Pei Gonggui

The person in the palace suddenly changed from the emperor to the king of Jin because the person who wanted to get married suddenly changed from the emperor to the king of Jin. Those who should go back to their hometowns go back to their hometowns, and those who should visit their relatives have gone, and only some government servants and government servants who are willing to pay their new year's salary are left in the government office to deal with various cases from time to time, and each of them lives in peace.

Although Pei Jun still remembered the official affairs, he finally got a leisurely life. If it was at this time in previous years, he would have played cards and cockfights with Mei Linyu and Cao Luan until before New Year's Eve, and then released Cao on New Year's Eve. Luan went back to accompany his wife and children, and let Mei Linyu go home to watch over his father. Then he went to the palace to have New Year's dinner in Chongning Hall, and then stayed with Jiang Zhan to watch the year.

But this year, he no longer intends to go to Chongning Hall to have New Year's Eve dinner, and he is no longer in the mood to accept Cao Luan and Mei Linyu's appointment.

He had another thing on his mind.

From the early morning of the 26th, Pei Jun has been walking up and down at home, and found two sharp-tongued messengers from the family to go outside Prince Rui's mansion, telling them to report any trouble.

Uncle Dong heard this, and after chasing Pei Jun, he asked, "Why did you go to Prince Rui's mansion? Could it be that the court has something to implicate the eldest lady?"

"You should change your words too. She is Princess Rui long ago. Who cares about being the eldest lady in our mansion." Pei Jun frowned and sat down to drink tea. He couldn't tell Uncle Dong that he knew about Pei Yan's child. As he was about to die a few years ago, he kept asking questions day and night, and when he saw Uncle Dong's sad description of Pei Yan, his heart became heavier again, so he had no choice but to lie according to his words: I run into the palace all day, I don't know if something will happen, I just ask the two to guard it, don't think about it."

However, until the 28th, the two family members who went to guard here also came back again and again and said: There is nothing wrong in Prince Rui's mansion, the princess and the little prince are fine.At this time, several doctors from the imperial hospital were coming to the Zhongyihou's mansion to walk around the annual ceremony. With his heart, Pei Jun pulled the court to judge Wu Taiyi and reminded him: "Hey, do you have to go to Ruiwang's mansion to pay your respects? Is it a small gift?" Then he sealed two boxes of things out of the warehouse, and said with a polite smile: "Look, these two things are both good, you sent one box to you, Mr. Wu, and you can keep another box for yourself. Mei, it can be regarded as a New Year greeting for you from the younger generation."

Doctor Wu rolled his eyes, asked him the reason in a low voice, nodded, and left with two boxes of belongings.In the early morning of the 29th, someone from the court judge's family came to tell Pei Jun, saying: Doctor Wu took the pulse of both Princess Rui and the young prince during the New Year's ceremony. For the weak symptoms, he will prescribe medicine and send them to take care of them in the next day. Mr. Pei doesn't need to worry too much.

In this way, the year has passed.

At the end of this year, the son of Princess Rui Pei Yan who was supposed to have passed away did not die, and still sat firmly in the position of the youngest son. The new year's Pei Jun no longer had to go to the Ministry of Rites like his previous life to suddenly hear about his nephew's new death, and deal with it on the first day of the opening of the seal. This is a funeral.When he was shocked by this change, a certain shadow in his heart seemed to be faintly illuminated by this impermanent change of karma and numerology, like the sun shining through the cracks of leaves, calling his chest There is a trace of warmth and coolness.

As soon as the New Year's Eve was over, I heard that the New Year's dinner in the palace was extremely lively due to disputes over marriage matters. I thought it was Jin Wangye Jiang Yue, the last emperor's uncle, whose marriage finally came, which made the clan feel amnesty, and the Empress Dowager Because of this, he could justifiably start to take care of Jiang Zhan's in-laws, so Pei Jun went to the Prince Jin's mansion twice for the New Year's ceremony and didn't see Jiang Yue at home, so he had to put down his things and leave.Going out to sit in the restaurant, the princes and grandchildren who are usually drunk and dreaming of death also disappeared because they gathered in the palace to discuss matters.Young Emperor Jiang Zhan was tired of dealing with the relations among the various parties in the royal family, so he asked Pei Jun to enter the palace at night early on New Year's Eve. Jiang Zhan was left in the palace by the queen mother to watch the year, and could not escape.

So on the first day of the ninth year of Yuanfeng, Pei Jun didn't have any relatives to visit. He only went to Mei's and Cao's houses to pay New Year's visits. On the second day of the new year, he rode his horse to the Xishan Cemetery to visit his parents' graves.When I went there, I saw that the tomb had already been filled with all kinds of sacrifices, and the incense wax and money paper in the copper basin on the sacrificial table had already been burned out, so I knew that someone had avoided him early.

The third day of junior high school is commonly known as Chikou, and most people do not go out until they are not guarded against troubles.Pei Jun fell asleep and woke up, thinking of asking Qian Haiqing about the Ningwuhou Mansion, but the student left early in the morning and didn't know where he was going.At noon, the sky was full of flowers and sun. After finishing his belated morning exercises, Pei Jun put away his body, moved a chair and sat in the courtyard, wanting to bask in the long-lost winter sun, but he didn't want to hold his hand. Only after reading a few sentences while holding this miscellaneous opera book, his Loyalty Marquis Mansion welcomed the first uninvited guest of the new year——

Ginger is coming.

Different from Pei Jun who was reading a book leisurely on the recliner in the courtyard, Jiang Yue was dressed in a black brocade gown and the sable fur outside was full of vigor from the rain and snow.His eyebrows are slightly frowned, and his steps are steady when he walks. It is definitely not like the description of You You wandering from the palace to visit after getting up late.

This is the first time Jiang Yue came back to Zhongyihou's Mansion, and now being welcomed into the door by Dong Shu, he couldn't help but look around all the way.He spent half of the year leading soldiers outside, half of his body is a prince, and half of his body is also a general. In the general's mansion, the most important thing for this general is swordsmanship, so when he entered the door, he immediately saw the unique thing in the Zhongyihou's mansion—the front door. There are many weapons under the corridors on both sides of the courtyard.

He just casually took a red-tasseled gun from the nearest place by the door and came down to look at it. Pei Jun had put down his book and stood up from the recliner, and greeted him with a smile: "Prince Jin has a happy new year, and your visit will make this poor house feel happy." gone."

Hearing the word "happy", Jiang Yue's brows twitched. Looking at Pei Jun in front of him in the leisurely and unchanging morning training outfit, he felt that the smile on this treacherous official's face was more and more begging to be beaten.

Think about him, Jiang Yue, because Pei Jun became a target of public criticism because of the one vote at the beginning, he had been impeached and criticized by Yushitai long ago, so he didn't mention it. He, he was stabbed by an assassin again when he came out, and this inexplicable marriage has caused him to be entangled by the big clan members of the royal family for seven or eight days, and all the forces under his command have also been disturbed by this sudden attack. He was eager to ask him for an explanation for the marriage discussion, and the letters piled up in the palace were like flakes. Since he saw last night that he was invited to discuss matters by the martial arts hall in the palace this morning, this year has been like this year after year I didn't even see it, and my stomach was full of anger but there was nowhere to vent it. When I opened my eyes, it was already the third grade of junior high school.

But the instigator, Pei Ziyu, is still happily lying in the mansion basking in the sun?

Thinking of this, he didn't answer Pei Jun's sarcasm, but pointed the red-tasseled gun in his hand upside down to the ground, looked at Pei Jun and smiled slightly: "I've heard for a long time that old General Pei had the courage to do anything. Knowing that the tiger father has no dogs, Master Pei has been far away from martial arts for many years, but his moves should still be there, since today is a leisure time, why should Master Pei teach Gu a thing or two?"

——Teach me?Pei Jun thought to himself that the red mouth was really red mouth, and that he could be a disaster from the sky just sitting behind closed doors. I'm afraid that the traitor leader is here to beat him up today!It was astonishing and sad.But before he could say another word of persuasion, he could only see Hongying swaying in front of his eyes. It was actually Jiang Yue who had turned his wrist and shot him, and suddenly stabbed him in the face.

Pei Jun's altar was shocked, and he turned sideways to avoid it, but when he saw the gun, he picked up the gun and poked it in the air. You can continue to apologize to Jiang Yue with a smile: "Hey, hey, it's the Chinese New Year, why is the prince so angry? The big happy event is going to fall on you, you are--"

"Isn't Gu here to rejoice with Mr. Pei?" As soon as Jiang Yue's understatement fell, the eyebrows suddenly raised, and he shot diagonally from his shoulder.Pei Jun quickly backed away, jumped onto the chair in the corridor with one step, hugged the pillar to block himself, stood on the back of the chair on both sides of the pillar with his legs apart, and called: "Yes, yes, my lord is really sympathetic to my minister, can you let me down?" How about thanking the lord?"

But when his foot landed on the left side of the column, Jiang Yue stabbed his left foot, and when his foot landed on the right side of the column, Jiang Yue stabbed his right foot. The spears were shot very fast without stopping, making him jump around on the back of the chair. It was quite like a silly rabbit dancing with a plant in its arms, and I was crying bitterly in my heart for a while.

Jiang Yue idly retracted his gun and pointed it at his feet fiercely, while smiling at him and said: "Master Pei, you are being polite, this should be thanks to Mr. Pei for his secret help." After finishing speaking, he suddenly saw Half of Pei Jun's body leaned out from behind the pillar, and he raised his gun and stabbed him in the chest again, but unexpectedly, Pei Jun, a cunning thief, distracted him with his own risk. Come and jump back and land in the yard.

But Jiang Yue chased him in two steps and landed on the chair. At this time, he stepped into the courtyard and raised his gun. There were dozens of impenetrable long and short stabs, which forced Pei Jun to retreat to the corridor. There was no way to retreat. It was unavoidable to retreat and avoid, so I had no choice but to draw an iron rod from the weapon rack at hand to block it horizontally, but still smiled with reason on my mouth in shock: "Hey, it's the prince, you're being polite. The Ministry of Rites still takes care of the education of in-laws, you only serve as a minister, this is to be loyal to the emperor, to serve the country, and to perform your duties faithfully—"

"Zheng!"

With a sound of gold and iron strikes, the spear in Jiang Yue's hand had yanked away the iron rod in his hand. The force was so great that Pei Jun's hands and jaws were still numb after the iron rod flew away to the ground.Jiang Yue then shot at him on the head again, Pei Jun knew that it was too late to hide, so he simply stood still, closed his eyes, and saw the cold face of Jiang Yue who was coming towards him suddenly. As a result, he was slightly shaken and startled, and in the next moment, amidst the inhaling and screaming of the entire courtyard, the cold and sharp blade that covered his face stopped at a place two fingers away from his eyebrows——

For a while, the wind seemed to have stopped, and the surroundings were quiet.Pei Jun slightly opened one eye, only to see a sharp thorn hanging vertically in front of him, if it penetrated another inch, it would poke him into a brain burst, this made him finally belatedly stare and swallow Drooling, not daring to move, first softened his voice to persuade Jiang Yue: "... Prince Jin has something to say."

Seeing that Pei Jun was fine, Jiang Yue's slight shock quickly disappeared.At this time, he is stepping on the low chairs on both sides of the narrow door at the corner of the corridor with both feet, and he is tied to a stable and steady split horse, which has blocked Pei Jun's entire back and stands against the wall, and the other hand is holding the tasseled gun. But he didn't intend to take it back at all: "It's Gu who wants to ask Mr. Pei to spare his life. Mr. Pei caused Gu to fall into this quagmire. Didn't he ever want to pull Gu out?"

As he said that, he was ready to send the tip of the gun half an inch to the center of Pei Jun's eyebrows, causing Pei Jun to back his head with a stiff neck: "My lord, marriage... Isn't this a good thing?"

Jiang Yue was unmoved: "Then I heard that the Queen of Java still lacks a young monarch. It's such a good thing to get married, why don't you send Master Pei to try?"

"Don't, don't, don't." Pei Jun said hastily, "I'm trying to appease the lord. You don't have to take it seriously. Your lord, you're also troubled with this tasseled gun. How heavy is it? Why don't you put it down first?"

Looking at his behavior, Jiang Yue finally had a hint of amused expression in his eyes. He lowered his eyes and turned his face, and finally retracted his posture, and put down the spear in his hand.Seeing this, Uncle Dong hurried up to take it respectfully and put it away, and told Liu Jin to boil water and make tea quickly.

Pei Jun was rescued, so he hurriedly asked his servants to bring out another recliner chair and set it up in the yard, and invited Jiang Yue to the chair, "My lord, my lord, please", and waited for the two of them to sit on a chair, and then asked casually: " What does the royal family say now?"

Jiang Yue sat down on the reclining chair, but looked back at the back of the chair that was receding too much, but paused, and still sat on the edge of the chair and said: "The royal family thought that Taiping's move was not easy, but the huge dowry of Taiping It is also said that most of the clan members are in favor of the marriage. The difference is that it is impossible to decide who will be the marriage. With this question, the parties in Beijing and China will have a fuss... Some say the emperor, some say the lonely, and some say they want to marry. King Rui or other imperial nephews..." At this point, Jiang Yue glanced at Pei Jun, "The meaning of the cabinet is not clear at the moment, and the emperor has not expressed his position after hearing it for several days, but Jiang's family started arguing on their own , This smoky atmosphere probably made Taiping feel insecure just looking at it. The second prince raised something and asked if the palace would go to winter hunting this year... The emperor was probably really annoyed by the quarrels everywhere, after hearing about it. Son, think about it and answer."

Winter hunting is a hunting trip at home and abroad every winter month. It is a grand hunting ceremony for the Jiang family to gather the royal relatives and important officials since the founding of the country.The patriarch pacified the various ministries of the northern region and went through many hardships. The policy of winter hunting was established not only for hunting and entertainment, but also for Jiang's descendants to not forget to practice riding and shooting, marching, and hard work, and put an end to luxury and vice. This is a warning to future generations to be always prepared, and the establishment of the royal enclosure in the northern land where Dongshou is located is also intended to consolidate the alliance of several ethnic groups. This move has been prepared every year until the fifth year of Yuanguang. Since years ago, the young emperor Jiang Zhan often suffers from cough and illness and is not suitable for long-distance travel as soon as the winter comes, and the hunting in the winter moon has been postponed every year until now.

Ordinarily, the winter moon is too early, and it is already spring, and the matter of winter hunting should be discussed in a few months, but now the clansmen from all over the imperial city happened to have gathered because of the marriage, a large number of people Crowded under the same roof for a long time, it is very easy to shoot guns and stab each other. Going out to hunt is a good way for the Tian family to avoid fires in the den. He has always been in the habit of whitewashing peace, but he probably won't refuse it.

But this time, the winter hunt did not happen in Pei Jun's previous life either - because there was no such thing as a sudden change in marriage in the previous life.

After two days of idleness, Pei Jun's heartstrings were tensed again by the news brought by Jiang Yue, because Dongshou was involved in the formation of alliances and the education of various ministries, and his Ministry of Rites couldn't get away with it.

"...What time does the palace set for departure?" He could only ask.

"I went to the martial arts hall today to discuss this matter." Jiang Yue also sighed, "The new year is over, and the troops in the army should have started to practice. This matter can only be temporarily transferred, and the battalions have decided to follow the emperor in ten days. , the palace agreed, and as usual, the courtiers of the fourth grade and above who are still in the capital will be accompanied." Here he smiled at Pei Jun: "Master Pei will definitely accompany you, and the decree will come in a few hours. , don't worry."

"..." Pei Jun is used to Jiang Yue making fun of him as a traitor from time to time. At this time, he didn't even want to talk to him. He just squinted and smiled disgustingly. Why don't you come to the humble house to send an interrogation? Could it be that the department has only been off work for a few days, and the prince can't let go of his ministers?"

Jiang Yue rested his right hand on the armrest of the recliner, looked back at him without any hesitation and said, "Yes, without Mrs. Pei's help, Gu Ke really lives like a year, and he doesn't know what to eat." She hooked her index finger and told him to sit up and get closer.

——Yeah, Jiang Yue came here to give him an order, and he won't let anyone pass for a year.Pei Jun sighed and straightened up from the reclining chair, but did not stand up, but leaned closer to Jiang Yue, and Jiang Yue also leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Gu Zeng told Mr. Pei, Tai Ping The second prince had met Cai Yan before entering the palace for the state banquet, and it is expected that the marriage change might have something to do with the Cai family. The assassin's whereabouts in Fengzhou was checked by Mr. Pei before, but this matter is related to the relationship between Mr. Pei and Mr. Gu. Li, then the relationship between this marriage and the Cai family... I will have to check it out with Mr. Lai Pei."

Jiang Yue's voice was as clear and deep as a spring, and Pei Jun's ears felt a little tingly, so he turned his face and looked at him sideways, and smiled with slanted eyebrows: "Cai Taishi's dragon flicks, how can mere mortals like this mere minister be able to check it?" ? Prince Jin thinks so highly of his ministers?"

Jiang Yue smiled handsomely, and gave him a deep look: "Although I don't know that Mr. Pei still goes in and out of the Chongning Palace from time to time, but if we only talk about the imperial court, Mr. Pei should also count on a position for profit. Isn't it true that Mr. Cai is always on his head?" Trouble? And if Guruo and Chengping really made peace, wouldn't that also be suppressing the imperial power in the middle palace? What good would this do for Mr. Pei?" After saying this, Jiang Yue stood up with a sigh, lowered his head and said to Pei Jun, "Mr. Pei It is best to think of a way before the end of the winter hunt and return to the court to open the seal. Even if you can't frustrate the Cai family, you have to fish out Gu, so that everyone is still in the same position, otherwise if Gu is held back by Taiping, Mr. Pei will never Think about it." Then he turned around and was about to go out.

Pei Jun responded with a groan, and stood up with folded arms, seeing Jiang Yue's back walking alone, and asked without knowing why, "Will Prince Jin stay for a light meal?"

In front of him, Jiang Yue paused as he walked to the veranda, his figure froze, and then he turned around and smiled at Pei Jun: "I still have to enter the palace today."

Pei Jun began to feel that he had bumped into something evil, and repeatedly said that he was rude, so he hurried forward a few steps to send Jiang Yue out, but when he reached the door, he heard Jiang Yuewu stop, after deliberation, he seemed to say three things tentatively. word to:

"Next time?"

Pei Jun was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that he should be talking about eating, so he clasped his fists and nodded to him in a very usual way, bowing and saying: "There will be a next time, Lord Jin, go slowly."

Jiang Yue walked down the stone steps in front of the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion, turned around and looked back at Pei Jun before entering the sedan chair. Pei Jun couldn't help feeling a little annoyed and amused by the slightly strange atmosphere between the two of them.He walked back to the mansion, and saw Liujin running out with a pot of hot water: "My lord, the water is ready! Do you want to ask Lord Jin to teach you how to make scented tea? Then let me get it?"

"Why has the water boiled for so long, and the Prince Renjin has left!" Pei Jun was so angry that he raised his hand and patted his forehead, "Uncle Dong told you to pay attention to the hot water on weekdays, but you didn't take care of it." .”

Liu Jin stuck out his tongue and admitted his mistake, "I didn't expect Prince Jin to leave so soon... Then, my lord, do you still drink tea?"

At this time, Pei Jun was walking to the two reclining chairs facing each other empty in the front yard, looked at the one he had been sitting on alone for several years, and then at the one that Jiang Yue had sat on for a while. It was about to be picked up again by the servants and carried into the warehouse to continue to shed the ashes.

This caused Pei Jun to sigh suddenly, his mind changed for a moment, but he lowered his eyebrows and smiled again.

"Drink. Isn't it just brewing scented tea? I'll learn it myself. Serve it to my grandfather."