Chapter 17: Birth
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Suzhou Creek is an inland river across the British and American concessions, but this name was taken by foreigners, it is said that it is to reproduce the Seine and Thames in their hearts in the Far East, and as the foreigners changed her name, outsiders called him Suzhou Creek. However, if you study the history carefully, she should actually be called Wusongjiang, and the mother river in Shanghai should also be her instead of the Huangpu River. It's just that this ancient main river has been quietly silenced after the establishment of a concession in Shanghai, although he still has a wharf for shipping, but more from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the place where boat owners settle.
Yu Ziyi followed the back of the team, and the more he pulled, he only hated why he didn't go to the military school, otherwise he wouldn't be so useless. Even in the concession, according to the rules of the association, you can't use guns, that is, you have to use sticks to save the gentleman.
Li Yuan ran in front of the team, the root didn't take Yu Ziyi into account, he just ran along the Wells Bridge with people to the death, and was about to turn west along the riverbank, when a figure on the opposite side ran over, and the two almost collided together, Li Yuan was about to curse, and the person on the opposite side had already said: "Brother Yuan, I'm Ah Ran!" Over there, the official sedan chair, Lao Liao, it's blocked, go quickly! ”
"Lao Liao?" Lao Liao is another patrol team leader, his patrol is in the ferry bridge, that is, Zhapu Road Bridge, there is a wharf on the side of the bridge, no wonder they chased to the Huangpu River will not see anyone, the original group of Qing soldiers to the east but turned to the north. Li Yuan saw that it was blocked, and he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he kept running with people under his feet. From the Wells Bridge to the Li Ferry Bridge is actually only more than 100 meters, he didn't run a few steps, he saw the fork in the road of the foremost, under the bright gas lamp, an official sedan chair was blocked by a gang of Chinese catchers, the sedan chair surrounded a circle of plainclothes men, far away only heard a rough voice shouting: "Brothers, I am the king of the county government to catch the head, this arrest is a business matter." Please also ask the brothers to be accommodating......"
Hua Capture is fast to catch, although they are all part-time workers, but it is still the boss of Hua Catch, Lao Liao, the leader of the patrol here, said: "Don't tell Lao Tzu about the county government, this is the concession, you cross the border to arrest people, it is already illegal." There's still a guy on hand, and it's even more sinful! Wang Putou, you still let your brothers get off the guys, and honestly follow me to patrol the house. ”
The Chinese catchers were all British rifles, and the catchers on the opposite side only had a revolver, and their momentum was completely overwhelming. Li Yuan's people rushed again, and they were even more at a loss. Zhi Zanxi, who was next to the sedan chair opposite, saw that Hua Catch was getting more and more arrested, and he was afraid that Hua Capture would go off if he was not careful, and the revolver trembled violently. Seeing that he was flustered, Wang Zhutou immediately comforted: "My lord, their guns don't have bullets, all of them are empty." ”
"Empty guns? You... When did Lord Ben ever be afraid of guns? Even if there are bullets, there is nothing to be afraid of. When Zhi Zanxi heard that there were no bullets in the gun on the other side, he suddenly panicked.
"Yes, my lord is right." Wang Zhutou flattered him, the person in front of him was no one else, but the emperor's brother-in-law, although the emperor has no power, but if the brother-in-law does not serve well, don't talk about the capital. It's the county order that Lord Wang wants him to look good.
Zhi Zanxi, who knew that it was an empty gun, completely calmed down, and he shouted: "This arrest was approved by your Concession Ministry of Industry Bureau. Didn't you Lord Eyers tell you? ”
"Now that the Ministry of Industry has approved it, let's take out the proclamation. If not, then release them and come with us again. "Lao Liao doesn't know who he arrested, but it seems that this matter is not so simple. While he hesitated, Li Yuan did arrive. He hurriedly said: "Lao Liao, don't believe them, these bastards don't have a proclamation from the public party, so they arrest people in plainclothes." ”
looked at Li Yuan, who was panting. Lao Liao said in a low voice: "But why didn't I respond to the patrol room at all." This ......"
"Let's tell you the truth, it was the foreigners who let them in, and it was the revolutionary party who arrested, but the Ministry of Industry and the Bureau of Industry did not want to make a noise, so they had to let them in plainclothes. Lao Liao, one person and two brothers, I won't hide it from you, I am also a revolutionary party, and it is our revolutionary party who was arrested, what should you do to take a look for yourself. "The situation is urgent, Li Yuan doesn't say any nonsense, although this old Liao is a good friend on weekdays, and he has helped him, but whether he will help or not is still a gamble.
"Revolutionary party?"
"Yes, the revolutionary!"
"What the fuck you are, I know you're my brother!" Lao Liao said this in a low voice, and said, "Brothers, these red guys have no proclamation, they are simply blinded by us, go, go up and tie them up." ”
More than a dozen Hua Catchers immediately stepped forward with guns, and Wang Zhutou shouted vigorously, "Misunderstanding!" Misunderstand! While retreating to the sedan chair, Zhi Zanxi, who led the team this time, had nothing to do, but when he saw Yu Ziyi running behind Hua Zhu, he immediately shouted, "...... They are all revolutionaries! It's all revolutionary! ”
Yu Ziyi looked at the distance and saw that the sedan chair was stopped, and immediately ran forward to help, but when he heard the old man who took the lead in arresting people shouting about the revolutionary party, he had to retreat. Hua catches a lot of people, and he is not afraid that he will not be able to grab people.
Seventeen or eighteen Chinese arrests against seven or eight catchers, after a chaotic battle, those catchers, including the adults, were all knocked to the ground, but when the sedan curtain was lifted, they saw a gentleman dressed in a long shirt being held to the neck by a sharp knife. Li Yuan looked at the man inside and said, "Put the knife down, otherwise I'm welcome." ”
The person inside was also very panicked, he knew that in the concession was the patrol and arrest, and was about to release the people, outside Zhi Zanxi shouted, "They are all revolutionaries, if you want to release people, you will kill ......"
Before he could say anything, he was slapped by Yiguanhua, and suddenly shouted, Li Yuan didn't care about the outside affairs, and said: "Brother, if you can't get along outside, come to the concession, that dog official can't be killed by anyone in the concession." If you don't put the knife down, then you're welcome. ”
Li Yuan said, ignoring the surprised eyes of others, he took out a bullet from his arms and stuffed it into the gun, the bolt was pulled, and the bullet was loaded. Lao Liao next to him pushed his gun away, and smiled at the people inside: "Boss, your surname? ”
However, after asking the other party, he didn't answer, and he suddenly understood that this person was not from the gang, and said, "Brother." The officials are all tied up, what are you holding on to as an errand runner, take a few taels of silver a month, and what is worth selling your life, quickly release the people, and you will be fine if you go to the patrol room. ”
Li Yuan and Lao Liao were hard and soft, and no one shouted to kill the head, so the people inside also threw knives. Li Yuan hurriedly helped Wang Xiaoxu out, threw away the cotton cloth on his mouth, picked up the knife on the ground, and cut the rope tied to his hand. This side was loosening, and Yu Ziyi, who had been watching outside, ran over, grabbed Wang Xiaoxu's hand and said, "Sir." It's okay, it's okay. ”
Wang Xiaoxu in the sedan chair shouted and was restrained again, thinking that he was going to be taken to death row in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but he was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that he would not be able to endure the punishment. was worried in his heart, but the sedan chair was stopped, and the sound of the patrol outside talking made him feel a glimmer of life, and finally, he was rescued after several tosses.
"I'm fine! I'm fine! "Wang Xiaoxu was just born and had mixed feelings.
While they were talking, Li Yuan, who had discussed with Lao Liao next to them, came over. "Sir. You'd better not go to the patrol room. These arrests are fast, let's escort them to the patrol room. ”
Li Yuan knew that the gentleman at the top was extremely confidential, so he built it like this, Wang Xiaoxu nodded and said, "I'm leaving, then on what charges did you bring them to the patrol room?" ”
"Doesn't that adult have a pistol, so he will be locked up for two days on the charge of possession of arms." Li Yuan had already thought of the charges with Lao Liao.
"That's good!" Although Wang Xiaoxu knew that even if he imprisoned them, he would have to be released the next day. But it's not about Li Yuan's side, it's hard to explain.
"What's your name?" Wang Xiaoxu asked again.
"Student Li Yuan, it's an ugly group." He whispered.
"Excellent! Thank you for saving me this time. Wang Xiaoxu said, if it weren't for this Li Yuan, it is estimated that he would have been in the class room of the Shanghai County Ya.
"I... It's okay sir to be fine! …… Sir, let's go quickly, maybe someone is coming from the patrol room. Li Yuan was praised by his superiors for the first time, and he couldn't find North for a while. However, he still did not forget the current situation.
"That's good. We also have two comrades who have also been arrested by patrols at night, so you can help us take a look at them. Wang Xiaoxu finally confessed. Then he disappeared in the darkness with the support of Yu Ziyi.
After Wang Xiaoxu left, Li Yuan's side was about to take all the prisoners to the patrol room, but he hadn't gone far. I met a group of red-headed Ah San, who were also holding two people in black clothes and black pants, and they were accompanied by a foreigner. Seeing that the plainclothes arrester was about to be arrested by Hua, the foreigner's face was full of anger and howled: "Crooked? Crooked? ......" and then spit out a large string of foreign words.
Although Li Yuan could understand the foreign language, he pretended not to understand, and let the foreigners jump left and right. After a while, the arrested people were almost released, and the adult ran to the foreigner and said it well, but the foreigner couldn't understand his Chinese, so he jumped straight in a hurry. The scene was chaotic for a while, but after a while, the catchers were sent out, and with them were the two men in black who were tied. Seeing that his comrades were arrested and taken away, Li Yuan was anxious, but he couldn't save people in such a situation, so he had to listen patiently to the nagging of foreigners, and then took the time to report the news when he was patrolling the disbandment meeting.
It was already twelve o'clock in the night when Wang Xiaoxu returned to Wan'anli, even if he returned to a safe place, his heart was still trembling, and after taking a deep sip of strong tea, he leaned back on the chair and pondered.
The concession is already unsafe, or, he is not completely safe. If it weren't for so many coincidences this time, he might have died at the hands of Manchurian. I'm still too careless! There were two accidents this time, one was that they thought that the concession was another country, and the Manchus could not enter. This point is actually the impression brought to him by Su's report, but after thinking about it, the concession's refusal to extradite the prisoner at that time was entirely for the sake of the concession's own interests, and any human and moral considerations are nonsense, once it conflicts with the interests of the concession itself, the most civilized foreigner will also turn his face.
The second is to believe in Wu Baochu too much, some people can believe in his character, some can believe in his ability, maybe Wu Baochu's character can be believed, but the ability, especially the ability to counter-track, can not be believed at all, Yuan Shuxun completely set a trap with the Ministry of Industry Bureau, the purpose is to lure him out behind him. As long as he is arrested, then Zou Rong's case will be closed, and the siege of the Ministry of Industry will be resolved. And no matter what happens, the Ministry of Industry can push the matter to the side of the Manchus. The person who can come up with this idea is very vicious.
In addition, there are more people who protect themselves? Thinking of this, Wang Xiaoxu denied it again, no matter how many people encounter patrols, it is useless, although the Chinese capture gun is not equipped with bullets, but if it is a Indian or foreigner, there are bullets in their guns at any time, once the two sides shoot, then it will be difficult for the Fuxing Society to survive in the concession, and arms are the bottom line of the concession. Once the people below are equipped with guns, the situation is different.
Wang Xiaoxu thought about it, but after a while, there was a knock on the door outside, he started fighting, and Yu Ziyi came in and said, "Sir, the person we were arrested before has been sent to the rental world by foreigners." ”
"What!" Wang Xiaoxu exclaimed, but after saying it, he stopped talking. Tonight's arrest was due to the collusion between the Manchus and the concession authorities, not only them, but also themselves were almost dragged out of the concession by the Qing soldiers.
"Quick! Let the lawyer immediately hang the Hotline. Let them come forward to save people. "Outside the concession is the world of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and if you think about it, you can only do things according to the rules of the concession, and then use the concession to pressure the Manchu Qing to make them hand over.
"Sir, I've already confessed. And Wei Dan's side has also arranged. Yu Ziyi said.
"And the newspaper also needs to ......"
"I've arranged it. Let's just say that these two comrades were captured by the Qing soldiers. Not to mention the patrol room. Yu Ziyi said.
"Good." Wang Xiaoxu was a little relieved. As long as it is tomorrow, then the news that the Qing soldiers crossed the border to arrest people will spread, and the two of them will still be sent back at that time. This is a matter of the rights of the concession itself, and the foreigners will not ignore it. I just don't know what will happen if I am taken out by the Qing soldiers? Will they deny it?
After the matter was dealt with, Wang Xiaoxu was about to let Yu Ziyi out, but Yu Ziyi said: "Sir, you will not be safe in this way." Let's bring more people in the future. ”
"No, you don't. The patrol room wants to arrest me. No matter how many people there are, it doesn't work. ”
"But we can get him back as we did today."
"The only thing that can rob me is the patrol, if the patrol room catches me, can you still snatch it back? This is the place of foreigners, they not only have guns, but also warships, all in the concession. We can't fight with them, we can only hide better. Wang Xiaoxu thought a lot. But there is still nothing that can be done about it.
"......"
"This is Shanghai, and it is the most influential place in the whole of China except for the capital, and we must do a good job of fighting against the Qing Dynasty here, not to lose this place, let alone annoy the foreigners on the surface. Otherwise, it will be very bad for the revolution. ”
"Mr. ......"
"Don't worry. I'm going to go out less in the future, and I'm not going here or there. And I go to find Li Zhengwu every day, and I want to talk to him. Wang Xiaoxu saw that he was not at ease, so he said. In fact, his face was seen by the Qing soldiers. It is estimated that he will not be able to walk with Yu Huizu and them in the future. Hey, a lot of things are a bit troublesome.
When Wang Xiaoxu and Yu Ziyi were discussing, the interrogation in the Shanghai County Yali had already begun, there was no whip or torture, and the two arrested people were faced with only two snakes.
A cell boss said arrogantly: "See." This snake is called a five-step snake, and it dies after taking five steps in one bite. Don't think that the people in the concession will come to save you, if you don't recruit, then you will be bitten by a snake, and Lao Tzu will throw you into the river again, and when you soak until no one can recognize you, you will naturally be fished up. Hey, hey, ...... then"
Looking at the two snakes that kept swimming, both of them were dripping sweat on their foreheads, and finally, a darker-faced man said: "If you want to kill, kill it, so much nonsense." Lao Tzu is not bluffed. You're going to fucking be careful. Another day, the Manchu Dog Emperor was ousted, and when the brothers took revenge, it was not you who died, but the whole family would die together! ”
The black-faced man is not easy to deal with, and the cell boss and a few people around him were nervous in their hearts, yes, if the emperor really stepped down, they couldn't find any good fruit to eat, and a few people immediately went out with a pair of eyes.
As soon as the cell bosses left, the younger ones said, "Brother Kuang, can Mr. really save us?" ”
"Don't think about others to save you, think about saving yourself first. I said that I am not afraid of pulling a cart, what are you afraid of when you read. The man called Brother Kuang was very dissatisfied with the cousin of his comrades, but he did not have the heart to communicate with him, but looked around to see if he could escape.
The cell bosses discussed outside for a while and came in again, but this time they didn't ask questions, but took the young ones away. Seeing that he was about to be taken away in a hurry, the young man suddenly panicked, "You... What are you going to do? ”
The cell boss didn't care about his shouting, just waiting to get him out, the man surnamed Kuang was about to go up to save people, but he was tied up tightly, and he could only watch them take people away.
In the early morning of the next day, Yuan Shuxun got up early, the older people were, the earlier they slept, and when he got up and thought of what happened last night, he asked left and right: "How was last night, did you catch someone?" ”
"Back to my lord, I got it."
"Oh, caught? Did you catch their quiver? ”
"This, Master Zhi said that he caught Mr. Jingcheng, but, only later he was rescued by his comrades. He also said that the patrols in the concession were all revolutionaries. ”
"What? Caught and rescued? This ......" Thinking that Zhi Zanxi was Guangxu's brother-in-law, Yuan Shuxun couldn't say it anymore. When planning this matter that day, he didn't want Zhi Zanxi to go, but this Zhi Daren was very indignant for the Qing Dynasty, and said that these people were actually the remnants of the Su report earlier, and asked Yu Mingzhen to do it at that time, but he let people go, this time he had to go in person, but he didn't expect him to go in person.