As an official who went out of the city to meet Lou Yue, Jiang Suizhou had to welcome him all the way back to the palace, and after meeting the emperor together, he and Lou Yue attended the welcome banquet held in the palace.

By the time Lou Yue finished counting the soldiers, it was already getting late.A group of officials sat in a carriage, together with Lou Yue's father and daughter who rode into the city, and several generals in the army, opened the Yang Gate and entered the palace in a mighty manner.

Although Jiang Suizhou's official position is not high, he is the only surviving brother of the Holy Majesty, and even the only prince.Therefore, when he came out of the city to greet him, he gave Lou Yue great face by accident. The officials couldn't guess the emperor's mind for a while, so they treated Lou Yue with a little more caution.

However, the Empress Dowager naturally didn't have as many thoughts as they did. He just wanted the person he hated to meet the person he hated. It would be best for the two of them to fight.

Therefore, when all the officials in the court were carefully speculating on Shangyi, the queen master only praised Lou Yue with a lack of interest, and then let him, father and daughter, sit at the table.

However, during the evening banquet, there were some scenes that the Empress did not like.

Lou Yue has always been an arrogant person who doesn't like to talk to anyone. In the past, even Pang Shao, he would not show any kindness.But today, seeing that His Royal Highness King Jing who was in poor health greeted him outside the city against the sun, and his attitude towards him was not as eccentric as ordinary civil servants, Lou Yue thought about it for a while, halfway through the banquet, he went away Get up and toast Jiang Suizhou with a glass of wine.

Except for the emperor, I never saw Lou Yue offer a toast to anyone.

For a moment, everyone looked at each other, and the way they looked at Jiang Suizhou changed.As for the Empress on the dragon chair, her expression darkened for a moment.

Everyone knows that Lou Yue holds a heavy army, and it is because he is not popular in the court and is pushed out everywhere that the queen master can use him with confidence.

But now...

Jiang Suizhou also felt the sudden condensation of the surrounding atmosphere.He raised his eyes to look at Lou Yue, and saw his calm expression, he knew at a glance that it was because of the acquaintance today that he got up to drink this glass of wine with him.

However, everyone around only cared about the sudden close relationship between him and Lou Yue, and did not go into the details of what happened outside the city today.

Jiang Suizhou felt a little difficult.

Seeing Lou Yue approaching with the wine, he got up first, before Lou Yue said with a light smile: "How can I work for General Lou to toast this king, and treat you like this king. This king is not in good shape. Zhong Yong, I was rude outside the city today, please don't blame the general..."

Before he finished speaking, he seemed exhausted, and coughed while holding the glass with one hand, choking until all the wine in the glass spilled out.

Lou Yue was startled when he saw this.He has been in the army all year round, and all he sees are powerful old men. How can he see such a sick man with a pale face?He hurriedly said: "What is there to blame? The prince is not in good health, he should rest more."

Jiang Suizhou struggled to stop his cough, and clinked glasses with him with a light smile.

He was relieved.Now, some explanations can be made for the doubts in everyone's hearts.

But at this moment, a voice came slowly from above.

"It's time for General Lou to toast His Royal Highness King Jing."

It's Pang Shao.

Lou Yue was puzzled when he heard the words, turned his head to look at Pang Shao, saw him smile slightly, and spoke slowly and calmly.

"General Lou doesn't know that there is a happy event in Prince Jing's mansion."

Hearing this, Jiang Suizhou's heart skipped a beat, and he choked half of the wine into his throat. Suddenly, the fake cough turned into a real cough.

He naturally knew what kind of happy event Pang Shao referred to as a "happy event".

After all, General Lou didn't know that the only son of his former friend was married into Prince Jing's mansion as a concubine.

Jiang Suizhou coughed so badly that Meng Qianshan was so frightened that he hurried forward to give him relief.But Jiang Suizhou didn't care about these things, his heart was already in his throat.

Hearing this, Lou Yue was definitely furious, not knowing what he would do.But no matter what happened, the anger must be aimed at him.

He barely coughed, took a deep breath, and waited for the storm.

But Lou Yue was puzzled: "What happy event?"

Pang Shao looked at Jiang Suizhou, then at Lou Yue, laughed twice, and stopped talking.

As for the previous master, it was rare for the cloud to turn clear, so he put away his doubts and displeasure just now, and glanced at Pang Shao with satisfaction.

Then an official of the Pang Party smiled and said: "General Lou doesn't know? Huo Wujiu, the only son of Marquis Dingbei back then, General Huo Wujiu, had a good story with His Royal Highness Prince Jing!"

For a while, there was a burst of laughter at the table.

Another official answered with a smile: "What General Huo, it must be Mrs. Huo now!"

Lou Yue was shocked, and was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses.

Who is this Prince Jing?It is a broken sleeve known to everyone in the world.Huo Wujiu's defeat at the beginning of the year, he had heard about it in Lingnan, but he didn't expect...

To be so humiliated!

He looked at Jiang Suizhou in disbelief.

Then he saw that pretty-looking Prince Jing with a pale face, weakly held by the eunuch next to him, looking up at him.Because he coughed badly just now, his eyes were wet with tears at this moment, and he felt a little pathetic under the lamp because of his sickness.

Lou Yue was furious.

No matter how much he had spoken to this Prince Jing today, in the conversation, he could be seen somewhat of his personality.Now looking at Pang Shao's appearance, it is obvious who came up with such a vicious way to humiliate Huo Wujiu.

Lou Yue stared at him, making Jiang Suizhou tremble in fright.

The next moment, Lou Yue turned around, standing there like a mountain with a height of more than eight feet, looking straight at Pang Shao.

"Old thief Pang Shao, I only thought that you were not a human being, but I never thought you would be so vicious! You still want to talk about the grievances on the court battlefield in the back house?!"

His voice was loud, like a bell, and suddenly exploded in the resplendent palace, startling all the civil and military officials in the court.

Even Pang Shao didn't make a sound for a while.

He opened his mouth and was about to speak when Lou Yue spoke again.

"You still think it's quite an honor, don't you?" he said angrily. "It is honorable to win a battle, and it is shameful to fight back to Yecheng! Either you kill him, or let him go, and marry the prisoner to a prince. Why, you wait for the people in the world to praise you for being smart and call Huo Wujiu a coward !"

"You are a coward for doing such a thing! Not only will the world laugh at you, the emperor, but the whole world! Don't you civil servants like to be famous in history? In another 1000 or 2000 years, believe it or not, At that time, people will still laugh at you for using such dirty methods to torture prisoners of war, and laugh at your absurdity and shamelessness!"

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Huo Wujiu threw that thick willow branch out of the window long ago.

At night, Wei Kai hurried into Huo Wujiu's room: "There is one thing, General."

Huo Wujiu looked at him sideways, and saw that Wei Kai took out a very small letter from his sleeve, rolled it into a small scroll, it was supposed to be from a flying pigeon.

"This is a reply letter from Li Sheng, the guard on the north bank of the river," Wei Kai said.

Huo Wujiu responded, took the letter and unfolded it in his hand.

The letter paper is not big, and it is written in small regular script, although there is a lot of content, it is quite clear to read.However, perhaps the person who wrote the letter was too emotional. Although it was written in lower case, the strokes trembled uncontrollably, making it look a bit scribbled.

In particular, a few tears fell on the paper, blurring the handwriting.

Huo Wujiu quickly browsed through the letters in his hand.

Seeing that the words in the letter were sincere, the excitement was beyond words.Li Sheng said that he didn't expect Wei Kai to see the general again one day, even if the general's legs haven't healed, there must be a glimmer of life.He guards Jiangbei, and dare not forget the general's entrustment and teaching for a day, and will definitely secure the border of Jiangbei for the general.And if the general has anything to do, just tell him, as long as the general orders at that time, he will definitely obey the dispatch, and only wait for the general to return to the country.

Huo Wujiu read the letter twice before slowly putting it down.

He didn't speak.

Seeing that he had finished reading, Wei Kai hurriedly said: "General, although this Li Sheng has never worked with us, he is such a mild-mannered man! That's fine, as long as we have the opportunity to leave Lin'an and rush to the banks of the river , presumably there is nothing to worry about, just hit it!"

Huo Wujiu lowered his eyes, wiped the tears on the letter paper with his fingers.

There was no expression on his face, and he couldn't see his emotions at this moment. After a while, he smiled lightly: "Yeah, I even only met him twice."

How could someone who had never said a word to him, and who was not one of his subordinates, be so emotional that he couldn't write clearly?not to mention……

Who knows if the tears on the letter paper are from real feelings, or if they are made to show to others.

A moment later, Huo Wujiu moved his fingers, and with a crash, he crushed the letter into pieces.

"... General?" Wei Kai already looked at him puzzled.

Seeing Huo Wujiu let go of his hand indifferently, snow-white scraps of paper fell to the ground.

"Don't reply and wait," he said.

"But……"

Huo Wujiu raised his eyes, and saw Wei Kai was full of surprise, looking at him in disbelief.

He knew what Wei Kai was thinking.It was as if he was in and out of Prince Jing's mansion now, and it couldn't have been easier for him to escape Lin'an quickly and return to Beiliang with his subordinates.

And they got in touch with Jiangbei's guard and got the guarantee from that man, so leaving at this time is the easiest and safest solution.

But Huo Wujiu knew that the reason for his defeat at the beginning of the year was still doubtful, and there might be some hidden secrets that they didn't know.And judging from his current speculation... even his imperial brother's people cannot be completely believed.

So, this Li Sheng, he still can't really trust the other party.

However, it's still not suitable to tell Wei Kai about these endless speculations.He has a straightforward temper, can't hold back his temper, and has simple ideas. Let him know that troubles will inevitably happen again.

Thinking of this, Huo Wujiu looked up at Wei Kai, and curled up one lip.

"No but," he said. "I just like to pick an exciting method. So, don't rush to respond, let Li Sheng wait."

Wei Kai showed an unspeakable expression.

After a moment of silence, he sighed.

"This subordinate knows what the general is thinking." He had a deep expression on his face, and his brows and eyes were full of sadness that hated iron for not being able to make steel.

Huo Wujiu frowned: "What?"

Then Wei Kai sighed deeply: "You don't leave, isn't it because you want to take down His Highness Prince Jing and don't care about other things? This subordinate understands, but it's just according to the general's order!"

This look of looking at death like home is like a loyal general under a tyrant, even though he knows that his master is going to bring disaster to the country and the people, but because of his loyalty, he gritted his teeth and did the thing of being a slave to a tiger.

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