The Republic is so violent

Chapter 146 1915 Ghost Event Book (1)
01 The Odd World
Time is like a giant ship, turning to 1915, and suddenly something goes wrong.

A strange sign suddenly appeared in the capital.

Abnormal signs and signs, as the name suggests, are abnormal natural phenomena.Naturally, if something goes wrong, people will panic, and always feel that something is going to happen.And since this period of time, there have indeed been a little more strange things.According to incomplete statistics, there were no less than twelve abnormal natural phenomena at that time.

Which twelve piles?The first is wisteria grass, the second is the dragon entering the house, the third is the dragon coming out of the water, the fourth is the moon fainting, the fifth is the silent frog, the sixth is the scorpion in the tower, the seventh is the rain and blood from the sky, the eighth is the dog ascending the palace, and the ninth is the big old demon. On the tenth, the locusts should be auspicious, on the eleventh the winds folded the flag, and on the twelveth frogs moved south.Many of the above-mentioned strange omens were published in the newspapers at that time, and some of the omens were so noisy that even Europeans knew about them, it was definitely not nonsense.

Let's talk about wisteria first.This happened in 1914. One day Yuan Shikai was full of food and called a few staff members to set up a long-term battle. While talking about it, the official in charge of the security of the Presidential Palace suddenly reported: President, there is an outsider. The barefooted migrant workers said they were from your hometown and asked to come in and fight with you.

gossip?Yuan Shikai hurriedly ordered: "Let people come in quickly. This is a person from my hometown. If you don't let them in, my grandparents will be stabbed in the back for generations."

The migrant workers came in and fell to their knees with a plop: Caomin had seen the president.

Yuan Shikai said: Brother, get up quickly, this is not popular in the Republic of China.

Migrant workers said: The grassroots dare not be dissatisfied with this set.

Yuan Shikai was in a hurry: Why are you so special, "Don't dare to dislike this set"?
This is because...the migrant worker raised his head and said: President, don't you recognize me?I am the grave guard for the Yuan family's tomb. The President was disobedient when he was a child, and I even spanked your ass.

Look at you, even the buttocks were spanked, and you said "I dare not dislike this", get up quickly.Yuan Shikai lifted up the grave.After Feng Ding stood up, he knelt down again with a look of joy: Congratulations to the President, congratulations to the President.

Yuan Shikai wanted to cry but had no tears: what happened again?
Grave Ding said: "I want to teach the President to learn that a wisteria has recently grown on the old grandpa's tomb. It is as thick as a wrist and more than ten feet long. It is winding and coiled like a dragon."

real or fake?Yuan Shikai was dumbfounded.

It was your sister who lied to you.The graveyard swears and swears.

Don't come here, come here, give me a few silver dollars, my fellow can't speak human language.Yuan Shikai ordered, who is that, the boss Yuan Keding, have you been busy recently?It's okay, you go back to your hometown and burn incense to your ancestor's grave, and take a look at whether this is true or not.

So Yuan Keding, the eldest son of the Yuan family, went back to his hometown, Xiangcheng, Henan, with the tomb boy.A few days later, he wrote back and said: "If, as the grave clerk said, the vines grow so fast that they are thicker than a child's arm, and the color is as fresh as blood, or the destiny is at stake, this is auspicious experience!"
Yuan Shikai was overjoyed, and immediately wrote back to his son, instructing Yuan Keding to recruit a few more cemeteries, to strictly guard the ancestral tomb, and to take good care of the wisteria so that it would not be eaten by someone's sheep.

After this incident, it will soon be winter.At ten o'clock that night, Yuan Shikai was taking off his clothes in the bedroom and was about to go to bed, when he heard rumbling outside, rumbling, and countless people running from east to west, from south to north, running around without aim .Yuan Shikai didn't care, and took off his own clothes. At this time, a guard knocked on the door outside: President, it's terrible, it's terrible.

Yuan Shikai's annoyance: What's the matter?What's the matter?I think it's great.

The guard said: "President, come out quickly and take a look, a snake appeared in Ju Ren Tang."

A snake is a snake.Yuan Shikai said, snakes are a common thing in the mansion, have you never seen a snake in your life?

The guard outside said: Snakes are common, but the snake in Ju Ren Tang is a little different.

How is it different?Yuan Shikai asked.

The guard was in a hurry: President, you will know if you go and have a look, I can't tell.

It's annoying.Yuan Shikai put his clothes on again angrily, and went out to ask the guards, what happened to the snake?Is this still not clear?

The guard said: President, that snake is really not an ordinary snake, but a red chain snake, as thick as a water cup, about ten feet long, it came from nowhere, when people saw it, it was already entrenched in the living area. Rentang's roof beams are on.Everyone wanted to drive it away, but it raised its head and opened its mouth at people, as if to say something.

Is there such a thing?Yuan Shikai found it strange, so I went to have a look.

When he arrived at Jurentang, Yuan Shikai looked up, and there really was a big snake as thick as a water cup, and its whole body was dark red.Seeing Yuan Shikai coming, he didn't panic, but bowed his head and nodded repeatedly, as if he was saying something.Yuan Shikai didn't understand what the snake was trying to say, so he could only stand there and watch.After watching for a while, the big snake crawled slowly, got into the hole in the wall, and disappeared.

The story about this snake was widely circulated during the Republic of China, and there are dozens of different versions with different versions.However, Liu Chengyu's "Notes on Hong Xian's Chronicle and Poetry Competence Book" broke the news that this red-chained snake was brought by Yuan Naikuan and Yuan Keding for the purpose of fooling Yuan Shikai:

It was also decided by the imperial system that Xiangcheng built an ancestral temple in the Xinhua Palace, and held a regular sacrifice ceremony on the winter solstice in the fourth year of the Republic of China.At that time, the civil and military officials in all provinces were extravagant to Chen Xiangrui.Yuan Naikuan's generation encouraged Keding to buy a long snake with a lot of money, the body was as big as a cup, and it was painted golden like a dragon costume.In the early stage, people dived into the ladder and placed it on the beam.The snake is afraid of the cold, bows its head and does not move.At the time of offering sacrifices, Xiang Cheng had just entered the temple, and when he caught a glimpse of the spiritual creature, he was secretly delighted, thinking that it was an omen of flying dragons.

There is no evidence for Liu Chengyu's statement.But since there is such a statement, it is difficult to rule out that this matter is mixed with artificial elements.

However, the third strange omen, that is, the dragon emerges from the water, is absolutely true.The incident happened in October 1915, when the British Consul in Yichang, Mr. and Mrs. Schleder, led the whole family, young and old, and colleagues from the consulate, to sail on the Yangtze River by boat.While the boat was sailing, they suddenly heard a scream. Everyone turned their heads and saw that the consul's wife's wedding ring had fallen into the Yangtze River.

The ring is put on the finger, and you can't get it off even if you pull it hard. Why did it fall into the river?

Anyway, it fell into the river, don't talk nonsense, hire someone to salvage it.

So Xu Lede paid a lot of money to hire people who understand water to go down to the center of the river to find rings. As the saying goes, looking for a needle in a haystack, and under the so-called heavy reward, there must be a brave man. Tong jumped into the river.If you are lucky and happen to come across that ring, wouldn't it be a big profit?
While fishing, suddenly the underwater waves were rough. A fisherman got out of the water, grabbed the side of the boat, and shouted: "No, everyone, hurry up and run for your life. This is Longtan. The dragon is enraged and is about to come out of the water!"
02 Monster City

Knowing that this is Longtan, the foreign devil Xu Lede was overjoyed, and immediately called the fisherman over and asked: Hello, how do you know this is Longtan?

The fisherman said: "I went down to the center of the river and saw a very deep cave with dead bones piled up in the cave. If it wasn't a dragon hiding in the cave, what else could it be?"
Xu Lede said: NO, NO, NO, I don't believe that there are really dragons in the world. Since there are bones in the cave, it proves that the thing is dead. Now I raise the bounty. Who can fish out those bones? Give him the bounty.

Under the heavy reward, some desperate people stepped forward and sneaked into the heart of the river, and they found a deep cave at the bottom of the river.Drilling into the hole, I saw eight scattered animal skeletons.The fisherman fished out all these strange bones.These bones are huge, the longest one is about 70 meters.Xu Lede found professionals to piece it together, and finally pieced together eight strange things that couldn't be named.

Although things are strange, the research results come out quickly.After research, this huge creature is really a dragon, referred to as ichthyosaur.This object appeared 2000 million years earlier than dinosaurs, but was extinct 2500 million years earlier than dinosaurs.Although this thing is extinct, it is definitely a dragon, which is the most scientific way of saying it.

Schleder took photos of the ichthyosaur fossils and published them in "Oriental Magazine".The local officials in Yichang were even more excited. While ordering the local people to hold a grand singing and dancing party, they reported to the President Yuan Shikai, saying: "The fish and the dragon come out of the water, which is really the auspiciousness of the great emperor."On behalf of the people of Yichang, he strongly urged Yuan Shikai to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

Yuan Shikai sent Zhang Jian, the former champion of the Qing Dynasty, to investigate the matter, and replied:
Nowadays, science is new day by day, and everything must reveal its truth, but it can be exaggerated and obscure, and whitewash the peace.There is no need to discuss what should be paid to the history museum.

Judging from Yuan Shikai's reply, he is obviously more scientific than the local officials in Yichang.But brains did not help, because the fourth sign appeared again.

The fourth strange omen, known as the halo of the moon, was discovered by a petition group composed of people of various nationalities on the way to Beijing to strongly demand that President Yuan be enthroned and proclaim himself emperor.That night, the people of the petition group stood in the wilderness, looking at the city of Beijing, thinking of President Yuan in their hearts.When I was thinking about it, I suddenly saw four halos around the moon, one inside the other, and the moon was in the middle.

As we all know, in the solar system, the moon does not have a halo, but it doesn't matter if you say there is no halo. There are so many people in the petition group, but they have all seen it with their own eyes.Take a closer look, the moon is in the center, and there are four halos around it. What does this mean?This is the number nine to five, which means that Yuan Shikai has to become emperor. If he doesn't become emperor, wouldn't the moon be busy in vain?

It was not only the moon that supported Yuan Shikai as emperor, even the toad expressed his opinion.

How did Toad express his position?
It is said that in the city of Beijing, there are a large number of frogs living in the Three Seas (Note: Beihai, Zhonghai, and Nanhai are collectively called the Three Seas within the jurisdiction of Beijing). It is happy.Just as Xin Qiji, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, said: "The fragrance of rice flowers speaks of a good year, and the sound of frogs is heard." This toad is characterized by croaking, and if it is not croaking, it is not called a toad.But in 1915, all the toads in Beijing, as if they had made a deal, kept their mouths tightly shut, holding their mouths tightly from morning to night, day after day, and insisted on not saying a word.

Why are the toads silent?

The toads kept silent, probably because they felt that they had nothing to say?

There is really nothing left to say.You know, when the people in the petition group cried and begged Yuan Shikai to be the emperor, they explained that the toad did not speak, and they supported Yuan Shikai to be the emperor.Later Yuan Shikai really climbed onto the Dragon Throne. Unexpectedly, the people in the petition group suddenly changed their tune, claiming that Toad did not say a word because he opposed Yuan Shikai's becoming emperor... The petition group had said everything, so Toad had nothing to say. .

It's fine if the toad doesn't speak, but what about the scorpion?Can the scorpion talk?
Scorpions... What's the matter with scorpions here?

have!It is said that in 1915, the Tiananmen Gate Tower was in disrepair for a long time, and it had been listed as a dangerous building and had to be renovated with funds.Let's renovate, so workers are invited to dismantle the old city building first, and mark every brick and piece of wood that has been dismantled with a number, and then reassemble them after they are all dismantled and scattered.Just as it was being demolished, there was a sudden bang, and a wall collapsed before it could be demolished. Everyone could clearly see that something was wriggling among the collapsed bricks.

What is it?Everyone took a closer look and heard a bang. A huge monster came out of the broken bricks and spewed out a black gas with a strong stench to the workers.Several workers were sprayed on the face by the black gas, and immediately fell to the ground, their faces were black, and they died of poisoning.

All of a sudden the workers became chaotic, some ran wildly, and some rushed forward with a shovel and beat it wildly. They heard crackling, crackling, crackling, and after a fierce struggle, the strange thing was finally beaten to pieces.Then everyone moved closer and took a closer look, hey, it turned out to be a giant poisonous scorpion, the length of its body was more than seven feet, maybe more than eight feet.

This incident was the sixth strange omen that year, known as Xie Danglou, but this incident has always been strongly questioned by people in the scientific community.Scientists concluded that it is impossible for a scorpion to grow to seven or eight feet. Who allowed the scorpion to grow so barbarously?Besides, what about samples?You said that the scorpion is eight feet long, and it is up to you to say that the body is eight hundred feet long. Go, bring the scorpion here, and let us have a look.

No one can bring a giant scorpion to a scholar, so it's hard to say whether it's true or not.

The matter of the scorpion hadn't been clarified yet, but the mysterious case of Tian Yuxue appeared again.

03 Bloody Storm

As mentioned earlier, in China in 1915, the most fashionable thing was to bring your own dry food and drinking water, organize a delegation to Beijing, and ask Yuan Shikai to become emperor on his knees.Anyone who doesn't play like this is too old-fashioned, unfashionable, and unable to keep up with the trend.This gameplay is popular in China, and Jingshi is of course the first to bear the brunt.

So leaders and celebrities at all levels in the capital gathered together and set up a grand ceremony preparation office to prepare for Yuan Shikai's ascension to the throne.On the day when the preparatory office was listed, I saw a group of clouds with a very strange shape in the northwest direction, rolling and crawling towards us, and it reached the top of everyone's heads in the blink of an eye.

As the saying goes, Miyun does not rain, and I am in the western suburbs.Looking at this cloud, it seems to be a living thing. It feels furry, covered in scales and armor, and it is indescribably terrifying.Everyone was looking up to the sky to watch, when suddenly the eyes were blood red, and they saw dense blood rain falling from the sky, turning into a torrential blood rain in the blink of an eye, every drop of rain was a drop of blood, exuding a strong bloody smell.Moreover, this rain of blood was very standard, only limited to the area around the front door, and a little further away was a red sun and a clear sky.

What's even more frightening is that once the blood drips on the body, it can't be washed off.When it fell to the ground, the ground was a dazzling bright red.The staff of the preparation office for the grand ceremony were terrified, and hurriedly called the fire brigade to wash away the sticky blood on the ground with a tap.Then everyone blocked the news - another way of saying is that this matter was originally a legend, so no evidence could be found.Supporters believe that since there is no evidence, the news must be blocked.In this way, truth and falsehood constitute an endless cycle. If you say that this matter is true, you cannot answer other people's doubts;

After the rain and blood in the sky, there is the eighth omen, which is called the Dog Dengdian.

In fact, the strange incident of Quan Dengdian happened on October 1913, 10, and it was ranked after the Tianyuxue incident, which is obviously not the right time.But previous historians have always arranged in this way, and if you mess up and rearrange them, it will be disrespectful.So we can only put the Quandengdian incident here, make up the number, and adapt to the scene. What can we do?

This incident is related to Yuan Shikai's inauguration as the official president.In this month, Beijing is always clear and sunny.But when Yuan Shikai officially took office on October 10, the sky suddenly began to rain unreasonably.The five-color national flag on the venue was drenched like a raccoon and leopard, and the people participating in the ceremony were even more miserable. They were all drowned in water, and they were in an indescribable embarrassment.

Although embarrassed, everyone could only stand up and line up, waiting for President Yuan to appear.At this time, there was no one on the rostrum. If Yuan Shikai didn't take the lead, others were not qualified.

Suddenly, a dog came out of nowhere, swished onto the rostrum, and barked at everyone, as if delivering an important speech.At that time, everyone was stunned, and they all looked at the dog in bewilderment.The guards rushed up, trying to drive the dog away, but the dog refused to leave, and played hide-and-seek with the guards on the rostrum. Refusing to leave the rostrum.The guards pulled out their spears angrily, but how could they shoot at this time?
Reluctantly, the guards put their spears on bayonets, rushed to the rostrum and stabbed the dog wildly.The dog was stabbed to a bloody mess, with intestines, liver and lungs all over the floor.But after being stabbed to this stage, the dog still insisted on dying on the rostrum, which made people suspicious, not knowing why.

Although the incident of the dog ascending to the temple is embarrassing, a reasonable explanation can be found after all. Maybe the dog got lost at the time and came up to ask everyone for directions, but was misunderstood and stabbed to death by the guards... Anyway, this incident Things, without any horror or suspense.

But the big old demon incident is completely different.Even by modern scientific standards, the matter is a bit outrageous.

04 Scary old demon
But it is said that in the city of Beijing, south of Taoranting, there is a depression called Nanxia depression.During the period, the plants are luxuriant and the aquatic plants grow. It is desolate during the day and gloomy at night.No matter whether it is day or night, people try to walk around the depression as much as possible. No matter what time they pass by the Nanxia depression, they always feel unspeakable discomfort.In a word, Nanxiawa is not clean.

In 1894, a terrifying sound suddenly came out from Nanxiawa: quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quak Woke up from sleep, and listened carefully, but there was no movement.

(End of this chapter)