The night was very deep, but Yue still had no sleep, and the words of the torturer kept replaying in her mind, making her feel both mixed and uneasy.

The target of the punishment was indeed not Gu Mingyi.

No matter how powerful the Huaihe Salt Gang is, it can't still fall into his eyes.

But the things in his eyes were too heavy, so heavy that even he couldn't make up his mind, so he stayed in the Huai River for so long, not only to keep an eye on the situation of the Salt Gang, but also to wait for an opportunity.

An opportunity to deal a heavy blow to Qi Guo, but once he makes a move, I'm afraid that even the water of the Huai River will be dyed red.

So even he himself hesitated for a long time, and it wasn't until something happened to Youtuyong that he finally relented.

She couldn't stop him, she couldn't and shouldn't stop him, but she still couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

The battle has not yet begun, but the bones of the burial are about to be piled up.

I can't remember how she slept, but I felt that the sky was already dawning in the fog.

There was a faint sound of talking outside, and as soon as she opened the door, she saw Hu Da and Lu Chongguang standing in the courtyard, Lu Chongguang's expression was not only serious but heavy, but Hu Da was a little more restless than him.

"What about him?"

Yue asked in a deep voice, looking at this situation, it was probably another accident, but the strange thing was that the punishment was gone.

"The Lord said he wanted to be quiet, so let's not follow...

Yue was stunned for a moment, couldn't figure out which one of the punishments was singing, and didn't bother to ask what happened, so he had to take a step back and ask about the whereabouts of the punishments.

"Where did you go quietly? Do you want me to bring him another bucket of well water for him to go to the fire? ”

Amber was stunned for a moment and didn't react, but Lu Chongguang's mournful face was already cracked. It's a pity that this crack is really useless for the current situation, and there is no other use except for the joy of Lu Chongguang and Hu Da in a flash, Hu Da glanced at her helplessly and returned to that sad face.

"I only said that I went for a walk, but I didn't say where I went."

Yue raised his eyebrows, knowing that the punishment was not a person who had not explained, since he didn't say that he was going out, most of them were still in this mansion, but he didn't know how long he would be quiet.

It seems that most of today's events are not small, and they all made him use the trick of quietness.

"I'm going out for a walk too, but if there's anything delicious to eat first, I'm very hungry, don't forget Miss Su's share."

Yue raised his feet and walked outside, but he didn't forget to turn around and give another command, Hu Da and Lu Chongguang exchanged a slightly reassuring look, and agreed repeatedly.

Yue walked out of the east courtyard slowly, suddenly remembered the words he said yesterday under his frenzy, and couldn't help but close his eyes and listen attentively to the movements around him.

The whispers of the subordinates, Chen Yuan's muffled hoarse cough, and the strange sound of a machine that she had never heard before, but the sound of the machine was mixed with a familiar atmosphere.

He sensed it.

He felt that someone was snooping, and a strong murderous aura burst out but disappeared in an instant.

Yue strolled in the direction of the murderous aura, and saw him standing in the doorway of a courtyard from a distance, and realized where the sound of the machine she had just heard came from.

"This is the dyeing workshop of the Lu Mansion, only reserved for personal use or special good materials, you can see if you have any favorite colors, pick them out and take them away directly, you are dressed in black all day long."

Pick it out and take it away?

It's really a hooliganism.

Yue listened to Wan'er, but saw that his mood did not seem to be as heavy as she expected.

"I'm not used to wearing those light clothes, but this one is a bit more monotonous, but it's more convenient. Speaking of which, Emperor Jing also gave me a lot of brocade, and he specially asked the white shopkeeper to sew a lot of clothes for me. ”

Yue quickly remembered that she had specially asked the white shopkeeper to sew clothes for her, but as soon as the words fell, she realized that she had said the wrong thing, and in a blink of an eye, she saw that the punishment looked as usual, and she didn't seem to mind.

"Why haven't you ever seen it through?"

"I heard that they have been sent to the Yongning Palace, but I haven't even been able to look at them."

"Yongning Palace?"

Xing raised his eyebrows and glanced at her, his face full of smiling expressions.

Yue was about to say something, but a breeze blew and made her forget all the words she had come to mind.

It turned out that the two of them had unconsciously walked into the dyeing workshop, and their bodies were covered with colorful dyed cloth flying in the wind, and it seemed that they heard a faint human voice not far away, but when they looked up, they could only see layers of dyed cloth, and even the crimson robe of the torture could not be seen.

The people on the outside can't see the people inside, but the people inside listen to the voices of people outside as if they are in two worlds.

"I'm leaving."

"What?"

Xing suddenly came up with such a sentence out of nowhere, Yue subconsciously replied, but Xing fell silent again.

The wind stopped.

The flying cloth also subsided.

It turned out that he was watching her from a step away, his eyes full of tenderness and unshakable determination.

"The army of the King of Yongning pressed directly to the south, and Sang Yuyun reversed. The affairs of the Huai River are going according to plan, and I will return to the north as soon as the affairs of the Huai River are over. ”

Yue looked at the punishment in a daze, and thought for a long time before asking.

"Why did you tell me this?"

"I don't want to force you, but the current situation is pressing, whether to go to the northern country with me or stay in the Qi country, you have to make a decision."

When Xing and Yue returned to the East Courtyard, Lu Chongguang had already prepared a sumptuous breakfast, and greeted the two of them as soon as he saw them, but Xing's expression was as usual, but Yue's face was a little strange.

Qi Su had been waiting for a long time, and saw that there was something wrong with Yue but it was inconvenient to ask more, so he only silently cared with his eyes, but Yue only shook his head slightly.

Yue Muran ate the dim sum in front of him, and he was obviously hungry, so he specially ordered Lu Chongguang to prepare a table of sumptuous and delicious breakfast, but when he came back from a trip, he felt that he had lost any appetite.

Yue didn't speak, Xing and Qi Su had nothing to say, the breakfast at the table was extremely dull, and even Hu Da couldn't help but follow Lu Chongguang to avoid them.

After breakfast, he went out again, and Yue sat alone in the courtyard and strung together the events that happened that day and night, and thought about it for a long time before he realized it.

The matter of Huaihe is not only the matter of Huaihe, and what Xing really wants to ask is not whether she wants to follow him to the north.

"What are your plans? No matter how powerful Gu Mingyi is, he is just a Jianghu person, even if he wants to deal with him, he doesn't have to be in a hurry. What's more, King Yongning has already received an order to send troops, and he will be in the north in a few days, I really can't figure out why you chose to deal with Gu Mingyi at such a critical juncture. The biggest possibility is that your target is not Gu Mingyi at all, but what is it? When I think about it, I always feel that the confrontation between the two armies is the most important thing is grain and grass, but the Huai River is not a major grain-producing province, even if the Qi State really wants to transport grain from the waterway, the grain ship does not have to pass through the Huai River. But if the things of the Huai River are not grain and grass, then what else deserves your attention? ”

"It's good that you can think of this, but the rest of the things that you can't figure out are the ones that only a very few people in the know have the opportunity to understand. Let's talk about grain first, eight or nine out of ten of the grain and grass in Qi come from Quanzhou.

However, it is not necessary to pass through the Huai River to get anywhere from Quanzhou by water or land, so although the spies have repeatedly returned to Quanzhou that there are often a large number of suspicious boats going to the Huai River, I have never been able to figure out what these ships are carrying.

It wasn't until I talked to Lu Chongguang about this that he almost immediately guessed that most of the things on the ship were grain from Quanzhou.

But why did Quanzhou's grain be deliberately transported to various places through the Huai River?

Lu Chongguang told me another thing.

Wuzhou, north of Quanzhou, has a higher terrain, and the river course is also slightly inclined, and the river flows from north to south. The Huaihe River to Suzhou is just the opposite, the Huaihe River and Quanzhou topography are equal, but the topography of Suzhou is lower than the Huaihe River, so the water flow direction from the Huaihe River to Suzhou is from south to north, affected by both sides, although the water flow direction from Quanzhou to the Huaihe River is not as obvious as on both sides, but it still forms a flow direction from east to west.

Therefore, if you transport grain from Quanzhou to Wuzhou by waterway, it is not only a boat against the current, but also there are many reefs at the bottom of this section of the river, and the grain carrier carries a heavy load and the draft is deep.

On the other hand, this section of the road from Quanzhou to Suzhou through the Huai River, although it seems to be a long detour, but it goes along the river, and the river is gentle, which is very suitable for boating.

I had people go to the north from these two roads at the same time, and it turned out that it was not only safe to take the Huai River side, but also to arrive in Suzhou nearly a day earlier than the time to reach Wuzhou. If a large amount of grain and grass is transferred, even if the Huai River is delayed for one or two, it can save at least half a day's time. "

"Half an hour in wartime may play a pivotal role, let alone half a day, no wonder it has to be deliberately transferred from the Huai River. However, although the waterway is fast, is it not afraid that the grain and grass will be damp and mildew? ”

"Lu Chongguang once secretly inspected their discarded boxes, all of which have been specially treated with sealing and fire paint, and the waterproofness is greatly improved compared with ordinary wooden boxes, and the general rice grain, as long as it is not mildewy, even if it is a little damp, it can continue to be eaten after drying. From what I have seen in the past, the Zhenbei Army also cooks on weekdays, and there is little dry food, which must be because of this. However, once the war starts, it is inevitable that dry food is more convenient and practical, but dry food is difficult to transport by water, and the emperor should find another way. The number of Huai River may have decreased, but he would never give up this shortcut. ”

At first, she didn't realize it, but she only wanted to know the answer, and when she thought about it, she realized that when the torture revealed his plan and disfigurement, his struggles and troubles, as well as the unshirkable responsibility, were also shared on her shoulders along with these truths.

It's not that she doesn't want to share the burden with him, it's not that she doesn't want to fight side by side with him, but what if the enemy on the other side is dead?

Can she still fight resolutely?

The matter of the Huai River is not only the matter of the Huai River, but is related to the survival of the entire Zhenbei Army. What Xing really wanted to ask was not whether she would follow him to the Northland, but whether she could make up her mind to turn against her former best friend.

Can she?

Not only died, but also Xiao Wei, Decision, Law, and even General Shui, Gu Tailai, Qi Wen, Niu Chong, all those friends who had drunk and sang with her.

There are no brothers on the battlefield, and once she really goes to the battlefield, she will no longer tolerate mercy.