Yuan Shikai is now considered a commoner, and of course he does not have the perks of being on a special train. However, Cao Kun, for the sake of his old boss, allowed an extra carriage to be added to the train. Yuan Shikai, Yuan Kewen and other members of the Yuan family were on this section.
Inside the carriage, there were many people from the Yuan family. The carriage was so packed that some servants could only stand in the aisle.
Although the distance from Beijing to Yuan Shikai's hometown of Nanhe Anyang is not long, the train is really slow. It took a whole day to reach the vicinity of Shijiazhuang. It was already dawn, and Yuan Kewen stayed up all night. He had never been in such an environment.
After sleeping, if a child cries and an adult yells, there is no way to sleep.
Rubbing his eyes, he gently pushed up the car window, and a breeze immediately flowed in through the window. It was still a bit cool in the north in March, so Yuan Kewen unconsciously wrapped his clothes around him.
The cold wind blowing on my face is particularly comfortable, sweeping away the sleepiness of a sleepless night.
A few birds were scurrying forward in the sky, high and low, which was very interesting. A servant prepared some food and brought it to Yuan Kewen. It was not very rich, including two steamed buns and a stack of side dishes. The steamed buns
It was cold, and the side dishes were pickled vegetables. Yuan Kewen sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly. The change from delicacies to steamed buns and pickled vegetables as soon as he left the capital came too fast.
After all, they were still white-faced steamed buns. Yuan Kewen grabbed one and took a bite. "Squeak..." A harsh sound of metal friction broke the tranquility of the morning. The train suddenly came to an emergency stop, and everyone in the carriage could not stand still.
Under the influence of inertia, they all crowded towards the front of the carriage. The sound of crying for father and mother immediately covered up the sound of friction between wheels and rails.
Yuan Kewen almost blinded himself with the chopsticks in his hand. He grabbed the small table in front of him with both hands to prevent him from turning over from the stool. Yuan Shikai was not so lucky, and his whole fat body suddenly moved forward.
As soon as I climbed up, I couldn't control it at all. My big belly hit the corner of the table hard, and I felt like my internal organs were about to break.
"Father!" Yuan Kewen grabbed Yuan Shikai's arm from deep inside and pulled it hard towards him.
The train finally stopped, and the people crowded together slowly stood up, pushed away their salutes, and cursed the driver loudly. Yuan Shikai leaned on the chair, his third aunt helped him rub his belly, and his fourth aunt brought him a cup
Yuan Shikai was asked to drink the water. Yuan Kewen stood up angrily: "I'm going to see how this train runs!"
Yuan Shikai waved his hand: "Forget it! One more thing is worse than one less thing. We are running for our lives now and don't cause trouble."
After a long time, news came from the car in front. I don’t know who blocked the railway track with a big tree as thick as an arm. Fortunately, the driver found it early, otherwise it would have resulted in the death of people. At this time,
Passengers began to praise the driver again and were glad that they met a responsible driver.
"People in the car, listen! We are from Woniu Mountain. Today we are robbing the rich and giving to the poor. Each of us has ten rich men. As long as we pay the money, we will not embarrass him!" Two men whose faces were covered with black cloth rode on the horse.
Immediately, they stood on both sides of the train, holding short guns in their hands.
Yuan Kewen leaned against the window and looked out. Several passengers happened to think that the two bandits were nothing, so they rushed out of the carriage and ran away. The bandits on the horse didn't even look at them. "Bang, bang, bang!" A few shots were fired, and several passengers got off the car.
, immediately lay down on the ground, red blood flowing out from his back.
"In broad daylight, these bandits are too rampant!" Yuan Kewen looked at Yuan Shikai and pointed at the bandits outside the window: "Just kill those few people?"
Yuan Shikai also saw it, but he pretended not to see it, closed his eyes slightly and said: "Count how many of us there are, prepare some money, don't cause trouble, let the wife go back to her hometown in peace!" Yuan Kewen snorted and sat down again.
The people in the car were really scared when they saw the dead people. The rich people quickly took out the money, paid the money readily, and ran away. These bandits actually kept their word, and they really didn't bother anyone who had paid before.
.Time is short, and there are some money-hungry misers left in the car, or poor people who really have no money.
The housekeeper of the Yuan Mansion held a big bundle and walked to the bandit's horse: "We are in the last carriage. There are one hundred and three people in total. This is one thousand and thirty yuan. Can we leave?"
The bandit looked at the butler, used the gun barrel to push open the money bag, looked at the silver coins inside, and then looked at the butler twice: "There are really one hundred and three in it?"
"Of course! Of course!" the butler replied hurriedly.
"Then I have to go up and count!" The bandit couldn't help but want to get in the car. The housekeeper knew that Yuan Shikai didn't want people to know that he was in that car, so he gave the money so happily. Seeing the bandit about to get in the car, he hurriedly stopped him: "Brother
,Brother! There are really only one hundred and three. Otherwise, how about I give you another fifty?"
"Hahaha... It seems that there must be something big in the car. I just want to get in the car!" The bandit refused to let him go. He raised his gun and pointed it at the butler's head: "Get out of the way!"
The butler had no choice but to step aside. The bandit sneered twice, grabbed the guard with one hand, and raised his leg to get into the car. Yuan Kewen suddenly appeared at the door. Seeing that both of them had bad eyesight, the butler mustered up the courage to run over and try to persuade him: "Hero
, it’s really inconvenient to have women in the car. If you think the money is not enough, just tell me the number and give me as much as you want!”
The bandit looked at Yuan Kewen, and the anger in his eyes slowly receded, replaced by joy. He let go of the armrest, stepped back a few steps, put one hand in his mouth and suddenly whistled beautifully,
With a gentle voice and skillful technique, he made seven or eight turns in a row before stopping.
Yuan Kewen was not stupid. He knew that this was the bandit trying to contact his companions, so he hurriedly reached behind him to touch the gun in his waist. Before Yuan Kewen could take action, the bandit's short gun had already fired. Yuan Kewen hurriedly dodged, and two bullets hit the iron plate of the train.
It makes a "bang bang" sound and you can see sparks flying in broad daylight.
The bandits were retreating while fighting. Yuan Kewen had already opened fire. This battle had to be fought. The servants of the Yuan family picked up their guns and joined in the shooting. The two bandits were overwhelmed by the overwhelming number of people. They couldn't raise their heads. Just then
When everyone thought victory belonged to their side, bullets flying from nowhere knocked several servants of the Yuan family to the ground. By the time the Yuan family realized what they were doing, three or four servants had already died.
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Yuan Shikai was an old and cunning man. He was the first to realize that something was wrong. He asked the elderly, women and children to lie down under the seats while asking Yuan Kewen to step back. This carriage was the one on his special train back then. It was all reinforced with steel plates and the door was closed.
The bandits couldn't get in with just a few broken guns.
"Father, you stay here now, I'll rush out to find someone to save you!" Yuan Kewen was holding a gun, his face full of excitement. Yuan Shikai smiled: "Didn't you see that those who died were all shot between the eyebrows? Just go out.
You are just a living target! Let’s wait and see!”