In the Hu Mansion on Xiaoyang Street, the hand-copied Diamond Sutra in front of Hu Ruilin has been messed up with the page numbers, and his eyes are full of people who are packing up things, and the explosions from time to time frighten his face pale, and when he saw the family sent to inquire back, he hurriedly got up, turned his fingers around the Buddha beads, and asked, "How is the situation outside?" ”

"Master, it's not good ()! The county government has been occupied! At present, the rebels are attacking the patrol house, the customs building, and the warehouse, and the gunfire is also intensive, and the docks, telegraph offices, and telephone offices are all under fire. Jiading didn't speak brainlessly, he said where to shoot and where to set fire, and he didn't reach the key after going around for a long time, so angry that he hurriedly interrupted: "What are you panicking about?!" Where's the rebellion? ”

This voice finally stabilized the family, and said: "Master Hui, it is the 42nd standard soldier of the mixed association, I heard that he took over Hankou on the order of their Baturu standard, and cooperated with Wuchang to carry out a republic and oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Han Dynasty!" ”

Hearing that it was Yang Qiu's soldiers, Hu Ruilin suddenly frowned, he is also an old member of the Hubei Consultative Bureau, of course he knows this "loyal and brave Baturu", but he didn't expect him to take the lead in rebellion! This makes things a little bad, could it be that he was deliberately inserted by the party members to play a bitter meat trick? Before he finished thinking about it, the old housekeeper had already brought his family over with his baggage, and seeing that everyone was nervous, he had to put aside the matter for the time being, and took his family to the concession to avoid the limelight first. can

Just went out, a team of heavily armed soldiers blocked him and his family at the door, although he was a constitutional, but how to say that he was also a Manchu official, what if? Frightened, he hurriedly said: "Old man Hu Ruilin, how many of you are." ”

"Back to Lord Hu, it's not safe on the street now, and I'm ordered to come and protect you to go to the camp to rest." After the officer saluted, he immediately beckoned the soldiers to protect the group, seeing that he couldn't leave, Hu Ruilin was so frightened that he begged for mercy: "This military master, the old man is just a member of the Advisory Bureau, not a full man!" ”

"Your Excellency, don't be afraid, it's our responsibility to protect you and the councilors, Lord Biao ordered that you must be protected to rest in the camp, and he will have important matters to discuss with you later." These words made Hu Ruilin's eyebrows skip a beat, but even if he asked a few words to the soldiers, he knew that if he couldn't leave, he could only follow the soldiers step by step.

Behind the window of the small building next to her, Miao Luo stupidly listened to the dense gunfire outside, her eyes were already full of shock and confusion, she never thought that the big thing Yang Qiu said was to launch a revolutionary uprising! The soldiers passed through the streets and alleys one by one, making the air a little more nervous and uneasy, but she was excited, and the dream and era that Mr. Song and the party members were striving for had come to this point. He...... What kind of person is he?

Rui Yao was also quietly squinting at this junior sister who was not deeply involved in the world with her eyes, and was secretly surprised: "Sister, are you sure that Yang Qiu, who is rebelling now, is the lackey full of Tartars who saved you?" ”

"Senior sister, I've said it a few times, he's not a lackey ()!"

Chang Si, who had already heard Miao Luo tell the ins and outs, frowned and said: "It seems that the world has misunderstood him, he has been self-protection since entering Sichuan, even if that situation is placed on you and me, I am afraid that I will fight back, as for the later canonization of Baturu, when the standard is just involuntarily, if he really wants to be a slave to the Mantars, he can kill Mr. Song and Miss Miao in Chengdu that day, this feat is probably not just as simple as Baturu, there must be a seat above the court." What's more, he is now a standard commander, holding a heavy army and power, and Hanyang is only a river away from Hankou, if you really want to find those Kuomintang people to take revenge, do you think you won't be able to catch a few people? Even if he is killed on the street, who in the three towns dares to say a word? ”

Seeing that Miao Luo was also defending Yang Qiu beside her, Rui Yao suddenly chuckled in her heart, could it be that her junior sister liked him? She knows that she is a junior sister, although she has a good kung fu, but after all, she has been abroad for many years, and the little girl's heart has not dispersed, and a few words of rhetoric may be deceived, so she hurriedly asked: "Sister, you have been recuperating for a while, that Yang Qiu didn't treat you well, right?" ”

"Ahh

Miao Luo didn't expect her to ask like this, but for some reason the scene of Yang Qiu tearing the wrong trouser tube suddenly appeared in her mind, her cheeks suddenly turned red, and even her eyes became foggy, and she hurriedly changed the topic and asked, "By the way, I've been talking about me all the time, senior sister, do you have any news about my brother?" I didn't move at all after I sent the telegram. ”

Rui Yao giggled when she heard this, a pair of plump breasts trembled violently with laughter, and only stopped after a while, her eyes rolled and she smiled: "I'm afraid my sister is injured and confused, and it is not clear to send a telegram, there is only one sentence of peacock flying southeast, let us find it." ”

"Just one sentence?" Miao Luo was stupid when he heard it, he obviously asked Yang Qiu to send two secret words, saying that he was in Wuchang, near the southeast of the river, how could it become a sentence when he got outside? Damn it, I was deceived by that guy again! Miao Luo, who understood, suddenly scolded in a coquettish voice: "It's all that damn Yang Qiu, he must have changed my telegram ()!" ”

Seeing that Miao Luo still had a hint of a smile when he scolded angrily, Rui Yao's heart sank even more, and said: "Senior sister, you just came back from the United States not long ago, you still have to be careful, you must not trust others at will in the troubled times, maybe this Yang Qiu is the same as those below me, just in the name of the revolution, he wants to fish in troubled waters to get a vote." ”

"We killed the Tartars and overthrew the Manchus in order to restore the Han Dynasty, how can we rob and kill people everywhere? What is the difference between this and banditry! Miao Luo automatically ignored the first half of the sentence, and heard that some gangs were going to take advantage of the revolution to rob him, so he stood up. Chang Si on the side sighed secretly in his heart, she was a silly girl who didn't understand the depths and didn't know the hearts of the world.

"Where did they go?"

"Just now, a brother who followed me came back and reported that he went to Dongjia Lane."

"Dongjia Lane? Jin Merchants Association! Miao Luo suddenly covered his mouth and exclaimed, remembering Yang Qiu's words that day when she asked her to protect Dong and them, she hurriedly rushed out. Rui Yao and Chang Si didn't know what was going on, but seeing that her legs were still a little unstable, they also beckoned a few henchmen to rush out.

At this moment, the Hankou Jin Merchants Association has already been in chaos, the rumbling loud sound keeps coming from the China Merchants Bureau, and the gunshots like fried beans are terrifying, Shen Shukai turned his head and looked at the riverside, Hankou is not Wuchang, and Yang Qiu's two battalions are already invincible here! What's more, there is already a rumbling cannon on the Wuchang side, and there are also fires flashing on the Turtle Mountain in Hankou, does this mean that he really made a mistake?!

At this moment, he was already extremely remorseful, he really didn't want to swallow this money, it was only because Wuchang suddenly reported that he had killed the Tartars on August 15, so he moved the idea of suppressing it, and now he thinks that if he can send the bullets and machine guns in time, I am afraid it will not be like this. Seeing that the famous manager of Heshengyuan was in a daze, a large group of ticket numbers and other store shopkeepers who had been waiting anxiously came over to surround him, and they surrounded him in a hurry: "Manager Shen, you are our backbone!" Tell me about it. ”

He also knew that tonight's matter was very important, and if he didn't handle it well, the Hankou Jin Merchants would be finished, so he had to suppress the chagrin and worry in his heart and asked: "Don't worry, tell me first, what's going on outside." ”

A ticket number shopkeeper wearing three emerald gems on his hand hurriedly said: "Manager Shen, don't you know, now Wuchang is in chaos, I heard that the rebels have besieged the Governor's Mansion and set up cannons ()!" I don't know about Hanyang yet, but we are here in Hankou. Another ticket number shopkeeper took over the conversation: "In addition to the soldiers and bandits, the ruffians and hooligans on the waterways are also all gathered, I heard that they are scraping money from house to house, and whoever does not give it will shoot directly, and I heard that hundreds of people have died." ”

"Have you ever sent someone to contact the patrol house, the patrol camp and the garrison?"

"Connected! But the people who went came back and said that the patrol camp was surrounded by the army, and the patrol house had already been swept away, and all the more than 100 people were brought back to the barracks to take care of it, and the customs, government offices, and feudal treasury were all occupied! As for the garrison you are talking about. The shopkeeper who spoke laughed miserably: "I politely replied, but people said that there is a war now, and there is no time to manage public order, so let us stick to it until tomorrow morning." ”

"You see we have more than a dozen guns here, and they are all short guns, how can we hold on until tomorrow morning! Dongjia Lane is the place where we gather Jin merchant ticket numbers, and there is a million in silver, plus the exchange of silver tickets, what is at least doubled, if something goes wrong, how will we live in the future! ”

"Then you quickly gather everyone together and transport all the silver to the concession?"

"You're really kidding, the soldiers blocked all the roads to the concession before the guns went off, and now the roads out of the city are blocked, even the docks are blocked, and the telephone office is full of soldiers! That Yue Guan also sent someone to inform him that now Hankou is only allowed to enter but not to leave, and those who violate the order will be killed! ”

"That's right, now Hankou is a stuffy gourd, and I'm afraid I'll die without a place to bury if it goes on like this!"

Hearing this, Shen Shukai also frowned secretly, and glanced at the shopkeeper Dong next to him, who hurriedly leaned over and said: "Manager, I think it's best for us not to mix in this matter, the soldiers in Hankou are now all Lord Yang's, patrolling the city camp without fighting, how can it be impossible to draw a few soldiers, I'm afraid of this." ”

Shen Shukai has actually guessed a little, and after the reminder of the shopkeeper Dong, he understands even more in his heart, there is still a knot between him and Yang Qiu that has not been solved, and now people have reminded him in advance, so that there are only tens of thousands of taels on Heshengyuan's books in turnover, even if the loss is not a big problem, this is already a great favor, if he spoils the good things of others, wouldn't he really have to make a feud ().

At this moment, a dart master suddenly rushed in outside the door, and shouted in a panic without waiting for inquiry: "The shopkeeper is not good, just now someone said that the bandits have arrested Han Yeping's people, and I heard that the manager of Hankou was also taken away, and he robbed the hundreds of thousands of turnover money he kept at home!" The people sent back said that now the army has begun to attack China Merchants again, and even the gate has been blown up! ”

What the!

Shen Shukai's scalp exploded all of a sudden, what is this Yang Qiu going to do! It's no problem for him to go to China Merchants Bureau, there are hundreds of thousands of bottoms, but what is Han Yeping? It was Sheng Xuan, the number one red-capped merchant in the Qing Dynasty, who was pregnant with a hen that laid golden eggs, and more importantly, the Japanese were also involved! Brigand? How could bandits mess with the Japanese!

Before he could figure out what Yang Qiu wanted to do, four or five black and flickering sparks suddenly flew in outside, and Shen Shukai was so experienced that he immediately recognized it as a bomb.

In the frightened shouts, the courtyard was like a boiling pot, the rumbling explosion was endless, and before a dozen dart masters could react, they were blown up.

"Big brother, it's all in there!"

Outside Dongjia Alley, Jin Leprosy, who had already enveloped nearly 400 ruffians and hooligans all the way, was sitting in the carriage, and he knew that this was the last chance! The troops are seizing the key place and have no time to take care of him, so they must fight quickly, as long as the things are in hand and loaded on the ship, who can find him in the world? So he pointed to Dongjiaxiang and shouted: "Brothers, this is the last vote, the ticket numbers of the Jin Merchants Association, Hankou, and the silver treasury are all here, rush me!" ”

The hooligan bandits with red eyes who had already been stimulated by money all rushed into it like crazy, and the dart master of the nursing home could only rely on the high-walled compound to resist hard, but there were too few dart masters, and there were not enough firearms, and in the blink of an eye, the three ticket number shops outside were broken through, and boxes of silver dollars and various banknotes stimulated the bandits even more.

After several violent explosions, the turnover warehouse jointly established by the Hankou Jin Merchants Association was finally blown up, and of course he had to take the lead in this kind of thing, while sending people to block those dart masters who were hiding in the depths of the alley and preparing to stubbornly resist to recapture the vault, he himself took the lead in rushing into the vault, and hundreds of boxes of silver dollars and silver ingots made him swallow several mouthfuls of excitement ().

The shopkeepers who were hiding inside saw that the vault had been blown open, and that the gold leprosy was leading people to carry the reserve silver of each ticket number, and they were all mad, and they couldn't take care of it anymore, so they ordered a bandit to be killed with a reward of 3,000 yuan, and the silver was snatched back with the promise of a heavy reward.

The dart masters are all working for money, and when they heard that there was such a generous reward, they all gritted their teeth and rushed forward. Although Hesheng Yuan's cash in the turnover warehouse of the General Association has been taken away in advance in various names, after all, it is the same qi, so Shen Shukai can't think much about it, and asks the two dart masters who have been closely protecting him and holding the pistols sent by Yang Qiu to help.

Seeing that these guys dared to fight back, Kim grabbed a bomb and rushed forward. This kind of home-made bomb was learned from Sun Wu, and after the boat that sent the explosives arrived that day, he just needed the help of the Yangtze River to help transfer it, so he secretly intercepted some and made a dozen to be used. But just now he threw the explosives out, and before he could hit the ground, he saw a black shadow suddenly jump down from the courtyard wall next to him, and the black shadow was not only vigorous, but also extremely bold, and actually kicked the explosives.

The bombing medicine was kicked not far behind him, Jin Leprosy was startled, and when he got up, he found that the black shadow was actually non-stop, and he directly pulled out two pistols and rushed into the bandits, but he didn't expect that the bandits who would be attacked in the back were directly killed.

"Grass mud horse!"

Seeing this, he pulled out two pistols and rushed forward, and before he could raise his gun, he heard two exclamations in his ears.

"Jin Mingsheng, you dare!"

"It's you!" When Miao Luo immediately recognized Jin Dysentery as the person who shot him that night, the latter didn't expect that she actually knew Rui Yao and interfered with him together. I suddenly screamed in my heart, so I simply didn't do anything, and raised my gun and shot at the two of them.

Miao Luo came back to rescue Shen Shukai and others, unlike last time he was unprepared, when he saw Jin Leprosy raising his gun, he immediately spun his left foot, and his body flew up lightly while his right leg suddenly swept out, Jin Leprosy was swept back several steps before he could shoot, and when he raised the gun again, Miao Luo had already shot first ().

With two snaps, Jin Leprosy only felt a pain in his lower back, and after knowing that he had been shot, his ferocity was fully aroused, and he shouted while dodging: "Brothers, catch these two stinky bitches who have taken refuge in Yang Qiu's traitors, and deal with them with you after they are caught!" ”

The dozens of bandits guarding the carriage all rushed up after hearing this, Rui Yao secretly scolded despicable, just hid behind the stone pillar and a few bullets chirped through his ears, and Miao Luo was also blocked by the red-eyed thugs who couldn't raise his head, Chang Si saw this and hurriedly led people to leave the dart master's side, but he didn't take a few steps and was hit back by a burst of sharp shots.

"Miss Miao, are you okay? Let's go, go find Lord Yang's soldiers! The shopkeeper Dong was sharp-eyed, and he couldn't care about hiding anything after seeing Miao Luo, so he hurriedly shouted and reminded her to go to Yang Qiu to help.

Although Miao Luo was arrogant, especially after having an inexplicable relationship with Yang Qiu that night, he had been deliberately estranged, but now that his life was at stake, he could only grit his teeth and prepare to go to Yang Qiu's soldiers to help, but as soon as he stepped around, dense gunshots had already sounded, and when he turned his head to look, he saw hundreds of soldiers coming out of nowhere, and in the blink of an eye, it covered the entire Dongjia Alley.

The bandits under his command are all rabble, and many of them are even cold weapons, and they can even deal with them when they are patrolled and killed, and they can even win, but now they are all regular soldiers who have been trained hard for many years and have been trained for two months according to the outline of later generations! So after a while, the street was full of corpses, and the remaining bandits were so frightened that they turned around and ran, but the soldiers had already drained the water around Dongjia Lane, and finally they could only raise their hands and surrender one by one.

"Yang Qiu, Lao Tzu and you are incompatible!!"

Seeing that the soldiers had protected all the huge amount of property he had stolen all the time he had worked hard to loot overnight, and seeing that the actions were obviously aimed at this huge amount of money, Jin Leprosy suddenly understood that he was afraid that he was being used as a gun by Yang Qiu! Although I don't know how he knew that he was going to do it, but this deal was obviously smashed, coupled with the relationship between Rui Yao and Miao Luo, he couldn't get along with Hankou and Hanyang, so he could only stomp his feet and flash into the darkness, taking advantage of the chaos to pick up a log and swim to Wuchang on the other side.

After the soldiers quickly controlled the entire Dongjia Lane, Shen Shukai and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief, Miao Luo and Rui Yao also walked out with their men at this time, but when they walked to the side of Dong's shopkeeper, they saw a young officer coming over ().

"Shen Shukai? Who is the manager of Shen Shukai of Hop Shing Yuan? ”

"Contemptible Shen Shukai." Shen Shukai had just given up his hand and was about to say a few words of thanks, but the young officer had already smashed the butt of his rifle on his arm! shouted violently: "Lord Biaotong has an order!" Arrest all the people of Heshengyuan! ”

As soon as the order came out, the soldiers hula and arrested more than a dozen of He Shengyuan's men and bodyguards, and those who resisted were directly served with the butt of their guns. Miao Luo knew the relationship between Yang Qiu and He Shengyuan best, and hurriedly stopped in front of him, and said, "How can you arrest people indiscriminately, they are not bandits." ”

"I'm sorry for this girl, I just did what I was told!" Don't talk about Miao Luo in this sentence, even the shopkeepers behind him who were lucky enough to survive were all confused, only the shopkeeper Dong turned pale with fright and sat on the ground.

"Shopkeeper Dong, I came to get some things on the orders of Lord Biaotong."

Shopkeeper Dong got up and looked at Shen Shukai and the guys, knowing that this time he was afraid that he would be sad, and the only thing he could do now was to do the rest of the errands and see if he could fight for a little bit of life. The other shopkeepers wanted to ask what was going on, but they could only keep their mouths shut when they thought of their money, but when they came out of the depths of the alley to retrieve the treasury silver and count the losses, they found that the carriage that the bandits had just brought to carry the silver was all gone, and the door of the shop was also covered with seals.

The seal is fine for the time being, but what about the money?! The shopkeepers all exploded, you must know that this is millions of turnover treasury silver! Just when everyone was in a hurry to rush out, the soldiers blocking the road raised their guns horizontally: "Lord Biaotong has an order, from now on Hankou will enter military control, and everyone is not allowed to leave the house half a step before dawn, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

Everyone in the muzzle of the black hole felt a chill in their hearts, and finally understood one thing.

Hankow has changed!