Chapter 25
1 Military Camp White
One-track-minded led the soldiers to train on the field.
The little monkey and the short wintermelon were pushing each other in the field. However, no one was able to throw the other party to the ground. Both sides were panting from exhaustion.
Little monkey, I can definitely throw you to the ground.
Little Monkey: " I can definitely beat you. Let's try again if you don't believe me."
"Come on, let's do it again."
Soldier: " Deputy Commander, the students in the city are having a parade again. It's very lively. Why don't we go into the city and have some fun?"
One-track mind: You play, I'll let you play. The commander told us to stay in the camp and not leave. If you go out, I'll teach you a lesson.
Soldier: No, no.
One-track-mind: Not what? You're lawless, and you're turning the world upside down.
Soldier: " It's not that I want to go out. It's just that a lot of brothers heard about it and sneaked out of the camp. I'm on duty, so I came to report."
One-track-mind: Ah, that's what happened. Why didn't you say so earlier?
Soldier: " It's not that I don't want to say it, but I haven't had the chance to say it yet."
2 Street White
Zheng Xiaohong led the police to block the main road into the county government. The student parade was approaching.
Demonstrations: Release innocent students, oppose feudalism, and oppose the suppression of advanced teachers and students.
The parade demanded equality for all.
Captain Liu: " Students, please go back. We will definitely protect the arrested students."
Zheng Dongchen: (Walking to the front of the line and saying to Liu) Uncle Liu, what's going on? You have so many police officers.
Captain Liu: " It's all because of you. I asked you not to protest at the county government."
Zheng Dongchen: " I want to see the priest. He allowed his followers to bully his neighbors. We want to confront the American priest."
Captain Liu: " Confrontation? Can it work?"
Zheng Dongchen said," Uncle Liu, don't worry. When have I ever done anything that I'm not sure of?"
Captain Liu: " You're so confident. Wait for me to report to your father. Tell your classmates not to cause trouble."
Zheng Dongchen replied,"No, Uncle Liu, don't worry."
Zheng Xiaohong,[What's going on ahead? What's Dong Chen up to?]
Captain Liu: Dong Chen said he wanted to confront and negotiate with the American priest personally.
Zheng Xiaohong,"What are they involved in? Aren't they afraid of chaos?"
Captain Liu: " Bureau Chief, I don't think Dongchen is just messing around. Didn't you see Commissioner Jia's team working from morning to afternoon? We don't know how long they'll be working on it. Why don't we let Dongchen give it a try?"
Zheng Xiaohong: Should we be more cautious?
Captain Liu: " Chief, you don't understand Dong Chen. The American priest is arrogant enough. Maybe Dong Chen's method can kill his arrogance."
Zheng Xiaohong: " I don't know. I don't know either. You do as you see fit."
Captain Liu said," Alright, I'll bring them over. Pretend you don't know."
3 County Government
Commissioner Jia and Scarface were still having a meeting in the office.
Scarface asked," County Chief Jiang, what's going on? Is this how you do things? The culprit who threw feces at the church last night hasn't been caught yet?"
County Chief Jiang: I heard that the perpetrator was a group of masked men. I don't know where these masked men came from. They left after pouring dung on the church.
Scarface: " The police in Guang 'an are too useless. Don't tell me you don't have any clues about the masked man hiding underground?"
County Chief Jiang: " We've sent people to investigate again, but the people we captured are all honest people in the village. We can't get any clues in a short time."
Scarface said,[We have to give the American priest an explanation and make him satisfied.]
Secretary Ho: " County Head, Captain Liu of the police station is here to see you. He says he has something important to report."
Scarface replied,"No, can't you see that we're discussing something with Commissioner Jia?" How could a small team leader in the police station meet him just like that?
Secretary Ho: Captain Liu said that he was here to solve the problem of the American priest.
Scarface thought,"We have so many people but we are helpless. What can a small team leader do?"
County Chief Jiang: " Division Commander Zhang, let him in. We'll try our best."
Secretary Ho said,"Okay, I'll bring him in."
The streets are white
The parade was facing off against the police, and a group of soldiers stood on both sides to watch the show.
Soldier 1: Stand further away from me, you stink.
Soldier 2:" How am I smelly? I was standing far away when I splashed dung on the church last night. Unlike you, you couldn't even wash yourself clean with half a river."
Soldier 3:" You guys have nothing to do. Why did you come to the church in the middle of the night to pour dung?"
Soldier 1:" How would I know what it means? The higher-ups arranged for us to go. Who would want to go? It's raining so heavily that we can't sleep."
Zheng Dongchen stood not far from the soldiers and heard their conversation. It turned out that the soldiers were the ones who poured the dung. No wonder they couldn't find any clues. It seemed like it was arranged by Scarface. What was Scarface trying to do?
Zheng Dongchen: (approaching the soldiers) Foreign priests are so hateful. They are so far away from us. Why are they building churches in China?
Soldier 1: Yes, foreign churches. You call them immortals, but they don't look like immortals. Let me tell you, you must not tell anyone that we splashed the feces of foreign Bodhisattvas last night. We don't know if their Bodhisattvas are effective.
Zheng Dongchen: The foreign Bodhisattvas are ineffective.
Soldier 1: How do you know?
Zheng Dongchen: " Isn't that simple? Isn't your stomach fine now?"
Soldier 2:" What are you muttering about? The higher-ups said not to talk about throwing feces."
Zheng Dongchen: " We're not talking about feces. We're talking about foreign Bodhisattvas."
Soldier 2: There is no Bodhisattva in a foreign church. There is only a skinny old man.
5 County Government White
Captain Liu walked into the county head's office.
Commissioner Jia: " What? A student wants to negotiate with a priest? No, no."
Captain Liu: " Because of the arrested students, the students and teachers from the school have already made their way to the county government. It was our police who stopped them. Otherwise, they would have come long ago."
Commissioner Jia: " What can students talk about? Aren't they just fooling around?"
Captain Liu: " The students have collected evidence of Huaying's believers committing crimes. They want the American priests to punish the believers severely, abolish the church and disband the believers."
Commissioner Jia: " Division Commander Zhang, what do you think about this matter?"
Scarface said,"No, absolutely not."
County Chief Jiang: " My idea is the opposite of Division Commander Zhang's. We don't have a good idea anyway, so we might as well let them try."
Commissioner Jia: Liu, Liu something.
County Head Jiang: Captain Liu.
Commissioner Jia: " Captain Liu, immediately bring the American priest to the street to meet the students. But you must ensure the priest's safety. If anything happens, I will hold you responsible."。
Scarface asked, Commissioner Jia, why do you want the priest to negotiate with the students on the street? Wouldn't it be better to bring the students to the county government for a discussion?
County Chief Jiang: " Let him go to the streets. The people have long been dissatisfied with their followers."
Captain Liu: Then, what if the American priest doesn't go to see the students?
Commissioner Jia: " You won't lie to him and tell him that the perpetrator has been caught. You can ask him to identify the culprit at the scene. Use your brain and say whatever you want."
Captain Liu: Yes, commissioner.
Scarface was an old fox.
Commissioner Jia: Same here.
White on the 6th Street
Parade: Foreign believers must abide by the laws of our country and must not cause trouble or disrupt the local economy.
The protest team demanded the release of the arrested students and demanded that they be dealt with fairly according to the law.
Father: What, what are they doing with so many students? What about the perpetrator?
Captain Liu: Mr. Father, these students all said that they were the culprits. They strongly demand the release of the arrested students.
Father: Their classmate was arrested by the police. What does it have to do with me?
Captain Liu: " They want to petition, march, and demand punishment for their believers. Father, if this kind of thing happens in your country, how should we deal with it?"
Father: Arresting people is the police's business. It's none of my business. My church has been splashed with dung. You should uphold justice for us.
Zheng Dongchen: " Father, there might be a reason why the church was splashed with feces."
Priest: What secret?
Zheng Dongchen: " One year, your disciple, Zhang Qiang, bullied the weak, raped someone's wife, and beat someone to death. Is that true?" Disciple Wang Kun ran amok in the village, committing all kinds of evil and bullying his neighbors for a long time, right?
Priest: How, how did you know?
Zheng Dongchen: " It's not difficult to know. The church was flooded with feces. It was also an action taken by the local people who could not bear it anymore. Father, if you don't restrain the believers, such a thing may happen at any time in the future." We are petitioning you today to punish the believers and give the local people an explanation.
Father: What explanation do you want me to give you?
Zheng Dongchen: Hand over Zhang Qiang and Wang Kun and let the police deal with them.
Father: What if I don't?
Zheng Dongchen: " We will go to the church to petition for the church to move out of Guang 'an and expel you from Guang' an."
7 County Government
Commissioner Jia paced back and forth in the conference room.
Scarface: " Commissioner, you're making my eyes dizzy. Stop it. Why don't I send someone to kill the priest and say that he was killed by the mob? Wouldn't that be the end of it?"
Commissioner Jia: " Division Commander Zhang, don't you think it's chaotic enough?"
Scarface: " I'm just worried about the students. Tell me, we can't beat or scold this priest. We're at our wits 'end. What can the students do?"
Commissioner Jia said," Zhongxiong, send someone to take a look again. Don't let the student archpriest."
County Chief Jiang: Yes, Commissioner. Secretary Ho, send someone to keep an eye on the students. If there are any troublemakers, arrest them.
Secretary Ho: " County Head, the person I just sent out hasn't returned yet."
County Head Jiang: " Send more? Is there no one else?"
Secretary Ho: " Yes, I'll send someone right away."
8 County Government
Commissioner Jia, Scarface, County Head Jiang, and Mr. Wang (Deputy County Head) sat in the meeting room. Scarface was picking his ears.
Scarface said,"Guards, bring me my great spear."
Soldier: Yes, Commander.
Commissioner Jia: " Division Commander Zhang, you'd better calm down. When it comes to foreign affairs disputes, don't use guns so easily. It's better to be more cautious."
Scarface: " Commissioner Jia, what are you thinking again? I'm addicted to smoking. Guards, hurry up and bring me my pipe."
Soldier: Almost there, sir. They're loading the cigarettes.
Scarface: " Quick, quick, come in front of me and pretend. I can't see the smoke. I'll feel uncomfortable waiting."
Soldier: (Two soldiers came in, one holding a pipe and the other holding tobacco.)
Police officer:
Commissioner Jia: " If you have anything to say, just say it."
Policeman: Yes, Commissioner. It's bad. The priest is quarreling with the students.
Commissioner Jia: " What are they quarreling about? It's just quarreling?" Nothing else?
Policeman: No, it was just a fierce argument.
Commissioner Jia: Did you hear what they were arguing about?
Police: The student asked the priest to hand over the believer to the police, but the priest refused.
Scarface: " The students are too much. Staff Officer Zhu, take a company of soldiers and arrest all the students who are protesting."
Commissioner Jia: " Division Commander Zhang, here we go again. Maintaining public order is the job of the local police. You don't have to worry about it."
Scarface said,"You're treating kindness as a donkey's liver."
Commissioner Jia,"I still can't accept Division Commander Zhang's kindness."
Policeman: " Report, good news, good news."
Scarface: What good news? Did the students beat the priest away?
Policeman: He didn't run away. The priest left on his own.
Commissioner Jia: " The priest is gone? Just like that?"
Scarface: Since when did priests become so easy to talk to?
Policeman: It's true. The priest even promised not to pursue the matter of the church.
White on the 9th Street
The priest roared in exasperation.
Disciple: Father, you must not hand us over.
Father: You guys, I'm going to the embassy to sue you.
Student: Priests cover up believers who commit crimes. We demand that believers who commit evil deeds be severely punished. Shouldn't we? May I ask Father, are your believers not held accountable for breaking the law in the United States? If you don't hand over your followers, we demand that the foreign churches move out of Guang 'an.
Father: You, you are too much.
Zheng Dongchen: " Father, you've seen it yourself. Your followers have done a lot of bad things in the local area by relying on the church. They've already aroused the anger of the people."
Father: How about I promise not to pursue the matter of the church peeing and using the dung slope?
Zheng Dongchen: " No, you have to promise me that you will restrain your followers from now on. You can't let them do evil and bully the people."
Father: Alright, I promise. If any of my followers commit crimes in the future, I will not cover for them. The local police will deal with them.
10 County Government
The people from the county government were anxiously waiting for the priest's situation.
County Head Jiang: Really? Where is the priest now?
Policeman: The priest may have been angry and left with his men.
Commissioner Jia: " What did I say? It's a barbaric country. The Americans are rude. Even if they wanted to leave, they should have told us and left." That's good too, you can spare us a meal.
County Chief Jiang: It seems that the American priests eat meat, unlike the Chinese monks who don't eat meat.
Scarface: " Is your report fake? I'll kill you."
Officer: Sir, if you don't believe me, go and see for yourself. Why would I lie to you?
Commissioner Jia: " Mr. Zhang, it's a good thing that the priest has left. You don't seem very happy. Why are you angry with the police? Let's go and take a look."
Scarface: What's wrong with the American priests? They always do things like a tiger's head and a snake's tail.
11 County Government Meeting Room
Teacher Chen, Zheng Dongchen, and a few other students were untying the tied students.
Student 1: Did they really agree to let us go?
Jiang Fengyun: " What do you mean real? So many of us are still fake." However, in order to deal with the American priest, we spent a lot of effort. Otherwise, how could we have let you out so quickly?
Student 2:" I know. Not to mention the American priests, even those believers are usually arrogant. Even the local government turns a blind eye to them."
Student 3: I've long disliked them. Peeing won't vent my anger.
Zheng Dongchen: " Alright, let's go. Are you still reluctant to leave?"
Student 2: Where are we going?
Mr. Chen: Let's go back to school first.
Classmates: Yes, let's go.
12 White School
In the classroom, during the break.
Xie Yuhan,"Wow, the newly published 'New Youth'."
Jiang Lei: " If you want to see it, hurry up. Everyone is waiting to see it."
[Xie Yuhan: Didn't you write the report by hand?] Had Dong Chen been slacking off recently?
Jiang Lei: " There's been too much information lately. Dongchen and the others are too busy with handwritten newspapers. You can help them out when you're free. They need it for the reading session in the afternoon."
Xie Yuhan replied,"Yes." (Seeing Wang Guowei walking over) Wang Guowei, come here.
Wang Guowei said,"Don't order me around. I'm very busy."
Xie Yuhan asked,"Yo, what's Wang Xianren busy with?"
Jiang Lei,"He's working for East Morning. What do you have in mind?"
Reading Club White
Some of them were looking at the new youth, while others were reading handwritten newspapers.
Xie Yuhan: " Wow, this is a good article. We must have modern industry and agriculture. Only industry can make our country rich and powerful. Dongchen, you wrote this article, right?"
Li Liling: " Dongchen wrote it, of course. Thank you, talented girl. Why don't you write an article for us to read?"
Xie Yuhan: " It's good to save the country through industry, but I feel that this society is too dark. Think about it, we were in a good class. First, Zheng Xiaofan was kidnapped by bandits and his family was destroyed. Now, he himself went up the mountain to become a bandit. Scarface, a bandit, became a commander of the government army in the blink of an eye. Li Yanru was unwilling to marry, so she had to hang herself in the end. If you ask me, what's so good about the government now? Other than bullying the people, what can they do?"
Jiang Lei,"Yuhan, then you're anarchist?"
Xie Yuhan said,"Even if it is, I don't like this government."
Jiang Fengyun: "Dongchen, what do you think? Do you also disapprove of a government?"
Zheng Dongchen: " The current government is rotten. If we can have a good government, it will be a blessing for the people."
Military Camp White
Scarface, Spray of Flowers, One-track Muscle, and Swine Fever were playing mahjong.
The soldier was filling Scarface with cigarettes.
" Commander, we don't have enough money to buy rice and vegetables. The vegetable deliverers are waiting outside the barracks for money."
Scarface: " Chief, you're not lying to me. You give me the same amount of money every day. Why is it not enough to buy rice and vegetables these few days? Did you steal my money?" Be careful, I'll shoot you.
" Commander, you've wronged me. The price of rice has been changing day by day these days. It has risen several times. I've never embezzled a single cent."
Scarface: " Chief of Staff, what's going on? We soldiers dare to raise the price of rice. They don't want to live anymore."
Spray of Flowers: I heard that the price of rice on the street is increasing every day. I wonder what's going on.
Swine Fever: It's all because of this year's disaster. The countryside has a bad harvest. I heard that the countryside has begun to eat Guanyin clay.
One-track-mind thought,'That's not good. It's still early. It's still too early for next year's spring.'
Scarface: Alright, the civilians are starving to death. Do you want us soldiers to starve to death?
[Swine Fever: Doesn't the county government warehouse have food?]
Scarface asked,[Chief of Staff, are you interested in the food of the county government?]
Swine Fever: Yes, of course I'm envious. Isn't Master tempted?
Scarface said,"Think of a way."
Swine Fever: We have to think of a way, but it's not enough now. Do we need to add more fire?
Scarface asked,"How do I add fire?"
Swine Fever: If the market is chaotic, it will be easier to take chestnuts from the fire.
15 Street White
Many people gathered in front of the rice shop, clamoring to buy rice.
Boss Mi: " Everyone, don't wait anymore. We don't have much rice left. We need to rest for half a day. When the rice from the countryside arrives, you can come back and buy it."
Citizen: Boss Qiu, can you guarantee that the rice from the countryside will come every day? I don't have any rice at home.
Boss Mi: " I can't be sure. Maybe they will come, maybe they won't come at all. There's no rice in the countryside. I can't tell when the rice will arrive."
Citizen: Boss Qiu, don't you still have rice here? Sell some to me.
Boss Mi: No, we're closed today.
The other townsfolk: " Ah, there's rice here. There's rice here. Why aren't you selling it? We want rice. How are we going to survive if we don't sell it?"
The other townsfolk said,"If you don't sell it, we'll rob it." Snatch, everyone snatch. If the rice seller doesn't sell the rice, won't we starve to death?
16 County Government
County Chief Jiang was enjoying Sichuan opera.
County Chief Jiang: Chief Wang, this is the new Sichuan opera disc I bought. Listen to it. It's authentic.
Wang Jin: " That's right. I also want to buy a plate for my old father. He's also a Sichuan opera fan. Although I like it, I'm just an amateur. I don't have your profound attainments."
Secretary Ho: [Hurriedly] County head, bad news, bad news.
County Head Jiang asked,"Secretary Ho, why are you so flustered?"
Secretary Ho: " There was a rice robbery in the city. Many rice shops were robbed."
County Head Jiang: " What's going on? Although the price of rice has risen, isn't there rice in the market? How could there be a rice robbery? Is there still law?"
Wang Jin: Send the police to arrest all the rice robbers.
Secretary Ho: " The streets are in chaos. Should we inform Scarface's garrison?"
County Chief Jiang: " It's better not to inform the garrison. Let the police handle it."
Wang Jin: " What kind of person is Scarface? Even if you didn't invite him, he would still come."
Garrison White
Scarface kept sending people to understand the situation on the street.
Scarface asked,"Is the street in chaos?"
One-track-mind: It's about time. The brothers I sent out smashed all the rice shops in the county and took the opportunity to rob them. The streets were in chaos. The police got the news and arrested people on the streets.
Scarface: Alright, let's go to the county government?
One-track-mind: What are you going to the county government for?
Scarface: " You've destroyed the rice shop. How can we buy rice with thousands of people? What if we don't look for County Chief Jiang?"
One-track-mind: That's true. If you had said so earlier, I wouldn't have sent people to smash the rice shop.
Scarface thought,"Well done, well done."
One-track mind: What do you mean by smashing it well? If you smash the rice shop, there's no place to buy rice. If you smash it well, what's there to eat?
18 White School
The school teachers were gathering the students.
Mr. Chen: " Students, don't go home for the time being. I heard that there was a riot on the street. It's not safe. Wait for the street to calm down before going home."
Jiang Fengyun: " What's going on? Is it over yet? When can we have some peace?"
Xie Yuhan thought,[What kind of government is this?]
Jiang Lei: " My lady, we know you're an anarchist. Since it's so chaotic, you won't be able to go home for a while. Our reading club can use this time to study well."
Xie Yuhan,[Dongchen, where's Dongchen? Is the handwritten report for this issue out yet?]
Jiang Fengyun,"I didn't see him. I don't know where he went."
19 County Government
County Chief Jiang was anxiously pacing around the office.
County Head Jiang: Why would there be a sudden robbery and riot? What was going on?
Wang Jin: There was a rice robbery on the street. Did Scarface send his troops to the streets?
County Head Jiang: " What are you worried about? Scarface's nose is sharper than a dog's. He would have come even if you didn't invite him. I just don't know what tricks he's up to. I don't want to see him for the rest of my life."
Scarface: (Stepping into the office) Am I that unpopular with County Chief Jiang?
County Chief Jiang: " Division Commander Zhang, not only is your nose sensitive, but you're also a rat. You're able to see through any gaps."
Scarface replied,"County Chief Jiang, I had no choice but to come."
County Head Jiang: What could be difficult for Commander Zhang?
Scarface said,"If I don't come, my thousands of brothers won't have food to eat. They'll all go hungry."
Wang Jin asked,"Commander Zhang, where do you start?"
Scarface: " County Chief Jiang, are you playing dumb or something? The rice on the street has been robbed. Even if I had money, I wouldn't have anywhere to buy it."
County Head Jiang: What should we do then?
Scarface,[I request to open the county government's storage warehouse and release the grain.]
20 Street White
Zheng Xiaohong brought the police to the rice shop on the street to investigate the robbery.
Zheng Xiaohong: How many rice shops have been robbed?
Captain Liu: All the rice shops in the county were robbed. None of them were spared.
Zheng Xiaohong: Who did it?
Captain Liu: " I heard that at the beginning, they were all people who bought rice. Later on, the ones who smashed the rice shop were the fiercest. I don't know who they were."
Zheng Xiaohong: Have you found out?
Captain Liu: " We didn't find out who they were. They seemed to have disappeared into thin air." Scarface's garrison was already on the streets. They were fast enough.
Zheng Xiaohong thought,"Scarface wants to get involved in everything now."
Captain Liu: Chief, if Scarface wants to participate, things will be complicated.
Zheng Xiaohong said," Let's do our own thing. Don't worry about him."
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