The negotiation was able to continue the next day, Wanjing Liquor Store had been sealed by the government, everyone was arrested, Gao Hui stood in front of the door of the liquor shop with a gloomy face, the results of her inventory last night made her unhappy, all the intelligence points they deployed in Qi County were eradicated, the spies were wiped out, and only a few peripheral spies were lucky not to be caught.

Although this was expected by Gao Hui, in the face of such a cruel reality, Gao Hui couldn't help but feel gloomy.

However, there was a glimmer of opportunity in other aspects, and Zhang Xuan finally agreed to her request and allowed her to visit the captured backbone of the Bohai Society.

When Gao Hui's carriage slowly stopped in front of the county government prison, Fa Cao joined the army **** and had been waiting in front of the steps for a long time.

It is the eldest grandson of the Huang family in Liyang County, and among the major families in Jianghuai, only the Huang family is particularly favored by Zhang Xuan, and the fundamental reason is that the Huang family controls nearly half of the iron ore in Liyang County, and exports a large amount of pig iron to the government every year, which is precisely the strategic resource that the major forces dream of.

Gao Hui was helped out of the carriage by the maid, and **** hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Master Fang has an urgent matter to go to Beihai County today, and I can't accompany Mrs. for the time being." ”

Gao Hui was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "When will Master Fang come back?" ”

"It's five or six days as fast, eight or nine days as slow, and the main thing is that it takes time on the road."

Gao Hui was stunned, did she have to wait for five or six days?

Knowing Gao Hui's worries, he said with a smile: "Madam, please rest assured, the marshal will arrange the negotiations, even if the military advisor is not there, there are still others." ”

Gao Hui realized that as long as Zhang Xuan was still in Qi County, there would be no problem, he paid too much attention to Fang Xuanling, and he forgot the real Qingzhou coach.

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As the warm sunlight disappeared behind Gao Hui. Gao Hui walked into the dark and damp dungeon, iron doors opened, and Gao Hui followed **** into the second basement floor.

"Madame, please!"

Pushing open the last door, Gao Hui hesitated for a moment and slowly walked down the steps......

"Madame!"

I don't know who shouted, and the members of the Bohai Society who were locked in the cell walked to the iron fence one after another. looked at Gao Hui who appeared unexpectedly in surprise.

Gao Hui looked at these colleagues in prison, she felt a lot of feelings in her heart, they were so close, but she couldn't save them, she sighed secretly in her heart, and said loudly to everyone: "I am here to visit you on behalf of the lord, everyone has been wronged, please believe in the lord, the lord will definitely save everyone out!" ”

"Ma'am. When can we go out? One asked in a loud voice.

"I'm doing my best!"

Gao Hui said to everyone again: "Since I appear here, it means that I am doing everything I can to save everyone out." ”

Gao Hui turned around and quickly glanced at the door, **** did not follow, there were only two jailers standing in the distance, she hurriedly said to everyone: "I have only one request, I hope you don't reach a compromise with the Sui army in private, this will ruin our plan and make it impossible for us to reach an agreement with the Sui army." This is very important and important to remember! ”

"But Lu Sijian has already gone out."

"I know about it!"

Gao Hui said angrily, "I don't want a second person to do this. Bohai will not be able to have a second such soft bone, and will never reuse him again. ”

Gao Qin's cell was located in the innermost, he couldn't see Gao Hui, but he could faintly hear Gao Hui's voice, he heard the threat in Gao Hui's tone, and he secretly shook his head in his heart. Gao Hui can't threaten everyone like this, this time the lair was ended to a large extent as a result of Gao Lie's troops going north, and the responsibility lies with Gao Lie, so Gao Hui should apologize to everyone, and then sincerely say that he will save everyone out.

But Gao Qin didn't hear Gao Hui's apology. On the contrary, hearing Gao Hui's threats to everyone, he was really a little disappointed in his heart.

"Madame!"

Gao Tan shouted, but he didn't hear a response for a long time, when someone in front of him replied, "Madame has left!" ”

From afar, there was a 'Bang Bang! There was a heavy slamming of the door, and everyone's hearts seemed to fall into the abyss.

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Although Gao Hui promised to rescue everyone as soon as possible, the reality was very cruel, there was no progress for several days, Fang Xuanling went to Beihai County and did not come back, and Zhang Xuan went to Qinghe County to inspect the wheat harvest, so that Gao Hui was sitting on pins and needles in Licheng County, and lived like a year.

Gao Hui knew in her heart that this was the other party deliberately snubbing herself, in order to blackmail the Bohai Society to the maximum, but she had no choice, the other party refused to see her, and she didn't even have a chance to negotiate, how to save people, for a while, she was anxious, and sent people to the barracks every day to inquire about Zhang Xuan's situation.

On the sixth day, there was still no news, early this morning, Gao Hui came to the county office as usual, she was mainly looking for **** to inquire about the news, **** is the specific person in charge of this matter, that is to say, once the above decides to release people, then how to send people away, take a carriage or an ox cart, arrange boats to cross the river, go through the handover procedures, etc., these details are the responsibility of ****, but the premise is that the above decides to release people.

Gao Hui also knows this very well, so she is not embarrassed ****, she is afraid that even **** will not see her, she wants to know when Fang Xuanling or Zhang Xuan will come back, and secondly, she wants to know the information in the prison, it is best to visit the prison again to appease everyone, she can imagine that everyone in the prison is waiting anxiously, but what makes Gao Hui frustrated is that **** still repeatedly refused her request to visit the prison.

"Good news, ma'am!"

As soon as Gao Hui walked into the county office, **** greeted him with a smile, "Fang Junshi has returned to Qi County." ”

Gao Hui was overjoyed, and she hurriedly asked, "Where is the other?" ”

"Master Fang is now in Zhu'a County, it is estimated that he will be able to return to Licheng tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, if Mrs. is in a hurry to see him, she can also go to Zhu'a County to find him."

Gao Hui was anxious, although it would take half a day to go to Zhu'a County, but she couldn't wait for the day after tomorrow, she thanked **** and turned around and walked to the carriage outside without hesitation.

"Go to Zhu'a County!" Gao Hui got into the carriage and ordered.

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After waiting for six whole days, and tirelessly running around for half a day, Gao Hui finally met Fang Xuanling in a wheat field outside Zhu'a County.

Compared with six days ago, Fang Xuanling has become much darker and thinner, he pointed to the farmers who were busy in the wheat field and said apologetically to Gao Hui: "This is the consistent system of Qingzhou, the harvest is greater than the sky, whether it is the summer harvest or the autumn harvest, the big things must also be put down, everyone has to devote themselves to the harvest, even our marshal is also inspecting the wheat harvest in various places, so I have been a little cold in the past few days." ”

Of course, Gao Hui knew that Fang Xuanling was insincere, what is a big thing to do, if the will of the Son of Heaven comes, can he ignore it? Is it okay to ignore the imminent outbreak of war? Apparently an excuse.

Although Gao Hui was dissatisfied, but the wait had tormented her for six days, she didn't want to make any more extraneous branches, Gao Hui hypocritically laughed and said: "Food is the foundation of the country, of course, we have to pay great attention to it, I can understand the mood of Fang Junshi, but we are still anxiously waiting for the result of the negotiation, can you ask Fang Junshi to make a statement first, so that I can go back and explain to the master." ”

Fang Xuanling smiled, turned back to his subordinates and said, "Bring that paperwork!" ”

After a while, an attendant handed a scroll to Fang Xuanling, and Fang Xuanling immediately handed the scroll to Gao Hui, "This is the condition that my marshal put forward for releasing people, of course, it is only a preliminary condition, if you can't accept it, we can continue to negotiate." ”

Gao Hui hurriedly took the scroll and opened it, her heart suddenly cooled for the most part, she couldn't believe her eyes, Zhang Xuan actually proposed the condition of 100,000 taels of gold and 1 million stones of grain, even if the entire Bohai Society was sold, it would not be able to make up such a high ransom.

Gao Hui's face became very pale, and he said coldly after half a sound: "This is your sincerity?" ”

Gao Hui's anger did not make the smile on Fang Xuanling's face disappear, he still smiled and said: "I also said just now, this is just a preliminary offer, you can also put forward your own plan, but my commander means that I hope that Gao Lie will put forward a plan, this kind of thing itself is the result of repeated negotiations, and it takes time to talk slowly, and you can't rush it." ”

"Can you afford to delay the time? What should the court do if it finds out? Gao Hui suppressed his anger and asked.

"If the imperial court knows it, there is no way, after all, we are Sui ministers, and we will not put ourselves in danger, but I heard that the Son of Heaven has set off for Jiangdu, I don't think there will be much risk in this matter, I still advise Madame to return as soon as possible, discuss with your lord, don't waste time here, of course, if Madam is not in a hurry, just let me say nothing."

Gao Hui was helpless, so she had to leave Zhu'a County with hatred and return to Hebei by ferry. (To be continued.) )