Expedition to Europe

At night, the streets did not calm down. There were countless dark figures hidden in the corners of the streets and in the shadows of the buildings. There were Persians, Jews, Westerners coming for pilgrims, and Lanfang soldiers waiting for help.

The relationship between the Jews and the Persians was not very harmonious. The Persians believed that everything here belonged to them, including every resource in the city, every plant and tree, and even the air between heaven and earth. They were born to enjoy all of this, and any No one can infringe on their rights in this regard. Even if someone takes away a little bit of it, even if the person pays the price, it is still an infringement on them.

Thanks to the kindness of the British, the Jews finally had a land in the world where they could breathe the air freely. The injustices of being excluded and hated for a long time immediately turned into greed that wanted to firmly control everything. , as for the indigenous people on this land, who cares? This is a competition for survival in a racial sense, where the fittest survive and the unfit are eliminated. The Jews have long been accustomed to this kind of competition, and the sense of competition has even penetrated into their bones.

Living in the same city did not give them the slightest feeling of neighborliness. Instead, they hated each other because of the squeeze of living space. Now, with the addition of Westerners who came for pilgrimage, this really added fuel to the fire.

These pilgrims from the West have a more curious mentality. They have no idea of ​​competing for living space. It’s just the curiosity of their first visit to your country that makes them want to see something new no matter what they encounter. But now Jerusalem is not a good place to watch the excitement. Strictly speaking, both Jews and Persians are doing some shady things. How can people watch comfortably when doing such things? It's not like a zoo. monkey.

It is indeed abominable for the Persians to attack the Jews, but don't think that only the Persians were so excessive. The Jews also faced the lone Persians. Therefore, the long-standing mutual hatred developed to the extreme and became today's ethnic vendetta.

Huang Li and the others did not know anything about the crowds gathered on the street. In fact, after the soldiers who patrolled the streets returned to the camp in the afternoon, all kinds of intelligence were compiled immediately. After integrating all the intelligence, it was very easy. It is easy to conclude that these Persians and Jews were ready to fight to the death.

Huang Li has experienced this kind of situation in Madagascar, or in other words, this kind of situation also happened in northern Xinjiang earlier. At that time, Koreans, Japanese and even Chinese also had vendettas, but they were all used by the official government in various ways. It was covered up in this way, so Lanfang is now a mess.

Therefore, Huang Li can be considered to have rich experience in handling similar incidents.

Before evening, orders were issued from Lanfang's office in Jerusalem. All security forces stationed in the church were ready for battle. The church could receive people seeking asylum, whether they were Jews or Persians, as long as they went to the church. The church must accept those seeking asylum, but at the same time, the church's security forces must limit their scope of duties to the church and are not allowed to interfere with anything outside the church. Even if they attack in front of the church, as long as they have no intention of attacking the security forces' defense line, the security forces The troops are not allowed to interfere.

It's as simple as sitting on a high mountain and watching a tiger fight, with the idea of ​​a crane and a clam competing for the fisherman's profit.

The culture of the Chinese nation has a long history. No matter what the scene is, you can find the right words to suit the situation.

It is estimated that there are Jews and Persians, but their hearts have been blinded by hatred. The sinister reality has left them no time to calm down and sort it out slowly, so they can only use extreme methods to choose the path of fighting for their living space.

Starting from nightfall, accompanied by raging fires, screams, fighting sounds, the clang of weapons clashing, and even sporadic gunshots rang out all night long.

The fire first started in the old city. Almost in the blink of an eye, the entire Jerusalem was illuminated by the fire. Under the blazing fire, there were groups of black shadows carrying weapons. They all chose black as the color of their clothing. The fire light Illuminating the distorted faces, impacting, colliding, and slashing in the shadows——

Perhaps before today, they were all good citizens who were kind to others. When they met passers-by on the road, whether they knew them or not, they would greet them kindly and chat about the weather or something.

But tonight, for the sake of the nation's living space, almost everyone wielded machetes and wanted to put another group of people to death.

This group of black shadows rushed to the Jewish Quarter, and the Jewish Quarter was a sea of ​​fire; this group of black shadows rushed to the Persian District, and the Persian District immediately turned into ruins; the Christian District was not spared either, although there were security forces stationed, but the people in the old city The complexity of the building is beyond imagination. The fire still spread in, even if the security forces put out all their efforts to put out the fire, it was of no avail. In the end, large buildings adjacent to the Jewish Quarter and the Persian Quarter had to be demolished to create an artificial isolation zone, leaving everything outside the isolation zone to be burned to nothing.

What was burned along with the sea of ​​​​fire was not only the hard-earned savings of generations, but also countless innocent lives, and by the way, the last trace of conscience in people's hearts.

All Christian churches, in accordance with advance orders, try their best to accommodate people who come to seek asylum. Whether they are Persians or Jews, as long as they come to seek asylum, they will be protected by security forces. In the most severely damaged Jewish areas, A small church with an area of ​​only a dozen square meters actually accommodated nearly a hundred people. I really don't know how they squeezed in.

As the fire spread, the originally spacious church was overcrowded. The security soldiers had to disobey the office's order and temporarily requisition civilian buildings near the church to accommodate those who came to seek shelter.

The Persians and Jews seemed to have some kind of tacit understanding. Even though they were already killing each other, they did not show any hostility to the church with a large population. Even if one of the two sides was fighting, as long as one side hid in the cordon in front of the church, the other side would stop chasing.

Of course, whether it was active or passive, as long as those with knives and sticks entered the cordon, they would be tied up and gagged, and then collectively detained.

At this time, regardless of whether they were Persians or Jews, they were all thrown together to let them reflect together. Anyway, their hands were tied and their mouths were gagged. Even if they wanted to bite, they couldn't do it, so they were allowed to "exchange feelings with their eyes".

The fighting lasted all night, and at dawn, the fighting finally subsided.

Only then did people realize that the city they had worked so hard to build, the home they depended on for survival, and the home they originally wanted to protect had all turned into a pile of ruins.

So all the hatred seemed to disappear with the rising of the sun. People threw down their knives, guns and sticks and began to look for their families in the ruins and for the property that had not been burned to ashes.

Only at this time could the survivors realize that if they did not know how to be grateful, if they were greedy, then in the end they would get nothing, so why bother.

The biggest gain of this night was Catholicism. In just one night, Catholicism had tens of thousands of believers out of thin air. They might have been Persians who had vowed never to be "pagans" before, or Jews who were used to being petty and grouped together to fight against everyone around them. But when danger came, any belief or doctrine was meaningless. It was the most practical to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, both physically and mentally.

For this result, Auerbach was the happiest.

So at dawn, Auerbach led all the clergy out of the church to participate in various disaster relief operations. A night of fighting caused countless injuries. These people needed help. Even if they were not medical personnel, it would be a great comfort to have a clergyman pray for them.

Auerbach was doing this. Whether it was Persians or Jews, as long as he saw the wounded, Auerbach would put down his always high-handed attitude, bend down and hold the wounded's hand and say "The Lord is with you".

The original text is in the six # 9 @book/bar!

This sentence is probably the most said by Auerbach today, and it is also the most popular one.

It still has an effect. Westerners' belief in religion can definitely make Orientals sigh. Many people who were blessed by Auerbach immediately burst into tears, and even some guys who had already collapsed miraculously stabilized. There were also people who lost everything and their legs were paralyzed. The will to survive was re-inspired and began to devote themselves to disaster relief.

Anyway, it made the Lan Fang soldiers guarding on the side quite amazed.

Auerbach insisted on being accompanied by guards before he would come out to act like a charlatan, otherwise he would not go out. He loved whoever he loved.

At noon, the Catholic Church had prepared a simple lunch. Although it was only rice and salted fish, it was a rare delicacy for these people who survived the disaster. Almost everyone prayed before the meal and thanked their God wholeheartedly for giving them the opportunity to have lunch. Whether it was God or the Lord, or perhaps some gods, the thanks received on this day were probably the most pious in human history.

In the afternoon, the long-lost British people finally arrived. They had left Jerusalem before last night and only came back now. This "suzerain state" was a failure.

The British came with Palestinian military and police. When they arrived in Jerusalem, the British did not immediately engage in disaster relief, but first found Auerbach, who was busy in the ruins, and asked Auerbach to give an explanation to Palestine.

Explanation?

Auerbach didn't need to give it, the Persians and Jews could give it.

"Get out! We don't need your hypocrisy!" This was what the people of Jerusalem said to the British.