Zhang Yuanyan couldn't wait to open the letter and read it.
He read the contents of the letter quickly, his heart beating violently. Yes, it was a handwritten letter from the governor.
After he finished reading, Wei Xiyin reached out to take it. As she read, she asked, "Does your Highness think there's something wrong with this letter?"
"Yes, it's a hunch, but I've checked it several times and I don't know what the problem is." Princess Zhongshan nodded. "I wanted to ask the scout who delivered the letter, but unfortunately he didn't make it."
Wei Xiyin quickly finished reading the letter. It was a military document with bird feathers inserted to indicate urgency, and the governor's seal was at the end of the letter.
After reading the whole article, the general meaning is to ask the Yizhou army throughout the territory to support Guangping County.
She asked Zhang Yuanyan, "Sir, can you see the problem?"
Zhang Yuanyan was immersed in joy, and subconsciously asked back, "What do you mean, girl?"
"The letter requests that the entire Yizhou army support Guangping. What do you think about this, sir?" Wei Xiyin repeated.
Zhang Yuanyan replied without hesitation: "We will respond to the military order, gather our forces, and head to Guangping."
He frowned, "Don't you want to release him, young lady? Although I promised you before, the governor has urgently summoned him, so we will go to rescue him."
Wei Xiyin sighed, "That's not what I meant. Didn't your Excellency see that there was something wrong with this letter?"
After all, it was because of concern that he was confused. Even the princess could see that the letter was a little unusual, but Zhang Yuanyan was completely unaware of it.
"I have served Governor Gong for many years and am very familiar with his handwriting and seal. How could there be any problem?" Zhang Yuanyan said with a stern face, a little unhappy. "Don't worry, young lady. We can't take the food with us. We will leave some for the people of Qinghe County."
He thought the girl was afraid that he would go back on his word, so he added, "As for what happened before, I will never report it to the governor."
Naturally, it refers to the incident in which the Qinghe Wei family robbed the granary.
Upon hearing this, Wei Xiyin frowned slightly, "Sir, you really don't see the problem?"
"Inspector Gong is the governor of a region, responsible for oversight. How could he not know what's happening outside?" She paused, pondering for a moment. "Summoning the Yizhou army to Guangping—not to mention the long journey and the potential for heavy casualties—completely disregards the people of Yizhou. Lord Zhang, do you think this is okay?"
Zhang Yuanyan was stunned for a moment. He swallowed two or three times and defended himself, "Governor Gong is definitely not that kind of person. It's possible that he agrees with the young lady and wants to gather the army, eliminate the monsters, and stabilize Yizhou."
Wei Xiyin nodded. "Even if it's as Lord Zhang said, then why did Governor Gong specifically mention the Guangping Gu family in his letter? And why did he describe the Gu family's situation in such detail?"
"This is what's so strange about this military document. It doesn't detail the current situation in Guangping County, nor does it warn the Yizhou Army of the dangers along the way. Instead, it repeatedly mentions the Gu family, as if implicitly telling the Yizhou Army to rush to Guangping to rescue the Gu family."
Princess Zhongshan suddenly understood what was going on and she thought the letter was very strange.
Wei Xiyin pointed out all the points in the letter, "You should know that Guangping County is the seat of Yizhou, and there are many aristocratic families, big and small. Aside from having a fortress, what else can the Gu family do to compare with the other aristocratic families in the city?"
Zhang Yuanyan moved his lips but couldn't find the words to refute.
He took the envelope, carefully confirmed the handwriting again, and said firmly: "This is the handwriting of the governor, there is no mistake. No matter what, the Yizhou army will never disobey military orders."
Wei Xiyin sighed. This man was really stubborn. She reminded him, "Master Zhang, why don't you show the letter to Gong's Sixth Young Master first?"
It wasn't that she was reluctant to let him go; the letter was filled with a sense of incongruity. Gong Liulang was from the direct line of the Gong family, sharing the same clan as Gong Changjun. While she didn't know the true nature of their uncle-nephew relationship, he certainly knew Gong Changjun better than they did.
Maybe he could see the problem, after all, Wei Xiyin didn't recognize any handwriting.
Zhang Yuanyan nodded upon hearing this, "We are heading to Guangping, and Liu Langjun will naturally come along."
Military documents were originally top secret, but no one cares whether they are top secret or not now. As the garrison troops, they don’t even want food, so why do they still care about these things?
Zhang Yuanyan was extremely anxious and wanted to fly back to the fort immediately to inform Gong Liulang.
He was anxious to make arrangements for the granary, so he pointed to the pile of prisoners outside and asked, "What are you going to do with these people, girl?"
When mentioning this group of captives, Wei Xiyin immediately put Gong Changjun out of her mind. She had no control over what happened to the Yizhou Army.
She said as if it was a matter of course, "What else can we do with him? Naturally, we'll send him back to work."
Zhang Yuanyan twitched his lips. "Didn't you consider that among the captives there are soldiers from the Qingyang government office. They were ordered to come here to ask for food. There must be people alive in Qingyang County. If you take them all back like this, what will happen to those people if they don't get any food for a long time?"
Wei Xiyin thought, what does this have to do with her? Everyone has their own abilities. She was the one who set her eyes on the granary first. How could she let others take her things for free?
If those people can't wait for the food, then they can come here on their own and be taken back to repair the city wall.
Even though she thought so, she couldn't possibly tell Zhang Yuanyan the truth, so she said, "I will leave a hundred of my men behind to guard the granary. Qingyang County is so close, those people can come here on their own if they can't wait for the food."
Once you come, you will never come back.
Zhang Yuanyan didn't understand what she meant, so he nodded and said, "We do need to leave someone behind to guard it. Once the girl has made the arrangements, we'll return to the fort as soon as possible."
Princess Zhongshan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised her head and stared at Wei Xiyin when she heard the word "fortress", her mouth open, unable to speak for a long time.
There is only one fortress in Qinghe County.
Zhang Yuanyan quickly went down to make arrangements. There were many transport vehicles in the granary, and he could go back and ask the group of refugees to help push the vehicles.
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