Chapter 56: The Comeback

In the recent days, Hu Dahai has lived in regret every day.

He regretted that he had been obsessed with military affairs for a long time, neglected discipline, and actually raised an ambitious but stupid and stubborn son. actually thought of assassinating Zhu Chongjiu, blaming Xu Da, and then letting his father take his place.

He regretted why he didn't send his son to prison last time, when he was reminded by the Internal Affairs Department. Otherwise, with those acts of selling official positions and forming a party for personal gain, Hu Sanshe must be digging coal in a certain mine now, which is better than being shot in public on a charge of smuggling arms indiscriminately.

He regretted why he had subconsciously worn a double armor that day instead of a cloth robe and a long robe. In that case, a few buckshot shots would be enough to smash your internal organs to shreds and make you angry on the spot. And after rolling before the ghost gate closes, you have to survive and face endless pain and humiliation.

Indeed, the lord of his own family has done his best to be benevolent and righteous, and he should have been charged with raiding his family and exterminating the clan, but he only killed Hu Sanshe and a few family members of Hu Mansion who were named by conclusive evidence to participate in the assassination. But what's the use? After this catastrophe, who in the Hu family still has the qualifications and face to gain a foothold in the army? And when he was in the prime of life, he was forced to "become a man due to illness", and since then he can only watch his former companions make contributions on the battlefield one by one, for himself, what is the difference between being beheaded and showing the public?!

It can't be said that there is no difference, that is too unconscionable! At least the old wife, the beautiful concubine, the second son Guan Zhu and the adopted son Deji are still alive! I know that they are all safe and sound, and with the salaries, dividends and rewards that Zhu Butcher has saved in the past, this life will be very nourishing. The third generation of the Hu family will also live a very nourishing life, and under the care of Ivanov, Geng Defu, Liu Ji and others, "tired officials do not lose the state and county".

But the more this is the case, the more guilty Hu Dahai feels and the more painful he becomes. The lord is not sorry for the Hu family, but he is sorry for the lord. The reason why he was able to survive was entirely because the lord withstood the pressure and showed grace outside the law. In the future, I can only be a bystander, I can't do anything, and I will no longer have any use for the country and my family.

Living like this is not what Hu Dahai wants. So he didn't want to live a day anymore. But he couldn't live up to Zhu Chongjiu's kindness and commit suicide. So, he chose the slowest and most painful method. "Soaking" himself in the wine jar, forcing himself to quickly turn into a mess of mud after opening his eyes every day, until he is drunk forever.

The Hu family, of course, can't watch him dive himself to death. However, no one can do anything. The old wife persuaded with tears, the beautiful concubine was seduced by her complexion, and the second son and adopted son were straightforward, but they could no longer arouse Hu Dahai's courage to continue living. When he was half-drunk, he had no wine, so he could send his servants to buy it. When he wakes up and doesn't see the wine, he gets furious. The power of the generals of a hundred battles made the vast majority of family members and servants have no courage to resist face to face. And the confidence and prestige of the Hu family, there is no need for anyone to sell the "five-flowered horse and the golden fur" to exchange for wine, as long as Hu Dahai staggered to the door and yelled, some are unknown vendors, and take the initiative to deliver them to the door at a five-percent discount.

So Hu Dahai indulged in spirits all day long, half-asleep and half-awake. Sometimes he would think of the scene when he fought fiercely with Zhu Chongjiu, Xu Da and others outside Huai'an City with the Yuan army several times his size, full of pride and singing. Sometimes he would think of the difficult days when he held the Yellow River defense line and forcibly escaped the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, and thought of those brothers who knew that there was no return, but took the initiative to ask Ying to sneak attack the enemy camp, and he couldn't help but howl loudly.

But neither of these cases was much, and most of the time he just shut himself up in a room full of jars, closed the curtains, closed the door, and silently poured himself a drink in the dark. No one was allowed to disturb him except the servants who came in to bring wine and clean up the empty jars.

He wants to use this method to let his family slowly adapt to the life without himself, and he wants to use this method to prove that there is no difference between Hu Dahai alive and dead.

The wine is very good, and it is a grape wine sold by a maritime merchant from a certain country in the Western Ocean. The dish is also very good, it is a specially selected flower tendon made from the beef leg and added with spice sauce. In the past two years, the fleet of the Huaiyang Merchant has gone farther and farther, and it has been able to reach Liaodong directly from the sea. Use Huaiyang's special war knives, armor and gunpowder in exchange for a large number of war horses, cattle and sheep and medicinal materials. Therefore, in all parts of Huaiyang, it is no longer forbidden to kill cattle, and beef is no longer a wealthy family to eat a top-level luxury occasionally. The artillery wagons of each legion also began to be dragged by war horses, and even each legion began to form its own cavalry.

"The horse is fast, and the bow is a thunderbolt." Unconsciously, Hu Dahai imagined that he was riding a horse and holding a gun again, and he went straight to the Huanglong Mansion. Unconsciously, he casually sang Xin Jiaxuan's ambitions, "But the king is the king of the world, and he has won the name before and after his death, and it is pitiful for nothing!" ”

At that time, Xin Jiaxuan was not trusted by the Song Dynasty, so he had empty ambitions, and finally died of old age. And he kicked himself out of the army because of the misfortune of his family! Thinking of this, Hu Dahai couldn't help but let out a long sigh again, and reached out to touch the wine jar beside him, but accidentally, he touched an empty one!

"Shut up, you rebel, send me back the wine jar!" Hu Dahai's regret suddenly turned into a nameless karmic fire. Raise your head and yell at the door that you don't know when it will be pushed open.

After many disputes, no one in the entire family, except for the second son, dared to touch his wine jar anymore. And the more this is the case, the more Hu Dahai doesn't want to see him again.

This kid's talent is far better than the boss, and in Huaiyang in the past few years, it coincided with the time when Hu's career was proud, and the edification he received was far stronger than the boss. If he hadn't been implicated in the rebellion case, he would have been able to go to the lecture hall in half a year. After two years of graduation, it will be just in time for the expiration of the Gaoyou contract, and the Huai'an army will sweep the world in one fell swoop.

As a general, he will never be able to gain fame on the horse, how cruel is this for Hu Guanzhu?! Therefore, Hu Dahai would rather let his son hate himself than in the future when his son sees his partners of the same age all making achievements, while he himself can only live a life of mediocrity, and then feel sorry for himself.

But today, his wishful thinking has come to naught. While he was immersed in his ambitions, the one who stole the wine jar was not Hu Guan, but someone else.

"This kind of grape brewing has been bumpy on the sea for more than half a year, and the taste is actually not very good!" The voice of the person who came to speak was not high, but in Hu Dahai's ears, it was like a thunderbolt.

"Lord," he turned his head almost instinctively, but the room was too dim to see the other person's face. Then he instinctively closed his eyes, unable to believe what he was seeing.

That's impossible! When pigs fly! It must be that I wanted to go back to my old job too much, so I got drunk and had auditory hallucinations. No one in the world can be so generous, just almost died under the gun of his son, but he can face his father calmly. There is no man in the world whose heart is so big that he has just put someone else's son to death, and then comes to the father of the deceased to drink.

"Wine is better to ferment slowly in wooden barrels, not in jars pretending to be fired in clay. If it goes on like this, it won't take long before it rots completely. Also, the way you drink is very earthy. This thing, either put it in a luminous cup and drink it under the lamp. Or put it in the sun and let the wine go to song! The person who came ignored Hu Dahai's expression, Shi Shiran stood up as if he was in his own home, walked to the window, and tore the thick curtain to the ground. In this way, it lives up to its blood-like color! ”

The midday sun of early autumn shines through the window, illuminating the wine in the ice emerald glass, and it is as red as blood. At the same time, it also shone on Hu Dahai's face, illuminating his beard that he hadn't repaired for many days and the depression engraved deep in his wrinkles.

Hu Dahai couldn't adapt to the sudden light for a while, so he instinctively closed his eyes again and shouted loudly: "Lord, this is the private matter of the last general!" You, you don't care! ”

The second half of the sentence can't be justified. The opponent captured him on the battlefield, but did not apply any damage, and always regarded him as a right-hand man. He has confronted him many times, but the other party still ranks him as the second heir of the Huaiyang governor, second only to Xu Da, who raised troops in Xuzhou with the other party. His son ganged up and sold his official position, and the other party had a lot of evidence in his hands, but he took the initiative to take the responsibility and let the matter go away

And what did he give back to the other party? Covering up your family, conniving at lawlessness, plus several rows of hot buckshot!

"It's not your private business!" Zhu Chongjiu turned his head from the window, glanced at Hu Dahai, who was drunk and dreaming of death, and there was a faint disappointment in his words, "Yu Gong, Zhu is your boss." Taking great pains to exonerate you, but you don't want to live anymore, is tantamount to deliberate disobedience. Yu is private, Zhu has always regarded you as a friend, so he must not watch you give up on yourself. Brother Tongfu, you say, don't you pay attention to what I say? ”

A sentence of Brother Tongfu made Hu Dahai feel shocked again. With his eyes closed, two lines of tears flowed all over his face unconsciously, "The end, the end, the end, the end will live like this, what's the point?!" Lord, you are kind-hearted, but the last general, the last general is not a shameless person! ”

The sin of rebellion, he will not be atoned for by death. The revenge of killing his son, he can't release it in this life! So, what other option does he have but to get himself drunk to death?! Can you wake up and act as if nothing happened?! But wouldn't that be a cover-up and steal the bell!

Therefore, in Hu Dahai's heart at this moment, Zhu Chongjiu is an undesirable guest no matter what. He shouldn't have come! Whatever your purpose, you shouldn't come to your door. He should have left himself to fend for himself. In this way, it is good for him, the Hu family, and the entire Huaiyang, at least, after the death of a person, it will be a hundred, and it will no longer be possible to talk about who has failed whom!

"You're not shameful? You are not incorruptible and shameless, in this world, are there any shameless people?!" Zhu Chongjiu could obviously guess some of Hu Dahai's thoughts, standing by the window, his voice suddenly turned high, "Hu Tongfu, you open your eyes for me!" Don't fucking pretend to be a bad seed for Lao Tzu! Do you think that when you die, your debts will be dissolved? If you want to be beautiful, if you owe Lao Tzu, if you die to Lord Yama, you have to continue to pay it back to Lao Tzu! ”

"Lord, lord" Hu Dahai was scolded so much that he couldn't raise his head, and reluctantly let himself open his eyes and looked blankly at the ground full of wine jars.

In the middle of the large and small altars, there is the burly figure of the other party. It's still as tall and solid as ever, and it's still the same as in the past, surrounded by clean sunshine.

"Hu Dahai, you speak! Aren't you reasonable, if you are reasonable, you can say it! Zhu Chongjiu's voice came from the window, and the words beat his heart, "Lao Tzu asked you, since you arrived under Lao Tzu's account, what point has Lao Tzu treated you badly?" Did it owe you your salary, or did it wipe out your merits? Do you treat you as an outsider, or have you been deliberately suppressed so that you can't show your strengths?!!! ”

No, definitely none! In Hu Dahai's heart, there was a voice screaming in pain. However, his mouth could not utter any complete words. He could only repeat with his head on the ground and muttering, "Lord, lord." Me, I"

"What am I, me! Could it be that you are the only one in someone's eyes? Zhu Chongjiu couldn't get any effective reply, the more he talked, the more angry he became, and the more he said, the higher his voice was, "Or should everyone in the world revolve around you, otherwise you will be innocent?!" So your son hit Lao Tzu's black gun, and Lao Tzu can't punish him?! So Lao Tzu is trying to resolve the aftermath of this matter, but you want to do it against Lao Tzu?! Isn't it true that Lao Tzu is dead, you should be completely happy?! Or should Lao Tzu give up his position to you a long time ago so that you can make a big difference?!

These few words are too heavy. Hu Dahai immediately raised his head and argued loudly, "No! Lord, you are spewing blood! Hu is not that kind of person! No! Never! ”

"Isn't it?!" Zhu Chongjiu took a step forward and looked at Hu Dahai condescendingly, "Really not?" Okay, so look at what you're doing right now! Hu Dahai, Lao Tzu asks you, where is Lao Tzu sorry for you? You'd rather die than do anything for Lao Tzu again! ”

"No, no!" Hu Dahai couldn't muster up the courage to look at Zhu Chongjiu, lowered his head, choked and shook his head. "The lord has never owed Hu, but Hu, Hu"

The grace of knowing is unforgettable. The pain of losing a child is like a poisonous dagger scraping bones. He didn't know how to explain his state of mind, so he lowered his head and let the tears flow down his face.

"Then do you think that Hu Sanshe died unjustly? Then you avenge him, come, Lao Tzu is waiting for you! Zhu Chongjiu did not relent, took another half step forward, and continued to condescendingly trample on Hu Dahai's soul.

"Nope! No" Hu Dahai raised his head suddenly, and his voice turned higher again, faintly with a hint of poignant. But soon, the smell dissipated in the air, replaced by a deep sense of helplessness and confusion.

"No, not really! Hu, Hu never thought about it. Never thought about it! You, you can't wronged Hu. You've always made a promise. You, you can't go back on your word. The body shrunk back, and he muttered to add, his eyes looking for no human emotion other than pain.

"Bad seeds!" Zhu Chongjiu didn't seem to see the pain hidden in Hu Dahai's eyes at all, pursed his lips, and continued to be condescending, "If I were you, I wouldn't try to drink myself to death." If you can't let go of this matter, you should avenge your son, find a chance to get close to Lao Tzu, and shoot Lao Tzu again! ”

"No, no, no!" Hu Dahai was frightened by his bold mention. Shaking his head vigorously, his body kept retreating.

Zhu Chongjiu chased after him and forced him into a corner. Then let go of the sunlight behind him and let the sunlight re-illuminate his face, "I'm afraid of implicating my family, right?" Also, family is important. That's not without a solution. If I were you, I would go to Meng Yuan. Then he took the Yuan soldiers back to Huai'an. Take Lao Tzu, Xu Da, Su Mingzhe, Lu Luzeng, and these people you feel owe you, let you down, and kill them one by one. The Huaiyang Governor's Mansion, from top to bottom, was completely smashed. You have the ability, Hu Tongfu! Don't underestimate yourself! ”

"No, no!" Hu Dahai had no way to retreat, stiffened his neck, and shouted hoarsely: "Don't wronged Lao Tzu." Lao Tzu is not that kind of person, and he can't do that kind of thing! Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu never thought about avenging Sanshe at all! Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is just uncomfortable in his heart, and he is very uncomfortable in his heart! ”

As soon as the words fell, he suddenly felt a light on his shoulder, and two lines of hot tears rolled down again. I didn't think about revenge, and I can't take revenge. Hu Sanshe made himself stupid to death, no wonder others. And Huaiyang was fought by himself, Zhu Tuhu, Xu Da and others. How is it possible to help outsiders to destroy it?!

"I know you don't! Hu Dahai, you are not the kind of person who is cold! Zhu Chongjiu's voice suddenly became soft, he squatted down, and gently put his palm on Hu Dahai's shoulder, "But what you are doing now is similar to going to help others lead troops to fight back." Lao Tzu painstakingly covered up the truth, what is the plan, not to make the real mastermind unable to get his wish? Whether something happened to you or Xu Da was suspicious, he successfully cut off one of Lao Tzu's arms. Lao Tzu actually really hates you very much in his heart, and hates you for teaching your son no way! However, Lao Tzu can't be fooled by this! Otherwise, the purpose of that guy has been achieved. When he first planned, he didn't expect to be able to directly put someone to death. From ancient times to the present, do you see that there has been a national war that was solved by assassination? made Lao Tzu frightened and lost his square inch. Let Xu Da and you be suspicious, and you will no longer be able to lead troops in the future. Let everyone in Huaiyang be in danger and can no longer be united. As long as one of these three goals is achieved, his plan has been successful. And you, you sea, you're doing him a favor, you know? ”

"Lord, lord?" Hu Dahai was stunned, tears hung on his face, and quickly dried up.

He is very talented, and he has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he is both civil and military. As long as you can calm down and don't need too much reminder from others, you can deduce the true intentions of the mastermind behind the assassination. In this way, the matter is far from settled. The aftermath of this matter will not be quickly subsided because of his own death.

"I killed your son, if you hate me, I can't help it!" Zhu Chongjiu moved his steps, squatted down opposite him again, looked into his eyes, and added very frankly. "But I don't think he died at my hands, but at the hands of the mastermind behind the scenes. So, Hu Dahai, you have to cheer up Lao Tzu and go out to sue everyone in the world that that guy's conspiracy didn't succeed. You must cheer up Lao Tzu and go back to lead the troops to fight, until one day you rescue the real murderer behind the scenes! ”

"Lord, lord, I, I" Hu Dahai has been stimulated enough today, but he is still stimulated by the other party's last sentence. "I, no, I don't dare, no, no, lord, lord can't be like this. The state has national laws, and Hu can't afford to be so trusted by the lord! ”

"You should be, Zhu can't forget it in his life, when the gunshot rang out that day, who stood in front of Zhu!" Zhu Chongjiu smiled, and in the corners of his eyes, there were faint tears flashing. "Zhu wants to wave his army south and take Quanzhou. Take the benefits of sea trade to support the three armies. Zhu needed someone to lead the brothers to drive thousands of miles from Jingde all the way to Quanzhou. Zhu thinks about it, there is no one more suitable than you Hu Dahai! ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand and smiled and invited Hu Dahai. "Hu Tongfu, are you willing to be a pioneer for Zhu?"

"My lord! The last general, the last general swears not to disgrace his life! Hu Dahai stood up slowly, and two strings of hot tears fell one by one, falling on the hand that he unconsciously stretched out to clasp with the other party.