Rebirth of Bamboo Horse Treacherous

After coming down from the mountain, Pei Ye followed the river to a relatively flat downstream.After dipping in the river water, he tidied up his hair and washed his face, then climbed up the road and walked along the official road.

The official road is very long, stretching for thousands of miles around the foot of the mountain, and there is no trace of human habitation at a glance.

However, Pei Ye was lucky, he ran into a donkey cart pulling firewood not long after he left hungry.

"Young master, what is this...?" The old man who was driving the donkey tightened the reins and stopped beside Pei Ye, looking at him as if he had just been robbed and asked cautiously.

"Ah? It's okay!" Pei Ye was taken aback for a moment, then he quickly smiled and waved his hands, "I accidentally lost my way when I went up the mountain to play."

"Oh." The old man nodded, "It's fine, it's fine! Then where are you going? Do you want me to give you a ride?"

Hearing this, Pei Ye couldn't wish for it more than he could wish for. He nodded quickly, and the little chicken pecked at the rice as if agreeing, "Really? Thank you so much!"

"Hahahaha!" The old man smiled heartily, "Of course it is true! My little grandson is about the same age as you. It's too unsafe for you to stay here alone on such a long road. Get in the car and go to the next market." Then help you find your family!"

Pei Ye nodded, climbed into the donkey cart gratefully, and followed the old man to the market ahead.

It wasn't until the crowded market appeared in front of him that Pei Ye really dared to believe that he had come out of the deserted mountain.Declining the suggestion of the enthusiastic old man to help him find his family, Pei Ye took out some broken silver and stuffed it into the old man's hand as a reward, then waved his hand and said goodbye to the old man with a smile.

There were a lot of people in the market, and Pei Ye's messy appearance was peeked at by passers-by for a long time, which made him dare not go shopping, so he hurriedly found the nearest inn to sneak in.

Without giving the ugly-looking guy time to talk, Pei Ye patted out a bag of silver to seal his mouth, "A room, a table of food, a bucket of bath water, a set of clean clothes, and the rest to buy." A carriage with a groom."

The little boy was taken aback for a moment, and immediately came back to his senses. He took the money bag with his smiling hands and weighed it, "Okay! Don't worry, sir, I'm sure I'll do well for you! Please go upstairs first!"

He quickly led Pei Ye into the guest room, ordered the bath water to come up, ordered the kitchen, and the dexterous guy rushed out to buy other things.

After Pei Ye finished taking a shower, the clothes bought by the boy just arrived.

Dressed up and sitting at the dining table, Pei Ye began to eat.

He had thought about it when he was taking a bath just now, if the time Shen Guzhi said was true, then Dad Pei's prison car would almost arrive in the capital now, Pei Ye was reluctant to let his father be wronged, but he couldn't make any preparations You didn't go directly to the prison car, did you? After much deliberation, Pei Ye decided to quietly go back to Jiangnan to see if his father had left any clues.

After dinner, Pei Ye took advantage of the moment when the boy came up to clear the table, and inquired about the Pei family in Jiangnan. Unfortunately, he didn't know whether it was too remote here, or the matter was not as serious as he imagined. He looked at him in confusion for a long while, and then said with doubts in his eyes, "Is it... the Pei family with the Jiangnan Imperial Merchant hanging? I only know that their business is doing well..."

Pei Ye waved his hand and let him go to work.

After resting all night, Pei Ye dressed up in disguise and took the coachman on the road.

This town is close to the northern border, Pei Ye was planning to go to Fangfang Yan first, to see if he could use the power of the Fang family to help him take care of his father in the capital first.But before he left, he heard the news that Fang Yan was returning to Beijing with the prince, so he had no choice but to hurry to Jiangnan according to the original plan.

Northern Xinjiang and Jiangnan are separated by thousands of miles.

Pei Ye prepared dry food for more than half a month, hurried all the way, and finally arrived in Jiangnan on the 14th day.

The moonlight is hazy, and the lanterns are just beginning to come on.

Pei Ye asked the coachman to drive the carriage to a small alley, took advantage of the darkness, put on his cloak, and got out of the carriage with a sloppy sound.

The Pei Mansion, which used to be so beautiful in the past, is now deserted and defeated.

Standing behind the door of Pei's mansion, Pei Ye felt a twinge of pain in his heart as he looked at the two large intersecting seals on the familiar door.

Looking at the quiet alley, Pei Ye stepped forward and carefully tore off the seal, took out a dagger from his sleeve, and poked the switch through the crack of the door.

The alley at night was very quiet, only the sound of him turning the switch could be heard.Pei Ye stuck to the door holding his breath, carefully squeezed the dagger to move the wooden door switch behind the door, the door switch moved to the right little by little, and finally fell off with a 'click'!

Pei Ye put away his dagger, turned his head and looked to both sides, and seeing that there was still no one there, he pushed open the door and quickly squeezed in sideways.

It was very dark in the garden, but Pei Ye was no stranger to it.Under the hazy moonlight, Pei Ye walked across the back garden to Father Pei's study.

In his previous life, when Papa Pei had an accident, Pei Ye was locked in a small dark room to reflect, and when he came out, the dust had settled.At that time, Father Pei didn't know what method he used to keep Pei's garden with him, so that he lived peacefully with the old housekeeper in the garden for several years.

But now, it was obvious that things happened too suddenly, and Dad Pei was taken away without any preparation, and let alone the old housekeeper, even Pei's home was directly sealed...

Pushing open the door of Father Pei's study, Pei Ye took out the Ye Mingzhu he got from Shen Guzhi to light up the whole study.

The study room was neatly arranged, and there were no traces of fighting, but the half-calculated ledger was still spread out on the table, the ink on it was dry, and there was a brush with a dry nib pressed against it.

Pei Ye picked up the ledger and flipped through it. It was just a normal restaurant expense ledger. Pei Ye flipped through it and put it down.

The Pei family's industrial chain is very large, ranging from weapons configuration to firewood, rice, oil and salt. It seems that there is such a small restaurant, because Mrs. Pei loved to eat there in the early years and was later ordered by Mr. Pei.Pei Ye vaguely remembered that their family used to go there often, but after Mrs. Pei died of a serious illness, Father Pei didn't want to see him and missed others, so he never went there again, and even Pei Ye gradually became estranged from there.

How could such a small restaurant ledger appear on Dad Pei's desk?

If it was before, Pei Ye would still believe that it was Father Pei who missed his mother so much, but now, Pei Ye decided to go there if there is no other clue in the end.

Holding the Ye Mingzhu, Pei Ye searched all over Father Pei's study, and then went to Father Pei's yard and his own Floating Light Courtyard, but still found nothing.

Standing in the deserted courtyard, Pei Ye looked up at the hazy full moon above his head, and when he was about to leave, he turned around and entered the ancestral hall where the ancestors of the Pei family were enshrined.

In the cold ancestral hall and the cold tablets, Pei Ye took out a fire pocket and lit the white candles on both sides of the table, looking at the three small characters in regular script on the tablet of his mother on the bottom floor, his eyes turned red, and he almost shed tears.

mother...

When he lost his mother at the age of three, he could hide in the quilt and tell himself while crying, it's okay, he still has a father.

But when his father was about to leave, he realized that he was so afraid of being alone.

Pick up the three sticks of incense next to the candle, light them up, bow down, and place them in the incense burner.Pei Ye took two steps back, knelt down on the tuanpu to his mother, and respectfully kowtowed three times to the ancestors of the Pei family.

He leaned down with his forehead against the cold floor, listening to the sound of the candle flames jumping, Pei Ye was like a child who has been wronged and found his mother, his nose was sore, and all the anxiety in his heart turned into tears in an instant, drop by drop. On the ground, and then blurred into a blossoming of small flowers scattered.

Hiding in the ancestral hall where no one could see, kneeling under his mother's memorial tablet, Pei Ye stood up after crying, rubbed his red eyes, and smiled with a little nasal tone, "I'm sorry, mother... ..."

Gently reaching out to touch the cold name on the mother's tablet, Pei Ye bent his red eyes and turned away.

The coachman was still waiting at the entrance of the alley, Pei Ye came out from the back door, took out the seal and pasted it in the same way, took a deep breath, calmed down before turning and leaving.

It's not the time to cry yet, he still has a lot to do, it's not too late, right!It's never too late!

Following the coachman turned around and rushed to the restaurant, Pei Ye looked at the plaque and began to knock on the door.

"Who?"

There was a gleam of light from the crack of the door, followed by the sound of people walking over.

The wooden door opened, and the old man holding the candle in the door was stunned, looking at the person outside the door who was wrapped in a big black cloak, he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Pei Ye raised his hand and pulled down the brim of his cloak, watching the old man show a happy but sour smile.

"Little Master!"

"Uncle An."

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Suddenly remembering the current unstable situation, Steward An hurriedly opened the door and pulled Pei Ye in, looked outside and said, "Come in quickly! It's not peaceful now, young master, you can't go out so casually!"

"En, I know." Pei Ye nodded repeatedly, seeing that Butler An was about to close the door when he entered the house, so he quickly stopped him, "Wait, Uncle An, there is a carriage driver outside, let him come in too." .”

"The driver?" Steward An looked out with sharp eyes.

"Well, I was hired in a small town."

"Do you know what happened to our Pei family recently?"

Pei Ye shook his head, "They are relatively remote, they don't know the Pei family, and they don't know that I am the young master of the Pei family."

"Oh~" Butler An nodded and breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, but it can't be used anymore. I'll know sooner or later if I run around like this with you. Let people come in first at night, and Uncle An will give it to you tomorrow." You arrange."

"OK, all right."

The restaurant built a threshold, and it was difficult for a carriage to come in. Steward An asked the coachman to go around and rushed to the back door to bring the carriage in.