When Wu Jianzhang was worried about how to wipe his precious grandson's shares in the customs yamen, Yuan Zupi, the other big boss behind the scenes, was hugging the beautiful maid in the back hall of the county ya, and said to Xiao Fujian, the leader of the Bird Party, who came to report the results of last night's battle: "I did a good job last night, but it's a pity that I couldn't take the opportunity to kill Liu Lichuan and directly cut off Wu Ashuang's right-hand man, which is a bit regrettable to the official." ”

"Originally, I wanted to take the opportunity to kill Liu Ayuan, but unfortunately that bastard ran too fast." Xiao Fujian said truthfully: "More than 20 people didn't block him, and Leng let him run over the wall, so he only killed three of his subordinates." However, he was stabbed in the head, and the injury should not be light. ”

"What's the use of not killing him, just letting him get a little injured? In a few days, he'll be healed, and he'll still be right with us. Yuan Zubi scolded, and said with a sneer: "Remember, you have to hit a snake for seven inches!" Killing Liu Lichuan is equivalent to cutting off Wu Ashuang's hands and feet in Shanghai, and gouging out his eyes in Shanghai, Wu Ashuang can't stay in Shanghai, and your bird party can monopolize the golden nest of Shanghai Wharf! ”

Xiao Fujian hurriedly nodded again and again, and said: "Don't worry, there is still a chance, Liu Lichuan has now made a feud with the gangs in Shanghai, as soon as he shows up outside, we will receive the news immediately, and we will be able to kill him immediately!" Moreover, Yuan Bantou had already arrested several of his most powerful subordinates yesterday, and he was now alone, and it was easier to kill him than to kill a chicken. ”

Yuan Zubi nodded with satisfaction, and then turned to Yuan Wuba, the clan nephew who was waiting on the side, to ask about the arrested members of the Double Knife Society, and Wu Chaoyue's old opponent Yuan Wuba replied with a cruel smile: "Uncle, don't worry, I have already explained to the prison and given them special treatment, even if those people are released in the future, they will not be able to hold axes and knives." ”

Yuan Zubi laughed when he heard this, rubbed vigorously in the maid's underwear with one hand, and waved the other hand and said: "Okay, you can go down, do a good job, seize this opportunity to completely eradicate the double knife society, the Shanghai wharf is yours!" Wu Ah Shuang, let him hold his baby grandson and cry! ”

Yuan Wuba and Xiao Fujian smiled and agreed, and were about to go out to let Yuan Zubi enjoy the newly bought maid, Yuan Zubi couldn't wait to gnaw on the face of the newly bought beautiful maid, but he didn't think that a servant suddenly rushed in outside the door, and said in a panic: "Master, it's not good, someone is beating the drum to complain!" Master Xie sent the little one to ask the master to go up to the hall immediately to ask about the case. ”

"Bastard!" Yuan Zubi, who was tearing the maid's clothes, was furious when he heard this, and roared: "It's a person beating drums to complain, master, I have to go up to the court immediately?" Go tell Master Xie to beat that drum and sue for twenty kills first! Call him bad official Yaxing! ”

"Master, you can't beat it! You can't kill the mighty stick! The official said with a sad face: "It is the foreigner who is beating the drum and complaining!" It's two foreigners! That's why Master Xie asked you to hurry up to the court, otherwise, the little one would dare to come over and disturb you? ”

"Foreigners?!" Yuan Zubi, Xiao Fujian, and Yuan Wuba were all taken aback, and then Yuan Zubi not only had anger on his face, but also asked extremely nervously: "Who are they suing?" What is the reason for the complaint? ”

"They sued Chen Ming, Brother Chen, and Fifth Brother Yuan." The official pointed to Xiao Fujian and Yuan Wubayi, whose big names were Chen Ming, and said with a sad face: "They accused Brother Chen of unreasonably obstructing their mission, beating and killing the parishioners, and colluding with Fifth Brother Yuan to arrest innocent parishioners. ”

Yuan Zuyi's face began to turn pale, and he quickly pushed away the beautiful maid who had been tortured by him, stood up and asked Xiao Fujian and Yuan Wuba, who also had a big change in face, "When did you offend the foreigners?" Didn't the old man warn you again and again? Anyone can mess with anyone in Shanghai, but you can't mess with foreigners! ”

"No, we didn't mess with foreigners?" Xiao Fujian and Yuan Wuba shouted grievances together, and they both said: "Master, even if you borrow a hundred of our guts, you don't dare to provoke foreign devils?" ”

"Then why do foreigners sue you?" Yuan Zubi shouted and asked, Xiao Fujian and Yuan Wuba shook their heads together to say that they didn't know, Yuan Zubi was helpless, so he had to curse the accomplice and thug to cause trouble for himself, and at the same time quickly changed into official uniforms and prepared to ascend to the court.

What made Yuan Zubi even more nervous was still behind, when he changed into his official uniform and went to the lobby, there was already a sea of people outside the county yamen, full of Shanghai people watching the excitement, and two blonde and blue-eyed foreigners were wearing black robes, knocking on Erlang's legs and sitting on the two Taishi chairs outside the lobby door, and there was a large piece of paper in front of him - please make up the scene when the petitioners complained, and please ignore the arrogant attitude of the two petitioners. At the same time, Yuan Zubi's helper, Master Xie, was also leading a few officials to give up their hands on the two foreigners, constantly begging the two foreigners to enter the lobby to talk, not to let so many ordinary people watch on the street, but unfortunately the two foreigners didn't listen at all, and kept calling the people in stiff Chinese to come and see their papers.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Zubi's careful liver inevitably trembled even more, and he hurriedly ordered Yuan Wuba to take people to drive the onlookers away, but when Yuan Wuba took the officials to expel the people, the two foreigners stood up, and while grabbing Yuan Wuba and others, they scolded in stiff Chinese: "What are you doing? What are you doing? Do you want to deceive the people? We can't let them go, let them all see clearly, why are we suing! ”

Yuan Wuba was completely helpless, so he could only turn his gaze for help to Yuan Zubi in the lobby, Yuan Zubi had no choice but to nod and let Yuan Wuba give up the action of expelling the people, and then slapped the shocked wood again, and shouted: "Ascend to the hall!" ”

"Mighty - Martial ——!" The officials in the county government beat the water and fire sticks and drank for a long time, but the momentum was far from the usual majesty, but the two foreigners swaggered into the lobby, did not kneel, and directly roared at Yuan Zu: "Mr. County Commander, we accuse, we accuse your subordinates of colluding with the Shanghai mob, beating and killing our parishioners, and wantonly arresting innocent parishioners, we want you to release them immediately, and punish the murderer immediately!" ”

The emotions were too excited, and when the two foreigners roared, they unconsciously brought some local Chinese, which basically did not reach the meaning of the words, but the more this was the case, the more frightened Yuan Zuxi, who could not understand foreign languages, and his voice also carried some trembling, and said politely: "Two Mr. Yang, please bring me your paper." ”

Yuan Zubi personally stepped forward and carefully took the paper to look at it carefully, but he saw that the handwriting on the paper was extremely ugly, and it was also in vernacular that Yuan Zubi had never seen before, and the content was to accuse Chen Ming, the leader of the Shanghai underworld forces nicknamed Little Fujian, of colluding with Yuan Wuba, the head of the Shanghai county team, to beat and force the innocent workers on the Shanghai docks to give up studying the Bible, killing three innocent parishioners who had been baptized, wounding 12 people, and abusing his power to arrest nine pious parishioners. Demand that Yuan Zubi immediately release the innocent parishioners, arrest the murderer and compensate the parishioners for their losses! Finally, there are two signatures in foreign languages that Yuan Zubi could not understand at all, including Prussian and Belgian.

After reading the paper, Yuan Zu was terrified, and it was inevitable that he would be a little dizzy, and he didn't understand when his two big dogs would do such a big thing and cause such a catastrophe to himself. The two foreigners followed Wu Chaoyue's instructions, and urged fiercely: "Lord County Commander, please hurry up and arrest the murderer, and immediately release those innocent arrested parishioners, we heard that our parishioners have been subjected to cruel criminal punishment in your prison!" You also have to track down the culprit in this matter and give us an explanation! ”

It took a lot of effort, and he begged the two foreign adults to say it again, and Yuan Zubi finally barely understood what the two foreign adults meant, and then Yuan Zubi immediately turned his angry gaze to Yuan Wuba next to him, and Yuan Wuba wiped the cold sweat and whispered: "Master, no, I didn't arrest people indiscriminately?" Yesterday, I did as you ordered, and arrested nine people from the Twin Blades Society? ”

"Twin Blades?!" Yuan Zubi's whole body was shocked, his heart suddenly became clear, and Wu Jianzhang's obscene old face immediately appeared in his mind, and then Yuan Zubi screamed in his heart: "Oh no! How did I forget Wu Ashuang's other backstage foreign adult? This old immortal, how can he have such an iron relationship with foreigners, and he can invite foreigners to come forward to rectify me? ”

"Mr. County Commander, please catch the murderer immediately and release our parishioners immediately!" The two foreign adults roared in unison again, and their attitudes were so cruel that they didn't look like a bitter lord who didn't complain at all, it was even more terrifying than the Shura demons in the eighteenth layer of hell! - Of course, this is only for our poor Yuan Zu Yuan County Order.

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"Open the door, I'm Father Martin of the American Presbyterian Church, and I'm going to visit the parishioners who have been baptized by me."

According to the English instructions of his Chinese friend Wu Chaoyue, Father Martin did not care whether Pan Jinggui, the head of the Shanghai County Prison in front of him, could understand his own language, and directly made this request to Pan Jinggui. However, the head of the soil emperor Pan in the prison not only didn't dare to lose his temper, but also kept bowing his head and bowing his waist, and asked Wu Chaoyue who was standing beside the foreigner in a low voice: "Young Master Wu, please translate, what are these three foreign gentlemen talking about?" ”

"Get out of the way, open the door, they want to visit the parishioners who have been innocently arrested, some of the people in your prison have been baptized by this Father Martin, they are his parishioners."

Wu Chaoyue replied lightly, but Pan Jiaotou was confused, and said suspiciously: "Sect people? I'm locked up in this prison? I don't know so much? ”

Wu Chaoyue didn't bother to pay attention to him, but just said something in English to Father Martin and the others, and then Father Martin and the others immediately yelled at Pan Cell, and Wu Chaoyue translated that if they didn't open the door again, these foreign adults would go to the county government to find Yuan Zubi to administer justice. Cell Boss Pan was shocked when he heard this, so he could only quickly order the jailer guarding the gate to let him go, and respectfully invited Martin, Wu Chaoyue and others to enter the door, and said very considerately: "Young Master Wu, please tell the three Mr. Yang that it is smelly and dirty inside, and they have been wronged." ”

Wu Chaoyue nodded expressionlessly, and said, "Take us to meet the nine people who were arrested yesterday, the nine people from the Double Knife Society." ”

Hearing Wu Chaoyue's words, Pan Cell's face suddenly changed, but when he saw the three foreigners roaring at him in a chirping bird language, Pan Cellhead didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and immediately stepped forward to lead the way, leading Wu Chaoyue and the others to the cell where those members of the Twin Blades Society were imprisoned.

The nine members of the Twin Knives Society who were unfortunately arrested are now of course all covered in flesh and blood, and they look as miserable as they are, and they are all tied up next to the toilet, and several of the Twin Knives Club are still covered in feces, and there are several thick-waisted and round-shouldered prisoners in the cell, all of whom have blood on their hands, and they have obviously just done it, and they are obviously prison bullies in the prison. Wu Chaoyue saw that he was so angry that he snatched the whip from the hand of a servant, and without saying a word, he slammed those prison bullies, but those prison bullies said that they didn't dare to fight back, and they all looked at the foreigners brought by Wu Chaoyue in fear, dodging and not understanding what was going on.

After whipping more than a dozen times, Wu Chaoyue turned to Martin and the others, and first talked to them casually in English, and then instructed Pan Cell Leader: "Mr. Yang wants you to kick out the other prisoners, and these nine prisoners must be untied and can only be locked in one cell until they are released." ”

Although he knew that Wu Chaoyue had no power to control himself, the head of the cell Pan still nodded and hurriedly agreed, and then arrogantly ordered the jailers to lock up the prison bullies in other cells, and Wu Chaoyue personally untied the nine fellow villagers who were unfortunately affected by himself, and said in Cantonese with tears: "Big brothers, I'm sorry, I have caused you to be affected." But it doesn't matter, I've already asked the foreigners to help save you, and you won't suffer anymore. ”

The members of the Nine Twin Knife Society had already recognized Wu Chaoyue, the young master Sun, and they were so moved that they cried and untied each other and cleaned up the dirt on their bodies, while Wu Chaoyue asked the accompanying dogs to bring good food, clothes and medicine for injuries, while continuing to say in Cantonese: "Nine big brothers, you must remember that if you pass the church in the future, you will be sure that you have been baptized the day before yesterday, you are a parishioner, and the person who baptized you is Mr. Martin, the priest of the United States!" As long as you are sure of this, you will definitely be able to get out, and the government will never dare to do anything to you! ”

Being able to speak a few languages is the advantage of this, Wu Chaoyue spoke the hometown Cantonese left by the previous owner of the body, and he couldn't understand it in front of others, but the nine members of the Cantonese Double Knife Club could understand it, and while nodding desperately, he also cried and retold Wu Chaoyue's instructions in Cantonese according to Wu Chaoyue's request, and kept it firmly in mind. Wu Chaoyue choked up and thanked them again, promising to send someone to bring them food and medicine every day, and told them for a long time before getting up again.

The matter was not over, and when he was about to leave the prison, Wu Chaoyue called Pan Cellhead in front of him again and said: "Boss Pan, don't talk nonsense, I know that the affairs of these people may not be from your original intention, someone must have forced you to do this, I don't blame you." But don't blame me for not reminding you, this matter has involved foreigners, foreigners have lost their temper, and even said cruel words about driving the warship into the Huangpu River, when the time comes, the foreigners must investigate the murderers who beat and tortured these people, and the people behind you must be looking for a substitute for the dead, who do you say will be the unlucky substitute for the dead? ”

Pan Cell's face changed greatly, and he quickly nodded and said, "Young Master Wu, don't worry, they won't suffer anymore, the little one understands, the little one understands." ”

"If only you understood." Wu Chaoyue snorted coldly and said: "I might as well tell you clearly, I and the foreigner are in love with Yuan Zu this time, and I will never give up if I don't fight to the death!" Tell me, Yuan Zubi fights with foreigners, who will be the loser? ”

Pan Cell's face changed, and he nodded even more and said: "Young Master Wu, the little one understands, don't worry, in the future, your people will come to deliver food and pine medicine, as long as it is not Yuan Wuba's people, I will definitely let it go immediately, let it go immediately." ”

Wu Chaoyue nodded with satisfaction, and then invited Martin and the others to leave with him, but when his footsteps just moved, Wu Chaoyue's heart moved, and he turned around and asked the nine fellow villagers in Cantonese: "Several big brothers, have any of you ever been a soldier?" It's okay to be a team trainer, even if there is one. ”

"I've been a practitioner." A member of the Twin Swords Society hurriedly said: "Last year, I was a pirate, and I practiced bravely to prevent pirates for a few months, and then the pirates were disbanded by the group, so I followed Brother Ayuan to do things." ”

"Good." Wu Chaoyue showed a little sinister smile and commanded in Cantonese: "Remember, you are still practicing Yong now, and you are still making up!" Also, what's your name? ”

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When Wu Chaoyue remembered the name and establishment of the fellow villager in the prison cell, Yuan Zubi also made up his mind in the county government hall, knowing that the foreign gods who moved out of the old Wu family could not afford to provoke, so he decided to adopt the most effective delay and perfunctory skills of the Qing officials, and said to the two foreigners very politely: "Two Mr. Yang, I have already understood your affairs, I will investigate in detail, and I will definitely give you justice, but it will take a little time, please go back first, and wait until I find out clearly." ”

"It's okay, we have time for you to investigate." The two foreign priests had already received Wu Chaoyue's guidance, and while taking back the large paper, they walked out of the lobby, sat back on the Taishi chair, and re-unfolded the paper to the onlookers, and then said to the stunned Yuan Zuyi: "Mr. County Order, we are waiting here, coming here every day to wait, when will you find out, when will we leave!" ”

After that, the two foreign priests knocked on Erlang's legs again to escape from the famine, and on the other side, Wu Chaoyue's dog-legged Wu Dadao held a teapot and snacks, and invited the two foreign priests to eat and drink with a wicked smile. Seeing this scene, Yuan Zubi was dizzy, and screamed in his heart: "Mother! It turns out that foreigners can also play scoundrels? The people of the Qing Dynasty are scoundrels, and the official can ask someone to beat him away with a stick, but this foreigner is a scoundrel, do I dare to ask someone to beat him? Do my people dare to fight? ”