Chapter 118: The First Disaster Relief (Part 2)
After a brief three-month relationship, the master and apprentice met again. Huo Chong looked at Uncle Liu's appearance and was sure that this was Uncle Liu. It was obvious that Uncle Liu had long forgotten what Huo Chong looked like. He stared at Huo Chong for a long time until Huo Chong came to greet him, and then Uncle Liu responded.
As expected, Huo Chong asked Uncle Liu to sit in the main seat. Uncle Liu thought about it and declined. The three of them sat down, and Uncle Liu sighed, "Huo Chong, you didn't come to look for me all these years, and I missed you and your junior brother very much."
Liu Shiwang was embarrassed when he heard this. Huo Chong didn't care. He and Uncle Liu had no time to cultivate any feelings. They had no feelings for each other, which was a good mood at this time. Just when he wanted to ask Uncle Liu how he had been doing in the past few years, he heard Uncle Liu continue to say: "Huo Chong, are you blaming me? And Shiwang, you also feel that I have let you down, right?"
After all, Liu Shiwang had been with Uncle Liu for several years, so he was a little excited when he heard this. He said angrily: "Master, you left like that and left us there..."
Uncle Liu interrupted Liu Shiwang and said, "If I don't leave, will I take you with me to die?"
Liu Shiwang was stunned, and then he heard Uncle Liu continue: "When I saved your senior brother, I saw that he was not an ordinary person. He could do things that I couldn't do. If I leave, you can put all the blame on me. If I don't leave, I will harm you!"
This is not unreasonable. Huo Chong was even a little surprised. Uncle Liu said something very interesting. He saw that Huo Chong was not an ordinary person. He could do things that ordinary people could not do. This statement could not be simply regarded as a lie. Huo Chong also felt that he was indeed very different in this Qing Dynasty. That was a difference in his bones.
But Liu Shiwang just felt wronged. Back then, he followed Huo Chong to deal with Xu Youlin who came to his house, and had to face all kinds of difficulties from the villagers. That was really beyond Liu Shiwang's ability to bear. At this time, facing the culprit who caused all this, Liu Shiwang complained.
Although Liu Shiwang himself did not notice it, he was unconsciously seeking reconciliation with Uncle Liu, or at least trying to find a way to resolve the unhappiness. Huo Chong did not want his sixth junior brother to reconcile with Uncle Liu, so he interrupted Liu Shiwang and said, "Sixth Brother, stop talking. Master is not here to listen to you."
Seeing that his sixth junior brother was angry again, Huo Chong said to Uncle Liu: "Master, since you are here, why don't you just tell me what's the matter. If I can do it, I will definitely do it."
Uncle Liu did not answer immediately. He stared at Huo Chong for a while, not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, Uncle Liu said, "I came here this time to ask Huo Chong to help with disaster relief."
Huo Chong listened quietly to what Uncle Liu said. Uncle Liu had previously told Lao Liu about requesting food. Now it became about helping the leaders of the Tianli Sect Duizi Sect with disaster relief. Huo Chong couldn't figure out whether the change was due to Lao Liu's failure to convey the message correctly or Uncle Liu's change of mind.
After Uncle Liu finished speaking, Huo Chong simply asked directly. Uncle Liu was stunned again, staring at Huo Chong for a while, and then said: "I want you to help the brothers of Duizimen with disaster relief. Just giving some food is not enough."
Lao Liu was getting anxious again. Huo Chong raised his hand to stop Lao Liu and said to Uncle Liu, "Master, I think disaster relief is the right thing to do. We are all human beings, and we can't let them starve to death just because of a few bites of food."
Uncle Liu just lowered his eyes slightly, then raised them again to look at Huo Chong. He didn't even express his approval.
Huo Chong continued, "If I help with disaster relief, at least I can still have a good reputation. If I help the people of Duizimen with disaster relief, what can I get? Won't the reputation still fall on them? Master, if you want food, I will send people to deliver thousands of kilograms to you. This is nothing. It's my duty. Those people came to my door and caused trouble for me. When I think of what they did, I can't swallow this anger."
After expressing his attitude, Huo Chong picked up the teacup and took a sip. The room fell silent for a while until Uncle Liu broke the silence, "Huo Chong, just think of it as helping me, what's wrong with helping them?"
Huo Chong responded sharply, "Master, when we were in trouble, they came to mess things up! They wanted to beat us brothers to death! Sect Master Liu made it clear that I will no longer be a member of the Dui Sect. He spoke so majestically at that time, why did he think of me now? I have never used the name of Tianli Sect in these years. How can I, an official, be a member of Tianli Sect? Master, I can't help him with this matter."
Listening to Huo Chong's recounting of the past in a firm manner, Uncle Liu's lips trembled. Just when Huo Chong thought that Uncle Liu would jump up and accuse Huo Chong of being unfilial, Uncle Liu stood up and knelt down to Huo Chong.
Liu Shiwang was shocked and hurriedly stood up to help Uncle Liu up. Uncle Liu was already crying and shouting, "Huo Chong, my family has been captured by the sect leader. If you can't help me, my family will be doomed!"
Huo Chong also stood up quickly, and together with Liu Shiwang, he helped Uncle Liu up. Uncle Liu seemed to be a different person at this time, crying and telling his experience. It turned out that he had fled to Tai'an after pretending to be sick, and he was not going to do anything else.
After Huo Chong dealt with Xu Youlin, he never considered arresting Uncle Liu. So the two sides could have forgotten each other and lived their own lives. Uncle Liu didn't expect that Master Liu somehow knew where Uncle Liu was. He found Uncle Liu last year. At that time, Master Liu forced Uncle Liu to hand over the silver he had swallowed. Uncle Liu begged Master Liu to let him go temporarily.
This year, when the disaster struck, Sect Master Liu went to Uncle Liu again to ask him to hand over the silver. He said that if he didn't hand over the silver, he would expose Uncle Liu's bad deeds. Uncle Liu knew that Huo Chong not only solved the problem, but also rose rapidly and became a famous figure. He used Huo Chong's reputation to drive Sect Master Liu away. Sect Master Liu arrested Uncle Liu's family members and forced Uncle Liu to come to Huo Chong to ask for money.
Listening to Uncle Liu crying about his misfortune, Liu Shiwang's face turned pale with anger. Huo Chong also frowned, and after Uncle Liu finished speaking, Huo Chong asked: "Master, how did Sect Master Liu think of looking for you? And it was several years later?"
Uncle Liu's face immediately turned awkward, and after a while he answered, "It was my useless second son. When he heard that you remembered the name, he boasted to others that you were my apprentice. That's how others knew about it."
Uncle Liu's voice became quieter and quieter, and Liu Shiwang also showed a look of disappointment on his face. Huo Chong arranged for Uncle Liu to stay and called a meeting. Before everyone went to the meeting room, Huo Chong said to Liu Shiwang, "Sixth Brother, I think you believe what the master said."
"Ah?" Liu Shiwang responded in confusion.
Huo Chong sighed, "Sixth Brother. Our master is not an honest man. Do you believe what he said? Our master doesn't even dare to come to us, so Master Liu knows about this, will he really force our master to come? If it were you, would you do this?"
Liu Shiwang was stunned, and after thinking for a moment, another kind of anger appeared on his face. Huo Chong just wanted to sow discord between Lao Liu and his master, and didn't want his junior brother to have any contact with his master. Seeing that Lao Liu was about to get angry because of what his master Uncle Liu said, Huo Chong used words to guide him again: "We can't say that what the master said is nonsense. We can find out if we send someone to ask about this matter."
Lao Liu frowned and thought for a while before asking, "Big Brother, we don't need to hold a meeting to send someone to ask, right?"
"If that Sect Master Liu is possessed by evil spirits and has to make up something, we should be on guard against him. Send someone to ask Sect Master Liu whether he has arrested Master's family. If they have, do you think we can really just ignore it?"
Lao Liu's expression became complicated again. Looking at his expression, he must be in pain. Finally, Lao Liu just sighed and said, "Big Brother, you are such a good person."
Huo Chong didn't say anything. Family members know their own business, and Huo Chong knew that he was not a good person. How could a P2P person be a good person? The difference was just a scammer who targeted other people's principal from the beginning, or a speculator who borrowed the money swindled by the scammers and tried his best to make a fortune in the turbulent times.
I treated Lao Liu like this because I wanted to train someone who could follow me in the future. Since rebellion was unavoidable, it would be good to have one more helper.
The Intelligence Department and the Security Department were called in this time. Huo Chong first told everyone about his experience, but naturally did not mention his origins.
After listening to Huo Chong's story about his relationship with his master Uncle Liu, everyone looked quite embarrassed. Huo Chong's having a master who flew away by himself when disaster struck was indeed not something worth boasting about.
Huo Chong finished speaking straightforwardly, and continued straightforwardly: "I will not abandon everyone and run away when something happens, because I have never been that kind of person. It would be better for me to die than to do such a thing. I am not saying this to say anything good or bad about my master. If what my master said this time is true, then someone wants to play some tricks in disaster relief. Everyone knows that although the disaster this time is not very serious, it is not light either. Many places will definitely need disaster relief. We will also do disaster relief. Since it is all disaster relief, we have provided the disaster relief supplies, and we cannot let others take away the reputation of disaster relief!"
Everyone nodded. It was obvious that even if Huo Chong didn't say anything, no one would accept being blackmailed.
"Send someone to see the leader of the Dui Sect of the Tianli Sect and ask him what's going on. Even if my master is wrong in many ways, it's a matter between us brothers. It's not his turn to punish my master. If my master is still the same as before, An can't tolerate him, right?"
There was an awkward but polite laugh from below. When the security department asked about the key points of the operation, Huo Chong told the intelligence department to send people to various places. At this time, there must be people who would come to rescue the disaster, and record those gentry who came to rescue the disaster. This would be the key point of this intelligence collection.
Wan Qian asked: "Sir, after recording it, how do you classify it?"
"If you add a death penalty, there is one exemption. Of course, make a symbol for it, don't write it out directly."
"I know this. But why can a death penalty be pardoned?" Wan Qian was a little puzzled.
The kid was still young, and Huo Chong felt that his question was understandable. Before Huo Chong could say anything, Liu Shiwang said, "Disaster relief is saving lives. Since someone has saved lives, you can't torture them to death!"
Huo Chong actually didn't want to say it so bluntly. His purpose of disaster relief was not really to save all living beings, but to gain such a good reputation.
After all, the economic circle of the Zhongfu platform is already so large, and there are many people who want Huo Chong dead.
