The rise of the poor

Chapter 2102 Comfort

"Where have you placed Wang Zhi's mother, wife and children? I want to go visit them." Zhu Ping'an asked Liu Mu and Ruo Feng.

"Sir, we have someone prepare a military tent to house them. It's right in the middle of the supervisory camp, and we guarantee that no one will harass them," Liu Mu replied.

"Very good, take me to see it." Zhu Ping'an nodded with satisfaction.

"Yes, sir." Liu Mu and Ruo Feng led Zhu Ping'an forward. As soon as the battalion commander came out, Zhu Ping'an stopped and called the two men, saying, "Yes, send someone to the equipment battalion to get three thick quilts, and prepare three more servings of hot stews and six hot white steamed buns. Put more meat in the stews, and we'll take them all with us."

"Sir, do we need to pay so much attention to them?" Liu Mu asked in confusion, "They have been imprisoned for five years. If they were useful, they would not have been brought here by us today."

"Wang Zhi is a treacherous hero. He has neither a wife nor a son. I don't think you can threaten him with this."

Ruofeng also said.

"I am not trying to threaten him with his mother, wife and children. Instead, I am trying to give him hope and show him my sincerity."

Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and spoke slowly.

"Give him hope?" Liu Mu was still puzzled.

"How can his mother, wife and children give Wang Zhi hope? What kind of hope do they give him?" Ruofeng was even more confused.

"Tell me, how will Wang Zhi feel when he finds out that we treat his mother, wife and children well?" Zhu Ping'an looked at them.

"He will be very surprised." Ruofeng scratched his head.

"Will he think we are showing goodwill to him?" Liu Mu said uncertainly.

"Yes, he will feel that we are showing kindness to him and will think about why we are showing kindness to him. Then he will have many hopes. Once a person has hope, he will not fight to the death and will be cautious."

Zhu Pingan said simply.

"I think I understand, young master." Liu Mu thought for a while and said slowly, "Although we cannot use Wang Zhi's mother, wife and children to force him to land, we can let Wang Zhi have unrealistic hopes through the kindness we have shown to his mother, wife and children, so that he will not devote all his strength to fighting us."

"Now that you put it that way, I think I understand." Ruofeng suddenly realized.

"Almost." Zhu Pingan smiled slightly.

Soon, three soldiers came over, each carrying a thick quilt and a mattress. "Sir, the people from the equipment camp said it was cold, so in addition to giving us three thick quilts, they also gave us three extra mattresses."

"Very good." Zhu Ping'an nodded with satisfaction.

Then, two soldiers came over with trays. On one tray were three bowls of stewed vegetables, including tofu, cabbage, vermicelli, pig blood, and slices of pork belly, which looked very tempting. On another tray were steamed buns and three bowls of chicken soup, in which there was a large chicken drumstick, which looked like a pistol and was very tempting. The hot dishes and soup were very delicious, and the aroma of the stewed vegetables and chicken soup could be smelled from a long distance away.

"Very good." Zhu Ping'an was even more satisfied, and said to Liu Mu and the others, "Come on, take me to visit Wang Zhi's mother, wife and children."

Soon, Zhu Ping'an, led by Liu Mu and others, came to the military tent of Wang Zhi's mother, wife and children.

"Madam, this is our governor." After Zhu Ping'an entered the tent, Liu Mu introduced Zhu Ping'an to Wang Zhi's mother, wife and children.

"Governor, Governor, hello. I kowtow to you." When Wang Zhi's mother heard that Zhu Ping'an was the Governor of Zhejiang, she knelt down immediately.

"I, a guilty woman, pay my respects to the governor." Wang Zhi's wife also hurriedly pulled little Wang Qiong and knelt down with her mother-in-law.

"Old lady, please stand up. Madam, please stand up quickly as well."

Zhu Ping'an hurried forward and helped Wang Zhi's mother up with both hands. In order to avoid suspicion, he only helped Wang Zhi's wife and children in vain.

"I dare not, I dare not. I am afraid of dirtying your hands." Wang Zhi's mother stood up with a flattered look on her face.

"Actually, you are also victims and have been implicated. The fault lies with Wang Zhi, not you. It's just that the law is ruthless and you have been implicated."

Zhu Pingan said gently.

Upon hearing Zhu Ping'an's words of comfort, Wang Zhi's mother and wife could not help but feel grief-stricken. They covered their faces with their sleeves and burst into tears.

Little Wang Qiong looked confused and leaned close to his mother and grandmother's shoulders to comfort them. He didn't understand why his grandmother and mother were crying. This adult didn't bully his grandmother and mother and was very gentle. So why were his mother and grandmother crying?

"Don't be sad, old lady, madam. Just look forward. There is nothing in this world that cannot be overcome."

Zhu Ping'an said in a gentle and comforting voice.

After hearing this, Wang Zhi's mother couldn't help but stop crying, looked at Zhu Ping'an in disbelief, and asked in a trembling voice, "Can this be allowed to pass?"

Did she know what crime her son Wang Zhi had committed? Her son Wang Zhi was a Japanese pirate, and even the leader of the pirates. He led tens of thousands of pirates under his command. They killed people, burned houses, and robbed homes along the coast. It was said that they had also captured several cities. This was all treason, right? If you count the crimes committed by him and the pirates under his command, it would not be enough to kill them a hundred times. Many of their crimes were serious and unforgivable. Could this be forgiven?

"Of course." Zhu Pingan nodded.

After hearing this, Wang Zhi's mother looked at Zhu Ping'an in disbelief and said excitedly, "Can you really get through?"

Wang Zhi's wife was also incredibly excited.

"It can be passed." Zhu Ping'an repeated it again, and then asked someone to hand over three thick quilts to Wang Zhi's wife, and asked someone to put the steamed buns, stewed vegetables and chicken soup they brought on the simple table.

"My lord, you are not trying to fool me, an old woman, are you?" The old lady was so excited that tears came to her eyes after hearing this, but she still couldn't believe it.

How can such a heinous crime be forgiven?! Why do I find it hard to believe?

"Madam, you haven't had dinner yet, right? Eat it while it's hot," Zhu Ping'an said while eating. "Come and have dinner, little brother." Zhu Ping'an said to Wang Zhi's mother and Wang Zhi's wife and children, and pulled little Wang Qiong to the dining table with a gentle face.

When little Wang Qiong saw the food on the table, he couldn't help drooling. The meat slices in the stew and the big chicken legs in the chicken soup seemed to have grown hands, pulling out his gluttony and tongue.

"Look at how useless you are." Seeing this, Wang Zhi's wife couldn't help but pat little Wang Qiong on the back of his head.

"It's not the child's fault. The child is suffering too." Zhu Ping'an spoke up to comfort little Wang Qiong.

"Hehe, my mother didn't use much strength." Little Wang Qiong laughed, as if the slap his mother just now had hit a dog-head fan.

Wang Zhi's wife was so angry that she hit him again.

"Okay, don't act rashly in front of adults." Wang Zhi's mother glared at Wang Zhi's wife and little Wang Qiong. (End of this chapter)