Chapter Thirty-Three: Turning the Tide

After figuring out this question, Chen Zikun suddenly had a sense of enlightenment, and the mystery of his life experience was about to be revealed.

"Uncle Nong, you have lived in Shanghai for a long time and are well-informed, I want to inquire about something." Chan said.

Nong Jinsun said: "Just ask." ”

"Although Tao Chengzhang is no longer there, the people around him should still be there, I want to find them and ask about what happened back then."

"That's it......" Nong Jinsun seemed to be a little embarrassed, and then said: "Seven years ago, Tao Chengzhang was assassinated in Shanghai Guangci Hospital, after his death, the Restoration Society lost its pillars, and it fell apart. ”

"Can't even his family be found?" Chan asked.

Nong Jinsun shook his head: "A revolutionary righteous person like Tao Chengzhang has always been a loner, passing through the door without entering, even if he can find it, how can his family know the secret of the revolution." ”

"That'...... Who killed him? Chen Zikun's eyebrows were upside down, a little angry, although he couldn't remember what Tao Chengzhang looked like, but he could take his travels to the north and south of the world to apprentice, it must be a benefactor like father and son, the benefactor was assassinated, how could he not avenge him.

Nong Jinsun said: "The person who killed Tao Chengzhang is called Wang Zhuqing, who is strong in martial arts, can fly the eaves and walk the wall, and is also a person in the Restoration Society. ”

Chen Zikun said angrily: "Where is Wang Zhuqing and Chen Qimei, if you don't kill these two thieves, I swear not to be a person." ”

Nong Jinsun said: "Wang Zhuqing has been subdued, three years ago, Chen Qimei was assassinated in Shanghai by Yuan Shikai. ”

Chen Zikun was even more depressed, Huo Yuanjia died of the Japanese plot, Tao Chengzhang died of assassination, and Chen Qimei also died of assassination.

The clue is broken again, and it can only be discussed in the long run.

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After giving incense to the master, even if Chen Zikun recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors and became a member of the Jingwu Sect, Situ Xiaoyan helped him clean up a room, the sheets and bedding were all new, and the basin and towels were also newly bought domestic products.

"Although the price is a little more expensive, and the quality is not as good as the Japanese enamel pot, buying domestic products is patriotic and attacking the Japanese." Situ Xiaoyan waved his fist and said this, his mouth was full of new terms, not only her, but also the students in the Jingwu Club were also talking about the most fashionable topics at the moment, what police department arrested the students and released them, the student pickets burned Japanese goods, and paraded the streets with high hats for profiteers, of course, the hottest topic was the glorious deeds of the fifth uncle who set foot on the Hongkou Dojo.

After arranging the bed, Chen Zikun went back to the Dadong Hotel first, and when he went out, a group of teachers and nephews came over, all looked at him with reverence, and shouted nonsense: "Uncle Fifth is good." ”

Chen Zikun was surrounded by them, like the stars holding the moon, and couldn't help but be triumphant, and hugged his fists: "Everyone is good." ”

Out of the gate of the Jingwu Society, the senior nephew who had already had a spirit called a taxi to come over, paid the fare, opened the door and asked Chen Zikun to go up, and when the car drove away, he could still see them waving at the gate.

"The juniors are so polite." Chen Zikun said with emotion that he was so popular when he first arrived, naturally not because of his high martial arts, but because he beat the Japanese and gave everyone a bad breath.

When he returned to the Dadong Hotel, he saw Li Yaoting talking in the room with a middle-aged man in a long robe, and when the man saw Chen Zikun coming back, he got up and asked politely, "But Mr. Chen Zikun?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "It's exactly below. ”

The middle-aged man said: "I am Mr. Li's housekeeper, Mr. has just returned from Ningbo, I heard that you have arrived in Shanghai, let me invite you over." ”

Chen Zikun's heart moved: "What you said about Mr. Li, but Mr. Li Zhengwu?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Exactly, the old man is waiting for you, hurry up." ”

Chen Zikun didn't dare to slack off, quickly got up, and was about to go out, Jiang Zhiqing came in from outside, heard that they were going to meet Li Zhengwu, and immediately expressed his yearning, and Chen Zikun took him with him.

Downstairs at the Great Eastern Hotel, a large black car with a sharp triangular star enclosed in a circle is parked at the front of the hotel, which is more luxurious than Yao Yilei's Ford and Jianbing's Oldsmobile.

The housekeeper saw that he seemed to be very interested in the car, so he introduced: "This is a small car of this brand in Germany, if you like it, I know the owner of the car dealership, you can get a nine-eight discount." ”

Chen Zikun smiled and shook his head, everyone got into the car and went straight to the Li Mansion, it was still the mansion, it was still the gatekeeper, but the treatment was completely different, the iron door was wide open, and the subordinates stood at the door, even the big wolf dog wagked his tail obediently.

The car drove all the way to the door, the servant in the Chinese white shirt stepped forward and pulled the car door, and the three guests entered the living room, only to see a spirited old man sitting on the Taishi chair, with two iron galls in his hand, crackling.

When the old man saw Chen Zikun enter the door, he immediately burst out laughing, and his voice was as loud as a bell: "Chen Zikun, good boy, you are finally back." ”

Chen Zikun immediately understood that Yuan Kewen had not deceived himself, and he hurriedly stepped forward and kowtowed: "Old man, disciple Chen Zikun has given you a salute." ”

Li Zhengwu laughed again, stretched out his hand to help Chen Zikun up, looked up and down, and said, "Yes, I have grown taller and stronger." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Old man, these are my two friends, Jiang Zhiqing and Li Yaoting. ”

The two of them saluted Li Zhengwu respectfully, and Li Zhengwu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Sit down, Ah Xiang, arrange dinner, and I will have a drink with these juniors." ”

The housekeeper answered, and Chen Zikun and Li Zhengwu exchanged a few words of greeting, and then mentioned his life experience.

Li Zhengwu smiled and said: "You really asked the right person about this, you are Chen Yingshi's righteous son." ”

"Chen Yingshi?" Chen Zikun was a little puzzled, but Jiang Zhiqing next to him was taken aback.

Li Zhengwu said: "Chen Yingshi is Chen Qimei, I think he worshiped under the Huzhou Gang boss Fan Gaotou as an apprentice, and I am the same brother, and I am also a big character of the Green Gang. ”

Chen Zikun's mind was in a mess, not long ago he heard Nong Jinsun say that Chen Qimei sent someone to assassinate Tao Chengzhang, and he swore to take revenge, why did he become Chen Qimei's righteous son in a blink of an eye.

"Old man, I'm really confused, I heard others say that I was brought up by Tao Chengzhang of the Restoration Society, and now I have become the righteous son of Chen Qimei of the Alliance, and these two people are ......"

Without waiting for Chen Zikun to finish speaking, Li Zhengwu waved his hand to interrupt him, and said: "Tao Chengzhang and Chen Qimei are my friends, when the Xinhai Revolution was carried out, I scattered all my family wealth to form the Guangfu Army, and Tao Chen and the two fought side by side against the Qing Dynasty, they were like brothers and sisters, the two were not harmonious, but the killing of revolutionary comrades could not be done categorically, it was just a rumor on the rivers and lakes, as far as I know, Tao Chengzhang's death was done by someone behind Chen Qimei's back. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Jiang Zhiqing, intentionally or unintentionally.

Jiang Zhiqing's eyes flickered, and he didn't say a word.

Li Zhengwu sighed and said: "I don't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me, after Tao Chengzhang died, Chen Qimei cried for three days, and offered a bounty to catch the murderer, which shows the deep relationship between the two. ”

Everyone sighed, the things in the revolutionary world were really unclear, but fortunately when they met Li Zhengwu, the boss of the Youth Gang, a revolutionary senior, the truth came out.

Li Zhengwu said: "Whether it is the Restoration Society or the Alliance, they are all anti-Qing people, whether it is Tao Chengzhang or Chen Yingshi, their purpose is the same, that is, to expel the Tartars and restore China, between these two organizations, you have me, I have you, there is no distinction between each other, even the founder of the Restoration Society, Zhang Binglin, Cai Yuanpei, are also members of the Alliance, these grievances and grievances have long been gone with the wind, and he is not to be done." ”

At this time, Chen Zikun was already completely messy, he swallowed with difficulty, and asked, "Old man, do you know who my biological father is?" ”

Li Zhengwu said: "Then it's not clear, I just heard that you are an orphan adopted by Qiu Jin, and no matter how detailed the situation is, you have to ask others." ”

"Qiu Jin, Jianhu Woman?" This name is familiar to everyone, and it turns out that the famous first female chivalrous anti-Qing Dynasty has a great relationship with Chen Zikun.

"Yes, Qiu Jin Heroine has a relationship with our Qing Gang, the ranking of the Qing Gang's generation originally had twenty words, quiet morality, Wencheng Buddhism, benevolence and wisdom, originally from sex, Yuan Ming Xingli, and later according to Qiu Jin, Xu Xilin founded the Datong martial arts to add four words for Datong Wuxue, and now there are few characters left in the entire Shanghai Tang big character generation, among the Tong character generation, Zikun you are probably the youngest."

Jiang Zhiqing and Li Yaoting both looked at Chen Zikun with envy, but Chen Zikun asked: "Since I am an orphan adopted by the revolutionaries, why do I want to join the Youth Gang?" ”

Li Zhengwu said with a smile: "The Qing court is powerful, without the help of the party's strength, the revolutionaries are difficult to support alone, even Mr. Sun Wen has to enter the Hongmen, not to mention you Chen Zikun, but there are exceptions, such as Yuan Shikai's second son Yuan Kewen, is an old man who spends money to worship, just to show off his name outside, he is a good person, and he has a wide range of friends, even Chen Qimei is good friends with him, when I opened the incense hall to accept you, he was also present, okay, don't talk about it, let's drink." ”

The banquet has been arranged, the guests and hosts are seated, after the three rounds of wine, everyone gradually let go, the atmosphere is much more harmonious, Jiang Zhiqing revealed that he wants to worship Li Zhengwu as an old man.

Li Zhengwu is a straight person, and he said straight to the point: "Mr. Jiang must be in trouble and wants my old man to come out, right?" ”

Jiang Zhiqing was said to be in his heart, but he also admitted frankly: "The younger generation has been preparing for the material exchange recently, and they have encountered a lot of trouble, and they want to join the Youth Gang, so they can take care of it." ”

Li Zhengwu said: "I'm old, I didn't accept apprentices a few years ago, and besides, it's useless to just have a seniority, you must be rich and powerful, people will give you face, I'll give you a trick, you go to worship Huang Jinrong in the French Concession to be an old man, he can top me ten sentences in one sentence, I'll write you a post to introduce you when I go back, maybe he will sell." I save face."

Jiang Zhiqing thought so, and left the table to thank him solemnly, Li Zhengwu waved his hand very casually: "It's a trivial matter, why worry about it." ”

Full of wine and food, Li Zhengwu asked the housekeeper to take five hundred yuan over, handed it to Chen Zikun and said: "Master has nothing else to give you, take this money to buy a decent outfit first, and then find something to do, if you really can't find something to do, come to me again." ”

Chen Zikun thanked him repeatedly, and Li Zhengwu said: "Don't thank me first, as an apprentice, I have done a vigorous career, and I have a bright face as an old man, and I am happier than you thank me for 10,000 words." ”