Pei Gonggui

When he finished his roar, the hall became silent.

Among the people present, the Mei family was a businessman, Jiang Yue was a relative of the emperor, and Pei Jun was a courtier. It was a slap in the face of all three parties.

Mr. Mei stared at Mei Linyu with his beard blowing his beard. He never expected that the subtle squabble between officials and businessmen over the years would be so bluntly yelled out by this youngest son who usually fights cocks and dogs and fools around. He couldn't help holding his chest. a stagger.He blushed without saying a word, pushed Pei Jun away, bent over and raised his hand, and slapped Mei Linyu with a big mouth and scolded: "You little bastard! How dare you say 'appropriate' to the court?"

Pei Jun wanted to turn around to block it for a while, but he frowned violently because of the wound.Seeing this, Jiang Yue hurriedly helped Pei Jun back away, and Mei Sanniang hurriedly stepped forward to support her father, and before she could persuade her, her father yelled angrily in a hoarse voice: "It's wrong! ! Today I will kill him! Take a stick!"

"Father!" Mei Sanniang hurriedly pulled Mei Shikai to the side of the chair and sat down, "If you beat him to death, he won't know where Shang Yin is, and don't be so angry!" She locked her eyebrows and stared at Mei Linyu, Anxiously said: "Tell me quickly! Where is Shang Yin hiding!"

Mei Linyu folded her arms and said nothing.At this time, the third and fifth sons-in-law who hurried into Mei's house shook their heads solemnly.The third uncle said: "Daddy, Lao Liu's chicken farm has been searched all over, but I can't find the business seal." , hastily asked Jin Wang Jin'an extra cautiously, and said hello to Pei Jun, which made Mei Shikai wake up from the rage. Seeing that it was really Jiang Yue, he was about to get up and salute, and at this time he felt more and more Mei Linyu said those stupid words just now, so she couldn't help but glared at Mei Linyu again.

Jiang Yue helped Pei Jun to sit in the right row of chairs, raised his hand and said politely, "Master Mei doesn't need to look outside. Although Young Master Mei's words are radical, they are still true." Then he turned to Mei Linyu and said, " It’s just that business and seal matters are no small matter, and the food and salaries of border guards are related to the safety of the country, so it’s absolutely not a joke.”

"That's right." Pei Jun nodded, and asked Mei Linyu solemnly, "Mei Liu, be obedient and hand over the business seal."

"Since I'm determined to make this mess, I won't give it to you if you ask me again." Mei Linyu sat on the floor tiles in the hall, with the corners of her mouth puckered and her knees hugged, her bluish and red faces were full of twists and turns, His eyes turned red, "It's not that I'm out of my mind, I've done the calculations. There are granaries in the border garrison. If the new grain doesn't arrive next month, they will open the granary first to make up for it. In a short period of time, they can still handle it." , as long as the imperial court agrees to release Sister Yan during this period, I will immediately hand over the business seal, the food will be transported to the border, and the soldiers will not rebel, and I can do whatever they want with me—”

"Then your account is not right." Jiang Yue held Pei Jun's shoulder to stop him from getting up, and said solemnly on his behalf, "Master Mei, do you know that every batch of grain and salary is transported to the border, and there are layers of deductions along the way. False reports? During the years when I was alone with the army, what I saw was stockpiling grain, which was often less than half of the luck. If there is nothing left on the farmer’s head, ask the farmer for recruitment. If there is a shortage, ask the common people for more. If you count the food stockpiled in the stomachs of the border guards in the mansion here, they may never see it once in their lifetime. If If new food is not available, those so-called stockpiled grains will not be able to make up for the shortfall at all. After the stockpiled grains are exhausted, there will be no rations in the garrison, and the soldiers will easily riot and even loot the village. Let me ask, if Pei Yan's freedom is exchanged for this, she knows Will you really be grateful later?"

"I haven't thought about this...but I have no other way." Mei Linyu buried her face between her knees, avoiding Jiang Yue and said, "If you want to force the emperor and Cai Yang to change their words, The chances of winning are too small, and the time may drag on for a long time. Sister Yan may not be able to survive. The food is stopped now. The harm is the lesser, I won't hold Sister Yan down..."

"But Meiliu, what right do you have to negotiate terms with the imperial court?" Pei Jun clenched his fingers into white fists and calmly said to him, "Right now you are still alive because of the inside and outside of Mei's family. The news has been sealed off with my family. If the palace knows that you have hidden the business seal and abolished the government for private reasons, how many heads do you have to cut off? It is true that the imperial court used the money of the Mei family, but the Mei family also relied on the imperial court. Even if Pei Yan is saved by this method, then the Mei family will be torn apart with the court, and you are not afraid that the court will settle accounts after the autumn and cut off your Mei family's business and make trouble again?"

"Listen! Listen!" Mei Shi was so angry that he couldn't make any sense, and when he heard this, he only pointed at Yao'er and said sadly, "You, you, you! You are too young!"

Mei Linyu felt a little scared when she heard this. Although her heart softened a bit, her mouth was still stubborn: "In the future, the soldiers will come to block, and the water will be covered. Right now, the first thing to do is to rescue Sister Yan. Anyway, I won't see Sister Yan coming out. , I will never hand over the business seal!"

The three hairs on Mei Linyu's head were not white, but she was extremely stubborn since she was a child. If she said she would not let go, she would not let go.Pei Jun is well aware of his nature, and he also remembers that in his previous life, even at the last moment, he promised that he would not say a word, and he did not confide a single word.

Pei Jun leaned against the back of the chair with his forehead on his back, closed his eyes and his mind was spinning wildly, and he couldn't think of where else Mei Linyu could hide Shang Yin.He knew from the bottom of his heart that there were only two possible solutions to this matter: either Mei Linyu handed over the seal, or the palace did not pursue the Mei family's crimes.Right now, Mei Linyu doesn't like hard and soft, and Shang Yin is fired by officials and can't be copied privately, and once the palace finds out, it will inevitably happen, so it seems that there is no way to go.

He sighed evilly, frowned and stared at Mei Linyu thoughtfully: "Since this is the case, then we have to make mistakes."

Mei Shikai was nervous: "Master Pei, what is wrong is right?"

"Old man." Pei Jun sat upright, and said very cautiously, "I know in my heart that you have never been happy since you pretended to be my sister in your heart. Fan Pei Yan was wronged, it turned out that I, Pei Jun, provoked the fishy smell caused by other families, and it should be my family's business to save her, and I shouldn't disturb Antai, the whole house of you, so although the matter of Shangyin It's the sixth son who is reckless, but I, Pei Jun, should bear all the consequences. Right now, this kid is not letting go, I think, I can only ask you to play a play with me all the time, so that the court will know—it's me Pei Jun hid the business seal, this matter has nothing to do with Mei Liu."

When Mei Linyu heard the words, Huo Di stood up: "But brother, it's obviously me—"

"Stop talking!" Pei Jun scolded him, then turned to Mei Sanniang and said, "Sister San, did you ask Lao Cao to arrange water transportation for you before?"

Mei Sanniang quickly agreed, and remembering that Cao Luan was arrested, she was afraid of getting involved, so she hurriedly explained: "I just asked him to talk about something, there is really no secret business."

"That's good." Pei Jun looked at Mei Shikai, and said calmly, "Old man, the accounts of Mei's firm have always been clean. Before tomorrow morning, I hope that none of the businesses that you have established a name in the Ministry of Households will not be too many , tidy it up properly. I will ask Jingzhao Division to stop Mei's business early in the morning. The reason is that I have an affair with Cao Luan. I need to conduct a routine inspection and need Mei's business to be closed for rectification. In this way, the court will You will know that it was I, Pei Jun, who wanted to seize the grain truck to coerce the court to release my sister. As long as Shang Yin is not involved, the sixth child will be fine, and the Mei family will be fine."

"What about you?" Mei Shikai couldn't help worrying, "Your current situation in court..."

"Don't worry." Pei Jun smiled wryly, "There are so many debts that you don't worry, and lice that don't itch. The court will accuse me of more crimes, and I don't care about it."

After saying that, he stood up, walked up to Mei Shikai and bowed, said he was tired, and comforted him again.Then he looked in the direction of Mei Linyu and sighed, then said goodbye to Mei Sanniang and the two sons-in-law, and walked out of Mei Mansion with Jiang Yue.