Chapter 56 Return

Hu Dahai has been living in regret every day for the past few days.

He regretted that he had been addicted to military affairs for a long time and neglected to discipline, and actually raised an ambitious but stupid son. He actually wanted to assassinate Zhu Chongjiu and blame Xu Da for his father, so that his father would replace him.

He regretted why he didn't send his son to prison with his own hands when he received a reminder from the Interior Department. Otherwise, Hu Sanshe must have been digging coal in a mine now, which is better than being randomly placed on the charge of smuggling arms and being shot in public.

He regretted why he subconsciously wore double armor that day, instead of cloth robe and long robe. In that case, a few lead bullets would be enough to crush his internal organs and make him angry on the spot. Instead of having to wait for an endless pain and humiliation after getting out of the gates of hell.

Indeed, my lord has done his best. He was supposed to have confiscated the family and exterminated the clan, but he only killed Hu Sanshe and the Hu family who were named assassinated by conclusive evidence. But what's the use? After this disaster, who was in the Hu family, who was qualified and faced to gain a foothold in the army? He was forced to "retire due to illness" in his prime, and from then on he could only watch his former companions make achievements on the battlefield one by one. What's the difference between being beheaded and being shown to himself?!

It cannot be said that there is no difference, that is too conscience! At least the old wife, beautiful concubine, second son Guan and adopted son Deji are still alive! I know that they are all safe and sound, and with the salary, dividends and the rewards of Zhu Butcher, the past rewards, they will live a very prosperous life. The third generation of the Hu family will also live a very prosperous life, and under the care of Ivanov, Geng Defu, Liu Ji and others, "the officials are exhausted and the prefectures and counties are not lost."

But the more this happens, the more guilty and painful Hu Dahai himself is. The lord did not feel sorry for the Hu family, because he was sorry for the lord. The reason why he survived was entirely because the lord withstand the pressure and expressed kindness beyond the law. In the future, he could only be a bystander and could not do anything. Yuguo and Yu family no longer had any purpose.

This kind of life is not what Hu Dahai wants. So he doesn't want to live on a day. But he cannot let Zhu Chongjiu down on his kindness and commit suicide. Therefore, he chose the slowest and most painful method. He "soaked" himself in a jar of wine, forcing himself to quickly turn into a ball of mud after opening his eyes every day, and he will never wake up from drunkenness.

Of course, the Hu family could not watch him kill himself. However, no one could do anything. The old wife persuaded him with tears, and the beautiful concubine was lured by her beauty, and the second son and adopted son were so arrogant that they could no longer arouse Hu Dahai's courage to continue to live. When he was half drunk, he could send his servants to buy it. When he woke up, he would be furious. The power of the general of a hundred battles made most of his family and servants not have the courage to resist in person. The confidence and reputation of the Hu family did not need anyone to sell "Five Flower Horses and Thousand Gold Fur" to exchange for wine. As long as Hu Dahai staggered to the door of his house and shouted, some unknown vendors would take the initiative to deliver the goods to their doorstep at 50% off.

So Hu Dahai was immersed in the strong wine all day long, half asleep and half awake. Sometimes he would think of the scene of him fighting fiercely with Zhu Chongjiu, Xu Da and others outside Huai'an City, and was full of heroism and singing loudly. Sometimes he would think of the difficult days when he was sticking to the Yellow River defense line and forcing hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. He could not help but cry out loud when he knew he had gone but had not returned.

But neither of these situations is much. Most of the time, he just locked himself in a room full of wine jars, pulled up the curtains, closed the door, and drank silently in the darkness. No one was allowed to disturb him except for servants who came in to deliver wine and packed up the jars.

He wanted to use this method to help his family slowly adapt to the days without himself. He wanted to use this method to prove that there is actually no difference between Hu Dahai living and dead.

The wine is very good, it is made from grapes sold by a marine merchant from a Western country from thousands of miles away. The vegetables are also very good, it is specially selected on the beef legs and added with spice sauce. In the past two years, the fleet of Huaiyang merchants has been further and further, and it has been able to go directly to Liaodong from the sea. It uses Huaiyang specialty swords, armor and gunpowder to exchange for a large number of war horses, cattle, sheep and medicinal materials. Therefore, killing cattle is no longer prohibited in various parts of Huaiyang, and beef is no longer a top luxury meal for wealthy families. The artillery chariots of each legion have also begun to use war horses to drag them, and even each legion has begun to form its own cavalry.

"The horse made Lu Feiqiu, and the bow was shocked by the thunder strings." Unconsciously, Hu Dahai imagined the way he rode a horse and held a gun and went straight to Huanglong Mansion. Unconsciously, he sang Xin Jiaxuan's ambition casually, "Resolve the affairs of the king and win the reputation of his life and death, and it will be a pity in vain!"

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

"Closing it, you nerd, send me the jar of wine back!" Hu Dahai's regret suddenly turned into an unknown karma fire. He raised his head and shouted at the door of the house that had been pushed open at some time.

After many disputes, no one in the whole family, except for the second son, dared to touch his wine jar again. And the more this happened, the less Hu Dahai wanted to see him again.

This child is far more talented than the eldest. In recent years, in Huaiyang, Hu was in a successful career and was far more influential than the eldest. If he had not been implicated in the case of rebellion, he could go to the martial arts lecture hall in another half a year. Then after graduation in another two years, the Gaoyou Agreement expired, and the Huai'an army swept the world in one fell swoop.

As a general, he can never gain fame and fortune immediately. How cruel is this for Hu Guanzhu? So Hu Dahai would rather let his son hate him than in the future when his son sees his friends of the same age make achievements, but he himself can only continue to be mediocre for the rest of his life and then complain about himself.

But today, his wishful thinking fell into the empty space. The person who stole the wine jar while he was immersed in his ambitions was not Hu who kept it, but someone else.

"This kind of grape brew has been bumping on the sea for more than half a year, but it doesn't taste very good!" The person who came was not speaking loudly, but it sounded like a thunderbolt in Hu Dahai's ears.

"Lord" almost instinctively turned his head over, but because the light in the room was too dark, he couldn't see the other person's face clearly. Then he instinctively closed his eyes and couldn't believe everything he saw.

This is impossible! Absolutely impossible! It must be because I want to regain my old career, so I have hallucinations after getting drunk. No one in the world is so generous that I almost died under my son's gun, but I can face my father calmly. No one in the world is so ambitious that he has just executed someone else's son and came to drink with him by the father of the deceased.

"Wine is suitable for fermenting slowly in wooden barrels, but not in jars made of clay. If this continues, it will not take long to rot completely. Also, the way you drink is also very rustic. This thing can either be placed in a luminous cup and drink under the lamp. Or it can be placed in a sunlight and sing the wine!" The visitor ignored Hu Dahai's performance, stood up like he was at his own home, walked to the window, and pulled the thick curtains to the ground. "In this way, we will live up to its bloody color!"

The sunlight in early autumn shines through the window, illuminating the wine in the Bingcui cup, which is indeed as red as blood. At the same time, it also shines on Hu Dahai's face, illuminating his beard that he had not repaired for many days and the depression carved deep into wrinkles.

Hu Dahai was unable to adapt to the sudden light for a moment, so he instinctively closed his eyes again and shouted: "Lord, this is the private matter of the last general! Don't worry about you!"

The second half of the sentence was unreasonable. The other party captured him on the battlefield but did not exert any harm, and was always regarded as the right-hand man. He had confronted him in person many times, but the other party still ranked him as the second heir to the Huaiyang General Manager, second only to Xu Da, who was with the other party in Xuzhou. His son formed a gang and sold official positions. The other party had a lot of evidence in his hand, but took the initiative to take the responsibility and let the matter go to nothing.

But he rewarded the other party? He sheltered his family, indulged in illegality, and several rows of hot lead bullets!

"This is not your private matter!" Zhu Chongjiu turned around from the window and looked at Hu Dahai who was drunk and dreaming. There was a hint of disappointment in his words, "Yu Gong, Zhu is your boss. You tried your best to get rid of your crimes, but you didn't want to live anymore, which is equivalent to deliberately disobeying your life. Yu Wen, Zhu has always regarded you as a friend, so he must not watch you give up on yourself. Brother Tongfu, do you think I'm right?"

A sentence from Brother Tongfu made Hu Dahai's mind shake again. With his eyes closed, two lines of tears flowed unknowingly, "What's the point of living like this?! Lord, you are kind-hearted, but the last general and the last general are not shameless!"

He will never redeem the crime of treason for a hundred deaths. He will never let his son down in this life! So, besides letting himself die of drunkenness, what choice does he have?! Can he still wake up and pretend that nothing has happened? But that wouldn’t it be that he would cover up his ears and steal the bell!

So, at this moment, in Hu Dahai's heart, Zhu Chongjiu was an unwelcome guest no matter what. He shouldn't come! No matter what purpose he is, he shouldn't come to disturb him. He should let himself die. In this way, he will be good to him, the Hu family, and the entire Huaiyang. At least, after a person dies, he will never let anyone down!

"You are not shameless? You are not shameless. Are there any shameless people in this world?!" Zhu Chongjiu could obviously guess some of Hu Dahai's thoughts. Standing by the window, his voice suddenly turned high, "Hu Tongfu, open your eyes for me! Don't pretend to be cowards for me! Do you think that if you die, the debt will be eliminated? You think you owe me what you want, and if you die, you have to continue to pay it back to the King of Hell!"

"Lord, lord" Hu Dahai was scolded so much that he could not look up. He forced himself to open his eyes and stared blankly at the ground full of wine jars.

In the middle of the jars of all sizes, the other party's magnificent figure was still as tall and solid as before, and as it was as clean as before, all around were filled with clean sunshine.

"Hu Dahai, you speak! Don't you have any reason? Just say it if you have any reason!" Zhu Chongjiu's voice came from the window, and every word hit his heart. "I asked you, since you hit me, how did I treat you badly? Have you owed your military pay or erased your credit? Do you treat you as an outsider, or have you deliberately suppressed it so that you can't show your strengths?!!!"

No, definitely not! There was a voice in Hu Dahai's heart screaming in pain. However, his mouth could not say any complete words. He could only murmur with his head, "Lord, lord. I, me."

"What am I, me! Is it the only one who is Hu's eyes?" Zhu Chongjiu couldn't get any effective reply. The more he said, the more angry he was, the more he said, the louder he said, "Are you all over the world to surround you, otherwise you will die?! So your son shot my black gun, and I can't punish him?! So I was deliberately trying to resolve the aftermath brought by this matter, but you insisted on fighting against me?! Is it because I died that you should be completely happy?! Or should I give up my position to you long ago so that you can achieve great success?!

These words were too heavy. Hu Dahai immediately raised his head and yelled at him, "No! Lord, you are slandering! Hu is not that kind of person! No! It has never been!"

"No?!" Zhu Chongjiu took a step forward and looked at Hu Dahai condescendingly, "It's really not? OK, then look at the bird thing you are doing now! Hu Dahai, I ask you, where did I feel sorry for you? You would rather die than do anything for me again!"

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

The grace of knowing that he met is unforgettable. The pain of losing his son is like a poisonous dagger scraping his bones. He didn't know how to explain his mentality, so he could only lower his head and let tears flow down.

"Then do you think Hu Sanshe died unjustly? Then you avenge him, come, I'm waiting for you!" Zhu Chongjiu refused to give in, took a small step forward, and continued to trample on Hu Dahai's soul from a high point.

"No! No." Hu Dahai suddenly raised his head, and his voice turned higher again, with a faint slight slight scent. But soon, the smell dissipated in the air, and replaced by deep helplessness and confusion.

"No, really not! Hu, Hu, never thought of it. Never thought of it! You, you can't wrongly accuse Hu. You have always promised a fortune. You, you can't go back on your word." His body shrank back, and he murmured, and there was no feeling in his eyes that belonged to humans except for pain.

"Coward!" Zhu Chongjiu seemed to have not seen the pain hidden in Hu Dahai's eyes at all. He curled his lips and continued to be condescending, "If I were you, I would not try every means to drink myself to death. If I can't let go of this, I should avenge my son, find an opportunity to get close to me, and shoot me again with a black gun!"

"No, no, no!" Hu Dahai was so scared by his bold proposal that the dead souls burst into great heights. He shook his head vigorously and his body kept retreating.

Zhu Chongjiu chased him and kept pushing him into the corner. Then he moved away from the sunshine behind him and let the sunshine illuminate his face again, "I'm afraid of implicating his family, right? As well, family is important. There is no other way. If I were you, I would go to the Mongolian Yuan. Then I will fight back to Huai'an with Yuan soldiers. I will take me, Xu Da, Su Mingzhe, Lu Luzeng, and all of these you feel that you owe you and let you down. I will kill all the Huaiyang General Administration Office from top to bottom. If you have this ability, Hu Tongfu! Don't underestimate yourself!"

"No, no!" Hu Dahai retreated and stumbled his neck, shouting loudly: "Don't blame me. I'm not that kind of person, and I can't do that! I have never thought of avenging Sanshe! I'm just feeling uncomfortable in my heart, I feel so uncomfortable!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a lighter on his shoulder, and two lines of hot tears rolled down again. He never thought of taking revenge, and he could not take revenge. Hu Sanshe himself made himself stupid, no wonder others. Huai Yang was made by himself, Zhu Butuhu, Xu Da and others with one sword and one shot. How could he help outsiders destroy it?!

"I know you don't! Hu Dahai, you are not that kind of cold-hearted person!" Zhu Chongjiu's voice suddenly became soft. He squatted down and gently placed his palm on Hu Dahai's shoulder. "But what you are doing now is similar to helping others lead troops to fight back. I tried my best to cover up the truth, and I was trying to make the real mastermind unable to get what I want? Whether it was something happened to you or Xu Da was suspicious, he successfully cut off one of my arms. I actually really hate you in my heart, and I hate you for being incompetent in teaching my children!

But I can't be fooled! Otherwise, the guy's goal would have been achieved. When he first planned, he had no hope of killing Zhu. From ancient times to the present, what national war was solved by assassination? I was shocked and lost my inch. Xu Da and you were suspicious and could not lead troops to fight in the future. Let everyone in Huaiyang and everyone in danger and can no longer unite. As long as one of these three goals is achieved, his plan will be successful. And you, you, the sea, you are helping him, do you know?"

"Lord, lord?" Hu Dahai was stunned for a moment, tears hang on his face, and quickly dried up.

He has a very talented and has been familiar with military books since childhood. He is both civil and military. As long as he can calm down, he will not need too many reminders from others to infer the true intention of the master messenger behind the assassination. In this way, this matter is far from settled. The aftermath of this matter will not be quickly calmed down because of his own death.

"I killed your son. If you hate me, I can't do anything!" Zhu Chongjiu moved his footsteps, squatted opposite him again, looked at his eyes, and added very frankly. "But I think Sanshe did not die in my hands, but in the hands of the mastermind behind the scenes. So, Hu Dahai, you must cheer me up and go out to tell everyone in the world that the conspiracy of that guy did not succeed. You must cheer me up and go back to lead troops to fight, until one day you rescue the real murderer behind the scenes with your own hands!"

"Lord, lord, I, me" Hu Dahai was already stimulated enough today, but his eyes were still so stimulating by the other party's last words. "I, no, I dare not, no, lord, lord, lord cannot do this. The country has national laws, and Hu cannot be so trusted by lord!"

"You can't forget Zhu in this life. When the gunshot fired that day, who was standing in front of Zhu!" Zhu Chongjiu smiled, and tears flashed in the corners of his eyes. "Zhu wants to rush his troops south to take Quanzhou. Take advantage of the sea trade to support the three armies. Zhu needs one person to lead his brothers to travel thousands of miles, from Jingde to Quanzhou. After thinking about it, no one is 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 this pioneer for Zhu?"

"Lord! The last general, the last general vowed not to humiliate his fate!" Hu Dahai slowly stood up, and two strings of hot tears fell one by one, falling on the hands that he reached out to the other party without realizing it.
Chapter completed!