In a hurry, of course, Father Yang blurted out that what he said was in his native English, and only Wu Chaoyue could understand it except for himself, and Yuan Wuba saw a blonde and blue-eyed foreigner squashing at him, his expression seemed to be very angry, and he was naturally very timid in his heart, and hurriedly asked Wu Chaoyue: "Young Master Wu, what is this foreigner talking about?" ”

Wu Chaoyue ignored Yuan Wuba, and just asked Father Nayang, "Honorable priest, a saint from the West, may I ask which country are you from?" ”

"United States of America." Father Nayang replied truthfully and introduced himself: "My name is Martin White, and it is a pleasure to meet you, dear Chinese friend. ”

"I'm glad to meet you, too, Dear Mr. Martin." Wu Chaoyue nodded and smiled, and also introduced himself: "My name is Chaoyue Wu, and I am the grandson of Jian Chang Wu, the superintendent of Shanghai Customs in China, if I remember correctly, the consul of your country in Shanghai is Mr. Qi Liyun, right?" ”

“YES，YES。” Father Martin was very happy, nodded and said: "The consul of our country in Shanghai is Mr. Qi Liyun, and I am very familiar with him. ”

Wu Chaoyue smiled and nodded again, and then turned to Yuan Wuba, who was already dizzy, and said in an unkind tone: "Yuan Bantou, I'm sorry, it seems that I can't go to the county government with me, not only can I not go to the county government with you, but I also have to ask you to go to the concession, please." ”

"Why?" Yuan Wuba was taken aback and asked in surprise, "Why should I go to the concession?" ”

"Why?" Wu Chaoyue's tone was even more unkind, "You deliberately favored the criminals who beat the foreign missionaries, this foreign priest from the United States is very angry, and wants to invite you to the concession, and he wants to ask the American consul, Mr. Qi Liyun, to administer justice for him!" ”

"What do I have?" Yuan Wuba's soul flew away when he heard this, and he quickly asked, "Is there someone who favors me and beats him?" When did I take sides? ”

"Go ask them." Wu Chaoyue pointed at the girl, sneered and said, "You ask them, and then ask the others, did they beat this foreign priest with a boat penny just now?" I explained the misunderstanding to them and Father Yang, but you want to arrest me, Father Yang is very angry and wants you to go to the concession and explain it clearly in front of Consul Mr. Kim Nenghyung! Otherwise, he will personally go to the yamen and personally ask your uncle Yuan Xianzun for this justice! ”

In this era, the only person in the Manchu court who was not very afraid of foreigners was probably Wu Chaoyue's comprador grandfather Wu Jianzhang - and only because he could communicate normally was not very afraid. So after listening to Wu Chaoyue's words, Yuan Wuba was shocked, but he could only quickly send his subordinates to investigate the real cause of the matter, and Wu Chaoyue turned to Father Martin, and said very seriously: "Dear priest, it seems that we are going to be in trouble, this man suspects that you are not a real missionary, but a liar from the United States, pretending to be a priest preaching, so he not only wants to arrest me, but also wants to arrest you together." ”

"I'm a presbyterian in the United States, and all the Americans in the concession can testify for me!" Fr. Martin was furious and immediately unveiled the cross and the Bible.

"But Mr. Father, honorable priest, he doesn't believe it at all." Wu Chaoyue shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and suggested kindly: "Mr. Priest, if you don't do this, take advantage of the fact that I can translate for you here, and we will pull this Mr. Tolerance to the concession together, let him see the church where you live with his own eyes, and ask your American friend to prove your identity and let him apologize to you in person." ”

“OK！ I'm more than happy! Father Martin agreed, and without saying a word, he pulled Yuan Wuba and said in stiff Chinese: "You don't believe it? Concession, let's go to the concession. ”

Being pulled by Father Martin, who was covered in golden hair, Yuan Wuba's three souls immediately flew away, and while struggling, he said to Wu Chaoyue: "Young Master Wu, what is this Mr. Yang going to do?" Why is he pulling me? ”

"Of course, I would like you to take a trip to the concession." Wu Chaoyue spread his hands helplessly, and then stepped forward to help Father Martin hold Yuan Wuba's other arm, and said, "Yuan Bantou, there is really no way, you should accompany this foreign priest to the concession." It doesn't matter, it's not a big deal anyway, just send someone back to report a message to your uncle Yuan Xianzun, and ask him to personally go to the concession and explain it for you. ”

"I'm not going!" Yuan Wuba's face turned white, and he screamed: "I won't go to the concession!" Uncle Clan knew that I had provoked a foreigner, and asked him to go to the concession to save me, so it's no wonder that he didn't skin me! Young Master Wu, I beg you, tell this foreign priest quickly, I won't go to the concession, I won't go to the concession! ”

With a "bang", Wu Chaoyue suddenly slapped Yuan Wuba's fat face, pumping Yuan Wuba's face all over the place, and his fat face was oily, and then Wu Chaoyue pointed at Yuan Wuba again and yelled in English: "What did you say?" Are Catholic priests liars? The Pope of Rome is even more of a liar? Bastard! How dare you insult the holy Lord and this saint from America? Let me go at once, go to the concession, and let me show you with my own eyes whether this Mr. Martin is really a servant of God?! ”

After being slapped by Wu Chaoyue like this, and seeing Wu Chaoyue angrily yelling at himself in some incomprehensible bird language, Yuan Wuba was dizzy, but he was even more panicked and frightened, not understanding what was going on. Father Martin, who was the only one present who could understand Wu Chaoyue's language, was even more annoyed, and while drawing a cross on his chest with his right hand, he said to Wu Chaoyue: "Dear Chinese friend, you don't have to use force, let's take him to the concession and let him see with his own eyes the church I borrowed, and he will understand everything." ”

“OK。” Wu Chaoyue nodded, and said, "Father Martin, since this man doesn't believe in you and the Lord so much, we can only force him to go to the concession." ”

After that, Wu Chaoyue went to forcibly pull Yuan Wuba again, and Father Martin was also holding Yuan Wuba's other arm, and all he said was that Yuan Wuba would go to the church where he was borrowed. Yuan Wuba was so frightened that he almost cried, and kept saying to Wu Chaoyue: "Young Master Wu, you spare me, the little one has eyes and no beads, I have offended you a lot before, the little one should be damned, the little one should be beaten, you have a lot of adults, treat me as a fart, let it go." ”

At this time, the official who had already asked about the situation came up, and quickly explained the facts to Yuan Wuba, confirming that the girl and the others had indeed besieged the foreign priest before, Yuan Wuba was even more bitter when he heard it, and screamed: "Young Master Wu, you just said that you were saving foreigners, and if you said it earlier, I wouldn't dare to invite you to the county government with a hundred guts." Young Master Wu, I beg you, I beg you, please ask this foreign priest to let me go, I will listen to you for everything. ”

"Less nonsense!" In order to avenge the previous owner of the body, Wu Chaoyue refused to be affectionate at all, pulled Yuan Wuba and shouted: "You have to go today, you have to go, you have to go if you don't go!" Come with me! Go to the concession! ”

Next, something that even Wu Chaoyue didn't expect happened, Yuan Wuba actually knelt down on Wu Chaoyue's knees with a plop and said with a crying voice: "Young Master Wu, little please, please quickly ask the foreigner for me, I really can't go to the concession!" Last time in the Qingpu teaching case, the Qingpu people injured two foreign priests, and the foreigners' warships drove directly to Jiangning City, and the top of Lord Zhou of Qingpu County was picked, if I go to the concession with you, my uncle's top is also finished, and I can't affect him! The little one has offended you before, I will make amends to you, I will kowtow to you, you forgive me, I will never dare to do it again! Don't dare anymore! ”

Crying and shouting, Yuan Wuba kowtowed to Wu Chaoyue again and again, crying bitterly and begging for mercy, when Wu Chaoyue's heart was happy, Father Martin asked suspiciously: "Dear Chinese friend, what happened?" Why did this gentleman kneel down to you and cry so sadly? ”

Wu Chaoyue didn't answer immediately, but first glanced at the surrounding situation, saw that the people next to him were pointing at Yuan Wuba, and saw Yuan Wuba crying so sadly and scared, the resentment in his heart disappeared, and then he said to Father Martin in English: "Dear Mr. Priest, the subordinates of this Mr. Tolerance just now have asked you for your identity, and know that you are a true missionary, a believer in the pious Lord, and they are ashamed in their hearts, so they knelt down and begged for our forgiveness, are you willing to forgive him?" ”

"Now that he knows the truth and repents, of course I can forgive him." Father Martin said generously.

Wu Chaoyue nodded, and after a little calculation, he said to Yuan Wuba: "Yuan Bantou, I have already pleaded with Mr. Father Priest for you just now, and Mr. Priest promised to forgive you, but there are two conditions, the first condition is that you compensate ten taels of silver, and the second condition is that you must kneel and kiss his cross and his Bible, can you agree?" ”

"I promise, I promise."

Yuan Wuba nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and quickly took out ten taels of silver, held it in front of Wu Chaoyue with both hands, Wu Chaoyue snatched the silver, and then turned to Father Martin and said: "Dear Mr. Priest, in order to thank you for your forgiveness, this Mr. Tolerance hopes to kiss your cross and Bible, I wonder if you are willing to accept it?" ”

“OK！ OK！ As soon as Father Martin heard the joy, he immediately untied the cross he was wearing and held it up in front of Yuan Wuba, who was not ambiguous, and immediately kissed the cross in front of thousands of people, and kissed the Bible even more reverently.

"Poor Lamb, the Lord will forgive you." Father Martin painted the cross, as demonstrated.

"Next time, Mr. Yang will take the foreigner army to the county government to settle accounts with your uncle!" Wu Chaoyue translates it this way.

When Yuan Wuba nodded desperately to thank him, Wu Chaoyue turned to the beautiful girl who was already stunned, smiled first, and then handed the silver extorted from Yuan Wuba to the girl, and said: "Little girl, I said that I missed my mouth just now, it's me who is wrong, these ten taels of silver are counted as I will compensate you, our business, forget it." ”

The girl refused to take the silver, stared at Wu Chaoyue for a long time, and suddenly turned around with a cold snort and left. Wu Chaoyue shrugged helplessly, and said in his heart that it was really a little pepper, no matter how beautiful such a woman was, it was best to be less troublesome. Then, in order to prevent Yuan Wuba from waking up and looking for trouble, and in order not to be disciplined after returning home, Wu Chaoyue said to Father Martin again: "Dear Mr. Priest, my family lives in Shanghai City, I don't know if you are interested in visiting my home?" My grandfather also speaks English and you will be very pleasant to communicate with. ”

"Great, I'd love to." Father Martin was overjoyed, and immediately agreed, Wu Chaoyue was also very happy to hear it - there is such an outsider or a foreigner as Father Martin, Wu Jianzhang will never greet him with a ring ruler again, so Wu Chaoyue personally stepped forward to lead the way for Father Martin, and several dogs led by Wu Dadao also took the opportunity to get rid of the entanglement of the Shanghai County officials, and surrounded Wu Chaoyue and Father Martin swaggering into the city, and the Shanghai County officials did not dare to stop them, and they didn't even dare to take a breath of the atmosphere, so they watched Wu Chaoyue and others leave.

It was also after Wu Chaoyue and his party walked away that Yuan Wuba stood up with the support of his subordinates, first wiped a handful of sweat, snot and tears on his fat face, and then patted his chest again, and said: "Damn, I'm scared to death, if I really want to go to the concession, Uncle Clan will definitely say that he won't let me go." By the way, when did the surnamed Wu Naxiao Misan be able to speak such fluent foreign Chinese, I had never heard of it before? ”

After muttering, Yuan Wuba spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm again, and scolded: "The thief killed him!" Grandpa is a fake foreign devil, and his grandson is even more fake foreign devil, which is really a family heirloom! ”