Chapter 14 Chapter Thirteen He Long and Commander Qingxiang

On the way He Long and his party were walking from Shimen to Yangjiaxi in Cili, they met a man named Huang Xincun, from Cili Xiangshi, who used to drive horses in eastern Sichuan with He Long.The man was very pleasantly surprised when he saw He Long.At this time, Huang Xincun ran away from a firm in Cili City.At the moment, everyone was sitting under a big tree, and He Long asked him about all aspects of Cili's situation.Huang Yiyi made an introduction.Finally, he said: "Commander, do you know who is the commander-in-chief of Cili's Qingxiang?" He Long said, "Who?"

"Xu Xiaotong." "It's him?" Xu Xiaotong was also a good friend of He Long when he was driving horses, and he sworn brothers with He Long as a kowtow brother. Now he is the leader of the Neijiangya regiment in Cili County and the commander-in-chief of Qingxiang in Cili County. Huang Xincun added: "I am going out this time to buy guns in Jinshi under the order of Xu Xiaotong." He Long said, "You go." Huang Xincun said, "Commander, where are you going?" He Long said, "I want to go to Xiangxi." Huang Xincun thought about it and said, "Then you have to go to Jiangya."

Zhou Yiqun said aside, "If Jiangya is not safe, we will bypass it." He Long said: "It doesn't matter, Xu Xiaotong and I are very close." Huang Xincun said: "Commander, do you still know Yang Xuejie from Guangfu Bridge?" He Long said, "Of course I do." Huang Xincun said: "Yang Xuejie has become a red head now. I met him when I passed by Yangjiaxi just now. He said he would live in Yangjiaxi for two days." He Long said: "We are going to camp at Yangjiaxi's house, I will meet him." Then he said to his nephew He Guiru, "Go to Jiangya first and tell Xu Xiaotong that I will pass there." While talking, it was past noon , a dozen people found another place to have some food, and Huang Xincun bid farewell to He Long and others.

He Long and his entourage continued to move forward, taking small paths, crossing barren mountains, and when it was dark, they arrived at Yangjiaxi in Cili. As soon as I entered the street, I saw a red light in front of a wooden building facing me, with four big characters written "Majiaxiepu" written on it. He Long said, "We'll just stay in this shop overnight." Everyone agreed, Li Liangyao stepped forward to talk, and the shopkeeper went out, Li Liangyao said: "Shopkeeper, do you have any vacancy?" The shopkeeper handed over and said: "Guest officers, if it is usual, the shop will let you live in immediately, but not now, the Qingxiang Suppression Corps has set regulations for each shop, and no guests can be kept without their orders." , If you violate their rules, the villain will have to walk around if he can't eat. You all have to stay in the hotel, and you have to go through the formalities with the front regiment defense. With their seal, the villain dares to stay overnight."

At this moment, a man came out from the grocery store opposite. He was in his twenties, wearing a woolen blue cloth gown and a melon cap. He was tall and thin. He walked up to He Jinzhai, bowed and saluted : "Isn't this Mr. He?" He Jinzhai glanced at this person, and said in surprise: "Ah, it's you, why did you come here?" The man said to He Jinzhai: "Don't stand on the street, come in quickly." At that moment, everyone followed this man into the grocery store. This man's surname was Yang Yuren, and he was the commander of the first company of the guard battalion of He Jinzhai's division. After the failure of the Nanchang Uprising troops in Chaoshan, the first division was disarmed, and Yang Yuren returned to his hometown. Yangjiaxi, Cili County, took over the operation of his father's grocery store and became the shopkeeper.When Yang Yuren was in the army, he had a good relationship with He Jinzhai.

After everyone entered the room and took their seats, Yang Yuren hurriedly lit cigarettes and poured tea. When passing cigarettes to He Long, Yang Yuren couldn't help being taken aback. He Jinzhai smiled and said, "Do you know him?" Yang Yuren took a closer look, couldn't help ahh, and said, "Isn't this the commander-in-chief!" He Long smiled and said: "Yu Ren, I'm here with you, you have to take the risk." Yang Yuren said: "I'm not afraid of them." Yang Yuren went into the back room to greet his father, and introduced everyone to him one by one.

He Long said, "Father Yang, I've caused you trouble." Father Yang said: "Where is this saying, a nobleman will be blessed when he enters the house." Then he said to Yang Yuren: "Prepare the meal soon." Yang Yuren said: "I have already told people to prepare." As soon as Yang Yuren finished speaking, as soon as he opened the door and came in, he said, "Yuren, I heard that you have a friend here?" When Yang Yuren saw this person, he quickly smiled and said, "Brother Xue, please sit down." Then, he turned and pointed at He Jinzhai and the others, "These are brothers I met in the army. Like me, they all dropped their guns and changed After doing business, they went to Xiangxi to sell tea, and happened to pass by here. I haven’t seen you for a few days, and I miss you very much, so I came to see me.” He introduced this person to everyone and said, “This is Xue Tongfang. He graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy. recuperate at home."

Xue Tongfang sat down very rudely, crossed her legs and said, "Where are you from?" He Jinzhai said, "From Hankou." Xue Tongfang lit a cigarette and said in a long voice, "I heard that He Long rioted in Hankou?" He Long didn't answer directly, but asked back: "I heard you are a Huangpu student?" Xue Tongfang glanced at He Long and said, "You are..." He Long said, "My name is Wang Guozhen, a businessman." Xue Tongfang shook his head and said, "Yes, I am a student of Huangpu. I believe in Sun Yat-sen's Three People's Principles very much. Are these Three People's Principles really the foundation of saving the country?"

He Long asked, "What do you think of Chiang Kai-shek?" Xue Tongfang blinked and said, "Chiang Kai-shek, of course he is the leader." He Long said suddenly: "I think you look like a rioter!" He Long's words made Xue Tongfang turn pale with fright, he stood up hurriedly and said, "It's getting late, I'm going home." After speaking, he walked out. He Long looked at Xue Tongfang's back and sighed, "It's not revolutionary material after all." At this time, the food was ready, and Yang Yuren greeted everyone to eat.Everyone had just eaten half full when an old man hurriedly opened the door and ran in. He said to Yang Yuren when he entered, "Yuren, the security team heard that you have guests at your house, and they want to show off their guns." "Gun" means holding a gun to arrest people.

Yang Yuren said: "I have a guest at my house, why did it reach the ears of the security team so quickly?" The old man said: "Who knows? Kang Zimin told me just now. He heard from his nephew Kang Si that the security team was going to arrest people at the Yang family's grocery store and told him not to run out so as not to get shot. Do it quickly." Get ready." After speaking, the old man left in a hurry. Everyone heard what the old man said. After the old man left, He Long asked Yang Yuren, "What's the matter?" Yang Yuren said: "This old man is my uncle. His name is Yang Chengzhen. He is a good man and lives on the street. His neighbor is Kang Zimin. Kang Zimin has a nephew named Kang Siji who works in the security team. The security team somehow knew about it." You came to my house and said that you will be arrested with guns."

Just as he was talking, Yang Yuren's father stepped into the door and said hastily: "Master Zhang, who picked up the dung, just told me that there were more than 30 people in the security team ambushing on the hill behind the village, and wanted to arrest the commander-in-chief. He said to He Long and others, "Probably someone recognized you when you passed by Dongyangdu." When Yang Yuren and his son said this, everyone became anxious and immediately stood up. He Jinzhai frowned, unbuttoned his clothes, and clapped his guns and said, "Mother, come on, I'm waiting for them?" Zhou Yiqun said: "Jinzhai, calm down." Pointing to Huang Ao and Li Liangyao, he said, "Come out with me and have a look." How did the security team know that He Long had arrived at Yangjiaxi?It turned out that when He Long and his party dressed up as businessmen and crossed the Lishui River on the Biandan Pass, a gust of wind blew up He Long's long robe on the ferry, exposing the red tassels of other pistols around his waist. There was a group member of Hu Caiqing, the head of the Maoeryu Group. This group member was called Li Pengcao. Li Pengcao felt that these people were not ordinary businessmen and acted suspiciously. At that moment, he hurried to Maoeryu and reported something to Hu Caiqing. Fan.Hu Cai wanted to get a gun early in the morning, and was overjoyed when he heard the news, so he led more than 30 regiments to chase after him. Zhou Yiqun, Huang Ao, and Li Liangyao went out. At this time, it was around the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, and the bright moon illuminated the earth like a pool of water. After walking a few steps, they suddenly saw a black shadow flashing at the base of the wall. , Huang Ao asked sharply: "Who?" The black figure ran away when he heard the shout, Huang Ao shouted: "If you run again, you will shoot?"At this time, Yang Yuren also came, saw the man and said, "Yang Bolin, what are you doing here?" Yang Bolin said: "My chicken is missing, I'm here to look for it." After speaking, the thief walked away. At this time, Li Liangyao said to Zhou Yiqun: "Go into the house and make an idea, I will stand guard." Zhou Yiqun said "be careful", and returned to the house with Huang Ao, and said to He Long: "It seems that the enemy has discovered us, but they haven't dared to attack yet." He Long said: "They probably haven't figured out our reality yet. We have to show them something at night." He Jinzhai said: "Commander, let's transfer overnight." He Long agreed.Everyone was packing up and leaving, when someone shouted outside: "It's not good, someone has shot!" As soon as the outsiders finished speaking, He Long and others pulled out their guns in a "swoosh" and dodged outside. It turned out that Li Liangyao was standing guard under the shadow of the wall, and suddenly he saw a small sedan chair being carried in the shadow, followed by a man, singing a kiln tune: "A man who calls himself a soldier is not a good thing." , carrying the 28 boxes around my waist, I said auntie..." As soon as Li Liangyao heard it, he knew where the prostitute must be carried, so he ignored it.After a while, a sneaky guy came towards Li Liangyao, and Li Liangyao shouted, "Who?" Li Liangyao was too careless, his voice was equivalent to telling the other party that he was on guard, just as the man was answering, Li Liangyao only felt the wind blowing in the back of his head, he hurriedly turned his head to the right, with a cold expression The knife stabbed from the left side of the cheek, stabbing a big hole in his left ear.Then, Li Liangyao was stabbed in the stomach again, and then the two guys turned and ran away.The sedan chair was also quickly carried away.Li Liangyao tilted his body and fell to the ground.At this moment, a woman went out to pour water and saw Li Liangyao lying on the street, groaning in pain and throwing away the washbasin in fright.Shouting in a shrill voice about the aftermath of killing someone with a gun.Her voice called out He Long and the others. When He Long went out, he saw Li Liangyao lying in a pool of blood, and hurriedly said to Huang Ao, "Hurry up, transfer Li Liangyao on your back." When they walked out, gunshots rang out from the back hill.Yang Yuren led He Long to walk along the path, bypassing the security team, and everyone took turns carrying Li Liangyao on their backs. When it was daylight, they arrived at another place——Yangliupu.On the Yongsheng Bridge in Yangliupu.Two people came across.He Long had sharp eyes, and from the walking steps of these people, he could tell that they were members of the army.He Long hurriedly ordered everyone to stop. At this moment, the person opposite shouted, "Is it Commander He?" He Jinzhai stepped forward and replied, "Who are you?" The other person replied: "We are the people sent by General Commander Xu Xiaotong, Su Zisan and Zhuo Nantang." He Long stepped forward and said, "It's the two of you." When the person from the opposite side saw He Long, he fell down and bowed.It turned out that one of these two was named Su Zisan and the other was named Zhuo Nantang. Both of them were He Long's former subordinates, and they were also He Long's old brothers. They respected He Long very much.At that time, they were all Xu Xiaotong's subordinates.After Xu Xiaotong received the report from He Guiru, the nephew sent by He Long, he sent Su Zisan and Zhuo Nantang to meet him. After He Long met Su Zisan and Zhuo Nantang, he was very happy.Everyone went to Yangliupu, found a doctor, and treated Li Liangyao's injury.He Long said to Su Zisan and Zhuo Nantang: "Look it up, whoever hit us with the black guns in Yangjiaxi, and clean them up." Su and Zhuo said: "These bastards also have blind eyes. Commander-in-Chief, don't worry. We do." Because Li Liangyao was seriously injured, he couldn't leave with He Long and the others, so He Long had to ask a brother named Wang Chunhua in Yangliu Shop for help. Wang Chunhua patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, your friend is my friend!" He Long said: "This friend's injury is healed. Let him come to Sangzhi to find me. If he dies, you can bury it for me." After finishing speaking, he ordered He Jinzhai to leave some silver dollars.Wang Chunhua accepted after some refusal.Afterwards, everyone looked at Li Liangyao who was unconscious, and left with tears. That night, under the leadership of Su Zisan and Zhuo Nantang, He Long and his party went straight to Jiangya.Jiangya is an important pass from Sangzhi to Jinshi and Lizhou, and it is also the gateway of Sangzhi to the east. The market is very prosperous.He Long's ancestors once settled in Jiuxi, Jiangbi.Xu Xiaotong, the leader of the Jiangya regiment defense, had a close friendship with He Long since childhood.The two became friends with Jinlan when they were fifteen or sixteen years old. In 1919, he burned incense at the Shikuang Temple in Realgarchang to become righteous.He Long also won praise from Xu Xiaotong's father, Xu Tongchu.Xu Tongchu once served as the supervisor of the Beijing Presidential Palace and the director of the Hunan Provincial Judicial Bureau. In 1925, He Long received help and support from Xu Tongchu when he served as the guard envoy.The two have maintained a friendly relationship over the years. After Xu Xiaotong got the news of the arrival of He Long and his party, he greeted them ten miles away in person.I am very happy to meet each other.Xu Xiaotong welcomed He Long and others to his home.This day happened to be He Long's birthday, and Xu kindly entertained He Long.During the dinner, He Long told Xu Xiaotong about the "Red Head" regulations and the principles of revolution.Zhou Yiqun and He Jinzhai also talked about the Communist Party's line and policies, and they all persuaded Xu Xiaotong to join the revolution.Xu Xiaotong encourages and praises him with the couplet "This time, there will be a long career, and the next time is worthless".At this moment, a soldier sent a telegram.When Xu Xiaotong saw it, it turned out to be a telegram from the Hunan reactionary authorities offering a reward for the capture of He Long.Xu Xiaotong showed the telegram to He Long, and He Long said with a smile: "These bastards, reported the letter for me, so that I won't have to notify my friends again." That night, everyone drank happily and didn't go to bed until the sky was over.Xu Xiaotong gave up his bedroom to He Long.Zhou Yiqun, He Jinzhai and others live in Suzi's two homes. Xu Xiaotong had a captain named Zhang Guoban, and when he heard that He Long had arrived, his heart started to itch.Secretly said: "He Long is a key criminal for whom the government offered a reward of 100,000 oceans, and it was delivered to the door today. Isn't this a golden horse—the God of Wealth delivered it to the door? If you don't take this money, you will regret it for the rest of your life." When Su Zisan and Zhuo Nantang went to meet He Long, Zhang Guoban suggested to Xu Xiaotong that he wanted to harm He Long in order to ask for credit and reward, but Xu stopped him.Xu Xiaotong said to Zhang Guoban very seriously: "He Long is my friend, we are Jinlan brothers, you must not be unreasonable to him!" That night, looking at the four drums of Tianjiao, Zhang Guojuan quietly came to Xu Xiaotong's bedroom where He Long lived, holding a gun. Opened the door, just dialed it a few times, and suddenly heard He Long shouting inside the room: "Mother, what are you going to do?" Zhang Guotrail was guilty at first, but when he heard He Long's shout, he hurriedly stopped his hands in fright, and squatted at the base of the wall, not daring to vent his breath.After listening for a while, there was no movement, and when I stretched my ears to listen again, there were bursts of snoring from inside the house. Zhang Guojuan thought: "This He Long is asleep, why is he still shouting?" Thinking, he brought Dantian to the door again, and opened the door again with a knife. When he opened the door, He Long shouted again: "Stop, let's go again!" I will kill you!" He Long's yell only tripped Zhang Guo and made his face turn yellow. He hurriedly withdrew his knife, hid under the corner of the wall again, and listened quietly for a while, but there was no movement, and the room was still full of He Long's snoring.Zhang Guotia squatted for a full bag of cigarettes, and then he bravely came to the door again, opened the door for the third time, just opened the door, and was about to enter, He Long shouted again: "You are so big!" Courage, quit quickly!" He Long's shout tripped Zhang Guo and scared Hun Erfei.He drummed in his heart and said: "It is said that He Long was transformed into a dragon, and there are Liuding Liujia gods around him to bless him. It really is not bad. I will run quickly, and I will die if I am late." Zhang Guojuan thought, and withdrew his legs He ran, and ran for more than ten miles in one breath. Seeing that no one was chasing him, he felt his head was still there, so he was relieved. From then on, he went to Shimen to vote for Luo Xiaozhi. Did He Long really see Zhang Guo tripping and knocking on the door to assassinate?No, He Long was talking in his sleep, but he didn't expect this to coincide with Zhang Guoban's door opening action, so he ran away in fright.Until now, there are still stories about He Long scaring away robbers in his dreams. He Long woke up early the next morning and was surprised to see the door opened. Xu Xiaotong came over to look at the door bolt, and said, "There is an assassin in the night." Immediately after searching, he found that Zhang Guotiao was gone. It must have been caused by Zhang Guo. Before the commander-in-chief arrived, he told me that he wanted to harm the commander-in-chief so that he could be rewarded for his meritorious service. gone." He Long scolded: "You bastard, you want to get rich, you're not afraid of losing your head!"