Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 2 - Blending in a legal identity

"Child of the Lord, it is God's guidance that you meet me. Let me ask you, do you know God? Do you know Christianity? " "I am a priest from the United States, my name is Louis, and that black man is my follower, the young Sai Men …"

"I know, I know, of course, that Christianity originated in the teachings of the first Jews in Palestine, and then spread to the Ancient Rome and split into Orthodox Church and Catholic Church. I know that there are a lot of people who trust Protestantism. Also, isn't the civil war in the United States right now? Lin Ken is about to win, you still have the mood to teach? " Xiao Letian's mouth was like a machine gun's, stuffed Louis speechless.

"My God, my God, how do you know so much?" Louis drew the cross on his chest with all his might.

"Don't pray. Resolve my problem first. Save me. If I were to be treated as an adult, I wouldn't be able to live …" Just as they were talking, the Qing San Ye had already brought over ten servants over. "Enough, you long-hair, stop pretending, you know how to speak English is amazing, don't think that the Master Yang will help you, did the Master Yang help you guys when you were making trouble in the south?"

With that, Qing San Ye shook his hand. "Men, tie him up for me. Haha, I never thought that my Qing San Ye would also be able to catch a long-haired man alive. When the time comes, the clan's people's residence will report to me.

Just as the servants rushed forward like wolves and tigers to tie Xiao Letian up, the priest Louis suddenly stood up and stretched out his hands to stop the servants, "You can't do this, you are doing this in violation of the Beijing Treaty, Tianjin Treaty, this young man is a priest, he's one of my followers …" After saying that, he actually took off the cross on his own neck, and hung it around Xiao Letian's neck.

Qing San Ye was stunned, he did not expect Priest Liu to openly stand on the side of this weirdo, causing the entire caravan to be shocked. But now, after the Second Opium War, the Qing Dynasty had completely given the foreigners the rights to preach and do business in the interior.

"Yang..." Master Yang... You better not be joking with me. You did not know this person just now, yet you accepted a follower just because of his blabbering? Are you kidding me? " Qing San Ye still wanted to work hard, but he saw that Xiao Letian seemed like a moving manual no matter how he looked at it.

It was a pity that Priest Louis rejected his request righteously, "A treaty is a treaty. Your emperor has already accepted our conditions, do you dare to defy it?"

"No, no, no, don't think too much. I was just randomly asking …" "Alright, you can continue …" When the Qing San Ye heard about the title of Emperor, he couldn't believe his eyes. Hurry up and call it a day.

Louis returned to the caravan, he did not know what the Manager Fan was talking about, but the two of them looked extremely serious, but in a short period of time, Xiao Letian was safe. The black Sai Men found some food for Xiao Letian.

However, while he was busy eating, his eyes were not idle. No matter how he looked at this caravan of a hundred people, they looked strange. Manager Fan and his shop assistant had the largest number of people, a total of more than 90. Furthermore, almost every shop assistant in the shop had weapons and sabers in their hands. It looked like it was not just the ordinary caravan, but more so, the shop assistant had the attitude of a bodyguard.

As for that Qing San Ye, Sai Men had also introduced him earlier. He was a whatever field officer under the Eight Banners, and it sounded like he was an inherited little noble title. And the thirty Eight Flags Soldier s who were guarding the Qing San Ye were partly his sons from his family, and the other part was the protection of the Yi County's Western Tomb.

It was already weird for a group of merchants and a group of Eight Flags Soldier to get together, but he never thought that there would actually be two foreigners in the group, and one of them was a preacher. However, Xiao Letian had always been good at public relations in his previous life, so he could read words and expressions quite a bit. Not long after, he managed to get some clues from Sai Men and a few brave fellows.

It turned out that this caravan started from Shanxi, travelling from Xinzhou in Taiyuan to Dai County, Lingqiu, Laiyuan and Yi County, and finally to Baoding before continuing north into the capital city. The Manager Fan was an illustrious member of the Fan family, and would be celebrating the New Year in the late autumn after entering the capital.

As for the Qing San Ye, Fu Qing, he took the Ministry of Internal Affairs's mission and went to work for Duke Shan Xi. On the way back, he met the Manager Fan, and the two seemed to have some friendship with each other before, but in the end they left together. This was a common occurrence in the Taihang Mountains. There were many beasts and bandits here, but the sheer number of them was still a force to be reckoned with.

Fortunately, this route went past the Yi County, which was the territory of the Qing Dynasty's West Tomb. Qing Government had very strict control over this mountain range, and other than a few small robbers, there were no other bandits that set up their mountain stronghold.

That's right, if the Qing Government couldn't even protect the place her ancestor slept at, then that would be too unfilial.

As for the American missionary, Louis, this was purely a task that the county magistrate court had forcefully given to old shopkeeper. Master Yang had wandered around Shanxi for a long time, and all the officials had sent people to take care of him, afraid that he would be in trouble in his own territory.

When the Master Yang decided to celebrate the Spring Festival at Beijing, the local officials were relieved. The god of plague had finally decided to leave. However, although the Master Yang had a noble identity, there was no need for him to be escorted by the army. On behalf of the county lord, he thought for a moment, then decided to give the hot potato to the Fan family. In any case, Fan family had a lot of experience in this business road, so it shouldn't be a big deal.

"Oh my god, the head of the Jin Shang's eight great families, the Fan family Merchant Group, along with the Eight Banner Aristocrat Clan, and the American Mentor who came to China through the Great Ocean? Good boy, where did I teleport to? "They're all important figures that I can't afford to offend, keep a low profile! I have to keep a low profile …" Just as Xiao Letian was about to hypnotize himself, someone suddenly patted on his left shoulder mischievously. When he turned his head to the left, he realized that there was no one there.

Just as Xiao Letian turned his head around, a Demon Face suddenly appeared in front of him. Before he finished, he took a closer look. The Demon Face was actually a girl's disguise.

"Hahaha, you are the Second Demon? I hear you speak the language of the foreigners? Tell me, what about your braids? Aren't you afraid of getting beheaded without a braid? "Hey, what's that cross around your neck? This is the Bodhisattva that your Oceanic Church is offering up …"

This little girl's smile was like two dimples, and then two canines. It was as lively as it could be. Xiao Letian was stunned, he never thought that there would be such an open-minded girl in the Qing Dynasty, who would dare to joke with a strange man, she was actually speechless for a moment.

The Tigerfang girl said in disappointment, "Looks like she has pretty good skin. How can she be a fool?" "He can't even speak, how depressing …" With that, he walked back.

"I, I'm not an idiot, I'm called Xiao Letian. Just now, you kept appearing again and again, it scared me …" Xiao Letian is not trying to seduce my first brother, the beautiful girl has taken the initiative to express her goodwill towards you, if you don't take it, you are destined to be a diaosi for life.

"You're called Xiao Letian, my name is Hu Niu … Tell me, how did you learn to speak English? Aiya, you've actually been to a foreign country, as well as a foreign devil's land … Tell me, what was the place in the Western Paradise like all those years ago? "Is there really a Blazing Mountain …" The little beauty didn't even rest her mouth, she only spoke ten sentences, and that was how Xiao Letian could interrupt her.

Just as they were talking, a skinny little girl suddenly ran over. "Miss, why are you here? Ah …" It's a ghost! " The little girl saw the black Sai Men and the yellow haired Louis at a glance. Even if she had seen them once in the past, she was still quite frightened.

The little girl's shout had alarmed Manager Fan and Qing San Ye, who were discussing in front of the caravan. old shopkeeper saw that it was quite impressive, why did his own daughter appear in front of the two devils, it really made them worry.

"Hu Niu, you stinking girl, how shameless are you? "Talking to an unfamiliar man in broad daylight while being a young lady, you've lost a lot of face …" The old man rushed over and reached out his hand to slap Hu Niu's mouth, but he didn't expect that Hu Niu would be so fierce and slanted his head, "You hit me, you forced my mother to death, and you still want to beat me to death? "You hit me, you hit me, you hit me …"

Manager Fan's face darkened, he raised his hand, but could not move it down. From the looks of it, he usually doted on this girl, but the girl was not afraid of this father. Xiao Letian was stupefied looking at her. Aiya, this old shopkeeper must be at least 60 years old, how old is this girl? Fifteen or sixteen? Your battle strength is truly amazing.

At this time, Xiao Letian did not dare speak, it was enough for the old man to give him face if he did not attack him, but amidst the chaos, Xiao Letian suddenly realised, this Hu Niu actually has a pair of heaven's feet! Aiya, it seems like the old man really dotes on this daughter of his. At this time in Great Qing Dynasty, other than the women of Manchuria and the minority of, the Chinese people were all 3 inches tall. You can't get married without a pair of little feet.

"Aiyo, how much dowry does old shopkeeper have to prepare to get rid of this big-footed girl? "But that's fine too. To my appetite, hehe …" Xiao Letian was really a cheerful person. He was already in such a mess yet he could still secretly be happy in his heart.

In the end, Qing San Ye came over to smooth things over, and only then did old shopkeeper put his hand down. "If you don't want to do this, if you don't want to do that, if you don't want to even do that, you won't even be able to leave the carriage on the way. You might as well just let me die …" It seemed like the little girl was holding her breath all the way.

"Master San, I'm really sorry. My family lacks rules, I'm really sorry. I'll send this girl to the Beijing for her cousin to teach her rules …" The red-faced Manager Fan cupped her hands and said.

"Not at all …" Qing San Ye said a few words in a perfunctory manner before turning his eyes back to Xiao Letian and staring at him, "Friend, although Master Yang has protected you, your identity is also suspicious. If you want to follow us, then you have to cover your eyes and be escorted away by us … …"

After saying that, Qing San Ye pouted, and two servants who were like wolves and tigers pounced, one grabbed Xiao Letian's hand, and the other wrapped a black cloth around his head. "Brat, behave yourself, if I don't kill you, it would already be giving Master Yang face. With that, he even tied Xiao Letian's hands up.