Chapter 14 Bloody Gospel Church
In April of the Gengzi Year, Boxing of Yihe was also introduced into Taigu.The first stop of the introduction to Taigu was Shuixiu Village in the north of the city.
Just in April, Qiu Taiji's wife, Yao Shi, was about to give birth.
Madam Yao's anticipation for this childbirth really surpassed that of the first childbirth nine years ago.At that time, I also placed many expectations and dreams, and I also wholeheartedly hoped to give birth to a baby boy.But the first child is still more fear than expectation.This time it was different, since she decisively took the servant Guo Yunsheng into her arms, and got pregnant soon as she wished, Mrs. Yao seemed not to be afraid of anything.No matter what, I will give birth to this child smoothly, and I am very much looking forward to it, as long as he is a boy!
If there is another girl, then everything she has paid will be in vain.If this is the case, she will drive this little thing Guo Yunsheng away with a stick!
In the past ten months, there has not been a day when she has not believed that what she is pregnant with is a boy.
However, as the delivery approached, Mrs. Yao couldn't help but feel some fear: Maybe you were asked to give birth to a baby girl, or even bloody disasters were waiting for you.You are not a woman, retribution is waiting for you.This year's sky is also so bad, not only is it an unlucky leap to August, but also the drought is getting more and more dangerous.There was a drought last year, and this year there will be a severe drought. The wheat will definitely not be harvested, and the autumn crops will be too dry to plant.There is no doubt that the year of famine will be encountered.It's not a good sign that such a terrible year just happened to be the birth of this bastard.
She tried her best to dispel these random thoughts, but she couldn't.
She didn't want to tell Guo Yunsheng the sorrow in her heart.Tell him, so what?He can say whatever you want to hear, but he is too immature, not a woman's backer, not a man who can lift up the sky.
It was in this state of mind that Mrs. Yao finally agreed to the proposal of the foreign wife in this village: please ask the female doctor from the Western Clinic of the American Congregational Church in the city to deliver her baby.
The woman's in-law's family name is Guo, and the man does business locally.The family is only well-off, but the couple have both entered the Congregational Church.In Shuixiu Village, this is unique, and the villagers call this woman Eryang's Wife.Eryang's wife persuades people to join foreign religions and believe in Christ all day long.Speaking of joining a foreign religion, the gods, gods, ghosts and ghosts of the past have no control over you, and you can also not pay food, taxes, or servants, because the government does not care about foreign religions.Unfortunately, no one in Shuixiu Village listened to her.After listening to her, isn't that offending both the government and the gods and ghosts, so that you won't have to live a good life in this life or the next?
Before, Mrs. Yao could get along with this woman.Since joining the Congregational Church three years ago, Mrs. Yao has been reluctant to let her visit.When she came to visit, she took the trouble to persuade Mrs. Yao to believe in Christ and join the Congregational Church.Of course Mrs. Yao would not listen to her.In order to ensure the safety of the man who has been stationed abroad for many years, his family prays to all kinds of gods every day, how dare he offend!In the past year, she had an affair with Yun Sheng, and she dared not offend gods and ghosts.
However, when Mrs. Eryang found out that Mrs. Yao was pregnant, she stopped pestering her to join a foreign religion. She just kept talking about how the Congregational Western clinics can deliver babies and keep mothers and babies safe. Adults and children are not welcome. A little sin.Especially after giving birth, women can go to the ground as usual after only lying down for seven days, and there are not so many taboos about confinement.Why are Westerners so strong?It means sitting well during confinement.
No matter how nice the words are, Mrs. Yao still won't believe them.Give birth by yourself and ask foreigners to deliver it?That's even more inappropriate!
It's just that, during the Chinese New Year, spring begins, and the March day with red flowers and willows and green flowers, one day after another passes by.The excessive expectation of pregnancy and the hidden sense of guilt are also increasing day by day.When a woman gives birth, it is the gate of life and death.At this juncture of life and death, who would forgive her more?Eryang's wife always said that the Christians of foreign religions are the most forgiving, and foreign religions don't have too many taboos.And the gods from all walks of life that I pray to every day, will they forgive you?It is always said that good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil.I have committed a crime, can I escape the evil reward?
Mrs. Yao seemed to be desperate, so she had to seek help from foreign religions.She didn't join the foreign religion, she just asked the doctor of the foreign religion to help her once to give birth to the child.
Mrs. Eryang was very happy to see that Mrs. Yao finally obeyed her.The Qiu family is in Shuixiu Village, so it can be considered a big family.It is a great merit to be able to persuade such a wealthy lady to believe in foreign medicine and teach foreign medicine.
On March 16th, Mrs. Eryang accompanied Mrs. Yao to Limei Village in the south of the city in the Qiu family's carriage to meet Dr. Xiyang.
At that time, the western medicine clinic of the Congregational Church was located in Shunlaizi Garden in Limei Village.Limeizhuang is the old base of the Congregational Society in Taigu, but during the Gengzi period, there were two Chinese people in the clinic: Sang Aiqing and his wife.The American doctor who had previously worked in the clinic returned to the United States two years ago due to illness, and the church hired the Chinese couple from Shandong.Eryang's wife said that Dr. Sang had stayed abroad, and his Western medical skills were no different.
Mrs. Yao was not too scared when she saw that the doctor was Chinese.There is no ceremony in the meeting, and it is called sitting when entering the door.Sitting down, the male doctor asked how it had been for a few months, how he was eating, and whether there was any abnormality, and asked the female doctor to lead him into the inner room.The female doctor just touched it to see if the legs and feet were swollen, and then pressed a cold thing against the flesh and listened.At the end, there is nothing to say, but I don’t dare to lie down all the time, try to get down to the ground and move around more, and I also eat what I should eat in terms of diet.
Will it really go into labor and give birth to a child?
Mrs. Yao asked repeatedly, and Dr. Sang and his wife answered without ambiguity.This pair of Chinese and Western doctors have always been kind and kind, without fairy air or dignity, but they are very reliable.
They asked how far Shuixiu was, and then confessed that before giving birth next month, they would go to Shuixiu first and do this check again.
When parting, Mrs. Yao wanted to leave a gift money, but Dr. Sang didn't care whether he was high or low.Said that they had already received the salary of the Congregational Church, and no gift money was received for medical treatment.Eryang's wife also said that the Axiom Society's medical treatment is for charity and does not accept money.This made Mrs. Yao feel very sorry.
In the late Qing Dynasty, few people dared to believe in the Western medical skills brought by the church at first, especially among ordinary people.Therefore, even if there is no charge for the church's medical treatment, few people dare to accept it.Of course, the church's practice of medicine is also to expand its influence.
But for Mrs. Yao, meeting with a Western doctor this time gave her a lot of comfort.These two kind doctors said unequivocally: You have nothing to do!If this is the case, and she can successfully give birth to this boy, she will enter a foreign religion!
During the meeting, Mrs. Yao asked the female doctor: Can you find out whether it is a man or a woman?It's a pity that people say they can't figure it out.
Back at Shuixiu, Mrs. Yao felt much relieved.She listened to Dr. Sang's words and walked around her courtyard from time to time.When it comes to eating and drinking, I no longer have so many taboos, and I can eat whatever I want.In short, I look forward to more, less fear, and concentrate on waiting for the day of delivery.
But on the eighth day of April, seeing that the time of childbirth was getting closer, Yun Sheng suddenly ran back from the outside and said that more than 20 Zhili Yihe boxers had come to the village.They moved into the Daren Temple near the village, and they wanted to set up an altar in Shuixiu to pass on their skills.
Mrs. Yao had also vaguely heard about Boxing Boxing, so she didn't pay much attention to it.Her mind is all on her own pregnancy, and she doesn't care about other things.Now, after hearing what Yun Sheng said, he still doesn't care too much, and thinks it's just a show.Yun Sheng also said that this gang of boxers was against foreigners and foreign religions.This caught her attention.
To fight against foreigners and foreign teachers?Did foreigners mess with them?What kind of countermeasure?
Why they only fight against foreigners, Yun Sheng said he didn't know, he only heard that Boxing Boxing is a kind of magical skill, and it is accurate to catch foreigners and foreign sects.
As soon as she heard that it was a magical skill, Mrs. Yao's heart was shocked: Could it be that it was God's will that she should not ask a foreign doctor?
She quickly told Yun Sheng not to say anything, whoever wants to come, whoever comes.
A few days later, Eryang's wife also ran over in a panic and said, "It's inconvenient for Dr. Sang to come to Shuixiu. You are about to give birth, and you don't dare to ride in the bumpy car anymore. You have to be prepared, and you won't be able to come when the time comes." Doctor Sang, do you have to tell the midwife in the village? I'm afraid I'll delay you."
Mrs. Yao asked: "Dr. Sang, why can't you come to Shuixiu?"
Eryang's wife said excitedly: "You don't know yet? Our Shuixiu is stationed in the Boxers from Zhili! Boxers, have you heard of it? They specialize in hatred of religion and destroying foreigners. In Shandong and Zhili, they see foreigners. The church was burned, and foreigners were killed when they saw them, just like bandits! Who would have expected them to come to Taigu? Our Shuixiu is the first village where they settled in Taigu. Do you think Doctor Sang and they can still come?"
"Why do they hate foreigners?"
"The bandits are violent, and I know what he is doing! People like me who have joined the foreign religion, they are called Ermaozi, and they are not willing to let go lightly. Fortunately, they are small, otherwise, I would dare to go back to the village?"
"so smart?"
"That's not it!"
After Eryang's wife left, Mrs. Yao's heart suddenly became cold.It's not that she is teaching to foreigners, but she just feels that her family may not escape the evil retribution!Just now I wanted to ask for help from foreigners and foreign religions, suddenly there was a Boxer Fist that specifically hates religions and destroys foreigners, and the first stop was at Shuixiu. Wasn't it aimed at her?
The desperate Mrs. Yao was restless for two days, but she gradually calmed down.What to do, let's do it.Anyway, as long as she has one breath, she will give birth to the child.
After staying up until April 16th, there was still no movement in the body, and Mrs. Yao was already a little uneasy.It just so happened that on this day, Yun Sheng took back another post from the village exposing the Boxers.He said that it was passed on from the neighbors, and he told him to pass it on after reading it. If it is passed on, it will eliminate disasters.He could not recognize many characters on the post.
Mrs. Yao didn't think too much, she was about to come over and read on:
She couldn't finish reading, and she already felt a little terrified.Then, a pain emerged from the abdomen.My God, the critical moment of life and death is really coming?
Mrs. Yao threw down the post and called out to Yunsheng: "Go quickly, go and call your aunt!"
Guo Yunsheng wanted to bend over to pick up the poster, but Mrs. Yao changed her tone and shouted angrily, "You who have been stabbed, go and call your aunt!"
Yun Sheng was startled and ran away in a hurry.
God, it's a matter of life and death!
That night, Mrs. Yao finally gave birth to a baby, and it was really a boy!
It went well, of course, after the delivery, Mrs. Yao realized that she was still alive, and heard that it was really a baby boy, so she threw away the pain of dying once just now.During those few hours, she really felt that she was going to die, she couldn't catch anything, she just fell into the abyss of death.There is no rain in the sky, and the ground is parched.Men commit crimes, women commit rape.These lingering words are really forcing her to die...
But she didn't die after all.
Really got a boy!
God, you still have eyes.
The Christian Congregational Church in Taigu was sent by the Chinese Missionary Mission of Oberlin University in the United States in 1883, that is, the eighth year of Guangxu, to establish a missionary mission. It has been 17 years since the Gengzi Year.In the past seventeen years, only about one hundred and fifty believers have been developed in Taigu.The preaching of the Gospel is not so much.
At the beginning, the American pastor chose Taigu as the first evangelizing site in Shanxi because of the prosperous business and convenient transportation in Taigu.Don't you know that people in Taigu regard business with almost religious admiration and reverence.Seeing that big businessmen almost turned a blind eye to the Congregational Society, they ignored it.Taigu's business is prosperous, and there are many merchants, so that ordinary people have no worries about food and clothing, so they don't want to join foreign religions just to take advantage of it.
Therefore, it is really difficult for the Congregational Society to preach in Taigu.
However, the Congregational Church belongs to Protestantism, and its preaching is more pragmatic and more ascetic.The Congregational Church of Oberlin University, in addition to directly preaching in Taigu, spread its teachings more by opening drug rehabilitation centers, clinics and foreign-style schools.Furthermore, it can also receive guaranteed funding from the American General Assembly.Therefore, in the Gengzi period, it can be said that the Congregation Society and the villagers of Taigu did not have much grievances.Its impact is insignificant, and it has no local grievances.
But the Boxers finally spread to Taigu, and the American missionaries of the Congregational Church were still greatly shocked.How could they not know what the Boxers did in Shandong, Zhili, Beijing and Tianjin!What frightened them in particular was that Lord Yuxian, who had indulged the Boxers in Shandong, was sent by the Qing government to Shanxi as governor.Yuxian was dismissed as governor of Shandong last year, and it was the American envoy who took the lead in reading several of his books.He went to Shanxi to take up the post, so he didn't take good care of your American church?
Therefore, within a few days after the Chihli Boxers came to Shuixiu, the American priests of the Congregational Church couldn't sit still, and rushed out one after another, asking for help everywhere.Needless to say, the government and big merchants are the most important of their appeals.
Mrs. Laihaode naturally hurried to Kang's house again, begging to see the old lady Du Yunqing.
Du Yunqing didn't hear that Taigu came to the Boxers: Who will sue her for such news?Seeing that Mrs. Lehoude was so anxious, she was a little puzzled.
"Taigu also came to the Boxers?"
"That's not it. I heard that there are more people in Taiyuan Mansion!"
"Taigu doesn't come much? Where are they?"
"Not many, there are twenty or thirty people living in Shuixiu."
"Shuixiu is not far away. I've heard you talk about Yihe Quan, Yihe Quan. I really want to see them. What kind of superhuman beings are they that scare you Westerners like this?"
"Old madam, it's not how powerful they are, it's because the government indulged them too much! The Boxers in Shandong made such a fuss, killing people and setting fires everywhere, because the governor of Shandong, Yu Xian, was too oriented towards them. The old lady doesn't know yet, right? This Yu Xian has already Transferred to be the governor of Shanxi."
"I don't care who is the governor. Taigu's Boxer Boxer really lives in Shuixiu? Then let's see when, I'll get a car and go see them."
"Old lady, now is really not the time to be joking! Boxing is spreading very fast. Once there are too many people, not only we will be hurt, even your big family will not be robbed. Shandong and Zhili are precedents. , where the boxing is rampant, the government can't control it, why don't they let them burn, kill and loot!"
"Can't they let the Chinese who have joined your foreign religion?"
"That's not true! Those who believe in religion in your country are called 'two hairs', and they will be killed indiscriminately."
"Mrs. Lehoud, if this is the case, then I still want to join your Congregational Church!"
"The old lady wants to convert to Christ again?"
"Why, can't you enter?"
"Of course I can, of course I can. Only at times like this..."
"I just want to join your foreign religion at this time, and see how the Boxers fight against me! Will they pull me out and kill me?"
"Those gangsters, what can't they do?"
"That's good! I've decided to join your foreign religion, the sooner the better. To join your Congregational Church, you need to be baptized? Can it be held tomorrow? The sooner the better!"
"Tomorrow? The old lady is joking again. Converting to Christ is a sacred thing, and those who have to act according to the rules, how can they be so hasty?"
"Isn't it urgent now? Don't bother too much, the sooner the better. If I miss the Boxer Regiment, I won't join your Congregational Church!"
Mrs. Lehoud became more and more incomprehensible.In the first month of the lunar year, Mrs. Kang suddenly proposed to convert to Christ. Mrs. Lehoud was very pleasantly surprised.The Lord is still great!But just after telling the good news to the elders of the Congregational Church, the old lady changed her mind again within a few days: I won’t join, I won’t join, and I won’t join your foreign religion.What's wrong?Just after asking a few words, the old lady actually lost her temper.
Now, Taigu has come to the Boxers, the Axiom Society is facing a crisis situation, and the old lady suddenly wants to join the Church again, the sooner the better!Moreover, when I heard that the Boxers also killed Ermaozi, I seemed very happy, and I was even more anxious to join the group.She was so eager to join the association, as if she wanted to get the Boxers killed?This is simply not how ordinary people think!
Therefore, Mrs. Leihoude only vaguely agreed.Looking at the situation, there is not much hope for the Kang family to help.Mrs. Laihaode briefly mentioned a few words: Your family is a well-known family in Taigu, and it should be obligatory to contact all walks of life to stop the Boxer from spreading in Guixian and avoid great disasters.
Unexpectedly, when Mrs. Kang heard this, she actually said: "Since I want to join your Congregational Church and protect the teaching and foreign affairs, I am obliged to do so. I will tell the third master to ask him to come forward and contact all walks of life!"
Seeing that she agreed so happily, Mrs. Laihaode added another sentence: "The second master of your mansion is a famous boxer in Taigu. If the second master can come forward to contact the martial arts circle, he can also deter the boxers."
"Second master is very kind, I'm afraid he doesn't have that kind of ability. If third master comes forward, even the business world and martial arts world can get in touch!"
Mrs. Lehoud said some words of gratitude and hurried away.She felt that Du Yunqing was a little unusual, so she didn't dare to have any hopes.
As for why the old lady was so abnormal, she couldn't care less to think about it.
In fact, Du Yunqing wanted to join a foreign religion all of a sudden, and he still wanted to make the old man feel uncomfortable.She hoped that the Boxers would really make a big fuss, surround the Kang family, and try to arrest her, an old lady: that would be an interesting situation.At that time, will the old man and their entire Kang family save her, the old lady?Or, would they take the opportunity to use the boxer knife to kill her, and then say that it was too late to rescue her?
Even if she really wanted to die, she wanted to see what happened.
She promised to seek the new third master for the Congregational Society, and she also wanted to try the third master.After the third master took charge of the family, he still respected her as an old lady.Come to greet on time, come to report some things, and keep asking: What are your orders?After that, Sanniang also became very filial to her.The third master was not like this earlier, how could he put such a young old lady in his eyes?So, who knows if this respect is sincere, or just for the sake of appearance?
After sending off Mrs. Lehoud on the front foot, she went to see the third master on the back foot.
As soon as he entered the courtyard where the third master lived, he saw the third master and Sanniang coming out, and Sanniang took the lead, came to support the old lady, and said in repeated voices:
"If you have any orders, send someone to call first. His third master has already trotted over, so how can the old lady come here in person?"
Du Yunqing said: "Look at what you said, it seems that I came here only to beg your third master! It's okay, I'm not happy to come?"
Sanniang hurriedly said: "If the old lady thinks this way, she will be wronging us too much! I mean, even if the old lady came to hurt us, she should ask Du Mu first, so that we can go pick it up?"
Du Yunqing sneered in her heart, and said, "How could I make such a big deal?"
After entering the room and sitting down, Du Yunqing asked the third master: "Taigu also came to Boxing Boxing?"
The third master said: "I heard that thirty or twenty Boxers of Yihe came from Zhili and lived in Shuixiu. They want to set up an altar to pass on their skills."
"It's really Boxing Boxing, and no one told me?"
The third master hurriedly said: "I just heard from the second master too. They Wujie Escort Bureau value this matter more than ordinary people."
"You don't take the Boxers seriously?"
"I don't mean that either. The Boxers are making trouble in Zhili and Beijing and Tianjin this year, which is really worrying. Beijing and Tianjin have our name! Taigu, I don't think it matters. The only foreign religion in Taigu is the American Congregational Church." One family, there are not many villagers who have believed in religion. Foreign religious believers like Zhili in Shandong run rampant in the countryside, dominate the land, take up lawsuits and other teaching cases, which have never happened in Taigu. Therefore, I think the Boxers spread to Taigu , can't make any climate."
"It's become a commotion in Beijing and Tianjin, can't it be a climate in Taigu?"
"The old lady is also acquainted with the female priests of the Congregational Church. How many believers do they have after working hard for more than ten years? There are not many believers in the Congregational Church, and there are not many believers in the Boxer Regiment. The two of them are mutually reinforcing, If one family is not strong, the other is not much stronger."
"It's really like what you said, that's great. But the Congregationalists have already panicked, saying that the Boxers are spreading rapidly, and they have a way to confuse the villagers. They also said that they will save a new governor and fight for Boxers."
"The new governor, Mr. Yuxian, didn't he only focus on Boxer Boxing in Shandong, but he just couldn't suppress it, so he wanted to recruit peace. As a result, the more he recruited, the more he couldn't suppress it."
"So, while the Boxers are still in Taigu, you have to make up your mind early. Third Master, you are a capable person. Come out and contact all walks of life as soon as possible to prevent the Boxer from spreading. Isn't this a good opportunity for you to show your skills? "
Sanniang hurriedly said: "How can he have such a great ability?"
Du Yunqing said: "Don't ask your third master to come forward, but wait for the old man to come forward?"
The third master hurriedly said: "I can resist in the front, how dare I push it to the old man? It's just that the old man doesn't seem to take Yihequan seriously. Is what the old lady said just now the old man's meaning?"
"The old man didn't ask me to deliver the decree, I just talked about it casually. Whether it's foreign religion or Boxing Boxing, in fact, it has nothing to do with me!"
The third master hurriedly said: "The old lady's instruction is to tell us to plan ahead, just in case, how dare we not listen? I will go to the city right now, and plan with the shopkeeper Sun of the ticket shop and the shopkeeper Lin of the tea shop. See How to prevent the Boxer Rebellion."
"You also have to contact the Wujie, right? They are all boxers. Taigu Xingyi Fist is held together, and it can't suppress the foreign Yihe Fist?"
"Contact the martial arts world, there is the second master."
"Your second master has martial arts, but you are not a general, and you have to rely on the third master to contact the martial arts world!"
Sanniang said again: "What general talent does he have? If the old lady praises him so much, isn't it afraid that he will forget who he is?"
The third master also said: "You have to rely on the second master to contact the martial arts world."
Du Yunqing said: "You just don't like to hear what I say!"
The third master hurriedly said: "How can it be? I will also go to see Master Che when I have time."
Whether it's true or not, the third master agreed to what Du Yunqing said.She returned to the old courtyard with some satisfaction, really wanting to meet the old thing.Boxer Boxing has been spread to Taigu, ask the old man, what does he think?But after thinking about it, I finally gave up.
She didn't mention the matter of joining the Congregational Church to the third master, let alone tell the old man.Surprise them when you're Congregationalist.
The third master has been looking forward to it for many years, and finally took over the management of foreign affairs and commercial affairs. Why did he meet such a time!
After the new year, the scene of severe drought becomes more and more obvious day by day.There was a drought last year, and there was not much harvest in autumn.Drought again this year.Not a single snowflake fell all winter, and after the beginning of spring, it was windy as well.Seeing that the spring and March have passed, the fields are so dry that there are no seeds in most of the acres.There is no doubt that the famine year.
Although the Kang family started their business as a business, they don't really count on the crops in the field, but the drought and the unrest will endanger their business.The Boxer Boxing in Shandong can spread to Zhili, Beijing and Tianjin, which is closely related to this year's severe drought.It's a natural disaster linked to a man-made disaster.
Because he just came into power, the third master ran to the city's shop very frequently.All the ticket shops and tea houses showed him were letters and newspapers about the Boxers.First, Shandong Yihequan flowed into Zhili, and then endangered Beijing and Tianjin; then, Fengzhen, Jining, and Tuoketuo outside the pass, and Yingkou, Jinzhou, and Liaoyang outside the pass were also introduced into the Boxers.The old gangs everywhere are very worried, and they have repeatedly urged the old gangs: whether to follow the precedent during the Hongyang Rebellion and plan to withdraw the village as soon as possible?
Should we make early plans to withdraw from the tea house? The shopkeeper Sun Da of the ticket shop and the shopkeeper Lin Da of the tea house have very different opinions.
Shopkeeper Sun clearly didn't take the Boxers seriously, and said flatly: It's just a game for the foolish people in the countryside, and it won't make a difference.It was good that they made trouble in Beijing and Tianjin, the imperial court saw their truth in person, issued an imperial edict, and blown them away.Shopkeeper Sun repeatedly said that he and the old man had personally encountered the Boxers during their southern tour, and they were vulnerable to a single blow!Our two boxers from Taigu subdued a large area of Boxers with a little trick.The government must be tricky, trying to scare the foreigners with the boxers, and deliberately stood still; if the officers and soldiers moved a little, how could the Boxers escape to the capital!
Lin Da, the shopkeeper of the tea house, strongly advocated the withdrawal of the tea house.He said that if Boxing Boxing really broke out, it would be more terrifying than the Taiping Army.Hong Yang's Taiping Army, after all, still has a leader and military regulations, not everyone can join.After joining the Taiping Army, at least they had to issue weapons and take care of their food.As for Boxing Boxing, there is no leader like Hong Yang, the leader is a ghost invited temporarily.There are no group rules or rules, men, women, old or young, whoever wants to join, just find a red cloth and tie it, and that's it.After entering Yihequan, besides practicing boxing and passing on skills, he doesn't have to worry about food.This kind of boxing can really develop as many people as you want, and you don't need to raise military salaries anyway, and you don't need to abide by any rules.After reciting a few spells, saying that a ghost is possessed, he can lift his own big knife and go to the streets to kill people.The whole world is full of such mobs and wanton people, what kind of business do we still have!The government is too fatuous to indulge them under the banner of "helping the Qing Dynasty and destroying the foreigners".This will help the Qing Dynasty and destroy the Yang Dynasty?Dream it!
The third master agrees with shopkeeper Lin's proposition, besides, he is always prepared.But the shopkeeper Sun Da respected his words, and if he didn't ask Piao Zhuang to withdraw, the third master couldn't help it for a while.The ticket office does not move, only the tea house is withdrawn?
The third master has asked the old man many times, no matter how critical the words are, the old man always said: "I don't care, let you figure it out."
Is the old man looking at him coldly?
At such times, the third master always thought of Qiu Taiji.If shopkeeper Qiu is by his side, it will definitely give him some advice.By my side, there is only one person who can give an idea!But Qiu Taiji's naturalization, which is far away from his mouth, can't call him back.It's not even convenient to communicate with Qiu Taiji directly.
There is such an old rule in Xibang shops: No one below the big shopkeeper can deal directly with the boss.Letters and newspapers stationed abroad can only be sent to the old account, and cannot be sent directly to the host; letters to the host must be forwarded through the old account.This is in order to maintain the position of the shopkeeper of Lingdong University, the owner does not allow others to make irresponsible remarks.Although the third master regards Qiu Taiji as Tian Chengyuan's future leader, it is inconvenient to break this old rule.
Therefore, if the third master wanted to know Qiu Taiji's knowledge, he could only ask for the naturalized letter from the old account and read it carefully.But from the letter of Guihao, we know that Qiu Taiji is not naturalized, and he went all the way to Kulun and Qiaktu in the spring.
Seeing that the situation in Beijing and Tianjin is getting worse and worse, shopkeeper Sun Da is still sitting still, and the third master really has nothing to do.
Now that the Boxer Regiment has spread to Taigu, how can Master Sun sit still?Even the old lady, who has always been indifferent to world affairs, couldn't sit still.Where is the old man?Still don't care?
When the third master comforted the old lady, he tried his best to say that righteousness and boxing could not make a difference, but that was not sincere.When he said this, he had another intention: he wanted to pass on Master Sun's knowledge to the nursing home through the old lady.The old man heard the old lady say this kind of argument, if he agrees, he will be calm; if he disagrees, there must be some news.
Therefore, after seeing the old lady, the third master did not go to see the old lady again, but hurried into the city.
Sure enough, shopkeeper Sun Taigu just laughed at Taigu's Yihequan:
"I knew about it a long time ago. There are a few foolish people from Zhili who hide in Shuixiu and dare not enter the city. I heard that there are only some 14 or 15-year-old village boys. Seeing the novelty, they follow them to ask the gods and practice kung fu. It's not worth mentioning. In Taigu, they can't make any waves."
The third master had no choice but to put on a smile and said, "I'm relieved to hear what the big shopkeeper said. I heard that there are already a lot of boxers in Taiyuan Mansion, and they are also very noisy?"
"There are many believers in Catholicism in Taiyuan, but not many believe in Congregationalists in Taigu."
"It's said that the new governor, Yuxian, is partial to the Boxers in Shandong."
"Shanxi is not as good as Shandong. If he wants to be biased, there are not so many Boxers."
"The situation in Beijing and Tianjin is still not improving, which is always worrying."
"We don't need to worry about the situation in Beijing and Tianjin! In front of the court, I think there is a limit to the chaos. Can the court be afraid of chaos? Can the queen mother not be afraid of chaos? Civil and military officials in the court are all worried."
Since Shopkeeper Sun is still knowledgeable like this, the third master really couldn't say anything more, so he said something else to Shopkeeper Sun: "This year, I wanted to follow the example of the old man and the shopkeeper, and go to Jiangnan. Everywhere is in turmoil. The boxing of Yihe is really useless, so I will go to the south of the Yangtze River as soon as possible."
"Third Master, I told you to leave early, but you just didn't listen. It's not cool to go south in April. However, it's still much more enjoyable than when we went on the road in June last year. If you want to go, Third Master, you just as early as possible."
"Then listen to the big shopkeeper and leave earlier. This time I go south, I want to run farther. I will go to Hankou first, then go to Suzhou and Shanghai, then turn to Fuzhou and Xiamen, and come out to Guangzhou. I like to run. The farther you go, the less you want to go back."
"The third master is in his prime, and he has a heroic spirit. When we arrived in Shanghai last year, the old man and I also wanted to go south again, to Hangzhou. It's just that we are too old. When we ride in a car, every bone in our body hurts, so we have to rest. In Shanghai. Take a rest, you still have to travel thousands of miles, go back!"
"The shopkeeper is so exhausted with the old lady, I should go farther. When I travel far, I like to ride a horse, not a sedan chair. A sedan chair is a dead thing, but a horse is spiritual. It is very considerate when traveling long distances. you."
"I often rode horses when I was young. Horses have spirituality, but it's not easy to meet a good horse! It's like a lifetime, how many confidantes can you meet?"
"The treasurer is right! I often go out of my way, and I haven't met a few very satisfactory horses."
The third master and shopkeeper Sun were chatting like this, when suddenly a young friend ran in in a panic, and said incoherently, "Hurry up, I'm going to kill someone! Big shopkeeper, young boss, I'm going to kill someone!"
Shopkeeper Sun Da yelled: "Why panic! There's nothing wrong with it, so panic! What happened before, tell me first!"
The friend said in a panic: Wei Luyi, a foreign priest from the Congregational Church, came to the cabinet to get money, and just handed over the banknote, suddenly a strong man with a big knife rushed into our shop.He yelled loudly that his grandfather was a Boxer, rushed over and grabbed Wei Luyi, and was about to kill him with a knife...
Shopkeeper Sun panicked when he heard it, and hurriedly asked, "Have you killed it?"
"When I left I hadn't..."
The third master has already quickly taken off his long gown, dressed in short clothes, and said to Sun Beiming: "You can't show up, big shopkeeper, I'll go out and have a look first!"
Leaving this sentence behind, he ran out.
The Christian Congregational Church in Taigu received the missionary funds allocated by the American General Assembly, which was first remitted to Shanghai through the Bank of America, and then transferred to Tiancheng Yuanhu No., and remitted to Taigu.At that time, Xibang Bank didn't pay much attention to foreigners' foreign exchange, but Tian Chengyuan had undertaken this exchange business for more than ten years.Therefore, Wei Luyi is also an old client of Tian Chengyuan, if something unexpected happens, it is not a trivial matter.In the front shop, swords were on the verge of breaking out, and it was already in a mess: several young friends were desperately blocking the man with the knife, and this man was holding Wei Luyi tightly!There were quite a few people crowded outside the door, but most of them seemed to be locals watching the excitement.
The third master also knows a few sets of Xingyi boxing, and he has honed his body outside the mouth for many years.Seeing this situation, he jumped up to the man.The man obviously didn't expect this move, he was startled suddenly, the foreign priest Wei Luyi took the opportunity to struggle desperately, broke free from the big man's hand, and fled to the back of the locker room.
The man regained his composure and tried to chase after him, but was blocked by the third master.
The third master clasped his fists in salute, and said calmly, "Excuse me, brother, what's your name?"
The man shouted angrily: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, I am Zhang Tianshi in Shandong! I am ordered by the Emperor Jade to arrest the foreign devils. Whoever dares to stand in the way will be the first to kill me!" Broadsword.
The third master did not evade, and still calmly said: "Don't worry, foreign devils can't escape. I am the guarding martial artist of this number. He can't get out after he enters the backyard. We really didn't know in advance when the celestial master came to my number. Come on." , please come in first, have a cup of tea! All the brothers under the master, please come in and have a cup of tea! Serve tea!"
This Heavenly Master Zhang, obviously restrained by the calm demeanor of the third master, restrained his arrogance invisibly, "What is the name of this master?"
"My surname is Kang, Xing San. Just call me Kang San. Quickly call your brothers in!"
But none of the people around the entrance of the shop came in.
Zhang Tianshi said frankly: "I'm the only one who came here today! I have a god possessed, and it's no problem to arrest a few foreign devils. Kang San, you also know the Boxers, right?"
At this time, the friend on the counter had already brought tea.The third master said: "Tianshi still sit down and talk, please, sir!"
Zhang Tianshi finally sat down.
"Kang San, have you heard of Boxing Boxing?"
"I will be guarding my master's house day and night. I'm really ignorant and ignorant. Ask the celestial master, does Yihe Quan belong to the Southern School or the Northern School? We Taigu warriors all practice Xingyi Boxing, which was passed down from the Yue Family Boxing of the Song Dynasty. Enemy's true kung fu, where you point and hit, is different from ordinary fists and embroidered legs. Have you heard of the celestial master?"
"Our Yihequan is a divine fist. It is not the same as the martial arts practiced by you mortals! The gods gave us kungfu just to catch the foreign devils who made trouble in the Central Plains. Look at what the drought has been like this year. Why is it so dry? It is because The foreign devils ran rampant in the Central Plains and angered the gods and Buddhas. I have a posted post here, you can take a look. Since you have martial arts, I advise you to practice our Boxing Boxing early, otherwise, you will also be in great trouble!"
While speaking, Zhang Tianshi took out a yellow paper flyer from his arms and handed it to the third master.
The third master took it without looking at it, and said, "I'm a warrior, and I don't recognize any big characters."
"Ask the accountant to read it to you. Once you hear it, you have to follow us!"
"I'm not afraid of the celestial master's jokes. Whether you can practice your magic boxing or not depends on our master. I will protect the hospital for the master and earn some money to support the family. The master is my parents. If the master does not allow you to practice Yihe boxing , I am really inconvenient to obey. Fortunately, our shopkeeper is very open-minded, if I ask him to read the post, maybe he won't block it?"
“告诉你们掌柜，不入义和团，他这商号也一样大难临头！”
“一定转告！听口音，天师是直隶冀州一带人吧？”
“胡说！本人是山东张天师，无人不知的。”
“那就失敬了。直隶深州、冀州，有在下的几位形意拳武友，所以熟悉深冀一带话语。粗听天师口音，倒有些像。”
“像个鬼！”
“失敬了，失敬了。”
“康三，把那位洋鬼子交出来吧！”
“天师在上，这可是太难为在下了！”
“我是替天行道！”
“天师也该知道，武人以德当头。在下受雇于东家，不能白拿人家银子。东家又是商号，最忌在号中伤害客户。这个洋鬼子，要是大街上给你逮着，我不能管；今日他来本号取银，给你逮走，这不是要毁东家名誉吗？东家雇了在下，就为护院护客。所以，我实在是不能从命的！”
“我不听你嗦！交，还是不交？”
“在下实在不能从命。”
张天师腾地一下站起来，握刀怒喝道：“那就都闪开，爷爷进去抓拿！”
这时，三爷已经扫见：铺面房内除了字号的伙友，已悄悄进来两位镖局的武师。他就忙递了眼色过去，不叫武师妄动。
跟着，他也从容站起来，挡在了张天师前头，带笑说：“天师，这是实在不能从命的。本号是做银钱生意的，一向有规矩：生人不许入内。”
“放屁！洋鬼子能进去，爷爷进不去？”说着就奋然举起刀来。
三爷从容依旧，笑脸依旧，说：“洋鬼子有银子存在柜上，他是本号的主顾，不算是生人！”
“放屁！那爷爷是生人？那天上的玉皇爷也是生人？闪开，今天爷爷偏要进去！”
三爷依旧笑着说：“天师这样难为我，那我只得出招了。我敌不过天师，也得拼命尽职的。只要杀不死我，我就得拼命护庄！”
说时，三爷已取一个三体站桩的迎战架势，稳稳站定。
那两位悄然赶来的武师，又欲上来助战，立刻给三爷拿眼色按下去了。
三爷和张天师就这样对峙了片刻，张天师终于放下刀来，忿忿地说：“今天先不跟你计较！等我拿下这个洋鬼子，再来跟你算账！在大街上，我一样能拿下这个洋鬼子！”
说完，张天师提刀夺门而去。
谁也没有料到，气势凶狠的张天师会这样收场。站在一边观战的众伙友，除稍稍松了一口气，似乎还不相信张天师是真走了。
两位被紧急召来的武师，过来大赞三爷：“今日才开了眼界，三爷这份胆气，真还没见过！”
三爷一笑，说：“就一个假山东人，还用得着什么胆气！”
刚说义和团成不了气候，倒提刀杀上门来了！这件事，叫孙北溟吃惊不小。尤其才接手主持商务的少东家三爷，亲自出面退敌，更令孙北溟觉得尴尬。
三爷早给他说过：世道不靖，柜上该从镖局雇一二武师来，以备不测。可他一笑置之，根本没当一回事：在太谷，若有人敢欺负天成元，那知县衙门也该给踏平了。
现在倒好，谁家还没动呢，就先拿天成元开刀！今天还幸亏三爷在，靠智勇双全，吓退了这个胆大妄为的张天师。要是没三爷，还不知闹成什么样呢！老号这些人，真还没有会武功的。不用说把这位美国教士给砍了，来个血染天成元，就是稍伤着点皮肉，也得坏了行市！不管人家是美国人，还是中国人，总是来照顾你家生意，结果倒好，刚进门就先挨了一刀！以后，谁还敢来？
那天三爷吓退张天师后，孙北溟头一件事，就是赶紧抚慰躲在后院的魏路易，说了不少赔礼的话。好在魏路易惊魂未定，吓得不轻，只顾连连感谢三爷救了他一命。临走，只请求派个人，护送他回南街福音堂。孙北溟当然答应了，安排一位镖局武师去护送。
送走洋教士，孙北溟自然要大赞三爷。三爷不叫夸他，只是再次提起：还是雇一二镖局武师，来护庄守夜，较为安全吧？孙北溟当然一口答应了。
三爷走后，孙北溟匆忙换了一身捐纳来的衣服，坐轿赶往县衙，去见知县胡德修。
见是天成元的大掌柜求见，胡德修当然立马就叫进来了。
见着胡大人，孙北溟也没客套几句，就将刚刚发生的一幕，说给他听。
真有义和团提刀上街杀洋人？胡德修听了也是大吃一惊！
“真有这样的事？”
“我能编了这样的故事，吓唬胡大人？”
“这帮拳匪，才来太谷几天，竟敢如此胆大妄为！”
“胡大人，乘他们在太谷，还不成气候，何不速加剿灭？”
“孙掌柜，你是不知，省上新来的这位巡抚大人有明令，对义和拳不得剿灭，只可设法招为民军团练，加以管束。还说这是朝廷的意思。”
“我看还是这位巡抚大人自己的意思，都说他在山东就向着义和拳。朝廷不叫剿灭，那袁项城到了山东，怎么就贴出布告，公开剿灭拳会？”
胡德修叹了口气，说：“我们摊了这样一个巡抚大人，能有什么办法？”
“叫我看，就是因为这位毓贤大人移任山西，才把义和拳给招引来了。山西教案本来也不多的。”
“身在官场，这样的话我是不便说的。”
“那胡大人真打算招抚这帮直隶来的拳匪？”
“我也正拿不定主意。”
“叫我看，那帮愚民，你收罗起来，只怕是光吃军粮，不听管束的。我们津号来信说，义和拳在天津得了势，竟把官府大员当听差似的，吆喝来，吆喝去。”
“那坐视不管，我也罪责难逃的。”
“胡大人，我倒是有一个主意，不知该说不该说？”
“孙掌柜，你今天就是不来，我也要去拜访你们各位乡贤，共谋良策的。孙掌柜已有高见，那真是太好了！快说，我恭听。”
孙北溟瞅了瞅胡大人左右。胡德修会意，立刻将左右幕僚及差役都打发走了。
“我这主意是刚才忽然思得，如不妥，尽可不听。”
“说吧，不用多虑。”
“刚才听胡大人说，毓贤大人有明令，叫你将义和拳民招为民军团练。我看，正可以由此做些文章。招抚直隶流窜来的那帮拳匪，是万万不可行的。但太谷本地乡间，习拳练武的风气也甚浓厚，所练的形意拳又是真武艺。所以，胡大人不妨借招抚义和拳的名义，在太谷乡间招募一支团练，以应对不测之需。”
“招募一支团练？”
“对。胡大人手下如有一支强悍的团练，谁想胡作非为，只怕也得三思而行。”
胡德修沉思不语。
孙北溟一眼就看出，胡大人是怕自拥强大民军，引起上头猜疑。尤其是遇了毓贤这样的上司，更得万分小心。就说：
“胡大人也无需多虑，太谷不过巴掌大一个地界，招募一二百人，就足够你镇山了。再说，兵不在多，在精。有形意拳功底的一二百人，还不是精兵？”
“唔，要这样，倒真是一步棋。”
“胡大人如愿意这样做，团练的粮饷，我们商界来筹措。”
“真难得孙掌柜及时来献良策！局面眼看要乱，本官手下实在也没有几个官兵武人。经孙掌柜这样一点拨，才豁然开朗！那我就和同僚合计一下，尽早依孙掌柜所言，招募民军团练。”
孙北溟的这一偶来灵感，真还促成了一支二百来人的团练，在太谷组建起来。虽然为时已晚，到底也为数月后收拾残局，预备了一点实力。
孙北溟这次来见县太爷，本来也不是为献策献计，不过是受了那位假张天师的忽然袭击，想找胡大人发发牢骚。结果，倒意外献了良策！出来时，当然有几分得意。
三爷勇退张天师这件事，很快就传到老太爷耳朵里了。他立刻召见了三爷。
自从老太爷把料理外间商务的担子交给三爷后，真还没有召见过他。他倒是不断进老院请示汇报，可老太爷就是那句话：“我不管了，由你们张罗吧。”所以，听说老太爷召见他，三爷当然很兴奋。这一向，老太爷对他不冷不热，原来是嫌他没有作为。
所以，进老院前，三爷以为老太爷一定要夸他。
老太爷见了他，果然详细问了他勇退张天师的过程，有些像听故事那样感兴趣。三爷心里自然满是得意。
“你怎么知道这个张天师是假的？”
“义和团的揭帖上，哪一份没打张天师的旗号？要说在京城、天津，张天师亲自出山打头阵，那还有人信；来太谷打头阵，他能顾得上吗？”
“京师、天津闹得更厉害了？”
“可不是！天津满大街都是拳民。京师设坛传功的，也不少。”
“京号、津号有信报来吗？”
“有。他们都问撤不撤庄？”
“孙大掌柜叫撤不叫撤？”
“不叫撤。仍旧说义和拳不足虑。”
“你说该撤不该撤？”
“我还是赞同茶庄林大掌柜的，早作撤庄准备，毕竟好些。”
老太爷听他还是这样说，就把话岔开：“不管他们了，还说这个张天师吧。即便是假的，你就一定能打过人家？”
“就他一个人，看着又不像有什么武功；就是真有武功，也得跟他拼了。那货气焰太甚，不压住他，真能给你血染字号！”
“你倒成了英雄了。”
“为儿不过尽力而为吧。”
“叫我看，你这是狗拿耗子！”
三爷真是没有料到，老太爷会来这样一句！What does it mean?他多管了闲事？眼看拳匪在自家字号，要举刀杀人，他也不管呀？
三爷不解其意，想问问，老太爷已挥手叫他退下。他也只好离开。
表了半天功，老太爷却给他了一句：狗拿耗子，多管闲事！字号是有规矩，东家不能干涉号事。这也算是西帮的铁规了。可他这也是干涉号事？
老太爷或许是嫌他这样露脸，叫孙大掌柜太难为情了：堂堂天成元老号，竟然这样无能无人？但他当时实在也没有多想，一听说拳匪要杀人，就跳出去了。难道他见死不救，就对了？
三爷实在也是想不通，闷了两天，倒将原先火暴好胜的旧脾气，又给闷出来了。不叫管自家字号，难道还不叫管那些直隶来的义和拳！
这天，三爷叫了护院武师包世静，专程到贯家堡拜访车毅斋师傅。
车二师傅当然知道从直隶来了义和拳，而且居然也听说了三爷勇退张天师的事，很赞扬了几句。
三爷赶紧把话岔开，说：“这个冒充张天师的直隶人，我听他口音，像是深州、冀州一带人。那一带，习拳练武风气也甚，你们有不少武友。”
车二师傅一听，笑了说：“三爷意思，是疑心我们跟这些义和拳有交情，把他们勾引到太谷了？”
“车师傅，我可没这意思！我只是想问问，这些义和团，是不是以前练过武功？”
车二师傅又笑了，说：“三爷，你是亲自跟他们交过手的；有没有武功，你比我们清楚吧？”
三爷忙说：“谁也没碰着谁，哪能叫交手？”
“我连见还没见过这些人呢。不过，有形意拳的兄弟去水秀见过他们。倒真是深州冀州一带人，可跟我们这些练武的，实在不是一路。领头的大师兄叫神通真人，二师兄是他胞弟，三爷你遇见的那个张天师，还不算头领呢。神通真人，张天师，一听就不是真名，不过是顶了这样的大名，张扬声势吧。”
“吓唬咱们太谷人呢！”
“听我们那位兄弟说，他还真想跟那大师兄、二师兄过过招，可人家非得叫他先入伙，再比武。他没答应，在水秀躲了两天，偷偷看了一回人家祭坛演武。跟跳大神一样，真与我们不是一路。”
“可人家就敢提刀上街杀人呀！”
“这就跟我们习武之人，更不一路了。我们习形意拳的，最讲究武德在先！否则，你传授高强武艺，岂不是度人做江洋大盗吗？就是押镖护院，没有武德，谁敢用你？”
“可人家也说是替天行道，扶清灭洋。”
“要不它能传得那样快？”
说时，车二师傅从案头摸来一张义和团揭帖，递给三爷：“三爷你看看，一般乡人见过这样的揭帖，谁敢不跟他们走？”
三爷接住一看，跟那天张天师递给他的一个样：
山东总团传出，见者速传免难。
增福财神降坛。由义里香烟扑面来。义和团得仙。庚子年，刀兵起。十方大难人死七分。祭法悲灾，可免。传一张免一身之灾。传两张。免一家之灾。见者不传，故说恶言，为神大怒，更加重灾。善者可免，恶者难逃。如不传抄者，等至七八月之间，人死无数。鸡鸣丑时，才分人间善恶。天有十怒：一怒天下不安宁，二怒山东一扫平，三怒湖海水连天，四怒四川起狼烟，五怒中原大荒旱，六怒遍地人死多一半，七怒有衣无人穿。若言那三怒，南天门上走一遭去。戊亥就是阳关。定六月十九日面向东南，焚香。七月二十六日，向东南焚香大吉。
车二师傅问三爷：“你看了信不信？”
三爷说：“我时常跑口外，出生入死也不算稀罕了。陷到绝境，常常是天地神鬼都不灵。等到你什么也指望不上，松了心，只等死了，倒死不了，力气也有了，办法也有了，真像有神显了灵。我只信这一位神，别的神鬼都不信。”
车二师傅说：“可一般乡人，只是今年这大旱，也会相信他们。”
三爷说：“车师傅，你们练形意拳的，不会相信吧？”
车师傅又笑了，说：“三爷你先问包师傅。”
包世静说：“去年我跟了老太爷下汉口，在河南就遇见过义和拳。他们哪有武功！我看，装神弄鬼也不大精通。就会一样：横，见谁对谁横！”
三爷说：“我是想听听车师傅的见教。”
车二师傅说：“我早说过了，跟他们不是一路。”
三爷就说：“那我今儿来，算是来对了。”
车二师傅忙问：“三爷有什么吩咐？”
三爷说：“今儿来，就是想请车师傅出面，将太谷武界的高手招呼起来，趁义和拳还没坐大，把它压住、撵走！太谷真叫他们祸害一回，谁能受得住？”
车二师傅听了，却不说话。
三爷忙说：“车师傅，这是造福一方的义举善事，还有为难之处吗？”
车二师傅说：“三爷，你还不知道我？我不过一介乡农，虽喜欢练拳，实在只是一种嗜好。叫我号令江湖，啸聚一方，真还没那本事。”
“车师傅，哪是叫你啸聚落草？只是招呼武界弟兄，保太谷平安而已。师傅武名赫赫，人望又高，振臂一呼，太谷形意拳就是铁军一支，那几个直隶来的毛贼，哪还敢久留？”
“哈哈，三爷真把我们形意拳看成天兵天将了。其实，我们哪有那本事？我知道三爷是一番好意，可我们实在不便从命的。义和拳虽和我们不是一路，但人家有扶清灭洋的旗号，朝廷官府还睁一只眼，闭一只眼呢，我们就拉一股人马跟人家厮杀？真走了那一步，我车某岂不是将形意拳的兄弟，置于啸聚落草、反叛朝廷的死境了？再说，义和拳招惹的是洋人，我们也犯不着去护洋助洋。洋人毕竟也够可恶！”
“车师傅，我看官府也不是都向着义和拳。袁世凯去了山东，就大灭义和团。”
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