Wang Xinghui was happy in his heart, he had already heard the sound of the staggered bargains in the restaurant, as if he smelled the aroma of wine and delicacies again, and his stomach growled, he tied the horse to the river, and walked straight towards the restaurant. He chose a table by the window and sat down, ordered a beef, a fish, a few vegetables, it was evening, looked out of the window, only to see the carved eaves reflect the sun, the painting of the flying glow. The surface of the lake is shrouded in a layer of light smoke and mist, half of the waves are rippling, half of the duckweed is oily, and there are a few white lotus sticks with buds waiting to be released, three or five small boats come and go, and on the lake beach in the distance, a piece of red knotweed blooms in the sky.

Wang Xinghui's heart was full of joy, he picked up the wine glass, floated a big white, the wine was warm and sweet in the throat, slightly spicier than the Wuzhen wine he brewed in the grotto according to the ancient method, but it was dense and long.

Wang Xinghui drank alone, he drank a few cups in a row, and had a full meal, since he came out of the crack in the grotto by the Chiyu River, and walked on the Yigeng Road for half a month, Wan Ling Villa witnessed a scuffle, and he couldn't imagine that Li Hongyi and the others would take his life just to cover up the fact of Wan Ling Villa! Wang Xinghui could not help himself faintly in his heart. He is kind and kind, he can't bear to hold grudges, he has been persecuted by the Hu family since he was a child, but he always thinks that it is just the current situation, not a person's crime, so even when the Tianshan Earthquake happened, he did not insist on killing the Hu family, this time all the way east, if not to see in person, he really can't believe that human nature can be so despicable, and in western Yunnan all the way to see a war after the smoke of gunpowder, the people are displaced, starvation everywhere, at this time to think about it, feel hate and sadness in his heart, feel lonely, he wine poured up, a wry smile on his face, it was the wind to touch his eyes, burst into tears。

Suddenly, five people in military uniforms walked into the store, it was already the fourteenth year of the Republic of China, and the people in the two lakes had already seen too much of this new army costume, but Wang Xinghui had rarely seen it, and immediately took a look at it, and immediately recognized that a family of three pretending to be zombies on Xiangxi Road was also among them, and the girl saw Wang Xinghui, and immediately came over, and said to Wang Xinghui with a smile: "Hey, such a coincidence, we met again so soon." Then he sat down at Wang Xing's table.

When the other four people saw it, they didn't pay attention to it, and found a table to sit down, and the shopkeeper saw this military uniform, and did not dare to slack off, and personally rubbed the table and stool. The father and son who pretended to be zombies also recognized Wang Xinghui and nodded their heads in greeting.

The shopkeeper came up with tea, and the girl's brother asked, "Shopkeeper, let me ask you, when will the next boat from the Yuezhou ferry here come?"

The shopkeeper replied: "There are ships in every quarter of an hour, and the last one is at three quarters of an hour. ”

The other person took out two copper plates and handed them to the shopkeeper, saying, "Shopkeeper, please hurry up and bring us a few meals, we have urgent business, and we have to cross the river after eating......

The shopkeeper agreed, and told the kitchen to get ready. The girl saw that Wang Xinghui's face was not dry with tears, and asked, "Eh, are you still thinking about your mentor and friend?" Wang Xing was slightly embarrassed when she saw her crying, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, why don't you pretend to be zombies and scary?" The girl grinned and said, "Do you want me to pretend?" ”

Wang Xinghui asked, "Hiding your whereabouts, who are you?...... Oh, by the way, you wear this dress, you are soldiers?"

The girl didn't answer, there was a sound of horses' hooves downstairs, stopped in front of the store, the wooden staircase rubbed footsteps sounded, someone walked upstairs, the shopkeeper knew that there was another guest, nodded to the four people, and was about to retreat to say hello, when he heard someone shouting at the staircase: "Little second brother, little second brother, hurry up and serve!"

The three tall people who came up, with a northern accent, hurriedly picked up the shopkeeper, led them to an empty table and sat down, and poured three bowls of tea first. One of them picked up the tea bowl and drank it all.

The shopkeeper asked, "How many masters, what do you eat?"

One person answered: "Bring the best of your store's signature dishes." ”

The shopkeeper's answer: "The best in our store are Ningxiang flavor snakes, as well as Jiuzhi Mountain rabbit ......"

The man answered: "Okay, good ......"

The shopkeeper took the menu in his hand, and then said: "Our store's famous signature dish is chopped pepper fish head, which uses more than ten catties of big fish in Dongting Lake!"

The man didn't look at him either, but answered with a mum in his mouth.

The shopkeeper said: "We also have the famous Liuyang steamed dishes here, do you want to have a copy of it!"

The man said, "All right, all right, bring us a copy of what you have just said, and give us a jar of wine! After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for him to step away.

The shopkeeper saw that there was no reward, and he didn't look at the menu, so he was so bored that he had to leave stupidly.

One of them suddenly stopped him again: "Little second brother, how do you go to Yuanzhou here?"

The shopkeeper said: "After eating, all the masters will drive thirty miles to the front Miluo County to stay in the store, if you take the big road, you will go to Zhuzhou, enter Jiangxi, if you take the small road, you will take the copper drum and go to the high school, and you can arrive at noon tomorrow." ”

At this time, a whistle sounded, interrupting the shopkeeper's words, Wang Xinghui looked out the window, only to see two huge ships on the river, full of goods through, the shopkeeper said: "By the way, if you are not in a hurry, stay in the small shop, tomorrow morning by taking the two return ships of Han Yeping Company, you can also reach the boundary of Yuanzhou." ”

The man said, "We are going to travel all night, what kind of shop will we stay in? Go and prepare food and drinks, and within a year from now on, your business will be prosperous, and you will have to prepare more good wine and food, so that you will not be in a hurry." ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "The master said it well. The business of the small shop has always been ordinary, and there are rare days of business like today, which are taken care of by the lords and guest officers. How can there be so many noble people here every day?"

The man said disapprehantly: "Come on, little second brother, come here, I'll tell you, I'll teach you a good job." Our Hunan Wu Dashuai is about to enter Beijing to become the president, do you think, Wu Dashuai will enter Beijing to become the president, you must not take our Hunan brothers with you, in the future, you will talk less here for half a year, more than a year, I don't know how many military masters you have to pass through every day, you, serve us well, maybe one day, you can open a tavern in Beijing!"

The shopkeeper thanked him repeatedly, and his heart was like pouring a basin of cold water: "It turns out that he is also a soldier, and it doesn't matter what kind of Wu handsome he is, these soldiers come, it is common for them to pat their butts and leave without giving food money, and this table in front of them can't be received before the meal, not only can the table in front of them not be received, but I'm afraid that there will be no good life in the next six months and a year." ”

I only heard a new army take the case: "Where is the bastard thing? The position of the president of the Republic of China, where is his turn to be Wu Peifu to do it! You guys are talking nonsense here! But do you want to create a rebellion against the Republic of China?"

When the three of them heard this, they all stood up, glanced at each other, and showed a contemptuous look on their faces: "Yo, I didn't see these brothers here, so according to what you said, Wu Dashuai is not worthy of being president, who can be president?"

The new army said: "Mr. Sun turned the tide, the battle of Xinhai, caused me Zhongxia, the president of the Republic of China, has always only recognized Mr. Sun, Duan Qirui, Cao Kun and others who have always acted perversely, and they will not die well. ”

The man laughed: "It seems that these brothers are eating with Sun Dacang, let me tell you, from now on, there will be no Sun Cannon, you had better know the times, it is better to follow our brothers, throw yourself under Wu Dashuai, eat fragrant and drink spicy, glory and wealth, you are indispensable." ”

The new army shouted: "Wait, what Sun cannon is gone, you make it clear!"

The man was proud, patted his chest and said: "Sun Cannon is not self-sufficient, he went to Beijing alone to take over the president, it is really a delusional idea, just half a month ago, Sun Cannon died and wooed, a few of us learned the news, rushed back to Nanchang overnight, to report to Wu Dashuai, and soon to kill Beijing City, looking for Duan Qirui and Zhang Zuolin, the two old thieves of the dog day to settle accounts, they took advantage of the water to get the moon first, and wanted to dominate the Beijing Division, hehe, I'm afraid it's not so easy!"

The faces of the four new soldiers changed color, and the girl's expression also changed greatly, and suddenly a few gunshots rang out, three northern men were shot and fell, and the diners upstairs were frightened and panicked, and the muzzle of a new soldier's right hand was still smoking, he didn't have time to insert the gun back into his pocket, rushed forward, groped in the chests of several northern men, took out a letter, tore open the envelope, looked at it twice, and suddenly shouted: "Uncle Tao, Shu Kang, Deming, come and see, Mr. Sun is really gone!"

...... When he shouted, everyone in the restaurant was taken aback.

The other three recruits got up, kicked off the stool, and rushed over, and the girl also left her seat and rushed over, snatching the letterhead from the recruits' hand, her eyes swept away, and her arms trembled slightly.

The man named Deming stood a little farther away, didn't have time to read the letter, shook the gun and asked, "Xingwu, what's going on, what's going on? What Mr. Sun is gone?"

The man named Xingwu said: "This is a letter written by Feng Yuxiang to Wu Peifu, the letter said that Mr. Sun had passed away half a month ago, and Feng Yuxiang invited Wu Peifu to go north to seize the position of president!"

Deming had tears in his eyes: "How is it possible, how is it possible? How can Mr. Sun die? It must be Cao Kun, it must be Cao Kun who harmed him!, Mr. Sun, you shouldn't go, you go, I don't know how many people in the world call him the king and the emperor!"

With that, the four of them began to cry. In 1924, when the democratic revolution was in the ascendant, Sun Yat-sen led the overthrow of the imperial system, the establishment of the Republic of China, and the second Northern Expedition, eliminated Yuan Shikai, Zhang Xun and other forces, and had great prestige in the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and the people, Sun Yat-sen in his early years and Hunan people Huang Xing, Liu Daoyi, Du Xingwu and others befriended, these four new soldiers, the older is called Tao Lishen, the younger is called Tao Ziwang, and the girl Tao Guiying is a family of three, and there is a person named Lu Deming, is a student of the fourth phase of Whampoa, and all three of him are Huang Xing, Liu Daoyi's old friend was also a member of the famous big gang elder association on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi at that time, and the new army who fired the gun was the martial arts master of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen's bodyguard, and Du Xingwu, who was known as the hero of the north and south together with the big sword king five.

The people on the floor heard the news, they were all lamented, the shopkeeper couldn't help but sigh, and some of the diners also secretly wept, although Wang Xinghui had heard of Sun Yat-sen's name, but he didn't expect that even the peddlers and pawns, the teahouse and the restaurant only had this big reputation, and I couldn't help but admire in my heart, if I could get to this, it would not be in vain to go back in the world.

Tao Lishen stopped his tears and said: "Ziwang, Deming, Xingwu, Mr. Sun has passed away, Feng Yuxiang and others actually concealed the news and did not mourn, and privately invited Wu Peifu to go north, and had a plan at a regular time.

Du Xingwu pouted slightly and said, "I can't trust him." ”

Tao Ziwang said: "Yes, yes, we must be ahead of these people, otherwise this president will fall into the hands of others, I think Feng Yuxiang not only invited Wu Peifu alone, Duan Qirui, Sun Chuanfang and others must have also received this letter, but we are far away from Guangdong here, and if we arrive one day late, the danger of falling next to the presidency will be greater, oops, how can this be born!"

Tao Lishen was silent for a long time and said: "In this way, there is no need for us to go to the north, we will rush to Changsha immediately to find Chen Baozhen's eldest son." ”

Tao Ziwang clapped his hands and said: "Yes, why didn't I think that Chen Baozhen's eldest son, Chen Yinke, and I have a classmate friendship, as long as we find him, we can use his relationship to go to Changsha Provincial Court to take a telegram to Guangdong, and within two days, we can inform the principal." Just do this, do this, let's go," he was about to go out, he looked at Du Xingwu, saw that his face was solemn, and asked, "Xingwu, won't you go with us?"

Du Xingwu shook his head miserably: "I won't go, Mr. Sun went north two months ago, half a month ago, he sent me a telegram asking me to go north, presumably he found some clues, I suspect that someone assassinated Mr., I want to go to Beijing to find out the cause of Mr. Sun's death." ”

Tao Lishen said: "Well, that's fine, you have followed Mr. for many years, I know that you and Mr. have a deep relationship, you have to take care, don't act recklessly, once the truth is found, you can come to Guangdong, I will definitely explain the situation to the principal, let him avenge Mr. Sun." ”

Du Xingwu nodded. Lu Deming also said: "I can't go either. ”

Tao Ziwang asked, "You're not going, so where are you going?"

Lu Deming said: "I am going to Anyuan and tell Comrade Lisan the news. ”

As soon as Wang Xinghui heard the word Anyuan, he immediately became attentive, and Wei Yihu said in his last words, as if the last time he saw his senior brother, it was on the way to the Anyuan Coalfield Mining Bureau to take up his new job.

Tao Ziwang was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Okay, you still can't trust the principal." ”

Lu Deming was noncommittal, and said: "I must report such important news to the organization, besides, there is a foreman in the Anyuan Coal Mine recently, who often whips the workers in the mine, which is very vicious, and Comrade Lisan is isolated and helpless, and several letters invite me to deal with it, and I also want to meet this person." ”

Tao Lishen and Tao Ziwang looked at Du Xingwu and then at Lu Deming, silent, Du Xingwu suddenly laughed and said: "Uncle Tao, two good brothers, Gui Ying, we are very happy to get together this time, but unfortunately the family and country are not over, I will say goodbye, I hope that a few people will take care, and we will drink and talk again when the revolution is victorious." He said and walked away.

Tao Lishen and others saw Du Xingwu leave, the four of them got together for several months, often talked about the affairs of their family and country, and they hated each other, and they were about to part ways at this moment, and they were a little reluctant in their hearts.

Wang Xinghui saw Du Xingwu on the side, and he admired and admired him in his heart.

Several people were silent for a while, and Tao Lishen said to Lu Deming: "Okay, as the saying goes, everyone has their own ambitions, Deming, you have to go to Anyuan, and I can't stop it, but I have a sentence, I don't know if you can listen to it?"

Lu Deming said: "What do you say, the four of us have a sincere relationship, what do you have to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it, how can I be surprised?"

Tao Lishen said: "Now that Mr. Sun has passed away, looking at the land of China today, President Jiang is holding the talisman, who else can compare, the future of the country, must be President Jiang's, you might as well go to Guangdong with me and my family, in the future, we will kill Beiping together and avenge Mr. Sun, wouldn't it be happy?"

Lu Deming said, his face changed slightly, and he thought to himself that you also have this idea, but I am afraid that in the future, President Jiang will sit in the country, and it will not be much better than now. He thought to himself, his mouth was hindered by emotion, and it was difficult to say it, so he just smiled and said nothing.

Tao Lishen has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, what a delicate person, Lu Deming's face only changed slightly, he immediately knew the meaning, so he also laughed and said: "Okay, since you insist on going to Anyuan, then let's say goodbye, I just hope that there will be no day when we will meet each other." ”

Tao Guiying walked to Wang Xinghui's side to say goodbye, Tao Lishen and Tao Zi saw each other and walked over, Tao Lishen arched his hand and said: "This little brother is really fateful, I didn't expect us to meet here again." He saw that Wang Xinghui had an extraordinary bearing, and he also had the heart to make friends, and immediately reported to his home, which was a formal introduction, Tao Ziwang also said: "You also saw the situation just now, we were originally the people of the Revolutionary Party's Elder Association, a few days ago, we will send a message from the master, saying that there is something important, and we want to hurry to Jiangnan, the territory we passed, there are several forces, because we are afraid of more incidents along the way, so we simply dress up as zombies at night and hurry, and you see it, and we will meet here today, it is really a blessing." ”

Wang Xing was very happy to meet him and several of them were members of the revolutionary ranks, and he also reported his name.

Tao Guiying pouted and said: "The boss asked us to come to Jiangnan that day, maybe we also heard about Mr. Sun's rumors, if only we could have arrived a few days earlier,"

Lu Deming stepped forward and said: "The world is unpredictable, no one has the ability to predict the future, and now I also hope that you will quickly inform Principal Jiang so that you can make a decision," he paused, and then said to Wang Xinghui: "This brother is extraordinary, I hear that your accent is somewhat similar to my hometown, dare to ask if your mansion is Sichuan?"

Wang Xinghui hurriedly said: "Exactly, I am from Xuzhou, Sichuan, I heard you speak just now, and it is also the accent of my hometown, and I want to ask?"

Lu Deming was also happy and said: "I am also from Yibin, oops, what a coincidence." The two of them laughed.

Lu Deming asked why Wang Xinghui came to Hunan, and Wang Xinghui said: "This is a long story, I am going to Yuanzhou Mansion in Jiangxi Province to do something." He asked again: "By the way, I heard Brother Zeng talk about Anyuan just now, but I don't know that Anyuan has an Anyuan coal mine under the jurisdiction of the Jiangnan Coalfield Mining Bureau?"

Lu Deming laughed: "It's a coincidence, you want to go to Anyuan, we will go all the way, and I am now begging for a life in Anyuan." Wang Xinghui was overjoyed, clapped his hands, Tao Lishen said: "Okay, Deming, you and this Wang brother go to Anyuan together, you two take care all the way, it's not too early, our family should also leave." "Let's go.

Wang Xinghui hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, I heard this Uncle Tao say just now, you have something to do in a hurry, I just happen to have a horse downstairs, why don't you ask which of you to ride my horse to deliver the letter?"

Tao Ziwang said: "Oh, how is this good? Besides, you are going to Yuanzhou, and the road is not close. We are only half a day's journey to Changsha. ”

Lu Deming interrupted the conversation and said: "It's rare for my fellow countryman to be generous, I don't think I have to shirk it, I hope you will ride a horse to Changsha City first to find Chen Baozhen's son, and take a telegram, we will change to the waterway when we arrive in Miluo County tomorrow, and it will not be far from Anyuan after going ashore, so you can accept it." ”

Wang Xinghui said: "Yes, yes, I know that the big things you do are very important, even if I contribute a little to the major affairs of the family and the country." ”

Tao Ziwang smiled and said: "I see that you are a fledgling, and you know what major family and country affairs." Tao Guiying glanced at him and said angrily: "Brother, people are kind enough to give us horses, why are you still laughing at others." Tao Ziwang smiled again: "Okay, for the sake of your kindness, we will accept it, then without further ado, I will go first, Dad, you and your sister will come to Changsha to get together, and say goodbye." He bowed his hand to everyone and walked downstairs.

Lu Deming and Wang Xinghui were sent downstairs, watching Tao Ziwang ride on a white horse and go away, Tao Guiying also reluctantly said goodbye to Wang Xinghui, and after the three of them walked away, Lu Deming suddenly said: "Good brother, you are honest and upright, you are a good man, why don't we worship as brothers?"

Wang Xinghui said happily: "Okay, good, I can't ask for it." Both of them are informal people, and they don't have to kowtow and bow, just a sentence, it has become a friend of life and death, Lu Deming is 24 years old this year, Wang Xinghui is 21 years old as a brother, the two of them clapped their palms and laughed.

Lu Deming and Wang Xinghui walked all the way, first by boat, and then landed, in Pingjiang County Road encountered heavy rain, delayed for some time, the two of them talked freely on the road, not only one day, through Tonggu, Yongxiu, Liuyang, at noon on this day, arrived at the Dongfeng boundary of the Hunan and Jiangxi borders.

Lu Deming stopped at a three-way intersection and said: "Good brother, we have to separate again, I am now making a living in this mountain Ougong Temple, I have to go north from here, you have to go to the Jiangnan Coalfield Mining Bureau you want to go to, you have to go east along this road, less than ten miles, you will go to Pingxiang County, oh, by the way, Yuanzhou Mansion has now changed to Yichun Mansion, the Jiangnan Coalfield Mining Bureau you want to go to, in Pingxiang County, Yichun, after you go to Pingxiang County, ask a pedestrian casually, you will know where the Coalfield Mining Bureau is." ”

Wang Xinghui felt so disappointed that he had to say: "Okay, I'm really reluctant to part with my eldest brother, but I know that my eldest brother has something important to do, so we have to leave it for the time being." ”

Lu Deming suddenly asked: "By the way, brother, you have traveled all the way to Jiangxi to visit the Coalfield Mining Bureau, what do you want to do, you might as well talk about it, maybe my brother can help you come up with ideas." ”

Wang Xinghui said: "I came to Jiangxi to find a big traitor named Liu Hongxi. So he said concisely about the whole thing such as coming out of the Chiyu Mountain, sheltering from the rain and ten thousand mountain villas, and getting acquainted with Wei Yihu.

Lu Deming nodded and said: "It turns out that your master is a senior general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but his enemy Liu Hongxi is at least seventy or eighty years old, and now he is the world of the Republic of China, and I don't know who he has become. Mr. Sun's death this time may be known if there is really a villain's plot. However, I have been here for several years, and I have some contacts with the coal mines, and I have never heard of a person named Liu Hongxi in the Coal Mining Bureau, or maybe he is no longer in the world. ”

Wang Xinghui said: "Well, Master also explained before his death, this revenge can be avenged, if it can't be avenged, forget it, but I want to help Master understand this last wish, I see, if I really can't find this person, I will go back to Liantian Mountain." ”

He suddenly wanted to inform Lu Deming about the treasure, but after thinking about it slightly, he thought that there were still important things to be done at the moment, so it was not too late to tell this brother slowly.

Lu Deming said again: "You go to Pingxiang County to do business, if you have difficulties, you can go to Anyuan Coal Mine Zongping Lane to find a person named Lai Dascoo, just say my name, he will definitely help you, when you have to go back to Sichuan, you can come to me for a gathering, if you look for me, walk along this road to the village in front of you and ask a random person." ”

The two were reluctant, Lu Deming went north, walked for a long time, and couldn't see anyone, Wang Xinghui turned around and looked at the road facing the east with his head held high.