Pei Gonggui

There were two or three days of business between several departments, and four or five other messy things happened in each, so busy that Pei Jun didn't even touch the ground.It was so easy to look forward to a rest, he wanted to skip his morning exercises and get a good night's sleep, but he didn't know that the rooster had just finished crowing early in the morning, but someone from the Ministry of Criminal Justice came looking for him again.

When Liu Jin came knocking on the door to call him, his first thought was that something had happened to Qian Haiqing, but he hurriedly put on his clothes and went to the main hall to have a look, only to see that it was the head of the criminal department in a soap jacket, and he rubbed his hands several times in annoyance. To plead guilty, he said he was going to ask him to go to court to identify a dead body.

It's time to celebrate the New Year, and every house in the street is pasted with peach charms and door god paintings, either for good luck or to avoid bad luck, but the most unlucky thing to see a dead person before the New Year's Eve is met by Pei Jun, and still early in the morning.When he went out, there was still white flakes of snow floating in the sky, and the cold weather froze the threads of the curtains of his sedan chair. When he asked him to lift them up, he felt a prick in his palm. There was a bright red streak of blood, he raised his finger to wipe it, and a new line of blood oozes out again, still the same bright red.

The sedan chair stopped in the back hall of the Criminal Department, Pei Jun got down and followed the chief officer to the dark room of the mortuary, where he saw a load of fresh corpses on the examination table.Wu Zuo stood aside, at this time respectfully lifted the cloth mask of the hood, and Pei Jun took a look. Although the face of the dead man under the cloth was bruised and swollen, his thin and short eyebrows and With a pair of hanging eyelids, Pei Jun also recognized who it was at a glance.

Cui Yu also arrived at this time, and entered the dark room from the door with a chill in his body. He hurriedly glanced at the inspection platform, then sighed and patted Pei Jun on the back: "Hey, it really is your former student. Ziyu, Please mourn, people live in this world, this is a matter of time..."

The chief officer on the side also said repeatedly: "Yes yes yes, my lord Pei mourns. We only fished this man out of the moat early this morning. We only found out that he died last night. I don't know who he is, or if someone down there recognizes him." I used to be under Mr. Pei's family, so I have to trouble you to come here, and I have brought you such a big bad luck. It is really a sin, Mr. Pei sincerely mourns."

Pei Jun looked down at Deng Zhun lying on the examination table, and asked in a low voice, "Did you drown?"

The chief officer then reported: "Returning to my lord, after the first inspection by Wu, there was a wound on the side of the head of this person, and there was also wine and meat in his stomach. He may have been drunk and fell into the water on the bridge pier, so he must have drowned. The rest is yet to be verified." Only the surrounding wineries and witnesses will know..."

But Pei Jun thought that there was no need to investigate further.

He knew that there must be wine and meat in the belly of Deng Zhun, that he must have been to a restaurant before he died, and that there must be someone to confirm it, because only in this way can Deng Zhun's accidental death of being drunk and falling into the water become the same as everyone else who heard it. Like the unexpected but surprisingly mediocre ways of dying, they are applicable to almost every frustrated person, and when they are told, people can be shocked, but it is difficult to doubt.

Pei Jun has watched this way of death too many times in wine shops and brothels since he was fifteen or sixteen years old, and he has taught him the principle of silent killing a few years ago——

This is what he taught Jiang Zhan to use, and Jiang Zhan had learned it well a few years ago.

"Does this student still have any relatives?" Cui Yu asked him.

Pei Jun raised his hand, put the cloth covering the corpse back on Deng Zhun's head, and sighed: "His father just died in the field last year, leaving his mother as a widow. I don't know if he remarried or not. I haven't sent him a letter, so I'm afraid I won't get close to him long ago."

Hearing this, Cui Yu raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Then should we still investigate?"

Pei Jun closed his eyes deeply for a moment, and then opened his eyes and sighed: "Don't investigate, just close the case."

Right now, he has completely woken up from his doze, and at this moment, he only feels that his chest is covered by a cloud of black air.In the black air, the faces of Deng Zhun and Jiang Zhan shook alternately, sometimes docile and obedient, sometimes harsh, one called him master and the other called him sir, and in the end they made him dull, dizzy, and brain ache.

Cui Yu pulled him to sit in the hall outside, and he said: "Old Cui, I'd better take Qian Haiqing away today, it's not a problem to leave you here all the time."

Cui Yu nodded and said, "Just think it over." Then he asked someone to let Qian Haiqing out, and said that he would call Mr. Pei for a bowl of tea along the way.

"Don't, don't, don't," Pei Jun squeezed his arm with a suppressed smile, and said slowly, "Old Cui, if I drink the tea from the Ministry of Criminal Justice again, I won't be able to pass the year? Or should I invite you to come later?" Sit somewhere else, I have caused you a lot of trouble recently, so I have to thank you very much."

"Sure, then I'll just wait." Cui Yu is a straightforward person, and he has long been different from Pei Jun's politeness. Seeing Pei Jun get up at this time, he also got up to send him out, and continued to comfort him, telling him to go back and rest at ease.

But right now, Pei Jun really didn't have the intention to go back and go back to sleep.Thinking that the Ministry of Punishment was very close to Jing Zhaosi, he thought he might as well go to Jing Zhaosi to have a look nearby, as if to forget things for the time being.

The law of the current dynasty imperially stipulates that the government offices at all levels should be "sealed" to suspend official duties at the last ten days of the twelfth lunar month every year. , which is the last few days before the seal in the eighth year of Yuanguang.

Pei Jun stood outside the backyard of the Ministry of Punishment and waited until the yamen servant brought Qian Haiqing out. He originally asked Qian Haiqing to go back to the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion by himself, but this student didn't agree, and insisted that he wanted to go with him to see the official affairs of the yamen. Open your eyes, grabbing his sleeve and going to follow.Pei Jun's heart was suppressed by Deng Zhun's death, and he didn't have the energy to fight with this baby, so he took him with him, but when he entered the hall, he happened to meet Jin Wangye Jiang Yue sitting in his usual Behind the desk, it was the one who came to sign the last batch of official documents before the seal at the end of the year.

Among the layers of official documents, Jiang Yue was sitting wearing a beaded court dress. Seeing that it was early in the morning when Ann was invited out of the palace, he looked up and saw that Pei Jun was not only not wearing the official uniform, but also wearing a black gauze Qian Haiqing walked into the mansion unhurriedly, and inevitably squinted his eyes to look at the two of them for a while, then looked at Qian Haiqing with a smile and said, "Master Pei, is there a new student?"

"Wanfu, my lord." Pei Jun raised his hand to bow to him, and replied: "The students haven't changed yet, maybe they will be kicked out this tomorrow."

Behind him, Qian Haiqing was saluting the King of Jin, halfway through the walk, when he heard this, he stared at Pei Jun's back and widened his eyes.This time Pei Jun couldn't see it, but Jiang Yue, who was opposite him, looked at him with a smile, and when Pei Jun saw Jiang Yue smiling, he turned his head to look at Qian Haiqing, but saw Qian Haiqing smiling extremely at him. Obediently, he suspiciously sent him to go around first, and he just turned around and continued talking about the affairs of the department with Jiang Yue.

The small red scar left by the assassin on Jiang Yue's face has faded away, and now there is only a faint mark still hanging in front of his eyes. Naturally, he is not as fierce as when he was still red, and he has returned to his usual indifference and gentleness, but From Pei Jun's point of view, it was as if the scenery was flowing back for a moment, and he almost felt that Jiang Yue in front of him had been layered with the shadow of his youth, even the position of the imprint on his face was almost the same, if he was not talking about city defense, Hoarding food, he was afraid that he would really think that he was still running errands and delivering books for him in Qingyun prison.

Jiang Yue noticed Pei Jun's scrutiny, and the words he was talking gradually came to an end, and he said first: "Thanks to Mr. Pei for sending shark dew, I smeared it every day, and my face injury healed within a few days. I must thank Mr. Pei."

Pei Jun didn't expect Jiang Yue to use the medicine he sent at all, but he didn't expect Jiang Yue to bluntly say that it was easy to use, and he couldn't help but nodded slightly in surprise: "Where is the prince, I want to thank the prince for the tea. "

When Jiang Yue heard him talking about tea, his brows gradually brightened with a smile: "The camellia bloomed twice because of Mr. Pei, presumably it's because of a great fate with Mr. Pei, and it's just that the tea is given to someone who is destined."

"Then the lord is ridiculous." Pei Jun just wanted to smile wryly when he heard this, "My lord, I haven't seen the camellia blossom again so far, so I don't have a chance, so why should I ask the lord to take back the precious tea? I'd rather save it What a pity to waste everything in the hands of the minister?"

Jiang Yue said almost immediately after hearing the words: "Master Pei, don't worry about it." It seemed that because he said this too hastily, there was a short pause after he finished speaking, and then he thought about it for a while before explaining it in a later sentence: "After all This year's new tea is coming soon."

"The book of the Taiping Kingdom arrived at Honglu Temple the day before yesterday, and I was lucky enough to get a copy of it—I heard that the second prince of Taiping and his party have arrived at Pingjing Pass, and it is expected that they will enter Beijing tomorrow or the day after tomorrow," Jiang Yue took out the next copy in his hand The document waiting to be signed gave Pei Jun a reassuring smile, "Every year, the Taiping ambassador will bring a lot of wonderful tea. If there is something new this year, I will invite Mr. Pei again when I am alone." common goods."

But when he mentioned the second prince of Taiping, he did not make Pei Jun think of tea first. Instead, he thought of an event that would happen at the state banquet this year, that is, this year's Taiping came to envoy him to ask for a relationship with the Jiang family. The royal family married, and they brought along a young and beautiful imperial concubine named Qiu Yuanqian.They hope that the young emperor Jiang Zhan will make this woman a concubine or even a queen, so as to reproduce the prosperous view of the friendship and mutual existence between the two countries in the old Yongshun period.

However, Princess Taiping and other princesses of the same country, married when the empire was strong during the Yongshun period, can be said to be a good relationship and a good relationship between the two countries, but now the court has just been torn apart by natural disasters and wars, and the emperor Jiang Zhan has not yet weakened. In the early years of Yuanguang, who dared to say that the concubine of the country was really a help when she married?After all, according to the history of the Taiping Kingdom, there has always been icing on the cake, and there is no charcoal in the snow, and it is even more common to make troubles. Now it is just because of diplomatic affairs that they still have a few superficial efforts. If they are really rushing to open up a prosperous world for Jiang Zhan, then I'm afraid no one will believe what I said.That's why Pei Jun's previous life had alerted all the court officials, but the Taiping Kingdom's dowry could really solve the urgent need for the state treasury to be empty. Therefore, under the drafting of Cai Taishi, Zhao Taibao and others, this matter was turned upside down. In [-], it was taken to the court meeting between the cabinet and the ministries. In the end, there were more votes than those who held votes and opposed votes. Even Pei Jun was one of the ministers who voted.So the beautiful and beautiful Ji from Taiping was carried into Jiang Zhan's Chongning Hall and became Jiang Zhan's first wife.

Before and after the ceremony, Jiang Zhan did not speak to Pei Jun for a month.

The red candle banquet in the palace was organized by the Ministry of Rituals that night, Pei Jun could still remember all the rules and regulations of the banquet, but he couldn't remember how much wine he drank and what words he gave.When he woke up the next day, he was already at home, and the reward came from the palace. He knelt down to accept the decree. He heard the decree said that the success of the diplomatic relations between the two countries was due to his contribution to Pei Jun. The tray was full of gold and jade, and in the middle was the extremely exquisite golden rooster paperweight that he had given to Jiang Zhan. At that time, I saw that the paperweight had been split in two from the chicken body.

The next month, he repaired the golden rooster and Jiang Zhan to restore the old relationship, and the next year the concubines in the palace became more and more prosperous, but the concubine of the Taiping Kingdom developed a cold disease that was not acclimatized to the environment, and it gradually became serious. It did not drag on for three years, and she happened to study abroad in the new ship. When the monks came to the dynasty by boat, the concubine of the country drove the crane back to the west, and the hundreds of monks were buried according to the local customs and the national system, and they were posthumously named Queen Chunxiao and sent to the imperial mausoleum. After that, before Pei Jun died, although the palace There are always more or less disputes in the middle school because of this post, but Jiang Zhan never let go of his post.

"Prince Jin," Pei Jun suddenly wanted to ask Jiang Yue, the imperial relative who was bleeding from Taiping's blood, "If there is a vote for peace with Taiping in the coming year, should you vote?"

Jiang Yue put down the signed document, looked up at him but asked back, "Will Master Pei know?"

Pei Jun secretly laughed at this man's prudence, but he didn't want to hide it, he just said: "Yes, I will be the first vote."

Jiang Yue looked at him for a while, then lowered his head and continued to sign, "That Gu also votes."

"What if the minister votes against it?" Pei Jun asked again.

Jiang Yue paused when he was writing, and continued to write the word "quasi" in the next moment, "That orphan will hold the ticket."

Pei Jun crossed his arms and looked at his hand with a pen hanging on his wrist, quite puzzled: "Why does Prince Jin always want a ticket with my minister?"

Jiang Yue read the book carefully with his eyes, and replied with a half smile and a sarcasm: "If you go against Mr. Pei once, you will be assassinated. If you want to go against Mr. Pei again, I'm afraid God will not forgive you, so I'd better Forget it."

Speaking of which, Pei Jun hadn't had time to pick up his jokes when a few officers headed by Song Yi came back from checking the accounts. Seeing that Jiang Yue and Pei Jun were both there, they mentioned that the end of the year of the division hadn't been done yet. Seeing that both of them are here, or just go out for lunch today.

Hearing this, Jiang Yue glanced at Pei Jun, with a look of satisfaction, Pei Jun thought about it and thought that he would not have the time to spare, so he agreed, and seeing that he was in a hurry when he returned home, he simply sat down and shared some of the burden for Jiang Yue. Signing and printing of official documents within the authority.The two of them finished their business while talking, and at noon, they were surrounded by officials from the department and went to a restaurant where they often communicated to set up a banquet. When they sat down, they were accompanied by Qian Haiqing who was full of novelty.

During the banquet, there were mostly toasts and flattery, and Song Yi and others came to make fun of Qian Haiqing's wife, but they always relied on Jiang Yue's presence, so they were not very lively.Jiang Yue naturally knew it, so he got up and went first after sitting for a while, just like the past few years, and when Pei Jun sent him out, he also said a happy new year to him in advance, which was regarded as full of official etiquette. Let me say that I will see you at the state banquet, it seems that the room between the two is somewhat different than in previous years.

After the banquet, Pei Jun led Qian Haiqing, who had been downed with two sips of wine, back to Zhongyi Hou's Mansion. Seeing that Liu Jin, Dong Shu, and a group of servants heard that Qian Sheng had returned, they all came out to welcome the student, and with Qian Sheng Talking jokingly, I can't help thinking that when Deng Zhun used to go back to his home, everyone around him just whispered, and he didn't know what kind of feeling he felt in his heart, and he didn't want to disturb this joy, so he waited for Uncle Dong to pass with Qian Sheng Enthusiastic about the reunion, I just dragged Uncle Dong to the backyard, asked Uncle Dong to bring some incense paper, and told him in a low voice that Deng Zhun was dead.But when he turned his head, he saw Qian Haiqing standing in the corridor so helpless, obviously he felt embarrassed when he heard what the two said, even though he was usually eloquent, he couldn't say a word at this time.

In fact, this is not a matter of who replaces whom.Deng Zhun was a self-inflicted evil, he was not kicked out because of Qian Haiqing, let alone died because of Qian Haiqing, but if you want to say that this matter has nothing to do with Qian Haiqing but it is definitely not, there are thousands of people in this matter. The countless twists and turns of luck combined to produce such a result is naturally beyond anyone's expectation, and it is inevitable for Qian Haiqing to feel at a loss.

Qian Haiqing is a man with many minds. Pei Jun could not help him worry about the situation and his heart changed, so he said: "If you live in Deng Zhun's house and feel uncomfortable, I will ask Uncle Dong to change you to live in another house. If you want, you can stay here to prepare for the exam, no one will drive you out."

After hearing this, Qian Haiqing felt a little relieved, came back to thank Pei Jun, said his condolences, and said that there is no need to bother. At this time, he put away his embarrassment and worry, and followed Uncle Dong in a sensible way, helping They moved out some sacrificial objects from the warehouse together, and the three of them burned incense and candles together, and silently and slightly strangely burned some paper money for Deng Zhun who had not yet been buried. After leaving the room, Uncle Dong sat on the porch, took out the tobacco pot and lit it.

Pei Jun knew that the old man was quick-tempered but kind-hearted, and today he heard that Deng Zhun's death was a bit sad and unbearable, so he raised his hand and patted him on the back silently, saying: "You guys smoke a little, it will hurt your health. "

Uncle Dong said yes, but he was still sitting while carrying the cigarette pot. Pei Junli looked behind him for a while, and finally couldn't hold back and said: "Uncle Dong, you should smoke less."

Uncle Dong covered his mouth and coughed twice, put down the pipe, and inevitably gave Pei Jun a strange look: "My lord, I'm afraid you smoked less than my old man in the past few years." Rao Ruo coughed and extinguished the pipe , Put it away, discussed with Pei Jun and said to find Deng Zhun's family to send some money, and when Pei Jun agreed, he continued to work.

In the next few days, the Ministry of Rituals would receive foreign guests and count tributes. Pei Jun just took care of them step by step.

Until the day before the seal, the Ministry of Rites had no more unfinished business in the state banquet, and the final details were left to Guanglu Temple for promises. Pei Jun entered the palace on behalf of Jing Zhaosi, and together with the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion, he went to the cabinet to report and seal the box. They had another face-to-face meeting with Marquis Ning Wu, but they didn't say a word about Qian Haiqing, they were just happy to greet him.

After Qian Haiqing was abducted by him, Ningwuhou's mansion seemed to be very peaceful. Even Tang Yuming, who was used to bragging, never came to trouble because of Qian Haiqing's affairs. Looks busy with Chinese New Year.This inevitably made Pei Jun faintly feel that they seemed to have a bigger plan that was big enough to cover up their previous mistakes.However, if the official seal is sealed, no matter how many plans are made, it will not be able to change immediately, so Pei Jun only kept his mind on it, and wanted to ask Qian Haiqing for the reason after the state banquet, and then communicate with the Tang family after the seal was opened. Think carefully.

Thus, the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month ushered in, the day of the state banquet, and also the day of official seals.

On this day, all the officials do not work anymore, but they have to dress up and go to the Feihua Hall in the palace to have a banquet. This is one of the biggest events in the Tian family throughout the year. It is also to use this banquet to invite envoys from various countries to demonstrate the country's prestige. Therefore, before the banquet, the important ministers of the central government still have to go to the Imperial Study Room of the Inner Court to summarize various things in batches, so that the emperor Jiang Zhan has a good idea of ​​​​everything to deal with the envoys of other countries. .

The Ministry of Rites, where Pei Jun worked, and the two ministers of Guanglu Temple and Honglu Temple were the last ones to meet because they were responsible for trivial matters of the state banquet.When they entered the palace, the palace roads were covered with snow, and golden silk and red velvet lanterns had been hung in front of the corridors and corner halls. Even the curtains in the imperial study room were in a happy and auspicious style. They finished their affairs in the Zhongqing Hall At that time, you can hear the silk and bamboo orchestra of Fengming and the rising sun piercing into your ears from afar - it means that all the officials and envoys from various countries have already taken their seats in the Feihua Hall, listening to the strings and watching the dance, waiting for the emperor to come.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Jiang Zhan heard the sound, and stretched out his hands from under the sleeves of the gold silk dragon robe. Seeing this, Hu Li quickly helped him up, but Jiang Zhan didn't take his respectfully handed hands.

Jiang Zhan's left hand was still half-clasped in the air, Hu Li was taken aback, and followed the direction of this arm to look behind him, and saw that Mr. Pei Junpei, who had just been promoted to the second-rank Shaofu, was still staring at him. Standing with bowed head, as if he didn't see any sign from the emperor in the hall, he could not help coughing with a sharp voice: "Lord Pei?"

Only then did Pei Jun raise his head, and for a moment Jiang Zhan in the dragon seat was looking at him with his head tilted slightly. The light in those eyes was calm and clear, as if they had been cut from the spiritual spring in early spring. Smiling, she just looked at him without any joy or anger, only the left hand that was hanging in the air slightly extended a point towards him at this time, finally there was a hint of expectation.

This was the first time he met Jiang Zhan's eyes after sending Suixi back to the palace.

Pei Jun lowered his eyes and folded his hands, bowed to Jiang Zhan, followed the young emperor's old habit of youth, respectfully held Jiang Zhan's finger like a thousand times in his previous life, and said in Hu Li, "The emperor rises!" In the long and loud cry, the accompanying Kuang helped Jiang Zhan to the Feihua Palace.Looking down for a while, Jiang Zhanying's slender white and even fingers were appearing and disappearing between his sleeves. The thumb in his hand could feel that the little finger of Jiang Zhan's left hand was wrapped around his right thumb as before, and the other four fingers rested on it. In the palm of his hand, from time to time, there is a caress along with the walking.

Suddenly, Jiang Zhan's index finger touched a mark like a scar on Pei Jun's palm, and he moved his hand a little away, lowered his head and held Pei Jun's palm, looked closely at a red line in the middle and frowned: "How did you hurt?"

"It doesn't matter if you accidentally get scratched while sitting on a sedan chair."

Pei Jun smiled reassuringly, and raised his voice to step down the steps. Jiang Zhan glanced at him sideways, but his frowning brows were slightly relaxed. He sighed when he was young, and gradually squeezed his fingers and said, "Pei Jun , don't be angry with me again."

Pei Jun said: "How can I be angry with the emperor, the emperor is overhearted."

The Feihua Palace was in sight in the front, and the road was full of palace people holding lamps and guards standing guard. Jiang Zhan didn't want to talk too much, so he just asked Pei Jun before entering the palace: "What do you think about the marriage?"

Pei Jun helped him up the steps of the royal road one by one, and said in a deep voice: "Returning to the emperor, I naturally think that this is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people."

At this moment, the two of them and the following officials were stepping into the main hall. Amid the crowd of officials and envoys from other countries, Pei Jun helped Jiang Zhan to the throne on the high platform of the state banquet. Jiang Zhan gave him a final look , then withdrew his finger from his hand, and finally said in a low voice: "Thanks for your hard work, Pei Qing." The next moment, facing the audience, Ping Ping raised his hand and said: "You don't need to be polite when you give me a seat."

So amid another burst of shouts of thanks, Pei Jun saw Jiang Yue standing upright at the prince's table, and at this time Jiang Yue was also looking at him coldly. Jun's act of helping the young emperor once again became suspicious of Pei Jun's alliance with him.

For a while, Pei Jun only felt that it was funny that he was not human inside and out, so he silently returned to the Ministry of Rites after paying his respects in the hall, and then heard the official of ceremonies say that the banquet had begun.

The envoys from various countries in the hall began to present treasures to Jiang Zhan to toast one after another, and the atmosphere in the hall gradually became lively, and there were singing, dancing and chattering laughter.Pei Jun had just finished a round of wine with a few people from the Six Departments, and was about to go to the cabinet table to pay respects together, but when he looked up, he saw Jin Prince Jiang Yue at the prince's table next to the cabinet, looking at him intently. It seems that I have seen him for a long time.

Pei Jun blinked at him inexplicably, and saw Jiang Yueman holding the teacup in his hand, only raised his right hand and curled his index finger, silently and slowly hooking him.

Seeing this movement, Pei Jun's scalp felt numb.He sighed secretly and put down the wine, greeted Yan Yuliang a few times, then got up and moved to the side of the prince's seat amidst the din of the audience, seeing that Jiang Yue was still talking with the King of Thailand and didn't notice him coming, so he bent over Jiang Yue's ear Bian suddenly said: "Is there something wrong with Prince Jin? It's a seal today."

Jiang Yue didn't notice the sudden approach, and immediately backed away slightly in shock, but when he turned his head, he saw Pei Jun looking at him and smiling with his long eyebrows bent, so he breathed a sigh of relief, but the tip of the ear that had been exhaled by the heat It has turned reddish, as if annoyed.This made Pei Jun laugh again, and he heard Jiang Yue's sarcasm: "Hey, I also saw Mr. Pei devoted himself to his duty and accompanied the imperial court, so I forgot that today is a seal."

Pei Jun went to his ear again and whispered: "I beg you, please don't offend me. If you have anything, you can order it. Everyone has seen the minister walking around the table from such a long distance, and the emperor is also watching."

Jiang Yue glanced at the hall quietly from the corner of his eye, and saw that his nephew Jiang Zhan was listening to other countries' performances, but at the same time had his eyes on their table, which made Jiang Yue lower his eyebrows and look down. Cursing the corners of his lips, he raised his hand to make a screen next to his mouth, leaning over Pei Jun's side in the posture of bending over him, and whispered softly in his ear: "I just want to tell Mr. Pei something: today Taiping Kingdom II Before the prince entered the palace, he had already met Cai Yan outside the palace."

Pei Jun's expression froze immediately, and his voice was lowered: "What's the matter?"

Jiang Yue shook his head lightly, and continued to whisper in his ear: "About the matter of the assassin, I have already sent someone to Fengzhou, I hope there will be news before the seal is opened, otherwise, if the Cai family has connected with Taiping, things will only get worse. Getting tricky."

Pei Jun's eyes turned, and at this moment he suddenly decided to share something with Jiang Yue: "The student who I led to Jingzhaosi before—"

"Qian Haiqing." Jiang Yue frowned slightly, and glanced at him, "I heard that he used to belong to Ning Wuhou's family."

"That's right." Pei Jun nodded, "Before, the Marquis of Ningwu wanted to kill this student, but now I have walked around the Ministry of Criminal Justice to fish him out, and there is no panic over there...My lord Do you think it's strange? The eldest son-in-law of Lord Hou is surnamed Cai, and I don't know if there is a connection between them."

"Oh?" Jiang Yue pondered for a while after hearing this, but for a moment he smiled and said, "Why did Lord Pei tell this king about this?"

Pei Jun leaned closer to his ear again, and said lightly: "Because of today's seal, if you tell the prince, don't you have to do anything?"

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand to greet Jiang Yue with a smile, and was about to leave straight away, but at this moment, he saw the second prince Qiu Yuanzhi from the Taiping royal family sitting on a table in the northeast corner of the hall. Picking up the cup and standing up, after the short and polite New Year's greetings, he quickly turned to the reason for his visit, appealing to Jiang Yue in very fluent Mandarin:

"The purpose of our country's visit this time must have been heard by the emperor of your country. It is to promote the grand event of peace and harmony with your country. For this reason, I have discussed with the envoys many times, and also invited wizards and Buddhists. After several times of fortune-telling, I finally found a hero who is comparable to Guoji."

"That is the seventh emperor's uncle of your country's emperor, Prince Jin Jiang Yue!"