Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen

The final solution was quietly brought out by Qian Biaotong and Bi Hongen behind Xiagu and Li Erye's backs. Yifu Bian thought it was fair at first glance: the two battalions of the Independent Nationalist Army, except for one battalion temporarily stationed at various gates in the city to take on the responsibility of defending, the rest of the battalions would go out of the city first to clean up.Qian Biaotong's bid was stationed in the old village of Luying on Paotai Mountain in the south of the city; Xiagu's bid was stationed in Paotai Town at the foot of the mountain.Those who disobey will be regarded as rebellious, and all ministries and business groups will suppress them together.

Bian Yifu immediately went to Xiagu and told Xiagu the solution. Afraid that Xiagu would be overwhelmed, he didn't say it was Qian Biaotong and Bi Hongen's idea, but only his own.He also sighed and said, if we don't go out of the city to clean up, I'm afraid the general chamber of commerce and business groups in the city will collude with the red gun associations in the surrounding counties to rebel. Aunt Xia didn't take the Merchant Group and the Red Gun Club seriously, but she also felt that it was time to purge, so she said to Yifu Bian, "Yes! It's not enough to confer all these officers who lead the troops. There should indeed be a new official army. The original militias must have an appearance, and the old army in the original patrol battalion must also have an appearance."

Xiagu also mentioned the reason why Li Erye and Qian Biaotong got into a fight, and scolded Qian Biaotong for being a bastard. However, Yifu Bian heard that the collection of black money was caused by Li Erye, and Li Erye wanted to use this as an excuse to make a big fuss and take the opportunity to wash the city. Yifu Bian didn't dare not believe the two sides' statements, and he didn't dare to believe them all, so he mixed up, neither saying that Qian Biaotong was an asshole, nor that Li Erye was an asshole, but that everyone would be together for a long time in the future. When working together, it is always better to resolve enemies than to end them. It is better to give way to each other and not to speak ill of each other.

Next, it is the departure of most of the troops of the two bids. On the day of leaving the city, many people in the streets and alleys came out to watch, and some shops even set off firecrackers to celebrate. After the teams settled down outside the city, Bi Hongen, the vice-governor, said again that it is not a problem for Bu Yibiao and Bu Erbiao to stand up and resist like this, and there may be big troubles in the future.Therefore, Bi Hongen volunteered to be the host, and invited Xiagu, Li Erye, Qian Biaotong and the leaders of the two battalions to his house for a meal and hangover. Yifu Bian immediately agreed, and said that he was the one who built the Governor's Mansion. Because he didn't do it well, he caused trouble for everyone and chaos in the city. Therefore, the money for eating this and hangover cannot be given Hong En had to pick it up by himself.

Bi Hongen just smiled and didn't say much. That's how things settled down. This led to the biggest mistake in Yifu Bian's life: he was willing to be taken advantage of, and he paid for Bi Hongen and Qian Biaotong to hold a banquet at the Hongmen, and in one fell swoop took Xiagu, Li Erye, and so many good brothers' His life was ruined, and he almost ruined his own life. The Hongmen banquet was set up one night four days later. Beforehand, Bi Hongen and Qian Biaotong hid dozens of gunmen around the main hall where the banquet was held. The main hall faces the gate of the front yard, and on both sides of the gate are sedan chair rooms, where people can hide.

Behind the main hall is a very small garden, because it is winter, the flowers and plants are withered, it is not easy to hide people, but outside the flower wall is easy to hide people.The flower wall is very low, facing a row of large windows in the main hall, and there are plum blossom holes in the wall, which can be used as a sniper line for gunmen. There were also people hiding on the surrounding roofs. The Guanyin Temple on the other side of the street fired a lance, and the muzzle of the gun was facing the gate of the west courtyard of Bi Mansion. The murder plan of Bi Hongen and Qian Biaotong is insidious and well-thought-out.

But there is no sinister shadow at the gate. The stone lions on both sides of the gate are lying quietly, and the gate is decorated with lights and festoons, looking festive. When Bian Yifu led the adjutant Wang Sanshun and several followers to Debi Mansion, Bi Hongen was standing on the steps of the gate to meet him. The trap has been laid, and the killing is about to begin, but Bi Hongen's face is extremely calm, and his smile is very natural, and he arches his hands and lets Yifu Bian go to the inner tea room on the side of the main hall, saying that neither Qian Biaotong nor Aunt Xia have arrived yet. Asking Yifu Bian to drink tea and smoke in the room first, he also said that he had prepared the best Yunnan face for him.

Sure enough, it is the first-class Yunnan noodles, which is different from the ones bought from the market earlier, and it is very mellow. Bian Yifu fell down on the cigarette couch and started smoking, and then felt that good goods were rare, and it was Bi Hongen's favor, so he made a favor and asked Wang Sanshun to try something new. Wang Sanshun didn't smoke opium at first, so it can be seen that the master of the governor's mansion praised himself, and thought that he had become an adjutant, and he was a person on the scene. If he didn't learn to smoke, he would lose face, so he imitated Yifu Bian and served cigarettes The gun is drawn up.

When the two masters and servants were lying face to face, flying through the clouds, Yifu Bian not only did not smell the bloody smell that was about to spread, but was proud of it, thinking that it was a good start for the leaders and leaders of the two standards to sit together today. , is his great success. Seeing that the Bi family members were not waiting, Bian Yifu whispered to Wang Sanshun that Bi Hongen didn't really obey him until tonight. "...San Shun, think about it, four months ago I begged Bi Hongen to help me suppress the evil spirits in the city, but he just refused. Why did it change now? Why?"

Choking on the smoke, Wang Sanshun coughed again and again, "I don't know what's going on in your officialdom." Yifu Bian smiled and said, "Isn't it because our seat in the Governor's Mansion is secure? Sanshun, this is how things are in the world. If your position is not stable, someone will push you. Once you are stable, someone will help you! " Then he sighed: "It seems that I still have to be an official! After the four months of the governor's office, I know that the benefits of being an official are infinite..." Originally, he wanted to continue to sigh, but at this moment, the call "Qian Biaotong is here" sounded in the courtyard, Yifu Bian had no choice but to give up the sigh, put down his pipe and got up, and went to the main hall to see Qian Biaotong.

Qian Biaotong is one of the protagonists at today's banquet, he has to persuade Qian Biaotong a few words, let Qian Biaotong be patient, and don't accidentally quarrel with Xiagu's brother at the reconciliation banquet. Qian Biaotong's attitude was very good, with a sincere and respectful smile on his face, he patted his chest and assured Yifu Bian that even if Xia Gubu Erbiao's brothers were making trouble, he and his brothers would never make trouble. Qian Biaotong said: "...Bian Du's Mansion, think about it, this is you and my old uncle, Mr. Bi, who are hosts, and they are in my old uncle's house. Can I make trouble? Besides, even if I don't give my old uncle Uncle's face, I have to give you the face of the border governor's mansion, right? I won't make trouble, and neither will my brothers, whoever dares to mess around, I will deal with him!" While talking with Qian Biaotong, Aunt Xia came with Li Erye and a group of Guandai brothers under him, accompanied by Bi Hongen into the main hall. Aunt Xia brought two large gift boxes to Bi Hongen, and when she opened them, there was nothing else in them, but two bloody heads. Both Bi Hongen and Qian Biaotong turned pale with fright, and looked at Aunt Xia and Second Master Li in horror. Yifu Bian was also afraid, and he didn't understand what Aunt Xia's intention was in this move.He said: "People... Mr. Bi kindly invited everyone to eat and hangover, you... what are you doing?" Aunt Xia smiled and said: "This is exactly the kindness that my aunt gave you to the Governor's Mansion and Master Bi! These two bastards were the first offenders who robbed the gold shop in the past, and they were verified during the purge yesterday. Let me order Done!" I see. Yifu Bian let go of his heart, and Bi Hongen and Qian Biaotong also breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did the host and guest give way. When the seats were held in the main hall, there were two other tables in the west courtyard also held seats at the same time. Sitting at the two tables in the west courtyard were the attendants of Ma Bian brought by Qian Biaotong and Xiagu, and the guards of the governor's mansion brought by Wang Sanshun. Both parties drank very enthusiastically, and the reconciliation of the drink really seemed to reconcile. However, Yifu Bian could never forget that when the atmosphere of reconciliation was at its best, Bi Hongen said that he wanted to send an unusual gift to Aunt Xia, and he got up and left first under the pretext of going to get it himself. As soon as Bi Hongen left, Qian Biaotong said that he would go to the West Courtyard to toast the brothers at the two tables, and he also took away with his three stewards. Only Xiagu, Li Erye, Ren Daquan and two other brothers who Bian Yifu didn't know very well were left in the main hall. At this point, no one has realized what's going on. Aunt Xia is still holding the wine glass and drinking with Ren Daquan and the others, seeming to be talking about purging the second standard of military discipline. Li Erye next to Ren Daquan was simply drunk, sitting on a chair and dozing off. It is also the heaven that wants to save Yifu Bian's life. Behind the flowered wall outside the window, before the ambushes' guns were about to go off, Yifu Bian felt a pain in his stomach, and was about to go out, so he quickly walked out of the main hall door. Just a few steps away from the gate, Bian Yifu suddenly heard a burst of violent and intensive gunshots. At the same time, the vermilion lacquered gates of the Bianfu were closed, and many soldiers rushed out of the sedan chair houses on both sides, firing shells towards the main hall, and shooting all the way into the main hall. Gunshots also rang out in the west courtyard, and the gunshots seemed to be louder than here. Yifu Bian was still very ignorant at first, thinking it was his own hallucination, and then he saw the soldiers in the sedan chair rushing towards him, and saw the door of the main hall being smashed to pieces by a lance, and the hall was filled with smoke, so he was frightened. , fell to the ground somehow, and was stepped on by the rampaging soldier on his leg. It was when she fell to the ground that she finally saw Aunt Xia. Covered in blood, Aunt Xia staggered out of the smashed door, holding two quick guns in both hands.Xiagu is actually a husband, and she still did not give in in this desperate situation. She supported her bleeding body, fired guns at the soldiers who rushed up, and scolded him and Bi Hongen one after another. Amidst the yelling, Yifu Bian saw with his own eyes that Aunt Xia was shot up by the platoon of guns in front of her and behind her. Still holding it in his hand, one fell to Yifu Bian's side. Xiagu believed until her death that the Hongmen Banquet was set up by Bian Yifu and Bi Hongen in collaboration. Xia Gu said the last half sentence before dying: "Damn it, side..." Bian Yifu felt that he was really wronged and angry, so he forgot to be afraid, and with tears in his eyes, he grabbed Aunt Xia's fast gun that had fallen to his hand, staggered to stand up, and waved the gun as soon as he stood up. Shouted: "Stop! Everyone...stop it! You...how dare you kill Aunt Xia..." After shouting these few words freely, several soldiers grabbed his gun and grabbed him, Hit him, kicked him, and said he was going to kill him, and a vicious dwarf really put the muzzle of a gun to his forehead. At this time, Bi Hongen hurried over from the west courtyard or where, and asked the soldiers to let him go, and said to him: "Bian Dufu, you have to forgive me, Qian Biaotong and I have no choice but to do this... " Bian Yifu said: "What is the last resort? You... You are conspiring to rebel!" Bi Hongen said: "It's not a rebellion, it's not a mutiny, it's a bandit suppression!" Bian Yifu stiffened his neck and said, "Okay, let's suppress Lao Tzu together!" Bi Hongen said: "What are you talking about? Your Border Governor's Mansion is a revolutionary party, advocating revolution, not a bandit..." Yifu Bian was trembling with anger, and said: "You, Bi Hongen, still... still have the face to talk about the revolutionary party, the revolution, the revolutionary party and the revolution. Today... today, you... you all ruined it!" Bi Hongen smiled and said: "No, the revolution has just begun! I, Qian Biaotong, and the gentry in the city's Chamber of Commerce all believe that the suppression of bandits is the beginning of the revolution! If you don't suppress bandits, people's hearts will fluctuate, and the market will be chaotic. What kind of revolution are you talking about! Let me ask you from the Border Governor's Office, which government throughout the ages has not suppressed bandits?" Bian Yifu knew that the general situation was over, and it would be unnecessary to talk to Bi Hongsi any further, and he was afraid that Bi Hongen and Qian Biao would kill him, so he wanted to go back with Wang Sanshun. After searching for a long time, I finally found Wang Sanshun in a large water tank in the west courtyard. But Bihongen didn't allow them to leave, saying that the city is not peaceful tonight, so it's safer to live here. It was only later that I found out that when the Bi Mansion attacked, the inside and outside of the city also attacked at the same time. Xia Gu stayed in a battalion in the city, and the dead Tianhe people were less loyal to Xia Gu. As soon as the brothers in Qian Biaotong's camp opened fire with the business group, the brothers in charge immediately raised the white flag and surrendered to Qian Biaotong. Qian Biaotong's Bu Yibiao on Paotai Mountain outside the city and the Six County Red Spear Club who supported the suppression of bandits secretly joined forces and fought a serious battle with Bu Erbiao of Xiagu in Paotai Town. Bu Yibiao went down from Mount Paotai, and the Six County Red Spear Society surrounded them from three sides. Nearly a thousand Bu Erbiao brothers were killed and wounded overnight, and more than 300 brothers were captured and buried alive at the foot of Mount Paotai. of. Many years after the incident, those who witnessed the burial still expressed their sorrow, calling the mass burial a "horrific tragedy." However, the firearms of the Red Gun Society were insufficient, and there were gaps in several joints, which allowed some of Xia Gubu's brothers to escape. There were about 800 people in this group, and they had no leader, but they didn't dare to go home, so they went to the old camps of Tongshan and Taohuashan... After daybreak, the gunshots in and outside the city stopped, Xia Gu's Bu Erbiao no longer exists, and Bi Hongen and Qian Biaotong met Yifu Bian together. The uncle and nephew were no longer called Bian Du's House, and their earlier obedience disappeared, and they sang and said that Yifu Bian could not lead troops, nor could he be the governor's house. After all, under Qian Biao's unified order, a group of soldiers guarded Bian Yifu and went to the governor's office, and handed over the customs seals of Bian Yifu and Xietong on the spot. Afterwards, the soldiers guarded Bian Yifu and returned to Bi's mansion to report to Bi Hongen and Qian Biaotong. When entering Bi Mansion again, an armed "petition group" wielding knives and guns appeared in front of the gate of Bi Mansion. The men of the armed "petition group" kept firing guns into the sky, chanting two monotonous and loud slogans over and over again. : "Get out, Bian!" "Master Bi, come back!" "Fuck off with the surname Bian!" "Master Bi is back"...Bi Hongen was reserved on the surface, but he was very proud in his heart. Amidst the voices of the armed "petition group", he talked about "the people's will should not be insulted" to the stunned Yifu Bian. reason. Then, under the double support of "public opinion" outside the door and Qian Biaotong inside the house, he became the Governor's Mansion. And Qian Biaotong was promoted to Xietong under the support of Bidufu. However, the newly appointed Lord Governor and Lord Xietong are still generous. They did not pursue Yifu Bian's past crimes of colluding with bandits, nor did he intend to let Yifu Bian go away. They firmly stated that no matter how "public opinion" opposes, Yifu Bian couldn't really get out of here. He also said that Yifu Bian had been a revolutionary party for a few days. Although he passed the bandits earlier, he actually helped to suppress the bandits last night. Bi Hongen then appointed Bian Yifu on the spot as a member of the governor's government and the office of the Flower Donation Bureau, who was in charge of implementing the "braid cutting order" just promulgated by the Provisional Government of the Republic of China and collecting taxes from brothels in the whole city... Unexpectedly, there was no room for completion. The Governor's Mansion and Qian Xietong finished their assignments and lectures. Yifu Bian, who had been frightened all night and sulked all night, couldn't hold on anymore mentally and physically. He slumped on a chair and passed out.