It was already afternoon, and Chengdu in early summer was already a bit of heat.

The Sichuan Governor's Yamen is located in the center of Chengdu, facing each other several streets from the Chengdu General's Yamen in the southwest. Although the temperament is not as great as the General's Yamen, the geographical location is excellent, just at the intersection and the traffic is very convenient.

After Chengdu was liberation, the General Command of the Republican Army was selected here, but at the command of the commander, the General Command moved to the Chengdu General Office, and later moved to the Sichuan-Han Railway Company. As for the Sichuan Governor's Office, it was first the location of the General Staff Department, and later it was given to the Current Affairs Propaganda Committee.

Now the General’s Office is the General Staff Department of the Republican Army. The Governor’s Office is the seat of the Political and Propaganda Committee. The so-called “civilization and military achievements” are both in the city, and the Chengdu City is as stable as a rock.

In addition to being the seat of the Political and Propaganda Committee, the Sichuan Governor's Office is also the office of the municipal government. All civil affairs departments under the military government work here. Due to the lack of cadres, most of the staff of the municipal government are recruited from near Chengdu. A small number of yamen clerks from the former Qing Dynasty were also hired by the military government, but they only assisted in the work. As for most of the officials in the yamen before, they were thrown into the county prison by the commander-in-chief through the deficit of the Sichuan-Han Road Fund, at least squeezed their oil and water, subsidized the military supplies, and slapped the public's anger.

The restoration has not been long, and all the tasks are busy. The staff of the municipal government are busy all day long. Even lunch is also a "resume meal" uniformly distributed by the military government. It has both meat and vegetables, which is satisfying. After lunch, you must devote yourself to your work. The bad habits in the officialdom in the Qing Dynasty can be said to have been wiped out.

After lunch today, as usual, the civil servants of the government had already rushed back to their respective office areas and were preparing to go to work. However, before the drums started, they heard noise from outside. Some people hurriedly rushed out to see if a large number of people were flooding the street in front of the door, and pedestrians on the street stopped and looked at a team that was walking towards the Governor's Office.

It was a group of officers and soldiers of the Communist Army. At the forefront were eight strong soldiers, divided into two groups, each carrying a very long pig cage and shouting a trumpet to the Governor's Office.

The staff of the municipal government rushed up to inquire and found out that the reason why the prisoners were carried in the pig cage was carried to the Governor's Office was because the commander-in-chief planned to interrogate the prisoners here. These prisoners were not ordinary prisoners. They were the Qing dynasties who were trying to assassinate the commander-in-chief of the Republican Army. These people also planned to create chaos in the city and massacre the people.

Only then did the official business realize that the gunshots from the flag camp were heard by all the residents of Chengdu. Later, there was a sound of cannons. Everyone was panicked, thinking that the garrison in the city had a mutiny. The Republican army suppressed the bullets in time, and the panic quickly subsided.

Afterwards, news came out: the commander-in-chief personally commanded and arrested a group of Qing Dynasty die-hards in the flag camp. More than a dozen were killed and several were captured alive. All of them were detained in the dungeon of the general's yamen. Because these die-hards refused to be arrested, they fought in the flag camp. The Republican army used cannons and fired only two cannons in total. That was when the people heard the sound of ground cannons.

However, everyone was also surprised. Because: the General Staff Department has a military court, which currently manages the trial of all military and civilian cases. It is chaired by Wu Luzhen, the judge of the General Army of the Republic of China. In theory, the case of assassination of the General Commander-in-Chief should also be under his jurisdiction. If it is to be tried, it should go to the General Office of the General Staff Department. Why are the criminals arrested here as the Governor's Office of the Municipal Government? Moreover, there are only two main culprits in the interrogation site. None of the accomplices were mentioned. This is also strange.

Before the municipal government and local civil servants finished their discussion, Chengdu acting mayor Ji Yulin had already entered the Governor's Office and directed his subordinates to clean up the main hall of the yamen, arrange it properly, and serve as a court.

Given that there were too many people in the lively place, Ji Yulin had to send a warning post. At the same time, he randomly selected one hundred people as representatives of the citizens in the area of ​​observation and allowed them to enter the Governor's Office.

After the citizen representatives entered, more than a dozen gentry and elders came over. Each of them had an armband on their left arm, which had the words "jury" written on it. The people were curious and inquired about the staff officers and adjutants in order. Only then did they realize that these people were all so-called jurors. Now they were republic. The torture method in the past was not working. In the future, the case was tried. The juror was the assistant of the judge. Whether the defendant was guilty or not, it was up to them to say.

Before the people could come back, Chief Zhang, the Director of the Political and Propaganda Committee, had already come over. He accompanied several golden and blue-eyed foreigners to the main gate of the Governor's Office. He spoke in foreign language and invited the foreigners into the yamen. The people onlookers asked each other. Only then did he learn that the foreigners were Americans and Germans. Among them, two big figures were Weiss, the German Consul in Chengdu, and the other was his assistant and translator Fischer. They came to the interview at the invitation of the commander-in-chief. Now that the republic is the same, the foreigners have to make legal progress in the foreign countries.

Zhang Jiyang accompanied the foreigners into the main hall of the yamen. The guards brought some Grandmaster chairs, first asked the jurors to sit, and then asked the foreigners to sit in a slightly back seat.

Everyone here has tea to serve. Considering the taste of foreigners, they specially prepared Indian black tea for them. The foreigners held fine porcelain tea cups and looked around in the Governor's Office curiously.

Before the foreigners could give an objective evaluation of this ancient oriental building, the commander-in-chief rushed to the Governor's Office surrounded by the guards. After shaking hands with the foreigners, he sat down in the main hall of the yamen. He slapped the gavel and ordered the prisoners to be taken to the court.

Two defendants tied up in large numbers followed a group of soldiers to the main hall. The soldiers shouted loudly and ordered them to kneel down.

"I would rather die than kneel down and rebel!" One of them cursed.

"Baga!" Another person also looked angry and cursed a few words in a foreign accent, but few people could understand.

"Look, a Manchu terrorist and an Oriental terrorist, these two men planned to carry out assassination of revolutionary soldiers. This is an international conspiracy!"

The commander-in-chief beat another gave a slap in the woods, and his words were amazing, which made several subordinates around him learn another new term.

The German consul and an American businessman stood up at the same time and said a few foreign words to the commander-in-chief. The German consul's translator, Fischer, translated their words into Chinese.

"The suspects have dignity before they are convicted. I hope the General will allow them to stand and be interrogated. Moreover, we think it is indeed a bit too much when the soldiers paraded in the streets with embroidered cages of pigs in the morning."

"What a few international friends said makes sense. I have also been abroad. I know the significance of civilized law enforcement. I ask a few to attend the interrogation. I want to supervise the interrogation procedures.

It’s not my idea that the soldiers were too angry and a little too extreme: they paid attention to this issue. The Qing Dynasty in the past did not understand what civilization was. Now China has entered the republic era and society will become more and more civilized."

The commander-in-chief waved his hand to signal the soldiers to let the two criminals stand for interrogation, but the tied rope was not untied.

"Please check that the two defendants are bannermen and Japanese. They planned the assassination of me and also tried to create chaos in the city."

As soon as the commander-in-chief finished speaking, the jurors stared at the two criminals intently and looked at them curiously.

In fact, before everyone came in, they had heard that among the group of "terrorists" arrested, there was one of the dozen "terrorists" who died in the Eastern people. Everyone was surprised and wanted to know how the Commander-in-Chief dealt with the Eastern people who captured alive. After all, it is well known that the "Far East Madman" and the Japanese are not in the world. Now the Japanese are here to Chengdu to assassinate the Commander-in-Chief, no wonder the Commander-in-Chief ordered people to put this Eastern terrorist in a pig cage and parade.

In contrast, the old man from Duan Jin's bannerman was not so eye-catching. The bannerman's country was pushed down by the commander-in-chief. The bannerman always hated the commander-in-chief. There were many bannermans who wanted to assassinate the commander-in-chief. Duan Jin was not the last one, and definitely not the first one. But he dared to think and do it, and even brought up the Eastern people, and he was also a figure among the bannerman.

"Ba!Ba!"

The commander-in-chief shot the gavel twice in a row, and everyone's attention was pulled back.

"Defendant, have you heard clearly the accusations against you just now? Do you want to defend this?" asked the commander-in-chief.

The two defendants snorted coldly and did not take the interrogation seriously.

"Then you will hear it clearly. Bring someone to witness!" said the commander-in-chief.

"Bring people!" Guard captain Tian Jinfu shouted.

A man walked into the main hall, dressed up by the bannerman. Some of the representatives of the gentry and citizens recognized this person. It was Nick Tong, the inspector of the former Chengdu Banner Camp.

"Have you met the commander-in-chief!"

Nickton Ah entered the main hall and quickly called the hall. He understood the rules. Now the Republican government is not up to the point of being able to kneel down and kowtow, so he just bowed.

"Tell me carefully what you see, what you hear, what you know and what you hear."

Perhaps because of the classical yamen building, Zhao Bei unknowingly used the official accent, which is also classical.

Nicktona said "chattering" and told him vividly about the past and after he was ordered to "storm into the enemy camp". This person may often go to the teahouse to hear stories, but the story is told to a certain level. The audience quickly entered the role and listened with relish.

Zhao Bei was a little different from everyone and couldn't be interested in this story. After all, he had heard this story once in the morning. Although he was not disgusted with Nickton's bragging, the assassination group was caught by accident, and it was a bit of a trick. If he had not suddenly wanted to lay a few "nails" in the flag camp, perhaps these "terrorists" had already carried out their operations. Even if the assassination was not successful, they would probably create chaos in the city. Thinking of this, Zhao Bei was a little scared.

The struggle is cruel and fierce. Of course Zhao Bei understood this truth, otherwise he would not have kept the guard with him at any time. But now it seems that the guard alone is not good. He must change his behavioral habits and reduce the number of public appearances in strange occasions. This time the enemy is a long-range sniper killing him when he came out to comfort the people in the crying streets. It is not a close-range assassination. Although the opponent does not have a professional sniper rifle in his hand, judging from the battle in the flag camp in the morning, the opponent's sniper's gun technique is quite powerful. If Nicktona did not find a way to leave a note at the contact point when he entered the city, I am afraid that the Japanese sniper would never show his gun technique in the flag camp.

"It seems that it is necessary to equip the guards with professional sniper rifles and conduct counter-sniper training on them. I just don't know if there are sniper rifles with scopes in this era?"

With this idea, Zhao Bei yawned, raised his hand and rubbed his red eyes. He went to bed before dawn today. Nickton's note was sent to the headquarters just after dawn, forcing him to immediately catch the assassin. He only slept for less than two hours. In addition, he didn't sleep well the previous two days, so he felt sleepy. After arresting the terrorists in the morning, he was busy presiding over the appeasement meeting. He sniffed for a moment at noon, but that was not enough to compensate for the day's fatigue.

Looking at Nicktona, seeing that he was still talking endlessly, Zhao Bei whispered a few words to Tian Jinfu. Tian Jinfu hurriedly left, and after a moment he brought him a cup of black tea. After this half cup of black tea, he finally dispelled his sleepiness slightly.

At this time, Na Nicktona had finished telling the story and was standing in the hall with his hands hanging down. As for the jurors, they were whispering, and several foreigners who were listening were also whispering.

This is unusual. The Japanese also participated in the conspiracy. This was an international assassination incident, and the target of the operation was directly aimed at a famous Far East general. This was a political assassination. If this incident was born in a powerful European country, it would be a diplomatic storm. If it was born in the Balkans... the German consul no longer dared to think about it.

"We are deeply grateful for the commander-in-chief's plan and act decisively. This time, the enemy chief conspired to massacre the people and frame the revolutionary army, which was really sinister and cunning." A gentry who acted as a juror stood up and talked happily.

Zhao Bei looked closely and saw that he recognized the man named Fu Huafeng, who was appointed by the original pseudo-Qing court. He was a figure in the Westernization faction recommended by Zhao Erfeng, the Minister of the Sichuan Border Affairs. He was said to be very talented. Moreover, Zhao Erxun's surrender was the result of this person's persuasion. Zhao Bei originally planned to entrust him with important tasks, but later Zhao Erxun's housekeeper slandered the commander-in-chief, saying that although Fu Huafeng persuaded Zhao Erxun to surrender at that time, he also offered the idea of ​​"submitting Yuan but not surrendering Zhao". As a result, the commander-in-chief's favor for this person was suddenly lost. So after Chengdu was restored, the military government did not arrange a position for him. The commander-in-chief kicked the man to the Chengdu Chamber of Commerce and became a member.

Perhaps knowing that he had offended the Commander-in-Chief, this Commissioner Fu was tactful. In the past few days, he honestly assisted the General Chamber of Commerce in handling the aftermath of the Sichuan-Han Road deficit case, which was also diligent. Now he is the first to stand up to praise the Commander-in-Chief's wisdom, and this position has changed really quickly.

If you know the times and be a hero, you must learn to change with the wind.

"Committee Fu said it well! These terrorists were insidious and cunning, and almost ruined the great situation after Chengdu was restored."
Chapter completed!