Chapter 53: The Rainstorm
Perhaps only Jiangzhou is different in the summer, when there will be dark clouds covering the summer for several days and nights, covering the whole city in darkness;
If you don't rely on the clock, you can't tell whether it's day or night, because the light that only turns on at night will continue to be on during such a time, which is also one of the beautiful scenery of Jiangzhou;
The whole city was shrouded in the darkness of the rainstorm, and the lights in the rainstorm were a little hazy, and from a distance it was fascinating;
In the midst of this rainstorm day and night, a broken car was passing through the narrow mountain road regardless of life and death, because in such a rainy season, very few people would venture to drive out, because the visibility was so low, not even less than ten meters away, let alone in the middle of the middle of nowhere.
Maybe the broken car was really bad, maybe it was because of the heavy rain, anyway, it hit a boulder next to the road, but fortunately, the speed of the car was not much different from that of a snail, but fortunately there were no casualties;
"Old man, don't you want me to come back to see you, if so, just make a dream, why bother?" Zhuang Feng in the broken car talked to himself in the car after he collided, lit a cigarette casually, and watched the rain keep falling;
Today is the sacrifice day of Zhuang Feng's old man, and Zhuang Feng has not gone back to worship for many years, but that cannot be completely blamed on Zhuang Feng, after all, there have been few peaceful days in the past ten years, and there are not many quiet days, not to mention the time in Jiangzhou;
However, now that he has decided to return to Jiangzhou to start over, he has to go back to worship on the day of the old man's sacrifice, after all, he has not been back to the old house for many years, and it is because of this Zhuang Feng that he can't care about the torrential rain, so he drove back from Jiangzhou alone;
At present, Jiangzhou is extremely calm, and it is a peaceful and prosperous era; Fu Xiang's huge bribery case has been handed over to Jindu, and Hu Jia has also returned to Jindu; Wu Jinwen under the new faction reached an agreement with Zhuang Feng, and Rao Hao took over the power of Jiangzhou;
In terms of officialdom in Jiangzhou at present, after Rao Hao took over the power of Jiangzhou, the manpower needed by Zhuang Feng has basically sat in the position required by Zhuang Feng; that is to say, as long as Zhuang Feng is willing, even if Wu Jinwen goes back to Jindu, and the officials sent to the main hall can be completely empty;
He Li's actions were also going smoothly with Rao Hao's cooperation, and the process was accelerated;
I think what a price Zhuang Feng paid in the process of seizing Jiangzhou back then; now, it is just an agreement with Wu Jinwen, Rao Hao holds the power of Jiangzhou, which can easily destroy the inherent power of Jiangzhou, and then He Li's work is not too simple, and directly send the guards out of the towns and counties;
After Zhao Yi got Xiaoyu's analysis, he also set out to rectify Jia Hongde; Xiaoyu also began to take over the affairs of the trading company, but it was not smooth, but it was Xiaoyu's own business, and Zhuang Feng did not plan to interfere, or Zhuang Feng would only ensure Xiaoyu's personal safety to prevent Wu Huigou from jumping off the wall;
As for how Xiaoyu and Wu Hui compete with Wu Hui for the management of the trading company, that is their own business; if Xiaoyu can't fight Wu Hui, it also proves that Bai Xiaoyu's ability is still a little lacking, and he can't afford the heavy responsibility of the trading company; at that time, they only need to let Zheng Shan come forward to take back the trading company, and there is not much trouble;
Seeing that everything was going well, Zhuang Feng's heart was also quite emotional;
In Zhuang Feng's original plan, it would take a great price to recapture Jiangzhou, and Zhuang Feng was also ready to set off a bloody storm in Jiangzhou; in order to recapture Jiangzhou's plan, Zhuang Feng even planned which people had to be sacrificed, and he was distressed with that entanglement for a while;
The current situation has finally reached Zhuang Feng's preliminary estimate, and there is not much sacrifice, but He Li has reported the losses of several brothers, and more importantly, he has reached the preliminary goal with Zhuang Feng in peace;
Zhuang Feng, who is no longer young, did not feel that the plan he had spent his brain power was in vain and he looked lost, but just sent the governor's hall to take over Jiangzhou with full authority to deal with the follow-up stability maintenance matters;
Taking advantage of the festival day of the old man Zhuang, Zhuang Feng left Jiangzhou alone, drove back to the old house to worship, and by the way, he could boast that he had taken Jiangzhou back again without much effort;
It's just that this rainstorm makes Zhuang Feng's mood a little not very beautiful, especially after he crashed into the car;
Zhuang Feng, who was smoking in the car, felt very uncomfortable in the face of the trouble of this rainstorm and the crash;
Because the car accident always reminds him of some things that Zhuang Feng is unwilling to mention;
After smoking the last cigarette hatefully, Zhuang Feng opened the car door and got out of the car, and walked into the rainstorm on foot;
It's not that Zhuang Feng is unwilling to wait for a car to pass by and hitchhike, it's just that Zhuang Feng likes to get caught in the rain;
Zhuang Feng walked into the rain, and in less than a few minutes, he was drenched, but Zhuang Feng liked to enjoy this feeling, and always felt that this rain was the purest water, and Zhuang Feng believed that such purity could wash away certain things, such as sin;
Along the road, Zhuang Feng walked slowly like a walk, perhaps because he was soaked in the rain, he couldn't help shivering, and seemed to be a little cold;
In this regard, Zhuang Feng just smiled and continued to move forward;
Zhuang Feng, who was originally facing the rainstorm, was stunned for a moment when he saw a broken car rushing in his direction, which was almost a subconscious behavior, Zhuang Feng rolled with the ground and narrowly avoided it;
Zhuang Feng saw the broken car crashing into the rock wall, but he didn't immediately get up to check, but subconsciously moved his body back, frowned, and was quite vigilant;
No kidding, this road is not a national or provincial expressway, but just a rural road; the people who can walk on the rural road are either people from the local township or people who come back from outside;
With such a rainstorm now, people in the local towns will not be outside, even if it is the time to catch the market, there will be no more people to go to the market on such a rainy day;
If someone outside is rushing back because of an urgent matter at home, he will not drive such a broken car, because the car is really a little broken, and it is on the same level as the nine-handed broken car driven by Zhuang Feng himself; unless someone has the same bad habits as him, and is accustomed to or likes the classic car of ten or twenty years ago, but at the moment it is a limp that can no longer be broken;
No one who can afford to buy a car while working outside to earn a line will drive such a broken car; because the more people in towns and villages are, the better they are and the more capable they are of buying a car, and they will not buy such a broken car that looks like a nine-handed car;
A non-local drove such a nine-handed broken car to such a remote country road in such a rainstorm with visibility of less than 10 meters, and this person either got lost or came to him for the wind;
It's unlikely to get lost, today's expressway network is so developed that even provincial roads have few vehicles running, let alone such remote country roads?
If not, there is only one possibility left;
This kind of thinking flashed quickly in Zhuang Feng's mind, so that Zhuang Feng had to be vigilant, habitually stretched his hand to the back of his waist, but did not grasp anything, at this time Zhuang Feng remembered that the pistol he was carrying was left in the car;
also because although the situation in Jiangzhou is initially stable, but this time is also the most cumbersome stage of affairs, Zhuang Feng also asked Xu Wei and Yang Lin to stay with Liu Jie, and go back to worship the old man alone;
"I have to get rid of this bad habit next time;" Zhuang Feng muttered to himself, because Zhuang Feng would not carry a gun on his body unless necessary;
Zhuang Feng is such a habit, when faced with a situation that can not be changed, the first choice is to look at the first, as for the situation, it has to be a matter of the next second;
Seeing that the broken car that hit the rock wall did not react, Zhuang Feng chose to stand up first, put his hands crossed in front of his waist, and then stood in the rainstorm and looked at the broken car, not moving or checking, just watching quietly;
I don't know how long it has been, anyway, Zhuang Feng doesn't know how long it has been, because he has no habit of wearing a watch, although he has the phone Ao Xiuzhi gave him in his pocket, but in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhuang Feng crossed his hands in front of his waist;
Generally speaking, try to put your hands in a place where others can see, otherwise it is easy for people to misunderstand; if Zhuang Feng really has a weapon on his body, it would be fine, the problem is that there is no now, so in the face of the person in the broken car, it is better to show what he means;
It's just that there has been no movement in the broken car for so long, which makes Zhuang Feng's vigilance even higher, because this scene is really abnormal;
If it is an ordinary person, then judging from the force that hit the rock wall, it will not be life-threatening; since there is no danger to life, then even if he faints for such a long time, he should wake up; since he wakes up, then he should see Zhuang Feng standing in the rain; in this way, all normal ordinary people should have some reaction, but they don't;
Another if, if it is for him Zhuang Feng, then for so long, what purpose or what requirements, then you have to react a little, you can't be in the car to watch him Zhuang Feng in the rainstorm feel very cool, if so, then the psychology of the people in the broken car is too dark;
Of course, the most important thing is that in order to avoid misunderstanding, Zhuang Feng has stood there for so long without moving, and his body has begun to stiffen a little;
Zhuang Feng's mind flashed through some thoughts, and then decided that no matter what the situation was, he had to take a risk, otherwise this matter would not be over, and Zhuang Feng didn't want to stand there until he was silent;
Zhuang Feng pulled out the belt on his waist and lifted it in his hand, and then walked vigilantly towards the broken car;
Approaching the broken car, Zhuang Feng was sure that there was only one person inside, who seemed to have fainted, lying on the steering wheel; because the broken car did not have a heat insulation film, because the rain was too heavy before, and there was a distance, of course, the most important thing is that Zhuang Feng's eyes are not very good now, and there is no way to see the situation in the car;
When he saw that there was a person in the car, Zhuang Feng did not relax his vigilance because of the person who seemed to have fainted, but Zhuang Feng did not stop moving forward until he reached the side of the broken car;
In Zhuang Feng's opinion, the people in the car seemed to really faint, and carefully opened the car door, and when he opened the car door to be able to directly see the situation in the car, Zhuang Feng jumped away behind him in an instant, ran to the back of a big rock on the other side of the road and squatted down to breathe a sigh of relief, and then gasped for breath until he was out of breath;
"Get out of the car and put your hands where you can see;" Zhuang Feng shouted loudly after he had easily gasped for breath;
"I don't have your vices, I don't like to get wet," Zhuang Feng shouted, and the people in the car shouted as well;
"Then this seat is gone;" Zhuang Feng looked hateful;
"Will it disappear for another ten years?" continued the man in the car;
"Yes;" Zhuang Feng didn't know how to answer the words of the people in the car for a while;
The person in the car was none other than Zhuang Feng and their seventh family, Tang Guiyi;
Zhuang Feng recognized it the moment he opened the car door, although the two had not seen each other for more than ten years, Zhuang Feng still recognized it at a glance;
As for why Tang Guiyi appeared here at this time, this Zhuang Feng had already figured it out;
Today is the sacrifice day of Old Man Zhuang, with Tang Guiyi's understanding of Zhuang Feng, he will definitely go to worship today;
Zhuang Feng disappeared for ten years, and then appeared in Jiangzhou in such a high-profile manner, and even threatened to take back everything that belonged to him Zhuang Feng;
Since Zhuang Feng came back with such a high-profile appearance, then on this year's Old Man Zhuang's sacrifice day, Zhuang Feng will definitely go back to the old house to worship, and Yu Tang Guiyi will also rush back;
However, for Zhuang Feng, he was not ready to meet Tang Guiyi at this time, although the two had escaped for ten years because of the events of that year, but some things could not be changed by time, after all, Tang Guiyi's four uncles all died in his hands Zhuang Feng;
Maybe it was because of lack of psychological preparation, of course, when Zhuang Feng saw clearly that Tang Guiyi was in the car, he subconsciously ran away;
However, there are some things that cannot be escaped, such as the grievances with Tang Guiyi;
In fact, in the past ten years, Zhuang Feng has thought about how to face Tang Guiyi more than once, but he didn't expect it to come so suddenly;
Perhaps it is precisely because of this suddenness that Zhuang Feng does not think too much as before, and since they have met, they can't pass by like passers-by;
So Zhuang Feng gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and finally chose to speak first, although this opening statement was really too bad, but it was also a start;
"Addiction to cigarettes is coming, right?" Tang Guiyi faced Zhuang Feng's frank words, but understood Zhuang Feng's embarrassment, and put aside the relatively heavy topic;
Yes, Zhuang Feng was addicted to smoking; this was not caused by the accident he experienced ten years ago, but before Zhuang Feng entered the Zhuang compound, although Zhuang Feng was still a child at that time, he did have a smoking addiction; Tang Guiyi knew about this;
After Tang Guiyi finished shouting, Zhuang Feng walked out from behind the boulder on the other side of the road; at this time, Zhuang Feng did not speak again, nor was he wary of anything, and walked straight to Tang Guiyi's car;
When Zhuang Feng got into the car, Tang Guiyi handed the cigarette in his hand to Zhuang Feng, and then lit it for Zhuang Feng;
Zhuang Feng looked at Tang Guiyi holding the cigarettes he was familiar with, and this brand of cigarettes is actually difficult to buy now, not because of the high price, but because of poor sales, which led to a reduction in production or even a shutdown, and in fact, Tang Guiyi himself is not a smoker, thinking that this is specially carried for Zhuang Feng;
For such accustomed actions, Zhuang Feng's heart has some complicated feelings;
It seems that as before, Tang Guiyi will always have cigarettes on his body, and the reason why a person who doesn't smoke will carry cigarettes on his body is because of his solemn style;
Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi did not speak, except for the sound of tobacco burning, there seemed to be nothing else;
I haven't seen each other for more than ten years, although Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi have thought about resolving the grievances of the year, especially Tang Guiyi's appearance here today, it also took great courage, but when the two really met, they didn't know how to speak for a while;
"Try?" Zhuang Feng silently finished smoking a cigarette, then took out another cigarette casually, looked at Tang Guiyi and asked;
"It's useless, you have seduced me for more than ten years without success, how can you be from you now?" Tang Guiyi looked at Zhuang Feng and said calmly;
"Yes, I haven't succeeded in seducing you for more than ten years, and you are really stubborn enough;" Zhuang Feng said with some emotion, and he didn't know whether he was talking about Zhuang Feng himself or Tang Guiyi;
From the time Zhuang Feng walked into the Zhuang compound and met Tang Guiyi, he would hand Tang Guiyi one every time he smoked, but Tang Guiyi had accepted it for more than ten years;
Zhuang Feng insisted on luring Tang Guiyi to the bad habit of smoking for more than ten years, and Tang Guiyi also insisted on refusing for more than ten years.
"You succeeded this time;" Tang Guiyi looked at Zhuang Feng's emotional appearance, and couldn't help but have a smile in his heart, and took the cigarette that Zhuang Feng handed him for the first time;
This is also the first time that Tang Guiyi and Zhuang Feng have received the cigarette handed to him by Zhuang Feng since they met for more than 20 years;
Zhuang Feng was a little stunned, not knowing why this happened, and for such a situation, Tang Guiyi stretched out his hand and gave Zhuang Feng a slap, and then said: "What do you think?
With Tang Guiyi's slap, Zhuang Feng came back to his senses, looking at Tang Guiyi's appearance of holding a cigarette to his mouth, he was inexplicably a little sour;
"It's quite charming;" Zhuang Feng said a little hoarsely, and at the same time he put on another cigarette;
After speaking, he lit the cigarette for Tang Guiyi, and also for himself, watching Tang Guiyi take a deep breath as he learned from him, and then choked on it, and even choked on tears;
Zhuang Feng looked at Tang Guiyi's embarrassed appearance, and couldn't help laughing;
One choked on cigarettes and burst into tears, and the other burst into tears with laughter;
In this rainstormy weather, Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi, two big men, and a broken car that was hit were crying there, if this was seen by others, then there would be no face to see people in the future;
But for Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi, the grievances between them ended here;
In the events of that year, perhaps no one was right or wrong;
Tang Guiyi's father died early, and Tang Guiyi's four uncles had no heirs, so Tang Guiyi naturally became the most precious person in the family;
Tang Guiyi and his four uncles, who are naturally blood relatives, have the feelings of biological parents, but the uncles are always too busy and rarely have time to get together;
Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi stay together almost every day, and they are both brothers, and that different blood relationship has created a brotherhood that is closer than blood relatives;
Later, Old Man Zhuang died, and Tang Guiyi's four uncles also had ambitions and exiled Zhuang Feng to Jiangzhou;
This incident was obviously the betrayal of the Zhuang family by Tang Guiyi's four uncles, but Tang Guiyi chose to remain silent, did not say a word, and did not help Zhuang Feng, who was exiled to Jiangzhou, as if nothing had happened, he still stayed in the Zhuang family's compound and lived the idle life of the young master;
Later, Zhuang Feng recaptured Jiangzhou and really mastered the Zhuang family, and naturally showed no mercy to the four uncles of Tang Guiyi who betrayed, and slaughtered Tang Guiyi's four uncles according to the tacit rules formed between the families;
Zhuang Feng did not evade or conceal this matter, but had a showdown with Tang Guiyi as soon as he returned to the Zhuang compound;
In the face of friendship and family affection, did he slaughter Zhuang Feng, or did he admit that his four uncles were guilty?
Tang Guiyi had no choice, and finally chose to leave Zhuang Feng;
With such a choice, Zhuang Feng has nothing to blame, the so-called hatred of killing his father is not shared, Tang Guiyi did not make a move on Zhuang Feng, so what else does Zhuang Feng want;
Zhuang Feng calmly accepted Tang Guiyi's departure, and also agreed that Tang Guiyi would take away those who were willing to follow him, and did not punish him as a betrayal;
However, when Tang Guiyi participated in the attack on Zhuang Feng, which led to the death of Zhuang Feng's wife, Zhuang Feng couldn't accept it and went crazy;
Didn't Zhuang Feng also kill Tang Guiyi's four uncles at that time? And Tang Guiyi didn't choose to kill himself;
Especially later Zhuang Feng also learned the real situation, about the attack, Tang Guiyi did not know about it in advance, it was just the private behavior of those loyal brothers of Tang Guiyi's four uncles and the other five families, and then Tang Guiyi bore the consequences;
The hatred of killing his father and his wife, so that Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi don't know how to face each other, the brotherhood of playing small and big is mixed with hatred, this problem makes Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi not know how to solve it;
For ten years, Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi have been thinking about this problem;
Zhuang Feng figured it out, Tang Guiyi also figured it out;
Zhuang Feng and Tang Guiyi both made a decision in their hearts, as long as the other party is willing, they can let go of their hatred;
It's just that for ten years, I didn't wait; until Zhuang Feng reappeared, Tang Guiyi was unwilling to wait any longer, or was willing to give himself a chance, give Zhuang Feng a chance;
Tang Guiyi estimated that Zhuang Feng should go to the cemetery of Old Man Zhuang to worship, after all, brothers are brothers, and there is still some tacit understanding;
The so-called indissoluble hatred is not so absolute, but how to face it;
Tang Guiyi, who was so easy, finally finished smoking the first cigarette in his life, and Zhuang Feng stopped laughing wildly;
"Let's go, we haven't been to the old man's grave together for many years;" After stopping laughing and tears, Zhuang Feng said first;
"What should I do with this car?" Tang Guiyi agreed with Zhuang Feng's statement, but the car was hit, and neither of them knew how to repair it;
"Throw it here, don't forget it;" Zhuang Feng said indifferently;
Tang Guiyi also had no opinion;
The rain continued, but the brothers walked side by side in the wind and rain again;