Chapter 27: The Arrogant Priest

Father William spoke in broken Chinese, arrogantly, "Prefect, I don't care what the actual situation is. According to the treaty signed between your country and my Great British Empire, we have extraterritoriality.

Even if Qian San committed a crime, it should be punished by my church.

This gentleman ignored the agreement signed between my Great British Empire and your country and hurt Qian San at will. This is truly a heinous crime, so please ask the Prefect to hand him over to me for disposal."

Originally, he was plotting with the Chen family to deal with the Yin family. Now that Yin Qi had fallen into his hands, how could he let this go?

As long as he controlled Yin Qi, he could easily squeeze the Yin family dry.

Missionaries were not only the vanguard of cultural aggression by the powers, but also the vanguard of plundering China's wealth.

At the same time, they were also responsible for relevant intelligence work.

Yin Qi smiled indifferently, "Father William, you are British, so you have extraterritoriality, but is Qian San? Qian San is only a convert of your church and has not joined British nationality, so according to legal principles, he cannot enjoy extraterritoriality."

Father William was stunned, looking at Yin Qi unexpectedly.

To be honest, in the past, as long as he mentioned "extraterritoriality," even the government would unconditionally obey. They seemed to have never seriously studied the content of the treaty.

But he didn't expect this young man to know it so clearly.

The Prefect was stunned.

The common people were also stunned.

So it turns out that only the British can enjoy extraterritoriality, and the running dogs don't count!

Yin Chengtao was also shocked.

He had never thought of such a thing; how did this kid know?

Father William hurriedly said, "Who says Qian San is not a citizen of my Great British Empire? In fact, he has already joined my Great British Empire, so he enjoys the protection of my Great British Empire."

Yin Qi said indifferently, "Is that so? Where is the passport?"

"Ah!"

Father William was shocked again.

This person actually even knew about passports!

Yin Qi said indifferently, "Father William, since you say Qian San has already joined your Great British Empire, then please show the passport. If there is a passport, I, Yin Qi, am willing to accept the punishment."

Father William panicked in his heart and hurriedly quibbled, "Of course there is a passport, it's just that he hasn't joined my Great British Empire for long, and the passport hasn't come down yet. But it cannot be denied that he is a citizen of my Great British Empire."

Yin Qi sneered, "Is that so? Since he has already joined your Great British Empire, then I suppose there must be an application record. If you can provide relevant proof, I am also willing to plead guilty."

Father William was forced to have a gloomy face, no longer having his previous kindness.

His gaze was cold, and he said very arrogantly and rudely, "I say there is, then there must be. Could it be that my Great British Empire needs to prove anything to you natives?"

Yin Qi said indifferently, "Father William, please note, this is the Great Qing, not Great Britain. Why, just because of you, you want to override the laws of my Great Qing? If so, can any British person instruct the officials of my dynasty to act arbitrarily? If so, how is that different from the Emperor of my Great Qing!?"

"Shut up!"

"Bastard!"

Yin Chengtao and the Prefect's expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly scolded.

Yin Qi also pretended to be terrified, hurriedly bowing to the Prefect, "Sir, it was the commoner who was rude. I was just speaking without thinking out of indignation, so please punish me."

If this were a few decades ago, Yin Qi's words alone would have been enough to warrant having his family home raided and his entire clan wiped out.

But now the Great Qing didn't have many years left, and under the guns and cannons of the powers, the Emperor's dignity had long been swept away, and there were not many officials in the locality who were in awe.

But this was all in private; on the surface, they still had to put on a show.

The Prefect looked at Yin Qi deeply. He knew that the last sentence was said for him to hear, warning him not to unconditionally obey Father William.

The Yin family still had some connections.

If he blindly favored Father William, once it was reported to the top, he wouldn't have a good time either.

Thinking of this, he slapped the gavel and sentenced, "Father William, your request is not in accordance with legal principles, so I reject your request. However, Yin Qi hurt someone first, and the evidence is conclusive, so I will fine him one hundred silver dollars for Qian San's medical expenses, and at the same time compensate the church five hundred silver dollars. What do you think?"

Although it was a sentence, he actually asked for Father William's opinion.

Six hundred silver dollars, this was not a small amount.

Father William was also helpless, knowing that entanglement would be meaningless, and if he wasn't careful, he would expose his intentions, so he nodded and said, "I accept."

"Good!"

The Prefect nodded, "Yin Qi, this afternoon, you will hand over the fine to the government office. Alright, court dismissed!"

"No, I don't accept, I don't accept!"

Qian San, lying on the stretcher, suddenly struggled violently, roaring angrily.

He couldn't figure it out; he was a noble convert.

Why didn't the Prefect sentence Yin Qi to death and confiscate the Yin family?

It's just that no one cared about his attitude.

Father William didn't even look at him, turned around and said to the onlookers, "Common people, you have all seen it. As long as you join my church and become children of God, the Great British Empire will protect you. No one can bully you, and you don't have to pay taxes. Even if someone hurts you, I will seek justice for you."

"Arrogant, too arrogant!"

Father William's actions made the Prefect tremble, his face turning iron-blue.

But he didn't dare to stop him.

Yin Qi's eyes were cold; he had seen the arrogance of the foreign devils.

Yin Chengtao and the others were equally angry.

This foreign devil was simply wantonly trampling on the dignity of the imperial court, yet the Prefect didn't even dare to let out a fart. May I ask, if such a dynasty is not destroyed, where is the justice of Heaven?

Father William's words were very bewitching, but most of the common people didn't buy it.

"Humph, what convert, I don't care. Even if I am poor, even if I starve to death, I cannot lose my ancestors!"

"Go, go, go, become a convert, and not enter the ancestral hall in the future?"

"I don't want to be pointed at by the villagers and scolded!"

……

The onlookers cursed and turned to leave.

But more than a dozen people stayed behind. They had fawning smiles on their faces, ran to Father William and kept bowing, and some even knelt and kowtowed, "Father, we are willing to join the religion."

For these rascals, they had long since forgotten what dignity was. What was wrong with joining the church?

"Good, good, good!"

Father William smiled kindly, "Children, God will bless you, follow me."

He was excited; another dozen people had become children of God.

Father William left, walking out of the public hall surrounded by a dozen rascals.

As for Qian San, he was already a cripple and had no value to be used, so Father William naturally wouldn't care.

Qian San panicked. He struggled to crawl up, looked at Father William's back, and shouted miserably, "Father, Father, take me with you, take me with you. Father, Father, don't abandon me!"

That shout was simply tear-jerking.

Yin Qi looked at Qian San's appearance with indifference.

Abandoned by the foreign devils, Qian San's future fate was already doomed.

Those who had been bullied by Qian San would never give up this opportunity to beat a dog in the water.

Yin Chengtao turned to Yin Xuan and said, "Xuan'er, take Qi'er back, and confine him for three days."

Yin Xuan nodded, "Yes, Father."

Yin Qi naturally didn't dare to have any opinions and could only follow Yin Xuan away.

And Yin Chengtao turned and walked toward the Prefect, bowing, "Sir, I have some things I want to discuss with you."

The Prefect nodded, "Alright, follow me."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 28 =====