mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 1001: Pretending to be a Hero Yang Sang
The next day, Morrison went to his neighbor's house to inquire about the sale of his house.

The Japanese knew Morrison and said, "Mr. Morrison, this yard is in an excellent location. I have no intention of selling the house. It's just that my house was robbed and a layer of the wall was scraped off. I need to repair it. We can still be neighbors."

While he was saying this, an able official specially sent by the capital's patrol police came to investigate the case. While he was asking questions carefully, he saw Morison coming and asked him a few questions.

"Mr. Morrison, did you notice anything fishy last night? Was there any sneaky person hanging around in the street? Was there anyone whose face made you think he was a bit scary? Did anyone catch you asking you about this person's family news?"

Morrison didn't know what happened, and shook his head in confusion: "No."

With a few words, he sent them away and went back to report to Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Chuanxin listened, rubbed his chin and pondered: "This house has all attributes -3 buffs, but it can't scare him away? Then I have to try the haunting trick. If it really doesn't work logically, I have to convince him with virtue."

After all, we are thinking of building a message transfer station here secretly, and it would be a shame to do so while we are just joking.

So, when the patrolman had not yet left, Zhao Chuanxin jumped onto the wall, flashed over, and chopped off the dog's head with a light blade, allowing it to die painlessly.

Morrison was basking in the sun in the yard when he suddenly heard a scream from a Japanese in the next yard and the shouting of a patrolman.

"Mr. Zhao, what do you think happened next door? It sounds creepy." Morison got goosebumps.

Zhao Chuanxin was reading in the yard. The cover of the book was "Spring and Autumn Annals", but the book inside was "The Companion of Pity and Fragrance". He shook his head while reading and exclaimed, "Don't we have to try everything?"

It turns out that the book tells a little story - two beautiful girls are in love, but one of them is already married. In order to stay together, they plan to make the old man marry the other one.

Occasionally, the old man will become a decoration, hehehe...

Zhao Chuanxin had never tried this before, and couldn't help but imagine it.

Morrison: "Ah? Mr. Zhao, what did you say?"

Those who have been abducted have a strong accent when speaking.

"Nothing, I mean, I only read the Spring and Autumn Annals."

"No wonder Mr. Zhao always wins battles and is called the God of War. I guess he learned how to use troops like a god after reading the Art of War."

"That's right. I'm alone, so it's hard to fight."

He only used troops a few times, it was all in vain!

In the afternoon, Zhao Chuanxin went out to buy some paper money and other things, and in the evening, he lit them in the Japanese yard next door.

Morrison was reading the newspaper that day, and when he heard the crying next door, he became annoyed: "What's going on?"

Then, the gate of the courtyard was slammed.

Without waiting for Morrison to open the door, Zhao Chuanxin ran out first.

The Japanese outside were aggressive and pointed at Zhao Chuanxin: "It must be you who did this?"

Zhao Chuanxin grabbed the Japanese man by the collar and slammed him against the door frame: "Damn it, I'm warning you, be careful with your words, or I'll go to the government office and sue you for defamation."

The Japanese felt a sharp pain on his back and was shocked and angry. He wanted to struggle, but he could not move at all. The man was so strong that it was terrifying.

"Let me go," the Japanese shouted.

Zhao Chuanxin shook his head: "Later."

"..." The Japanese man was confused and said, "Let me go later?"

Zhao Chuanxin let go: "Get lost, you're just howling all day long."

The Japanese man straightened his clothes and left in embarrassment.

The next morning, the Japanese saw the word "death" written in blood on the glass of their window.

He was somewhat mentally broken.

The patrolman was called in. He was very experienced. He dipped his finger into the blood and sniffed it. He immediately told the Japanese: "This word was written with the blood of your beheaded black dog."

The Japanese wanted to accuse the neighbors without evidence, but when the patrolman knocked on the door, Zhao Chuanxin did not rush out, but waited for Morrison to open the door to respond.

Morrison was well-known in both Chinese and foreign circles in the capital, so the patrolman didn't dare to do anything to him. He asked a few random questions and was then sent away in a bad mood by Morrison.

In the afternoon, the Japanese came to Morrison and asked, "Mr. Morrison, do you still want to buy a house?"

Morrison: "..."

A few patrolmen gossiped and spread the news that the Japanese house was haunted, causing a sensation.

Morrison transferred the property to the Japanese at a very low price.

His name was signed on the house deed, and Zhao Chuanxin just signed the contract with him privately in a hasty manner.

Morrison was puzzled: "Mr. Zhao, aren't you afraid that I will default on my debt?"

Zhao Chuanxin held the Spring and Autumn Annals and waved his hands: "Kill, kill, kill!"

Morison's neck shrank.

Zhao Chuanxin raised his head, his face confused: "I was so absorbed in watching it just now, what did you say?"

"Just pretend I didn't say anything."

Before Zhao Chuanxin left the capital, he made several phone calls overnight.

The call was made to Morrison's friend's house.

You have to shake the phone for a while before making a call, and then tell the operator the number loudly before the call is connected.

Zhao Chuanxin yelled, "Hey, is that Little Leo?"

Hong Kong Island, Li Guangzong frowned: "Who are you?"

"I'm Zhao Chuanxin."

"Master, where are you?"

"Beijing." Zhao Chuanxin listened to the intermittent signal and said hurriedly: "Stop talking nonsense and start buying properties everywhere. Lubinfu Bank will transfer the money to you soon."

"I understand, Master."

After several phone calls, Zhao Chuanxin bid farewell to Mo Lixun, sent Eye No. 7, and went to his home in Lubin Prefecture.

During this period, he was constantly causing trouble, and his power of faith accumulated more and more, but he used less of it.

He teleported over a distance of eight or nine hundred kilometers in a straight line without even blinking an eye.

Let’s not talk about Lao Zhao going to pick radishes with Sister Hua for now.

Just take Philander Knox from the United States as an example. He has joined forces with several major American investors to invest in railway and tramway construction in China, and various teams have already been in place.

The route taken by the technical personnel was from Zhangjiakou, Chengde, KLQQ, Chifeng, Tongliao, Longjiangfu, through Daxing'anling to Hulun area...

Xu Shichang, who had gone to the capital on official business, had already returned. He was surprised to hear that the Americans had sent people to survey and map the area.

I hurriedly sent people to investigate, but there was still no clue here, and something happened over there.

It turned out that after Zhao Chuanxin caused a big disturbance in KLQQ and cut off one of Gongsang Norbu's ears, the One-Eared Prince no longer dared to collude with the Japanese.

However, Japan still regarded the grasslands west of Liao as its own.

They are good at surveying and mapping, but Americans are not.

So they gathered a group of people from somewhere, beat up the Americans and drove them away, and then arrested and detained the Chinese who were traveling with them.

It was only at this time that Xu Shichang found out that the group of Americans seemed to be related to Zhao Chuanxin.

Wu Luzhen was about to be promoted to Director of Yan-Jilin Border Affairs and Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Army, but he had not yet set out for Yanbian.

At the Governor's Office of the Three Eastern Provinces, Xu Shichang asked Wu Luzhen, "Shou Qing, you have always been on good terms with the Lugang Town, Beishui Army, and Lubin Prefecture, but I heard that this group of American surveyors has something to do with Zhao Chuanxin?"

Wu Luzhen pursed his lips. In fact, he didn't want to say much, but this kind of thing couldn't stand being asked, so he could only tell the truth: "Reporting to the Governor, the Americans have long been dissatisfied with the rise of Japan and Russia outside the Great Wall. They want to get a piece of the pie, but they have no way to do it, so they found Zhao Tan Gong. I don't know much, but from what I have heard, I think Zhao Tan Gong reached a secret agreement with the Americans."

Xu Shichang frowned: "Zhao Tan Gong is so bold, he didn't drive away the wolf, but went to meet the tiger. This method seems familiar. Zhang Yuting has been making small moves in private, and has borrowed a lot of power from Japan and Russia in recent years. Isn't this trying to get the skin of a tiger?"

Wu Luzhen shook his head: "There are still some differences. Zhang Zuolin took advantage of the situation and acted cleverly. Zhao Tangong is different. According to his subordinates, it is still unknown whether he is a tiger or a wolf to the Americans."

Xu Shichang nodded: "The railway is excellent, but I am afraid that the court will not agree. Zhao Tan Gong is bold and careful, and has strong military power. I hope he has not done anything stupid."

Wu Luzhen said firmly: "That's impossible. Zhao Tangong would never collude with foreigners. He must have his reasons for doing so."

……

The Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway was fully opened. In January of this year, Zhan Tianyou was sent to the Shanghai-Jiaxing Railway for acceptance inspection. Just after the opening ceremony, he received a message from Zhao Chuanxin, inviting him to go north to help Lubin Prefecture to survey the terrain with American engineers.

They did not invite Zhan Tianyou to be the chief engineer. After all, he was an official in the Qing court and it was not easy for him to get away. They just borrowed him for a few months to prevent the Americans from doing anything behind the scenes.

As a result, he was intercepted by a group of people on the way to Tongliao in Korqin.

There were more than 30 people in the group, dressed like ordinary grassland bandits, equipped with machetes and sharp guns. They did not harass the herdsmen's pastures and the fields of the people as they passed by. It seemed as if their target was very clear, and they went straight towards Zhan Tianyou and his group.

First they beat the Americans and drove them away, and then they tied up all the Chinese who were accompanying them, including Zhan Tianyou.

Among the entourage were engineers from Lugang Town and engineers brought by Zhan Tianyou, while the Lubin Prefecture team was headed by Yang Sang'a, a clerk, and Jiang Lingzhu as legal adviser.

Yang Sang'a looked at the leader thoughtfully: "The bearded guy in the lead is Japanese. I can recognize his accent."

Jiang Lingzhu rolled his eyes and said, "If we can take off his shoes, it will be easier to identify him."

Yang Sang'a was fearless and joked, "We are all kidnapped hostages, why are we taking off his shoes? Washing his feet?"

Zhan Tianyou was worried.

Originally, he thought that when he was working for Zhao Chuanxin, he was most worried that the imperial court would find out and punish him, but he did not expect to encounter horse bandits, and now they said that the leader was the Japanese. Thinking that the south of the pass was the Japanese territory, Zhan Tianyou became even more worried.

Seeing this, Jiang Lingzhu comforted him and said, "Don't be afraid, Mr. Zhang. They won't be able to show off for long."

Zhan Tianyou was puzzled: "Why do you say that?"

Jiang Lingzhu swore: "Their biggest failure was letting the American devils go. The American devils were sent by Captain Zhao, and they will definitely go to complain. Based on my understanding of Captain Zhao, this group of horse bandits will not see the full moon on the 15th."

Zhan Tianyou: "..."

They were imprisoned in thatched huts, which were cold and gloomy, and full of fleas and lice.

They sat on the ground, and these small animals kept crawling on them.

Zhan Tianyou sighed: "Then I hope Zhao Tangong will come soon."

A bandit came in, kicked Zhan Tianyou in the stomach, then grabbed his collar, lifted him up, and dragged him out.

Yang Sang'a hurriedly shouted: "Wait."

The bandit turned his head and looked at him, his triangular eyes flashing with ferocity: "What do you want?"

Yang Sang'a was also a big, strong man with a rough voice. He sneered and said, "He is just an engineering consultant we hired. He knows nothing. Why are you arresting him?"

The bandit narrowed his eyes: "Oh? So you know a lot, right?"

Yang Sang'a was not a brave man, but he had something to rely on in his heart, so he was not afraid: "Yes, I know a lot."

The triangular-eyed bandit let go of Zhan Tianyou and went to capture Yang Sang'a.

Zhan Tianyou breathed a sigh of relief, but then became worried again, fearing that these bandits would harm Yang Sang'a.

Yang Sang'a was carried to another warmer room, where he saw the bearded Japanese man again.

"Brother, he said he knows a lot."

The bearded Japanese nodded and asked, "Tell me who you are."

"Yang Sang, I am a clerk in the Lubin Prefecture government office, just a minor official."

The bearded Japanese man raised his chin, and several men punched and kicked Yang Sang'a.

"Hey, hey, hey, aren't you interrogating me? Why are you fighting?" Yang Sang'a yelled, "No need to fight. I'll confess everything you want to know."

The bearded Japanese waved his hand and the crowd dispersed.

Yang Sang'a felt pain all over his body. He struggled to get up and sat on the ground with a bruised face and nose.

The bearded Japanese asked, "What are you doing here?"

Yang Sang'a made no secret: "Surveying and building railways."

This kind of thing can't be concealed.

The bearded Japanese man looked shrewd and said, "How dare you! Who allowed you to build the railway?"

Yang Sang'a laughed, his mouth was broken and bleeding, and with saliva, he looked a bit ferocious: "The prefect of Lubin Prefecture, Zhao Chuanxin."

Damn it, it depends on whether you are afraid or not?
After these words were spoken, the bearded Japanese man did not react, but the others became agitated.

Someone said, "Brother, it's Zhao Chuanxin who kills without blinking an eye. Let's let them go."

"Eat my food, wear my clothes, whatever I say is what you want, understand?" The bearded Japanese stared at his men and said word by word, leaving them speechless. He looked at Yang Sang'a again: "Although you have been keeping a low profile along the way, I got the news a long time ago. Haha, I just want to confirm with you. What about Zhao Chuanxin? Let me ask you, which stations do you want to build on the railway?"

As usual, Yang Sang'a did not hide anything and reported the name of the station that had already been determined.

The bearded Japanese lit up his pipe, and his already black face became even darker than the bottom of the pipe.

When Zhao Chuanxin was cleaning out Japanese spies in the three northeastern provinces, he was the one who escaped. His name was Sohō Yukimura and he still remained wandering between western Liaoning and the grasslands.

Japan and Russia divided the area outside the Great Wall. Zhao Chuanxin occupied Lubin Prefecture in the north and Lugang Town in the south, which were thorns in the eyes of Japan and Russia respectively.

Now they are colluding with the Americans to build railways, which is obviously aimed at them, Japan.

The Japanese side naturally refused to do so.

This is not just about killing a few maritime merchants, this is about Japan's interests in China.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Yang Sang'a looked at Souma Yukimura with a frown and said, "Before the incident gets out of hand and our prefect hasn't arrived yet, you'd better let us go."

"What else?" Sohwa Yukimura raised his eyebrows.

"Otherwise? Haha..."

"Hey, this dog official is not convinced?"

Someone saw that Yang Sang'a looked like he deserved a beating, so he kicked him in the head again.

Yang Sang'a was kicked so hard that blood gushed out of his mouth and nose. He coughed repeatedly and, with a "Pooh" sound, spat out his first molar, which had become loose due to nerve necrosis.

He grinned and said, "This tooth fell out just in time. I had a sore throat for several days and it hurt like hell. Thank you so much!"

"Zhao, you're looking for death!" The man took out a knife and hit Yang Sanga hard on the mouth with the handle.

Yang Sang-a complained bitterly, if he had known earlier he would not show off his prowess, why was he pretending to be a hero...

……

Zhao Chuanxin lives a happy and carefree life in Lugang Town.

I played games with Sister Hua at night and idled around during the day. These days, it felt like I had returned to the good old days.

Zhao Chuanxin took Aries and Liu Ai, Benjamin Goldberg, Zhao Hongzhi, Defu, Jiang Mingxin and others to prepare to go out for dinner.

Liu Ai put one hand on her waist and said with her fingers pinched together: "Boss, I heard that there is a new western restaurant opened on Tianshui Road. Everyone calls it Dacai. The butter and bread are free. The butter is very lubricating and can be used to make bread."

Benjamin Goldberg looked at Liu Ai's posture and said with a smile: "The extremely lubricated butter is a better match for the warm-hearted Liu Ai."

Liu Ai was not well educated and could not understand the implied meaning.

Zhao Chuanxin chuckled and asked Zhao Hongzhi and Defu, "How about you three? Do you want to eat Western food?"

Jiang Mingxin said happily: "I heard that there are fried pork chops there, they are delicious."

"Then go ahead." Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand.

This Cantonese-style western restaurant was opened by someone from the Xuantian Sect. Each meal cost two cents, which was very expensive, but Zhao Chuanxin had become wealthy recently and didn't take it seriously at all.

After dinner, Zhao Chuanxin took them to the newly opened theater to watch a play.

The cost of watching a play was 10 copper yuan per person, and children as old as Zhao Hongzhi had to pay a fee.

Nowadays, Lugang Town has also followed the trend. There are three things you must do when you come here: eat delicious food, watch a play, and ride a horse-drawn carriage.

After leaving the theater, Liu Ai said that the young man on the stage was handsome.

Zhao Chuanxin said disdainfully: "I was also a famous handsome young man in Lugang Town... Of course, I am still famous now."

Liu Ai: "Ah, this..."

On the way back, Zhao Chuanxin spent five copper coins to buy five pieces of braised pork for Liu Ai and Bai Yang as a side dish.

There are a bunch of people flying in the sky who can't be happy without wine.

Just as I got back, Fan Ziliang came.

This guy works out every day, and he's getting bigger and stronger. He's very strong and is living a good life.

Whenever Zhao Chuanxin came back, no matter what Fan Ziliang was doing, he would put down his work and run errands for Zhao Chuanxin.

"Captain, there's a telegram saying it's urgent."

Zhao Chuanxin took it, and after reading it, his aura changed immediately, revealing a murderous look.

Fan Ziliang was frightened when he saw this.

His expression and movements remained the same, so why did Captain Zhao seem like a different person?
Zhao Chuanxin told Fan Ziliang: "Tell my brother that I am leaving."

As he was speaking, Zhao Chuanxin had already put on his windbreaker and went out.

It just so happens that Miao Cuihua and Rachel Kervis return together.

Rachel Kervis was so happy that her son was back.

"Where are you going?" Miao Cuihua was also in a good mood. After she became pregnant, her personality became a little clingy.

As her body became a little plumper, she had two shallow dimples on the sides of her mouth when she smiled. Her pigtails made of floral cloth were long and black, and her eyes and eyebrows were full of chivalry.

She becomes more beautiful and charming after pregnancy.

Among Zhao Chuanxin's good friends, Sister Hua is the only one he can't help, and the impulse becomes stronger as time goes by.

Zhao Chuanxin's murderous intent disappeared, he hugged her slender waist and kissed her: "Whose young woman is this? She is so pretty. Don't lose yourself in the crowd of beautiful girls."

Jiang Mingxin quickly covered his eyes.

Benjamin Goldberg covered his chest and said, "I hate to hear such dirty words in my life. The world is really going downhill."

"Get lost." Miao Cuihua was embarrassed in front of the younger generation. She quickly pushed Zhao Chuanxin away. "Where are you going?"

Zhao Chuanxin lied: "I went out to play for a few days. I was bored in Lugang Town."

(End of this chapter)