Just when Zeng Erniu was at a loss, under the recommendation of the provincial party director, the Kong family extended a warm hand to him.
The thing is actually that simple. In the mind of Zeng Erniu, a small person whose thinking and cognition has always been at the bottom of society, the status and influence of the Kong family is nothing more than his existence that he admires from a high mountain.
Should I rely on the big tree of the Kong family to live a more glorious upper-class life than before, or should I be an unknown cog in the mercenary group, and if I don't do it well, I may end up on the front line and face life-threatening danger.
Which of these two choices is better or worse, in Zeng Erniu's view, is like asking him what 1 plus 1 equals, a question that a 3-year-old child can answer.
However, due to his understanding of Zhou Wen's methods and character, Zeng Erniu still had hesitation and fear, and was hesitant to make this decision.
But when Zhou Wen's army was trapped outside and the Military Commission seemed to be giving up on the mercenary group, he completely turned to the Kong family.
In his opinion, the possibility of Zhou Wen returning safely was low.
The subsequent development of things was basically consistent with Jiang Han's suspicion. He was the one who protected the Kong family's escape and allowed the five killers to escape the supervision of the Urban Management Department.
It was also he who used the internal phone to transfer Li Qiaoer out of the pharmaceutical factory.
Moreover, he leaked many personnel information within the mercenary group. Otherwise, how would the Kong family know about Old Uncle Wu's status and whereabouts in the mercenary group, as well as Li Qiaoer's true identity as the inventor of Ziqing Red Medicine.
Fortunately, thanks to Jiang Han's measures to remedy the situation and Hongxiu's heroic performance, the Kong family's conspiracy did not succeed. Otherwise, Zeng Erniu's role in it would have been even worse and would have caused heavy losses to the mercenary group.
It was only when the Kong family found out that the incident was exposed and took a train to escape that day, that Zeng Erniu realized that he was dumbfounded.
What about the promise you made to take yourself with you?
What about the promise that he would go directly to the Nanjing Central Party Headquarters and be given money, a house, and a car?
They were all treated as if they were farts by the Kong family.
He didn't even think about how a little guy like him could get into the eyes of those in the Kong family, but they just treated him like toilet paper and threw it away without even looking back.
Now he began to feel scared and could only go to his boss, the provincial party director who had brought the Kong family to contact him.
It's a pity that the director completely knocked him into the ice cave with just one sentence.
"I introduced you to the big shots of the Kong family, but that was just flattering you. Don't be so ungrateful. As for what you did next? What did you plan? I didn't participate, and I didn't have a dime.
Relationship."
Zeng Erniu was now panicked and frightened.
Only then did he carefully review Zhou Wen's performance from the beginning to the present of the Central Plains War, and found that according to the combat prowess the mercenary group had shown before, it would be impossible to break out of the Japanese encirclement.
It's not an impossible thing.
And once Zhou Wen comes back, with his wisdom and judgment, he will definitely notice his betrayal soon.
Thinking about this man's methods and how ruthlessly he treated his enemies, Zeng Erniu was completely frightened.
So, he secretly took his wife and children, disguised as ordinary people, and tried to escape by train, but was caught on the spot by Jiang Han, who had sent people to monitor him for a long time.
But Jiang Han knew that this man was an old man brought back by Zhou Wen from Henan, and he had to wait for Zhou Wen to decide how to deal with it himself.
Therefore, before Zhou Wen rushed to Nanjing, he had to personally remove the tumor from Zeng Erniu.
The process is actually very simple. When he saw Zhou Wen appear in front of him, Zeng Erniu knew that he was dead. Not to mention the military regulations of the regular army, even the bandits and robbers with the most moral bottom line would not treat traitors.
Don't be soft-hearted.
At this point, he no longer had any illusions about survival, he was just afraid that Zhou Wen would not let go of his wife and children.
Zhou Wen doesn't even bother to do things like killing other people's wives and children, and he won't do it.
What does your own sin have to do with your wife, children, and family?
After listening to Zeng Erniu truthfully explain all the causes and consequences, Zhou Wen just sighed softly and said: "Brother Zeng, you still don't understand me, Zhou Wen!"
Zhou Wen's subtext is, you are the old man I brought back. Even if you don't serve in the provincial party committee, will I still treat you badly?
I remembered that when I and Dacheng got on the train to Xuchang, we were taken care of by this person along the way. Later, we had many encounters with him in Dawangzhuang, and we could barely be considered a friend.
Since Zhou Wen traveled through time, except for the old brothers in the mercenary group, there are really not many people who can be called friends.
Thinking of this, Zhou Wen felt a little sad. He casually pulled out the pistol from his body, put it gently on the table, and then said: "Your wife and children will be fine. You can take care of it yourself."
After saying that, he opened the door and walked out of the detention room.
Zhou Wen actually didn't feel very good. Although this matter was caused by Zeng Erniu's ambition, after Liu Ruoshui was transferred, he ignored Zeng Erniu's feelings and only wanted to talk about it after returning from the war, but he didn't.
Do some comforting work in advance.
In any case, Zeng Erniu is the first person to rebel since the establishment of the mercenary group, and he is still an old man brought from Henan. Zhou Wen also secretly reflected on his mistakes and learned from them. I am afraid that he will have to spend more time thinking about it in the future.
Brothers, communicate and communicate, otherwise as the anti-Japanese environment worsens in the future, I am sure someone will have other thoughts.
After all, Zeng Erniu was someone who had been on the battlefield. He never prayed in front of Zhou Wen, nor did he lose his composure. However, after Zhou Wen walked out of the room, a stream of regretful tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.
Yes, he doesn't understand Zhou Wen, and he doesn't understand himself either.
How could a low-level person like him be valued by a top wealthy family like the Kong family in the Republic of China? They were just using him. It's a pity that he was blinded by lard and had such an unrealistic dream. It was entirely his own fault.
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With trembling hands, he picked up the pistol on the table. It was a very well-maintained Colt m1911 pistol. It was obvious that its owner cared for it and knew a lot about guns.
He slowly loaded the gun, slowly opened the safety, and slowly put the muzzle of the gun into his mouth, pressing it against his ceiling.
At this moment, the image of the owner of this gun many years ago appeared in his mind.
At that time, he was still a boy who looked like a student. At that time, he was very curious when he saw his Hanyang-made rifle. At that time, he stood tall and tall at the front and back of the train with his slightly thin body, raising the gun and aiming outward.