Jiang Suizhou's hand holding the letter suddenly tightened.
No wonder... He has calculated the time from Yecheng to here, and seeing that the time has been delayed a lot, he suspects that there is a difference.
He guessed that even if Emperor Zhaoyuan agreed, Huo Yuyan would not give up, but he didn't expect that... Huo Yuyan was actually afraid of Huo Wugui.
In the history of Huo Yuyan, since the battle of Xunyang, his body was fundamentally broken, much worse than before.
Since he became the prince, he will be raised in Yecheng, and he didn't dare to go out for half a step. Even so, he could barely live past thirty years old and died. For his bones today, it is possible for him to leave Yecheng and go to Lin'an under such circumstances, which shows how much he fears Huo Wugui.
Jiang Suizhou held the letter and pondered for a long while.
"Go back to General Lou and say I know." He said. "Let him rest assured."
The scout got up quickly.
Then Jiang Suizhou continued: "Meng Qianshan, ask where General Huo has gone, and send someone to tell him so that he can come back as soon as possible."
"Yes! The minion will do it now!" Meng Qianshan said hurriedly.
The two retired, and there was a lot of silence in the royal study room.
Jiang Suizhou took the letter and began to meditate.
Huo Yuyan dared to come, that means he didn't know that Huo Wujiu had his evidence in his hands. Although Li Sheng was killed by Huo Wujiu, everyone in the world now thinks that Li Sheng has a different heart and wants to get rid of Huo Wujiu.
It is precisely because of this that Huo Wujiu wrote letters to Emperor Zhaoyuan, and Beiliang sent so many officials to the south, no one thought it was strange.
Now, only Jiang Suizhou, Huo Wujiao and Lou Yue knew the truth, and only Jiang Suizhou and Huo Wujiao were the only ones who knew that Huo Wujiao had a secret letter between Huo Yuyan and Pang Shao.
Although Huo Yuyan's arrival was beyond Jiang Suizhou's expectations, now that the enemy is in the dark, Huo Yuyan is more passive.
If handled properly, for them, Huo Yuyan would take the initiative to send the handle to the door.
Jiang Suizhou rubbed the edge of the paper, lost in thought.
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In the summer, the great river that runs between the northern beams and the southern landscape passes by. The trees on both sides of the bank are shaded, forming a unique Jiangnan landscape.
Lou Yue stood by the river and took a deep breath.
As soon as the news that Huo Yuyan wanted was delivered to him, he immediately sent them to Jiang Suizhou without stopping.
He knew that Jiang Suizhou people in Lin'an would definitely prepare everything. All he had to do was to hide all his thoughts, and all he had to do was to greet everyone sent from Yecheng back safely.
He looked stern, but Lou Wanjun next to him didn't notice.
She waited impatiently, rode a horse, strolling along the river. She folded the whip and tucked it back to her waist, raised her hand and folded a willow, and flung it lightly, urging the horse to wander around the river.
She made Lou Yue's heart irritable.
"Be honest!" Lou Yue frowned disapprovingly and said to her.
Lou Wanjun didn't take it seriously, shaking the willow branch in one hand, and holding the rein with one hand, turning her head around.
"Just standing stupidly?" She retorted. "I'm free, this horse is going to be broken."
Lou Yue held back for a long time, and warned: "His Royal Highness of Beiliang is coming, please be careful and don't break the etiquette."
Lou Wanjun sneered and said, "Your Royal Highness, for decades, I was covering him and playing with him at that time."
Lou Yue quickly reprimanded her: "It's not serious! No matter what he was in the past, he is now a prince, a royal person. If this is the case, you must not talk nonsense!"
Lou Yue thought about the conflicts between Huo Yuyan and Huo Wugui, but still did not tell Lou Wanjun. For one reason, Mr. Lou Wan was so upright that he couldn't hide his thoughts, and for the other, it was safer if one less person knew about it.
What's more, in Lou Yue's mind, how Lou Wanjun is a girl's family, neither has an official position nor a man, this kind of thing, it's fine if you don't know it.
And Lou Wanjun didn't know his thoughts and worries.
She whispered: "In front of him, of course I won't say anything, I'm not stupid."
As the two talked, the shadow of the ship was already seen on the river. The flag hanging on it is from Beiliang. At the head is a large two-story ship, which seems to have been taken by the leader.
Lou Yue tensed all over, and the expression on his face hurriedly stopped.
"People are coming," he said. "Speak carefully."
Lou Wanjun glanced at him strangely.
Although her father's look was serious and solemn, it didn't look like welcoming his own family, on the contrary, it seemed that he was preparing to deal with some enemy.
She retracted her eyes and looked at the surface of the river.
I saw that the ship came slowly, shook the waves, and sailed over the slowly flowing river. The river is wide and the boat travels slowly. It should have taken two quarters of an hour to stop on the river bank.
The soldiers and horses under Lou Yue were already lined up by the river, with silver armor and red tassels, and flags flying. Seeing the boat stopped, Lou Yue led the generals under his hands to greet him, and saw the big boat lower the pedals, and the guards quickly lined up to get off the boat.
Lou Yue stopped in front of the pedal.
After seeing the guards lined up on both sides, a few eunuch ladies slowly descended with a guard of honor. Lou Yue prepared a smile on his face, but Lou Wanjun next to him was unconsciously surprised.
"It's such a big show!" she whispered.
Lou Yue gave her a quick glance.
At this moment, one person walked slowly onto the pedal.
On those snow-white brocade boots, the python pattern is densely woven with gold threads, shining in the sun, reflecting the unique color of gold.
Following the look, he was a young man wearing a snow-white gold woven robe, a golden crown inlaid with jade, and a face like a crown jade.
He is slender and looks thin. Such woven gold and white clothes are not something ordinary people can afford, but when worn on him, they appear elegant and noble. Paired with a gold fan in his hand, it is clear that he is a noble son from the imperial city.
As he stepped off the pedal, Lou Yue and everyone behind him knelt down one after another, and his armor made a clanging sound.
"Lou Yue, the last general, welcome your Royal Highness!" Lou Yue said.
Behind him, the mountain call sounded.
Everyone knelt down, and for a moment the silver armor was shining, and it looked like a landslide and tsunami. The young man was calm and relaxed, stepped up slowly, stopped in front of Lou Yue, bent and supported him on his arm.
"Uncle Lou doesn't need to be polite." He said softly.
Lou Yue stood up following his strength, looked up, and saw that the gentleman smiling at him in front of him was Huo Yuyan.
He was the same as when he was a young boy, he was gentle and laughed, and he was handsome and delicate, especially his eyebrows, and his eyebrows were soft and tight. When he was in Yangguan, he was different from the wild monkeys raised in Yangguan. He was accompanied by poems and books on weekdays, and his speech was not hurried.
But Lou Yue also knew that this kid was thinking deeply when he was young.
Huo Wujiu only likes martial arts and does not like to read books. Chengri was beaten up and down by his father. When he was the most skinny when he was seven or eight years old, he called him "Lou Yue" before he was too young.
But Huo Yuyan was different. He not only knows all the poems and books, he restrains himself and knows etiquette, and he never relaxes in martial arts. He had no talent, so he used it all on diligence. When Huo Wujiu brought a group of small attendants to hunt in the mountains to hide in the cold, he was alone in the shadeless yard and rode until the third clock.
It is precisely because of this that he was a well-known jade-faced Confucian general in the army since he led the army in the uprising. If it weren't for Huo Wujiu's overwhelming popularity, in the world, who would not know Huo Yuyan's reputation
Thinking of this, Lou Yue sighed inwardly, with a happy smile on his face.
"The courtesy can't be dismissed!" he smiled. "The boats and carts are exhausted, your Royal Highness has worked hard?"
Huo Yuyan smiled and shook his head when he heard the words.
"The body hasn't been used in the past few years, but it doesn't hurt." He said. "The adults going south take care of me. They walk a bit slower and are not too tired."
Gentle, corporal courteous, he seems to have not changed at all.
If he didn't really know what Huo Yuyan was doing behind his back, Lou Yue would never believe that the child who had a deep thought but was extremely diligent and respectful would make a stab at Huo Wujiu's back.
"Then you will rest assured!" Lou Yue said.
"Uncle Lou is a foreigner in this way. Yuyan is not a majesty in front of you, but just your junior." Huo Yuyan said warmly. "Uncle Lou hasn't seen the old at all, but seeing you now is as if he was still in Yangguan."
Lou Yue smiled and waved his hand: "It's like what His Highness said. Ten years have passed and I'm getting old!"
"Before leaving, my father made a special trip to instruct me." Huo Yuyan continued. "This time Wugui is able to successfully regain Jiangnan. It is all thanks to your help from Uncle Lou. Father said, Uncle Lou, for your high morale, I must personally thank you."
As he said, he bowed his hands and wanted to salute Lou Yue.
Lou Yue quickly helped him.
"This can't be done! Your Royal Highness, there is a difference between monarchs and ministers!" he said.
After supporting Huo Yuyan, Lou Yue realized how weak his body was. Originally, although the child looked handsome, his martial arts could compete with any good general in the army. But at this moment he helped him up, but obviously felt that he had no strength and was light and empty, as if his bones were empty.
Even if he knew that the child was vicious, Lou Yue couldn't help but feel sour.
When Ding Beihou was alive, there was only one son, Huo Wujiu, but Huo Yuyan was the one who suffered the most.
Lou Yue easily blocked Huo Yuyan's gesture of saluting, and Huo Yuyan didn't entangle him, and stood up straight following his strength.
"His Royal Highness has worked so hard all the way, and it is inconvenient to stand here and talk all the time." Lou Yue said. "The banquet has already been prepared in the city. Your Royal Highness might as well go with the generals to have some potluck, fix it for two days, and then we will set off to Lin'an."
Huo Yuyan smiled faintly when he heard the words, his expression was gentle, and he couldn't see the slightest clue: "That would be the best. Thanks to blameless, if he hadn't arranged the entire Nanjing in an orderly manner, I wouldn't be lucky enough to hide here."
With his delighted and gentle manner, who could see the secrets behind him
Lou Yue lowered his eyes, hiding his complicated gaze.
At this moment, he heard Huo Yuyan scream, turned sideways, and asked, "Sister Wanjun is there?"
Lou Wanjun looked up, and saw the slender and quiet boy from the past, standing in front of her with a long body and gentle eyebrows like water.
"Sister Wanjun is so beautiful." He said. "Between eyebrows and eyes, there is actually a bit like Mrs. Lou."
As he said, he showed a faint smile.
Lou Wanjun took a breathlessly, her mouth suddenly became awkward, and she didn't know how to reply.
It's so pretty. She thought.
Like a magnolia flower, letting the wind blow, it seemed to rise tremblingly in her heart.