Sophie was wearing an ill-fitting coat, a red-tasseled hat, unkempt hair, and a sad expression, she had heard too many of these baseless accusations, and had justified them many times, and she was tired of them for a long time, but when the life-saving benefactor asked, she still explained it simply.

The first is the problem of stealing children to make elixir, there is a nursery attached to the church, which is actually the place to adopt abandoned babies, Chinese like male babies, female babies are often drowned or discarded, and children born with disabilities are also concocted in the same way, some people can't bear it, so they abandon the baby at the door of the nursery, and these children are often congenital diseases that cannot be raised, and they die within a few days of being admitted to the nursery, and over time, it gives people the illusion that the nursery specializes in killing infants.

As for the painting of walls with human blood and the insertion of human organs in glassware, it is a complete misunderstanding, and it is understandable that the Catholic church is richly decorated with a statue of Jesus on the cross, and some people who do not know the inside see it from afar, and use false rumors to say that the church is a devil's cave.

In the last item, Sophie admits that the parishioners are indeed mixed, and even a considerable number of people come for the protection of the church, under the pretense of believing in religion, there is no shortage of traitors and criminals in the fish and meat villages, and the missionaries often turn a blind eye in order to expand the influence and attractiveness of the church, thus causing great disasters.

People from a hundred years later are easy to accept Sophie's explanation, but the people of this era are ignorant and paranoid, they only believe in what they can understand, Sophie is very puzzled by the attitude of Liu Yanzhi and others, in her impression, the Qing people, especially the men in official uniforms, are extremely disdainful of women and children, but these four people are like European gentlemen, not only to help, but also to take care of them all the way.

The little guy came up with a boiled egg, Sophie hurriedly lowered his head and stopped talking, unfortunately the child woke up, babbling and talking, which attracted the attention of the little man, and came over to see, Sophie quickly hugged the child and turned around, Catherine was blonde and blue-eyed, and she showed her stuffing when she saw it.

"The guest officer is slow to use, call me if you have something." The young man went down happily.

Lei Meng's mouth was dry, and he picked up the wine jar and poured a bowl of wine to drink, but was stopped by Liu Yanzhi.

"The feet and teeth of the car and boat shop, if you are not guilty, you should be killed, the deserted village and the wild shop, be careful." Liu Yan said straight.

In the early summer season, the wind was blowing at night, and it was a little cold, Lei Meng put down the wine bowl and muttered: "I think they are quite loyal." ”

Liu Yan said straightly: "In their eyes, we are officials, Sun Erniang on the cross slope, don't you like to make human meat buns." ”

As soon as he said this, the three of them were so frightened that they didn't even dare to eat the hot and spicy fried chicken that the young man served.

Liu Yanzhi picked up the bamboo chopsticks, picked up the large piece of chicken and ate it violently, and explained while eating: "I'll help you test the poison, and if something happens, you will poison me." ”

The three of them let out a burst of laughter and scolding, and also picked up chopsticks, only Sophie couldn't use chopsticks, and peeled a few boiled eggs to feed the child.

It was getting late, and it was impossible to rush again, Lei Meng proposed to live in the hotel, and the store saw that he was generous and was willing to let go of the bed he lived in, but Lei Meng entered the house to take a look, first was smoked by the smell, and then saw that the mat was damaged, the pillow was greasy, and the bedding was dirty, so he said that it was hot, and it was better to sleep outside.

"You can sleep with a mat under the greenhouse, and you can sleep on the haystack over there, and the small shop usually doesn't live very well, so it sells some wine and food, and the greeting is not good, and I laugh." The shopkeeper rubbed his hands awkwardly, and his simple face made people feel relieved when they saw it.

"Why don't you build more houses, are you afraid that no one will live next to the official road?" Liu Yan asked directly.

The shopkeeper smirked innocently and didn't speak.

Staying in this wild shop that night, Sophie didn't dare to go into the house to live, and slept in the haystack, while the rest rested under the greenhouse, and the four of them took turns to watch the night, just in case.

On the fourth watch, Liu Yan got up at night and deliberately walked to the side of the haystack to take a look, Sophie was undressed, holding the child, her eyes were blazing, probably to guard against these "heroes".

"Sleep, don't hold on." Liu Yanzhi said this sentence in English, he wanted to tell the other party in this way that he was a civilized person, but when he looked back and thought about it carefully, he felt a little disappointed, English has become a symbol of civilization, and Chinese has become a symbol of backwardness and ignorance, whose responsibility is this.

The fears didn't happen, this wasn't a black shop, early in the morning, with dew on the blades of grass, the crossing group began to pack up, saddle the horses, fill the kettle with water, cook a pot of gnocchi soup, and everyone finished eating and hurried.

Walking out two miles, Liu Yanzhi suddenly laughed, everyone looked ahead, and they all laughed, they finally understood why the wild shop was not only not doing well, but also building a few more rooms for guests to stay, it turned out that the county seat was not far in front, and it was so close to the city, who still lived in the hotel.

The shopkeeper has the cunning of farmers, and deliberately does not tell them that the county is in front of them, and several of them are not familiar with the place, and they can only admit it if they are deceived.

Early in the morning, there is no need to be sharp in the county seat, the small team passed through the city, Liu Yanzhi took a special look, there was no picture and graphic wanted warrant for four people at the city gate, the news in the small place was blocked, and the clerk of the governor's yamen was afraid that it was not so fast, because the sound of horses' hooves on the official road was not heard at night.

The scale of the county seat is very small, a city in all directions, the city wall is adobe, the enemy tower on the city gate is about to collapse, just like the great Qing Dynasty in the last years of the wind and candle, the time is still early, there are no pedestrians on the street, enter from the south gate, you can see the north gate at a glance, on the bluestone road, there is only one traveler on horseback, there is a gun on the horseback, but the head of the gun is wrapped in a bag.

It is Zhao Shunchen, the dart master of the capital.

Zhao Dart knows the way to the capital, and walking with him can save a lot of wrongful roads, Liu Yanzhi and Lei Meng exchanged glances, chased after him with the reins, and walked side by side with Zhao Fuchen.

Zhao Fuchen set off from Omifu an hour earlier than them, so he didn't meet on the road, and when he met at this time, he naturally had to go together, the dart masters were all people who often walked the rivers and lakes, and there was one more person in the other party's team, and he was a woman with a child, this was something that should not be asked, Zhao Fuchen only pretended not to see it.

With the guide to join, everyone's hanging hearts have been put down, talking and laughing and walking forward, walking for most of the day, the scenery along the way is tired of seeing, in addition to the crops or crops, the sun is shining, the official road is dusty, everyone's nostrils are full of black ash, and the face is even dirty.

This is still the case for men, not to mention women and children, long-distance horseback riding is a sinful job, riding for a day, the buttocks can be worn out, Catherine, who is more than a year old, was tossed on her mother's back for two days, and finally fell ill, her forehead was hot, and the high fever did not go away.

Sophie asked to find a place to rest and treat her daughter's fever.

Lei Meng said: "It's important to hurry, and you can't see a doctor in the wilderness." ”

Sophie's tears fell, and two marks were drawn on her dirty face, and she said, "A fever burns a child stupidly, it burns his eyes blind, and his ears burn deaf." ”

At this time, Zhao Fuchen had to speak: "Zhao shouldn't have inquired about your official business, but if this kid has three longs and two shorts, I'm afraid you can't get over it with your conscience." ”

When he said this, he frowned and looked serious.

Liu Yan said straightly: "Zhao Ye, you think too much, since you are on the same road, I won't hide it from you, this foreign mother and daughter were saved by us, the Boxers want to kill them all over the house, and our brothers really can't see it before they help, and they are already in big trouble, so I want to rush to Beijing as soon as possible and send people to the French legation, putting aside those rights and wrongs, orphans and widows are innocent, Zhao Ye, do you say this is the reason?" ”

One sentence untied the knot, a group of big men rolled the saddle and dismounted, found a shade on the side of the road, put Catherine down, untied her clothes to dissipate heat, Sophie took a handkerchief dipped in water and wiped the child's armpits and groin, for physical heat dissipation

There is a village nearby, Liu Yanzhi went alone, and spent a lot of money to buy a carriage, saying that it was a carriage, but in fact it was a simple flatbed car, with two wooden wheels in iron sheets, and a tent on the car, and it was also a crime to take this long journey, but it was much better than riding a horse under the scorching sun.

Sophie's mother and daughter were arranged in the carriage, and they were finally spared the pain of sun bumps, but with such a drag, when they could get to Beijing became a big problem, Zhao Yuanchen said, at this speed, it will take half a month at the earliest, this is still a good weather all the way, not windy and rainy.

Shandong Province is the place where the Boxer Boxer arose, coupled with the connivance and protection of the former governor Yuxian, the scourge is particularly serious, there are hundreds of boxers at every turn, and there are no less than three churches burned down along the way.

According to Zhao Shunchen, the boxers not only burned churches to kill foreigners, but also killed more Chinese, but whenever there is a foreigner's object at home, whether it is a foreign fire or a foreign oil lamp, as long as it is found, it can be destroyed.

"Is foreign money considered a foreigner's object?" Liu Yan asked directly.

"Foreign money and foreign guns are the favorites of the elder brothers." Zhao Fuchen sneered.

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, the smoke and dust were rolling in front, the red flag was waving, and there were four black characters on a big banner "Fuqing to extinguish the ocean", and countless red envelopes were pouring towards this side.

It's too late to retreat, the boxers are overwhelming, like locusts crossing the border, the march is not a column, but how to go, you can't hide anywhere, and the odds of winning are not great, after all, it is difficult to break through with women and children.

"I can only count on this skin." Lei Meng smiled bitterly and looked at the martial arts robe on his body, put his hand into his arms, and touched the handle of the revolver.

Zhao Fuchen also loosened the bag wrapped in the tip of the gun, and opened it with a shake when he moved, and the five of them sat on the horse and protected the carriage in it.

The boxers spotted the small group and slowly gathered around.

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