A crisp sound of horse hooves reached the ears of everyone in Yedian from the direction of Jinmen.
Lei Hu and his entourage behaved calmly, without any abnormality.
But the gang of horse bandits outside the customs stopped moving, and dozens of pairs of fierce eyes looked towards the entrance of the wild store. The one with a hot temper couldn't help but grab the guy in his hand.
The goal is coming!
"Go out and have a look!"
The leader of the majestic men shouted, and all the horse bandits outside the pass came out of the gate and stood beside the official road and looked up.
The movement of the horse bandits outside the customs immediately attracted Tan Sitong's attention, and he stretched his head to see what was going on.
"Brother Tan, it's time for us to go!"
Lei Hu said hello. He was not interested in the so-called excitement at all. He was just doing those trivial things. There were not many bandits outside the customs who could afford big tickets. The target he wanted to deal with was obviously not a simple character.
He didn't even pay attention to the militia in Chancheng from time to time. How could he care about the troubles in the north? Did he think his life was too leisurely?
"etc!"
Tan Sitong suddenly spoke, with no intention of leaving at all.
"What's wrong, Brother Tan?"
Lei Hu said angrily: "Let me tell you in advance that I will not interfere in matters over there!"
"Brother Lei, how could you do this?"
Tan Sitong became anxious and said dissatisfiedly, "Those swordsmen outside the customs are not good people at first sight, and I know what they are doing is not a good thing!"
"What does that have to do with me?"
Lei Hu said helplessly: "With a force that can afford so many swordsmen from outside the customs, how can the target be so simple?"
"But what if they kill Zhongliang?"
Tan Sitong retorted: "Does Brother Lei also intend to stand by and watch?"
"What is Zhongliang?"
Lei Hu sneered and said leisurely: "Brother Tan must have a good background. Do you think there are loyal people in the court?"
"How not?"
Tan Sitong said displeasedly: "Those who carry out the reform and reform are all loyal and good!"
"Okay, okay, I won't argue with Brother Tan!"
Lei Hu waved his hand and said calmly: "As promised in advance, if you are not a so-called 'loyalty', I will never take action!"
He stood on the pole on the second floor of the wild store, waving his hands to slow down the packing of luggage. He wanted to see who the guy was being targeted by the gang of horse bandits from outside the customs.
There was no need to leave an impression of being cold and unsympathetic in Tan Sitong's mind. Although Lei Hu didn't care much, he didn't have any dirty thoughts or even fall out with Tan Sitong because of such a trivial matter.
It's definitely not his style to worry about other people's affairs.
Tan Sitong also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that Lei Hu would just leave.
He still values Lei Hu, his new friend, very much. He admires not only Lei Hu's powerful force, but also his familiarity and understanding of foreign countries.
In this era of Qing Dynasty, I have been talking about opening my eyes to see the world for many years, but there are very few things I can actually do.
Even the government-sponsored overseas students sent by the imperial court, due to problems of status and vision, either only saw the power and invincibility of the great powers, or they changed their temper due to the impact of Western culture, and even some extreme ones directly switched to the revolutionary party.
However, their understanding of Europe as a whole is very poor, and they have no useful opinions at all.
Lei Hu was different. It was just a brief exchange over a meal, but he showed that he had a sufficient understanding of Europe. Even though it was all general information, it was quite remarkable.
At the moment, who among us in the Qing Dynasty does not have his eyes fixed on the powerful powers, and simply looks down on the small and medium-sized countries in Europe that are not large in area and have a small population, but are not weak in strength?
Lei Hu has another opinion. Although it is only a little bit revealed, it is not unreasonable.
Learn from those small but powerful countries in Europe, focus on developing the industrial system of a few provinces, solve any problems first, and then find ways to deal with powerful powers.
This idea actually makes sense, but Tan Sitong didn't have the patience, and the backbone of the reform movement behind him didn't have the same patience. They always felt that the best result would be if the whole country changed together.
But that was the case. Tan Sitong respected Lei Hu for his knowledge and foresight. It was too late to become friends, so how could he have become estranged from Lei Hu because of other things?
Of course, the reason why he planned to stay, in addition to the sense of justice in his heart, was also partly because he wanted to see who the swordsmen outside the pass were targeting, and maybe he could make friends with them and contribute to the reform movement.
Get strong support.
He is not a fool. How could he not be clear about it? It is not easy for an individual or force to bribe a group of powerful swordsmen outside the customs. It is also not easy for the existence being targeted by the swordsmen.
Wasn't the reason why he stopped Lei Hu because of Lei Hu's powerful martial arts, which gave him a lot of confidence?
Besides, the twenty guards around Lei Hu were not very good at all. They were all elites in the army. He was very curious about the identities of these guards, but he had just made friends with Lei Hu and it was hard to ask more questions.
After only such a short time delay, fierce shouts of killing could be heard outside.
"Kill, kill, brothers, don't let anyone go!"
"Hahaha, Yuan Shikai, today is your day of death, come and accept your fate!"
"Brothers, please work harder. When things are settled, let's have a celebratory drink!"
"..."
The sound of people shouting and horses neighing, the fierce clash of weapons, and the shrill screams of injured and dying people all mixed together to make the place very lively.
It turned out to be Yuan Shikai, the minister of training of the Beiyang New Army!
The noise outside was so loud, and the gang of swordsmen running from outside the pass did not hide anything. Tan Sitong immediately showed a look of surprise, and at the same time, he also had some thoughts in his heart.
"Let's go out and take a look!"
With an idea in mind, he greeted the book boy next to him without saying a word, said hello to Lei Hu, hurried downstairs with the sword on his waist, and quickly walked to the door of the wild store to watch.
He also has some kung fu, but of course that little kung fu won't catch the eye of a true expert.
The one being besieged by swordsmen outside the Pass was actually Yuan Shikai!
Lei Hu was slightly surprised. He didn't expect such a coincidence. He met Yuan Shikai in the wild shop next to the official road, but he was still besieged by a group of horse bandits outside the customs.
He was not anxious at all, and he didn't even think about rescuing.
If Yuan Shikai died so easily, he would no longer be the last leader of Beiyang. Besides, there should be expert guards around him, so nothing could go wrong.
Seeing Tan Sitong running out of the wild shop in a hurry, he shook his head and led others out of the wild shop. But what he saw surprised him. Not only did the guy suspected of Yuan Datou not take advantage, but he was also beaten
The ferocious horse bandits outside the customs chased and killed...