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Zhu Erdian turned pale with fright. He immediately thought about how he was beaten up by a group of Japanese consuls at the Heaven Altar. The heart said: "That was because of the drinking competition, both of them were caused by the wine after the amnesia. I can't help it. It was one thing to apologize to each other. They killed our people again. This is barbaric! This time, how can I spare them! " Angry and resentful, he asked, "Who are they? Why so fierce? You offended them? "

The Shorty said, "They are a group of Japanese special agents that have been planted in China. They have all received special training and are all highly skilled in martial arts. There has always been discord between us. They used to assassinate our people and destroy our teaching. The former was when they killed our Father Ma Li and Mr. McCreary. Tonight, dozens more people went to my church and bathed it in blood, killing only three of us. We still don't know who the two of them are. The one leading them is called Du Bian, he brought two people with him from the church all the way to here. I'm the one who's going to die. "Mr. Minister, it's time for you to take revenge!"

Zhu Erdian believed that this was a matter of the Japanese government and not a matter of civil dispute. Angry, he said, "The Japanese authorities are not putting us, the British Empire, in their eyes. "You have planted spies in China. We don't care. On what basis can you oppose us and kill our people?!"

When Zhu Erdian was in trouble, he could be calm even when in a hurry. He thought about it carefully, expecting to win the case, and asked: "Now there is the Russian minister to testify. Father Chalie, tell me in detail how those Japanese came to kill you. "

The little guy did not even bother to speak. He first shed tears, and said, "Tonight, we had dinner. We sat around under the lamp and played poker. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door and called out, 'Father Challee, please open the door!' We didn't know the good luck, but someone opened the door. With a miserable scream, the people who went to open the door were killed by them. We knew things were not going well, so we all threw our cards and went in search of our own weapons to meet the enemy. While we were busy, Du came in with some men. They hacked at us when they saw us. They came prepared, and we were caught off guard. We fought them outside from the house, but we failed because we were too small. "Only three escaped from me, Lally, and Li Gao.

Hearing that, Zhu Erdian was enraged: "The Japanese are too barbaric! This is too barbaric! " He picked up the call from the Japanese legation and asked for the Japanese legation, Hioki. Zhu Erdian picked up the microphone and said, "Sir, your men destroyed our church and killed our men for no reason. Please come to the Russian Embassy at once. I am waiting here! "

Zhu Erdian put down the phone and angrily sat on the chair. When Hioki received the call, he was also very anxious. After a while, he arrived in a car with his guards and a majestic presence. When the three ambassadors met, they exchanged a few pleasantries.

Zhu Erdian said: Mr. Hioki, your people are really good! I've smashed our church tonight for no reason. If it weren't for God's blessing, all of my clergy would have been killed by you. What was going on? Explain! I protest to your Japanese government! "

Hioki rolled his eyes and said, "Mr. Zhu Erdian, is this true? Are you sure? We act openly and do not falsify. Do you have any credentials? Capture a few of us? " Zhu Erdian was so angry that he was about to fart, but then swallowed it back down. After calming down, he said, "You have many murderers and we have very few people. It would not be easy for a few of us to escape. How can we catch your killer! Such a living fact, does sir still want to deny it? With the current Russian Minister and Father Chalie as witnesses, can you still go through with it? "

Hearing this, Hioki immediately asked the Russian Minister, "Mister Minister, did you see it?" The Russian minister shook his head and said, "I didn't see it. I didn't see it." However, Father Chalie was chased here. "

Hioki said to Zhu Erdian, "Sir, please calm your anger. In the dark night, if someone is framing us Japanese, we do not know. I think the two countries have always been friendly, and there is no such thing as this between us. "

Zhu Erdian was angered again: "Mr. Hioki, what do I need to do for you to believe me? To be able to admit the truth? " Hioki said: "It won't be difficult for me to believe or admit it. "Capture the murderer and interrogate him. Then you will know everything."

When Zhu Erdian heard him testify against someone like the Shorty, he did not pay any attention to him and knew that he was going to act shamelessly. Zhu Erdian retorted, "Capture the murderer, what do you think is so difficult about that? Your secret service personnel are so rampant that they dare to come to the Public Security Street, the Legation, and commit murder. They will soon be caught by the International Police. " Hioki became gloomy and ignored him.

At this moment, the phone rang. The Russian minister picked up the receiver and asked, "Where? This is the Russian Legation. " The voice on the other end of the phone said, "Sorry for disturbing you, sir." This is the Chinese government. Look for Mr. Zhu Erdian. " The Russian minister turned his head and said, "Mr. Zhu Erdian, the Chinese government is looking for you." Zhu Erdian hurriedly received the microphone and said, "This is Zhu Erdian, please speak."

It turned out that the other party was the head of the Chinese Guardian Office, Cao Rui. He was sleeping when he received a telephone report from the police: Two clergy from the Church of England have been caught, and the police in the south of the city have been seriously disturbed by the gang fight. Cao Rui hastily put on his clothes and sat at home to pick up the British Legation to look for Zhu Erdian. The embassy staff said that Minister Zhu Erdian had gone to the Russian embassy. Cao Rui called the Russian embassy to look for Zhu Erdian.

Cao Rui said to Zhu Erdian on the phone, "Mr. Minister, two priests from your country fought with others, seriously disturbing our security. Now he has been captured and detained by our Patrol. I condemn your clergy for disregarding Chinese sovereignty and flouting Chinese law. I hope you will be responsible for this incident and send someone to solve it. Do not repeat similar events in the future. Beijing is our sacred capital and the most solemn place in the world. No one is allowed to disrupt the order of law and order. "

When Zhu Erdian heard that the Chinese government had caught him, he was very happy and said, "I will first thank you all and apologize to your government. Please listen to my explanation: this was also caused by my own helplessness. They had been beaten down by a group of Japanese, killed by them, and hunted down by the two of them. They were chased and killed. I fled to you. I'm trying to find out why. Both of us, please give us proper protection. I will send someone to apologize in person. "

Just as Zhu Erdian wanted to hang up, he suddenly thought: "If the Chinese soldiers catch our men, they will definitely be able to catch the Japanese." He then asked, "Mr. Cao, did you capture the culprit?" Cao Rui said, "Your people, one called himself Lally and the other called himself Li Gao, they are from your mosque church. They themselves stated to us, saying: "More than twenty people from the Japanese spies have come out of nowhere tonight, and smashed their churches, and killed their people." We can't tell the truth yet. The murderer is fleeing in all directions, and we are in the southern part of the city to arrest him. " Zhu Erdian was secretly happy in his heart, thinking: "The Chinese government will definitely catch the culprit."

Zhu Erdian put down the phone, and said to Hioki: "Sir, let me see what else you have to say! The Chinese government knows everything. He has called in the military police and is in the process of arresting the murderer. Your people will be caught soon. Are you going to wait until then to apologize and admit this incident? " Hioki heard that they had not caught the Japanese people yet, so he said calmly: "Mr. Zhu Erdian, I have already said, if we capture the murderer and interrogate him, we will know everything."

Not long after, the phone rang again. The Chinese government then called Hioki from the Japanese Legation. The Russian Minister picked up the microphone and listened to what was said, then said to Hioki: "Mr. Minister, the Chinese Government is looking for you." Hioki was a little flustered, he accepted the call and said: "Master, Hioki, please speak." The other party was Cao Rui.

He also received a report from the police: A group of Japanese were extremely vicious. They avoided the pursuit of the Patrol and infiltrated the houses of the common people, fleeing in all directions. They had already injured more than a dozen Patrol and police officers with their swords and sabers. A few murderers had been captured and were on their way to be escorted in. When Cao Rui heard this, he became extremely angry. He immediately called the Japanese Legation and found out that Mr. Hioki was here. Cao Rui angrily said on the phone, "You have many members of the spies from Black Dragon Society hidden in the Beijing area. Gathering a crowd to fight at night has seriously disturbed the order and order of the security in the southern part of the city. These people have disturbed hundreds of homes, killed dozens of people and destroyed countless objects. You are responsible for the incident! I protest strongly to you! Strongly condemning you for disregarding the sovereignty and laws of China. All countries have dignity. I hope you will respect your own dignity! "

When Hioki heard that the Chinese authorities knew everything, he caught hold of the Japanese and felt that the matter was troublesome. He hurriedly said, "Ahhh, I'll represent the legation and apologize to you guys first. If Mr. Cao is angry, please allow me to say a few words. We have always been friendly between Japan and China, do not let our friendship be damaged by trivial matters. I guess it's not as serious as you think. Furthermore, you shouldn't listen to others taking advantage of this opportunity to provoke you. What kind of secret service personnel do we have? It was probably a conflict between a group of Japanese and British merchants, which led to a fight between the two sides. There is. This was entirely a matter for the commoners and had nothing to do with the government. We don't know yet. When I have ascertained the facts, I shall impose severe penalties on the people of the illegal merchants. I will immediately send someone to apologize and negotiate. "Please take care of me!"

Cao Rui angrily put down the phone and said, "It was clearly a group of spy agents who were spying on us, and they even said it was some kind of Japanese merchant. What a quibble! " He was angry when the phone rang again. The Imperial Police Department on Public Security Street had called and told him to send someone to pick up the body as soon as possible. Said there were three bodies on Public Security Street. Cao Rui argued with him for a while, then put down the phone in anger and said, "Truly useless to bully us!" The people they killed in the fighting died on Public Security Street, and we were told to collect their bodies. To be able to speak such tough words, he was truly going too far! No! Just not going! Let's see what they can do! "

As for Hioki, after Cao Rui put down the phone and answered a call, he still had his hand holding the microphone. He tried to come up with a plan again and again. "Cao Rui didn't say anything about capturing our people, did he?" He thought over and over again before he finally put the phone down. Zhu Erdian looked very dispirited when he saw Hioki quietly sitting down. He became strong again: "Mr. Hioki, are you still not going to admit this incident to me?"

Hioki said calmly: "Mr. Zhu Erdian, don't make such a big fuss. What do I admit to you? I think it must be a matter between the merchants and the people, not a matter of great importance, and it has nothing to do with the government at all. Civil gang fighting, isn't it common in any country? Even if a few illegal citizens had committed crimes, he was not the responsibility of the Japanese government. Don't push things to our government. The first few words you said were just. Are all you Englishmen so law-abiding? We only manage the merchants and the people, and there is always something wrong with it. We'll find out the truth, clarify the facts, and then we'll talk to you. " After which, he stood up and prepared to leave.

Zhu Erdian stopped him and said: "Sir, please wait. I haven't finished consulting you. You're going to the mosque with me. You also have to witness the bloody horrors that you have created. Don't you regret not seeing that? "