Chapter One Hundred and Four
"Brother Hu, how did you find here?" Zhou Jiantong was still immersed in the joy of reunion.
Hu Tianming didn't have a trace of joy, his face was full of gloom: "I haven't asked you yet, why are you in Jingyang? There are so many military camps, what are you messing around?"
Zhou Jiantong was stunned for a moment, and changed the topic with a smile: "I haven't seen you Brother Hu for more than ten years! I won't talk about this today, let's talk about the old days and have a good drink!"
Hu Tianming frowned, standing there without moving: "Thorn Tong, I am the prince who ordered to thoroughly investigate the case of the Liu family's counterfeit products." When tracking down Liang Jiaotou's nurse, I found you here. Originally, there should have been Liu Shao who came together, if it wasn't for some accident on the way, I think it wouldn't be difficult for the Liu family and Zhang Quanqing to find out about you......!
"The Liu family. Zhou Jiantong said lightly: "A nouveau riche who does business, and he actually uses court officials for a trivial matter, hum! ”
"Thorn Tong?" Hu Tianming looked at his former good brother without knowing the truth: "Do you want to tell me the cause and effect of the current garrison?" I don't want to watch my only good brother being used as a pawn by others!"
Zhou Jiantong was afraid of Hu Tianming: "Don't worry, Brother Hu! If there is really anything, I will be the first to tell you! Let's go, drink two glasses!"
Hu Tianming looked at him fixedly, his brows furrowed, and he didn't ask the question, and he swore not to give up.
Zhou Jiantong looked at it and smiled: "You are still the same as before, you haven't changed at all! "Take a few steps forward and turn around. Zhou Jiantong said slowly: "I have full authority to plan this matter! Since the unjust death of the second brother, I have been planning to do this, to destroy the country and cut off its economy first, so I will start with the most powerful Liu family! and then break it down city by city, I want to make the court regret everything that the second brother and I have done! I want them to beg for mercy from me!"
Hu Tianming was shocked: "Do you know what you're doing?"
"I know what Brother Hu is going to say!" Zhou Jiantong looked at Hu Tianming: "I just can't forgive the court, I can't forgive the prince! Since he can't be the emperor and the master, then don't do it at all! The soldiers outside are all the second brother's old department, they joined voluntarily, and I'm still recruiting." ”
Hu Tianming's shock was not reduced by half: "Thorn Tong, you, you want to rebel?"
Zhou Tingtong smiled and said nothing, looking at Hu Tianming with deep meaning.
Hu Tianming stepped forward and grabbed his shoulders and shook him constantly: "Do you really know what you are doing?!Do you know how much you have to pay for this road of no return?!Leaving your family, leaving your parents, and sending your subordinates who have followed you for many years to death, have you asked your second brother!!If your second brother is alive, do you think he agrees with your approach!!"
Hearing the second brother's name, Zhou Tingtong couldn't calm down: "The second brother is dead!" Zhou Tingtong roared: "The second brother won't agree! I know!!He is too loyal! Too filial piety! Too many worries, so he deserves to die! He deserves it! I'll let him see how stupid his decision was back then!"
"Smack!" A slap slapped Zhou Tingtong's face, Hu Tianming's face was flushed: "You say it again!"
Zhou Jiantong was obviously enraged, and stepped forward to grab Hu Tianming's collar: "What did I say? What if I said it? Where were you when the second brother died? Where were you? A few years ago, you were stupidly sent to the frontier to defend the country, and my second brother and I were forced to hand over military power, do you know what they used to blackmail us! It's you!!"
Hearing this, Hu Tianming's momentum weakened, and he turned his face away: "I know, I owe it to you." ”
Let go of Hu Tianming, Zhou Jiantong was still angry: "It's not that you owe us, it's the court that owes us! The second brother who gave up military power to save you is voluntary, and so am I! You are our eldest brother for the rest of our lives." What I can't forgive is the traitorous villains in the court. They have to make inches, hand over military power, and force the second brother to death on trumped-up charges, I ...... I'm just going to kill them and avenge my second brother!"
"Thorn ......"
I don't know how long it took, but the two of them sat at one end with their own hearts. Nothing was said all night. The past gradually surfaced in Hu Tianming's mind: the three of them were from the same military family, studied together, studied together, fought together, and joined the army together. The three partners are brave and resourceful, and they work together seamlessly. It was a blissful time. Until they went to the battlefield, they were promoted to generals one after another, commanding two-thirds of the country's army, and the scenery was unlimited for a while. But jealousy has existed since ancient times, and it has never disappeared, the red-eyed slanderers obviously don't want to see the strength of the three families, coupled with the worries of some Wenchen who are worried about the country before the world, the best of the three The second brother of Zhou Jiantong has become the target of public criticism, and it is also the object of sacrifice, when Hu Tianming rushed back non-stop, the second brother had already left...... This is a scar that Hu Tianming has never told anyone, and it is also a scar that he can never erase in his heart.
The sky gradually turned white, and Hu Tianming slowly said with a sad face: "I know it's useless to persuade you." Anyway, if I miss your second brother, I won't miss you again. ”
Zhou Jiantong shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly: "I won't pull you into the water, if the second brother is here, he won't do it." Otherwise, there would be no one to burn paper for our two brothers in Qingming. ”
Hu Tianming stood up and looked at Zhou Jiantong with a tired look on his face, but his eyes were unwavering: "You know I won't sit idly by!"
Zhou Jiantong was stunned and said, "Brother Hu, I won't let you come in." ”
"The day I went to investigate, all the counterfeits were mysterious, did you do it?"
Zhou Tingtong didn't speak, just shook his head repeatedly: "I don't say it." ”
"Thorn Tong, you know me! Since I say this, I won't change my attitude easily!"
Zhou Jiantong couldn't make up his mind, but he was still relieved: "I arranged it." I put eyeliner in every rich and powerful person's house. It is also the last move when the army is blocked. ”
Hu Tianming nodded: "I guessed it, but I didn't expect it to be you." After a pause, Hu Tianming said: "Liang Jiaotou's nurse, you deal with it as soon as possible." And your secret passage, don't deploy so complicated, there is always a way for the people who should sneak in! The medicine hall also has loopholes, so many people guard it like a bandit's den! Evacuate all the people, and arrange a few people with strong reconnaissance skills to secretly watch. Is a medicine hall where no one sees a doctor still a medicine hall? How can it not arouse suspicion? As for the Liu family's affairs...... Leave it to me, and you won't need to worry. ”
Listening to Hu Tianming's excellent judgment and deployment, as if returning to the time when the three of them were together, Zhou Jiantong was moved but still worried. Shaking his head, Zhou Jiantong grabbed Hu Tianming's hand: "Brother Hu! Where should you go, you didn't see me last night! I don't know these things! You still have a bright future!"
"Say no more. With his back to Zhou Jiantong, Hu Tianming looked into the distance and sighed: "I don't want to feel sorry for the second child anymore, for you and for the lost self!" Hu Tianming's eyes were firm.