The people sent by the Meng Qianshan quickly found Huo Wujiu. Huo Wujiu was in the army at the moment. When he heard that Jiang Suzhou was anxious to see him, he immediately put down what he was doing and rushed back to the palace.
Jiang Suzhou handed the secret letter to Huo Wujiu.
There were only a few words on the letter. Huo Wujiu only took a glance at it before he frowned.
He placed the letter on the table, and his eyes sharpened.
"Does he want to die?" His voice was cold.
Jiang Suzhou said, "That might not be the case. Since he dares to come, he must think that he's disguised himself well in front of you. Or perhaps, he suspects that you're already suspicious of him and is anxious to test you. "
Huo Wujiu laughed coldly.
"Do you think I'll give him the chance?" He said.
Jiang Suzhou asked, "What do you plan to do?"
Huo Wujiu said calmly, "Isn't he delivering himself to my doorstep? The entire Southern Scenery is my territory now. If he comes, I'll take him. Just based on the letters you rescued, once I announce them to the world, it'll be enough for me to kill him. "
Although what Huo Wujiu said made sense, Jiang Suzhou shook his head and said, "You can't do that."
"Why?" Huo Wujiu didn't understand.
Jiang Suzhou said, "If you were the Crown Prince now, or if he was only your subordinate, then you could indeed kill him directly. However, he's now your brother and the Crown Prince of Northern Liang. If you kill him based on a few letters, even if they're real, the world will say that you're cruel. After all, these letters didn't really kill you. Furthermore, it's all in the past. It's not a good time to settle the score now. "
Huo Wujiu didn't care at all.
"Let them say it then," he said. "Let them say whatever they want. Why would I be afraid of their gossip?"
Jiang Suzhou knew that he was not afraid of these things, but he was unwilling.
He came from a thousand years in the future, so he knew how famous Huo Wujiu was. For such a famous general, if he were to ruin his reputation for such a despicable person and become a traitor who killed his imperial brother and was reviled by hundreds of generations, it would be the most unworthy.
Right or wrong, there should be a clear distinction.
Even if he didn't have to worry about what would happen a hundred years later, he didn't want to see Huo Wujiu being criticized behind its back in the next few decades.
"You don't know how powerful those Confucian scholars and civil officials are," he advised.
Huo Wujiu didn't care how powerful those scholars who couldn't even lift a saber were.
But when he looked up at Jiang Suizhou, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
He knew that he wasn't afraid, but Jiang Suizhou was.
He couldn't bear to be afraid of Jiang Suizhou.
"Then what can we do?" He changed the topic and asked.
Jiang Suzhou pondered for a moment.
"Although I have some ideas, I haven't thought through them yet," he said. "The best way is to let him do it again. If the world knew that he tried to kill you out of fear, and that he had such a record, his reputation would be tarnished, and they would pity you instead. At that time, no matter how you deal with him, it will be natural. "
As he spoke, he hesitated, "But …"
However, it would be difficult to make Huo Yuyan kill Huo Wujiu again without knowing anything about his current situation.
Jiang Suzhou pondered and shook his head.
At this time, he had no clue in his heart. As he pondered, his brows unconsciously furrowed. Huo Wujiu couldn't bear to see him worried. He went forward and pulled him into his arms. With one hand holding him, he rubbed the space between his eyebrows with the other, helping him loosen the creases.
"What are you worried about? Isn't it easy?" he said. "I know him. Although Huo Yuyan looks gentle, he cares about his face the most. When he was young, if anyone embarrassed him, he wouldn't say it on the surface, but he would definitely do something behind his back. "
Hearing this, Jiang Suzhou's eyes lit up.
"Then there's a way," he said. "As long as you provoke him to make a move on you, then there's a reason to take him down."
Huo Wujiu responded.
"So don't worry," he said. "If there's really no other way, I just have to send some people to put on a show and pretend to be his people. Isn't that enough?"
Jiang Suzhou was stunned when he heard this.
Then, he heard Huo Wujiu say lightly.
"But it doesn't have to be like this," he said. "He has wanted to kill me for a long time. Why don't we give him another chance to do it?"
Although his tone was light, Jiang Suzhou could hear some clues from it.
He knew that it wasn't that Huo Wujiu couldn't bear to do it, but that he didn't care.
It wasn't that Huo Wujiu couldn't think of a way to make Huo Yuyan fall immediately. It was just that he was different from Huo Yuyan. He didn't care to use such a way to impose a crime and let the other party die unjustly.
He had always been so open and aboveboard.
Jiang Suzhou looked up at Huo Wujiu and couldn't help but smile.
That smile made his eyes brighten, and it also made Huo Wujiu's heart skip a beat. The arm that was holding Jiang Suzhou suddenly tightened.
The next moment, he raised his hand and covered Jiang Suzhou's eyes, covering them.
"Huh?" Jiang Suzhou didn't understand.
Then, he heard Huo Wujiu speak.
"Li Changning said that you still have to rest for ten days to half a month before you're fully recovered," he said. "He told me to be careful during this period and not to torture you."
"So?" Jiang Suzhou was puzzled. He raised his hand to pull Huo Wujiu's hand down, but Huo Wujiu blocked him.
When he spoke again, Huo Wujiu's voice was already a little hoarse.
"So, don't provoke me in broad daylight," he said.
Jiang Suzhou: "…"
Was he the one who provoked him, or was the other party too weak?
All he did was look at him and smile. How did it become seduction in his eyes?
This person was really good at twisting the truth.
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Lou Yue prepared a welcoming banquet. Lou Yue was enthusiastic, and Huo Yuyan was polite. The civil officials and military generals were lively. After the meal, both the guests and the host enjoyed themselves.
After the banquet, everyone was half drunk. Huo Yuyan also drank a little too much and was helped down to rest.
Lou Yue also drank a little too much. He was concerned about Huo Yuyan's poor health. When he heard that Huo Yuyan wanted to rest, he simply dismissed the banquet.
Huo Yuyan also gladly accepted Lou Yue's kindness.
He smiled and said goodbye to Lou Yue, then turned and got into the carriage to return to his residence.
Everyone could only see that he was a little drunk, but they didn't know that once he got into the carriage, his whole body went limp on the seat, and his breathing was weak and disorderly.
The eunuch accompanying him knew the situation. When he saw him get into the carriage, he also got into the carriage.
Once he got into the carriage, he hurriedly took out a pill from a secret compartment in the carriage and fed it to Huo Yuyan.
The smell of the pill was so bitter that it made one want to vomit. However, Huo Yuyan's expression didn't change. He put the pill into his mouth, half lying in the carriage, and closed his eyes.
After a while, the pill took effect and he finally returned to normal. However, his face was still pale, and his breathing was very shallow.
The eunuch was extremely worried.
He was well aware of the Crown Prince's health. Ever since he had injured his foundation that year in Xunyang, although the Crown Prince still looked like a normal person on the surface, the foundation of his body was extremely weak. In these past few years, he couldn't travel far, nor could he practice martial arts. He could only use medicine every day. Even when he drank, he had to drink the medicinal wine specially prepared by the imperial physicians and mixed with ginseng and tiger bone.
This time, the Crown Prince had to travel far and pretend that he was fine. Today, he even drank so much wine outside. How could his body endure such torment?
Even the eunuch felt that it wasn't worth it.
It was just General Huo … Although he was a little arrogant, he wasn't evil to the core. Why did the Crown Prince have to be so afraid of him?
"Even if Your Highness wants to win over Lou Yue, there's no need to be so desperate!" the eunuch couldn't help but advise.
But Huo Yuyan waved his hand and indifferently said, "It's fine. Let's go back first."
The eunuch knew that although their Crown Prince looked gentle and weak, he was actually very stubborn. Once he decided on something, no matter who tried to persuade him, it was useless.
He sighed and left the carriage, leaving Huo Yuyan alone.
He quietly leaned against the window of the carriage. As the wind blew through the brocade curtain, he looked out with a gloomy gaze.
Of course, he knew that drinking so much was harmful to the body. But he also knew that of the five hundred thousand soldiers stationed in Nanjing, three hundred thousand were Lou Yue's former subordinates.
Although he called Lou Yue uncle, he knew that Lou Yue treated him differently from Huo Wujiu. Lou Yue's old friend was Huo Wujiu's father, not his own. Since they were young, Lou Yue liked Huo Wujiu more.
The elders seemed to favor the children who didn't understand etiquette and were impudent. Huo Yuyan was already used to it.
Therefore, when facing Lou Yue, he had to be more careful and show more sincerity.
After all, he wasn't sure whether Huo Wujiu suspected him because of Li Cheng. But regardless, he had to come up with a foolproof plan to prepare for the unexpected.
First, he had to think of a way to drive a wedge between Huo Wujiu and the civil officials who went south. Second, he had to control the military forces in Nanjing so that Huo Wujiu wouldn't be able to control the overall situation.
Therefore, he had to use Lou Yue.
Of course, he also knew that Lou Yue wouldn't be willing to stand on his side with just a drink and a few words. Lou Yue wasn't a fickle person. The only reason he could be used by Huo Wujiu this time was because of his dead uncle.
But Huo Yuyan wasn't worried.
He quietly watched the passersby outside the window. Under the curtain of night, everything was prosperous and peaceful.
He knew that everyone had a weakness.
And Lou Yue's biggest weakness had been exposed in front of everyone.
Lou Wanjun.
As long as Lou Wanjun was tied to the same boat as him, then even if Lou Yue hated him to the bone, he would still be used by him and wouldn't betray him.
And if he wanted to tie a woman to him and share their fates, as long as he put his heart into it, it would be a very easy thing to do.
Huo Yuyan quietly looked out the window for a while, then lowered his eyes.
To him, this was a complete plan. But in his heart, he was filled with hatred.
He hated it very much.
If not for the fact that he was struggling at death's door, he wouldn't have resorted to this method of deceiving a woman to achieve his goal.
But he had no other choice.
If not for the battle at Xunyang, when his father insisted on leading troops to save Huo Wujiu and his uncle, he wouldn't have been covered with injuries.
Even after so many years, he still couldn't forget the pretentious look on Huo Wujiu's face when he found him.
He and his father were struggling at death's door, living a life worse than death. Their bodies were destroyed on the battlefield, but he, Huo Wujiu, was still alive and kicking. After that battle, his name spread throughout the world and he became known as the God of War. And the entire world knew that it was Huo Wujiu who had saved Huo Yuyan's life from the battlefield.
Based on what?
Huo Yuyan lowered his eyes and calmly closed them.
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