In the room, Fang Xuanling asked Gao Hui to sit down, and asked Gao Hui to serve tea, and behind Fang Xuanling sat Fa Cao to join the army, he was the specific person in charge of this matter.

At this time, **** took out a list and presented it to Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling looked at it, and handed the list to Gao Hui.

Gao Hui took the list and read it carefully, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, almost all the important people of the Bohai Society had fallen into the hands of the Sui army, no wonder the elder brother wanted to give up attacking Youzhou, and if he didn't fish out these people, the Bohai Society would really be finished.

"Okay!"

Gao Hui pretended to smile lightly: "General Zhang put forward two conditions at that time, one is to withdraw from Youzhou, we have already done it, and the second is to pay for ransom, I am here for this matter today, and I can make full decisions." ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "We must release people, to put it mildly, they have to eat and drink every day to feed, our burden is also very heavy, we also want to release them as soon as possible, as long as Bohai will be sincere enough, it is not a problem to release people." ”

Fang Xuanling's meaning is very clear, releasing people is not a problem, the key is to have sincerity, so what is sincerity?

Go without saying!

Gao Hui knew that she was going to be slaughtered this time, but she was helpless, she finally couldn't help but sigh and said, "You can make a price!" Do you want gold or copper? ”

Fang Xuanling still shook his head, "We don't want copper money, we just need gold and grain, and everyone's price is different." ”

He pointed to a name on the list and said with a smile: "For example, this Lu Sijian, he also set a price for himself, and he is willing to give five hundred taels of gold and three thousand stone of grain in exchange for freedom. ”

"How can he make an offer without permission!" Gao Hui suddenly said angrily.

So we didn't accept it, but he seems to have misunderstood, and today he made a new offer, willing to pay eight hundred taels of gold and five thousand stone of grain in exchange for freedom. I guess he heard something, and there are rumors that the imperial court has asked to send all the people of the Bohai Society to the capital. ”

After a while, Gao Huicai said coldly: "If the faint monarch knows about this matter, there is no need for me to come over to negotiate, and the faint monarch will even come to Qingzhou to raise people in person." Master Fang, please stop being alarmist. ”

"I also said it just now, it's just a rumor, but if it drags on too long, it's hard to say, I believe Madame also understands what's at stake, this is not actually alarmist."

"I don't want to drag it out, but I want to make it clear that this is a negotiation between the Bohai Society and Qingzhou. It has nothing to do with them personally, please don't accept the personal start conditions, otherwise"

Fang Xuanling said lightly: "As long as the conditions are not much different, we will give priority to the Bohai Society." ”

"Can I visit them first?" Gao Hui didn't mention the offer, she had to let these people understand that they must not make an offer without authorization, otherwise it would be sky-high.

But Fang Xuanling shook his head, "The handsome man has an order." No one from the Bohai Society is allowed to visit until the conditions are met. ”

It was about a hundred steps away from the county government where Gao Hui was negotiating. It was the Qi County Prison, and all the prisoners in the prison were transferred to the county prison, and a prison that could accommodate two hundred prisoners was vacated.

The backbone members of the Bohai Society who were captured by the Sui army are all currently locked up in this prison, a total of 76 people, and more than a dozen women and children's families have been released first, leaving only these 76 people who have become the cash cow of the Sui army.

The prison was built underground. It was very eerie, but the conditions of the prisoners were relatively good, each with a new bedding, a new bed board, and a cell for two people. Although each meal is only coarse tea and light rice, it can barely be eaten.

Still, the unknown fate, the repression of the loss of freedom, the thick iron fences, the dim lights of the night, the moldy air, the damp walls, and the swarms of rats that ran in droves made these usually pampered nobles tremble and feel full of sorrow, and after only a few days, some people began to be unbearable.

In a cell on the far side, Gao Qin was chatting with an old man, the old man's name was Gu Yu, and his father was also a high-ranking official in the Northern Qi Dynasty, because his father's status in the Northern Qi Dynasty was not high, so Gu Yu's status in the Bohai Society was not too high.

"I heard that one of the conditions set by Zhang Xuan is to let the leader evacuate Youzhou, does Brother Qin Xian think that the master of the association may evacuate?"

"What if he doesn't withdraw? Can he alone support Bohai? ”

Gao Qin said coldly: "Youzhou gives up for the time being, there is still a chance to take it back in the future, and if we are dead, the Bohai Society will be over, I just hope that the master will try to hurry up, I am worried that Zhang Xuan will not be able to withstand the pressure and hand us over to the imperial court, then everyone will be doomed, and no one will survive." ”

"I don't think it's likely! If Jang Hyun really wanted to hand us over to the imperial court, he would not have delayed it until now. ”

"Brother Gu didn't understand what I meant, I didn't mean Zhang Xuan, of course he wanted to use us to make money, I was just afraid that the Great Sui Emperor would force him to hand over people, he was a Sui minister after all!"

Both of them were silent for a moment, and at that moment, there was a 'Bang Dang! At one moment, an official shouted: "Lu Sijian, you can go out." ”

All the prisoners in the prison stood up, leaned on the iron fence and looked out, only to see Lu Sijian, who was wearing a prison uniform, walking out excitedly, and the official said to him softly: "Come with us!" The marshal has approved it, and you can go home. ”

Lu Sijian hurriedly followed the official and walked out, and after taking a few steps, he turned back and bowed to everyone, "Everyone, I really can't stand it, I'll take a step first." ”

He turned and walked briskly towards the stone door of the steps.

"Phew!"

Gu Yu spat on the ground fiercely, and scolded in a low voice: "Soft bones! ”

Gao Qin was unexpectedly silent, he began to realize Zhang Xuan's poisonous tricks, let them redeem themselves, not Bohai will come to redeem themselves, although the source of money is the same, but the meaning is different, which invisibly planted the seeds of the division of the Bohai Society.

At the same time, everyone in the cell was silent, and Lu Sijian's regain of freedom made many people fall into deep thought.

At night, in the big tent of the barracks, Fang Xuanling was reporting to Zhang Xuan the results of the first day of negotiations, and the first day was only a preliminary contact between the two sides to test each other's bottom line, and no formal asking price was proposed.

"As we agreed beforehand. The humble position revealed to Gao Hui today the price of Lu Sijian's self-redemption, 800 taels of gold and 5,000 stone of grain in exchange for freedom. ”

"And what's her attitude?" Zhang Xuan asked as he took two steps with his hands down.

"The lowly official can see that this offer is a little difficult for her to accept, so she asked that we can't deal directly with people."

"What is she worried about?" Jang Hyun laughed.

Fang Xuanling also smiled; "She's worried that the money and food will be exploited by us, and their Bohai meeting will be a little nervous. Of course, once these self-redeeming people are free and begin to feel sorry for the loss of their property, they will secretly hate the Bohai Society for not working hard to save themselves, and they must recover this loss from the Bohai Society, and things will be a little difficult to handle in the future. ”

"If you say that, do you want to let them redeem themselves?"

Fang Xuanling nodded slowly, "So I have always suggested that Gao Hui should meet these people and give them a little hope." And then they are slowly disappointed, even desperate, and finally they have to redeem themselves, and they will hate Bohai for not trying their best to save themselves, even if they know that we are deliberately setting up obstacles, but they will still have a grudge against Bohai Society, which is unavoidable. ”

Of course, Jaung-hyun knew this, and he refused to hand over these people to the imperial court. I just want these Hebei heroes to win over and become their own supporters.

Zhang Xuan smiled: "This is very interesting. I think it might be more effective to let Gao Hui meet these people and let her threaten them. ”

At this time, the **** of the army reported at the door of the tent: "Commander, I brought him." ”

"Let him in!"

In a moment, Lu Sijian was led into the big tent by the soldiers. He bowed with some trepidation, "See the big handsome!" ”

"You're welcome, Duke Lu, please take a seat!"

Zhang Xuan asked Lu Sijian to sit down, and several personal soldiers came in with food boxes and put a few kinds of wine and food, Lu Sijian didn't know why Zhang Xuan wanted to meet him. He felt a little uneasy in his heart, but it seemed that Zhang Xuan was going to invite himself to drink, and he was a little relieved in his heart.

Fang Xuanling gave **** a look, and the two retreated, leaving only Zhang Xuan and Lu Sijian in the big tent.

"I just want to talk to Lu Gong."

Zhang Xuan poured him a full glass of wine and said with a smile: "Take it easy, there will be no records, we will chat casually like drinkers." ”

Lu Sijian was a heavy drinker, and he couldn't drink alcohol in prison, so he had already been greedy, he picked up the cup, drank the wine, squinted and enjoyed it for a moment, and then asked with a smile: "Zhang Dashuai wants to know the inside story of the Bohai Society?" ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head and filled him with another glass of wine, "I just want to ask Lu Gong if he thinks Bohai will succeed?" ”

Zhang Xuan added with a smile: "Tell me about Lu Gong's own opinion." ”

Lu Sijian let out a long sigh, "Frankly speaking, I thought that Bohai would have a high chance of success, because seeing the decline of the Sui Dynasty, it was no longer able to take care of Hebei, and Bohai had Dou Jiande and"

Lu Sijian suddenly hesitated, and Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Please continue, I have long known that Dou Jiande and Luo Yi are members of the Bohai Society, and I have also confiscated the letters written by the two of them to your guild master." ”

Lu Sijian nodded silently, and continued: "In fact, Luo Yi and Dou Jiande may not be reliable, the key is the support of Goguryeo, as well as our own army, I feel that it is very possible to restore the Qi Dynasty, but after this turmoil, I am no longer optimistic about the Bohai Society, as long as there is a general, Gao Lie will definitely be defeated." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded with a smile, and said: "Actually, I also hope to have a good relationship with the old subordinates of Northern Qi, after all, I still have to stay in Qingzhou and Hebei for a long time, originally I didn't want to make any requests, as long as Bohai will withdraw from Youzhou, it is really because we are short of food, so we have to make this decision." ”

Lu Sijian was so frightened that he hurriedly got up and saluted, "Don't dare to be, this is the villain's ransom, and it must be given to the handsome." ”

"So be it! I don't want gold, it's your ancestral wealth, but food is still needed, even if Lu Gong supports our military rations, Lu Gong's heart of support, Zhang Xuan will remember it. ”

Lu Sijian was suddenly surprised and delighted, he couldn't have imagined this result, not only was the gold free, but he also got a favor from Zhang Xuan, which was a good thing for his family!

He bowed deeply, "The grace of the handsome, Lu Sijian also remembered it." (To be continued.) )