Black Flag Army

When it was time to pay the bill after dinner, Bai Xiuling refused to accept the money, but Lan Jinping still put down two silver dollars. She said, "It's not easy for you to run a restaurant in Beijing. It's impossible to have no one to cause trouble. If there is any problem that you can't solve, you can ask me for help."

Bai Xiuling said, "Now that Sister Lan mentioned that, there is indeed something. I wonder if Sister Lan can help." Seeing that Lan Jinping's bodyguards were standing at the door of the box and should not be able to hear, she lowered her voice and told the story of Liang Mazi's humiliation and Di Xiong's rescue. Then she said, "I am still a fugitive. Liang Mazi is still looking for me everywhere. I usually don't dare to go out. I am terrified when I go out occasionally. In fact, with the current strength of Xihehui, it is not difficult to deal with Liang Mazi. The key is that he has Huang Pangzi, the director of the Jingxi Branch behind him. If Xihehui offends the Jingxi Branch, it can only flee Beijing."

Lan Jinping said, "So that's the matter. I can help. Dong Huailiang, the personnel director of the Beijing Police Headquarters, is General Lu's fellow villager from Mengcheng. He couldn't find a job after graduating from the Police Academy, so he went to General Lu for help. There were too many fellow villagers who came to General Lu, and General Lu was annoyed and didn't want to help him. It was because I said a few good words that General Lu wrote a note to recommend him to the Police Headquarters. Now I'm asking him to help transfer Fatty Huang out of Beijing. It shouldn't be a problem. I'll call Director Dong when I get back."

Di Xiong walked into Box No. 3 and saw the Lan sisters. Lan Jinping looked only 21 or 22 years old, with a pair of phoenix eyes, fair skin, and a pure and elegant appearance. Di Xiong's heart skipped a beat when he saw her, and he had an impulse to hold her in his arms. He thought: No wonder Lu Jianzhang was willing to spend 5,000 silver dollars to redeem her. She is indeed a stunning woman. Compared with Bai Xiuling, she has a bit more charm of a mature woman. Lan Jinchun was about 15 or 16 years old, a smaller version of Lan Jinping, with a pair of clear and bright eyes and a slightly upturned mouth.

Di Xiong clasped his hands together and said, "I am Di Xiong, nice to meet the Seventh Concubine. I am very grateful to the Seventh Concubine for helping Bai Xiuling!"

Lan Jinping smiled and said, "I don't like people calling me Seventh Concubine. Chunlei, Xiuling and the others all call me Sister Lan. I heard that you are only 21 years old, two years younger than me. Can you call me Sister Lan too?"

Di Xiong said, "Since Sister Lan has proposed this, I will obey your order. From now on, Sister Lan and Sister Jinchun will treat this place as their own home. Come over if you want to eat. If you need my help in the future, just let me know."

Lan Jinchun had been staring at Di Xiong, and when she heard the words "Sister Jinchun", her face suddenly turned red.

After seeing off the Lan sisters, Di Xiong just returned to the office in the backyard of the hotel when he heard from the waitress that several policemen were causing trouble in the lobby and Zhang Hei Lian and his men were restrained. Di Xiong hurried to the lobby and as soon as he entered, a gun was pointed at his chest. Di Xiong saw that the gunman was Liang Ma Zi, and there were four other policemen pointing their guns at Zhang Hei Lian, Du Ma Gan and other security guards.

Di Xiong's expression remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "Liang Mazi, you don't need to take out your gun when you bring people to dinner. You haven't even drunk any alcohol yet, so why are you making trouble like a drunkard?"

Liang Mazi sneered, "Stop talking nonsense and hand over Bai Xiuling. Someone saw her enter your restaurant yesterday and she never came out. If Bai Xiuling has been hiding here, it means that it was you, a bastard, who attacked me a month ago!"

Di Xiong laughed and said, "How is that possible? If I wanted to rescue Bai Xiuling that day, I would never have sent her to the detention center. Isn't that a waste of time? There is indeed a waitress in my hotel who looks like her, but it's not her. The person you are talking about must have been mistaken."

Liang Mazi looked unconvinced and said, "Call the waitress over so I can see her."

Di Xiong said: "She asked for leave to go back to the countryside to visit her relatives and will not be back until three days later."

Liang Mazi found that several more hotel security guards appeared in the lobby. They drew their guns and pointed them at the police without hesitation. One of the gray-faced teenagers aimed his pistol at Liang Mazi's head. Obviously, once the shooting started, both sides would lose. Liang Mazi's face broke out in cold sweat and his tone softened: "Okay! I'll believe you this time. Come back to see the waitress in three days. If you lie, I'll settle the score with you again."

According to the temporary laws of the Republic of China, private gun purchase and possession are legal, only gun manufacturing is illegal. This is a helpless move because many foreign companies are doing arms business in China. If buying guns is illegal, the foreign companies will not be able to do business and there will definitely be trouble.

Watching the five policemen put away their guns and leave, Leng Hanbing whispered, "Boss! Do you want me to take some people to follow them and finish them off?"

Di Xiong shook his head and said, "They are police officers after all. We should not act rashly. Besides, they have Fatty Huang backing them up. If Sister Lan hasn't transferred Fatty Huang away in three days, it won't be too late for us to fight them head-on."

That night, in an old courtyard opposite the Weili Hotel, Leng Hanbing convened a meeting of more than 20 members of the action group to arrange tasks. After more than a month of development, the Xihehui action group has grown from the original five people to more than 20 people. The new members are strong teenagers selected from beggars and refugees, ranging in age from thirteen to sixteen. In order to survive in harsh environments, they have been fighting for a steamed bun or a sesame cake since childhood. They have become very fierce in the long-term struggle. After joining the Xihehui, they have enough food and clothing, and naturally work hard for the Xihehui. Di Xiong's family can no longer accommodate so many people, so he bought the house next door for them to live in. This place also became a place for them to train. Di Xiong personally taught them martial arts and marksmanship. Of course, even the shooting guns were equipped with silencers, which Di Xiong made based on the knowledge of later generations.

Leng Hanbing lit a cigarette, took a puff and said, "Ten days ago, the owners of four restaurants along Xihe Street hired a group of people to smash our restaurant. Although they didn't succeed and we beat them away, we can't just let it go. Brother Chunfeng has found out the addresses of these four owners. Our action tonight is to fight back. We will go to their homes, beat up the four guys, and force them to pay 500 yuan in compensation. We will divide into four teams and act at the same time. Tianlie, Ma Gan, Hei Lian and I will each lead a team and start at 12 o'clock in the evening. The boss has asked Director Ma to inform the patrol team that there will be no patrols at night where the four owners live. Here are their addresses."

Leng Hanbing distributed several slips of paper to Hong Tianlie and the others. Zhang Heitou asked, "What if these bosses are unwilling to pay?"

Leng Hanbing said viciously: "Then cut off his hands, and then search for the money yourself, and take it all."

Seeing everyone going back to prepare, Wu Chunlei asked, "Brother Leng! Which team should I follow?"

Leng Hanbing said, "You are not participating in Lingtian's operation. The boss wants to talk to you."

Di Xiong had just finished writing the recommendation letter in his study when Wu Chunlei knocked on the door and came in. Di Xiong asked Bai Xiuling to make him a cup of tea, and then said to him: "Do you know about the second recruitment of soldiers for the reserve army? I want to recommend you to serve in the left reserve army. What do you think?"

Wu Chunlei was surprised and said, "Join the Beiyang Army? Aren't they all murderous bastards? And we have killed several Beiyang soldiers."

Di Xiong said: "You can't generalize anything. Most of the Beiyang Army are bastards, but there are also a few decent soldiers. Feng Jishan, the former battalion commander of the Left Reserve Army, is one of them. This man is not involved in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. He lives a simple life and is an honest official. He is also a master of training soldiers. The army trained by him may become the strongest army in the world in the future. When I gave you a history lesson and talked about the incompetence of the Qing Dynasty and the loss of territory, you said that you would follow me to the north in the future to take back places like Vladivostok and Sakhalin Island. But you can only be a gangster boss at most in Xihe. If you want to be a general and lead the army to fight, you can only join the army. In Captain Feng's army, you can learn a lot of military knowledge, which you can't learn from me."

Wu Chunlei asked: "Why didn't you ask Han Bing, Tian Lie and the others to go?"

Di Xiong said, "Because our territory in Beijing needs someone to guard it. We need money to recruit soldiers in the future. Without territory, where will the money come from? Moreover, they all have the problems that Captain Feng hates. Leng Hanbing likes to smoke, and smokes a lot. Wu Chunfeng likes to dress up in a flashy way. Hong Tianlie is addicted to alcohol and gambling, and his problems are even more serious. Captain Feng has strict military discipline and lives a hard life, but as long as he persists, he will definitely benefit from it for the rest of his life."

Wu Chunlei said: "Since what Big Brother said makes sense, I will join the army."

After Wu Chunlei left, Bai Xiuling came in, knelt down in tears and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have gone to the street yesterday. I was recognized and you were pointed at with a gun. Please punish me!"

Of course, it is unbearable for a person to stay in the room for a long time, not to mention that Bai Xiuling is still a lively girl of 18 years old. Di Xiong was about to comfort her, but when he saw her lovely appearance, he changed his mind and helped her up and said, "I really embarrassed you today, so I will punish you once!"

He suddenly picked her up, put her on the bed, and began to take off her clothes. Bai Xiuling was stunned for a moment, then her cheeks flushed. She closed her eyes and let him do it. Di Xiong originally wanted to play a joke and scare her, but she was completely obedient. Before he knew it, he had taken off all her clothes. Looking at her white and attractive body, Di Xiong felt his blood boiling and couldn't help but pounce on her. Bai Xiuling whispered, "Take a shower first, wash yourself clean before you eat me."

After bathing, Bai Xiuling's skin became white and rosy, and her face was as bright and juicy as a ripe peach. Di Xiong wrapped her in a bath towel and walked to the bed...

After the clouds cleared and the rain stopped, Bai Xiuling collapsed on the bed, her whole body as soft as noodles. She still panted and laughed, "You bad guy! You pretended to be a good person for more than a month, but in the end you showed your true face as a wolf and ate my little sheep."

Di Xiong laughed and said, "You have been teasing me and even said that I am a eunuch. I am not Liu Xiahui, so how can I resist? Now you know that I am not a eunuch."

Bai Xiuling gently wiped the sweat off his face and said, "I heard that Liang Mazi pointed a gun at you, but you were not afraid at all. Why were you so brave?"