Bring Interstellar to the end of the world

Chapter 278 True Hero

What the city lord did was not for the benefit of Yuan City people at all. That person was just pursuing his own life value—a kind of spiritual selfish desire that could bring satisfaction.

For selfish reasons, Fei Xiang kidnapped the entire Yuan City.

"Heh... the people of Yuancheng... are really sad." Hou Hanmin did not return to his job, but went back to his home at the end of the pedestrian street, and opened the door.

His wife and former sister-in-law, Cuiyun, Wang Puzhao's wife, was standing in the living room, holding the little girl with tears on her face.On the table next to it was a packed package, not big, just a few sackcloths and dry food for three to five meals.

"Have you packed it up?" Hou Hanmin asked in a low voice.

Cuiyun nodded.

"Bring more dry food."

"This is already all the dry food in the house."

Hou Hanmin sighed. In Yuancheng society, food, clothing, supplies, housing, and even wives... are all allocated by the internal affairs department.For hard goods like dry food, it's pretty good that their family can save for three days. More families may not even have enough for two days.

"Let's go." He took out the crumpled cigarette case, looked at the only three cigarettes left in it, shook his hand at the opening, and finally put it back.

Cuiyun and the little girl followed him out of the room.

There was a burst of gunfire ahead, an explosion appeared in the south, and black clouds rose into the sky like a dragon.

Feifei was terrified, hugged Cuiyun's leg tightly and cried loudly.

Hou Hanmin walked over to comfort her, picked up the little girl, and continued to move forward.

Perhaps it was because the man's shoulders were broad and his chest was warm, which made him feel more secure than a woman's embrace. Feifei stopped crying and just hugged his neck tightly.

"I miss daddy... I miss daddy..."

Hou Hanmin: "..."

He didn't know what to say and could only respond with silence.

Did you tell Feifei that Tang Yan killed Wang Puzhao?So what is Fei Xiang who is in collusion with Tang Yan?In terms of crime, I'm afraid the latter was the culprit who killed Wang Puzhao.

Hou Hanmin led the two of them to walk through small paths and hidden alleyways, aiming at the overturned building in the north of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Housusu, where are we going?" Feifei asked seriously, blinking her eyes with long eyelashes.

The little girl asked inadvertently, for Cuiyun who was following behind, the above words pointed directly to her heart.She just discovered a problem, Hou Hanmin took her to not the public evacuation channel.

"Where are we going... for a drive. Hou Susu takes Feifei for a stroll outside, okay?"

"Okay, okay." The little girl applauded cheerfully, the excitement of being able to go out of the city overwhelmed the fear of the sound of guns and guns.

Women and children are generally not allowed to leave the city - except for working in the mines, only soldiers of the city defense army and personnel attached to the city lord's government system have the opportunity to leave Yuan City and set foot on the outside land.

Hou Hanmin simply said "go outside for a stroll", but Cuiyun's expression changed when he heard that, as if he realized something.

Hou Hanmin led the two of them to turn left and right, and entered a room in the innermost part of the ruins that was in danger of collapsing. After putting down Feifei, he lifted off the tattered blanket on the ground, revealing a wooden board embedded in the ground.

He removed the board again, and there was a downward passage inside.

Cuiyun froze for a moment: "This is..."

Hou Hanmin said: "It seems that Brother Wang told you about the secret passage..."

This half-collapsed building is very dangerous. It has not been put into use and is in a state of disuse. In the past, when he and Wang Puzhao went on business trips to Jicheng or the countryside, they would always bring back some drinks privately. In order not to let others see and gossip, they would sneak here to drink fart.

Over time, they discovered that the building was far stronger than it appeared from the outside. After later exploration, the two found an underground passage that could leave the pedestrian street and reach an abandoned food processing workshop in the northwest.

They don't know who the person who dug the tunnel is and what kind of story it is. What they care about is the underground passage.

Hou Hanmin was going to report this matter, but Wang Puzhao stopped him.

Although it was somewhat politically incorrect to do so, he still complied with the wishes of his good friend, and since then this channel has become a secret deep in the hearts of the two.

At that time, he did not expect that one day he would really use this secret passage.

Hearing this, Cuiyun whispered, "It's just that I didn't expect that the person who brought me here was not him, but you..."

"..." Hou Hanmin was silent for a while and said, "Time is running out, let's leave here first."

Cuiyun nodded without asking any further questions, and followed Hou Hanmin into the secret passage.

The road below was not smooth and there were no lights. Fortunately, Hou Hanmin had a flashlight with him to help the two of them leave the pedestrian street area and enter the ruins of Yuan City as quickly as possible.

I don't know how long it has been, anyway, when Hou Hanmin pushed open the cover of a corner of the courtyard of the food processing workshop and connected Cuiyun up, the sound of guns and guns from the pedestrian street was no longer very clear.

He checked the direction, told Cuiyun and Feifei to wait, and walked alone to the abandoned auto repair shop ahead.

After a short while, as the shutter door opened upwards, the roar of the locomotive engine came from inside, and a side tricycle rushed out from the door.

Cuiyun didn't get in the car immediately, and handed a letter to Hou Hanmin with questioning eyes.

"what?"

"Letter, Puzhao asked me to give you the letter."

Hou Hanmin looked at the southern sky and took the letter.

While he was opening the letter, Cuiyun continued: "He said...if he can't come back one day, he hopes I can give it to you."

Hou Hanmin was taken aback when he heard the words, thinking this is the suicide note...but why is it for himself?Under normal circumstances, shouldn't it be given to Cuiyun and Feifei?
These questions were solved after he opened the letter and saw Wang Puzhao's message.

Wang Puzhao died in Tang Yan's surprise attack on the Yuancheng transport convoy. Hou Hanmin always thought he was a coward. Wang Puzhao was able to stand up to the enemy wearing power armor, which proved his loyalty to the Yuancheng people.

But is this really the case...

If the contents of this letter were put in the past, Hou Hanmin would disagree very much, and even thought Wang Puzhao was treasonous.

The situation is different now.

It turned out that since a few years ago, Wang Puzhao had had deep doubts about what Fei Xiang and Jiang Heng did. How many times did he ask himself whether the path Fei Xiang chose for the people of Yuancheng was right?
If a multiple-choice question is asked, it seems that more than 90% of the people in Yuan City will agree with the city lord's will... However, if the people in Yuan City did not receive hatred education in the past and gave more people the space to read, read, and think independently, they would still Will you agree with the city lord's will?
Wang Puzhao felt very confused. As his military career continued to grow, he saw all kinds of so-called "dedication" and "sacrifice", including Niu Feng, Xiaoyong and others cheating on regeneration potions. Such a Yuan City is hopeless, and everyone plays "self" in an exclusive world fabricated by Fei Xiang.

In more understandable terms, Yuan City is Fei Xiang's personal kingdom of God.

Yes, it is a personal kingdom, even more extreme than a personal kingdom.

Wang Puzhao became more and more disgusted with Fei Xiang and Jiang Heng, and became more and more depressed. He felt that life had lost its meaning. Rather than living like a zombie, it would be better to die happily.

He has a desire to die - this stems from his understanding of his own predicament and the sins of the superiors, but he is powerless to change the darkness of Kite City.He has a wife and children, he has no way to give up on them, he can only be patient, depressed, and become a gun in the hands of Fei Xiang and Jiang Heng, and a slave at their feet.

The first half of the letter is Wang Puzhao's accusation against Fei Xiang and Jiang Heng, as well as his sadness at the inability to change the current situation.

The second half is the last words left to Hou Hanmin.

Wang Puzhao didn't know if he could continue to persevere. If one day he died, whether he committed suicide or died in a military operation launched by the city lord, he hoped that Hou Hanmin could take good care of Cuiyun and Feifei instead of throwing everything away. Focus on avenging him... because sometimes the murderer is not the real enemy of the person killed.

Wang Puzhao also said that he knew that Hou Hanmin liked Cuiyun... If one day he died and had a good brother to take care of the mother and daughter, he would smile and die happily.

This ends the last words.

Hou Hanmin's hand holding the paper trembled slightly.

He recalled that before the convoy left Jicheng, Hou Hanmin contacted Yuancheng. The familiar soldiers happily said that Yuancheng had a big shot, and that the visit of the deputy head of the Pandaren Legion would improve the relationship between Yuancheng and Gemstone City. In the future, I will eat cheap canned sea fish.

Wang Puzhao was very happy and brought many gifts to Feifei at the Jicheng market. He also spent a lot of money to buy Cuiyun a tape with "Sweet Honey" recorded on it.

But what happened next?
The man who visited Kite City with good intentions suddenly attacked the transport convoy, turning from a peace messenger into a violent robber.

From the perspective of ordinary people, they would be angry, shocked, and gritted their teeth at the deputy commander of the Pandaren Legion.

Wang Puzhao can't. He knows more and thinks more.

All illusions were shattered, and all expectations were shattered. Facts proved that Tang Yan was not the guider of Yuan City to the light, but a qualified foreign aid of the city lord.

He is angry, he hates, he is shocked, but the object of anger, hatred, and shock is not the man named Tang Yan, but the "great city lord" named Fei Xiang. Because what happened to Xiaoyong and Niu Feng is also happening now. On me... I can say it is the curse of fate, or it can be said that it is an irony of history.

Although Hou Hanmin didn't know how Wang Puzhao was feeling at that time, but considering the content of this suicide note, there is a high probability that he will be completely disappointed in the future and life, and will eventually die.

In other words... Wang Puzhao probably went out voluntarily, so that Tang Yan could give him a happy ending and end this sad, pathetic and hopeless life.

In doing so, he will free himself and become a hero who fights to the death to win better treatment for his wife and daughter.

Thinking of this, Hou Hanmin trembled even more.

Because he was suspicious of one thing - he was able to survive that confrontation, probably not by pretending to be dead to deceive Tang Yan, but because the other party needed to leave a mouth alive to tell the people of Yuancheng what happened, so as to deepen the people of Yuancheng's understanding of gems. City and the Pandaren Legion's enmity, and completed the deal mentioned by Deputy Head Tang when the airship entered the airspace of Yuan City earlier.

If Wang Puzhao saw through the evil tricks of the city lord, then Wang Puzhao's suicide attempt had another purpose - to save the life of Hou Hanmin with his own death.

pat, pat, pat...

Tears the size of soybeans wet the collar of the military uniform.

He never thought that there were so many secrets and depths behind Wang Puzhao's death.

If there was no message from the airship, if Fei Xiang and Jiang Heng's conspiracy to move westward had not been revealed, he might still be buried in the dark, immersed in his heroic dream, hating the Pandaren Legion and Tang Yan like every Yuancheng person.

"Why are you so stupid? Why didn't you tell me? Why? Why! Why..."

When asked the fifth "why", Hou Hanmin stopped asking why, because the huge shame and humiliation pressed down from the sky like lead clouds, shrouding his soul.

In the past, would Wang Puzhao believe what he said?
No, he won't, not only won't believe it, he will probably report this matter to his superiors, and let the ideological instructor give Wang Puzhao psychological counseling, so as to pull his good brother back from the "evil path".

If that's the case, can they still be good comrades-in-arms?Good brother?
After the attack on the transport convoy, he was portrayed by Fei Xiang as a hero and admired by all Yuancheng people.

Actually?What kind of hero is he? !

Wang Puzhao is the real hero...at least to Cuiyun and Feifei, to him, he is an irreplaceable man and a true hero.

boom!boom!boom……

The sound of explosions from a distance woke him up. Hou Hanmin took a deep breath, suppressed all the emotions in his heart, turned his head to look at Cuiyun, and found that her back was facing him, and she gently wiped her face in front of her face, as if she was wiping her face. Tears on the face.

The little girl holding her mother's other hand was pure and innocent: "Mom, Hou Susu, why are you all crying?"

Wang Puzhao quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, folded the letter and put it in his arms: "Hou Susu thinks of your father."

Hearing the word "Dad", the girl's eyes quickly turned red: "Feifei misses Dad too."

Hou Hanmin quickly winked at Cuiyun, telling her to get in the car quickly, and said, "Would Hou Susu take you to find Dad?"

"Okay, okay..." The little girl smiled through tears.Her mood is like the weather in the south of the Yangtze River, it can change as soon as it changes.

……

Beep... beep beep beep beep beep...

The locomotive went away with a deep roar, and the wind from the horizon blew the hair and clothes of the family of three, floating in mid-air.

"Mom, didn't you say that Dad went to a place far, far away?"

Cuiyun: "..."

Hou Hanmin: "Hou Susu will take you to a place far, far away, and never return to the place where the gun was shot, okay?"

"Okay." The little girl's answer was crisp, like freshly peeled bamboo shoots.

Woo, woo, woo...

A moment later, the side tricycle disappeared into the northern block with a low whine and flying dust.

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(End of this chapter)