Chu Nanxiang touched the wound on his lower back and saw blood on his hand. 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.
Chu Nanxiang pointed at the soldiers carrying the box and said, "If you do such a shameful thing, I'm afraid you won't leave anyone alive."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "That's not necessarily the case."
Chu Nanxiang said indifferently: "Just ask, what do you want to know?"
Seeing that there was still time, Zhou Hexuan sat down cross-legged in front of Chu Nanxiang: "Tell me your story, I'm very curious."
"Me?" Chu Nanxiang looked up at the stars and recalled sadly, "I am from Wenshang, Shandong. My family was very poor when I was a child. I started helping the landlord to herd sheep at the age of seven. Since I had no money to go to school, I could only hide outside the village school and eavesdrop.
, I could barely read a few words. When I was about 10 years old, a cousin came suddenly and took my whole family to live in the city, and also helped my father arrange a job delivering water."
Zhou Hexuan asked: "That cousin 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. There are many people in Wenshang County who remember his kindness."
."
Zhou Hexuan asked again: "What then?"
Chu Nanxiang said: "Chu Yupu was still a bandit at that time, but he had a good relationship with the local wealthy gentry. He never took advantage of his nest and helped the wealthy gentry fight other bandits. The wealthy gentry saw the benefits and took the initiative to help him get guns and food.
Chu Yupu took good care of the children of our Chu family and Wang family, and several brothers and I finally had the opportunity to attend elementary school. Later, Chu Yupu took refuge with Zhang Zongchang, and sent money to Chen Qimei's relatives, and finally became a regiment member of the Shanghai Liberation Army.
As I grew up, my country became more and more prosperous. Because I did very well in my studies, Chu Yupu valued me very much when he returned to his hometown and said that I was the darling of the Chu family."
"Haha," Chu Nanxiang said with a sad laugh, "Chu Yupu was infertile, so he took me to him and raised me as his biological son. But later he adopted his brother's son and became a little alienated from me. Until seven years ago, he
After being defeated and fleeing to Fengtian, I also went to study abroad, but there was no contact for several years."
"Where is the fourth aunt?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Chu Nanxiang said: "I met Li Fang when I was in middle school. We have a very good relationship. We have even agreed that when I return from studying abroad, we will come to propose marriage immediately."
"But when you returned to China, you found that she had become Chu Yupu's fourth concubine?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
"Yes, I was completely despairing at that time," Chu Nanxiang said with a painful expression. "One was my lover, and the other was the uncle who raised me. I didn't know what to do. I took the initiative to stay with my uncle as an adjutant, just to see her more.
Say a few more words to her. But the relationship between us is innocent and there has never been any behavior that exceeds the rules."
"Which party has she joined?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Chu Nanxiang said: "Li Fang accepted the communist ideology when she was in college. But she was not a party member. She was at most an activist in the school. After she was forcibly married by my uncle, she had no contact with the Red Party."
Zhou Hexuan asked: "Did you join the party after coming to Tianjin?"
"Yes," Chu Nanxiang nodded, "she listened to a patriotic speech in Tianjin and got in touch with the Red Party without realizing it. 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 it.
Already."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Now that Chu Yupu is dead, you can go far away from your fourth aunt."
"How can we fly when everyone is dead?" Chu Nanxiang smiled sadly.
After hearing these words, Zhou Hexuan finally understood why Chu Nanxiang shot and wounded Chu Yupu at the critical moment.
Zhou Hexuan asked: "If I let you go, what are your plans in the future?"
"I don't know," Chu Nanxiang looked a little confused. After thinking for a while, he said, "When I first returned from studying abroad, I was full of enthusiasm. But after working as an adjutant beside Chu Yupu for several years, my blood became cold. The Beiyang government cannot save China, and the south
It seems that the revolutionary government is not far off. If possible, I would like to join the Red Party to see what the organization that makes Li Fang risk his life is like."
"This is 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 a Red Party member?"
"No, I just sympathize with and recognize them," Zhou Hexuan patted his butt and stood up and said, "Let's go, I'll take you back and take out the bullet from your waist first."
Zhao Yunxiang came over and asked: "Zhou Hexuan, let this person go?"
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Let it go, he is my friend."
Zhao Yunxiang frowned and said nothing. He actually wanted to kill people and silence them.
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 the fish in a few days.
More than a dozen boxes of ocean were put back into the oxcart and returned to Tianjin along the original route. Zhao Yunxiang had already sent two groups of his men, a total of 20 people, to inquire about the situation in advance to avoid any further accidents.
Zhou Hexuan walked with the convoy and asked as he walked: "Captain Zhao, how are the injuries of the brothers?"
"That bastard Chu Yupu's marksmanship is really accurate," Zhao Yunxiang cursed. "You can hit someone from such a distance even if you are blind. Six of my brothers were shot, and one of them was hit in the chest. Can he survive?"
It just depends on God’s will, I hope it didn’t hurt my heart.”
"Where's the money? How much is it?" Zhou Hexuan asked again.
"After a rough inventory," Zhao Yunxiang said happily, "I found that Da Yang has 70,000 yuan, and there are also banknotes, passbooks and money orders totaling more than 1.46 million."
Zhou Hexuan pointed to the bullock cart and whispered: "Brother Zhao, you should share those boxes of silver with your brothers."
"This... seems a bit not good." Zhao Yunxiang was quite moved.
Zhou Hexuan encouraged: "We can't let our brothers travel in vain, not to mention that there are still injured people, so they still need to get some medical expenses."
Zhao Yunxiang nodded and said, "What Mr. Zhou said makes sense."
The two of them immediately laughed, saying that if there is money, we should all make it together, since it is all ill-gotten gains anyway.
Zhou Hexuan added: "I will also keep the banknotes for Brother Zhao and help you buy a small foreign-style building in the Tianjin Concession."
"That must cost tens of thousands," Zhao Yunxiang said in surprise.
"What's tens of thousands of dollars?" Zhou Hexuan blinked at him.
"Understood." Zhao Yunxiang laughed.
The two of them had a tacit understanding, so naturally they wanted to falsely report the amount and pocket some of Sun Liangcheng's money.
Zhou Hexuan said: "Brother Zhao, you can open a special safe at a foreign bank some other time, and I will deposit the house deed for you in it."
"In this case, I have to thank Mr. Zhou. In the future, if you can find a brother, please speak as soon as possible. Yunxiang will go through fire and water, and he will not hesitate!" Zhao Yunxiang had a good impression of Zhou Hexuan. He was a poor soldier. He used to work for Sun Liangcheng in the pistol team.
Captain, I have just been promoted to captain, and I really don’t have much money on hand.
If you can buy real estate in Tianjin, it is equivalent to leaving a way out. Even if you lose the battle and go to power one day, you will have a place to live. 8
