"Tell me, what have you found?" Seeing the expressions of the two of them, Yuan Su had already guessed something about the situation, so he asked first and unhurriedly.
"Sir, after spending a whole day talking, I finally found out something. That Father Dou of Wanfu Hall is really not a good guy. He is really cheating in the name of doing good deeds. This kind of person is simply worthy of death. He is not worthy of death at all.
We should ransom him and let the kidnappers cut this idiot into pieces." Du Yu was very excited and cursed him.
"This... Mr. Yuan, this matter has not yet been concluded, it is just a preliminary investigation." Wu Like said in confusion on the side. Although Beidaihe is a county, it has not established a county government, but Linyu County.
He is also in charge. Therefore, it is somewhat unjustifiable for something like this to happen within his jurisdiction.
"What's going on? Tell me in detail." Yuan Su asked while remaining calm.
Du Yu immediately told the story of today's secret inquiry and investigation. According to the questionnaire formulated by Yuan Su and the key groups of people to be questioned, after they arrived in Beidaihe, they secretly visited the homes of many Chinese believers. The first few households
People said they didn't know anything about it, and some even said how kind the foreign priests were to them.
The investigation continued until noon. When he thought that no clues could be found, Wu Like suddenly remembered a police officer who had worked in the county government before. This police officer had retired for many years. Because his family lived in Beidaihe, he had followed the surrounding people in the past few years.
The neighbors all believed in foreign religion. So they immediately came to this person's home. At first, he just said some insignificant words like everyone else. Later, Du Yu felt impatient with the same conversation, so he simply talked to Yuan Yuan.
Your Excellency is an official sent by the central government and will definitely be able to solve the foreigners' problems.
When he heard this, the expression of the old subordinate of the county government gradually changed. Then he closed the door and invited the group to sit down in the backyard hut, and then gradually told another story.
When Wanfu Church was first established, the former Father Riccardo was indeed a good priest. Not only did he abide by his duties as a priest, he also held free schools every Tuesday and Thursday to teach nearby teenagers and children.
He studies foreign languages and Western knowledge. At the same time, whenever believers are sick or have family changes, Father Ricardian will also provide financial support. In the words of the people around him, he is a good priest who is very friendly to Chinese believers.
But two years ago Father Ricardius left Beidaihe, and his successor was Father Dou from France.
Father Dou is very different from Father Ricario. The latter has always cared for the poor believers during his term of office, while the former has actively worked with the local upper class not long after arriving at Wanfu Church. Father Dou not only discriminates against Chinese believers, but also
Many church fees are listed, and believers are asked to donate money every foreign festival. Those who cannot afford the money will use labor force to pay for it.
Wanfutang used to be just a two-story building of less than 100 square meters, which was directly transformed from an old house. But now it has become a courtyard with a courtyard wall, a side house, and three entrances and three exits.
Because Father Dou forced Chinese believers to expand their religious practice in the past two years.
As early as when people fleeing the famine outside the customs gathered in Shanhaiguan, Father Dou took advantage of the conflicts between the victims and residents of villages and towns outside the city to annex many ordinary people's fields at extremely low prices. The title deeds of these fields were stamped with the stamp of Wanfu Church.
In the future, it became the property of the church, and those former landowners could only lease their fields to the church.
Not only that, Father Dou also used some fraudulent means to traffic many refugees to Southeast Asia and the United States. Many refugee families were torn apart because of this. Moreover, after many of the trafficked young men were sent away, Father Dou refused to return to the country.
The young man’s family pays the promised resettlement fee.
Later, as more and more people fled famine, the situation of selling children and girls became more and more serious. Father Dou not only sold young men, but also sold women and children, especially teenage girls. And most of them
Every time, they relied on their status as foreigners and refused to pay or only paid much less than the original amount.
"To put it simply, this idiot is just trying to deceive refugees and treat us Chinese as commodities." When he said this, Du Yu excitedly gave a general description.
Yuan Su's expression remained solemn. If it were normal human trafficking, it would not be a big deal in his opinion. After all, there were so many refugees gathered outside the city who were struggling with life and death. Even if they were trafficked abroad to work as coolies, they would still be able to survive.
Hope. What's more, there is a place in front of the city gate that specializes in population business. This matter has already reached the point of blatantness.
This is helpless and sad! Even he himself can't stop such bad behavior.
However, according to what Du Yu said, Father Dou not only took advantage of the disaster to annex land, but also defrauded people and refused to pay the promised fees. This was an evil deed that exceeded all moral bottom lines. Why did the land of the Chinese people become
The assets of the foreign devil church? Those strong men, children, and women, the purpose of selling themselves is nothing more than hoping to give their families a way out. Selling oneself for money is equivalent to life-saving money, and not giving life-saving money is equivalent to murdering other people's lives.
Whether it is annexing land or abducting people, it is legally and morally intolerable.
"Is there only one person who said that?" Yuan Su asked rationally.
"No, after listening to this person's oral account, we went to visit the previous believers. In this conversation, we deliberately revealed the information, and soon hooked up many people to tell the truth. What a stupid day
Father Dou once threatened all believers that if they dared to leak any information that was detrimental to Wanfu Hall, their houses and land would be confiscated." Du Yu said solemnly.
"Master Wu, you obviously don't know about Wanfutang, right?" Yuan Su turned to Wu Like and asked thoughtfully.
"Yes, yes, this is my first time hearing about this matter. It's... it's really unbelievable." Wu Like quickly explained. If he had known about this matter a long time ago, he would not have foolishly followed Du Yu today.
Let's go investigate together.
"Then does Wu Zhenshou know about this matter? Or... is he related to this matter?" Yuan Su asked further.
"Ah?" Wu Like was startled. He realized that Yuan Su was asking this on purpose. After hesitating for a while, he quickly shook his head and said, "I told you this. This is the first time I heard about it. I'm afraid Lord Wu Zhenshou won't know about it either."
.Although Beidaihe is under the jurisdiction of Linyu County, there are too many foreigners there, so even if we wanted to, we wouldn't be able to get involved."
"Since so many people say so, then Father Dou is indeed not a good person. But no matter what, kidnapping and extortion are also vicious incidents, and this one still cannot be tolerated." Yuan Su said solemnly.
"Then, sir, how do you plan to deal with this matter?" Du Yu couldn't help but ask.
"Wait a moment."
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