I'm afraid you'll be widowed

When Pei Xuan spoke, he was still smiling.

But Pei Gong still felt that something was weighing on his heart for a moment.

He could easily perceive a kind of loneliness and helplessness that could not be easily appeased from his elder brother Pei Xuan's eyes.

Seeing this, Mrs. Gu stretched out her hand with a smile again, picked up bamboo shoots and chicken breasts, and put them into Pei Gong's bowl: "Be frugal, eat more."

Pei Gong's chopsticks froze.

He remembered that this was the second brother's favorite dish.

A family of brothers and sisters seems to be all together, but it always seems to be missing one piece.

Pei Gong didn't say a word, just nodded, then lowered his head, silently cared about his meal, and didn't think about anything else.

When the meal came to an end, everyone left the table one after another.Pei Gong was not in a hurry to leave, instead he picked up the jug and poured wine for Pei Xuan.

Pei Xuan rolled his eyes: "Jian Rang, you have been depressed all day, and you are venting your anger through Si Qi, and you still think I can't see it?"

"Brother, I know I can't hide it from you."

"My elder brother and sister-in-law have taken care of me for so many years, and now I want to take care of you too."

Pei Xuan calmly took the cup and ate Pei Gongjing's Hantan incense: "Jian Rang, if Ling Jin is still here today, wouldn't you be hiding your thoughts like you are now, and have already told him everything? "

Pei Gong's hand holding the jug paused slightly.

Pei Xuan didn't make a fool of himself, and said directly, "I heard about Fang Pingshi's death."

"I asked the housekeeper to pay some money and help him find Wucheng Bingmasi to take care of the funeral. You don't have to worry."

Pei Gong was extremely surprised, he raised his head to meet Pei Xuan's sight.

"Big brother..."

Pei Xuan smiled lightly and said, "Death is the most important thing, so we have to go to the ground to rest in peace."

"If you go, it will inevitably make father unhappy again. Big brother knows what you think, so naturally he won't make things difficult for you."

Hearing this, Pei Gong slowly raised the corners of his lips while supporting Pei Xuan.

The two brothers met each other's eyes, and words were better than words.

Pei Gong felt relieved.

I don't know when it started, but in my memory, I always scolded his elder brother with a ruler, and somehow became a lot gentler to him.

Pei Gong couldn't help frowning, but this time he was more worried about Pei Xuan's body: "Thank you big brother, I made big brother work hard again."

Pei Xuan patted Pei Gong's shoulder with a smile, and called him, "Little bastard."

But this time, the eldest brother didn't have the slightest bit of blame and disappointment in his expression like before, and what was left was only palpable care and love.

Pei Gong looked at Pei Xuan, dazed to himself.

Ever since elder brother Pei Xuan accidentally fell off his horse on the battlefield against the Tatars, leaving behind a lame leg with old injuries, Pei Gong hadn't seen his elder brother smile like this for a long time.

Pei Xuan's generous palm rested on Pei Gong's shoulder, calm and solid.

Since childhood, Pei Gong has been used to being protected by his elder brother.Although he also wanted to share his elder brother's worries, and felt sorry for his elder brother's painstaking efforts, he always naturally put himself in the position of "younger brother".

Only now Pei Gong finally realized that he did not know when, he had already grown in wings, and he became a son who was on par with his elder brother, and even surpassed him.

He can ride a steed that his elder brother can no longer get on; he can dance a whole set of saber techniques that elder brother only needs to swing two or three times before he falls; A limp in the leg.

He has already been able to do too many things, but the eldest brother can't do it easily.

More importantly, now he is the only one who can bear the deep hopes of the Pei family.

After a few glasses of wine, Pei Xuan seemed to have opened up the chatter box, so he calmly said to Pei Gong, "Jian Rang, you once asked me why you knew that the Thirteen Divisions were staring at Duke Liang's mansion, and you knew that as long as you guarded the frontier , our Pei family will not have a good end, but my father and I have to go to the border one by one, and send Ling Jin to Xuanfu?"

"I can tell you now. Not only because the Pei family has you, but also Jianxian and Siqi, our Pei family must continue."

"There are still tens of thousands of families in this world. They live and thrive at the border and cannot be moved away. They cannot withstand even one looting by the Tatars."

"There are countless frontier soldiers around us who fought for their families and the country. Their lives matter. They also have parents, wives, daughters, brothers and sisters. None of them should die in vain."

Peace and stability in this world will always be bought at a huge price.

Since the price can be paid by the soldiers of the frontier army, it can also be paid by any son of the Pei family.

Pei Gong lowered his eyes, suddenly feeling extremely complicated.

"Before you didn't want to go to Xianghai, you said that the inner guards of the Thirteenth Division were just bullshit." Pei Xuan's face was light, "Jian Rang, do you think elder brother doesn't hate the inner guards?"

"As the eldest son of Duke Liang's mansion, people around me said that I was useless and a general of a defeated army. The reason why I have these unsavory remarks is all thanks to the Thirteenth Division. I hate the inner guard, I hate it , I would rather sacrifice my life for the country, and I would like to drive those inner guards away from my side."

"But as the eldest brother of the Pei family, I can't watch my siblings suffer a little bit of harm, I can't let my family be displaced, and I don't want to see you go down the old path of me and Ling Jin because of seeing a criminal inside guard."

"Thrifty, rigidity is easy to break. The internal guards of the Thirteenth Division are all cunning foxes. To deal with these people, you have to be more cunning and more patient than them." Of course, all the hardships and hardships will not be in vain. "How can a person who has not experienced thousands of hammers take on the responsibility of protecting the lives of others?"

"Defending the frontier and defending the country is destined to be the destiny of our Pei family forever."

Pei Gong was startled when he heard that, but was suddenly brought back to his senses by Pei Xuan's pat on the shoulder: "Brother, I believe you can distinguish good from evil, loyal and evil, and right from wrong."

"You just let go and do it. If you think big brother can help, then come and discuss with big brother. If big brother can teach you, he will never hide it."

Pei Gong hesitated to speak, but finally nodded heavily.

Pei Xuan stretched out his hand and patted Pei Gong's face, and said to him: "But you must remember that frugality is what you want. Haste makes waste. Things in this world are afraid of those who have ambitions, but you have to be patient. "

In Pei Gong's eyes, there was a sparkle that had never been revealed before, and he said: "Brother, be humble and be taught."

"Second brother declared soldiers to the mansion for us, and protected the family's prosperity and wealth. Now that he passed away unjustly, he is lonely and lonely in a foreign land. It's time for me to take second brother home."

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day.

After Pei Gong had a night of drinking with his elder brother, he suddenly felt that most of his worries had disappeared.When he woke up the next day, he no longer felt half-drowsy.

Although he is an idler now, Jin Yiwei still has his dental badge.

He went to the Bing Ma Si, a dignified Pei Baihu, and he was also a sixth-rank official, so it was somewhat useful.

"Why are you here again?" Xicheng Bingmasi couldn't help but wonder, "Didn't you ask carefully before?"

"Last night, Jin Yiwei came and carried away the corpses."

"Why do Master Baihu come to ask today?"

"This matter is tricky, so we have to sort it out again." Pei Gong didn't change his expression, he didn't feel bothered, a few lies had already been brought up to the point where he believed them all, "In case we missed something by mistake, we'll have to tear it apart twice. Spend your energy."

"There are many tributaries of the Lu River, and I'm afraid there are many backwaters among them. The place where the body was found must not be the place where it fell into the water."

Pei Gong has a tooth plate to prove his identity, and he speaks with dignity.Since they were helping Fang Cenxi to investigate the cause of death, Bing Masi's people naturally did not stop him, and asked many clues for a while, so he got away with it.

Pei Gong searched upstream outside the city along the river, trying to find some clues.

In the end, he was not far from the city, but unexpectedly saw the figure of the inner guard among the reed stalls.Pei Gong held his breath and hid himself in the dry reeds, quietly observing the inner guard's every move to clean up the scene.

Only this time, Pei Gong unexpectedly didn't see Lin Yuan, he heard someone calling the leading co-leader "Zeng Zhe".

Things seemed to be getting more and more complicated, and Pei Gong had no idea for a while, so he could only follow Zeng Zhe back to the city, trying to find out more about the situation.

When Zeng Zhe returned to the city, he escaped into an unobtrusive hut.

Pei Gong quietly sneaked onto the roof, watching Zeng Zhe change out of his inside guard outfit, turn around and step out of the back door to board the carriage in a dignified manner.

The car quickly passed through three streets and alleys, and stopped at the entrance of Xiangling Pavilion. Zeng Zhe was ushered in by the people of Xiangling Pavilion respectfully.

Zeng Zhe was led straight to the private room on the third floor, and Fang hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed: "Master, forgive me, student is negligent."

Pei Gong frowned.

He didn't know the co-leader Zeng Zhe, but he was very familiar with the one Zeng Zhe kept calling him "Menshi".

The person who lives in the upper seat is none other than Qian Xingtong, the chief assistant of the dynasty.

Qian Xingtong has been in the cabinet for more than ten years, and has been serving as chief assistant for nearly ten years.

The relationship between him and Liang Guogong, the father of the Pei family, has always been good. Pei Gong once met Qian Xingtong several times in Liang Guogong's mansion, and even bowed to him respectfully, calling him "Old Qian Ge".

In Pei Gong's memory, this Qian Shoufu was in power, and he was always a model of unsmiling and selfless.

But now, the chief assistant of the dynasty whom everyone praises is secretly colluding with the thirteenth department's internal guard who is overbearing.

Pei Gong was startled, and couldn't help but look more carefully.

Qian Xingtong sneered: "Didn't you say that if you kill these two hidden stakes and throw them into the Lu River, Linyuan will bear it for you?"

"Why? It's impossible to calculate now, why was it calculated instead?"

Zeng Zhe bent over, not daring to straighten up at all: "The students are terrified, it's because Linyuan is too cunning."

"It's just that he hasn't been able to find out the details of Liang Guogong's mansion for a long time. The Lord has long been suspicious of him. Sooner or later, he will be executed by the Thirteenth Division according to the rules."

"Whoever is against you, whether you can find out the handle of Liang Guogong's mansion, that is the business of your Thirteenth Division." Qian Xingtong tapped his hand lightly on the table, "Don't tell me."

Zeng Zhe hurriedly said: "Yes, please ask my teacher Yuan You for a second."

"He also approached someone from Liang Guogong's mansion before, trying to make an idea from that end, but he couldn't get it done."

"It's really hard to find this letter, please forgive me for a while."

"Anyone can say good things." Qian Xingtong sneered, "How can everyone believe me?"

Zeng Zhe hesitated, quickly took out a wooden box from his hand, and carefully enshrined it in front of Qian Xingtong: "Master, it's very cold and frosty, and hard work will inevitably hurt your body."

"This box of Sichuan loquat just moistens your throat."

Pei Gong outside couldn't help frowning.

Now that the weather is cold, Sichuan loquats will cost a lot of money and manpower to enter Beijing. It is too careless to store them in such a wooden box.

But the next moment, he saw Qian Xingtong open the box, and there was a neat stack of banknotes inside which were stamped with the mimeograph red seal of Baoxing Bank. A single banknote was worth a thousand taels.

Therefore, this box of silver bills is worth tens of thousands of silver taels.

Qian Xingtong didn't change his face, he flipped through the oil-paper banknotes in the box as usual, and then slowly raised his eyes.

"Our time is running out, the emperor's patience can't stand the test, I don't care about the process, just look at the result."

"Put some thought into it, you are my most proud student, don't let me down all the time."

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