Zheng Yi was stunned for a moment, then thought about it:
"It seems there has been no news since the war started."
Yang Jian couldn't help but frowned:
Just when we need news, why is there no news? Could it be that something happened? But how could no news leak out at all? Maybe it's because the war has started and the news is not easy to send out?
While thinking about how to adjust tactics, he was also thinking about how to contact those hidden stakes.
At this time, Liu Fang hurried in with a letter. Yang Jian saw it and asked quickly:
"Is there news from Kunyu Kingdom's hidden stakes?"
Liu Fang choked and didn't know what to say. He glanced at Zheng Yi, who also looked at him expectantly.
Liu Fang encouraged himself and stammered:
"Yes, yes, General Zhuo."
Yang Jian suddenly felt a bad premonition. When he got the letter and read it, he found that it was indeed bad, very bad! Mr. Zhuo had caught all his hidden stakes and came to ask for ransom again!
Yang Jian asked Liu Fang:
"Do the people know?"
Liu Fang felt more and more that he was not far from death, so he calmed down and said:
"Based on my last experience, I am on every possible precaution. I can vouch for this with my head. Before the Emperor read this letter, I was the only one who read it. However, somehow, the people still knew about it, and it seemed that it was better than
It was too early for me to know.”
Needless to say, Mr. Zhuo must have spread the news first through some unknown channel. Yang Jian was so angry that he tore up the letter several times, and threw a handful of things on the table to the floor. He raised his feet and threw a handful of
He kicked the chair over and cursed regardless of his appearance:
"That's a fool! That's a fool! That's a fool! That's a hammer!"
The emperor was so careless about his image that Zheng Yi hurriedly asked the eunuchs and maids in the room to retreat. The eunuchs and maids disappeared in the blink of an eye like they were on roller skates. Zheng Yi didn't feel anything, at least until Yang Jian calmed down.
, to shrink himself a little and reduce his sense of presence, but Liu Fang was different. The letter was sent by him. If not, Yang Jian would have to kill him first to vent his anger. He was so scared that he was trembling all over, and cold sweat fell in clusters along the tip of his nose.
fall.
Yang Jian vented his anger, and after his anger subsided, he sat in a chair and panted heavily. After a while, he asked:
"How much ransom is required?"
Liu Fang thought he had seen the ghost-headed sword with an ox-headed horse face, wiped his sweat and said:
"The letter states that Kong Zhen wants 50,000 taels, Fuyu, Fenglian, and Mrs. Qi want 100,000 taels, and everyone else wants 20,000 taels each. If you don't have enough money, you can use things and livestock."
Yang Jian was extremely angry and laughed:
"A guy like Kong Zhen still wants me fifty thousand taels?!"
Yang Jian really wanted to say that he should just let that bastard fend for himself in Kunyu Kingdom, but when he thought about it, the people knew it. Just like last time, even the name was known to the people. Even if the people didn't know, these hidden stakes
His family knew what his family had done. If he didn't redeem himself, these people would definitely be unyielding, and the situation that had finally been stabilized would probably fall into turmoil again.
He pinched his eyebrows and asked again:
"Can you negotiate a price with General Zhuo?"
Yang Jian did not question Liu Fang twice, and Liu Fang felt a little more at ease:
"The letter said that because the Sui State took the initiative to provoke and provoke a war this time, which brought disaster to the people of both countries, so this time not a penny was surrendered, and only one month was given to raise money.
Don’t wait.”
Yang Jian got angry again and overturned the table:
"Gouridi, come and stand in front of me!"
After thinking for a while, he said to Zheng Yi and Liu Fang:
"Let the front attack the Longshan border city! I don't believe that hundreds of thousands of troops can't attack it!"
More than ten days later, Liu Fang tremblingly sent another letter. Yang Jian opened it and wanted to get angry again. It was Zhuo Ye who sent a letter to redeem the prisoners of war: the commander-in-chief has 10,000 taels, the general has 8,000 taels, and the deputy general has 6,000 taels.
Two, four thousand taels for junior generals, two thousand taels for other officials, and eight thousand taels for soldiers. A list of names, ranks, and ransoms of the prisoners was also attached.
Yang Jian almost had a stroke when he saw this letter. After waking up from a coma, he shouted before his eyes were fully opened:
"Ask the generals in front to retreat to a safe place and wait!"
If the state of Kunyu takes some more prisoners, the treasury of the Sui state will be empty, so why fight with it?
These days in Kunyu Kingdom, everyone is very happy. Ru Liang and Dun'er have already calculated how to spend the ransom in the most beneficial way.
In the Black Face Mansion, all the undercover people lived a life like a fairy. If they didn't still remember that they were prisoners and still miss their family members in the Sui Kingdom, they might really think that they had attained enlightenment and become immortals.
Now Xuan also knows that the woman selling sesame cakes is Mrs. Qi. Her husband's Qi family is a small military attache in Dazhou. Not long after marrying into the Qi family, her husband was drafted into the war, but he died in the battle without wanting to. Mrs. Qi and her husband were
They loved each other sincerely. After her husband died in the war, Mrs. Qi did not remarry and stayed with the Qi family. However, Mrs. Qi's life was not easy. Her husband's family thought she was their nemesis, and she failed to get pregnant with her husband's child.
Even sadder.
After Yang Jian usurped the throne, one of her brothers-in-law rose to a high position through some unknown means, which was higher than her husband's official position at that time. He found a lot of reasons to drive her out of the Qi family. After leaving the Qi family, she did not return to her natal family. In this way
She went back to her parents' home to discredit her family, so she rented a small house with the dowry and some money left by her husband and made a living by selling sesame cakes. Her life was simple.
Later, Yang Jian wanted to plant a secret stake in Kunyu Kingdom. Her brother-in-law, who was a high-ranking official, had ignored her for several years. For some reason, he remembered her and recommended her, but she was so reluctant.
She became a hidden stake, but Mrs. Qi knew too well the darkness of official circles and the darkness of people's hearts. She didn't know how much benefit her brother-in-law got from it. If she, an inexperienced person, was asked to be a hidden stake, wouldn't it be a sure way to die!
Mrs. Qi couldn't figure out what caught her brother-in-law's eyes. After much deliberation, it was just a little money.
Mrs. Qi's natal family was not a rich and powerful person. The dowry back then seemed to be quite large, but in fact it was all worthless. In order to save face, her parents bought some worthless things and packed them in two boxes. However, even if
It was worthless but there were two boxes, which amounted to several taels of silver. The money her husband left to her was not much. During those years in the Qi family, a lot of things were left and right. As for her husband’s pension, all of it was taken away.
The mother-in-law held it in her hand and didn't give her a penny.
Although Mrs. Qi still takes her husband's surname, it is only her husband's surname. Mrs. Qi has no feelings for the Qi family at all. Therefore, when her brother-in-law talked about the secret matter as if she had received great benefits, Qi
The lady then exchanged all the little money she had for silver and took it with her. The bedding, pots and pans, and food at home were all distributed to the people who usually took good care of her. In the room where she lived,
Not even a piece of firewood was left.
This chapter has been completed!