Similar scenes are constantly being staged in the slums. Government officials, police officers, and the army have divided areas into areas, counting the people in the areas, verifying their identities, origins, etc.
For suspicious people and those without identity, they were executed directly on the spot without any courtesy.
In order to vent the anger in the hearts of the Ming people, there are still people here who dare to kill the people of the Ming Dynasty. The young couple, the man is still a scholar, a person of identity and status. The key is that there are still people in the family.
Be an official.
The woman is not simple either. She is the daughter of a big businessman here in Hong Kong. The impact of this incident is so bad that people in the Ming Dynasty now hardly dare to wander around.
In the past, the people of the Ming Dynasty could go wherever they wanted. This was the colony of the Ming Dynasty, a colony that the people of the Ming Dynasty snatched from the English with their giant ships and cannons.
The people of Ming Dynasty actually caused trouble on their own territory. This is something that no one can tolerate.
"preparation!"
"Fire!"
Accompanied by a cold command, dense gunshots pierced the quiet streets. Corpses fell one after another, blood stained the ground red, and then flowed into the sewers, and more than a dozen lives were withered.
"Continue to search and verify!"
Xiang Xiong, the chief detective of the Hong Kong Public Security Bureau, ordered coldly.
He also felt that his black gauze hat was about to be lost.
As the chief agent of the security yamen here, he had a very good life in the past, and it could even be said to be very nourishing.
The gangs here would regularly pay a large amount of tribute to themselves, which allowed Xiang Xiong to buy a lot of property. Not only did he own a lot of buildings and shops in Hong Kong, but he even owned a lot in Golden Island.
There were tens of thousands of acres of fertile land nearby, and the family also had more than a dozen concubines, all of whom were beauties from all over Europe.
But now, he is also trembling, fearing that he will lose his current official position. If the governor just says a word, he can immediately go home and retire.
So he had to come to the dirty slums to investigate the matter thoroughly.
When everyone around him had almost left, Xiang Xiong led a few government servants to find a secret place, where several gang bosses were already waiting.
"Brother Xiong~Brother Xiong~"
Seeing Xiang Xiong's arrival, Red Beard, Sean and Connor immediately bowed their heads, spoke fluent Ming dialect, served Xiang Xiong tea and water, and quickly ordered two stunning girls to come up and serve him.
This Xiang Xiong.
Xiang Xiong sat down on the chair angrily, looked at the two stunning girls next to him, he was quite satisfied, and his anger disappeared a lot, and then said: "Have you found the person?"
"Found it, found it!"
"They were just a few people who had just smuggled themselves over. They didn't understand any rules. When they saw that the Ming Dynasty couple had money, they just killed people and robbed them of the money."
When Redbeard heard this, he nodded quickly, then waved his hand, and soon a younger brother came in escorting five people.
"Were they the five who killed that couple?"
Xiang Xiong carefully looked at the five people in front of him. They were all skinny and ragged. At a glance, he knew that they were stowaways who came here illegally, because people here in Hong Kong will not starve, and they can basically wear clothes.
Neat and clean.
"That's them."
"After many rounds of verification, we found that after they killed people and robbed money, they bought food in a nearby store. The owner of the store remembered them clearly and knew them."
"Because they were very thin and their clothes were in tatters, but what they brought out were silver dollars and banknotes. The boss firmly remembered this and also remembered them."
Red Beard nodded. After the efforts of the three gangs, he finally found these five people, and also found out all their details, including where they would stay after arriving here.
Already.
"very good!"
Xiang Xiong nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "Have you found out who is providing them with shelter and shelter?"
The investigation has been going on for several days, and it was only today that people from these gangs were able to find out. This is obviously abnormal. You must know that the government officials and police officers have already inspected almost every place in the slum area.
But it still hasn't been found, and no one has provided any clues.
This is obviously someone providing them with shelter and helping to hide them, otherwise they would have been found out long ago.
"Forehead..."
Hearing Xiang Xiong's words, Red Beard stopped immediately. He was confused for a moment, not knowing whether he should say anything or not.
"how?"
"It's not convenient to say it? Or do you dare to say it?"
Xiang Xiong glanced at him coldly and asked.
"No, no~"
"It is the priests here in the church who will provide them with shelter. There is a secret room underground in the church."
Being swept away by Xiang Xiong in such a cold manner, Red Beard broke out in a cold sweat. Although Xiang Xiong seemed to be easy to talk to, that was because everyone was usually more filial.
If you really offend Xiang Xiong, you won't be able to live a good life in the future.
Thinking of this, Redbeard gritted his teeth and had to betray the church, the church.
Although this may make the locals here full of resentment towards him, they are nothing compared to the people of Ming Dynasty. He still weighs the importance clearly.
"church?"
"What I'm saying is that after all these investigations, it turns out that they are shielding these people."
"good very good!"
When Xiang Xiong heard this, he couldn't help laughing.
The power of the church in Hong Kong has always been very strong. This is mainly because the local people believed this. When Hong Kong first came into the hands of the Ming Dynasty,
The church continued to collect tithes, sell indulgences, etc., and also owned a large amount of land, property, etc. Later, it was severely repaired by the first governor.
They beheaded the main missionaries, then canceled many of their privileges, confiscated their land, property, etc., severely dampening their arrogance, and only then did they know who was the genius here.
.
But this place is very special. It is a colony of the Ming Dynasty. A large number of Ming people live and immigrate here, and there are also a large number of local people here.
The people of Ming Dynasty respected the customs of the local people and reserved churches for them. However, the Holy See thought this was a good opportunity to spread Christianity to the people of Ming Dynasty.
They constantly penetrated here, sent missionaries, encouraged these people to raise money to build new churches, etc., and also tried to attract believers to the Ming people.
Therefore, the church has always had a great influence here. Even a gang leader like Red Beard must listen to the priest and pray regularly.
There is no way, this is their long-standing tradition.
The people of the Ming Dynasty respected this aspect of the local people and had always allowed them to do this. As long as they did not preach to the people of the Ming Dynasty or levy the tithe tax, they did not bother to worry about other matters.
Who knows, they are now so bold that they dare to protect these stowaways, and there are even murderers of Ming people among them.
Xiang Xiong waved his hand and escorted a few people away. Soon, cars drove quickly, and groups of policemen, government officials, and soldiers quickly headed towards the churches.
Finding the murderer is not a satisfactory explanation. What the Ming people want now is an attitude. What they want is to let everyone know, don't mess with the Ming people.
Soon, Xiang Xiong led his people to surround a church.
The church in front of you is magnificent and magnificent. It is now a famous cathedral. This is mainly due to the prosperity of Hong Kong. The locals have also made a lot of money from it. If you have money, you can naturally build it.
Beautiful cathedral.
Seeing the government officials, police officers, and the army surrounding the cathedral, Bishop Stephen in the church hurriedly came out with his people.
"Dear Sir, I wonder what caused you to mobilize so many troops to surround the holy church?"
Stephen knew Xiang Xiong in front of him. Although he was only a small official, he had to respect him.
"Bishop Stephen, I think you have reached the end of your life, and you dare to protect the murderer of our Ming people."
Xiang Xiong waved his hand, and someone came up escorting five prisoners.
Seeing these five people, Stephen's expression changed slightly, but he immediately returned to normal and said: "I don't know them. We are a holy church here. How can we shelter criminals?"
"Humph, you damn duck has a tough mouth!"
"Search me!"
Xiang Xiong sneered and gave the order, and immediately the police officers and government officials rushed in and began to search carefully. It didn't take long before groups of stowaways were quickly driven out.
The number was so large that there were thousands of people, and huge basements were dug under the church.
In addition to these stowaways, a large number of indulgences and printing tools for printing indulgences were also found in the basement. At the same time, a Bible that was being printed and translated into Chinese was also found.
When he saw all these front parts searched out, Stephen's face turned pale. Any of these would be enough to kill him many times, especially the most serious one, which is strictly prohibited from spreading Christianity to the people of the Ming Dynasty. Related translations
Just giving the thing to the Ming Dynasty was enough for him to shoot him several times.
"Bishop Stephen, what else do you have to say?"
Xiang Xiong looked at Stephen and asked with a sneer.
"Lord Almighty, He will save His people."
"Those who believe will go to heaven, and those who do not believe will go to hell!"
Stephen had nothing to say but could only make the sign of the cross, pray somewhere and mutter a few words.
"snort!"
"Take him down, torture him for interrogation, protect stowaways, sell indulgences, and translate these things into Chinese. Any one of these things is enough to kill him many times."
Xiang Xiong said coldly that in this regard, the Ming court was very strict in its control. It strictly prohibited the Ming people from believing in these foreign things, and also prohibited anyone from spreading these things to the Ming people.