Just when Bai Shiji and Wu Laojiu secretly met in the inn.

In the tent of the commander of the northern army camp outside the city, Huo Hongye was also meeting a friend who had been absent for a long time.

"I remember that you like to eat the osmanthus cake made by Lao Xu the most, try it and see if the taste has changed. ”

Huo Hongye was dressed in a wide white regular robe, and with a smile, he pushed a small plate to the opposite side with his own hands.

The person sitting opposite him, dressed in a dusty sackcloth with dark and rough skin, looked like a coolie, and sat with the handsome and heroic Huo Hongye, which was extremely incommensurate.

However, he sat opposite Huo Hongye, his expression was extremely calm, and he didn't see half cramped.

He glanced at the bright yellow pastries on the plate, and asked with a light smile, "Is Uncle Xu still there?"

"It's gone. “

Huo Hongye shook his head slightly, and said with a little regret: "This is made by Xiao Xu, but it is still their old Xu family's recipe, and the taste should not change." ”

"Then I won't taste it, people have changed, and the taste has not changed and it is different. ”

The person sitting opposite him smiled slightly, and gently pushed the plate in front of him back in front of Huo Hongye.

Huo Hongye smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "Qianyuan, why are you so troubled? The matter has passed, everyone knows that you are innocent......"

Sitting across from him, who is it not Wu Qianyuan?

Wu Qianyuan's face was not moved in the slightest, and he still said with a light smile: "The wood is already in the boat, what is the use of talking about this now?"

"Let's get down to business, I'm here to bring you grain and grass...... 100,000 stones of grain and grass, hoarded here and there, you send someone to receive it. ”

He took out a piece of letterhead from his arms, put it on the desk, and gently pushed it in front of Huo Hongye.

Huo Hongye glanced at it and frowned slightly.

Wu Qianyuan didn't wait for him to ask, and took the initiative to say: "And rest assured, this batch of grain and grass was raised in Xiliang Prefecture, and it will not affect the livelihood of the people in Xuanbei Prefecture." “

One stone is nearly 100 catties.

100,000 stones, that is, nearly 10 million catties.

There are only four counties left in Xuanbei Prefecture now, and if these 100,000 stones, grains and grass are raised in these four counties, it will really seriously affect the livelihood of the people of Xuanbei Prefecture.

When Huo Hongye heard this, a look of surprise flashed in the depths of his eyes.

He smiled and threw his hand towards Wu Qianyuan: "You and I are always friends, so I won't talk about the word 'thanks', but your 100,000 stones of grain and grass really solve my coal burning urgency!"

Wu Qianyuan smiled and returned the salute, "That's all I can do...... Young Marshal, how sure are you about this Northern Expedition?"

"You still call me Hongye, I always feel rusty when I hear you call me a young marshal. ”

Huo Hongye said, then put away the smile on his face, and spit out two words: "Fifty percent." ”

Wu Qianyuan frowned slightly, tapped the armrest of the seat with his right hand, and said after a while: "I'm too anxious...... In the words of a dear friend of mine, it's easy to get an egg if you take too many steps!"

"That's kind of interesting!"

Huo Hongye bowed his head, then sighed lightly, and said, "I don't know that now is not a good time for the Northern Expedition." ”

"But when the Northern Expedition will be, and I will have the final say. ”

"The one in the capital, a letter of office will be sent to my desk in January. ”

"A veteran in the army, he led the crowd to ask for a battle in three days!"

"The people of Manxuanbei are secretly poking at the backbone of my Huo family!"

"I'm in Taibai Mansion, and every day it's like sitting on the stove and roasting, and I can't sleep well. “

In the words, the deep helplessness and powerlessness are overflowing.

Wu Qianyuan looked at him and asked in a low voice, "What about the prince, why didn't the prince come forward to preside over the overall situation?"

"Grandpa Wang is already presiding over the overall situation. “

Huo Hongye leaned back slowly, leaned back on the seat tiredly, and said lightly: "His old man has been confronting the Golden Wolf King and the Great Witch Sacrifice in the dark, as long as his old man does not show up for a day, the grandmaster of the Northern Barbarians will not set foot in the southern land for a day." “

A mockery flashed in the depths of Wu Qianyuan's eyes.

"Is there anything else I can do to help? ”

He asked, as usual.

"I can't thank you enough for you to send me 100,000 stones of grain and grass. ”

Huo Hongye said with a smile: "The rest, I won't bother you for the time being, let's wait for your Northern Alliance to become a climate." ”

When Wu Qianyuan heard this, he couldn't check it.

Will my Northern League?

At what point did my Northern Alliance become a knowable thing?

"Okay, I won't say any kind words, if there's anything you need my help with, just send someone to inform me. “

"You reminded me that there is something you might be able to help with. “

Huo Hongye said suddenly.

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Wu Qianyuan replied without thinking about it.

"It is rumored that you and the Taiping Association Zhang Chu are quite familiar, right?"

Huo Hongye asked softly as if inadvertently.

Wu Qianyuan didn't blink his eyelids, and shook his head directly: "The rumors are not true, I have only dealt with Zhang Chu a few times, and I am not familiar with it." ”

"That's a pity. ”

Huo Hongye sighed and said: "I also said that you are very familiar with that Zhang Chu, can you help me talk about it, and ask him to return to the army." ”

Wu Qianyuan asked in surprise: "Why do you still need others to say something?

Huo Hongye: "It's not, it's just that Zhang Chu is a general, and if he wants to return to the army, he must be willing, and he will be forced back into the army with a general's order, which is not what I want." “

Wu Qianyuan nodded indifferently and said, "That Zhang Chu is indeed a capable person. “

Huo Hongye saw that he didn't want to say more, so he smiled and said: "Okay, let's not talk about business, it's rare for you to come here, accompany me for a few drinks, Yutang should almost come back, let's have a good get-together...... It's a pity that Qin Wushu and Di Crazy are not there, so they can't get drunk. ”

Wu Qianyuan seemed to be intent on moving, but after thinking about it, he still politely declined: "Next time, the Northern Expedition is coming, and there must be many important things waiting for you to make up your mind, and it just so happens that there are still some pickled things in Shangyuan County that I need to take, so I won't drink the wine." “

After speaking, he stood up, waved his hand to Huo Hongye and said, "I'll say goodbye and say hello to Yutang on my behalf." ”

Huo Hongye got up: "The affairs over there in Shangyuan County are not troublesome, do you need me to send a few good people to accompany you?"

"Thank you. “

Wu Qianyuan smiled lightly: "I've passed, and all the troubles have been solved." ”

"Then I'll send you away. ”

"You and I don't need to be so polite, after all, I am still a prisoner of the imperial court, and it is useless for others to see you and me together...... Stay. ”

"Then you go slowly. ”

Huo Hongye watched Wu Qianyuan put on a hat, opened the curtain and left.

After a while, the old slave in Tsing Yi lightly opened the curtain and walked in, bowed down and said, "Shizi, the good hand sent out has dropped out of the Wuqian Abyss." ”

Huo Hongye nodded, picked up the letterhead left by Wu Qianyuan from the desk and handed it to the old slave in Tsing Yi, "Send someone to the address on the letter, transport the grain and grass back, and check the source of this batch of grain and grass by the way." ”

The old slave in Tsing Yi took the letterhead with both hands and didn't hurry to open it: "Have you ever taken out the words of Wu Qianyuan?"

"Wu Qianyuan himself said that this batch of grain was raised in Xiliang Prefecture, but I don't believe it!"

"Yes, after the old slave went down, he sent someone to Xiliang Prefecture to verify with Yanbei Prefecture. “

"Send someone to touch the bottom of the Taiping Society again, and focus on checking whether there is a shadow of Wu Qianyuan behind the Taiping Society. ”

"The old slave only thoroughly investigated the Taiping Society some time ago, and he didn't find anyone from Wu Qianyuan in the Taiping Society. ”

"Check it again!"

"Yes, the old slave will send someone. ”