During the period when the Luo Bingzhang case was brewing and fermenting, his wife Fu Shanxiang gave birth to a second daughter for Wu Chaoyue. Although he knew that the comprador's grandfather would definitely be disappointed, Wu Chaoyue sent someone to bring the news back to Shanghai. As a result, when the Qing Dynasty began to investigate the Luo Bingzhang case, the comprador of Wu also sent Wu Chaoyue the highest instructions from the Wu family to continue giving birth, and to take a few more concubines together until the son was born!

As a man, Wu Chaoyue would never refuse such a good thing as taking a few more beautiful concubines, but Wu Chaoyue didn't care much about giving birth to a son. First, Wu Chaoyue was still young, and his wife Yang Yuru and her favorite concubine Feng Wanzhen were even younger. In the future, there would be opportunities and time to have a son. Second, the current situation does not allow Wu Chaoyue to be too addicted to men and women, and he could only focus his main energy on preparing to rise up and dealing with the upcoming Second Opium War.

The Taiping Army still made Wu Chaoyue dare not take it lightly. The favorable situation of confrontation across the lake on the Jiujiang battlefield was launched, but the main force of the Taiping Army's naval division was still stationed in Hukou and Pengze areas, and still put huge pressure on the Hubei border. At the same time, the Taiping Army's land division was also constantly invading the south, and had already taken down Raozhou, Anren, Fuzhou and other places, and advanced to Nanchang again. The panicked Wenjun asked Yang Wending several times to lead the army south to assist in the battle. Although Yang Wending was always rejected by the excuse that Jiujiang was still in danger, once the Taiping Army really attacked Nanchang again, Yang Wending would not be able to explain to the Qing court if he did not send troops to rescue Nanchang again.

Wu Chaoyue did not want to fight the Taiping Army again, nor did he want to use a lot of manpower, material resources and precious weapons in vain to save Jiangxi. For Wu Chaoyue, the best choice for the Taiping Army is to capture southern Jiangxi, use southern Jiangxi as the advance base to attack Hunan, and weaken Chu Yong and the rebuilt Hunan Army for himself. But unfortunately, Wu Chaoyue could not command the Taiping Army, and the Taiping Army showed no sign of preparation for doing so.

"It would be great if we could contact Yang Xiuqing again."

After this idea came up, Wu Chaoyue took a little risk and asked Yung Hong to try to contact Hong Renyu and let the Taiping Army secret envoy who had been maintaining secret trade with the Daye Iron Factory bring a message to Hong Renyu, hoping that Hong Renyu could come to Daye again as a guest.

However, Wu Chaoyue did not have much hope for this, because he was named the founder of the State Council, and now he has gradually gained some fame in the Qing court. He has been one of the key targets of the Qing court. Whether Hong Renyu will risk being executed by Lingchi will come to Hubei to meet him, Wu Chaoyue is not sure.

Next, what made Wu Chaoyue happy the most was of course his own treacherous plan. Luo Bingzhang, the mother of the Hunan Army, was finally driven out of Hunan by the Qing court. Chu Yong and the Hunan Army, who were raised by Luo Bingzhang, had a great morale. The Taiping Army's future invasion of Hunan was bright. However, it was still a pity that if Yang Xiuqing and the Taiping Army, who had too low comprehensive quality, could see this and find this god-given opportunity, Wu Chaoyue could not guarantee it.

Coincidentally, on the second day after confirming Luo Bingzhang's fall through Sushun channels, Wu Chaoyue received another letter from Yang Wending, saying that it was because the Taiping Army's land division gathered in Fuzhou and showed signs of going north to Nanchang. Wenjun once again asked Yang Wending to send troops south to reinforce Nanchang. Yang Wending, who actually held an official position in Jiujiang Road, Jiangxi, was forced, but he could only agree that once the Taiping Army went north to Nanchang, he would immediately send troops to reinforce, so as to delay perfunctorily.

Wu Chaoyue knew that Yang Wending was under great pressure, so he did not blame Yang Wending for saying that he was dead. He could only hope that the miracle would appear and contact Yang Xiuqing as soon as possible, and asked Yang Wending to make preparations to send a second-line army to perfunctory Wenjun. As a result, just when he signed and used a seal on the letter written by Zhao Liewen, a personal soldier suddenly came to report outside the door, "Report to the Lord Futai, the alternate magistrate Zeng Guoquan, and asked for a meeting."

"Zeng Guoquan? He is not studying hard in the martial arts school, why are he coming to me for? He can't help but want to send troops to fight?"

Wu Chaoyue was a little confused, but considering that Zeng Guoquan was his uncle after all, Wu Chaoyue nodded and agreed to meet Zeng Guoquan. What surprised Wu Chaoyue was that Zeng Guoquan was not alone. In addition to him, he also brought a young man and a young girl, all wearing filial piety clothes. The young man was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with handsome eyebrows and elegant temperament, while the girl lowered her head and couldn't see clearly.

"Uncle Jiu, are they...?" Wu Chaoyue asked in confusion.

"Go back to Wu Futai, they are my brother's eldest son Zeng Jize and his eldest daughter Zeng Jijing." Zeng Guoquan answered truthfully, and then ordered the young man and the girl: "Ji Ze, Ji Jing, why don't you greet Wu Futai quickly?"

"Caomin Zeng Jize has met Master Futai."

"Minister Zeng Jijing has met Master Futai."

After all, he was from a famous family. Zeng Jize and Zeng Jijing were both dignified and polite. Even if they were a little nervous, they were not panicked at all during the week. However, Wu Chaoyue, who had always been careless, jumped up and shouted: "So they are my junior brother and junior sister! Junior brother, junior sister, please get up quickly, please get up quickly, there is no need for so many rules here."

As he said that, Wu Chaoyue helped Zeng Jize up and helped Zeng Guofan's eldest daughter Zeng Jijing. However, he first touched a pair of tender and fair hands, and then saw a pretty face full of blushing. Then Wu Chaoyue's heart beat violently and said to himself: "I didn't expect that the teacher's daughter is so beautiful, so she betrothed by others?"

Wu Chaoyue cannot be blamed for being too lustful. It is because the genetic genes of the Zeng family are indeed quite good. Even wearing a mourning clothes and plain flowers on their heads, it is hard to hide Zeng Jijing's charming appearance. On the contrary, it also highlights Zeng Jijing's rosy lips and blushing face, making Wu Chaoyue unable to help but have such an idea, "It's too early to get married, Teacher Zeng, why haven't you ever thought of begging your daughter to your most outstanding student? Judging from your daughter's appearance, she looks like she is only sixteen or seventeen years old. Is it just right to betroth it to me?"

It was Zeng Guoquan's cough reminder that Wu Chaoyue did not show his appearance as a pig. Then Zeng Guoquan also said to Zeng Jijing: "Big niece, don't care. Wu Futai often deals with foreigners and is used to the etiquette of foreigners, not intentionally."

Zeng Jijing, who accidentally held her white and tender hands dirty, nodded shyly and did not say anything. Wu Chaoyue then remembered that according to the rules of this era, even if he touched his junior sister's hand, he might force her to jump into the river and commit suicide. He was also a little embarrassed and scratched his head and smiled: "Junior sister, I have indeed dealt with foreigners too much, and I have confused the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty and foreigners. Please sit down, please sit down."

It was after everyone had sat down that Wu Chaoyue remembered to ask Zeng Guoquan about their purpose. Zeng Guoquan replied: "That's right. Ji Ze and Ji Jing heard that Jiujiang had been restored, so they planned to go to Poyang Lake to worship their brothers. When they passed by Hankou, I brought them here. First, they wanted them to pay homage to you and know you, and second, they wanted to ask your nephew to help you and send letters to Jiujiang. If possible, please send a boat to the Jiujiang army to send Ji Ze and the others to the Ash Mountain where their brother died for their country."

"A small matter is a matter of time, I will ask someone to write a letter immediately." Wu Chaoyue agreed and said, "It is definitely not a big problem to go to Huishan to worship. There is no war there anymore. I ask Wang Fu and Bao Chao and others to try their best to send you junior brothers to Huishan to worship once."

Zeng Guoquan and Zeng Jize were overjoyed and quickly thanked Wu Chaoyue. Zeng Jijing also left the seat to thank him, but did not say a sound. There were still two blushings on her white and tender face, obviously she was still shy about the frivolous thing that was just now by Wu Chaoyue. Wu Chaoyue was itchy and suddenly remembered a big thing, and then slapped her thigh and said annoyedly: "Oh, why did I forget such a big thing?"

When Zeng Jijing looked up at Wu Chaoyue in surprise, Zeng Guoquan also asked Wu Chaoyue about what he had forgotten. Wu Chaoyue replied: "I have made a detailed investigation on the body of my mentor. After his mentor died in the country, Changmao buried his body in a coffin and transported it to Hukou, maybe he wanted to send it to Jiangning to find Hong Yangfa to seek revenge for merit. During the Jiujiang War, after Luo Dagang, who was surrounded by us, committed suicide, we also buried his body in a coffin. Why didn't I think about contacting Changmao and using Luo Dagang's body to exchange for his mentor's body?"

After saying this quickly, Wu Chaoyue complained to himself in his heart and said to himself: "I am really too confused. I want to contact Yang Xiuqing. I can use this open and upright method!"

Wu Chaoyue complained that he was smart and confused for a lifetime, but Zeng Guoquan, Zeng Jize and others were already overjoyed. They quickly begged Wu Chaoyue to act according to the plan and let Zeng Guofan's body be buried back to the ancestral tomb. Zeng Jijing also bowed to Wu Chaoyue again, and his voice was tender, "Brother, if he could really exchange his father's body, his little sister would be crushed to pieces and tied up grass and rings, and would definitely repay his brother's great kindness."

"Junior sister, don't say that. Your father is my teacher. It is my duty to get his body back."

Wu Chaoyue was hypocritical and immediately called a master and asked him to write a letter to Wei Jun, who is currently in Hukou, asking him to exchange Luo Dagang's body for Zeng Guofan's body, and then immediately sent a clutch to send it back to Jiujiang, so that Yang Wending would contact the Taiping Army first and seek the Taiping Army's opinions. Then Wu Chaoyue ordered a banquet to entertain Zeng Guoquan's uncle and nephew and his beautiful junior sister.

During the meal, Wu Chaoyue naturally had to ask Zeng Jize where his brother and sister lived. After learning that Zeng Jize and sister were living on the boat, Wu Chaoyue immediately invited Zeng Jize and sister to live in his home. Zeng Jize and sister refused, so they had to accept Wu Chaoyue's kindness and agreed to stay there. Zeng Guoquan, because of his heavy schoolwork, went back to Hankou and continued to live in the collective dormitory after dinner.

Wu Chaoyue's hypocritical face of caring for his junior brother and sister can only deceive others, but Wu Dasai, the captain of the personal soldiers who have been with him for many years, just sent someone to send Zeng Jize to the backyard to live. When there were no other outsiders, Wu Dasai immediately came up and asked in a low voice with a smile: "Young Master Sun, should you send someone to put some medicine in Miss Zeng's tea?"

"What are you doing with medicine?" Wu Chaoyue didn't react for a moment.

"Of course, I'm helping you to do good things, Mr. Sun." Wu Dasai said with a smile: "Others can't see it, but I can't see it as young as I can? Mr. Sun, the look of Miss Zeng is no different from the look you saw when you saw a beautiful girl in Shanghai."

"Shut up! She is my junior sister and has a filial piety. Can I do that to her? She is the central army in the governor's yamen, and her words are still so light or heavy!"

While scolding Wu Dasai with righteous words, Wu Chaoyue couldn't help but mutter in his heart, "Junior sister, if I can really welcome the teacher's body back, I don't want it. I will be even more reluctant to let you break into pieces. I will be satisfied with that night."

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Let's take a look at the situation in Hukou. After Wu Chaoyue asked for a letter to be sent to Hukou City by a letter from a Qing army messenger who was wearing a white flag, Wei Jun, whose brother died at Wu Chaoyue's hands, did not want to agree. However, Luo Dagang was very motivated. All the generals of the remnants of the Taiping Army in Jiujiang, led by Lin Qirong, begged Wei Jun to agree to the matter and welcome Luo Dagang's body back to be buried. In addition, many of the Taiping Navy generals were Luo Dagang's old subordinates, and they all helped Lin Qirong to ask Lin Qirong for his request. In the face of the uncontradictory intentions, Wei Jun could only agree to ask Yang Xiuqing whether to agree or not, and let the Qing army wait patiently for the news.

Originally, Wei Jun thought that Yang Xiuqing was unlikely to agree to such a thing, but what surprised Wei Jun was that within a few days, Yang Xiuqing not only sent an order to agree to the exchange with the express express, but also named his absolute confidant Hou Yukuan, the general in Hukou, to handle the matter personally, and outsiders were not allowed to intervene! The reason was of course to avoid the famously treacherous Wu Chaoyue taking the opportunity to bribe and spy and other tricks.

The next thing is much easier to handle. Hou Yukuan came forward to contact Yang Wending and asked Yang Wending to decide the time and place of exchange. Yang Wending, who had been ordered by Wu Chaoyue's secret letter, did not immediately agree on the time and place. He just asked Hou Yukuan's origin and identity first, and asked Hou Yukuan if this move was approved by Yang Xiuqing's consent?

As Yang Xiuqing's absolute confidant, Hou Yukuan certainly understood Yang Wending's painting. He immediately replied that he had obtained Yang Xiuqing's consent and directly stated that he could represent Yang Xiuqing. Yang Wending was overjoyed when he saw the letter, so he made an appointment for a time and place to exchange. In the reply, he attached a simple map of Jiangxi to Hou Yukuan, on a red line from Yugan to Fuzhou, to Linjiang and Wanzai.

There was no extra word except the red lines, but after seeing the map sent by Hou Yukuan to the clutch, Yang Xiuqing understood it and knew that Wu Chaoyue was making a promise, promising that as long as the Taiping Army did not cross this border, the new Hubei army would never be dispatched. The Taiping Army, the prefecture and county town of Jiangxi Province, south of the red lines, would fight as much as the Taiping Army wanted, but Wu Chaoyue would never pay attention to it.

I didn't want to continue fighting with Wu Chaoyue anymore, so this map assigned almost two-thirds of the land city in Jiangxi to the Taiping Army. Of course, Yang Xiuqing would not refuse Wu Chaoyue's proposal. He immediately ordered Lai Guiying and Shi Zhenji, who were sieging cities and land in southern Jiangxi, to let them do their best to capture the weak southern and southwestern Jiangxi, and not rashly attack the strong northwestern Jiangxi, and Lai Guiying and Shi Zhenji also attached a similar map.

In the face of the major events that secretly draw the border, the exchange of Zeng Guofan and Luo Dagang's body was naturally not necessary. The Qing army of Jiujiang easily welcomed Zeng Guofan's body. However, this matter was insignificant to Wu Chaoyue and Yang Xiuqing. It was an incredible event and good thing for the Zeng brothers and sisters who originally only hoped to go to Zeng Guofan's death to worship. So when Wu Chaoyue told the Zeng brothers and sisters with a smile that Zeng Guofan's body had been successfully welcomed, Zeng Jize brothers and sisters not only cried out in surprise, but also knelt down to Wu Chaoyue on both knees and cried and thanked him.

"Junior brother, junior sister, please get up quickly, please get up quickly, there is no need to thank me. This is my duty. I have never remembered to welcome my mentor's body before, so I am very sorry for you. Please get up quickly, please get up quickly."

While he was humble, Wu Chaoyue personally helped Zeng Jize and Zeng Jijing up one after another, and habitually forgot the rules of this era that men and women should not be kissed. Not only did they hold Zeng Jijing's tender little hand again, but they also wiped Zeng Jijing's tears with a handkerchief. Finally, it was under the reminder of Wu Dasai's cough that Wu Chaoyue suddenly came to his senses, but it was too late. The magic claws were already placed on Zeng Jijing's pretty face.

Wu Dasai's cough also reminded Zeng Jize and Zeng Jijing who were so excited that they were so excited that they were not seeing their sister being teased. Zeng Jijing's face was flushed with pink face. When she stepped back, Zeng Jijing's heart was still beating faster. She couldn't help but think of a distant past, a few words of conversations between parents who she had accidentally heard...

"Madam, Ji Jing is not young anymore, it's time to find her a family in-laws. Among my most proud disciples, there is a man named Wu Chaoyue, who is extremely talented and of the same age as Ji Jing. What do you think of him?"

"Wu Chaoyue? Could it be the student you said some time ago to lead troops to serve the king? Of course, you can consider it. Ninth brother and the others said that among your students, he and Zhongyuan are the most promising and their family are also well off."

"The family is not just good? Among the richest families in the Qing Dynasty, from the first to the bottom, his family is definitely in the top ten! And I, a student, have another advantage. I don't smoke big cigarettes, don't go to brothels, and have three generations of single-handed children. If I can really make a good deal with Ji Jing, our daughter will only enjoy happiness..."

Thinking of these words that he had heard accidentally, Zeng Jijing's heartbeat was getting faster and faster, and he couldn't help but quietly glance at Wu Chaoyue with an embarrassed face and said to himself: "You got married first, so your parents didn't mention this matter later."

("Daughter, don't be deceived by this hypocrite. He worked so hard to welcome my body back. In addition to secretly contacting Changmao, he also had no kindness to you! Leave him immediately, the farther away from him, the better!" Zeng Guofan's spirit in the sky roared.)
Chapter completed!