In the city of Guangzhou, inquire while walking.

It is worthy of being a prefecture, and most people here can understand the official language, and they can speak a little bit.

However, most Cantonese people are still hostile or disgusted with Ren Tianxing's inquiry into the foreigner's church.

Shortly after the First Opium War, and the conflict between the British army and the Cantonese people had not been interrupted, the anti-Japanese sentiment among the people was much higher than that of the government.

When passing by the most famous Thirteen Lines business district, Ren Tianxing saw several ruins of burned houses.

I walked along the river for a while, and came to Nanguan Tianzi Wharf, where there is a place called "Dongshijiao".

Ren Tianxing stopped in front of a small church.

Next to the door of the church, there is a sign: "Yuedong Shi Dip Holy Meeting".

By this time, it was almost completely dark, and a Han man in a religious uniform was preparing to close the door.

"This brother, I want to ask to see Pastor Luo Xiaoquan." Ren Tianxing hurriedly took a few steps forward.

"Are you a believer?" The man was a little surprised, "Why haven't I seen you?" ”

"Oh, I'm not a local, but I've admired your sect for a long time......" Ren Tianxing coughed.

"Pastor Luo has returned to China in trouble, what is the matter with my brother?" The man's attitude was still good.

"It's a big deal, who is in charge of the Holy Church now?" Ren Tianxing was a little disappointed.

This chapel was established by the American missionary Luo Xiaoquan, Hong Xiuquan studied here, Hong Xiuquan has always respected this "foreign master" very much, and after becoming the king of heaven, he also tried to invite Luo Xiaoquan to Nanjing to preach many times.

Ren Tianxing deliberately rushed over, just thinking that only Luo Xiaoquan could persuade Hong Xiuquan to let go of "Tianmei".

"The elders are not there, there are only two deacons in the meeting, Huang Daoqian and Huang Ai." The man replied.

"Why these two?" Ren Tianxing's heart was tight.

"Come on, I don't have time, so I have to look for them."

"Brother, please take me to meet these two deacons." Ren Tianxing was disappointed in his heart, but he still didn't show it.

In the dim candlelight, Ren Tianxing met the two Chinese missionaries.

Although they are also characters who have left names in history, these two do not have their own halo like Li Ruisheng and Li Jingfang.

Because they have not been blessed by the minds of the people of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

didn't have the heart to be noisy, let Tianxing go straight to the point.

"Do you remember Hong Xiuquan, who studied here two years ago?" Ren Tianxing waited for them to nod his head, and then continued: "He preached doctrine in the countryside, and also robbed the people's daughters, causing a bad impact, which is very detrimental to the reputation of your religion. ”

The two priests surnamed Huang glanced at each other: "Hong Xiuquan misinterpreted the doctrine, we are not surprised by this, and we have occasionally heard of it, but robbing the people's daughters? It's not like what he would do. ”

Ren Tianxing sighed: "The one who was robbed was the sister, it just happened today." ”

Huang Ai frowned: "I haven't seen him for two years, has his heart changed again, he used to look like a very old-fashioned person." ”

Ren Tianxing said: "He said that the sister is the 'heavenly sister', that is, the daughter of God, so he should take her away." ”

"Ridiculous, how can God have a daughter." The two on the other side couldn't help laughing.

Huang Daoqian shook his head while laughing: "I thought he had a brain problem back then, and I didn't expect it to get worse and worse." ”

After Huang Ai laughed, he was a little worried: "Let him continue to make trouble like this, it will indeed have a great impact on our mission." ”

Huang Daoqian sneered: "It's a shame that Pastor Luo still wanted to baptize him at the beginning, but now it's been proven, it's a mistake!" ”

Ren Tianxing looked at the two of them, his curiosity was a little overwhelmed, and he asked, "I heard that Hong Xiuquan asked Pastor Luo for payment at that time, so he was not successfully baptized?" ”

A strange smile rose on the corner of Huang Daoqian's mouth: "That's true, it is said that Pastor Luo will give some remuneration to those who join the church, but who is Hong Xiuquan, who is that who claims to be favored by the Heavenly Father, who came with a 'miracle', and he still needs money?" ”

Ren Tianxing looked at his expression and roughly understood.

In the confession and memoirs of Hong Xiuquan's younger brother Hong Renji, it is said that the two surnamed Huang were jealous of Hong Xiuquan's appreciation by Luo Xiaoquan, and were afraid that he would rob him of his position, so they instigated Hong Xiuquan to ask Luo Xiaoquan for compensation, which caused Luo Xiaoquan to be disgusted.

Hong Xiuquan's baptism was put on hold indefinitely, and his life was unsettled, so he had no choice but to leave the church and go to Guangxi.

There was a time when researchers omitted Hong Xiuquan's experience and did not mention it, just because this incident did not conform to Hong Xiuquan's image as a "wise uprising leader" and "ambitious".

But that's what history is.

In 1847, Hong Xiuquan was so depressed that he was penniless, and he ate and drank for free in the church, and borrowed all the other expenses from the parishioners.

His dream at this time was only to become a regular clerk of the church, so that he could mix a few yuan a month for living expenses (at that time, 'yuan' meant Spanish or Mexican silver dollars, which were very popular in Guangzhou).

And according to another record, Hong Xiuquan did not ask for salary, but borrowed five yuan from Luo Xiaoquan to repay the debt and get by.

Before the heavens descended on the big job, it really made Hong Xiuquan miserable.

However, "I won't be given five dollars."

With such disappointment, Hong Xiuquan left the church and went to Guangxi alone, but was ransacked by robbers on the way, gritted his teeth and got on the ferry, but he couldn't afford to eat a mouthful of food, and hid in the cabin every day.

He would never have thought that there would be thousands of men and horses waiting for him to lead in Guangxi.

In fact, he doesn't need to lead, because Feng Yunshan has already trained these people into "iron fans".

From the lowest point in his life to the highest peak, Hong Xiuquan only took a few years, and he didn't have to do anything, just eat the pie that fell from the sky.

Looking back on this period of history, if the foreign priest Luo Xiaoquan had agreed to Hong Xiuquan's request, perhaps there would have been no Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

This is the bloody case caused by five dollars.

And the initiators of the bloody case are the two missionaries surnamed Huang in front of them.

"I think it's strange, how do you know about this inside the church?" Huang Ai suddenly spoke.

Ren Tianxing's heart jumped, this Huang Aiyuan was a langzhong, and he was the best at observing his face, and he found the problem when he deserted.

"This matter has already spread in the streets." Ren Tianxing said with his eyes wide.

Huang Ai stared at Ren Tianxing, obviously not believing it.

Huang Daoqian hummed twice: "This Hong Xiuquan is really too disagreeable, we should go and reprimand him, but Pastor Luo and the elders are not here, this matter still has to wait for them to come back to preside, we don't dare to do it." ”

Ren Tianxing hurriedly said: "My sister is an innocent girl, she was robbed by them, after one night, how can she tell clearly, how can she marry in the future?" ”

Huang Daoqian coughed and said: "It's so late, Hong Xiuquan's home is eighty miles away from here, even if we leave now, it's too late, not to mention that no groom will drive at night." ”

"That can't be helped, but you'll have to leave right tomorrow morning." Ren Tianxing also knew that it would not work.

"Well, let's discuss it tomorrow when the others arrive." Huang Daoqian yawned, "Especially Brother Zhou, he is familiar with Hong Xiuquan, let him think of a way." ”

"Brother Zhou" should be Zhou Daoxing, he invited Hong Xiuquan to come to the church, and lent Hong Xiuquan a lot of money to live before and after.

This man was quite zealous, but unfortunately he was not in the church.

Ren Tianxing looked at Huang Ai again to see if this person would have more love.

"God bless the good." Huang Ai only said lightly.

Ren Tianxing sighed, it was impossible to count on the two people in front of him.

He somewhat understood the distress of the foreigners who came to China to preach, spending so much money to raise a large group of "church members", but few of them really did things, everyone was messing around, and the foreigners didn't take their money for nothing.

Therefore, Luo Xiaoquan really valued Hong Xiuquan who was "very good in character" at the beginning, and combined with Hong Xiuquan's self-described "miracles", Luo Xiaoquan once thought that this person was really sent by God, and his missionary career in China was about to open up a world.

It's a pity, it's just five dollars......