The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 686: Witness? What witness?
Late at night, noisy footsteps were heard in Shisanhang.

This was originally the commercial and diplomatic center of Guangzhou. Many foreign companies and consuls of some countries lived here. After being awakened by the noisy noise, I opened the window and looked out. I saw torches lighting up the streets.

The Green Camp soldiers armed with muskets and swords lined up in two rows on the street and surrounded the American Consul in Guangzhou.

When the foreign companies and consuls from various countries saw this scene, they knew it must be related to Chen Zhengwei.

Although they served as consuls in the Qing Dynasty, they still had to read international newspapers and had heard of Chen Zhengwei a long time ago.

Then everyone closed the doors and windows, pretending nothing had happened.

At the same time, in the consulate, Lezi calmly came to the stairs and found Li Xiwen: "The Qing soldiers are surrounding us outside. It should be because of what happened tonight. We have to notify Brother Wei!"

"If I go and argue with my senior brother now, he will definitely be very angry!" Li Xiwen scratched his head.

Chen Zhengwei hates being disturbed at night and in the morning.

He was in a very bad temper at times like this.

"I'll try it later!" Li Xiwen also knew that the matter was serious.

"You guys set up the defense first. If they dare to rush in... then open fire!" Li Xiwen thought for a moment and said calmly.

He was too familiar with Chen Zhengwei's character.

If someone really dares to rush in, it would be right to shoot.

"We have submachine guns in our hands. They can't rush in with their shotguns! No matter how many come, we'll die!"

"I understand!" Guan Le nodded, turned around and went to set up defenses.

There is a garden and lawn outside the consulate, which serves as a buffer zone, and further outside is a wall.

Just place gunmen behind the windows and on the roof of the main building.

At the same time, Chen Zhengwei was actually disturbed. After all, the streets outside were in chaos, with the sounds of horse hooves, horse neighs, and torches swinging back and forth.

Chen Zhengwei jumped off the bed, walked over angrily and pushed open the window, turned around, pulled out a submachine gun from under the bed and fired at the wall.

He yelled angrily, "What are you arguing about in the middle of the night? Did someone die at home? Get out of here! Do you believe I will use a cannon to attack you?"

Chen Zhengwei's voice can be heard from two blocks away.

Anyone who is disturbed at this time will be in a bad mood.

The Green Camp soldiers outside the courtyard wall saw a row of dust and rubble rising from the top of the wall and subconsciously shrank their necks.

A captain on horseback saw this scene and his face turned pale.

“It’s still so rampant now!”

"My Qing Dynasty is still too lenient to them!"

"If the order hadn't come down yet, I would rush in and capture them right now!"

Just as he was getting angry, a horseman came from a distance, running and shouting: "Everyone be quiet, pull the reins. This is the Thirteenth Line, don't disturb the consuls of other countries around, and don't let them criticize our Qing Dynasty! Leave a torch every fifty meters!"

The sound came from near and then far away, and then sounded again in the distance.

Soon, most of the torches on the street were extinguished, and thousands of Green Camp soldiers stood quietly on the street.

Only then did Chen Zhengwei close the window while cursing.

If the other party continued to make noise, he would just use the mortar.

However, who the shells will land on depends on Mazu's guidance.

There was a knock on the door.

"Weige!"

"Don't pay attention to them, we can talk about it tomorrow! If they dare to come in, beat them to death!" Chen Zhengwei cursed and went back to bed to sleep.

He has been following a healthy routine lately, mainly because there isn't much to do on the ship.

I go to bed at 1am every night and wake up at 9am.

Outside, what happened in the consulate also reached the ears of Governor Zhang Zhaodong.

Zhang Zhaodong said nothing and turned around to go back to rest.

The next morning, Guangdong Governor Zhang Zhaodong came to the consulate in a sedan chair, accompanied by Guangdong Admiral Fang Yao. He had heard that Chen Zhengwei was good at using powerful firearms, so he came to take a look.

When Zhang Zhaodong arrived, he signaled to the others: "Knock on the door!"

There was a knock on the door, and after a moment the door opened, revealing some men in hunting suits standing inside, pointing guns at the door.

There were people behind the windows and on the roof of the consulate aiming at this side.

"Last night, a clerk in the Guangzhou government office was shot dead. In addition, more than 30 people were killed in a restaurant three streets away. A family in Xiguan District was killed, and Yu Zhuqi's entire family in Henan District was killed..."

"If anyone sees this, the murderer is one of yours!"

"Mr. Chen, the Governor of Guangdong, and Mr. Fang, the Admiral of Guangdong, are here now. You must hand over the murderer today!" someone shouted loudly at the door.

Not far away, many merchants from the Thirteen Hongs, foreign firms and consuls were looking here from the streets and behind the windows.

At this time, a 1.75 meter tall, handsome young man came out and asked, "Is the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, Mr. Zhang Shusheng, here?"

"The Governor is very busy and is currently on a tour in Guangxi. Besides, a life for a life, you must hand over the murderer for committing such a murder. Even if it means the rupture of relations between the two countries, you must bring the murderer to justice!"

"I don't know what murder case you are talking about. Please wait a moment!" Li Xiwen saw that Zhang Shusheng was not there, so he returned to inform Chen Zhengwei.

A knock on the door woke Chen Zhengwei up.

"Fuck, they quarrel in the middle of the night and in the morning. When will it ever stop?" Chen Zhengwei cursed.

"Brother, the Qing people are here and they are outside. Governor Zhang Zhaodong and Admiral Fang Yao are both here."

"They said that the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, Zhang Shusheng, was inspecting in Guangxi, not in Guangzhou."

"Let them wait at the door!" Chen Zhengwei cursed and put the pillow directly on his head.

"Brother, why don't we let them come in and wait?" Li Xiwen tried, and he knew this would be the result.

"Didn't you listen to me? Let them wait at the door!" Chen Zhengwei cursed.

Li Xiwen had no choice but to go to the door and inform: "Mr. Chen is busy and can't get away for the time being. Please wait for a moment!"

Zhang Zhaodong waited outside for a while, his face became more and more ugly, and he went straight back into the sedan.

After waiting for two hours, Zhang Zhaodong's face had turned black, and Chen Zhengwei finally got up from the bed.

There was the sound of washing in the bathroom. It was Lin Changning.

He took out a cigar from the bedside and lit it, then walked to the window and pushed it open. He saw that the door of the consulate was open, and his men were confronting the Qing soldiers at the gate in the yard.

Only then did he remember what had happened.

"Damn it, you don't let me sleep well at night, and you don't let me sleep well in the morning!" Chen Zhengwei cursed, went to the bathroom first, pushed Lin Changning aside, ran the toilet, then went to find a pair of white trousers to put on, then found a purple shirt, rolled up the sleeves to his elbows, and staggered downstairs.

"Brother!"

"Is morning tea ready?"

"It's done, but should we deal with the outside first?" Li Xiwen asked.

"Bring me some shrimp dumplings! I'm starving!"

"By the way, did you just say that Zhang Shusheng wasn't here?"

"Zhang Shusheng went to Guangxi for an inspection."

"How can it be such a coincidence? You're running so fast, are you afraid of me?" Chen Zhengwei sneered, threw down a sentence, and walked out.

"Weige!"

"Weige!"

Everyone bowed when they saw Chen Zhengwei. Chen Zhengwei walked to the door with a swagger: "Fuck, I'm the only one who troubles others, and no one else troubles me!"

"I've lived so long, and this is the first time someone dares to come to my door and beat me up! You guys are more powerful than me!"

Only when he saw Chen Zhengwei coming out did Zhang Zhaodong get down from the sedan chair with a gloomy face.

"Mr. Chen should know about the murder last night! Hand over the murderer!"

Even if Chen Zhengwei handed over one or two people, he would have an explanation to his superiors and subordinates, and today's matter would be easier to resolve.

"What murder? I don't know what the hell you're talking about!" Chen Zhengwei didn't give the other party any good look.

"We have both witnesses and evidence. Do you want to let the witnesses come out to identify us?" Zhang Zhaodong said in a firm tone.

"Okay, then ask him to come out and identify the person!" Chen Zhengwei sneered.

"Bring the witness here!" Zhang Zhaodong looked at Chen Zhengwei coldly.

Although he didn't want to fall out with Chen Zhengwei, Chen Zhengwei had gone too far.

Soon, the two witnesses were brought to the gate.

"Mr. Chen, these two are the people involved in the incident last night. They saw the murderer with their own eyes. Please make way and let the witnesses come in to testify!"

"Witness?" Chen Zhengwei grinned at Zhang Zhaodong, revealing a beast-like smile.

He pulled out a revolver from his waist and shot the two men in the head twice.

Boom!

The two bodies fell directly to the ground.

On the second floors of other consulates and foreign companies not far away, some people were leaning against the windows looking here, and their eyelids twitched after seeing this scene.

"What witness?" Chen Zhengwei held a gun in his hand, not hiding his brutality at all.

"I didn't see any witnesses!"

"Are you trying to frame me?"

Guangdong Land Commander Fang Yao looked at Chen Zhengwei with a sullen face, his eyes full of undisguised anger. "You are so vicious! Do you really think that no one can do anything to you under the rule of the Qing Dynasty?"

"Come on, catch me!" Chen Zhengwei held out his hand, smoking a cigar. "Then start the fight!"

Then his eyes narrowed: "I haven't bothered you yet, but you guys are bothering me first! Do you know why I came to Guangzhou? Huh?"

Chen Zhengwei exudes a murderous aura.

"My people were arrested and thrown into jail here before, and two of them died!"

"You need to give me an explanation for this!"

"Otherwise you should prepare for war!"

Chen Zhengwei's words were so fierce that Fang Yao and Zhang Zhaodong turned pale with anger.

"By the way, go pull out that thing under my bed and show them something good!" Chen Zhengwei turned and said to his henchman.

The two thugs immediately ran back and came out a moment later carrying a machine gun.

Chen Zhengwei reached out and picked up the machine gun.

"Come on, load them with bullets and let them think carefully about how to solve this problem!" Chen Zhengwei had a grim smile on his face.

"Protect your lord!"

The Green Camp soldiers near the gate stood in front of Zhang Zhaodong and Fang Yao.

"If I were to fucking kill them, they would have died long ago!" Chen Zhengwei sneered while holding a machine gun, and swept the muzzle towards the wall on one side!
As the ammunition belt was dragged, a fire snake rushed out of the muzzle and countless bullet casings flew out from the ejection port.

Bullets rained down on the wall on one side, leaving a deep groove on it. Then a section of the wall was penetrated directly, and bullets flew past several Green Camp soldiers, sending gravel flying everywhere.

A bullet hole suddenly appeared on a wooden pillar across the street.

"careful!"

The Green Camp soldiers who were still outside had no idea what was going on. They all had panic on their faces and squatted on the ground.

Behind them, wooden buildings were splintered.

boom!
A section of the consulate's wall collapsed, sending smoke, dust and rubble flying everywhere.

Zhang Zhaodong and Fang Yao were protected behind the crowd. They saw this scene through the gap and their eyelids twitched wildly.

Especially Fang Yao.

In the face of this kind of weapon, no matter how many people there are, they are just sitting ducks.

The gunfire stopped, and Chen Zhengwei sneered at Zhang Zhaodong and the others, "Ask all the countries in the world, who doesn't know that I am a reasonable person?"

"What I have in my hand is the truth!"

"I'm already showing leniency by not killing you now!"

"You captured my people and two of them died in prison! You must give me an explanation!"

"Compensation! One million silver dollars for one life, two million for two people. And several people were injured, so they should be compensated, right?"

"Three million silver dollars, not a penny less!"

"Take your people and get out now! I'll give you ten minutes!" After Chen Zhengwei said this, he turned around and habitually threw the gun to his henchman.

Bang.

The henchman fell to the ground with the gun.

The gun weighed more than 20 kilograms and was thrown by Chen Zhengwei, who couldn't catch it at all.

"I told you to train a long time ago, but you can't even hold a gun. You've lost all my face, haven't you?" Chen Zhengwei felt humiliated and cursed angrily. He took a plate of shrimp dumplings from Li Xiwen and walked back while eating.

Zhang Zhaodong and Fang Yao outside the gate both looked extremely unhappy.

Zhang Zhaodong looked at Fang Yao.

Fang Yao shook his head, his eyes fixed on the bullet casings scattered on the ground.

He had heard that Chen Zhengwei was good at using powerful firearms, so he came to take a look.

He had just heard from his men that Chen Zhengwei's men could fire dozens of shots in an instant with those weapons in their hands.

However, the gun that Chen Zhengwei just held was filled with hundreds of bullets in an instant.

And it is so powerful that it can even break down a ten-inch thick stone wall!
If you encounter this kind of weapon on the battlefield, there is no way to fight it!

The Democratic Progressive Party has 20,000 members in Guangdong, but no matter how many people there are, they are just like targets in front of such weapons.

Although the other side only has two hundred people, if a fight breaks out, their firearms will be too powerful.

Not to mention, the other side still has 2000 people in Huangpu Town and a fleet at sea.

Fang Yao gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone...retreat!"

"Master Zhang, this is a serious matter. Let's discuss it when we get back!"

In fact, Zhang Zhaodong knew it well in his heart. Although he was a civil official, he was also aware of the Green Camp's combat effectiveness and weapons.

Zhang Zhaodong looked grim and worried as he got into the sedan chair and returned to his mansion.

He asked someone to write a telegram to Li Hongzhang with details of the situation, especially describing the power of the firearms in Chen Zhengwei's hands.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to catch the murderer, but the other party’s firearms are too powerful. If a conflict occurs, there will be heavy casualties in Guangzhou City.

This was especially true in the Thirteen Hongs, which had the largest number of foreign merchants and consuls from various countries.

(End of this chapter)