The Guang'an Uprising greatly shocked the Qing Dynasty's rule in Sichuan.
Although the uprising failed, it plunged the Manchu and Qing officials in Sichuan into panic. What followed was a frenzied campaign to suppress and hunt down the escaped uprising members.
Xiong Kewu, Wang Songting...the organizers and leaders of the uprising quickly became the most wanted individuals.
Since both Xiong Kewu and Wang Songting were from Leshan, the atmosphere in Leshan instantly became tense, and a large number of spies began to frequently operate in Leshan and its surrounding areas.
The atmosphere in Rong County also became tense. From the third day after Wang Hengyue issued the order, men with strange looks continued to appear and act.
"They are all spies." Xie Shuixiang curled his lips contemptuously.
Peter was a little curious: "This is the king's territory, can these spies do things without eggs?"
The four words "no eggs" made Xie Shuixiang stunned. It took him a long time to realize that it was the words "unscrupulous", and he immediately smiled and said: "Peter, you have to learn Chinese well.
These spies have great power and can report to the governor or even the court at any time. We, sir, are just a small helper."
Peter shrugged, still not quite understanding. The king is the highest military officer in this place, why is his power not as powerful as that of these spies?
"stop!"
Xie Shuixiang, who was talking, suddenly stopped a merchant.
This merchant was about twenty-four or five years old, with a thin face, wearing a top hat, and carrying a suitcase in his hand. He was polite and asked: "Sir, what's the matter?"
Xie Shuixiang walked back and forth around him twice: "Where are you coming from and where are you going?"
"Come from Chengdu and go to Leshan." The merchant said calmly.
"Coming from Chengdu? Going to Leshan? Isn't this direction a bit wrong?" Xie Shuixiang said with a half-smile.
The merchant's expression changed slightly, and one hand quietly reached to his waist.
"Don't move. These are all my people. If you move, I'll beat you to death!" Xie Shuixiang's words made the merchants stop involuntarily.
Xie Shuixiang's hand reached to his waist, and he quickly took out a pistol, weighed it in his hand, and put it away: "If you are doing business well, what are you doing with a gun?"
The merchant was not panicked at all: "The party has been causing chaos recently, and the roads are not peaceful, so I brought a gun for self-defense."
"A rebel?" Xie Shuixiang smiled coldly: "I think you are the rebel, right?"
At this time, the two secret talkers who were drinking tea in the tea shed not far away seemed to have noticed that something was going on here, and walked towards here one after the other.
"Stop, what are you doing?" Walking up to him, the taller Mi Tan asked with squinting eyes.
The merchant took off his hat and said, "I just told this officer that I came from Chengdu to do business."
"A businessman? I think you look like a revolutionary party!" The secret agent shouted: "Take him away!"
"Wait a minute!" Xie Shuixiang suddenly said: "My family is a gang leader. Anyone who is suspicious will be brought to the military camp for careful interrogation. I won't bother you two."
"Are you helping?" The secret agent didn't take it to heart at all: "We are Zhao Duxian's people, and all suspected members of the chaos must be personally investigated by us!"
"This is Rong County, not Chengdu!" Xie Shuixiang smiled coldly.
The secret agent was furious and was about to explode when Peter suddenly came over and grabbed the secret agent by his collar: "You keep my shoes!"
Seeing that he was actually a foreigner, the spy was startled and quickly said with a smile: "Master Foreigner, why did I break your shoes?"
"Just now, you stepped on me!" Peter suddenly became arrogant and unreasonable: "My money was brought from the United States. It is very expensive. It costs one hundred taels of silver. Pay the money, or I will arrest you and take you to the governor's enemies!"
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The secret agent's face turned pale instantly. A pair of shoes cost one hundred taels of silver? The man in front of him was a foreigner. Not to mention his little self, even the governor couldn't afford to offend him!
Peter yelled and screamed, forcing the two spies to pay, and the soldiers on the side gradually came around, surrounding the two spies.
After finally bowing, begging for mercy, and giving all the money he had to Peter, the "foreign master" let them go.
But after scolding the soldiers to separate, they found that the "suspected rebel" had long since disappeared...
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"Businessman?" Wang Hengyue looked at the merchants standing in front of him for a long time, then took the gun handed by Xie Shuixiang and weighed it in his hand: "Japanese gun. I heard that this time the revolutionary party brought
Thirty pistols came back to hold the Guang'an riot, is this one one of them?"
The merchant said nothing and stood there calmly.
Wang Hengyue put the gun aside and smiled slightly: "Xiong Kewu! Are you Xiong Kewu?"
Seeing that he could no longer hide it, the merchant also smiled: "This is Xiong Kewu. I have heard that there is a team officer named Wang Hengyue in Rong County. He is not an ordinary person. Now that Xiong Kewu is here, Wang Hengyue, you can ask me to take credit and reward.
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Wang Hengyue laughed "haha" and waved Xie Shuixiang to several people to go out: "Xiong Kewu, you organized riots one after another, but failed every time. Have you ever thought about why?"
Xiong Kewu didn't expect that the man in front of him would actually ask such a question. He was startled: "We revolutionaries have already put life and death aside, even if we throw our lives and blood! If we fail this time, we will try again next time! As long as we revolutionaries
As long as one person is here, the uprising will never stop!"
"Your uprising will either be betrayed by traitors today, or it will be reported tomorrow." Wang Hengyue said in a calm and calm tone: "To put it bluntly, it is unorganized and too random. Relying on those gang members,
Can you really achieve your goal?"
Xiong Kewu didn't understand the meaning of his words even more.
He originally thought that if he was caught this time, he would definitely die, and he was already prepared to die calmly, but he didn't expect that Captain Wang actually talked to him about why the uprising failed.
"Sit down." Wang Hengyue pointed to the side.
Xiong Kewu hesitated for a moment, then sat down, and Wang Hengyue said: "I won't kill you, and I won't send you to the government. Don't go back to Leshan either. Leshan is heavily guarded, but you don't always have such good luck.
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"What?" Xiong Kewu almost suspected that he heard wrongly: "You won't kill me or arrest me?"
"Why should I arrest you?" Wang Hengyue said with a calm smile: "You did not create my rebellion, nor did you revolutionize my life. Although I don't agree with the actions of your revolutionary party, I still do what you did.
I admire you. This is the reason why my gang let you go this time."
Xiong Kewu was stunned for a long time, then stood up suddenly and said loudly: "Xiong Kewu thanks Wang Gang for saving his life, Xiong Kewu has another unkind request!"