America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 97 Punishment from the Lord
Just as Sean looked down at the burning pyre under his feet, then closed his eyes and waited to die.

"Clang~~"

A bell rang in his ears.

The bell rang from far to near in the dark night, like throwing a stone into a calm lake, causing ripples in the dark night sky.

The people around the entrance of the town did not notice the first ringing of the bell at first, their attention was either on the impassioned white robe, or on the naked black man on the cross.

"Clang~~"

There was another bell, this time the sound was clearer, and then, every two seconds, the follow-up bells followed one after another, adding a medieval mystery to the scene full of religious ceremonies in the town.

Everyone began to look around, and the white robe who was still speaking also stopped, they were all looking for the source of the bell.

There is no bell tower in this town, only the church has a small bell tower,

The bell came from the direction of the church party.

Some of the few old people among the party members subconsciously took out their pocket watches from under their robes. They were in a daze for a moment, thinking that they were in Philadelphia or some European city.

There, these bells may have told the time.

But the bell rang one after another, completely out of sync with the time.

The church in this small town has never had the habit of ringing the bell to tell the time.

The most frequent ringing of this church is the death knell; and the death knell ringing in the middle of the night is unheard of in this town.

The white robe didn't know what to say for a moment, he subconsciously looked at Thomas with the guitar on his back.

Although he had acted as a stand-in for the party leader before on other unimportant occasions, such as preaching in the village below, it was the first time to be the stand-in for such a big occasion tonight. at a loss.

Thomas didn't blame him either, because his attention was not on his double.

He looked at the tallest building at the entrance of the town, on the top of a large barn, and there was a person standing there.

He was wearing a black clergyman's robe, and in the dark night, if one didn't pay attention, one would not be able to spot it at all.

The upper half of his face is hidden in the shadow of the hood, while the lower half of his sharp-edged face is faintly visible under the firelight below.

On his chest was a cross that looked to be made of silver, glistening in the light of the fire.

This barn belongs to the town's livestock exchange. It is a place where cattle, horses, sheep, etc. are usually traded in the town. Because the smell is very strong, it was built outside the town entrance.

The barn was at least two stories high, and there was no place to step outside. I don't know how this man climbed up without anyone noticing.

"O fool!"

A heavy sigh came from the mouth of the black robe.

"You gave up your freedom! You gave up your faith! You gave up your soul! What you get is only spiritual enslavement!" He stood on the roof like a statue, looking down at the people below.

Attracted by the sound overhead, the crowd turned their eyes to the roof of the barn.

"Chapter 31 of the Old Testament "Job" records the words of the Lord. He said, 'Didn't he who made me in the womb also make him? Wasn't it the same who made him and me in the womb? '."

"When God judges, how should we answer? All men are created equal!"

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The black robe is eloquent on the roof, citing classics, from stories in the Bible to fables circulating in the western United States.

He opened his hands, and his wide robe was like a big bat. He spread his hands and hugged the "Lord" who didn't exist in the sky, with a look of compassion.

The people below listened intently, most of them were illiterate, but they still knew many stories in the Bible.

That black robe is Chen Jianqiu. He doesn't have such a deep understanding of the "Bible". He just heard it from the priest of the church temporarily.

However, he has a good memory, and with the hearsay, theories and stories he told along the way, it was very fresh. After a while of nonsense, some people below nodded repeatedly.

He didn't expect to be able to convince the following gang of "blind people" with his half-baked theoretical level, he was delaying time.

Thomas below wanted to see what kind of medicine this man was selling in the gourd at first, but the more he heard it, the more something went wrong.Some of the following group of fools were fascinated by it.

Even his direct descendants stared at the roof in a daze.

"Kill him." He slapped the head of the herald next to him and growled in a low voice.

The herald just woke up like a dream, and he did the same and patted the head of the person who was listening to the story.

These people hurriedly raised their guns and pointed them at the roof.

Chen Jianqiu had already noticed the movement here. In fact, from the beginning, his eyes never left this place.

Under the hood, there was a slight smile on his lips.

The story came to an abrupt end, and the people listening below only saw the black robe open his arms again.

"You foolish people, your eyes are blinded by the night, accept the Lord's punishment."

When the gun rang out, everyone felt a blur before their eyes. The man on the roof jumped back straight up and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Go and catch him, live to see people! die to see corpses!" Thomas gave an order to his "Guards".

Those people lined up the crowd with guns and rushed towards the barn.

But before they took a few steps, not only them, but everyone at the scene felt something strange.

In the direction of the barn, in the darkness, out of the reach of the fire, something seemed to be attacking in their direction.

They felt the ground tremble slightly.

It's coming, it's really coming!
Suddenly, a cluster of flames appeared in the darkness in the direction of the barn, and there were more and more of them. For a while, there was smoke and dust everywhere.

Then, those on the outermost edge of the crowd see a scene they will never forget.

Less than 50 meters away from them, a group of red-eyed bulls rushed towards them.

They all had flammable things hanging from their tails, and they were all set on fire like a whip of fire.

The people in the front turned their heads and ran away, they even forgot that they had weapons in their hands, but in an instant, the bull in the front had rushed to them.

Several people in the first row were directly knocked into the air, thrown into the air like a cloth bag, their white robes fluttering in the wind.

They either drew a beautiful parabola and fell outside the crowd, and fell to the ground without knowing whether they were alive or dead; or they fell at the feet of the cattle, and either received the second baptism of the horns, or were directly trampled to death.

The people behind wanted to dodge to the two sides, but a few of them got caught by the robes on their bodies, fell to the ground, and were directly trampled into rotten watermelons by the cows following them.

There were also a few immortal "Matadors" holding torches and guns to drive away the bison, but they disappeared without a trace in the darkness the moment they came into contact with the herd of cattle, and they were picked up to nowhere.

The herd of cattle rushed into the crowd like a raging tide, bulls topped people, cows trampled people, people crowded people, people stomped people, Klansmen ran around, red or torn white robes and masks were everywhere on the ground, Covered by those white robes, was a corpse lying on the ground.

"Kill those cows! Quick! Kill those cows!" Thomas roared, raising his gun as well.

There was a gunshot, and the cow fell down, but the scene became more chaotic.

The bulls who had been rushing forward went crazy and began to trample on the crowd wantonly; the Ku Klux Klan in the middle of the circle only hated their parents for not giving them extra legs, and some fled in the direction of Thomas.

Among the crowd and the herd of cows, you have me, and I have you. There are not many cows who were shot to death, but there are quite a few Ku Klux Klan members who were shot and fell to the ground, and then trampled to death.

For a while, the sound of gunfire, crying, screaming, cattle... echoed in the town.

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(End of this chapter)