So at about the same time as Zhang Chun was punished, Pu Hong's envoy also arrived in Xiangwu City and presented Pu Hong's friendship.

Pu Hong not only wrote a letter of apology, saying that the previous misunderstanding was caused by the instigation and coercion of the king of Nanyang, and now I will return Di Dao Shouyang to Gao Envoy Jun, hoping that the two families will abandon their previous suspicions and conspire to be friendly.

In order to show his sincerity, Pu Hong also released Cao Mo, who had been refusing to bow his head, from the prison, comforted him with kind words, and released him, and sent Li Hu's wife He Shi, who was under house arrest, to him. Seeing Cao Mo, Gao Yue and the others sighed with emotion, but more importantly, they were sincerely happy to see Cao Mo safe and sound again; But when everyone saw the He family who was crying like a tearful person, they couldn't help but think of Li Hu, all of them were sad and embarrassed, and it was really a double heaven of joy and sorrow.

However, for Pu Hong's initiative to show goodwill, Gao Yue secretly sneered. He knows that in history, the Pu family of the Di nationality is a typical grass on the wall that sees the wind and makes the rudder, and is most accustomed to seeing opportunities and changing both sides.

When you are weak, he will come and fall into the well as if he were beating a water dog; When you are strong, he nods again and is extremely deferential. Pu Hong was originally a Shunmin of the Great Jin Dynasty, but at the end of the Jin Dynasty, he first surrendered to Sima Mo, the king of Nanyang, and after Sima Mo's death, he surrendered to the Han Emperor Liu Cong.

When Liu Yao was defeated and captured, and the former Zhao perished, Pu Hong could not resist the enemy as the Hou Zhao Shi family, so he immediately chose to surrender. In Later Zhao, Pu Hong was also quite trusted and prominent for a while, but when the Later Zhao Empire came to an end, Pu Hong immediately changed his face and took the initiative to ask for surrender to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

By the time he was on the side of the Eastern Jin Dynasty court, when he sought the prestigious titles of King Di, the envoy, and the general of the Northern Expedition, Pu Hong had simply had the idea of occupying Guanyou and establishing himself as the king, so he simply called himself the king of Sanqin, Da Danyu, and finally became independent. Pu Hong's life, treacherous and fickle, in the twilight of the Qin Dynasty, as long as he can maintain vested interests, anything can be left behind. His descendants, such as Fu Jian, Fu Sheng, Fu Jian, Fu Liu, etc., are not kind and honest people.

In short, speaking of which, Pu Hong is far from being as straightforward and honest as Yao Yizhong, a Qiang man with the same background at the same time. But in the troubled times, people like Pu Hong were able to avoid disasters in time and gain a foothold for development, so later, it was the Pu family of the Di nationality who finally took the lead in achieving hegemony in the official history, rather than the Yao family of the Qiang nationality, which was also full of talents.

For example, at the moment, although he kept saying that he was instigated by others and caused unintentional harm, Pu Hong pretended to be deaf and dumb and did not return the wealth of the population of the two cities, and did not say a word about trapping Li Hu.

The envoy was quite good at observing words and expressions, and seeing that Gao Yue's face was still cold, he hurriedly said: "The big leader of my family has a special heart. Previously, when Zhang Chun's subordinates under the command of King Nanyang withdrew from Shouyang to the north, they actually slaughtered Bailing Village. The chief of my family heard that the high envoy seemed to have a very close relationship with Bailing Village, so he personally instructed the arrest of more than a dozen participants, and this time he also specially handed it over to the high envoy ......."

Before he finished speaking, as Gao Yue screamed, there was already an uproar in the hall. Gao Yue is a person from Bailing Village, his origin, everyone knows, and now he suddenly heard that Bailing Village was slaughtered by Zhang Chun, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and everyone present was shocked, all of them looked at each other and were speechless.

Yang Ke hurriedly approached Gao Yue and said in a low voice, "Lord...... The matter is still undecided, so you must be calm and not lose your temper in front of others. Han Yong also took a step forward, staring at Gao Yue wordlessly with concern and nervousness.

Gao Yue secretly thought that since Bailing Village was destroyed, most of Hu Laohan would not be spared. When he first came to this life, thanks to the help of the honest and simple Hu Laohan, he treated him like a relative, and now when he heard the bad news, it was like thunder, and his heart was so painful that he was cut by a broken porcelain piece, and he was so sad that his heart was broken.

Seeing that the envoy was still looking at him, Gao Yue took a strong breath, closed his eyes fiercely, and opened them for a moment, and said in a soothing voice as much as possible: "You go back and tell King Pu that since he is willing to befriend, I will not be upset." If the two cities are returned to me at once, I will no longer pursue the past, and in short, my two families will not disturb each other from now on. ”

An expedient measure, just a deception. Looking at the back of the Pu family's envoy who went away happily, Gao Yue's heart was like a magma face like ice, and the lessons of the past must not be coaxed by a few seemingly sincere words from him as contained in the history books, so he repeatedly gave the enemy a chance to breathe and turn over. But in his heart, Zhang Chun is already an unforgivable mortal person.

The news of the destruction of Bailing Village immediately spread widely. In the Longxi Army, many of the former Bailing children are now the backbone of the team leader, captain, etc., and when they heard the bad news, they all beat their chests and cried loudly. Many people were shocked by great grief and anger and lost their minds, and flocked to the mansion, strongly demanding that Gao Yue immediately send troops to completely defeat the king of Nanyang, and the most important thing is to capture Zhang Chun alive.

Gao Yue took a lot of effort to soothe everyone, and said in public that he would not forget this deep hatred, and vowed to lead everyone to avenge this revenge with his own hands before he would give up. Looking at the back of the crowd gradually leaving, Gao Yue was a little stunned, Feng Liang was not in the city at the moment, and when he returned, Gao Yue secretly thought that he really didn't know how to speak.

Since the situation has been stabilized for the time being, after more than a month, the Longxi army is in the process of rest and recuperation, and Xiangwu City has begun to repair and repair in full swing. The Shangqi Jin army was defeated before this, and it was also in urgent need of recovery, so the current situation in Qinzhou actually maintained a wonderful silence, but this silence did not last long, both sides knew that with any small opportunity, the flames of war could be rekindled at any time.

Two months later, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Gao Yue hid in the inner room, and even his wife Yao Chi avoided it, and Dudu and Feng Liang talked in a low voice. Feng Liang cried profusely, and it is said that his eyes were bleeding. Gao Yue tried hard to persuade him, but in the end, he also choked up.

In the middle, Feng Liang also truthfully reported the movements of the Ya during this time, and bluntly said that the assassination of Chen An was the killer he had carefully planned and arranged carefully, and the killer he sent was Li Songnian, a cadre who had a relationship with Gao Yue. Hearing this, Gao Yue was surprised, and his impression of Li Songnian was deeper.

At the same time, Feng Liang himself went to Shangtai to lurk, and planned a number of riots with the head of the Shangtai scouts, Kuai Laosan, and assassinated several rich gentry and local tyrants who were very close to the officials of the palace, and also looked for opportunities to set fires from time to time. At the same time, the deputy envoys Duochai and Qi Fuyan also went to Luoyang and Hedong, not only to monitor the recent movements of the Huns, but also to wait for the opportunity to deploy various secret agents for the future.

Gao Yue also explained this very much, in addition to his old rival Sima Bao, he must also take special care of the Luoyang Pu family in the future, and he cannot be kept for a long time. Although the peace was made on the surface, even Pu Hong himself was afraid that he knew that this was a tacit postponement plan, and it could never be regarded as safe from now on. Feng Liang also bowed his head frequently, saying that if Brother Li Hu was killed, the Pu family would have to be eradicated sooner or later.

As they spoke, the two inevitably returned to Hu Laohan.

"Big brother, my uncle raised me with hard work, and I don't know how much I suffered. It's so easy to get to today, I followed my eldest brother, and finally got into trouble, just when I wanted him to enjoy his old age, but I didn't expect him and the whole village to suffer this catastrophe! I don't even dare to think about it, I just feel like my heart is dripping blood......

In front of Gao Yue, Feng Liang no longer had the usual cold color, he was like a child, pouring out the great sadness in his heart.

"Hate Sima Bao, hate Zhang Chun! I had personally investigated Shangtai for many days, and I always wanted to assassinate the two thieves, but it was really difficult to succeed because of the strong defense, so I had to give up. One day, if it falls into my hands, it will be a thousand cuts, and it will not allow me to relieve the hatred in my heart. ”

I don't know why, when I left Bailing Village in the past, looking back from afar, the lonely staring figure of Hu Laohan standing in front of the door lingered in Gao Yue's mind for a long time. Seeing Feng Liangsheng in tears this time, he couldn't help but tear up his eyes, and the hero was short of breath.

"Without my uncle, where would I be today. Ryoko, don't worry! In public and private, Sima Bao and others must be eradicated, especially Zhang Chun, I also ordered, if this person can be captured alive, no matter who it is, the civilian reward will be 1,000 taels, and the official will be promoted by two levels! ”

When everything was on the right track, Gao Yue ordered Wan Hong and Yang Jiantou to guard Xinxing, make every effort to choke the main road for the Shangqi army to come west, and promoted Qiu Yang, the commander who had commanded Sun Long's old department to run south, as Cao Mo's deputy, in charge of the military and political affairs of Di Dao Shouyang and the two cities, and made He Cheng supervise the military affairs of Yinping County, and Wu Xia, who was basically recovered from injuries and could walk freely, had full authority to take charge of military and political affairs inside and outside Xiangwu City. After the arrangements were made, Gao Yue once again summoned all the troops that could be mobilized in the state in the name of the assassin of Qinzhou and the governor of the state, and personally took command and began to seek to attack Sima Bao.