Captain Tang was still a little unwilling to give up and asked: "Brother Xiaopu, have you really never thought about how we should jump off the ship after it capsizes?"
Xiao Pu stared at Captain Tang meaningfully: "Brother Tang, this mentality of yours is unacceptable. With all the people in the house, how can the eggs be completed? The boat has really capsized. Not to mention you and me, no one can be kind. I
I advise you not to think too much and think more about how to prevent the boat from capsizing."
Captain Tang smiled awkwardly: "Of course I understand this. But I'm really worried. My parents, wife and children are still in Xiangcheng. I must not let anything happen to me. If something happens to me, they will really
There is no way to survive.”
Xiao Pu nodded lightly, but didn't say anything else. He just grabbed a handful of melon seeds and ate them slowly.
Wife and children? If you really care about your wife and children, why have you never been polite when you had sex with a woman? I haven’t seen you be merciless when killing, setting fire to, and looting.
Are they not someone else’s wife and children? Are they not someone else’s parents?
Talking about my wife and children now is like a cat crying over a mouse. Anyway, Xiao Pu is quite annoying.
Of course, although Xiao Pu is a scholar, he still understands this bit of worldliness. Now he eats and drinks from others, and they invite him to visit him politely, so it’s not good to talk harshly to him. If the other party wants to say something, let him say it.
People are hard to break down.
Captain Tang sighed: "Forget it, forget it, it's really useless to think about it so much now. It's hard to say whether the wife and children are alive or not. It's better to finish all the things here first."
"Brother Tang is right. It's useless to think too much. If you can't pass this level right now, no matter how much you think about it, it's useless. It's better to think about how to get this one right without completely breaking up with the officials.
There is still some way to escape."
"Yes, Brother Xiaopu is still calm-minded. I want to learn more from you."
"However, Brother Xiaopu, I have a private request. If...if the boat capsizes, if you have a plan to escape, you must take me with you. I have also saved some supplies these days.
I will never let your hard work go in vain."
Xiao Pu said sternly: "Master Xie took me in, appreciated me, and promoted me to be this military advisor. Even if my ideas are somewhat different from Master Xie's, I will never think about the capsizing in advance. Captain Tang, you, this matter
No need to mention it again, but I won’t go to Mr. Xie to talk about what happened today. You’re just a rat’s tail juice!”
After saying that, Xiao Pu cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Deputy Tang, for the tea."
Xiao Pu turned around and left without any false politeness to Deputy Tang. This actually made Deputy Tang stunned for a moment.
He stared blankly at Xiao Pu walking out the door, and stayed there for a long time before he came back to his senses, smiled strangely, and shook his head thoughtfully.
Then, he didn't even clear the table, he just clapped his hands, and then a woman with a haggard face and almost no clothes came over to clear the table carefully like a servant in ancient times.
Captain Tang pinched the woman's buttocks with a grin, and said with a smile: "I'm giving you an advantage today. I'll reward you with these food."
The woman was about thirty years old, with a slightly plump figure and a medium temperament. She was a relatively common left-behind daughter-in-law in rural areas. However, she had many bruises and abrasions all over her body, and even the corners of her eyes and cheeks. It was obviously like this.
Prisoners taken by gangs.
The injuries on his body are self-evident, and they are naturally the result of Deputy Tang’s daily venting.
Perhaps, Lieutenant Commander Tang saw this as a form of taming.
When the woman heard that the leftovers were given to her as a reward, a flash of excitement rarely flashed across her otherwise dull and despairing face. However, she still glanced at Deputy Tang timidly, obviously worried that Deputy Tang was teasing her.
, or torture her in different ways.
Out of instinctive fear, the woman did not touch the food. Instead, she carefully cleaned up the remains of the fruits.
First sweep all the residue into the trash can, and then wipe it vigorously on the table with a rag.
Finally, the small plates with snack nuts were carefully placed back on the table.
During this whole process, Deputy Tang was watching with a smile.
The more cautious the woman is and the more fearful she is of him, the more he enjoys this feeling.
Thinking back to when I was at home, I was exhausted from work, and I never saw how polite my ladies were to me throughout the year.
Not to mention that the woman in front of him was so timid, for fear of offending him in the slightest.
This perverted pleasure makes Captain Tang very satisfied. This is the life a man should live. What about the wife and children, the yellow-faced woman who doesn’t smile unless she pays for it, and won’t get on the bed if she doesn’t work? He has suffered for a long time
Enough is enough.
Even if it’s a child, only if you give him money, you’ll call him daddy, and if you give him a tablet, you’ll call him daddy.
Normally? I think he is a useless father who only knows how to work. Why doesn't he dress neatly like other fathers and pick him up and drop him off in the car?
Thinking of these, Deputy Tang's negative emotions were stirred up. He felt that there was a rage in his heart that needed to be vented.
He suddenly grabbed the woman's hair and dragged her under the table.
Women have been treated so roughly every day these days, and they have long known that Deputy Tang is urinary.
It's just that she was weak and unable to resist, so she could only droop her head obediently, helplessly repeating the nightmare that she had been unable to escape from in the past.
"What? Are my snack nuts poisonous? I gave them to you, but you don't even say thank you? You don't even show a smile?"
The deputy captain Tang became angrier as he spoke and slapped the woman in the face.
The woman had long been accustomed to this kind of humiliation. Although it hurt, she did not dare to dodge. Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, and she let out low, aggrieved sobs.
However, no matter how hard she worked, the anger in Deputy Tang's heart could never be vented. This made Deputy Tang even more annoyed.
"Useless thing!" Deputy Tang was impatient and kicked the woman away.
The woman crawled back under the table and lay down. Because she knew that if she took the opportunity to leave at this time, what awaited her next would be a more brutal beating.
Sure enough, her well-behaved and tame appearance made Deputy Tang's anger a little lower, and he waved his hand impatiently: "Go away, go away, I'll reward you with something. Remember, this is a reward from me, so you must be grateful!"
As if she had received an amnesty, the woman quickly put away the small dishes and walked away quickly. She did not dare to stay for a second longer, for fear that Deputy Tang would change his mind.
Lieutenant Tang didn't do anything wrong this time. He tidied up his clothes and walked quickly towards Xie Chun's house.
When he went out, the woman who had put away the dishes quickly walked out of the back room and lay on the edge of the door watching Deputy Tang go away.
The humiliation and depression on his face were wiped away, replaced by a look of perseverance and calmness.
At the other end of the corridor, another figure was also standing in front of the window, watching Deputy Tang heading towards Xie Chun's house, with a meaningful sneer on his lips.
This person is clearly Xiao Pu.
When Captain Tang invited him for tea, he had kept an eye on it. No matter how much he complained or tried, he never let go. He never showed any intention of jumping off the ship.
He suspected at that time that Deputy Tang was deliberately testing him, perhaps under the instruction of Mr. Xie. If he sang along to Deputy Tang's complaints, he would be deceived and would definitely be in trouble.
If it was just a guess before, then seeing Deputy Tang hurried towards Mr. Xie's direction, the previous guess was basically confirmed.
Fortunately, I was cautious and was not deceived by Deputy Tang's seemingly sincere attitude.
Of course, Captain Tang's attitude seemed to be sincere, but in fact it was not a flaw in the whole house. With this guy's attitude of killing people, setting fires and making love to women, and when he talked about his parents, wives and children, Xiao Pu instinctively felt unconvinced.
Is he really so affectionate, caring about his family, and willing to do evil without any bottom line? These are troubled times, isn't he afraid that what he has done will be retribution on his family?
It can be seen that Deputy Tang is unlikely to be too family-oriented and caring about his family.
While Xiao Pu was thinking about it, suddenly a small paper ball was thrown into the gap outside the window.
As soon as the ball of paper was opened, there was a line written on it: "Don't believe the man named Tang, he has no good intentions."
The font is very exaggerated, even a little crooked. It feels like the person who wrote it wanted to hide something and deliberately made the words thick and ugly.
Xiao Pu quickly went to the window to look, but didn't see anything.
Xiao Pu thought for a while, then rubbed the paper ball into the palm of his hand and burned it directly to ashes. Xiao Pu himself was also an awakener, and his awakening talent was not low.
It's just that he has never participated in battles and has never shown his awakening talent in front of or behind others, so there are almost no people who know his strength.
Who would have passed this note? What was the purpose of the other party passing this note? Was it to test him? Or to remind him?
Xiao Pu couldn't give an accurate judgment for a while, so he could only keep it in mind and was not in a hurry to make a judgment.
Fortunately, he did not follow the tone of Captain Tang and complain, let alone mention anything about jumping off the ship. At least on the surface, he had no problem with his loyalty to Mr. Xie, and even Mr. Xie could not do it.
Without any evidence, his loyalty is questioned.
Of course, Xiao Pu knew that cracks must have appeared.
The grounding is only the first step. If there is a follow-up, he will definitely be asked to do more to show his loyalty, such as killing official people.
At that time, it’s up to you to kill or not to kill.
With an arrow on the string, he must not be allowed to stand on the wall forever.
Looking at Mr. Xie's attitude, it was obvious that he had no intention of reconciling with the authorities and accepting their surrender. He just wanted to intensify the conflict and expand the grudges with the authorities so that the brothers would have no way out and follow him all the way.
This made Xiaopu somewhat puzzled.
It is said that Xie Chun is a refined egoist, and he knows very well how to choose what is beneficial to him. After he becomes big, he accepts the official recruitment and surrender, and becomes a prince. In troubled times, he obviously has the opportunity to become bigger. Why doesn't he do it at all?
Considering this option?
The more Xiao Pu thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. In fact, Xie Chun's reaction was too abnormal. No matter how prepared you are, if you don't put your eggs in a basket or hang yourself from a tree, it's understandable.
But at least official recruitment should be an option, right?
There must be some reason here that he doesn't know.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Xiao Pu's mind. Maybe the root of this matter does not lie with Mr. Xie, but with that mysterious backer? Is it Mr. Xie's mysterious backer who does not allow Mr. Xie to consider the option of official surrender? Other than that
Besides, what other reasons can explain all this?
As Mr. Xie, he has been wandering between black and gray his whole life. He is most eager to clear his name. Faced with this kind of opportunity, there is no reason not to fight for it. Instead, he must deliberately intensify the conflict and create a dead end.
If it were because of the patron's attitude, then all this would make sense.
However, Xiao Pu has never seen or even heard of who Xie Ye's mysterious backer is.
Mr. Xie's few confidants seem to know something, but these people have always been secretive about this topic and will never discuss it. Even if someone occasionally inquires out of curiosity, they will be severely scolded.
…
In Xie Chun's room, the deputy director of Team Tang stood in front of Xie Chun attentively and flatteringly, reporting to Xie Chun the situation just now.
Especially the conversation between the two, he did not dare to omit a word and reported it to Xie Chun truthfully.
He knew that how to judge was Mr. Xie's business. What he had to do was to state the truth truthfully without any personal color.
After the report, Deputy Tang felt sweat dripping down his forehead and back.
This job is not easy.
Xie Chun nodded lightly: "Lao Tang, you did a good job. He didn't suspect anything, right?"
"I don't know if he had any doubts, but his overall performance was normal and he didn't have too many extreme reactions." Deputy Team Tang replied.
"Haha, this Xiao Pu, even I can't understand him clearly. You have tried your best, very good."
When Lao Tang heard what Xie Chun said, he felt a little relieved. He didn't expect any reward for this matter, but he couldn't mess it up.
As long as Mr. Xie doesn't blame him, then thank God.
"However, it's possible that your acting skills are a bit exaggerated and he might see through it."
Captain Tang broke into a cold sweat again: "Master Xie, I have really followed your request. Besides, I don't think I'm too exaggerated."
"Hmm, you keep holding on to this line. No matter what he thinks, continue to be attentive when you should be attentive, and continue to ask when you should ask. What if he is persuaded by you someday? When necessary,
You can also give him more details."
Captain Tang was not a subtle person and couldn't help but ask: "Master Xie, if you really can't trust Xiao Pu, you can isolate him and marginalize him, or even..."
Deputy Tang made a slashing motion before continuing: "Why are you hanging like this and focusing on a character like him?"
Mr. Xie sighed: "Lao Tang, there are a lot of rough guys like you in the team. But there is only one person like Xiao Pu who can use his brain. I need Xiao Pu, but I need someone who has no second thoughts.
Xiaopu, do you understand what I’m saying?”
"But if he is not loyal..."
"Haha, who is born loyal? Many times the key decision is nothing more than taking advantage of the situation." Xie Chun obviously has some personal understanding of loyalty.