Lei Zhenchun, a native of Suzhou, Anhui Province, liked to practice martial arts since he was a child, and was born with supernatural powers. He was known as Lei Zhenzi in the world. Because of his ugly appearance, he was also called Thunder Lord.

He was Yuan Gongbao's chief of bodyguards and confidant. He graduated from the army course of Tianjin Beiyang Military Academy and was a classmate of Nazan, who was in the naval course.

He is now the Supervisor of the Military and Administrative Division of the Zhili Army Staff Department and is actually responsible for all intelligence affairs of the entire Beiyang Department.

A few months ago, taking advantage of Cixi and Guangxu's critical illness, Yuan Gongbao was ready to take action. He teamed up with Prince Qing and Prime Minister Yi Kuang to attempt a palace coup after the event, but Cixi successfully resolved it.

Now, both Cixi and Guangxu have passed away, a new emperor has been established at the age of three, and Zaifeng is the regent. Yuan Gongbao has temporarily restrained himself and pretended to be loyal to the new emperor Xuantong, intending to improve the bad relationship with Zaifeng.

But how could Zaifeng give up? These days, Yuan Gongbao could only live with his tail between his legs, while Lei Zhenchun had nothing to do, so he could only return to his hometown in Anhui in advance, preparing to show his filial piety in front of his parents. When he arrived in Anqing, he suddenly heard a sitting detective coming.

To report, I took a detour to Chongming.

The purpose, of course, is to please Nazan.

"Let's go, since it's an old classmate who's asking to see him, he must have something to do, so take me to see him." Nazan stood up, turned around and said to Ge Sichen:

"Master Ge, why don't you go with me and see what Lei Zhenzi wants to do?"

Ge Sixen was playing into his own hands. At present, Chongming was in chaos. The unexpected arrival of this Lei Zhenzi was definitely not a good thing. If he could find out the other party's trump card, he would definitely have a good temper for Chongming's next move.

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Lei Zhenchun was about forty-five or six years old. He was tall, mighty, ugly, and somewhat rebellious.

He still looked unruly, nonchalantly walking around in Nazan's side hall admiring the other party's collection of famous calligraphy and paintings, antiques and treasures.

There were footsteps outside the door. Lei Zhenchun turned around with a smile, clasped his fists and bowed to the gloomy-looking Na Zan, and said with a smile: "Lei Zhenzi has seen the Admiral, the military gate is fine!"

"When old classmates meet, there is no need to be so hostile. Please sit down." Nazan snorted and walked up to sit down. Lei Zhenchun sat down below him.

Ge Sichen bowed slightly to Lei Zhenchun and slowly walked to stand next to Nazan.

"Lei Zhenzi, you are very courageous. You actually dare to come to Chongming. You should know that the regent hates your lord to the core. Are you afraid that my sword will be disadvantageous?" Nazan sneered.

Rumors that the regent was planning to remove Yuan Gongbao from all his posts and return to his hometown in Anyang, Henan to recuperate from illness, have been making a lot of noise in the capital these days.

At this time, the Manchu nobles shared the same hatred and hated Yuan Gongbao for betraying Guangxu. Naturally, Nazan was on Zaifeng's side. He and Yuan Gongbao from the Beiyang clan could not urinate in the same pot.

Lei Zhenchun smiled handsomely and said rather teasingly:

"The military sect's sword is naturally sharp, but I don't know who it will often cut. Lei is here to help you, but I didn't expect that the admiral would speak harshly to you as soon as they met. It really disappoints Lei."

ah!"

This was half true and half false, and Na Zan didn't take it seriously at all. Only Ge Sichen's heart skipped a beat, his ears stood straight up, and he listened carefully.

Nazan laughed loudly, grinned and said sarcastically:

"Lei Zhenzi, do you think that that person is a three-year-old child who can be intimidated at will? Yes, there was some banditry in Chongming a few days ago, but it was settled in a blink of an eye, and that person could sleep peacefully in peace a few years ago. Are you?

The Clay Bodhisattva can't save himself when he crosses the river, so he dares to speak so boldly and say that he came to help that person, just with his sharp tongue? Do you really not know how to write the word "death"? "

Lei Zhenzi laughed loudly and said in a deep voice:

"Of course, of course, the Admiral has invited the famous Chen Tianhua as a helper. Where else do we need others? The Zhejiang Army Chen Tianhua's army is so powerful that wherever he goes, the thieves and bandits are scared to death. They immediately fall apart. Of course, the army

You can sit back and relax.”

"It's just that Lei felt very strange. The bandit leader Hong Bantian was originally a big bandit in southern Jiangxi. He was surrendered by Chen Tianhua's Fengzhong security forces three years ago. It is said that Jinpen washed his hands. Why did he suddenly go to a remote place like Chongming to cause trouble?"

"Also, now that the Zhejiang Army task force has landed on Chongming Island, they should have launched an encirclement and suppression campaign against their former defeated general Hong Bantian, but so far there has been no big movement, and the bandits are still alive and kicking."

Seeing this, Ge Sixen hurriedly interjected:

"Hong Bantian fled to Chongming to cause trouble. I'm afraid only he knows the specific reasons. But the Zhejiang Army's encirclement and suppression has already begun. Mr. Lei may not know it yet. Just today, the task force won another victory. Hong Bantian's vitality was severely damaged, and most of them have already

They were forced to escape into the mountains and forests of Chongming, and two of the three salt fields were liberated. The remaining ones are the last stronghold of the rebels, which have been surrounded by the Zhejiang New Army, and their annihilation is just around the corner."

Lei Zhenchun was stunned, turned around and asked, "Who is this?"

Without waiting for Nazan's introduction, Ge Sichen stood up, cupped his hands, and said loudly: "My dear, Ge Sichen, I serve as an advisor to the governor here, and my humble name is not worth mentioning."

"He is the chief master of our military sect!" Na Zan then emphasized, just to raise Ge Sichen's worth and not let Lei Zhenzi underestimate his own people.

"Haha..." Lei Zhenchun just glared at Ge Sichen up and down. The aloof man did not get up to return the greeting. He just smiled slightly and continued to Nazan:

"Admiral, Mr. Lei likes to dwell on other things. He feels that the sudden banditry in Chongming is very strange. Lei is returning to his hometown for the New Year this time, so he came here by the way. On the one hand, he wants to see his old classmates, and on the other hand, he wants to see his old classmates.

Let’s find out, by chance, Lei saw something strange this morning, I wonder if the Admiral would like to hear more about it?”

Lei Zhenchun was the head of the Beiyang Clan's intelligence agency. When Tie Liang, Liang Bi and others competed for the military power of the Beiyang Clan, he participated in many counterattacks. Naturally, he knew that Chen Tianhua and Tie Liang had secretly met in Beijing and conspired over the reconstruction of the navy.

Nazan sneered and said: "Lei Zhenzi, don't be so pretentious. If you fart, hurry up. I still have to drink."

"It's like this. Lei saw two armies with different costumes passing by each other this morning. The distance between the two armies was only five or six miles. He really heard the noise of chickens and dogs. At first, he thought they were the admiral's soldiers.

After mobilizing the horses, I took a closer look and found that one was actually a task force of the Zhejiang Army with good military discipline, while the other was actually Hong Bantian's men, who the military said were bandits."

"Lei is a person who has seen the world. No matter how you look at it, you don't think that Hong Bantian looks like a defeated army. The two armies are only a few miles apart, but the water in the well does not interfere with the water in the river. It is really strange!"

Lei Zhenchun said calmly, with a sneer on his ugly face.

Nazan's face changed drastically when he heard this, "You...what do you mean?"

"The Admiral is reluctant to give even a cup of tea to my old classmate. My mouth is dry!" Lei Zhenchun seemed confident and continued to joke.

Although Nazan was unhappy, he still endured it and shouted: "Come here, serve tea to Mr. Lei."
Chapter completed!