The senior brother with strong martial arts was beheaded by someone as soon as he handed over the horse, and the shock caused to the hearts of others can be imagined, no one dared to move forward for a while, but the people who were watching were even more excited.

The soldiers under the governor's command began to release their guns, they carried large guns, held bird guns, hurriedly lit the torch, turned their faces to the side, closed their eyes and put the guns, these firearms were still made in the Kangxi period, the wood was rotten, and if it was not good, it would have to be blown up, and the black powder ignited the smoke of the boss, and the guns were fired in a row, and they didn't even hit a bird feather, but there was a smoke of gunpowder in front of them, and they couldn't see anything.

When the pacesetters fired, Liu Yanzhi hid in a clumsy stirrup, and waited for the gunfire to pass before he sat back on his horse, and then found that this action was completely redundant, and the bullets of the Qing soldiers were inaccurate, but some Boxers relied on the strength of the crowd to kill out of the gunsmoke.

The crisp sound of the shell gun rang out, and the boxers all fell to the ground, Liu Yan was measured in his hands, and only shot them in the thigh, so that he would not kill people, and it was not for him to consider whether he would be disabled.

The four horses rushed to the door of the church in an instant, and the Qing soldiers and boxers who blocked the gate had already dispersed, and the parishioners hiding inside rushed out, and the foreign woman was also among them, but they did not run blindly, but went straight to Liu Yanzhi's war horse.

"Please save her, her name is Catherine, and she is the daughter of the Reverend Pierre." The foreign woman stuffed the child to Liu Yanzhi, who was at a loss, then turned back, picked up the torch, lit the mountain of firewood and grass, and then tidied up his clothes and hair, and Shi Shiran walked into the church.

The firewood and grass poured with kerosene were burning, the toddler in Liu Yanzhi's arms cried loudly, and Lei Meng rode over and urged: "Let's go, we will be finished when the officers and soldiers come to their senses." ”

Liu Yan turned over and dismounted, handed over the toddler to Lei Meng, and was about to rush to the church.

"She is bent on death, and it will be in vain for you to save her." Lei shouted fiercely, but he couldn't stop Liu Yanzhi.

A moment later, Liu Yanzhi came out of the flames, still holding the comatose foreign woman in his arms, got on the war horse, raised his eyes and looked around, the black pressure was full of people watching the excitement, but they were all hiding a hundred steps away.

"Let's go." Liu Yanzhi sighed, turned his horse's head and rushed towards the crowded place, three companions followed, and the crowd of onlookers saw them running, and hurriedly dodged a road, watching these bold guys leave.

In the stands, the governor's popular beard pouted: "Strictly investigate Ben Fu, whose subordinates these people are." ”

Liu Yanzhi and the others rushed out of the five-mile road in a puff of anger, and when they looked back, black smoke went straight into the sky, and the church had been burned down at the moment.

Lei Meng hugged the toddler in his arms and complained: "You poked a big leak and didn't say anything, but also picked up two troubles, go to the front and put people down." ”

Liu Yanzhi said: "The common people want to kill foreigners, and the government wants to kill foreigners, don't you wait for death to put them down, at least send them to a safe place." ”

Lei Meng said: "You are killed by someone who shouldn't be killed, and saved by someone who shouldn't be saved, this will be a big problem." ”

Liu Yan shrugged: "It's all saved, it's too late to say anything." Lerma stopped, put the woman on the ground, took a sip from the kettle, and sprayed it in her face.

The foreign woman was stimulated by the cold water, woke up slowly, saw her child in front of her, and then thought of her husband who was in a different place, and couldn't help but let out a sad voice.

Lei Meng took out a few silver dollars from his arms and put them in front of the mother and daughter, and looked at Liu Yan directly, meaning to leave quickly.

Liu Yan looked directly at the blonde foreigner, and a thought came to him, pulling Lei Meng to the side and whispering: "Beijing is also in chaos at this time, how can we Chinese approach the US ** official?" ”

Lei Meng was a little clear: "You mean that using this person can help us complete the task, okay, I support you." ”

Returning to the foreign woman, the two sides had a simple exchange in Chinese, and it turned out that this woman was the wife of a French missionary, named Sophie. Pierre, who came to China with her husband as a missionary five years ago, built a church outside Omi City, developed thousands of parishioners, adopted orphans, treated the sick, and thought that she had done many good deeds for God, but she did not expect to end up in such a miserable end.

"We're going to Beijing, so I can take you to the French legation on the way." Liu Yanzhi said.

"Gentlemen, God will thank you." Sophie was grateful, although she didn't understand why some officers and soldiers wanted to kill foreigners and burn churches, but these few had to risk killing their heads to save themselves, which was probably God's arrangement.

Although Sophie is a woman, she can ride a horse, but it is the side riding style of a European woman, but the saddle on the horseback is neither a lady's side saddle, nor a wide leather saddle of European style, but a narrow wooden saddle of Chinese style, she can only follow the local customs, change the eye-catching mopping skirt with skirt support, put on the men's clothes provided by these Qing Dynasty soldiers, and tie her daughter to her body with a cloth bag, anyway, there are enough horses, and now the team has become six people, plus women and children, the speed is inevitably reduced, But the success rate of the mission has increased significantly.

The group continued to move forward, because they were worried that the governor would send troops to chase after them, they walked very fast, and walked non-stop until dusk, looking at the official road behind them, there was still no dust and smoke raised by the pursuers, and their hearts were slightly relaxed.

In these years, there are no street lights on the official road, and I am not afraid of bandits when I walk at night, but I am worried about taking the wrong road and delaying time.

This small shop next to the official road has three rooms, there is a shed outside, carrying a wine flag, the wine flag flutters fiercely in the sunset, the four of them turned over and dismounted, Liu Yan helped Sophie off the horse, the poor woman has been saddled and tossed by the long bumps and the face is colorless, the little girl named Catherine closed her eyes, I don't know whether she is asleep or unconscious.

The shopkeeper saw that there was an official errand and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, this is still the territory of Jiangdong Province, but the accent has been slightly different, and there is nothing delicious in the deserted village and wild store, only steamed bun tofu and sorghum wine.

"Stir-fry two hard dishes." Lei Meng took out an eagle and slapped it on the greasy table.

Seeing Yinyang, the boss's eyes lit up, where have you seen silver in a small country shop on weekdays, the maximum income of a small business every day is not enough for even a penny of money, this Yingyang can buy a table of first-class wine and food in a big restaurant in the city.

The shopkeeper and his wife were busy killing the rooster reported at home, and in the kitchen they were busy shedding, and the sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy first served them a jar of white wine, a few coarse porcelain bowls with freshly baked eggs and steamed buns, and a plate of shallots mixed with tofu.

"Boiled a few eggs." Liu Yanzhi instructed that he would not take care of the child, but remembered that he was sick when he was a child, and his mother always boiled an egg to comfort him.

Sophie sat under the shed with the child in her arms, her golden hair covered by a cool hat, and it was getting late, and the young man didn't notice that this petite official was a foreign woman.

There were also dried meat and flatbread prepared by Lin Huaiyuan for them in the baggage, and the young man brought a few green onions, and everyone rolled the green onions with the flatbread and feasted on them.

"The guest officer is from Omi Prefecture?" The young man is very clever and talkative.

"yes, you've been to Omi?" Liu Yanzhi replied casually.

"I haven't been there, I haven't even entered the county seat." The young man scratched his head, a little embarrassed, he dragged a big braid behind his head, it looked like he hadn't taken care of it for a long time, and it was greasy and dirty.

"Have you ever seen a foreigner?" The young man's words aroused everyone's vigilance, could it be that the horse's feet were exposed, Lei Meng held the handle of the knife silently.

"Yes." Liu Yan replied directly, he could see from the little man's eyes that the child did not see Sophie's true face.

"Is it true that foreigners can't bend their knees and walk straight?" The young man is very curious.

"Who told you?" Liu Yan smiled and said, "Foreigners are not demons and monsters, they are also ordinary people, but they live in a distant place, and they look a little different from our people in the Qing Dynasty." ”

"Aren't they demons and monsters?" The young man lowered his voice and said, "I heard from the guests passing by that the foreigners' warships are all made of iron, and they are full of red-clothed cannons, and a burst of cannons can bombard the Omi Prefecture, unless you splash them with dog blood, you can break the foreigners' cannons." ”

Liu Yanzhi laughed: "Before you could go up with a basin of dog blood, you were knocked down by the fast guns of foreigners, this thing is unreliable, pure nonsense." ”

The young man retorted very seriously: "It's not that foreign guns can't be broken, I heard them say that the runic water burned by the senior brother of the Boxer can be invulnerable if you drink it." ”

Liu Yanzhi wanted to educate him a few more words, but Lei Meng coughed dryly, and then he was about to show his stuffing.

But the young man still didn't finish his thoughts: "The worst thing is not the foreigners' soldiers and horses, but the foreigners' churches, they specialize in stealing children, disemboweling their stomachs, painting the walls of the church with blood, and putting all the internal organs in glass bottles, I heard that they are used for elixir." ”

The shopkeeper came over with a plate of bacon and said happily: "The guest officer is slow to use, what are you talking about, and you are not afraid of the guest officer's jokes." ”

The young man said: "Uncle, I'm not talking nonsense, the back door of the church, throwing children out all day long, who doesn't know about this." ”

Liu Yan said straightly: "Shopkeeper, let's talk casually, it's okay, what he said is true?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "It's all said that it's true, it's hurtful, and those who believe in religion, all of them are good things." ”

"Could it be that the people of the church are doing evil and harming the township?" Liu Yanzhi asked.

"But isn't it, the people believe in the Catholicism of foreigners, take a cross all day long, just like winning the fame, a head taller than our ordinary people, bullying the township, even the landlords and squires can't fight them, why, it's not the foreign priests who support them, causing lawsuits, and the government is also biased towards them, do you say that our people can not hate them, thanks to the wisdom of the governor, and he is dedicated to our people......"

His mother-in-law shouted something in the pot house, the shopkeeper laughed and went to help, and the young man also went to help the officials feed the horses, Liu Yanzhi asked Sophie in a low voice: "What they said is true, right?" ”

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My eyes are red and swollen, and I delay the update, and I apologize to you.

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