Pei Gonggui

The next morning, Jiang Yue woke up in the winter sun, the quilt on his body was soft and warm, and the surrounding was peaceful, and there was a stack of clean clothes on the footstool beside the bed, it seemed that everything had returned to peace.

This was the stability he hadn't experienced for a long time, and at this moment he almost thought it was a dream.

Pei Jun who accompanied him to sleep last night was no longer in the house, so he quickly changed into his clothes and went out to look for him, but he heard from Pei Yan that Pei Jun took Qian Haiqing out of the mountain to run errands before dawn, as for where he went, Pei Yan couldn't tell, she just handed Uncle Dong's steamed buns to him, telling him to eat more and worry less.

But Jiang Yue knew that Pei Jun was wanted everywhere outside the mountain, so he couldn't help thinking about Pei Jun's safety.He set up a new camp in the mountain depression with the soldiers, and at the same time, he planned with Mr. Zhao to transfer and replace the occupied salt field materials to other places. It was not until nightfall that he saw Pei Jun and Qian Haiqing sticking to each other. The bearded man, wearing a ragged jacket, drove a donkey cart that was falling apart, and bumped back.

The master and apprentice looked exhausted. After parking the donkey cart at the mountain pass, they still needed to unload the large and small bags of goods from the cart.Jiang Yue tried his best to walk down the slope and meet them. As soon as he got close, he could smell the stench from the donkey cart. place?"

When Pei Jun heard that it was him, he hurriedly pushed him away: "Don't come here, these are all bought from outside, and they smell really bad. You go and rest first, I'll be here soon."

Jiang Yue was pushed far away by him for no reason, and was being sought out by several soldiers to talk about drills, so he only looked at Pei Jun and the donkey cart for a while, and followed the soldiers to the camp suspiciously.

When he left the camp and returned to the small courtyard, Pei Jun had already washed and changed his clothes, and the house was even smelling delicious.

Sitting on the bed, Pei Jun smiled and patted the empty seat beside him: "Come on, it's time for us to sleep."

Jiang Yue knew that Pei Jun must be hiding something from him, but he was exhausted from building a house and camping for a day.Pei Jun hugged him, chattering about the goodness of Chashan, he lay on the bed, pillowed on Pei Jun's arm, looking at the face of Pei Jun that he thought he would never see again, and heard the words in his ears. Listening to Pei Jun's familiar, deep and pleasant voice, gradually, he fell into An Ran's dream again.

In his sleep, he seemed to hear an old man talking, and his legs were being stretched and moved, causing some slight tingling pain.He wanted to open his eyes, but the drowsiness drowned him like a river and sea. When he woke up, it was already dawn the next day.

He turned his head, Pei Jun was sleeping beside him, the room was still clean and peaceful, it seemed that the dream was just a dream.

He called Pei Jun and was about to ask him what he did yesterday when there was a knock on the door.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Qian Haiqing standing outside the house holding a porcelain bowl with a cover: "My lord, this is made according to the prescription given to you by grandpa. Grandpa said that you drink two bowls a day. Drink it for a month, and the leg injury will heal."

Jiang Yue's face was slightly moved, and he took the porcelain bowl, feeling a little heavy, thanking Qian Haiqing and saying: "I have a laborious and talented doctor in my heart, I will definitely take good care of my wounds."

Qian Haiqing grinned at him, rolled his eyes, and suddenly called into the room, "Master, it's time to get up", and fled down the mountain in a flash.

Only then did Jiang Yue remember that he and Pei Junzheng fell asleep in the same room, and blushed instantly, and Qian Haiqing and the others must have known about this, and they didn't know how to talk about the relationship between the two of them - when he thought of this, he suddenly didn't know Which ground seam should I find to drill down.

"Hey, is it still hot?" Pei Jun's lazy voice suddenly rang in his ears, jolting him back to his thoughts.

Pei Jun hugged him from his back with one hand, touched the porcelain bowl in his hand with the other, lifted the lid of the porcelain bowl, sniffed it, pinched his nose and shouted: "This soup smells so bad! Mr. Qian is really cruel." Take it easy..."

Jiang Yue put the porcelain bowl on the table and stirred it with a spoon, but saw that there were small soft sticky things in the soup, which smelled fishy, ​​so he discerned it for a while and said, "It seems to be boiled beef tendon?"

"Don't worry about what it is, drink it quickly." Pei Jun put the lid aside, took the spoon from his hand, scooped up a spoonful and fed it to him, "Come on, Ayue, open your mouth."

Jiang Yue sneered, snatched the spoon with his hands and said, "Come on, no matter how old you are, I'll just eat it by myself."

Pei Jun withdrew his hand in great displeasure. Although he wanted to hang out with him for a while now, but looking at the sun outside the window, it seemed that it was time to go out of the mountain again, so he had to say goodbye to him for a while, pack up in disguise, and search for him. Qian Haiqing went out of the mountain again.

For five or six days in a row, Pei Jun went out of the mountain in the morning light every day, and returned to the mountain with a stench all over his body. Every night, he washed clean and made the house fragrant and waited for Jiang Yue to rest; They all sleep deeply, repeating the same dream every night, and can always have boiled beef tendon soup to drink the next day, and they are more energetic and more energetic every day when doing things during the day. To be so busy that he didn't even notice—

There are no cattle in the tea mountains.

One night a few days later, he finally woke up after a severe leg pain. When he opened his eyes, he saw Doctor Qian sitting beside his couch holding Shibian, while Qian Haiqing was holding a cloth full of silver needles in his hand. It looked like he was being treated with acupuncture for his leg, but when he turned his head, he saw that the couch beside him was empty.

"Where's Pei Jun?" He sat up and asked.

Before Qian Haiqing opened his mouth to speak, Jiang Yue seemed to have thought of something, quickly got up and ran outside the house, and saw wisps of white smoke floating above the kitchen in the distance.

"Prince Jin!" Qian Haiqing called anxiously behind him, and followed him worriedly to the kitchen.

He walked and ran all the way to the kitchen, and before he got close, he could already smell the aroma of boiled flesh and blood coming out of it. When he slowly opened the door and walked in, he saw Pei Jun slumped on a bamboo rocking chair in front of the stove. , half asleep and half awake, holding a cracked cattail fan in his hand, at this time he was exhaustedly fanning the tiny fire in the tandoor in front of him, and on top of the tandoor there was a large stone pot, the lid of which was slightly agitated. There was a sound, and a strong meaty aroma was overflowing from the corner of the pot.

Jiang Yue trembled, leaning on the door frame, opened his mouth to call Pei Jun, but couldn't bear to speak out for a while, his brows became tangled up, and finally the man's eyes were red.

"My lord, go back and rest." Qian Haiqing stood behind him outside the door and advised, "Master...he doesn't want you to know this, just because you don't want to be treated like this—"

"What did you go out with him every day?" Jiang Yue turned around and asked him in a low voice.

Qian Haiqing was in a dilemma, looked up at Pei Jun who was still awake in the kitchen, and sighed: "Actually... the beef tendon soup you drink every day, my lord, should be called beef tendon soup. This soup is only It is made from the tendon of the hoof of the cow, not the kind of big and long hamstring, which cannot be bought easily outside, and it may not be fresh when bought. It takes three hours to get out of the pot, so the medicine will be fully effective."

"You also know that no one raises cattle in the tea mountain. Although it is easy to find cattle breeders in the nearby villages, a cow can only get two or three catties of hoof tendon from each of its four feet. The current situation is not good, and no one dares to raise cattle. We slaughtered cows every day, and we had to keep some for our family. So my master and I had to go out to the villages every day to ask who wanted to kill cows and who had cow hoofs. , Grandpa and I will treat your leg injury."

"It's been like this for more than half a month?" Jiang Yue resisted the sourness in his eyes, and slowly walked forward, gently took the cattail fan from Pei Jun's hand, and murmured, "Then he will be here all day and night. Yes, when did you stop..."

Pei Jun's hands were empty, and he woke up suddenly. He opened his eyes and saw that Jiang Yue was coming. He was stunned for a moment, and knew that Jiang Yue had already known the truth. "It's okay, I'm not tired at all, really... I just took a nap, it's almost over, you go back and sleep."

"Why did you hide it from me?" Jiang Yuehong asked him with eyes.

Pei Jun hesitated for a moment, then sighed: "You have been worrying about Ning Cheng's affairs in your heart, you are already tired enough, I am afraid that if you mention this again, it will make you feel even worse."

Jiang Yue closed his eyes and held back his tears. All of a sudden, he was overwhelmed with emotions and couldn't say a word.Pei Jun hurriedly called Qian Haiqing behind him to go back first, and sat on the rocking chair with Jiang Yue in his arms. While taking the cattail leaf fan and continuing to fan the small fire on the stove, he looked at him tenderly and said, "This matter is I was wrong, I shouldn't hide it from you, don't be angry."

"Am I angry?" Jiang Yue was really angry at this moment, "You are not safe day and night because of me, but I sleep in the house every day. Isn't this suffering and not knowing it? You let me How to be at ease?"

"You can't blame yourself for this." Pei Jun lowered his head and rubbed his nose with his fingertips, "Then...that's why I lit incense to let you sleep, because Mr. Qian said that needles would hurt, I...I don't want you pain."

"Am I still afraid of pain?" Jiang Yue snatched the fan from his hand and grabbed his wrist, not knowing what to do with the big man in front of him, "If something like this happens in the future, you must tell me. Pei Jun, You don't want me to hurt, and I don't want you to suffer!"

Pei Jun hurriedly got up and kissed the corners of his lips and eyes, drooping his eyes and said: "Okay, okay, I understand. This soup will only last half a month, and I can endure it. People and horses in this mountain are inseparable from training and setting up defenses." You, don't worry, rest is the most important thing."

"The soldiers already know how to drill, and the defense has begun. From tomorrow onwards, I will go with you to find medicine, and you will not allow yourself to suffer alone." Jiang Yue pressed his forehead against him, and looked into his eyes closely. Said, "Even if we are short of supplies and hopeless to fight again, for you, I will definitely take care of this leg..."

Pei Jun was about to reprimand him for talking nonsense, when Qian Haiqing's high-pitched voice came from outside the house, from far to near: "Master! Master! Come out and have a look! Hurry up!"

Pei Jun and Jiang Yue looked at each other, and pulled Jiang Yue out of the house to have a look——under the pale sky, at the far entrance to the mountain, a row of star-like torches were winding and forming a team, slowly walking into the mountain. The mountain comes.

He took a closer look, and saw that these torches were all tied to carts, and these carts were full of goods packed in sacks, and the front of the carts were all pulled by tall horses. Counting them in detail, it was enough There are as many as seventy or eighty cars.

After months of scarcity, so many supplies poured into the mountain in long lines. For Pei Jun and everyone in the mountain who had been in distress for many days, it was undoubtedly a godsend dream——

They mean food and clothing, confidence and capital in troubled times, and the hope of getting out of the mountain again.

He grasped Jiang Yue's hand tightly and tried to open his eyes wide again, only to see that at the forefront of the cavalry was Mei Liuzheng, holding a torch high, holding the reins alone, sitting on the horse's back, silently waving to them.

At this moment, Pei Jun felt like ten thousand flames flying up into the sky in his chest, igniting into brilliant brilliance in mid-air:

"I know where he disappeared before..."

Pei Yan, who had just rushed over after hearing what he said, gasped heavily after hearing his words, and asked him inexplicably, "Where did you go?"

Pei Jun's gaze was fixed on the long and winding cavalry, and a smile gradually appeared on the corners of his lips: "Pei Yan, have you forgotten who his father is?"

The next moment, under Pei Yan's slightly surprised eyes, he turned to Jiang Yue and asked slowly:

"Now, do you still want to say that we have no hope of fighting?"

In the early morning of the same day in the capital, Jiang Zhan was eating the luxurious food that Cai Lan brought from home in the Chongning Palace, when he suddenly heard "The Emperor is here" from outside the palace.

Feeling cold, he put down the bowl and chopsticks, and when he saw Cai Feng walking into the palace with vigor and vigor, all the maids and eunuchs were startled, and all knelt down, and Jiang Xuan, who was at the same table, also quickly got under the table when he saw that it was Cai Feng.

Normally, Cai Yan would drag him out to beat, scold and make fun of him, but at this time, Cai Yan didn't seem to be in that mood.

He threw a dripping helmet in his hand on the dining table where Jiang Zhan and Cai Lan were sitting, suppressed his anger, and said in a deep voice: "A few days ago, there was no guard in the palace, and today I can't find anyone. He was caught in the pond in the Royal Garden. The guard was stabbed in the vest, in the neck, and stabbed in the stomach...Jiang Zhan, do you know who killed him?"

Seeing that all the dishes she had prepared so hard were ruined, Cai Lan put down the bowls and chopsticks, and stood up unbearably: "Brother, if you want to ask questions, can't you come back later?"

"How many times have I told you? I am the emperor!" Cai Yan yelled at him, "If you continue to overstep like this, I will punish you!"

Cai Lan was so angry that she still wanted to speak. Jiang Zhan threw the bowls and chopsticks in his hand on the table, held him back expressionlessly, and looked up at Cai Yan: "Your man is dead, what does it have to do with me? Are you here?" Why are you barking in my palace?"

"Presumptuous!" Cai Yan stepped forward and slapped him angrily, "If it weren't for you bitch, who else in this palace would dare to touch me?"

He grabbed Jiang Zhan's neck and smashed Jiang Zhan's head into the dish on the table.The corners of Jiang Zhan's lips overflowed with blood, and his face was rubbed in the vegetable oil. He felt so shameful and wanted to vomit in his heart, but Cai Yan's evil words still came from his ears: "I'm raising you bastard, and I want you to issue an edict to persuade Beijing Those damned reinforcements and imperial relatives outside surrendered, not for you to dominate the palace!"

As he said that, he asked people to bring paper and pen, and ordered: "You draw up an imperial edict for me now, and let them retreat and surrender immediately!"

"Dream your Spring and Autumn Dream!" Jiang Zhan squeezed out the words from between his teeth, struggling desperately, "I will die as you wish!"

"Then you will die for me!" Cai Yan pulled out the treasured sword at his waist with a backhand.

Cai Lan immediately stepped forward and hugged his raised arm: "Brother——no, the emperor! The emperor calm down, the emperor spares his life! Don't kill him, please the emperor don't kill him! I beg the emperor to spare his life!"

Cai Yan was stopped backward by him, and his hands lost strength, Jiang Zhan immediately kicked him away, and ran to the inside.

This made Cai Yan even angrier. He threw away Cai Lan, slapped him in the face with his backhand, and scolded him with a hoof on his stomach: "Go away! Useless bastard! Your mother is a shameless bitch. It's her bastard! Why do you still want to stop me? I really don't want to dirty my clothes!"

Cai Lan suddenly lost her voice in pain, clutching her stomach and twitching, but Cai Yan raised his knife and walked towards the inner room. After bypassing the purple-gold screen, he saw Jiang Zhan stumbling towards the dragon couch.

"Emperor Yuan Guang is really as cowardly as a mouse, haha!" Cai Yan grinned grimly and waved the blade, "It's about this time, and I just want to get under the covers! You son of a bitch!"

He forced himself to the bed in three or two steps, bent down and pulled Jiang Zhan's leg hard. Jiang Zhan's hand that was almost reaching for the pillow was pulled away instantly, and he fell on the footrest, causing his arm to hurt. There was a scream.

Cai Yan once again raised the blade, and was about to cut it off, but was stopped by Cai Lan who staggered behind him again.He turned around and pushed Cai Lan away, but Cai Lan got up and bit the tiger's mouth on his palm, causing him to yell out in pain: "Fuck you, you useless bastard! Believe it or not, I'll kill you too!"

Seeing them fighting, Jiang Zhan was so frightened that he hurriedly got up and touched under the pillow, but before he could take out his hand, he heard a crisp sound of "bang" behind him, and everything suddenly became quiet.

There was a chill down his spine, he maintained his current posture stiffly, and turned his head tremblingly——

I saw that Cai Yan was still holding a knife in his hand, but he had already fallen on the ground, and beside him, Cai Lan was holding the blue porcelain jar used for grooming in the palace with both hands, trembling in panic at the moment, staring at a pair of hair. With red eyes, he stared fixedly at Cai Yan who was on the ground.