The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

Speaking of which, Yokokawa Yoshiro was not happy along the way.

Violent emotions gradually grew in his heart.

After taking shaman medicine, he suddenly became crazy.

The operation is as fierce as a tiger, and the attack on himself is really cruel, almost to the point of scrapping himself.

He listened carefully, and there were no more idle murmurs in the wind. Women, girls, and rough male voices all disappeared.

Is it really haunted or a hallucination? still?

A sneer appeared on Zhao Chuanxin's lips, he turned over and put his cowboy hat back on.

Of course it was his handiwork just now.

The vocal organ can produce any movement, and the smart gyroscope gives Yokokawa Yoshiro "boost". Even if he doesn't have much strength, he can't do anything.

The next morning, when Yokokawa Yoshiro was woken up by the pain after taking the medicine, his muffled grunting woke up Bayar's forehead as well.

Seeing a pool of blood on the ground and Yokokawa Yoshiro's withered face, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Who did it?"

Yokokawa Yoshiro hesitated and evaded: "No, no one, this place is haunted..."

The short knife was next to Yokokawa Yoshiro's head, and there was dried and black blood on it. Bayar frowned as he looked at it.

He was a little angry and reprimanded: "Are you misbehaving again?"

Although he is a shaman, he doesn't believe there are any monsters here.

Yokokawa Yoshiro was irritated: "It's useless to talk more. Let's leave now to find Monk Xuanchun."

Bayar looked subconsciously at Zhao Chuanxin's side and found that the building was empty. There was only the charcoal dust that had been cleaned up on the ground, and the shape was unpredictable when it was blown up by the wind.

Although Yokokawa Yoshiro refused to say, he had a vague guess.

Yokokawa Yoshiro endured the pain of the wound and galloped, leaning down on the horse's back.

He was already thin, but he kept his body low and did not ride, so the horse ran very happily and with lightning speed.

On the way, many areas encountered locust plagues, locusts with barbs on their legs. When riding a horse, if the locusts touched their faces, they would get a small cut.

A Qing court minister of reclamation in official attire was leading people to inspect the disaster.

The two sides met each other and passed each other.

Suiyuan was actually already very prosperous. At this time, industry was not booming, but commerce had developed early. But at this time, it was mainly Shanxi merchants doing business here.

Bayar Bor'e and Yokokawa Yoshiro arrived at Meidaizhao and headed east.

They saw a group of foreigners confronting the local people.

The local population is mixed, with Mongolians and Han Chinese.

During the Kangxi period, after Kangxi pacified Galdan, a large number of people from the mainland moved here.

Wherever there are Han people, the land must be reclaimed and the local nomadic habits changed.

Two hundred years were enough time for the Han and Mongolian peoples to get along with each other.

The previous conflicts have long since disappeared with the arrival of the great powers.

At this time, their common enemy was the colonial pioneers dominated by imperialist forces - Catholicism and Christian missionaries.

Zhao Chuanxin has long asserted that no foreigners coming to China are innocent.

There may be sporadic good people who still enjoy privileges, but privileges are based on aggression. There is nothing to say. As long as there are good people who do good deeds, they will be publicized and their reputation will be known to the world. However, the bones of tens of thousands of compatriots who helped build railways abroad, as well as those who made contributions, are unknown and even discriminated against.

Therefore, Zhao Chuanxin never felt that foreigners who had done some good things on Chinese soil should be treated differently and that not harming these people would be the end of his benevolence.

The confrontation between local people and foreigners was mainly because the Belgians wanted to build the Church of the Sacred Heart of Mary here.

The reason is that in 1900, the Boxer Rebellion was introduced to the grasslands, and under the slogan "Support the Qing Dynasty and destroy the foreigners", thousands of foreigners and priests were killed.

Afterwards, the Qing court paid more than 800,000 taels of silver in compensation and cut off 4,000 hectares of land.

For example, in Meidaizhao, there is part of the land that seems to be part of the original land.

Before that, it was cultivated by local people. Suddenly someone came and told them that they would no longer be allowed to farm and that they would be "returned" to foreigners. Naturally, the people did not agree.

"Why are you taking our land?"

"These foreigners have no good intentions."

"Bullshit Christianity, we believe in Buddhism."

"..."

Not to be outdone, the Belgian missionaries held up the paper and shouted: "The government documents are here, and if you stop them, you are rebelling and you will be beheaded..."

He was right, this was naturally allowed by the local government.

It was so noisy and lively.

Yokokawa Yoshiro's face was sullen, and his expression was extremely bad. He just glanced at it and stopped paying attention.

But Bayar's forehead showed a look of indignation: "These foreigners deserve death!"

But seeing that his apprentice had already entered the lamasery, he had no choice but to follow him.

This is a small temple with green tiles and white walls. There is only one old monk with a white beard in the temple.

This old monk has a stocky build, high cheekbones, and sharp eyes like an eagle.

He is Genharu Aoki, and the locals call him Monk Xuanchun.

Yokokawa Yoshiro was supported by Bayar's forehead, limped into the inner room, and met Genharu Aoki.

Genharu Aoki glanced at Bayar's forehead with a kind face and said, "Please allow us to say a few words in private."

Bayar's forehead was filled with resentment. He gritted his teeth and walked outside.

Inside, Yokokawa Yoshiro said viciously: "The mission failed. Mahanda was not killed."

He recounted what had happened, and in his words, he placed all the responsibility for the failure of the mission on the master Yun Mao, who was neither a monk nor a Taoist.

Aoki Genharu was wearing a red monk's robe, revealing half-stretched and strong arms. In his hand, he twisted a string of Kabala rosary beads, which were polished from the brow bones and finger bones of countless eminent monks. Because the beads were of different years, the colors varied. One, there is already a thick patina.

He said calmly: "I have received this regrettable news. It should be noted that Tsarist Russia has been secretly colluding with Jebtsundamba VIII in an attempt to deprive the country. And the grassland is not peaceful, with serious banditry, and the bandit Liu Tianyou often harasses Each village has its own flag. Natural disasters continue, and the grassland people are living in dire straits, and they need our Japanese Empire to step forward and help them.

I originally thought you could complete the task and sow discord between the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia, but you can't even handle such a small thing, and you have become a cripple! "

Yokokawa Yoshiro, who was often impatient with Bayar's concern for him, now lowered his head in shame.

He said solemnly: "My injury will heal soon and I won't become a cripple. Please give me another chance."

Aoki Xuanchun raised his head, twirled the Kabala rosary quickly, and said: "There are three evils in the grassland. One is Lamaism. Weddings, funerals, diseases, epidemics, thoughts and behaviors are all controlled by it. Monks are exempted from tax, corvee and military service. So the Qing Dynasty They vigorously supported the construction of local temples, and the grassland people flocked to them, but the number exceeded the range that the grassland could bear. This was a conspiracy that prevented the grassland people from causing chaos again.

The second one is the Shanxi merchants, who are profit-seeking, such as Demaoxing, Tongxiangkui, Dashengkui, etc., all have dragon tickets issued by the Qing government, and they carry out monopoly operations here. They lent money, and the grassland people borrowed money individually, and the interest was compounded. The father's debt was repaid by the children, and the husband's debt was repaid by the wife. Riding in thousands of groups, they drove long distances into the fortress, making life on the grassland difficult and becoming increasingly barren.

The third one is a foreigner, you must have seen them when you came here.

The Hetao area was originally fertile, so why did it end up like this?

We, the Japanese Empire, should do something about it.

I'm thinking of your hard work for thousands of miles, and I'll give you another chance to make amends. Let's recover from our injuries first.

That old guy outside, does he know your details? "

When Yokokawa Yoshiro heard this, his heart tightened.

He said, "I know a little bit, but not much."

Aoki Genchun's eyes narrowed.

Immediately he said in a deep voice: "Did anyone notice you when you came?"

Yokokawa Yoshiro had a bad premonition: "They are all attracted by foreign missionaries, but no one pays attention to them."

"That's good." Aoki Genchun picked up the magic pestle on the table and stood up to walk out.

Yokokawa Yoshiro knelt on the ground, struggled to turn around, and said anxiously: "Aoki-kun, what are you going to do?"

"Of course I'll clean up the mess for you. It seems you need to change your identity."

Yokokawa Yoshiro opened his mouth, but then lowered his head deeply, with a painful expression on his face.

Genharu Aoki is not tall and is very old. But he is strong, cold and calm.

He was holding the demon pestle and walking so calmly that Yokokawa Yoshiro couldn't even muster the courage to object.

For a moment, my heart was in a state of confusion.

Bayar is already quite young, and he is physically and mentally exhausted after traveling for many days.

No, I just sat on the futon outside for a while, then leaned against the pillar and dozed off.

His head nodded a few times, and finally dropped deeply, letting out a thunderous snore.

Suddenly, a loud chirp of a sparrow hawk came into the hall and echoed endlessly.

Bayar's forehead trembled and he opened his eyes.

How did the eagle get into the house?

He then saw Genharu Aoki walking toward him with a fierce look in his eyes and a demon-conquering pestle in his hand.

Bayar Bor'e quickly stood up and drew out the Divine Crow Ox Bone Short Knife: "What are you going to do?"