According to Dai Jinshuang's words, based on the Taoist generation, Zhao Guanlu, who was the one who returned to secular life, should be a generation older than his master Ma Sijia. In theory, he should also call his disciple Feng Kunlun as his uncle, but later Zhao Mingchuan returned to secular life, so there was no way to talk about the seniority of these Taoist schools.

To be honest, although the name Zhao Mingchuan was not well-known in the Taoist circle at that time, it was not bad. At most, it was greedy for money and dreamed of getting rich. Peng Shanyin, the host of Luohongguan, was originally a brother of his brothers, and he had always been in trouble because of the friction of the master's throne. Later, Zhao Mingchuan claimed that he had been out for more than ten years. Peng Shanyin took this opportunity to abandon him in Guan. From then on, even if this person returned to secular life, it was said that this person returned to Luohongguan again, but it also left unhappily. Since then, this person faded out of people's sight.

"Don't you know about him digging the treasures of Hou Jin?" Zhang Guozhong asked.

"According to the master, around the Republic of China, this person was rumored to have returned to Guangzhou once and sold Chinese treasures to foreigners everywhere... After hearing what you said, it was probably dug from Bashan..." Dai Jinshuang said, "Although everyone can't stand it, no one cares..."

After the fall of the Qing government, China began a chaotic world of warlords. With this chaos, Zhao Mingchuan began to blatantly sell Chinese treasures to foreigners. Although many people in the Taoist sect couldn't stand it, at most they curse a few words, and no one was willing to really care about it. First, the war was in chaos at that time, and everyone was too busy to take care of themselves. Second, Zhao Mingchuan was also a difficult character. First, the kung fu was powerful, and second, they were unreasonable and vindictive, so no one was willing to provoke him on his own initiative.

Although no one cares about it, Zhao Mingchuan's dream of making money was not as smooth as expected. As the saying goes, antiques and gold in prosperous times. At the beginning of the Republic of China, independent warlords in various places fought in a melee. Even rich families kept gold and silver. Few people were willing to spend a lot of money to buy antiques. After the plunder of China by the late Qing Dynasty, foreigners were not very new to Chinese treasures (the Old Summer Palace was snatched, and there was nothing I had seen before?). Moreover, foreigners seemed not good at Chinese treasures. It is said that a painting by Tang Bohu was auctioned on the spot by a British officer on the night of the British and French coalition forces burned the Old Summer Palace. In this case, Zhao Mingchuan moved from Guangzhou to Hong Kong. In Zhao Mingchuan's view, Hong Kong is the territory of the British and is relatively stable than the mainland. The wealthy families are both rich and knowledgeable, and are ideal choices to sell ancient goods.

"What happened later..." Zhang Guozhong was so excited that Dai Jinshuang suddenly stopped talking.

"Don't you know everything about it later?" Dai Jinshuang said, "Zhao Mingchuan died at the gun of the Liao family... We all thought he was dead, and even his apprentice Feng Kunlun didn't know where he was. After hearing what you said, I realized that he was killed by the Liao family..."

"Before going to Hong Kong, Zhao Mingchuan once had an apprentice in mainland China, Feng Kunlun, later the China Taiping Prayer Committee. According to Feng Kunlun himself, he was adopted by Zhao Mingchuan from the orphanage..." Dai Jinshuang said, "It is normal for people like them who study sidelines all day long, and have defective virtue and no heirs. If you want a child, you have to find a noble person to protect him. At that time, Zhao Mingchuan wanted to marry a noble wife who matched the horoscope, but he couldn't find a match for the horoscope of any daughter, so he went on and just adopted a child from the orphanage run by the church..."

"Negotiable...? I know this. The ancestors of the Liao family were once not strong. Did you find that noble person?" Zhang Guozhong asked.

"Haha... Mr. Liao doesn't have to ask noble people to protect him. I used my own life to protect him. Letting him marry Liang Xiaolan is just to be kind..." Dai Jinshuang sighed.

Because noble people cannot change their names (the number of days is destined to be noble people, and the so-called "destiny" naturally includes the name. If the name is changed, it is not a noble person), so Zhao Mingchuan did not change his name after Feng Kunlun was bought, and the nominal relationship between the child and himself was not father and son, but was called master and apprentice.

Later, Zhao Mingchuan took advantage of a few ancient goods. After getting some money, he married a wife. Because he was protected by a noble man like Feng Kunlun, he successfully gave birth to a son in less than a few years, and this person was Zhao Qingyun.

Although Feng Kunlun was the "noble man" who was able to have inheritance in Zhao Mingchuan, his treatment in the Zhao family was far worse than that of Zhao Mingchuan's own son Zhao Qingyun. He was basically a servant. Moreover, Zhao Mingchuan did not pass on Feng Kunlun much ability, but taught everything he had in the box to his biological son Zhao Qingyun. However, Feng Kunlun was not a fuel-efficient lamp. Relying on the little bit of the teachings of Zhao Mingchuan, he actually learned to himself. In terms of ability, he was not much worse than Zhao Qingyun.

Although he grew up in the same family, Feng Kunlun and Zhao Qingyun are two completely different types of people. Influenced by his own life experience and experience, although Feng Kunlun is introverted and does not like to talk, he always wants to do a "big career" in his bones. No matter whether this career is a good or a bad thing, as long as he can lead others, even if he is a warlord or a king or a bandit, to put it bluntly, it is a kind of revenge mentality of "using others" that arises after being used to being used to being used to being used to.

However, Zhao Qingyun is different. This person has no lofty ideals. He only wants to make a fortune and completely inherits his father Zhao Mingchuan's temper, which is jealous of money. In addition, this person is domineering and unreasonable. In terms of temper, he is completely a copy of Zhao Mingchuan. Before Zhao Mingchuan went to Hong Kong, he once gave his wife a "gossip picture" and said that if he couldn't come back, he would hand the picture to his son. When will his son understand this picture? He asked him to take back what he had hidden according to the instructions on the picture, which would be enough for the family to be prosperous and prosperous for a lifetime.

Because in the turbulent times, the most valuable thing was arms. Since the age of 20, Feng Kunlun had been stealing guns for a living, but most of them stole guns from the warlord's barracks and reselling them to other warlords' army. They were all small-scale. After all, they were all Chinese. If they didn't talk about morality, it would be difficult to find buyers, and at least they had to cross provinces. So they couldn't make much money even if they were tormented once, and at most they were a life. However, Zhao Qingyun had been working hard at home to study the "Gossip Cloud Exploration Map" and would commit crimes with Feng Kunlun in his spare time. In short, by 1935, Feng Kunlun was basically mediocre.

After the Lugou Bridge Incident, Feng Kunlun felt that his opportunity to "make achievements" had come. He stole the Japanese guns and sold them to the Chinese. At least he didn't have to work across provinces, and just handled them on the spot. So he said goodbye to his master's wife and junior brother, and went to the Pingjin area where the Japanese were most eyeing him and started his "career".

"Career?" Zhang Guozhong frowned, "What career?"

"It's still steal!" Dai Jinshuang said.

"Who are you stealing?" Zhang Guozhong said.

"Japanese!" Dai Jinshuang said, "Which is the most intimidating thing in China at that time?... Guns! Especially Japanese guns! It is much better than guns in the warlords. It is stolen from the Japanese guns and sold them to the Kuomintang army. It is cost-effective. A gun costs more than 30 yuan per month, and it is no problem to get thousands of yuan a month."

"The Kuomintang...will buy it?" Zhang Guozhong seemed a little disbelief.

"What equipment do you think the Kuomintang army is? Even the Big Sword Team has a shortage of weapons...!" Dai Jinshuang said, "A American gun costs hundreds of dollars, and buying a Japanese gun for more than thirty dollars is similar to a white-collar one..."

With the help of the "Zhao surrender technique", Feng Kunlun was walking on flat ground in and out of the Japanese arsenal. He went down to sleep with a few more people, and then he used some evil ways to fight in the nest first. After that, he would go in and get things. Although he couldn't take many things away at once, he had a lot of income. Although the Japanese were alert, no matter how strict the guards were, they would lose everything. This kind of life lasted for about two or three months, and Feng Kunlun began to think that it was not a solution to do it alone. As soon as the Japanese came.

The number of guards is already more than the warlords' barracks. In addition, with the increase in the number of crimes, the Japanese's vigilance is getting stricter and more defenders are getting more and more harmful to their bodies. Secondly, since there is no need to resell across provinces, the more you get, the better, and his ability to carry by himself is really limited. Therefore, Feng Kunlun accepted several apprentices and taught a few simple moves to join the battle. First, he could earn more and make more money, and secondly, he could let his disciples use his skills without hurting his body, and also satisfy his mentality of using others.

"How many apprentices have you taken in?" Zhang Guozhong frowned.

"You should know all these people..." Dai Jinshuang smiled, "Zuo Daoyi, Zhang Bailing, Wang Guangsi, Zhang Ming, Song Shiliang..."

"They... are all Feng Kunlun's apprentices!? They were born from stealing things?" Zhang Guozhong couldn't believe it.

"Mr. Zuo Daoyi and Mr. Zhang Bailing were also Taoist families in the past and had a foundation. They thought this method was also an anti-Japanese war and had money to make money. Why not do it?..."

The frequent loss of guns by the Japanese even reached their headquarters in China, but the Japanese wanted to save face, so this incident did not spread. However, at the bottom of the Chinese army, this incident spread not because the Japanese lost weapons, but because guns were sold at a cheap price. Although the location of the guns was in Pingjin, even the national army in Shandong sent representatives to "order", and the orders were even arranged from 1937 to 1942.

The people led by Kunlun became famous because of this. Although the Japanese had offered a large reward for these people, they never caught them. Originally, Feng Kunlun's attitude towards the Japanese was only "kill if you can kill". The reason why Feng Kunlun later joined the War of Resistance was entirely because of the so-called "deep strike" by the Japanese. This incident changed Feng Kunlun's attitude towards the Japanese from "kill if you can kill" to "must kill"...

"In-depth strike?" Zhang Guozhong was stunned, as if he had never heard of such an incident.

"This is the name of the Japanese's operation in secret telegrams..." Dai Jin said, "In order to test the virus weapon, the Japanese burned the orphanage where Feng Kunlun was adopted before he was adopted, but only a few nuns' bodies were found inside. None of the children's bodies were found. The Japanese newspapers reported that it was a fire, but the actual situation was that the Japanese took away the children for the test..." Dai Jin said expressionlessly, "The Japanese were worried that using adults to test, these people would riot or collude to escape, so they targeted the children in the orphanage... This operation was called the Japanese 'deep strike'!"

"How could Feng Kunlun know?" Zhang Guozhong was puzzled.

"Do you know Dai Li?" Dai Jinshuang said.

"I know, the spy leader of the Kuomintang..." Zhang Guozhong nodded.

"This incident was told by Dai Li in person..." Dai Jinshuang laughed, "Don't underestimate the ability of the Kuomintang spies. They cracked Japan's secret telegrams and learned the inside story of the so-called "deep strike" operation, but for political reasons, this incident has not been made public..."

After the Lugou Bridge Incident, although the war was a foregone conclusion, the Kuomintang authorities still had fantasies about Japan and did not want to expand the war. Because the anti-Japanese sentiment of the people in China was high at that time, the Kuomintang authorities did not make the matter public that added fuel to the fire.

Although he did not advocate a full-scale war on the surface, some radical senior officials within the Kuomintang had seen through the inevitable situation of the war and began to prepare for the war within their own responsibility early on, Dai Li was one of them.

The "China Taiping Prayer Committee" was planned and established by Dai Li. The organization was originally named "Revitalization Association". It just wanted to select some strangers from the people like "Swallow Li San" to train them for special tasks. However, Dai Li later found that he really underestimated the Japanese's defense ability. Although these strangers in the folk have unique skills, they are still slightly insufficient compared to the Japanese's 38 big gaze. After two failed tasks, the work of the organization was also stagnated.

Later, the incident of Feng Kunlun stealing a gun reached Dai Li's ears. At first, it did not attract his attention. He believed that stealing a dog was just a work of some thieves. However, later, the Kuomintang secret agents intercepted several secret telegrams from the Japanese army, which were sent directly from the command of the invasion of China to various Japanese troops stationed in Pingjin. The spearhead was directly targeted at the "gun thieves" in the area of ​​Pingjin. Several of the orders were even issued by Okamura Yasuji* himself. The content of the secret telegrams required all departments of Pingjin to strictly prevent and to arrest the "gun thieves" to stabilize the morale of the army. Ironically, these secret telegrams were issued.

Later, the group of "gun thieves" led by Feng Kunlun not only did not restrain themselves, but became increasingly "rampant". The "Japanese gun supply" on the Kuomintang has not decreased but increased. Sometimes there are even hundreds of them a day, and the "production" is almost as high as professional arsenals, and the price is getting cheaper and cheaper. From the initial thirty yuan per ocean to twenty-five yuan per ocean, there is even a policy of "buying ten free one" to buy ten rifles, and giving pistols, wholesale and retail. Old customers or large quantities can enjoy "discounts". Even the team under Han Fuju* sent representatives from Shandong to Peiping* to buy guns.

Out of curiosity, Dai Li once dressed up as a Kuomintang military officer and had a secret contact with Feng Kunlun, and hoped that Feng Kunlun could work for the National Military Agents. However, Feng Kunlun was also very conscious of "self-protection" and did not mention the method of "stealing guns" and did not comment on the requirements of "joining" the agent organization. In order to find out what methods the "gun thief" with fierce eyes in front of him, he still dared to commit crimes against the wind after alarming Okamura Niji, but he was able to succeed repeatedly. Dai Li did not hesitate to personally issue an order to start investigating Feng Kunlun's old background with the power of the Kuomintang agents. Later, he was involved in the crime.

Although Duan didn't understand it very clearly, he found clues about Feng Kunlun's life in the orphanage that caught fire. In later contact, Dai Li revealed to Feng Kunlun the real inside story of the Japanese's so-called "deep strike" operation. Although Feng Kunlun was used to living a free life after leaving home and did not want to join any special agent organization to continue to be led, Dai Li's news undoubtedly touched the bottom line of Feng Kunlun's patience. Since that meeting, the 25-yuan Japanese guns were sold, but the National Military Agent Organization has added a brand new "revitalization meeting" - the "China Taiping Blessing Committee"...

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Okamura Yasuji: A Japanese Class A war criminal in World War II, one of the highest commanders of the Japanese invaders, and was then a lieutenant general of the Japanese army and commander-in-chief of the 2nd Division.

Han Fuju: The name Xiangfang, was born in Dongshantai Village, Bazhou in 1891. He was the general of the Kuomintang Army and was the chairman of Shandong Province at the time. Later, because of the fall of Jinan, Chiang Kai-shek was shot and executed by Chiang Kai-shek for "not obeying orders and retreating without authorization."

Peiping: It is now Beijing, which was called Peking during the Republic of China.

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