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In front of the horse house is a clean and quiet road, which can accommodate the rampage of the assassin's cars.The adjutant fired repeatedly at the windows and tires of the car, hitting both the glass and the tires, but the driver managed to keep the car turning at the intersection.By the time the adjutant's bodyguards and patrolmen caught up, the car had already stopped on the side of the road.Pedestrians were wailing and howling in fright, because a bloody figure leaned crookedly on the driver's seat, it was the driver whose head had been blown off.

The chauffeur was murdered, but the real assassin was nowhere to be found.

An assassin who dares to attack Huo Xiangzhen and his ilk must not be an ordinary person, and there is no reason for him to be caught easily.Besides, to Huo Xiangzhen, it doesn't matter who the assassin is, what matters is the mastermind behind the assassin.Looking back on what she had done in the past few months, Huo Xiangzhen suspected that someone had leaked the news - if the news got out, there would really be a few people who wanted to kill her.

Therefore, he was delayed in Tianjin and sent Andre by the way.Andrei, who had a wound on the carotid artery, was washed clean, his blue eyes closed, and his expression almost serene.Huo Xiangzhen found out her new clothes and changed them for him, her heart was numb with the cold, and she didn't shed a single tear.On the day of encoffining, he stood by the side, and he was still very calm. Before the coffin was closed, he stood beside the coffin.Holding the side of the coffin with one hand, he stared down at Andre's face, thinking that the little old man called me daddy.

He has been dealing with Belarusians since a long time ago, and he can understand sporadic Russian words. He suddenly remembered that Russians call their father, which is also "father", just like Chinese.

Bending down and holding Andre's hand, Huo Xiangzhen closed her fingers.The hand was cold and stiff, and the back of the hand was left with a faint scar because of severe frostbite.Huo Xiangzhen rubbed and wiped the scar with her thumb, thinking that there was no heating in that winter, which really froze the little old man to death.

At this time, Ma Congrong came up quietly.

Ma Congrong was really scared this time.It's not that he has experienced danger, he also went through a hail of bullets, but at that time, Huo Xiangzhen was protecting him, and there was always a layer of separation between him and the danger, unlike this time, the blood was scalding, and it was pouring on the head and covering the face.And it's not the blood of a stranger, it's the little old man's.

Putting a brand-new thick woolen top hat into the coffin, Ma Congrong held the coffin with his hands and sighed, "My lord, let's have a good journey!"

Huo Xiangzhen squeezed Andre's hand vigorously, still a little in a trance.Suddenly he opened his mouth to Ma Congrong, and he said in a low voice, "Set up a monument for the little old Maozi for me. The inscription is written in my name, and he is my adopted son."

Ma Congrong was stunned for a moment: "Foster? Master, the age is wrong, the Sir is younger than you..." He calculated: "Can you be ten years old?"

Huo Xiangzhen held Andre's hand, subconsciously refusing to let it go: "Don't look at his age, but at his heart. He's still a child at heart."

Ma Congrong thought for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, sir, I will handle this matter, and it must be done beautifully, don't worry."

Huo Xiangzhen turned her face away, and took a deep breath silently.Other people's monuments are for the living to see, but his monument is for the dead.Andre has no children, he is alive, he remembers Andre; he is dead, the tombstone is a stone slab, who knows who Andre is?

When it was time to close the coffin, Ma Congrong dragged Huo Xiangzhen to retreat.Huo Xiangzhen let go, and looked down at Andre again.Breaking away from Ma Congrong's pull, he bent down deeply, and whispered in Andre's ear: "Son, let's go."

Then he straightened up and followed Ma Congrong back away.

After Andre was buried, Huo Xiangzhen hurried back to Xingtai County.Along the way, he ate and drank as much as he wanted, and he could think about things in his head, and he thought quite clearly, but when he got on and off the train, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and always felt that there was no one behind him. , like leaving someone behind.It wasn't until he looked back at the accompanying people one by one that he realized that no one was left behind, only one died.

When he got home, he took off his clothes and drank hot tea. While drinking, he suddenly thought: "Where's the little old man?"

After thinking about it, he suddenly realized that the little old man was dead.

He picked out a short golden hair from the gap in the sofa, and looked carefully at it against the winter sun.Andre's learning to simmer the stove cat is also considered a master, as if he has practiced shrinking bones, there is only one place for him to shrink.The sofa was also his paradise, when he curled up in a ball basking in the sun and dozing off, half of the sofa was enough for him, and it would never delay Huo Xiangzhen from sitting down.

Stretching out his hand to pat the side of the sofa where Andre often lay, Huo Xiangzhen took a deep breath, then raised his hand to cover his eyes and leaned back.The two legs stretched out long, and it was rare for him to sit up and down.

Regarding the assassination incident during the trip to Tianjin, Xue Bing firmly believed that the Nanjing government was responsible for it, because they had a criminal record and used this method to deal with many enemies;Besides, regarding Huo Xiangzhen's actions, the Nanjing side should be the most fearful and urgent.Although Chiang was victorious in the Great War in the Central Plains, the victory was barely enough. How could he withstand the regenerative waves in the north?

Xue Bing told her thoughts, and Huo Xiangzhen listened to it and thought it was right, but she was noncommittal.After Xue Bing finished speaking, Li Kechen said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter which side it is, anyway, if they dare to make such a ruthless attack, it shows that they are really in a hurry. If they miss the first blow, there must be another move. This is another impossible defense." thing……"

Before the words finished, Li Tianbao sent an urgent telegram.The telegram was sent by Sun Wenxiong from Guangzong County. Huo Xiangzhen browsed through it, and his expression changed immediately.Immediately handing the telegram to Xue Bing, he turned to Li Kechen and said, "There is something wrong with Shandong."

The telegram was brief, Xue Bing glanced at it, and frowned—according to Sun Wenxiong's scouts, Gu Chengxi's [-]st Division in Shandong was marching northward, and the advance troops had already passed Linqing County.

After passing Linqing County and going north, you will enter the boundary of Shunde Prefecture.Even if the other party stops in Shandong, it is very easy to enter Shunde Mansion, and there is not even enough buffer zone in the middle.

Xue Bing handed the telegram to Li Kechen again, and Huo Xiangzhen didn't speak for a while.The matter is just like this, there is nothing to say, people dispatched troops and generals in Shandong Province, and I can't find fault in my side anyway; but Gu Chengxi's tens of thousands of troops overwhelmed the border, so it's no wonder that he has no plans!

Li Kechen read the telegram carefully, then hesitated and said in a low voice: "Maybe it's just a shock!"

Xue Bing replied: "Awe is not terrible. What is terrible is that after they free their hands, they will continue to deal with us."

Huo Xiangzhen rested her elbows on her knees and looked down at the ground: "The time is not ripe yet."

Then he raised his head and straightened his waist: "But there is no reason to sit still."

Xue Bing and Li Kechen immediately looked at him together.

Huo Xiangzhen slapped his thigh, stared into Xuebing's eyes and said, "I've decided to do it! What do you guys think?"

Xue Bing's eyes lit up: "I agree!"

Li Kechen's tone was a little heavy: "If they persecute us like this, then we can't do it. Let's do it before our little soldiers are starved into brats!"

Since Huo Xiangzhen arrived in Shunde Mansion, she has been living a dull life, living with neither human nor ghost.Now that he has finally made up his mind, although he has no chance of winning, he seems to have let go of one of his worries, and feels relieved, winning or losing doesn't seem to matter, he just wants to get a result as soon as possible.

The staff office worked out a battle plan day and night, and the telegraph operator was so busy that he would not eat or drink, sending and receiving telegrams non-stop.Lian Yi's attitude is also completely clear, as long as Huo Xiangzhen raises troops in Hebei, he will immediately respond in Shanxi.

Huo Xiangzhen knew that it was no longer necessary for this old fox to play tricks with him. Since he had spoken clearly, he must be somewhat accurate.Apart from Lian Yi, the generals of the other remnant armies also answered one after another, all with high-spirited voices, but Huo Xiangzhen treated these people differently, and for most of the answers, he just listened to them and didn't dare to take them seriously.

Sure enough, Gu Chengxi's soldiers stopped outside the Shunde Mansion, and they did not move in disorder, and they would never go further.Huo Xiangzhen ignored him and continued to be busy with her own affairs.There were many and complicated things, including sending a telegram to Ma Congrong asking for money—nothing else, as long as the 20 yuan that Ma Congrong bought the house at the beginning.

Before sending the telegram, Huo Xiangzhen was very shy, and when the telegram was actually sent, Huo Xiangzhen blushed even more - after so many years, he never asked for anything that was given to Ma Congrong.If he hadn't been so poor this time, he wouldn't have broken this precept.

Two days after the telegram was sent, Ma Congrong arrived with a large team of bodyguards and sent several suitcases of banknotes to Huo Xiangzhen.In addition to the 20 for buying the house, he took the initiative to take out 50 in cash - he said at the beginning that he would pay Huo Xiangzhen 50 in military pay, but after that he was not willing to give it, and Huo Xiangzhen never really asked for it.

He originally planned to confuse the 50 big words and let it go; however, since he witnessed Andre's violent death, he was frightened and had imaginations, thinking that if he was in Andre's position at that time, there might not be Give the uncle the courage to block bullets.I am timid and afraid of pain, it seems that if I want to block it, the uncle will block it for me.

Thinking of this, he felt a little guilty.So he carefully took out 70 yuan, and he came down to Shunde Mansion surrounded by bodyguards.

Huo Xiangzhen didn't expect him to be so generous, he was surprised, but also embarrassed: "You take the 50. You keep your money to live, war is a bottomless hole, I don't need you to fill it in for me."

Ma Congrong smiled and said, "Master, I have money. If I don't have money, I won't give you the 20."

Huo Xiangzhen sat on the sofa, was silent for a while, and finally lowered his eyes and said: "I fought a war, and you were also hurt."

Ma Congrong moved to sit next to him, and looked at him carefully with a sideways face: "When the uncle wins this battle, let me serve as your secretary general for two years, and I will earn back a few 50 yuan."

Huo Xiangzhen smiled, "Okay."

Ma Congrong was still staring at him, seeing that there were faint fine lines in the corners of his eyes.He has lost weight this winter. If he wants to lose weight, he should lose weight first, but his body is still sturdy and strong.Ma Congrong thought that if he followed him every day, he probably wouldn't love him so much.At the beginning, after serving him for many years, I often got angry at serving him, and wished I could beat him with a stick.

Now that we are so far apart, we don't even have a chance to get angry.I hope there will be more in the future, otherwise, life is really boring.Sitting at home with good food and drink, he was idle from morning to night, half dead, very uncomfortable.

"Otherwise..." He said meaningfully: "I won't go back now, and go to the battlefield with the uncle?"

Huo Xiangzhen immediately shook his head: "Forget it! You are just getting in the way when you go to the battlefield, there is no other use!"

Ma Congrong felt that these words were very unpleasant, so his melancholy also decreased a lot.After slandering Huo Xiangzhen, he regretted the 70 yuan, while leaving with unsatisfied feelings.

After another week, the battle plan was finalized, and Huo Xiangzhen and Lian Yi also made an offensive and defensive alliance.According to the plan, Huo Xiangzhen and Lian Yi will raise troops at the same time, and after the Baoding meeting, they will go straight to Beiping.

This time, Huo Xiangzhen did not ask Li Kechen to divination for him.The things that can be done or not can be predicted by divination; but now he has to do it, even if the future is not good, he has no choice.

On the day of the winter solstice, without warning, he issued a telegram against Jiang, and at the same time sent troops to cut off the Ping-Han Railway, completely cutting off the North-South railway traffic.Before Jiang and Zhang responded, he had already led his troops to capture Shijiazhuang.

This move immediately shocked the whole country, including Gu Chengxi, who is located at the junction of Hebei and Shandong.When the battle report arrived in front of Gu Chengxi, Gu Chengxi was sitting on the hot kang eating hot pot.One winter, he covered him white, and when he sat cross-legged in unlined clothes, he was sweating hot from the hot pot.Holding a large colander in one hand, he was planning to scoop up mutton slices for himself; but after reading the battle report absent-mindedly, he let go of the colander and slapped the table, saying to himself in surprise: "Damn, this lunatic, Really the opposite?!"

Then he stared helplessly at the frozen mutton slices and vegetables on the table, he thought for a moment without saying a word, and finally tucked the battle report under his buttocks, decided to wait and see what happened, and at the same time rejoiced that Huo Xiangzhen was going north, with himself It doesn't matter.If he came to the south, he would have to go to war with him.In terms of strength, he is still not his opponent, and if he is not in a hurry, he will not fight back.It is too dangerous to fight against such an anxious team.

At the same time, Lian Yi also raised troops in Shanxi.There were also several teams that set off with the Lianjun. They were mixed, and there were nearly 10 people.These 10 people walked and robbed, and no one dared to stop them along the way, so they went north with a smooth sailing.