Chapter 724, Duan Qirui's surprise attack

On the third day, Yuan Shikai was buried in the funeral. On the day he returned to his hometown, Feng Guozhang rushed to the Presidential Palace. Before Yuan Shikai's spiritual throne, he hugged his head and cried bitterly. He trembled with Yuan Shikai's relatives to support the coffin, accompanied him to the train station and personally helped the spirits on the train. The entire platform was filled with the entire platform. Until the train started, everyone still looked at him with tears in their eyes, and the grief was hard to let go of for a long time.

Everyone came out of the train station one after another, said a few words of regret, and then they went home.

At this time, an officer who had been waiting on the street for a long time quickly met Feng Guozhang and said respectfully: "I have met General Xuanwu with humble clerk."

Feng Guozhang asked while wiping the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, "What's the matter?"

He Zhongxu said: "After the order of Premier Duan, please let General Xuanwu move to the Prime Minister's Office and give a lecture."

Feng Guozhang thought that he had been to Beijing for several days, but he had not officially met Duan Qirui yet. He also knew that Duan Qirui must have wanted to win him over the fight with the south, so he took this opportunity to show off with Duan Qirui. He nodded slightly and said, "I understand, go back and tell Zhiquan, and I will go there for a while later."

He Zhongxu left in response.

At this time, Shi Jingyun, who had been following Feng Guozhang, had a more thought and came forward to remind him: "General, today is the day of the funeral of the President. Since the relationship between Premier Duan and the President has never come to see you, he has suddenly invited you to the Prime Minister's Office to see you, I'm afraid there will be something wrong with it."

Feng Guozhang frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Zhiquan and I are old acquaintances. Although we have disagreements in politics, we are still old friends in private. Speaking of today's funeral, Zhiquan has been keeping a guard for the president a few days ago. Maybe he suddenly has to be busy with official duties. You don't have to worry."

Shi Jingyun thought for a while and said, "Or why don't you go to Nanyuan to arrange it with General Lei first."

The General Lei mentioned in his mouth was Lei Zhenchun, who was the Kinki Guard Division and Director of the Law Enforcement Department. Feng Guozhang was Lei Zhenchun's boss in his early years. Lei Zhenchun is currently a rare neutral person in Duan in the capital. He is outside Feng's power. Now that Yuan Shikai is dead, the guard division naturally has to find a way out for himself and will never easily follow Duan Qirui, who has no food or salary, to die.

Feng Guozhang's face turned solemn and said emphatically: "I have said everything. He can't harm me when I have a relationship with Zhiquan. Even if he is obsessed with me, he will never dare to do anything to me. Feng Guozhang is so old that he is also a well-known figure in Beiyang. If he dares to do anything, I want to see how he ends up. In short, there is no need to say more."

Shi Jingyun had no choice but to stop talking and stepped forward to open the door of the car for Feng Guozhang.

After returning to the Presidential Palace Guesthouse for a while, Feng Guozhang replaced the Maiyi who had just been helped, and then arranged for the carriage to pass directly from Xinhuamen to the Prime Minister's Office in Beihai. At present, only Beihai is still a little more popular in the entire central government office. Duan Qirui almost paid private money to subsidize public use, barely maintaining the last face of the Beiyang government.

After some notice, Feng Guozhang came down to the Prime Minister's office under the guidance of a servant. Duan Qirui was standing in the small hall waiting. Feng Guozhang rushed forward and greeted him. Duan Qirui responded coldly and asked Feng Guozhang to sit in the small hall.

"Oh, Zhiquan, the President left as soon as he said he could leave. Looking back, he was really moved. Look at you, you have only been seen for a few years and are so thin. It's really too much to work hard." Feng Guozhang said sadly.

"Brother Huafu, these ***ers were not idle before. I was afraid I would be exhausted when I walked around!" Duan Qirui did not politely to Feng Guozhang at all, and said frankly.

Feng Guozhang was stunned and suddenly felt that Duan Qirui's tone had an unfriendly side. Although the two of them used to be sarcastic, today it was very different, as if there was a murderous aura between the other party's words. He kept calm and said slowly: "Brother Zhiquan, you and I are both old ministers in Beiyang. When the president has gone, I naturally have to think about Beiyang's way out. Why, can't I allow me to do my best?"

Duan Qirui snorted and said angrily: "Think about the way out of Beiyang? I think Brother Hua Fu is thinking about his way out. I really never expected that anyone in Beiyang could be a traitor. Even Brother Hua Fu, you have this thought. The President was really blind at the beginning!"

Feng Guozhang's face changed drastically. He didn't feel guilty about advocating peace talks. In his early years, he always advocated peace in resolving conflicts in the South policy. This is why it is no longer surprising to Beiyang. Now that Duan Qirui said such words, he was really angry, angry and said without showing weakness: "What do you mean? You just want to resist stubbornly, and you are not allowed to protect the country's strength? The situation has come to this point, and you are still so stubborn. Do you have to make all Beiyang so that you will wake up?"

Duan Qirui said coldly: "If you just lobby for peace, it would be fine. If the political views are different, the people below will decide for themselves. I, Duan Qirui, are not even so arrogant. But last month, Brother Zhang went to see you the first day of the first day, and you kept giving your niece to Wu Shaoting. What do you mean? You just made up your mind to surrender to Wu Shaoting. At that time, you dared to do this, and you said you are not a traitor!"

Feng Guozhang was shocked. How did Duan Qirui know about this? Even though he had been walking around these days, he had hardly mentioned the marriage, not to mention that there was no big publicity in the south. Who leaked the secret? Xu Shichang? Of course, it was impossible for Xu Taozhai to be Xu Taozhai. He still knew this!

Since Duan Qirui has already known the matter, it is meaningless to pursue who it is. Feng Guozhang hummed with a pretentious aura and said slowly: "This move is just to test Wu Shaoting's sincerity. What does it have to do with you? Today I planned to persuade you not to be stubborn. Since the negotiations cannot be reached, then let's just part ways. You go through your Yangguan Road, I cross my single-plank bridge, and see who we Beiyang is defeated by!"

After he finished speaking, he stood up angrily and walked out of the office. However, those who had just opened the office saw that a group of gun-carried guards had already been waiting at the door. The leader was He Zhongxu, the officer who came to inform him in the afternoon. Seeing Feng Guozhang appear, He Zhongxu and his subordinates immediately blocked him and stared at Feng Guozhang without saying a word.

"What are you going to do?" Feng Guozhang secretly shouted, but he didn't expect Duan Qirui to dare to attack him. He turned around and angrily looked at Duan Qirui, "Zhiquan, I trust you for a while, you are actually playing tricks!"

"Brother Huafu, don't blame me for being unrighteous. I have contacted Xuzhou. I will detain you in the capital and the Xuzhou army will raid Nanjing. I will not compromise with the south anyway." Duan Qirui stood up leisurely and said with a sneer on his face.

"What, you! Duan Qirui, how dare you let Zhang Xun attack Nanjing! You!" Feng Guozhang was furious, his old body couldn't help but tremble. He worked hard to manage the peace with the south, but unexpectedly fell into Duan Qirui's hands.

Zhiquan, Zhiquan, do you really want Beiyang to accompany you to bury it with you before you can stop? He screamed in his heart, but he couldn't say a word in his mouth.

"Take him down." Duan Qiruihao said bluntly.

He Zhongxu stepped forward and pushed Feng Guozhang. Feng Guozhang turned around and glared at him fiercely, and finally followed the team of soldiers helplessly.

Shi Jingyun waited in the hall for a long time but didn't see Feng Guozhang come out. Somehow, from the afternoon, he always felt awkward in his heart, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. He took out his pocket watch and took a look. It was already six o'clock in the evening and it was getting dark outside. He stood up and walked out, and the two guards at the door stopped him.

"What are you doing?" Shi Jingyun asked coldly.

"Sir, the Prime Minister's Office has been rectifying recently, so don't leave randomly." A guard said coldly.

"Why, if you have three urgent needs, why don't you allow me to make it easier?" Shi Jingyun immediately realized that the situation was wrong and immediately made up an excuse and said, "I'm afraid I'll get lost or go wrong? Or you take me there, or I'll solve it here?"

The two guards looked at each other and had to agree to take Shi Jingyun to the nearest toilet.

Shi Jingyun looked back as he walked through the corridor and found that a team of gun-carrying guards were heading towards the hall. If he had taken one step late, he would have been hit long ago. Fortunately, the guards leading the way did not notice this. He guessed that Duan Qirui must have attacked the general, and he was weak and could not force himself to break through. The most urgent task was to get out as soon as possible and then seek help from others.

When he arrived at the toilet door, Shi Jingyun took advantage of the opportunity to go to the toilet and knocked down the guards guards guards in the toilet. He then pulled out his pistol to wait for the guards outside to rush in. The guards hit the pistol and did not dare to move. Shi Jingyun rushed forward and knocked the other party unconscious, then fled out of the window.

After finally leaving the Prime Minister's Office, Shi Jingyun didn't even dare to pay attention to the carriage parked at the door, and quickly stopped a rickshaw and ran straight back to the guesthouse. He summoned the entourage from Jiangsu and told everyone to contact Xu Shichang, Li Yuanhong and others separately. At the same time, he had to send the news back to Nanjing as soon as possible. The rest quickly packed their bags and left the capital first. After that, he hurriedly left the guesthouse and set off for the Nanyuan Guard Division Headquarters.
Chapter completed!