The Era of Generals

Coming out of the City Lord's Mansion, Chen Ze bowed his head in silence and followed Hua Lao all the way.

He never expected that Hua Lao, who had only met twice, would stand up at the critical moment and solve all the problems for him with a promise of life.

He even did not hesitate to offend all the high-ranking generals present, threatening to kill his nine clans. It is conceivable that those people did not dare to raise objections in person, but their dissatisfaction with Hua Lao must be deep in their hearts.

What is his purpose in doing this?

Is my weight in the other party's heart so heavy?

This was something Chen Ze couldn't figure out.

In the meeting hall of the City Lord's Mansion, Chen Ze spoke wisely, but the doubts in his heart were getting deeper and deeper.

Along with Mr. Hua, there are Mr. Jing and the fat shopkeeper. As for that He Xuan, he finally made it to the end of the discussion. How could he care whether Chen Ze lived or died, so he left earlier and went to the military plane to settle the settlement. His exploits are gone.

Mr. Hua was walking in front, and Mr. Jing, who had always had a heavy face, deliberately lagged behind by half a step, walking side by side with Chen Ze, and said in a low voice, "Brother Chen, are you really sure about this matter?"

Chen Ze looked sideways at him, but saw that Mr. Jing, who had always been indifferent to him in Xiyun City, was obviously flustered at this moment.

Apparently, Hua Lao's words of "safety with life" really messed him up.

"I can only say, do your best!"

Chen Ze said solemnly: "But Mr. Jing can rest assured, since Mr. Hua pledged his life as a guarantee, I can also guarantee something..."

"If the mission fails, I will not let Mr. Hua die alone!"

No matter what Hua Lao's purpose was, Chen Ze couldn't be indifferent if the other party was willing to give up his life for himself, and he was even moved in his heart.

It's a pity that Chen Ze's promise did not make Mr. Jing feel better.

After getting such an answer, the panic in his eyes became even worse. He walked all the way, and tried to dissuade Hua Lao who was walking in front several times, but was gently pulled back by the fat shopkeeper and shook his head at him.

From the sad expression on the fat shopkeeper's face, it can be seen that he seems to know the purpose of Hua Lao's actions, and at the same time, he also knows that there is no way to persuade him.

Under their respective entanglements, everyone returned to the military plane just across the street.

However, Meng Yang and others who were supposed to be waiting for Chen Ze outside the city lord's mansion did not come forward when they discovered that Chen Ze had come out with Mr. Hua. Instead, they hung behind Chen Ze from a distance. The old distaste was palpable.

"Go and do your own thing, boy Chen, follow me."

Back at the military plane, Mr. Hua immediately ordered someone to fetch spirits for him, and then he looked around with cloudy eyes, which made everyone's heart ache.

The short-lived Feng Rui in front of the meeting hall just now has long since disappeared, replaced by a dying old man.

Mr. Jing opened his mouth, but in the end he could only sigh, and stayed with the fat shopkeeper in the lobby of the restaurant.

Chen Ze naturally followed, and together with Hua Lao returned to the second floor where he had accepted the military rank assessment.

Same as the previous visit, except for a huge sand table on the empty second floor, there is only an old recliner shaking slightly. Judging from the degree of wear and tear of the recliner, Mr. Hua has been lying on it drunk all these years. superior.

"Okay, if you have any questions, you can ask them now."

After reaching the second floor, Mr. Hua stood in front of the sand table with his hands behind his back, with his back facing Chen Ze, so he couldn't see his expression at the moment.

"Mr. Hua!"

Chen Ze first bowed his hands and saluted him, and then said: "I really have some doubts. When I was in the City Lord's Mansion, why did Mr. Hua..."

"Will you bail for you?"

Hua Lao shrugged his shoulders slightly, and said with a slight smile, "This is your favor."

"Favour?"

Chen Ze didn't know why, when did this Hua Lao owe him a favor?

"The extra assessment for you before was done wrong by the old man, and I apologize to you now."

Hua Lao didn't answer, but talked to himself.

Chen Ze was silent.

Of course he remembered what happened when he came to participate in the assessment. At that time, Li Quanan advised him to give up this task, but Chen Ze, who refused to admit defeat, did not listen, but chose to go to Hushan.

But is it because of this that Mr. Hua feels guilty towards him?

Can't it?

After all, the other party is also the chief officer of the military aircraft, of course he has the right to propose any assessment method for the candidates who come to the assessment, and if Hua is always the kind of sentimental person, why did he act willfully in the first place?

"Do you know why the old man insists on letting you annihilate the rest of the Ghost Sorrow?"

Elder Hua, who did not answer the question, continued to ask rhetorically.

"I think..." Chen Ze pondered for a while, and tentatively asked, "Is it because of Meng Yang and his soldiers?"

This time it was Elder Hua's turn to be silent for a while, before speaking again: "It seems that you already know what happened to the old man."

"That's right, I made it difficult for you on purpose, and asked you to complete assessment tasks that were beyond your ability at that time. My purpose is precisely them."

He turned around and stared at Chen Ze with burning eyes, "Do you want to know why you were chosen?"

For this question, Chen Ze already had an answer in his heart, and immediately said without hesitation: "Is it because of the first assessment task?"

Looking at the sand table, he saw that the sand table was the same as when he left last time, and it was still the same as when the two of them were conducting sand table deduction. It seemed that the sand table had not been moved since he left.

Chen Ze sighed and said again: "The sand table deduction that time was related to your own experience, Mr. Hua. I believe that I am by no means the first person to be asked this question by you, but my answer is related to Mr. Hua. The one that is most similar to Mr.'s decision back then."

"So, you chose me."

silence.

There was a long silence.

"right."

After a long while, Mr. Hua gently replied with a word.

The mud seal of the wine jar was shattered by his palm long ago, and after a strong gulp, he let the spirits soak the front of his clothes, and exhaled heavily, "That's why I had a whim at that time, I wanted to kill those who followed I have entrusted you with my elite soldiers for many years."

"Meng Yang and the others... really hate me."

Hua Lao smiled wryly and shook his head, "In other words, I am not worthy of their loyalty, but with their elites, I should never just sit in the Bo'an barracks and wait to die, or be instructed by some incompetent mediocrity. , wasting his life in vain.”

"So, Mr. Hua, you want to hand over Mengyang and the others to me, but you, who know their temperament well, also know that it is not so easy to control these soldiers."

Chen Ze interjected: "You arranged for me an impossible mission in the eyes of others, and you asked Xu Shen to lead me to the barracks to pick out the designated soldiers for them."

"Use an impossible task to forcibly tie me and Mengyang together, so that they can slowly accept me and obey me during the task."

"That mission, you are just looking for a home for those three hundred Xuanjia elites."