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Chapter 40 Sure enough, I am a boy

When a bird-man-bird incident occurred in You Qi, urgent matters followed in Changsha. The government secretly blocked the news, plainclothes, urban management, and law enforcement brigades all over the city, and the whole city urgently searched for Mr. Huang. On the sixteenth day of the ninth lunar month in 1904, it was still late autumn with maple leaves floating, and Huang Jinwu's 30th birthday came.Several older sisters rushed over to congratulate them, and he went to the kitchen to make fungus noodles to entertain his loved ones. Just as I was getting ready, there was a knock on the door.

Opening the door, the two probed their heads and said they were looking for Teacher Huang, the teaching model. Huang Jinwu took a closer look, and found that these two people were fat, with big ears and cloudy eyes, typical "city management faces".Knowing that something was wrong, he smiled slightly: "I am also looking for Teacher Huang. I heard that it is in Mingde Academy. Let's go together." Huang Jinwu sat in a sedan chair, followed by two plain clothes. When they came to the gate of Mingde Academy, Huang Jinwu said to go in and ask Teacher Huang to come out, and took the opportunity to escape through the back door.

Waiting left and right, waiting for no one, the plainclothes had to take the bearer back, but the bearer suffered a disaster and was beaten until his head was bleeding. Huang Jinwu came to the home of his colleague Long Furui. Long Furui was a son of an official, and the Long family was also prominent in Changsha. Huang Jinwu still smiled and said to Long Furui: "A fortune teller said that my luck this year is not good and I will be imprisoned. Brother, can you help me?" Long Furui was puzzled, Mr. Huang, don't you usually not believe this? We are all smart people, to put it bluntly, I want to hide from you for a while, now we will see if Long Furui has the guts.

Will Mr. Huang make friends without courage? ! Long Furui patted his chest and stayed here first. My father is a retired Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, so there will be no danger for the time being. Huang Jinwu lived in Long's house. He eats a lot, and every meal is three large bowls.Chat after eating, talk and laugh freely; eat after chatting, three large bowls. Long Furui nodded secretly: This friend is not in vain. At this time, Changsha City was already buzzing, the gates of the city were closed, and horsemen were everywhere. Huang Jinwu must be caught, the governor issued a death order.

Huang Jinwu must not be caught. Ever since he witnessed Teacher Huang's three large bowls of food, Long Furui has made up his mind to protect this friend no matter what. Whether Huang Jinwu can be caught does not depend on miracles, nor on luck, but on his friends who were close friends. In the middle of the night, Cao Yabo, the teacher of Mingde Academy, was writing a lesson plan for the natural history class, when he suddenly received a letter from Longfu, saying that Teacher Huang was waiting there for urgent matters. Cao Yabo quickly locked the door and went out. He hurried back as soon as he went out. He forgot the key in the room, so he had to go through the window to get it.

The streets are already lined with guard posts and fences, prohibiting pedestrians from passing. Cao Yabo was wearing a top hat, a suit, no braids, lowered his head, waved his hands chicly, shrugged, and said "please open the fence" (please open the fence). As soon as this remark came out, Shi Potian was startled, and the vicious police officer just now smiled all over his face, and responded with "please go" (please go), authentic and standard Changsha accent English. A police officer from the Temporary Trade Union smiled and flattered the officer: "My lord, you are really showing your face for the country. This foreign language is no different from that of a foreigner."

It was midnight, the lights were dark, and the patrolmen were all yawning, and opened the fence in a daze.Secretly admiring that people who speak foreign languages ​​look different, the authentic shrug has a noble and charming foreign atmosphere in his bones. When Cao Yabo came to Long's house, Huang Jinwu was sitting there reading a book as if nothing had happened.The two thought it over, and they couldn't stay here for long, but how could they get out? What kind of person no one dares to investigate or provoke? In China's territory, of course foreigners are the boss, but now that real foreigners are scarce, then look for fake foreigners.

Cao Yabo is a Christian, and immediately rushed to the Anglican Church to find Pastor Huang whom he knew well.Still the phrase "please open the fence", shrugged, all the way through without hindrance. Pastor Huang told Cao Yabo not to worry, he prayed before the Lord and repented, because he was about to do something dishonest.God don't blame me, everything is for saving people, Amen! Early the next morning, Pastor Huang entered Long's house directly in a small sedan chair with the curtain of the sedan chair hanging down. Will Pastor Huang bring God-like warmth to Teacher Huang?

Lord, God bless Brother Qiang, Amen!Everyone prayed silently in their hearts. With the sedan chair coming and going like this, Pastor Huang became Teacher Huang, a true live version of the transformation into a living person. Watching Huang Jinwu's sedan chair leave, Pastor Huang prayed silently in his heart: Lord, please forgive my dishonesty. Arriving at the Anglican Church, Cao Yabo had waited for a long time, and everyone prayed silently before the Lord together.Not to thank God, but to thank the zealous Pastor Huang. The two temporarily hid in the small building of the Anglican Church. There was only a small bed of cotton wool. Cao Yabo gave the quilt to Huang Jinwu because he was young and angry.

On a cold night in late autumn, Cao Yabo couldn't bear it and shivered from the cold.Huang Jinwu gently covered him with the quilt, and smiled slightly: "Three sea bowls a day, I have more calories. Young man, remember to see who is stronger, it is more about food intake than age." Careful Pastor Huang took Huang Jinwu's whole family to the Anglican Church and prayed every day. After staying for a month, Huang Jinwu still talked and laughed freely every day, eating, reading, chatting, and sleeping. But the church is too small to hold a great man of passion who stands up to heaven and earth.Huang Jinwu had to go out, his friends were waiting for him, Marshal Ma was waiting for him, and the stormy rivers and lakes were waiting for him even more.

Pastor Huang thought of a way and asked Huang Jinwu to cut off his beard, put on a suit, and then find a friend from the customs, and sneak out of the city at dusk when the city gate was still closed.Huang Jinwu took a Japanese ship to Hankou alone, and then transferred to Shanghai. Under the setting sun, outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the westerly wind blows hard, but there is no shadow of a thin horse, only the teacher and priest.Don't need to speak too much, don't choke, just wave your hand and smile and you'll be overwhelmed. Pastor Huang specifically instructed that after arriving in Shanghai, send a safe telegram and write only one word: "Xing". A good man is safe in life, you are happy, I am happy, everyone is happy; in addition, it saves a telegraph fee, which was one and four cents per word at that time. Huang Jinwu was safe all the way, and Zhang Puquan, his life and death friend, armed with two guns, escorted him all the way.As soon as he arrived in Shanghai, Huang Jinwu went straight to the telegraph office and sent a word to all his friends: "Xing". In order to commemorate this special time and the friends of Bo Yuntian, Huang Jinwu changed his name to Huang Xing from then on.However, changing the name does not necessarily change the bad luck. As soon as he arrived in Shanghai, Huang Xing's ordeal began again. Since ancient times, there have been many hardships for Xiongcai, Xiongcai, Xiongcai, your suffering makes my heart hurt so much! After Huang Xing arrived in Shanghai, he temporarily lived in the Patriotic Association, where there were radical cynics, and one of them, Wan Fuhua, was a fanatical assassinationist.It happened that the former governor Wang Zhichun came to Shanghai. During his tenure, he colluded with Tsarist Russia and signed a traitorous treaty. Wan Fuhua had long wanted to get rid of him. Wan Fuhua lay in ambush in the teahouse for several days, when Wang Zhichun just showed up, he was full of grief and indignation, and shouted: "Traitor, I have full authority to greet you on behalf of all the angry youths of the Patriotic Association!" Then he pulled the trigger. People are angry, but the bullets are not angry, they don't fly at all. He dunked again and again, seven or eight times in a row, I dunked, I dunked, I dunked, the bullet still didn't fly, but Wang Zhichun flew away. It turned out that the trigger switch of the pistol was not turned on at all, and no matter how much it was pulled, it was useless. Bullets didn't fly, and of course the person with the gun couldn't fly either.Wan Fuhua was arrested on the spot, and soon the members of the Patriotic Association were implicated and all went to prison. I didn't hurt you, but I was implicated by you like this.Huang Xing didn't go in after going through so many setbacks in Changsha, so he just went in this time in a daze. The food in the prison is extremely poor. The porridge is served in a dirty and rusty spittoon-like bowl, with a few green flies still wriggling floating on it. Huang Xing could eat it, and ate a full bowl.Look at the inmates, why don't you eat it?Then I continued to come, and ate the second and third bowls, still three large bowls. The inmate broke his face into a smile: "It's really cute."At critical moments, the revolution is to treat guests to dinner. Huang Xing in prison still talked and laughed freely, and fell asleep peacefully. Every meal is porridge, a few broad beans, and a few rotten vegetable leaves, and he eats it with relish every time. It tastes delicious, and the body is great. You are right, broad beans and rotten leaves. Everyone is wondering, I have only heard of mung bean, which is all the rage, but can broad beans also work?Where is the secret of this "eat what tastes good"? Huang Xing laughed loudly: The secret is very simple. The broad beans are considered to be perfect for Jude, and the vegetable leaves are regarded as pig intestines, so that you can eat deliciously every meal. You are in a good mood, your appetite is good, and it tastes good. What Huang Xing worried about the most in prison was Marshal Ma, my brother, since you left, thousands of miles away, how are you doing in another country? Ma Dashuai is not at all well now. He has been arrested in Pingxiang. Because of his skill, the policeman pierced his shoulder bone with a knife and locked his shoulder bone with an iron chain. He is commonly known as Robber's bone, which is very unbearable.But Marshal Ma didn't change his expression and didn't say a word. At the execution ground, he looked up to the sky and screamed: How many decades can there be in life, the most important thing is to live happily.I can't forget that snowy night, the pleasure of eating and taking care of each other with all my heart.With this one night, this life is enough, there is no need for another life! Soon, Long Furui rushed to Shanghai to guarantee his wealth.Because no real evidence could be found, and Huang Xing concealed his real identity, he was released from prison soon and traveled east to Japan. Before leaving, Huang Xing specially thanked Long Furui: "Brother, I heard that the government has threatened you to hand over Mr. Huang several times, and you are troubled." Long Furui smiled slightly: "Mr. Long can't sell friends!" Long Furui can't sell friends, Cao Yabo practiced foreign languages ​​hard, Pastor Huang rescued him with righteousness, Zhang Puquan escorted him thousands of miles away, and Marshal Ma took care of him with all his heart. What did Teacher Huang deserve that they were so willing to dedicate everything to? Three words: pure man! No matter what the world is, pure men are a rare breed. It is a great honor to get to know him and walk hand in hand. Although I don't have this honor, but my heart is full of excitement. The charm of a pure man can't stop me. I wrote a short poem to express my heartfelt heart: Independence and boundlessness, self-chanting poems, who knows the chivalry of the world?The daughter of a thousand pieces of gold meets a guest and has nothing to do, and they meet each other with a smile at this time.Lang shakes the article to the vulgar, and he really looks like a man.Guanshan is full of setting sun and evening, where is the autumn wind for a horse. I am requoting, and the original is still Teacher Huang.
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