Chapter 47 3. With the help of the priest of the Anglican Church, Huang Xing tactfully escaped from the dangerous situation

The autumn wind was getting cooler and cooler, and the day of the uprising was approaching day by day. Huang Xing and the comrades of the Huaxing Society were intensively making preparations in all directions, and closely monitoring the movements of all walks of life in Changsha, dredging the joints of all parties.Their hearts are stirring, their blood is rushing, everything is for the arrival of that great moment.Unexpectedly, at this juncture, a big mess happened out of nowhere. Ma Shude, who has been appointed as the Major Assistant of the Brotherhood of Enemies, won ten silver dollars from his companion because of his marksmanship that day, he was very happy, and at night came to the house of Yan'e, a whore who had known each other for several years in Liling County.

"Oh, Boss Ma, where did you get rich these days? I haven't seen you." Yan'e was very happy to see Ma Shude coming, because Ma Shude was generous.He sleeps in her bed for one night, and pays more than twice as much as others. Sometimes when he is happy, besides giving money, he also gives Yan'e some small foreign goods that she can't see easily, such as glass umbrellas and foreign socks. , Foreign lipstick, Yan'e likes it very much. "I've been out for a few months, and I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you so much." Ma Shude is a man who is generous and generous, and he is unambiguous in helping his friends, but he has a shortcoming: he is greedy for women.Seeing a beautiful woman, his legs softened.Although there is a wife at home, he still goes out all year round to find flowers and ask willows.Yan'e was the prettiest bitch in Liling County, and Ma Shude had a few silver dollars in his pocket, so he wanted to give them to her itchingly.This has always been for the uprising, he has been running around, and it is true that he has not looked for her for a long time. "Yan'e, what good treats do you have for Boss Ma?"

"Yes, old baijiu, beef jerky, pig blood balls, peanuts, Boss Ma, you like to eat a lot." Yan'e twisted her water snake waist, and brought out a few plates from the cupboard, Put it on the table. "I said why do I miss you everywhere I go, so you make me like this." Ma Shude pinched Yan'e's fair and tender face heavily. "It's killing me, Boss Ma!" Yan'e yelled coquettishly, and Ma Shude threw her into his arms. "Don't cry, Boss Ma gave you a good thing today." Ma Shude took out two glass bracelets from his pocket.He bought it in Jiujiang with a silver dollar a few days ago.The two glass bracelets, one with a red peony in it and the other with a yellow chrysanthemum, are bright and beautiful, more beautiful than real.No one in Liling County has ever worn such a beautiful bracelet.Yan'e took it and quickly put it on, and admired herself a bit, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.

"Boss Ma, you have treated me so well, I will treat you well tonight." Yan'e poured wine for Ma Shude and handed it over, Ma Shude drank it all in one gulp.Yan'e picked up another piece of beef jerky and delivered it to Ma Shude's mouth herself.While Ma Shude was chewing the beef jerky, she was busy filling him with wine again.In this way, Yan'e poured five cups in a row, and Ma Shude drank five cups in a row, until he was dizzy and blood boiled, and his mouth could no longer be covered: "Yan'e, don't take other guests from now on, just marry Let me be an aunt, and I will be an official!"

"Really, Boss Ma, what do you want to be a high-ranking official?" Yan'e knew that he was talking drunk and deliberately teased him. "I will be a deputy admiral in the future." Ma Shude said, shaking his head again, "No, a military officer is low, and a civil servant is high. I want to be a general, a vassal, maybe I can also be a master of Futai." "Stop dreaming, how can you be the master of Futai!" Yan'e laughed.She felt that the foreman in charge of the lime kiln was really whimsical, and the toad wanted to eat swan meat. "Don't you believe it?" Yan'e's contempt greatly hurt his self-esteem. He was so angry that he took out a piece of paper from his underwear pocket and threw it on the table. "Look, what is this?"

This is exactly the letter of commission that Ma Fuyi gave to Ma Shude!Yan'e could read a few characters, and saw that it said: Ma Shude is hereby appointed as the major assistant of the Tongqiuhui.Yan'e said with a smile: "Is this Shaozuo such an official, is this piece of paper comparable to the emperor's imperial decree?" While speaking, Ma Shude drank two more glasses of wine, his dizziness became worse, and he leaked all the secrets with an angry sentence: "You don't believe it? The uprising is successful, and Ma Dalongtou is the emperor. You can change the officer of a lieutenant general with a letter of appointment."

The words "rebellion" and "emperor" startled Yan'e. It turned out that Boss Ma was a rebellious party!Yan'e is a woman who prostitutes herself. She doesn't care about any important national affairs, but the leader of the county government, Mo Ban, wants her to pay attention to whether there are any disorderly parties among the drifters. Bantou Mo is the head of the Liling County Yamen's police and is also a frequent customer of Yan'e.Last month, Team Leader Mo told her that a group of rebels were going to rebel on Lafayette's 700,000th birthday, and there was a gathering of gangsters in Puji City, Liuyang during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and they all ran away when the county went to arrest them. Report any suspicious persons among the clients immediately.If you catch the leader of the rebellious party, you can reward one thousand silver dollars.Isn't Boss Ma the leader of the rebellious party right now?If you catch him, you'll get a thousand silver dollars.With this money, Yan'e no longer has to do skin business anymore, she will go to another place to open a shop by herself, recruit a capable young son to join the family, and live happily and comfortably as a normal woman Life.Even though Ma Shude treats her well, he is a good man, and with the temptation of a thousand silver dollars, Yan'e can't care less about it.

After Ma Shude fooled around with her for a while and fell asleep, Yan'e found the commission letter from him, and hurriedly knocked on Bantou Mo's door.Team leader Mo was overjoyed, and immediately gave her a hundred silver dollars to reward her first, and was about to lead someone to arrest her.Yan'e was afraid that Ma Shude's gang would retaliate, so she asked to let Ma Shude go out the next morning before arresting him.Bantou Mo agreed.Yan'e returned home with the letter of appointment, but Ma Shude was still awake.She put it still in the horse's pocket. The next day, when Ma Shude was less than two miles away from Yan'e's house, he was caught by Mo Bantou and others who had ambushed in advance, and the letter of appointment was found from him on the spot.Ma Shude didn't know it was a bitch's informer, so he had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky.

Mo Bantou took Ma Shude to the lobby of the Liling County Yamen, and the county magistrate immediately interrogated him.Ma Shude couldn't survive the torture, so he had to be recruited.The county magistrate of Liling unintentionally uncovered such a major case, he was really surprised and delighted, he hurriedly secretly reported to Futai Yamen in the provincial capital, asking for credit and reward. Acting Hunan governor Lu Yuanding received the urgent report from Liling County, and immediately ordered the patrol battalion commander Zhao Chunting to send people to arrest Huang Xing, Liu Kuiyi and others.In the afternoon, when the official document was delivered to Zhao's house, Zhao Chunting was chatting with his friend Long Zhang.

Longzhang, styled Yanxian, was a famous gentleman in Changsha.At the age of 23, he was elected as the magistrate of Shuyang, Rugao, Shangyuan, Taixing, Jiangning and other counties in Jiangsu, and accumulated a solid family business.After returning to Hunan as an official, he set up business and education in Changsha, and founded the Mingde School and the steamship company with others.Long Zhang was open-minded and sympathized with the Revolutionary Party.Zhao Chunting didn't know Long Zhang's political orientation, so when the official document came, he handed it to him.When Long Zhang saw it, he was secretly surprised.He quietly asked his servant to take his famous thorn to Huang Xing's house in Liuduizi, and Huang Xing to go to Longzhai in Xiyuan to discuss important matters.After Long Zhang sent his servants away, he deliberately chatted with Zhao Chunting to delay time.

The commander of the patrol battalion was in a hurry, but he couldn't save the face of a gentleman, so he had to reluctantly accompany him.After chatting for half an hour, Zhao Chunting got up and said, "Old Yan, I'm on business, so I can't accompany you. I'll come to the house to apologize some other day." Long Zhang thought for so long that Huang Xing should leave home, so he said goodbye with a smile, and went back to the West Garden by sedan chair. This day happened to be Huang Xing's 30th birthday. In the morning, relatives and friends came to congratulate him, and five tables of wine were set up at home.After lunch, when everyone went home, the three older sisters who lived in the country went to the city together to give birth to Huang Xing.Huang Xing is the youngest among his brothers and sisters in his family. He has been loved by his sisters since he was a child, and Huang Xing also respects them very much.It's been a long time since I saw them, and now the three sisters came to Hesheng together, Huang Xing was grateful and happy, and chatted about the family with great interest.At this moment, a servant of the Long family came in with his master's name badge. "Mr. Huang, my master invites you to go to the West Garden immediately to discuss something important." "Okay, you go back first, I'll be here later." Huang Xing said as he stood up and said to his sisters, "I want to give you Xiahan Mushroom Noodles to eat." The eldest sister said: "If you have something to do, you can go and meet us." "It's not busy, it's rare for you to enter the city once, so I should go down in person." As Huang Xing spoke, he went into the kitchen, boiled water, and was busy washing fungus and chopping green onions. As soon as Long Zhang entered the house, he asked the servant, "Has Mr. Huang come?" "No, he said he would come soon." The servant replied. Long Zhang said anxiously: "When is it? Wait for a while, hurry up and urge him, let go of everything, and come to my house quickly." As soon as the servant turned to go out, Long Zhang said again, "Take my sedan chair to pick me up." When the servants of the Long family came to Huang Xing's house again, Huang Xing was leaving the kitchen with steaming noodles.He said to the visitor: "Okay, I'll go after eating the noodles." Huang Xing's stepmother, Yi Shi, used to be the supervisor of Changsha Girls' School. She was alert and knowledgeable. Seeing this scene, she said to Huang Xing: "There must be something important to come from the Long family twice. You go first and come back to eat. " Huang Xing felt that what his stepmother said made sense, so he put down the bowl and went out.As soon as he stepped over the threshold, he met four patrol battalion soldiers with guns. One of them asked, "Are you Huang Xing?" Seeing the situation, Huang Xing knew that they were here to arrest him, and the soldiers obviously didn't know him, so he said, "I'm not Huang Xing, and I came to look for him too. His family said he went to Mingde Academy for classes. I am going to Mingde to find him." While talking, he calmly got into the sedan chair.Four battalion soldiers followed behind the sedan chair, walking towards Mingde Academy together like bodyguards.At the gate of Mingde Academy, Huang Xing stepped out of the sedan chair, and said to the soldiers: "You guys wait here for a while, I will go in and call Huang Xing out." Then he turned to the servants of the Long family and said, "Go back first." Huang Xing walked into Mingde Academy without haste, then quietly went out from the back door of the school, hurried through the alley, and entered Longzhang's home - the gate of the West Garden. The four battalion soldiers waited outside Mingde Gate for an hour or two, but Huang Xing did not come out, so they went to ask the porter.The concierge told them that it was Mr. Huang who got out of the sedan chair earlier.Only then did the battalion soldiers realize that they had been fooled, and they were very annoyed.The school directors of Mingde are all respectable gentlemen, and the battalion soldiers did not dare to go in and search without orders, so they had to go back to report to their orders. As soon as Huang Xing entered Longzhai, he said to Longzhang's eldest son: "I was arrested by the government because I opposed the imperial court. Although I live safely in your house, my comrades are still in danger. I want to ask you Do two things for me, will you help?" The eldest son of the Long family is also a passionate young man who is dissatisfied with reality, and has always had a good impression of the reformers and revolutionaries.He said: "Mr. Huang, if you have anything to do, just tell me." Huang Xing said: "The first thing, please go to Huaxing Company at Nanmenkou immediately and tell a person named Zhang Jizi Puquan that the matter is critical, and quickly notify the comrades of Huaxing Association to leave the city, and the company's signboard will be taken down." Zhang Ji has no relatives in Changsha, so I asked him to come to me after finishing his work. The second thing, you go to Changsha Middle School on West Chang Street once. I have a wooden box at Mr. Zheng’s house, please bring it back for me. please." Early the next morning, Mr. Long dressed neatly and went out in a sedan chair. He stayed outside for a whole day and came back when it was dark.He told Huang Xing that now, from Yingpan Street in the east, to He Street in the west, from Gongyuan Street in the south, to Xiangchun Street in the north, all within this range are guarded by soldiers from the patrol battalion. People in their thirties who are tall, have big heads, and mustaches must be brought to the patrol camp.He also said that everything had been done as ordered, and handed over the wooden box to Huang Xing. After Mr. Long went out, Huang Xing fastened the door bolt, opened the wooden box, and took out the few notebooks inside.It turned out that this was the roster of Huaxing Association and the list of Huaxing Association's contacts inside and outside the province. If it fell into the hands of the government, Huaxing Association would be wiped out.Huang Xing's heart sank for two days when he saw these notebooks turn into black ashes. During the day, Huang Xing seemed to have nothing to do on the surface, drinking tea, playing chess, discussing poetry and papers with Longzhang, but his heart was as uncomfortable as burning water.His English pipe burned most of the night.Living in the West Garden is not a long-term solution. The government is so strict, how can they escape?He thought hard, and finally thought of someone. In the early morning, Zhang Jihuai came to Xiyuan with a German pistol to meet Huang Xing, and told him that all the backbone members of the Huaxing Association had been notified, but Liu Kuiyi was the only one missing, and he could not be found anywhere.Huang Xing's heart tightened again, he was worried that Liu Kuiyi would be arrested.However, the matter has come to this point, and there is nothing to do.He said to Zhang Ji, "Hurry up and go to the Anglican Church in Jixiang Lane to see Pastor Huang Jiting and ask him to come to me for a while. I want to discuss important matters with him." At noon, Pastor Huang Jiting arrived at the entrance of Xiyuan Lane in a sedan chair with the words "Anglican" written on the curtain and a white cross painted on it.Although Pastor Huang is Chinese, he is tall and strong, with full beards, braids cut off, gold-rimmed tortoiseshell glasses, a black robe, and a silver cross hanging around his neck. He speaks a few words from time to time In English, many people don't know whether he is Chinese or foreigner. "Stop, stop!" As soon as they entered the alley, a battalion soldier shouted loudly. The sedan chair stopped, Pastor Huang opened the sedan chair curtain, and muttered something in his mouth, but the battalion soldiers didn't understand a single word.One of them was a little knowledgeable: "This is a foreigner, don't offend him, let him in!" Pastor Huang successfully passed the checkpoint and entered the Long Mansion.When Pastor Huang told Huang Xing about the situation of passing the checkpoint, Huang Xing suddenly had an idea.He smiled and said, "The pastor was invited to discuss a plan to get out of the house. Now it seems that there is no need to think of other ways, as long as Li Daitao is stiff." Pastor Huang understood it as soon as he heard it, and said with a smile: "This is a good idea." After dinner, Huang Xing pretended to be.He shaved off his mustache first, and then put the temporary fake beard on his face.Then he took off his clothes, put on the priest's clothes, put on his glasses, and hung up the cross.After being dressed like this, except for the lack of height, there is not much difference from Pastor Huang in other places. Huang Jiting joked: "Another Pastor Huang, don't even change your surname!" As it got dark, Huang Xing got into the sedan chair of the Anglican Church and went out.Zhang Ji dressed up as a servant of the Long family, leading the way with a paper lantern, and with the other hand tightly pressed the German-made around his waist.He was ready, if he was found out, he would kill those battalion soldiers and rush out with Huang Xing. The sedan chair came to the entrance of Xiyuan Lane.Seeing that it was the sedan chair that passed by at noon, the battalion guards knew that it was a foreigner in the church, so they stopped questioning.Zhang Ji was secretly thankful, and ordered the bearers to speed up their pace.A suspicious battalion muttered: "Why are you walking so fast? Could it be that Huang Xing is sitting inside?" Another said, "Yeah, tell him to stop and look." "Stop, stop!" There was a shout from behind the sedan chair, Huang Xing was startled, and he didn't know what flaw had been revealed.The bearer heard the shout from behind and had to stop.Taking advantage of the darkness, Zhang Ji took off the pistol from his waist and held it in his hand. Three battalion soldiers came forward at the same time, two lit lanterns, and one opened the sedan chair curtain.I saw a priest with a big beard, glasses, and a black robe sitting there contentedly, speaking foreign language with a slight smile.The three battalion soldiers were all stunned. The lantern bearer said to the curtain lifter, "That's right, it's the foreigner who passed by during the day." The one who raised the curtain felt the same, nodded and bowed hastily, and said repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Zhang Jiyuan opened his eyes and scolded: "You are blind, this is Pastor Huang from the Anglican Church. He is a missionary from England, and you must give him three points of courtesy!" The battalion soldier said with a smile on his face, "Yes, yes, we have blind eyes, please forgive me, Lord Priest." With a wave of Huang Xing's hand, two porters carried the sedan chair and quickly left Xiangchun Street, heading straight for Jixiang Lane. The next morning, Pastor Huang Jiting swaggered into the gate of the Anglican Church.Huang Xing also asked him to send a secret telegram to Hu Ying in Wuchang immediately to cancel the office of the Xichangkou Science Tutoring School. At the same time, he notified the offices in Anqing, Jiujiang, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou to stop their work immediately, and asked Zhang Ji to inform the Central Post and Telecommunications Bureau of Changsha Province. The two confidential staff members who sympathized with the revolution, all mail sent to Huang Xing from Mingde Academy will be withheld and not sent.Under Huang Xing's careful arrangements, Changsha Huaxing Club did not suffer any losses in this accident, and everyone only cared about Liu Kuiyi. In the early morning three days later, Huang Jiting got through the Changsha Customs. Accompanied by him, Huang Xing and Zhang Ji boarded a ship to Hankou and finally escaped from Hukou.According to the prior agreement, Huang Xing and Zhang Ji successfully found Hu Ying in the old attic in a small alley near Wuchang Yuema Factory.They never expected that Liu Kuiyi had been waiting here for three whole days, safe and sound. It turned out that Liu Kuiyi happened to be a guest at a friend's house on the day that Master Long notified Zhang Ji.After coming out of a friend's house in the afternoon, I just walked to the main street of Xiaowumen, and saw several battalion soldiers of the patrol battalion bound a man in a row and walking towards another village.The streets were lined with spectators.As soon as Liu Kui squeezed in, he saw that it was none other than Ma Shude who had been appointed as a major assistant by Wuhuada.At this time, Ma Shude also saw Liu Kuiyi.Ma stared at Liu firmly, his eyes rolling in their sockets a few times.As soon as Liu Kui knew something had happened, he hurried to Huang Xing's house in Liuduizi.Huang Xing's stepmother told what happened yesterday, guessing that Huang Xing might be fine, and urged him to run for his life.Liu Kuiyi ran to the south gate again, and saw that the signboard of Huaxing Company had been taken off, the gate was locked, and no one could be seen.He guessed that Huang Xing must have notified Huaxing Company, so he took a boat to a friend's house in Jinggang overnight, and then transferred from Jinggang to Wuchang, where he found Hu Ying.At this time, Hu Ying had received a secret telegram, knowing that Huang Xing was coming, so they waited here together. It is a great joy that the comrades who escaped from the dangerous situation are reunited safely.They were all brave men, they didn't take this thrilling adventure to heart at all, they talked about their experiences with great interest, and found it really interesting, Zhang Ji even hoped to do it again.The four discussed together and decided that Hu Ying would stay in Wuchang, and Huang Xing, Liu Kuiyi, and Zhang Jidong would go to Shanghai to continue revolutionary activities based on the Patriotic Association established by Zhang Shizhao in Shanghai.