Aoeda never moved his chopsticks much, so he kept drinking. This wine is a fruit wine bought from Jinli Trading House, this wine is not intoxicating, and it has a faint sweetness when drunk. Most of the soldiers in the Northland did not like this wine, either because it was not strong enough and because it was too expensive. But Yuhuzi fell in love with this kind of wine after tasting it once, and drinking in the house must be this kind of wine.

Aoeda was not good at drinking, but even she couldn't get drunk with this fruit wine, but after a few more sips, her face began to change, and she was as red as a peach blossom. The night is long in the northland, and the lights in the house are early. At this moment, her peach-like face looks hidden and beautiful in the light.

But Yuhuzi couldn't see it, he always buried his head in eating, and occasionally raised his head, all of which were talking to Qingzhi about the affairs of the Fushang army, which was not commensurate with this charming atmosphere. But Qingzhi didn't complain at all, she quietly watched Yuhuzi eat, and Yuhuzi answered softly when she asked.

Suddenly, there were hurried footsteps outside the door, and someone knocked on the door and said, "General, the secret report from the capital has arrived." ”

Hearing this, Yuhuzi first wiped his hands and mouth with the towel on the table, stepped forward to open the door, took the wooden box in the soldier's hand, and asked, "Have you eaten?" ”

"Just came from the MIU." This person was a petty officer at the MI, and Yuhuzi vaguely remembered this person's face.

Yuhuzi looked at the maids on the left and right, and said, "Twenty taels of merchant silver, go eat something good." Warm up with some wine with everyone. ”

A maid came forward with a money bag in her hand, which seemed to contain about twenty taels of silver. Yuhuzi is generous and likes to reward the people below, but he never carries silver money with him, so the maids around him are generally prepared in case of Yuhuzi's needs.

The little officer took the money bag, saluted and thanked him again, and went away happily. Yuhuzi checked the wooden box in his hand and turned to enter the house.

As soon as he entered the room, he handed the wooden box to Qingzhi on the other side and said, "Open it and tell it to me." ”

Qingzhi took the wooden box, but when he saw that the sealing of the wooden box was sealed with tin, he could only hand it to Yuhuzi again, saying, "I can't open it!" ”

Yuhuzi took it, didn't put down the chopsticks he had just picked up in his hand, and said, "So I told you to eat more mutton, and it's good to have a long strength." As he spoke, he used a slight force in his hand, and the tin seal cracked like dry dough, and Yuhuzi handed back the open wooden box.

Qingzhi hadn't eaten much, and his hands were still clean, so he took out the paper in the wooden box and looked at it by the light.

Yuhuzi is fighting with the last lamb chop at the moment, he only thinks that the lamb chop is well roasted today, charred on the outside and tender on the inside.

Qingzhi looked at the few words on the paper, but his brows were slowly frowned, and after reading it, he put the paper directly back into the wooden box, put it on the table, and said, "It's bad news." ”

"Hmm." Yuhuzi nodded, looked at Qingzhi and said, "Let's just say it, in the past few years, Jingzhong has not given me good news." ”

"The imperial court has made war against the Kingdom of Jin." There was a hint of anger in Aoeda's voice, and although she tried her best to hide it, she was still caught by Mitorako. It's strange that someone as sluggish as him can catch such a small change in emotion.

Yuhuzi smiled and said to Qingzhi: "It's not all bad for us to fight, we can still sharpen our knives, and I will do my best to protect the people of the Northland, you don't have to worry." ”

"There is an even more vicious arrangement, presumably Feng Tianshou's old thing came up with it for Xu De."

"Tell me, what a vicious law."

"The harvest in the north has not been good in the past few years, so the food and ordnance court has helped, but we still prepare much ourselves. Now Xu De is willing to let go, and is willing to let some of the food and ordnance of the Anxi army to the north. ”

"What are the conditions?" Yuhuzi was unusually calm at the moment.

"The number of troops transporting grain, grass and ordnance is determined by Xu De, and the Anxi army must be stationed in the cities west of the main city of Yan to consolidate the border defense." Aoeda said these words and looked at Mitorko's expression.

Yuhuzi was very calm, Nunu mouthed, and said: "Xu De's hand is ruthless enough." ”

Yuhuzi leaned back, let out a long sigh, and said, "It's difficult, it's difficult," and the next moment he sat up straight again, looked at Qingzhi's face, and said: "Sometimes I really wish I was the emperor, I eat and drink well every day, and be a shopkeeper, how good." ”

"Is it okay to put your life in the hands of Xu De?" Qingzhi glanced at Yuhuzi.

"If you're dead, you're dead, Emperor, it's worth a day." Saying that, he himself first felt the absurdity of these words, and laughed, Qingzhi originally had a straight face, but she saw Guo Yi laughing, but she also unconsciously curled the corners of her mouth.

Yuhuzi restrained his smile, filled the wine glass, took a sip, and said, "How long can the food and salary in the Northern Army last now?" ”

"In less than four months, if the war starts, it will be used up in more than two months."

"That's right," Yuhuzi played with the wine glass in his hand and asked, "If the Quantojinli Trading House buys it on its behalf, will Yan Zhucheng be able to afford this debt?" ”

"Definitely not, seeing that the river is frozen, all the grain and grass can't be transported in the south. Even if it was barely transported from the sea, Yan Zhucheng could not afford such a debt. Seeing that Yuhuzi was embarrassed, Qingzhi thought about it, gritted his teeth, and said, "But there is another way, you can try." ”

"Tell me."

"Raise an army for the Jinli Firm." Qingzhi said, and looked at Yuhuzi's face.

Yuhuzi's originally gentle face shrugged instantly, and the soft color in the tiger's eyes disappeared, like two steel brushes, swept over Qingzhi's body, and asked, "Is it your meaning, or the meaning of the old immortal behind you." ”

Hearing this, Qingzhi pursed his lips and said, "That's what I mean, he won't take this risk, he just needs money." ”

"Are you sure he'll say yes?"

"Yes, as long as you dare to open up to him, he will definitely agree."

Yuhuzi's eyes softened slightly, and his murderous aura weakened a lot, and said, "Forget it, I can't do this kind of thing, I think my life is short." ”

Qingzhi guessed in his heart that Yuhuzi would be such an answer, and he regretted asking such a thing, so he could only say, "I will do my best to help you fight for it." "The fight she was talking about was, of course, to the Jinli Firm.

Yuhuzi nodded and said, "You reply to the court on my behalf, just say that Xu De's suggestion, I don't accept it." The North General's Mansion is enough to shelter me! ”

Qingzhi looked at Yuhuzi, and Yuhuzi's pupils were red gold in the candle flames, with a decisive supreme domineering spirit.

Green branches should be.

Yuhuzi got up and said, "Let's rest in the house today, there are flowers blooming in your small yard a few days ago." ”

Qingzhi has been so busy running for a while that she has forgotten about the late hibiscus in the courtyard.

"I'll go back first and go to bed early." After saying that, Yuhuzi left the dining room, but the letter from Kyocaka was quietly placed on the table.

Qingzhi held the wooden box in her hand, she understood that Yuhuzi still believed in her unconditionally, but she didn't know how long this unconditional trust could last with such an identity?

The people came in to clean up the house, but they saw Qingzhi holding a wooden box in his arms, his eyes were blank, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

A maid was bold and said, "Butler Qing? ”

Qingzhi broke free from her mind, looked at the maid's face, hummed lowly, and got up and went back to her small courtyard.

Mitorko's residence is not far from Aoeda's small courtyard, and it looks like an attic-like building. As soon as he reached the door of the attic, a maid came up to wait for him to change his clothes and wash up, and he did it one by one with the help of the maid, changed into pajamas, and went to the bedroom.

He pushed open the door, and the fragrant breeze was blowing in his face, and it was the paper kite guarding behind the door, waiting for him.

Maybe it's because of the long time waiting, the paper kite has been a little dozing, and when he saw Yuhuzi coming in, he hurriedly saluted and said, "The paper kite is waiting for the general to undress?" ”

Yuhuzi was thinking about something in his mind, raised his hand, and subconsciously hummed.

Suddenly, he heard the difference between the Oiran and the previous words, turned his head to look at the plain face of the Oiran who had taken off his makeup, and said, "What do you call yourself?" ”

When the Oiran heard Yuhuzi's words, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Slave maid...... Paper Kite ...... If the general is unwilling, I will not say so in the future, and the general will forgive the sin. ”

Yuhuzi looked at the Oiran Cheng frightened look, and only felt that his image was really so scary, so he only said: "It's nothing, I'll ask one more thing, you get up, you will be called this name in the future, I listen to it." ”

Oiran got up, his face a little pale, all frightened. She continued to serve Yuhuzi to undress, and said, "The slave knows." ”

Yuhuzi lay down in the quilt, the quilt was still warm, presumably the paper kite warmed the bed for him.

Seeing that Yuhuzi was asleep, the paper kite got up and put out the lights. Tiptoeing down beside Mitoko.

She has been in Yuhuzi's mansion for so long, but Yuhuzi has never done what she has been thinking about to her, and she always feels that her position is unstable, and she may die in this Yan main city one day. In the darkness, her heart beat faster like the sound of horses' hooves.

Yuhuzi was originally facing away from her, but when she heard this voice, she turned over, took the paper kite into her arms with her arms, and said, "Sleep, don't think about anything else." ”

"Hmm." The paper kite heard the sound, closed its eyes, felt the generous breath around it, and didn't know when, it fell asleep.