Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

A heavy rain brought long-lost moisture to the dry loess slopes. Taking advantage of this heavy rain, a south wind suddenly blew overnight.

The yellow sand in the sky is mixed with dust, which makes people unable to open their eyes. In the dust, there is a cavalry moving forward slowly in the morning mist.

There are about three to five hundred people in this team, and they are exhausted. The general at the head is even more serious-faced, with a fierce look in his eyes that indicates the end of the road.

"Commander, more than a hundred people have escaped today, and there are only more than three hundred brothers left. These are our dead brothers."

A general soldier came to Chen Qiao's side.

Yesterday, this tall and burly man was a general soldier of Dakang, with tens of thousands of people under his command.

One person is less than ten thousand people. He sits high up in a tent and gives orders. He eats a lot of meat and drinks. He can't even spend all the monthly military pay he sends home. He makes a lot of money by deducting a little military pay. .

But today, he has become a bereaved dog running away in a panic, and his family members far away in Kyoto don't know what kind of treatment they will receive from the court.

Although he didn't say anything, there was a look of coldness and regret in his eyes. It was precisely because of Chen Qiao's wrong decision in front of him that the brothers followed Chen Qiao and became a lost dog overnight.

"Zhao Laoer, you have forgotten. When you killed someone and were hunted down, how did I save you? If it weren't for me, would you have been able to become the commander-in-chief in this life? You can't even marry a wife."

Chen Qiao instantly saw the malice in the other person's eyes, and he turned his face without holding back.

The commander-in-chief, named Zhao Laoer, was scolded by Chen Qiao on the spot and was immediately frightened to death.

He wanted to quibble, but suddenly he found that several people were surrounding him. He didn't even have a chance to quibble, and his head fell to the ground.

"Commander, we brothers work together, whether we succeed or fail, we are all brothers. If we die together, we will die together. There is nothing to say."

"Zhao Laoer, this bitch, I have long seen that he is a white-eyed wolf. We can only share wealth and wealth, but not adversity. Keeping such a person is a disaster."

Several of Chen Qiao's confidants expressed their loyalty to Chen Qiao, but Chen Qiao knew that his fate was over, and whether he could make a comeback in the future was still unknown. Let these brothers follow him, and he didn't know whether there would be today or tomorrow. .

"You can leave if you want. Don't follow me. I am now the main target of the court's pursuit. If you follow me, your life or death will be uncertain."

Chen Qiao gritted his teeth and said loudly to the remaining two to three hundred people.

The entire valley was filled with confused faces. These brothers who followed Chen Qiao had followed him from the beginning. They had seen him build tall buildings and saw them collapse.

At this moment, Chen Qiao felt so sad that no one could understand. He waved his hand, and the boxes on several carriages were opened. The boxes were all filled with white money.

"Three hundred taels of silver for each person who leaves! It's not much, but it's enough for you to spend the rest of your life anonymously."

Chen Qiao said to the remaining people.

I don't know when it suddenly started to rain lightly, and Chen Qiao felt particularly embarrassed, but he forced himself to calm down. Even if a man failed, he shouldn't feel sad.

Gradually, people slowly walked towards the carriage containing silver, no more, no less. Each person took three hundred taels and then quickly disappeared on horseback into the light rain.

During this time in the evening, the remaining three hundred or so people left, and only five people remained. These five people looked at each other, with embarrassed looks on their faces. .

None of the general soldiers who had vowed to follow Chen Qiao to the end escaped. Instead, the ones who followed Chen Qiao in the end were a few brothers from the same village, two cousins, and a few who had grown up playing together. Hair is small.

Except for these fellow villagers and brothers, there was not even a hair left from the rest. They were all gone. Even the money on the large carriages was empty.

Chen Qiao's cousin walked over and collected some broken silver, with a desolate expression on his face.

"Commander, you have the final say where we go next. The brothers have decided to follow you."

Chen Qiao's cousin Chen Jian said to Chen Qiao.

Seeing that his cousin had some gray hair on his temples at a young age, Chen Qiao didn't know why, but suddenly felt unhappy. He had risen like a comet in the past year, but like a comet, he fell again. On earth, in his most glorious moments, he never promoted his cousins.

These cousins ​​followed him from the beginning to the end without even holding an official position. On the contrary, it was those people who had no connection with him who followed him to enjoy the hot and spicy food, and in the end they spent all the little money he had saved. separated.

"Don't call me a handsome guy. I'm just like you now. I'm a lost dog with no assets. You can leave if you want. There's really no point in following me."

Chen Qiao let out a long sigh, his heart filled with remorse. It was wrong to leave the well-off man alone, but he decided to become a lost dog. Chen Qiao didn't know what happened to him some time ago. Was it because he was possessed by a demon or possessed by a ghost?

But it's too late to say anything now. Rebellion is a capital crime. Once you do it, you can never go back. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to set foot on the land of Dakang again in his life.

"No, you will always be our commander-in-chief. Tell me, what should we do next?"

The few people who stayed still looked at Chen Qiao with awe.

When they left their hometown, they were all alone and without anything, and now they are still back in this state. For them, they have long been accustomed to it, and it is no big deal.

Being able to experience a different kind of life with Chen Qiao is a very good experience for them.

"What are you talking about now? It's still raining. Let's quickly find a sheltered place to rest. We are the only ones left now. The chance of the officers and soldiers catching up with us is not high. After all, this is a vast area. The loess is high on the slopes, the land is vast and sparsely populated, so trying to find a few of us is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

After sending away the brothers who were following him, Chen Qiao suddenly felt a sense of security in his heart.

He pulled out a stack of banknotes from his arms, a thick stack, each with a denomination of 10,000 taels, and there were hundreds of them.

Seeing Chen Qiao taking out so many banknotes, the eyes of the brothers who followed Chen Qiao lit up. Even if they took ten lifetimes, they would not be able to spend all the banknotes.

"Brother, why don't we find a place to buy some land, buy a big house, and marry some wives. This money will be enough for us to spend a lifetime."

Seeing the banknote in Chen Qiao's hand, the brothers immediately felt like they had been given a shot of blood.