The person who came to deliver the letter was shopkeeper Ning from Hongyin Bookstore. As soon as Xu Fanming told him Chen Jinjun's thoughts, he patted his chest and said that he would not hesitate to do so.
Shopkeeper Ning has a loyal and loyal look that is completely different from Xu Fanming's gloomy look. People can't help but trust him a little more just by looking at him.
Huo Tingyu opened the letter and read it. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Shopkeeper Ning with sharp eyes like a knife.
"You read it first so I can go back and reply." Shopkeeper Ning once served as an official in Taixue and had met countless important people, so naturally he would not be frightened by his warning gaze.
The letter was not long, and after a while after reading it, Huo Tingyu let out a sigh of relief, sat on the chair, raised his eyelids and looked at Shopkeeper Ning: "Is she going to negotiate?"
As he spoke, he slapped the letter on the table.
"See for yourself, this is clearly a threat and taking advantage of others' danger!"
The master picked up the letter and read out: "I know why Marshal Huo is troubled and worried. If you want to solve the urgent problem of Yongzhou's military pay, please welcome me and discuss it in detail."
For a moment, everyone present stared at Shopkeeper Ning.
Shopkeeper Ning smiled and cupped his hands: "The letter has been delivered, and my mission has been completed. I am just a messenger. Whether I go or not depends on you, Marshal."
He turned around and went out directly.
"Commander, do you want to arrest him?" the adjutant asked Huo Tingyu quickly.
Huo Tingyu shook his head and picked up the letter again: "You go out first."
He sat in front of the table and read the letter back and forth, the expression on his face became complicated.
He was unwilling in his heart, and he kept the news tightly sealed, but it still became a weight in Chen Jinjun's hand, and it was an offer that he could not refuse.
Welcoming her into the Huo Mansion was a labor of love for Huo Tingyu, but it would bring great benefits to the future of Yongzhou as a whole.
Huo Tingyu raised his head and took a deep breath, put on his big cloak and walked towards the back hill of Huo Mansion.
The back mountain of Huo Mansion is one of the many military camps in Yongzhou. Huo Tingyu was walking in the military camp as usual.
He watched the soldiers training and couldn't help but stop and look at them for a while, with unconcealable pride and pride in his eyes.
This group of well-trained soldiers is Huo Tingyu's greatest pride, and it is also the foundation for the entire Yongzhou to be able to gain a foothold in this chaotic world. He has no way to imagine that Yongzhou without this group of excellent soldiers will undoubtedly be a mercenary.
Huo Tingyu just watched quietly. It wasn't until it got dark and the soldiers were going to eat that he took off.
Then his head was seen by the patrolling soldiers, and the loud words "marshal" attracted many people.
"Commander hasn't been to the military camp for a long time. How about a competition?" Ji Li, who is responsible for training soldiers, hurried over.
Ji Li was a good comrade who had been on the battlefield with him, and one of the few people in the entire army who could fight with him.
Huo Tingyu could see the fighting spirit in Ji Li's eyes, and with so many irritating things going on these days, he couldn't help but feel a little itchy, and wanted to have a fight with Ji Li to vent his unhappiness.
Amid the cheers and crowds of the soldiers, the two people arrived at the training ground.
Huo Tingyu took off the cloak and untied the belt that was tightly tied around his waist. His thick arms and strong back stretched the entire military uniform tightly. The soldiers watching below let out another burst of exclamation.
Ji Li, who was opposite him, also twisted his neck and made the sound of caracara, looking at Huo Tingyu with great interest.
The two of them fought together, one punched and the other kicked, and the fight went back and forth for a long time. More and more people were watching, and some even started to bet on who of the two would win this time.
Although Huo Tingyu always won more in the past, occasionally Ji Li could beat Huo Tingyu, so the takeover of this game is unknown.
The two of them fought for a long time, and Huo Tingyu became more and more interested as he fought. Ji Li couldn't express his pain, and secretly cursed in his heart that it was the anger he had been holding in for a long time. He struck out ruthlessly and decisively, and showed no signs of exhaustion after fighting for so long.
Unlike Ji Li, who had been avoiding it all the time, Huo Tingyu only felt physically and mentally comfortable and refreshed. He felt that the depression accumulated in his chest these days had disappeared with his punches and kicks.
It wasn't until the sky completely fell into darkness that Ji Li was defeated and sat on the ground to rest, panting.
After waving his hand and telling the soldiers to go back to rest, Huo Tingyu sat next to Ji Li and let out a long sigh of relief.
"What, are you worried?" Ji Li picked up the kettle and drank some water.
Huo Tingyu nodded: "It's not a big deal, but if it can't be done, it will be easy to die."
"Isn't this a big deal?" Ji Li was amused, "Let's talk about it."
Then he told Ji Li what happened in the past few days.
Ji Li was silent for a long time and said hesitantly: "I am a rough man and I don't understand what you people are thinking, but the only thing I can tell you is that we cannot disarm."
Huo Tingyu raised his head and looked at the starry night sky with some sadness: "I also know that we cannot disarm, but this Chen Jinjun is definitely coming with bad intentions. I don't know why she entered the Huo family."
"You think this way, just for a deal. Even if she really has some conspiracy in the future, as long as Yongzhou has enough troops and your army is strong enough, will you still be afraid that a woman will cause some big trouble?"
Huo Tingyu was still hesitant, but Ji Li's words hit home: "If you want Yongzhou to be strong, it will not be unable to accommodate people. There are some differences between officialdom and the battlefield. As the old saying goes, when the water is clear, nothing will happen."
Fish."
Huo Tingyu nodded fiercely: "Then I'll go back and think about it."
He returned to Huo Mansion and called for the master.
"Clean up the east yard for the Chen family."
The master thought he heard wrongly: "Are you... planning to welcome Miss Chen into the house?"
Huo Tingyu nodded: "Arrange more manpower and figure out what she wants to do as soon as possible."
You must always know a person's biggest purpose and motivation before you can cooperate with confidence and boldness. People without ambition are the most terrifying people.
He turned around and took out an ebony box from the dusty corner on the top shelf of the tall shelf behind him. There was no extra decoration on it and it was simple and old.
Huo Tingyu looked at the delicate little lock that had become oxidized and darkened, and suddenly realized that he had already melted the key.
He smiled hoarsely, feeling a little bitter in his heart. He really didn't know that one day he would take out this box again.
There is no way. Since the key has melted, it is gone. There is only one way to open the box in front of you.
Two big calloused hands grasped the delicate little lock left and right. He exerted force suddenly, and the silver lock head was squeezed and deformed. The whole lock became slender. He broke it with his hand again, and the lock was from
It was broken in the middle and the box was undamaged.
Inside lay a solemn and gorgeous military attache's repair uniform. Perhaps it had been idle for a long time and the color looked a bit old, but the colorful threads embroidered on it were intact.
Huo Tingyu picked up the official hat on the side again, with a sarcastic smile on his face.
Miss Chen, is it solemn and natural enough to wear official uniforms when receiving imperial edicts?
Is this the highest courtesy you want?
He looked at the smooth sapphire blue official uniform under his fingers, and a look of disgust appeared on his resolute face.