Chapter 190: Save Hu Du Again

Cheng Xiaoban stepped forward with a smile, helped the old housekeeper, and said, "I don't want to be a godfather anymore, so I'll come over to see you." ”

The old housekeeper grabbed Cheng Xiaoban's delicate white hand and didn't let go, and stroked her hand with his right hand, saying, "It's good for you to come and see me." ”

Cheng Xiaoban said: "Godfather, you sit and talk, so as not to get tired." ”

The old butler said angrily, "I'm not that old. ”

"Yes, yes, Godfather is the spirit of Ryoma, and his body is great. ”

The old housekeeper smiled: "Whether it is the spirit of Ryoma or not, you will know in a moment." ”

The old housekeeper glanced at Xu Wentao and said to Cheng Xiaoban: "What trouble have you caused again? ”

"Nothing. ”

The old housekeeper said to Xu Wentao: "You wait first, I'll discuss with Xiao Ban in the back room to see what to do." ”

The old housekeeper took Cheng Xiaoban's little hand and walked towards the inner room. Xu Wentao had to sit down, this room was still full of people who came to ask for help, they looked at Xu Wentao, and their faces were full of envy.

The old housekeeper had been in the house for a long time, and from time to time there was a sound outside the room, and the people outside the room sat still and did not speak, all like wood carved clay sculptures. Time flies, slowly.

After a long time, the door opened, and Cheng Xiaoban helped the old housekeeper out of the door, helped him walk to the Taishi chair, and sat down. The old butler's old face became yellower.

Xu Wentao had already stood up, walked over, and stood in front of him. The old butler said:

"It's hard for you to do this. But for the sake of the small half, I have to do it again. In this case, I'll take the opportunity to ask, and you'll ask for news in a few days. ”

Xu Wentao thanked him, offered a gift, and bowed out.

After a few days, he came back to the old butler's house. This time, although the old housekeeper was holding Cheng Xiaoban's hand, he didn't enter the back room, but said to Xu Wentao bluntly:

"It's hard for you to do this. Xiangye is angry with him, this situation is difficult to turn around. ”

"Can you ......?"

The old housekeeper said: "What you said, I understand, I'm afraid it's more difficult than climbing to the sky." After Xiang Ye lost his temper, he went to the palace, and he didn't come back last night, I guess, it will take a few days to come back. I heard that a meeting is being held in the palace to welcome the gods. Even the prince was summoned to the palace this morning. ”

The old butler turned his head and shouted, "Come on, take out Mr. Xu's gift." Mr. Xu can't help it, I didn't do it for you. Your stuff is a lot, and you continue. ”

"No......"

The old butler said, "You go on, maybe you can be useful elsewhere." ”

"This is my filial piety to your old man. ”

The old butler said: "I am a very fair person, upright, not greedy for money, you can go elsewhere to inquire about me, see what I said is right? I didn't do anything for you, I can't take any of your things." Forgive me! Forgive me! Ashamed! Ashamed!"

Xu Wentao had to take something and walk out of the gate of the Yan Mansion.

Meeting Leng Yuhu, the two of them hung their heads and walked into the teahouse, just drinking tea, and couldn't think of a way to rescue Hu Shangcao.

At this time, Hu Shangcao's prisoner car had not yet entered Beijing. Leng Yuhu said: "It's really not good, we robbed the prisoner car in the middle of the road?"

Xu Wentao said: "Hijacking the prisoner car is the next strategy, but we can ask Master Hu to see what his plan is." ”

The plan has been decided, and the two of them will leave the city immediately. Along the official road all the way to the south, I rushed for two days, and met a prisoner car escorting Hu Shangcao into Beijing on the road.

In the evening, the prisoner van stopped in a larger hotel. It was the second half of the night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the captains were already snorting like thunder. Hu Shangcao was locked up in a cow house, and no one took care of him, he was covered in chains, and fell asleep on a pile of dry wheat stalks, and there were two lying cows beside him, looking at him regurgitating, foaming at the mouth, I couldn't imagine that the invincible Governor Hu had ended up in such a miserable situation!

Leng Yuhu ran into the cowhouse like a black shadow and shouted:

"Adult ......"

Hu Shangcao opened his eyes, saw Leng Yuhu, and said:

"Zhao Daxia, it's you. ”

Just sit up.

"Mr. Xu is also here. ”

With a gesture of his hand, Xu Wentao also walked in.

Hu Shangcao asked, "Mr. Xu, what can you do?"

Xu Wentao said in a low voice: "The old housekeeper's road is impassable. Yan Song was annoyed with you and said bad things in front of the emperor. Master Hu, do you think that in the capital, who else can help you?"

"The so-called upright people in the DPRK and China all regard me as Yan Song's party, but in fact, where do they understand my good intentions? Mr. Xu, you know, if I hadn't taken the road of Yan Song, how could I have been able to win the victory against the Japanese in Zhejiang for so many years? I would have been dismissed from my post and returned home a long time ago. Yan Song harmed me, and this group of people couldn't count on it. ”

"Then what else can be done?" asked Xu Wentao in a low voice.

Hu Shangcao said: "After I arrived in the capital, I played the book and confessed my heart to the emperor. ”

"The emperor is busy welcoming the gods, what if he ignores this matter?"

Hu Shangcao sighed and said, "That's only fate." ”

Xu Wentao snorted and said: "Yan Song is annoyed that you hurt you, and the upright people in the court refuse to save you, and the adults come to the capital, isn't it more auspicious than lucky? ”

Hu Shangcao waved his hand and said, "No, no." ”

Both looked at him. Hu Shangcao said: "That will trap me in a point where I will never recover." Think about it, if I leave tonight, I will be convicted of my crime, which is the sin of the Nine Clans. My relatives and friends, my neighbors, were going to be arrested and killed. Therefore, I would rather sacrifice myself in exchange for the safety of a family. Look at it again, the lieutenants went to sleep and didn't care about me, because they decided that I wouldn't run away. Do you understand?"

Of course the two understand.

Return to the capital. On the second day, Hu Shangcao was escorted to Beijing, where he was imprisoned and severely beaten. Xu Wentao was his staff member, treated like a guest, obeyed his words, and put what he learned in his life into practice, so Xu Wentao risked being arrested and went to the Zhenfu Division several times to visit Hu Shangcao.

Hu Shangcao was beaten all over his body, lying on the straw mat, dying, but he couldn't die for a while, where was he the whining anti-Japanese hero, just a prisoner waiting to die. In his sleep, sometimes he would think of pity and intentions, a soft body, exhaling like an orchid, a rui brain with fragrance, and a brocade tent being warmed. When I woke up, the smell of the straw mat was terrible, and when I came, it was disgusting, but now I am used to it. The autumn night is cold, the sound of insects chirping, and it feels desolate.

Hu Shangcao struggled to sit up cross-legged, holding up the severe pain all over his body, and he didn't care. When the guest and the host met, there was nothing to be done, and they were relatively tearful. Hu Shangcao came to comfort him:

"It doesn't matter if I die, my family will be well. ”

After speaking, he squeezed out a smile.

Xu Wentao squeezed out a tear, he was full of military books and war strategies, compared himself to Zhong Leyi, and claimed to be full of economy, and he would definitely be able to help the world in time and do something earth-shattering, but in the end he achieved nothing, and he became a criminal wanted by the imperial court.

The two are opposite, each with their own hearts.

Xu Wentao walked out of the gate of the edict, the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the high city gate, and he suddenly came up with a plan.