Water Margin begins as a captain in Yanggu County

Chapter 76 How Can I Trust You?
Only three days later, the training ground in Dongping Prefecture was crowded with people, and Su Wu was on the general's platform, in a very good mood.

One thousand five hundred and seventy people came from the three villages of Dulonggang, all of them were good guys, including Zhu Long, Hu Cheng, and Du Xing.

There were also sixty or seventy hunters including Lin Mao and Li Cheng.

Su Wu wanted to say a few more down-to-earth words: "Brothers, since you are here, you should feel at ease. Food, drink, and wages will not be lacking. Practice well. I will be here every day, and I will practice with you."

"Thank you, General!"

"The general is mighty and powerful!"

Su Wu raised his hand and waved, and Luan Tingyu stepped forward again. The people of the three villages were very familiar with Luan Tingyu, so Luan Tingyu also said a few words: "Here, it is different from in the village. You must know that military law is strict and ruthless, and the army must obey orders. General Su loves you like his own children, and you must strive to be worthy of the general's kindness."

"Of course! Now that I am under the general's command, I will obey his orders!" This is what Zhu Long said.

Hu Cheng also nodded: "Joining the army is different from usual, I know."

Du Xing would even say: "The general is dedicated to protecting the country and the people. He is protecting our own home. How can we not be dedicated and fight for it?"

"Disperse, settle down today, go to the streets, have a drink and have fun, but don't cause trouble. We are in our own hometown, we can't do things that humiliate others. It will be different in two days, and we are exhausted."

Su Wu waved his hands, his face full of smiles, and he couldn't close his grinning mouth.

When I first started my team, there were only about a thousand people and a thousand guns...

Everyone was actually very excited today. In fact, a large number of people had never been out of the three villages of Dulonggang before, even if it was only a few dozen miles away, and had never been to the city of Dongping Prefecture.

This is what the good family men and farmers of this era are like.

After the crowd dispersed, Luan Tingyu walked up to Su Wu and said, "General, actually... I am not a problem in practicing Zhuang Han and teaching spear and stick martial arts, but now it is different. I am a little bit unsure about serious training."

Su Wu understood Luan Tingyu's concerns. He was afraid that he would not do well, and of course he had no experience in proper military training.

Su Wu also did not think that it would be effective to use his own skills to train soldiers of this era. Because what Su Wu knew was actually more of an unparalleled political and ideological work, which is the true morale and spirit of an army.

In this era, we cannot yet talk about truly advanced political and ideological work. Of course, there is ideological work that belongs to this era.

Therefore, the military training method of this era is actually more suitable for this era. After all, the methods of fighting wars are also very different.

The way of the Song Dynasty is not to have a strong army, but the officialdom of the Song Dynasty is gradually corrupt and people's hearts are gradually scattered. Even so, it still has strong men and strong armies.

Su Wu thought so much, and after hearing what Luan Tingyu said, he raised his hand and waved: "Let's go and meet someone."

In a room in the camp, Lin Chong's head and hands were covered with a large wooden yoke weighing dozens of pounds from the yamen, and he sat in the corner without moving.

The door opened and Su Wu walked in with Luan Tingyu.

Lin Chong was not unaware of anything. He turned his head on the big wooden yoke to take a look, but then he lowered his head and was too lazy to look any further.

"Master Lin..." Su Wu called out.

How could Lin Chong answer? He probably thought that he would set out for Tokyo today, and that Master Lu would not come to save him on the way back.

The people around Su Wu are all fierce. When they are escorted again this time, they must be well-mannered. What can they do even if Master Lu comes?

Maybe... there is no need to escort him to Tokyo. He can be beheaded today and his head will be sent to the Tokyo Palace Front Department. The Su Wu in front of us will also have a good future.

"Master Lin!" Su Wu shouted again.

Lin Chong replied: "If you want to kill me or chop me up, just come."

The words were tough, but Lin Chong was not that tough and still kept his head down.

Su Wu walked closer and sat down on the ground, parallel to Lin Chong, and slowly spoke: "Life is not satisfactory, fate is full of twists and turns and there is no justice. The world has changed..."

Just with these words, Lin Chong raised his head slightly.

Su Wu continued, "Let's talk about Tokyo first. Gao Qiu, the Grand Commandant, was originally a poor man living on the street. He was brave and fierce, but he was beaten up by Coach Wang Jin. As soon as he rose up, Coach Wang Jin knew it. He took his mother and left quickly. If he was a step slower, his life would be in danger..."

Lin Chong's lifeless eyes showed some doubt, and he asked, "How do you know all this?"

Su Wu ignored him and continued to talk: "You, however, thought that the ruffian might be reasonable... thinking that he is now a high-ranking general, so no matter what, he should be reasonable, right?"

"You..." Lin Chong was a little surprised. Many people knew about this, but there were actually only a few people who knew the details, even in Tokyo.

The Su Wu in front of him seemed to really know everything.

Lin Chong obviously couldn't figure it out. Did Su Wu really send people to inquire everywhere? Even to Tokyo?
Su Wu also looked at Lin Chong who raised his head. Lin Chong was not handsome. On the contrary, he had a leopard head, round eyes, a swallow jaw and a tiger beard. He looked like a vicious and arrogant person.

Just from this appearance, if he is a military general, he must be a brave and courageous person; if he is a bandit, he must be an extremely vicious villain.

But Lin Chong couldn't do it.

Su Wu continued, "Even if you were exiled, you cut off all ties with your wife before you left. Do you think that this way you can protect your wife and father-in-law? That ruffian will let them go. You, with all your skills, have a naive and childish mind, and a cowardly and evasive personality. How can you not end up like this?"

"If you want to kill me, just kill me. Why are you scolding me?" Lin Chong turned his head away. Perhaps he was angry about being scolded like this, or perhaps he just turned his head away so that no one would see his distraught face.

"You were sent to exile, and they wanted to kill you on the way. You were saved by someone. When you got there, you still really thought you could settle down here. You thought that the ruffian would just let it go. Lu Qian came to kill you again. Tell me, besides blaming the heavens and the injustice of the world, have you ever thought about regretting your decision?"

After Su Wu finished speaking, he paused and waited for a response.

After waiting for a long time, he said angrily: "What if I regret it? You know it so clearly, tell me, which part do you regret?"

Su Wuzhen told him: "I regret not learning from Wang Jinwang's teaching and leaving when he said he would. I regret thinking that a ruffian wearing brocade clothes can really behave like a decent person. I also regret that you still had a chance to save yourself, but you still wanted to hide. You escaped from the wild boar forest and got your freedom, but you still hid away, just for your own safety, and you didn't even think of going back to bring your wife out of danger... Are you a man?"

As he spoke, Su Wu stood up and looked down.

Lin Chong tilted his head even more and lowered it, and he could even hear a few faint sobs, but it was not clear whether he was really sobbing or not.

"Even in the prison, there are still people coming to kill you. You realize that you have no peace. You have no choice but to flee to the rivers and lakes, and no choice but to hide from the thieves. Lin Chong, Lin Chong, when you fall asleep in the middle of the night, will your wife come to look for you in your dreams? Will she cry? Is it strange?"

Su Wu also stood up and turned around to talk. Lin Chong suddenly turned around. Although there were no tears, his eyes and nose were red. He asked angrily: "Before killing someone, you still want to humiliate him like this. Is this what people like?"

Su Wu didn't care about all this, he just looked down and said, "You want revenge, right? Wang Lun couldn't help you, so you deceived yourself by thinking he was disrespectful to you, and you fought him and killed him on the spot. Chao Gai seemed to have some ability, so you thought Chao Gai might be able to help you get revenge. You were the instructor of the imperial army, and you can read and write. Just ask yourself, is there a thief who can turn the world upside down in the Song Dynasty? Is Chao Gai the unparalleled hero in the world as recorded in history books? Did Chao Gai and his gang really rely on you as their confidant? Are they really close to you? When you fell into my hands, did Wu Yong really risk his life to save you?"

Lin Chong had a resentful look on his face, but now he turned his head away, lowered his head and no longer looked at her.

Just a few words denied so much, denied a person's life, denied all the value of a person as a human being, and denied all the value of a man as a man.

Yet every word is true and reasonable.

How does one deal with this?
How can a person who is good at cowardice and avoidance face this?
Luan Tingyu, who was standing by, had already frowned as he listened. Although he had heard a little about Lin Chong, he had no idea about the details that Su Wu had mentioned today.

I used to think that Lin Chong was a tragic hero, but when I listen to him again today, it's all tragedy, without any heroism, which really makes me angry.

"Alas... your life, Lin Chong, just passed by like this. Although you seemed to have a lot of skills, you were just like a bug on the wall. You didn't know where you were born, and you just died like that. No one cared about you, but you still died with a heart full of hatred and depression. Life ends here, that's all..."

Su Wu sighed and lamented.

Lin Chong seemed to be unable to sit steadily, as if he had no strength all over. His head dropped down, with his chin resting on the huge wooden yoke. For a moment, he looked as if he had lost all hope, and his eyes were filled with a look of complete emptiness.

It seemed to Su Wu that he only had one thought: What a fucking loser!

Su Wu turned around and went out.

Luan Tingyu frowned, looked a few more times, shook his head, turned around and went out, then locked the door. The two of them stood about ten steps away from the door.

Luan Tingyu said: "General, such a person...ah..."

Who is Luan Tingyu? If someone gave him a job as a teacher, he would die in battle.

Su Wu said nothing, just stood there.

Luan Tingyu said again: "General, why do you still care so much? This kind of person is hopeless."

Su Wu actually had the same feeling. He was truly hopeless.

But Su Wu said, "Wait a moment, just a moment."

As he said this, Su Wu looked up at the sky and sighed. The sky was bright and clear. If there really was such a person with great abilities but who was a waste, there would be nothing that could be done.

It's not impossible to really change your future, but keeping Lin Chong by your side is a very risky thing. This risk must be proportional to the benefit. You can't take the risk and have a half-hearted burden.

After listening to Su Wu's words, Luan Tingyu thought about it and asked Su Wu again: "General, does he not understand?"

"He can't be really an idiot, can he?" Su Wu answered. He can't be that stupid, can he?

"Yes, with such a deep hatred, if he really wanted to live and take revenge, he should be unwilling to give up now and don't know how to seek the last glimmer of hope for survival..." Luan Tingyu was very puzzled.

Feeling depressed, Luan Tingyu turned around to look at the house where Lin Chong was imprisoned, and shook his head again, saying, "He is at the end of his rope, with no hope in his heart. Maybe he wants to die."

"Then let him do it!" Su Wu said this and gritted his teeth.

Suddenly, I heard a hoarse and weak voice behind me: "Superintendent Su..."

When Su Dujian heard this, his heart tightened. Luan Tingyu immediately turned around to look. Seeing Lin Chong lying in the gap of the window, Luan Tingyu turned around again and said, "General, he seems..."

Su Wu raised his hand slightly and whispered, "Wait for him to shout again, shout out the urgency."

"Empress Su..." The hoarse voice came again, with great effort. Although the voice was not loud, it seemed as if all the strength in the body was shouting out from the throat.

Only then did Su Wu turn around and look, and saw a pair of blood-red eyes with a hint of desire through the gap in the window.

Su Wu stood up and walked over. As soon as the door opened, he asked in a stiff tone, "What do you want to call me for?"

Lin Chong stood, but not straight, and was bowing. His hands were clasped on the wooden yoke and he could not make a fist. He opened his mouth and said, "Please ask the Supervisor Su to show me a way to survive."

Su Wu looked at him, without saying anything or moving, just standing there quietly.

Lin Chong bent down and looked at his legs. One of them was kneeling and the other was also bending.

At this moment, Su Wu reached out his hand and asked, "What do you want to do with this life?"

Lin Chong had already raised his head, his face was twisted, there were no tears, but snot was running down his nose. He answered seriously: "For that rascal, a poor wretch! Only for that rascal, a poor wretch!"

"You want revenge? Who can help you avenge such an enemy?" Su Wu asked.

"It would be great if there's someone to help me. If no one helps me, I'll do it myself. I'll find a way to do it myself! Even if I fail, I'll be willing to die!" Lin Chong gritted his teeth only at this moment.

"It's not easy for you to keep this life." Su Wu said this and still shook his head.

Lin Chong opened his eyes, staring at Su Wu with his eyes wide open, and said, "The eunuch has always said that he is a ruffian and a pauper, so he must look down on him in his heart. The eunuch said that Chao Gai is not the unparalleled hero in the history books, so the eunuch must have great ambitions, eunuch!"

After hearing the hoarse call of "Du Jian", Lin Chong stood still, staring at Su Wu with his bloodshot eyes.

“You say…” Su Wu waved his hand.

"The governor is very smart and courageous. His words today are very good at understanding people's hearts. He knows so much about me, so he must have thought about it carefully before planning. If the governor wants to keep me, as long as this way of survival is left, I am willing to die for the governor! I only hope that there will be a chance to take revenge in the future. Only in this way can the skills I have trained hard be worthwhile, and my life as a man be worthwhile."

Lin Chong was already speaking with great excitement, and the desire and longing in his bloodshot eyes were not concealed at all.

Luan Tingyu, who was standing by, relaxed his frown a lot, and when he looked at Lin Chong again, he felt a little more pity for him.

Su Wu only asked one question: "How can I trust you?"

Lin Chong looked around and said firmly, "Please lend me the chief eunuch's sword!"

(End of this chapter)