Pei Gonggui

Jiang Yue went to open the door, and he really saw Pei Jun leaning against the door. He thought there was something urgent and was about to ask, but he saw that Pei Jun had already glanced at the furnishings in his room and said: "I knew that the servant would take care of it soon." You have taken the wrong house. Come on, don't live here, I will take you elsewhere."

After that, he couldn't help but grab Jiang Yue's sleeves, and dragged people into the corridor in two or three steps.

Jiang Yue was dragged away by him inexplicably, and said puzzledly, "Where you live is different, why bother?"

"That's really different." Pei Jun said as he walked, "Although Mei Liu set up several Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing for me, this Zhuangzi is different from other places."

"When I took the title deed and began to build the house, the craftsmen dug a hole at the foot of the back mountain, thinking that the geomantic omen had been broken, so I was so frightened that I hurriedly invited Mei Liu to come and see it in person. Mei Liuyi came, He stretched out his hand to scoop up a handful of water from the hole, and found that the water was hot. He was overjoyed, and he didn’t care about Feng Shui or not, so he hurriedly made a hot spring pool for me. No, he simply built an attic garden to surround the pool. He didn't think it was enough after the enclosure was completed, so he insisted on getting some gentleman's things, so he planted the garden full of bamboos without any money. After more than half a year, it was finally done, and I was asked to come and live in my free time. But it has been several years, and I only visited once, and I was not lucky enough to stay for one night, so I rushed back to Beijing. The attic of the garden has always been It's all empty."

As the two turned around the corner of the corridor, Pei Jun raised his finger and pointed to a cave door with verdant grass and said, "It's just behind there. Jing, just right for you to live in."

Turning around the cave door, Pei Jun gave Jiang Yue to the front, raised his hand to brush away a clump of wisteria flowers in front of him, and immediately hugged Jiang Yue from behind, urging him to speed up his pace, three steps in two Pushing it into the garden is a bit of a treasure offering.

At this time, Pei Jun's hands were supporting Jiang Yue's back, and Pei Jun's chest was pressing against Jiang Yue's vest. Jiang Yue was walking in front of him, and he felt a very real warmth seeping through the three thin spots. The silk kept spreading towards him, and even rubbed up and down with the two people's walking movements, making his ears feel hot unconsciously.

But at this time, Pei Jun came to his ear and said, "Here we are", causing Jiang Yue to raise his head and look up, only to see a large pool suddenly appearing at the end of the vegetation, and the water in the pool reflected the fresh green bamboos in the garden, as if A piece of jasper is crystal clear when you look closely, and the water surface is covered with thin mist.

Pei Jun put his arm around Jiang Yue's waist from behind, and pointed out to him the three-way stone platform near the water, saying that the stone platform is for people to sit on, and the tall one in the middle can be used as a table.

The paved road behind the stone platform leads to the pavilion, which is surrounded by clusters of green bamboos and connected to a shady corridor.Jiang Yue followed Pei Jun's pointing and looked up, but saw that most of the buildings behind the corridor were hidden in the tall bamboo bushes, presumably it should be the attic that Pei Jun mentioned.

"Come on, I'll send you to live here." After completing the task of leading the way, Pei Jun let go of Jiang Yue and said, "I'll go back and settle the bill first, and set up rules for the servants, and I'll call you for dinner later."

While listening to him, Jiang Yue looked around, seeing the greenery in his eyes and the soft chirping of birds in his ears, he couldn't help feeling Pei Jun's intention to bring him here, so he thanked Pei Jun first, and asked: " I live here, where do you live?"

Pei Jun seemed to have been waiting for this question for a while, so he stepped forward and pulled him to turn around, pointing to a pavilion a little far away on the other side of the hot spring, and said, "I live there, where I can peek at you taking a bath."

Jiang Yue turned his eyes to look at him immediately, and that expression made Pei Jun laugh out loud: "Look, I scared you, I was joking with you."

As he spoke, he led Jiang Yue to the hot spring pool and squatted down, took Jiang Yue's fingers, and asked Jiang Yue to test the water temperature in the pool: "Although I am not a good person, I am still a gentleman. If you want to use this place, I will Just lie on the bed with your eyes blindfolded and recite Zhou rituals, drink more herbal tea and blow more hair if it doesn't work, hey, I can deal with it no matter what."

The water of the hot spring is warm and melting, and it wraps around Jiang Yue's fingertips like the softness made of refined steel.He tilted his head and glanced at Pei Jun beside him, only to see that this man pouted slightly when he spoke, and the hand that took him to test the water also randomly pulled him to stir up the water waves, as if he was trying to express his extreme pity, and wanted to take advantage of it. Arouse some kind of kindness in him.

Jiang Yue knowingly and helplessly smiled, lowered his head to listen to Pei Jun chatting about something else, looked at the disturbed clear waves in the pool, suddenly pinched Pei Jun's slender fingers with his backhand in the water, and tilted his head to look at Pei Jun. Gently print on the side face:

"If you're busy, go to the account first. I'll go see Mr. Zhao and the others, and I'll see you again during dinner."

Pei Jun was interrupted by his kiss, and was stunned for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he immediately raised his hand and pinched his chin and kissed him back, touching his lips and teeth long and deeply, tossing and turning for a while, when he was about to speak, he heard The voice of the steward suddenly came from outside the courtyard:

"My master! Where are you, my master? I have a letter from you from Beijing, two of them!"

Before Pei Jun left Beijing, he had asked Uncle Dong to forward all the important letters here, but the letter was forwarded after a while. Seeing that he had left Beijing, Jingzhong did not easily spare him.

Now that the sound came out, he lost all his enthusiasm just now, and knowing that the news at the moment is mostly about life and death, he had to bear it first and was full of unwillingness, only finally kissed Jiang Yue hard, and then frowned He got up, walked out of the courtyard door with three steps and two turns, and strode forward to take care of things.

After Pei Jun left, the servants in the village quickly sent all the luggage brought by Jiang Yue to this new residence. cups and saucers.

After Jiang Yue washed and changed his clothes, he found a hall to gather Mr. Zhao's counselors together, and then discussed the unfinished affairs of the previous few days again.In this way, the afternoon passed quickly, and it was time for dinner in a blink of an eye. When everyone went to the outer courtyard at the invitation of the family member, Pei Jun could already be seen sitting in front of the banquet in the hall waiting.

Because it's not the first time we met, and the security here is not as strict as in the capital, the people are less complicated and just call each other Mr. and Young Master, making it a scene of old friends reuniting, and sitting together for dinner.When the food was ready, Pei Jun withdrew all the servants, accompanied Jiang Yue to sit at the main seat, and discussed with several gentlemen.

In fact, everyone here agrees with Pei Jun that once the King of Jin is revived by the water, it is tantamount to announcing his ambition to seize the throne, and he is believed by the people to be the chosen one. In addition to keeping the fake death from being exposed to the emperor and the officials, what should be considered is how Jiang Zhan in the palace will deal with it after learning about it, so as to deal with it early.

Among several people, Pei Jun is the one who knows Jiang Zhan best.Pei Jun believed that Jiang Zhan would be in an unprecedented panic after King Jin's resurrection. At that time, Jiang Zhan would be more attached to and use the forces he thought could resist King Jin, and use his swordsmen to fight against King Jin's faction with all his might.Now it seems that Pei Jun thinks that Jiang Zhan will be attached to him, neither he who has turned against Jiang Zhan, nor the Cai family who can't take care of himself, so it can only be the Zhang family who has not lost a single soldier. :

"If the emperor is attached to the Zhang family, he may take advantage of the New Deal to deploy military power in order to weaken the king of Jin. Then the first thing we need to do is to stabilize the morale of the army and calculate the strength of the troops. In my opinion, we should estimate in advance what he and the Zhang family expect. Where the troops are deployed, prepare for the worst possible encounters. Besides these, the most important thing is to quickly cut food and grass and seize military supplies. As long as you have military pay and food, you will step on half of the court. In any case, the chances of winning will be much greater.”

He thought the same as the Guo brothers, but Zhao Guqing, the leader of the soldiers, repeatedly reminded everyone not to confront the imperial swordsmen unless absolutely necessary, and he had no objection to this last move.

Halfway through the banquet, Li Shun'an, the head shopkeeper of the Li family in Tengzhou, and Jiang Yue borrowed a step to go to the side hall to talk about business matters. Seeing that the white moon had already hung high on the zenith, its brilliance seemed to be shining, and at the edge of the pond not far from the courtyard, Pei Jun was standing in the shadow of a clump of bamboos with his hands behind his hands, smelling of alcohol, looking up at the moon.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Pei Jun turned his head to look at him, then swayed drunkenly and bowed to the shopkeeper Li who came out together.

After Shopkeeper Li left, Jiang Yue hurried forward to help Pei Jun, frowned and said, "Why did you drink so much?"

"Talking about Qu Zi with Mr. Zhao, I took a chance, and I kept accepting his wine, and it was not easy to push, so I drank it all." Pei Jun shook his head and waved his hands, pulled him to stand up straight and smiled, "The shopkeeper Li and the same What did you say?"

Jiang Yue sighed, let him go to the inner courtyard persistently, and briefly described Li's grain and iron industries in Tengzhou and other places, and finally asked Pei Jun, "What letter did you send from Beijing during the day?"

Pei Jun walked with him all the way to the inner courtyard, and heard Yan Pingping answer: "There are two letters. One is from the Ministry of Rites, saying that the ninth day of the lunar new year is Jiang Zhan's wedding. There are regulations on preparations, but it’s just to let me know in advance. It’s not official business, most of them heard that I was sick, so they handed over a booklet to find out my truth and flatter me, but it’s nothing Hurry up."

The two walked across an arched stone bridge in the garden. Pei Jun stepped on the sparse shadows in the aisle leisurely, and walked side by side with Jiang Yue. The princess of the Haring clan who came to make love is actually a fake."

"Fake?" Jiang Yue frowned. After thinking about it, he thought about the subtle discord between the vassal king and Beijing, but he also believed what Pei Jun said was true, so he couldn't help sighing, "Even if it's fake, it's okay to make mistakes. The court's best choice now, otherwise, if it breaks up with the vassal at this time, the government will be in chaos. It's just... the vassal slapped the Jiang family in the face, which was always impossible in the past, but now If there is, it will be the decline of the Jiang family in the Central Plains..."

Pei Jun also sighed: "I only hope that these vassal kings can settle down to the time when you are in power, otherwise it will be another danger for us. At that time, we can't let you marry a fake princess and come back to be the imperial concubine."

Jiang Yue was taken aback, then stopped behind him, looked at him funny and said, "Why should I marry the princess?"

Pei Jun turned his head, looked at him with drunken eyes, and said in a normal way: "Even if you are not a princess, you will always marry a wife and have children when you become an emperor. Otherwise, how can the throne be secure?"

"Since ancient times, there has never been an emperor who was able to secure the throne after giving birth to a son. Most of them were kicked out of the dragon platform by his son. After reading so much history, you should know that this is a fallacy." Jiang Yue smiled shallowly, He continued to follow behind Pei Jun, and said with a serious expression, "I don't want to sit in the palace for the rest of my life. If things really work out, the world will be settled and the hearts of the people will be settled. In a few years, I will give the throne to the juniors in the clan who can be reused." , no longer meddling in Beijing affairs."

Pei Jun laughed when he heard the words: "Then which one of your Lao Jiang's family can be reused? You can tell me." As he spoke, he wrung his fingers and mentioned three or five imperial nephews who could be named. But the brows became more and more frowned, shaking their heads one after another, and suddenly felt that it was very funny, and raised their hands to push Pei Jun: "Stop talking, you are deliberately making fun of the royal family, do you believe that I will punish you?"

"How can this be my crime?" Pei Jun shook his head and sighed, "Uncle Seventh Emperor, Uncle Seventh Emperor, with all due respect, the children and grandchildren of your Jiang family are now going to raise wealth and wealth, and embroidered pillows are more important Much more, the nephews and nephews are not as hard-working as the previous generations, I can't blame the courtiers for opening their eyes, we should find an excuse from the clan."

"You can't say that." Jiang Yue laughed with him for a while, quietly looked up at the moon, Xiao Ran sighed, "Actually, in the clan, although there is no suitable candidate for the nephew generation, but among the grandnephews, there are none. .In fact, there is only one person in my heart.”

Hearing this, Pei Jun gradually withdrew his smile and looked at him: "Who?"

Jiang Yue pulled him to stop, put away his jokes and replied:

"Xuan'er."