The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 155 Zhu Xiu’s Second Enlightenment

In the office room of the salt factory, Zhao Kuangyin was leaning on the bed, with a small opening cut at his mouth for eating and drinking.

Zhu Xiu sat next to him and served the soup himself, feeding him a spoonful by a spoonful.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't say anything, just looked at him with a pair of sad and red eyes.

Monk Hun was sent back to the reformatory. This misunderstanding had little to do with him.

Knowing that Zhao Da'er was really the young envoy's old acquaintance, Monk Hun was very nervous, for fear that Zhao Da'er would fall and hurt his body, and the young envoy would blame him for not taking good care of him.

Zhu Xiu didn't have the thought to blame him, so he sent him away in a hurry with a few words of comfort.

Zhao Kuangyin was able to save his life, his brain was still normal, and he did not suffer a concussion or even become an idiot. It was a blessing among misfortunes.

"Zhao Da'er. Ah no no. Brother Zhao, rest in peace. When you come to Jingzhou, it's just like going back to your own home. I'll find a more comfortable carriage later and take you back to the county town to recuperate. It will be kept for you in less than a month." you're alive and kicking"

Zhu Xiu pouted, then corrected himself in embarrassment and muttered nonchalantly.

Zhao Kuangyin's face trembled under the gauze. He came to Jingzhou and went through all kinds of hardships in order to see Zhu Xiu. Even if he returned to the ancestral homeland of the old Zhao family in Zhuo County and dealt with the Khitan people, he would not be like this. hardships.

Zhao Kuangyin pushed away his medicine-feeding hand, coughed twice, and said in a hoarse voice: "Did you really not know that I would come? Didn't you throw me into the reconstruction site to dig out rocks on purpose?"

"I really don't know!"

Zhu Xiu hurriedly put down the medicine bowl and pointed to the sky with three fingers, "Oh my God, I never lie! Let alone deceive Brother Zhao on this kind of thing! If I knew that Brother Zhao was coming, I would definitely go out of the city ten miles. No. twenty miles. Welcome! Beat gongs and drums, sing and dance, warmly welcome Brother Zhao to Jingzhou!"

Perhaps because of Zhu Xiu's aggrieved expression and his assurance, Zhao Kuangyin let out a long sigh: "Could it be that Zhao was destined for such a catastrophe?"

Thinking of what happened outside Anding County, Zhao Kuangyin was a little excited. He coughed a few times, gritted his teeth with red eyes and said: "But why are your people so rude and weak? I came all the way because I have no past experience. , just because I bluntly said that I wanted to see you, they actually decided that I had bad intentions and spoke out of the blue, and ordered the giant man to beat me up. It is really unreasonable!"

Zhu Xiu smiled bitterly and swallowed: "Brother Zhao, please calm down first and don't get excited."

Through the gauze, Zhu Xiu seemed to be able to see the resentment and grievance on his face at this moment, and the thick resentment lingered.

Perhaps his life of more than 20 years went too smoothly. The only setback was that after he became an adult, he ran away from home in anger because of a dispute with his father Zhao Hongyin over the choice of his future path.

Even if he ran away from home, Zhao Kuangyin lived an extremely happy life.

He has money, a good family background, and good martial arts skills, so he can be happy and casual wherever he goes.

If Zhao Kuangyin hadn't accidentally met an old mage who was proficient in magic outside Xiangyang City and pointed out to Zhao Kuangyin that going north to join the army was his way out in life, he probably wouldn't have known where he would be living his life now.

Zhao Kuangyin was grateful for the old master's guidance, and also grateful to Zhu Xiu for guiding him in Mingzhou, allowing him to fully see where the bright light in life's journey was.

With Zhu Xiu's recommendation, Zhao Kuangyin successfully joined Chai Rong's command and became a junior officer in the Tianxiong Army. For more than half a year, Zhao Kuangyin felt that he had gained a lot.

It was all thanks to Zhu Xiu that he was able to meet like-minded leaders and friends like Chai Rong and Zhang Yongde and embark on a bright future.

In addition to being grateful, Zhao Kuangyin felt a little admiration from the bottom of his heart when he learned what Zhu Xiu had done in Cangzhou City.

In his mind, Zhu Xiu, like Chai Rong and Zhang Yongde, are the best talents in the world and worthy of lifelong friendship.

So when Chai Rong asked him to come to Jingzhou to meet Zhu Xiu, he agreed without hesitation.

Even if the trip involves thousands of mountains and rivers, even if the trip is just Chai Rong's personal entrustment and has nothing to do with merit, he is still willing to do so.

Zhao Kuangyin also deeply believes that outstanding talents like Zhu Xiu should fully display their talents on a larger stage.Dragons are raised in deep streams and phoenixes live in phoenix trees. Zhangyijun and Jingzhou are too remote and poor to accommodate a hermit master like Zhu Xiu.

He should go to Kaifeng, serve Guo Shumi and Chai Jieshuai, and do some business in the Central Plains and the capital of the Han Dynasty.

However, what he encountered after arriving in Jingzhou made Zhao Kuangyin feel quite discouraged.

If Zhu Xiu did all of this on purpose, I'm afraid he will pull out his knife and cut off his robe now, and then return angrily.
"Jesus, good brother Jieshu, it was Brother Yu who wrongly blamed you."

Zhao Kuangyin coughed twice, his voice was weak and hoarse, and the corners of his eyes were moist.

Zhu Xiu hurriedly said: "It was my little brother's carelessness that caused Brother Zhao to suffer! Since ancient times, heroes have suffered many hardships. Brother Zhao is destined to do great things. More hardships and experiences are tests given by God. As the saying goes, 'The sword' The sharp edge emerges from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold', after this catastrophe, from now on, Big Brother Zhao will surely rise to the top of the sky!"

Zhao Kuangyin's eyes widened little by little, his chest heaved violently, and his breathing became heavy and rapid. He seemed to be very affected by Zhu Xiu's sincere flattery.

After holding it in for a long time, Zhao Kuangyin let out a long sigh and sighed: "Brother Xian still speaks in every word, which is thought-provoking and makes Brother Fool feel very excited!"

Zhu Xiu smiled humbly, picked up the medicine bowl and continued to feed him the medicine.

"I heard that the situation in the Zhangyi Army was complicated and that the Xue family was in trouble. What's going on now? Also, what's going on with the salt factory?" Zhao Kuangyin asked.

Zhu Xiu smiled and said: "It seems that there was a misunderstanding between Brother Zhao and my subordinates, which is also related to this matter. The situation in Jingzhou was unstable before, Anding County was clearing out the remaining forces of the Xue family, and there were also conflicts with Li Shouzhen of the Hezhong Army, Jiao Jixun and Jing Nan of the Fengxiang Army. The military king Shou En had a bad relationship. Brother Zhao had no identity documents and had great martial arts. He bluntly said that he wanted to see me. The subordinates mistakenly thought that Brother Zhao was sent by the enemy and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to do harm to me. Hehe, Brother Zhao suffered a lot. I'm tired and injured, I'm ashamed and ashamed~"

Zhao Kuangyin suddenly coughed violently. Zhu Xiu was startled and hurriedly stroked his back.

In the past, Zhao Kuangyin did think that his kung fu was pretty good, but after his fight with Shi Xiangwen, some people now praised him in person for his great kung fu, which Zhao Kuangyin felt was insulting him.

Zhu Xiu didn't know why and thought he was choking on the medicine.

Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand and did not continue to dwell on why he was beaten up by the Zhangyi Army and thrown into the reconstruction site to dig up stones. He said absently: "Who is that giant man?"

Zhu Xiu said with a smile: "Shi Jieshuai's biological son, Shi Xiangwen, Brother Zhao can just call him Shi Dalang. In fact, Dalang is still a child. Brother Zhao should not be the same as him."

Zhao Kuangyin's hands shook and he resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

Can an unparalleled warrior who can defeat an entire army be counted as a child?
A half-grown-up like Zhu Xiu is also a child. Are there so many born monsters in this ghost place like Jingzhou?

"You go out first, I'm dizzy and want to sleep for a while." Zhao Kuangyin suddenly lost interest in talking, his eyes were dizzy, and he said with a slight pain.

Zhu Xiu hurriedly helped him lie down, tucked the quilt tightly for him, and closed the door softly.

Hearing the heavy and even breathing coming from the room, Zhu Xiu sighed deeply.

Chai Rong actually sent Zhao Kuangyin all the way to find him, which made him unexpected, and he was deeply moved.

It's a pity that Liu Chengyou is still on the throne, and Uncle Guo and Chai Rong's own disaster has just begun. It is impossible for Zhu Xiu to go back and die in such uncertain times.

Moreover, Jingzhou's reform and development had just entered the right track, and it was even more impossible for him to leave it alone.

"When manpower is limited, what I can change will be limited after all. It's better to base myself on the present and let nature take its course."

Zhu Xiu shook his head, sighed, and left with his hands behind his back.

(End of this chapter)