Qiao Zhiqing went out and hurriedly knocked on Joseph Needham's door to ask him about the situation, Joseph Needham just got up, still confused, he went to the countryside to preach yesterday, and when he came back, it was already dark, so he didn't care if Li Weier was in the church.After Joseph Needham sobered up a little, he became anxious and hurriedly woke up the nuns in the church to look around, and Qiao Zhiqing also woke up Ma Xun and asked him to take twenty of his men to the city to inquire about the news.The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and people kept coming to the backyard of the church to return to the team, Qiao Zhiqing stood in front of the team with a blue face and said nothing."
Dongjia, who do you say took Miss Li away, what is their purpose" Wang Shumao stood behind Qiao Zhiqing, his face full of doubts."
Miss Li is a kind person, and she often stays in the lecture hall and doesn't go out much, so it is impossible to make enemies with others, and if she really disappears, it must be aimed at us.However, Anqing City is now mixed, so it's best for us to wait and see what happens, they will definitely have the next move. ”Qiao Zhiqing thought about it for a while, but there were still no clues."
Now that's all it can be, I'll go roll call now, the owner can't forget yesterday's bet."
Wang Shumao saw that everyone was almost here, and smiled honestly with the roster.Qiao Zhiqing smiled confidently and nodded."
Now I'm going to start the roll call, and all of you who hear your name are shouting loudly, do you understand?"
everyone replied loudly, with excited expressions on their faces."
Liu Erniu", "To", "Zhang Heizi", "To", "Wang Shumao began to roll call according to the roster, and only one of the 130 people registered yesterday was all gone."
Zhang Xian, Zhang Xian is not here" Wang Shumao reconfirmed, but still no one answered, secretly happy in his heart, turned around and looked at Qiao Zhiqing proudly and said, "Boss, it seems that I can drink a lot this month." ”Qiao Zhiqing smiled slightly, and before he could reply, he saw a person running from a distance and shouting loudly, "Zhang Xian is here, Zhang Xian is here." ”Qiao Zhiqing shrugged his shoulders helplessly at Wang Shumao, Wang Shumao's face suddenly pulled down, kicked at Zhang Xian's ass, and scolded loudly, "You have to keep the time in the future, understand" "Understand" Zhang Xian hurriedly ran into the team with his buttocks, and everyone laughed when they saw his funny appearance.Qiao Zhiqing looked at this young man but always felt that he had seen it somewhere, but this thought quickly flashed.At this time, the people who went out to inquire about Li Weier's news all returned one after another, and Wang Shumao commanded everyone to return to their respective teams.Ma Xun shook his head helplessly at Qiao Zhiqing and stood beside him.Qiao Zhiqing's mood was not affected, seeing that all the people had arrived, he still said with a cold face, "From today on, you are no longer buddies, dart masters, people's husbands, coolies, no matter what you did before, here is my Qiao Zhiqing's soldiers, I just want you to remember, from now on we will be brothers who share weal and woe, and I will kill those who offend my brothers." ”"Mighty, mighty" A burst of enthusiastic shouts erupted in the crowd, and the Buddha had found a reliance to vent all the grievances he had suffered for many years.What Qiao Zhiqing wants is this kind of result, what an army wants is a sense of belonging, with a sense of belonging, people will be united, Qi Li will break gold, and only when he goes to the battlefield will he be a wolf-like army.Qiao Zhiqing completely handed over the training of soldiers to Wang Shumao, and Ma Xun was responsible for life and logistics.Wang Shumao read aloud the five articles of military regulations and personnel appointments.The newly recruited soldiers were one hundred and thirty, plus fifty of Tongxinggong's dart masters, and twenty of Qiao's men, a total of two hundred.Wang Shumao distributed the 200 people according to the establishment discussed last night, with Qiao Zhiqing naturally serving as the battalion commander and Wang Shumao and Ma Xun serving as the deputy battalion commanders.The sentry commander, the co-captain, and the captain were all promoted and appointed from the dart master and the guys of the Qiao family, and the deputy position was tentative.There are vacancies in each team, which can only be replenished when new recruits are recruited.The three brothers of the Liu family, Liu Fu, Liu Lu, and Liu Shou, were promoted and appointed as sentry commanders at the same time because of the battle of Jun Shanzhai and brave battles, and the remaining sentry commander was Wang Shumao's nephew Wang Shijie, and the twelve co-captains were all served by people from the dart bureau.Father Li and the nuns searched for a day in Anqing City without hearing from Li Weier, and when they returned to the church, the old man knelt in front of the statue of Jesus as if he had lost his soul and prayed incessantly.Qiao Zhiqing entered the church with his hands folded and knelt with Father Li."
Father Li, do you say that there is no God in this world, God is really omnipotent," Qiao Zhiqing closed his eyes and suddenly said."
Child, God exists around each of us, He is an omnipotent and omniscient God, the only true God in the universe, you are blaspheming God to ask this, but the merciful Lord will forgive you."
Joseph Needham was stunned for a moment, but his face was very calm and prayed, he had been surprised by too many believers who had asked him this question before."
Since God is omnipotent, then why doesn't he destroy the devil and let them wreak havoc in the world" Qiao Zhiqing opened his eyes and looked at the statue of Jesus in a daze."
Child, in the eyes of God, all things have his right to live, he cannot destroy the devil because of the appeal of man, just like the lion on the steppe, God will not destroy the lion by the appeal of the cow and the sheep, each of us is sinful, and only sincere repentance can be forgiven and blessed by God, Amen."
Joseph Needham's pious enlightenment Qiao Zhiqing, he felt more and more the anxiety and uneasiness in the young man's heart."
In that case, then I will be the most powerful lion on the grassland, so the rules are all made by me."
Qiao Zhiqing looked at Jesus and sneered, got up and went out to go back to the camp.When Wang Shumao trained his soldiers, because he did not have enough guns, he was only given real guns to the old brothers, and the recruits were trained with wooden sticks, and only after Shanghai were they issued new equipment.Ma Xun found some migrant workers to build more than 20 huge tents, he was an apprentice in the Fusheng km of Qiao's house in Baotou in his early years, so he was very familiar with yurts, these tents were all built with cow and sheep skin imitation yurts, strong and rainproof, a yurt can live side by side with 30 people.After finishing the incident, according to Qiao Zhiqing's explanation, he gathered all the tailor shops and shoe store shopkeepers in the city, and customized 500 single quilts, 500 black horse coats, and 1,000 pairs of cloth shoes.Li Hongzhang did not allocate a single military supply to Qiao Zhiqing, so Qiao Zhiqing thought of everything by himself, and for the sake of the unification of the army, he temporarily put on a horse coat.This army was later nicknamed the "Black Widow" army in black uniforms.The owners of the small shops in Anqing City were worried that they had no business, and suddenly a big customer came overjoyed, and they promised to cooperate together and complete it in a week.Everything is on the right track, after the news of Qiao Zhiqing's advance salary to Bingyong spread, it caused a huge sensation in Anqing City, and there were constantly young and strong people who came to the "Qingzi Battalion" to join the army, and even the people in other barracks collectively made a collective salary, clamoring to come over and join the "Qingzi Battalion", and the battalion officers who came to Anqing for training were all displeased, no way, who called the "Qingzi Battalion" rich.There has been no news since Li Weier disappeared, the old priest raised her since she was a child, and her relationship is very deep, now Li Weier is not alive, dead and dead, Father Li in addition to praying to God on time every day, and then taking the nun on the street to find out the news, finally the body can not support it, and fell ill in bed.He was an old man who had been a believer in God all his life, but he didn't expect that in his later years, God let the devil take her daughter.One day, a fisherman from the countryside came to the church to report that he had caught a female corpse while fishing in the river, and he wondered if it was the missing daughter of Father Lee.Qiao Zhiqing hurriedly asked Ma Xun to take a team of men and horses and followed the fisherman to the countryside.The old and young who had gathered around the riverbank pointed at the corpse and whispered.Qiao Zhiqing saw the corpse from a distance and secretly screamed badly, his heart was about to jump out, and he kept comforting himself, this is not true, this is definitely not true.But when he walked in, he completely shattered the only illusion left in Qiao Zhiqing's heart, and the girl lying on the riverbank was wearing a white Western-style dress, which was the clothes Li Weier was wearing on the day she disappeared.Although the corpse has been decomposed by the soaking of the river, Li Weier's tall figure has not changed at all, and she is still so youthful and sunny, generous and sweet.Qiao Zhiqing sat down beside Li Wei'er without saying a word, Ma Xun asked the soldiers to disperse the onlookers, and he didn't know how to persuade Qiao Zhiqing, just stood quietly beside him.Qiao Zhiqing took a deep breath, squatted down and tore off a gray cloth from his robe, wiped the mud and water marks on Li Weier's body, and said to himself while wiping, "Why are you so playful, you won't even go home."
You know how worried Father Lee and I are about you, who has been sick for days because he can't see you.Don't you sleep, don't you still want to discuss literature with me, don't you still want to translate Dream of Red Mansions into foreign language, didn't you promise to teach Xiaoting to learn Western painting, fool, hurry up, let's go home together" Qiao Zhiqing nervously chattered at Li Weier's corpse over and over again, knowing that she would not get up, but he still kept repeating the words in his mouth."
Young master, Miss Li is dead, she won't wake up, you can cry if you want to, don't torture yourself, okay" Ma Xun couldn't help but cry out loudly to Qiao Zhiqing on the side."
Nonsense, what nonsense are you talking about, she's just asleep, she's just asleep."
Qiao Zhiqing roared loudly at Ma Xun, and finally couldn't help but hug Li Weier and cry, tears fell on Li Weier's face like rain.He didn't know why he was so uncomfortable, and the feeling of loss was like a toy that he was about to get when he was a child was suddenly bought by someone else.He kept blaming himself in his heart, why can't he even protect the woman he likes, and what else to talk about saving this country Ma Xun has never seen Qiao Zhiqing so sad, just silently shed tears with him on the side
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