The true biography of Yaqiao, the first chivalrous king of the Republic of China

Chapter 13 The Soviet Army and the Zhejiang Army Compete for Suspects

After a while, around Xu Guoliang, many citizens gathered to watch the excitement.Everyone stood far away, pointing and muttering, no one dared to step forward to help, for fear of causing trouble.

Xiao Chongming ran back after catching Zheng Yian.He hugged Xu Guoliang's head, crying and shouting.

A Chinese arrester saw the key in the car door, so he went to open the door, but he couldn't open it.Xiao Chongming suddenly remembered something, he pulled out his pistol, aimed at the door lock where someone had secretly stuffed a foreign object, and shot twice with "dang, dang", and the door opened.He carried Xu Guoliang into the back seat.A Chinese policeman jumped into the cab, started it quickly, and drove the Maybach to Renji Hospital not far away (the first Western medicine hospital in Shanghai, located at No. 145 Shandong Middle Road).

Because the bullet hit a vital point, there was too much bleeding, even though the brain was opened and the abdomen was cut to take the bullet, there was no way to recover. At 12:5 am on the 45th, Xu Guoliang swallowed his last breath.

On the night of the assassination, Zheng Yi'an was locked in the old gate patrol room on Laohe Road (now Liuhe Road, Huangpu District). At 11 a.m. on the 9th, the British patrol No. 112, the Indian patrol No. 69 and the Chinese patrol were escorted to the First Criminal Division of the public concession (that is, the court).During the trial, Zheng Yian claimed to be "Li Dasheng", 42 years old, from Hefei, and a member of the Kuomintang.The assassination of Xu Guoliang was for political reasons.In the retrial, "Li Dasheng" said nothing, and the presiding judge Nie Rongqing announced an adjournment.

When Wang Yaqiao returned home, he called Lu Xiaojia in code words and informed him of the results of the battle; Lu Xiaojia told him the news of Zheng Yian's arrest; Personal safety.

After the adjournment, as soon as Nie Rongqing returned to the office, he saw Qi Xieyuan's representative, Tang Wenzhen, an official of the Jiangsu Military Governor's Office, and He Fenglin's special envoy Liu Yang, both bearded and staring, demanding that the suspect be taken away.In the silent court, there was a lot of noise.Nie Rongqing slapped the table, pointed at the two of them, and said angrily, "What are you trying to do? Do you know what this place is?... This judge has his own opinion."

In the afternoon of the same day, Zheng Yi'an was transferred to the Military Judicial Department of the Longhua Defense Army Envoy.In order to show Qi Xieyuan, the Military Law Office held a trial.Zheng Yian's heart became more and more at ease.He changed his name to "Zheng Zhenchang" again, and made a generous statement: "Han Hui and I are classmates of Heshan Public School in Wuhu, and comrades-in-arms who lived and died together. On May 1921, 5, Sun Yat-sen became the very president in Guangzhou. Organized and led the second law protection movement, planned the Northern Expedition, overthrew the Beiyang government, and established a real Republic of China. In December, Sun Yat-sen issued the Northern Expedition Order and appointed Han Hui as the recruitment envoy of Jiangsu, so that when the Northern Expedition army arrived in Jiangsu, it would serve as internal support. For this reason , my comrades and I sneaked back to Siyang with him, opened up the base area in northern Jiangsu, and became enemies with Zhili warlords Li Chun, Qi Xieyuan, etc. In October 5, Han Hui returned to Shanghai to raise funds, but was discovered by Qi Xieyuan's plainclothes. Qi Xieyuan secretly ordered Xu Guoliang, director of the Shanghai Songhu Police Department, to trap him and send him to Nanjing on the 12th. On November 1922, Han Hui died in Xiaoying, Nanjing. He was only 10 years old. Xu Guoliang was the culprit who killed Han Hui. Let's live together!"

In the evening, He Fenglin received an urgent telegram jointly signed by Qi Xieyuan, the governor of Jiangsu, and Han Guojun, the governor of the province: "Li Dasheng's assassination of Xu Guoliang, a senior official of the imperial court, is of great importance and should not be executed urgently; To avoid future troubles."

He Fenglin has just been discharged from the hospital for three days.He picked up a glass of brandy, shook it, and said to the confidential officer: "Call back immediately and tell Qi Xieyan that there is no murderer named Li Dasheng here."

The next morning, the confidential officer sent Qi Xieyuan's urgent telegram again, pointing out: "Zheng Zhenchang" is the Li Dasheng who assassinated Xu Guoliang, and declared: Tang Wenzhen will be sent to the door to handle the transfer procedures.

"Hmph, he has the final say?!" He Fenglin threw the telegram on the breakfast table, thought for a while, and ordered to the confidential officer: "Call Qi Xieyan back again and tell him: This case happened in the concession Inside, according to the rules, this department should investigate and handle, and outsiders are not allowed to intervene. Now, the patrol room is assisting this department to carry out strict investigations, and it is not appropriate to send them to Nanjing for the time being. After the investigation is over and the truth of the case is revealed, we can decide to handle it."

Just kicking the "ball" back and forth, Qi Xieyuan was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at him, but he couldn't do anything, and there was nothing he could do.

On the morning of the 15th, Xu Guoliang went to the funeral.The Xu family bought a high-quality single-frame nanmu coffin from Jufeng Wood Shop in Nanshi for 1250 taels of silver.Under the instruction of Tang Wenzhen, the hearse brought Xu Guoliang's coffin to Longhua Town. The women's family members headed by the fifth concubine cried and shouted in front of the Songhu Defense Army Mission, asking He Fenglin to be the master for them, and the murderer "" Zheng Zhenchang" handed it over and beheaded in front of the coffin to apologize.The spectators surrounded the gate of the embassy.He Fenglin was a little overwhelmed, so he called Lu Yongxiang to ask for a solution.

Lu Yongxiang walked around the room with his head down, thinking: "They are making such a fuss, and the drunkard's intention is not to drink... It seems that Qi Xieyan will not let it go, and the battle between Jiangsu and Zhejiang is inevitable. Let's fight, who is afraid of it?" Who?" So he instructed He Fenglin: "Sister-in-law, isn't the gun in your hand a vegetarian? How can a man scare a few sluts?"

He Fenglin rubbed the scar left by the assassination on his chest, and issued a loud order: "The secret service company muster up urgently, set up the machine guns, and within 10 minutes, whoever is still making trouble here and hindering military affairs, you will shoot me suddenly! "

The people in Xu Guoliang's family saw a circle of black guns pointing at them, and knew that He Fenglin was going to get serious. A group of girls, no one dared to cry anymore, obediently withdrew.In the same night, Xu's family packed a section of train skin and transported Xu Guoliang's coffin, together with more than 100 boxes of soft goods and millions of property, back to Xu's Mansion on Nanxie Street outside Dongmenwai, Tianjin.

After the wind had passed, He Fenglin secretly released Zheng Yian.Wang Yaqiao specially set up a table banquet, on the one hand to suppress the surprise of Zheng Yian; Send people to hunt down.Three years later, Wang Yaqiao asked Chang Hengfang (then the representative of the 5000rd Army of the National Revolutionary Army) to help, and appointed Zheng Yian as the county magistrate of Dingyuan County, Anhui...

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