Chapter 761: Who to Cross?!

The butler was emaciated and dressed in a riding coat. He has neatly combed hair and a full beard on his face. His somewhat cloudy eyes looked a little old. And the slightly bowed back seemed to indicate that the old man had been a domestic servant for many years.

He cautiously followed behind a priest, and from time to time he whispered softly, in a slightly hoarse voice, to make the servants behind him walk faster.

Even if He Yingqin was standing in front of him now, he would definitely not recognize this majestic chairman who was their and had a heavy army!

After dark, the pier is still brightly lit. On this day, the Japanese army chose a ceasefire, and the Central Army, under the command of the commanders of the various departments, cleared the bombed and chaotic docks.

"Woo~~" A whistle sounded, and I saw the fishing fire of an oil tanker slowly approaching the dock from a distance. Some of the Central Army soldiers who were on guard on the dock spat hard.

Until now, they had no idea that their Chairmanship was behind the priests. They have already received an order from their superiors, and Chairman Jiang Zhongzheng's decision to let these foreign devils leave him is to "live and die with Wuhan".

Part of the reason why these soldiers are spitting is that they are unwilling to watch these foreign devils leave like this. To be honest, the medical skills of these foreign devils are good. Many soldiers of the Central Army survived, and they contributed a lot.

But on the other hand, it is also jealousy of those domestic servants who can follow these foreigners. For example, the ones who picked things, and the butler who looked a little thin.

Why do Lao Tzu have to fight regardless of life and death, and these people can go?!

If everyone couldn't go, no one would have such thoughts. But now that someone can go, they have to stay and fight for their lives. Inevitably, there was something strange in the hearts of these soldiers.

The entire Central Army knows that the Bureau of Statistics has placed countless people in the Central Army. No one dares to express their complaints, and all they can do is to smack these people to express their dissatisfaction.

With the long whistle, Mary. The Lady Wood slowly leaned against the shore. The dock workers then got busy, tying the ship's cable and connecting it to the ship's side with a spiral ladder......

And with Mary. The Lady Wood docked, and the Japanese gunboats also loomed over the Yangtze River. The sixteen flags of the rising sun looked so dazzling.

Mary. Lester, the captain of the Lady Wood, frowned a little disapprehensively, but then shook his head helplessly. I sighed in my heart that the British Empire was no longer an empire on which the sun never set.

Otherwise, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, how would these damn yellow-skinned monkeys dare to jump in front of the cruise ships of the Empire?! It was sunk by the fleet of the Reich long ago, but alas......

Not to mention Lester's thoughts, the first mate Davide sweated in his palms. His face was a little unpleasant. That's fifteen gold bars for him! Davide couldn't help but be a little nervous, and subconsciously looked at the Japanese gunboats over there.

"Davide, my old friend! Don't worry about these yellow-skinned monkeys, they'll check at most and won't do anything to us after all. Seeing his first mate seemed a little nervous, Lester said with a smile.

"Although the empire has fallen, these yellow-skinned monkeys still dare not embarrass us. The matter has been communicated, and it is only necessary to bring back a few pastors and their entourage. The consulate will take care of the rest. ”

Leicester didn't really want to come, but he couldn't stand the demands of his boss. The Parliament, on the part of the Parliament, could not withstand the bishop's demands, and gave Leicester a large sum of pounds to his boss.

For the sake of those pounds, the boss of Leicester gave in. Of course, Lester and the others will also get a big share after completing this dangerous mission.

In Lester's view, it is understandable why his first mate is nervous, after all, Japan has only recently blown up an American patrol ship and a Mobil oil tanker.

Although the Japanese later apologized and compensated, they can't be resurrected from the dead, right?! Yes, Lester understood his first mate's concerns.

In fact, Lester himself is also worried, but he always thinks that this matter has been communicated between the two sides after all, even if it is not good, he will never have a safety problem.

"Yes, Leicester, my old friend." Davide eased his emotions a little, and said to the captain, "But I'm still worried. These yellow-skinned monkeys have a backsliding past, and I can't really trust them......"

"Hahaha...... You're so careful! Even if they have any ideas, it will not endanger our safety. Lester laughed and said to his first mate.

"We just need to take these pastors away and we can return home with honor. Huge bonuses will be waiting for us! ”

I hope so...... Davide thought to himself that I wanted to get that big prize money too.

The ship was docked, and the spiral ladder was erected. The five priests slowly began to board the ship with more than a dozen retinues, and Lester frowned as he looked at the retinue of the priests.

Although he knew that these priests would bring their own retinue, he did not expect that there would be so many. These retinues may not necessarily be detained by the Japanese. If these pastors make a fuss, things won't be easy to handle.

"Priests, we have received a request to take you out of Wuchang City. But that doesn't include your retinue, they're not allowed to board the ship! Lester suddenly spoke to the priests, "You can get on the boat, but these people can't come up." ”

"Nope! Mr. Captain, these servants have all experienced the cruelty of war with us in the city of Wuchang. We have to get them out of this dangerous place! A priest stood up and shouted at Leicester.

"We can't abandon them, we can't do that as servants of the Lord!" As he spoke, the priest softened his tone and said to the captain, "Besides, they are just civilians, why can't they leave here?!" ”

"I'm sorry, priest! The request I received was only responsible to you and the other pastors, and these Chinese would only drag us into danger! Lester was a little impatient, waved his hand at the priest, and said, "I'm Mary. Captain of the Lady Wood! I need to be responsible for my crew! ”

"I'm also responsible for my friends!" The priest blushed and argued, "If we leave them behind, how will we face our Lord?!" There is no such thing as a way to leave your friends with you and run for your life, which is contrary to the truth of our preaching! ”

Lester hadn't noticed, and even the priest hadn't noticed that the butler-like man had quietly bowed down and walked into the shadows, showing a bracelet to the first mate, Davide.

Davide had been observing who in the crowd was the one who would bring him fifteen gold bars, and when he saw the old man show off his bracelet, he knew in his heart: this is the man!

As Mary. No one knows better than the first mate of the Lady Wood how to bring a man into his room by the most covert and unobtrusive means.

Davide leaned into Lester's ear and whispered, "Captain, you can deal with these priests first." I'm going to reassure the crew, after all, everyone is exposed to the guns of the Japanese. After a long time, it is inevitable that you will be nervous, so you should convince the pastor as soon as possible! ”

Lester nodded, sighing in his heart that his first mate was really able to stand at a critical time. Then he raised his head and continued to argue with the priest, while Davide quietly and covertly glanced at the old man.

The old man understood, and walked quietly in the shadows in the direction that Davide had signaled. And several figures deliberately or unintentionally covered the old man's tracks.

Davide slowly stepped out of Lester's line of sight, then grabbed the old man and stared straight at him.

"I'm Zhou Ji, Zhou Yuanwei's uncle......" Davide breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, Zhou Yuanwei was the name of Davide's friend. And the person to be picked up is indeed called Zhou Ji.

"Follow me, remember! Don't run around, I'll let you out when you can get out......" As he spoke, Davide took the "Zhou Ji" and quietly followed those imperceptible routes to his cabin.

When Zhou Ji came in, Davide quickly closed the door. Open the hidden compartment of the bookshelf and let Zhou Ji get in. Zhou Ji was obviously not surprised at all that there would be a dark grid.

Seeing him quickly swoop in, Davide said in a deep voice as he closed the bookshelf: "Remember! Don't let out a breath until I open the bookshelf! Do you understand?! ”

"Understood!" Zhou Ji's answer was so simple and clear. Davide nodded, he didn't have much time to waste. He had to get to the side of the ship as quickly as possible to convey Leicester's argument with the priests. Calm the hearts of the crew.

"I don't care! If that had to happen, then I would have to just drive the boat away! Lester was already impatient, and yelled at the priest.

"I have to be responsible for my crew, what if the Japanese attack us ?! These Chinese will make us take more unnecessary risks! Do you understand?! ”

"We can't abandon them! If you insist that we take them with us, then we will have to disembark! The pastor did the same.

Leicester was so mad that he turned around and wanted to order the crew to anchor at once, and then leave all these damned, stubborn priests in Wuchang City to enjoy the Japanese fire!

But then Davide came over and said to Leicester, "Captain! Calm, calm down. This is a task from the council, and if we don't achieve it because of you, the boss will definitely fire us! My old friend, you know how hard it is to find another job like this at this time......"

When Davis said this, Lester couldn't help but be discouraged. Davis then turned to the priests and said, "The five of you with more than a dozen servants, this will definitely not work." You can bring three or four people at most. That's already our bottom line. It's good to check ...... when the Japanese are checked" (to be continued)