This indifferent evasive attitude angered Huang Zhen and others. Coupled with the sudden increase in the crowd of onlookers these days, the mood of the entire anti-religious group has been greatly invigorated. Believe that justice is in the hearts of the people. More and more momentum, originally Huang, Zhang and others just arrived at the door of the church, sent in the defense book, and questioned the wall in front of the door. Recently, they simply gathered in front of the church. Denounce the "evil ways of Tessie".

Gao Xuan stood in the crowd, seeing that there were more and more people, at first he thought it was some idlers, and came to see the excitement together, but then he realized that something was wrong. Because those people all seemed to be emotional, aggressive, rolling up their sleeves, waving their fists, and scolding fiercely in their mouths: "Evil way!" Are you going to come out or not? ”

"If we don't come out again, we're going to slam the door!"

"Hey, don't you pretend to be some humble gentleman all day long, saying all day long, 'I'm guilty, am I?' Now come out and confess! ”

The swearing words became more and more harsh, and the sound became louder and louder, and Huang Zhen listened to it next to him, but he felt a little overwhelmed. Because the situation is very clear, the group of Confucian scholars and citizens in front of them, who have never met before, are here to denounce and besiege this Crucidian sect of Taixi. In the first few days, he still felt excited to see a lot of people coming, but recently he slowly felt strange: the dispute between the two religions is not even a wave in the city of Hangzhou, and there are more and more people coming to Weishenme? Many people are not Buddhists at all, not even scholars. Looking at a few of the characters jumping up and down, they are obviously the "ghosts" in the city. Senior Brother Zhang is a serious Zen disciple, and those who have received ordination, it stands to reason that he will not quote these people to come out to support the scene and make a strong noise.

"Well, look at their mō and clearly ill-intentioned. I don't know who they are? How did you find here? Could it be that someone is behind it? Thinking of this, Huang Zhen suddenly became alert, in case someone took advantage of the opportunity of the two sects to fight and wanted to fish in troubled waters, the reputation of the Zen Sect would also be greatly damaged.

He was about to go to find Zhang Huo, when suddenly the group became more and more impatient because the church had been closed and refused to face. They continued to shout insults, and one or two of them simply approached, clenched their fists, and slammed them against the door. Some people in the crowd even shouted slogans to rush in and smash them.

At this time, a small door next to the courtyard opened, and I saw that the group was getting more and more noisy, and only then did an old man with a cross hanging in front of him hurriedly come out, put his hands together and said: "Everyone, everyone, don't be rude, this place is a holy place for the church, a place of quiet and peaceful cultivation, if you have any matter, please invite a few people to come in and talk, and I hope to be well-ranked." He said this with great deference and in a calm tone. Who knew that the gang not only did not become quieter, but rebuked angrily: "Demon! You know, we're here to beg demons today? ”

"A pure place? You are a good old man who has forgotten the classics and has the face to say! The people who live here are all overseas demon monks, and it is clearly a place to hide dirt and dirt, and there is nothing to say! ”

"Thinking of your old age, get out of here quickly, Hugh will come to liáo to dial us, otherwise, even your old bones will not be saved!"

All kinds of scolding, intimidation, and insult flew over with his head and face, and coaxed the old man into a daze, and his face turned gray, and he couldn't resist it, so he had to draw a cross and retreat in frustration.

Witnessing this situation, Gao Xuanzhong was a little angry all the time following people to see him. Because in any case, the other party's words were very polite, and besides, the Cross Sect had never heard of anything hurtful in Hangzhou. He was thinking about it, and the troublemakers were getting more and more carried away. They clamored and stomped their feet vigorously as they pounded the church door even harder. Suddenly, someone shouted: "If he doesn't open the door again, we'll smash it, smash it!" ”

"Yes, smash! Smash it open! More people responded. So, they began to crowd and rush to the door.

However, Zhang and Huang both felt that the signs were wrong, although they denounced the Catholic Church as a "demon", but this church was supported by many bigwigs in the court, especially among the local gentry. Except that his teachings were "contrary to morality" in their opinion, there was nothing wrong.

Now that the government has not banned the church, their storming of the church will inevitably meet with a strong backlash from the religious gentry, who take a step back and say that they pretend to be scholars, and they pay attention to "discernment" and use violent means before they can be justified.

When they saw that some people were about to move, they cried out for the people to be quiet. But this situation is no longer something that these people can control. Zhuang Haoren These are the masters who have got the money to make trouble, and they are willing to listen to the greetings of a few scholars and monks, and they are all gearing up to do a big job.

In the Tianshuiqiao Church, at this moment, the Jesuit priests headed by Guo Jujing and Fu Fanji and the enthusiastic believers in the church are discussing countermeasures. After the death of the two pillars of the Hangzhou Church, the influence of the Church in the Hangzhou government was much less than before. Yesterday, they had already sent people to get the film to the yamen of Qiantang and Renhe counties, and asked the yamen to send a yamen to suppress it, but the yamen had not seen any of them now. On the contrary, there are a lot of irrelevant idlers. apparently

Some people are trying to do the church a disadvantage.

Guo Jujing and Fu Fanji are quite calm... This kind of thing has been seen a lot in their missionary careers, and they have long been ready for martyrdom, but they are not willing to let the foundation of the church that was finally opened in Hangzhou be ruined in one fell swoop.

Some of them wanted to go to the government immediately, some of them volunteered to go to Shanghai and Jiaxing to invite people from the Xu family and other families to come forward, and some questioned the Jesuits' suggestion that they would not participate in the discussion, believing that this would only make the people outside more arrogant.

"Father, I can't go on like this." A young Confucian student said eagerly, "These people are making up all kinds of lies to slander the church, and if we don't come forward to clarify them, it will only make everyone think that it is true!" ”

As he spoke, he took out a stack of messy posters from his sleeve, put them on the table, and said with a sad and angry face: "Everyone, please look! What he took out was the black material that had been quietly distributed by the Hangzhou station recently.

Several people picked it up and looked at it, one by one, shaking their heads and sighing, or indignant. The people who had been holding their breath at the clergy's avoidance of the war were now more and more indignant when they saw that some people were openly spreading rumors and inciting the ignorant people.

Guo Jujing was just about to say something, when suddenly there was a shout outside, and then, another servant stumbled in, and said in a panic: "Oh no, it's hit, it's in!" ”

Several Confucian scholars were startled and stood up at the same time. A few of them were white, but they were calm, and a few of them could barely stand. Most of the believers were unprepared for this, and they couldn't help but take a few steps back in shock, and looked out in amazement.

Rather, the Jesuits were able to hold their ground and reassure the crowd not to panic.

Before the words fell, I heard the ping-pong smashing outside, and several voices were shouting: "Flatten him!" ”

"Call him spirited!"

"Smash, smash! Smash! ”

"Block all the doors first!" The young Confucian priest commanded the disciples to open the gate,

When the two gates were closed and blocked, the clergy were asked to take shelter in the back, and at this moment, the other members of the church heard the noise and rushed out from all corners, some of them with sticks in their hands. Up and down, dozens of people gathered in the blink of an eye. When they knew that someone was going to storm the church, they all showed surprise and anger. Some people advocate going out and fighting to the death with each other, even if they are martyred.

While they were talking, the door outside rumbled open.

A middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian raised his voice and shouted, "Stop, stop!" We have something to say! He screamed a few times in a row, but the outside didn't pay attention to it at all, on the contrary, the knocking became even more frenzied.

At this time, someone came to report, and after speaking, Master Zhao from Bi Shufang sent someone to come.

Although Master Zhao of Wanbi Bookstore was not a believer, he was a "catechumen", and Father Jin Lige also followed him to Hangzhou, so the people in the church originally trusted him very much.

"Please!"

The person who came was a lean man, dressed in a short dress, and he hurriedly saluted everyone: Judge... People Zhao Tong! He reported to himself, "My master Zhao heard that someone was besieging the church outside, please go to Wanbi Bookstore to avoid it first!" The sedan chairs were waiting in the back alley. "Probably afraid that they won't believe it," my lord has invited the heroes of the Oolong Club to occupy the back and escort everyone out. ”

The so-called heroes in Wuwushe were gangs that existed all over Jiangnan at that time for the purpose of gathering crowds to fight and make trouble, and each gang had dozens to hundreds of people, and the composition was complex: there were the prodigal children of the gentry and big families, and there were also ordinary street gangsters, and even mixed with scholars and small businessmen.

Soon after the Black Dragon Society personnel of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau arrived in Hangzhou, they set up a similar peripheral gang in the name of the "Oolong Society" and recruited such a group of people, who were specially used as the peripheral tuǐzi of the Hangzhou station to do some unpopular things: acting as thugs and spreading rumors were their forte.

Going to Wanbi Bookstore to avoid it is a way to at least temporarily ensure personal safety, but this is the largest property of the church in Hangzhou, and once it is destroyed, the loss is immeasurable. I can't let go of all of them. When he was going to stay undecided, Guo Jujing said: "You guys just go and avoid it." I'm right here. He drew a cross and muttered prayers in Latin.