Xianfeng was in the capital, and Weng Xin existed in Shanghai. Emperor Xianfeng discovered that Weng Xinchuang was furious and Longyan was furious. Of course, Weng Xinchuang could not know this in a short period of time. And on the contrary, the Xianfeng decree sent to Shanghai first could be considered as overjoyed for Weng Xinchuang and his son - Weng Xinchuang arrested Wu Jianzhang's family and allowed Weng Xinchuang to act temporarily, and executed Wu Jianzhang's grandparents and grandchildren when necessary to prevent foreigners from responding.

After reading this order delivered in a hurry with 600 miles, Weng Xincun and Weng Tonghe finally breathed a sigh of relief. The heart that had been hanging tightly in their throats these days was finally put back in their stomachs, because Weng Xincun and his son already knew that Wu Jianzhang was still collecting tariffs on foreigners for the Qing court, and were also worried that the Qing court would have suspicious once they knew about this matter, and doubted whether Wu Jianzhang had treasoned the country. If someone was sent to investigate carefully, Weng Xincun would be in trouble.

That is to say, he breathed a sigh of relief. Although he could use this imperial edict to directly chop Wu Jianzhang's grandparents and grandchildren, the Wu family's grandparents and grandchildren are now hiding in the concession. Wu Chaoyue is not out of the concession. Even if Wu Jianzhang leaves the concession and collects taxes on the wharf, he still hides on a boat to work. There are thugs from the Double Sword Society around him closely. At the same time, the foreign army has taken over the security of the wharf. It is absolutely not easy for Weng Xincun and Weng Tonghe to arrest the grandparents and grandchildren of the Wu family to rectify the Dharma. No matter how Weng Xincun and Weng Tonghe racked their brains, they could not think of any way to capture the grandparents and grandchildren of the Wu family and kill and silence them.

As the saying goes, "There are many helpers when you have the truth, but there are few helpers when you lose the truth. The morning after receiving the imperial edict, just as Weng Xincun and his son were worried about how to capture the grandchildren of the Wu family to rectify the Dharma, the county magistrate Yuan Zuqian came to congratulate him happily, saying that the foreign gun ship had left the Shanghai wharf. As a result, Weng Xincun and his son were overjoyed and asked repeatedly: "The foreign gun ships are really leaving? Going there? Are there any foreign troops guarding the dock?"

"Reported to the imperial envoy, all the foreign gun ships have really left. They have gone to the lower reaches of the Huangpu River. I don't know where they have gone." Yuan Zuqi reported happily: "The foreign troops have also withdrawn on the dock, but there are still some foreign soldiers guarding the concession, but the number is much smaller, and it is estimated that there are only more than 100 or less than 200 people."

"God helps me!" Weng Xincun and his son cheered at the same time, and then Weng Tonghe couldn't wait to ask: "What about Wu Jianzhang? Is that old thief still collecting tariffs on the dock?"

Yuan Zu, who was tied to the Weng family and his son, laughed very happily......

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In fact, Wu Jianzhang and Wu Chaoyue knew the plan of the joint fleet to leave the Shanghai Wharf the day before, and they tried to persuade and resist for various reasons. Unfortunately, the ministers and consuls of Western countries insisted on not listening. Wu Jianzhang had no choice but to adopt Wu Chaoyue's suggestion and wrote another memorandum to the Qing court to report the reasons for the evacuation of the joint fleet and the specific whereabouts. He sent people to Jiangning to submit it to the Governor Lu Jianying of Liangjiang, so that the Qing court would prepare in advance, which also shows that this matter has nothing to do with him.

Later, because the joint fleet only left a company of Marines to defend the concession and had no extra power to control the foreign wharf, Wu Chaoyue was also very worried that Weng Xincun and his son would take the opportunity to go out of the city to arrest Wu Jianzhang, and urged the comprador grandfather not to leave the concession again. However, Wu Jianzhang did not listen at all, thinking that he was working on a boat that was convenient for escape, and that Liu Lichuan was closely protected by the people from the Shuangdao Society, so he did not have to worry about any safety issues. In order to win the hope of reinstatement as much as possible, he insisted on going to the dock to collect tariffs. Wu Chaoyue tried his best to persuade Wu Jianzhang to be careful and asked Liu Lichuan to protect his comprador grandfather.

Not to mention, Wu Chaoyue seemed to be worried about his comprador grandfather in vain. After the joint fleet left Shanghai, for three or four days, although Wu Jianzhang went to the dock to work and collect taxes every day, the city gate of Shanghai County had never been opened once. No soldier, one soldier and one man went out of the city. However, the people living outside the city saw foreign warships withdrawing and returned to the dock to make a living, which completely restored the former prosperity and liveliness of the Shanghai dock, and made Wu Jianzhang even more convinced that he would not encounter any danger. He was patient and just waited for new news from the Qing court.

During this period, Wu Chaoyue, who was never far from the concession, was not completely idle. In addition to helping Maidusi open a church school, he also met many new foreign friends. Under the introduction of Father Martin, he met a business representative of the American Colt Company named Brown. Brown deliberately made friends with Wu Chaoyue to ask Wu Chaoyue to help him sell arms, especially the revolver that Colt Company is proud of. Unfortunately, Wu Chaoyue doesn't even dare to go out in the concession now. Even though he knows that Brown sells all the good things, he can't find a buyer. He can only promise to help Brown if he has the chance in the future. At the same time, he ordered ten revolvers and some ammunition from Brown to defend himself and Wu Jianchang, and also handed it to Liu Lichuan to protect Wu Jianchang.

In addition, when discussing the opening of a textile factory with British merchant Billy, Wu Chaoyue unexpectedly discovered that the picoric acid of this era was only used as yellow dye. No one in any country has discovered its military value. At the same time, Wu Chaoyue also clearly remembers that if picoric acid is installed in a shell, it only needs to apply a layer of paraffin on the inner wall of the shell to prevent self-destruction and corrosion of the shell. However, Wu Chaoyue did not reveal this secret to foreign friends, but just kept it deeply in his heart and kept it as his own way of retreat - if he really couldn't stay in China, running abroad to open an arms factory is also a way to make a fortune.

On the fifth day after the joint fleet left the Shanghai Wharf, Brown, the arms salesman, sent the revolver ordered by Wu Chaoyue as promised. While Wu Chaoyue was still practicing how to load paper-shell ammunition, Lin Afu, the second in charge of the Double Sword Association, suddenly stumbled into the small courtyard where the grandchildren of the Wu family were staying. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Young Master Sun, hurry up, go and find the foreign consul and ask them to send troops to save your grandfather!"

"Save my grandfather? What happened to my grandfather?" Wu Chaoyue was shocked.

"Your grandfather was arrested!" Lin Afu screamed: "Just just now, Brother Ayuan sent someone to deliver the letter, saying that your grandfather was arrested by Yuan Wuba and his men and wanted to take him to the city! I asked me to come and report the message to you quickly and ask you to ask foreigners to save your grandfather!"

"How did I get caught? My grandfather collects taxes on the boat and has someone to protect him. How could he be caught?" Wu Chaoyue asked in shock.

"Brother Ayuan was caught in Zhou Lichun's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain!" Lin Afu explained: "Didn't Zhou Lichun's turtle son sell him Young Master Sun, are you and Uncle Shuang? Today he suddenly appeared on the dock and was seen by Brother Ayuan. In order to avenge you and Uncle Shuang, Brother Ayuan took people to chase him. As soon as Brother Ayuan left, Yuan Wuba rushed onto the boat and captured your grandfather. Brother Ayuan found out that he was deceived and came back one step late. Your grandfather had been caught by Yuan Wuba and the others. Now Brother Ayuan blocked them, but he was afraid that the city would send troops, so he called me to come..."

Before Lin Afu finished speaking, Wu Chaoyue had already inserted two revolvers filled with bullets on the front and back belts, covered them with a robe, and then interrupted Lin Afu and said, "Stop talking, I'll save people with you, go quickly."

"Young Master Sun, what's the point of going?" Lin Afu screamed and said, "Go and ask foreigners to send troops to rescue your grandfather! Otherwise, once troops are sent in the city, Brother Ayuan and the others will not be able to stop him."

"The foreigners only left one company of troops to defend the concession, and they could not send troops at all! And they might not agree." Wu Chaoyue roared: "Even if the foreigners agreed to send troops to save people, the consular officers came to find them one by one, and my grandfather had been arrested and entered the city long ago! Stop talking nonsense, leave immediately! Let's talk about it when you get there!"

After saying that, Wu Chaoyue took the lead in running out of the courtyard. Lin Afu had no choice but to follow Wu Chaoyue with other thugs, and rushed out of the concession to the Huangpu River Wharf. During the period, when passing the concession post, Wu Chaoyue also explained the situation to the foreign defenders in English. As Wu Chaoyue expected, the foreign soldiers in the concession who were ordered to protect did not dare to leave their posts and help Wu Chaoyue save people. They only agreed to report the situation to Ali Kingdom. Seeing how Ali Kingdom decided, Wu Chaoyue knew that it was the result and didn't care much, but hurried to the dock.

When we arrived at the dock, the area where Wu Jianzhang's tax collecting ship was docked was already crowded, and several people with blood were lying down on the ground. At the same time, a double-sword thug rushed to Wu Chaoyue, Lin Afu and others and said to Lin Afu: "Brother Afu, it's not good. Yuan Wuba's group of people took Lord Wu as hostage and forced Brother Ayuan and the others to give way, otherwise they would have to kill Lord Wu. Now Brother Ayuan and the others dare not move."

After hearing the complaint, Lin Afu quickly led his people to rush over. However, Wu Chaoyue calmly went to see the situation at the Xiaodong Gate first. Seeing that the city gate was still closed and the defenders were not seen leaving the city, Wu Chaoyue breathed a little relieved. He knew that Weng Xincun and others were still afraid of foreign troops taking the opportunity to enter the city, so he did not dare to send a large number of defenders out of the city to arrest people. Then Wu Chaoyue did not hesitate anymore, and followed Lin Afu and others to rush towards the scene.

When he arrived at the scene, before he could squeeze into the crowd, Wu Chaoyue heard Liu Lichuan's roar, "The surname is Yuan, let me let my uncle Shuang go immediately, I will let you go! I dare to hurt my uncle Shuang with a hair. Today I will remove you from a huge piece of cake and dismember you!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Give up the way, otherwise I will kill this old man with one knife! Let's die together!"

When he heard Yuan Wuba's familiar voice, Wu Chaoyue had already seen the situation in the crowd from afar. Liu Lichuan and hundreds of thugs blocked the road, while Yuan Wuba led about twenty people to hold Wu Jianzhang hostage and was surrounded in the middle. At the same time, what surprised Wu Chaoyue was that Weng Xincun's precious son Weng Tonghe was also on the scene, and was still yelling and threatening in a duck voice, "You want to rebel? Do you want to rebel, are you? Wu Jianzhang was the emperor's personal order to arrest the criminals. You save him is rebellion, it is a rebellion! You want to kill the whole family! You want to kill the nine clans! Give the way, and give us the way immediately!"

Just in terms of the number of people, the Double Swords have an absolute advantage, but Yuan Wuba personally lifted the sword and put it on Wu Jianzhang's neck, making Liu Lichuan and others dare not act rashly, and only dared to shout and intimidate. At the same time, the defenders in Shanghai may leave the city to respond at any time, and whether the foreign troops will send troops to help is still a different story. Seeing this, Wu Chaoyue was inevitably anxious, knowing that once the defenders in the city were dispatched, he would never have the chance to save his comprador grandfather.

The more anxious he was, the more he was. At this moment, the suspension bridge hanging high on the small east gate suddenly slowly lowered, and war drums were also sounded on the city. Obviously, the city had made up its mind to go out of the city to save people. Seeing this situation, Weng Tonghe and Yuan Wuba and his group were of course cheering, but Liu Lichuan was shocked. Lin Afu next to him also quickly said to Wu Chaoyue: "Master Sun, go back to the concession quickly, otherwise you will be in danger!"

Wu Chaoyue didn't say anything, but first looked at Wu Jianzhang, who was held hostage by Yuan Wuba, Weng Tonghe and others, then turned around to look at the open city gate, his eyes turned around and quickly thought about it, and then suddenly pulled Lin Afu over, attached it to his ear and muttered quickly...

"Mr. Sun, is this okay?"

"I can only take risks! I want to save my grandfather, this is the only way! Remember, follow my instructions!"

After answering this sentence, Wu Chaoyue grabbed Lin Afu and squeezed into the crowd, kicked and beaten apart, and forcibly rushed into the middle of the crowd. As a result, seeing Wu Chaoyue suddenly appear, Yuan Wuba, Weng Tonghe and others all had their eyes lit up, but Wu Jianzhang was shocked and asked his grandson to hurry back to the concession...

"Uncle Ayuan! My grandfather sent me to inform you, don't worry about his substitute! Everyone will go back to the concession first!"

Wu Chaoyue shouted this sentence first, but when he heard Wu Chaoyue's words, not only Weng Tonghe, Yuan Wuba and others were stunned, but Wu Jianzhang, Liu Lichuan and others who were held hostage by Yuan Wuba and others were also stunned. Wu Chaoyue didn't go to see the comprador grandfather at all, but just shouted at Liu Lichuan: "Uncle Yuan, the person who was arrested was my grandfather's substitute! My grandfather was still in the concession, so there was no need to worry about him. The city sent troops, let's go back to the concession first!"

"Your grandpa's substitute?" Liu Lichuan was stunned and pointed at Wu Jianzhang who was held hostage and exclaimed: "He is your grandpa's substitute? Why don't I know?"

"To keep it secret, my grandfather and I didn't tell you before!" Wu Chaoyue said quickly: "For safety reasons, my grandfather secretly prepared a substitute that looked exactly like him and collected taxes on him in the concession! This is fake, so there is no need to worry about him, let's go back to the concession first!"

Liu Lichuan was completely stunned. Yuan Wuba, Weng Tonghe and others on the opposite side were also stunned. Wu Jianzhang was held hostage and closed his mouth, his eyes turned around and he was planning to analyze what medicine was selling in his baby grandson's gourd. The scene was in a stalemate...

When hundreds of Qing soldiers lined out of the city and rushed towards this side, Weng Tonghe had already come back to his senses and laughed loudly: "Young Master Wu, you really have a trick. If you want to save your grandfather, you can even pull out a substitute. If you want to leave, just grab your grandfather..."

Weng Tonghe couldn't laugh anymore because the situation had another change that shocked him - Lin Afu, the second-in-chief of the Double Sword Association, suddenly grabbed Wu Chaoyue's hands, put the knife on Wu Chaoyue's neck, and said loudly: "Young Master Weng, you are right, that Wu Ashuang is real, and this Wu Chaoyue is also real!"

Suddenly, everyone present was shocked. Lin Afu took advantage of the opportunity of everyone being surprised and lost consciousness and took Wu Chaoyue to step forward. Liu Lichuan and others came back to their senses and roared to stop them. Lin Afu shouted: "Give up the way! Otherwise, I will kill this little bastard with one knife! Liu Ayuan, I have been tolerating you for a day or two. Today is such a good opportunity, I can't bear it anymore! Give up the way! Give up the way!"

As he shouted, Lin Afu forced Wu Chaoyue to come forward, Liu Lichuan and others became even more afraid of the opportunity, and they did not dare to make big moves. Lin Afu pushed Wu Chaoyue forward and said to Weng Tonghe: "Young Master Weng, this is a gift I gave you. I will hang out with you in the future!"

I had never expected that Wu Chaoyue, who had been hiding in the concession all day long, was also arrested. I never expected that the thugs of the Double Sword Association would turn against each other and send Wu Chaoyue. Weng Tonghe was of course overjoyed and nodded repeatedly and said, "A hero is used to eliminate traitors for the country and capture thieves for the court. I will definitely ask my father to report to the court and ask the court to reward the hero!"

"Thank you, Mr. Weng!"

He agreed loudly, and Lin Afu, who had already walked close, suddenly pushed Wu Chaoyue in front of Weng Tonghe, kicked his left foot and slashed his right hand, kicking Weng Tonghe's subordinates who were slashing and capturing Wu Chaoyue. At the same time, Wu Chaoyue quickly grabbed Weng Tonghe's collar with his left hand, and a revolver appeared in his right hand at some point, pointing the gun at Weng Tonghe's head, and shouted loudly: "Stop it all!"

Seeing this scene, the people next to them were of course stunned by the successive accidents. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Afu stepped forward again to help Wu Chaoyue seize Weng Tonghe's hands, and also put the knife on Weng Tongshu's neck. Wu Chaoyue shouted again: "Let me put the knife down! Otherwise, I will shoot Weng Tonghe to death!"

Everyone brought by Weng Tonghe was stunned, and Weng Tonghe himself was also stunned. He looked at the black gun barrel in front of him, and could not believe that all this was true. He regretted not being able to show off his ability to personally direct the plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain to capture Wu Jianzhang, and all he said were boundless words, "Wu Chaoyue, you are so bold! Do you know who I am? Do you dare to point the foreign gun at me..."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Wu Chaoyue slapped his face and shouted: "Your lackey will let my grandpa go, I will let you go! One life is for another, otherwise we will die together!"

"You... dream..."

Weng Tonghe trembled and retorted, but in the end, Wu Chaoyue shot his heavy gun on his face, and directly smashed his nose to blood. Then Wu Chaoyue said coldly: "Are you dreaming, your Weng Tonghe consider it! How old are my grandfather this year? How old are you? What future do you have? What else can my grandfather have? If you exchange for one life, who will take advantage of the disadvantage? "

At this time, Liu Lichuan and others who finally came to their senses had rushed up to help Wu Chaoyue and Lin Afu, helped to drive away the thugs around Wu Chaoyue and others, and were in a confrontation with Yuan Wuba and others again. Then Wu Chaoyue shouted at Yuan Wuba and said, "Yuan Wuba, let my grandfather go immediately, I will let Weng Tonghe!"

Yuan Wuba did not dare to say anything, hesitated and did not dare to do anything. Wu Chaoyue hit Weng Tonghe's face with another gun, causing Weng Tonghe's nose to splash even more, and shouted: "Call Yuan Wuba to let my grandfather go, I'll let you go! Hurry!"

"Let it go..., let it go."

Weng Tonghe trembled and ordered, but Yuan Wuba still did not dare to move. He just said in a crying voice: "Young Master Weng, this is the person the imperial envoy wants to arrest, and the young one dare not let go!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Weng Tonghe's crying voice was even more obvious, "The imperial envoy is my father, please release me!"

Fearing that the foreign army would react, the Qing soldiers came very quickly and rushed to the vicinity. The onlookers were scattered and dodged in all directions. Even the thugs of the Double Sword Society were scared away - after all, they were mobs. The Green Camp led the team surrounded the General Principal Commander Green Camp soldiers and others directly. Wu Chaoyue quickly shouted loudly, saying that Weng Xincun's precious son Weng Tonghe was in his own hands and demanded that the Qing soldiers not act rashly.

Wu Chaoyue's move really worked. He was afraid that Wu Chaoyue would jump to the wall to avenge the Beiyang Navy and Deng Shichang in advance and kill Weng Tonghe with one shot. The Qing army did not dare to order an attack, but just sent people to go back and report the letter quickly and ask Weng Xincun, who was in the city, what to do.

Here we must praise Weng Xincun. Even if his precious son was held in his hand by Wu Chaoyue as a hostage, no matter how heart was, Weng Xincun was, he refused to accept Wu Chaoyue's threat. After hesitating for a long time, Weng Xincun finally made up his mind and shouted to the commander: "Catch people! There is no need to care about my son, state affairs are the most important!"

The messenger rushed back to the scene to convey Weng's orders. The Qing army general did not hesitate and immediately waved his hand to order: "Catch people! Try to protect Mr. Weng's safety!"

"Stop! Stop!"

The sudden roaring sound attracted the attention of everyone present again. Amid the roaring, several fast horses rushed to the scene, and a strong man in his thirties shouted in a capital accent, "Stop it all! I am Sushun, the new special order sent by the emperor! The emperor has an order, and Wu Jianzhang and his family are not allowed to be arrested! Wu Jianzhang and his family are not allowed to be arrested! Wu Jianzhang and his family are suspended on the spot! I will wait until I find out the truth!"
Chapter completed!