Chapter 761 Who to save?!

The butler was thin, wearing a jacket, neatly combed, and had a beard full of cheeks. His somewhat turbid eyes looked a little old. And his slightly bent back seemed to indicate that the old man had been a servant for many years.

He followed carefully behind a priest, and from time to time, soft and husky voice made the servants carrying luggage faster.

Even if He Yingqin stood in front of him now, he would definitely not recognize that this person was their majestic and powerful chairman!

After it got dark, the dock was still brightly lit. On that day, the Japanese army chose to cease fire, while the Central Army cleared out the chaotic dock under the command of commanders of various departments.

"Woo~~" With a long whistle, I saw an oil tanker's fishing fire slowly leaning towards the dock from a distance. Some Central Army soldiers who were alert on the dock spat fiercely.

Until now, they still don’t know that their chairman is behind the pastors. They have received orders from their superiors, and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek decided to let these foreign devils leave him to "sharing life and death with Wuhan."

The reason why these soldiers spit was that they were unwilling to see these foreigners leave like this. To be honest, these foreigners had good medical skills. Many soldiers from the Central Army made great contributions to survival.

But on the other hand, he was also jealous of the servants who could follow these foreigners, such as those who picked things, and the butler who looked a little thin.

Why do I have to fight regardless of life and death so that these people can leave?!

If no one could leave, no one would have such thoughts. But now someone could leave, they had to stay and fight to the death. These soldiers would inevitably feel something strange.

The entire Central Army knew that the Bureau of Statistics had installed countless people in the Central Army. No one dared to say their complaints, and he could do it so hard that he would express his dissatisfaction.

With the long whistle, the Mary Wood slowly leaned against the shore. The dock workers then became busy, tied the cables of the ship, and connected them to the side of the ship with a spiral ladder...

As the Mary Wood drifted, the Japanese gunboats also appeared and loomed on the Yangtze River. The sixteen sunrise flags looked so dazzling.

Lester, the captain of the Madame Mary Wood, frowned in dissatisfaction, but then shook his head helplessly. He sighed in his heart that the British Empire is no longer an empire that the sun never sets.

Otherwise, in the early nineteenth century, how could these damn yellow-skinned monkeys dare to jump in front of the empire's cruise ship?! They were long been sunk by the empire's fleet, but unfortunately...

Without mentioning Lester's thoughts, the first mate David was sweating in his palm. His face was a little unfavorable. This was related to his fifteen gold bars! David could not help but feel a little nervous and subconsciously looked at the Japanese gunboat on the other side.

"David, my old friend! Don't worry about these yellow monkeys. At most, they will check it out and they won't do anything to us." Seeing his first mate seemingly nervous, Lester said with a laugh.

"Although the empire has declined, these yellow-skinned monkeys still dare not make things difficult for us. This matter has been communicated, and only a few priests and their entourages need to be taken back. The consulate will deal with the rest."

Lester actually didn't want to come, but he couldn't stand the request of his boss. The parliament could not withstand the request of the bishop, and gave Lester a large sum of pounds.

For the sake of the pounds, Leicester's boss surrendered. Of course, Leicester and several others would get a lot of money after completing this dangerous mission.

In Leicester's opinion, it is understandable that his first mate is nervous. After all, Japan only exploded the American patrol ship and Mobil Oil tanker not long ago.

Although the Japanese apologized and compensated later, those who were killed by the bombing could not be resurrected, right? Therefore, Lester understood his first mate's concerns.

In fact, Lester himself was also worried, but he always thought that this matter was communicated by both sides, even if it was not helpful, he would not have any safety problems.

"Yes, my old friend of Leicester." David relieved his emotions for a moment and said to the captain: "But I am still very worried. These yellow-skinned monkeys have a backfire, and I really can't believe them..."

"Hahaha... you're so worried! Even if they have any ideas, it won't endanger our safety." Lester laughed and said to his first mate.

"We just need to take these pastors away and we will be able to return home gloriously. At that time, the generous bonus will be waiting for us to get it!"

I hope... David thought to himself that I also wanted to get that generous bonus.

The ship was docked and the spiral ladder was set up. Five priests slowly began to board the ship with more than ten entourages, looking at the entourages of those entourages, Lester frowned.

Although he knew that these pastors would bring their entourages, he did not expect that there would be so many. These entourages might not be detained by the Japanese. If these pastors make trouble then, things would be difficult to deal with.

"Several priests, we received a request to take you out of Wuchang City. But this does not include your entourage. They cannot board the ship!" Lester suddenly spoke to the pastors: "You can board the ship, but these people cannot come."

"No! Mr. Captain, these servants have experienced the cruelty of the war in Wuchang City with us. We must take them out of this dangerous place!" A priest stood up and shouted at Leicester.

"We cannot abandon them, as servants of the Lord, we cannot do this!" As he said, the pastor slowed down his tone and said to the captain: "What's more, they are just civilians, why can't they leave here?!"

"Sorry, pastor! The request I received was only to be responsible for you and other pastors. As for these Chinese people, they will only drag us into danger!" Lester was a little impatient and waved his hand to the pastor and said, "I am the captain of the Madame Mary Wood! I need to be responsible for my crew!"

"I will also be responsible for my friends!" The pastor blushed and argued: "If they are left behind, how can we face our Lord?! The doctrine does not abandon the escape of friends with him at all, which violates the truth of our preaching!"

Lester didn't notice, and even the pastor didn't notice that the butler looked like a butler while they were arguing, quietly bowed and walked to the shadows, and showed a bracelet to the first mate David.

David was originally observing who was the one who would bring him fifteen gold bars in the crowd. When he saw the old man showing his bracelet, he knew in his heart: It was this person!

As the first mate of the title of Mrs. Mary Wood, no one knows better than him how to bring a person into his room through the most hidden and least noticeable means.

David leaned into Leicester's ear and whispered: "Captain, please deal with these priests first. I'll comfort the crew, after all, everyone is exposed to the Japanese's muzzle. After a long time, you will inevitably be nervous. You can convince the priest as soon as possible!"

Les nodded, sighing in his heart that his first mate was indeed the tenacious position at the critical moment. Then he raised his head and continued to argue with the pastor, while David quietly winked at the old man.

The old man knew it and walked quietly in the direction David signaled without any trace. Several figures even intentionally or unintentionally blocked the old man's movements.

David slowly walked out of Leicester's sight, then grabbed the old man's eyes and stared straight at him.

"I am Zhou Ji, Zhou Yuanwei's uncle..." David breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Zhou Yuanwei was the name of David's friend. And the person he was going to pick up was indeed Zhou Ji.

"Come with me, remember! Don't run around, I will let you out when you can come out..." As he said that, David took this "Zhou Ji" quietly and quickly came to his cabin along those routes that were not easy to detect.

After Zhou Ji came in, David quickly closed the door and opened the secret wall of the bookshelf to let Zhou Ji get in. Zhou Ji obviously did not surprise him at all.

But when he saw him quickly lowered his body, David closed the bookshelf and said in a deep voice: "Remember! Don't let out a trace of rejuvenation before I opened the bookshelf! Do you understand?!"

"I understand!" Zhou Ji's answer was so simple and clear. David nodded. He didn't waste much time. He had to rush to the side of the ship as soon as possible to convey the argument between Lester and the priests, and stabilize the crew's hearts.

"I don't care! If this is necessary, then I can only drive the boat away directly!" Lester was already very impatient and shouted at the priest.

"I have to be responsible for my crew, what if the Japanese attack us?! These Chinese will put us in more unnecessary risks! Do you understand?!"

"We cannot do it if you insist on not letting us take them with you, then we have to get off the boat!" The pastor also refused to let him go.

Lester was furious and turned around and wanted to immediately order the crew to raise their anchors and throw all the damn stubborn priests in Wuchang City to enjoy the Japanese artillery fire!

But at this time David rushed over and said in a deep voice to Lester: "Captain! Calm down, calm down. This is a task assigned by the parliament. If it is not achieved for your reasons, the boss will definitely fire us! My old friend, you know how difficult it is to find such a job at this time..."
Chapter completed!