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Chapter 35 Nationwide Parade

  After listening to Liu Kai's account, Zhang Lieyang sighed with a bitter face and said: "Since ancient times, literature has died of advice, and martial arts have died in battle! Now that the literature has died of advice, but can't see the martial arts dying in battle! This time, although the students won, the situation in Northeast China is still irreversible!"

  "Scorching sun, on December 17th, students in Shanghai, Beiping and Nanjing have decided to unite with students nationwide to hold a general demonstration in various places, urging the National Government to send troops to resist Japan! I've also contacted our school's student organization to respond to their march. Are you participating?"

  "Me?" Zhang Lieyang thought for a moment and then said: "I won't participate!" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang pulled out a Browning from the drawer: "Take this gun to protect yourself! It's not that I don't want to participate, but if I do, it will involve too many aspects!"

  Liu Kaifeng understood and took the Browning from Zhang Lieyang's hand, saying: "Anyway, I still want to thank you!" With that, Liu Kaifeng left.

  Before long, December 17 arrived, and the fire that had been accumulating for a long time finally broke out! More than 30,000 students from Shanghai, Nanjing, Beiping and other provinces and cities began to demonstrate and parade in Nanjing.

  Zhang Lieyang, who was restless that day, arrived early at the rally with three special forces members.

  The procession set out from Zhejiang University, with patriotic youths, workers, businessmen and citizens joining in along the way. At the same time, all workers in Ningbo went on strike, businesses closed, boycotting Japanese goods and clearing them out. As the procession slowly approached the city hall, they found that the road had been blocked off. This time, what greeted them was a barricade of sandbags and police with live ammunition, with seven or eight prison trucks parked behind them - probably all of Ningbo's prison trucks. The police officers' faces no longer showed the kindness of the "Double Tenth" procession, as this time they had received orders to "punish severely". While it was frightening to think that they would be settled accounts with by students' parents later on, relatively speaking, not being punished by their superiors for dereliction of duty seemed even more pressing. But the students did not notice the difference between this and last time, and still charged forward.

  The police fired their guns, but they didn't dare shoot into the crowd, instead firing into the air. Even so, it was enough to intimidate the students and bring the procession to a halt. Liu Kaipei saw this and shouted loudly: "Fellow students, let's charge forward! They don't dare do anything to us!"

  Under the lead of Liu Kai-feng and students from Northeast China, all the students plucked up their courage to move forward. The police saw the approaching students and were at a loss, hesitating whether they should open fire on these unarmed students. The leading police officer was sweating profusely. As many students from Zhejiang University came from influential families in Zhejiang Province, he knew that if he really ordered his men to shoot, he would be made the scapegoat for appeasing those influential people afterwards. Having thought this through, the police officer made up his mind. The higher-ups only said to "severely punish" the students who caused trouble, but did not specify how severe the punishment should be. There was still room for maneuvering, so he immediately ordered: "The patrol police will go and arrest people, just arrest those who are leading; the mounted police will disperse the crowd; the fire department will turn on the water cannons right away. Remember, I don't care what methods you use, just don't shoot!" The police heard the officer's order and felt at ease. The officer meant that as long as they didn't kill anyone, they could arrest people with abandon. So the reassured police immediately drew their batons and charged towards the students.

  Upon seeing this scene, Zhang Lieyang immediately ordered the special forces to get off the vehicle and rescue people. When Zhang Lieyang and his team arrived, under the impact of the mounted police and the opening of the fire hoses, the procession had already been dispersed.

  Three special forces members rushed to rescue Zhang Zihuan, Tang Wanyue and Li Hailan! While Zhang Lieyang protected Xiao Yajie and took her to a safe place, Zhang Lieyang then turned back into the crowd, knocked down four or five police officers, and finally pushed Liu Kaifeng to a safe place.

  Before long, Liu Kaiyang and the four girls standing in the distance saw Zhang Lieyang being handcuffed by the police and taken behind the barricade, thrown into a prison truck.

  Seeing Zhang Lieyang being caught, the three special warfare members were about to rush up to rescue him. Suddenly, Zhang Xiangwu pulled back the other two and said: "We must not forget Young Master's orders!" The other two people immediately reflected on this and quietly protected the five of them as they left.

  At the moment when the prison car door closed, Zhang Lieyang saw that they had left safely, and his hanging heart was also put down! Seeing Zhang Lieyang being caught, Xiao Yajie, Tang Wanyue, and Zhang Zihuan consulted with each other and quickly sought help from home!

  Zhang Zihuan rushed back home and hurriedly ran to Zhang Lao Taigong's study, saying: "Grandfather, quickly go see your brother!"

  "What exactly happened, tell me slowly!" Zhang Lao Taiye said sternly. Upon hearing Zhang Lao Taiye's words, Zhang Zihuan truthfully recounted the events from start to finish! After listening to the entire process, Zhang Lao Taiye angrily looked at Zhang Zihuan and said: "You've brought this upon yourselves, you'll have to take responsibility for it! From now on, you're not allowed to step out of the house!" As he spoke, Zhang Lao Taiye ordered the butler to take Zhang Zihuan away.

  Xiao Yajie returned home and found her father, telling him everything that had happened. After she finished, Xiao Shixiong slapped her heavily and said: "You're really bold! If Lieren hadn't been there today, you would have been caught! How can I explain this to the Zhang family?"

  Xiao Yajie sobbed and said: "Dad, think of a way!"

  "From now on, you're not allowed to take a single step out of the house!" With that, Xiao Shixiong picked up the hat hanging on the wall and left.

  When Xiao Shixiong arrived at the Zhang's house, Tang Haohan and Liu Kangsheng were already seated in the living room. Everyone saw Xiao Shixiong arrive and Tang Haohan asked with a bitter smile: "Shixiong, you're not here for Liyang's matter too, are you?"

  "What's wrong with that?!" Xiao Shixiong said helplessly. Just as they were teasing each other, Zhang Xiangwu walked in. At this time, Old Man Zhang also came out from inside and saw so many people coming. He smiled and asked them to sit down, saying: "What wind brought you all here today?"

  Everyone saw Old Man Zhang's calm and composed appearance, and they couldn't help but feel anxious. At this time, they heard Old Man Zhang say: "Xiang Wu, tell your young master what you told me, let them hear it!"

  "Yes!" Zhang said, walking out and saying: "Today, the young master took us to rescue people and told us that 'if he gets caught, let me tell Old Man Zhang, he'll go and come back in a few days. If the police don't release the students, then he'll substitute for them and get released instead!'"

  "What can he do to let the students go?" Xiao Shixiong curiously asked.

  "Little Master has guns and grenades on him! Even if you frisk him, you won't find anything!" Zhang Xiangwu said with a smile.

  Mr. Zhang said with a smile after finishing speaking: "Everyone can rest assured! Now the sky is also late, everyone will eat dinner and then leave!"

  But everyone politely declined Old Man Zhang's kind intentions and went home separately!

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