The Republic is so violent

Chapter 147 1915 Ghost Event Book (2)
it's wired!People were restless all night, but until dawn, nothing strange happened.People have been busy all day, and by the second night, they have forgotten the horrible screams.But in the middle of the night, that terrifying cry suddenly sounded again: quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack...the strange sound screamed three times in a row and then returned to silence .

What is going to happen?
At dawn the next day, people had been busy for another day, but nothing strange happened.But in the middle of the night, the strange voice came again: 呱 呱 呱 呱 嘎 嘎 可 可, 呱 呱 呱 呱 嘎 嘎 可, 呱 呱 呱 嘎 嘎 …… …… ... Wait until dawn, the North Korean side has come to the report: report, Japanese ships in the Yellow Sea of ​​the Yellow Sea On the way, suddenly launched an attack on the Beiyang Navy, and the entire Beiyang Navy was wiped out.

On this occasion, people suddenly realized.It turns out that the strange ghost screaming in Nanxiawa told people about the Sino-Japanese War.

Since the Sino-Japanese War of 20-[-], the ghost screams in Nanxiawa have stopped, and no movement has been heard for more than [-] years.But the horrific screams during those three nights made the residents of Beijing uneasy. No one knew what terrible thing was hiding in the Nanxia depression, so people named it the Great Old Demon.

In the blink of an eye, in 1916, it has been 22 years since the terrifying cry of the old monster.Just when people were about to completely forget the Nanxiawa ghost screaming incident, the big old demon came back again.

Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack... The big old demon yelled again in Nanxiawa, and everyone who heard it was terrified. This time, something terrible is going to happen again Son?

嘎 呱 呱 ， 呱 呱 呱 呱 呱 …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… …… ”

Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack... The big old demon kept screaming, the more he screamed, the more joyful he was.

The old demon returned to Nanxiawa, and Tao Ranting heard the ghost cry again.The news quickly spread throughout the city of Beijing. In an instant, people from all directions flocked to Nanxiawa, wanting to see for themselves what the big old monster looks like.There were too many people who came to see the excitement, and the small vendors seized the opportunity and rushed to do business, resulting in a depression for vendors.Even the merchants were gathered together, so the media shouted in unison, demanding that the police station dispatch to arrest the old demon.

To this end, the Jingshi Police Department held an important business meeting, and Police Chief Wu Bingxiang delivered a speech in person.He said: The public is the father of the police, and the mother of the police. If the parents are in trouble, can a son stand by and watch?cannot!Now I order that the monster hunting operation will start immediately, enter Nanxiawa immediately, and capture the big old monster alive. If you don't win a complete victory, you will never withdraw your troops!
The policemen lined up in a long line rushed to Nanxiawa majesticly, spread out and began to search.The common people stood around, a sea of ​​people, watching with bated breath.While searching, a policeman found a weird gray ball of hair, poked it with a gun, and heard a puff, a silver-gray light flashed like lightning, and a big blood hole appeared on the back of the policeman's hand .

Wow, it hurts me to death... The policeman screamed.

When the other policemen heard the screams, they immediately shouted in unison, and rushed over with their guns.But seeing the gray fluffy ball bumping towards the policeman, there were screams in Nanxiawa, and all the policemen fell to the ground with blood streaming down their faces.

More policemen rushed up and beat around the fur ball.Suddenly there was a strange scream: 呱 呱 呱 呱 呱 …… …… ... I saw that the hair ball suddenly became tall, there were two thin long legs below, and a pair of terrible glamorous eyes on it. With a sharp mouth like a cone, he kept pecking at the policemen.

A policeman had a deep blood hole pecked on his shoulder, and fell to the ground in pain. Amidst the screams, he suddenly saw the monster's two thin legs in front of him.He gritted his teeth, grabbed those two slender legs suddenly, called your uncle, and pushed it hard, and there was a loud bang, and the monster was thrown to the ground.Seeing this, the other policemen rushed up shouting, and without any explanation, threw themselves on the monster and held it down firmly.

The old demon was finally captured alive by the brave Beijing police.

Looking closely at what it was, one could see that it was covered in gray hairs. The body shrunk three feet thick and stretched more than five feet. It turned out to be a huge strange bird.

What kind of bird has such a huge body and such a terrible cry?
The police took photos of the strange bird, published it in a newspaper, and escorted it to Sanbeizi Garden, which is now the Beijing Zoo.Then, the police department issued a sincere invitation to the scientific community: Please, scientists, biologists, can you tell us, what kind of bird is this big old monster?Tell us, and it will clear the doubts in people's minds.

However, people in the scientific community kept their mouths shut as if they had made an agreement, and refused to say a word.To this day, academic circles still say nothing about it.

The silence of the scholars left us with the confusion of the great old demon that has continued since then.

05 White Tiger Essence Advent

After the bewilderment of the old demon, a tenth strange omen appeared, which was called Locust Yingrui in history.

Locust Yingrui, as the name suggests, means that the locusts came to express their views and eulogize the good situation.It is said that in the spring of 1916, I saw a grayish-yellow strange cloud rushing towards the city of Beijing on the outskirts of Beijing, in the southwest direction.When the strange cloud approached, it clattered and dragged along the ground, and saw countless locusts rushing towards us, some were ripe yellow, some were green, the small ones were as big as rice grains, and the big ones were thicker than an arm. , when countless wings vibrated, a billowing gale was set off.

This dense cloud of locusts surrounded the city of Beijing and blocked the city gates, so that the cabinet had to hold a meeting to discuss how to solve this troublesome matter.

The locusts were sprayed wildly with pesticides purchased from the West.Don't talk about ecological humanities, spraying these locusts to death is the biggest ecological humanities.In the spray of pesticides, locusts fell from the sky one after another, dead.Someone was so bored that he turned the dead locusts upside down with a wooden stick, but was surprised to find that all the locusts had a bright red "King" character on their foreheads.

The king is called lonely and widowed.

Oh, I see, it turns out this is a locust petition.This time I came to Beijing to invite Yuan Shikai to ascend the throne. Whether this is nonsense, the entire petition group was sprayed to death.

It's fine if it's sprayed to death, locusts, so what's the real thing.Next is the No.11 strange omen, the sun's wind broke the flag, which happened to Beiyang general Wang Zhanyuan.It is said that Wang Zhanyuan is the reincarnation of the White Tiger Spirit.As we all know, although the white tiger is rare in number, it is still not as precious as the giant panda.This means that Wang Zhanyuan is a bit useless for most of his life.

Wang Zhanyuan's uselessness is not limited to today.This person is a native of Shandong. It used to be called Guantao County, but now it is called Guan County.It doesn't matter what the name of the place is called. What matters is that Wang Zhanyuan doesn't care about farm work.Neighbors judged: This guy must be a scourge when he grows up, and he must be eliminated as soon as possible, so as not to cause harm to the village.

How to get rid of this guy?

If so, let's say he is a thief.So the neighbors came to complain to Wang Zhanyuan's elder brother, falsely accusing Wang Zhanyuan of eating their chickens, and demanded punishment.Wang Zhanyuan's elder brother said: Stealing a chicken is no small matter.Stealing chickens when I was a child will surely steal gold when I grow up. In order to prevent problems before they happen, now I have decided to kill my younger brother to maintain the honor and tradition of the family.

Kill as soon as you say, Wang Zhanyuan's elder brother began to sharpen his knife.

This frightened Wang Zhanyuan's sister-in-law. She knew that her husband would do what he said, and she was afraid that he would kill her brother-in-law and cause a huge lawsuit. Wouldn't the neighbor want to live happily?She quietly prepared luggage and money for Wang Zhanyuan, and let Wang Zhanyuan escape.After that, Wang Zhanyuan fled to the barracks and ate food under the banner of Liu Mingchuan of the Huai Army.

Because of his tall stature, Wang Zhanyuan was appointed to hold the flag in the army, which means guard of honor.Raise the flag with a man named Liu Guangyou every day.But Liu Guangyou saw that Wang Zhanyuan was not pleasing to the eye from the left, and Wang Zhanyuan was uncomfortable from the right, so he found an excuse, and without any explanation, he picked up the pole and beat Wang Zhanyuan up.This severe beating left Wang Zhanyuan with a fifth-grade disability. His left ring finger was permanently disabled by Liu Guangyou's beating.

After being maimed by Liu Guangyou, Wang Zhanyuan's fortune suddenly turned around. He was recommended to study in a military academy, and was transferred to the new army by Yuan Shikai.

After becoming famous, the first thing Wang Zhanyuan did was to get Liu Guangyou, who beat him up, under his banner.Now Liu Guangyou was terrified and thought he was going to die.Unexpectedly, Wang Zhanyuan didn't think about the past at all, but regarded Liu Guangyou as a bosom friend.In fact, Wang Zhanyuan took care of Liu Guangyou all his life. When he was in the army, he arranged good jobs for Liu Guangyou. Later, he took Liu Guangyou to Tianjin after disarming his armor and doing business.The two bought land and houses in Tianjin, and even built thousands of houses, becoming well-known big real estate developers.

Becoming a real estate developer is something that will happen in the future. Now let's talk about the wind breaking the flag, because this strange omen happened to Wang Zhanyuan.But the incident of the wind breaking the flag has to go to the back row, because before that, Wang Zhanyuan's place was already full of strange omens and evil things continued.

06 Stealing the flag of the Red Cross
In fact, Wang Zhanyuan was the first to report the eighth strange omen, namely, the dragon coming out of the water.

Wang Zhanyuan reported the Longchushui incident in this way:

Europeans explored the shrine caves in Yichang, and saw stone dragon-shaped undulating coils in the cave, about fifty feet long.On the day when the dragon is revived by virtue, the foundation of the ten thousand-year rock will be built, and the petrified remains of the dragon will be suitable for winding and acting on the river, so that the heavenly family and the people will be happy, and the feeling is obvious.Please commend it, and submit it to the History Museum for records, and show it here, to answer the heaven and honor the people...

The European mentioned in Wang Zhanyuan's report was none other than the British Consul General in Yichang, Mr. Schleder.Moreover, this report shows that the ichthyosaur fossils were not discovered underwater in the Yangtze River, but were discovered by the Schrader couple holding a torch and drilling into a cave for a romantic exploration.The so-called incident of the Consul's wife's ring falling into the water is pure nonsense and unbelievable.

According to other authoritative data, the ichthyosaur fossils in the shrine cave were not actually discovered by the Xuled couple, but by Liu Daoren, the supervisor of Yichang Guan. Liu Daoren told the Xuled couple after discovering it.

All in all, ichthyosaur fossils were indeed discovered in Yichang, which cannot be faked, so there is no need to repeat them.

After reporting the ichthyosaur fossils, Wang Zhanyuan reported the second strange omen: Willows in Huangpi and green peaches blooming.It means that spring is here, the willows are sprouting, and the peach blossoms are also blooming... Is this a sign?

Maybe it doesn't count, so Wang Zhanyuan launched a new sign: more than 40 counties in Dexue, Hubei.It means that more than [-] counties in Hubei have snowed.

snow?Is it snow in June?
Snow in June, that is a strange injustice.It's not June in midsummer, but the twelfth lunar month in winter, and the next snow doesn't seem to be a sign.

It doesn't matter if it can't be called, anyway, Yuan Shikai is already preparing to ascend the throne in Beijing.To ascend the throne, one must first get a national flag, which was designed by Liu Guanxiong, the chief of the navy.At that time, after Liu Guanxiong came up with the design, he was so excited that he couldn't get any more excited. He smashed the door of the Xinhua Palace all night, and threw Yuan Shikai out of the bed.Then Yuan Shikai took a closer look, um, this flag has a red cross in the middle, and the flag is divided into four pieces, one piece is yellow, one piece is black, one piece is blue, and one piece is white.At that time Yuan Shikai cried, please Lao Liu, I want to be the emperor, how did you carry the flag of the Red Cross?

Liu Guanxiong said sternly: "It's bad, you are bad, President. I studied in England and saw their national flag flying around every day. I thought about stealing it for a long time. This flag was stolen from the United Kingdom, not the Red Cross Society."

Yuan Shikai said: "I've convinced you, isn't it okay, Lao Liu, please let me sleep quickly."

Therefore, the national flag of the Hongxian era was passed.After passing, they were quickly sewn, and then distributed to various places in the army.After people received the flag, they were suspicious and sniffed it around. Only Wang Zhanyuan immediately ordered the three armies to line up, sing military songs, report the number, roll call, and then raise the flag.

The red cross flag was hoisted up. Wang Zhanyuan was standing at attention with a solemn face, when he suddenly heard a strange sound coming from the northwest direction. He turned his head and saw a black air, like a python, slithering towards him.But seeing the black air clinging to the flagpole, swishing around a few times, there was a loud bang, and the flagpole had been crushed.Something that resembled a hand but was definitely not a human hand stretched out from the black air, and with a whoosh, it grabbed the flag away.

Then the black air quickly turned to the northwest, and with a whoosh, it dissipated invisible.

At that time, Wang Zhanyuan was stunned and stood there, at a loss.

Isn't it just raising a flag, as for making such a big commotion?What is that mass of black air?
The matter became suspenseful, and some scientists came out and explained: the matter must not be so mysterious. At most, there was a gust of wind that broke the flagpole, and by the way, the red cross flag was blown away. strange sign.

But regarding the No.12 incident, even the scientists murmured in their hearts: This incident seems really weird.

This matter is known in history as the migration of frogs to the south.

07 Frog team goes south
As mentioned earlier, in 1915, the frogs in the three seas of Beijing all shut their mouths tightly, kept a frightening silence, and refused to croak.After a whole year without saying a word, in 1916, all the frogs in Beijing jumped out of the water and marched southward in a mighty procession.

An endless stream of frog teams gathered at Yongdingmen from all directions and rushed onto the railway, like a dark green frenzy, surging towards the south.At this time, a train happened to come, and a huge iron wheel ran over it, and tens of thousands of frogs died under the wheels and died unexpectedly.

There are a total of twelve strange omens, each more bizarre than the last, and each more weird than the last, outlining the dark landscape of the Yuan family's reign.But in fact, although the above twelve strange omens are widely spread and well known, most of them are nothing more than family rumors, which belong to market gossip that can find scientific explanations, and are not real omens.It's not that there are no real strange signs, but that the scope of their spread is limited to the professional field, and they are little known.

This real omen is called Yu Wuxin, and only a very small number of professionals know about it.

What is Yu Wuxin?

It is said that in order to support Yuan Shikai's ascension to the throne, celebrities in Beijing's political circles set up a grand ceremony preparation office.An important task of the preparatory office is to obtain a jade seal for the future Emperor Hongxian Yuan Shikai.In this world, even the common people carve a private seal for themselves. The emperor must have a jade seal. If he doesn't even have a jade seal, what is he called an emperor?
The first jade seal in China was obtained by Qin Shihuang for himself, and it was made from the Heshibi he had robbed from the state of Chu.Eight characters are engraved on the jade seal: if you are ordered by the sky, you will live forever.This jade seal was later taken to the desert when Emperor Yuan Shun was driven away by Zhu Yuanzhang.The newly enthroned emperor had no choice but to find Yu Chumo himself.

In order to figure out a good jade seal, the Grand Ceremony Preparatory Office recruited all the jade dealers in Beijing and Tianjin: whoever has a good jade, take it out, if you don’t have a good jade at this time, when will you wait? ?Everyone took out all the treasures hidden at home.The best jade in China is piled up here, and the best piece of jade is selected from the best jade.After picking it out, open it and prepare to make a jade seal.

As soon as the jade was opened, everyone's expressions changed.

There is a saying that there is a line of clear characters inside the opened jade.

But no one knows what this line of writing says, because this piece of jade was immediately smashed by the people of the jade shop.

This piece of jade is not up to standard, please change it to another piece.At that time, the people in the jade shop declared so.

If you change one piece, you can change one piece, anyway, there are plenty of good jade.

Opening up another piece of jade and looking at it, the people in the jade shop gave up their picks.

why?

The person in the jade shop explained: The second piece is also out of specification and cannot be used.

What are you afraid of if it does not meet the specifications, then change to a third one.Why do people in the jade shop insist on picking their picks?
This is because the people in the jade shop explained: jade is the most delicate and precious thing, and there is no second choice. You must look after it and open it to ensure that it fits well.For example, in the past, the Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to make a jade beiezi. She just took a piece of jade and opened it. Hey, the texture and size are just right.

Jade cannot be exchanged, and it is not good to exchange it.

But it's useless if you say it's bad luck. At this time, the children in Beijing are all jumping up and down, singing the same song.The song says:
The empire has been tens of thousands of years long, and the same line has been extended, and there is no civilization.Tens of thousands of miles across, rich in land, enjoying the natural benefits alone.China is the oldest country in the world, and China is the largest nation in Asia.Yiyi is a big citizen, rest!
But my great citizen, meeting the Lord of Virtuous Virtue today, the price of Linglang will increase tenfold.I will ride a lion across Kunlun and ride a crane across the Pacific Ocean.Whoever is with me, wields a sword and wields a knife, and the people of the country, and whoever is with me, advocates Qingshengping.

Accompanied by this immature singing, the giant ship of Chinese history made a harsh creaking sound, turned around and sailed into the dark alley.

The era of Hongxian monarchy has come.

(End of this chapter)