Before the Shendu Revolution, the successive officials of Fangzhou were either out of loyalty to the Tang family and sympathy for the King of Luling, or they felt that the Queen Mother's treatment of the King of Luling or the power of the Emperor, but still did not lose the kindness of the mother and son, so they did not lose care for the family of the King of Luling in seclusion.

However, after the Shendu Revolution, the situation in Dugi changed again, and there were saints in the Tang Dynasty, and the status of King Luling would inevitably be even more embarrassing. Although today's sage Ren'en declared that the riots that occurred in Fangzhou during the revolution were only punished and had nothing to do with the King of Luling, the various attitudes and measures afterwards all revealed that the existence of the King of Luling was by no means innocent.

Therefore, the officials in Fangzhou, no matter what their inner thoughts were, even if they were just to avoid suspicion, did not dare to show excessive care for King Luling, but felt anxious because there was such a sensitive clan relative living in the territory under their rule.

Therefore, when Pei Yan's subordinate Pei Ling was first ordered to join the army in Junzhou, the officials of the two states were all relieved and entrusted everything related to this hot potato. Although Pei Lingxian's own job was to join the army in Junzhou, he was seconded by the Fangzhou Prefecture, and the officials of the two states also tacitly understood this and did not feel that there was anything wrong.

Soon after the messenger entered the city, Pei Ling and his party rode into the royal city. After taking off the hood that was windproof and moisture-proof, Pei Ling went straight to the front hall first, summoned an official in the royal city, and inquired about the current situation in the royal city in every detail.

This is also the usual process, and the officials of the royal city answered one by one according to the routine. In the huge royal city, there are more than 500 people in the first place, including slaves and maids.

Except for a small number of old people who have been in the service for a long time, the vast majority of them have been added one after another after the revolution, and they have a shallow relationship with the master and servant of the Luling King's family, and there is no need to hide the beauty and ugliness of the report. Including just now, the matter of King Luling's angry punishment of the eldest son was also said.

Pei Ling was not old enough to stand in the early years, but her appearance was more vicissitudes than her real age, her sideburns and beard were slightly gray and white, and she looked mature and steady, and she did not have the impetuous attitude of ordinary children of the world at this age.

This is also very normal, although Pei Lingxian was born in a famous family in Hedong, but being Pei Yan's slave is also entangled in blessings and misfortunes. When he was young, his family was prosperous, his uncle Pei Yanquan leaned towards the opposition, and Pei Lingxian also entered the government because of the favor of the family.

If this trend continues, today's Pei Ling should have already been recorded and served, or he will be a stab for the history of other states, or a Langguan in the southern province. However, the good times did not last long, and a catastrophe during the light house year completely changed the trajectory of his life. Uncle Pei Yan was ambushed for the crime of rebellion, Pei Ling was first implicated but unwilling to give in, and wrote a letter to complain about the change and angered the queen mother, and went to Annan Fangxiang.

Lucky not to die but bitterly in love with the prosperity of the two capitals, Pei Lingxian couldn't bear the misery of the other party after all, and chose to flee back to his hometown. However, soon after returning home, he was denounced, and after some torture, he was sent to Tingzhou in northern Xinjiang.

When he was in Tingzhou, Pei Ling first took goods as his business, gradually amassed assets, and was favored by the Western Turkic chieftains, and became a big man in just a few years. But he is still not satisfied with this, and has been inquiring about the changes in the situation in the DPRK.

Finally, the emperor lived up to his painstaking efforts, and learned that there was a coup d'état in Shendu, Pei Lingxian actively organized a group of Western Turkic Hu chieftains to go to Shendu to pay tribute, and since then he was finally able to return to Luoyang, the capital of Shendu, until the emperor granted Junzhou the position of joining the army, and then traveled to Shannan.

Therefore, although Pei Lingxian is not very old, his life experience can be described as rich, he has traveled thousands of miles from north to south, and he has entered the state of dying and is in great difficulty not dying. The suffering has worn away the restlessness of the body, but the mind has not been destroyed because of this, and it can go against the trend and become a scenery of its own.

The Luling Royal City is isolated from the outside world, and there is not much new in itself. So when the officials reported, Pei Lingxian only listened to it routinely, and it was only when he heard that the king of Luling severely punished his eldest son, there was a little color in his eyes, but he didn't express any of his own opinions.

Soon after, the waiters in the inner city entered the hall and told him that the king of Luling had been waiting in the inner hall for a long time. After Pei Ling heard the words first, he didn't delay any longer, and followed the waiter to the inner hall, and several Lingshi followed.

"Pei Lingxian, who joined the army in Junzhou, meet the king!"

Although each other's real identities are prisoners and prisoners, Pei Lingxian did not dare to be rude because of this, and worshipped after entering the court.

Li Xian in the hall looked a little nervous, glanced at the princess Wei who was sitting in the hall, and then calmly raised his hand and said: "Pei joins the army, please be exempt, I don't know if I come to visit today, what do you know?" ”

After Pei Ling thanked him for taking the seat, he said: "When I entered the city today, please ask about the living items according to the rules." Where the mission of the lowly post is, Wang Cheng is in danger of using all the materials, the king needs to be taught, and the lowly self-envoy is given to the whole. ”

Hearing Pei Lingxian say this, the corners of King Luling's mouth trembled subconsciously, and he had the heart to reprimand this guy in front of him who seemed to be obedient, but in fact was extremely sluggish, how could he still have the face to say that he was thoughtful?

However, all kinds of angry words poured into his mouth, but turned into a few peaceful words of peace: "The criminal minister has been granted protection by the emperor's order, and he will not be humiliated because of the old deeds, and he can still be honored in the Shannan Huaxia, but he is still frugal, and he really dare not make any more delusions." ”

When Pei Ling heard this, the corners of his mouth curled, and then he said with a smile: "However, the deeds of the royal city that I have heard about seem to be quite different from what the king said. The distant feelings are silent, but today, the county lord is crying in the hall and begging for food, and Lang Jun is begging for charcoal and being beaten. The rest of the categories are not enough to say, but Wang Cheng is extremely difficult with materials, and the deeds of the second or third have been fully revealed. ”

Hearing that the furniture in the hall was unscrupulously said by Pei Lingxian, King Luling's face suddenly became embarrassed, and he raised his halberd to point at Pei Lingxian, but his open mouth only made a ho-ho and dull sound, and no reprimands poured out.

The king of Luling was anxious and timid, and was speechless for a while, but the princess had no scruples, and when she heard Pei Lingxian's half-mocking words, she couldn't help but shoot the case, pointing at Pei Lingxian and saying angrily: "Thief slave, since you know that the royal city is extremely distressed, why do you want to come to see and humiliate again!" The humerus of the king's heavenly family, the relatives of the saints, the only sin is to lose the way in the world! Whether it is life or death, although it is not because of itself, but honor is disgrace, how can a despicable pawn see it and give it with a smile! ”

Pei Ling heard this rebuke first, the slightly frivolous smile on his face retracted, stood up from the seat, drew his sword at his waist, and slowly walked up the hall with it upside down.

"You, Pei joined the army...... What are you doing? Princess, princess, she's just ......"

King Luling was also shocked when he saw this, got up and avoided backwards, and then grabbed the princess and hugged her with open arms. And when the princess saw that Pei Ling really pulled out her blade, she was also extremely panicked for a while, shrunk into the arms of King Luling, and cried.

However, Pei Ling only put the sword on the table before entering, and then slowly retreated, knelt on the ground and kowtowed frequently, and said with a deep pain in his mouth: "The royal city is disturbed by this disease, the king is restless, and he is derelict in his duties, so he does not dare to shirk and avoid punishment. Only the sharp blade is enshrined on the honor, whether it is to kill or chop, and in the king's thoughts! ”

"This, Pei joins the army, you are ...... again"

Seeing Pei Ling make this gesture first, King Luling and his wife were shocked, but after a moment of stunnedness, King Luling's eyes shone sharply, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Could it be that there has been a big change in Mo Feijin?" Today's saints, saints, he ......"

"The saint's physique is magnificent, the court is orderly, the inside and outside are not out of control, and the top and bottom live up to the guard!"

Pei Ling bowed to the ground for a long time and continued: "Since Shannan has a sense of humility, everything has been deluded in vain and failed to fulfill his responsibilities. He acted in various ways before, clinging to old things, and failed to stand upright and use clear calculations, which caused the king to lose his leisurely glory, and the crime of despicability was great, and he realized that the past was not ......"

"The thief still wants to hide it from me? Something must be wrong with God! ”

Seeing Pei Ling like this, King Luling became more and more sure of his guess, and he was in ecstasy and did not dare, but he did not panic, he picked up the saber that Pei Ling put on the case first, stepped forward with the sword, pointed at Pei Lingxian and continued to say angrily: "What happened in Shanbei? ”

Seeing that the King of Luling asked sharply, Pei Ling sighed first, and said helplessly: "The king of the old mansion of the king, the brave and fierce old state, the humble position has no chance to be seen. But today's short response to entering the city, I sincerely know that the old reputation is not worthy! ”

Hearing Pei Lingxian say this, the muscles on Li Xian's clear cheeks couldn't help but twitch faintly, but he clenched his teeth to contain his excitement. As for Princess Wei, she couldn't help but say loudly: "Pei was in the matter a few days ago, and he has been briefly neglected. Now God has changed, if you hide things again, you will be punished for several crimes, and you can have a life! ”

"I don't dare to deceive the king and princess, the general trend of the gods has indeed not changed, but this winter the Turks silently led the people to the east of the Xinkou River, and this side matter is ......"

"The Turkic Thief Chief is not a bone Dulu? What is the material of silent sipping? What does the Turkic spark have to do with the general trend in China? ”

After all, King Luling has been imprisoned for a long time, and even if he has taken care of his life in the past few years, no one has specially told him about the changes in the world in detail, so he is at a loss for what the situation in the outside world is, and he doesn't know that the Turkic Khan has changed.

When Pei Ling heard this question, he also gave a brief explanation of the development of the Turkic forces, and then said: "As soon as the Turks destroy the country, or their power rises and falls due to the unquiet situation in China, it is still not a great disaster. But Fang Jinguo is also not difficult, the east and west walls stand, King Yong is strong in Shaanxi, the horses are flourishing, the imperial court system is no longer easy, and now there is an increase in the disturbance of the Turks, and the current theorists think that if this goes on for a long time, once the disaster of the Western Army breaks out, it may be even worse than the disturbance of the Quartet......"

"King Yong, King Yong? This kid from the sect is now so strong that it is difficult for the court to control it? ”

King Luling was also shocked when he heard this, and then he couldn't help but sigh and said: "This family is fortunate to be protected by the Holy Emperor and the Queen Mother, so that it can live in the world." In the old years, I asked him to disturb the Shendu, and he knew that this son was passed on against the bones, so demonic and evil, even if he was pitiful but not killed, he should be confined and detained, and the saint actually put it in the ancestral court of Kansai and grew by it without restraint, which was a small disease of scabies but connived at the trouble of the heart of the family and the country, and it was too late to regret! ”

"What the king sees, he knows. In fact, the people of the Manchu Dynasty have not had the advice of wise men, but today's saints are dictatorial and do not allow dissent! King Yong grew up in Chenju and messed up in the palace, without the slightest thought of the grace of nurturing. and went west, and abused Yuan Congju Sect as a merit, and the common feelings of the world are completely out of his human realm. Now it may still be said that the family and country are peaceful, and they have to be guarded inside and outside, but Kansai Shengjia, only knows the king's religion and does not know the emperor's order. ”

Pei Ling spoke of this first, kowtowed again and sighed: "Shaanxi is suffering from a serious illness, and today's saints have lost the way to control. In the old years, the saint was in the palace, because it was the inheritance of the Tang family, and he had the love of Lan Zhi, but after entering the WTO, there was a lot of obscenity and faint stench in everything he had experienced. His miscalculation is not only one case of King Yong! ”

Pei Ling first bowed to the ground without a crown, and then looked up at the King of Luling who was standing with a sword, and said sincerely: "What is the story of the humble family, the king knows it in his heart. Reading this story, although there are many people who are related to good and evil, it is difficult to explain. The family was killed, and the long ding was gone, and only the stumps of the humble grass and mustard survived in the world.

The saint shows his will to show that my family is vain in the world, but in addition to this vanity, the reward is really small. He has been praised for his creative work, but he is not used for loyal and righteous talents. Surrendered to Shannan, entangled in old grievances, and wanted to build a sinister king in a lonely city because of the minister's clumsy plan, is this what the Lord of the Holy Ming should do? ”

Although King Luling longed for the regeneration and reform of the world so that he could escape the barrier, Pei Ling's words were not believed by him. After all, this son is the son of Pei Yan, a rebellious man, and since he entered the state, the treatment of Wangcheng has taken a sharp turn for the worse, which shows the sinister nature of his heart.

But when he heard that Pei Lingxian had come to this point, King Luling's eyebrows trembled sharply, and he began to face Pei Lingxian's analysis of his heart.

has been down-and-out so far, and Li Xian doesn't believe in any kind of righteousness. The most worthy of emotion in the world is only related to their own interests. Since the Shendu Revolution, there have been many people, although he doesn't know everything, but he has heard of all kinds related to Pei Yan.

If you want to be more sinister, the reason why these newly replaced attendants in Wangcheng revealed such information to him is to make him die through the court's posthumous praise for Pei Yan, so that he will be in a state of panic for a long time, frightened, and unable to live long.

It is true that if he was still looking forward to the current saint or the attack of benevolence, he would call his third brother back to the divine capital to be honored, but after learning about Pei Yan's related deeds, he was completely dead to it. Maybe he will not be able to return to the two capitals for the rest of his life, and he will wait until he dies, and the current saint may open up and call his children to return to Beijing for settlement.

But Li Xian is not the only one who is disappointed, and Pei Lingxian in front of him also belongs to this list. Although Pei Yan is extremely prosperous, he has no children to inherit, according to the general ritual practice, Pei Yan should be mourned and should be given to Pei Lingxian, a close relative, to pass on the heir.

But the imperial court has no relevant measures at all, and Pei Lingxian is just serving as a lowly position in the army in Shannan Xiazhou, so can he have no resentment in his heart? What's more, once King Luling dies violently, Pei Lingxian will inevitably be suspicious. The vanity of the family is not at all, but it has to bear the danger of ruining one's reputation, and any normal person will inevitably have miscellaneous schemes.

Thinking of this, Li Xian's eyes when he looked at Pei Lingxian changed from cold to gentle, he threw the sword he was holding to the ground, and bent down to help Pei Lingxian and sighed: "My previous sin is conclusive, so I am abandoned by my family and country, and I deserve all the troubles I suffered." The saint can allow me to live in the world, I am already sincerely grateful, and I will not secretly complain that Pei Lang's entry into the state is to entangle the past and add persecution. Pei Lang calculated and committed himself with this, and he also underestimated the greatness of the emperor's grace! ”

"The king is tolerant, but he knows that he is shallow and clumsy. To tell the truth, Wang Cheng was so mean to the material before, and he was humble and instructed by Qu Xi, and treated the king harshly as his own plan. Even if the king is not punished, it is difficult to forgive himself for his humble duties, and today he sacrificed his sword in the hall, exposing himself to treachery, but he only asked for punishment. If the great sin is not punished, how can the king control the righteous path in the coming year? ”

Speaking of this, Pei Lingxian was even more tearful with remorse, grabbed the sword discarded by King Luling, and was about to cut his belly.

After Li Xian saw this, he flew up and kicked down the sword in Pei Lingxian's hand, and picked up the sword again, pointing at his person and sighing: "Even if Pei Lang is at fault, but I don't punish him now, how can I be lynched indiscriminately." If you still blame yourself, then I also have to ask myself, what kind of disgust did heaven and earth give birth to me, my family and country are no longer tolerated, and my neighbors are only forced to see it, this sword should not be punished by Pei Lang, let me punish myself first! ”

As he spoke, King Luling turned the blade of his sword to himself and slowly rested it under his chin.

"The king must not!"

Seeing this, Pei Ling was even more anxious, and before he pounced, he grabbed the sharp blade tightly with his empty hand, and his face was full of tears: "The old sins of despicable duties have been repented, and if you see the king again because of my irritability, it will be a big crime!" If the mountains and rivers change color in the coming year, who will the Tang family trust more? ”

Li Xian saw that Pei Lingxian's palm holding the sword had been cut by the blade and blood flowing, and he was also very moved for a while, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, closing his eyes and crying: "When the emperor is dying, he entrusts his family and country to me." Only I am obscene, unbearable, humiliated, and dusty in the temple!

The world has been overturned several times, the righteous path is gone, the clan is despicable and unforgiving, and the strong people of the world have nothing to follow, all of which are my sins! And leave this life, not because of nostalgia for the prosperity of the world, if there is a change in the family temple when you come, only to be generous to the difficulty, and live up to the emperor's last life! The saint is in the court, there is no thief shouting in the sect, and I can also go to Huangquan with a smile, worthy of my ancestors! ”

"Treat the sinful body, and steal your life to survive. Only by this oath, with the words of the king Hongzhi, the master and servant will go to this difficulty together! ”

Pei Ling first let go of the hand holding the sword, slapped the bloody palm on his chest, and then prostrate himself on the ground, and said with a pause.

The two of them expressed their own intentions, each other's previous suspicions disappeared, and they were divided into primary and secondary seats, Pei Ling first asked people to pass the meal and feast, naturally it was not the previous rice sauce, and they were extremely rich in water and land, and they even walked on their knees in the hall to serve food and drink for the king of Luling.

King Luling's mood was up and down, but he was still cautious and did not drink until he got drunk. Pei Lingxian didn't dare to bother for a long time, and when he saw that the king of Luling was already happy, he bowed again without a crown and quit.

After Pei Ling left first, Li Xian knocked on the table and ordered: "Did Ah Lang and the ladies sleep?" Summoning them to the hall to enjoy the food. ”

Princess Wei was also smiling at this time, but she still hesitated a little and said: "What Pei Lingxian said, the king really believes?" ”

"In this prison, all you can see is four walls. Outside of my family, who is close to me and doesn't have their own hearts and eyes on me? There is no need to scrutinize whether what he says is true or false, only what you want depends on me for sure. ”

Speaking of this, King Luling's eyes were a little drunk, and he said with emotion: "In the old days, the gods were all changed, and I have missed the opportunity. If there is really a turnaround, we must not lag behind again. What Pei said may not be close to the truth, but there must be a plan to seek good fortune and avoid evil. God thought that disaster was coming, and he felt it and arranged it in advance. I will accept this surrender no matter what.

Not because I believed in him, but because even though the gods have changed, I don't know the good or the bad. Even if a messenger comes to see me, he doesn't know whether to kill me or welcome me. Foreign envoys are still secondary, but this fang catches the side of the knife, and its thoughts are at stake in my life and death......"

Not to mention the private calculations of King Luling and his wife, Pei Ling first withdrew from the inner city when it was late, so he simply stayed in the outer hall of the royal city.

The family entered the house to bandage the wound on Pei Ling's palm first, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Ah Lang really plans to vote for the future of life and death to the King of Luling?" ”

Pei Ling sneered after hearing the words first, and sighed: "King Luling is wide on the outside and taboo on the inside, and his flesh and blood are still thin, if I send my life to him, is it really killing myself?" ”

"Then Ah Lang still wants ...... Could it be that he used this to spy on whether the king of Luling had evil thoughts in order to play the gods? ”

After hearing this, the family couldn't help but ask.

"The King of Luling is isolated from the world and has no power, and whatever he wants, he is second-rate. Only his position is appropriate, strange goods can live, and the masses conspire with each other, so they have to guard against it. ”

Speaking of this, Pei Ling first sighed again: "When I returned from Tingzhou, I didn't lose my heart in vain. But now I am still using my old sins with dry bones. But there are one or two tolerant plans, give me the position of a guard, even if the two capitals are reborn and abnormal in the coming year, and the saint is in danger, the dead will have me! Now if you put me in the south of the mountain and use it for injustice, you can see that you still see me as a stream of evil people. This body has traveled between the north and the south, and has suffered several disasters without destroying his ambition, is it just to lick and eat a few pairs of flesh and blood of the heavenly family and fight for evil luck? ”

"Luling is difficult to trust, and the saint doesn't know it...... Ah Lang, Ah Lang, do you want to? ”

"The ignorance of the saints does not stop with me. Wei Chengqing is high in Fengchi, the country is in danger, and his clan strength is not used in Hebei, but in Luonan, which shows that his heart is unpredictable. His people swaggered the old traces of my family and gathered the hearts of the people of the world, but they blocked me in the rivers and lakes, and they knew that they were righteous and evil, and the reason for the chaos in the coming year would be published! If I don't get close to Luling, I will not know that death is coming, and I will surrender first, and once something happens, Luling will consult me for public opinion. or throw himself into the rivers and lakes again, or sue the famous king, a little short-term plan is just the obsession of the unyielding fate of the down-and-out people......"