The Era of Generals

Chapter 563 Five years ago

Under Chen Ze's gaze, Hua Lao's aura was slowly weakening.

In less than a moment, his aura was completely restrained, and he turned back into that drunk old man with cloudy eyes again.

No, even worse.

In front of Chen Ze's eyes, Elder Hua's expression was extremely slumped. He sat down on the stone bench, his whole body revealing a kind of sadness.

"Want to know why?"

He smiled wryly, as if he had exhausted all his strength, he supported his body and leaned forward, snatching the wine jug that was still halfway from Chen Ze's hand.

Then he took a gulp and let the wine wet his clothes.

After a while, he put down the flagon and let out a breath of alcohol heavily.

"You guessed right."

Hua Lao didn't look at Chen Ze, but lowered his head, as if talking to himself.

"This incident was indeed directed and acted by me. I should apologize to you for this."

Chen Ze was silent.

Did he come to Hua Lao just for an apology?

And why apologize to him?

In the end, he was just deceived by Mr. Hua and spent a few days looking for spies in vain. It's really not worth mentioning an apology.

And as early as the first time Mr. Hua asked Mr. Jing to come to him in the middle of the night, he felt a little strange.

Hua Lao said that there are spies in the city lord's mansion, and even he has no way to find out the spies for the time being, and must rely on Chen Ze's help.

As the wise general of Qingyang, as the only second general in the empire, how extensive is Hualao's network and experience?

But he couldn't find out the spies in the city lord's mansion, so he still needs Chen Ze's help?

No, this sentence should be said like this: He actually let spies sneak into the city lord's mansion?

Not to mention Mr. Hua, even if it was Chen Ze himself. Everywhere he went, he would of course investigate the safety of his place in detail. Anyone who was suspicious would be cleared out on the spot.

This should be a habitual action rooted in instinct.

Otherwise, send troops outside. If this is careless, then don't be careful. How many lives do you have to die from the enemy's schemes?

Chen Ze is still like this, and he believes that most of the generals should have such a habit.

What about Mr. Hua?

Even if there is a gap of five years, Mr. Hua shouldn't be so careless.

And it is even more impossible to say how many confidantes he has lost in the past five years, so that there is not enough manpower to arrange the City Lord's Mansion!

Who is Mr. Hua?

It's only been five years, and he is still the super general who can respond to every call from the top.

After losing five years for no reason, once he found that Mr. Hua had signs that he might leave the mountain, Mr. Jing was desperate, even willing to resign from the high position of the commander of the military aircraft in a city, and he would run away even if he became a commoner. Back to Bo'an City to follow Hua Lao, this can be seen.

Mr. Jing is like this, and the fat shopkeeper has never left him, even willing to abandon the army and go into business, and he has been a restaurant shopkeeper for five years.

The two of them are like this, but will there be fewer people like this?

There were more than ten thousand confidants and disciples of Mr. Hua back then, could it be possible that he could not fill a city lord's mansion?

It is true that Hua Lao's coming out of the mountain will inevitably cause panic to some people, and there will be many who want to sabotage secretly, but want to infiltrate the city lord's mansion?

It won't be that easy!

Even if he really came in, with Hua Lao's means, he should have been kicked out long ago...

etc!

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration flashed in Chen Ze's mind, and he couldn't help showing shock.

He looked at Elder Hua again, only to see that the other party just nodded slightly, as if he had guessed what Chen Ze was thinking.

"Those five people... are the real spies, right?"

Surprised, Chen Ze slowly expressed his guess.

"So, Mr. Hua, you already knew who the spies were, but you didn't tell the truth. It wasn't until I made such a commotion in the training ground that you pushed the boat along the way and made these people leave the city lord's mansion voluntarily, and then Kill someone again..."

"In this way, Tang Feng is basically your own man, Mr. Hua?"

Shock is not an exaggeration to describe Chen Ze's mood at the moment.

He has been thinking and calculating, and has been planning how to help Tang Tianxing, how to find Tang Feng, and try to make their father and son recognize each other.

But who would have thought that Tang Feng was not a spy sent by the enemy as imagined, but an old man at all!

These years... I don't know what Tang Feng has experienced, but he worked under Mr. Hua, and Mr. Luo didn't know about it, so it's not surprising.

After all, Zongbing Luo didn't have much contact with Mr. Hua before, and if Tang Feng wanted to hide it wholeheartedly, it would be easy for Tang Tianxing not to find out that he was with Mr. Hua.

So after Chen Ze was shocked, he smiled wryly.

He, Zongbing Luo, or Tang Tianxing are all trying to hide everything about Mr. Hua about Tang Feng, but in fact, Mr. Hua...

Needless to say, he knew it a long time ago, but this Tang Feng is originally Hua Lao's man!

Who should I turn to for reasoning?

What else can Chen Ze do besides smile wryly right now?

"Tang Feng, this little guy is not bad."

Mr. Hua knew what Chen Ze was thinking, and said slowly, "It's just that he also has his own difficulties. He doesn't want to meet Tang Tianxing and his son. Your resentment is not as deep as you think."

Chen Ze nodded, this is good news.

However, compared to the current situation, Tang Feng, who should have been the most important thing, has become less important.

The most important thing right now is, why did Mr. Hua do this, and why did he have to apologize to himself?

This is the focus of Chen Ze's attention at present.

He always felt that he still missed something, otherwise it would not explain why Hua Lao suddenly gave a reminder after everyone evacuated the city lord's mansion, making Chen Ze discover the key point.

So why?

He looked at Hua Lao.

But Hua Lao had a bitter expression on his face, as if he didn't want to speak.

"Old Hua?"

In desperation, Chen Ze could only take the initiative to speak, hesitatingly said: "You...do you have any difficulties?"

He really didn't want to believe that Hua Lao, who had been helping him since he set foot in this world, would be detrimental to him.

But looking at Hua Lao's complexion, it seems...

"Since you get along well with Meng Yang and the others, do you think you are clear about what happened five years ago?"

Hua Lao shook his head and finally opened his mouth.

But Chen Ze was taken aback.

Is this incident related to five years ago?

With Meng Yang and Guo Zi's explanation, Chen Ze was clear about what happened five years ago, and he had analyzed it at that time, and he had lamented what happened to Mr. Hua back then.

Who would have thought that Hua Lao actually mentioned five years ago now?