Yuan Su was not polite and walked directly into the door. Wang Litong, Zhao Shanhe, Guo Wenyuan, Ge Jinzhang and Yu Xiaoyu also rushed in, while Sun Lianzhong stayed outside the door to command the soldiers according to Zhao Shanhe's instructions.
Li Jinfu from the patrol camp hesitated for a moment, called for a subordinate to explain a few words, then jumped off his horse and followed him in.
In this way, everyone came to the front hall of Wang Huaiqing's official residence. Wang Huaiqing politely invited everyone to sit down and ordered his servants to prepare tea.
Except for Li Jinfu, everyone else sat down one by one after Yuan Su took his seat.
"I heard that Mr. Gongbao, Mr. Yuan's uncle, hopes that Mr. Yuan can return to the Army Preparatory School to complete his studies. I don't know when Mr. Yuan will set off. I will definitely rush to Luanzhou to see him off." Wang Huaiqing said with a smile.
"It's almost time. I will inform Mr. Wang when the time comes." Yuan Su said calmly.
"It's so good, so good."
After such a simple question and answer, the front hall suddenly fell into silence. Wang Huaiqing didn't know what to say to Yuan Su. After all, it was the other party who asked for a visit. After sitting down, he looked leisurely and contented, and had no intention of speaking actively.
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After the servants filled up the tea, Yu Xiaoyu, who was sitting at the end, became excited and suddenly stood up to break the silence.
"Hmph, you asked for a gun, but in the end no one said anything. It's obviously just a show! I knew you guys were colluding with each other!" She looked angry and scolded Yuan Su and Wang Huaiqing.
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This sudden roar startled everyone present.
Wang Huaiqing glanced at Yu Xiaoyu and immediately recognized that this girl had met yesterday. There were too many people outside just now, so he paid too much attention for a while, but he didn't expect that this girl would dare to come back.
Immediately, he slapped the armrest of the seat heavily, stood up, and angrily scolded: "Bold female thief, how dare you speak such arrogant words, someone, come and catch me."
Several guards immediately ran in outside the door, preparing to pounce on Yu Xiaoyu.
The other three men who followed Yu Xiaoyu did not wait for orders, and they quickly drew their pistols and pointed them at the guards. However, the guards were so large in number that they immediately surrounded these people. If there was to be a fight, Yu Xiaoyu and
Her hands can be beaten into a honeycomb in the blink of an eye.
Wang Litong, Guo Wenyuan, Ge Jinzhang, and Zhao Shanhe also had tense expressions on their faces. They all straightened their bodies and showed vigilance. Once they heard the gunshot, they would definitely react as quickly as possible.
"Master Wang, Master Yuan, why is this necessary? If you have anything to say, just speak out and make it clear. Why bother to use knives and guns?" Wang Lantong stood up slowly and cautiously said towards the front seat.
"Mr. Yuan, these are tough bandits outside the customs. I have been wanted for a long time. How could they be with you, Mr. Yuan?" Wang Huaiqing ignored Wang Litong and instead questioned Yuan Su directly.
"A gangster outside the customs? He has been wanted for a long time? I would like to ask Mr. Wang, are there any arrests?" Yuan Su, who was still sitting in his chair, asked nonchalantly while scraping the tea leaves with the tea lid.
"Of course there are arrests, but they are just left in the military camp." Wang Huaiqing said in a pretentious manner.
"Master Wang, now that we have had tea, we are all sensible people and there is no need to beat around the bush. You should be very clear about the purpose of my visit today. This batch of arms was entrusted by the gentry of Luanzhou to be ordered by us at 79 Biao.
What do you mean by detaining it for no reason?" After Yuan Su took a sip of tea, he put the cup down smoothly and still said in that calm tone.
"I don't understand this. I did intercept a batch of arms yesterday, but these arms were stolen goods smuggled by gangsters outside the customs. Is it possible that Mr. Yuan has colluded with these gangsters?" Wang Huaiqing asked coldly.
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When Yu Xiaoyu in the audience heard Wang Huaiqing's slander, the anger on his face suddenly became more obvious.
"You're such a bad official, you're talking nonsense. All the business our Yu family has done has been exposed. You just want to monopolize this batch of goods." She shouted angrily.
Wang Huaiqing's face was very ugly for a moment, and his eyes were full of murderous intent as he stared at Yu Xiaoyu. He was about to ask the guards to drag him out, but Yuan Su on the side spoke first.
"Master Wang, if this matter can be resolved peacefully, it will be beneficial to both you and me. I, Yuan Su, will also accept your favor. In this way, this batch of goods totals 500 unopened guns, and I will give you 50 as a gift.
I’ll pay it to Lord Wang in return for keeping it for you. What do you think of Lord Wang?”
Although Wang Huaiqing had the confidence to continue spending time with Yuan Su, deep down he was always suspicious of Yuan Su's calm and composed attitude. After all, he knew that Yuan Shikai recognized his nephew, and "calm and composed" had another meaning.
It means "feeling confident". Since Yuan Su dared to personally bring a team of people to the door, how could he be unprepared?
In terms of military strength, Changli is his territory, and of course he does not take Yuan Su seriously. But the problem is that if there is a real fight and he accidentally kills Yuan Su, he will have to bear a lot of responsibility. On the contrary, Yuan Su
Beating himself to death would end the matter in the end. Of course, it was impossible for him to really have a fight with Yuan Su. This was just a metaphor. Through this metaphor, we could already see an unpleasant situation.
But then again, he is the commander-in-chief of the town after all. If Yuan Su just comes to ask for help from him and then gives in, where will he put his face in the future? Not to mention that it is too demeaning to use only fifty guns to kill him.
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"Since Mr. Yuan insists on saying this, I assume that Mr. Yuan does not know these gangsters and happened to order these guns from them. But after all, these are stolen goods. Even if Mr. Yuan insists on getting them back, I cannot ignore the law.
, we can only report these gangsters and their stolen goods to the headquarters of Twenty Towns and the Zhili Governor's Office first, and let the above decide the matter." Wang Huaiqing said in a loud voice with a selfless attitude.
His intention was very clear. If he really wanted to continue the quarrel, the worst he could do would be to break up the whole thing. If he didn't get these guns, he would never let Yuan Su lose his face.
Of course, he knew in his heart that Yuan Su would never dare to bring this matter up. The mutiny had just occurred not long ago in the Seventy-Nine Biao. Privately purchasing arms at such a sensitive time was definitely a big or small matter.
"Since Mr. Wang said so, I have an idea." Yuan Su smiled calmly, stood up and waved to Wang Litong, who was sitting below, "Wang Zhizhou, please show the documents."
Wang Lantong quickly took out a stack of official documents and spread them out on the coffee table between Yuan Su and Wang Huaiqing.
Wang Huaiqing glanced curiously and found that these documents were all civil defense documents approved by the Luanzhou Prefecture. He just sneered and didn't take them seriously at all.
Yuan Su said calmly: "Sir Wang, these documents are documents about the civil defense launched by Luanzhou Prefecture. I believe that Mr. Wang should have heard about it in Changli. There have been many vicious robberies in Luanzhou some time ago.
The case has resulted in many casualties. My cousin Zhang Wenfang, the governor-general of Zhili, and his wife, family and young son were all killed in the robbery. It is precisely because of this hidden danger to public security that all the officials and gentry in Luanzhou came to my cousin's house.
In response to the call, civil defense was launched to strengthen public security in Luanzhou."
When Yuan Su was silent before, Wang Huaiqing was a little afraid, but now when the other party took out the documents and brought out the characters to talk about the matter, he breathed a sigh of relief. Apparently the other party heard that he was going to bring this matter to the top.
After leaving, I finally felt threatened and lost my temper.
He immediately said contemptuously: "Really? Your New Army No. 79 can't even do anything to deal with a mere robber, but you actually have to organize civil defense to deal with it?"