Pei Gonggui

If it weren't for Liu Jin's name, Pei Jun would have almost forgotten that there is such a person as Qian Haiqing in the mansion.At this time, he had already reached the door of Chuihua, and when he looked up, he saw two pots of Clivia broken on the blue bricks in the front yard. Suddenly thinking about it, he couldn't help frowning: "Ningwuhou's house? When did you come?"

"Just leaving." Liujin hurriedly said as he followed him in, "They said that brother Siqi caused a big problem in the Hou's mansion, and I'm afraid they will be dragged back to give him a good beating! My lord, you—" When he said this, he suddenly shut up, and gave Pei Jun a cowardly look. Seeing that his master's complexion was not good, he really didn't dare to say the second part of "help him".

Pei Jun walked non-stop to the front yard, and saw several servants cleaning up the flower mud and porcelain. Dong Shu had just brought out a new flowerpot, and when he saw him back, he said with a bitter face, "My lord, that child Siqi—— "

"Wait." Pei Jun raised his hand to interrupt him first, "Uncle Dong, tell me who is coming from Ning Wuhou's house? Is it Tang Yuming?"

Uncle Dong put down the flower pot and beat his waist, then shook his head and said: "No, it's Liang Fuchang, the chief steward of his family, who came here, and he brought several big-armed men with him. Si Qi was just standing here talking about flowers and grass with me. , They actually knocked on the door and came in and pulled him away. But I have kept the child to do work, how can I just give it to them? So I called the nurse to stop and fight with both of them. This is not— —The bluegrass was all smashed. Ask them what happened, they said that Si Qi caused a problem in the Hou's mansion and it was not over. It can't be said that it's over when you get out. You have to go back and check it out. It's possible to report to the official after it's over. Well, for a moment I—”

"You always listen to him talking nonsense!" Pei Junchi smiled, "Ning Wuhou is an old man who is the admiral of the Nine Schools, not to mention that his eldest son-in-law is a scholar Cai Yang, just count down, how many children and grandchildren are there in that family?" Is this person related to the yamen of various governments? If he wants to report to the officials, he has already reported, and the yamen is too busy to help him arrest him, and how can he wait for him to shamelessly come to my junior mansion to pick him up?"

Hearing what he said, Uncle Dong felt that something was wrong: "That's right, the Tang family is also a big family, no matter how important it is, you can leave it in the mansion and beat everyone to death, why would you let someone escape?... No wonder just now Si Qi was dragged out all the way and asked us to invite you back, this will not be a matter of discussion with you—"

"Liang Fuchang is not Tang Yuming's man at all, but under his father Ning Wuhou. Naturally, only Ning Wuhou and his old man can move this person, so Tang Yuming is not the main one to get Qian Haiqing back today, but It was an order from Marquis Ning Wu..." Pei Jun clasped his hands behind his back, and slowly opened up another layer of interest, "Tang Mingyu kicked out a bunch of students from his yard. How could such a small matter alarm his father? "

Thinking of this, he narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking: This Qian Haiqing is afraid that he knows something important, so he will be asked to stay with me for a day, and Ningwuhou's mansion will be in trouble for a day—then I have to know about this matter.

Thinking of this, he beckoned to Liu Jin: "Baby, you go to Cao's mansion in the south of the city now. Mr. Cao is not in the mansion when he went down to Jiangling. You go to their housekeeper Wu Yong and ask him about Qian Hai. How Qing was kicked out by Tang Mingyu, I asked Wu Yong to write it down clearly, and you can bring it back to me quickly."

Liu Jin listened to the order and ran out of the house.Uncle Dong became more and more worried: "If it's such a big deal... Will something happen to Si Qi's child?"

"Stop thinking about those killing people and silence them, let's rest now." Pei Jun comforted him in a flattering way, and ordered his servants to boil a pot of strong tea, "Since Qian Haiqing was concerned about such a big event back then, He can run out, and now that he is caught, he immediately knows to ask me to save him, his brain is clear, and he can save his life for the time being."

--but.When Pei Jun said this, he changed his mind: If Qian Haiqing knew that this matter was beneficial to me, he would have been able to use it as an excellent bargaining chip to visit him as a teacher. Why did I allow him to be left out in the cold without mentioning it? ...

Suddenly there was a flash in his mind, which made Pei Jun suddenly figure out the front and rear joints of Qian Haiqing's matter, he couldn't help raising his hand and stroking his palm, gritted his teeth and laughed angrily: "Okay, this Qian Sheng, he is going out. It’s time to test the master!”

At the same time, in Ningwuhou's mansion in the north of the city, Qian Haiqing was pushed by several strong men into the big study in the courtyard of the master of the Houfu. As soon as he entered the threshold, he saw Tang Bizheng, who was over [-] years old, sitting on the screen. In the high-backed chair in front of the north wall, the former "mentor" Tang Yuming stood on his left hand, his face full of uneasiness, while the eldest son-in-law of the Hou family, Cai Yang, the second son of Cai Yan, the grand master of the dynasty, Dongyangdian University scholar Cai Yang, at this time Sitting on the first chair on Tang Bi's right hand.

Unlike Tang Yuming who was standing with an anxious expression, Cai Yang who was sitting was neither happy nor angry. He only looked down at the cup of tea in his hand, and raised his head slightly when he heard the sound in the room.

Seeing Qian Haiqing coming in at this moment, Tang Yuming immediately narrowed his eyes, raised his face and shouted at him, "Scumbag! Hurry up and kneel down!"

Qian Haiqing didn't even wrinkle his brows, he knelt down and knelt down, and said with his throat trembling: "Cao Min pays homage to Lord Ningwu, Lord Shi Zi, and Senior Scholar Cai."

Seeing that the student was still so obedient, Tang Yuming breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said to his father shyly: "Father, look, he has been arrested, and he will listen to your old saying about how to deal with him. Before, the son didn't know the benefits. , Only then did he drive him away, and now that he has been found, isn't there nothing wrong with it? You just—"

"Shut up." Marquis Ning Wu coldly stopped his youngest son's nonsensical words, and shifted his gaze to Qian Haiqing, who was kneeling in the hall: "Qian Sheng, I'm asking you, why are you in Pei Jun's mansion?" superior?"

"Back to Lord Hou!" Qian Haiqing kowtowed on the ground, and now he was crying: "The grass people left the Hou's mansion with nowhere to go, so they had to find a place to stay first. I happened to hear that Uncle Dong, who lived in Mr. Pei's mansion, I'm looking for someone to be an accountant, so hurry up!"

When Ning Wuhou heard the words, Su Rong raised his hands: "You were once a student of my Tang family, how could Pei Jun be willing to keep you?"

Qian Haiqing knew that the implication of this statement was that he suspected that he had betrayed the news of the Tang family to Pei Jun, so he changed his place, and said innocently: "The grass people have been in the mansion for several days, and they don't even have the face of Mr. Pei." Seeing him twice, the housekeeper Uncle Dong also decided to take him in, so you don't even have to say whether Mr. Pei knows about it or not!"

The next seat, Cai Yang, heard the words, and suddenly said sharply: "Could it be such a coincidence in the world? How could the Beijing-China New Deal matter just start, and you happened to be kicked out for spying on the concubine's room in the South Courtyard Going out...and entering Pei Jun's mansion right after going out? Qian Sheng, don't talk nonsense."

Qian Haiqing raised his head tremblingly, and said with a feeling of shame and shame: "... Cao, Cao Min was blinded by lard for a while, and only then offended the fourth concubine in the Shizi's courtyard. This is a crime worthy of death. However, it was all because of the old love between the teacher and the student, and his kindness, that the grass-roots people were left with a humble life and kicked out of the mansion... The grass-roots people are so humble, and now they have no money to continue to stay in the superintendent to participate in the department. I only want to live on, and being a bookkeeper is just to make a living, how, how can I think about the New Deal, and betray my teacher..."

Cai Yang lowered his head and glanced at him, then raised his eyes and met Ning Wuhou's eyes, both of them were thinking: this student looks really young, could it be that he really doesn't know?But why did such a thing happen in the mansion after they secretly decided to divert the water transport?

Is it really a coincidence?

Water transportation is a way for the imperial court to transport some grain collected from various land tax to the capital by water for the purpose of palace expenses, salaries of hundreds of officials, military pay and food, and adjustment of people's food.Historically, the water transportation in central Beijing has been counted and cleared and distributed by the Jingzhao Division where Pei Jun works, while the escort and custody is under the control of the Jiumen Admiral where Ning Wuhou is located. Any mistakes and omissions cannot be concealed, but in fact, if the two yamen intend to collude and do not report to each other, it will be easy to withhold grain and military pay-but take the chiefs of the two divisions as an example, Jingzhao Division is in charge Although the former Pei Jun and the nine-door admiral Ning Wuhou looked happy and welcoming in front of everyone, in fact, because of the intertwined relationship between the Ningwuhou Mansion and the Cai family, Pei Jun and the Tang family not only never cooperated, but also cooperated with each other. They all believed in one truth, that is, whenever their own yamen made mistakes in water transportation, the first person who sent him to the imperial court and was pointed out by the officials must be the other party.

Therefore, such a relationship of mutual supervision, friendship and progress made it impossible for the second division to touch the fertilizer of water transportation—and the fertilizer and water could not be enjoyed by the family, and naturally flowed to outsiders' fields.The state officials from all over the world gradually knew that the second chief of the Beijing-China Water Transport Department was not greedy, and they were greatly moved. They wrote countless private letters to express their endless admiration, but when they turned around, they thoughtfully set the regulations for each state. In this way, those taxes collected from the people in the name of "water transport" but not paid for water transport, of course, filled the pockets of state officials everywhere.

Therefore, Pei Jun and Tang Bi not only couldn't share a cup of water transportation leftovers, but occasionally faced a large shortage of water grain, they also had to be the two unlucky ghosts who stood in the cabinet and were questioned. Looking at each other, you can't wait for the other party to die immediately.

However, it is different now.Once the policy of the new policy was adopted, the Tang family and the Cai family found the opening of "better officials and simpler administration" in Xue Zhang's advice, and they planned to use this to find others to explain: Jingzhaosi has complicated affairs, so it is better to transfer the water transportation to nine Under the rule of Admiral Men, this changed the status quo that the people on both sides were busy with one thing. Since then, it will no longer "contain" the energy of Jing Zhaosi, and it will also reduce the wastage on the hands of the court.

It is precisely because of this plan that Ning Wuhou, who has too many important affairs in the court and is too busy, assigns an extremely simple task to Tang Yuming, the idiot son who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun: win over the cronies secretly installed by state officials from all over the country. Relationship, do more active, let them eat and drink well, have gold, silver and women.

His original intention was to let the state officials make good comments for him in the report sent to the cabinet court, so as to influence the cabinet's drafting and make the decision more favorable to him.However, this level of interest cannot be revealed to his brainless young son.

Marquis Ning Wu knew very well that his son was at odds with Pei Jun for a long time, and he was a character who would pretend to be rich and show off his power everywhere if he had a few trivial silver in his pocket. He was naughty enough to rely on his grandmother Princess Shoukang's favor on weekdays. Knowing that Jingzhaosi, who owns Pei Jun, is monopolizing the water transportation, this kid probably wants to walk sideways in front of Pei Jun, so that if Pei Jun finds out this bowl of meat that they haven't eaten yet, he will Unexpected changes.

But Marquis Ning did not expect that although Tang Yuming was indeed an idiot, he could be so stupid—he was so stupid that he would not even do it himself to cater to those cronies of state officials, but called his obedient student Qian Haiqing went to help him eat.One night after a few rounds, something came from the south courtyard, saying that Qian Sheng was drunk and dragged Tang Yuming's fourth aunt in the garden to recite an obscene poem, making the fourth aunt cry Shouting to hang herself, Tang Yuming was furious and crowned a beauty—and also because of the shiny green hat on his head, he ordered Qian Sheng to be beaten fat and kicked out of the house, saying that from then on, the relationship between master and apprentice would be severed.

A few days later, Marquis Ning Wu finally had a busy time tonight, remembering to ask his son to report on how to win over his cronies, but Qian Haiqing was the only one who went to the banquet, and Tang Yuming was completely dazed and incomprehensible, so he had no choice but to Telling the truth, Ning Wuhou asked Ning Wuhou to raise his head and drink violently, and Cai Yang, who was at the same table, almost had a splitting headache on the spot, so he quickly asked Ning Wuhou to send the chief housekeeper Liang Fuchang to Pei Jun's mansion to trick him back for interrogation——

But it seems...they were worried too much?

Cai Yang didn't know much about Qian Sheng's daily behavior. At this time, he only thought about Qian Sheng's behavior again, this submissive appearance, and then thought of the frivolous and abrupt behavior of the fourth concubine before... If you want to talk about Qian Sheng It is possible to guess that this banquet has something to do with water transportation from a small glimpse, but it probably doesn't look like it.After all, they have hidden the truth in such a twists and turns that it is difficult to find it. This little student should be nothing to worry about.

——But even so, it cannot be tolerated.

Cai Yang was thinking of this, before he ordered someone to drag Qian Haiqing down and continue to question him, but a servant outside reported: "Master Pei, Mr. Pei is here! We don't care if we stop him, he has to come in! "

Marquis Ning Wu was startled, and immediately turned around and blamed Cai Yang: "Look! You have arrested him in a hurry, and now the mad dog Pei Jun knows about Qian Sheng, so he has nothing to do now. Something happened! What to do, how do you see this person? He is also a second-rank now, and he will sit and sit with you, is it possible that he should be kicked out?"

"It came so quickly..." Cai Yang put down the tea in his hand and frowned, "No, this Qian Sheng can't let him take it away no matter what he says." As he said that, he ordered the servants of the Hou family: " Take this student down and lock him up, and don't let him out without my order." He got up as he spoke, "I'll meet Pei Jun."

Before the head of the family, Ning Wuhou, had time to say another word, the servant had already agreed, but before Qian Haiqing was taken out, Pei Jun's deep voice came from outside: "Master Tang, The younger generation has come to greet you."

People followed the sound, and in the next moment, Pei Jun had strode into the study room, walked around the beautiful door screen of the study room, and even praised "good embroidery", and then walked in with a shameful smile and cupped his fists: "Excuse me!" Excuse me." Seeing Qian Haiqing who hadn't been caught yet, he turned his eyes away after taking a look, ignored Tang Yuming, and only greeted Ning Wuhou and Cai Yang one by one: "Oh, I heard that Lord Hou is here today. After making a big move, I went to the junior's mansion to propose a newly recruited slave to report to the officials. The junior was terrified. If I had known that this slave had some bad deeds in the Marquis' mansion, the junior would have given this slave to the Marquis to dispose of. Thank you Lord Hou for your kindness! Tonight, if this junior doesn’t come to apologize, he won’t be able to sleep. I really want to apologize to Lord Hou!”

As he spoke, Pei Jun bowed straight to Ning Wuhou.

—slaves?Marquis Ning Wu and Cai Yang exchanged glances, looked at Qian Haiqing who was held aside with his head drooping, and said calmly: "Master Pei is over-concerned, this is just a family matter of my family, which disturbed Mr. Pei, this Marquis I'm sorry too."

"No, no, no, juniors should do it." Pei Jun waved his hands again and again, and his smile became more sincere at this time, "Secondly, isn't it hard work for juniors to hear that the Lord Hou's mansion wants to investigate the crimes of this slave? It's better to let the yamen do it, but the younger generation is really afraid that Lord Hou will be sympathetic to the young people of the yamen at such a late hour, and won't call anyone, no—it just happens that our six departments are gathering tonight, and the younger generation heard about it. , so I called Old Cui."

Cai Yang stood up from his chair all at once: "What? You called the Ministry of Punishment—"

"Don't worry, don't worry," Pei Jun persuaded him earnestly without waiting for him to speak, "Master Cai, don't worry, Lao Cui is waiting outside. With him, there is no need to wait for the arrest certificate from the Ministry of Criminal Justice. It has already been signed." Once you come out, you can guarantee that Qian Haiqing will be imprisoned immediately, and when the whip and tiger's head stool are put on, are you afraid that he will not tell the truth? This case will be closed quickly, and you can leave it to Lao Cui."

Cai Yang was about to block the valve in one breath - the case of the Ministry of Punishment!As soon as the arrest warrant issued by the Ministry of Punishment came out, Zhang Zhang had to arrest the person and put him in prison to sign for custody. Anyone who violated the law would be deemed to be in contempt of the national law.If it was just Shang Shu Cui Yu who came, it would be fine, I would just find someone to support Qian Haiqing to sign the pledge, but now this Pei Jun rushed in with force - he knew Qian Haiqing, this person can't be replaced, and at this time if you want to It will be too late to intervene in the Cai family or the Dali Temple they have occupied.

Cai Yang was so angry that his throat hurt, and he couldn't help but think of his father Cai Yan's sentence to him: "You, you, don't worry about things, and something will happen sooner or later."

Now this matter is self-evident.

Seeing that Cai Yang was speechless, Pei Jun was a little confused, so he thoughtfully asked him: "It's too late, why don't I bother you and Lord Hou—I'll hand over to Old Cui for you." ? It was a trivial matter.”

Seeing that his son-in-law was depressed, Marquis Ning Wu just closed his eyes and shook his head. He took a long breath and said peacefully to Pei Junping, "Then please excuse me, Mr. Pei."

Pei Jun put on a smile: "Everything is what the junior should do. The junior is leaving."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked in front of Qian Haiqing who was shivering by the door, and with just one glance, the two servants around him stepped aside wisely.

"What are you still shrinking from?" He looked down at Qian Haiqing, with a look of insight into everything, and said with a half-smile: "Let's go, the punishment department is waiting for you."

Qian Haiqing's face turned red when he saw him, but before he could perform the last line of thanks to Ning Wuhou and Tang Yuming, Pei Jun had already carried him out with a pair of big hands. After walking two steps, Pei Jun lowered his voice and said He smiled gently in his ear: "Don't thank me, boy. They let you go, not for my face, but because they know that as long as the Criminal Ministry's case is issued, you will have to go in, so they can let you go anyway." If you are crushed to death in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, you will be a dead man no matter what.”

The winter wind was cold and cold, Qian Haiqing shuddered when he heard the words, and asked solemnly: "Then why did Mr. Pei come to save a dead man?"

Pei Jun pushed him from behind, told him to go forward without stopping, and then said with a smile on his face: "A dead person who can talk may also be a dead horse as a living horse doctor, maybe he will also jump up and step on it for me. Stepping on a villain."

Qian Haiqing turned his head and asked him: "Then if the student tells Mr. Pei about the Tang family, will Mr. Pei accept the student as a disciple?"

Pei Jun didn't even look at him: "No, I don't accept apprentices."

Unwilling to give up, Qian Haiqing lowered his voice again and turned to ask him, "Then what if the student can help Mr. Pei trample the Tang family to death?"

"You dare to say that before you leave the gate of the family?" Pei Jun wanted to laugh at him for being too naive, and taunted him casually: "If you can really do it, I will carry the big sedan chair eight times." Carry you into the mansion as an offering."

After all, without allowing Qian Haiqing to argue further, he pushed Qian Haiqing out of the gate of Ningwuhou Mansion.There were people from the Ministry of Punishment waiting outside with a carriage waiting at the door, and Cui Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was standing at the front. Although there was still some blush on his face, it did not prevent him from listening intently to the report from a yamen servant beside him.

The next moment, before Pei Jun could pull Qian Haiqing to Cui Yu and give him instructions, Cui Yu had already hurried over with a more solemn expression than usual:

"Ziyu, just now the ministry came to report that Prince Jin was assassinated."