Chapter 54

The church is located in the north of the city.

It is extremely open here, with no residential houses around.

When Father William decided to build the church here, the prefect used the excuse that the common people would bump into the foreigners to forcibly move away all the residents within a radius of over two hundred meters and push down all their houses.

It was extremely sensational at the time, and hundreds of common people were displaced.

But facing the brutality of the government, the common people could only accept it with tears.

"A night for murder when the moon is dark and the wind is high!"

Yin Qi whispered to himself, killing intent flickering in his eyes.

He didn't need to worry about disturbing the people around him by killing here.

The church is not small, and it would be too much trouble for him to secretly go from room to room to kill, so he set a fire in the kitchen, first setting the kitchen on fire, and then setting all the other wooden houses on fire.

It was already past four o'clock in the morning, the time when a person's sleep is deepest, so it wasn't until the fire had spread completely that the people in the church woke up.

"Fire, fire!"

"The place is on fire, everyone get up quickly to put out the fire!"

"What's going on, how could it catch fire for no reason!"

Besides Father William and other missionaries, there were many church members in the church, who were actually equivalent to thugs recruited by the church, eating and living here normally.

One by one, church members and foreign devils ran out, panicked, because the fire was completely out of control.

Many people were even trapped inside by the big fire and couldn't get out at all.

"The hunting time has arrived!"

Yin Qi wore a night suit and a mask, he rushed out from the darkness, the knife light in his hand flickering.

Ah! Ah!

One by one, the church members screamed and fell, instantly waking everyone up.

For these church members, Yin Qi didn't show any mercy at all.

Compared to foreigners, he hated these traitors even more; these people were even more ruthless than foreigners when dealing with their own people.

"There are thieves!"

"Kill him, protect the priest!"

"I knew this fire was suspicious, it must be someone who set it, kill him!"

These church members might have been brainwashed, or they might just purely want to show off in front of their masters.

They rushed toward Yin Qi, howling.

They were all fierce and tough people, relying on their own martial strength.

It's just that local ruffians and hooligans couldn't be on the stage after all; their self-proclaimed martial strength was just being more ruthless than ordinary people.

Under Yin Qi's knife, they fell one by one, completely unable to withstand a single blow.

Before long, all the church members were slaughtered.

The remaining five or six missionaries gathered together, and there was even a female nun.

Although the nun was terrified, she still said fiercely: "You cannot kill us, we are God's messengers, we are here to save you. Also, we have signed a treaty with your Great Qing, if you kill us, your government will never let you go."

Yin Qi's gaze was sharp, flashing through the crowd, but he didn't find Father William.

His gaze glanced toward the church.

Because that was a brick and stone building, the fire couldn't burn it.

There was nothing to say to this group of people, Yin Qi carried the blood-stained big knife and walked toward the church step by step.

It seemed that every step he took stepped on their hearts.

Suddenly, a missionary roared: "I can't take it anymore, yellow-skinned monkey, I'm going to kill you!"

He rushed up empty-handed.

A knife light flashed, and his body fell to the ground instantly.

"Fight him!"

Other missionaries seemed to have been aroused by ferocity, rushing toward Yin Qi one after another, but it was just like a moth to a flame.

Yin Qi didn't show any mercy, quickly killing four people, leaving only the nun.

Although she was a woman, he didn't intend to let her go.

Because in this era, female nuns were not good people either; they used their female identity to deceive women, or cheated people out of their family property, or were directly engaged in human trafficking.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me... ah..."

The nun screamed, falling to the ground in despair. She couldn't understand why this person killed even women; wasn't he afraid of going to hell after death?

The big fire around was still burning fiercely, reflecting Yin Qi like a killing god walking out of the hell of fire.

He carried the big knife and turned to walk toward the church.

This old foreign devil William was really cunning, not appearing from beginning to end.

It seemed he was hiding in the darkness, preparing to give him a fatal blow.

Soon, Yin Qi came to the front of the gate.

He tensed his whole body and kicked open the gate.

The raging fire shone in, illuminating the church like daylight.

Rows of chairs were placed in the hall, with an aisle in the middle.

Yin Qi walked in the aisle, scanning the surroundings vigilantly, moving forward slowly.

At this moment, Yin Qi suddenly felt his scalp go numb.

A chill rose from the base of his spine, instantly rushing to the back of his head; he had goosebumps all over, like a cat with its fur standing on end, almost without thinking, he moved sideways.

Bang!

The violent gunshot tore through the night.

Yin Qi felt that the time around him slowed down in an instant, a hot bullet grazed his cheek, and he could even smell the scent of his fine hair being scorched by the heat.

"Die!"

Yin Qi shouted sharply, he swung his arm, and the big knife shot out, instantly piercing through the half-open door, and at the same time, a shrill scream came from behind the door.

Ah!

Yin Qi could tell that this was the voice of that old foreign devil William.

William's scream didn't last long, and soon there was no sound, and the sound of a pistol falling also came out, slap, very crisp.

Yin Qi stepped forward, pushed open the other half of the door, and saw the big knife piercing through the door, piercing Father William's chest, and with the knife as support, Father William lay on the door without falling.

Yin Qi picked up the pistol, which was a very exquisite revolver.

Tucking the revolver into his waist, Yin Qi pulled out the big knife and was about to leave, because Father William had already been killed, and his goal had been achieved.

Although there was still Chen Yanran, she was Chinese after all, and a pitiful person, so he didn't want to move her.

"Who?"

Yin Qi whispered, turning his head to look at the end of the aisle.

Under the flickering firelight, he could see it was a woman.

It was Chen Yanran!

Chen Yanran was wearing a wide nun's robe, she walked slowly, and said hurriedly: "This hero, I have no malice, I just want to tell you that there is a secret room under this church, where many women and children are imprisoned.

I hope you can let them out before you leave.

By the way, there is also a lot of opium inside.

If it is discovered by the government tomorrow, I don't know how many more common people will continue to be harmed."

Yin Qi was stunned, not expecting Chen Yanran to risk appearing to find him just for the women, children, and opium, which gave him a very absurd feeling.

Chen Mingxuan, who is as sinister as a wolf, actually has such a kind daughter.

However, in his memory, he seemed to have heard that Chen Yanran was always kind-hearted, often using her private money to help refugees and beggars.

"Alright, lead the way!"

Yin Qi lowered his voice, sounding very hoarse.

Chen Yanran nodded repeatedly, not even looking at Father William's corpse.

Following Chen Yanran, Yin Qi soon came to the basement.

The door was locked with a big lock.

Chen Yanran said: "Father William guarded against me, I don't know where he hid the key either, I can only ask you to open it."

Yin Qi nodded, he swung his knife and slashed fiercely.

Clang!

The big lock was directly ruined.

Chen Yanran hurriedly stepped forward to take off the big lock and pushed open the door.

The moment the door was opened, Yin Qi was stunned, killing intent exposed in his eyes.

I saw that in the large basement, dozens of women and children were like cats and dogs, locked in cages one by one; these women were all young women, and these children were all under five or six years old.

Seeing the door opened, they were like frightened kittens, all curling their bodies as much as possible into the corners.

(End of chapter)