Pei Gonggui

The student who kowtowed to the ground again was trembling in the snow, his bruised fingers were so frozen that it was hard to put them down flat, and the last words he uttered were inevitably tainted with tears.

Crying is very common.Pei Jun thought, the student in front of him is still too young, so he should cry.

After all, once the disciples who were swept away by the officials' homes in the capital live on the streets, there is only one way waiting for them, and that is to be shut out by all the people in power in the capital, and by the people of the city. The field of power was shut out, shut out by the court of the empire, watching the official career they had looked up to and hoped for collapsed and cut off before their eyes, until it was in the hearts of all those who remembered them Discoloration and apoptosis are just like a piece of rotten wood sinking to the bottom of the water, and it is difficult to turn around and make waves.

They are very pitiful, Pei Jun knows, he even knows how cold it is to kneel in the snow - because when he was 17 years old, he also knelt on the wall in the narrow courtyard in front of the Zhang family patriarchal ancestral hall unwillingly. , Kneeling in the heavy snow that was not inferior to today, as a student like them, raised his voice for the first time to talk back to his master.

At that time, the stinging pain in his knees and legs was extremely cold, as cold as the cold Dharma that the Zhang family had practiced for generations. He knelt on it without repenting, until he entered the officialdom with the idea that Zhang Ling denounced as rebellious , expressed his political views, and finally quarreled with Zhang Ling, broke up and became an enemy.

He was a student, and he failed Zhang Ling in the end; Deng Zhun was his student, and he failed him in the end.If his persuasion by the Royal Palace for several years can also be regarded as the emperor's teacher, then Jiang Zhan's student is even more blatantly betrayed by him.

Students will eventually disappoint their master, not only that, but all the human sacrifices in this world will also be disappointed in the end.

Pei Juncang smiled coldly, lowered his head and said to Qian Haiqing: "I won't accept students anymore, you should hire someone else." After saying that, he raised his foot and turned around.

But just when he was about to step into the mansion, he felt his right leg was hugged tightly by both hands, and Qian Haiqing's ruthless voice shouted urgently from his feet: "Master Pei called the students here Master Pei must be responsible to the students!"

"Presumptuous!" Pei Jun twitched his legs and took a step back, his anger rose and he scolded angrily, "Why did this court let you come here!"

Qian Haiqing was pulled away from Pei Jun's thigh by the servants on the side. At this time, he knelt on the stone steps again, raised his hand to wipe the blood from his face, straightened his back and replied loudly: "A few days ago, Mr. Pei was in Qingyun. Outside the prison, a lesson was given to the students, telling the students that since they are concubines, they should not care about other people’s sisters-in-law. The ancient "Women's Training" said: If you are a concubine, keep the word "zhen", and "The Analects" has It goes like this: 'A gentleman is chaste but not forgiving'. A chaste person is one who is firm in his heart and does not confuse the Tao. Isn't this saying by an adult teaching students to be mindful of what they want? A person who has no distractions means that once he has one thought, he will do everything he can. Extremely, because the students begged Mr. Pei to be their master, they desperately escaped from Marquis Ningwu's mansion, hoping that Mr. Pei would take in the students, and the students should remember Mr. Pei's teachings for life, and repay Mr. Pei's kindness by death! "After that, he kowtowed his head again.

Pei Jun's heart almost trembled when he heard the words, but the soles of his feet seemed to be soaked by the slight chill of the snow, causing waves of chills.The next moment, he still turned around to leave, but he heard Uncle Dong scream from behind: "My lord, this student has passed out!"

Pei Jun turned his head and saw that Qian Haiqing, who had been kowtowing just a moment ago, had suddenly slumped in the snow on the stone steps. Seeing that Uncle Dong was in a hurry to go up to help someone, he was really angry: "Can you just leave it alone? He gave you money and you help him like this?"

"You can't just let this baby freeze to death here!" Uncle Dong squatted down and hugged Qian Haiqing, persuading him with a bitter face: "My lord, why don't you save his life first?"

"It's none of my business to save you yourself."

Pei Jun just dropped this sentence coldly, and walked back home without looking back.Uncle Dong looked at his back and shook his head and sighed. After a while, he finally gritted his teeth and beckoned his servants to carry Qian Haiqing in as well.

It snowed all night and didn't stop until early morning.The servants of Zhongyihou's Mansion got up early and were slowly clearing the snow.

Qian Haiqing woke up from the anteroom of the west wing where Deng Zhun used to live, dragged his lame leg with all his might, thanked Uncle Dong, and asked the people where the head of the family was, and when he searched for the front yard in disbelief, he saw Pei Jun unexpectedly. With his hands behind his back, he was doing his horse stance, and he was doing his morning exercises while standing on the cleared snow.At this moment, his legs were long and powerful, his waist was stable and stable like a rock, his broad shoulders were straight, and the domineering arrogance of the usual walking officials faded between his brows, leaving only the silence like sinking water. .

This made Qian Haiqing stunned for a moment.

There were two swords standing on the verandas on both sides of the front yard. Pei Jun caught a glimpse of someone behind him from the reflection of the blades, and before turning his head to take a look, he said leisurely: "Why, the civil servant can't do it if he takes a horse stance." ?”

Only then did Qian Haiqing come back to his senses, his face turned red to the ears, he quickly knelt down on his knees, and was about to speak, but Pei Jun robbed him:

"You pretended to be in a coma and pretended to be pitiful and tricked you into sleeping peacefully all night, but you can't scare me if you can scare Uncle Dong. I also said last night that I don't accept students, and the Zhongyihou Mansion doesn't support idlers. Uncle Dong Saving you is because of his good deeds, it has nothing to do with me, since you can still go now, you should go."

After speaking, a young man came to tell the time, and breakfast was ready.Pei Jun took the handkerchief handed over by the servant and wiped his face, only took one look at Qian Haiqing, then put away his body and went to the flower hall.

In the flower hall, Uncle Dong asked what to do if the mending gown was broken while setting the dishes. Pei Jun waved his hand, picked up the bowl and said, "If you don't go to the Ministry of Rites today, you won't be able to wear those clothes if you don't enter the imperial city. You have to mend them tomorrow." Don’t worry, don’t worry.” After finishing speaking, he had breakfast, and Liu Jin’s waiter wiped himself and changed into ordinary clothes, and then he left the house and went to the sedan chair.

Qian Haiqing stood on the porch and watched from a distance, and never said a word to Pei Jun from the beginning to the end. At this time, seeing Pei Jun's figure leave the house, he couldn't help frowning slightly, thinking more about the future .

The sun was not completely clear yet, and Pei Jun didn't see Prince Jin when he arrived at Jingzhaosi, and then he remembered that today is the seventh day, and the military and horse divisions of the five cities are trained by officers, and Prince Jin also serves as the general captain , that is, the person who trains the divisions, naturally must be present.

So he led Jingzhao Shensi Song Yi and several government officials, and prepared to go to the Jin Dynasty to talk to the Prince of Jin under the pretext of going to Zhongcheng Bingmasi to liquidate the grain at the end of the year. The prince sent the Suixi father-in-law to denounce Deng Zhun to him, except that because he was angry with Pei Junyan, he would not believe him, changed his vote at the court, and wanted to revenge him, which made him angry and embarrassed, what was his intention and what did he want?

According to his expectation, since Eunuch Suixi could hear that Pei Jun is greedy for ink, eats salt, and harbors ulterior motives, he would never have sent Suixi to him hastily if he hadn't known about these things by means of King Jin.King Jin's move probably revealed that his blindness was false, and he wanted to blackmail him with this, and the deal was real, everything must have more to come.

Second, since Suixi is Jiang Zhan's confidant in the palace, and now he has spent the night in the Zhongyihou's mansion, the palace should have noticed that he was missing, and the first place to suspect is naturally his Pei Jun's mansion—but This man was captured by King Jin and his old man. Now that he is in Pei Jun's hands, could it be that he forced a hot potato into his arms?Then should he be released, should he be returned to King Jin, or should he be sent back to Jiang Zhan?But either way is very easy to get burned.

At this moment, when Pei Jun thought of King Jin's smiling face after he left the court yesterday, his teeth itch with anger, and he thought to himself that this traitor leader is fine, so why isn't he afraid of flashing his waist when he has such a big wind?He really wished he could ask Lao Cao to find someone with a sack and beat him up.

And just as he was thinking, Zhongcheng Bingmasi had already arrived.

When Pei Jun led the people in, Jin Wang Ye Jiang Yue was sitting quietly behind the mahogany official table in the middle of the Sibu compound, with the blue sky above his head and his feet on the ground, he raised his hand and brought a cup of tea to his mouth for a sip, that's all. Only then did he say this to the ten chief and deputy commanders under the rule earnestly: "The amount of military pay and food stockpiles is wrong. Don't always complain to Gu. You should go to Mr. Pei to settle the matter as soon as possible. If it is not enough, let Mr. Pei Make up for it, if there is too much, ask Mr. Pei to transport it away."

After he finished speaking, he raised his head and happened to see Pei Jun coming, so he smiled more leisurely: "Master Pei, do you think Gu is right?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Pei Jun quickly gritted his teeth, put a smile on his face and greeted him, "My lord is wise, and my lord's advice is very good. The minister brought people here today to stockpile food for liquidation, and he will definitely collect it by the end of this year. Prince, don’t worry, and also worry about the imperial court.”

King Jin slowly put down the teacup, got up and looked at him with a smile and nodded: "If you want to say who is the most loyal in the court, then Mr. Pei will be an example. If you dare to be called the second, I am afraid that no one will dare to be called the first." As he spoke, he looked back at Song Yi, and then at Pei Jun, his smile became more meaningful: "Master Pei's subordinates are naturally loyal in everything they do, so don't worry about Mr. Pei."

Unaware of the truth, Song Yi and the others have already thanked the King of Jin for his praise, but Pei Jun, who just expelled his spies from the mansion last night, suffered a shame, and accepted the sarcasm of the King of Jin with a smile , while finishing the official business with the officials for the time being, then finally walked out of the gate of the department with King Jin.

King Jin walked in front and turned his head with his hands behind his back. Seeing Pei Jun following behind, he was completely puzzled and asked, "Master Pei, what are you doing with Gu?"

Pei Jun smiled respectfully and saluted: "Going back to the lord, I came to thank the lord for the gift yesterday. The gift is so good, the lord, I asked the minister to listen to it and see it. Self-examination, seeing that I am really blind, I really need to worry about the prince and remind me, I am ashamed."

The Prince of Jin knew well that after hearing him finish his official speech, he continued to walk out with a bright face: "It's not a respect, it's just a thank you to Mr. Pei for supporting the court's new policy."

——This traitor leader really took down the revenge of changing the ticket, which is very difficult.Pei Jun continued to follow him and said courteously: "Your Majesty, you are being polite. I should do things for the court. This gift is so precious. I really can't afford it. Why don't you send it back to me?"

But Prince Jin raised his hand and patted Pei Jun's arm comfortingly, and said solemnly: "Master Pei's words are off the mark. Since this gift is given to Mr. Pei, I will let Mr. Pei send it off, so how can you do it?" How about taking it back?" After speaking, he shook his head and sighed softly, saying that Pei Jun was too polite.

——This is really throwing Suixi's hot potato at me, damn it.At this time, Pei Jun wanted to take off his boots and throw Prince Jin in the face, but because he still had a clue in the hands of the traitor, he had no choice but to ask with a smile: "Then Prince Jin has to ask the minister to return the gift, so why not?" I really feel sorry for accepting such a good gift like this."

After hearing this, the King of Jin finally stopped, looked back at Pei Jun with a smile and asked, "Master Pei wants to give something lonely? What?"

——Look, the fox's tail is exposed, right?The traitor really wanted what was in my hands.Pei Jun bowed to him again with his hands on his sleeves, and said seriously: "I don't know what the prince of Jin wants? If I can fulfill it for the prince, then I will not hesitate to do so."

As soon as the words came out, the King of Jin was a little stunned when he heard the words, he pursed his lips and remained silent for a while, his eyes looked at Pei Jun indifferently with unclear meaning, and after a while, he slowly opened his mouth and said: "Actually, Gu has been..."

Pei Jun couldn't help but leaned forward and pricked up his ears: "My lord has been...?"

The King of Jin saw him approaching slightly, and couldn't stop the corners of his lips from twitching slightly. When he was young, he changed the subject and said in a gentle voice: "Actually, Gu has always wanted to have a meal with Mr. Pei. Since Mr. Pei wants to be the host, Gu is respectful rather than obedient." gone."

Speaking of this, the sedan chair of King Jin's mansion was also carried to King Jin. King Jin raised his leg and stepped onto the pole. Here comes the post." After saying that, someone opened the car curtain and sat in, and carried it away with a shake.

Pei Jun, who had left a face of "how can this be reasonable?" stood there in a daze, saw the Jin Wang's sedan chair turn around the corner, then gritted his teeth and cursed secretly, turned back to Jin Si and continued to clear and stockpile food for Jin Wang.

When Pei Jun returned to the Zhongyihou's Mansion after finishing his day's work, the mansion had already lit the lamps.

Because of the words that King Jin promised to the Bing Ma Si, he was not only pestered by the commanders of the Si Zhong for a whole day, but also took the blame for the mistakes and omissions of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of War. Thinking about how to pay back a hundred times to the King of Jin, and wondering which would be better, frying, steaming and stir-frying, he walked through the front yard and looked up inadvertently, but saw a familiar figure sitting in the front hall door and counting the bowls with Uncle Dong.

Hearing the footsteps, the figure stood up quickly and turned around. When he saw Pei Jun, a smile appeared on his face: "Master Pei! You are back!"

Pei Jun suddenly felt even worse: "...Qian Siqi? Why haven't you left yet?"

Qian Haiqing bowed to Uncle Dong, and replied respectfully: "Students have nowhere to go, no place to rely on, so I begged Uncle Dong to point out the way, and Uncle Dong kept the students, saying that there is still a shortage of accountants in the government. "

— Bah, what a fart.Pei Jun shook his head to look at Uncle Dong, feeling that the old man was really old and kind-hearted, and he was too tired to take care of it, so he sighed and picked up the road and continued to go back to the house in the backyard.

But when he went back to the room and opened the door, he saw his third-grade patched gown with a burnt edge hanging on the front wall.

Uncle Dong followed in at this time, saw Pei Jun was thinking silently about the disadvantages of mending gowns, and thought that he was worried that he would not be able to enter the palace without mending gowns, so he said in a low voice: "The embroiderers in the mansion don't have so many colorful threads. I ordered it at Baosi Tang, but the mending will not be delivered until tomorrow. If you are in a hurry, why don't you ask the embroiderer to mend it with the colored thread at home tonight?"

But Pei Jun didn't speak for a while.

At this moment, he was looking at the gray and black curly silk thread on the mending gown, and Deng Zhun, Jiang Zhan, Sui Xi, and Prince Jin were running around in his mind. The faces and words of these people were turning faster and faster in his mind. It was chaotic until the end, as if he was suddenly shattered by a flash of spiritual light that came from him suddenly, and he wiped his chin as if he had realized it, and suddenly said to Uncle Dong: "Forget it, don't make up for it."

After that, he let go of the hem of the clothes in his hand, and smiled softly:

"It's time to change this clothes."