Outside Cizhou City, the Jin army camp.

Wanyan Jilie was worried and was walking back and forth in the big tent that had just been set up. He didn't know how Qiu Chu and the Song army were talking, nor did he know whether his son and daughter suffered in the Song army camp. When he was bored, the soldiers came to report that General Qiu Chu had returned from Cizhou City. Wanyan Jilie was overjoyed and quickly called Qiu Chu into the tent to ask.

"General Qiu Chu, have you ever seen Hong'er and Xue'er? Are these two children still alive?" Wanyan Jilie spoke without asking the conditions offered by the Song army, but only cared about whether his children were safe. It can be seen how much the old prince loved these two children.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. The general has already met two little masters. The two little masters are safe and sound. They are arranged by Zong Ze to live in the backyard of the government office, and they have no worries about their lives."

"Oh, that's good." The old prince finally felt relieved.

Qiu Chu said: "This Zong Ze is a kind and righteous person. He knows that they are the sons of the prince and does not dare to neglect them. Even the servants and servants in our Puyang Mansion, the Song army did not kill them, but instead arranged them in the courtyard of the two little masters."

"Oh? And this is also true? It seems that Zong Ze's army is indeed different from other Song troops. If he can return Hong'er and Xue'er, I will retreat back to Handan and stop invading this Cizhou again. I wonder if Zong Ze agrees to our request?"

Qiu Chu hesitated for a moment and whispered: "I agreed to our request, but..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that they put forward two conditions, which is very harsh."

"What conditions?!" The old prince naturally knew that Zong Ze would not let others go for nothing, and would definitely get some benefits, which was expected.

"They said that we would take out 10,000 taels of silver as ransom!" Qiu Chu said as he stretched out a finger to signal, for fear that the old prince would hear it wrong.

"What? Ten thousand taels of silver! They are crazy about poverty, so are you, why don't you pay them a price? Do we give as much as they want?"

Wanyan Qiuchu said with a grievance: "Report to the prince, Mo Jiang has paid the price with them! The young general of Song asked for 20,000 taels of silver. But Mo Jiang had been persuaded and they only gave a 50% discount. The young general also said that the two little masters have lived in the city for these days, and you will have to reimburse the various expenses!"

After hearing this, Wanyan Jilie was so angry that she blew her beard and stared at her, and said angrily: "It's so outrageous! This group of cunning Song people actually blackmailed me!" But when she thought of her children in their hands, she had to calm down for a moment, endured the pain and bleeding, and sighed: "Whether, as long as Hong'er and Xue'er can be rescued, I will give them this ten thousand taels of silver!" She asked again: "What are their conditions?"

Seeing the old prince coming to ask for the second condition, Qiu Chu quickly turned around and looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, he whispered to the old prince: "Prince, where has General Guo gone?"

Seeing Qiu Chu coming to ask Guo Yaoshi so carefully, Wanyan Jilie said, "General Guo has been arranged by me to go to the west of the city to go to the village. What do you ask him?"

Qiu Chu approached Wanyan Jilie's ear and said, "Prince, the second condition of the Song army is to tie up Yaoshi Guo and send him to the city of Cizhou!"

"What? Why is this?" Wanyan Jilie was very puzzled after hearing the Song Jun's conditions.

Qiu Chu said: "This Guo Yaoshi was a traitor of the Song State, and the monarchs and ministers of the Song State hated this person to the core. If Zong Ze could capture this person and hand it over to their king, he would definitely receive the reward from his king. Zong Ze was so scheming and had a lot of wishful thinking, and he would definitely not miss this opportunity."

After listening to Qiu Chu's analysis, Wanyan Jilie also felt that some truth was that these ministers of the Song State could do any shameless things in order to be promoted and make money. Zong Ze was only worthy of his seventies, and he had to take the opportunity to make a fortune. Even if he didn't care about himself, he had to consider his descendants.

"But then again, Guo Yaoshi was recruited by the King of Liao and has been granted an official position by our lord. He should be considered a minister of the Jin Kingdom. If he was tied to the Song army for no reason, then the King of Liao asked him later, how should he reply?" Wanyan Gilles thought about it and felt that this was inappropriate.

Wanyan Qiuchu has been with the old prince for many years, and his master's concerns are naturally very clear. However, now the matter is urgent, and he must make a quick decision. So he advised: "How can the prince not know what the last general is concerned about? But the Song army insisted that we should replace Guo Yaoshi. If Guo Yaoshi was not tied up, they would not let the two little masters come back? Besides, when Cizhou is lost this time, Guo Yaoshi could have sent troops to rescue him, but he was hesitant and did not move, which led to General Han Ji being killed and the two little masters being captured."

Wanyan Jilie naturally hated Guo Yaoshi's uncontrollable army. He knew that he was a surrendered general and only wanted to preserve his strength and did not dare to fight the Song army easily. However, it would be obviously unreasonable to put all the responsibility for the loss of Cizhou on him. After thinking about it, he was hesitant.

"Prince, you have to make a quick decision on this matter. The two little masters are still in the hands of the Song people. How can you ignore the safety of your children for the sake of a surrendered general?" Qiu Chu knew that Wanyan Jilie had some concerns, so he had to persuade him again and continued: "Prince, as long as you can rescue the little prince and the princess, this Cizhou City is our treasure. Even if you hand over General Guo to Song army, he may not be in danger of his life!"

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"Prince, think about it, if we rescue the little prince and the princess, what are the concerns we have to attack Cizhou? We can continue to surround Cizhou. Zong Ze's troops are not many, and there is not enough food and grass. In a few days, the Song army in the city will either starve to death or open the door to surrender. At that time, our army will enter the city, can we still rescue General Guo?"

"But...If Song Jun killed General Guo in anger, what should we do?"

"If this is true, then General Guo's will be like this, and we can't blame you." He said again: "Prince, it's not time to stop it. If the news leaks out and the pharmacist Guo takes the opportunity to escape, we will not be able to rescue the two little masters!"

At this time, Wanyan Jilie was still worried and at a loss, but when he thought that his children were still suffering in the Song army camp, he made up his mind and said to Wanyan Qiuchu: "Okay, then according to your words, tomorrow morning, I will call Guo Yaoshi Dao to the big tent and tie him to the Song army. I will write another letter and ask the official in charge of the Handan Treasury to allocate 10,000 taels of silver to come. You can send someone to send the letter overnight." The master and servant had agreed and acted separately, without saying anything.

The next morning, the officers and soldiers sent to Handan City to escort silver back. Four large boxes were brought to the silver cart, with 10,000 taels of silver. These silver were originally the military pay of the Jin soldiers. In order to rescue his children, Wanyan Jilie had to temporarily embezzle some. Wanyan Jilie was a prince and had his own fiefdom, so he naturally did not lack this ten thousand taels of silver. He was just out of the battle and it was difficult to get the silver for a while. Then he remembered to embezzle military pay to deal with the temporary needs.

Wanyan Gillie sent someone to the west of the city to send orders, asking Guo Yaoshi to come to the northern camp alone to discuss matters. Guo Yaoshi received the military order and hurriedly rode his horse to Wanyan Gillie. When he entered the gate, he saw Wanyan Gillie and many of his confidant generals waiting for him outside the tent.

Guo Yaoshi jumped off his horse and saluted Wanyan Gillie and said, "I will meet Qiansui until I am late. I hope Qiansui will forgive me for his sins!"

Wanyan Jilie said: "General Guo doesn't have to be too polite. He called the general over today to inform the general that Zong Ze has agreed to our army's request. I will take the gold and silver to redeem people in Cizhou City later."

After hearing this, Guo Yaoshi said, not knowing what he meant, and thought to himself: "You want to go and redeem yourself. What's the matter with asking me to come? Could it be that I'll let me escort these gold and silver?" He smiled and said: "Oh, that's great. If you can save the little prince and the princess, you will have to settle the old man's heart disease for more than a few days, but I don't know what to do if I call you... what instructions do you have?"

Wanyan Jilie changed his face and said to Guo Yaoshi: "In addition to asking for this ten thousand taels of silver, the Song army also asked me to tie you up and send you there! General Guo, I am sorry for you today. For my children, I have to complain General Guo!" As he said that, he winked at the left and right generals and ordered them to take Guo Yaoshi down.

After hearing Wanyan Jilie's words, Guo Yaoshi understood what was going on. He saw a dozen soldiers on both sides holding ropes to tie him up, and quickly shouted: "Old Chiasui, you can't do this. This must be Zong Ze's trick. Old Chiasui, you can't be fooled by them!"

Wanyan Jilie said: "General Guo, I'm sorry, I have no choice but to do so. Don't worry, as long as I can exchange my children for me, I will treat your family well. If the time is right, I will lead the army to attack the city and rescue you from the Song army! Come on, tie him up!"

Several mighty soldiers rushed up and wrapped the rope around Guo Yaoshi for several times. When Guo Yaoshi saw that the situation was not good, he hurriedly wanted to break free and escape, but there were many soldiers around him, so he could not allow him to escape, so he had to surrender.

"Old Qiansui, I am the cavalry commander of the emperor, and a meritorious minister of the Jin Dynasty. Why did you tie me up and send me to the Song army for no reason? I want to write a letter to the emperor, I want to write a letter to the King of Liao Qiansui, let him make the decision for me!Old Qiansui, you can't do this..."

Since the day Guo Yaoshi surrendered, he has thought countless times about what kind of end he would end up, but what he never expected was that the Jin people had undone so quickly and killed the donkey. Wanyan Jilie exchanged his life for his children. He once again felt that he was not even as good as a pig or dog in the eyes of the Jin people. He betrayed the Song Dynasty because of his greed for life and death, but he did not expect that he would be betrayed by the Jin people today. His grievances turned into two lines of tears and flowed down his thin face.
Chapter completed!