Pei Gonggui

As night fell in the imperial city, palace lanterns were lit up one by one from Si Chongmen to Chongning Hall.After a day's errand, Hu Li alerted the little eunuch to add oil to the lamp in the hall, guessing that it would be almost time for the Imperial City Secretary to return to the palace, so he asked Jiang Zhan for instructions, went out of the hall and stood on the stone steps in front of the hall to wait.

He raised his head and looked far away, and after a while, he saw two rows of purple-clothed and arrow-sleeved hidden guards with knives, about 30 people, walking on the palace road.

A few people in black hoods were detained in the dark guard, the first one was wearing Wen Erpin ocher official uniform under the hood, his hands were tied behind his back and he kept struggling, and reluctantly moved forward under the push and push of the dark guards Walking on foot, it was obvious that they were taken into the palace by force.

When he got closer, the leader of the team stepped forward and tore off the man's hood and said, "Eunuch Hu, Pei Jun brought it here."

Pei Jun's face was exposed from under the uncovered hood, his mouth was stuffed with a cloth strip, his cheeks were a little bruised, and his expression showed resentment under the moonlight palace lantern.At this moment, seeing Hu Li in front of him, his eyebrows gathered.

Hu Li met his hostile gaze, and there was a hint of embarrassment in his eyes. For a while, he looked at the hidden guard beside him, but he didn't see his leader, so he couldn't help asking: "Where's Chu Sicheng?"

At this time, the last one in the queue, who was covered with a hood, struggled violently, let out a whimper, and was kicked in the lower abdomen by the guard at the side, and suddenly choked out of pain.

The secret guard in the front row replied to Hu Li: "The department has something to do, Mr. Chu will go back and have a look."

Hu Li nodded in understanding, then raised his eyelids to scan the team again, noticing any difference, then raised his hand to beckon to the palace door behind him.

Seeing this, the little eunuch guarding the gate of the palace immediately reported to the inside: "Report to the emperor, the Imperial City Secretary has brought you here."

Behind the golden gauze screen in the hall, Jiang Zhan put down the folder in his hand, raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and said after a while: "Bring it in."

The hidden guards dressed in purple shirts outside the door looked at each other after hearing this, and quietly set up Pei Junlai, and under Hu Li's guidance, they walked calmly into the Chongning Hall.

The hall was brightly lit, illuminating Pei Jun's eyebrows.After his eyes gradually adapted to the light in the hall, he saw that he was standing in the middle of the very familiar hall, and the person standing in front of him on a high platform seven or eight steps away was indeed Jiang Zhan.

Seeing that the hidden guards around had escorted all the hooded people into the hall, Jiang Zhan waved all the palace maids and guards to retreat, and ordered the eunuch to close the hall door.Then, step by step, he walked down the high platform where the court case was located, walked up to Pei Jun, looked up at Pei Jun, and said slowly: "Pei Shaofu, you can make me wait."

Jiang Zhan was about to say something more, but Hu Li at the side saw that Pei Jun's hands tied behind his back suddenly pulled off the knot on his wrist, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, but just as he called out "The Emperor", he suddenly felt a gust of cold wind behind him, After he reacted, a sharp object hit his lower back, and his back felt half cold in an instant.

Hu Li moved his eyes back, and saw that a purple-shirted "dark guard" was holding him hostage, and then looked a few steps away, and found that Pei Jun had torn off the cloth strip in his mouth at some point, and there was also a silver-edged dagger in his hand At this time, he was holding Jiang Zhan's neck with one hand, and holding the handle of the knife behind his back with the other hand, and pressed the edge of the knife against Jiang Zhan's neck, while the "dark guards" around him also guarded the palace gate for a while, wearing black hoods The few people in the group also untied their restraints like Pei Jun, and joined the surrounding movements.

"This..." Hu Li stared in horror for a moment, and suddenly understood: It turned out that Pei Jun was not arrested, and these people were not the secret guards of the Imperial City Department at all!

——Pei Junying expected that Jiang Zhan believed in the ability of the Imperial City Secretary, and did not dare to leak the news of the secret arrest of courtiers in the current political situation. He would definitely dismiss the palace guards at this time. Si Anwei entered the palace, and then launched an attack when Jiang Zhan habitually approached him, and hijacked the emperor in one fell swoop to control the palace.

If he didn't know Jiang Zhan absolutely, Pei Jun would never dare to act like this.Thinking of this, Hu Li knew that Pei Jun had picked up Jiang Xuan at this time, and he had no other reason in the palace. Right now, in order to save his life, he would not hesitate to tear the last layer of shame with Jiang Zhan. If he still wanted to help Jiang Xuan at this time Zhan, Pei Jun will definitely tell about his tip-off. At that time, if Pei Jun fails to force the palace, he will definitely be killed by Jiang Zhan.

Thinking of this, he felt cold all over. He only glanced at Jiang Zhan again, then turned his eyes to Pei Jun, and pretended to beg: "Master Pei! You can't do it! You can't hurt the emperor!"

Jiang Zhan's side was forced by Pei Jun with a knife, and he completely froze in place. At this moment, he stared down at the sharp knife around his neck, his eyes were filled with shock and anger: "Pei Jun, you are so brave, how dare you force Gong Gong to assassinate you?" I!"

"The emperor's words are wrong." Pei Jun pulled his lapel collar to block him in front of him, forced him to look forward with the blade, and said coldly, "Report to the emperor, the Imperial City Sicheng Chu Tianyuan, the false biography An imperial decree, arbitrarily mobilizing troops, leading secret guards, besieging the mansions of important ministers, and threatening the court officials, this is an assassination, and the crime deserves to be punished. I just captured the thief on behalf of the emperor, and let the emperor deal with it in the palace."

As soon as he said this, two "dark guards" had escorted the last man in a black hood to Jiang Zhan.At this time, the hood was removed, and the detainee struggled to struggle, but was finally pushed and fell to the ground.

Jiang Zhan looked at this person, his pupils narrowed sharply, seeing that this person was the leader of the secret guard who was sent to capture Pei Jun, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.The next moment, a silver light flashed in front of his eyes, the leader let out a muffled snort, and a gap was cut in his neck by the "dark guard" behind him.

Blood gushed out immediately, and splashed directly on the toe of Jiang Zhan's boots embroidered with dragon patterns, soaking in instantly, and the leader also twitched and struggled on the ground, and he couldn't breathe for a moment.

Jiang Zhan's eyes were even more startled, and he immediately took half a step back trembling, but the back of his neck touched Pei Jun's chest behind him, and for a moment he felt that the blade across his neck was sharper, and he couldn't help feeling really panicked: "Pei Jun, you... you really It is to force the palace to rebel!"

Pei Jun leaned over to his ear, and said in a cold tone: "No, Your Majesty, I am the King Qin Gong."

Following the words, he tore off the kit bag from Jiang Zhan's waist, looked at Hu Li aside and said, "I beg you, Eunuch Hu, to close all the gates of the palace. Your Majesty is not feeling well today, and he is about to rest. There is no room for anyone." disturb."

Hu Li froze, glanced at Jiang Zhan with trembling eyelids, and answered tremblingly. Accompanied by Pei Jun's hands, he opened the palace door and walked out. He raised his hand to summon the little eunuch outside, and ordered They and the guards in the hall closed the gates of the four sides of Chongning Hall.

At the moment when the guards outside the hall listened to the order to turn around, a group of "dark guards" beside Hu Li suddenly made a move, knocked out the nearest circle of guards around Chongning Hall quickly and accurately in silence, and dragged them away secretly. Entering the side hall, he immediately changed into the clothes of these guards and tied them up one by one with ropes. In this way, these people became palace servants again.

These actions only took half a cup of tea, which made Hu Li startled.He was trying to figure out where these fake secret guards came from, but before he could come up with a clue, he was dragged into the hall again. He saw that Jiang Zhan in the hall had been controlled by the "secret guards" and Pei Jun was pulling out his hand from his waist. Take out a small porcelain bottle.

When Jiang Zhan saw Pei Jun take out the porcelain bottle, he snapped it in the hands of the hidden guard: "Pei Jun, what are you doing!"

Pei Jun pushed off the red silk cork and poured out a very small pill.Seeing this, Jiang Zhan struggled even more violently, but was defeated by the shackles around him, and soon Pei Jun pinched his jaw, and suddenly felt a bitter taste on the tip of his tongue, and the pill had already melted in his mouth.

Jiang Zhan's back shivered, thinking it was a deadly poison, and immediately coughed and retched in horror, but Pei Jun took out a silk to wipe the toilet paper, threw the silk on the ground, and said coldly: "Don't worry, this poison It won’t kill you, it’s just an attack every half a day.”

Jiang Zhan stopped his dry cough with a blushing face, raised his head and looked at Pei Jun with hatred, only to hear Pei Jun continue: "Every time the effect of the medicine occurs, you will feel severe pain all over your body, and life is worse than death. Without antidote, you will suffer from convulsions due to pain And die. If you want to live, you'd better do as I tell you."

"You dare to threaten me..." Jiang Zhan blushed and glared at him, "Pei Jun, I'm going to kill you!"

"You'll be poisoned later, I'm afraid it's too late to beg me." Pei Jun glanced at him, raised his hand and waved, and the guards on both sides picked up Jiang Zhan and took him to the inner hall.

At this time, he looked at Hu Li who was standing at the gate of the palace in a daze, and looked at Hu Li quietly for a moment, and ordered to the left and right: "Stick to the palace gates everywhere."

After finishing speaking, he walked to the royal case, skillfully pulled out a volume of palace defense drawings, picked up the soft pen on the table and ticked it a few times in a hurry, and then called Hu Li and said: "Eunuch Hu, tomorrow morning, please send the southeast gate, southwest gate The infantry at the north gate and the north gate were exchanged in this way, and then the inner pilgrimage was pushed back, and it was said that the emperor had another cough."

With a flash in Hu Li's eyes, he took the blueprint and knew that Pei Jun was going to change the people in the palace from the inside out, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

He responded to Pei Jun first, and saw that Pei Jun was sitting in front of the imperial case without any delay to look up the papers, so he asked cautiously: "But, Mr. Pei... the matter of coercing the emperor can be done in a day or two." Pretend to be ill and hide it from the past, so what will happen in the future? If the Prince of Jin does not have a squadron to return to the court for a day, we will have no troops for a day. I can't stand it."

Pei Jun glanced at him, then continued to look down at the book and said, "Don't worry, Eunuch Hu, the emperor has been restrained by drugs. In order to survive, he will definitely follow the trend, say what we want him to say, and do what we want him to do. Eunuch Hu What I have to do is to take care of the emperor from the sidelines, don't let others find out the clues."

In other words, Hu Li was to monitor Jiang Zhan, so that Jiang Zhan would not dare to disobey Pei Jun's intentions.Hu Li doubted: "But the emperor is stubborn, if he is not at our mercy, then—"

Before he finished speaking, he heard Jiang Zhan's scream from the direction of the inner hall, and his eyes were startled.Hearing the screams intensified, I felt that life would be worse than death as Pei Jun said, and Hu Li's half-spoken question disappeared, and he only whispered: "Everything will be done according to Mr. Pei's instructions." do it."