Under the guidance of Long Qingxiang, Li Hao quickly walked into the front porch of Chang Ruiqing's study in the Xuzhou Daotai Yamen. He was Li Houji's cousin, who prepared several dyed empty-pack bullets for Bai Mudan as murder weapons. After the news of Chang Ruiqing's assassination and injury came out, he found an opportunity to use medicine to sneak into the Beiyang spies from "Eunuch Zhao" who came from Beijing and tied them up and sent them to the Xuzhou Garrison Command. The Xuzhou Garrison Commander was Long Qingxiang who had been following Chang Ruiqing from Fujian. When he heard that someone had caught the behind-the-scenes envoy who assassinated Chang Ruiqing, he dared not delay it. At that time, he ordered people to imprison the prisoner and accompanied Li Hao to Chang Ruiqing's headquarters.

Zheng Zhongyuan stood at the entrance of Chang Ruiqing's study. When he saw Long Qingxiang coming, he stood attentively to him and whispered: "The principal is now in the back garden, and is personally interrogating the assassin. Commander Long, you can go there to see him."

Long Qingxiang nodded and asked, "How is the commander-in-chief's injury?" Zheng Zhongyuan smiled and said, "The principal was not injured, and the assassin's bullet was not hit. The female assassin shot himself and was slightly injured. Fortunately, it did not hinder the interrogation." Long Qingxiang sighed and said, "Then I'm relieved." Then he led Li Hao towards the back garden.

At this time, Chang Ruiqing was sitting upright on a stone bench in military uniform, while Bai Mudan was tied up in front of him. The woman was obviously tortured, with a haggard face, but her expression was still calm, at least she could not see any excessive nervous look on the surface. Chang Ruiqing looked at her with a fake mercy on her face, and persuaded her: "...why are you doing this? I know there are traitors inside you. I will soon know everything, but still gritting my teeth and holding it to death

, It must have suffered a lot of crimes in this way, right? What benefits did they give you? It is worth your life for them like this?" He glanced at Bai Mudan, who was smiling bitterly there without saying a word, and he already understood a little bit in his heart. He sighed: "It seems they have detained your relatives, right? It seems that you are also a woman who values ​​friendship and has good skills... What a wonderful woman. If you can serve me, I can leave you alone and spare you this time."

Of course, Chang Ruiqing's words meant a little deception. Female killers or female spies like Bai Mudan are better in his spy system! After the assassination, Chang Ruiqing planned to ask the subordinates to interrogate Bai Mudan and then secretly execute them. However, his spy chief Meng Li gave him a strategy to take advantage of the situation to clean up the opposition in the Beijing-Tianjin area and create a terrifying atmosphere... This strategy requires the cooperation of Bai Mudan, the female assassin, so after the torture did not work, Chang Ruiqing switched to coaxing and deception.

Bai Mudan seemed to be thinking about it by Chang Ruiqing. Her face turned pale a little, and she showed a strong sense of worry. Her behind-the-scenes commander was very mysterious. Although she claimed to be from a royal palace, she had already seen the problem based on her experience in the martial arts world! Now the assassination has completely failed. Moreover, there were traitors inside them, and maybe the fake eunuch named Zhao would be captured. It would be difficult for the people behind the scenes commander in Beijing to understand the situation for a while. Will he think that he had rebelled and take his anger to his family...

At this moment, Long Qingxiang led Li Hao over. Both of them glanced at Bai Mudan kneeling, with disgust. Long Qingxiang stepped forward and saluted Chang Ruiqing. He pointed at Li Hao and said, "Commander-in-Chief, this is Mr. Li Wenbai (Li Hao's name is Wenbai), who tied up Zhao Zigui (Eunuch Zhao) and other Beiyang spies behind the scenes to the Security Command. He is also a graduate of the Beijing Higher Police School. He once held an important position in the Beijing Police Department and returned to his hometown to live in seclusion after Li Houji was assassinated."

Chang Ruiqing raised his head, first nodded at Li Hao, who looked a little nervous, and smiled: "Mr. Li Wenbai, you saved my life this time! You made the most correct choice. Our National Revolution requires a comrade like you. Let's do this. From now on, you should join the Military Intelligence Bureau!" Then he said to Long Qingxiang: "Has all the Beiyang spies been interrogated? What did they say?"

Long Qingxiang nodded silently: "They all told me that the person they were headed was Zhao Zigui. He once served in the Military Law Office of Beiyang, the Beijing Police Department, and the Shaanxi Provincial Police Department. He was Lu Jianzhang's confidant. This time, Lu Jianzhang's instructor behind the scenes. In order to cover up, they also used the name of the former Qing Prince Gong Puwei." He pointed to Bai Mudan and said: "The real name of this woman is Bai Mudan. The family was platoons. Last year, she was accused of tyrants. The whole family was all in prison, so she got rid of her... As a result, this woman became very fierce and broke into the family who reported their family and killed six people! Later, the Henan Police Department was arrested and sentenced to death! And that Zhao Yigui bought her and her family from the prison in the name of Zhao Gong's mansion, and used her family to coerce her to assassinate the commander-in-chief."

Chang Ruiqing waved his hand impatiently, interrupted Long Qingxiang, and smiled coldly at Bai Mudan: "Hehe, it's really fierce!" Bai Mudan straightened her body and replied with a wry smile: "Now you know everything... can you give me some fun, right?"

Chang Ruiqing sneered and turned his head to ask Li Hao: "Wenbai, tell me, can you give her some fun?"

Li Hao glanced at Chang Ruiqing with a strange expression, shook his head slowly, and carefully used words: "This female bandit is really unforgivable. If it were placed in the previous dynasty, it would be possible to slash her publicly. Now, it may not be possible to execute the execution secretly. I also recognize a few old executioners from the previous dynasty, and their skills are very good."

Chang Ruiqing looked at Bai Mudan with a smile: "Bai Mudan, what do you think?"

Bai Mudan showed a relief expression on her face, and she nodded seriously: "Okay, that's it!"

Chang Ruiqing laughed and waved his hand: "But I don't want you to die, at least not now!" His tone became gloomy and said coldly: "Because this assassination incident is not as simple as it seems! Zhao Yigui did not thoroughly explain it. He is still protecting the forces behind him - the remnants of the Qing Dynasty! This is a very reactionary and stubborn counter-revolutionary group. Their purpose is to subvert the Republic of China and restore the Qing Dynasty through assassination and riots... Zhang Xun's restoration and Bai Mudan's assassination at the end of the 5th year of the Republic of China are both part of the conspiracy planned by this group! If we cannot take advantage of the opportunity of their exposure to any clues, follow the clues and uproot the group and completely crush them, they will definitely plan new conspiracies to oppose the country and the National Government!"

He stood up, walked to Bai Mudan, held up her chin with his right hand, and smiled at her almost bloodless face: "So. You must explain everything thoroughly, and also testify the crimes of the Qing Dynasty's counter-revolutionary group in court. In this way, the National Government will give you a chance to reform."

Chang Ruiqing's words have reached this point. Bai Mudan still doesn't understand. The other party wants to use his assassination to raise a prison against the remnants of the Qing Dynasty! Of course, after using him, the other party may still have to kill someone to silence him, but that will happen a long time later... but will his family be silenced by people from Beiyang for this?

Chang Ruiqing seemed to know what she was thinking. He patted her on the shoulder and said, "You woman is still a little filial... If you really think about your parents and family, it's better to do what I said! Lu Jianzhang originally wanted to treat the remnants of the Qing Dynasty as a shield, so you bit those princes, Beile, Lu Jianzhang and others in the Qing Dynasty to get out. Besides, he can threaten you with his parents and family. But you are also a restraint on him when you are alive. If you really die, he will definitely kill your family to silence you!"

Bai Mudan was convinced by Chang Ruiqing's words. She nodded in unison and spit out a few words: "Okay! I'll listen to you in everything..." Then she sobbed in a low voice. Chang Ruiqing gently pressed her shoulder and waved to let the guards guarding the garden take her down. He wanted to continue to explain to Long Qingxiang and Li Hao, but he saw that the spy chief Meng Li appeared in the garden at some point.

"Yao Shuai." Meng Li leaned into Chang Ruiqing's ear and whispered: "Mr. Liao Zhongkai just arrived in Xuzhou. He came to visit your injuries on behalf of Mr. Sun."

...

"The Qing Dynasty counter-revolutionary group... do you believe that such a thing is happening?" Sun Yat-sen gently put down the telegram in his hand and looked up at everyone in the room. Everyone was shaking their heads. Although no one spoke, the answer was already written on the faces of everyone.

Sun Yat-sen stopped his eyes on Hu Hanmin's face. Hu Hanmin smiled and said, "Sir, you can't say that there is, nor can you say that there is no such thing. Those old and young people in the Qing Dynasty have always opposed us. There is no doubt about this... It's just that this time, it's probably not done by the Qing Dynasty, but by the people from Beiyang who are taking action!"

Sun Yat-sen nodded, as if he had recognized Hu Hanmin's words. He thought for a while, and then asked: "This time, Chang Yaoru pointed to a deer as a horse and insisted on putting the charges on the remaining Qing dynasties... What should we do?"

"Sir, why not let him use this excuse to calm down the remnants of the Qing Dynasty! These guys are not good things. If you don't suppress them, it will sooner or later be a disaster!"

The person who spoke was Xu Chongzhi. Although their Gaodi Street Xu family was considered to be "received by the emperor's kindness", he seemed to have no feelings for the Qing Dynasty. He sneered and said, "The remnants of the Qing Dynasty were not only in the Beijing-Tianjin area, but Manchuria was their base camp, and most of them colluded with the Japanese! Only by dismantling their power can the Northeast King Jieshi be at peace with it."

After hearing this, everyone nodded frequently. Jiang jshi, the Northeast King, is an important piece of the Kuomintang's restraint of Chang Ruiqing! The Kuomintang leaders are still willing to see the matter of strengthening the foundation of the Jiang jshi group's rule in the Northeast.

Sun Yat-sen also nodded to Xu Chongzhi in agreement: "Okay... let's do it according to Chang Ruiqing's wishes! I also sent a secret telegram to Jiang JShi, asking him to take the opportunity to suppress the remnants of the Qing Dynasty in the Northeast! But it cannot touch the nerves of the Japanese side too much, and the remnants of the Qing Dynasty in the Kanto Concession will not move for the time being."

Speaking of this, he suddenly sighed: "Suppressing the remnants of the Qing Dynasty is a trivial matter. The current top priority is to eliminate the remnants of Beiyang as soon as possible! Chang Yaoru disagreed with the incorporation of those forces, and also publicly proposed to oppose the new warlords. Oppose the private army and reorganize various new troops... Although this principle is good, it is really a bit too hasty to propose it under the current situation! Beiyang has not been completely defeated yet, if it causes the rebound of the Sichuan Army, Yunnan Army, Guizhou Army and other new troops...

In the past two days, Xiong Jinfan, Wang Dianlun (Wang Wenhua's font size is so strange), Gu Xiaozhai and their Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan troops remained unmoved. They no longer attacked Shaanxi, and there were signs of retreating to Sichuan! Lan Jihao's Hubei troops stationed in Nanyang, and they kept sending electricity to request military pay and supplies... The current situation is really undercurrent!"

He walked to Xie Chi, and Xie Chi immediately stood up and looked at Sun Yat-sen. Sun Yat-sen patted his shoulder: "The current three armies of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou are all based on Sichuan, and Xiong Jinfan is their leader... Huisheng, you are also the leader of the Sichuan Kuomintang. You know more about the situation in Sichuan than me. Tell me. How should we deal with the situation in Sichuan? Can Xiong Jinfan still trust it?"

Although Xie Chi and Xiong Kewu are both from Sichuan and are both veterans of the Kuomintang, their relationship is as powerful as fire. Xie Chi is the leader of the Sichuan Industrial Group, while Xiong Kewu is the head of the Nine-Man Corps. Their two factions have fought one after another to fight for the leadership of the Sichuan Kuomintang forces since the Minyuan period. In history, the result of these two factions was both defeated, and finally made the rapid-forming Baoding warlords such as Liu Xiang, Yang Sen, Deng Xihou rise and become the dominant force of Sichuan. In this time and space, the time for the National Government to sweep the whole country by nearly ten years! Those "little-speaking" Sichuan Warlords probably have no chance to rise to power and become princes who dominate one side, but the struggle between the Industrial Group and the Nine-Man Corps is still the same as in history! And Sun Yat-sen is also the same as in history. In the struggle between the two factions of the Sichuan Kuomintang, they have always supported the Industrial Group headed by Xie Chi.

Now that he heard Sun Yat-sen ask Xie Chi how to deal with the situation in Sichuan, the Kuomintang bosses here knew that Xiong Kewu would be in trouble soon. However, Xie Chi did not answer Sun Yat-sen immediately, but pondered for a moment. Then he slowly said: "The situation in Sichuan Province is very complicated at present, not only is there a large number of Sichuan troops, but also Yunnan and Guizhou troops stationed in Chongqing and southern Sichuan. There are not many troops who are truly loyal to Mr. (referring to the army controlled by the Industrial Regiment). If Xiong Jinfan rashly removes Xiong Jinfan from his post as chairman and security commander of Sichuan Province, I am afraid that the three armies of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou will immediately raise troops to resist... So for the sake of the present, we should first find a way to appease Xiong Jinfan, and then try to divide the alliance of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and then use the central army to enter Sichuan, so that Xiong Kewu can be recruited to Beijing and reorganize the Sichuan army."

Seeing that Xie Chi did not rashly make suggestions to overthrow the bear, Sun Yat-sen nodded with satisfaction and asked again: "How to divide the three armies of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou? What excuse should the central army enter Sichuan?"

Xie Chi thought for a while and replied: "After all, the Second Army of Yunnan and Guizhou are the guest troops. It is not the case that the long-term stationed in Sichuan. Perhaps Wang Dianlun can be appointed as the security commander of Guizhou Province and Gu Pinzhen as the security commander of Yunnan Province, so that they can lead Guizhou and Yunnan Army back to their province to garrison. At the same time, let the Central Army move to southern Sichuan and Chongqing, and there is no problem in how to control Xiong Jinfan."

Sun Yat-sen nodded: "Very good, Sichuan's problem is handled." He walked a few steps behind his back, and asked in a low voice: "What about the Northeast? Should the local army in the Northeast be reorganized into the Central Army?"

As soon as this problem came out, everyone in the room looked at Xu Chongzhi. He was Jiang JShi's brother and the spokesperson for the Northeast King in the Central Committee. Xu Chongzhi frowned and said lightly: "Sir, the Northeast problem is relatively complicated, and it also involves Japan's interests... We are now in a tense confrontation between Britain and France due to tariffs, concessions, Yangtze River and other issues, and we need Japan's support very much. Besides, JShi has sent local troops from the Northeast to escort Xie Miaonov back to Chita! The Soviet Union is extremely dissatisfied with this! Now the three northeastern provinces are in a state of autonomy, and we can also turn the blame on Jiang JShi. If the Northeast becomes the central government's direct territory, we may be splintered between Japan and Russia."

When Sun Yat-sen's brows frowned even more when he thought of the Soviet Union's "evil neighbor". He sighed: "It seems that the Northeast still needs to make something special. Go and send a telegram to Liao Zhongkai from Xuzhou to explain to Chang Yaoru, and at the same time, he will ask for his opinions on Sino-Japanese and Sino-Russia relations... The Russian GCD people seem to be about to win the civil war!"

When his confidants said goodbye and left the Nanjing Chairman's Mansion, Sun Yat-sen's Secretary-General Wang Jingwei walked into the office with an invitation from the US Minister Reins: "Sir, tomorrow, Minister Reins wants to invite you and your wife at the US Embassy, ​​and he also said there is something important to discuss."

"It's important?" Sun Yat-sen took the invitation and looked at it. It didn't say anything, but just an excuse for the Minister's wife to invite Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching-ling to the embassy for a family dinner on the excuse of the birthday of the minister's wife.

Wang Jingwei seemed to have guessed something. He leaned into Sun Yat-sen's ear and whispered: "It may be related to the Russian civil war. The Russian GCD Red Army launched a major offensive against the Provisional Government after the 'Vladivostok Incident', defeating the White Army, which had lost logistics supplies. Kolchak's Provisional Government has now retreated to Omsk. It is estimated that the Americans want us to provide any help to the Russian Provisional Government?" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!