Findings at sea

Soon, Ji Xingtang arranged for Ruoyu to work in the news newspaper office, where he would do the editing and typesetting work of "News News". Opinion: Supplement is a novel of gifted scholars and beautiful ladies serialized by literati of the mandarin duck and butterfly school, which is used to attract female readers and increase the sales volume of newspapers and periodicals.

Ruoyu changed back to her original name, and went to work at the newspaper office every day wearing Harlan overalls and a white shirt with a stand-up collar.The Newspaper Office and Yiju Bank are both on Xiafei Road. Ji Xingtang takes Ruoyu to work every day, shuttles through the modern and bustling European-style streets, quietly feeling the wind with the taste of sunshine, and feeling like a glass of good wine. Lazy bubbles.After working in the newspaper office for a month, Ruoyu was reborn as a wild sparrow.

That day, Ruoyu finished sorting out the last issue of the newspaper and it was already eleven o'clock in the night. He planned to take the tram home, but waited at the door for a long time before one arrived. Saw a trolley at the intersection of Floo and Saposa.

Ruoyu ran over quickly, and knocked on the car window with a smile on her face, "Sir, can you give me a ride to Lane 135, Saposai Road?"

The driver put his arm on the window frame and said kindly, "Little brother, I'm sorry, I have to transfer the car back to the factory at this point, and the company stipulates that passengers are not allowed."

Ruoyu said "Oh" and left with a slight smile. At this time, the street lights were still on and there were many pedestrians, so he decided to walk for a while.Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around and left, there was a noisy voice behind him.Ruoyu turned around and saw that the tram was stopped by five drunken French sailors and forced to climb up, ordering the driver in Pidgin Chinese to take them for a ride.

The driver was probably an honest man. He worked in the French commercial tram company and could not carry passengers at the stipulated time, so he begged the French sailors to get off the bus and leave him a job. People gathered to watch the excitement.The French soldiers became drunk, and the driver kept begging, but there was a stalemate because of the language barrier between the two sides.

A French soldier fiercely pulled out a switchblade knife from his jacket pocket, and was about to stab the driver under the bright lights and in full view of everyone. Ruoyu held the knife in his hand before it was too late. , "In the concession, you must abide by the rules of the concession. You are not allowed to bully others and disregard human lives. Don't borrow wine to pretend to be crazy!"

The French sailor couldn't understand what Ruoyu was talking about, but felt that this man was provoking him. He turned around and looked at the four companions who smashed the wine bottle on the ground angrily. He suddenly drew his knife and kicked Ruoyu, "filsdeputain ! (raised by a whore)”

Ruoyu's chest was suddenly hit hard, and his foot was unstable. Some people around him helped him, but he still fell to the ground.Feeling that his chest cavity was ruptured and blood was filling his mouth and nose, he coughed continuously while patting his chest, his eyes were scarlet from coughing.Juanxiu's face became more resolute, and she stared at the sailor viciously and shouted, "I can't spare you if you dare to mess with him!"

After kicking Ruoyu down, the sailor stabbed the driver's right eye frantically, and everyone in the street heard the driver's scream. He was bleeding profusely and fell backwards.It turned out that the knife from the French soldier went straight through the right eye to the brain. The driver stretched out his legs and died with a distorted expression.After committing murder in the street, the five French soldiers walked away.

Ruoyu watched the fresh life poured into the pool of blood, his whole body trembled, the dizziness in front of his eyes made him ignore the righteous indignation of the people around him, he numbly picked up the knife and shouted behind the French soldier, "Stop!" It was chaotic, some people ran around in fright, some went to the police and doctors to contact the family members of the deceased or inquired about the Fashang Tram Company, it was bound to give the deceased an explanation.

The bloody blade was pointed at him, and the murderous French soldier glanced at Ruoyu contemptuously. He shook his head like a hooligan and walked towards the Chinese in the concession that he stepped on. Gorillas making fools of themselves are demonstrating.

The next moment something unexpected happened, the French soldier stepped on the wine bottle in a drunken stupor, his body swayed forward and he hit the blade, his momentum was so strong that he knocked Ruoyu to the ground, the knife pierced Into the heart, died.

Ruoyu... accidentally killed a French sailor...

The intersection suddenly became chaotic.

Ruoyu didn't show any surprise on his face, his face was full of sweat because he was frightened, his body was trembling, but his hand was firmly holding the handle of the knife, pressing against the body of the French soldier to prevent him from dying on his body.

The people from the patrol room came, and someone dragged away the body of the French soldier.Ruoyu saw the cruel expression on the French soldier's face before he died, which made him palpitate. He killed a Frenchman.

After the police dealt with the dead, they began to deal with the perpetrators. They took out the handcuffs and walked towards Ruoyu who was shivering on the ground. Looking at the bright handcuffs under the street lamp, they "clicked" and were about to lock their hands.

"Mr. Police, I hope you can figure out the matter before arresting people. Everyone can see it with their own eyes. It was the sailor who hit the knife blade and died. It has nothing to do with this gentleman."

Ruoyu was embraced by a man in a gothic lady's dress.He is tall and slender, wearing dark red light chiffon with lace hollows, high sleeves and tied waist, dark gold lacquered high heels, purple hair and black lipstick and eye shadow, very similar to the European ruling nobles in the [-]th century.The black diamond lips make him look like a noble queen, but those clear peach blossom eyes are always full of classical charm, even without makeup, the eyebrows are still green.This is Lu Jinlang. He was rehearsing a drama at school, playing a role as a sexy and glamorous girl. As a result, he was misunderstood by a man and entangled him until very late. He hurried back as soon as he took off his clothes without changing. Hit yourself on the blade" scene.

The policemen are Indian soldiers, each with a heavy back, and a light push on him is enough to push him down. Someone grabbed his shoulders from behind and helped him up, "Be careful."

Ji Xingtang didn't care about Ruoyu when he was adjusting the flour merchant's taxes earlier, and he didn't see him when he got home. Hearing that there was a riot here, he rushed over and saw Ruoyu's face was pale and covered in blood, so he hurried over and said anxiously, "Zixuan, what's the matter?"

Ruoyu's hands were already handcuffed, seeing Ji Xingtang's expression was finally no longer stagnant, she held his hand tightly and said, "Brother, brother, I didn't kill anyone, I didn't kill someone, you let them let me go."

The Indian police dragged him into the police car and separated the two abruptly. Ruoyu began to struggle, but Ji Xingtang followed quickly without knowing what had happened, wrestling with the police while reassuring, "Zixuan, don't be afraid , be obedient, don't let them hurt you, I will save you, don't be afraid!"

Ruoyu was still caught in the police car.

Seeing Ruoyu being taken away, Ji Xingtang felt helpless. After everything calmed down, he sighed with self-blame. He had to go to the police station to find someone to make sure that Ruoyu would not be hurt, and then investigate the matter and save Ruoyu. come out.

Lu Jinlang stood in the street in a daze, lamenting the foreigner's arrogance on the one hand and being unable to go home, his father would have broken his legs if he saw him like this.

Ji Xingtang recognized Lu Jinlang, he often went to Lu Qiaqing's house to discuss the matter of flour merchants, and had a relationship with Lu Jinniang a few times, the two siblings were twins and they both imitated their mother more, Jinlang's female dress looks just like Jinniang's exactly the same.Ji Xingtang pressed the brim of her hat and said, "Go home quickly, don't let your father worry."

Lu Jinlang glanced at him and waved his hand to leave, "Hurry up and save Little Sweetheart, I will be punished later." Strange to say, he saw Ruoyu inexplicably recalling Heinrich Heine's poem in the play—— To rest under the palms, to drink of love and silence, to dream sweet dreams.

Sure enough, the Chinese compatriots present were filled with anger and anger. The next day, various Chinese newspapers sorted out the news of the tragedy, which shocked the whole Songhu.

There was an uproar in Shanghai:

"...All the evils of unequal conditions, the evils of the concessions, are we really ready to be slaughtered? Our only way is: unite, defeat imperialism, abolish all unequal treaties, and take back the concessions!"

"...Wu was trampled to death by the iron hoof of imperialism...not only his personal insult, but the entire Chinese nation!" The driver who was brutally killed by the French soldiers was surnamed Wu.

The Chinese roared generously, resounding through the sky, and began to demand loudly:

"The French government should acquit the youth responsible for the crime!"

If it was just a matter of murder, the authorities could easily handle it, but this matter involved legal persons, Chinese, concessions, and treaties. One stone stirred up a thousand waves and alerted the Chinese government.The Chinese government personally lodged a serious protest to the French Consul General, demanding an apology, compensation, and guarantee that similar incidents will never happen again.And it is obvious to all that the young man must be acquitted when the French soldier died of drunkenness.However, the French Concession authorities turned a blind eye to this shocking murder. Francis, the French Consul General, replied coldly:

"The sailor who caused the accident is dead, and the youth who caused the accident must be detained for order in the concession."

After Wu's death, the life of ten members of the family fell into a desperate situation, and the sailor who caused the accident was dead, so the compensation should be borne by the French Concession.How should the French Concession be compensated and compensated? ...Francis pretended to be deaf and dumb and said nothing.

Arrogant French, it is too much, Francis directly ignored the roar and anger of the Chinese inside and outside the concession, the matter became more and more troublesome, but even though the Chinese were yelling and beating, there was no way to ignore Francis's ignorance.

Ji Xingtang was even more anxious. The Chinese authorities came forward to no avail. All the public opinion in the French Concession pointed to the French sailors and demanded that Ruoyu be released without charge. This is naturally a good thing.But if he keeps pointing sharply at the French and makes him angry, maybe Ruoyu will be in danger.There is no other way, the longer the delay, the more dangerous it will be, and a private negotiation is necessary.

The one who monopolized the ruling power of the French Concession was the French Consul General in Shanghai.Under him, the Public Board of Directors is responsible for administrative affairs; the patrol house is responsible for leasing public security.Negotiations with the French need to go through the public board of directors.

The former French consul had some friendship with Bai Xiaohong. Bai Xiaohong has been holding the false title of a Chinese director of the public board of directors all these years, but he has never dealt with a dispute between China and France. How could he agree to rescue Ruoyu.