During the brewing and fermentation of Luo Bingzhang's case, the little wife Fu Shanxiang gave birth to a second daughter to Wu Chaoyue, although he knew that the comprador grandfather would definitely be disappointed, Wu Chaoyue still sent someone to bring the news back to Shanghai. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 As a result, when the Manchu court began to investigate Luo Bingzhang's case, the old comprador Wu also sent Wu Chaoyue the highest instructions of the old Wu family - continue to give birth, and give birth to several concubines together until a son is born!

Men, Wu Chaoyue will never refuse such a good thing as a few beautiful concubines, but Wu Chaoyue didn't pay much attention to the matter of giving birth to a son, first, Wu Chaoyue is still young, his wife Yang Yuru and his favorite concubine Feng Wanzhen are younger, and they will have the opportunity and time to have a son in the future. Second, the current situation does not allow Wu Chaoyue to indulge too much in men and women, so he can only concentrate his main energy on preparing for the army and dealing with the second opium war that is about to break out.

There is also the Taiping army, which still makes Wu Chaoyue dare not take it lightly, and the favorable situation of the confrontation across the lake in the Jiujiang battlefield has been played, but the main force of the Taiping army's naval division is still stationed in the area of Hukou and Pengze, and it still forms a huge pressure on the Hubei border. At the same time, the land division of the Taiping army is also constantly invading south, has taken Huanzhou, Anren and Fuzhou and other places, and once again forced Nanchang, the panicked Wen Jun asked Yang Wending to lead the army south to help the war, although each time Yang Wending refused on the pretext that Jiujiang was still in danger, but once the Taiping army really attacked Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province again, Yang Wending did not send troops to rescue Nanchang, and there was no way to explain to the Manchu court.

Wu Chaoyue didn't want to fight with the Taiping army again, and he didn't want to consume a lot of manpower, material resources and valuable weapons in vain to save Jiangxi. For Wu Chaoyue, the best option for the Taiping army was to capture southern Jiangxi and attack Hunan with southern Gan as an advance base, so as to weaken Chu Yong and the rebuilding Hunan army for himself. But unfortunately, Wu Chaoyue was unable to command the Taiping army, and the Taiping army did not show any signs of being prepared to do so.

"It would be nice if I could get in touch with Yang Xiuqing again."

After having this idea, Wu Chaoyue took a little risk and asked Rong Hong to try to contact Hong Renji, so that the secret envoy of the Taiping Army, who had always maintained secret trade contacts with Daye Iron Works, would bring a message to Hong Renji, hoping that Hong Renji would come to Daye as a guest again.

However, Wu Chaoyue didn't have much hope for this, because Hong Renji, who was named the national emperor, has gradually gained some fame in the Manchu court, and is already one of the key objects of attention of the Manchu court.

Next, what made Wu Chaoyue happiest was of course his own trick succeeding, Luo Bingzhang, the mother of the Hunan army, was finally driven out of Hunan by the Manchu court, Chu Yong, who was raised by Luo Bingzhang, and the morale of the Hunan army was greatly reduced, and the future of the Taiping army in Hunan was bright. However, it is still a pity that Yang Xiuqing and the Taiping Army, whose comprehensive quality is too low, can see this and find this God-given opportunity, Wu Chaoyue also does not dare to guarantee it.

Coincidentally, on the second day after confirming the fall of Luo Bingzhang through Sushun's channel, Wu Chaoyue received a letter from Yang Wending, saying that it was because the Taiping Army and the land division were assembled in Fuzhou, and there were signs of going north to Nanchang, Wenjun once again asked Yang Wending to send troops south to reinforce Nanchang, and Yang Wending, who was actually in Jiujiang Province, Jiangxi, was forced to do so, so he could only promise that once the Taiping Army went north to Nanchang, he would immediately send troops to reinforce him, so as to perfunctory delay.

Wu Chaoyue knew that Yang Wending was also under great pressure, so he didn't blame Yang Wending for saying it to death, but he could only hope for a miracle to appear and be able to get in touch with Yang Xiuqing as soon as possible, and on the other hand, let Yang Wending be ready to send a second-line army to perfunctory Wenjun. As a result, just when he signed the letter written by Zhao Liewen, a soldier suddenly came to report outside the door, "Lord Futai, the alternate Tongzhi Zeng Guoquan asks to see him." ”

"Zeng Guoquan? He doesn't study hard in the martial arts academy, why did he come to me for what? Can't hold your breath and want to send troops to fight? ”

Wu Chaoyue was a little puzzled, but considering that Zeng Guoquan was his uncle after all, Wu Chaoyue still nodded and agreed to meet Zeng Guoquan. As a result, Wu Chaoyue was very surprised that Zeng Guoquan did not come alone, in addition to him, he also brought a young man and a young girl, all dressed in filial piety clothes, the young man was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with handsome eyebrows and elegant temperament, and the girl hung her head and couldn't see clearly.

"Uncle Jiu, ......who are the two of them?" Wu Chaoyue asked suspiciously.

"Back to Wufutai, they are my brother's eldest son Zeng Jize and eldest daughter Zeng Jijing." Zeng Guoquan replied truthfully, and then instructed the young man and the girl: "Ji Ze, Ji Jing, why don't you give Wu Futai a salute?" ”

"Grass man Zeng Jize, I have seen Lord Futai."

"The folk girl Zeng Jijing has seen Lord Futai."

After all, they are from famous families, Zeng Jize and Zeng Jijing are all dignified and polite, even if they are a little nervous, they do not panic at all during the salute. Wu Chaoyue, who has always been informal, jumped up and shouted loudly: "It turned out to be my junior brother and junior sister!" Senior brother, junior sister, please get up, please get up, I don't need so many rules here. ”

Saying that, Wu Chaoyue also personally picked up Zeng Jize, and then went to pick up Zeng Guofan's eldest daughter Zeng Jijing, but first touched a pair of soft and white little hands, and then saw a pretty face full of blush, and then Wu Chaoyue's heart beat violently, and said secretly: "I didn't expect the teacher's daughter to be so beautiful, is there a good match?" ”

You can't blame Wu Chaoyue for being lustful, it's the genes of the old Zeng family that are really good, even if he is wearing filial piety clothes and plain flowers, it is difficult to hide Zeng Jijing's moving appearance, on the contrary, it also sets off Zeng Jijing's rosy lips and blushing face more attractively, so that Wu Chaoyue can't help but have such a thought, "It's too early to get married, Teacher Zeng, why didn't you think about marrying your daughter to your most outstanding student?" Looking at your daughter's appearance, she is only sixteen or seventeen years old, is it just right for me to marry me? ”

It was Zeng Guoquan's coughing voice that reminded him that Wu Chaoyue didn't show the appearance of a pig brother too much, and then Zeng Guoquan also said to Zeng Jijing: "Big niece, don't care, Wu Futai often deals with foreigners, and he is used to the etiquette of foreigners, not on purpose." ”

Zeng Jijing, whose white hands were accidentally held by Wu Chaoyue, nodded shyly, and did not say a word, Wu Chaoyue also remembered that according to the rules of this era, even touching her junior sister's hand might force her to commit suicide by throwing herself into the river, so she was also a little embarrassed, scratched her head and smiled: "Senior sister, forgive me, I have indeed dealt too much with foreigners, confusing the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty and foreigners." Sit, sit down. ”

It was only after everyone was seated that Wu Chaoyue remembered to ask Zeng Guoquan about their intentions, and Zeng Guoquan replied: "That's the case, Ji Ze and Ji Jing heard that Jiujiang had been recovered, so they planned to go to Poyang Lake to pay homage to their brothers, and when they passed through Hankou, they went to visit me, so I brought them here, first, I wanted them to meet and know you, and second, I wanted to ask your nephew to help me write to Jiujiang, and if possible, ask the officials and soldiers on Jiujiang to send a boat to send Ji Ze and them to the gray mountain where my brother was martyred." ”

"As soon as it's a trivial matter, I'll ask someone to write a letter." Wu Chaoyue agreed, and said: "It's definitely not a big problem to worship in Gray Mountain, there is no war there now, I asked Wang Fu and Bao Chao to try their best to send your junior brother to Gray Mountain to worship once." ”

Zeng Guoquan and Zeng Jize were overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Wu Chaoyue, Zeng Jijing also left the table to thank him, but he didn't say anything, and there were still two rare blush on his white and tender face, obviously still shy about being slighted by Wu Chaoyue just now. Wu Chaoyue was itching, but suddenly remembered a big event, so he slapped his thigh and said in annoyance: "Oh no, how can I forget such a big thing?" ”

When Zeng Jijing looked up at Wu Chaoyue in surprise, Zeng Guoquan also asked Wu Chaoyue what he had forgotten, and Wu Chaoyue replied: "The matter of the teacher's body, make a detailed report, after the martyrdom of the teacher, Changmao put his body into the coffin and transported it to Hukou, probably to send it to Jiangning to find Hong Yang Fa to ask for merit." During the Jiujiang War, after Luo Xuan, who was surrounded by us, committed suicide, we also collected his body into the coffin, why didn't I think about contacting Changmao's side before, and exchanging Luo Xuan's corpse for the body of my mentor? ”

Speaking quickly, Wu Chaoyue complained to himself again in his heart, and said secretly: "I'm really confused, if I want to get in touch with Yang Xiuqing, I can use this fair and honest method!" ”

Wu Chaoyue complained that he was smart and confused for a while, but Zeng Guoquan and Zeng Jize and others were already overjoyed, and hurriedly begged Wu Chaoyue to act according to the plan, so that Zeng Guofan's body could be buried back to the ancestral grave, Zeng Jijing also bowed to Wu Chaoyue again, and his voice was delicate, "Brother, if you can really exchange your father's body, the little sister will be broken and broken, and she will definitely repay her brother's great kindness." ”

"Senior sister, don't say that, your father is my teacher, and it is also my duty to retrieve his body."

Wu surpassed his false modesty, and immediately called a master and asked him to write a letter to Wei Jun, who was currently sitting in Hukou, asking for the body of Zeng Guofan to be exchanged for Luo Xuan's body, and then immediately sent a clipper to send it back to Jiujiang first, so that Yang Wending could contact the Taiping army first and ask for the Taiping army's opinion. Then Wu Chaoyue ordered a banquet to be set up to entertain Zeng Guoquan's uncle and nephew and his beautiful sister.

When it came to the banquet, Wu Chaoyue naturally had to ask Zeng Jize where the brothers and sisters lived, and after learning that Zeng Jize and his sisters were living on the boat, Wu Chaoyue of course immediately invited Zeng Jize and his brothers and sisters to live in his house, but Zeng Jize and his sisters refused, so they had to accept Wu Chaoyue's kindness and promised to stay. Zeng Guoquan went back to Hankou after eating because of his heavy schoolwork, and continued to live in the collective dormitory.

Wu Chaoyue's hypocritical appearance of caring for his younger brothers and sisters can only deceive others, but he can't deceive Wu Dadao, the captain of the personal soldiers who has followed him for many years, just sent someone to send Zeng Jize's brothers and sisters to live in the backyard, and when there were no other outsiders, Wu Dadao immediately came up, and asked in a low voice with a hippie smile: "Young Master Sun, do you want to send someone to put some medicine in Miss Zeng's tea?" ”

"What are you doing with the drugs?" Wu Chaoyue didn't react for a while.

"Of course, it's to help Young Master Sun do good things for you." Wu Da said with a smile: "Others can't see it, but the small ones can't see it?" Young Master Sun, the way you look at Miss Zeng is no different from the look in your eyes when you saw a beautiful girl in Shanghai. ”

"Shut up! She is my junior sister, and she has a heavy filial piety, what can I do to her? It's all the Chinese army of the governor's yamen, and they are still talking so lightly and seriously! ”

While scolding Wu Dadao with righteous words, Wu Chaoyue couldn't help muttering in his heart, "Senior sister, if you can really welcome back the teacher's body, I don't want to tie the grass ring, I am even more reluctant to let you break your bones, and I will be satisfied with me for one night." ”

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Let's take a look at the situation here in Hukou, after Wu Chaoyue's request to exchange for the remains of Zeng Guofan was sent into Hukou City by the Qing army messenger with a white flag, Wei Jun, whose brother died in the hands of Wu Chaoyue, did not want to agree, but Luo Outline won the hearts of the army, and the remnant generals of the Jiujiang Taiping Army led by Lin Qirong all begged Wei Jun to agree to this matter and welcome back Luo Xuan's body for a grand burial. In addition, many of the generals of the Taiping Army's naval division were Luo Xuan's old subordinates, and they all helped Lin Qirong to open his request, and when the public opinion was difficult to disobey, Wei Jun could only agree to ask Yang Xiuqing first if he agreed, and let the Qing army wait patiently for news.

Originally, Wei Jun thought that Yang Xiuqing was unlikely to agree to such a thing, but to Wei Jun's great surprise, within a few days, Yang Xiuqing not only sent an order agreeing to the exchange by expedited clipper, but also named his absolute henchman Hou Yukuan, the supervisor of Hukou, to handle the matter personally, and outsiders were not allowed to interfere! - The reason, of course, is to avoid the notoriously treacherous Wu Chaoyue from taking the opportunity to play ghost tricks such as buying espionage.

The next thing is much easier, Hou Yukuan came forward to contact Yang Wending, asking Yang Wending to decide the time and place of the exchange, Yang Wending, who had already been ordered by Wu Chaoyue's secret letter, did not immediately agree on the time and place, but only questioned Hou Yukuan's origin and identity first, and asked Hou Yukuan if he had Yang Xiuqing's consent for this move?

As Yang Xiuqing's absolute confidant, Hou Yukuan of course had a good understanding of Yang Wending's painting of snakes, and immediately replied that he had obtained Yang Xiuqing's consent to do so, and directly stated that he could represent Yang Xiuqing. Yang Wending was overjoyed when he saw the letter, so he arbitrarily agreed on a time and place exchange, and attached a simple map of Jiangxi to Hou Yukuan in his reply - on the map, there is a red line from Yugan to Fuzhou, then to Linjiang and Wanzai.

There is no extra word except for the red line, but after seeing the map sent by Hou Yukuan's clipper, Yang Xiuqing still understands it and knows that Wu Chaoyue is making a promise, promising that as long as the Taiping army does not cross this border, the Hubei New Army will definitely not be dispatched, and the Taiping army in Jiangxi Prefecture, the capital county south of the red line, will fight as much as it wants, and Wu Chaoyue will never pay attention to it.

Yang Xiuqing certainly would not refuse Wu Chaoyue's proposal, and immediately gave orders to Lai Guiying and Shi Zhenji, who were attacking cities and plundering land in southern Jiangxi, to let them go all out to capture the southern and southwestern parts of Jiangxi, where the Qing army was weak, and not to rashly attack the northwest of Jiangxi, where the Qing army was strong.

In the face of the major event of secretly drawing the border, the exchange of the remains of Zeng Guofan and Luo Xuan, who was not at all painful, naturally did not need to be mentioned, and the Jiujiang Qing army easily welcomed back Zeng Guofan's body. However, this matter is insignificant to Wu Chaoyue and Yang Xiuqing, but it is an unbelievable big and good thing for the Zeng brothers and sisters who originally only hoped to be able to worship at the place where Zeng Guofan died, so when Wu Chaoyue told the Zeng brothers and sisters with a smile on his face that Zeng Guofan's body had been successfully recovered, Zeng Jize brothers and sisters not only cried out loud in surprise, but also knelt down on Wu Chaoyue's knees together and cried and thanked him.

"Senior brother, junior sister, please hurry up, please hurry up, don't need to thank me, this is my duty, I didn't think of welcoming back my teacher's body before, I am already very sorry for you. Get up, get up. ”

Even in a modest voice, Wu Chaoyue personally picked up Zeng Jize and Zeng Jijing successively, and habitually forgot that the rule of this era is that men and women do not kiss, not only held Zeng Jijing's tender little hand again, but also wiped away Zeng Jijing's tears with a handkerchief, and finally under Wu Dadao's cough reminder, Wu Chaoyue suddenly came back to his senses - but it was too late, the devil's claws were already on Zeng Jijing's pretty face.

Wu Dada's cough also reminded Zeng Jize and Zeng Jijing, who were excited and embarrassed, Zeng Jize lowered his head with embarrassment and pretended not to see his sister being molested, Zeng Jijing was flushed, took a step back and lowered his head, Zeng Jijing's heart was still beating faster, and he couldn't help but think of a distant past, a few words of conversation between his parents that he overheard......

"Madam, Ji Jing is not young, it's time to find her a mother-in-law, among my most proud protégés, there is one named Wu Chaoyue, who is extremely talented and the same age as Ji Jing, what do you think of him?"

"Wu Chaoyue? Could it be that the student who led the troops to the north of King Qin said some time ago? It's his words, of course, you can consider it, the ninth brother, they said that among your students, he and Zhongyuan are the most promising, and their family background is also good. ”

"Isn't it just a good family? Among the richest people in the Qing Dynasty, counting from the first to the bottom, his family is definitely ranked in the top ten! And I have another advantage as a student, I don't smoke a lot, I don't enter the Qinglou, and I have three generations of single transmission, I can really make a good thing with Ji Jing, and our daughter can only enjoy the ....... ”

Thinking of these words that he overheard, Zeng Jijing's heartbeat accelerated more and more, and he couldn't help but quietly glance at Wu Chaoyue, who was full of embarrassment, and said secretly: "You became a relative first, so my father and mother didn't mention it later." ”

("Daughter, don't be deceived by this hypocrite, he worked so hard to get my body back, in addition to wanting to secretly contact Longhair, he didn't have any kindness to you!") Get out of him now, and get as far away from him as possible! Zeng Guofan's heavenly spirit roared. ）

No matter how angry he roared, it was useless for Zeng Jijing to hear it, because Zeng Guofan's body had been successfully exchanged, the Zeng family brothers and sisters also accepted Wu Chaoyue's suggestion and decided to stay in Wu Chaoyue's house for a few more days, and wait for Jiujiang to send Zeng Guofan's coffin to the Hubei provincial capital and then help Ling return to his hometown. As a result, seeing Zeng Jijing's moving appearance of shyly promise, Wu Chaoyue was still a little shaken, and said secretly: "Or, do you want to ask the competition to really give some medicine?" It's a shame not to eat the fat that is delivered to your mouth. (To be continued.) )