Our Time: Unswerving until Death

Chapter 36 The Church Case

The housewarming banquet at noon only had three vegetables, one steamed mandarin fish, and a jug of wine, which just filled the stone table in the courtyard. Although it was simple and plain, it was not as delicious as Guangheju's, but it was more thoughtful .

Close the door and isolate it from the hustle and bustle of the outside world. It has the charm of "hiding in a small building to form a unity, regardless of spring, summer and autumn and winter". Don't have a feeling in your heart.

It's just that no one expected that, on a sunny day, a patch of overcast suddenly fell, and the matter came to the door by itself.

Suddenly, the big red door was knocked "bang bang bang", very hastily, as if someone had shot a cold shot in his heart, the three wine glasses suddenly stopped in the air, and they all looked over.

"The person who rubs the rice is here?" Qian Xuan teased.

"I don't know anyone else." He Qi shook her head and said.

"Maybe it's the wrong door." Brother Xun said.

But the big red door still kept ringing, obviously they knew each other, He Qi hurried to open the door with doubts, only to see a foreigner patrolling in front of the door, with a gun behind his back, fucking an unfamiliar In Chinese, after some negotiations, I couldn't figure out what the foreigner inspector was talking about.

He Qi simply communicated in English, and the foreign inspector looked relieved, and said in a few words what happened, saying that a Chinese man was stopped by the sentry box, claiming to come here, but because he was covered in blood and looked suspicious, he was stopped, and asked to come. Let He Qi go to check.

"Wait a moment!" He Qi said to the foreigner, turned around and walked quickly towards the courtyard, feeling a bad premonition in his heart, and briefly explained the matter to the two of them.

Qian Xuan couldn't sit still for a while, and said, "Come on, I'll go and have a look with you."

Brother Xun also got up, and silently followed behind.

The three of them came to the sentry box following the inspection of foreigners, and only then did they realize that the atmosphere outside was unusual, showing tension everywhere. Slapped on the stone, it was chaotic and noisy, as if something big had happened.

One person was stopped outside the sentry booth, leaning against the wall, covering half of his face with one hand, blood oozed from between his fingers, his neck, collar, and even the entire top and bottom were not clean, covered with blood and mud, Even a chessboard in his arms was broken into two halves.

He Qi felt that the figure of this person was very familiar, so she quickly stepped forward and asked, "Who are you?"

"Brother Qi! It's me!" Gu Rushui turned her head.

He Qi looked horrified, her heart trembled, and even her breathing slowed down a bit. Gu Rushui's blood-stained teary eyes were shocking, and the uneasiness in her heart became more and more intense. Gu Rushui walked towards the alley.

"Brother Gu, how did you do this?"

"Something has happened, I just happened to run into it" Thinking of the scene just now, Gu Rushui still had lingering fears in his heart, and couldn't hide his grief and indignation, he even stuttered when he spoke.

Brother Xun and Qian Xuan followed closely behind.

From the sentry post to the Dahongmen, Gu Rushui told the story one by one on the short bluestone road. After listening, the three couldn't help but looked at each other, with cold sweat dripping down their backs, and they lost the mood to eat for a while.

The thing is like this, there is a Catholic church not far from Dongjiaomin Lane. In the year of Xin Chou, Huaxia lost the war and was forced to sign an unequal treaty, one of which was to recognize the legal status of foreign missionaries in the country. This church It was built by the Fa people later.

Gu Rushui was going to visit He Qi today. He first went to Liulichang, and when he learned that He Qi had moved, he returned home, took out a treasured chessboard as a housewarming gift, and then rushed to the eastern suburbs Minxiang. Unexpectedly, passing by When I was at the Catholic Church, I saw a large group of righteous and indignant Chinese blocking the door, holding poles, wooden sticks and other weapons in their hands, confronting the Fa Chinese with guns inside.

The curious Gu Rushui squeezed into the crowd, and was immediately terrified by the sight in front of her. Several mothers collapsed on the ground, holding the dead body of their child, weeping faintly, and shouted angrily at the Fa people: "Give me back my child!" Fate~Fate~"

The eyes of the surrounding Chinese were even more red-eyed, their emotions were agitated, and their anger was burning to the sky. The shouting became louder and louder, and they might break through the iron gate at any time and fight the French with their lives.

After a while, several rotting corpses of children were dug out from the open space beside the church and carried to the iron gate. More and more Chinese came to hear the news.

Finally, the confrontation between the two sides turned into a fight. The Chinese hit the iron gate with their weak bodies, or climbed the fence. The Fa Chinese shot. The dozens of people who rushed in front fell to the ground instantly, and the ground was immediately stained red with blood. .

The situation was completely irreparable. The Chinese people who had already killed red-eyed people, all of them were bloody, holding the line of the gun, they smashed open the iron gate with their bodies, rushed into the church, and wrestled with the Fa Chinese people.

Gu Rushui also participated in it, and together with others healed the injured compatriots, the blood on his body was stained at that time.

Later, two teams of Peiping patrols came urgently to maintain order at the scene, but the two sides had already fought together in chaos, and everyone was so red-eyed that they couldn't stop. The patrols didn't dare to touch foreigners. The Chinese beat him, and Gu Rushui was beaten by the patrol and fled the scene.

"Damn it!" Qian Xuan roared, gnashing his teeth, his eyes burning with desire, he turned around and ran to the church. Brother Xun took a step too late, didn't hold back, and had to follow closely.

After He Qi settled Gu Rushui, she couldn't wait to rush towards the church.

There are people everywhere on the street, some running backwards, some walking against the flow of people, there are thousands of faces of different colors, intricate and complicated, which made He Qi dazzled for a while, so he had to walk slowly along the side of the street, Look for Qian Xuan and Brother Xun.

Before reaching the scene of the incident, she could hear howling, crying, and cursing. It was the patrols beating people. Just listening to it made her feel panicked. He Qi swallowed her saliva and endured the pain in her heart. Afraid, he still walked forward slowly, his eyes searched the chaotic crowd, and suddenly, a familiar angry voice came to his ears: "Fuck, you son of a bitch, if you have the ability to beat foreigners, bullying us is counted!" What is it?"

At the same time, Brother Xun on the other side also found Qian Xuan and pushed towards Qian Xuan, but He Qi was not so lucky. Standing up, before he had time to clean up the straw dust on his body, he saw the person in front running back like crazy.

He Qi was accidentally knocked down again, trampled on her body a few times, crawled under the eaves in embarrassment, barely stood up, and was about to find out where Qian Xuan was, when suddenly several pairs of patrols came in front of her, a fat and The officer in charge, wearing a blue military uniform, his face was full of haircuts, and with a wave of his hand, several rows of black-holed guns were aimed at the Chinese.

"Boom!"

A volley fired into the sky and a warning shot was fired. People on the street ran around in fright, but there were still those who were not afraid of death to resist, and Qian Xuan was definitely one of them.

"Boom!"

Another round of volleys was fired into the sky, warning shots were fired, and the smell of murderous gunpowder enveloped the area, and the situation was very critical.

He Qi had never seen such a battle before, her heart was beating so frightened that she was about to jump out of her throat, seeing Brother Xun desperately pulling Qian Xuan back, He Qi felt the wind on her feet, and jumped over in a few steps , held Qian Xuan's other arm, and dragged it back.

This dragged it to the entrance of Dongjiaomin Lane.

He Qi and Brother Xun leaned against the wall tiredly, panting heavily, their bodies covered in sweat, Qian Xuan's two shoes were off, barefoot, staring blankly at the patrols arresting people on the street, his eyes full of disappointment.

(End of this chapter)