Jiang Suizhou felt even more unreal.
He looked at Huo Wujiu in a daze, only to see Huo Wujiu leaning back in his chair, looking extremely indifferent as he looked up at Lou Yue.
According to the original history … … he had no reason to refuse Lou Yue's request.
Therefore, the truth was completely different from what he had read in the official historical records.
Before Jiang Suizhou could recover from his shock, Lou Yue's eyes widened.
"You … … you brat, you actually … …"
"Did you ask Lou Wanjun for his opinion?" Huo Wujiu crossed his arms and frowned. "What are you blindly arranging for her?"
"She must have … …" Lou Yue didn't hesitate.
"Then you're wrong." Huo Wujiu didn't beat around the bush at all. "She and I hated each other since we were young, and it's still the same even now. You're just a boor who spends all your time in the military camp. Can't you just fight your battles? Why are you acting like a matchmaker? "
His words were so blunt that Lou Yue couldn't say anything for a moment.
"But … …"
Huo Wujiu continued, "General Lou, you know very well what kind of person I am. The two of us are tied together, not by marriage, but by enemies. When that happens, it'll backfire on you, and it won't be the result you want. "
Lou Yue was speechless.
At this moment, Jiang Suizhou was completely at ease. He actually felt like he had survived a disaster, and his entire body relaxed. But he also knew that this was a critical moment in his discussion with Lou Yue. He couldn't relax because of his personal feelings.
He quickly focused his attention and saw that Lou Yue was clearly at a disadvantage. Lou Yue didn't say anything, so he quickly pressed on and persuaded, "General Lou, even if you want to use the marriage of your children as a reason to start the war, you can't do that. You are afraid that the Shi Family will scold you for being indecisive, for betraying the country and seeking glory. How could they not scold you for being sentimental and for not being able to take on important responsibilities? "
Lou Yue looked at him and said in a low voice, "What you said makes sense."
"So, if you don't rebel now, you can only sit and wait to be killed," Jiang Suizhou said.
Seeing Lou Yue hesitate, Huo Wujiu frowned and said, "Why are you afraid of them? It's just condemnation in speech and in writing. It's the most suicidal. "
Jiang Suizhou added, "Moreover, it's not a question of whether or not we're rebelling. Hundreds of years ago, who knows if the Emperor Taizong with the surname Jiang did not raise an army to overthrow the previous dynasty? The change of dynasties was just like the setting of the moon and the rising of the sun. Wasn't the current Emperor of Northern Liang also a retainer of the Jiang Clan who started the war? Hundreds and thousands of years later, the historians will write. If we want to talk about it, we can only say that they are old and welcome the new. "
His words were full of confidence.
Lou Yue was silent for a moment and then opened his mouth.
"Look, look!" He pointed at Huo Wujiu with his chopsticks. "You've been in His Highness Prince Jing's estate for so long, but you haven't learned the slightest bit from him. Instead, you're acting like a bandit! It's rude to talk to your elders like that! "
Hearing his words, Jiang Suizhou let out a long sigh of relief.
If Lou Yue could say this, then it meant that it was a success.
He couldn't help but look at Huo Wujiu. His eyes were full of surprise and joy. The moment he looked over, Huo Wujiu also turned his head to look at him. Although his face was expressionless, his eyes were very deep.
After looking at each other for a moment, Huo Wujiu's lips curled up and he laughed.
"Weren't you the one who hated poor scholars the most?" he asked.
Lou Yue angrily poked at the food with his chopsticks, "How can His Highness Prince Jing be the same?"
Although Huo Wujiu was talking to him, his eyes were looking at Jiang Suizhou.
"It's indeed different," he said.
— —
Although Jiang Suizhou let out a long sigh of relief, he still couldn't figure out why the truth was so different from what was written in the history books. After the banquet ended, he pondered this question.
Huo Wujiu rushed into the carriage from the dark alley behind the restaurant. He saw Jiang Suizhou sitting in the carriage, deep in thought.
"What are you thinking about?" Huo Wujiu asked.
Jiang Suizhou blurted out, "Why did you refuse General Lou?"
Huo Wujiu was a bit confused, "Why else? I didn't want to. "
"But Miss Lou, she …" Jiang Suizhou said halfway before he realized that something was wrong.
He originally wanted to say that Miss Lou was the person who would accompany him in the future, but he definitely couldn't say that.
He hurriedly stopped talking.
However, Huo Wujiu asked doubtfully, "What's wrong with her?"
"… She's quite nice," Jiang Suizhou said vaguely.
Unexpectedly, Huo Wujiu showed an unhappy expression when he heard this.
"What's so nice about her?"
Jiang Suizhou immediately heard the anger in his tone. He hurriedly turned his head to look and saw Huo Wujiu sitting there with a frown on his face.
"She's not that pretty, but she's acting like a man all the time. Her temper is also bad. Do you think she's nice to you because she's a good person? When she was seven or eight years old, she chased after Wei Kai and the others to beat them up. Just thinking about it gives me a headache. I've never seen … "
Jiang Suizhou had never heard Huo Wujiu speak so fast and in such rapid succession.
… He was even speaking ill of others.
Jiang Suizhou had never been one to speak ill of others behind their backs. When he heard Huo Wujiu say this, his face turned red and he hurriedly stopped him. "Okay, okay, I know you don't like her. Don't say too much."
However, Huo Wujiu didn't back down at all. When he looked at him, there was an aggressive look in his eyes.
"Of course I don't like her," he said. "So you should also keep your eyes open. Don't fall for her."
This time, it was Jiang Suizhou's turn to be puzzled. His face was full of surprise. "What did you say? Of course I don't have any improper thoughts about Miss Lou. "
As soon as he finished speaking, for a moment, the two of them looked at each other and didn't say anything.
Only the sound of the swaying carriage could be heard.
After a moment, Jiang Suizhou couldn't help but laugh.
"Why do you think so?" He asked.
Huo Wujiu opened his mouth and looked away as if he was a little guilty.
"Don't you still think I like her?"
"After all, the two of you grew up together …"
"Wei Kai and I grew up together," Huo Wujiu said.
Jiang Suizhou burst out laughing.
Huo Wujiu frowned and said unhappily, "What are you laughing at? It's true. Do I have to like her because we grew up together? "
Jiang Suizhou heard this and nodded with a smile. "Okay, okay, I know."
— —
When Huo Wujiu returned to his room, he first called Wei Kai to his room.
"I found something," he said with a serious expression. "But I'm not sure."
Wei Kai happened to be holding an important letter. When he heard Huo Wujiu say this, he immediately perked up and showed a serious expression. "General, please tell me."
Huo Wujiu pondered for a moment and said slowly.
"Why do I feel that Prince Jing's feelings for me aren't unintentional?"
Wei Kai didn't know what to say.
His tense nerves instantly relaxed in an extremely speechless manner.
Under the light, he saw that the general's face was grave and stern, as if he was facing a great enemy. If he didn't say that, anyone would think that he was thinking about important military matters.
"… General," Wei Kai said hesitantly.
"When he laughed in the carriage just now," Huo Wujiu said. "Something's wrong."
Wei Kai thought to himself, 'You're the one who's wrong.'
He didn't believe him at all and thought that his general was obsessed with her because of his one-sided love.
However, Huo Wujiu continued, "Think of a way to help me find out more about him … No, I should be the one to tell him directly."
Wei Kai hurriedly stopped him. "General, don't!"
Huo Wujiu looked up at him and frowned. "What's wrong?"
Wei Kai swallowed his words and hesitated for a moment. He had no choice but to use the secret letter in his hand.
"General, why don't you take a look at this first?" Wei Kai said. "Our brothers outside the residence sent it here in a hurry. It just arrived and said that the matter inside is very important and that it must be shown to you as soon as possible."
Huo Wujiu frowned and looked at him. His expression was a little uneasy, but he still took the letter and opened it.
The letter said that Pang Shao's son, Pang Wei, had been sent out of the city by the Pang family and was heading south. This wasn't a big deal, but the Pang family had put in a lot of effort. Not only did they secretly send him away, but they also sent a lot of people to protect him.
This meant that there was something unusual going on.
Huo Wujiu read the letter from beginning to end several times and said, "Send someone to follow him. See where he's going and what he's doing."
Wei Kai agreed and asked, "General, what did you find out?"
Huo Wujiu held the letter and frowned. "Of course, I can't tell based on this. However, Pang Shao has been keeping a close eye on Lou Yue these days and has sent people to Lingnan. If his son is also being sent to Lingnan, then he must have found something there … "
At this moment, the door was pushed open from the outside.
The two of them turned around and saw Jiang Suizhou standing at the door with Meng Qianshan.
Jiang Suizhou stood under the lantern in front of the porch. He didn't even have time to change out of his robe. Under the light, his face looked a little pale.
He stood there and looked at Huo Wujiu. He was holding something in his hand, but he didn't move it.
Huo Wujiu immediately frowned.
"What's wrong?"
He hurriedly took two steps forward and suddenly remembered something. He turned around and sat back in his wheelchair in annoyance. He supported himself in his wheelchair and quickly walked to the door. He pulled Jiang Suizhou in and closed the door.
Jiang Suizhou's lips were trembling. He was holding something tightly in his hand.
It was a very small roll of paper. It was obvious that it was a letter sent by pigeon.
"… Something has happened." His voice was trembling, and his face was full of confusion.
This was the first time Huo Wujiu had seen him like this.
Huo Wujiu felt as if his heart was being squeezed together. He felt so uncomfortable that he couldn't breathe. He immediately stood up from the wheelchair and dragged Jiang Suizhou to sit down on the couch at the side without any explanation. Only then did he take the thing in his hand and unfolded it to take a look.
There were only a few strokes on the paper and only a few words.
However, it said, "Fang Zhaohe has rebelled."
Huo Wujiu looked at Jiang Suizhou.
He looked up with a pale face and said slowly, "Fang Zhaohe has arrived at Lingnan. He took Pang Shao's money and instigated General Chen Jun, who was left behind by General Lou in Lingnan, to rebel. Chen Jun is now in command of the 300,000 troops left behind by Pang Shao in Lingnan. If he succeeds, these 300,000 troops will belong to Pang Shao."
Huo Wujiu's eyes darkened.
"If the main general has rebelled, then it won't be difficult to control the troops under his command. It's easy enough to receive an order from the higher-ups and then change the order to deceive the troops under his command and lead them to war, "he said.
"Then … he'll definitely succeed," Jiang Suizhou said.
"So today, Pang Shao sent Pang Wei out of the city to meet him in Lingnan?" Huo Wujiu asked.
Jiang Suizhou paused for a moment before he spoke in a hoarse voice, "What? He sent his son out? "
Huo Wujiu nodded.
"… Then he's definitely going to make a move."
Jiang Suizhou took a deep breath and continued, "My subordinates found out that Lingnan is facing a plague of locusts now that it's summer. But Fang Zhaohe didn't send them out. He didn't even give them any compensation. If I'm not wrong … he wants to use the natural disaster to cause chaos in Lingnan. When the refugees rise, he'll fake an uprising and lead his troops into Lin 'an. At that time, Pang Shao will proclaim himself emperor or protect the new emperor. It'll all depend on what Pang Shao thinks. "
Although he tried hard to appear calm, his throat tightened and he couldn't hide the tremor in his voice.
Huo Wujiu's frown deepened. He lowered his eyes and thought about the countermeasures and chances of victory.
But at this moment, Jiang Suizhou paused and spoke again.
"It's my fault," he said. "The plague of locusts will rise quickly. In less than half a month, I'm afraid Pang Shao will mobilize his troops. I was the one who wanted to sow discord between Pang Shao and Jiang Sunheng. I forced Pang Shao into a corner. That's why he came up with this plan. He wants to fight to the death. This time, not only will Lingnan be affected, but all of Nanjing will be plunged into misery and suffering. It's all my fault … "
His voice gradually became choked with sobs.
Huo Wujiu didn't know where Jiang Suizhou's self-blame came from. He only knew that this stupid guy put the whole world on him and he wouldn't be able to hold on.
He raised his hand and pressed the back of Jiang Suizhou's head, pulling him into his arms.
"It's not your fault," he said. "Besides, I'm here. What are you afraid of?"
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