Chapter 97 Disaster
In Jinmen City, Mercy Hall.
Inside a side door on the back street of the Mercy Hall, Xu Liang, the eldest son of the food shop owner, poked his head out from time to time to look at South Street.
The limelight has been so tight these two days, and the Mercy Hall has offended three big families in Jinmen. If Father Andrew had not cured the young master of Jinmen Town from a serious illness, and made the town’s wife believe in foreign religions, she would have found a big backer.
, by this time the Hall of Mercy had long been overthrown.
But even with a backer, it seems like he can't hold on for long.
All wealthy families have lost their children, and now one family's missing child has been traced in a mass grave. Although the body is not completely intact, there is a birthmark with an eight-dimensional image.
After the other two companies were confirmed, even the main town of Jinmen could not suppress the torrent of public opinion!
By then, I'm afraid something big will happen to this Mercy Hall.
Xu Liang thought that by that time, he was afraid that he would also suffer disaster, so he simply listened to his father's advice and took advantage of the opportunity to gain more benefits.
The price is twenty taels of silver, and there will be a big reward afterwards. Tsk tsk, the people in Beijing really have money...
While he was thinking about it, Xu Liang was suddenly startled when he saw a carriage parked at the entrance of a back street. Although he could not recognize the carriage, he could tell that it was very expensive.
Could it be that a noble person is here?
Could it be the carriage of the Jinmen General Town Hall?
Unfortunately, just when Xu Liang was thinking wildly, the carriage only stopped for a moment and then left again, leaving Xu Liang disappointed.
If the town government sends someone to this stall, the church will be out of danger.
But as soon as the carriage with Eight Treasure Hairpins left, another carriage came behind it, but this carriage was much cruder.
Around the carriage were eight horses.
coming!
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"Father Andrew, these are our relatives in Beijing. They heard that Father Andrew has excellent medical skills and came here to seek medical treatment. As long as Father Andrew can cure the patient's disease, our relatives will definitely offer their most devout faith in the Lord!"
Xu Liang said humbly to an old priest with blond hair and blue eyes wearing a white sacrificial robe.
Father Andrew nodded to Jia Qiang and Li Jing first, and then said to Xu Liang: "The merciful Lord will not abandon any child who believes in Him."
Then, he looked at Li Fu who was being carried in on a stretcher, lifted up the thin quilt, frowned after smelling the smell, and then opened his clothes...
It didn't take long for Andrew to shake his head and say: "It's too late..."
Jia Qiang frowned slightly when she heard this, while Li Jing's face turned gloomy, and the corners of her eyes gradually became moist.
However, Jia Qiang was not surprised. Li Fu apparently suffered a trauma while running a dart and failed to receive timely treatment. The wound became infected and inflamed, and the treatment has not healed for a long time.
It is very rare for Chinese medicine to be able to extend his life forever.
Before the invention of penicillin, Western medicine was actually like a younger brother when treating trauma.
Jia Qiang held Li Jing's hand, and before she could comfort her, Li Jing lowered her head and smiled, saying: "It's as expected, it's nothing serious. Master, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to Jiangnan with you. My father is afraid
He can't hold on for long, and I can't let him die in a foreign land." There was a deep sadness in his tone.
Jia Qiang understood, and he said softly: "How about I go back with you? Please ask the doctor to go south. It doesn't make much difference whether I go to Yangzhou or not."
Li Jing shook her head and said: "No, you are saying that the turmoil in Beijing is really bad. You are the one in the whirlpool. If you don't avoid it, you may be in trouble. Uncle, I don't mean to forgive you, it's just my father.
He has been lying on the bed for three years. He was once a tall and proud man, but now he is as skinny and skinny as a handful of dry firewood. Rather than suffer like this, it is better to go clean. I have already prepared in my heart, and nothing will happen."
Jia Qiang was not a pretentious person. She nodded and was about to say something when she suddenly heard a loud noise from outside:
"boom!!"
His expression suddenly changed, and he and Li Jing suddenly turned around and looked outside.
Father Andrew and Xu Liang also changed their faces. Xu Liang turned pale and said in a trembling voice: "It's bad, trouble is coming, trouble is coming!"
Father Andrew was much calmer, but when he saw five or six people pouring out of the apse of the church, each with a firearm in their hands, he immediately darkened his face and shouted: "Are you crazy?"
Jia Qiang was even more shocked than these people. He knew that there were firearms in this world, because among the 12 regiments garrisoned in the capital, there were three battalions of soldiers and horses called the Shenji Battalion.
However, the power of Dayan's folk firearms was more than a hundred times stronger than that of Jia Qiang's previous life.
Throughout the dynasties, hiding bows, crossbows and armor was a serious crime, while hiding firearms was a heinous crime that implicated the whole family.
Even the noble residence is no exception, let alone the territory of a Western Taoist priest?
The group of people who broke out were all wearing breeches and boots, and the leader was actually a blue-eyed girl with platinum curly hair and freckles.
She spoke Chinese with a strange accent and said loudly: "Priest, our life and death are now threatened. If we don't resist, there will be no way to survive. Priest, please come with us to the tower!" While speaking, look more
He glanced at Jia Qiang and Li Jing.
Andrew shook his head and said: "Although we believed the wrong person in this matter, your original intention has violated the teachings of the Lord. Now that the Lord of suffering has come to visit, we can only atone for our sins piously. Moreover, once the firearm is used, we will leave
Jinmen is not open. Yan State strictly prohibits firearms, Vivian, please put away your firearms quickly."
Listening to the increasingly terrifying banging sounds outside the gate, and the roaring and roaring of countless people, the characters in the Hall of Mercy became increasingly pale.
Not to mention those ghosts, they were Jia Qiang, Li Jing and the four gang members Tietou, Zhuzi and Jinsha who came in from outside, all with extremely solemn expressions.
Jia Qiang asked Xu Liangdao: "Is there any tunnel in the Mercy Hall?"
Xu Liang didn't know, shook his head and looked at Father Andrew.
The old priest looked at Jia Qiang, sighed and shook his head: "The Lord only has a bright path. He is willing to be repented by the world, but he will not walk underground."
Jia Qiang frowned and looked outside worriedly. When she turned around, she saw that the Western girl had a strange expression on her face and said, "If the door is broken down, the people in the rage will have absolutely no sense. No one can escape."
However, if there is no other way out, we will only die. Moreover, we will most likely end up with the children in the mass graves. Didn't you hear the sound of vicious dogs barking?"
As soon as these words came out, Vivian's already fair face lost all color, and even the freckles on her face turned white...
She trembled: "There is a stone in the kitchen corner of the west castle that can be taken out and left... However, it is someone else's yard, with many flowers and fruit trees. It was where I once..."
Jia Qiang couldn't listen to the verbosity and interrupted: "Take us there immediately, otherwise it will be too late."
Vivian nodded, then looked at Andrew and said, "Father Andrew, come with us!"
Father Andrew shook his head and said: "So many poor children died because of our mistakes... Someone has to be responsible for this. The courage Father God gives us is not to allow us to evade responsibility and sin..."
Vivian wanted to make a request, but Andrew waved his hand and said to Jia Qiang: "Xu Liang said, you are nobles in the capital and believe in the glory of the Lord. So, for the sake of the Lord, can you help me lead them?"
Out of town?"
Jia Qiang looked at Andrew and said sincerely: "Priest, I admire your responsibility and courage. At this time, you are still willing to treat my relatives, and I respect your generosity. I want to believe that the death of those babies and the
You have little connection. If you are willing, I will take you out of the city with me. But, can you tell me that the others are also innocent? I believe you. If you say that they are all innocent, I can take them out of the city with me.
But if not, then I'm sorry."
Upon hearing this, Father Andrew looked at Jia Qiang, nodded slowly and said: "You are a sincere person, may the Lord bless you. Then, please take Vivian away, she is innocent."
Jia Qiang nodded and was about to speak when she heard a "boom" from outside, and countless angry people surged in.
"Pop!"
Father Andrew just went up to him and wanted to explain, but he didn't expect the sound of firearms to suddenly sound behind him.
Chapter completed!