In the room, Fang Xuanling asked Gao Hui to sit down, and someone gave Gao Hui another tea. Behind Fang Xuanling was Fa Cao's army officer ****. He was the specific person in charge of this matter.

At this time, **** took out a list and presented it to Fang Xuanling. Fang Xuanling looked at it and handed the list to Gao Hui.

Gao Hui took the list and looked carefully, and couldn't help but sigh secretly. Almost all the important figures of the Bohai Association were in the hands of the Sui army. No wonder his brother gave up attacking Youzhou. If he didn't catch these people out, the Bohai Association would be really over.

"All right!"

Gao Hui smiled lightly and said, "General Zhang proposed two conditions at that time. One was to withdraw from Youzhou. We had done it, and the second was to pay for the redeem. I came for this matter today, and I could make full decisions."

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "We must let go of people. To put it bluntly, they have to eat, drink and support every day, and our burden is also heavy. We also want to let them go as soon as possible. As long as Bohai will have enough sincerity, letting them go is not a problem."

Fang Xuanling’s meaning is very clear. Releasing people is not a problem. The key is to have sincerity. So what is sincerity?

it goes without saying!

Gao Hui knew that she was going to be slaughtered this time, but she had no choice but to sigh and said, "You just offer it! Do you want gold or copper coins?"

Fang Xuanling still shook his head, "We don't want copper coins, we just need gold and food, and everyone's price is different."

He pointed to a name on the list and smiled: "For example, this Lu Sijian also offered himself a price, willing to pay 500 taels of gold and 3,000 stones of grain for freedom."

"How could he offer a price without authorization!" Gao Hui said angrily.

"So we didn't accept it, but he seemed to have misunderstood. Today he offered a price again, willing to give 800 taels of gold and 5,000 stones of grain for freedom. I guess he heard something. There was a rumor that the court asked to send all the people from the Bohai Society to the capital."

After a while, Gao Hui said coldly: "If the tyrant lord knew about this, I would not have the need to come to negotiate. The tyrant lord would even come to Qingzhou to personally refer people, Military Advisor Fang, please stop exaggerating."

"I said just now, it's just a rumor, but if the time goes on, it's hard to tell. I believe that the wife also understands the interests of it. This is actually not an exaggeration."

"I don't want to drag it down, but I have to make it clear that this is a negotiation between Bohaihui and Qingzhou, and it has nothing to do with them personally. Please do not accept the personal starting conditions, otherwise"

Fang Xuanling said lightly: "As long as the conditions are not much different, we will give priority to the Bohai Association."

"Can I visit them first?" Gao Hui did not mention the offer. She must first let these people understand that they must not offer an offer without authorization, otherwise it would be a sky-high price.

But Fang Xuanling shook his head, "The Grand Marshal has an order. No one in the Bohai Association is allowed to visit before the conditions are met."

Just about a hundred steps away from the county government negotiated by Gao Hui, there was Qi County Prison. All the prisoners in the prison were transferred to the county prison and a prison could accommodate 200 prisoners was vacant.

All the core members of the Bohai Association who were captured by the Sui army are currently in the prison, with a total of 76 people, and more than a dozen women, children and families have been released first, leaving only these 76 people to become the money tree of the Sui army.

The prison is built underground and looks very gloomy and terrifying, but the conditions of these prisoners are pretty good. Each of them has a new bedding and a new bed board. The two of them have a cell. Although each meal is just a simple meal, they can barely eat enough.

Despite this, the unknown fate, the depression of losing freedom, the thick iron fence, the dim lights at night, the moldy air, the wet walls and the group of mice running in groups made these noble people who were usually pampered and full of sorrow. In just a few days, some people began to be unable to bear it.

In the cell at the edge, Gao Qin was chatting with an old man whose name was Gu Yu, and his father was also a high-ranking official in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Because his father's status in the Northern Qi Dynasty was not high, Gu Yu's status in the Bohai Association was not too high. Of course, wealth is indispensable, which is a necessary condition for joining the Bohai Association.

"I heard that one condition offered by Zhang Xuan was to let the leader evacuate from Youzhou. Does Brother Qin think the leader may evacuate?"

"What should he do if he doesn't withdraw? Can he support Bohai alone with him?"

Gao Qin said coldly: "Youzhou gives up temporarily and there is still a chance to take it back in the future. If we die, the Bohai Association will be over. I just hope the leader should try to be faster. I am worried that Zhang Xuan will not be able to bear the pressure and hand us over to the court. Then everyone will be finished and no one will survive."

"I don't think it's possible! If Zhang Xuan really wanted to hand us over to the court, he wouldn't have been delayed until now."

"Brother Gu didn't understand what I mean. I'm not talking about Zhang Xuan. Of course he wants to use us to make money. I'm just afraid that the Emperor of Sui will force him to hand over someone. After all, he is Sui Chen!"

Both of them were silent for a moment. At this moment, a 'clang!' sound came from the front, and an official shouted: "Lu Sijian, you can go out."

All the prisoners stood up and looked out holding the iron fence. Lu Sijian, wearing a prison suit, walked out excitedly. The official said to him softly: "Follow us! The Grand Marshal has approved that you can go home."

Lu Sijian hurriedly followed the officials out, took a few steps, and then turned around and bowed to everyone, "Everyone, I really can't stand it, so I'll take a step first."

He turned around and walked quickly towards the stone door on the steps.

"Pooh!"

Gu Yu spat hard on the ground and whispered: "Carrying!"

Gao Qin was unexpectedly silent. He began to realize Zhang Xuan's poisonous move, allowing them to redeem themselves, rather than Bohai coming to redeem themselves. Although the source of money is the same, the meaning is different. This invisibly planted the seeds of Bohai's splitting.

At the same time, everyone in the cell was silent, and Lu Sijian's regaining freedom made many people fall into deep thought.

At night, Fang Xuanling was reporting the results of the first day of negotiations to Zhang Xuan in the military camp. The first day was just a preliminary contact between the two sides and tried each other's bottom line, but neither of them proposed a formal asking price.

"According to our prior agreement, Bei Zhi revealed to Gao Hui today the price of Lu Sijian's self-redemption, eight hundred taels of gold and five thousand stones of grain for freedom."

"What's her attitude?" Zhang Xuan asked with his hands behind his back.

"Weizhi can see that this offer made it a bit difficult for her to accept, so she asked that we cannot trade directly with criminals."

"What are she worried about?" Zhang Xuan laughed.

Fang Xuanling also smiled, "She was worried that all the money and food would be exploited by us, and their Bohai Association would be a little nervous. Of course, once these self-redeeming people are free and start to feel heartbroken about their property losses, they would secretly regret that Bohai would refuse to work hard to save themselves. They must find this loss back from Bohai Association. Things will be a little difficult to deal with in the future."

"As you say this, should they still let themselves be saved?"

Fang Xuanling nodded slowly, "So Beizhi always suggested that Gao Hui meet these people and give them some hope, and then they slowly disappoint, or even despair. In the end, they had to redeem themselves, and they would hate Bohai for refusing to save themselves. Even if they knew that we were deliberately setting up obstacles, they would still feel resentful towards Bohai, which was inevitable."

Of course, Zhang Xuan knew this. He refused to hand over these people to the court, just to try these Hebei tyrants to fight for them and become his supporters.

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "This is very interesting. I think it can be more effective to let Gao Hui meet these people and let her threaten them well."

At this time, the military officer **** reported at the door of the tent: "Master, I brought him."

"Please come in!"

After a moment, Lu Sijian was led into the tent by the soldiers. He bowed and bowed with fear and fear, "See the Grand Marshal!"

"You don't have to be polite, Mr. Lu please sit down!"

Zhang Xuan asked Lu Sijian to sit down, and several personal soldiers came in with food boxes and put on some wine and dishes. Lu Sijian didn't know why Zhang Xuan wanted to meet him, and he felt a little uneasy, but it seemed that Zhang Xuan was going to invite him to drink, so he breathed a little relieved.

Fang Xuanling winked at ****, and the two of them retreated, leaving only Zhang Xuan and Lu Sijian in the big tent.

"I just want to talk to Mr. Lu."

Zhang Xuan filled him with a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Relax, there will be no record. We chat casually like drinkers."

Lu Sijian was addicted to alcohol and could not drink alcohol in prison, which made him greedy. He picked up his glass, drank the wine in one go, squinted his eyes and enjoyed it for a moment, then asked with a smile: "Does Zhang want to know the inside story of the Bohai Society?"

Zhang Xuan shook his head and filled him with another glass of wine, "I just want to ask Mr. Lu if he thinks Bohai will succeed?"

Zhang Xuan added with a smile: "Tell me what Mr. Lu thinks."

Lu Sijian sighed long, "Frankly speaking, I thought the Bohai Sea would be very likely to succeed before, because seeing the Sui Dynasty declined, it was no longer able to take care of Hebei, and Bohai Sea has Dou Jiande and again."

Lu Sijian suddenly hesitated for a moment, and Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Please continue, I have known that Dou Jiande and Luo Yi are from the Bohai Society, and I have also confiscated the letter they wrote to your leader."

Lu Sijian nodded silently and continued: "In fact, Luo Yi and Dou Jiande may not be reliable. The key is Goguryeo's support and our own army. I feel that it is very likely to restore Qi Dynasty. But after this storm, I no longer optimistic about the Bohai Association. As long as there is a general, Gao Lie will definitely be defeated."

Zhang Xuan nodded with a smile and said, "Actually, I also hope to have a good relationship with the former Northern Qi family. After all, I have to stay in Qingzhou and Hebei for a long time. I didn't want to make any requests, as long as Bohai would withdraw its troops from Youzhou. It was because we lacked food, so we had to make this worst."

Lu Sijian was so scared that he quickly stood up and saluted, "I dare not take it. This is the villain's ransom, and I must give it to the commander."

"Let me do this! I don't want gold. That's your ancestral wealth, but food is still needed. Even if Duke Lu supports our military rations, Zhang Xuan will remember the support of Duke Lu.

Lu Sijian was surprised and happy. He never thought that this result was that not only was the gold exemption, but he actually got the favor of Zhang Xuan, which was a good thing for his family!
Chapter completed!