice! ”

The procession, waving dozens of banners of all sizes, approached briskly, shouting as they went.

More than 2,000 people shouted in unison, such a formation is not small, passers-by have run to dodge, and the rows of shops on the west side of Chaoxi Avenue have also quickly closed their doors.

On the other side, more than 1,000 young adults were not to be outdone and fearlessly greeted them head-on.

Several leaders of the team raised their megaphones while directing, and shouted loudly in standard Nanjing official dialect: "Everyone! These people with ulterior motives in front of us talk about righteousness, but what they actually do is so unbearable. This is not a so-called petition, this is an eye-catching riot! ”

The crowd collided and stirred up a thousand waves!

The shouts, insults, and fights came one after another, and the scene of hedging between the left and right soon turned from pushing and shoving each other to a group fight.

More than 200 patrol and criminal police officers from the Shanghai government are trying to maintain order on the periphery, because the number of people on both sides is so far apart that they are unable to respond effectively at this time.

And the reinforcements are still urgently concentrated, because there is more than one such situation in the huge county area at the moment.

The last time the Shanghai government police felt that the police force was insufficient was six or seven years ago, when the economic crisis affected the Ming Dynasty, and before and after, the order and law and order in the economic capital have always been quite good.

Big but not chaotic, rich but not bad, this has always been the place of the Ming people who have lived in Shanghai for a long time.

However, the turmoil that followed the "self-imposed disaster" shattered what everyone believed in.

"Mr. ......"

"What are you afraid of, am I not here?"

In a café with a European décor, Xia Xiaoshi clutched Zhou Changfeng's forearm tightly, for fear of being swept away by the surging crowd.

Around them, the café, which was originally quite spacious, was crowded with people, more than thirty or forty.

Through the large bright windows, the people who took refuge inside could clearly witness the fierce confrontation between the two teams after the collision on the avenue outside.

Seeing this, most of the women were pale and trembling, and although there were many cowards among the men, some of them took up benches or chairs to defend themselves.

For a moment, the room was filled with an atmosphere of extreme tension and anxiety, and the cry of children made the tense string in everyone's heart tremble violently.

Zhou Changfeng stretched out his hand and slapped the brown round table with a crackling sound, and shouted, "Someone is here to move the table with me, blocking behind the doors and windows." ”

With that, he began to move the table, and then several men and women began to cooperate in moving other tables and chairs.

At this moment, four young men rushed outside the house, two of whom were quite strong, and they were eager to come in, pushing and patting.

Everyone thought that they were also running to avoid danger, so they hurriedly opened the door and let the four people in.

But as soon as they entered, they instantly turned their faces, pulled out iron pipes or pointed short knives from their sleeves, and the sturdy man at the head also took out a revolver.

"Hurry up! Take out everything you have valuable! ”

"Whoever dares to procrastinate, I'll give him a knife!"

The ruffians who took advantage of the fire to rob shouted and waved the swords in their hands.

The people in the café were terrified and subconsciously retreated, and as a result, people were constantly pushed and fell, and the scene instantly became chaotic.

The actions of these guys made Zhou Changfeng seem to have returned to the Caozhou disaster area three months ago, and the young people who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic and took advantage of the fire to rob were really hateful.

If there were no guns, people would have dared to resist, so what's so scary about everyone rushing to them?

But the mediocre Geely six-shot revolver shocked everyone present, and some timid women began to pull hairpins from their buns.

Immediately, the other people next to him also began to pick up jewelry, watches, and banknotes.

Zhou Changfeng gently patted Xia Xiaoshi's back, then quietly took her handbag and said in a low voice: "I will squat down later." ”

He turned his back to a few bandits, and quickly took out the honor that only the top ten students of the Heavenly Army's martial arts academy could obtain from his bag.

Insert the magazine, open the safe, and load!

After completing all this, Zhou Changfeng quickly turned around and fired three shots directly in a row with the most basic Weaver-style shooting method.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

Three 7.65×17mm Browning pistol bullets flew out of the muzzle one after another, and the robber with the revolver was shot three times and collapsed to the ground.

But Zhou Changfeng still shot him two more times, and then turned the muzzle of the gun to shoot at the other guys.

Things took such a quick turn that the other three bandits, who were frantically filling their bags with their belongings, were now in a daze.

It wasn't until one of them screamed and fell to the ground that the other two fled in horror.

"Click!" It just so happened that the last bullet was not fed and could not be successfully loaded.

This is due to the fact that Xia Xiaoshi has not unloaded the bullets in the magazine since last year - the spring spring force will gradually weaken when the bullets are pressed for a long time.

Zhou Changfeng decisively threw away the gun, rushed up in three steps and made two steps, bent down and picked up the Geely brand six-shot revolver dropped by the gun-wielding bandit, and then chased him out of the café.

After firing four shots in a row and knocking down one man, the other had already run thirty or forty meters, which was an unlikely hit distance for a pistol, so he collected his gun and returned to the house.

The man who had been shot five times in his body had already lost his breath, but the other man was not dead, and was still howling miserably - the .32ACP pistol cartridge with a muzzle kinetic energy of just over 200 joules was really a little weak.

He, as well as the other robber who had escaped outside the café and was knocked down, were dragged into a corner, and among those who took refuge were two nurses from the infirmary who were shopping together, and they began to urgently bandage them.

Now, the attention of the nervous government police is all on these huge crowds.

Because of the chaotic situation at the scene, more than a dozen gunshots rang out in succession, so that the government police in the nearby area misjudged the situation at the scene, and they thought that two fiercely confrontational marchers were firing at each other.

Finally, a group of "cavalry" rushed over from the south side of Chaoxi Avenue.

Bright red half-body armor, border helmet, ring arm armor, blue-gray clothing, leather soap boots, holding a long wooden stick half black and half white, and a tall horse hanging a steel horse face and a neck-shaped chicken neck (neck guard) under the crotch.

Grass, so handsome!

These semi-uniformed "cavalry" were the mounted police of the Shanghai Prefectural Police, which were used to disperse the procession.

Blue and red, full of armor, the outfits of the mounted police can be said to be very stylish and mighty.

"Side by side, go!"

"Drive!"

More than a dozen horsemen just covered the entire avenue, and after a short period of formation, they quickly attacked, and marched forward side by side, in unison.

The speed of the mounted police is not fast, roughly similar to that of ordinary people jogging, but even then it can be called the rumbling of horses' hooves and full of oppression.

On the one hand, the armor is to prevent damage from cold weapons, and on the other hand, it can also increase deterrence; At the same time, there were patrolmen with guns on both sides to accompany the advance, escorting the mounted policemen in the middle.

In the face of the mounted policemen rushing like road steamrollers, the crowd of more than 3,000 marchers, who had just been fighting and fighting, suddenly rioted, and many people subconsciously fled around, completely unable to control the fear in their hearts, and ran wildly.

Generally speaking, the mounted police can play a unique and significant role in controlling and dispersing large crowds, and later police agencies believed that one mounted police officer could be worth ten patrol officers on foot in terms of deterrence, and often a dozen mounted police officers could effectively control the situation of thousands of people gathering to demonstrate.

Human fear of horses is a physiological instinct that is difficult to suppress, and the armies that have been able to hold their ground in the face of a large number of cavalry have been a minority throughout the ages.

When the Russians were filming "War and Peace", the mechanized infantry who made cameo appearances would still subconsciously dodge in the face of the rolling cavalry swarm, resulting in a scattered formation.

"Stop!"

"Phew—"

The Shanghai Police's mounted police were definitely well-trained, or rather unwilling to cause trouble, – they slowed down every thirty meters or so to give the panicked crowd time to flee the scene, and those who fell down could get up and run away.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, the mounted police advanced again and continued to put pressure on the crowd.

In just half an hour, the thousands of people who had been loud before were successfully dispersed, and the scene was only a mess.

Those injured by brawls and tramplings were carried to the side of the road, lying or sitting, hundreds of people in one go.

At this point, the situation was completely calmed down, and the police officers had time to take care of the neighborhood.

"Obediently, it was you who fired the gun before."

"Who did it? Come out. ”

As a result, as soon as Zhou Changfeng came out of the ranks, two patrol officers came up and captured him as if he were facing a great enemy.

Because of the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou dialect, communication has become a big problem, but fortunately, although Zhou Changfeng and Xia Xiaoshi can't speak dialects, the police officers can understand the official language.

After understanding the cause and effect, one of the tall and thin deputy superintendents couldn't help but sigh: "You are powerful, ruthless enough." ”

Although the two bandits who were shot but not dead before were urgently bandaged, they are still dead because of Zhou's marksmanship - both of them were shot in the torso, and although the .32ACP of small power stopped working, it did not mean that they could not kill people.

"You can all testify, right? Well... The assumption is also reasonable. But I would like to ask you and your wife to come with me, and it will only take a moment. ”

Since Zhou Changfeng has no important official business now, even if dozens of people can testify, the basic process still has to be repeated.

When they arrived at the Minhang County Inspection Division, the staff were amazed almost the whole time, and Zhou Changfeng praised the mounted policemen in turn.

The two sides exchanged commercial blows while recording the experience, and finally after taking photos and signing and drawing, this unwarranted disaster was finally over.

Although it is said that it was "a moment of work", it actually took more than an hour before and after.

Before leaving, Zhou Changfeng also prostituted a box of .32ACP pistol bullets from the inspection department - Xia Xiaoshi would not be idle and bored to play with guns, so the eight bullets used before were more than a year ago.

After such a long delay, they now had no energy to go anywhere else, so the two took the tram back to the inn where they were staying.

As the most economically developed place in the Ming Dynasty, the development of the service industry is not inferior to that of Europe, and many things have now taken shape, at least in terms of hotel opening and later generations.

Although there is no identification information, there is document registration and fingerprint keeping on file - the wealthy Shanghai government is the first in Daming to popularize fingerprint comparison criminal investigation technology.

Storing identity information for millions of people, and being able to retrieve it quickly, seems unthinkable in an era without electronic computers? But humans have done it with ingenuity – a type of electric mechanical device that records information through punched cards and then quickly stores, sorts, retrieves, and accesses it.

Historically, this technology has been monopolized by the well-known IBM company and widely used by the U.S. Census Bureau; This technology was also sold to Spicy Crisp for 1.35 million Reichsmarks, which was used for rapid counting and accurate degreasing.

Because the population is too large, Daming is naturally very interested in it, but IBM also knows that Mingren really needs it, so he sits on the ground and starts the price.

At that time, the head of the household department Shangshu felt that this was not cost-effective, so he decided to develop it himself, anyway, he was not in a hurry, and he copied the data of the previous year's "will remember the population of the world" and then modified it, which can be said to be the routine operation of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times.

In the end, Shanghai Gezhi University cooperated with Songjiang Electric Institute to develop it, and it quickly achieved results.

"Whew-toss for most of the day, take a shower!"

"Then the gentleman will go first."

As soon as he entered the room, Zhou Changfeng shouted to take a bath, and Xia Xiaoshi, who was dressed in a white shirt and a black long skirt, replied casually, then leaned over to take off her shoes and put down her handbag.

But when she looked up, she found that Zhou didn't move at all, but stared at her with a smile.

It's like... The hunter who saw his prey.

"Dry... Why? For some reason, she suddenly panicked.

Zhou Changfeng leaned against the wall and asked half-jokingly, "Do you want to be together?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Xia Xiaoshi's cheeks turned red.

Weak, pitiful, helpless, wrong.

Weak, cute, helpless, right.

"Don't Don't ......"

"Hahaha - that's... When to do it? ”

"Ah," Xia Xiaoshi, who blushed with shame, gritted her teeth and complained: "You hate it to death!" ”

"It's okay, there's no hurry, I'll talk about it later." Zhou Changfeng, who was smiling at the corner of his mouth, looked his fiancée up and down, and then pretended to be serious and said, "It's not too much to kiss now, right?" ”

The latter snorted coquettishly, then tiptoed to kiss it.

"Just a moment? It's not enough. ”

Obviously, Zhou also had a lot of practical experience in this area, and when Xia Xiaoshi leaned over on tiptoe again, he quickly took a step back.

So...... Xia Xiaoshi, who lost her balance, fell into his arms.

The touch was so wonderful that Zhou Changfeng couldn't help but hug her waist slightly.

The two hugged each other and gnawed at each other for a while, and Xia Xiaoshi, who was crimson, was out of breath after breaking free.

She whispered, "I can't even breathe......"

"Really?" Zhou Changfeng pinched her nose casually, and said disapprenosingly: "It won't be like this if you practice more and have more relatives." ”

"Huh!" Xia Xiaoshi once again felt that she was really as weak and helpless as a rabbit in front of him, and she couldn't resist it at all, so she had to turn her head and hum: "Sir, take a bath!" ”

(End of chapter)