At this moment, Chen Longzheng is like the second sea blue sky, his heart is the people of the Ming Dynasty, his mind is full of the idea of punishing evil, promoting good, punishing adultery and eliminating evil, he has no scruples about the difficulties and dangers in front of him, holding a gun and three hundred firecrackers and rushing to the tiger's den in Longtan, Matteo Ricci can't stop it no matter what, so he can only put his mind on Hughes's body.

"Mr. Hughes, do you know what you're doing? This matter is an internal matter of the Chinese themselves, and we should not get involved! Once involved, the Chinese will have an excuse to hold us accountable, and the situation that has been finally calmed down will be tossed again, and we will not be able to toss! ”

Matteo Ricci persuaded them with great pain.

Who knew that Hughes looked like he was in his chest, and in turn persuaded Matteo Ricci.

"The officials in the world are all the same, they hope that things are small, they don't want things to be big, big things can be said by them as small things, small things can be said by them as nothing, no official wants to make a big dispute, even Xiao Ruxun himself doesn't want to have a complete stalemate with us, we have done a lot in this matter, let go of nine-tenths, and only leave one-tenth, isn't it enough?"

Matteo Ricci was taken aback.

"You instructed the Chinese businessmen to do this?"

Hughes nodded, then shook his head again.

"This matter is good for us and them, we need the Chinese to continue to do the work, without the Chinese to do the work, our rule here will be very dangerous, the wild monkeys in the Philippines are too cunning and lazy."

And for those Chinese businessmen, without these Chinese laborers, their position would not be stable, so they took the initiative to find me, and I came to support them. ”

Hughes felt that he had done a big thing, and he successfully filled in the blockage for Xiao Ruxun, and he felt that he was great.

As everyone knows, Matteo Ricci's murderous thoughts have come out of his heart - I have worked tirelessly to run around Macau, Myanmar and the Philippines, tiring and working hard to contact all parties, for what? For peace! Can the Philippines fight now? Can you?

Do you think you can handle Xiao Ruxun? The whole of Nanyang is his sphere of influence, you guys are underestimating him! I've worked so hard, and now you pig teammates have used your pig brains to do things that only pigs can do, roast me on the fire, and roast me inside and out! How can you do that!

Matteo Ricci wanted to cry without tears.

"Now, now, Mr. Hughes, I beg you in the name of the Church, and I beg you to take the people away at once, and not to get involved in this matter, or the Philippines will be finished! It's over! The Holy See's missionary work in China is also over! You stupid bastards! ”

Ricci's eyes were red, and he didn't have the slightest priestly demeanor, but like an angry gambler, which startled Hughes.

"Mr. Leach, what are you doing here? Are you threatening me? Don't you know that the private land of your church is also cultivated by the Chinese? Of the more than 2,000 people intercepted this time, more than 500 people want to plow the land for your church, and your church should stand with us in this matter! ”

Hughes's words scared Ricci out of his mind.

"The church is also involved? Does Bishop Alexander know? ”

Hughes shook his head: "I haven't told Bishop Alexandria yet, I think the bishop is very happy, Mr. Leach, you have to remember your position, don't side with the Chinese!" ”

Matteo Ricci breathed a sigh of relief, and then even more anger prompted him to lash out.

"You idiot! You almost ruined decades of hard work! Compared with China, the Philippines is not a fart! You idiot! I don't have any words to describe you! Right now! Immediately! Right away! Take the army away for me! Otherwise, I'll tell Bishop Alexander at once! Expelled from the military and the Church, and sent to the Inquisition! ”

After being scolded a few times in a row for being a fool, no matter how good-tempered a person is, he will be angry, let alone an officer like Hughes.

So he was furious.

"Don't think that if you're a member of the Holy See, I can't do anything to you! You remembered it for me! The reason why your Holy See still exists! It's all backed by the Imperial Government! Don't think that it's hundreds of years ago, and you can still threaten me with the Inquisition, I'm an Imperial officer, protected by Imperial law! I believe in God, and no one can judge me! ”

After that, he punched Matteo Ricci in the stomach, directly knocking Matteo Ricci to the ground and groaning in pain, and then he waved his hand, and immediately several soldiers came up and tied up Matteo Ricci with all hands and feet, and threw him to the rear, and Matteo Ricci's loud roar and protest had no effect.

Chen Long was waiting impatiently, when suddenly a sentry came and reported, "Sir! The lowly saw from the clairvoyant mirror that Mr. Leigh had been punched by their leader, tied up and taken away! ”

Chen Longzheng was stunned for a moment, then became furious, and waved his hand: "Come with me!" Rescue Mr. Leigh! ”

The 300 Ming army followed Chen Longzheng to the location of the barricade of the Spanish soldiers, and rushed to the front, Chen Longzheng signaled the army to stop, and he looked squarely at the Spanish soldiers who used the trunk sacks and other things to set up barricades and use them as cover.

"The Spaniards in front of me listen to me! Get out of the way! Hand over Mr. Leigh, and spare you from dying! Otherwise, Hugh blames the official for being ruthless! ”

Chen Longzheng's warning was just meaningless in Hughes's ears, he couldn't understand Chinese at all, and after thinking about it, he felt that the necessary conversation was still needed, so he tied up Matteo Ricci and ordered Matteo Ricci to translate what Chen Longzheng said just now.

Matteo Ricci shouted at the top of his voice, "Tilong! Don't shoot! Be calm! I promise none of these people will shoot, and neither will you! Once the shooting is fired, the matter will be big, and it will be out of control! ”

Chen Longzheng immediately replied: "Mr. Li! Why do these people beat you and bind you? If you say something, the officer will immediately wave his troops to save you! ”

"No, no, no! Tilong! Don't come close! Don't shoot! Here I'll talk about it! Here I'll talk about it! ”

Matteo Ricci also fought hard, in order to prevent the two sides from shooting and causing bloodshed, he did not hesitate to go to the danger in his old age, this spirit made Chen Longzheng quite moved.

"Mr. Li is so old, he actually went to danger in person, this old man is really brave in addition to the gods and gods who like to talk about ghosts and gods!"

Chen Longzheng was moved by Matteo Ricci's bravery, and ordered the soldiers not to shoot, not to light the fire rope, and to wait and see.

Seeing that Chen Longzheng did not continue to approach, Matteo Ricci breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and coldly punched Hughes again, crying out in pain.

"What did the Chinese say? Are you not plotting anything? Are they trying to murder me? Don't think that if I don't understand Chinese, you can do whatever you want! Don't think this skin can save you, you old fellow! ”

Hughes was furious like a demon.

"Nope! Nope! Don't shoot! Never shoot! Otherwise, it's over! It's all over! ”

Hughes had no such concerns, or rather that his head had been burned out by anger.

"How about I just shoot! I don't believe that these Chinese dare to kill me! ”

With that, Hughes snatched a gun, lit the fire rope and pointed at Matteo Ricci on the ground, aimed it at the open space under his crotch, and pulled the trigger.

A gunshot rang out, and Ricci's brain went blank.