his robbery

At the end of the garden, against the back wall, Yuan Man was finally the first to see Huo Xiangzhen.

Huo Xiangzhen lay firmly on an old tree branch, her head and limbs drooping limply.The motorcycle fell a few meters away, and the front and rear wheels were still spinning leisurely.How he got up, no one knew, Yuan Man stood under the tree and raised his head to call him, but he didn't respond.Yuan Man and An Rushan climbed the ladder to the tree together - Huo Xiangzhen was too big, and they had to cooperate to pick him off the tree.

When he fell to the ground, Ma Congrong leaned forward and squatted down.Huo Xiangzhen closed her eyes tightly, her face and body were clean, no injuries could be seen.Ma Congrong put his finger to his nose and tried it, and felt that his breathing was quite stable.An Rushan asked in a low voice: "What's the matter? Did you faint?"

Ma Congrong didn't know either, so he could only ask someone to carry Huo Xiangzhen back to the front first.Yuan Man gently lifted Huo Xiangzhen's upper body, halfway through, he suddenly made a trembling voice: "Secretary-General, look! Did the commander have an internal injury?"

Ma Congrong opened his eyes wide, and saw a line of blood dripping from the corner of Huo Xiangzhen's mouth.

Yuan Man and his adjutants carried Huo Xiangzhen away on a stretcher and sent him to the hospital.That night, Huo Xiangzhen regained consciousness and learned that she had broken a rib and almost bit off her own tongue.

An Rushan, Ma Congrong, and Yuan Man stood side by side in front of the window, looking at him with a unified smile, smiling serenely, with pious eyes, because the three of them were all afraid, thankful that he survived the catastrophe.

He cannot die, if he dies, the lives of the three of them will be turned upside down.All three of them have feelings for him, but what they are worried about is not just his life.His power and status made it impossible for the three of them to treat him as a pure "person".At least, An Rushan thought of the situation in North China and his soldiers, Ma Congrong thought of his property and official position, Yuan Man also thought of the salary and privileges of the deputy chief.

Huo Xiangzhen's tongue hurts and she can't speak.My chest hurts more, and I have to be more careful when I breathe.Facing the three close friends by the bed, he opened his mouth and let out a grunt from his throat.

Only Ma Congrong understood, and he translated to the other two: "The commander told us not to make any noise."

An Rushan and Yuan Man nodded immediately.

Then the three continued to smile at him contentedly, as if believers had met the Great Living Buddha.

Huo Xiangzhen went home to recuperate and lay in bed until New Year's Day.He is used to being busy, and he can't be idle when he has a headache; now he lies down endlessly, and he is so annoyed that he gets angry and becomes very difficult to serve.Ma Congrong can't be provoked and can hide, but there are times when he can't hide. He can't hide, and he can only be blocked by soldiers and covered by water and earth.

Sitting sideways by the bed, he cut Huo Xiangzhen's nails.These meticulous little things have always been his job.If he wasn't here, Huo Xiangzhen could do it himself; if he was here, because he did a good job, Huo Xiangzhen handed herself over to him again.Holding a small nail file in his hand, he was working slowly while chatting nonchalantly: "Master, the Chinese New Year is only a month away, hurry up sooner rather than later, I will start making preparations now .”

Huo Xiangzhen was half lying and half sitting leaning against the head of the bed, reading an old book with one hand.Ma Congrong didn't make a sound for a long time, but now he just said a word, he stared at the page and exhaled heavily, expressing his impatience.

Ma Congrong glared at him, then changed the subject: "I heard that the National Defense Army has been in close contact with Feng's recently."

Huo Xiangzhen really put down the old book in his hand: "If they cooperate, they will be a good match."

Ma Congrong smiled, knowing that Huo Xiangzhen had always looked down on Feng Yuxiang, saying that he was a duplicitous hypocrite who was good at turning heads and turning heads.

"But..." He thought about it and opened his mouth again, trying to show a little political savvy: "Feng is still very powerful now."

Huo Xiangzhen sneered: "Even if that kind of person becomes the emperor, I don't take him seriously."

Seeing that he had expressed his emotions, Ma Congrong immediately brought the conversation to the point: "Master, speaking of this, I remembered something. Didn't you recruit two divisions a while ago? What is the salary? How? I asked the Ministry of War several times, but they never gave me any!"

Huo Xiangzhen thought for a while, and at the same time put the old book aside completely: "This is my private recruitment, they don't pay, I pay for it myself! One division is given [-], let them pass the year first, and then explain next year's words. "

Ma Congrong said with a smile: "One hundred thousand may not be enough."

Huo Xiangzhen said without hesitation, "Then 20."

Ma Congrong put his hand on the edge of the bed, and patted the back of his hand lightly: "Yes, sir, you can pay 40 at once. Otherwise, let me make the decision for you. I thought about it, no Give them 20, not [-], anyway, just don't treat them badly."

Huo Xiangzhen raised her finger and pointed at the tip of his nose, and threatened in a low voice: "I have your red envelope during the Chinese New Year, don't deduct the soldiers' rations! How many troubles have you caused me because of the military salary? Once again, I will beat you to death!"

Ma Congrong smiled and held his hand: "Master, tell me in advance, how much red envelope will you give me this year?"

Huo Xiangzhen withdrew his hand, and became impatient again: "What do you want? Do you still want to bargain with me?"

Ma Congrong moved towards him: "No, sir, you told me earlier, wouldn't I be happy for a few more days?"

Huo Xiangzhen stretched out his other hand to him: "Stop talking nonsense! You have been fiddling with one hand all morning, are you here to serve me, or amuse me? Hurry up and finish it!" I'd rather go for a walk."

Ma Congrong said slowly: "Don't worry, sir, you still have two feet!"

Huo Xiangzhen leaned back immediately, and sighed in a long voice: "Alas..."

Seeing him kicking his legs in a hurry, Ma Congrong immediately lowered his head with a smile and continued to cut his nails.

In a blink of an eye, the Spring Festival came.Although there is only one serious master in the Huo Mansion, there are as many people as there are people.According to the usual practice of previous years, Ma Congrong decorated the whole mansion with pines, cypresses, green branches and colorful electric lights. Naturally, there was no shortage of red lanterns and ribbon flower balls.There are long strings of national flags hanging under the eaves of the corridor, fluttering gently with the cold wind.At night, the lights are fully turned on, and the whole Huo Mansion is bright and colorful, like a world of glazed glass.

When watching the new year, Huo Xiangzhen got off and stood in the veranda next to him looking into the distance.There is only one Ma Congrong with him.The rest of the adjutant orderlies, including Yuan Man, were all young with a childlike heart, and they were thinking about the fireworks and firecrackers brought back by the secretary-general as soon as the twelfth lunar month entered.The fireworks and firecrackers are all custom-made, and they have nowhere to buy them if they have money outside the door of the Huo Mansion.For the Chinese New Year, Huo Xiangzhen hoped that everyone would be happy, so he sent a message early and let them play by themselves.

He doesn't like to play, as if he has been a teenager since he was born, he has never been innocent in his life, and he doesn't know the benefits of "playing".Fire meteors rose in the distance, flying into the air and exploding into red peonies.Even if you look at the red peony every year, you can’t see any particular beauty, but because you look at it every year, you have to look at it even if it’s not beautiful.

Huo Xiangzhen watched silently for a long time, the red peonies were still blooming one by one, bright gunpowder smoke filled the night sky, and the night sky was also dyed bright red by the afterglow of the flowers.Suddenly turning to Ma Congrong, he stretched out a hand from the black cloak, with a thin red paper bag between his fingers: "Your."

Ma Congrong smiled and let out a breath of white air: "Thank you, sir."

Then he took the red envelope, opened the seal, and drew a check from it.He unfolded the check and looked at it, and he laughed a little uneasy - a blank check.

Huo Xiangzhen turned to the front and said in a low voice, "Fill it yourself."

Ma Congrong held the check, his voice trembling a little: "Master..."

Huo Xiangzhen looked at the red peony in the dark sky, feeling very calm in her heart, feeling that she was worthy of everyone.The night wind came blowing majesticly, he remained motionless, the black cloak fluttered with the wind, gently brushing the back of Ma Congrong's hand.Ma Congrong wanted to grab it with his backhand, but his fingers were frozen and he could only grab it in vain.

The Spring Festival was joyful, Huo Xiangzhen ate well and slept well, his ribs grew and became firm, and he no longer suffered from frequent headaches.So in April, Beijing just had the meaning of spring, but the flames of war were already imminent.The person who now controls the government and takes care of the overall situation is Fengtian's Old Marshal Zhang.Huo Xiangzhen never dared to contend with the old commander. As soon as the old commander gave the order, the Zhilu coalition army immediately began to march southward, heading straight for Anhui, Jiangsu——If there is no further action, the National Revolutionary Army will enter Shandong!

When the alliance was first formed, Huo Xiangzhen asked Duan Zhongtian to be the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.Now that the flames of war are at the gates of the house, Duan Zhongtian is duty-bound, so he naturally set up the banner of the commander-in-chief and entered Jiangsu one step ahead.

Huo Xiangzhen was a step behind and personally led an army.In the past year, he has been recruiting crazily. An Rushan and Lu Yongming have both been promoted to army commanders, and his precious fourth brigade also became the fourth division first, and then the fourth army.Some armies are worthy of the name, while others are patchwork.They were put together and assigned to Duan Zhongtian by him. The ones worthy of the name, such as the An Ru Mountain Department, stayed at home to sit in charge.And since he personally served as the commander of the Fourth Army, the Fourth Army naturally followed him every second.With a mighty tens of thousands of horses, he feels very good about himself.

And on the first day he entered Shandong, Lian Yi, the commander-in-chief of the National Defense Army, and Gu Chengxi, the deputy commander-in-chief, jointly issued a telegram announcing the "revolution"!

So the Fourth Army's southward route was slightly adjusted, and war was declared against the National Defense Army.

On the day the war was declared, Gu Chengxi was having lunch at his home in Jining County.The cost of the revolution was not high. Lian Yi spent tens of thousands of dollars to replace all the collar badges, caps, badges and flags of the entire army with blue sky and white sun, and then turned on the electricity to start the revolution.

Regarding the revolution, Gu Chengxi was always a little ignorant and unhappy, because Lian Yi's words became bigger and bigger, and he already had a certain threat to himself.In fact, he hadn't considered clearly whether to revolutionize or not; however, Lian Yi made the decision for him categorically and directly.To start a revolution on the territory of the Beijing government, isn't that obviously looking for a fight?Sure enough, Huo Xiangzhen's cannon was aimed at them.

Gu Chengxi put food in his mouth with a lot of worries. The revolution has not yet succeeded, so it is of course unwise to start a rebellion at this time.But if he were to face off against Huo Xiangzhen, he really wouldn't be able to do it.He hid his vigorous ambitions, and he was not convinced by anyone, but when he thought of Huo Xiangzhen, he felt so cheap that his legs went limp.He knelt down to Huo Xiangzhen, knelt down several times, and never felt wronged when he knelt down.A man has gold under his knees, but how can gold compare to his safety?

Thinking that he was going to shoot Ping An, Gu Chengxi took a mouthful of white rice and couldn't swallow it.If a war really starts, he thinks that firstly, he must not hurt Ping An, and secondly, he must not lose.The things I have done are already shameful enough. If Ping An is ruined, wouldn't it lose the slightest advantage?Poor character, poor ability, Ping An must regard himself as a pile of stinky shit!

Gu Chengxi put down the bowl and chopsticks, completely full.This battle was too difficult to fight, and he was so worried that he sighed, and his two clear eyebrows drooped into a character horoscope.