No taboos in the world

Chapter 37: Chaos in the Provincial Capital, White Lotus Disaster

Two days later.

Hong Chen, Huang Feihong, Thirteenth Aunt and Liang Kuan arrived in Guangzhou by train.

On the way into the city in a rickshaw, Hong Chen heard the unanimous shouts of a group of marchers.

"Support the petition submitted by the national juren of the current year!"

"Oppose Li Hongzhang's request for peace with Japan!"

"Oppose the Treaty of Shimonoseki!"

Huang Feihong couldn't help but frown and clenched his folding fan.

Thirteenth Aunt looked around.

Hong Chen himself sighed silently as he felt like he was walking into history but was powerless to change it.

Some people say that true heroes can shape the times.

Unfortunately, he knew that he was not yet capable of becoming such a hero.

After the parade passed, Hong Chen turned his gaze to Aunt Thirteen.

Not long after, he got off the car and the first thing he said to Aunt Thirteen: "Aunt Thirteen, did you bring any other clothes?"

"I brought it, so what?" Aunt Thirteen was puzzled.

Huang Feihong and Liang Kuan also looked at him curiously.

Hong Chen turned around and pointed around: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do; when you return home, return to nature. When you were in Baozhilin, everyone was used to you wearing Western clothes. But since we entered the city, we haven't seen anyone wearing Western clothes. Your clothes have attracted a lot of attention, and it's hard to tell whether they like it or not. Why don't you go to the inn and change into ordinary clothes to avoid unnecessary trouble."

Hearing this, several people turned around and looked around. As expected, they saw that many people's eyes were on Thirteenth Aunt, and some of them had disgust and malice in their eyes that were completely undisguised.

Huang Feihong said, "Aunt Thirteen, Ah Chen is right. Let's go to the inn and change your clothes."

Thirteenth Aunt was also frightened by those looks. She tightened her coat and said timidly, "But... the clothes I brought are all like this..."

Huang Feihong frowned immediately and wanted to scold her, but looking at Thirteenth Aunt's frightened expression and eyes, he couldn't say anything.

Liang Kuan said without much tact at this time: "Master, Thirteenth Aunt didn't bring any, so go buy a set, it won't take much time."

"You make it sound so simple!" Huang Feihong glared and scolded: "There are so many people looking at you now. You have to go shopping for clothes and continue to show off. Are you afraid of trouble?"

Liang Kuan shrank his head and dared not say a word.

"Senior Brother, Aunt Thirteen doesn't have to go buy clothes in person. Can't you buy them for her?" Hong Chen said with a smile.

Liang Kuan's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Master, don't you still need to discuss something with the herbal medicine merchant? I'll go buy some clothes for Aunt Thirteen!"

"Oh, you are quite kind?" Hong Chen said with a smile.

Liang Kuan trembled when he heard this, and quickly turned around and grabbed his luggage: "Master, Uncle Master, I will move my things to the inn first!"

Hong Chen shook his head and looked back at Huang Feihong.

"Brother, after you finish your business, go buy some clothes for Aunt Thirteen. I'll take her back to the inn. By the way, you should know what size clothes Aunt Thirteen wears, right?"

Thirteenth Aunt’s cheeks turned red.

Huang Feihong's expression also tensed up. He opened his fan and fanned himself while saying, "Ah Chen, don't talk nonsense. How would I know what size Thirteenth Aunt wears?"

Hong Chen raised his eyebrows.

"It's been three years, haven't you..."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and gently opened his palm.

The next second, two hands grabbed at the same time.

It was Huang Feihong's hand that was pressing down on Thirteenth Aunt's hand and then on Hong Chen's wrist.

Hong Chen looked at the two hands on his wrists: "Hehe~"

Instantly, Huang Feihong retracted his hand as if he had been electrocuted, and Thirteenth Aunt rolled her eyes at him in embarrassment and anger.

"Achen, you guys go back, I will buy it back!" Before he finished speaking, he turned and left.

Hong Chen looked at his back and said, "Hey, Senior Brother, don't you know what size to buy?"

Huang Feihong said nothing and walked faster.

Thirteenth Aunt raised her hand and patted Hong Chen's arm, saying angrily: "Ah Chen! You still dare to say that!"

Hong Chen retracted his gaze, turned to the inn, and extended his hand to invite her: "Please come in, Aunt Thirteen!"

Thirteenth Aunt buried her head and walked forward quickly, her ears red. However, the next second, Hong Chen suddenly pulled her back with his bare hands and protected her behind him.

At the same time, the folding fan in his hand opened with a snap, and he thrust it in front of his chest and turned it to block all the dirty water that was suddenly splashed on him.

Immediately afterwards, a pile of rotten vegetable leaves flew over, accompanied by the shouting of children.

"Fake foreigner, throw her away!"

"Beat her! Beat her together!"

"Beat this fake foreigner to death!"

Aunt Thirteen, who was hiding behind Hong Chen, screamed.

"Stop shouting! I've wasted all these years of training you. Can't you even learn the basic skill of staying calm?" Hong Chen scolded while holding a folding fan and knocking the oncoming objects to the sides.

Aunt Thirteen quickly covered her mouth and whispered, "I was just practicing casually. I've almost forgotten it."

"Humph!"

A light snort was heard, and Thirteenth Aunt dared not speak anymore.

Hong Chen looked at a group of children throwing things on the street. He couldn't beat them or scold them. After all, they were the same as him. They all hated the invading foreigners and were willing to take direct action. It's just that they were still young and couldn't tell who the real enemy was.

"Let's go." He protected Aunt Thirteen and left.

But the group of children caught up with them.

Hong Chen turned around and tapped the leading girl on the head with a folding fan in his hand: "Go back quickly, or I will make your butts bloom."

As soon as these words were spoken, some of the younger children immediately screamed and turned around and ran away, and the older children could not stop them even if they shouted.

Hong Chen couldn't help but laugh. He took another step back and raised the folding fan again.

Suddenly, all the children ran away in fear.

"Achen, don't scare the children." Aunt Thirteen grabbed his arm.

Hong Chen glanced at her and said, "It's better to scare a child than to be scared by a child."

Thirteenth Aunt's face turned red with shame, but she didn't dare to let go of Hong Chen, so she could only pull him away quickly.

After walking for a while, they saw a bustling scene ahead. Aunt Thirteen immediately stood on tiptoe to look around curiously.

Swish!
Pieces of yellow paper floated into the sky and scattered everywhere.

"The wind from heaven and the fire from earth come together to kill all the foreigners! Now the White Lotus comes to save the world and drive out all the evil spirits for generations to come!"

The crowd started to make noise.

"Achen, let's go up and take a look. Maybe we can find a good place to take a picture." Aunt Thirteen pulled Hong Chen and was about to squeeze in, but Hong Chen's feet were rooted and he didn't move.

He raised his arm and grabbed a piece of flying yellow paper.

In addition to some incomprehensible talismans, there were also some words on the paper.

After taking a look, he handed the yellow paper to Aunt Thirteen: "Read it."

"Oh." Aunt Thirteen took it and whispered, "Support the Qing Dynasty and eliminate the foreigners. Kill all the foreigners. What's wrong with that?"

"Look at what you're wearing?"

Thirteenth Aunt was stunned, then she leaned towards Hong Chen fearfully and whispered, "I'm not a foreigner, they shouldn't do anything to me, right?"

"Do you believe that if they see you, they will burn you with them? How about I take you in and try?"

"Ah! No!" Aunt Thirteen pulled Hong Chen and turned around immediately, "Let's go back to the inn quickly. I need to change clothes as soon as Feihong comes back!"

Hong Chen said no more.

Before leaving, he looked back again.

The other party's voice sounded again: "The White Lotus descended to the earth, and the people rose up! Today we will start the altar and burn the telegraph office!"

"Burn down the telegraph office!"

"Burn down the telegraph office!"

Followers gathered.

"The world must change, and people's hearts must change even more."

"Achen, what did you say?"

"It's okay, let's go."

(End of this chapter)