Chapter 542: Infiltrating into Fuzhou

Wang Changling made a plan and decided to secretly kidnap Zhu Chenggui first. This way, he would definitely have more initiative in meeting him. Of course, he would grasp the right measure to take action, so that he would not make Zhu Chenggui angry and change his original intention.

The details were discussed. On October 1st, Wang Changling found out that Zhu Chenggui would go to the restaurant to have dinner tonight. So at night, he led his men to ambush near the restaurant. After the banquet was dispersed, Zhu Chenggui and several guards went back to the house. The three of them followed quietly and arrived at a remote section of the agreed road, and in a flash, they put the drunken guards to the ground, then forced Zhu Chenggui with a pistol, and took him to a carriage that had been prepared and left the scene.

Wang Changling took Zhu Chenggui to the side of the Minjiang River, gave up the carriage and boarded a small boat arranged in advance.

From the beginning of getting on the carriage, Zhu Chenggui's eyes were covered, and he still had not been untied when he arrived on the boat.

One of Wang Changling's subordinates took a boat and rowed off the shore and stopped in the middle of the Minjiang River.

While in the carriage, Zhu Chenggui was still struggling in his career, but after finding that there was no effect, he had to give up. He tried his best to remain calm, guessing in his heart that if these people were going to kill him, they would have taken action long ago and there was no need to wait until now. He kept thinking in his heart, who was trying so much to kidnap him? Did Li Houji know that he sent a secret telegram to Guangzhou and deliberately sent a deposit to the export?

"Have you arrived at the center of the river?" Wang Changling asked at the bow of the boat.

"Sir, here."

Then Wang Changling turned his head and looked at Zhu Chenggui, and said lukewarmly: "Mr. Zhu, I have made you suffer, but I have made this bad decision for safety reasons. I hope Mr. Zhu will not keep it in my heart."

Zhu Chenggui's eyes were covered with black cloth, and he could only hear the rushing sound of water flowing around him. From the conversation between Wang Changling and his subordinates just now, he guessed that his tenth *** was on the Minjiang River. He pretended to be calm and asked: "Who are you and what are you doing? Do you know who I am?"

Wang Changling smiled and said, "Mr. Zhu, I even know your name, why don't you know who you are?"

Zhu Chenggui was inertially asking questions in a panic, and then he realized that he asked again with some anger: "What are you going to do? Who sent you here!"

Wang Changling said slowly, "We are the people you want to meet, Lord Zhu."

Zhu Chenggui's face changed, but he didn't let go easily and said deliberately: "The person I want to meet? What I want to meet is Wu Peifu's reinforcements. If you are Wu Peifu's reinforcements, how could you treat me like this? Who are you? A man dares to act and take responsibility? Anyway, I am in your hands now, so it's not a word to kill or shave!"

Wang Changling could see that Zhu Chenggui was pretending to be garlic. He smiled coldly and said, "Is that true? Lord Zhu was looking forward to Wu Peifu coming to rescue Fujian from Wenzhou, and sent a private telegram to Guangzhou. Tell me, how should I believe it? If you don't have the sincerity to cooperate with us in Guangdong, then it's fine. We won't kill you, and leave Fuzhou now."

Zhu Chenggui was anxious. Could it be that he was really from Guangdong? But how could Guangdong people use this way of meeting? He gritted his teeth and insisted: "I don't know what you said."

Wang Changling was not angry and turned against Zhu Chenggui. The more he refused to admit it, the more he proved that this person was cautious, for fear that Li Houji would find out and reveal his conspiracy. He suddenly reached out and took off the black cloth strip that covered Zhu Chenggui's eyes, then took out the secret telegram sent by Zhu Chenggui to Guangdong and threw it in front of the other party.

"Mr. Zhu, can you believe it now?" he asked again with a serious expression.

"You... are you really from Guangdong?" Zhu Chenggui asked carefully after looking at everyone present.

"It's like a fake change. I've said it before, for safety reasons, this is a bad idea. Lord Zhu is a person who understands the truth and should understand the truth. When the matter is negotiated this time, I will set up a nine-table banquet in person to apologize to Lord Zhu." Wang Changling said solemnly.

"These are small things. As long as you can accomplish big things, I can ignore them." Zhu Chenggui sighed and said.

Wang Changling stepped forward to help Zhu Chenggui loosen his ties, and then sat down opposite him.

"Mr. Zhu, is what you said in the telegram true? If reinforcements do not come to the north within ten days, he will turn on the power to step down?" He asked very seriously.

"That's right, this is what General Li said to me in person." Zhu Chenggui sighed helplessly.

This made Wang Changling pay attention to it. Since Zhu Chenggui still called Li Houji "General Li", and his attitude was so helpless and regretful, it shows that he still felt very reluctant in his heart.

"Mr. Zhu, you should know that this war can be completely avoided. If Yuan Shikai had not trampled on civil law and betrayed the righteousness of democratic republic, I, Guangdong, would never have stood up and opposed it, and the Progressive Party would have gone south to Guangzhou to echo us. We have always hoped to resolve this matter peacefully, through political means and public opinion pressure, let the president know where the mistake was and restore the republican and democratic rule of law spirit. But when looking at the reaction of the north, they directly ordered Fujian to provoke a war. What is this? Is this fair? Who is the culprit?" Wang Changling took a deep breath and made a long speech with emotion.

"I understand these principles, but unfortunately we can't violate the orders, so we can't do anything about it. Now Fujian is in a general trend. The president dares to provoke this real battle, but he dares not send troops to help. This is what really makes me angry. Tell me, we worked hard on the line of fire, what exactly are we trying to end up?" Zhu Chenggui said sadly and angrily.

"To be honest, don't look at Cao Kun and Yang Shande leading troops south to Wenzhou, we received reliable information. Beijing did not allocate them military wages and food. In other words, they were still bluffing and could not get to Fujian to help you." Wang Changling said further.

"I had expected this to be the case long ago. Alas! Alas!" Zhu Chenggui sighed with regret.

"Mr. Zhu, if you really want to end this war and submit to our Guangdong Military Government, our Governor Wu can guarantee to support you as the governor of Fujian Province. And after rectifying the military equipment of Fujian, you will immediately eliminate the private armed forces that disobey the adaptation and complete the real unification of the whole province. At that time, Lord Zhu, the governor, will be more respectful." Wang Changling first threw out the temptation of interests, and stared at Zhu Chenggui's face as he spoke. What he was most worried about was that Zhu Chenggui was eager to control military power and was unwilling to be a civilian governor responsible for civil affairs.

Before leaving for Fuzhou, Wu Shaoting explained to him very clearly that there are many qualified and capable people in Fujian, and it is impossible to support roles like Zhu Chenggui to take on important responsibilities.

Since Zhu Chenggui is planning to betray, he is mentally prepared for the worst. What's more, the reason why he betrayed is that he is reluctant to give up his position he has worked hard for many years. Now Wu Shaoting is willing to allow himself to serve as governor. Even if he is a civilian status, he will still be more glamorous than the adjutant of the guards, and he will definitely gain benefits at that time.

"I would like to thank Governor Wu for his good intentions. As long as everything goes well, I would like to serve Governor Wu without any complaints."

"That's good. In addition, the situation in Fujian is very clear now. The reinforcements from the north will not arrive, and you can't defend the defense line in Luojiang County for long. Instead of delaying until ten days later, Li Houji will send a power on his own, it is better for Lord Zhu to launch a coup, arrest Li Houji and replace him, and announce a truce to negotiate peace. The sooner the war is over, it will be beneficial to everyone." Wang Changling followed and said his true intentions.

"This... is not unwilling to do so. I know that since I promised to cooperate with Wu Governor Wu, I must take out the capital for cooperation. But I am not a local from Fujian. The trust in the Guardian Office is extremely limited, so I am afraid it will be difficult to start." Zhu Chenggui said in a very embarrassing manner.

"If it is a manpower, it is not a problem. If the three of us can kidnap Lord Zhu from seven or eight guards, we naturally have a way to take down Li Houji in a tightly guarded place. It's just that Lord Zhu needs to arrange some convenience from it." Wang Changling said with a confident tone.

"As long as you put in the convenience of your ability, there is absolutely no problem." Zhu Chenggui gritted his teeth and said with a decision.
Chapter completed!