"Tang Cheng, where did you go? The priest is dying, and we have searched all the places you frequent, and if you hadn't come back in time, the priest would have gone to the house to report his disappearance. Before the sedan driven by Xie Bo was stable, Tang Cheng, who was in a hurry, pushed the car door and jumped out. Hou Xiaotian, who was squatting at the door of the church and frowning at the door of the church, was overjoyed when he saw this, and he didn't care about saying anything else, so he pulled Tang Cheng and ran towards the church, chatting with Tang Cheng while running, but he forgot Xie Bo aside.

Sure enough, several young people who were handing out leaflets on street corners in the morning to lobby for anti-Japanese fundraising were all in the church, and Father Robert, dressed in a black robe, was also there. "I'm back, why are you all in church? Don't you have to go home? Back at the church, Tang Cheng's big grin returned, ignoring the warning in Father Robert's eyes, and just greeted Xiao Yalan and them on his own.

"Priest, since Tang Cheng has returned safely, then we will leave, and if it is too late, the family will blame." Seeing that Tang Cheng had returned safely, Xiao Yalan, who was secretly relieved, said goodbye to Father Robert on behalf of several companions and prepared to leave. When the military and police met in the morning, everyone just packed up their things and scattered and evacuated, no one cared about seeing how Tang Cheng was doing, and when the military and police left, everyone met and counted the number of people and found that Tang Cheng, who was responsible for looking out for the wind, was missing.

After searching all the surrounding streets, Xiao Yalan and they never found Tang Cheng, and Xiao Yalan, who blamed himself in his heart, had to come to the church under the leadership of Hou Xiaotian and told Father Robert what happened. Xiao Yalan also begged her friend Xie Xiaoli to use her family connections to call and ask the military police, but there was still no whereabouts of Tang Cheng, and the military police also confirmed that the students had not been arrested at all today, let alone students, and the military police had not arrested anyone at all today.

Could it be that such a big living person disappeared in vain? Xiao Yalan and they don't believe the rhetoric of the military and police, because of Hou Xiaotian's temperament, they still find their family connections to put pressure on the military and police and strive to release talents, but Father Robert has lived in China for many years, and these things are still clear. Under the efforts of Father Robert to stop it, Hou Xiaotian and several of them had some powerful people in the family before they stopped mentioning this matter, but everyone who couldn't rest assured still went out separately and looked for a circle, and after searching to no avail, everyone gathered in the church to pray for Tang Cheng's safety, Hou Xiaotian didn't like this tune, so he squatted at the door of the church and counted ants to play, but he didn't want to wait for Tang Cheng to come back.

After greeting everyone, Tang Cheng walked to Father Robert's side, ignoring Tang Cheng's pleading eyes, Father Robert, who had a cold face, ordered Tang Cheng to stretch out his right hand. This is about to hit Tang Cheng's palm, Xie Xiaoli, who has always been at odds with Tang Cheng, suddenly came to his senses, and Hou Xiaotian and several of them also grimaced at Tang Cheng. I heard for a long time that Father Robert has always only warned Tang Cheng who has done something wrong, and has never done too much punishment, but today it is true, including Xiao Yalan, who couldn't help but look at it secretly with round eyes.

"Bang", "Bang", "Bang", "Bang" three soft sounds, Father Robert carried the bamboo piece when it was waved down, it looked full of strength, but when it fell into Tang Cheng's hands, it was no different from fighting flies. Xie Xiaoli, who was waiting to see Tang Cheng's joke, was very dissatisfied and rolled her eyes to Father Robert, still muttering, "What?" Is this a hand-beating palm? The priest didn't mean it, right? My dad beat me up better than that. "Also dissatisfied with Xie Xiaoli are Hou Xiaotian and several of their male students, especially Hou Xiaotian who discovered Tang Cheng's hidden smile, isn't this an obvious joke? Playing everyone as a fool.

"Is there something wrong with Zhilu Dao?" The palm plate had already been beaten, but Father Robert didn't intend to let Tang Cheng go like that, and there was a reprimand after the beating. Unlike the strict discipline of the Chinese, Robert has always adopted a free-range policy towards Tang Cheng, as long as Tang Cheng does not cause any big trouble when he goes out, and at most after returning is to hit a few painless handboards, Tang Cheng has long been familiar with this set, as long as he has a good attitude of admitting his mistakes, the priest will most likely forgive himself.

"I know that I shouldn't be running around to worry you." Tang Cheng honestly lowered his head and admitted his mistake, but Robert obviously saw the corners of Tang Cheng's slanted mouth, if it weren't for Xiao Yalan and the others hadn't left, Tang Cheng would have to take a few more strokes. The palm board has also been hit, and the mistake has been admitted, seeing that there is nothing lively and beautiful, Xiao Yalan and the others got up to say goodbye and leave, and before leaving, Hou Xiaotian secretly gestured to Tang Cheng, who turned his head, and no one could understand the gesture.

"Young gentleman, the church is closed, trouble will come back tomorrow." As they were leaving, Robert noticed the sedan parked outside the church and Sheppo standing next to the car. At this time, the sky had darkened, Xiao Yalan and the others just took a look with Xie Bo during the day, and they didn't see what Xie Bo looked like at all, when Robert and Xie Bo were talking, Xiao Yalan and the others just glanced at it from a distance, and then left together.

"You must be Father Robert, right? I am Xie Bo, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division of the National Revolutionary Army. Xie Bo, who was dressed in civilian clothes, stretched out his arm to greet Robert, and saw that Robert seemed to be a little hesitant about his identity, so he said with a smile, "Tang Cheng and I are also friends, he did us a great favor today, I saw that Tang Cheng was very interested in the affairs of the army, so I took him to our barracks to play for a while, he was afraid that you would blame him, I sent him back just to explain to you." ”

Although Xie Bo was wearing civilian clothes, the military temperament faintly revealed on Xie Bo's body could not be hidden, especially the murderous aura exuded by Xie Bo's body looked like a person who had seen blood killing. "Oh, since Mr. Officer is specially sending Tiger Head back, then please come in and have a cup of coffee" Robert is also a master who has been a soldier and killed people, and he is naturally no stranger to people like Xie Bo, Xie Bo said that he specially sent Tang Cheng back, so Robert is not good at directly sending people back, under Tang Cheng's ardent expectation, Robert had to beckon Xie Bo into the church to drink coffee before leaving.

Tang Cheng, who was a trotting hall, went to make coffee well, Robert beckoned Xie Bo to sit down, Xie Bo hadn't thought about how to mention to Robert about letting Tang Cheng be a soldier, and Robert, who was eager to figure out Xie Bo's intention to come to the door, opened his mouth first. "Mr. Officer, you just said that the tiger head helped you today, I wonder if it is convenient for me to tell me what the tiger head has helped you with, I am very interested in this matter." Robert took out his cigar and handed it to Xie Bo, and sat with Xie Bo, Robert naturally had a bit of military straightforwardness.

"Father, I can't tell you the specific details, Tang Cheng just gave us a guide for a while, and took us around Shanghai, but nothing else." Xie Bo didn't know what kind of character Robert was, so he had to be very general and vague. However, looking at Robert's slightly frowning brows, he was obviously not satisfied with Xie Bo's answer, but this involved military affairs, and Xie Bo couldn't tell Robert too much, so he could only talk to Robert left and right.

"The coffee is here, Lian Commander Xie, you can taste it, this is authentic Brazilian coffee, and the whole of Shanghai is also here by the priest." Xie Bo and Robert were chatting nonsense, and Tang Cheng with coffee appeared in time. Xie Bo, who took the coffee, obviously saw Tang Cheng appear, Father Robert's eyes showed a hint of doting for the child, Xie Bo, who had both parents, knew that only the elders would show this kind of look to their children, it seems that what Tang Cheng said is true, this American priest is really good to Tang Cheng.

"Let you laugh, the tiger head is an abandoned baby I picked up from Shandong, and I have been raising him by my side for 19 years, and I have taken him as my own child." Tang Cheng, who put down the coffee, was kicked out by Robert to clean the church, and after a few sips of whiskey, Robert's words increased, and the years have turned this former western tough guy into a lonely man who likes to drink and reminisce, although Robert's Chinese words are not very smooth, but it does not prevent him from talking to Xie Bo.

"Father, there is another reason why I am here today." Xie Bo took the wine bottle and filled it for Robert, and then continued, "Tang Cheng is very smart, even better than our recruits who have received short-term training, our 88th Division is the elite of the national army, and its training, treatment, and weapons and equipment are the best. I deliberately wanted to recruit Tang Cheng into my company, but Tang Cheng said that it depends on what you mean, and this is what I came here today. ”

"Tang Cheng is still a student, he is only 19 years old now, he is not suitable to be a soldier, Mr. Officer, please go back, I'm tired and have to rest." Xie Bo wants to pull Tang Cheng to become a soldier, in Robert's understanding, it is the same reason to arrest the strong men with those warlords, if it weren't for Xie Bo's politeness, maybe Robert would directly take out the revolver hidden in the room and throw Xie Bo out of the church like a sieve.

"Father, Tang Cheng can speak Japanese and can understand Japanese, war between China and Japan is inevitable, do you know what role such a person will play in the war, are you going to let him clean the church for the rest of his life? He is a descendant of the Chinese, and it is the responsibility of every Chinese to defend the country, especially young people like Tang Cheng have to shoulder the responsibility, and there are not a few young people like him in our 88th Division. Xie Bo got up and was about to leave, but he found Tang Cheng peeking in through the crack in the door, those words were actually for Tang Cheng, how could Robert, a blue-eyed foreigner, understand these words.