The last three kingdoms

Chapter 581 Favor
Wu Tao is the school lieutenant of Guangyang Gate, responsible for guarding Guangyang Gate. After General Wei Sima You issued an order to close the twelve city gates of Luoyang, Wu Tao of course immediately followed the order to close Guangyang Gate tightly. , no one is allowed to pass.

As a small city gate lieutenant, Wu Tao has no qualifications to question General Wei's orders, let alone low-level military officers like them, who cannot participate in the factions of the court's political struggle.Without political backing and family background, it is very difficult for an official like Wu Tao to get a chance for promotion. The only thing he can do is to abide by orders, be cautious, and not seek meritorious service, but seek in vain. As long as he can keep his status If you have an errand, you can receive your own salary every month.

Wu Tao's family is poor, and there is a 70-year-old Gaotang waiting for him to take care of him, and a pair of children waiting to be fed below him, so it is impossible for Wu Tao not to pay attention to his position and not to bend his waist for five buckets of rice?That's what those sour and pedantic people who think of themselves as noble do. For Wu Tao, with this position, he can guarantee to support his family.
Wu Tao is well-known as a filial son, he is filial to his mother, he is well-known far and wide, and Wu Tao is also a person who follows the rules, he will do what his boss orders him to do, and he will never ask why, a soldier Well, obeying orders is a bounden duty.

Of course, Wu Tao did not dare to discount the order issued by General Wei's mansion. Who is General Wei? That's a world of difference, unless Wu Tao's brain is flooded, he dared to disobey Sima You's order.

The army outside the city surrounded Luoyang City completely. As a member of the Forbidden Army, Wu Tao had never fought a battle at all, and naturally he was a little flustered because he didn't know what the final result of this war would be. The battle hadn't spread to Guangyang Gate yet, but the tense atmosphere before the battle was already so depressing that people couldn't breathe.

In the past two days, Wu Tao personally patrolled the city tower, urging the soldiers guarding the city to strengthen their vigilance in case the army outside the city attacked.

After looking around, Wu Tao decided to go down for a rest. Just as he walked down the steps, a middle-aged man dressed in butler clothes suddenly stood in front of him and said with a slight smile, "Lieutenant Wu, our master wants to see you." you."

Wu Tao immediately became alert. After the city gate was under martial law, ordinary civilians were no longer allowed to approach the city gate. Judging by the appearance of this person, he seemed to be in charge of a family of nobles. He said in a deep voice, "Who is your master?" and also?"

There was a chuckle from behind, Wu Tao followed the laughter and looked over, but it was a man dressed as a low-class servant with a big bamboo hat on his head, his face could not be seen at all, the man sneered and said : "Lieutenant Wu is really awe-inspiring. His face changes when he gets rich."

Wu Tao heard the voice very familiar, couldn't help being startled, and said: "You are..."

The man slowly took off the bamboo hat, smiled slightly, and said, "Why, you don't even recognize me?"

Wu Tao was so surprised that he could hardly close his mouth from ear to ear, and he lost his voice: "So it's Jia..." As soon as the words came out, Wu Tao stopped his mouth and looked around vigilantly. Fortunately, there was no one around at the moment. He lowered his voice and said, "Why did En Gong come here, but there is your reward notice posted on the gate of the city?"

The person who came was none other than Jia Yun. He calmly put the hat back on his head, and glanced at the four wanted notices posted on the city wall.

The portraits on these four arrest warrants are Sima Yan, Chen Qian, Jia Chong and Pei Xiu. Jia Chong is ranked third. According to the above reward amount, Jia Chong's head is worth 1000 million yuan.Of course Sima Yan's is the most expensive, with a reward of 5000 million.

Jia Yun smiled slightly and said: "I never thought that my head would be worth ten thousand gold, but Marquis Wuyang offered a lot of money."

Wu Tao was dripping with cold sweat, fearing that others would see Jia Chong here, so he quickly lowered his voice and said, "Grandfather, please take a step to speak."

Jia Chong nodded, and followed Wu Tao into the signing room. The two who followed Jia Chong did not enter, but stood at the door.

Wu Tao closed the door, and said nervously: "At this moment, Engong is wanted everywhere in the city. How could Engong show up at Guangyang Gate? It would be very bad if others saw him."

Jia Chong smiled calmly and said: "1000 million yuan is a great wealth. It is better to give this kind of wealth to others than to acquaintances. If Captain Wu is interested, just take the head of a certain person to receive the reward. With the reward of 1000 million, it is not a problem to be promoted."

Wu Tao's face flushed immediately, and he said anxiously: "What did benefactor say? Wu is the kind of ungrateful villain. If it were not for benefactor's help back then, my mother would have passed away long ago. This kindness, I, Wu Tao, can't repay it even if I am smashed to pieces, how can I be the shameless villain who returns kindness with resentment!"

Jia Chong smiled slightly, nodded approvingly and said, "Sure enough, I didn't misread you."

The relationship between Wu Tao and Jia Chong was ten years ago. When Jia Chong was still the general Sima, Wu Tao was just a village head, and the head of the village was just a low-ranking officer in charge of a hundred people, with a meager salary.At that time, Wu Tao's mother was seriously ill, which could not be cured without famous doctors and good medicines, and Wu's family was poor, so they couldn't afford the money at all. He ruthlessly refused, and in a fit of anger, Wu Tao swung his knife and wanted to kill the boss.

Murder in the military camp is a capital crime, and it should be executed according to the law. It happened that Jia Chong was present. After learning the whole story, he not only pardoned Wu Tao's guilt, but also gave Wu Tao [-] money out of his own pocket for Wu Tao to treat his mother. .

For Jia Chong, this was just a matter of raising a finger, and the [-] yuan was just a drizzle, and Jia Chong also took this matter to heart afterwards.But for Wu Tao, he entrusted Jia Chong as the benefactor of saving his life, and he didn't regret his own death. Jia Chong saved his mother, but Wu Tao made Wu Tao grateful for his whole life.Later, Wu Tao was promoted to the captain of the city gate of Guangyang Gate, but he didn't care about Jia Chong, who was already in the Central Guard Army. The disparity in status between the two seemed destined to have no intersection.

But the world is unpredictable. After the Luoyang incident, the situation changed suddenly. Jia Chong and Sima Yan became prisoners together, and then were rescued by Sima Yan's dead soldiers. It turned out that a little person whom he had favored ten years ago was actually worth using, so he took the initiative to offer advice to Sima Yan and went to Guangyang Gate, trying to earn money to open the city gate without bloodshed.

(End of this chapter)