The Republic is so violent

Chapter 143 The Horror Tycoon (1)
01 The Death of Hao Zhanyi
Regarding Lu Jianzhang's discovery of Hao Zhanyi's body, there is no detailed description of the process in the historical materials. As I said, people don't believe this at all, and no matter how you describe it, it will be in vain.

Of course we still remember that Hao Zhanyi was the first general under Lu Jianzhang, director of the Gyeonggi Law Enforcement Department, and he was well-known in Beijing.But suddenly one day, Hao Zhanyi led his subordinate Wang Shuangxi, and the two killed Ying Kuicheng, a key witness in the assassination of Song Jiaoren, in the Yangliuqing section of the Beijing-Tianjin train, and then disappeared.

The reasons for Hao Zhanyi's assassination of Ying Kuicheng have always been shrouded in clouds and mist.The evolution process of the Song Jiaoren case was too complicated. Not only was there a fierce battle for the second revolution, but even the old white wolf was involved in it. It is not surprising that anything happened during this process. The only strange thing is: Zhan Yi's body was still found.

There is an explanatory version about the discovery of Hao Zhanyi’s body—in fact, there is no version. The chain of witnesses chasing each other and killing each other is too long. The bottleneck is not that people have lost interest, but that they do not have the intelligence of this infinite pursuit.Therefore, no one knows the details of the discovery of Hao Zhanyi's body.

Although different versions do not exist, the terrible thing is that among different political factions, there are different versions identified by each, which has made it difficult for citizens to talk to each other since then.

Specifically, the revolutionaries believe that—although none of them have explicitly stated it, the logic of their subsequent behavior is based on this—they believe that Hao Zhanyi has never escaped, and he has always By Lu Jianzhang's side, and followed Lu Jianzhang to fight against the white wolf, chasing and killing the old white wolf all the way to Shaanxi, then Lu Jianzhang suddenly had a fever in his head, superfluous, killed Hao Zhanyi, and cut off Hao Zhanyi's head.

Said that Lu Jianzhang killed Hao Zhanyi, he could barely justify himself, but why did he cut off Hao Zhanyi's head?

But this explanation was put forward by Yuan Kewen, the second treasure of Yuan Shikai's family.Yuan Kewen wrote the book "Xin Bing Secret Garden", saying:
As far as the matter is concerned, Hong should be asked to explain that if he wanted to be loyal to the North, the first Duke pretended to promise it and pardoned his crime.When Ying Zhidu entered the pilgrimage, the first Duke waited for him to retreat, Yu Lei Zhenchun said: "You should not stay in the eyes of a certain wolf, and you must kill him at the beginning of the escape, especially you must punish him."Lei said: "If someone obeys the order and surrenders, punish him for his disbelief, and if he wants to prevent those who come later, if he must be killed, it is better to assassinate him secretly."After a few more days, Xiangong heard that he should live in a hotel, and his affairs were ostentatious, so he ordered Lei to deal with it quickly.Lei Fang asked people to tell him: the head of state lives in Beijing as a king, and it is easy to touch people's eyes and ears, so he can go to Tianjin for temporary refuge.One party sent people to wait for him to follow him, and assassinated him in the car.

Yuan Kewen believed that Hao Zhanyi had followed his father's secret order to assassinate Ying Kuicheng.Because Yuan Shikai had vowed to avenge Song Jiaoren.But the Revolutionary Party only used part of Yuan Kewen’s testimony—everything that said his father did not do good things, the party members accepted; all those who said that his father did not do bad things, the party members denounced nonsense.

In short, it is very troublesome.

Yuan Shikai's Beiyang supporters believe that Hao Zhanyi was originally a member of the secret Kuomintang. He was ordered by the terrorist tycoon Chen Qimei to kill Ying Kuicheng and then fled into the bandit den of the White Wolf with the party members.Although Beiyang has no evidence to prove this, historians before and after have believed that there were indeed Sun Wen’s revolutionaries in the bandit den of the White Wolf, because after the White Wolf massacre in Laohekou, he posted an Anmin notice , the notice claims to pursue equality and freedom, and establish a perfect government. The latter sentence is the dream of the white wolf, but the former sentence is the standard slogan of the revolutionaries.

Zou Yongcheng, a revolutionary, wrote the "Memoirs of Zou Yongcheng", which narrates: Sun Wen once sent party members Xiong Sifeng and Jia Yi to the White Wolf Army to fight with the White Wolf. As a result, both of them died in the chaos. middle.In addition, the "Archives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Beiyang Government" records that Sun Wen sent party members Ling Cheng, Liu Yonglie, and Xiong Guanxiang to assist White Wolf in purchasing weapons.

At present, the historians mainly want to clarify a question: Is the party member Xiong Sifu mentioned by Zou Yongcheng the same person as Xiong Guanxiang recorded in the archives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?If it is the same person, why can't I see this person's information before and after?If not, why have never heard of these two people?

So, Xiong Sifeng and Xiong Guanxiang, are they the same person?

Whether the two of them are the same person, this matter is really difficult to figure out, just as no one can make it clear, among the weirdos who fought side by side with the white wolf and trained the captive little girls together, Is there Hao Zhanyi?

In addition, there is another theory about the discovery of Hao Zhanyi's body. This theory has nothing to do with the white wolf. It just says that during the process of killing the white wolf, Lu Jianzhang was found by the local police and begged him to destroy a headless corpse. strange case.The reason why he came to find Lu Jianzhang was because he had actually replaced Zhao Bingjun as the all-powerful detective.

It should be said that the other party's narration is full of suspense, otherwise it would not be able to arouse Lu Jianzhang's curiosity.Or, Lu Jianzhang felt something from the other party's narration, and rushed to the scene of the crime. When he arrived, he found a headless male corpse.Lu Jianzhang took a closer look, then took a closer look, and then took a closer look, and then sat down on the ground.

Killing Hao Zhanyi and beheading him had only one purpose, to make people not recognize that the corpse belonged to Hao Zhanyi, so that people would mistakenly think that Hao Zhanyi was still alive, but hiding somewhere.

Who did it?
Alas, it is not even clear under what circumstances his body was found, so how can we know who killed him?

Hao Zhanyi was killed, leaving only the last key to the Song Jiaoren case: Wang Shuangxi, a senior detective from the Gyeonggi Law Enforcement Division.He and Hao Zhanyi slaughtered Ying Kuicheng together, so he knew something about the inside story.

As long as you find him, the truth will probably come to light, right?

In fact, Wang Shuangxi was found hiding in an inn in Tianjin.Moreover, he was actually still alive, alive and kicking.

Although he is alive, it is not much different from death.No one can take anything out of his mouth anymore.

02 Ghost Inn
Judging from the plot of Wang Shuangxi staying in the ghost inn, this person should be a very wronged person.It is mostly certain that he just listened to the leader too much, so he provoked the upper body of ghosts, and he did not participate in a certain political faction.

The task was given to him by Hao Zhanyi, and he is Hao Zhanyi's subordinate, so it is only a professional instinct to carry out orders unconditionally.So when Hao Zhanyi called him over and said: Xiao Wang, I have an important task for you, do you have the confidence to complete it?Wang Shuangxi stood at attention excitedly: I promise to complete the task, and you can rest assured as the leader.

Okay, okay, at that time Hao Zhanyi nodded his uncut head with satisfaction: Then you come with me immediately and board the Beijing-Tianjin Express on the Yangliuqing section. Today our task is to kill someone, listen Are you clear?
Listen... it's clear.Hearing that he was going to kill someone, Wang Shuangxi couldn't express his awkwardness in his heart, but he was in the Gyeonggi Law Enforcement Office, and his job was to kill, so he could only follow Hao Zhanyi, boarded the Beijing-Tianjin Express, and found Ying Kuicheng's box. First, he tricked out the two senior detectives Wang Zhipu and Li Guifang who were protecting Ying Kuicheng, and then he and Hao Zhanyi swooped over and pressed Ying Kuicheng's mouth, and they cut two slashes, Ying Kuicheng's eyes turned white. It is impossible to come back to life.

The task was successfully completed, and Hao Zhan was very satisfied with Wang Shuangxi's performance: Xiao Wang, you performed well, work hard, I can't treat you badly.

Then Hao Zhanyi gave Wang Shuangxi a little bonus: You take the money and stay in a hotel in Tianjin. After a while, I will notify you to come back to work.

Wang Shuangxi took the money: Thank you leader, thank you, I must obey the leader's orders.

Then Wang Shuangxi found an unremarkable small inn in Tianjin, entered the guest room, and lay down on the bed. Because of killing people during the day, he was too nervous, and when he closed his eyes, he suddenly fell asleep.As he was sleeping deeply, he suddenly smelled a strong smell of blood in his nostrils, and heard mournful cries in his ears.

That crying sound was full of eerie and strange aura, which made goose bumps all over Wang Shuangxi's body while she was sleeping soundly.Who is this? He stayed awake in the middle of the night, crying... He opened his eyes in a daze, and saw Ying Kuicheng's erratic corpse.

Wang Shuangxi was stunned at the time: You, you, you... aren't you dead?
Ying Kuicheng: Did I ever say I'm not dead?Have you said that?
Wang Shuangxi: If you die, you don't report to the underworld, what are you doing here?
Ying Kuicheng: What do you think I can do here?I just want to ask you, why did you kill me?
Wang Shuangxi said straightforwardly: Killing you is a job arranged by the leader. As a civil servant in a government agency, I must serve the leader wholeheartedly. If the leader asks me to kill you, I will kill you. What's wrong with that?
Ying Kuicheng: You are so fucking heartless, if the leader tells you to kill, you kill, if the leader tells you to eat shit, do you eat it too?
Wang Shuangxi: I'm sorry, the leader didn't let me eat shit, and he wouldn't let me eat shit either.The reason why I serve the leader willingly is to prevent the leader from letting me eat shit.So your premise is not valid, it is a false proposition, and it is not worth debating with you.

Ying Kuicheng: If you say you are short-sighted, you are short-sighted. You only know how to listen to the leader, but you don’t think about what the leader tells you.If you kill me, no one will be able to clarify the case of Song Jiaoren's assassination. Once your leader hides, all the bad things will fall on you.Both Yuan Shikai and Sun Wen want to find you, no matter who falls into the hands of you, you will not end well.

Wang Shuangxi: You are the one who is lacking in understanding, your whole family is lacking in understanding... By the way, it is our leader who ordered you to be killed. You should go to the leader, to the relevant department, why are you looking for me?
Ying Kuicheng: Where are the relevant departments you mentioned...?

Wang Shuangxi smiled strangely and said: You are stupid, no wonder you were assassinated by me, the relevant department is a department you will never find, and you don’t even know about this, you really are a fool, hahahaha.

Ying Kuicheng: ...Since I can't find it, then I can only look for you.

Wang Shuangxi: It's no use looking for me, I'm following orders.

Ying Kuicheng: It's useless to look for you, anyway, you killed me.

Wang Shuangxi: Cheng Ying Kui, are you still finished?

Ying Kuicheng: It's not over, how can this matter be over?

... After that, Wang Shuangxi and Ying Kuicheng's ghost started an endless and fierce quarrel.When people broke into the door and found him, they found that he was excited, with red eyes, sitting on the bed with one foot on the stool, arguing with the ghost of Ying Kuicheng opposite.But apart from himself, no one could see Ying Kuicheng's ghost.

No one can interrupt the argument between him and Ying Kuicheng, so the assassination case of Song Jiaoren can only be handed over to the underworld, and Song Jiaoren will testify in person.

03 Underworld Judgment
Looking back at the assassination of Song Jiaoren, it already constituted the entire political ecology in the early years of the Republic of China.It can be said that the second year of the Republic of China was the year Song Jiaoren was assassinated, and after that, it was a series of events triggered by this case.

The whole event consists of five stages:

Phase One: Assassination.

At this stage, a large number of people were involved in the case. The direct murderer was Wu Shiying, the most deeply involved were Sun Wen's confidant Ying Kuicheng, and Yuan Shikai's secretary Hong Shuzu.So Sun Wen asserted that the case was done by Yuan Shikai, but Yuan Shikai only asked for a legal solution and a criminal investigation.

The dead at this stage include Song Jiaoren who was assassinated, and the murderer Wu Shiying who died mysteriously.

The second stage: revolution.

The number of people involved in this stage surpassed history and times. Because Sun Wen clearly rejected Yuan Shikai's legal solution, he resorted to war methods, thinking that whoever wins should be justified.Unexpectedly, Sun Wen lost this battle, so Sun Wen resolutely overturned the former rule that whoever wins is justified, found another way, and restarted the battle, which made Yuan Shikai unable to eat.

There were countless dead at this stage, and Jiang Lingwu, the great revolutionary in Wuchang, died in battle.

The third stage: stirring the water.

At this stage, a large number of revolutionaries sneaked into various places and continued to prepare for armed uprisings. With the White Wolf running across the seven provinces as the center, they also killed people without counting. At the cost of polluting the hearts of countless girls, the White Wolf's success was achieved. beautiful legend.

The fourth stage: arresting the murderer.

This stage is actually a stage of silence. The important person involved in the case, Ying Kuicheng, was killed on the Beijing-Tianjin express train, and the headless body of the murderer Hao Zhanyi appeared in Shaanxi. entangled, leading to insanity.

At this stage, all the insiders have been sealed, and they can no longer find out the truth.

The fifth stage: Hades decides the case.

This stage was mainly based on the folk tales of the Republic of China. Even murderous people like Ying Kuicheng entangled their murderers after death, but Song Jiaoren was upright and bright, how could he be silent after death?It must be that the heroic spirits linger, and to find these dead and living weirdos, the theory is clear.

Back then, on the stage of the Republic of China, such a strange play was performed in many places. In the play, Song Jiaoren descended from the heavens and stars, and his body was bathed in a divine light of eight feet, making it difficult for ghosts to get close.In order to save the people from fire and water, he descended to the mortal world, but he didn't expect that a few gunshots in front of the Shanghai Railway Station turned the hero's great career into a dream.How could Song Jiaoren give up?Then he broke into the underworld, kicked the King of Hades away, and personally transferred the file, passed the evidence of the witnesses involved in the case to the court, and wanted to personally try the case of his own assassination.

According to the folk records at that time, the first personal testimony passed down by Song Jiaoren was the murderer Samurai Ying: Samurai Ying, I didn't invite you to provoke you, why did you kill me?
Wu Shiying replied: I really can't blame me for this. I used people's money to eliminate disasters for others.If you want to look for it, you can look for Ying Kuicheng.

So Song Jiaoren passed on Ying Kui Cheng.Ying Kuicheng also had something to say: I neither shot you nor hired anyone.If you want to look for it, you should look for the people above me... By the way, there are also Hao Zhanyi and Wang Shuangxi. Also clear?
Song Jiaoren: Let’s talk about your business later. First, who gave you the money to kill me?
Ying Kuicheng: It's Zhao Fengchang's brother-in-law, Hong Shuzu.

... This big scene can't be sung until here.Gein, all the people involved in the case have already gathered in the underworld, but there is only one Hong Shuzu, but he has been reluctant to bring him to justice.

So, where did Hong Shuzu hide?

04 Final conclusion
Hong Shuzu has been hiding in Qingdao, hiding in the German concession until 1917.By this time, the Song Jiaoren case had passed for a long time, and people no longer mentioned it, and even the scene of Song Jiaoren's trial in the underworld on the country stage was no longer sung.So Hong Shuzu thought, should be all right?It's okay, then I'll go for a walk.

So Hong Shuzu went back to Shanghai secretly under the pseudonym Zhang Jiao'an—what's wrong with Qingdao, he insisted on leaving?As a result, as soon as he settled down in Shanghai, police officers smashed the door, saying that it was Mr. Weir from the German business Xiangfeng Foreign Firm, accusing him of defaulting on debts.Immediately, he was detained in the patrol room of the International Settlement.

Hong Shuzu's brother-in-law Zhao Fengchang was horrified when he heard about it, and immediately rushed to find Mr. Weir with the money on his back, begging Mr. Weir to withdraw the lawsuit.

Mr. Weir said: Money is not money, it's a trivial matter, what I want is justice.

Zhao Fengchang said urgently: Mr. Weir, if you want to be fair, I will give you as much as you want. It's just that my brother-in-law owes you money, so you accept it first, please, okay?
Mr. Weir shook his head: No, no, why should I charge you money?I have told you clearly that all I want is justice.

Zhao Fengchang said: Mr. Weir, what you want is justice, isn't it that my brother-in-law doesn't pay back the money he owes?How can it be unfair to pay back the money owed to you now?
Mr. Weir was furious: Are you insulting me?I strongly protest!

Zhao Fengchang begged: Mr. Weir, I kowtow to you, please accept the money and withdraw the lawsuit... My brother-in-law is really wronged, if he is wronged to death, he will never be able to explain.

It's hard to talk about it, and Mr. Weir changed his mind and agreed to withdraw the lawsuit.

When Hong Shuzu came out of the patrol room, he suddenly heard a shout: Hong, where are you going?I saw two figures rushing forward, only heard the crackling sound, Hong Shuzu had been beaten to the ground, his nose crooked and his face swollen.Looking at who beat them, it was Song Jiaoren's only son, Song Zhenlu, and the Kuomintang member Liu Bai.

How is it so coincidental?
Such a coincidence!
Hong Shuzu was detained again and brought back to Beijing.Afterwards, the party members admitted that Mr. Weir was hired by them to delay time and call Song Zhenlu, Song Jiaoren's son.Only Song Zhenlu hated Hong Shuzu to the bone, because he recognized Hong Shuzu as the enemy who killed his father, and the patrol house could detain Hong Shuzu again.

Hong Shuzu was sentenced to life in the first trial.

In court, Hong Shuzu resolutely refused to admit that he was the mastermind of the assassination of Song Jiaoren. He said that he contacted Ying Kuicheng only because he wanted to join forces with the Kuomintang and use the forces within the Kuomintang to suppress Song Jiaoren. The emperor slandered Song Jiaoren.But Yuan Shikai was dead at this time, and the judge refused to accept his confession.

Hong Shuzu was not discouraged, and called himself an old man in need, and brought a large number of books to the cell, saying: From now on, I will write books here, and I will write everything I know.Of course, I have to appeal, there is no doubt about it.

But it was this appeal that hurt him.

As a result of the appeal, the sentence was commuted to hang and executed immediately.

At that time, Hong Shuzu was stunned: Is there any mistake?Why did the appeal turn into a death sentence?I have no objection to the death penalty, but do you have any evidence?

The evidence is there - a gallows just imported, not yet used.

In the face of this iron and steel evidence, even Zhao Fengchang had no choice but to watch his brother-in-law being sent to the gallows by the country he created with his own hands.

Before going to the gallows, Hong Shuzu was calm and composed, leaving his last words to his wife:

(End of this chapter)