Chapter 221 220 【Story】

Chu Nanxiang touched the wound on his lower back, his hand was stained with blood, he smiled bitterly and said, "Is it necessary to ask so clearly? Just kill me."

"Did I say I wanted to kill you?" Zhou Hexuan asked back.

Chu Nanxiang pointed to the soldier carrying the box and said, "I'm afraid you won't be left alive if you do such a shameful thing."

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true."

Chu Nanxiang said indifferently: "You ask, what do you want to know?"

Seeing that there was still time, Zhou Hexuan sat down cross-legged in front of Chu Nanxiang: "I'm curious to tell you your story."

"Me?" Chu Nanxiang looked up at the starry sky, and recalled sadly, "I am from Wenshang, Shandong. My family was very poor when I was a child, and I started helping the landlord herd sheep when I was seven years old. Since I had no money to go to school, I could only hide outside the village school and eavesdrop. , barely able to read a few words. When I was about 10 years old, a cousin suddenly came and took my family to live in the city, and helped my father arrange the work of delivering water.”

Zhou Hexuan asked, "That uncle is Chu Yupu?"

"Yes, that's him. My grandfather and Chu Yupu's father are cousins," Chu Nanxiang said with a smile, "Although Chu Yupu is a bastard, he is very kind to his relatives and neighbors. Many people in Wenshang County remember his kindness." .”

Zhou Hexuan asked again: "And then?"

Chu Nanxiang said: "Chu Yupu was still a bandit at the time, but he had a good relationship with the local rich gentry. He never ate grass by the side of the nest, and he helped the rich gentry fight other bandits. The rich gentry took advantage of him and offered to help him buy guns and food. The children of our Chu family and Wang family, Chu Yupu took care of them a lot, and my brothers and I finally had the opportunity to go to elementary school. Later, Chu Yupu joined Zhang Zongchang and gave money to Chen Qimei's relatives, and finally became a regiment in the Shanghai Restoration Army. Since I grew up, I have become more and more beautiful. Because of my good academic performance, when Chu Yupu returned to his hometown, he valued me very much, saying that I was a thousand-mile horse of the Chu family."

"Haha," Chu Nanxiang said with a wry smile, "Chu Yupu is barren, so he took me into his side and raised me as his own son. But later he adopted his brother's son, and he was a little estranged from me. Until seven years ago he I was defeated and fled to Fengtian, and I also went to study abroad, during which I had no contact for several years."

"Where is Fourth Aunt?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

Chu Nanxiang said: "I met Lifang when I was in middle school. We have a very good relationship. We even made an agreement that when I return from studying abroad, I will come to propose marriage immediately."

"After you returned to China, you found out that she had become Chu Yupu's fourth concubine?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

"Yes, all my thoughts were lost at the time," Chu Nanxiang said with a painful expression, "One is a lover, and the other is the uncle who raised me. I don't know what to do. I took the initiative to stay by my uncle's side as an adjutant just to see her more. Talk to her a few more words. But we are innocent and have never violated the rules."

"Which party has she joined?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

Chu Nanxiang said: "Lifang accepted the idea of ​​communism when she was in college. But she is not a party member, at most she is an activist in school. After being forced to marry by my uncle, she has no contact with the Red Party."

Zhou Hexuan asked, "Did you join the party after coming to Tianjin?"

"Yes," Chu Nanxiang nodded, "she heard a patriotic speech in Tianjin, and got in touch with the Red Party in a daze. Those people knew that she was the concubine of the Zhili Governor, so they encouraged her to help deliver the news, and even dragged me into the water gone."

Zhou Hexuan laughed and said, "Now that Chu Yupu is dead, you can go far away with Fourth Aunt."

"People are dead, how can they fly?" Chu Nanxiang smiled wryly.

Hearing this sentence, Zhou Hexuan finally understood why Chu Nanxiang shot and wounded Chu Yupu at a critical moment.

Zhou Hexuan asked: "If I let you go, what are your future plans?"

"I don't know," Chu Nanxiang said with a dazed expression, after thinking for a while, "When I returned from studying abroad, I was also full of enthusiasm. But after working as an adjutant by Chu Yupu's side for several years, my blood turned cold. The Beiyang government cannot save China. It seems that the revolutionary government is not too far away. If possible, I would like to join the Red Party and see what the organization that makes Li Fang give up his life is like."

"It's a good idea, you can try it." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Chu Nanxiang stared at Zhou Hexuan for a few times: "Mr. Zhou is also the Red Party?"

"No, I just sympathize with and approve of them," Zhou Hexuan patted his buttocks and got up and said, "Let's go, I'll take you back, first take out the bullet in your waist."

Zhao Yunxiang came over and asked, "Mr. Zhou, is this person released?"

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Let it go, he is my friend."

Zhao Yunxiang frowned and didn't speak anymore, he actually wanted to kill someone to silence him.

The bodies of Chu Yupu and others have been thrown into the sea, and it is estimated that they will be buried in the belly of fish in a few days.

More than a dozen boxes of Dayang were put back into the bullock cart and returned to Tianjin by the same route. Zhao Yunxiang has sent two groups of 20 people in total to set off in advance to investigate the situation, so as to avoid any accidents.

Zhou Hexuan walked along with the convoy, and asked as he walked, "Commander Zhao, how are your brothers injured?"

"That bastard Chu Yupu's marksmanship is really accurate," Zhao Yunxiang cursed, "You can hit him from such a distance. Six of my brothers were shot, and one of them was shot in the chest. Will they survive? I can only depend on God's will, I hope I didn't hurt my heart."

"How much money is there?" Zhou Hexuan asked again.

"After a rough count," Zhao Yunxiang said happily, "there are 70,000 yuan in Dayang, and a total of more than 1.46 million in bank notes, passbooks, and money orders."

Zhou Hexuan pointed at the bullock cart and said in a low voice, "Brother Zhao, you should share those boxes of silver with your brothers."

"This...seems a little bad." Zhao Yunxiang was quite moved.

Zhou Hexuan urged: "You can't let the brothers go in vain, not to mention there are still injured, so they have to pay some medical expenses."

Zhao Yunxiang nodded and said, "What Mr. Zhou said is reasonable."

The two laughed straight away, if there is money, let's earn it together, it's all ill-gotten gains anyway.

Zhou Hexuan added: "I also keep the bank notes for brother Zhao, and help you buy a small western-style building in the Tianjin Concession."

"That would cost tens of thousands." Zhao Yunxiang said in shock.

"What are tens of thousands of dollars?" Zhou Hexuan blinked at him.

"Understood." Zhao Yunxiang laughed.

The two of them tacitly agreed that they wanted to falsely report the amount and embezzle some of Sun Liangcheng's money.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Brother Zhao, you can open an exclusive safe at the foreign firm some other day, and I will deposit the deed for you."

"In this way, there will be Mr. Lao Zhou. In the future, if there is a place for brothers, just talk, Yunxiang will go through fire and water, and will not hesitate!" Zhao Yunxiang has a good impression of Zhou Hexuan. He was a poor soldier and used to be a pistol team for Sun Liangcheng The captain, who has just been promoted to the head of the regiment, really doesn't have much money in his hand.

If you can buy real estate in Tianjin, it is equivalent to leaving a way out, even if you lose a battle and go to the wild one day, you will have a place to live.