It was July, and the heat was already unbearable. The ice jar in the main hall had long since melted into water. The room was stuffy and hot, and Lu Yanluo couldn't help feeling a little restless.

She didn't want to go around in circles with Xie Tianzhang anymore. The current situation at Tianque Pass was still unknown, and it was also unclear whether the men led by Shen He had met up with Xiao Ran. Everything was still waiting for her to take care of, and she had no time to waste here.

"Okay." Lu Yanluo looked at Xie Tianzhang coldly, and said in a pressing tone: "Since Lord Xie said so, then this princess doesn't mind settling accounts with you."

Under Xie Tianzhang's puzzled gaze, Lu Yanluo slowly spoke: "The Tatuo troops are at the gates of the city, and the Night King was ordered to lead the army to fight. That was the order of His Majesty himself, and everyone in the court knew it. So when you said that you didn't know that Tianque Pass was going to go to war, you were lying! It was an excuse to refuse to pay grain!"

"For your own selfish interests, you watched those soldiers starve to death. Xie Tianzhang, you are unworthy of being a soldier! What? After leaving the Cheng family army for many years, have you forgotten your roots?"

"Back then, you led the right wing of the Cheng family army and were trapped in Galan City. For a whole month, no reinforcements arrived and the rice and food were all gone. The people in that city saved money and even ate wild vegetables and tree roots to give you food. That's why you have a good life today. Xie Tianzhang, the many soldiers in Tianque Pass today are you in the past. How could you bear to watch them lose their lives like this!"

"I..." Lu Yanluo's words made Xie Tianzhang feel ashamed. The scenes of fighting side by side with his colleagues in the past came to his mind.

"I'm not..." He was speechless and powerless to refute. Refusing to provide food was out of his own selfish desire. Everything Lu Yanluo said was true. He had nothing to say and felt even more ashamed.

"Thank you, General." Cheng Ruoxue saw that the time was almost right, so she spoke at the right time: "You have lived in the army for many years, so shouldn't you have a deeper understanding of the soldiers on the battlefield? This time, the princess, His Royal Highness Prince Su and I came here not to call for punishment, but to ask for food and grass, to save the soldiers in Tianque Pass who are risking their lives for their country."

"When I was young, my father once said that family and country are of great importance. Being able to sacrifice one's family for the sake of the whole community is an infinite honor for a general. Thank you, General. The lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Tianque Pass depend on your thoughts."

Lu Yanluo and Cheng Ruoxue played the good guy and the bad guy respectively. They understood each other tacitly and completely broke down Xie Tianzhang's defenses with every word.

He felt ashamed and regretful, and felt that he did not deserve the title of General Xie.

"Okay, I, Xie Tianzhang, will give you the food!" Xie Tianzhang knelt down neatly and kowtowed three times to Lu Yanluo.

When he looked up again, he said with a red forehead and red eyes: "Princess Ye, His Royal Highness Prince Su, Niece Ruoxue, I am sorry for everyone. I was blinded by greed and forgot my roots. Old Xie, I am ashamed of those soldiers who charged into battle!"

In order to make up for his mistake, Xie Tianzhang said firmly: "I will immediately organize Qingzhou's food and supplies and send them to Tianque Pass immediately. When the war stops, I... I will personally go to His Royal Highness the Night King and those soldiers to apologize!"

Xie Tianzhang was also a man of temperament. Having agreed, he would not go back on his word. Within just one day, all the food and supplies in Qingzhou had been prepared and sent to Tianque Pass.

At the gate of Qingzhou city.

Lu Yanluo rode on her horse, watching the grain carts leaving the city one after another, and she felt a little more at ease.

Shen He's team has many people and their pace is slow. Even if they have already reunited with Xiao Ran, it will probably take another half a month to reach Tianque Pass.

Now the food and grass from Qingzhou have been sent out. Within two days, they will be delivered to Tianque Pass, which will definitely solve the urgent problem there.

"Sister Ruixue." Lu Yanluo looked at Cheng Ruoxue and said, "I'll trouble you to escort the grain and grass for the time being. Chu Chen and I are going to Tongzhou. After we finish the work in Tongzhou, Chu Chen and I will go to Tianque Pass to look for you. You must be careful along the way."

In order to avoid any problems with the food and grass along the way, Lu Yanluo decided to let Cheng Ruoxue escort the food and grass to Tianque Pass first, while she and Chu Chen turned around and went to Tongzhou.

Although Qingzhou has food, there are more than 500,000 people in the Qingzhou provincial capital, and these people also need food, so the food sent to Tianque Pass is not enough to support the end of the war.

In contrast, Tongzhou, a provincial capital, has only more than 300,000 people. It can be said to be a place with vast land and rich resources. Tongzhou is Lu Yanluo's target this time.

"Sister-in-law." Chu Chen rode on his horse and walked to Lu Yanluo's side. He said with some concern: "I have heard of Wang Jiyang, the prefect of Tongzhou. He is a real civil servant with a small stomach and a heart. I am afraid he is not as easy to deal with as Xie Tianzhang."

Lu Yanluo squeezed the horse's belly and drove it forward, saying calmly: "I don't care if he is a civil servant or an official. We are holding the imperial edict. Is he going to disobey it? No matter what, we have to give him the food even if he doesn't want to!"

The two of them went all the way to Tongzhou, but no one expected that the gate of Tongzhou was closed. They rushed all the way without seeing a single person.

Chu Chen expected that this trip to Tongzhou to ask for food might not be as simple as in Qingzhou, but he never expected that they could not even get through the gate of Tongzhou and were directly turned away.

Although His Royal Highness Prince Su was not admired by everyone when he grew up, he was still a man of his word. He had never suffered such an injustice before and he immediately became furious.

"Open the gate! I am from the city. I am Prince Su Chuchen. Open the city gate quickly!"

Chu Chen shouted a few times, but there was still no movement in the city. Seeing this, Lu Yanluo said, "Okay, stop shouting. They deliberately locked you and me out of the city. I'm afraid Wang Jiyang has already known about Qingzhou's affairs and is deliberately not seeing us."

Chu Chen said angrily: "I think Wang Jiyang is really bold! How can such a person become the local leader? It's really infuriating!"

The two stood at the city gate for a long time, but still no one in the city opened the door for them. Seeing that Wang Jiyang was determined not to see them, Lu Yanluo did not waste any more time and turned around and left.

"Sister-in-law?" Chu Chen followed closely behind, worried that Lu Yanluo was anxious, and did not forget to comfort her: "Sister-in-law, where are you going? Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to enter the city and force that Wang Jiyang to pay the grain. He won't let me in, but I have to go in anyway!"

Lu Yanluo felt warm in her heart, and she paused for a moment. She turned around and looked at Chu Chen and asked, "How are you going to get in? The city wall is so high that you can't climb up, and the city gate is tightly closed. How are you going to get in?"

"I..." Chu Chen looked back at the towering city wall, a little disappointed: "I'm thinking of a way."

Lu Yanluo chuckled and turned away again.