Pei Gonggui

Pei Jun straightened up, Jiang Yue moved a chair and sat down beside him, lowered his head and opened the wooden box to take the medicine bottle.

"The case is still under trial?" Pei Jun asked him softly, "How is Pei Yan?"

Jiang Yue sighed and nodded, "The person is still on trial, and Cui Shangshu can't leave, so I asked King Tai to replace me, so I can tell you first: I am currently trialing the guards of King Rui, and your sister has already passed the trial." , there should be no more interrogations tonight."

As he said, his subordinates had already placed the necessary medicine and gauze on the quilt beside Pei Jun's thigh, and suddenly stretched out his hand to Pei Jun calmly, and looked up.Pei Jun was taken aback for a moment, then remembered that he said to change the dressing, hesitated for a while, and handed him his left hand.

Jiang Yue held his forearm and lifted his sleeves, and slowly uncovered the wrapped gauze layer by layer, and continued: "The Ministry of punishment fed the rabbit with soup, and the rabbit died. The soup is poisonous. Doctor Wang and the others tested it The medicine powder in Wangfei's hand," Jiang Yue said here, looked up at Pei Jun with a little anxiety, and said: "The medicine powder is non-toxic, but it is—"

"Abstaining from children, flowers and plants." Pei Jun accepted his words in a low voice, and sighed annoyedly, "I already know." After thinking for a while, he met Jiang Yue's gaze and said, "Take Pei Yan's pulse before the New Year." The Imperial Physician, I called, Imperial Physician Wu."

When Jiang Yue heard the sudden movement, his eyes shook: "That's why you asked him to—"

"No, I didn't instigate the matter of Bizitang. It was Pei Yan who didn't want to give birth to King Rui anymore, so she bribed the imperial physician to prescribe it for her. The imperial physician took the money, so she was afraid that I would know, so she also kept it from me. I just went to ask him to find out..." Pei Jun frowned, tired and upset: "I just want to know the recent situation of their mother and son, so I called an imperial doctor to take their pulse. If I hadn't been so It's troublesome, Pei Yan might—"

"Maybe he is still suffering in Prince Rui's Mansion." Jiang Yue said suddenly.

Pei Jun looked up quickly, but saw that Jiang Yue had lowered his head again, and the tail feathers with long eyelashes cast a shadow, like a swallow flapping its wings in the blink of an eye, quietly and quickly.

There was a sudden silence in the tent, Pei Jun watched as Jiang Yue took off the blood-stained gauze and put it aside, then took out a pair of small iron scissors in the shape of a crane from the wooden box, and cut the brand-new gauze into three pieces of the same size according to the wound , took out another bottle of medicine that was completely different from the morning medicine, and said in a deep voice: "This medicine has some geranium powder added."

Seeing the puzzlement in Pei Jun's eyes, he added: "Geranium can relieve pain."

"...You found it new?" Pei Jun watched him uncork the bottle and pour out the ointment, and suddenly realized that his whole set of things was no longer used in the morning.

But Jiang Yue only responded lightly, didn't say much, then raised his hand, folded three pieces of medicated gauze cotton and applied it to his arm, and took out a new long roll of gauze to wrap it up for him, and then put him down The sleeves smoothed out the wrinkles, and the used scissors cotton was carefully put back into the wooden box.

"The medicine has been changed," he picked up the wooden box to stand up, "then I'll go back first—"

"Jiang Yue." Pei Jun suddenly put his hand on his wrist, and glanced at the box in his hand, "I hurt my left hand, if you leave the medicine, I can do it myself."

Jiang Yue's momentum of getting up was stopped, he sat back in the chair and looked at Pei Jun, he slowly pulled his wrist out and said, "No need, it's been a troubled time recently, I keep the medicine and I'll be safe."

"Are you still thinking about getting hurt?" Pei Jun smiled briefly, but he also knew that although Jiang Yue's words were not true, they were not false.

Seeing that he was speechless, Jiang Yue got up to leave again, but Pei Jun pressed him down again: "Jiang Yue, wait."

Jiang Yue was pushed back on the chair again, and under Pei Jun's probing eyes, he turned his head slightly to avoid his sight.

"Jiang Yue?" Pei Jun tilted his head to catch up with his gaze, and opened his eyes a little to tease him: "Prince Jin?"

Jiang Yue looked down at him, but unexpectedly Pei Jun smiled at him and comforted him: "Okay, don't blame yourself."

Jiang Yue was stunned when he heard the words, then turned his face away in an instant, bowed his head and said nothing.

"Your nephew is older than you. It's his fault that he hit Pei Yan, and it has nothing to do with you." Pei Jun raised his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, causing him to look over again with a slightly fluttering look. Only then did he slowly say it again: "Don't think about it, Jiang Yue, this is none of your business."

Jiang Yue looked at him for a while, then suddenly said: "Xuan'er asked you to save his mother and concubine on the road before, but in fact I heard it too... If at that time I would—"

"I sent the imperial physician to find out that Pei Yan was beaten and failed to save her. Even if you cared about it, what could you do? Just beat up your big nephew?" Pei Jun smiled innocently. Smiling, seeing that Jiang Yue finally had no intention of avoiding it, he slowly withdrew his hand from his wrist, and sighed a little desolately: "Jiang Yue, you may not understand right now...some things Son, it's really his mother's fate. What should happen in fate, people can avoid this, but they can't avoid that, and it's the same with Pei Yan. Now that this matter happened, your surname is Jiang, but you can still think about it. Get her off the hook, and I thank you already."

Jiang Yue shook his head, lowered his eyes and said: "The Jiang family is sorry for you, for what happened to General Pei back then, what happened to your sister...it's all."

——Then my last life was considered as well, and the whole family really fell into the hands of your surname Jiang.Pei Jun smiled in his heart, grinned, and told Jiang Yue about his future plans: "Tomorrow, I will ask Imperial Physician Wu to testify that the princess is only looking for medicine to avoid her son, and has never wanted to kill King Rui. "

"I expect you will too." Jiang Yue laughed softly, "The president of the court said, 'There is nothing like Zhang to obey the law, and only Pei is the only one who breaks the law', Mr. Pei is going to play with the law again... What are you doing?" Do you want to change the name of the princess first?"

"That's right." Pei Jun instinctively felt that it would be easy to talk to this person, so he glanced at him appreciatively, "You also know that in the criminal law, murdering the royal family and other accomplices in rebellion, if you become a suspect, there is no need for three courts to prove the suspect's guilt , but the suspect is required to prove his innocence—the chances of winning in Pei Yan's case are extremely slim, if the charge is proven, the sentence will be death, but if the charge is replaced by avoidance, it will be different..."

"Conspiracy is judged by the law of the country, but avoidance follows the rules of the royal family." Jiang Yue nodded, "Even if the crime is proven, your sister may not be able to survive. As long as you drag it back to the capital, the contacts in all directions will turn around. If there is a turning point, the scary thing is—"

"Yushitai." Pei Jun spit out these three words quietly. At this time, he heard the little nephew talking in his sleep. He couldn't help turning his head, and tucked the quilt back for the child. It is not easy for the Zhang family to discuss crimes. The testimonies and evidence they have used are too strict. If they are dragged back to the capital, Zhang Ling will definitely intervene. It may not be better than resolving it before returning to Beijing. .”

Jiang Yue said: "Pei Jun, Zhang Ling is also your master, if you go to meet him in private, he might—"

"Don't think about it, he will definitely not show mercy." Pei Jun interrupted him directly, and glanced at him, "Even if I, Pei Jun, were accused of treason after being sent to death row, he would definitely handle it fairly. , Without selfishness, I'm afraid I will rejoice in order to get rid of me as a traitor... The Zhang family just use wooden abacus, the beads are made of iron, heartless, ruthless, a person like him, do you expect him to sympathize with Pei Yan? "

His tone was so sure that Jiang Yue frowned slightly in doubt, but he still thought of a way first: "Then I will ask Zhang San tomorrow. If he lets go, this matter may be resolved quickly."

"I heard that Cai Yang is also sitting at Yushitai today?" Pei Jun asked, "I'm afraid he should be in a hurry."

Jiang Yue laughed and said: "The emperor of the Cai family will die in the future, can he not be in a hurry? But today is the first trial, he can't do anything, so he went out after listening to the interrogation for a while. My people saw him looking for Qiu Yuanzhi, and finally came out angrily, thinking that he had asked Qiu Yuanzhi to reject him again."

Hearing that the enemy was so frustrated, Pei Jun's mood improved a bit, and he said: "So the hunting is over, and we will be in danger again when we return to Beijing."

Jiang Yue hummed, "Cai Yan will never sit idly by when such a big event happens, and then we will be busy again." Speaking of this, he also sighed to comfort Pei Jun: "You Don't think too much, let's save your sister first."

"I'm saving my sister, why are you?" Pei Jun turned to ask him, "Jiang Yue, your surname is Jiang."

Jiang Yue remained expressionless, and said indifferently: "King Rui will help Cai usurp the throne even if he is not dead. He doesn't think his surname is Jiang, and I don't have this nephew, so why bother with him?"

"Tsk tsk, what a cruel uncle." Pei Jun narrowed his eyes and smiled at him, "But why are you so nice to this nephew Xuan'er? You also gave him a jade bell and asked him to carry it with him every day."

"...Jade Bell?" Jiang Yue paused for a while before remembering, "Oh...you mean Soul Bell."

"Hunling?" Pei Jun sat up slightly from the edge of the bed.

Jiang Yue nodded, looked softly at Zhong Jiangxuan's sleeping face under the candle light, and smiled, "Last year, on the way back from Hezhe to lead the army, I happened to meet a group of wizards who practiced magic. They sent a lot of bells like this, saying they were for children to protect their souls from evil spirits, so I kept some and gave them to all the nephews and grandchildren of the clan when I returned to Beijing... but I don't want only Xuan'er who has always been Take it with you."

"What about the little flute?" Pei Jun asked, "It must have been specially given to you."

"Who said I gave it to you." Jiang Yue smiled helplessly, "Xuan'er snatched it from me. It's not a small flute, but a few years ago when I was leading the army outside the customs, a The shepherd boy cut the whistle for me. Later, the child was taken away by the raiding barbarians, and three days later he was disembowelled and hung on the city gate... I kept the whistle since then, and I didn't want to eat it in the palace last autumn. Yan was seen by Xuan'er, and he said he liked it, and he didn't let go when he grabbed it, and my uncle kept calling, I had no choice, so I let him take it."

Pei Junquan didn't expect this little flute to have such a background. After listening to it, he quickly turned it out from his cuff and handed it to Jiang Yue: "Then you should take it back quickly, this child is too naive, I have to take care of it in the future." scold him."

Seeing him take out the small flute, Jiang Yue was a little surprised, looked at his palm for a while, then raised his hand and rolled his fingers back again, and said with a smile again: "Did Xuan'er tell you not to give this flute away?"

Pei Jun hissed, "How do you know?"

"Because I told him not to give it away." Jiang Yue raised his index finger and put it on his lips to hiss Pei Jun, then glanced at Jiang Xuan who was being hit, and said in a low voice: "I told him that this thing is precious. , he must be well protected, if I find out if I give it to someone else, I will never give him any good things again."

"Oh..." Pei Jun suddenly realized, "It turns out that he really thought this flute was precious and gave it to me, so he asked me if I could return it to him."

Jiang Yue heard it funny, shook his head and sighed: "Xuan'er is a ghost, you can learn it slowly in the future."

Pei Jun looked back at the child in the bed, looked down at the flute in his hand, and sighed in a low voice: "I'm afraid that when his mother comes out, my uncle should stay away again, and if he wants to learn, he can only go to his dreams." .”

Jiang Yue's eyes fell on his back, and he asked, "Pei Jun, you and your sister...why did you end up here?"

But after asking this question, Pei Jun remained silent for a long time, until Pei Jun turned his head to look at him again, then he started talking again: "It's getting late, Jiang Yue, you should go back and rest soon, I don't care. I delayed you... Thank you so much today."

Hearing Jiang Yue's words, he knew that he had crossed the line, got up immediately, and replied: "No need, today's polo victory is thanks to your vigilance outside the court, let's just treat it as a tie, and we will calculate the rest later."

Pei Jun smiled and stood up to see him off, pulled the curtain out of the tent, but saw the silver moon shimmering on the white snow on the ground, leisurely reflecting Jiang Yue's lonely back as he turned and left.This scene and the singing and laughing in his ears seemed to make the slender and unique snowy road between him and Jiang Yue clearer in the moonlit night, as if the excitement on the other side was separated by thousands of years. There are mountains and rivers, but they are here.

"Hey." He suddenly called out to Jiang Yue, and seeing Jiang Yue turned his head, he instructed: "The road is slippery, be careful."

Jiang Yue raised his hand and waved at him, to the effect that he told him to go in quickly so that no one would see them together, then he glanced at him again before turning around and leaving again.

Pei Jun lowered his head to go back to the tent, put down the curtain, took off his coat and lifted the quilt, and sat in Jiang Xuan's bed. He was about to turn his head to blow on the lamp, but he didn't expect the child next to him to hug his arm in his sleep and yell softly. Said: "Mother Concubine."

Therefore, he didn't dare to move anymore, so he could only lie down with his arms around Jiang Xuan, but the flickering candle in the tent in his eyes never went out all night.

Early the next morning, the sky outside the tent was getting brighter, and Pei Jun had just dug Jiang Xuan out of the quilt to put on his clothes, when suddenly a little eunuch came to see him outside, saying that the emperor got up early in the morning to express his gratitude for King Rui's new funeral and his son Yu'an, and he offered breakfast , let them deliver it while it's hot.

Pei Jun fished open the tent suspiciously, and the eunuch Ren led a group of handymen to put down a row of dishes, took Jiang Xuan to thank him for his kindness, and then lifted off the exquisite porcelain covers on the table, and saw that they were indeed handicrafts of the imperial chef.

Jiang Xuan leaned over the table and looked at it, and said, "Uncle, there is fish porridge! How did the emperor know that I like fish porridge the most?"

Pei Jun was taken aback, and looked at him: "Do you also like fish porridge?"

Jiang Xuan nodded quickly, blinked and asked, "Does uncle like it too?"

Pei Jun lowered his eyes and didn't answer him, just put a spoon in his hand, pushed the bowl over and told him to eat it quickly.

But Jiang Xuan looked at the porridge in front of him, took a spoon to stir the fish meat twice, but then said wearily: "I can't eat...my concubine also likes fish porridge very much, uncle, you said that my concubine would eat it this morning what?"

"Your mother has her own food, and it's none of your business." Pei Jun was in a hurry to take him to the court to testify to save Pei Yan's life, but now he was really impatient to let him gossip, so he hugged him to his lap After sitting up, he grabbed the spoon in his hand, scooped up the porridge, and fed it to his mouth, "You don't eat now, we will go to see your mother in a while, and your mother asked you today just like you What do you eat for breakfast, what do you say?"

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan pursed his mouth and stared at the spoon for a while, then opened his mouth to eat the porridge, but he swallowed it and asked, "Uncle, I slept well last night, can you return the little flute to me? You promised."

This kid is clever, but he talks too much, and can be annoying when there is something urgent.Pei Jun fed him another mouthful of porridge with a serious face, recalling what Jiang Yue said last night, and couldn't help feeling that the little flute was probably just a favorite plaything for Jiang Xuan, but it was a real important memory for Jiang Yue. He wanted to keep the little flute for now, and Jiang Xuan would gradually forget about it in the future, and then find a chance to return it to Jiang Yue, so he glared at Jiang Xuan with feigned anger and said, "Be good? You kicked me last night. I haven’t settled with you for a long time, and I’ve settled for not asking for your jade bell, and you still want to take Xiaodizi back? Why does Xiaoxiao talk so much? Concentrate on eating.”

Jiang Xuan didn't understand the twists and turns behind it, and when he heard this, he felt extremely wronged, and repeatedly murmured "Uncle is lying", but was stopped by the two mouthfuls of porridge that Pei Jun fed again, and a few teardrops dropped , was coaxed to see the concubine mother again, and finally finished the meal.

After he finished eating, Pei Jun himself started to deal with the two. At this time, Fang Mingjue, who was in the tent next door, also woke up and was walking over to look at the two uncles and nephews. Pei Jun told him to sit down and finish eating together. There was nothing to do, so he took Jiang Xuan out of the tent and led the little witness to the northwest corner of the camp where Pei Yan was held.

It snowed all night, and it was terribly cold. Jiang Xuan strode hard on the snow with his calves, and couldn't quite keep up with Pei Jun. He couldn't help pulling Pei Jun's sleeve and calling, "Uncle, uncle..."

Pei Jun frowned, stopped to look down, and saw Jiang Xuan opened a pair of short arms to him, sucked at the tip of his red nose and said, "Xuan'er is hard to go, I want uncle to hug me."

Pei Jun shook his head and sighed, bent down to pick up the little guy, pulled the fur collar of his little jacket to keep out the wind, and then continued to walk northwest.

There were still heavy soldiers guarding outside the tents of the Northwest Battalion. Pei Jun only watched from a distance at night, but he couldn't see clearly the front of the tents due to the darkness of the night. He still walked closer in the morning light, only to see the tent under the tarpaulin. Sitting with his friend Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin, who is personally leading troops to guard the place, also looks like he hasn't slept all night.

Xiao Lin also saw Pei Jun approaching with his nephew in his arms from a distance, so he sighed and stood up, seeing them approaching, he frowned and raised his hand to signal the guard at the door to let him go.

During the ten years when Pei Jun and Xiao Lin had a quarrel, even when they met face to face, they never said a word of kindness, every time was like last night, and even today they are still awkward.At this time, Pei Jun let Jiang Xuan go into the tent to find his mother, but he just nodded silently with Xiao Lin, thinking that he was thankful, and was about to enter the tent silently to see Pei Yan, but Xiao Lin didn't want to Walking two steps to stand in front of him, a pair of red eyes stared at him for a while, and then asked in a low voice: "Didn't Sister Yan do this?"

Pei Jun paused, and for a moment he felt that the first serious thing he said when he collided with this old friend who had no chance to reconcile in the previous life was actually about the murder of his sister who was defiled. Inadvertently talking too much, he turned his eyes and said briefly: "No."

Xiao Lin breathed a sigh of relief, but frowned again and said, "I heard that King Rui has been beating her all these years, don't you have heard of it? How could she be left alone in the palace to suffer for so many years?"

"How did she get married back then, don't you know?" Pei Jun looked up at him, a little annoyed, and said, "According to her temperament, rather than letting me know about it... you might as well ask her to raise a slap fan." It's easier on your own face."

Xiao Lin sighed harshly, knowing that it would be useless to complain about Pei Jun at this time, so he thought about it, and said bluntly: "Then I will stay here personally for a few days, if you want to see Sister Yan, just come, If you can help me with anything, just say it, as long as I, Xiao Lin, can do it, I will do it for you."

Pei Jun nodded and thanked him. At this time, he knew that the two children had been separated for many years, but Xiao Lin still regarded Pei Yan as his own sister in his heart, and now he was willing to help Pei Yan when she was in trouble.But the matter is urgent right now, so this favor cannot be discussed further. After thinking about it for a while, Pei Jun finally wanted to apologize to Xiao Lin first: "Da Xiao, what happened back then... I must have drunk too much that night. I really didn't mean to-"

"Okay, okay, shut up quickly." Xiao Lin interrupted him angrily when he heard this, and waved his hand, "You better hurry in before I think of beating you up, I Those words were not for you, but for Sister Yan to come out safely—you must bail her out, otherwise, even if I didn't kill you, my Xiao family will never have any contact with you again in this life."

Pei Jun accepted the words according to his words, lowered his eyes and nodded and said "OK", after he finished speaking, he saw Xiao Lin stepped aside, so he glanced at him again, and then took a few steps forward to open the curtain.

When they entered, Pei Yan's peaceful and gentle voice came from behind the screen, asking: "What did Xuan'er eat for breakfast?" The next moment, Jiang Xuan counted the fish one by one in a soft voice. Piece of porridge, peanut cake and mixed three silks, and said that he was rewarded by the emperor's uncle, saying that the emperor's uncle loved him very much.

Pei Jun walked around the screen and came to the inner room, and saw Jiang Xuan was kneeling beside Pei Yan, with his hands tightly around Pei Yan's waist, and Pei Yan was still dressed in the same gorgeous clothes as yesterday, even the gold hairpin on her head was not taken off, There are no chains either, if it weren't for the guards outside and the minimalist furnishings in the tent, this place would be the same as other ordinary tents, making it impossible to see that Pei Yan is a suspect being imprisoned, but the haggard expression on Pei Yan's face is actually It also shows that although the shackles on her body are invisible, their weight is no different from that of iron chains.

Pei Yan raised her head and saw Pei Jun at this moment, looked at her for a moment, then apologized slightly: "Xuan'er didn't sleep well... You are tired, if you don't want to—"

"Pei Yan."

Pei Jun interrupted her with eyebrows, and felt that she couldn't tell how long it had been since she called her by that name again. Pei Yan raised her head and looked at him with red eyes. It seemed as if he wanted to continue talking in one breath, but he still choked up in the end.

All grievances and grievances are too far to talk about, and the most important thing right now is to rescue her first so that the future will last forever, so Pei Jun first asked: "Pei Yan, I brought Xuan'er here today to testify for you. He can prove that the bowl of soup It was not for King Rui, but for you, now I want you to think about any unusual things before King Rui died, which might be used to exonerate you."

Pei Yan raised her finger and nodded her eyes, shook her head and sighed: "I thought about it all night, no. There are many people in this camp, and there are too many people who can touch that bowl of soup. It is possible to find out who it is, but Who would want me to die?"

Pei Jun lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then asked her: "How close have Prince Rui and the Cai family got close recently? Have you ever heard of their conspiracy in the mansion?"

Pei Yan thought carefully for a moment and said: "They always go outside to talk about things, so I haven't heard anything... But in the past month, since the palace started to discuss relatives for Prince Jin, Jiang Xi really changed when he went out to see them. Too much, and often go back to the mansion to be slanderous and lawless. The time after the year when he beat me, it was because of me that I was greeted by the queen mother from the palace, and he scolded me for being unlucky, saying that the old woman was about to die , what to do... But the empress dowager is still healthy, I was worried that his words might cause trouble, so I ordered him a word of caution, and he would be very angry..."

"That's why I hit you harder?" Pei Jun frowned and took a step closer to her, "Pei Yan, why have you never—"

"It's not right for him to hit me, and even more wrong for him to hit Xuan'er." Pei Yan interrupted him, raised her hand to cover Jiang Xuan's ears, and smiled at the child wearily, but her eyes were full of sadness, "But these years, in fact, I have something wrong with him... You don't understand, it's too far away to talk about it now, and he's dead, it's meaningless to talk about it, so let's just let it go."

"Passed? If he hadn't drank the soup, you would be the one who died today." Pei Jun gritted his teeth and looked at her, "Do you know that the Cai family's plan is to kill you and tell Taiping to take over the country?" Ji married King Rui, and then helped King Rui ascend the throne."

"King Furui is on the throne?" Pei Yan laughed wearily and absurdly after hearing his words, but it seemed that what she cared about was not the danger she could barely avoid.

"It's no wonder that Jiang Xi has been so high-spirited recently... It turns out that he has dreamed of becoming an emperor." Pei Yan said, with a bitter smile on her face, and shook her head again, "Sure enough, the throne invites people's lives. Things, I told him earlier: His body and bones are really not suitable for being an emperor, and it would be better to follow his emperor's brother to flirt, but he didn't believe it—now it's better, but I should have died , but unexpectedly killed him... I feel sorry for him again. Now that I am in this prison, I am afraid that there is no hope of getting out."

"Hopelessness is not up to you, it's up to you." Pei Jun looked at Jiang Xuan on her lap and said, "If you are uneasy, just think about your son. I will let the doctor Wu who prescribes the medicine come to testify later. If everything goes well, you can use the matter of Bizitang to change you from public law to private law, and the people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice will withdraw first. It will be much easier to handle the matter if it is not a public trial. This will save you."

"People in the clan are all cannibalistic... that is going to dig you out, and they may not let me go." Pei Yan pulled up Jiang Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground, and bent down to take a picture for him. He patted his knee, "If it's too difficult, you don't have to worry about me, just take care of Xuan'er for me."

"Concubine Mother!" Jiang Xuan heard her say this, and the tears in her eyes rolled down again, and she threw herself into Pei Yan's arms again, "Uncle will save you, and Uncle Seven will help you too! You will be fine , Xuan'er doesn't want an uncle, Xuan'er wants a mother and concubine!"

Looking at this scene, Pei Jun felt a dull pain in his heart. Without saying a word, he saw that Pei Yan held Jiang Xuan in her arms and looked at him without hope, but when she looked at Jiang Xuan again, her eyes were full of heartache and pain. Reluctant to give up, but still smiling, coaxing softly: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about it, mother and concubine will wait to go out to accompany Xuan'er, okay?"

Jiang Xuan didn't have time to answer, someone called from outside, saying that a new round of trial is ready, and His Royal Highness is now invited to testify.

Pei Yan patted Jiang Xuan's back, held his small face and kissed him, then pushed him to Pei Jun, and said: "Go, uncle taught you how to say it, you can say it, don't be afraid."

Jiang Xuan's eyelashes were full of tears, he held Pei Jun's sleeve with one hand, raised his hand with the other and wiped his face and asked, "Then when can I see Concubine Mother again?"

Pei Yan smiled and said to him: "Soon. Uncle will rescue Concubine Mother soon, don't worry Xuan'er."

Pei Jun let Jiang Xuan wipe away his tears, dragged him out of Pei Yan's tent, and followed the servants all the way into the official tent not far away.

This is the interrogation place, the tent was set up temporarily, only two high-backed chairs were placed in the middle, and a long table was placed on the north side as a judge's bench for the interrogator and the interrogated to sit together.When Pei Jun entered, Cui Yu, who was on the left seat at the long table, was holding a cup of tea to moisten his throat, with a tired face. Seeing him coming in, they only nodded and met each other. But Zhang San stood up and greeted Shi Zi'an, and then said hello to Pei Jun, and then Pei Jun followed Jiang Xuan to greet the kings of Tai and Cheng on the right seat one by one.

King Tai responded to Jiang Xuan softly, but when he glanced at Pei Jun, he frowned secretly.At this moment, the curtain behind them was lifted again, and all the officials and servants in front of Pei Jun, except King Tai and King Cheng, knelt down and shouted to the people who came in behind him:

"Jin Prince Jin An."

As soon as Pei Jun heard that Jiang Yue was coming, he hurriedly brought Jiang Xuan back to salute, but before the others knelt down, Jiang Yue who had just entered quietly raised his hand to lift his elbow, and bent over again. Pulling Jiang Xuan up by the waist and gently pinching his small face, he said "Excuse me" to everyone. Amidst the rustling sound of Xie En returning to his seat in the room, he shuffled to King Cheng and King Tai to hand in hand , calmly sent away the two brothers.

When Pei Jun saw that Jiang Yue was judging the case on behalf of Shizong Pavilion today, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved - because Jiang Yue loved Jiang Xuan and didn't want the child to lose his mother, so he didn't stubbornly defend the Jiang family's face in this case. Well, as soon as the doctor Wu arrives and the testimony comes out, Cui Yuding of the Criminal Department has no objection to transfer the case to private, so that the official affairs that need to be resolved with power can only be resolved with money. Not only is it much simpler, but in the future he will The Ministry of Criminal Affairs has no reason to be overturned and held accountable by the royal family, and if the case does not go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it will not be able to be reviewed by Dali Temple, so as long as Sejongge agrees to accept it as a family matter, half of Pei Yan's life will be saved first.

——So Jiang Yue came here today because he really wanted to help.

At this time, Pei Jun looked up and saw that Jiang Yue was sitting on the right seat of the long table. He took off the silver fox fur on his shoulders and handed it to the servants. He nodded to Cui Yu and others on the left to start, but when he looked back, However, Jiang Yue suddenly stretched his handsome eyebrows and smiled towards Pei Jun.

The smile was gentle and reassuring, full of spring breeze, a kind of warmth and beauty that Pei Jun had never seen in the many years of acquaintance with him.This smile made Pei Jun stunned, and was about to smile back, but when he looked closely at Jiang Yue's eyes, he realized that Jiang Yue was not looking at him at all—it was his nephew Jiang who was pulled in front of him. Xuan.

Pei Jun looked down, and it turned out that the kid Jiang Xuan was winking at his seventh uncle.

——Seeing the child laugh like this in the blink of an eye, why didn't the traitor show a good face when I was struggling to tell jokes with him?Pei Jun couldn't help thinking that this Prince Jin really treated his subordinates harshly and doted on his nephews. The warm smile on the face really put away, only Su Rong lowered his head and coughed quickly, then raised his hand and turned over the confession record in front of him to read.

——Look, it's not the same.Pei Jun clicked his tongue twice in his heart, turned his eyes away, bent down and hugged Jiang Xuan to the chair in the hall and sat down, squeezed his little hand and said in a low voice: "Xuan'er will tell the truth in a while, don't be afraid, your seventh uncle is here, Uncle Cui from the Ministry of Punishment is also helping uncle, so they won't make things difficult for you."

Seeing Jiang Xuan nodded solemnly, Pei Jun let him go, turned around and walked to Cui Yu in the hall, and whispered in a whisper about the inclusion of Imperial Physician Wu in the interrogation, Cui Yu nodded in agreement, and everyone from Dali Temple and Yushitai agreed. Having said that, he sent a handyman to escort the imperial doctor involved in the case.

In the hall, Jiang Xuan finished talking about how the soup was given to Pei Yan, and how King Rui snatched it up to drink it. After the hall listened, the Dali Temple proposed: This child had pleaded for Pei Yan when the incident happened, and there might be some To cover up the suspicion of the real culprit, the testimony may not be used at this time.But Zhang San in Yushitai turned his head expressionlessly and said: "My lords, since ancient times, the patriarchal line is the law, so the son's confession is superior to Prince Rui in terms of jurisprudence, and it cannot be regarded as protecting the princess. Also, because of the kindness of the mother and the filial piety of the son, we must not use love to save him and steal his words."

After he came from the Zhang family, the laws were all written by his family. It is right to say this, and it is not to favor anyone. Record them one by one.

After Jiang Xuan finished answering, he ran to Pei Jun and stood beside Pei Jun holding hands. At this time, another call came from outside: "Physician Wu brought it here."

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Imperial Physician Wu, who had been threatened by Pei Jun's stern words the day before, came in.I saw his expression was uneasy, his eyes dodged, and his face was full of sorrow, as if he had aged ten years with worry overnight. Arms are shaking.

Seeing him standing still, Cui Yu asked in a low voice: "I heard that Wu Taiyi went to check the pulse of Princess Rui a few years ago, and prescribed some medicines to recuperate her body, but?"

Physician Wu nodded repeatedly, and said in a trembling voice, "Yes, yes..."

The Dali Temple asked again: "Then, did you do this on your own accord, or was it entrusted by others?"

Pei Jun had already explained these words when he asked Cui Yu to testify, so it was just a testimonial comparison, so Imperial Physician Wu continued to nod: "Master Pei asked me to go and see the princess and His Royal Highness."

"Then what did Imperial Physician Wu see?" Zhang San asked.

Physician Wu hurriedly frowned at Pei Jun when he heard the words, but saw that Pei Jun only smiled at him calmly, his hands trembled even more for a moment, and he couldn't help swallowing. He replied: "I, I went to check the pulse of the princess, and saw the bruises and blood on the wrist of the princess, which seemed to be beaten, so I was worried about the safety of the princess... Asked aloud, and the princess said... It was the beating of Prince Rui. "

When Pei Jun heard that Imperial Physician Wu really explained the truth, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved, and Imperial Physician Wu continued: "...The princess said that since she got married, King Rui has beaten her for several years, and there are often, in the mansion, his family members and children who have been beaten by King Rui. Beating, even His Royal Highness is not spared, so the princess just, just—”

Imperial Physician Wu paused for a while, his eyes wandered between Pei Jun and everyone in the hall in panic, causing everyone in the tent to lean slightly nervously, wondering what he was going to say—because at this time, Imperial Physician Wu was about to talk about prescribing medicine. This matter will become the key to determine whether Pei Yan's case is public or private, and it will also become the key to the life or death of Imperial Physician Wu himself.

Pei Jun's mind was like a tight string. At this moment, he looked at Imperial Physician Wu with a more solemn expression, and his eyebrows were furrowed. This made Imperial Physician Wu look away in panic, closed his eyes for a moment, gritted his teeth, and suddenly He opened his mouth and said:

"That's why the concubine harbors resentment, and wants me to tell her some prescriptions for food to kill her, or simply give her some poison, saying that she will poison King Rui quietly!"

--What?Pei Jun didn't expect that the Wu imperial doctor would dare to change his words with the lives of his whole family behind his back. For a moment, he felt a buzzing in his head, and for a moment, it seemed like a mountain collapsed and his heart was broken. Before he knew it, Jiang Xuan who was beside him had already walked away a few steps away. He ran up to push and beat Taiyi Wu, crying and cursing: "You are talking nonsense! My mother and concubine will not kill my father! It's all your nonsense!"

The handyman quickly stepped forward to pull Jiang Xuan back, Pei Jun hurriedly bent down and hugged the crying Jiang Xuan tightly into his arms, and looked at Cui Yu in the hall with anxious eyebrows, Cui Yu was pleased, and immediately put down the tea in his hand Zhan, not yet opened, the one on the side