A Timely Wife

Passing by the Jinghaiwei Mansion, Lin Tianheng was sent to Battalion Commander Zhou and Li Ruosong. Seeing Battalion Commander Zhou, Lin Tianheng was stunned for a moment, and shouted in surprise, "General Zhou?"

Battalion Commander Zhou raised his eyebrows, looked at Lin Tianheng carefully, and asked uncertainly, "General Lin?"

Lin Tianheng said with red eyes: "Yes, I am Lin Tianheng."

After finishing speaking, Lin Tianheng paused for a moment and said rather self-deprecatingly: "I'm no longer a general, I'm just a prisoner of pirates now, and I'm still a prisoner whose whole family is detained on an island."

When Battalion Commander Zhou heard this, his face was a little dignified. He glanced at Li Ruosong, and said to the messenger following him: "Go, invite Company Commander Li of the special company, and the fourth and fifth company commanders." , let them come together."

The messenger immediately went to call for someone. Battalion Commander Zhou pondered for a moment and said, "General Lin, no matter what you think of yourself, we see that you are the general of our Great Chu. At that time, my father advised you not to go to the southeast side. Come on, let you go to the south and find old general Zhang. You said that you are more familiar with naval battles. In Dachu, only the southeast has sea masters. You insisted on coming to the southeast. Our Zhou family has been a mud bodhisattva for many years. It's something that I didn't ask you about, and this is why my Zhou family is sorry for you, if you believe me, I promise you, I will do my best to rescue your family, so that your family can be reunited."

Lin Tianheng burst into tears. For so many years, he was locked up alone in the stone prison on the island. He either ate or slept every day, or stared at the sea in a daze. There was no one who could talk. He repeatedly recites the art of war in his mind every day, and he himself doesn't know how to survive these years.

It was a great honor for him to be able to see General Zhou alive. He also heard General Zhou say that the Zhou family was sorry for him. The resentment and guilt accumulated over the years made this seven-foot man burst into tears. , he covered his face and cried bitterly, while shaking his head again and again, it was not the Zhou family's fault, the Zhou family treated him very well, very good, if it wasn't for the Zhou family, he, a little beggar, would have froze to death in the deep winter of an unknown year .

The Zhou family has a philanthropic hall that takes in little beggars like them who are begging outside. He is not really a beggar. Many little beggars have no parents and no family members, but he has both parents and there is a younger beggar below him The youngest brother, but his parents are in very poor health, can't read and write, and don't know abacus to keep accounts. He was only six years old at the time, so he had no choice but to beg everywhere with a few beggars.

If Mr. Zhou hadn't looked at himself poorly at that time, he had taken in his family after asking about his family's situation. After that, he would follow others to read, write, and practice martial arts in the shantang. Their family was originally a coastal fisherman. His parents often tell him about the seaside. Although he is young, he is very good at water. Although in order to avoid pirates, the family ran to Chujing in Dachu, without the house and silver. A member of the Zhou family, more than ten years later, he won the first martial arts examination.

After he was admitted to the champion of martial arts, the Zhou family talked about it with General Zhang, hoping that General Zhang could train him a lot, but he didn't want to, he didn't want to leave the seaside, he came from the seaside, so naturally he wanted to He wants to go back to the sea. When he was young, he witnessed the poor life of the fishermen on the seashore and saw the cruelty of the pirates. When he was very young, he made an oath that he must return here in the future, and lead the soldiers of Dachu to fight against those pirates. All the pirates were driven back, so that they could no longer set foot on the territory of Dachu, and could no longer harm the people of Dachu.

That's what he thought, and that's what he told Lord Zhou. He didn't want to go to General Zhang. He wanted to go back to the southeast, that is, he wanted to join the He family army. He knew that the He family army had the strongest navy in Dachu. His family has been loyally guarding the seaside of Dachu for so many years. Every year, many good men of Dachu die at sea, fighting with pirates. His dream is to fight pirates, so he wants to Join He Jiajun.

Although Prime Minister Zhou was very worried, he still agreed to his proposal, and even asked the Zhou family army to escort their family to the He family army's garrison, and waited for them to settle down by the sea before returning to Chujing. The kindness of nurturing is not much different from the kindness of his parents for his birth.

After so many years, he has been regretting. If he had listened to the old Prime Minister Zhou and went to the south and joined the Zhang Family Army, would it be much better than it is now? At worst, he would not become what he is now. The whole family.

"General Zhou, the Zhou family has nothing to say sorry to me, but General Zhou, why did you come here? Is the old Prime Minister Zhou in good health? Are the uncle and the second master all good? General Zhou is married and has children?" Lin Tianheng asked repeatedly.

There was a trace of pain in the eyes of Battalion Commander Zhou. Li Ruosong wanted to say something, but after all, this was a matter of the Zhou family and could only be said by Battalion Commander Zhou. He had no position to say these things. Battalion Commander Zhou calmed down. Said: "Father and mother have passed away, and the two elder brothers and the two sister-in-laws are gone. Now only Jin Yan and I are left in the Zhou family. Jin Yan is the second son of the elder brother. .”

A few simple words, but soaked in dozens of mouthfuls of blood from all over the Zhou family, Lin Tianheng was stunned when he heard General Zhou's words, "What, what? All, gone?"

Suddenly, Lin Tianheng said in a hurried tone: "Impossible, General Zhou, you lied to me, right? They didn't die, right? Don't make a joke, this kind of joke can't be made, third master, third master, talk, you Talk, third master, how could it be possible to die, how could it be possible, how could it be possible, hahahaha, the way of heaven is not fair, the way of heaven is not fair, death for the country and the people, selfish children and grandchildren, all say that God has eyes, everyone It is said that this way of heaven is good, but look now, where is there any way of heaven, and where is there any justice?"

Lin Tianheng cried and laughed a lot, sat there in a daze, his eyes dazed, he had been imprisoned on the island for many years, could not get any news, did not know anything, unexpectedly even such a I don't know about major events, the serious and upright old prime minister Zhou, the kind and kind prime minister's wife, the gentle and rigorous uncle Zhou, the gentle and beautiful first lady, the cheerful and cheerful master Zhou, the lively and pretty second wife, and the serious and indifferent third lady. Lord, that little young master used to follow Uncle Lin behind him, and Uncle Lin shouted, but in the end, they were gone, gone, and he didn't even see them for the last time. He owed them a thank you, and even more They apologized, but now, he has no one to talk to. He will never see these people again. If he wants to see them again, he can only wait for him to die that day and go underground. met.

"Third Master, who did it?" Lin Tianheng asked word by word.

Battalion Commander Zhou opened his eyes, hatred burst out at this moment, he said to Lin Tianheng: "Wan Jia."

Lin Tianheng silently read it twice in his heart, and suddenly remembered something. He said to Commander Zhou: "Master, the reason why I was caught by pirates is because of the He family. After I came here, I just started I made a lot of military exploits and killed many pirates, but no matter how many military exploits I made and how many pirates I killed, General He's attitude towards me became worse day by day. I knew someone was putting on shoes for me behind my back, but I I didn't think there was anything abnormal. At that time, I thought that I was just an outsider. I had done so many things when I first came here, and there would always be people who would not like me.

But I didn't expect that it was never the generals below who disliked me, but General He himself. During one battle, I was ambushed by pirates and led the troops to retreat to an island to stand by for help. Firstly, no one came to rescue us, and secondly, no one came to rescue us. I didn't think much about it, thinking that I was stuck somewhere.

But even so, more than 100 of us are still guarding that island. Without dry food, we catch fish and birds, and even eat grass on the island to satisfy our hunger. The pirates have nothing to do with us. Go, but the same thing, the pirates couldn't come up, until one day, I saw my wife and children on the pirates' boat, they carried my son and told me that if I didn't surrender, they would throw my son away Into the sea, if you don't answer once, throw one person, and if you don't answer twice, throw two people.

Third Master, I hate it, I really hate it, if I knew that I would end up like this now, even if my whole family was dead at that time, I would never surrender, but I looked at my little Son, kicking his legs, shouting to Dad with tears on his face, save me, Dad, save me, I had no choice but to surrender in the end.

In the past few years, maybe I thought I couldn't escape. Kazuhiko Inoshita would tell me something every time he came. The general was designed to die, and Young Master He was also killed by the current General He, for the position of General Zhendong.

The reason why pirates are becoming more and more rampant is never that pirates are becoming more and more difficult to deal with, but because many rich and gentry along the coast pretend to be pirates to rob ships. There are official ships and merchant ships. The number of real pirates will not exceed Five thousand, and the tens of thousands of pirates reported by the He family are actually all Dachu people.Donglin Academy is well-known in the Chu Dynasty. It has cultivated countless high-level officials and gained a lot of good reputations, but who knows that the imperial court proposed to increase the business tax several times, but these high-level officials from Donglin Academy blocked it. Come down, because once the business tax is added, the gentry and rich people behind them, those rich people who made their fortunes by pretending to be pirates, don’t know how much more tax money will be paid to the court. It is easier to act cheaply, and on the other hand, it is also to avoid increasing commercial taxes.Speaking of this, Lin Tianheng stopped, looked around, and found that General Zhou was not surprised at all, that's all, the young man standing beside him was not surprised at all, Lin Tianheng looked at Li Ruosong curiously, I wondered who this was.