Pei Gonggui

Planning can never keep up with change.Two accidents happened one night in succession, causing Pei Jun to feel a slight pain in the back of his head.

Because the Ministry of Punishment only heard the news just now, Cui Yu didn't know what happened to King Jin, so he was about to go and see for himself, and asked Pei Jun to come along.Pei Jun answered, his eyebrows furrowed, and he asked Cui Yu first, "Who knows about this right now?"

Cui Yu lowered his voice: "I told you not to say anything. Right now, only the Ministry of Punishment knows...but it's hard to say tomorrow morning."

Jin Wangye Jiang Yue was assassinated after attending a banquet, and this banquet was set up by Pei Jun. If this incident spreads to the court the next morning, it is unknown how it will be arranged by someone with a heart.

Pei Jun had no choice but to temporarily put aside the idea of ​​asking Qian Haiqing about the secrets of Ningwuhou's mansion, and sent Qian Haiqing to the car to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.After walking two steps, he turned back and told Qian Haiqing not to eat the food in the prison for the next two days. Seeing that Qian Haiqing obediently nodded with a little uneasiness, he was relieved to follow Cui Yu in sedan chairs and headed for King Jin mansion.

In the cold night under the moonlight, Pei Jun sat in the sedan chair and lifted the curtain, and finally glanced back at the carriage of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, which was driving in the opposite direction, and suddenly felt deafeningly real——

Everything is really different.

He couldn't help thinking about one thing, that is - if he didn't stop Deng Zhun's inkstone when he was still in the sun, and the inkstone didn't hit Jiang Yue's fur, then he still used that inkstone to hit him. Deng Zhun, who betrayed Qian Haiqing, would be handed over to the government by Tang Yuming, who was furious after learning of the incident, and would be severely punished-he would not be recorded as an official for life in the future.Such a change might make Deng Zhun temporarily stop betraying him in front of Jiang Zhan, so that Jiang Yue would not necessarily notice that there was such a spy, so he would not send Suixi to expose Deng Zhun and anger Pei Jun just to fight back. , then he would not be able to notice Deng Zhun's abnormality, and would not drive Deng Zhun away, and Qian Haiqing, who was injured by Deng Zhun, must also bear Deng Zhun's hatred for him, the master of the perpetrator, and would be trapped by Tang Yuming's side from now on, never to die again. He would run away from Ningwuhou's mansion to pay homage to him, and he didn't have to arrange a banquet to falsely thank Jiang Yue and win Jiang Yue over. Jiang Yue would not necessarily be assassinated—because in his previous life, Jiang Yue was never murdered.

Everything seemed to be caused by Deng Zhun, like filling a small hole and changing all the needles and threads, but when you think about it carefully, Deng Zhun is just a cause, not a variable that changes everything.

Jiang Yue is.

It was Jiang Yue who brought Deng Zhun out of the dark, and made the cause bear fruit. It was Jiang Yue who disrupted this dark line that seemed to have changed but had no effect on the overall situation from the source, so that it was clear before his eyes. Everything on the surface has really changed because of this, and this change is heading towards a more irreversible situation. Now, even Jiang Yue has begun to be implicated by this.

He and Jiang Yue were enemies when they were young, and they were supposed to be political enemies in the previous dynasty, and they were still fighting until his death—but when he wore his current skin with his old bones ten years later, he used a pair of ten-year-old Seeing too much bloody eyes, even looking at the people around you will feel mediocre or naive, and you will be moved or indifferent, but only when you look at Jiang Yue in this life, you will feel different.

When Jiang Yue uttered the phrase "ten years" while he was half full, at that moment the withered glory and the old age were so vivid that he suddenly realized that he had never understood Jiang Yue regardless of his previous life or present life.

He didn't understand why Jiang Yue wanted to flirt with him, nor did he remember what kind of answer his 16-year-old self had given Jiang Yue, and he didn't know why Jiang Yue remembered this matter for a full ten years.He never even knew exactly what Jiang Yue wanted from Jiang Yue's mouth. All he knew was the ending of his previous life.

In this ending, he is a sad loser, and Jiang Yue is the final winner.When he returns to the present moment with his familiarity with such an ending—or it can be called "Pei Jun's past" time to live again, as a loser who wants to change the ending, he naturally has a crush on the "winner" of the previous life. "There is a lot of wait and see, but until now he still can't see it through.

In this life, he undoubtedly wanted to win, not only that, but he also wanted everyone else in the chess game to lose.

But what about Jiang Yue?

When Pei Jun and Cui Yu arrived at Prince Jin's Mansion one after another, it was already hollow above the moon. As soon as the concierge reported it, they were quickly invited into it. As they walked along the way, all the servants in the mansion they saw were respectful and cautious, and none of them talked or panicked.

Jinwang Mansion is located in the east of the city, but it is further north than the Zhongyihou Mansion, which is also in the east of the city. Not only the gate is opened three times and opened once, and the style of red lacquer and copper nails is extraordinary, but even the drum-holding stone and stone lions at the gate of the mansion are more impressive than Zhongyihou Mansion. No matter how tall it is, whether it’s the front and back boundaries occupying an alley, the crouching dragon dange on the stone steps in front of the door, or the colorful door hairpin beams, they spare no effort to distinguish what is the royal family and what is the subject.

Armored soldiers surrounded the palace, Pei Jun took a rough look, and knew that Jiang Yue had temporarily transferred his confidants from Dongcheng Bingma Si to guard him, and when he walked to the main hall, he heard the steward say, "You two, wait a moment, the prince will be here soon. "It proves that although being assassinated sounds dangerous, Jiang Yue can still move freely and arrange it properly, so it should be no serious problem.

Sitting quietly in the hall with Cui Yu, he couldn't help feeling that Prince Jin's Mansion was truly clean—in fact, even if it wasn't midnight, the Prince Jin's Mansion in his memory was peaceful.There are neither crying babies, wives and concubines singing, nor noisy geisha and theater troupes that he used to hear when he visited the princes' homes, but there is only this kind of ordinary and quiet like grass and trees in four seasons, even Quiet with a kind of indifferent majesty - just like Jiang Yue.

Just thinking of this, a calm and gentle voice came from not far away: "Cui Shangshu has been waiting for a long time." After a pause, the voice laughed again: "I am ashamed, I asked Mr. Pei to come too."

Pei Jun followed Cui Yu and turned his head, and sure enough, he saw Jiang Yue coming from the veranda.

At this time, Jiang Yue has changed into the plain cotton shirt that he often wears in the mansion, and a thin squirrel fur is casually draped over his shoulders, and he sits in the chair in all casual attire, but what doesn't match it is his left cheek There was a small red mark half a finger long on the upper part, with traces of blood that had solidified, indicating the danger just now.

Seeing this, Pei Jun and Cui Yu pleaded guilty immediately: "Your lord is frightened, I deserve death for your crimes!"

But Jiang Yue raised his hand in time to stop them, his smile remained unchanged, and he said concisely: "I informed the Ministry of Criminal Justice that because the assassin's body is still in the mansion, it should be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to report his death. The dead body... but I didn't want to disturb Cui Shangshu - and even made Mr. Pei unable to rest. Isn't this the fault of Gu, what is the crime of the two adults."

Speaking of this, his dark eyes turned to Pei Jun, as if he was thinking about something very quickly, and when he was young, he told Cui Yu vaguely: "Master Cui, take it back for a closer look, I don't know what the details of this assassin is, I'm afraid Can't help much."

Although this remark did not say where or how he was assassinated, he did not accuse anyone of being suspected.Cui Yu heard that, Yu Guang and Pei Jun beside him looked at each other and signaled to each other: Prince Jin did not link the assassination with the half-cooked banquet, which should mean not to be involved.So Cui Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and replied: "I obey the order, so please trouble the steward to lead the way." But Pei Jun felt strange in his heart at this time: Is this so simple?

The steward who had brought the two in just now asked outside, and at this time the criminal servant who followed Cui Yu was let in by the armored soldiers outside the screen door, and was allowed to be admitted to the hospital to carry away the assassin's body.

After clarifying the situation, seeing that there was no need to wait any longer, Pei Jun was about to raise his hand and bid farewell with Cui Yu, but Jiang Yue suddenly interrupted:

"Master Pei, I still have some things I want to talk to Mr. Pei in private. I wonder if Mr. Pei can stay a little longer?"

--really.Pei Jun frowned slightly, and answered in a moment: "All the ministers listen to the prince."

Since Cui Yu left the two of them to lead the corpse back to the yamen first, Pei Jun glanced at his back as he turned out of the corner of the corridor, turned his head, and saw Jiang Yue's eyes like ink under the eyelashes were looking at him without blinking. It seems that under the lights in the hall, it looks clear and bright, but the look in Jiang Yue's eyes at this time is not so much a smile as a chill.The slight red mark on his cheek seemed to add a trace of unexplained slyness and hostility to his expression, and together with the solemn majesty around him, he pressed against Pei Jun, making Pei Jun's heart tremble inexplicably.

The next moment, he heard Jiang Yue say slowly: "Lord Pei, don't worry. The real assassin is still in the backyard. What Cui Shangshu took away was only the bodyguard who rescued him from death. There should be nothing to find out."

Speaking of this, he sighed lightly and caressed the relief of the animal head on the chair handle, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, and he sighed with resentment: "To Mr. Pei, every sentence he said today is heartfelt, why does Mr. Pei always act like this?" How about putting your backhand to your death?"

——Jiang Yue really doubted him.This was Pei Jun's first thought.

Jiang Yue is thoughtful, and the defense of the Jin Palace is used to be strict. He not only brings three or five guards to accompany the sedan chair when he goes in and out on weekdays, but also sends people to clean up the hidden dangers in the places he frequents early in the morning-but today he was invited by Pei Jun. The half-cooked man who had never been there was assassinated after the banquet. Whoever wanted to come had nothing to do with Pei Jun.

Pei Jun had already expected that he would be the first person Jiang Yue suspected, so he was not surprised by Jiang Yue's words.But he thought that Jiang Yue's words were not necessarily to identify him as the real murderer behind the scenes, but more or less just a temptation, and it was a mockery of his previous backhand sending Suixi into the palace and changing his ticket on the spot.

Thinking of this, he said with a smile without hesitation: "Hey, since the lord suspects the minister, he can ask Cui Shangshu to take the minister away for a strict trial, and order him to investigate with the three divisions of Dali Temple and Yushitai, but why didn't he? Kuang Chen Yu The Department of Jingzhao Division has worked hard for the prince for two years, big and small, and has never made any mistakes. Could it be that in the eyes of the prince, if the minister is killed by such an assassin, will he still do the superfluous job of calling the thief to catch the thief? Or does the prince have a plan? What clues can prove it so that I can't make half a point of sophistry?"

"Gu was assassinated on the way back to the mansion. It was less than a stick of incense before and after Gu declined Mr. Pei's kindness and left half full." Jiang Yue stood up from his chair and walked slowly to Pei Jun to meet with him. He looked straight up, "Although the Ministry of Rites has reported the banquet of the six parties long ago, it is known that only those who will go to the banquet today and those from the palace of the lonely prince, and those who will attend the banquet today are all Lord Pei's cronies. Mr. Pei thinks—Which side does Gu Geng believe leaked the news?"

Speaking of this, the smile on his face seemed to become more gentle: "What's more, the assassin's body is still in the backyard, and there are still tattoos on his back from previous years' military officers and soldiers. As far as I know, the tattoos belonged to Mr. Pei's late father." There is a frontier army, and it counts at the top, so it should be a veteran. Mr. Pei, how do you explain this?"

This matter was actually related to Pei's father's border guards, which Pei Jun did not expect, and if this relationship is known to the officials, it will not be a matter of time for Pei Jun to explain it clearly.His expression remained unchanged, and he asked Jiang Yue softly: "But this evidence is already ironclad. Once it is handed over to the third division, I will never be able to get away easily. If the prince wants to identify the minister as the envoy, why did he leave the body behind? Baochen once?"

And Jiang Yueqing's eyes were fixed in his eyes, and he raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly at him: "What do you think, Mr. Pei?"

"According to the prudence of the prince's actions, there must be some doubts in it, which made the prince suspect that the minister was framed by others, so handing over the body in this way is a trick of the people behind the scenes." Pei Jun looked back at Jiang Yue and smiled a little Don't panic, "And this kind of thing of acting as a minion for a tiger, I think the prince never likes to do it."

"Master Pei knows Gu very well." Jiang Yue moved his eyes away with a smile or sarcasm, and sighed softly, "Yes, it is true that as Mr. Pei said, Gu has some thoughts on this matter, but he is not sure. , I left Mr. Pei a step, just to ask Mr. Pei to look at the corpse together, or Mr. Pei is wise enough to give me some advice."

The servant picked up the door curtain from the main hall to the back porch, Jiang Yue raised his hand and said "Please, Mr. Pei", Pei Jun lowered his head and folded his hands and said "Please, Prince Jin first", and then followed Jiang Yue and joined him Go to the backyard of the palace.

After Jiang Yue became an adult, he often led the army outside. Up to now, he has no wives, concubines or children, so there are very few banquets in the palace.Even if Pei Jun came here on a daily basis, it was mostly to report for official business, and he never thought of stepping into the inner courtyard of the palace. Therefore, when he walked through the hanging flower gate of the palace with Jiang Yue that night, it was him. In the 20 years of acquaintance with Jiang Yue in his two lifetimes, it was the first time he entered the deep inner courtyard of Jiang Yue's house. To him, this was still an inexplicable novelty.

The color of the tree was swaying in the cold wind, Jiang Yue's figure was in front of him, tall and graceful, leading him through the courtyard, as if he was not taking him to see a dead body at all, but more like taking him here Walk leisurely in the magnificent palace with seven courtyards, five entrances and eighteen verandahs, a dream in the garden.

After the two turned left and entered the green screen door, Pei Jun turned his head and saw a large bronze tripod with animal feet in the courtyard outside the corridor.This kind of tripod has been handled by him countless times in the Ministry of Rites, and he can tell at a glance that it is the imperial court's praise and reward for Jiang Yue's military exploits.Continue to walk to the corner, and there is a chain link door on the right side of the corridor. It can be seen that there is a three-walled Xieshan Baoding building, which looks like a delicately carved flower pot placed in the palm of a solemn Buddha. There is also a long bright lamp burning inside.

The gloomy lights in Baoxia poured out from all the open doors and windows, looking bright and warm, almost the only warm color in Jiang Yue's quiet and quiet palace, placed here, just like a bonfire in the snow and ice A fire that never goes out, or a heart that never stops beating when the Buddha lies deep in the mountains.From a distance, there is a shrine carved with gold and jade. Although the enshrined god's writings in the shrine cannot be clearly seen at this time, it is not difficult for Pei Jun to guess who is enshrined according to the majestic decoration and stately regulations around him.

"Master Pei, this way."

Pei Jun came back to his senses for a moment, only to realize that he had forgotten to move forward.Looking up, Jiang Yue was standing alone in front of another screen door seven or eight steps away. At this time, Yingting's brows and eyes were soft in the moonlight. Seeing that he didn't keep up, he was waiting for him to pass with a smile, not in a hurry.

Pei Jun walked to Jiang Yue's side in a few steps, and when the two of them were in front of each other again, he sighed softly: "My lord is a caring person. Lord Yongshun has been gone for more than ten years. If God knows how filial your lord is, So far, it must be very gratifying.”

"What kind of filial piety do you do alone?" Jiang Yue's last words disappeared in a handful of pale white air as he exited. The only ones who can do it..."

Jiang Yue was the seventh and youngest son of Emperor Yongshun.He was born in the 32nd year of Yongshun, one year earlier than Pei Jun.His father, Emperor Yongshun, has been in power for a long time. Because he governed the world well and led virtuous ministers, he brought unprecedented prosperity to the world for more than [-] years. The leaves are luxuriant, and the flowers and plants are in full bloom.

Long before Jiang Yue was born, Emperor Yongshun had six sons and five daughters. The first emperor Suning Emperor Jiang Bei who inherited the great treasure but died prematurely was his elder brother. After the death of Emperor Suning, he was The youngest uncle on the head of Emperor Yuanguang Jiang Zhan, the current emperor, was considered to be of the same generation as Pei Jun's father, but when Emperor Yongshun died, Jiang Yue was only an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.

If you compare a person to a tree, it is like a loquat and a sycamore, there is always the difference between late green and early withering, and there is always early sorrow and early wisdom.At least in Pei Jun's opinion, ever since he knew about Jiang Yue at the age of sixteen or seventeen, he only felt that there was always a cold fog around the little prince, which made people feel scared when they saw him at a distance, and at close proximity. Later, although the walking officials always seemed friendly and smiling, but more often, they always made people wonder whether the thousand zhang ice cliff was hidden under the smile.

"Here we are." Jiang Yue stopped in front of the courtyard in the west, and turned sideways to let Pei Jun approach.

Pei Jun took a few steps forward, and saw a row of guards in front of him guarding the corpse of a tall and strong man on the ground.

The front of the male corpse's nocturnal black clothes has been cut open, revealing the military tattoo mentioned by Jiang Yue on the shoulders. Under the illumination of the surrounding torches, the man's scarred face and angrily opened eyes can be clearly seen. With both eyes, it is estimated that he should be in his thirties.As for the cause of death, it was obviously a dagger pierced through the neck, and the right hand of the male corpse was still firmly held on the hilt, it looked as if he himself suddenly stabbed himself to death with a sword, the force was so great that a single knife kill.

Pei Jun only took one look, then clicked his tongue twice: "My lord is really good at it."

Jiang Yue glanced at him, lowered his eyes and smiled, stood with his hands behind the man's head, and said in a slightly regretful tone: "Gu originally wanted to keep him alive, but this man has extraordinary skills, and after killing the guards in front of the sedan chair, he quickly He rushed into the sedan chair, grabbed the throat with his hands, his move was deadly, and he never failed. He must have been tamed by assassination all year round, and it would be very difficult to capture him alive. He had no choice but to find an opportunity to kill him, otherwise if he could interrogate a living person, he would be killed. There should be more clues..."

Pei Jun was about to squat down to check the tattoo on the assassin's chest, when he heard Jiang Yue's words, he suddenly felt amused, thinking about the situation at that time, he could not even save his life, Jiang Yue killed the assassin twice, but he didn't know how to rejoice, and wanted to It's a pity that torture can't be used to extract a confession—I don't know if it's cute or ridiculous.

It's also possible that the royal family members always have such a temperament, they never hold and pinch what they want to get in their hands, and only look at what they can't get.

Pei Jun sighed helplessly, squatting down, and softly comforted Jiang Yue with a smile: "My lord, you are a rich man, and self-protection is the most important thing. As long as you check carefully, there will always be clues. If not, we can lure the snake out of the hole , what is more precious than your life? If you make a mistake, I am afraid that the heads of all the ministers attending the banquet tonight will be moved, and the ministers will be blamed for death, so you should stop blaming yourself. If you want to continue talking like this, where should I put Chen et al's old face?"

Jiang Yue laughed because of his words, and just took the thin tissue handed over by the guards and wrapped it around his fingers: "Master Pei is so young and high-ranking and still calls himself an old face, so he must be angry with Mr. Zhang and Mr. Cai." He said, He also slowly squatted down beside Pei Jun, raised his finger and gently opened the front of the assassin's clothes, or moved two points closer to Pei Jun because of difficulty, and then motioned for Pei Jun to look at the Tattoo: "Lord Pei, look, the color of this tattoo is old and worn out, it definitely doesn't look like a new imitation recently, it should be ten years old."

Pei Jun looked at the pattern and count, and nodded with frown: "It is indeed owned by the border guards, and it is exactly the same as my father's tattoo. I don't know if I can ask the prince to get a pen and paper so that I can make a pattern like this. Good morning tomorrow." Go ask my father's old department."

Jiang Yuezao took a piece of rice paper from his side and handed it to him as expected: "I have ordered someone to be ready. If Mr. Pei helps to check, I think I can know the identity of this person sooner."

Pei Jun took the paper with both hands, turned his head and looked at Jiang Yue with a smile, "Just now, the lord suspected that I was the mastermind behind the scenes, so now why are you not afraid that I will leak the news?"

While speaking, Jiang Yue was holding the hilt of the dagger in the assassin's neck through the thin silk. Before Pei Jun could finish his sentence, he pulled the dagger out of the assassin's still stiff arm, and there was a sudden burst of pain. Remnants of blood spouted from the assassin's neck lowly, instantly staining a large area of ​​green bricks on the ground red.

Jiang Yue raised his arm and shook the drawn dagger in the air. He looked down to see that the blood on it was not much, and then calmly handed it to Pei Jun, tilting his head and smiling slightly: "What did Master Pei just say? I didn't hear clearly."

"..." Pei Jun's face froze for a moment, silently took the dagger with both hands, and said solemnly: "No, I didn't say anything. Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely use all my contacts to try to solve this case for my lord as soon as possible."

Jiang Yue nodded when he heard the words, raised his hand to support Pei Jun, and wanted to bring him up: "With Mr. Pei's words, I can rest easy now."

Pei Jun only felt that the forearm held by him had begun to emit a burst of coldness. At this time, he hurriedly withdrew his hand, turned to hold Jiang Yue's arm, and smiled carefully: "My lord, you are welcome, be careful, my lord. Your legs are numb after squatting for a long time, get up slowly, don't worry."

Jiang Yue paused suddenly, raised the corners of his lips slightly as if he thought it was amused for a moment, lowered his eyes and let Pei Jun help him up, and said in a warm voice, "Send Mrs. Pei alone."

After finishing speaking, before Pei Jun said "Your Majesty, don't bother", he slowly pulled his arm out of Pei Jun's hand and put it under the fur, turned around and walked back and forth.So Pei Jun had no choice but to follow behind him, but walking all the way back, he really found that Jiang Yue was walking much slower than when he came, and his steps seemed to be thoughtful.

Just when Pei Jun was hesitating whether to ask aloud, Jiang Yue, who was walking in front of him, suddenly stopped, causing him to almost bump into him.He stopped for a while and backed up a little, he saw Jiang Yue in front of him, as if he finally remembered something, he turned around suddenly: "Lord Pei."

"...Hey, Lord Jin?" Pei Jun retracted the dagger in his hand, even though he knew that if something really happened, it wouldn't be of much use...

"I just want to talk about the assassination," Jiang Yue said calmly and solemnly, "I think that this matter is that someone not only wants Jin's palace to suffer, but also wants Master Pei to lose power because of it. According to the current situation in the court, I don't know. Does Lord Pei have any guesses about the person behind the scenes?"

Seeing that the words meant something, Pei Jun thought carefully, and at first he only thought that Jiang Zhan was not the mastermind behind the scenes.Because even if Jiang Zhan became more jealous of Jiang Yue because of the rejoicing, there is no need to involve Pei Jun in killing Jiang Yue. After all, the new policy has just been passed, and Jiang Zhan will still need six bills in the future. In his previous life, he would not be wiped out so quickly—in his previous life, he squeezed out the last drop of blood from Pei Jun before wiping his neck. In this respect, Jiang Zhan was very patient.

Thinking about it this way, there are three kinds of people who want Jiang Yue to die in the court: one is for military power, the other is for loyalty to the throne, and the third is for profit, and among them, they want to push Pei Jun into the underworld. Can only focus on the third.From this point of view, if the person who can gain the most benefit once Jiang Yue and Pei Jun fall at the same time is the most likely mastermind behind the scenes, then the answer is already ready——

"Cai Shi." Pei Jun spit out these two words lightly.

Jiang Yue nodded approvingly: "Gu thinks so too, but everything needs to be verified carefully. In this way, Mr. Pei and Gu are considered to be in the same boat, so maybe the matter Mr. Pei mentioned at half-baked tonight can be shared with him." Let's discuss it in detail again."

Pei Jun raised his eyebrows: "The prince has changed his mind?"

Jiang Yue smiled lightly and lowered his eyes: "For a while, there is a plan. If the two of us still disagree after this incident, then it's okay to part ways again. And if this move can cut off Cai's party from the court in one fell swoop, Gu is also willing." Cooperate with Mr. Pei." As he spoke, he turned to invite Pei Jun forward, "It is hard work for Mr. Pei to involve Mr. Pei here in the middle of the night. If you don't give up, I just want to invite Mr. Pei to have a cup of light tea. You should relieve your fatigue. If Master Pei is willing, you can talk to Gu Xi about the conspiracy, and Gu will listen attentively."

"My lord, you're being polite." Pei Jun thanked him deeply, raised his hand and said, "It's better to obey your orders than to be respectful, please ask your lord to lead the way, your lord first please."

"Okay." Jiang Yue's smile brightened the corners of his eyes for a moment, and he also raised his hand for Pei Jun: "Please, Mr. Pei."

The two of them walked through the atrium, walked through the door of the corridor, and came to the curtain flower hall on the side wall of the east chamber.Pei Jun followed Jiang Yue into the room, bypassed the first folded plum screen, and sat opposite him at the sandalwood table in the hall. on the table.

Jiang Yue raised his hand to pick out a slightly larger tea pot on the simple wooden tray, opened the lid with his slender and white fingers, and suddenly there was a pleasant fragrance of flowers, which made Pei Jun lean forward slightly: "Scented tea?"

Jiang Yue didn't answer, and skimmed through many tedious steps. He just put a small teacup in front of Pei Jun, took out a small dried flower from the jar with a bamboo clip, and put it in it. Then, he pulled back his sleeves Pour the kettle into boiling water.All of a sudden, the dried flowers in the cup bloomed suddenly when they touched the boiling water, just filling the whole cup, and the color was as bright as the magnificent clouds of the sunset in the summer sky—but the good scene only lasted for a moment.In Pei Jun's blink of an eye, the crimson flowers in the cup suddenly melted into the scorching water, leaving nothing left. For a moment, it was as if Danko had entered a spring to dye a pool of water red, which made the flowers bloom just now. The scene is like an unbelievable dream.

"There are so many rare treasures in Prince Jin's mansion."

While Pei Jun was amazed, Jiang Yue only smiled and pushed the teacup towards him: "It's just ordinary tea, Mr. Pei, try it."

Hearing the words, Pei Jun held up the teacup with both hands, bowed his head and took a sip——

But in the sweetness of his lips and teeth, he felt as if a withered and brittle silk string was suddenly snapped in his heart, and there was a clank like iron in his cavity, and there was an empty sound. After a long time, there was only an aftertaste of melancholy.

—He remembered the tea.

He drank this tea.