After Princess Jiaojiao was reborn, the little general’s crematorium

Chapter 103 Who are you guarding for?

Scarface just watched his two brothers being buried safely and knelt in front of the monument all night.

Early the next morning, Wang Laohei hurried over. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the scarred face kneeling there, and his expression softened a little.

He walked gently to Scar's face and said hoarsely: "Scar..."

Scarface Z stiffly twisted his neck, glanced at the person coming, and responded with the same hoarse voice: "Are the Qifeng troops coming?"

He could only think it was because of this.

Wang Laohei silently poured out two glasses of wine from the wine bag he carried with him, sprinkled them in front of the tombstone, and paid a brief tribute in silence...

Seeing this, Scarface's expression softened a little.

"They have already started setting up camp outside the city."

Wang Laohei's words made Scarface's expression change.

"I thought they would arrive at dusk, but I didn't expect them to arrive faster than I thought." Wang Laohei sighed.

Fortunately, because of what happened last night, he quickly ordered to strengthen the alert, and then gave up the other party's idea of ​​attacking immediately.

But after they set up camp and make some repairs, they will definitely launch a probing attack by the afternoon at the latest.

I'm afraid it will be difficult then.

Scarface asked: "So now it's up to me and my brothers to risk our lives, right?"

Wang Laohei was stunned for a moment, then corrected: "It's to defend the city."

Scarface smiled. He had never smiled since the death of his brother. At this moment, he actually laughed so happily that he burst into tears.

"Then may I ask who I am defending the city for?"

"Is it for those high-ranking officials and nobles? Or for the so-called common people who have nothing to do with me?"

Scarface demanded.

"I'm afraid, you won't be guarding Liu Cheng, right?"

Wang Laohei choked for a moment and said, "What do you mean? You don't want to defend the city, do you?"

Hearing this, Scarface stared at Wang Laohei for a long time, wiped away the tears from his laughter, and said:

"If I didn't want to, I would have run away with that bastard Magistrate Luo instead of standing here now."

"Defending the city, no problem. But Wang Laohei, I want a reason."

In the silence of the other party, Scarface said seriously:

"I don't want to be like Ergou and the others, dying so cowardly that I don't even know who I am dying for."

Wang Laohei knew that the deaths of Ergou and Shitou last night had greatly stimulated Scarface, so he was not angered by Scarface's attitude this time.

"We are here to protect our homeland and protect our people."

This is the answer given by Wang Laohei.

Scarface smiled again.

"Protect your home and your country? Protect whose home and country? After this battle, even if we defend this place, guess who the superiors will allocate this credit to?"

"Is it you, or am I, the brothers who died in this war later?"

"No, the court will allocate this merit to Magistrate Luo, a dog like Liu Cheng with a background!"

"Scar! What nonsense are you talking about!" Wang Laohei was frightened by his remarks.

Fortunately, this place is not under the emperor's feet, and there is a fierce battle here soon, so no one paid attention to Scarface's rude words.

If this happened in normal times, he would have to be beheaded.

In the end, even oneself will be implicated. "Nonsense?" Scarface shook his head, "No, I didn't."

He felt like he had never been so awake.

"Isn't what I said the truth? Even if we defended this place, one second the enemy troops had just retreated, and the next second an imperial edict sent an official down to pick peaches. Do you believe it?"

"As for how many people died fighting for this city, do you think those sitting on it would care about this? To them, they are just a group of untouchables. If they die, they will die."

"You're crazy!" Wang Laohei wanted to stop him from talking, but his eyes were filled with tears.

Was Scarface right? right.

Is what he said true? yes.

Wang Laohei didn't dare to listen, he didn't even dare to face his own heart.

"But I am a county captain, and it is my duty to protect the land and bring peace to the people."

Wang Laohei tried hard to convince himself.

"County Lieutenant?" Scarface smiled even more crazily and yelled, "Wang Laohei, do you know that your life looks like a joke?!"

In the silence of the other party, he continued to output wildly:

"Returning to the county captain. Do you know that the credit for getting there first was the result of how many compatriots fought for you to the death? How many people died at that time? You must not remember it."

"Wang Laohei, let me tell you, my brother just blocked an arrow for you, and all the compatriots are blocking arrows for you. Why?"

"Because they all hope that you can take advantage of this achievement and be awarded a title. They don't even ask you to let them enjoy the good things after being knighted."

"They just want to allow their family members to live under your name in exchange for a tax exemption after you become a knight."

"But what? So many compatriots have sacrificed their lives to gain achievements for you, but there is just a flimsy imperial edict on it, and all the achievements are gone."

"When you are disabled and have no use value, they will kick you to this stupid border county and become a bullshit county captain!"

"Wang Zhencai, tell yourself, has the imperial court ever paid you a penny in salary over the years?"

After Scarface said all this, he suddenly felt extremely comfortable and let out a long sigh of relief.

Wang Laohei was silent for a long time and said:

"Scar, if you don't want to defend the city, you can actually leave now, or you can just find a B&B in the city and mix with the people after the war is over."

"I won't embarrass you. No matter what choice you make, I, Wang Laohei, will never say anything about it."

Scarface patted Wang Laohei on the shoulder and said, "No, I will stay."

Seeing Wang Laohei looking over in surprise, the scarred face smiled freely:

"I'm not saying this just because I want to run away. In the end, I'm going to die, so there's no regrets in losing it."

"I said all this because I want to tell you that staying to defend the city is not as noble as you say. I don't understand what it means to defend the home and the country."

"But just because you, Wang Laohei, are my brothers, I am willing to stay."

"The people I protect are not high-ranking officials, nobles, or common people. I'm just a gangster. Don't kidnap me with any moral requirements."

Scarface smashed his fist on Wang Laohei's chest and said with a smile: "Because you are my brother, I will accompany you to defend the city."

When the other party was stunned, he had already taken several brothers out. After a while, he finally turned around and shouted: "What are you still doing? Hurry up and set up your defenses, mother-in-law..."

"Oh," Wang Laohei finally came back to his senses and responded, "Here he comes."

"I promised in advance that if any grandson dares to cheat my brother, I don't care if you are Liu Cheng or Ma Cheng, I will kill his whole family..."

Wang Laohei looked at the man walking towards the morning sun with mixed feelings in his heart.

His figure was dragged very long, as if every inch was full of bravery and strength, as well as his determination to protect his brothers.

Scar, I admit this brother of yours!

(End of this chapter)