The missionary's psychological defense was completely broken. He was extremely frightened, afraid that Muchuan would really use Lingchi on him, so he was willing to say anything.
Muchuan asked: "Who are you?"
"The water pours over James, and the four-light sensitive teaching shines like Sichuan pepper."
(My name is James and I am a missionary of the Church of Light.
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Although Muchuan struggled to listen, he was extremely adaptable and was soon able to fully understand what Missionary James said.
Muchuan continued to ask: "Are your colleagues like you, who can speak Tang dialect, but have always refused to speak it?"
James nodded repeatedly and said with fear on his face: "We dare not say anything. If things about the church are exposed, our family members will die tragically!"
Muchuan sneered, "Then why did you say that?"
"You are a devil! Rather than the tragic death of my whole family, I don't want to be punished!"
It seems that James was so frightened by Ling Chi that when he mentioned Ling Chi, he was still trembling with fear and his lips turned white.
Muchuan was too lazy to talk nonsense and continued to interrogate: "Who is your immediate boss?"
"It's Bishop Lawrence!"
"Lawrence?"
Muchuan had met Lawrence, but he felt that with Lawrence's rough-and-tumble appearance, as a bishop, he looked like a black bear wearing cassocks and had a nondescript attitude.
"Where did Lawrence go?"
"We don't know either. We only know that Bishop Lawrence, Archdeacon Jack, and some people ran away overnight and didn't tell us anything."
At this point, James gritted his teeth and said, "These bastards knew what was going to happen, but they didn't even tell us!"
Later, Muchuan asked some more questions.
Regarding the details of the Bright Church, Muchuan learned from James that the Bright Church is affiliated with Christianity and is just a different name.
During this period, Christianity had countless branches and did not yet have an accurate doctrine, so there were countless churches like the Church of Light in the West.
However, Muchuan learned an extremely important clue from James's mouth.
That is, as the bishop of the Church of Light, Lawrence has never attended a service, as if he is not a Christian at all.
But the strange thing is that Lawrence's behavior and words are full of Christian style.
This is an extremely obvious point of conflict.
Muchuan thought about it carefully and came to a conclusion.
I'm afraid the Church of Light is just a cover, and Lawrence's identity has another hidden secret.
After that, Muchuan interrogated James again, but got a very unexpected clue.
On the day of the incident, many members of the Church of Light escaped. According to James' speculation, they should have fled to a stronghold outside the city.
Muchuan asked about the location of this stronghold and did not dare to delay. He led his people and rushed over.
James alone knows very little about the matter. If we can capture more people from the Light Church and integrate the information they reveal, it will be easier to analyze the truth of the matter.
The stronghold James mentioned was actually a horse farm outside the city.
On the surface, this racecourse is for raising horses, but in fact it is a temporary hiding place for the Church of Light, with the universe inside.
At this moment, deep in the racecourse, a group of people were sitting in a group, with their hands clasped together and their mouths talking plausibly.
In the middle of them, there were a lot of dry and hard black bread. It seemed that they were planning to have a meal and were praying before the meal.
After the prayer, everyone scrambled for the black bread.
Westerners are not used to Eastern food. They prefer brown bread to steamed buns.
Speaking of this black bread, it is so hard that it can be used as a brick. If you bite into it with bad teeth, you will probably break most of your teeth.
However, this kind of black bread, which even dogs despise, has now become the object of competition among everyone.
"Everyone, we should be more gentle and let women and children eat first."
"Go to hell! Why don't you let the food go out?"
"The damn Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, if it weren't for him, how could we be in such a mess!"
Some of the people cursed each other, some cursed heaven and earth, some mourned and cried bitterly, and some meditated on the Bible.
They have very little food at their disposal, and now they are all so hungry that their eyesight is dizzy, and staying sane has become a luxury.
Men are treated slightly better, but women and children live a miserable life.
The women and children had been locked in the stables by the men, who only provided them with the minimum food and water.
Water is easy to tell. As for food, there were bread crumbs at first, but now there are only some rotten vegetable leaves.
Who knows how long they will be trapped in the racecourse. The men have even made up their minds long ago. When they are at the end of their rope, they will kill the women and feed the children. This will last for a long time.
Whether in the West or the East, the status of women during this period was extremely low.
In the stable, the children were lying in a mess. They were so hungry that they no longer even had the strength to cry.
The women scattered scatteredly, praying silently one by one. They had already foreseen their tragic fate in the future.
"Sister, we are not members of the Light Church, why can't we always see the light?"
A little girl asked curiously. She was lying in the arms of a blond nun, already very angry.
The blonde nun's eyes were filled with tears and she could only kiss the little girl lightly on her forehead.
"There will be light, and the Lord will not give up on us."
However, not a single ray of light penetrated into this closed stable, and it was as dark as hell in this world.
"Really?
Sister Alice, will the Lord really come to save us?"
The little girl blinked her eyes, her green eyes were quite beautiful, but in the darkness, they had gradually lost their luster and were stained with a touch of dark gray.
"Yes, I will."
Sister Alice burst into tears and hugged the little girl tightly.
She knew very well that the little girl was suffering from a serious illness and her body was very weak. Now that she had been hungry for so long and without any medical treatment, she probably would not be able to survive.
The little hand that was holding Alice tightly suddenly lost its strength.
The little girl still had her eyes wide open, but the anger in her eyes had completely dissipated.
"Woooooo~"
Alice cried out in pain, but could only swallow it down.
Crying consumes a lot of physical energy. In this case, excessive physical exertion will lead to extremely tragic consequences.
"No, I can't stand it anymore!"
"Ben! It's too early!"
"What's the matter early? When they stink, what else will they eat?"
There was a quarrel outside, and the stable door was suddenly pushed open.
The light shone in instantly and shot all over Alice. The little girl in her arms seemed to have luster in her eyes again, but she could no longer see it.
Several foreigners carrying swords broke in. From their green and hungry eyes, it was enough to see that they had been driven crazy by hunger.
They are not human, they are just a pack of hungry wolves.
