The gold washers Instead of coming through Mull on their errand to the Londo 'River to wash gold, came to the south of Mull via the Chienso country in the extreme eouthwvest of Seechuan and then through: Yungning -Yunnan, On hearing of their being dissatisfied with the amount of gold washed, the Mull" Xing' presented them with some gold aust ana happily they retuned to Yenyuan,. 'There they spread the word that the Afull King was to blame for their being 'Unsuccessful and for being robbed on the way which was, however, not rue. in Wen-hut was no friend' of the" Mi "King for in. 1929" the formey's friend Hu Jo-yn who, want-to fake the province of Yunnan Dut did' not succeed, fed north. to! Yungpe in Yunnan to the north. cost of the Yanjtze and there installed imselt with his outlaws of 6000 soldiers, "Being pressed by Governor Tung Yun and nding no way out he asked the Mull King to allow him fo pass through his territory, This permission was granted, But in the Meantime certain promises had. been made to Mull which prompted the Mull King to attack Hu Jo-yn in Mull territory and a bitter ght ensued at the Gibboh pass 1,400 ft. up. In th end Hu Jo-yn found himself on th 'Yalung at Banrong where a op: bridge spans the river. 'The rop> bridge had, however, been cut by; the order of the Mull' King. Thereupon Hu Jo-yn and his lieutenant Meng Vu-wen made a raft and they tried to cross the torrent of the lung ea their flimsy structure to the Hsifan hamlet of Banrong (Chinese Pa Wa-lo) belonging to the manis-tracy of Ch'lulung under 'Tatsl 'The raft upset in the middle of the river and Hu Jo-yn's Ieutenant 'Meng Vu-wen drowned while Hu Jo-vu swimming reached the east bank of the river." His soldiers were taken prisoner on' the Mull side and sent to Yunnan. Another of his Lieutenants Chang Ju-i was captured by Yunnan troops in the Chienso country in Szechuan brought to Yunnan and finally executed at Hsia Kuan 25 I south of Tall, West Yunnan. Hu Jo-yn finally reached Tatsienlu and thence Chengtu where he told hie story to his bosom friend Liu Wen-hui, From that time on revenge probably took root in Liu's heart, A Migher Rank Now came tis opportunity. Him self an outlaw and responsible to no. tone, hho used tactics to get even with the Mull King. He sent him an off cial brief stating that his rank was: until heretofore only that of Huanweszu or Paciftation Commissioner and that he wished to raise his rank to a Hsuanweishish a slight higher range and would send him the new seal. "For that purpose a military official controlling three tuan or regiments by name of Li Ts'ang-pu: and holding the position of Tsung-chien would come accompanied by a troop of soldiers to Hulu (where the King resided) to present fo him his new credentials and new seal.
The Mull King suspected nothing and although warned by the Mull Hofu, a Tibetan incarnation residing, in Mull, not to go, the Mull King sallied forth dressed in his best meet the offtelal who was to bring him the new title and seal. In the etter the Mull King was instructed hot to bring his soldiers or armed escort as this was only a friendly call and the soldiers which the military oMefal would bring would do all the honours.
Change of Attitude cast of Hulu in. the most friendly The party met atlan alpine meadow:
manner. The officer lunched with "the Mull King in the latter's tent Immediately after lunch the officer Jchanged iis tone and accused the Mull King of being unfriendly and Jot having been the cause of their loosing some $30,000 in the gold washing expedition, for' he told them to wash for gold where he knew that there was none, etc. He was told that he was pu hao "no good" and that he would forthwith be arrested and carried off to Yenyuan.
As the soldiers laid hands on him Jone of his lama officials tried to prevent them and was promptly shot through the face the bullet going through the cheek and out below the lower jaw. The King managed to run away. into a_valley but got stuck in thie mud. "He was taken out the soldiers and put on his horse fo be marched off to Yenyuan. In the meantime the lame nephew of the King, the actual ruler by name Hang' Tsu-cheng sung-tien although only sixteen years of age, plus the Chinese writer by the name Lia native of King had been taken prisoner.
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