Pei Gonggui

Pei Jun was taken aback for a moment, put Jiang Xuan down, grabbed his arm and asked, "Why didn't you say that just now!"

In his panic, his voice became stern, and Jiang Xuan, who had just recovered for a while, was frightened and cried again when his mouth shrunk.The child raised his hand to wipe away his tears and snot, rubbed his little hand on his clothes, and suddenly raised his hand to Jiang Yue who was at the side for help: "Uncle, uncle is so fierce, I want uncle to hug..."

The boy scratched his hands with tears and snot, and Pei Jun felt bad looking at him, so he pressed down his little paw, and was about to continue to ask sternly, but Jiang Yue, who had always loved Jie, stepped forward and squeezed him away. Really bent down to hug Jiang Xuan, took out Zhang Xuebai's silk from his arms, and gently wiped Jiang Xuan's face: "Okay, uncle hugs, uncle hugs, Xuan'er is not afraid." Coaxing, he turned his head and looked helplessly at Pei Jun, sighed, and persuaded Jiang Xuan in a warm voice: "Xuan'er's uncle is not fierce, he is anxious because he is worried about your mother and concubine, Xuan'er, don't be afraid of uncle, okay? "

"He, he didn't, didn't worry about it before... that's why he hurt his mother and concubine... It's all his fault..." Jiang Xuan twitched and choked up a complete sentence, humming on Jiang Yue's shoulder like a little monkey.Pei Jun frowned, took the silk from Jiang Yue's hand and continued to wipe the little crying bag's face, while saying "Don't cry" with a headache, he murmured: "My lord knows this kid quite well."

And the young emperor's uncle Jiang Yue only raised his hand to straighten Jiang Xuan's messy jacket, and said in a normal way: "Prince Rui's residence has family banquets all the year round. When I see Xuan'er, I'm afraid there are more of them than you."

Hearing the big and small uncles in front of him calling Xuan'er so close, Pei Jun suddenly thought: If it is based on seniority, wouldn't his uncles be called Jiang Yue uncle?This idea made him break out in a cold sweat for a while, but at the next moment, Jiang Yue finally led the conversation back to the right path, and asked the child in his arms softly: "Xuan'er said that the soup was originally for the mother and concubine, how about that?" Does Xuan'er know what the medicinal powder in the concubine's hand is for?"

Jiang Xuan turned his face away from Pei Jun's hand, and shook his head at Jiang Yue with red eyes: "...I don't know, I only know that the concubine's medicine has been taken since the Chinese New Year, and it was all poured into the soup. Today, the mother The soup was boiled, and the mother and concubine also poured the medicine powder and went in to drink it, but half of it was poured... The father suddenly came back from hunting, and the mother and concubine quickly took the medicine. The father saw the soup and said that he was thirsty, so he took it and took it. Drink, but after a few sips, she suddenly yelled that her stomach hurts. The concubine mother was frightened by him, and hurriedly got up to look at him, and dropped the medicine in her hand, but at this time, the guards outside also ran in to see the king He fell to the ground and vomited blood...they said that it was the concubine mother who killed the king..."

There are very few things that children can understand, and what they say is very straightforward, but the clues in the words still make Jiang Yue and Pei Jun look at each other.The two of them tacitly thought: If Pei Yan wanted to poison King Rui with medicine powder, then the soup should be specially made for King Rui to drink, but it was not, and Pei Yan didn't say anything to stop King Rui from drinking the soup. She should have known that even if King Rui swallowed the medicinal powder added to the soup by mistake, there would be no consequences. Therefore, King Rui’s abdominal pain after drinking the soup was something she never expected, so frightened and flustered that even the medicinal powder in her hand fell on the ground , This became the strong evidence that everyone identified her as the murderer.

Both Pei Jun and Jiang Yue were taught by Zhang Ling, a great scholar of law in their early years, and they are familiar with the laws of the court and China, as well as criminal proceedings.They knew that if Jiang Xuan's words were true, then although it could be inferred that Pei Yan did not intend to poison King Rui with the powder in her hand, it did not prove that Pei Yan did not kill King Rui.Because the bowl of soup was still poisonous, in the tent at the time of the incident, apart from the dead King Rui, there was only Pei Yan who was resentful towards the deceased, and Jiang Xuan who was immature, so only Pei Yan had the ability to commit murder. But now that he had enough motivation, it would be a hundred times more difficult than peeling off his skin if he wanted to get rid of the crime.

Jiang Yue and Pei Jun didn't talk any more, and they both looked dignified. Jiang Xuan pulled Jiang Yue's lapel impatiently and said, "Uncle, concubine mother is a good person, concubine mother is very good to aunt and servants, she It won't harm the father, it's the father who always bullies the mother and concubine...it's none of the mother's business."

"Uncle knows." Jiang Yue comforted him in a low voice, raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his cheeks, and said softly: "Both uncle and uncle will help her. Xuan'er has been obediently following uncle these few days and will not let mother Concubine is worried, okay?"

Jiang Xuan listened, sniffed and glanced at Pei Jun, then nodded reluctantly after a while.

At this time, the princes and his party from the tent came out, the leader was King Tai, who also hugged Jiang Xuan and comforted him softly when he came out, but Pei Jun, who looked aside, naturally had a bad face.Cai Yang, who came out last, also had a livid face. He had just asked Pei Jun about the arrangements for King Rui's funeral when he saw Feng Jiru looking for a rope from the garrison warehouse, so he didn't ask any more questions.

Feng Jiru asked Pei Jun to go in with him first to measure King Rui's body, Pei Jun looked at Jiang Yue, seeing Jiang Yue hugging Jiang Xuan and nodding to him among the royal family, he felt relieved and entered the tent.When he came out after the incident, a group of people at the door had already dispersed, he called someone to inform Cui Yu to carry the body, then went to Jiang Yue's side to thank him repeatedly, and then raised his hand to take Jiang Xuan over.

Jiang Yue carefully handed Jiang Xuan to Pei Jun's arms, and Pei Jun received it in a very defensive posture, because he thought Jiang Xuan would cry and beat him, but this time the child not only didn't cry or toss, but also She obediently put her arms around his neck and called uncle softly, and finally raised her little hand, touched his face and said, "Uncle is tired."

Pei Jun immediately raised his eyebrows and looked at Jiang Yue, really wanting to know what kind of ecstasy soup the traitor leader had given the baby to turn the little devil's sex.When Jiang Yue saw him like this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "I didn't do anything, Xuan'er is a very good boy, he just misunderstood you before, and he will know that you are a good person when you hang out a lot in the future. "

Just at this point, someone came from Sejong Pavilion, saying that all the people involved in King Rui's death had been locked up, and they wanted Jiang Yue to go and try the case with the people from the third division.So Jiang Yue bid farewell to Jiang Xuan who was reluctant to part with him, looked at Pei Jun again, and said apologetically, "It's because I broke my promise to you and didn't take good care of the princess for you—"

"My lord, don't say that." Pei Jun stopped him repeatedly, "I'm afraid this matter was a coincidence, so how can I blame my lord? Now that she is in custody, it seems that I have to work hard on my lord, but I don't know how to thank you." It’s true only after the prince, the prince must never blame himself again.”

"You and I don't have to worry about these things. Now it's important to find out the truth and help the princess get rid of the crime." Jiang Yue raised his hand and patted the arm holding the child, looked at Jiang Xuan in his arms, and said, "Xuan'er, uncle is going soon After seeing your mother and concubine, I will tell her that everything is fine, and Xuan'er will follow uncle well and help him investigate the case, okay?"

Jiang Xuan nodded vigorously, and stretched out his little finger to hook Jiang Yue with a serious face.

Pei Jun saw that the grandpa and grandson were so affectionate and affectionate, but he really didn't expect that Jiang Yue, who usually looked strange and deserted, had such good patience with children.He watched Jiang Yue's upright back disappear into the tents of the camp together with the defenders, and when he turned around holding Jiang Xuan, he suddenly remembered——

Jiang Yue just now... seems to say that Pei Jun is a good person?

——He, Pei Jun, a good guy?

Pei Jun laughed absurdly, recalling the moment when he hugged Jiang Yue's waist on the polo field just now, he couldn't help sighing and shaking his head. Then he hugged Jiang Xuan, who was like a little monkey, and walked slowly back along the snow field between the camps.

After Jiang Xuan was settled in the new account, Pei Jun checked the list of the entourage in the Ministry of Rites. He saw that the Imperial Physician Wu who was entrusted by him to see Pei Yan when he was young also happened to accompany him, so he asked Fang Mingjue to look after his nephew for him. After pinching Jiang Xuan's face and giving a few brief instructions, he hurried to the area where the imperial physician was.

Imperial Physician Wu was coming out of the tent with anxiety. When he saw Pei Jun, his eyes lit up, and he rushed to greet him: "Oh, Mr. Pei, I'm just going to find you. Imperial Physician Wang has just been found by the Ministry of Criminal Justice." I went to check the medicine, and I heard that Princess Rui poisoned Prince Rui by poisoning the soup? This, this, this, doesn’t it mean that I—”

"I'm also here for this." Pei Jun couldn't bear it anymore, pulled him to a place where there were few people, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Wu, you took the pulse of the princess during the Chinese New Year. What's wrong with her? You opened it again." What kind of medicine will be given to her? Should she grind it into powder and drink it in soup?"

Imperial Physician Wu was startled: "Could it be that the concubine used that powdered medicine to kill King Rui?"

"Whether the concubine committed the crime is still uncertain." Pei Jun stared at him, and said calmly and coldly: "But if it can't be confirmed that the powder is non-toxic, then Imperial Physician Wu must be involved."

Physician Wu's legs were so frightened that his legs went limp at once, and he hurriedly sat down on a wooden stake beside him, his hands on his knees trembling: "Master Pei, that-that-that powder is indeed non-toxic, just, It's just that if I want people to know what kind of medicine it is, I will lose my head in the same way!" He suddenly pulled Pei Jun's arm and fell to his knees, his voice was trembling: "Pei Jun My lord! Please save me. You were the one who asked me to go to the palace. I, I just thought that my girl would get married next year, and I wanted to add more dowry to her, so I accepted the concubine's gift, and that's... …I just--"

"You answer first!" Pei Jun grabbed his wrist, and said in a harsh and cold voice out of patience, "Prince Wu, I told you to go to check the pulse of the princess and the prince, and tell me I have nothing serious about her and just need to take care of her, but what you prescribed to her is the medicine to keep her healthy?"

Under the pressure of his eyes, Imperial Physician Wu trembled even more, and shook his head suddenly: "No, no, no... I went there that day, and when I saw that the princess was injured, I guessed that it was Prince Rui who beat her. If you want me to keep my mouth shut, I really dare not tell others, so I prescribed some blood stasis dispelling ointment and blood-activating powder for her according to what the princess said, and when I was about to leave, the princess left me again and asked someone to seal a box of betrothal gifts, saying It’s a gift to my daughter as a dowry, I just ask... if there is any decoction that can be taken regularly..."

"Bizi Tang?" Pei Jun was startled when he heard this, and as soon as he let go of his hands, Imperial Physician Wu lost his strength and fell down on the snow.

"Yes, that, that's Bizi Tang." The face of Wu Taiyi was completely pale and weeping. At this time, he raised his hand to wipe the tears on his old face and continued: "The princess said that all the family members of the Rui Palace were killed by the prince. Violence, even the youngest son will not be spared, so she doesn't want to have children anymore and suffer, so she asked me to prescribe some medicine for her to avoid children... But everyone knows, isn't it right to prescribe avoidance soup for the royal family? The appointment is the same as murdering the heir of the emperor? How dare I? But the princess said that she was old and decrepit, and there were many wives and concubines in Prince Rui's mansion, and the newcomers often laughed. I found out... As I said that, I took out a lot of gold and jade things and put them in the box, telling me not to hurt my daughter if I suffer, and I was confused for a while, so I——ah!" He covered his hands in extreme pain Shaking her head, she began to cry with remorse, "The medicine prescribed to her was Huanhuacaofang, and to avoid people's eyes and ears, I asked her to grind the powder and make soup, so I don't have to order people to cook it secretly, who knows how to avoid it?" You can't avoid it, but today you have caused such a big event..."

"I don't care if it's Bizi Tang or what kind of medicine, as long as it doesn't poison people to death, you have to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to testify for her." Pei Jun pulled him up from the ground with a cold face, leaned slightly closer to him, and slowly ordered : "Since you have taken her money, don't even try to take yourself out now. I will ask Cui Yu to question you tomorrow morning. You'd better be ten to one—"

"But if I say this, I'm dead!" Imperial Physician Wu struggled in fear, and looked at Pei Jun pleadingly, "Master Pei, I beg you, Mr. Pei, I don't want to die. I still have a wife, child, and old man. Mother, I can't-"

"Then why didn't you think that you couldn't do it when you prescribed the medicine? Why didn't you think that you couldn't do it when you opened your eyes and lied to me?" Pei Jun pinched his arm firmly with his long fingers, and his dark force was so great that he called Physician Wu bared his teeth in pain and couldn't break free, and listened to Pei Jun continue to sneer in horror: "Physician Wu, is it because I am too polite to you on weekdays, or because I helped you make the road too comfortable, and I asked you to learn it too?" After receiving money from both sides, you are still not willing to do things... Don’t you feel your hands shaking? When Hu Li went to take care of your hospital for me, didn’t he tell you—what’s the end of lying to me?”

Physician Wu knelt on the ground and took his hand, desperately begging for mercy: "Your Excellency, you are very generous, please do me a favor, I really just lost my mind for a while, and I will never—"

Pei Jun opened his hand, not wanting to waste any more words with him, he just gritted his teeth briefly: "If you testify, one person dies, if you don't testify, the whole family dies, you should know how to choose." The cold panic in his eyes had turned into despair, but he only twitched the corners of his lips, and added:

"Don't bother lying and perjury or running away overnight, otherwise... I will find someone to meet your border guard son."

As dusk and dusk approach, bonfires and candle lights are lit up among the plain white tents in the valley, reflecting the entire camp on the grass under the small moon like a sea of ​​floating fishing fires, and the voices of people in the camp are like flowing water It is like a gentle wind, light and dense, not every sentence can be heard clearly.

Pei Jun bid farewell to Imperial Physician Wu and went to find Feng Jiru. After confirming the arrangements for King Rui's funeral, he walked to the northwest corner of the camp where Pei Yan and others were held.It was surrounded by heavily guarded soldiers, and the Sejong Pavilion led by Sansi and Jiang Yue was still interrogating people in a temporary tent, so no one would let him in from outside, and Pei Jun didn't want to be an obstacle to official duties. , so as not to cause others to seize the opportunity to embarrass Pei Yan.When he looked up, it was already night, so he decided to go back to see Jiang Xuan for the time being, and when Jiang Yue or Cui Yu came out later, he would ask them about the situation.

In this way, he walked all the way from the northwest to the camp in the southwest corner where he lived, all he could think about was the darkness in the interrogation in the northwest corner, but when he passed the center line, he clearly heard the message from the main tent of the camp. Come to the laughter of the Royal Noble Singing Banquet.

Suddenly he just felt tired.

When he returned to the tent that was newly set up for Jiang Xuan, he saw Fang Mingjue standing at the door, peeling and eating sweet potatoes, while staring at a nanny called from another place in the tent to wipe Jiang Xuan's face on the felt bed.

Seeing Pei Jun coming, Fang Mingjue quickly turned around and asked him about the situation, and then said in a low voice: "Da Xian'er, your nephew hasn't had a bite of dinner yet, so he just said he wants to see the princess, no matter how coaxed he is, he just says he wants to see you." You, it's time for their doll to go to bed, but when the nanny came to coax him for a long time, he didn't even wipe his face, do you mean you are in a hurry?"

Pei Jun hadn't spoken yet, but Jiang Xuan in the tent had sharp ears. When he heard the noise, he looked out. When he saw Pei Jun, he yelled "Uncle", and threw himself on Pei Jun's thigh with a sock and no shoes on. He hugged her, and hurriedly asked: "Uncle, how is the concubine mother? Have you seen her? Is the concubine mother still in pain? Is the place where she is locked up dark? Is the concubine mother afraid..."

The little ancestor vomited out a stomach full of questions, with an anxious and serious expression, and told Pei Jun to listen and watch, he couldn't help but sighed secretly, thanked Fang Mingjue, and asked him to help him get some clothes to spend, and then put Jiang Xuan was carried to the bed and put down, then took the handkerchief from the nanny, wiped the baby's face with his hand, and imitated Jiang Yue's tone during the day to coax him: "Xuan'er, your mother Things have to be dealt with slowly, uncle will take you to sleep first, okay?"

"But I can't sleep, I'm worried about my concubine." Jiang Xuan pulled his face out of the hot parchment in his hand, blinked his eyes like crying little peaches, stared at Pei Jun with dark eyes, and pulled his sleeve Said: "Uncle, please save the mother and concubine... the bad one is the father, the mother is a good person, the mother and the concubine are very poor, she did not harm the father and the king."

Even though he was such a young child, yet he just opened his mouth to talk about a tragic family matter involving his parents hurting each other. Pei Jun didn't know how to calm down. He just felt that it was something he had never worried about in the past few years. , all of a sudden came back today, making his heart ache and his scalp numb. At this moment, frowning, he handed the handkerchief to the nanny to wring it out, then tore off Jiang Xuan's socks and grabbed him a pair. The little feet were rubbed carefully and warmed, and they were stuffed into the bed, and then the handkerchief was handed back to Mammy to let her take it off.

"Are you hungry?" Pei Jun asked Jiang Xuan.

"I'm not hungry." Jiang Xuan shook his head, still persistently said: "I want to see my concubine."

Pei Jun raised his eyebrows to look at him, and sighed, "If you're not hungry, go to bed first. To see your mother has to be tomorrow. Go to bed early, and come early tomorrow, understand?"

Jiang Xuan nodded his head half-understood, obediently let his uncle take off his coat, but Pei Jun just pulled his robe off, when he heard something clanging on the quilt, picked it up to meet the light, and saw that it was a The jade bell as big as the little knuckle was exquisitely carved and accompanied by a tassel, obviously it was not a vulgar thing.

Seeing the bell falling out, Jiang Xuan quickly snatched it and said, "This is given to me by Uncle Qi, don't lose it." After saying that, he put the bell into a small hidden pocket on the inside of his coat Here, put it away and pat it with your hands.

When he opened the secret bag, Pei Jun saw that there was a short little flute inside, so he raised his eyebrows and asked Jiang Xuan, "The little flute was also given by your seventh uncle?"

"Well, Uncle Qi is fine, he still draws for me." Jiang Xuan nodded and answered Pei Jun, thought for a while, and then asked seriously: "Uncle, you will save my mother and concubine, right? "

Pei Jun looked at him for a while, then raised his hand to stroke his head, "Yes."

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan finally loosened his brows, raised his hand and touched the secret bag again, took out the small flute inside and put it in Pei Jun's palm, and curled up Pei Jun's fingers to hold the flute again, very Zhen Zong said: "Then I will give this to Uncle, and I will treat it as a Xuan'er to thank Uncle. Hmm... I like this little flute very much, Uncle must keep it carefully, don't lose it, and don't give it to others."

"Where did you come to talk so much about sending something?" Pei Jun smiled at the child in a low voice, "Why, do you still want to go back?"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xuan nodded his head according to his words, and asked him cautiously: "If I behave well in the future, can uncle give me back the little flute?"

- can it?Who wants to be greedy for your broken flute?Pei Jun couldn't laugh or cry, but he had no choice but to follow what he said, grabbed the little flute, and stuffed Jiang Xuan's whole body into the blanket, "Okay, if you sleep well, uncle will come tomorrow morning." Back to you."

But Jiang Xuan stared at him with a pair of small eyes exposed on the edge of the quilt, but still said: "But I can't sleep, uncle, I miss my mother and concubine."

Pei Jun hadn't spoken yet. At this time, the curtain on the side was raised. Fang Mingjue helped him get the clothes and used them. Hearing Jiang Xuan's words, he asked, "When His Royal Highness can't sleep, how does the princess usually coax you?" ?”

As soon as he mentioned his mother, Jiang Xuan's eyes were weak and sad, and he turned to Pei Jun with a small face and said, "Mother and concubine will sing to me..." As he spoke, he cowardly hummed a few small tunes, which Pei Jun vaguely felt familiar with. It seemed to be a Jiangbei nursery rhyme. When he and Pei Yan were young, their mother would often sing this little song to lull them to sleep.

Jiang Xuan saw that his uncle had a sudden look on his face, so he hurriedly begged: "Uncle will definitely, uncle will sing, uncle will sing!"

Pei Jun felt that it was really embarrassing for a big man to sing a lullaby, but who knew that he was about to refuse, but Fang Mingjue couldn't help poking him in the back and winking, and he coaxed Jiang Xuan: "Sing, sing, your uncle sings very well, so let me give it to you." You sing." After speaking, he whispered to Pei Jun again, earnestly said: "Just sing, if you don't put him to sleep again, do you believe that he can torment you all night? This is the same as my daughter."

Pei Jun looked at Jiang Xuan in a blink of an eye, and saw that the boy's eyes were full of expectation, and he couldn't say the word "no". On the head of the bed, Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and half-lyed on the outside. He reached out and patted the doll's back. After thinking about it quietly for a while, he hummed the hometown tune that had long been blurred in his memory.

After a while, Jiang Xuan clutched his sleeves and gradually fell asleep. Fang Mingjue felt pitiful for the doll sitting beside him, and couldn't help but whispered: "Da Xianer, do you think this little prince and Lord Rui... have something in common? Where is the love between father and son?"

"Who knows." Pei Jun scribbled a sentence, gently pulled out the sleeve from the child's hand, and looked back at Fang Mingjue: "It's hard for you to help me look after the child, and you are tired, so go to sleep earlier, I will sleep with you tonight." Just squeeze with this kid."

Fang Mingjue agreed with a sigh, and opened the curtain to go out, only asking Pei Jun not to think too much, and to rest well at night.Pei Jun responded, and when he saw him go out, he looked back at Jiang Xuan, who was already sound asleep in the bed, and looked carefully at Jiang Xuan's small facial features under the candle lamp. The clear contours of the Jiang family and the mandible have also been buried under the tender skin with baby fat. When he grows up, he will definitely become thinner and straighter, and he is also a handsome man.

Such a beautiful, well-behaved and lively child was his nephew, and at this moment, it was the first time in his two lifetimes that he was so close to this child, so intimate with this child.The Jiang Xuan in front of me is so vivid, so pink and jade-carved, completely different from the little guy with green lips and white face lying in a cypress coffin in his previous life-this kid can talk, cry, scream, and call him uncle, Clever and hyperactive, he has a lot of ghost ideas.

It's just too skinny.

At this time, Pei Jun couldn't help but suddenly remembered that when he was fifteen or sixteen years old and practicing boxing in the courtyard of the Marquis of Zhongyi, the unmarried Pei Yan always had to change clothes to practice with him.At that time, he never understood what a big girl Pei Yan did to practice martial arts with a boy like him, so he once made a joke to tease her: "Pei Yan, how can you practice boxing like you in a woman's house? Do you want to hit your husband or your child after this?"

At that time, Pei Yan raised her head and tied her hair with a red rope, while she rolled her eyes and smiled at him: "Sister, I will fight together! I will fight with you too!" Suddenly she tied up her hair and ran around the yard chasing Pei Junman, amused. Cao Luan and Mei Linyu who were guests on the side both laughed.

But at that time, how did they know that ten years later it would be like this?

Pei Jun was in a state of distress, but at this time the curtain was lifted from the outside again.The cold wind blew in, causing Pei Jun to turn around, and saw Jin Wang Ye Jiang Yue walking in with a wooden box.

Jiang Yue's indifferent eyes fell on the face of the child in Pei Jun's arms. After looking at it for a while, he turned his head to look at Pei Jun again, and said in a low voice, "I'll change your medicine."