Chapter 12: The Siege of the Japanese Embassy

  Hua Lieyang gritted his teeth and said, "With me around, nothing out of the ordinary can happen! Prepare the carriage, I'll go take a look!" With that, Hua Lieyang strode out of Yang Yutian's residence.

  Hua Lieyang and Liu Changgeng arrived at the entrance of the Commander's Mansion, seeing the Commander's Mansion surrounded by water and impassable. Hua Lieyang drew his pistol and fired three shots into the sky, saying: "My grandfather's bones are not yet cold, you start making trouble like this, can you be worthy of him?!"

  Upon hearing Hua Lieyang's words, an officer walked out of the army and saluted him, saying: "General! Zhang Shaoxun believed in the Japanese slander and forced General Yang to death. We really can't bear it! Our only request now is that he wear mourning attire and offer sacrifices to General Yang's spirit, and confess his guilt in front of General Yang's coffin!"

  "My grandfather doesn't need such an unfeeling and unscrupulous person to wear mourning attire! Moreover, that's a blasphemy against my grandfather!" Hua Lieyang looked around at all the soldiers and officers and continued: "You are all excellent soldiers of the Northeast Army! Commander Yang is watching from above, hoping you won't forget your mission!" After finishing speaking, Hua Lieyang turned around and got on the car with Liu Changgeng.

  After Hua Lieyang left, the soldiers surrounding the gate of the commander's mansion also dispersed one by one. Yuan Jintao, who had been watching Hua Lieyang from behind the gate of the commander's mansion, praised: "I really didn't expect that Nangong would have such an excellent grandson!"

  That night, Zhang Shaoxuan sent a telegram to Yang Chunyuan, the eldest son of Yang Youde, who was far away in Germany, in order to calm people's minds. After receiving Zhang Shaoxuan's telegram, Yang Chunyuan took a plane back to Northeast China early the next morning. When the plane landed at Shenyang Airport, he saw that Zhang Shaoxuan had already been waiting on the tarmac.

  Zhang Shao-shuai immediately went forward to meet Yang Chun-yuan and said, "Chun-yuan, it's all my fault! I was deceived by someone else for a moment and forced Commander Yang to his death!"

  Yang Chunyuan saw Zhang Shao's painful look and comforted him: "Since things have already happened! What arrangements do you have, Commander?"

  "I wanted to wear mourning clothes for Yang Shuai, but your nephew wouldn't let me into Yang Shuai's house!" Zhang Shao Shuai said seriously.

  Yang Chunyuan was stunned upon hearing Zhang Shao's words and asked in confusion: "What nephew of mine?!"

  Zhang Shao-shuai shook his head and said, "It's your sister Yang Feng-lan's son!" As soon as Zhang Shao-shuai finished speaking, Yang Chun-yuan's eyes lit up, and he nodded and said, "I'll go take a look!" Then Yang Chun-yuan turned to the person behind him wearing a German military uniform and said, "Bao-zhi (Hua Xun-jiu's courtesy name), it seems we still need you to communicate with that child!"

  Upon hearing Yang Chunyuan's words, Hua Xun smiled wryly and said: "Although I am his uncle, isn't there an old saying that goes 'Three generations do not leave the maternal family's door!' Maybe you'll find it easier to communicate with him than I do!"

  After a while, Zhang Shao sent Yang Chunyuan to the door of Yang Yuting's house and said: "I won't go in today! If there's anything you want me to do, just call me directly!"

  "We'll find a way to communicate with that child!" Yang Chunyuan and Hua Xunjiu got off the car. Walking to the entrance of Yang Yuting's house, Yang Chunyuan knocked on the door, and upon hearing the knock, the butler came out and opened the door, seeing Yang Chunyuan immediately excitedly shouting: "Young Master, Young Master is back!"

  Upon hearing the cry of the pipe, Hua Lieyang walked out wearing a mourning attire and holding a funeral dress, saying: "Big Uncle, put on your mourning clothes and pay your respects to Grandfather by kowtowing and burning incense!"

  Yang Chunyuan nodded and handed the things in his hand to the butler, quickly put on mourning clothes and walked into the mourning hall. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Yang Yuting, saying: "Father, son is here to see you off!" At this moment, Hua Anqi came out with a soft voice and said: "Brother, who's here?!"

  "Sister, come quickly to see your uncle!" Hua Lieyang said seriously. Hua Anqi heard Hua Lieyang's words and walked in front of Yang Chunyuan with a pouting mouth, crying and saying: "Uncle, grandma is gone!"

  "Don't worry! With your uncle here, nothing will happen!" Yang Chunyuan had just said half of it when he heard Ma Longhai's shout at the door. The old butler immediately ran to open the door, and Ma Longhai rushed in saying: "Young Master Sun, I've taken a step! Miss and her husband were both killed by the Japanese devils!"

  Hearing Ma Longhai's words, Hua Lieyang took a deep breath and suppressed his emotions, saying: "Uncle Ma, did you bring back my parents' bodies?!"

  "Bring it back!" Ma Longhai nodded and said.

  Hua Lieyang nodded and turned around, walking into his own room. He took out a large sum of money from inside and handed it to the butler, saying: "Fu Bo, would you trouble yourself to go to the coffin shop and order two high-quality nanmu coffins for me?"

  "Yes! Young Master Sun, rest assured!" After finishing speaking, the old steward turned and left. As soon as the steward left, Hua Lieyang said to Ma Longhai: "Uncle Ma, help me take care of my sister for a while! I'll go take care of something and come back!" After speaking, Hua Lieyang picked up the machine gun placed on one side and walked out of the mourning hall!

  Seeing Hua Lieyang's back as he left, Ma Longhai shouted: "Not good! Young Master Sun must have gone to kill the Japanese consul!" Hearing Ma Longhai's shout, Hua Xunji immediately followed him out. He trailed behind Hua Lieyang all the way until he saw Hua Lieyang arrive at the gate of the Japanese consulate. Hua Xunji took a swift step forward and blocked Hua Lieyang, saying: "Come back with me!"

  Hua Lieyang pointed his gun at Hua Xunjiu and said, "A parent's revenge will not be shared with the heavens! Don't stop me, today I must have all the Japanese people here bury my parents!" After finishing speaking, Hua Lieyang turned his gun around and fired a burst of shots at the Japanese soldiers guarding the consulate gate.

  Hua Xunjiu was stunned by Hua Lieyang's marksmanship! Just as Hua Xunjiu was caught off guard for a moment, Hua Lieyang had already stormed into the Japanese Consulate!

  Tofukumon Zenji, who was visiting Zhang Shuai, heard the news and angrily said to Zhang Shuai: "Zhang Shuai, you Chinese people brought weapons into our Great Japanese Empire's consulate, what explanation do you have?!"

  Upon hearing Tōyama Kojirō's words, Zhang Shaoxiao immediately looked puzzled and said: "I don't understand what Mr. Tōyama means by this?!"

  Tsuchihashi Genji grunted and said, "Just now Yang Youde's grandson rushed into our Japanese consulate with a gun. I demand an explanation from you!"

  At this moment, Liu Duoquan walked in and said: "Young Marshal, Yang Yuting's daughter and son-in-law were killed by the Japanese army! Now Hua Lieyang has begun to mobilize troops to surround the entire Shenyang, he said that he wants to slaughter all the Japanese people in Shenyang to bury his parents!"