Everyone was stunned by this scene.

In just a few moments, the dozen or so hot-blooded men who were full of pride and shouted "drive out the Tartars and defend the country" had turned into lifeless corpses, bleeding through seven holes and dying.

Because just before they could breathe, they had to watch as the officers and soldiers of the county government hacked to death all the relatives who were crying and rushing to them.

Not only was he victimized by a traitor, but he also lost his life even to his family, how could they not hate it, and how could they pass away?

After listening to the old man's words, Cai Wei vaguely felt that this Wang County Order's actions today were a little abnormal compared to his past actions, but he didn't expect that his so-called defending the land and resisting the enemy before was all for show. It's just to lure out the people in the county who really want to fight against the Tartars, so that he can surrender to the Tartars without any worries.

Although the onlookers were a little indignant at first, when a few more people were killed by the officers and soldiers, the angry grievances finally gradually subsided.

Seeing this, Wang Youde was very proud in his heart, he knew that although there were a few people who were not afraid of death, after all, there were still many people in this world who were greedy for life and afraid of death.

He said loudly: "Listen to the people of Qingde County, don't think that Master Ben is taking care of people's lives, in fact, Master Ben is saving you!" ”

His Royal Highness Prince Yu of the Dajin Kingdom issued a proclamation a month ago entitled "An Edict to Civil and Military Officials in Jiangnan and Other Places", which said: "Yesterday, the soldiers arrived in Weiyang, and the officials, soldiers, and civilians in the city were stubbornly defended. After a few days of delay, the officials finally disobeyed, and then attacked the city and slaughtered him, and his wife was taken prisoner. It is the original intention of not giving, and it is a last resort. After that, the soldiers were everywhere, and the officials, soldiers and civilians resisted and did not surrender. ”

"Have you understood this edict of His Royal Highness Prince Yu? If you don't understand, Master Ben will explain it to you. Do you know why the Jin people have the so-called Yangzhou Ten Slaughters, Jiading Three Slaughters, Suzhou Slaughter, Kunshan Slaughter, Jiaxing Slaughter, Jinhua Slaughter, Yuanjiang Slaughter, Zhoushan Slaughter and other slaughtering cities? ”

"That's all because the local government officials don't listen to the king's orders, and they have to fight against the golden people with their necks, isn't this a mantis arm as a car, an egg touching a stone, and looking for death by themselves? Not only did they lose their own lives, but they also caused the whole city to be slaughtered. ”

"Although I, Wang Youde, am just a small county magistrate, but I am a person who loves the people like a son, I would rather not have the name of martyrdom, but also to protect the people of my Qingde County from the disaster of slaughtering the city."

"And these people," he said, looking at the dozens of corpses strewn across the ground, "if they make trouble, it will only send the people of the whole county to a dead end." If there is anyone who wants to send the people of my county to death like these people, the end will be the same as them. ”

"As the saying goes, 'It's better to die than to live', do you want to lose your lives so plainly, and want your mother, wife and daughter to be □□ by the golden people? If you don't want to, listen to the words of Master Ben, quickly sweep the road, kneel behind the official and ask for surrender, and welcome the Jin people into the city, only in this way can we ensure the peace of our county. ”

So the people who had just shouted "I'd rather die than surrender" before, under the pressure of the butcher's knife, began to chant again: "I am willing to surrender with the master!" "I am willing to surrender with the master."

Looking at the county officials who poisoned their compatriots and surrendered like this, and then looked at these people who had no opinions of their own at all and only knew how to blindly obey others, Cai Wei only felt a sharp pain in her heart.

Although there are also patriotic and loyal ministers and hot-blooded people who defend the land in the Great Qin State, there are more dog officials who only care about their own interests and see the wind and steer the rudder, and foolish people who are blindly obedient and confused. In this way, I will not be occupied by foreign enemies, enslave my people, and be defeated.

Gan Tang supported her with some concern, "Childe, what should we do now?" ”

Cai Wei groaned slightly, pulled her out of the crowd, and said in a low voice as she walked towards the inn where she lived: "This dog official believes that the Tartars will not kill innocents indiscriminately, and I can't trust them." For the sake of safety, let's go out of the county first and find a deserted place to take refuge. The Tartars are in a hurry to rush to Hangzhou, and they should not stay here for long. ”

Although she knew that the Tartars would definitely send troops to Zhejiang, she was confident that Qin Fei would definitely be able to rush to Qingde County to meet her before the Tartars arrived. However, she didn't expect that thanks to these grass dog officials, the Tartars' siege of the city would be so fast and fast, and they would hit not far from Hangzhou more than ten days in advance.

"I once talked to the shopkeeper, and he said that there is a barren mountain more than ten miles west of the county, and there is a dilapidated mountain temple on that mountain, which is extremely remote, let's go there first to avoid it."

However, when they hurried back to the inn and took some important luggage, Cai Wei left a new code for Qin Fei, and hurried to the west gate, only to find that the dog official surnamed Wang had sent a few officers and soldiers to guard the city gate, and not a single person was allowed to leave the city.

In desperation, the two of them had to walk back into the city with some people who also wanted to escape from the city.

She wanted to go back to the inn and erase the secret signal she had left behind, but the sound of hooves was already rolling from the south, and she thought that the Tartar cavalry had rushed in through the south gate.

At this moment, even Cai Wei was a little panicked in her heart, she only arrived in Qingde County yesterday, because she was afraid that Qin Fei might find her at any time, and she didn't dare to leave the inn at will, she was not familiar with the terrain of Qingde County, and at this time, she couldn't think of where to go to hide temporarily.

But under the iron hooves of the Tartars, where can this small Qingde County temporarily keep them safe for a while?

She was worried, and when she looked around, she suddenly saw a small spire not far away, and she couldn't help but move in her heart, and immediately pulled the sweet orange and ran towards the spire.

Turning around, about a cup of tea, I saw a small stone house in the distance, the style was different from the house next to it. It is not like the common kind of dwellings in Zhejiang, with blue tiles and white walls, heavy eaves and flying corners, but pointed arches, with a small minaret towering on the top, and the window panes on the big windows are all flowers, colorful, and very good-looking.

Gan Tang said strangely: "Childe, what kind of shop is this, how can it be repaired so strangely?" ”

"When I first went to Quanzhou, I didn't take you there, so you haven't seen such a strange house, this is their Catholic temple built by missionaries from the West, they call it a church. The Tartars treat us Han people as mustards, but they should have some respect for foreigners, and they should not mess around. ”

Cai Wei straightened her clothes, walked to the door, knocked on the door, and soon saw a blond, blue-eyed, brown-bearded foreigner come and open the door for them.

Cai Wei still remembered the etiquette when their missionaries met, and hurriedly drew a cross in front of her with her right hand, and the foreigner's eyes were happy, and she also drew a cross in front of her and invited them in.

Fortunately, the foreigner had been in Daqin for a few years and knew a little Chinese, and Cai Wei had learned a few words of foreign language from the missionary couple when she was in Quanzhou, so there was not much hindrance in the conversation between the two.

When the foreigner figured out their intentions, and saw that she could speak Sealand Chinese, and mentioned another missionary couple in Quanzhou, he immediately agreed to leave them in the church and shelter them.

Qin Fei was later extremely glad that there happened to be such a church built by Portuguese people in Qingde County, and his daughter-in-law was smart and witty to hide inside. If not, he will never see his beloved wife again.

Because the Tartars who occupied Qingde County were just as Cai Wei was worried about, they didn't do what Wang Youde's dog official said, because the people of Qingde County obediently went out to welcome the surrender and let them live.

After all, in the so-called proclamation of Prince Yu in the so-called "Edict to Civil and Military Officials and Others in Jiangnan and Other Places", although the soldiers are everywhere, those who resist the resistance of the officials, the army and the people will be besieged and slaughtered, and his wife will be taken prisoner. But it didn't say that if the officials, the military and the people surrendered to the country, there would definitely be no massacre.

Not long after Caiwei and Ganquine had taken refuge in the Portuguese church, they heard the sound of horses' hooves and the exclamations of men and women outside.

In a moment, all the exclamations that had been heard before them turned into deafening cries, and from time to time there would be several terrible screams of the women, mixed with a few men's dying wails, and occasionally a word or two of men's angry scolding. The whole Qingde County was crying out in sorrow.

A few more clever people from the neighborhood knocked on the door of the church, asking for shelter. They told Sù Caiwei that except for Wang Youde's dog official who had nothing to do with his family because of his meritorious dedication to the city, the rest of the people were all extorted money by the Tartars, and they had just given money to the Tartar soldiers, and they escaped a catastrophe, and they were forced to sacrifice treasures by the Tartar soldiers next to them, and if the sacrifice was not satisfactory, they would be hacked to death with several knives.

As for the fate of the women, it was even more tragic, and those people did not even dare to say how the Tartar soldiers □□ the women of the city.

That afternoon, and that night, the wails of the babies, the wails of the old men, and the terrible screams of the women echoed in Caiwei's ears all night long.

It wasn't until the end of the next day that the sound of crying and wailing and screaming from outside gradually became quieter. In the afternoon, she heard no screams and wails except the sound of the horses' hooves.

She didn't know how many of her compatriots had been killed by the Tartars that night, she only knew that after this massacre, Qingde County would be the same as those state capitals that had been slaughtered. The number of Han people is so many times more than that of the Tartars, and if you don't kill some, how can the Tartars rest assured?

That night, she knelt down in front of the statue in the church and wept all night listening to the screams outside. For the tragic loss of her beloved homeland and the suffering of her people in this land.

After barely spending another night in the church of the Portuguese, on the third day she could no longer bear it any longer, and despite the persuasion of the others, she told Father Foreign that she was going out.