Pei Gonggui

The man behind the bead curtain looked at him when he heard the sound, and when he caught sight of his figure, he gently bent his eyes: "It's Xuan'er who is here."

He sat on the futon of the stone bed in the meditation room, against the bright sun outside the window screen.The sunlight outlined his tall and broad figure, reflected the outline of his face, and lingered in the subtle vicissitudes of his expression.

The person in front of him gradually overlapped with the shadow he had missed for many years in his memory, Jiang Xuan walked up slowly, knelt down in front of him in disbelief, raised his head and looked at him carefully, hot tears poured from his eyes: "Uncle is still alive? Uncle Huang obviously went to see the corpse, why—”

"Seeing is not necessarily believing." Pei Jun smiled, "I have taught your uncle this truth for ten years, but he only believes what he wants to believe in the end."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand to caress the top of Jiang Xuan's hair, looked down at the child in front of him carefully, pinched his face, seemed to recall the past, sighed with emotion, and smiled with red eyes: "Our Xuan'er has grown up. , your mother misses you badly."

"Mother is still alive?" Jiang Xuan quickly wiped away tears, his expression excited, "Where is she now?"

Pei Jun patted the futon beside him, and pulled him up: "She's fine, you don't have to worry. She's coming to Beijing right now. Uncle just heard that that lunatic Jiang Zhan made you the crown prince on his deathbed, and he's worried about your safety." , just take a step ahead and come to see you for her."

Jiang Xuan got up and sat beside him, and said in a low voice: "In fact, the emperor treats me well, he once saved my life."

Pei Jun said calmly, "But he also wanted your life."

Jiang Xuan was speechless for a while, and lowered his head. Once he thought that Jiang Zhan was responsible for his predicament today, the word "not thin" that he just uttered seemed to have to be weighed.

After a brief silence in the meditation room, Pei Jun sighed softly: "Forget it, people are gone, and it's useless to scold a pile of dead bones, just accept the mess he left behind."

Jiang Xuan sniffed and looked at him: "Uncle, do you hate Uncle Huang?"

There was no emotion on Pei Jun's face, he was silent for a moment, and then smiled: "The word 'hate' is too deep and too shallow, the grievances between me and your uncle cannot be explained clearly with just one word , so don’t ask me any more.”

After speaking, he looked at Jiang Xuan, patted his fist on his knee, and finally said: "Xuan'er, uncle came here this time to persuade you not to become the throne."

Jiang Xuan's brows trembled, "But I am the only adoptive heir of the first emperor, and he established the crown prince. Even if he does not become the emperor, anyone who ascends the throne will regard me as a thorn in his eyes. Save?"

Pei Jun smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, your seventh uncle will be back soon, with him around, no one will dare to touch you."

"Uncle, is he really going to call the capital?" Jiang Xuan became nervous.

Pei Jun smiled, shook his head and said: "Originally your uncle burned a mountain of us and killed many of us. Your seventh uncle and I really wanted to go straight to the capital to force him to abdicate, but we went halfway. , I heard that you became the crown prince, and your uncle died suddenly, so we had to stop and do some other things. Now that the matter is done, as long as your seventh uncle returns to Beijing, it will definitely be better than yours. It is more suitable for the successor. You don't have to worry about the affairs of the court. Just leave the capital with me. Now your difficult situation will be broken. But before that... there is one more thing for you do it."

Jiang Xuan focused: "What's the matter?"

"It's not a big deal." Pei Jun turned to look at him, paused, and asked without answering:

"Do you dare to quarrel with Zhang Ling?"

On the fourth day after Jiang Xuan returned to the palace, a piece of wax paper was handed down from the Jingmen city defense to the early court. At the same time, Xiao Lin, who was stationed in the north, also sent a letter from Fei, saying that he would return to Beijing to report on his duties in a few days, and he would lead the elite of the northern army to welcome the new emperor to the throne.

All the courtiers couldn't help but speculate that the two men were in command of heavy troops, and they must have established a bond, so they returned to Beijing at the same time when the candidate for the throne was still in the air.And since it has not been determined who will ascend the throne, Xiao Lin's so-called "welcome the new emperor" words made the courtiers panic even more.

"Jin King Jiang Yue has been silent for three years, and now he suddenly returns to Beijing with a large army. His intention to seize the throne is clearly revealed, and Xiao Lin is even under his orders." Zhang Ling announced to the officials in the morning, "Now the government is in turmoil, The seat in the palace is empty, if there is another war in the capital, the world will be in chaos again. No matter what, King Jin must not be allowed to enter the capital!"

Since Jiang Zhan seized the throne, because Zhang Ling was the guardian minister, the power of the cabinet led by Zhang Ling has become more and more powerful. Among the seats, his seat has been changed from the last one to the first one. Every time he speaks, those who disagree with him will be thoroughly investigated by Yushitai. He was severely punished, ranging from suspension to dismissal, and over time, people in the court disagreed but did not dare to disagree. Up to now, except for his own son Zhang San, no one dared to challenge him.But because Zhang San opposed his further reform, he was ordered to go out of Beijing by him through the cabinet's job of inspecting government roads. At present, no one in the capital and in the officialdom dared to oppose him.

Just as everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, the ceremonial officer outside the palace shouted: "Prince Jiang Xuan goes to the palace!"

The courtiers in the hall were startled, turned around and saw a young boy with bright lips and bright teeth entering the hall with his gown in his hand. He pushed the crowd away and walked straight to the front of the civil and military officials. Standing firmly, looking at Zhang Ling in the hall, he said, "Master Zhang did not allow King Jin to return to the capital. I'm afraid the real reason is not what you just said?"

Zhang Ling frowned, stood up and bowed to him: "What does your Highness mean?"

Jiang Xuan tensed his scalp, cleared his voice and raised his voice: "Recently, in order to choose a new emperor, Mr. Zhang, in the clan, all the queens of the royal family who are the same age as the main hall are compared, but since he wants to maintain the peace and purity that Mr. Zhang said , why not choose the adult royal family with outstanding talents, but still choose the young master to succeed?"

Immediately, the voices of all the ministers were broken in the hall, all of them were amazed that Jiang Xuan was so eloquent at such a young age, and because of his words, he looked at Zhang Ling.

Jiang Xuan went on to say: "Master Zhang is like this, I'm afraid it's the same plan as Cai's former emperor who supported the late emperor as emperor!"

Zhang Ling immediately denied: "There is absolutely no such thing. After the veteran chose the young clan, it was because there was no suitable candidate in the adult royal family."

"No?" Jiang Xuan smiled, looked at Zhang Ling innocently, and said clearly, "Jiang Yue, the king of Jin, is the son of Emperor Yongshun. It is too unfavorable for the imperial court, such a person should be the leader of my royal family, why does Master Zhang not consider it?"

Zhang Ling said: "The king of Jin colluded with the criminal minister Pei Jun in order to seek power and usurp the throne."

Jiang Xuan smiled: "The King of Jin is a royal family member of a country, Mr. Zhang is from law school, if you say this bluntly, don't you need evidence?"

Zhang Ling frowned, and was about to speak, but now he found that he really had no real evidence of Jiang Yue seeking power and usurping the throne——

It was Jiang Zhan who sent Jiang Yue to suppress the rebellion, the army to suppress the rebellion was given by the court, and the army was destroyed by Cai Wei. Even when he returned to the court at this time, he handed over the document.In the past, his defense against Jiang Yue was mostly due to Pei Jun's influence and inferences and observations. However, inferences and observations cannot be used as physical evidence. If he cannot prove that Jiang Yue has no right to succeed to the throne, he has no reason to resist Jiang Yue's entry into Beijing.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ling frowned deeply, secretly blaming himself for not expecting Jiang Xuan to object, at this moment his old but straight back was already dripping with cold sweat.

"If Mr. Zhang can't find any evidence, King Jin will be a more suitable successor than all the current royal families with his outstanding military exploits and profound talents." Jiang Xuan said, turning to look at the ministers, and said loudly, "If If you have no objection, the city defense will issue an order from the palace to open the city gate immediately and welcome King Jin back to the capital!"