At the beginning, there is smoke coming out of the ancestral grave, and the woman is busy in the imp

Xie Yuheng's eyes fell on the scar on Pei Ji's left index finger, he smiled gently and asked:

"In that case, would I be honored to invite this chivalrous man who admires Lord Pei to come over and share the moving banquet?"

Before Pei Ji could say anything, the old slave had already turned him around and headed towards the outer gate of Jianglinghou Mansion.

"Uncle Lin, stop! Stop...Lin Yi, you are so arrogant!"

No matter how much Pei Ji cursed, Lin Yi pretended to be deaf and dumb to the end.

It's not that he doesn't respect the young master. Since the new emperor's people found the young master, they also arranged money for the mansion.

However, the young master refused them all. On weekdays, they only make a living by taking on some carpentry jobs or copying letters for others.

It's okay in summer, but when winter comes, the young master's legs hurt when he catches the cold.

I often wake up with pain at night and keep my eyes open until dawn.

If things continue like this, I'm afraid that I will chase you away early, and there will really be no one alive in the Pei family.

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It was said to be a moving party, but in fact only a few friends were invited.

"Eat, why are you so polite to him? This little guy is so rich, come here and eat more."

Zhuang Yun held the serving chopsticks kuku to pick up vegetables for Pei Ji. After a while, a small mountain piled up in Pei Ji's bowl.

Pei Ji turned his head and covered his lips and coughed a few times. After the coughing stopped, he turned his head, lowered his eyes and whispered: "I know..."

He knew that the Marquis of Jiangling lived in an area of ​​3,000 households, and the commander surnamed Chen had told him so, but he didn't believe it at first.

Until Xie Yuheng came to Beijing this year, he had seen the child several times from a distance, and his appearance was indeed very similar to his cousin.

Only then did he become convinced that the Jingzhou prodigy was actually his nephew.

If my grandfather were still alive, he might be very happy to see such an outstanding junior.

Zhuang Yun was puzzled: "You know, then you still won't eat? I still want to come to Jiangling Marquis' Mansion to have dinner every day."

However, his identity was inappropriate... A strange color flashed across Zhuang Yun's eyes.

Jia Sanlong committed suicide in Dali Temple out of fear of crime. When his mother heard about his death, she was so sad that she also followed him.

There's nothing fishy here, even ghosts won't believe it.

Now the case appears to be still in Dali Temple, but in fact it has been transferred to Wude Division.

"What is this? It's very fragrant and delicious."

Zhuang Yun asked, pointing to a dish with his chopsticks.

Xie Yuheng explained aloud: "This is a recipe from southwest Jiaozhou. Peel the shells of fresh pumpkin seeds, remove the kernels, and bake them into tofu."

"Add it to the soup stock made from chicken, duck, etc., and simmer over low heat for an hour."

Zhuang Yun exclaimed: "After eating such exquisite food, how can I eat the pig food like food from Guanglu Temple again?"

Xie Yuheng raised his lips and smiled, and asked tentatively: "Uncle Zhuang also said that I am extremely rich."

"It's affordable for ten uncles to come and eat and drink."

"If Uncle Zhuang eats directly at home every day, he can save the cost of hiring a cook."

Zhuang Yun shook his head and declined, directly changing the topic to something else.

Xie Yuheng picked up a piece of steamed goose breast and put it into his mouth, thoughtfully.

After dinner, Zhuang Yun and Si Yuandao went to the study room to discuss the water conditions in the south of the Yangtze River.

Xie Yuheng dismissed the irrelevant people and suggested to Pei Ji that Xie Zhiyi show him his legs.

Pei Ji's fingers under his sleeves curled up slightly, and he flatly refused: "No, no, men and women are not allowed to kiss each other."

"How can I tarnish this girl's reputation with my humble and mutilated body?"

Xie Zhiyi put down the small medicine box and looked at Pei Ji with his hands on his hips.

That look seemed to be looking at a disobedient child of several years old.

"Doctors do not see distinction between men and women."

Pei Ji was speechless for a moment.

After a while, the man smiled bitterly and lifted up his robe slightly, leaving the lower half of his trousers empty.

Xie Yuheng and old slave Lin Yi looked at each other and went out one after another.

In the corridor of the small courtyard, the greenery hurts the soul.

Looking at the broken flowers all over the courtyard and listening to Lin Yi's narration of the Pei family's old stories, I felt even more sad.

"I think the Marquis also knows that the procuratorates usually stay in the capital on the left and leave outside on the right."

"Not to mention that when you were the censor of Zuodu, you were the top leader of the Procuratorate."

"But that year, the deposed emperor sent you to Liangzhou as governor. Not long after your return to Beijing, the deposed emperor became obsessed with the way of young girls cultivating immortality..."

"My lord gave me good advice, but I ended up like this."

Lin Yi sighed when he said this. When his cousin was only a few years old, she almost entered the palace.

Xie Yuheng's starry eyes narrowed slightly, and a thought flashed through his mind.

'Did great-grandfather Pei secretly investigate that the Chu Emperor would not live to be fifty? '

Lin Yi wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes and continued: "I and the young master always feel that there should be a hidden secret here."

"My lord must have had other tasks back then, and the governor was just a cover."

"But when the old slave accompanied the young master on a study tour in Yangzhou and learned about the confiscation of the Pei family, both the master and the two masters had been beheaded."

"The remaining men were exiled to Fengcheng, Youzhou, while the women... worked as military prostitutes in Yizhou."

"Your Majesty also sent people to look for it in Yizhou, but he couldn't find it. It's a blessing among misfortunes."

Xie Yuheng's hand exerted force, and the peony flower pot placed here cracked directly, and soil residue fell rustling down.

Her voice was tight and she asked: "Then why is Uncle Pei Ji the only one left?"

"When I was still young, the officer who escorted me to Youzhou encountered a heavy avalanche and died on the mountain."

An ethereal male voice sounded.

At some point, Rong Shi pushed Pei Ji out of the room and stopped not far away.

The candlelight in the corridor swayed on the man's thin face, with a pair of auspicious eyes full of sadness.

Pei Ji looked up at the dark night sky, laughed to himself, and said:

"At that time, I was still thinking that I would never be a fugitive, and that the Pei family would one day make a comeback..."

"In the end, all I found were the bodies of my brothers. If it weren't for the people who followed the Pei family and came to the rescue in time, I would have been killed by the sword."

"In the end, we fled to the deep mountains and old forests outside Fengcheng, and only Uncle Lin and I were left."

Just a few words and a half-life of suffering.

From a carefree young master who only read the books of sages, he became a criminal, then a fugitive, and finally became a savage in the mountains.

When I was most hungry, I fought with a vicious dog for food.

When it was the coldest... my legs were frozen and I became a cripple who could no longer walk.

Xie Yuheng felt strange when his eyes fell on the wry smile on Pei Ji's face.

It’s just that I don’t know who was behind the pursuit of the Pei family?

Is it an enemy from the past, or the hand behind the scenes that controls the fate of the emperor...

The sadness made several people almost breathless. Xie Yuheng deliberately changed the topic and said:

"Is this knight mistaken? You said he is not my cousin, so why do you recognize me now?"

Pei Ji coughed a few times in embarrassment, lowered his head and said:

"Uncle Lin has revealed everything about the Pei family to you little guy, so don't make fun of me."

"Well...that won't work. Let me think about how to punish Uncle Pei."

Xie Yuheng pretended to be deep in thought, pacing back and forth.

Suddenly he clapped his hands and said, "How about I punish my uncle to accompany Yu Heng back to Jiangling for a kiss?"

Passing the Jinshi examination is a matter of honoring one's ancestors.