the world is at stake

"Where is our old aunt?"

"You'll see her soon."

The patrolmen interrogated the old servant in the house, and Hao Zhanyi left when he learned that Chu Jingfu had come to the house.Zhou Qingfeng entered the master bedroom, making sure that Hao Zhanyi ran away in a hurry, and left behind a secret code and a dozen secret letters.

The secret code was used to communicate with Yuan Shikai, and the secret letter was written by Yuan Shikai to important government officials, or a reply letter written by some officials to Yuan.

After reading these replies, Zhou Qingfeng felt relieved.Yuan Shikai was nothing more than appointing an official to make a wish, but most of the officials in the government were vague, neither refusing nor giving allegiance, clearly wanting to be a fool.

"Hao Zhanyi didn't run far, he must still be nearby."

Zhao Bingjun assured Zhou Qingfeng that he would arrest Hao Zhanyi. If he failed, he would not only lose face, but also affect his career.Anyway, Marshal Yuan has already been offended, so it's better to offend him a little more.

"Now the city gate is closed, and the inside and outside are isolated. There are not many people in the city who can provide shelter for Hao Zhanyi. At worst, I will search from house to house, and I will definitely find it."

Zhou Qingfeng frowned and reminded, "If this person really wants to hide, he should go to the embassy area in Dongjiaomin Lane and seek shelter from foreigners."

Zhao Bingjun was gnashing his teeth, but when he heard the foreigner protect him, he turned off the fire.

On the contrary, Zhou Qingfeng yelled viciously: "Ask the Chinese employees in the embassy area, did Hao Zhanyi go? Which one did he go to? I have to find a chicken to come out and kill him."

Zhao Bingjun was shocked, "If Hao Zhanyi really went to Dongjiaominxiang, would the special envoy want to forcefully break into the foreign embassy?"

"Then it depends on Hao Zhanyi finding the foreigner's embassy." Zhou Qingfeng said ruthlessly, "I can't deal with the current Daying, and I can't deal with the miscellaneous fish below?"

Back in the courtyard, several policemen were waterboarding Chu Jingfu.The little man was tied to a grand master's chair, which was laid down, covered with a towel, and poured with water.

Ordinary people feel that they can hold their breath, and at least they can survive under waterboarding for a minute or two.The water that can be poured will go straight into the nostrils, strongly irritating the nerves in the nasal cavity, and it is impossible to hold back.

The prisoner will struggle desperately because of the feeling of drowning, hoping to catch a life-saving straw.This kind of punishment is simple and easy, and there is no need to make it miserable, bloody and bloody, but it is not a little bit painful.

Chu Jingfu couldn't take it after being poured several times, and wanted to bite his tongue and commit suicide.The hands-on patrolman is also a veteran, and he pinches his mouth every time he is questioned, and does not give him the chance to seek death.

Not long after the tossing, Chu Jingfu first said his name, and then it broke out that Zhongyi, the leader of the road, was gathering people to rob the prison.The patrolman straightened the grand master's chair and let him speak.His whole body was soaked in water, he was shivering from the cold, and his teeth were chattering.

Zhao Bingjun came to ask in person, "Tell me, the more you talk, maybe you can change your way of life. If you can catch Lu Zhongyi and eradicate 'Yiguandao', you can't say that you will be rich and powerful, but you can be an official. "

"Really?" Chu Jingfu was tortured and felt that he would die.With hope of living, he opened his eyes again.

Zhou Qingfeng said next to him, "The Republic handles cases according to the law, and criminals who have performed meritorious service can be given reduced sentences at their discretion. If the clues you provided are really effective, at least they will not be the death penalty."

"Who are you?" Chu Jingfu was quite afraid of the young man who caught him, and stared at him with small eyes.

The eight major disciples of "Yiguandao" are veterans, quick-witted and sophisticated, and they have been arrested by the government for many years but found nothing.The darkness tonight was the best environment to escape, but Chu Jingfu stumbled.

Zhao Bingjun coughed next to him, took half a step back to give way, and said loudly: "This is His Excellency Zhou Qingfeng, the President's special envoy. He must mean what he says."

Chu Jingfu blurted out, "Are you Zhou Shanpao?"

What?

your sister!

Why is this nickname getting more and more outrageous?

When did the word 'big inner master' come out?

Chu Jingfu kept talking, "I heard that your Excellency is a hermit celestial master who worshiped in Zhongnan Mountain, and he learned the way of overlord, and he has the courage that a man should not be.

Your Excellency is already well-known in Jianghu, many people are very unconvinced and want to practice with you.I saw it today, it really is amazing, it's not bad for me to lose in your hands. "

Zhou Qingfeng's forehead was throbbing with veins, and he cursed in his heart: "What kind of onion are you, a three-inch guy? Don't give yourself money indiscriminately! Can you cover up your own incompetence with my tallness?"

The patrolman next to him listened to Chu Jingfu bragging and making up, and then saw Zhou Qingfeng, but they all looked up at the mountains.They really saw the master flying over the wall, stepping on the wall and jumping seven or eight meters.

Legends of gods and monsters are popular now, and foolish men and women like to hear them.Even Zhao Bingjun felt that what Chu Jingfu said might not be a lie, after all Zhou Qingfeng really didn't look like a normal person.

Normal people don't raise cannons!

Only Zhou Qingfeng shouted viciously: "Chu, you'd better tell the truth, nonsense and flattery won't save your life. Just ask where Lu Zhongyi is now?"

Chu Jingfu said quickly: "Grandfather Daoist found a local rich family in Xiguanshi Village, Changping. The eight disciples have their own tasks. I came to Hao Zhanyi to ask for a way out, but you caught me.

Liang Zhaogong and Zhao Huaizhong went to various sub-altars to recruit people; Chen Liyue contacted the Christians in the army to purchase guns and explosives; Zheng Zhenchang stepped on plates in the city, trying to tie a high-ranking official as a meat ticket..."

Damn it, the 'Yiguandao' group of cultists really want to make a big fuss and blow themselves up.Let them do it, and the emperor will have to make a mess.

Zhou Qingfeng laughed out of anger, stared at Chu Jingfu and said, "Okay, now let's go to Lu Zhongyi, and see how powerful he is, the 'Patriarch of Baiyang'."

A patrolman next to him didn't know which nerve was wrong, and suddenly whispered to his companions: "Wow, a duel between the masters of the rivers and lakes! Do you think 'Baiyang Chuzu' is hotter, or 'Cannon Overlord' is stronger?"

Uncle Zhou was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood!

Chapter 16

It was just dawn and the clouds were dark, and there were pedestrians on the dirt road to Xiguanshi Village, Changping.A desk was set up at the entrance of the village, a piece of paper for Maitreya's birth was laid out, and a gift book was placed on the table.

A few peasant women came to pay their respects in front of Maitreya's painting paper, wanting to ask for good luck.The divine man behind the desk read some obscure words, and took out a few copper coins for divination.

When the hexagram comes out, the peasant woman has to offer a few cents of money, and even if it is not enough, she has to bring one or two old hens or a dozen catties of flour.This is the "devotion" of the believers, which can keep the family safe and free from disasters.

With money, Shenhan will solve the hexagram.The person who came to ask the hexagram must have something on his mind. Generally, he said something dangerous and frightened first, and he would naturally believe it.

Enough scaring, let's talk about the method to solve the disaster, such as going into the village to worship the "Dao Shou" and "Old Aunt Grandma".

But entering the village is not free, and you have to spend another sum of money to buy incense candles provided by the village. This is a "merit fee" and cannot be saved.

After entering the village, there is a Taoist altar, surrounded by smoke, solemn and quiet.In the main room of the altar, there is a portrait of "the first ancestor of Baiyang", which is drawn according to the appearance of Maitreya Buddha.

Every day, people come to kneel and worship, and there is an endless stream.

There will always be underage children called "three talents" in the Taoist altar who are "helping the spirits", which is to draw on the sand table and deceive people.But there are also people who believe it.

This is the sub-forum of "Yiguandao". The altar master will come out to teach the Dharma from time to time.

The doctrine itself is unimportant, it can be changed at will, and it is not afraid of contradicting itself.The important thing is how to make every effort to develop and attract people to make money.The more people bewitched and controlled, the greater the power and wealth will naturally be.

During the War of Resistance Against Japan, 'Yiguandao' cooperated with the Japanese and puppet government, declaring that 'Japan only comes to China for a few days, and only accepts wicked people'.The owners of the altar are often local hooligans, bully landlords, traitors and spies, who take advantage of feudal superstition to do evil.

At the end of January 1910, in a cottage in Xiguanshi Village, Lu Zhongyi, who called himself "the first ancestor of Baiyang", was pacing in the house with red eyes, extremely anxious.

This is a skinny old man in his early sixties, illiterate and illiterate, but he can talk and coax people well.Zhang Tianran, the youngest of the eight major disciples, accompanied "Grandpa Taoist", trying to please Lu Zhong.

But this old man has lost control of his emotions since three days ago, pounding the table for a while, throwing a cup for a while, and refusing to listen to anything, so he wants his subordinates to rush into the imperial capital immediately - or rescue his sister Lu Zhongjie, Or tie up a high-ranking official to chop his hands and stomp his feet to vent his anger.

"Don't you usually tell me how many friends you have in the government? Why is there no one to help now?"

"It also said how many brothers and guns were recruited in Yuan Dashuai's barracks. I haven't seen any of them now."

"When they kowtowed in front of me, they all expressed their loyalty and said that they would 'sacrifice their lives to do justice'. Now the opportunity has come, go and tie up President Xiao, and I will kill him alive."

All the yelling in the middle of the road became hoarse.He is well aware of the government's methods. Once his sister is imprisoned, once her identity is found out, she will inevitably be tortured.

The eight disciples were so tormented that they were dizzy and all made excuses to leave.Only Zhang Tianran was left to serve in front of him, but all kinds of unsatisfactory things made him exhausted physically and mentally.

"Grandfather Daoist, it's useless to be anxious. Brothers and sisters are all thinking of ways, and they will surely be able to rescue the old aunt. I'll make you a pot of tea again."

"Drinking tea is useless." Lu Zhongyi yelled viciously: "My 'Yiguandao' has millions of people, it really irritated me, and I must make a big fuss in this imperial capital."

During the heyday of "Yiguandao", there were more than 300 million believers.It is too exaggerated to say "millions of people" now, but there are still [-].

Zhang Tianran knew that Lu Zhongyi was just venting. The organization of "Yiguandao" is loose, and seeing the large number of people, it is rare to be able to gather a thousand people at once.

But for the central government, the eradication of feudal "guidaomen" is an important part of social transformation, and dead tigers must be fought as real tigers.

Zhou Qingfeng transferred a company of the Third Division of the Army from Beiyuan Barracks, which was undergoing intensive training, gathered more than a dozen cars and trucks, and headed straight to Xiguan Shicun under the leadership of Chu Jingfu.

Vehicles running on dirt roads are much faster than walking and riding horses.Even if the inside line of 'Yiguandao' in the city received the letter, they couldn't be the first to inform Lu Zhongyi at this moment.

Chu Jingfu and Zhou Qingfeng rode in the same car, following the bumpy road.He suffered from motion sickness, and had to stick his head out of the car with the windows open to feel better.

Due to poor road conditions and poor vehicles, the speed was only more than [-] kilometers.The blowing cold wind chilled Chu Jingfu's hands and feet, and the scenery along the way overwhelmed him—too fast, really too fast.

With this car, with hundreds of people, you can reach any point around the imperial capital in two or three hours.

'Yiguandao' has dozens of sub-forums in the emperor, but each sub-forum is just an isolated point, not closely connected with each other.No sub-forum can withstand the attack of the hundred soldiers.

It's not just 'Yiguandao' who suffered this time.At the same time that Zhou Qingfeng led the team to attack, the army and police of the imperial capital were dispatched together, and a team of tens of hundreds of people rushed towards the 'huidaomen' of each family.

Chu Jingfu is an old Jianghu, and he revealed a lot of information.Including "Tongshanshe", "Xintianjiao", "Zhengzihui" and "Three Churches", etc., will be unlucky.

"It's over, it's over, Chu won't be able to hang out in the Jianghu from now on. If the government arrests him like this, brothers on the road will hate me to death." Chu Jingfu heard from Zhou Qingfeng that this arrest will be held for public trial and will be reported to the whole country.

All reactionary forces around Gyeonggi must be wiped out.

Thinking of this, Chu Jingfu secretly rejoiced that he jumped off the boat early, and at least he could make meritorious deeds and reduce crimes.If the big fish and the small shrimps are all caught, there is no way to make meritorious deeds.

When the convoy arrived at the entrance of the village, the strong soldiers of No. [-] got out of the car with their guns. The believers of 'Yiguandao' saw it from afar, and they wailed in warning.

Zhou Qingfeng shouted to the company commander on a truck: "Two wings surround this village. Put up machine guns. Anyone who dares to flee or attack the army can be shot on the spot after the warning fails."

This is not an era of simple folk customs.In order to fight against the government, the local government has the habit of armed resistance to the law.Especially this kind of village with a cult sub-forum will definitely not be easily captured.

The truck convoy was divided into three, and each platoon was reinforced with a machine gun squad.A water-cooled Maxim heavy machine gun was mounted on the top of the truck, aiming in the direction of the village with a murderous look.

The appearance of the army turned the village into a mess, and from time to time there were figures in the cottage looking out, cowering and cowering.Some people want to run, but no one can run better than a six-wheeled truck.

Under the warning of the soldiers, those who died fled back to the village, and those who died were directly shot.

As soon as the gunshot rang out, he was still on the way to lose his temper in the village and immediately sobered up.He was a junior officer under Yuan Shikai, and he knew that something was wrong as soon as he heard the sound of thump thump.

In the current year and month, few armies in China are equipped with machine guns, and the number is extremely limited.

This baby is more popular with warlords than cannons. After all, even light cannons weigh several hundred kilograms, while the fifty or sixty kilograms of 'Maxim' is much easier to serve and cheaper.

The altar owner in the village ran in crying for his father and mother, shouting that an army of officers and soldiers had come outside, and surrounded the village unreasonably.The villagers are already bewildered, so they ask Grandpa 'Taoist' to think of a way quickly.

"Don't panic, first ask which team is outside? Then go prepare a thousand oceans, maybe the officials are here to make money." Lu Zhongyi thought to himself, if he had a truck with a machine gun, he would definitely want to rob the place , making money everywhere.

"In addition, when we call out our people, we must not lose our momentum, and we must not appear too easy to bully, otherwise those officers and soldiers will be greedy." Lu Zhongyi still has experience in this regard.

But outside the village, Zhou Qingfeng felt relieved after arriving.He ordered the accompanying company commander: "Come, the stubborn bandits have occupied the village and are colluding with the powerful people in the village. As the commander, you will practice a small-scale offensive."

The company commander who led the team was taken aback for a moment, thinking that Zhou Qingfeng would lead the team himself.After confirming that the legendary figure would not intervene, he immediately saluted and shouted: "This subordinate understands."

A platoon was drawn out, and the three squads formed alternate formations, covering each other and leaping towards the entrance of the village.The heavy machine gun on the truck provided cover fire and fired a few rounds.

The bullets from the heavy machine gun whizzed over the village, and a small number of bullets hit the buildings in the village, causing debris to fly around, causing quite a panic.

In the village, more than [-] "Yiguandao" die-hard believers are running towards the entrance of the village with guns.The weapons in their hands were of different shapes and lengths.

There are domestic "Made in Hanyang", Japanese-made "Golden Hook", and old flintlock guns with various calibers.

This group of hardcore believers had no training, and as soon as Lu Zhong ordered to stop the outside officers and soldiers from entering the village, they appeared at the entrance of the village like a swarm of bees - holding guns in their hands, standing upright, without any cover, and without any posture ready to go to war .

The company commander directing the battle was a hundred meters away from the entrance of the village. He raised his binoculars and took a closer look, but was taken aback for a moment by this fearless posture.

The yelling and cursing of hardcore believers came in the wind.

"Where is Guisun coming from? Dare to offend my 'Yiguandao' place?"

"Come out and let the uncle teach you a lesson."

"You are so bold, who ordered you to come?"

The company commander looked at Zhou Qingfeng and found that the boss was staring at him.He immediately shouted to 'Maxim' on the top of the truck: "Why are you standing still? Isn't the fire stick in your hand not working? There are stubborn bandits on the opposite side, sweep them to death."

The canvas ammunition belt of the 'Maximum' shook, the muzzle of the gun burst into flames, and the shell casings jingled out of the ejection window and landed in the compartment of the truck.

The die-hard believers on the opposite side were caught off guard by a storm of bullets, and were swept to death in the blink of an eye.The rest watched their companions being hit in half or torn apart by the bullets, and immediately turned and fled screaming.

But this group of fools couldn't escape even if they didn't hide. They were all shot and killed by "Maximum" in less than half a minute.The efficiency of this massacre startled the machine gunner himself, and the believers in the village were speechless.

In the face of a truly trained army and military weapons, the so-called bravery becomes meaningless.

After a few minutes, a platoon occupied the entrance of the village. They were also shocked to see the frozen blood and stumps all over the ground, which looked like a slaughterhouse.

The villagers were so frightened that they didn't dare to show their heads, and almost caught them without a fight.A few old villagers came out waving flags, tremblingly asking the army what they wanted?

"Our army was ordered to come and arrest Lu Zhongyi, the leader of the 'Yiguandao' bandit. The culprit must be eliminated, and the men and women of the village will not be questioned. All men and women in the village will go out and be screened. After half an hour, all those who stay in the village will be killed."

Zhou Qingfeng's order was not negotiable, and it was extremely vicious.

This word was immediately spread throughout the village, and I was trembling when I heard it while changing the road.Because his second disciple Chu Jingfu appeared in the ranks of the officers and soldiers, and even took a megaphone to confuse people at the entrance of the village.

"Folks, Lu Zhongyi called himself 'the first ancestor of Baiyang', but he was actually just defrauding you of money. I am his second disciple, Chu Jingfu. I don't know who he is?"

"The water talisman in the middle of the road is useless at all, and he has to charge money to sell it. It's too black-hearted. His safety talisman is just scribbling, and it doesn't guarantee safety at all."

"My aunt, Lu Zhongjie, is Lu Zhongyi's younger sister, and has been arrested by the government. The so-called 'Maitreya came to the world' is a complete lie. Now that the officers and soldiers are coming to arrest Lu Zhongyi, he must want to coerce you to die and rush out."

"Folks, come out. You have no money, and you will die. What are you afraid of? The government really came to arrest the leader of the 'Yiguandao' bandit."

The first few sentences only made the villagers hesitate, but the last sentence 'no money' is the truth.People from the village came out one after another and stood in the open space at the entrance of the village.

Lu Zhongyi was already frightened and angry, jumping up and down in the village like a grasshopper.He really wanted the villagers to rush out together, but no one obeyed.

When the soldiers rushed into the village and dragged out this 'Baiyang First Ancestor' like a dead dog, his useless appearance made everyone in the village feel like a dream. It turned out that the high-ranking 'Yiguandao' Taoist leader was no different from himself .