Republic of China

Chapter 272 Panic

Since Marshal Zhang took office as the Grand Marshal of the Army and Navy of the Beiyang Military Government in the imperial capital, he has truly become the 14th head of state of the Beiyang Government. Fengjun is no longer a local force legally speaking, so it was reorganized into the Anguo Army.

When you become more competent, things will naturally increase, and both good and bad people will come to you.

For example, the famous "New Five-Road Agreement between Manchuria and Mongolia" involves not only the confusing accounts left by the Manchus and Qing Dynasties, but also the big cakes drawn by Zhang Dashuai who had prostituted little devils for nothing over the years. The details are very complicated, and can be summarized in one sentence , that is, the little devil is not satisfied with the Nanmandao Railway and wants to continue to expand it.

As we all know, in the 1920s, railways were equivalent to golden roads. There were so many benefits, and the most important thing was that having more railways would give more reasons to install more road guards with extraterritorial rights. The sovereignty of Yanhuang will surely be restored again. Being trampled.

It can be said that Zhang Dashuai is ruthless, but it cannot be said that he has no brains. This kind of real traitorous clause must not be signed, but Zhang Dashuai still wants to continue to use the loan from the little devil, so he played a trick and only wrote " Read the word '' instead of 'quasi', and then Zhang Dashuai worked hard to build his own railway for Yanhuang.

To be fair, if you were a kid and found out you were being played, would you be angry?

Real scumbag behavior.

The most distressing thing is that Marshal Zhang has become a scumbag one after another, but the views within the Japanese country are not unified. How can the hawkish forces headed by the military be angry with this? They all stared and slapped the table to get back everything they had put in over the years and give Lao Zhangtou some strength. But when it came to fighting with real swords and guns, the Kwantung Army really didn't dare to do it with Lao Zhangtou around.

The rationalists headed by the royal family and the cabinet believe that there is no need to take it too seriously. After all, Lao Zhang has played tricks on him more than once or twice. Furthermore, the profits from the South Manchuria Railway have been pocketed by the Kwantung Army to a large extent. All that was given to the powerful people on the island was soup, so there was no need to get angry over this matter.

You must know that he has been cultivating Lao Zhangtou for many years. Now that he has turned against him, hasn't all the previous investment been in vain? Moreover, Mr. Zhang has done a good job in terms of face. The military uniforms are made in Japan, and most of the loans given are used to purchase Japanese arms. Even the beard is styled in the same style as Togo Heihachiro. He is a proper pro-Japanese friend.

Who do you want if you don’t want Lao Zhang? Do you want Jiang Xipi from the south? That guy has already embraced the West, so where can he get his turn in the East?

Therefore, there is a vaguely polarized attitude towards this matter within the top management of the Japanese country, and they have repeatedly pushed back and forth. From this, it can be seen that Lao Zhangtou is really loved and hated by the little devils.

Speaking of benefits, Lao Zhangtou did give them, and he did a great job in terms of face.

When it comes to core interests, Lao Zhangtou just pretends to be stupid and does Tai Chi.

For a time, there was an undercurrent on the black land.

In fact, God has given a warning. It depends on whether the authorities can find any clues.

Fengtian City, Office Building.

Nowadays, Marshal Zhang is almost always in the imperial capital coordinating the overall situation, so he rarely returns to Fengtian City. However, there are a lot of things in the boss's base camp, and overtime work is common.

For example, in the Department of Construction under its jurisdiction, things are getting worse and worse. Marshal Zhang repeatedly urged the railway construction progress to be accelerated and accelerated, asking for money and money and people.

It stands to reason that departments that receive preferential resources would be envious of others, but Li Dongzhi suffered from constant headaches, irritated and yellow urine, and his few hair fell out in flakes.

Because the pressure is so fucking intense.

Ever since Zhao Sanyuan and Kang Muang solved the Fengtian Zombie Case and killed the two Onmyojis, Li Dongzhi's status has risen sharply, and he no longer needs to work personally. As the second-in-command of the Secretary of State, he has more real power than the first-in-command.

But just because he has real power, he is the first one to come to him if something goes wrong.

In just a few months, three leaders of the railway engineering team died, and each one died in more horrific ways than the last.

The first one disappeared at the station. When he was found, he was hanged from an old tree in the forest, with his neck stretched out to a length of half a meter and a smile on his face.

Suicide is impossible. The workers all know that the leader who weighs more than 200 pounds can't breathe even when he poops, let alone climbs a tree. If it is a homicide, it is impossible for the murderer to carry the person on his back and hang him from such a high tree branch. Besides, it took only a few days for him to die. How could his neck be stretched so long?

Compared to suicide or homicide, workers are more willing to believe that it is ghosts. After all, there have been rumors of evil things in the engineering team before, but with generous rewards and military surveillance, no one is willing to grease the soles of their feet, so they can only force themselves. Let the scalp dry first.

The second leader died in an equally bizarre way. That day, he was in a meeting at the station. Without warning, his body spontaneously combusted. He remained motionless in the fire, and was burned into charcoal, beyond recognition. It scared the grassroots leaders to cry. The father called the mother, and he said categorically that there was no open flame around the leader, not even a cigarette butt, how could it burn? What's even more horrifying is that he didn't even move from the time he spontaneously combusted to becoming coke, and he didn't even cry out in sorrow. Doesn't it hurt? Can't you find water? Completely counterintuitive.

Compared with the first one, the leader of the second death had witnesses. Although the number was small, they saw the entire incident.

Imagine if any engineering team encounters these things, people will be panicked, and they will talk privately about whether they have offended some god.

Fortunately, Li Dongzhi was conscientious and conscientious. No matter what method he used, he quickly selected a third leader to go to the construction site and arranged several bodyguards to guard him every day and night. Two well-known Taoist priests in Fengtian City went to protect them, and they were all ready to deal with it.

But, it's still of no use.

The third leader died in the most horrific way. He died in broad daylight in full view of hundreds of people.

One moment it was fine, and the next moment he suddenly raised his ax and chopped off his head, his own head.

Regardless of whether this move conforms to mechanics, neurology, etc., he cut it down anyway.

Thought it was over?

of course not.

He held his head in his hands and ran along the train track. Workers under construction along the way either ran away or were frightened and peed on the spot.

In this kind of scene, who wouldn't feel numb if they bumped into each other at close range?

Later, the two Taoist priests chased the 'corpse' for two miles. It took half an hour to calm down the incident, but both Taoist priests were seriously injured.

The matter was getting bigger and bigger. In order not to cause panic, the Feng Faction had to block the news as much as possible. They also paid everyone who witnessed the incident hush money. They used coercion and inducement to prevent the scandal from continuing to expand.

As the leader in charge of the project, Li Dongzhi was both angry and frightened.

He's not stupid. When things got to this point, although he didn't know the details, there was definitely a conspiracy behind it. The method of death became more exaggerated each time, and the scope of fear became larger and larger each time. It was obvious that he wanted to cause widespread panic so as not to let the engineering team Lay the railroad.

So is this related to the fact that he was murdered by Yiguandao?

Were the three dead people also killed by Yiguandao?

If it was them, why did they stop the engineering team from laying the railway? This has nothing to do with being a cult, right?

Think about it, if I hadn't made friends with Sanyuan and Xiaokang, I might have been killed to scare the monkeys. The dignified second-in-command of the Construction Department died mysteriously at the construction site in an extremely horrific way. Just think about it and you will know how bad the impact will be.

But now that the matter has come to this, Li Dongzhi really has no good solution. He can only postpone the construction period, write a report on the difficulties and doubts, and submit it to the Office Building for analysis. The latter will then submit the analysis results to Marshal Zhang in the imperial capital.

There is actually nothing wrong with the analysis of the Fengtian Office Building. They carefully read Li Dongzhi's report. On this basis, they followed the clues and it was not difficult to come to such a conclusion.

Yiguandao was bought!

The real culprit behind the scenes is most likely Jiang Xipi, the salt seller! This guy likes to engage in similar little tricks. Before he left Guangdong and Guangxi, he tried every means to engage in Hunan and Fujian provinces.

Now that Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai have been taken over, there is a faint tendency to compete with the Beiyang branch. All fools know that the two families will have a battle in the future. How can Jiang Xipi not make small moves? Besides, this guy just launched a bloody coup in April this year, so nothing he does will surprise anyone.

Does authenticity matter?

unimportant.

What's important is that the Feng faction will use this as an excuse to launch retaliatory actions.

Compared with profit, the truth is worthless.

Moreover, there is a high probability that it was really Jiang Xipi who did it.

Just when Li Dongzhi was frowning, the imperial capital sent a targeted telegram.

There are only eight characters in total - resume the construction period regardless of the cost.

Li Dongzhi smiled bitterly in his heart, because this telegram was actually expected. He believed that the old commander had never been kind to women, and the death of a few insignificant people was nothing more. How could it be compared with a big event?

There was no other way, Li Dongzhi could only bite the bullet and continue to work, but he made up his mind never to go to the construction site again, even if the old commander forced him to go with a gun, he would rather take bullets.

In addition, he also misses a few brothers very much. It would be great if they were around. He would not be afraid of any ghosts or gods, just cut them one by one.

But the truth, is it really not important?

In the afternoon, outside Shimen Southeast Manor.

Zhao Sanyuan, who rushed all the way back, found that checkpoints had been set up on some roads outside the manor, in name only to improve public security and crack down on bandits.

This kind of thing is just for ordinary people, who do not mention it sooner or later, but do practical things at the critical moment. It is either a face-saving project or has a deeper meaning.

Combined with the exchange of interests between Shimen County Magistrate and Yiguandao, Zhao Sanyuan used his toes to try to figure out what was going on. It was just to increase the security of the secret conversation. Any unidentified person who came nearby would be thrown into jail first. Anyway, there are plenty of reasons. This There is no official complaint this year. As long as it is not too outrageous, all places can achieve sustainable fishing.

However, this kind of superficial face-saving project had no effect on Zhao Sanyuan, but when he tried to sneak into the manor buildings through the fields, he noticed something was wrong.

There were no warning posts, and no Yiguandao disciples were patrolling. The wind was blowing the wheat waves, and there was no one in the field. But after Zhao Sanyuan stepped into a certain 'boundary', his heart suddenly thumped.

broken!

It's Wu Qimen!

A formation is set up here!

Sure enough, when Zhao Sanyuan looked behind him again, he could no longer see the way forward, and there were golden wheat fields in all directions.

It is different from illusion. It not only confuses the five senses. To a certain extent, Wu Qimen's formation changes the feng shui of the world. It is much more advanced than illusion. It is not impossible to break through it violently. Zhao Sanyuan definitely can't do it anyway. Except for Wen Qi Men in Qi Men Dun Jia, he is not good at Wu Qi Men. Thinking back to the time when he faced the Guandao Ma Zai who used Dun Jia in the Li family's old house, he needed Lao Kang's assistance to be able to perform the steps accurately and on point every step of the way. .

It seemed that overnight, the Shimen sub-altar was fully prepared.

If someone really wants to act like a bad guy and wreak havoc, they will definitely be confused by the patrols who will set up traffic jams on the surrounding roads, thinking that the road is tight on the outside and loose on the inside. In the maze.

Time is tight.

If you stay too long and cannot find a solution, something strange may be discovered at any time. The best way at the moment is not to walk around or move around, because the scene Zhao Sanyuan saw is not real. If you walk blindly, you will most likely fall into the trap. Trap or hit the muzzle.

"I'm so numb, I wish I could be here."

Zhao Sanyuan squatted in the wheat field, cursing and thinking carefully about countermeasures.

It was almost dusk, and if Hu Zi's side showed up and was not covered, it would be all over. Not only would he be exposed, but Hu Zi would also follow suit.

If I had known earlier, I would have learned a few martial arts skills from Master and Lao Kang, but now I could only stare.

He took out the compass and tried to decipher the formation, but the meridian needle in the compass Tianchi rotated back and forth like an electric shock, and it was completely useless.

After putting down the compass, I lit three more bamboo incense sticks to observe the color of the incense ash and the direction of the fragrance dispersion, but I still couldn't find a breakthrough point.

"Oh, I was so careless."

Zhao Sanyuan sat down on the ground and lamented.

If you don't return to Hu Zi before being discovered, all the designated plans will be in vain. The people in the Shimen Branch are not stupid. They will definitely notice that someone is trying to cause trouble and be more vigilant. Then what is left for their own side? There is only one way.

Hard dry.

Zhao Sanyuan didn't dislike being forced, but this would make many secrets even more unknowable, and he didn't want to miss this good opportunity.

Just then, he spotted something weird out of the corner of his eye.

Call it weird, but it's not that weird at all.

A bubble of shit.

A piece of dried shit.

There are no public toilets in the wild, so poop is normal.

But Zhao Sanyuan was sure that the poop was definitely not pulled by animals, but by humans.

That's even more strange. The management of Yiguandao disciples in the manor is very strict. Besides, there are toilets in the building complex. Who can walk so far to poop in the wheat field with nothing to do?

The virtue of a tiger eating Dorado quickly came to Zhao Sanyuan's mind.

It can't be that kid's, right?

Adhering to the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse, Zhao Sanyuan walked forward with common sense, wanting to see if he could find the tiger who was pulling daddy.

No one noticed it, but another puddle of feces was found not far away, which was obviously fresher than the previous one.

Zhao Sanyuan walked forward in the direction again, and he always found daddies at intervals, and he didn't know whether it was a coincidence or something. He always felt that the places where these daddies were located coincided with Qimen Dunjia.

(End of this chapter)