Pei Gonggui

As soon as we entered the North City Gate, it was nearly dusk.

Sitting in Cui Yu's car, Pei Jun wanted to lift the curtain to look at Jiang Yue behind him several times, but he was afraid that Cui Yu, the member of the criminal department, would be suspicious, so he endured it again, almost feeling itchy, so he had to go with him Cui Yu exchanged words with each other, calmed down his mind, finally got out of the punishment department, got out of the car, and followed him to arrange Pei Yan's detention.

At this time, the sun was tilted to the west, shining on the merchants and vendors on both sides of the Chang Street outside the courtyard of the Ministry of Justice, but they could be heard shouting at the top of their throats, selling gold and cloth, and everything, they are all scrambling for the last of the day A group of businesses, which seemed to be booming after the New Year's Eve; there were many new candidates and young talents clustered around the street, and among them, groups of three or four walked past Pei Jun talking and laughing. It turns out that there are accents from all over the country, and not every sentence can be understood.

Pei Jun looked back, and then looked at the corners and alleys. Seeing that there were a lot of soldiers patrolling everywhere, he exchanged a look with Cui Yu: "We are busy."

"That's not it." Cui Yu frowned in annoyance, and raised his hand to greet the servants in the courtyard, "The busiest every year is the head and the tail, and there is no day of peace."

At this time, the car escorting Pei Yan also arrived. Seeing that Pei Yan opened the curtain to get out of the car, Pei Jun walked over to help her.

But Pei Yan was standing on the edge of the car door and was about to come down, but seeing Pei Jun's expression at this moment, her steps stopped, her long eyebrows were raised high, and she asked calmly:

"Pei Jun, what are you laughing at?"

Pei Jun was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly said solemnly: "Where did I laugh, it's nothing."

"You were obviously laughing just now, as if you were stealing honey." Pei Yan raised her hand and grabbed his forearm and got out of the car, looked at his expression suspiciously, and snorted lazily, "Watching me being imprisoned, you Why are you so happy?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Seeing that Cui Yu had entered the office, Pei Jun hurriedly pouted at Pei Yan, "Go in and talk so much all the way, you don't feel too tired to panic."

"I was just joking, why are you so fierce." Pei Yan was so tired after bumping all the way in the car, she was too lazy to guess him again, she just gave him a blank look, and followed Cui Yu to turn left and right into the prison of the Ministry of Justice go.

After the form was signed and a well-ventilated room was arranged, Cui Yu said aggrieved the princess, and asked someone to spread the unused quilts from the ministry courtyard on the stone bed in the prison for two layers, let Pei Yan make do with it, and then Tell Pei Jun to go home and decorate with some good things, so that Pei Yan will not suffer while living.

Pei Yan has lived in the inner house for a long time, so she has never seen such trifles in the officialdom, she just felt inappropriate, she couldn't help but stop Cui Yu from saying: "Cui Shangshu is taking too much care of me. I am going to jail, if people find out—"

"Naturally take care of those who can." Pei Jun helped her into the classroom, pressed her down on the soft quilt on the stone bed, and then said casually, "Besides, you're not guilty, why should you blame yourself? " As she spoke, she asked someone to pour some hot tea for her, and the jailer next to her hurriedly obeyed her orders.

Cui Yu also said in a strict voice: "What Ziyu said is true. Ziyu and I are senior brothers, and we have been in the court for many years. We have been old friends for a long time. You are his own sister, Wangfei, and you have suffered so much. Naturally, there is nothing I can't take care of when I'm waiting. I've also instructed the servants, just tell them what the concubine wants, and if there's anything I can't do, I'll take care of them first."

After hearing what Cui Yu said, Pei Yan could only thank him again and again, looked around and found nothing to say, so she raised her chin with Pei Jun and said tiredly: "Come on, go back and take care of Xuan'er. Just come and see me when you have time, don’t bring the child.”

Pei Jun complied, and then instructed: "Of course I come to see you often when I have free time, but this new year's office is full of things, so I probably have to let Uncle Dong run around more. If you want something, Then just talk to him."

After finishing speaking, he bid farewell to Pei Yan, paid a reward to the jailer along the way, and walked out talking about the case with Cui Yu, because they had a tacit understanding on this matter, Cui Yu only let him rest assured, and said that each of them If there is something to do, I won't say much, just make an appointment to have a drink at leisure, so it's easy to say goodbye.

Pei Jun came out of the punishment department and waited for a while before Fang Mingjue and Jiang Xuan arrived in his own carriage.Fang Mingjue got out of the car and greeted him, said goodbye another day, then got into his own car and went home.Therefore, Pei Jun got into the car and listened to Jiang Xuan rambling about Pei Yan, coaxing and tricking the baby to calm down, and then took him back to the Zhongyihou Mansion.

The person who opened the door in the mansion was Liujin. As soon as Pei Jun entered with Jiang Xuan in his arms, he saw that the servants in the mansion seemed to be preparing to welcome the Patriarch back to the capital early in the morning, and almost all of them were piled up in the yard to greet him. He didn't see Qian Haiqing, so when he asked, he heard Liu Jin say that Qian Haiqing had been studying hard recently and hadn't come back from Qingyun Prison yet.

At this time, Uncle Dong came out from the inside, he seemed to be suffering from a cold, his old face was a little sick, he was coughing all the way, coughing and ordering his servants to move things in quickly to clean up, when he saw Pei Jun, he was about to ask questions urgently, Seeing Pei Jun hugging a newborn baby, he couldn't help coughing, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Whose baby is this?"

Pei Jun squeezed Jiang Xuan's little hand and said, "Uncle Dong, this is the son of Pei Yan and King Rui, named Jiang Xuan. A few days ago, King Rui returned to the capital with his car, you may have heard of it... Outsiders I wronged Pei Yan for killing her husband and locked her up for interrogation. I will take care of her son first, and I am trying to save her right now. I am afraid that this child will be raised in the mansion for a while."

What Uncle Dong wanted to ask was about Pei Yan. After listening to Pei Jun's simple words, he looked at the child again, his eyes were red, and he quickly reached out to take Jiang Xuan from Pei Jun's arms.Unexpectedly, Jiang Xuan was a little afraid of strangers, so he just hugged Pei Jun's neck and did not let go, whispering: "Only uncle."

So Pei Jun had no choice but to hang the doll on his body, and comforted Uncle Dong with words. Seeing Uncle Dong tearing up his sleeves, he sighed, and was about to ask him to clean up Jiang Xuan's house first, when he heard the voice behind him. A voice shouted from the gate: "Brother! Brother, you are back!"

When he turned his head, he saw that it was Mei Linyu striding in, bypassing the servants in the courtyard, her handsome face was red with sweat, and the purple red cloak hanging on her body was about to loosen its straps, as if she was running all the way. .

After running up to him, Mei Linyu didn't wait to catch her breath, she just opened her mouth and asked anxiously: "Brother, how is Sister Yan?"

Ever since the incident about Pei Yan happened, Pei Jun knew that Mei Linyu should be the first to come to worry about Pei Yan, but he never thought that he would come so soon.Seeing the anxious and worried look of the young master, he first freed up a hand to straighten the collar of his cloak, and then led Jiang Xuan to the front hall, "Have you heard about it?"

Mei Linyu hooked his arms and kept up with her, her lips turned very fast: "The other day, the spirit of the family came to Beijing, who didn't know that Lord Rui was gone? When I heard about it, I was afraid that sister Yan might have something to do, so hurry up I invited the military master who was going to the funeral to have dinner in the building, and only then did I know that Sister Yan was wronged—" He stopped suddenly when he said this, and slapped his forehead, "Oh no, no, Sister Yan is now Into the Ministry of Criminal Justice?" As he said that, he turned around and wanted to leave: "Then I have to go to do some research first!"

"Come back." Pei Jun hugged Jiang Xuan and sat down in front of the tiger painting in the main hall, sighing helplessly: "Do you still need me to deal with the Ministry of Punishment? You are my young master for food?"

Mei Linyu had an epiphany at this moment, and hurriedly turned around and sat on the chair next to him: "...Yes, my brother is taking care of me in the officials. Look at me, I'm so confused."

Liu Jin came to make tea for them with hot water. Mei Linyu pushed the cup to Pei Jun first, then held the second cup in his hand, thanked Pei Jun for the tea and nodded to Liu Jin. Looking at Jiang Xuan in Pei Jun's arms, and comparing Pei Jun's appearance, he asked cautiously: "This—this is Sister Yan's son, is it His Royal Highness?"

Pei Jun nodded, pointed at Mei Linyu and called Jiang Xuan: "Xuan'er, this is Uncle Mei, uncle's friend, your mother also knows her."

But Jiang Xuan just huddled close to his thigh and sat there, holding his arm and staring at Mei Linyu vigilantly, not calling anyone.

On the contrary, Mei Linyu stood up generously, first smiled and bowed to the doll, and said softly to see His Royal Highness, and then untied a green-spotted jade butterfly jade pendant from her waist, and stuffed it in without saying a word. doll hands.

"What are you doing?" Pei Jun slapped his hand open, only to see that Jiang Xuan had already put on the precious jade pendant, he couldn't laugh or cry, "Mei Linyu, he doesn't lack these things, what do you give me?" What does he do? You will spoil the child, and Lao Cao has told you so many times!"

"Oh, what's the matter here, it's just a gadget." Mei Linyu just waved her hands and then sat back in her original position, holding the teacup and drinking the first sip of water.

At this time, he looked at Jiang Xuan carefully for a while, and he sighed: "Speaking of which, this little son is really the same age as Xuanxuan from the old Cao family. He is six years old, right? I remember that sister Yan was in June For some, it will take summer for him to turn seven years old. Hey, this doll is still too young, and it’s really pitiful that such a big thing has happened to him.”

When he said this, he thought of Pei Yan for a moment, and suddenly his eyes turned red: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault! I only heard that that bastard was treating Sister Yan like that when I saw King Rui's coffin enter the capital... …Brother, tell me, sister Yan, how has she lived these past few years? How can she survive? If I had known—”

"So what if you knew earlier? Go to Prince Rui's mansion to ask for someone?" Pei Jun looked at Mei Linyu and nodded his eyes, and sighed softly with a headache, "Okay, if you wipe your tears in front of me like this, don't you want to punish me?" Do you care? I knew I was going to go a few days earlier than you, so I am too regretful? Seeing that you love Pei Yan more than my own brother, where do you want me to put this old face? "

When Mei Linyu heard this, she quickly sucked her tears away: "Don't, don't, I won't cry, I was wrong, brother, don't blame me, I just—"

"I know you're worried about her." Pei Jun smiled, and felt that he would cry when talking about Pei Yan, so he changed the subject and asked, "By the way, where is Lao Cao?"

Mei Linyu put down the teacup in her hand, "My third sister got into trouble with the Cao gang, and I asked Lao Cao to go to Zhu County to help with the matter. I'm afraid it will take ten days. Why, Is there something wrong with brother looking for him?"

Pei Jun nodded, "I want to find a dog for Xuan'er to keep. I want Lao Cao to know the goods. I wanted him to help me look."

When it comes to keeping pets, Mei Linyu wiped his eyes and said: "Why do you all keep dogs, can't you keep chickens? Chickens are so good."

He leaned forward and said earnestly: "Brother, really, you haven't seen the chicken that comes in at the end of the year in my chicken farm, it's so beautiful! I'll catch you a good-looking one tomorrow, Shi'er and The grass will be sent to your house every day, so you can rest assured that you will bring your little son to raise it, you can hold the chicken in your arms when it is young, and teach it to fight when it grows up!"

"Go, go, your son is the only one who touches chickens." Pei Jun waved his hand and fanned him away, "If you raise a chicken and run around the house, it will be full of shit, it stinks, but let me forget it. If you want At that time, help me find a dog."

Seeing that he looked down on chickens, Mei Linyu pursed her lips, thought for a while, and whispered: "Then let me ask my second brother-in-law for you."

"...Your second brother-in-law?" Pei Jun put the teacup down, felt something was wrong, and pulled his face down a little, "Is his dog fighting ring still open? Is he crazy? There used to be dog bites in his place When Song Yi wanted to take someone to seal his restaurant, I stopped him several times. How many times can he stop it? How many years has this been banned by the imperial court? Is he going to die or not?"

As soon as Pei Jun straightened his face, he was under the pressure of an important official, causing Mei Linyu to shrink back in his chair after being scolded by him, and said aggrievedly: "You think we didn't talk about him? But even my second sister stopped me." He can't live. He has been arguing about breaking up with Li years ago, and he hasn't restrained himself. Hey, this business is too lucrative, and he can't let it go. Just close your eyes, all day long, you only think that I earn less money from running a restaurant, and often scold me, because I am the poorest person in the family, and they will only get angry when they see me."

He babbled and muttered for a while, sighed, depressed, turned his head and still held Pei Jun's arm and said: "Good brother, dear brother, I hope you can take care of us more. Brother, you are a heavenly soldier and a general. As long as my elder brother stops Jingzhao, how many times can I not stop you? I will beat your legs for my second brother-in-law first."

Seeing that he was really going to pounce on him as he said that, Pei Jun quickly pressed him down: "Come on, you're still beating your legs, your buildings are not troublesome, if you don't bother me, I'll get high fever." It smells good." As he spoke, he raised his hand and slapped him on the forehead, pointing at the tip of his nose and solemnly warned: "Mei Liu, the New Deal is about to start, and the start will be strict, and your family will keep it for me. , do you hear me?"

"Hey, I know." Mei Linyu's chick pecked at the rice, and she deserved to be very well-behaved, "I have relied on my brother to take care of me all these years, how dare I cause trouble for my brother in the New Deal. I will let my second brother-in-law do it for you in the past two days." Find the fiercest dog—”

"Don't, don't." Pei Jun waved his hand repeatedly to interrupt him, put his arms around Jiang Xuan and said, "The dog I bring to accompany the child, don't want the fiercest one. You can just find a beautiful puppy. You have to listen to him. good."

"Okay, okay." Mei Linyu quickly wrote it down, and then remembered another thing, "By the way, brother, when will you want the boat you said before? Our shipyard has also started construction this year. What kind of boat do you want? , tell me now?"

Mei Linyu is a memory of doing business, and the promised goods are always remembered.He didn't say anything about it, Pei Jun really forgot about it, at this moment he hurriedly instructed the servant girl to get a pen and ink from the side room, spread it on the table, and drew a big boat casually, while pointing to the cabin, he said to Mei Linyu: "Everything else is the same, just under this, you can make two cabins for me—but don't need an open cabin, but a dark cabin: one is to make it impossible to see from the outside that there is a mezzanine underneath, and the other is to go in and see it. The door should also be hidden, can you see if it works?"

Mei Linyu looked at the novelty, blinked her eyes and boasted: "Hey, this is a bit interesting." He folded the Shengxuan carefully, "I have to ask my father, if I can do it, I will send you a letter. "

"Ask your father?" Pei Jun raised his hand and patted his head, "Oh, don't be scolded by your father again, my brother loves you."

"Are you still worried that I will be kicked out and have no place to live?" Mei Linyu opened his hand with a smile, pointed to the tip of her nose and said, "I have enough room now, so I don't come to squeeze the bed with you, can you Don't worry."

Holding tea, Pei Jun watched him get up and fasten his cloak again, and said calmly: "If you have a house, you have a house, but when you can start a family, then you will really have a quilt, and I will feel relieved when I look at it. "

Mei Linyu looked up at him, and said, "What are you talking about, we have plenty of people to sleep with, what kind of family is it? Let's go!"

Mei Linyu put the folded Shengxuan into her arms as she walked, turned her head and waved to Pei Jun with a playful smile, and then walked out the door with a breeze under her feet.

Pei Jun sat on the chair and looked at his back, couldn't help but think about all the things in his youth, finally sighed and shook his head, not thinking about it, just called Uncle Dong, and said to arrange a place for Jiang Xuan first.

Uncle Dong has always loved Pei Yan very much, and he loves Pei Yan's son very much, but he still adheres to the etiquette of servants and never violates the rules. If he hugged Jiang Xuan, he could only be called His Royal Highness, and he would take it again. Pei Yan told Jiang Xuan about the little things about living at home, and soon made Jiang Xuan happy, pulling his beard and calling Pei Jun: "Uncle rewards him, uncle rewards him!"

Pei Jun followed the old and the young to the inner courtyard, and only replied casually: "Your Highness, please reward yourself."

Jiang Xuan thought about it, and really gave Uncle Dong the butterfly jade pendant that Mei Linyu had given just now: "This is for Grandpa."

Uncle Dong's heart melted when he heard that the little boy was called grandpa, so he quickly stuffed him back into his arms and let him keep it by himself.

In this way, we passed the Chuihua Gate, and a little further to the west was the small courtyard where Pei Yan lived before leaving the pavilion.Because the servants in the mansion often tidy up, this place is not always sloppy, Dong Shunian is afraid of Jiang Xuan, and he is still a baby, so he doesn't have to avoid his mother's boudoir, so Jiang Xuan sleeps in his mother's former room, and has the right to be close .

Seeing the servants moving his small suitcase in, Jiang Xuan pulled Uncle Dong's collar and said, "Where does uncle sleep? I'm going to see."

Pei Jun leaned on the east porch pillar and looked at him from a distance and smiled: "Turn around this porch and walk again, and you will arrive at Uncle's place, which is close by. Your mother used to live in this house and could scold me across the courtyard. If you call uncle here, I can hear you."

Seeing that Jiang Xuan nodded, he called Mother Han to serve Jiang Xuan and changed his clothes. Seeing that Jiang Xuan's suitcase was opened, there was nothing new in it. He touched the tip of his nose with his hand, and said that tomorrow he should go to redo the doll's body.

After hearing this, Uncle Dong said straightly, and asked again: "Then the eldest lady..."

"Don't worry about that." Pei Jun reassured him, "I'm there, just take care of her son for her, and send her some things to the classroom tomorrow."

Uncle Dong coughed a few times, looking down at Jiang Xuan walking around the room with his calves, he could only sigh.

After dinner in the evening, Qian Haiqing came back.Because Chunwei is in the middle of February, and there are only a few days left, he ate two cakes and hurried back to the room to study, but he heard that Mr. Pei came back and was taking care of things in the study, so he hurriedly swallowed After eating cakes and sleeves, I hurried over to say hello.

Pei Jun didn't think he was his master, so he didn't give him any advice, but only asked him if there was any clue about the Tang family's affairs.

Qian Haiqing said: "It's all thanks to Mr. Cao who helped me a lot this time. After the spring is over, you will be able to see the matter."

"Okay, you can actually persuade Mr. Cao to help you." Pei Jun raised his brows, "But Mr. Cao helped you, wouldn't he be able to earn money from the Tang family?"

Qian Haiqing hurriedly said: "If you can make money, you can make money, how could Mr. Cao trade at a loss?"

Pei Jun thought about it, "That's right." He waved his hand and told him to go back to review the books. He only sorted out the paperwork sent to his house to be printed for the first batch, took a look, and then went back to the room to wash up. On the bed.

At this time, the night was quiet, only the charcoal fire of the copper stove in the room was occasionally crackling, he turned over in a deep breath, closed his eyes, and the day was passing by in front of him. After a while, the noise gradually subsided, and Jiang Yue's face slowly appeared in his mind.

On Jiang Yue's face, his brows were tightly frowned, his eyes were startled, and the redness on his cheeks had gone to his ears. The lips under the bridge of his handsome nose were bright red, and they trembled a little when he looked closely, but he couldn't utter a word for a long time. .

After finally speaking out, there is only one word "you".

Thinking of this, Pei Jun was laughing in bed, thinking for a moment that after he got into Cui Yu's car, Jiang Yue was so angry that he leaned out and looked at him with a red face. After seeing Prince Jin's usual majesty and arrogance, he was just like a naive young man who was abruptly attacked.

Pei Jun hugged the quilt and laughed out loud. He couldn't help feeling that Jiang Yue was too interesting. Once he thought about meeting him in the future, Jiang Yue might have to avoid him or pretend to be fine, he felt even more so. Coke, I wish I could hit him right away and be rude again.

But when Pei Jun was thinking about how abrupt Jiang Yue would be next time, the door of his bedroom was suddenly pushed open.

Pei Jun quickly jumped up from the bed: "Who!"

I saw a small head coming in from the door, it was Jiang Xuan who was holding a big pillow and wearing a jacket, kicked off his shoes and looked at him, with a face like crying: "Uncle!"

"What's the matter?" Pei Jun was taken aback, and quickly waved to him: "Come here quickly, why are you not wearing a coat!"

Jiang Xuan ran to his bedside and sat down on the edge of the bed with two whimpers.Pei Jun pulled his cold little hand to rub it for him, and wanted to get up: "Mother Han, why doesn't she look at you—"

"Mother Han went to fetch water." Jiang Xuan hugged his forearm and burrowed into his arms, "I'm the only one in the room, I don't like it."

Pei Jun sighed, patted him on the head, and felt that the child's acting like a baby was easy to do, and seeing him hugging the pillow, he understood after thinking about it: "You still want to sleep with me?"

Jiang Xuan rolled his eyes, and lay on his lap: "Uncle's bed is so-so big, it's not crowded, and it's easy to sleep in."

"Oh." Pei Jun leaned back on the bed with both hands, and looked at him leisurely, "Then do you want to sleep on this bed, or next to uncle?"

Jiang Xuan poked his own pillow and muttered reluctantly: "...I want to sleep next to my uncle."

Only then was Pei Jun satisfied, and he smiled and raised his hand to pat the quilt on the inside.Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up, he kicked off his shoes and climbed onto the couch, placed his own pillow next to Pei Jun's big pillow, lay down obediently and pulled up the quilt.

Pei Jun blew the horn lamp and lay down next to him, and found that the bed was no longer a small couch in the camp, but was seven or eight feet wide, so he and Jiang Xuan didn't need to sleep next to each other. It really made him a little unaccustomed to be alienated so much.

In the dark, the uncle and nephew lay quietly for a while, until Jiang Xuan suddenly said: "Uncle, can you tell me about the tiger-"

"No." Pei Jun didn't even open his eyes.

The children around him became quiet again.

After a while, the bed moved.Pei Jun felt a slight warmth close to his hand, opened his eyes and lowered his eyes to look, and saw that Jiang Xuan moved a little towards him, leaned his little head on his arm, lay down, and rubbed against him.

"Just one night." Pei Jun told him in a low voice, "Tomorrow night you can go back to sleep by yourself."

But Jiang Xuan, who was still moving a moment ago, now only responded with a small snort.

This made Pei Jun secretly laugh, raised his other hand to rub the ghost boy's hair, then closed his eyes again, and fell asleep comfortably.

The next day, the official seal was opened, and all officials ordered.

When Pei Jun woke up in the morning, he felt that he had never been able to make him have the energy he has now after opening a seal for a year.He put on his patch coat and urged the sedan chair to go to Jingzhao Division to go to work, but when he got to the Division, he turned around and saw that Jiang Yue really didn't come, so he couldn't help but feel bored again, and waited to sit in the hall to deal with affairs for half a day. The energy is even more exhausted.

He was thinking about whether he should go to Wucheng Bingmasi to look for Jiang Yue, but after thinking about it calmly, he felt that it was Jiang Yue who was panicking in this matter, and it shouldn't be him, so he regained his composure and didn't wait. Jiang Yue reacted, he must not indulge in indulgence and throw himself into a trap, lest he will be trapped in the mud in the future, unable to get out, and lead to the end of his previous life.

Having made up his mind in this way, he calmly settled the documents in the department, and it was past noon before he knew it.The old man from the Ministry of Rites invited him to go to Prince Rui's Mansion to commemorate and inspect the ceremonies, but he couldn't stand it several times, so he had to put down the unimportant documents first, and said that he would arrive after dinner, so he chose a lunch break and bought some Go see Pei Yan first after eating.

As soon as he entered the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he saw a little more color in Pei Yan's dormitory from a distance. When he got closer, he saw that in the originally cold and silent prison, the hay on the stone bed had long disappeared, and there was a satin cloth at this time. The pillow is placed on the snow silk quilt, and the soft felt is spread under it as a cushion, and there is a white wool hand pan at the head of the bed, which looks soft and warm in everything.

At the foot of the stone bed was a brand-new copper basin, each charcoal in it was faintly burning red and giving off heat, but there was no black smoke, and there were seven or eight plates of steaming delicacies on the extra table beside it. Compared with it, Pei Jun only felt that the mahogany food box in his hand looked shabby, so he couldn't help half-smiling and said: "This Mei Linyu is still here."

Pei Yan sighed and looked at the things in a cell, nodded her head, lowered her eyes when she was young, and said: "He just left. I haven't seen him for a long time, and he is still so warm-hearted."

Pei Jun originally didn't want to answer this sentence, so he just sat down at the table first, but when he saw that the delicious dishes on the table were all his favorites, and everything was Pei Yan's favorite, he couldn't help but say something : "Mei Liu has always been a caring person, I used to say—"

"Don't talk about it, I just want to eat." Pei Yan interrupted him lightly, got up and sat down, stretched out Yubai's right hand: "Give me the chopsticks."

Pei Jun obediently handed her the chopsticks on the porcelain plate, and the siblings began to eat.

Before putting down the chopsticks, the two suddenly looked at each other, and after a while, they both looked down at the dishes.

They haven't eaten at the same table for ten years, so they didn't know that they met again in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.Pei Jun thought about this, and then looked at Pei Yan, seeing her sister's cheeks were thin and her spirit was damaged, she was no longer the delicate girl in the past, for a moment, she felt that the years had cut a deep gap between them, and her heart gradually felt sour.

He raised his hand to pick up a bunch of vegetables for Pei Yan, and saw that although the bruises on her wrists exposed when she was grilling rice were light, they were still there. After thinking about it, he held a bowl and asked in a low voice: "Pei Yan, why did you Marry Jiang Xi?"

Pei Yan didn't notice anything different, she chewed her rice, and just gave him a flat look, "Then why did you become an official back then?"

This question made Pei Jun's throat choke, and he stared at her for a moment without saying a word.

Pei Yan poked all the chopsticks together, glanced at him, held up a chopstick and picked up a rib for him, and said indifferently: "Aren't it the same for a man to become an official and a woman to marry? What can I ask? I have taught you to eat less and talk less since childhood." , I really can’t teach you.”

"I just thought of it by chance, so forget it if you don't want to mention it." Pei Jun lowered his head, bit the meat and swallowed it, looked at her for a while and said, "The memorial service in Prince Rui's Mansion was put up yesterday, and I will make it later." Take Xuan'er there, leave after eating, I won't bother you too much."

So the two chatted about etiquette for a while, and before Pei Jun left, Pei Yan ordered him to take away all the good things Mei Linyu had left behind.

But Pei Jun said: "You can keep it for use. This will save Uncle Dong another trip. I will tell him to rest when I get home."

He came out and greeted Cui Yu, then went back to the mansion, found Jiang Xuan's body linen white clothes to change into, and the uncle and nephew went to Rui Wang's mansion in a sedan chair.

When he entered, he looked all the way to the princes and royal relatives who came to express condolences, but he still didn't see Jiang Yue, so after signing the funeral form from the Ministry of Rites and placing Jiang Xuan in the main hall to guard the spirit, he retired. Going to the porch in the front hall, I just want to sit and rest for a while.

It's spring, and the capital is getting warmer. The vegetation in Prince Rui's mansion is scattered everywhere, and the leaves have already pulled out some new buds, but there is not a single flower on the branches.

Pei Jun sat under the warm sun and watched quietly for a while, and suddenly heard someone from the palace report that Fang Mingjue was invited from the household department to settle the account, so he got up and went to deal with business.After the two of them finished their chores and went back to sit on the porch, Fang Mingjue took a stack of paper money and counted it beside Pei Jun, saying that life and death were serious matters, and that he, a mortal, had to be courteous and burn some paper money. For the sake of calculation, I just hope that the wronged soul will not be disturbed, and he will be left clean.

But Pei Jun, who was possessed by a wronged soul, suddenly put his arms around him, put his chin on his shoulder and rubbed it, and after a while he sighed and asked:

"Xiao Ming Jue'er, why are the spring flowers still not blooming?"

His behavior of patting people on the shoulders and hugging their waists hasn't changed since he was a child. Fang Mingjue has long been used to it, so he just dealt with the paper money while letting him lie on his back like a dog, and said calmly: " It's not time yet, what are you in a hurry for?"

"Why am I so anxious..." Pei Jun suddenly let out a long sigh, shook his head and hit his forehead on his back, strangled his neck and whispered in his ear: "I think I'm in a daze."

Fang Mingjue stared back and approached the tip of his nose, looked at him seriously and asked, "What? Are you possessed by Lord Rui?" He nodded honestly and commented: "Hey, I look like this, this hurts the spring and the autumn. Yes, I'm afraid it's really a ghost."

"You're a ghost!" Pei Jun laughed angrily, and was about to hit him on the back of the head with his hand.

This made Fang Mingjue couldn't help laughing anymore, and for a while he was joking and waving a hand full of paper money as a shield, but in the end he was caught by Pei Jun's ribs and rubbed his head.

Because during the funeral, although the two played in low voices and did not dare to publicize it, the scene of intimacy was exactly the same as in the past when they were in the supervisor.

However, at this moment, Pei Jun raised his head after fighting with him, but couldn't help being stunned.

I saw a person standing far away beside the screen wall in the front yard of Prince Rui's Mansion.This man was wearing a blue and white satin prince's python robe, with a narrow waist bound by a beaded jade belt, and a thin white feather cloak over his broad shoulders, which had been warmed by the golden sun, as if he had stood there for a long time Yes, at this moment, he was looking calmly at Pei Jun who was hugging Fang Mingjue on the porch of the front yard.

Pei Jun immediately let go and pushed Fang Mingjue away.

Only then did Fang Mingjue turn his head and saw the man stunned: "Hey, why is Prince Jin here again?"

Pei Jun was stunned, and before he had time to think about what that "again" meant, he saw Jiang Yue who was standing by the screen wall suddenly lowered his brows and smiled like self-deprecating, and looked up at him for a moment, with a mocking expression on his face. After cooling down, he didn't speak, just turned around and walked out.

Pei Jun hurriedly stood up: "Jiang—Prince Jin!"

But Jiang Yue had already turned away from the screen wall.

Pei Jun quickly chased after him, but just as he stepped out of the gate, he saw the chariots and horses on the roof of the Prince Jin's mansion running away with little spikes, and if he wanted to chase him at this time, let Jiang Xuan alone The vigil can't be at ease either - as soon as these thoughts passed, Jiang Yue's carriage turned around the street corner and ran away in his eyes, and he couldn't catch up.

Pei Jun couldn't help sinking in his heart, thinking back to the scene just now, he secretly thought that Jiang Yue must have misunderstood him towards Qin Muchu and casual relatives, and was afraid that he would take that kiss in the car as a fool, and Jiang Yue was a thoughtful person, if he went back, he would secretly feel sad, Think more and more - then when we see you next time, maybe we won't be shy or evasive or generous...

I'm afraid that he will be classified as an enemy again.

Pei Jun returned to the courtyard, and quickly called a servant from the Ministry of Rites to go around to see how Jiang Yue was going to deal with things.Almost two hours later, the handyman came back out of breath and reported that not only the Prince Jin's mansion did not see the Prince returning, but even Jing Zhaosi and Wucheng Bingma Si did not see the Prince Jin, nor in the palace.

Jiang Yue, who was so well behaved, suddenly seemed to disappear.

At night, when he took Jiang Xuan back home in a sedan chair, Fang Mingjue's words echoed in Pei Jun's ears again:

"...Da Xianer, our household department was in a hurry to ask for the account that was settled just now. But this morning you and Feng Jiru were not at the memorial ceremony, and the Prince of Jin was there, and it was the clan who was in charge. People, I just ask them to bring the funeral form to Prince Jin and sign it, so I can make a deal and hand it over to the cabinet soon."

"I don't know, but Prince Jin said that this matter is out of his control, and he still insists that the subordinates should report to the Ministry of Rites for inspection. They still have to report to the Ministry of Rites for inspection before they can be signed. Otherwise, there is something wrong, the emperor asked. If he is blamed, he is an idler who can't bear the crime—well, it seems that he has withheld our pen and ink to make up for the virtues of the past, and said that he is impartial."

"As soon as I say this, which of my subordinates dare to be lazy? They see that Prince Jin is very concerned about the funeral of Prince Rui's mansion, and they are afraid that calling Feng Jiru here will not be dignified enough, why don't they call you the Ministry of Rites?" Did you go to Jingzhaosi several times to invite you? ——But you just didn’t come. They said that Prince Jin sat in the hall and didn’t see the Ministry of Rites to take care of things until noon. After finishing it, he said: "'Then wait until the Ministry of Rites is free to speak. ' After speaking, he stood up and left.The people below ran back to teach me this lesson, ouch, everyone was so scared to death, at this moment, the subordinate said that you were born and went to Prince Rui's mansion again, when I heard it, I thought you were deliberately avoiding Prince Jin. "

"—Hey, Da Xian'er, you and Prince Jin have only been together for a few days in the winter hunting, and you're going to fight again as soon as you return to Beijing?" Fang Mingjue patted him after finishing speaking, and then chattered with embarrassment, "Then Shall we pay him back for the vacancy of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials? If you go back on your word, brother, can you..."

Pei Jun cut off his thoughts suddenly, sat in the sedan chair and lifted the curtain to look out the window at a precious moon on the zenith. He felt that in the current situation, although he and Jiang Yue were not on the same page, it was better than on the bar——

Dare to love him obediently waiting for Jiang Yue to come to inspect the post in Jingzhao Division, but Jiang Yue waited silently for his inspection in Prince Rui's Mansion; I wanted to meet him by chance... But I didn't think that he would not go to the three or four invitations in the morning, but waited until Jiang Yue left before he went there by accident——

It's really no wonder Jiang Yue was angry.

Not to mention that Jiang Yue saw him joking with Fang Mingjue with their noses pressed against each other.

For anyone to say this, it should be that he, Pei Jun, deliberately avoided seeing him after the chaos and finally abandoned him.