Rebirth of a Star General - Chapter 243

Chapter 243

In prison, Xu Jingfu sat quietly.

When he first came in, the jailers treated him respectfully and did not dare to neglect him at all. Although he was shocked by Xiao Huaijin’s resolute and resolute method in his heart, he was not in a hurry. Chu Zhao was outside, not to mention that Emperor Wen Xuan was soft-tempered. After a long time, not to mention retreating all over his body, at least he would be able to win back a round slowly.

But recently, the attitude of the jailers towards him has gradually changed.

What kind of person Xu Jingfu is, he has been in the court for so many years, and sometimes he can see that the situation has changed with the look of a person’s eyes. These days, no one came to visit the prison, and he had no way of knowing the situation outside. Xu Jingfu did it all by himself. I don’t know what Xu Pingting and Mrs. Xu are doing now. Xu Pingting has been spoiled and raised since she was born. She has never experienced any storms, and now she does not know how Emperor Wen Xuan handled them.

Xu Jingfu didn’t show up on his face, but he was already a little worried.

The prince Guangyan should not be of great use, and because of the Utuo people, he was separated from him before, I am afraid that he does not dare to speak out now. Thinking of this, Xu Jingfu secretly disdain, if there is no one in the court now, he would not support the idiot Guang Yan. But after so long, on the other side of Chu Zhao, hasn’t he thought of a way? Or is it that Chu Zhao is also in trouble now?

Xu Jingfu became a little irritable. The longer you stay in prison, the less it is a good thing. He didn’t know what Xiao Jue had achieved, and Emperor Wen Xuan…even though he was benevolent, he was also an emperor. When he was away, other officials would teach the emperor how to do it.

There will be people who want to drag him into the water constantly, and he has to think of other ways, but the most urgent thing is to see him first.

Xu Jingfu was thinking about it, and there was a flower in front of him, as if he saw someone flashing past the dark part of the cell. Looking closer, there was nothing.

It was snowing outside, and the jailers squatted drinking at the door of the prison. The alcohol temporarily dissipated the cold, and the voice of talking and laughing gradually lowered. The torch burning on the wall quietly emits a faint light. In the firelight, there seemed to be a tiny “crackling”, like the sound of burning debris. Gradually, the sound became fuzzy. After a long time, I don’t know when, a scream cut through the night sky. .

“The water is gone! The water is gone! The water is gone in the prison!”

“Quickly, put out the fire!”

The smoke choked people’s throats, and the raging fire instantly burned. There was a gossip, there was the sound of going to the water basin to pour water to put out the fire, and some people’s voices sounded, accompanied by the sound of swords and swords: “Come here. Someone robbed prison!”

“Xu Xiang was robbed!”

…

When the carriage stopped, Xu Jingfu was pushed into another courtyard, which looked like a farm in the wilderness. No other courtyard was seen everywhere. As soon as he entered, Xu Jingfu coughed.

He was already old and could not withstand such a toss. His beard was half-scorched by the fire, and his clothes were all blackened by the fire, making him look particularly embarrassed. There was no one else in this room. There was tea and food on the table, which looked delicate, and he didn’t move.

It is always good to be cautious at all times.

When I came, I had asked the people around me who robbed him from prison, but no one answered his question. Xu Jingfu was also disturbed, and after sitting for a while, there was a noise from the door, and someone walked in.

Xu Jingfu looked up and saw that the visitor was dressed in a light blue gown, warm and moist, and when he saw him, he whispered, “Teacher.”

“Zilan?” Xu Jingfu was overjoyed at first, then frowned, “What’s the matter?”

Chu Zilan closed the door.

“The teacher didn’t know anything about it, Xiao Huaijin found the evidence of the Mingshui case.”

Xu Jingfu’s heart jumped, but there was no surprise in the end. His people have been looking for the whereabouts of the brother Na Luo, and they clearly have clues, and suddenly disappeared from the world. At that time, Xu Jingfu had already begun to suspect that it was Xiao Jue’s hands and feet. It’s just that Xiao Jue’s work is secretive. He has not been able to grasp the handle. Now that he is in jail because of He Rufei, Xiao Huaijin will definitely refuse to let this opportunity go. Xiao Jue has never forgotten the Mingshui case, and sooner or later he will be turned over for retrial.

“Only witnesses are not enough to convict.”

Chu Zilan sighed: “The courtiers are not in the minority.”

Xu Jingfu only sneered.

In this position for so many years, of course he also knows that sometimes winning or losing is instantaneous. In the past, when he suppressed the old ministry that Xiao Zhongwu left behind, he also took advantage of the opportunity of the Mingshui case.

“You mean, you think the Xu family can’t turn over?” Xu Jingfu looked at Chu Zhao, with a little displeased in his tone, “When I was in jail, this is how you came up with it? Take advantage of the fire and robbery?” At this point, Xu Jingfu was a little annoyed, “Do you know that with this move, the emperor’s heart will only be more biased towards Xiao Huaijin, you are not helping at all.”

“Teacher,” Chu Zilan stood beside him, shaking her head and said, “The students have no other way.”

Xu Jingfu took a deep breath, “You are always smart, why did you choose a stupid way this time. What did you do when you robbed me from prison to save my life? My life was saved, but the Xu family could not. , And Ping Ting and Madam…you…”

The more he thought about it, the more anxious he got, but now he couldn’t go back by himself, but just staying like this, people outside would only say that Xu Jingfu absconded in fear of sin.

“Teacher,” Chu Zilan said warmly: “Even if you don’t rob the prison, the Xu family can’t keep it. Xiao Huaijin won’t let the Xu family have a chance to turn over. The Fourth Prince has already taken action now.”

“But you made a bad move! Can you protect me for a while?” Xu Jingfu stared at the young man in front of him angrily. …” His words stopped abruptly.

The person in front of him is his prospective son-in-law, his student, and the person he looked at growing up. He has been with him all the time. He is a scholar and official. He is smart, gentle and courteous. He is a truly talented person, Xu Jingfu’s. In my heart, I admire him very much. He doesn’t have a son himself, and he cultivated Chu Zhao as his successor.

The room was silent for a moment.

“Did you deliberately?” Xu Jingfu asked slowly, looking fiercely like a snake.

Chu Zhao smiled slightly: “Teacher, we have reached this point. Only by doing this is the best.”

Xu Jingfu’s hands trembled.

“I know that the teacher is not reconciled, and still thinks about making a comeback, but the teacher is in prison and doesn’t know the situation outside. The sky has changed.” Chu Zhao’s voice was still gentle, and he continued without rushing: “The students have seen the prince. Your Highness, this is also what the Crown Prince meant.”

“Guangyan that idiot,” Xu Jingfu sneered, “How can I think of abandoning the car to protect the handsome, I think it is you,” he stared at Chu Zhao’s face, “you suggested it, so good Chu Zilan , You have been by my side for so long, and I didn’t realize that I raised a poisonous snake by my side.”

“Isn’t it all learned from the teacher,” Chu Zhao was not angry, and said quietly: “It’s the teacher who taught me well.”

Xu Jingfu has been ups and downs for many years, and for the first time experienced the feeling of being vomited by popularity. When fighting with Xiao Zhongwu back then, he was not angry at the moment.

Xu Jingfu understood what Chu Zhao meant. I’m afraid that the robbery is false, and it is true that he wants to cause himself to collude secretly with others, fearing crime and absconding, and then he, a student, takes action and exterminates his relatives righteously, which not only demonstrates his patriotism of Chu Zhaozhongjun, clears the possibility of colluding with himself, but also eliminates the possibility of collusion with himself. In the hands of Xu Jingfu, there is still a lot of evidence left by Chu Zhao that is enough to destroy him in the hands of Xu Jingfu.

More importantly, when Xu Jingfu died, the original Xu Dang asked for asylum. If Chu Zhao could get out of the case, all the contacts he left behind would belong to Chu Zhao.

He has no sons, that is, he has taken a fancy to Chu Zhao’s temperament and talents, and wants to cultivate him into his own person, but he did not expect Chu Zhao to hide deeply, like…

Xu Jingfu suddenly felt sick.

“Chu Zilan,” Xu Jingfu called Chu Zhao’s name, “I asked myself that there was nothing wrong with treating you. If I hadn’t rescued you, you would have died in Boss Shi Jin’s house. I don’t know which yard. For many years, I have guarded you, helped you to become an official, and arranged everything for you. You are so kind and revenge, you… a villain who forgets his original meaning and repays his virtue with grievances!”

“Forgetting one’s own righteousness? Repaying virtue with grievances?” Chu Zhao smiled. He looked at Xu Jingfu and said softly, “The teacher treats students very well, but in this goodness, there is a bit of sincerity and use, and the teacher is also clear in his heart. I don’t have to say it too sincerely, otherwise I’m afraid I’ll even believe it if I say it for a long time.”

At Xu Mansion, Xu Jingfu gave him a pair of boots and rescued Chu Zhao from Mrs. Chu’s hands. After that, at least on the face of it, the three elder brothers and Madam Chu did not dare to be too presumptuous, and he was able to save his life. For a while, Chu Zhao was really grateful to Xu Jingfu.

Until later he grew up and was arranged by Xu Jingfu to become an official. This seemed to be a good thing. The teacher made arrangements for the future of the students. Few people in the world did it.

But from the first day he became an official, he truly became a pawn of Xu Jingfu.

Xu Jingfu’s disciples were all over Dawei, and every official disciple was his pawn. Chu Zhao was no different from other pawns. He kills people, makes unjust cases, wins people’s hearts for Xu Jingfu… He does everything. Xu Jingfu is behind, he is in front of people, and his target in front of people always encounters many dark arrows.

He once overheard Xu Jingfu talking with his servant.

“Fourth Young Master Chu is going to the banquet here, I might be in danger. Or else…”

“Young people, just want to grow up in danger,” his teacher smiled and said: “If I don’t want to pay even my life, what is the point of raising him for so long?”

Chu Zhao later understood that he was a dog raised by Xu Jingfu. He will bite whoever Xu Jingfu wants him to bite. The bitten person hates the dog, not the dog owner.

Didn’t Xu Jingfu know that going to Jiyang would be dangerous? Of course, when he was in Rundu, Xu Jingfu was still on guard against him. When Xu Pingting fell in love with him, Xu Jingfu was able to arrange his marriage on his own. Chu Zhao knew in his heart that if one day Xu Pingting didn’t like him, or even hated him, Xu Jingfu would abandon him without hesitation.

“You play the mentor, and I play the student. After playing for a long time, the teacher has forgotten why he picked me as a student.”

Xu Jingfu stared at him, and said angrily: “…because I saw you pitifully!”

“Is that so?” The young man laughed. “Don’t the teacher think that I have nothing and easy to control, so that I can be included in the school?”

A poor man who has been bullied by his aunt’s mother and brother at home and will lose his life without knowing when, a person who has nothing and nothing to rely on, once he receives a little favor, he will return it a hundredfold. Once he has a chance, he will desperately go Climb up.

It’s too suitable to be a chess piece.

It’s too suitable for being used by others, because there is no other choice.

That kind and gentle teacher is just an illusion that he disguised, calculations and plots are hidden in those soft boots, just waiting for the time to slowly pass, the nails slowly coming out of the boots, unknowingly, Stabbed people with blood.

But at that time, didn’t he have any calculations?

He clearly knew that he was going to a banquet at Xu Xiang’s Mansion, and he knew that the clothes that Mrs. Chu made for him were as thin as paper, but he still wore the clothes.

Chu Linfeng led him to socialize, but couldn’t he really find a little space to change his boots, at least pull out the nails inside?

Xu Mansion is so big, why did he meet Xu Jingfu?

He is a child who grew up in a brothel. He has seen women use all their tactics in order to win the favor of men. Pitying the weak is the instinct of all strong men. He uses the sympathy and compassion of people. That is how he learned during those years. The ability from insurance.

Every opportunity is hard-won, and every opportunity must be seized firmly.

He caught it, and finally changed his destiny. Although the return of this destiny was not very bright, it at least allowed him to linger for so many years.

Xu Jingfu used him, and he also used Xu Jingfu. After all, he and Xu Jingfu were the same kind of person from the beginning.

It’s just a pity that those boots, he thought with regret, really warmed him for many years.

The lights in the room flickered slowly, the outside wind was blowing so hard, and the windows blocked the wind, like a ghost hissing. The warm candlelight seems to only make the room colder.

Xu Jingfu looked at him, watched, and suddenly laughed in a low voice, he said: “Chu Zilan…Wow…you are really amazing…”

“Teacher,” Chu Zilan looked at him, her eyes still gentle, “Like you, it is true that you sympathize with me, and it is true that you want to use me. I am grateful that you are true, and it is true that you want to kill you.” He took a step back, the outline was completely clear in the lights, clearly a soft, handsome face that did not eat the fireworks, but it seemed to have tasted all the sins of the world, with a kind of indifferent compassion.” All the methods the students tried were learned from the teacher. But… the blue is better than the blue.”

“A good one is better than blue.” Xu Jingfu laughed, but in this smile, it was particularly miserable. He asked: “You are all outside…When are you going to kill me?”

Chu Zhao didn’t speak.

“This decisive and unfeeling is worthy of being Xu Jingfu’s student!” He suddenly said, “What about Ping Ting? What do you want her to do?”

This veteran who has been fierce in the officialdom for a lifetime finally revealed a fragility that belongs to the old man at this moment. He looked at Chu Zhao, his eyes even begged, “She really likes you… If you still have a half conscience, Don’t hurt her!”

“I won’t hurt her.” After a long time, Chu Zhao said, “As long as she is obedient.”

The lights in the room were blazing, and someone’s voice came from outside, “Four sons! The chasing soldiers are coming soon!”

Chu Zhao looked at Xu Jingfu.

Xu Jingfu looked back at him quietly, with unwillingness, anger, and resentment in his eyes. In the end, it sank and became powerless.

He is already old. When he was fighting against Xiao Zhongwu in the First Battle of Mingshui, he should have expected such a day.

Facing Xu Jingfu, Chu Zhao slowly knelt down, leaned over and bowed to Xu Jingfu.

“The students will inherit the teacher’s will, and the teacher will go all the way.”

He stood up, and went out without looking back. Several guards rushed in, and the sound of tables and stools falling over, accompanied by people’s low screams.

Chu Zhao stood quietly, and the wind blew the corners of his robe, making his figure extraordinarily thin, as if he was about to return by the wind in the next moment. For a moment, I thought of many years ago, when he was eleven or twelve years old, when he went to Xu Jingfu’s mansion to celebrate his birthday. Xu Jingfu’s students were all older than him. He was alone, hesitated for a long time, and finally took out a painting from behind.

On the painting is a pine tree he painted. After several days and nights, he painted very seriously. He didn’t have much money, and he didn’t want to ask Chu Linfeng to discuss it. After thinking about it for a long time, this was the only one that could come up with it.

Crane bones and loose tendons, green pines and cypresses, at that moment, he really thought so.

It’s just that it was a long, long time ago.

Not long after, two guards walked out of it. The knife on one’s waist had long been stained red with blood, and it was dripping drop by drop into the snow under his feet, like blossoming plum blossoms.

Chu Zhao took the knife from his hand. The knife was heavy. The man felt it difficult to carry it. He didn’t know how the thin-looking girl swung it easily.

He looked at the knife, held the handle with his backhand, and suddenly pierced his chest.

“Puff–”

The tip of the knife sank into the flesh, and there was a clear pain, which seemed to wake up just a little bit from the muddle. The guard beside him was shocked: “Four sons!”

He shook his hand laboriously, drew the knife out again, and threw it to the ground, covering his wound with one hand. The blood instantly filled the palm of his hand and dyed his robe red.

The next moment, the sound of soldiers and horses outside suddenly came. He walked forward two steps, and finally fell down on his knees when he was exhausted.

“Four sons! Fourth sons!”

The last thing I saw was the shining torch, with a large number of soldiers and horses rushing.