The last year of B, that is, the twenty-first year of Guangxu.

At this time, it was just after dawn.

Not far from the foot of Guanyin Mountain, there is a residential area, which is located between the small north gate and the north gate.

There is also a small market nearby, not far from Chaotian Street. There are only a handful of mud brick tiled houses here, mostly low wooden rooms, and a few large two- or three-storey houses built of solid wood, but this is an inn or a restaurant.

"Selling steamed buns, there are big and beautiful barbecued pork buns here."

"Do you want to buy some vegetables?"

"Buy word flowers, this time it's a dog, don't miss it."

……

Today is the bazaar, so the residents of the neighborhood are out to sell things to make daily money, and they are shouting at passers-by to sell things.

At the same time, a long line began to pour in, and they kept raising their right hands and shouting:

"Oppose Li Hongzhang's signing of the peace treaty."

"Support the nationwide lifting people to go on the bus."

Not long ago, there was an incident that made the intellectuals of the world very angry: the Qing Dynasty government won the First Sino-Japanese War against the island countries, but Li Hongzhang was actually ready to sign an agreement with the island countries for peace talks, one of which was that the Qing Dynasty government lent Taiwan Island to the island countries for 100 years free of charge.

You know, it was they who won the war, but the government bowed its head to the peace talks first, and moreover, it was said that it was borrowed for free, but what difference does this make if it is ceded!!

So, after learning the news, the intellectuals held white flags one after another and gathered to parade through the streets; The white flag reads "Send a letter to the government to cede the island of Taiwan" and "support the whole country to raise people on the bus" and other similar phrases.

They passed through the Yamen of the Governor of Guangfu, went around to Chaotian Street, passed through Tongbunkan, and then marched directly in the direction of the Kansai business district, preparing to stop at the shore of the sand to protest to the Japanese consulate.

Now.

In this crowded environment, Huang Feihong sat on the rickshaw and stopped on the side of the road and watched the procession pass by in a daze.

"Master, how are we going to get over?" Liang Kuan's whole body was full of luggage, and he squeezed over step by step.

Huang Feihong turned around and saw a few meters away, only to see a two-person rickshaw carrying a rickshaw in the crowd, and couldn't help but scold Liang Kuan angrily: "You don't follow Aunt Thirteen, why are you here." ”

Hearing this, Liang Kuan suddenly lowered the corners of his mouth, and replied rather aggrievedly: "Yes, Master." ”

At this time, everyone who was drinking tea and eating breakfast in the restaurant suddenly found a woman in a dress and a hat sitting in a rickshaw, walking towards the inn next to her, and couldn't help lying on the railing.

"This woman is dressed so strangely, come and see."

"Where."

"Well, it's in the rickshaw down there."

As a result, a man in a cotton horse coat said in disappointment: "Shh, what's so beautiful, it's just a dress, the uniforms of the Divine Tree Sect are much more beautiful than it." ”

After speaking, the man sat back and recited a small tree about thirty or forty centimeters high planted in a clay pot on the table: "There is a sacred tree in my heart, wealth, peace and blessing." ”

"Boss Ma is right, you guys are really making a fuss, if you have this leisure time, you might as well hurry up and worship the sacred tree, it is our food and clothing."

So saying, the other sat back down and began to recite a prayer to the sacred tree.

Hearing this, the people who had leaned out of the upper body of the railing sat back in shame.

"Guest officer, when you arrive, you will receive ten cents." The coachman parked the rickshaw in front of the inn, tore off the rag hanging around his neck, and quickly wiped a few handfuls of sweat.

"I'm tired."

Just when Huang Feihong paid the money to the coachman, Aunt Thirteen suddenly found an interesting phenomenon, she hurriedly crossed Huang Feihong and Liang Kuan with her suitcase, and walked directly into the inn.

"Little sister, you are dressed so beautifully, by the way, what are you doing."

A group of little girls squatted in the corner at this time, they gathered in a circle, and began to chant and pray to the sacred tree in the center, suddenly heard a gentle whispering voice coming, and couldn't help but open their eyes to see that it was a beautiful woman in a dress, she was looking at them with a low probe and a smile.

Seeing this, a girl in an older grade frowned, thinking that this woman was very uninteresting, if she met this woman some time ago, she would have to splash the woman with dog blood, but Uncle Shen said that they can't be free to shout and kill fake foreign devils as before.

After thinking for a while, the girl looked up and said, "This is the sacred tree, and we are praying and worshipping it." ”

As she spoke, the girl bowed to the sacred tree with a look of adoration, and then turned around and warned the thirteenth aunt: Don't interrupt other people's worship ceremonies recklessly in the future, others will not be as good as her.

The admonition of the little girls aroused the curiosity of the thirteenth aunt, and she couldn't help but ask to take a picture of the sacred tree.

At this time, the little girls' faces changed greatly, and they directly drove the thirteenth aunt out.

Liang Kuan, who was packing his luggage on the side, heard the exclamation of Aunt Thirteen, and looked back sharply, only to see Aunt Thirteen being pushed out by a group of little girls.

So, he hurriedly stepped forward and pushed the little girls to the ground, and shouted, "Hey, what are you doing here, don't be so rude." ”

As he spoke, Liang Kuan waved his arm and signaled, "If the little girls do this again, he will not be polite." ”

Not to be outdone, the little girls said: "It's you who are rude first, this woman, she interrupted our prayer and worship ceremony, and she wants to use Western monsters to take pictures, which is disrespectful to the sacred tree." ”

At this time, the diners who were eating on the side suddenly put down their rice bowls and looked at Huang Feihong and the three of them, and not long after, everything that happened here spread to the outside world, so the people on the street all gathered around, staring at Huang Feihong and the three of them with cold expressions, as if they wanted to turn their eyes into swords and cut the three of them with a thousand knives.

The shopkeeper of the inn had been helped by Huang Feihong, and he also knew that Huang Feihong and the three of them were unconscious, and did not have any disrespect for the sacred tree, so he stepped forward to relieve the siege, let everyone be angry, and then said to Huang Feihong: "Master Huang, you came from the Huangsha Railway Station, you can also see it all the way, is the provincial capital very calm, and there is no turmoil?" ”

Huang Feihong smiled and praised: "Shopkeeper, I heard that there was a lot of turmoil in the provincial capital before, but when I looked at it today, it seems that the rumors are rumors after all. ”

"Master Huang, you don't know anything, some time ago, the provincial capital was full of turmoil of burning, smashing and looting, and many people under the leadership of the White Lotus Sect kept burning and smashing foreigners' houses."

Hearing this, Huang Feihong was very curious, he didn't see any burning and smashing when he walked along the way, and said, "Shopkeeper, you say it directly." ”

"Then the Divine Tree Sect suddenly appeared and suppressed the White Lotus Sect, which allowed the provincial capital to return to peace, so we are very grateful to the Divine Tree Sect. And the Divine Tree, as a sacred relic of the Divine Tree Cult, has ......"

Suddenly, the shopkeeper remembered something, and hurriedly swallowed back the words that followed:

"All in all, it has a higher status in the provincial capital than the governor of the official yamen, so if you want to live in this inn in peace, you must remember that you must not be disrespectful to the sacred tree.

Otherwise, our inn wouldn't dare take you in. ”

Liang Kuan was furious when he heard this, in his heart, Aunt Thirteen was his favorite person, in order to please her, even if it was a sea of swords and fires, he dared to go, now she just wanted to take a photo, what is the big deal, the little girls also pushed her out, what if Aunt Thirteen fell and was injured.

Besides, what kind of truth is this, just a tree, can still allow your inn to push guests out? What's more, what kind of ghost is the sacred tree, as soon as you hear the name, you know that it is pretending to be a ghost.

Thinking of this, Liang Kuan's face showed sarcasm, and he was about to speak, and although Huang Feihong was listening carefully to the admonition of the young man in the inn, he did not forget to pay three points of attention to the apprentice, and before Liang Kuan opened his mouth to be sarcastic, Huang Feihong hurriedly shouted and accused Liang Kuan to retreat.

"I see."

After listening to the shopkeeper's explanation, Huang Feihong was a little curious and appreciative of the Divine Tree Sect, so he showed a gentle smile and hugged his hands to apologize: "Everyone, please understand, our master and apprentice and their families have just arrived in the provincial capital from Foshan, so we have no disrespect for the Divine Tree...... Liang Kuan, I didn't come to apologize to them. ”

"Master."

asked him to apologize again, but he was also used to helping Master clean up the mess.

However, now the object is a group of little girls, which makes Liang Kuan's arrogant self-esteem unbearable, but that person is the master, and he can't help but listen, so he can only call "master" to express his indignant emotions.

After a while, under Huang Feihong's glare, Liang Kuan took a step forward with a stunned expression and whispered to the little girls: "I'm sorry." ”

At this time, a person hurriedly ran in and said, "Today, the Divine Tree Sect is holding an altar at the telegraph office, let's hurry over." ”