Chapter 198: Decision-making
Mu Tengyi turned his head to the entourage behind him and said, "Go out and call King Yu over and let him meet Pei Shizi." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Pei Minzhong keenly captured that he used "call" instead of "please", and felt in his heart that King Yu must have been cocooned in the end.
After a meal, King Yu was late.
He came in and smiled at Mu Tengyi, and said, "Two days ago, I sent someone to ask the prince if he wanted to go hunting in the nearby woods, but why didn't I hear back from the prince?" ”
Mu Tengyi pointed to Pei Minzhong, who was sitting on the side, and said, "His Royal Highness King Yu, there are guests here who have come from afar, and you have not seen them?" ”
Only then did King Yu set his sights on Pei Minzhong. Pei Minzhong got up and saluted King Yu, and asked, "How is the prince?" ”
When King Yu saw that it was really him, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he asked, "Why did you come to Liaodong?" ”
Pei Minzhong said with a smile: "The last time you wrote to Jinling, I hope that the prince can help you defend against Liu Guangsheng." The prince sent me to attack He Nan, intending to contain Liu Guangsheng's forces. Now that the thieves have withdrawn, the prince has asked me to come and see if you are okay. ”
King Yu sneered: "It was born from the same root, so why be in a hurry to fry each other!" At the beginning of the Chongwen Museum, Master Du taught us Cao Zijian's poems, but I still couldn't understand the mystery. Now that I have experienced it myself, I know that Zijian's talent is extraordinary! ”
Thinking of the situation when everyone was studying in Chongwen Hall, Pei Minzhong also felt a little embarrassed. He was about to persuade King Yu a few words, but he looked at Mu Tengyi who was staring at him, and then thought about Tian Dengwen, who died tragically at the hands of his nephew, he also knew that King Yu had no way back, so he swallowed his words back.
King Yu saw that Pei Minzhong didn't talk, and he became even more angry, so he said loudly: "Do you only recognize the third master?" I am the eldest prince of the first emperor, and in terms of the status of the concubine, I am not a little higher than him! I heard that you value Xuanhui very much, and you traveled thousands of miles to the capital to save her. You see that I helped the third child in front of Xuanhui, I am Xuanhui's eldest brother! Why don't you look at it for her sake to help me? ”
Pei Minzhong saw that he was involved in Xuanhui, and there was some anger between his eyebrows. He stared into King Yu's eyes and retorted: "Prince An is generous and benevolent, knowledgeable and strategic, and he will be a Ming monarch in the future." On the other hand, you, my lord, fled before the capital fell into you, because it was disloyal. Wu Jin Bo is your own uncle, and he took you in after the martyrdom of the first emperor and helped you fight Liu Guangsheng, who came after him. Instead of being grateful to Dade, you will take revenge for your injustice. Let me ask you, if you were me, I think you would know how to choose, right? ”
King Yu was so angry that his face was flushed, he stood up sharply, pointed at Pei Minzhong's nose and scolded: "What are you, dare to say this about me!" The third person is insidious and cunning, and he is used to pretending. When I was in the palace, I pretended to be stupid, and even the Queen Mother was deceived. Now coaxing you hairy boys, isn't it like playing? ”
Mu Tengyi saw that the two of them were talking so stiffly, so he smiled and came out to play a round: "The two of you really don't treat me as an outsider, they quarrel so fiercely, and they don't avoid me, which makes me very moved in my heart!" ”
King Yu glared at Pei Minzhong and said, "For the sake of His Royal Highness the Prince's face, I won't care about you." Ask you one last time, will you follow me? ”
Pei Min felt funny in the center, he even buttoned the hat of "disloyalty and injustice" to King Yu, why did he still chase and ask this?
Therefore, he acted as a problem: "The prince still has a large number of them, and he doesn't care about me." It's just that even if I want to surrender, there are only about 20 guards around me. Although the soldiers of the Chengguo Mansion are now under my belt, I am in a hurry to see the prince, and I have left them in Kaifeng Mansion, and now they are all in the hands of Wang Yu! ”
King Yu frowned and said, "Where did this Wang Yu come from?" ”
Mu Tengyi smiled: "But the son of Huguang Wang Jintang? ”
Pei Minzhong nodded: "Exactly." ”
Mu Tengyi said: "I have heard of this person, saying that he is handsome, but he is very experienced in fighting and killing enemies, and sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs!" ”
King Yu immediately laughed and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince is well-informed, and you know the details of people who don't even know me. ”
While Pei Minzhong despised King Yu, he was deeply wary of Mu Tengyi and the Haixi people in his heart. He listened to the people on Da Zhou's side so carefully, and what he was planning was self-evident. What's even more frightening is that Mu Tengyi doesn't seem to have any intention of hiding it, and he opens his mouth to say it, looking like he is not afraid of being known.
Mu Tengyi smiled at King Yu and said, "If it is in the hands of the Wang family, then you still don't think about it." The Wang family invested a big bet on King An, and even sent his daughter to be a concubine, but his family will not regret it easily. ”
King Yu was so angry that he slapped the table fiercely and scolded: "This third child, clever words have deceived so many people!" ”
He looked up and said to Pei Minzhong angrily: "You ran over without bringing anything, did you really come to see me?" It's useless! Hurry up and go back to give the third child his life! Just say I'm fine! Let him wash his eyes and see how I went from Liaodong to the capital to kill the thieves, recover the northwest, and then go to Jinling to settle accounts with him! ”
Pei Minzhong glanced at him and said to Mu Tengyi: "I and the people under my men are really tired day and night, can we borrow two days and wait until we have eased up before we go on the road?" ”
Mu Tengyi smiled: "I have always regarded Pei Shizi as a friend of God in my heart, if you want to live, I can't ask for it, and I hope to talk to you more." ”
Pei Minzhong exchanged a few polite words with him, and then followed the people down to rest.
After a while, Pei Rongzhen came over with some wine and food.
"How?" Pei Min asked in a whisper.
Pei Rongzhen put the food on the table, and then replied: "I just pretended to find you something to eat, and turned this mansion around." I happened to meet Xiao Linzi outside, and he stuffed a note for me. ”
Pei Minzhong opened the note and said with a smile: "Everyone has already become a deputy general, why are you embarrassed to use the old name?" ”
Pei Rongzhen pouted and said, "He called me 'Pei Big Man' first!" ”
Pei Minzhong stopped talking and carefully read the words on the note.
After reading it, he said: "Ying Chun said that in the past few days, King Yu ordered all the big ships parked in Jinzhouwei to sail to Gaizhouwei, less than fifty miles away from Liaoyang City, to show Mu Tengyi. When the time comes, we will sail and take the 150,000 Liaodong troops away, but this Haixi ......"
Pei Rongzhen frowned and said: "The Haixi people have just won the battle, although there are only 50,000 people, but their morale is high. We have a big chance of winning, but if we are short-handed, I am afraid that we will also lose a lot of troops. ”
Pei Minzhong groaned: "The Liaodong Army has never been commanded by someone other than Tian Dengwen, and now that Tian Dengwen is dead, they have no leader, so we have a chance." However, if you fight with the Haixi people, this is a big disadvantage. ”
He knocked his index finger rhythmically on the table, and after a while, he said: "Capture the thief and capture the king first, this is the best policy!" ”