Crimson Dawn

Chapter 76

"How did you get to this point?" Chen Tianhua asked eagerly.

"I don't know how I got to this point. Originally, according to Mr. Chen's arrangement, everyone completed a social survey around Shanghai. The results of the social survey were exactly the same as what Mr. Chen said. Many people became probationary party members. Then the Whampoa Publishing House Started to conduct local social surveys in Shanghai. A few days ago, there was a communal trial in Shanghai, and many comrades from the Huangpu Publishing House went to check the situation. Suddenly there was a gun battle, and then the whole Shanghai was in chaos. Then the police began to arrest people After that, the government also started arresting people." Hei Dao could see that he was agitated, and his words were not clear.

"What is the reason for arresting people? Do you know this?" Chen Ke asked.

"The patrol office said that the Huangpu Publishing House was the mastermind who instigated the riot. I don't know what excuses the Shanghai government uses." Hei Dao said anxiously.

"What did the comrades at Huangpu Publishing House do? Why did the shootout happen?" Chen Tianhua was very concerned about this.

Hei Dao pouted and thought for a while before saying, "I don't know about this either?"

"Who did it?"

"This..." Hei Dao became even more unclear about this.

Chen Tianhua asked a few more questions. Hei Dao didn't participate in the action on the street, so he didn't know anything about it.Seeing this, Chen Tianhua clenched his teeth, and there was nothing he could do.

"Hei Dao, how long have you been up?" Chen Kewen asked.

"Ah? How long have I not slept?" Hei Dao replied confusedly.It can be seen that he has not had a good rest these days because of psychological tension and anxiety.

"When you arrive in Beijing, you can rest assured that nothing else will happen. You can rest assured that the matter in Shanghai will not be so serious." Chen Kewen comforted.

"But Mr. Qi has already been arrested." Hei Dao became anxious again.

"Don't worry, Huishen is also the director of the British school anyway, and Huishen's family has a deep relationship with the British, so nothing will happen."

"Why is nothing wrong? Everyone has been arrested." Qi Huishen didn't understand Chen Ke's words.

"Well, Huishen was arrested by the police station before, and he was released. He was also arrested for posting revolutionary slogans. This time he didn't directly participate at all, but the police station took the initiative to frame him. So it won't be a big deal. "Chen Ke's tone was calm and very soothing.

Chen Tianhua felt that what Chen Ke said was reasonable, but he couldn't help but say, "But our People's Party..." Halfway through the sentence, Chen Tianhua felt unable to continue.

"Our people's party is indeed going to rebel, yes. But the British don't know it. The Shanghai government doesn't know it either. What they know is that there was a riot in Shanghai. Then they are looking for a scapegoat. As long as the party members are not stupid enough to confess, this kind of Things can be settled with a little money. I've never heard of the Manchus using prisons against rioters."

"But Zou Rongke died in prison."

"Zou Rong went to prison by himself, and besides, he was in a concession prison. He was only sentenced to two years. There is no comparison." Chen Ke explained, seeing that Chen Tianhua's mood had stabilized a little, he continued: "And Hei Dao was suddenly ordered to come to Beijing. He has been in a hurry for the past few days and has not slept much. Now his mind is not clear. If you ask him now, you can’t get a clear picture of the situation. I mean, everyone should eat something now Let’s all go to bed. Starting tomorrow, we will be busy. Get ready today.”

"It's been a while, you can still sleep?" Chen Tianhua said angrily.

"Sharpening the knife is not the same as chopping firewood. Everyone is in a hurry, so I won't be in a hurry? But what's the use of just being in a hurry? Keep your spirits up and start working tomorrow. Ming Xian, where are the leftovers from today's meal? Get some food and drink for everyone to eat Hurry up and go to bed." Chen Ke said.

"Mr. Chen, I can explain clearly." Hei Dao said hastily.

Chen Ke smiled and patted Hei Dao's shoulder, "Let's talk about it after dinner."

The briquette is still much faster, the fire cover is pulled out, and the food is quickly heated.Chen Ke thought for a while, and returned to the main room, only to find that He Ying was not asleep, and was dozing off by the bed.

"He..." Chen Ke almost blurted out "Miss He", but when he realized that his words were wrong, he quickly changed his words, "Madam, do you want supper?"

"Huh?" After Chen Ke entered the room, He Ying hurriedly forced herself to sit up. She didn't expect Chen Ke to say such a sentence, but she didn't understand it for a while. A look of surprise, "I'm going to cook."

"I've already made it, let's eat together." Chen Ke said with a smile.

He Ying got up lazily, her coiled hair was a little crooked after the afternoon and evening, Chen Ke simply asked He Ying to loosen her hair and tie it into a ponytail with a red ribbon.

"It doesn't look good with disheveled hair." He Ying said shyly.

"Whatever hairstyle you wear looks good. Hibiscus comes out of clear water, so you can carve it naturally. It looks very good." Chen Ke laughed.

He Ying couldn't help laughing upon hearing her husband's praise.

Except for Chen Ke, the others met He Ying for the first time.After He Ying took off her hijab, this was the first group of people she saw besides Chen Ke.Seeing so many men, He Ying also felt very uncomfortable, but seeing that everyone was very polite, and they didn't stare at her sharply, she felt relieved.At the dinner table, everyone stopped mentioning the People's Party, and just congratulated the two on their wedding.Supper also has a somewhat peaceful feeling.

Sure enough, as Chen Ke said, as soon as Hei Dao relaxed and drank two glasses of wine, his head began to droop all the time.Chen Ke asked Xie Mingxian and Hei Dao to sleep in the wing room.He winked at Chen Tianhua again.Chen Tianhua pulled Wu Xingchen up to leave. Chen Ke sent the two of them out. Seeing that there was no one around, he said in a low voice: "Judging from the situation, it is impossible for the patrol house to chase from Shanghai to Beijing. You should also be careful. You can rent a house temporarily." No one knows the house, it’s safe there. I’ll meet you tomorrow morning where everyone lives.”

"Wen Qing, do you really think that nothing serious will happen?" Chen Tianhua didn't dare to mention this matter at the dinner table, but after thinking about it, he became more worried.

"Something must have happened, but Xingtai don't forget that there are so many people from Fudan Public School among the members of Whampoa Book Club. There is Mr. Yan Fu in Shanghai, and he will not ignore it. As long as Mr. Yan Fu comes forward, it will be much easier. "

"Hey, you're right. But I'm really worried to death." Chen Tianhua was still worried.

"We can't go back like this now. We didn't prepare well, so we rushed back to die? But don't worry, Xingtai, even if there is a robbery this time, I will definitely rescue all comrades. Go back and rest, don't think about it." There are so many, I will be busy tomorrow." Chen Ke persuaded.

"That's the only way." After Chen Tianhua finished speaking, he shook hands with Chen Ke.Only then did he leave with Wu Xingchen.

When this happened on the wedding night, Chen Ke had no intention of performing the ceremony of husband and wife at all.After returning home, Chen Ke asked He Ying to sleep first, and cleaned up the supper table by himself.While tidying up, he thought about it, and waited for him to wash the dishes and chopsticks slowly and wipe the table clean.Back in the bedroom, He Ying was indeed asleep.Looking at his wife's peaceful sleeping appearance, Chen Ke sighed with relief.Blowing out the candles, quietly touching the bed, Chen Ke wrapped himself in a quilt and fell asleep.

In the morning, a strange shaking made Chen Ke wake up suddenly, but He Ying was wrapped in a quilt, leaning her back against Chen Ke.Chen Ke suddenly felt a strange sense of unreality.The last time I felt this kind of emotion was after the university exams, when I stepped out of the exam room and walked into the bright summer sun, Chen Ke once had this strange feeling.Not only Chen Ke, but also other students.I have struggled for it for more than ten years. In the third grade of high school, I have gone through hundreds of mock exams, just for the few days of the college entrance examination.After the exam is really over, everyone's rationality can accept it, but their sensibility can't accept it at all.A major phase of life is over.

Looking at the woman wrapped in the blanket in front of him, Chen Ke really worked hard to get married with her.How many people can make Yuan Shikai a matchmaker these days?But Chen Ke made such an effort, so vigorous, and so absurd.The result of this effort is the girl in front of me.When making efforts, Chen Ke didn't feel anything special, it was no different from the countless efforts he had made before, as long as he could do it by himself.But facing the result of hard work, Chen Ke felt strange.In the future, the partner of my life is in front of me, and I am already "married"?

When He Ying heard that Chen Ke had woken up, she wrapped her blanket tighter.Chen Ke was full of various questions in his head, what should he do?Then a thought popped up, it's time to make breakfast.After breakfast, he hurried to meet Chen Tianhua and the others, and asked Heidao what happened in Shanghai.After confirming the target, Chen Ke got up, put on his clothes, and went to fire.In the morning, the yard was quiet, and Chen Ke was busy alone.It seems that Hei Dao and Xie Mingxian are still sleeping deeply. If Wu Xingchen and the others live here instead, everyone might wake up.

The water in the pot slowly heated up, and white steam came out.When I didn't move out before, I lived in a bungalow at that time.Chen Ke lived alone in a yard next to his parents, and he got up so early every morning. Chen Ke went out to buy deep-fried dough sticks. After the stir-fried dishes were heated up, everyone was having dinner... Chen Ke suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he was a child at that time.The current self is the "husband".This is my wedding day, it seems completely inappropriate for the two of them to sleep separately on the wedding night?Then what should I do?Take a hot shower and go back to the house to get things done?Or so it should be.

It's okay to think so, but Chen Ke changed his mind and realized that he is a revolutionary party.What time is it?Now that the party is in crisis, I am still thinking about this, which is too outrageous.But there was still my wife in the house, so I left him there without saying a word. My wife waited on me all afternoon yesterday, and I was vomiting again, and I asked my wife to wake me up on duty.This is the wife, not the life secretary.Thinking of this, Chen Ke finally figured out what he should do.He hurried back to the bedroom.

With He Ying still facing the outside like that, Chen Ke gently shook He Ying's shoulder. "Ma'am, are you awake?"

"woke up."

"Shall we go out to play together in the morning?" Chen Ke said.

It took a while for He Ying to respond, "Okay."

Chen Ke wanted to say the following words, but he couldn't. He had never been so nervous when facing Yuan Shikai, or he wasn't nervous at all.After talking for a long time, Chen Ke said with great embarrassment: "This... this... this... I really don't have time during the day for the bridal chamber. Let's wait until night." Finally said these words, Chen Ke felt a burst of relief.

Obviously, He Ying didn't know how to deal with it.After a while, she hummed in a low voice.

"Then get up." Chen Ke said, "I'm going to cook now." After finishing speaking, he felt wrong again, "Do you want me to help you get up?"

With a puff, He Ying laughed out loud.The girl lifted the quilt and got up, her face was flushed with shame, Chen Ke hurriedly fetched her clothes.He Ying changed into her usual clothes, the husband and wife washed their faces and brushed their teeth together, He Ying combed her hair, and started cooking together again.Chen Ke was used to being alone, and felt sorry for his wife, so he hurried to work.He Ying didn't seem to be very familiar with the kitchen, so she watched Chen Ke skillfully use briquettes to cook.

"Chen..." He Ying hesitated to speak.

"Wen Qing, Wen Qing." Chen Ke reminded.

"Wen Qing, do you often cook by yourself?" He Ying asked.

"I've been doing it myself for more than ten years." Chen Ke boasted.

"Wen Qing is 25."

"That's right. Twenty-five, I remember Mrs. Sixteen."

"It's seventeen."

Chen Ke suddenly felt that these words were very familiar, just like chatting with netizens.

"By the way, ma'am, do you have a sign." It stands to reason that Chen Ke has seen the information of his wife.But at this time, I have long forgotten it.

"Junjie."

"Oh, how do you write it?"

The newlyweds slowly exchanged personal information while cooking.

By eight o'clock in the morning, the meal was ready.Chen Ke went to the wing room and woke up the two who were still asleep to have breakfast.

There were not many people in the morning in winter, so Chen Ke and his party arrived at Wu Xingchen's residence.Hei Dao temporarily borrowed Xie Mingxian's clothes, if he wore that kimono again, it would be too eye-catching.

Wu Xingchen and Chen Tianhua had already woken up.Seeing Chen Ke coming over, he immediately showed joy.But when he saw He Ying beside Chen Ke, he couldn't help but change his face again.Chen Ke didn't care so much. After entering the house, he took out a book from his satchel. It was the last book in Chen Ke's set. As a story, it is more interesting than the main text and goes out ten streets.

"Jun Jie, this is a book I wrote. Read it for a while. We have to talk about something." He Ying nodded while everyone was stunned.

This is an ordinary courtyard house, He Ying is reading in the main room, and party members are having meetings in the wing room.

"What happened to the riot? Who started it?" This was what Chen Ke was most concerned about.

Hei Dao slept through the night, and he recovered his spirits.He didn't know much, so he could only give a brief introduction.Wu Xingchen has been in Shanghai for a long time, and he has a certain understanding of the officialdom in Shanghai, so he added an explanation.Only then did Chen Ke understand the background of this matter and the related Shanghai government system.

After the concession was opened in Shanghai, foreign powers established consular courts in the concession by virtue of the provisions on consular jurisdiction in the unequal treaties.At that time, the Chinese in the concession were still tried by the Shanghai local officials of the Qing government (Shanghai magistrate and Su Song Taibing Beidao), while the foreigners in the concession could not be sanctioned by Chinese laws at all, and were stationed in Shanghai by various countries. Consuls conduct their own hearings.Since the "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom" wave swept the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in 1853 and the Small Knife Society uprising occurred in Shanghai County, a large number of refugees from the Chinese community in Shanghai and its adjacent areas flooded into the concession, which caused a sharp increase in the population in the concession, which not only changed the previous "separation of Chinese and foreign countries" situation, and Chinese soon accounted for the vast majority of residents in the concession. How to maintain the security and order in the concession after the "Huayang Mixed Place" has become a major problem, and managing the large number of Chinese residents in the concession is the focus of this problem.For this reason, first in 1864, a judicial institution was set up in the Anglo-American Concession (later known as the Public Concession)——"Yang Pidgin Beishou Council Office", and officials appointed by Su Songtai Bingbeidao (commonly known as Shanghai Daotai) jointly tried the case with the British consul. Chinese cases in the concession.Then, in April 1868, according to the "Pidgin Joint Trial Regulations for Establishing Officials" negotiated by Shanghai Daotai and the British and American consuls, a joint trial court, also known as the joint trial court, was established in the British and American concessions.

The joint trial office is a special judicial institution established in a special period and in a special area in the history of Shanghai. The Chinese full-time joint trial officer (Jiao Yuan) is appointed by Daotai to jointly hear the lawsuits related to the Chinese in the concession with foreign jurors (consuls) case.According to the agreement between China and foreign countries, if the case involves foreigners or Chinese servants employed by foreigners, the foreign consuls will participate in the joint trial or observe the trial; if the case is purely Chinese, the Chinese officials will judge it alone.

Although nominally belonging to China's judiciary, the joint trial itself reflects the damage foreigners have done to China's judicial sovereignty in the concession. The independent exercise of powers of Chinese officials has been interfered by foreign consuls' ultra vires. Various conflicts will arise.Not only that, the foreign consuls also used the Ministry of Industry Bureau (a concession management agency established by foreign nationals stationed in Shanghai) and the patrol room as tools to arbitrarily expand the power of foreign jurors. No matter what the case, the foreign consuls wanted to intervene, and even forced the jury to judge Purely Chinese cases have almost deprived Chinese officials of the right to arrest criminals in court.The detention and custody of criminals in the International Settlement was also almost entirely carried out by the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, and then transferred to the public office for trial.Obviously, the foreign side's outrageous method of encroaching on the Chinese police power and judicial power was to put all the Chinese and foreign residents in the concession under the control of the foreign side.

Naturally, there are many conflicts between Chinese officials and foreign consuls, between the public office and the arrest house. Hei Dao has been introduced by Qi Huishen as a probationary party member.As far as he knew, this time, on December 12th, the foreigner in charge of the patrol room in the consular corps in Shanghai had a conflict with the chief officer of the interrogation office, and it seemed that the two sides were still fighting.It is said that the patrol house forcibly took away a group of women, and then people from the Guangdong Association rose up to contact and protest.On the 15th, there was a city strike in Shanghai to protest.

At this time, the Huangpu Institute had completed the preliminary summary of the social survey, and some excited comrades began the initial preparations for the Shanghai social survey.After encountering this incident, these people returned to the academy and began to recruit people to help.Everyone produced a large number of leaflets and speeches, and also formulated a series of plans for protest marches.They even prepared for a city-wide parade on December 12.

The parade was divided into three parts. During the parade, the angry crowd smashed the patrol house at the old gate, and set fire to the police house after the smashing.The parade in front of the City Hall of the Shanghai Consular Corps was actually shot by Indian police officers. Some people in the parade had guns, so a gun battle broke out.There were heavy casualties on the street.The foreign consular corps used this as an excuse, and the police station fully intervened.Because the leaflets and the corresponding organization were completed by the students of Huangpu Publishing House.The patrol room arrested people wantonly, and copied the stronghold of Huangpu Publishing House in Zhou Yuanxiao's workshop.A large number of printed materials and documents were copied out.Then the patrol room searched the whole city according to the copied list.The first one went to school to arrest Qi Huishen.

In a hurry, Hua Xiongmao and You Gou immediately ordered the People's Party and Huangpu Publishing House to evacuate, and Kuroshima Jinichiro escaped.

After hearing Hei Dao's orderly and detailed explanation, the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.It seems that things are far less drastic.If you use your connections, you should be able to get everyone out.

"Is that the case?" Chen Ke asked.

"This..." Hei Dao's expression was not so relaxed. He summoned up his courage, and said in a somewhat awkward tone: "The patrol room copied a batch of guns from Mr. Zhou Yuanxiao's workshop." After speaking, he stared at Chen Ke.I saw Chen Ke's face immediately darkened as if relieved from a heavy burden.

"Where did the gun come from?" Chen Ke was really anxious.If it's such a commotion, it's really not a big deal.There was no basis for the words, and the Huangpu Publishing House organized a parade and a strike.This is all public opinion. The so-called law does not govern the masses, and it can be resolved after two days of detention and dredging up the relationship.But once you get caught with a gun, it's a whole different story.There has been a gun battle, and the foreigners have lost face. They will never let it go so easily.

Hei Dao gritted his teeth, and then said: "The gun has nothing to do with this parade. It was supported by the Japanese consulate and some businessmen and friends. I also helped in the middle. After the incident, I also went to find If I passed them, those people either disappeared or told me directly, and they would never admit it."

Chen Ke's left hand touched his chin vigorously.This is really full of twists and turns, from great fear at the beginning, to feeling that the road has turned around, and then to great disappointment.However, the context of the matter has been sorted out, and Chen Ke has made a decision.

"Wen Qing, what should we do?" Chen Tianhua asked fiercely.

"Brother Wu, Hei Dao and I are going back to Shanghai soon. We must rescue comrades. If we can spend money to find a way out, we will spend money. If we can't get through, we will rob the prison. And this time I will Some people took it to Anhui. So I have to prepare for a few days, and you all go with me to meet Shang Yuan."

"Then what about me? What am I going to do?" Knowing that Chen Ke didn't arrange for him to go back to Shanghai together, Chen Tianhua asked hastily.

"Go back to Brother Pang and do whatever you want. If we can't stay in Anhui, at least there is Hebei." Chen Ke replied.

"Then why don't you come to Hebei directly? Let's do it together." Chen Tianhua was puzzled by this.

"Self-reliance, sufficient food and clothing. What can you rely on others? Brother Pang is not yet a revolutionary party. Let's bring people over. Are you planning to annihilate Wang Lun?"

These words were full of gunpowder. At this critical moment, Chen Ke adhered to his usual style and was not prepared to borrow other people's strength at all.Chen Tianhua could understand, but he couldn't help but look at Wu Xingchen.

Wu Xingchen knew what Chen Tianhua's eyes meant, and he responded: "Wen Qing is right, you can't rely on people outside the party for this kind of thing. But you must bring Brother Chai, he is a good hand. He will definitely kill foreigners. Will not be soft."

After hearing this, Chen Ke said with a smile: "That's great, I'll talk about it. If it must come to the point of robbery and murder, I will lead it in person. Then I can see the kung fu of the brothers with my own eyes. "

Seeing the unconcealable joy under Chen Ke's smile, everyone felt refreshed.

Chapter 76

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