Pei Gonggui

Seeing that Pei Jun really didn't know, the disciple became even more angrily said: "Master Pei identified in Dali Temple that the assassinated king of Jin came from Fengzhou, and the cabinet was ordered by the king of Thailand ten days ago to send documents from the court to arrest Mr. Cai and bring him to Beijing for training. Mr. Cai The young master directly claimed that he was wronged, refused to bring the case to justice, and for a while collided with the inspectors, but was shot and killed by bows and arrows. Right now... he is being sent back to Beijing by the government road."

Pei Jun felt that there was something wrong with his ears, and the scenes in front of him seemed to overlap and blurred.He clearly remembered that before he was imprisoned in his previous life, Cai Yan would be ordered to go to Beijing to become the commander-in-chief of the admiral. After he was imprisoned, Cai Yan could even lead 20 troops to the suburbs of Beijing to defend the cabinet ordered by his father Cai Yan... Now Just because of Jiang Yue's trick, Cai Yan's entire destiny has changed.

Before Pei Jun recovered from the shock, Cai Yan's violent coughing gradually eased under the pat of his disciples.He looked at Pei Jun with old, tired and red eyes, and said with hatred: "Pei Jun, do you know what my son's last words were before he died...he said 'Mr. Pei killed me'!"

Pei Jun couldn't help taking half a step back, and sneered in disbelief, "I harmed him? Cai Wei has been dominating the Northland for many years, and now he is dead because he has committed many injustices! What have the Cai family done these years, Taishi Cai Don’t you think this is retribution?”

"Don't think I don't know that this is your trick!" Cai Yan gritted his teeth and scolded angrily, "Pei Jun, if you dare to harm my son, I can kill your close relatives. From now on, your Pei family and my Cai family , there will be no peace, no death and no rest!"

After saying this, Cai Yan glared at Pei Jun one last time, and was supported by his disciples to leave the palace.

The rain in Beijing is getting stronger.When Pei Jun arrived at Jinwang Mansion alone, his clothes were already soaked by the rain.

The plaques and lacquer pillars of the Prince Jin Mansion are still covered with funeral streamers, and the last things for the funeral are being prepared by the Ministry of Rites inside.

The officials didn't expect Pei Jun to rush back to Beijing in the rain. Seeing Pei Jun's pale face and solemn expression, they thought that his boss was returning to Beijing to fix his business, so they hurriedly ordered people to bring dry handkerchiefs and hot tea, and reported one after another with trepidation. From day to day.

While listening, Pei Jun walked to the black lacquered coffin in the main hall with the list of funeral objects listed by the Ministry of Rites without saying a word, comparing the gold and silver treasures and jade coins among them.

Before the auspicious time of the funeral, only the wooden coffin was parked here, and the inner coffin was still parked in the east courtyard where Jiang Yue lived.Because the coffin and the funeral paper figurines were prepared by the Mei family's coffin shop and the paper-making master appointed by the Ministry of Rites, Mei Linyu had already chiseled the bottom of the coffin with fine slits for ventilation, considering that Jiang Yue would wait in the coffin.After finishing ordering the funeral objects, Pei Jun was afraid that something unexpected would hurt Jiang Yue during the incident, so he ordered someone to fetch the sword from the King Jin's army from the inner courtyard and put it in it for Jiang Yue's self-defense.

Seeing that the affairs of the Ministry of Rituals were almost done, Pei Jun signed the funeral form of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, calculated all the expenses, dismissed the outsiders, pretended to leave the Jin Palace, but turned back to the middle courtyard of the Palace from the secret road of the residence, and met Jiang Jiang. Together with the confidantes who stayed in the mansion, they checked everything that Mei Linyu had prepared.

So busy until night to come to an end.The moon was in the sky, Hua Xing was shining through the clouds, Pei Jun had no food for a day, but he didn't feel hungry, so he didn't spend time preparing meals, so he went to Jiang Yue's study, took out a pen and paper, and began to calculate the court The current distribution of personnel is planning in advance what will happen after Jiang Yue's "resurrection".

After a while, there were hurried footsteps under the eaves outside the door, and then the door behind him opened.A gust of wind brought the cool night rain and sent the fresh fragrance of lotus leaves from the summer courtyard into the room. When Pei Jun turned his head, he saw Jiang Yue unbuttoning the black cloak on his shoulders and pushing the door in.

Jiang Yue's clothes and boots were stained with rain and cement, and his whole body was dusty.At this moment when he saw Pei Jun with both eyes, he became worried before he could calm down and asked anxiously, "Pei Jun, how is your sister?"

When Pei Jun saw that it was him rushing back, a hot spring gushed out of his heart. He immediately put down the pen and paper to meet him, raised his hand to close the door behind him, pulled him into his arms and hugged him tightly: "Fortunately, Zhang San came in time. Pei Yan has not been seriously injured. If not, I really dare not think..."

He took a deep breath of the reassuring scent of grass and trees on Jiang Yue's body, slightly pushed Jiang Yue away, and asked in a low voice: "Have you heard? The reason why Cai Yan made things difficult for Pei Yan this time is because Cai Yan died."

Jiang Yue frowned in surprise, shook his head, and his eyes gradually became heavy after hearing Pei Jun's words: "Unexpectedly, Cai Yan died before arriving in the capital, and now the post of state official in Fengzhou is up for grabs. This matter has not been heard by the court, but Cai Yan has already received a secret report. It is obvious that the legs and feet of Cai's messenger are one step ahead of the palace. Right now Cai Yan hates you to the core, and if he wants to replace Pei Yan with him, I am afraid it will be wrong. It's done." He caressed Pei Jun's cheek and said worriedly, "What are you going to do?"

Pei Jun raised his hand to hold the back of his hand, rubbed his chin against his palm, and sighed: "Now there are two ways: one is to use the Tang family case to force Cai Yang to testify in exchange for avoiding death, no matter whether he bribes the imperial physician, or Regardless of manipulating evidence, as long as he proves that the trial was unfair, he can transfer the case from Dali Temple and return it to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. In this way, Zhang San, the new minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice we nominated, will be the judge. Put pressure on the royal family, let the royal family put pressure on Cai, in exchange for Pei Yan's freedom."

Jiang Yue thought about what he said, nodded and said: "That's right, most of the people who support the Cai family's misconduct are the children of the royal family who are enshrined by him. Most of their followers are among the officials, which can be regarded as a force. But the children of the royal family who are connected with the Cai family are all the same. Grasshoppers on a rope, how do you attack them one by one, so that they will turn against each other?"

Pei Jun smiled wearily, raised his hand and gently scratched the tip of his nose and said, "Every family has scriptures that are hard to recite, and few of your Jiang family's children are really clean. After staying in the palace for so many years, who is in my hands? There's nothing wrong with it? If they know that Pei Yan has been wronged, but still insist on relentlessly, then if Cai Yan can give them sweetness, I can give them bitterness."

Jiang Yue smiled wryly after hearing the words: "It seems that if you gain power in the future, not only the officials will be cleared, but the royal family will also have to be tidied up. Since the beginning of the dynasty, the royal family has become more and more pampered, but at this time, you can have a chance... This matter will never happen in the future. "

Seeing him smile, Pei Jun felt like a boulder in his heart was lightly let go, and he could barely joke at this moment: "Look, the married daughter-in-law still takes her maiden name, tsk, bully."

Hearing his analogy, Jiang Yue laughed even more, and the fatigue all over his body faded away with the laughter. He couldn't help but put his arms around Pei Jun's neck, hugged him to his shoulders, patted the back of his neck and said, "Okay, Pei Jun Jun, you have encountered too much today, you might as well take a rest earlier. After tomorrow's incident, everything will be fine."

Pei Jun only felt that Jiang Yue's palm gently caressing the back of his neck was sending a warm feeling, and the warmth flowed down his spine into his chest cavity, as if putting him in a pool of warm water, and it melted him away instantly. anxiety and hesitation.

He was led by Jiang Yue to the inner bed, he loosened his outer shirt and lay down on the quilt, and fell into a dream tiredly in the faint candlelight, like dreaming of Pei Yan, and also like dreaming of Cao Luan, he did not sleep peacefully all night, I don't know how long he was drowsy, and suddenly a voice came from his ear: "Pei Jun, I'm in so much pain..." He woke up suddenly, only then realized it was a dream.

The night outside the window has not yet faded, and there is an occasional cicada chirping.The shadows of the moonlight shone on the window silk, and the shadows of people and lights outside shook slightly, and he could hear Jiang Yue talking to several counselors from time to time.The twilight of the morning sun gradually fell, and the beaded curtains in the inner room were lifted from the outside. Pei Jun saw from the couch that it was Jiang Yue who came in and put a second-rank civil official's court uniform on the chair by the wall to call him:

"Pei Jun, the Ministry of Rites is coming to seal the coffin soon."

This means that Jiang Yue must lie in the coffin immediately to show that the funeral is complete and the funeral can be carried out.Pei Jun hurriedly lifted the quilt and got dressed, and followed Jiang Yue along the secret path to the east courtyard where the coffin was parked.

Jiang Yue was wearing a very delicate shroud, with overlapping gauze gowns, and a four-clawed dragon emblem embroidered with blue-patterned gold thread.The fine stitches extended from the corners of the clothes to the collar, which complemented his handsome face, which was indescribably luxurious.

Pei Junrao has been in the Ministry of Rites for many years, and has brought many royal families and ministers, but it is the first time he has seen a living person dressed like this, so he couldn't help laughing and joking with Jiang Yue, which relieved Jiang Yue's anxiety.

The idle servants in the east courtyard have been sent away by Mr. Zhao and others.The two walked to the ebony coffin in the courtyard, Pei Jun helped Jiang Yue step into the palace, and lay down slowly, while Mr. Zhao and the Guo brothers put various gold and jade objects into the coffin, and then told Jiang Yue to close the coffin He called the guards and carried the coffin to the main hall.

All the members of the Ministry of Rites were already waiting in the hall. When they saw the king of Jin leaving, they immediately knelt down and worshiped.The guards lifted the coffin containing Jiang Yue and put it into the wooden coffin in the hall, which became a ceremony for a great burial. The ceremonial staff checked the utensils in the coffin again, confirmed that they were correct, and then sealed the coffin.

Pei Jun leaned on the side of the coffin and looked at Jiang Yue who was lying flat inside. Jiang Yue opened his eyes slightly and exchanged a firm look with him. He held each other tightly for a moment, then let go.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside, and someone reported: "Eunuch Hu is here!"

— Hu Li is here?

Pei Jun frowned, and looked at Jiang Yue anxiously in the coffin. Jiang Yue hurriedly closed his eyes and folded his arms, and Pei Jun also restrained his expression.

When Hu Li walked into the main hall, he saw that Pei Jun was putting a piece of warm jade brought by a servant into Jiang Yue's mouth.Hearing the footsteps behind him, Pei Jun turned his head, looked at Hu Li, clasped his fists and said calmly, "Eunuch Hu is your driver."

Hu Li was followed by two rows of palace people, all carrying funerary objects given by the palace.He first went up and kowtowed towards King Jin's coffin according to the etiquette, and then looked at Pei Jun pretending to be sad: "Don't blame Mr. Pei, our family is here for the emperor. This is the emperor's wish .”

Pei Jun sneered in his heart, and only asked him on his face: "I wonder if Prince Rui's son is doing well in the palace?"

Hu Li hurriedly said: "The emperor loves Prince Xuan, and our family will take care of him with all our heart. Now that Prince Xuan has a university scholar to teach, Mr. Pei can rest assured." After finishing speaking, he glanced at the man lying in the coffin Jiang Yue looked at Pei Jun and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Pei to be involved in everything, and he would personally come to see Prince Jin off. Prince Jin knows, and he must be gratified."

"What are you gratified about?" Pei Jun pretended to sigh, "After all these years of fighting, it's really embarrassing that King Jin died in an assassination after a long battle, and I don't know what will happen to the rest of us... "

"What about Mr. Pei, you are Ji Rui Gaozhao's life, why bother?" Hu Li smiled and put the reward utensils into King Jin's coffin, and winked at the leading eunuch.

Pei Jun frowned, seeing with his own eyes that the little eunuch not only detected King Jin's breath and pulse, but also pulled out a slender silver needle from his sleeve by putting in the utensils.

When Pei Jun thought about what he was going to do, his heart twisted. Before he could take a step, he saw that the little eunuch had stabbed the needle into the back of Jiang Yue's right hand. Jiang Yue, heartbroken for a moment, calmed down and said angrily: "Boss Hu, I'm gone, is this necessary?"

"Hey, you also know about the emperor." Hu Li lowered his voice and approached him, and said familiarly and lightly, "If you don't test it, he will always feel uneasy."

The little eunuch who performed the needle closely watched Jiang Yue's reaction, seeing no difference, he didn't pull out the silver needle, but went back behind Hu Li.Only then did Pei Jun understand that what Jiang Zhan wanted was not only to verify Jiang Yue's death, but also to use a silver needle to pierce Jiang Yue's right palm, and use this superstitious method to crucify Jiang Yue's soul and body in one place, making Jiang Yue The more you can't transcend, the more you can't wander around the world to make trouble.

Hu Li led people out, when he suddenly heard Pei Jun call quietly behind him, and looked back with a smile, but saw that there was no trace of joke on Pei Jun's face, and said: "Boss Hu, you and I have worked together for ten years. I want to persuade you."

Hu Li put away his smile, folded his fists and bowed: "Master Pei, please tell me."

Pei Jun looked at him and said, "Seeking skins from tigers is hard to come by."

Hu Li was startled when he heard the words, his brows frowned slightly, but he immediately recovered his smile and said: "Then our family dare to ask Mr. Pei, who is not a tiger in this up and down, inside and outside the palace? Our family also advises Mr. Pei said a word: If you walk alone, you may not be good in the end." After speaking, he saluted again and led a group of eunuchs out.

As soon as Hu Li left, Feng Lianguan from the Ministry of Rites came up to the hall with gold nails in both hands, and the four of them closed the coffin lid with eight hands.In this way, Pei Jun was unable to check Jiang Yue's injuries, so he had to wait at the gate of the palace with the two principals amid the sound of nails sealing the coffin, hoping to let Jiang Yue out as soon as possible.

The funeral procession lined up outside the gate of King Jin's Mansion was so long that it turned around the corner of the street. There were five or six hundred people playing the sheng and holding the spirit flags. Among them were Jiang Yue's elite subordinates. He raised up the utensils in his hands one after another, and played funeral music.

Pei Jun led the horse of the head of the ritual department in the growing funeral procession, jumped up and said: "You all follow behind. This time, I will personally see it off."