My years as a soldier

Looking at the tears in the corner of Li Muyun's eyes, Hu Jiuzhang's heart seemed to be stabbed severely.

He lowered his head and kissed Li Muyun's cheek a few times, trying to comfort him, but Li Muyun turned his head instead, and it took a long time before he turned back to look at him.

"Old Hu, if that was your father... what would you do?"

Li Muyun's words shocked Hu Jiuzhang's heart.

He has not seen his father for seven or eight years, and he doesn't even know if his father is still alive, but if they find his own father after going through all kinds of hardships... Hu Jiuzhang dare not think deeply, because if That was really his own biological father, and he would definitely not let him go to die.Whatever you say, bring him back.

But after a while, he came to such a conclusion, and the more he thought about it, the less he dared to look up at Li Muyun, the more he didn't know how to answer his question.

After a long time, his hands gradually loosened, and he just let Li Muyun lean on him, allowing him to slowly recover his strength from the hysteria just now.

"Sorry……"

In the end, Hu Jiuzhang could only say these three words.

He tried to excuse himself in his mind.Thinking that even if he tried his best, he might not be able to kill Dong Junsheng in the end, but he might even lose his life here.And the reason why Li Muyun was not allowed to pass was because he wanted to protect him and was afraid that he would get hurt.

But even so, he still couldn't forgive himself.No matter how reasonable the reasons he gave himself are, as long as he thinks of the sentence Li Muyun asked, there will be no reason at all.Because if it was his own father, he would definitely chase him out, even if he died, he would have to rescue his father.

But the past will not repeat itself, and he also knows that this time, he might really hurt Li Muyun.

After Yan Zhaozhong sent Hu Jiuzhang off, he brought Hu Yan to the Buddhist temple where the Yan family lived temporarily, and then ran to the side hall where everyone was discussing matters.

He entered the hall lightly, just in time for the dispute between Gao Lingcen and Du Honglin, and it was obvious that even the magistrate of this county seemed very weak in the face of the Gao family who held a heavy army in his hands when the Tang Empire was in turmoil.

"Hmph...Master Du, you don't want to toast and refuse to eat fine wine. Now that I, Gao, dare to break ground on the prince of Datang, do you think I will be afraid of you, a mere county magistrate?"

Yan Zhaozhong bypassed the crowd and passed among several servants of the Yan family, only then did he get a clear look at Gao Lingcen's appearance.

This tall man has a handsome appearance, with sword-like eyebrows, piercing eyes, a well-trimmed long beard on his chin, a purple-red warrior robe, and a gorgeously decorated long knife on his waist. He must have been a flirtatious master when he was young.

"You...you...I'll tell you! I'm the official of the imperial court! Don't make a mistake!"

Du Honglin blushed with anger.He contacted the rebels and did the business of beheading for the purpose of making money.Now that the matter is done, if he can't get the amount he is satisfied with, then he will not let it go easily.

"If Mr. Du says this, then spit out the 500 taels that Gao paid you. Don't forget that the price promised at the beginning was the price of three people. Now one is missing. It’s not me who broke the contract with someone, right?”

"You! Okay, you!" Du Honglin was so angry that his face turned green. Wanting his money was like asking for his life. "Gao Lingcen, this is a decapitation business, aren't you afraid that my official will come to Beijing and sue you in front of the imperial court?"

"You? With all due respect, Mr. Du, you are a small seventh-rank magistrate, do you think the emperor will have a chance to hear what you say? Although I, Gao Lingcen, am a foreigner, I am still a member of the fifth-rank family. Do you think, Master Du, you can handle this matter alone?"

When Gao Lingcen said this, a sinister smile suddenly flashed across his face.

"Come here! Invite Mr. Du down, but you must watch over me, don't tell him to run away!"

Before Gao Lingcen finished speaking, three guards came out from the crowd behind him and grabbed Du Honglin's hand.Du Honglin's face turned blue, and he turned his eyes to Dong Junsheng, asking for help, but Dong Junsheng, who was standing at the side, turned his face away and did not look at him.Du Honglin couldn't help cursing, turning all the people present into beasts, and after he was dragged out of the side hall, Yan Zhaozhong also quietly retreated out.

Standing on the steps behind the temple hall, Yan Zhaozhong saw from a distance the guards of the Gao family pulling Du Honglin into an empty meditation room and locking him up. Go get Du Honglin out.How could they know that these three guards were really as their master had told them, once they stood in front of the door of the meditation room, they were not ready to leave. Yan Zhaozhong waited for nearly a quarter of an hour, but did not see any movement from the three of them, so he had no choice but to leave again. Go back to the side hall.But this time, as soon as he entered, he realized something was wrong—Dong Junsheng was gone.

And looking at Gao Lingcen's confident appearance, Yan Zhaozhong secretly cried out.

Dong Junsheng is definitely going to arrest someone!

He hurriedly left the side hall and walked towards the Zen room where King Su was imprisoned, and soon saw Dong Junsheng who was escorting King Su to this side.

Yan Zhao couldn't help but thump in the center.

Hu Jiuzhang and Li Muyun... don't know what happened?

A little cold sweat broke out on his palms, he turned his head to look left and right, but there was no one around, and they were still some distance away from the side hall where everyone gathered.Yan Zhaozhong took a deep breath, didn't think any more, put one hand on the handle of the knife, and walked quickly towards Dong Junsheng and King Su.

"Master Dong."

He opened his mouth to greet, with a faint smile on his face, as if he wanted to chat with someone.

Dong Junsheng took good care of his words "My lord", he held King Su with one hand, and when he saw Yan Zhaozhong approaching, he slowed down his pace.

"Are you Mr. Yan's nephew?"

"Yes, this time my uncle will take care of you."

Yan Zhaozhong spoke very politely, he didn't care about King Su walking beside Dong Junsheng at all, instead he stared at Dong Junsheng with a flattering smile on his face.

"Haha, you're welcome!"

Dong Junsheng was obviously very satisfied with Yan Zhaozhong's performance. This man was angry with Du Honglin and Gao Lingcen, and he couldn't hold his head up against Yan Suhe. He was obviously a straight-up general, just because An Lushan was dead now. , he, the "general" of the rebel army, became the object of everyone's spurning.Dong Junsheng took a big breath in his stomach, even if someone showed him a little respect at this moment, he would be eager to say a few more words to the other party.

He watched Yan Zhaozhong quickly approach him, but before he could say another word, he felt a sudden convulsion in his abdomen. When he lowered his head to check, he felt unbearable pain in his abdomen, and the It seems that there is a turbid liquid gushing out.

He choked up, and suddenly vomited blood.

The smile on Dong Junsheng's face froze.He saw that Yan Zhaozhong was holding a short knife, and the blade of the short knife had completely sunk into his belly from the gap not covered by the armor at his waist.

Yan Zhaozhong still had a kind smile on his face.

He shot very quickly, he was familiar with that set of Tang army armor, he probably wouldn't be able to pierce the leather armor if he stabbed it from the front, but if he stabbed it from the side, one blow would not be enough to kill someone, so he quickly pulled out his knife, The moment Dong Junsheng came to his senses, he swung his knife and slashed at his neck.

Yan Zhaozhong's blade slashed in mid-air and made a loud clanging sound, and in an instant Dong Junsheng's neck was bleeding like a fountain.In just a moment, the big man fell to the ground.

Yan Zhaozhong couldn't help sighing softly.

He wanted to kill the rebels a long time ago.

Yan Zhaozhong had a slight smile on his face, Dong Junsheng was dead, so next——

He was about to turn to King Su, but suddenly there was a sound of hurried footsteps on the corridor.

"Zhaozhong! You... put down the knife for me!"

Yan Zhaozhong turned his head and saw Yan Suhe and a group of servants running towards him, including members of Yan family and Gao family.

"You boy! I knew nothing good would happen! Look at what you have done, how do you ask me to explain it to Mr. Gao!"

Yan Suhe ran up to him panting, while the servants behind him surrounded King Su again, not letting Yan Zhaozhong approach him.

"Take it away! Take people away!"

Yan Suhe didn't care to talk to Yan Zhaozhong, but first called his servants to escort King Su away, and then turned to his nephew with confidence.

"Boy! Go back to me quickly! Don't say anything now, go home to me quickly!"

Yan Su and an old man with gray temples, his face flushed with anger, shouted hoarsely at Yan Zhaozhong.After yelling this sentence, he took a few more breaths, and then let his breath flow.

Yan Suhe looked at Dong Junsheng who was lying in a pool of blood, and frowned with the word Sichuan.He raised his foot and kicked Dong Junsheng a few times, and he sighed again when he found that the man was dead.

"Hey... Zhaozhong, don't you see that the outside is surrounded by Mr. Gao's own private soldiers? Just think it's for our Yan family, and you also give me some peace! Let me tell you, Mr. Gao's The matter is not as simple as a single business deal, the lifeblood of our Yan family is in his hands! You can do whatever you want, but you are not allowed to participate in Mr. Gao's affairs!"

Yan Su harmonized with a stern tone, really angry.

But in the face of this close relative who single-handedly brought him up, no matter how many reasons Yan Zhaozhong had, he could only put away the knife first, and silently listened to the old man's words.

At the same time, there was another person who was hiding in the dark and silently watching all this.

After all, Hu Yan was unwilling to wait alone in the meditation room. He unloaded the burden on his shoulders, took out the gray round-neck robe he had prepared in advance, and changed himself from top to bottom.

Hu Yan, who was wearing a warrior's robe, was somewhat similar to Hu Jiuzhang when he was young.And this outfit was much lighter than his original long-sleeved Confucian gown, which also made him look less conspicuous among the servants.

Hu Yan walked out of the meditation room lightly, avoiding the monks who happened to pass by and the servants who didn't know who they belonged to.When we were about to reach the main hall of the temple, there were more people nearby.In order not to be discovered, he had to hide behind a hut full of wood. It was here that he saw Du Honglin being pushed into the meditation room by the three guards of the Gao family. The voice of reprimanding Yan Zhaozhong in the corridor outside the courtyard.

Obviously, Yan Zhaozhong might not be able to escape for a while.

Hu Yan couldn't help frowning, and he looked towards the meditation room where Du Honglin was imprisoned. Although he didn't know who the middle-aged man who was imprisoned in was, the one who was imprisoned at this time must also be involved in it. One of the key figures.

Thinking of this, Hu Yan walked around to the side of the meditation room lightly.