Li Longji still attaches great importance to his reputation among the people, even if because of his success, the Tang Dynasty, which boasts that he ruled, has surpassed the Zhenguan period, and he has a sense of slackness in his heart, neglecting the government and indulging in pleasures.

But he still attaches great importance to whether he can be famous for a hundred years.

He didn't know what to say to Concubine Yang, but on the second day, Pei Min got the news.

The Yang family withdrew from the Wei Mansion, while the workers stayed, and did not continue to repair the house, but restored the Wei Mansion as much as possible, and issued an order to restore Wei An's original position, and also punished Yang Qi and removed him from his official position.

Obviously, Li Longji counted all the sins on Yang Qi and asked him to take the blame.

However, Yang Jieyu, the source of the real arrogance, was not only fine, but Li Longji also rewarded her with a large amount of money in order to appease her.

Pei Min also sighed when he heard this, and he was not surprised, this is Li Longji's character.

The country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change.

Li Linfu also reported to Pei Min on the progress of his side.

The object of listening to his deception is Chen Xilie.

Pei Min didn't feel guilty at all, he had some impressions of this guy.

Because Chen Xilie in history is the most popular prime minister in Li Longji's dynasty.

He was deeply pleased by Li Longji, and trusted Li Linfu, and he also had a close relationship with Yang Guozhong, had a close relationship with An Lushan, and had a good time with Ge Shuhan.

No matter how confusing the situation in the court is, he is at ease, unmoving like a mountain, like an old green pine.

In the era when Li Longji was addicted to pleasure, Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong were fighting for power, and Ge Shuhan and An Lushan were fighting, it was not easy for Chen Xilie to do this.

It's a pity that his ability was not used on the right path, but on the right side.

Of course, there are many people who have been left and right in history, but that's all, Pei Min doesn't care about anything.

What Pei Min couldn't accept was that during the Anshi Rebellion, An Lushan captured Chang'an. Li Longji fled to Shu in a hurry, and Chen Xilie was captured by the rebels.

Chen Xilie had no discipline and directly chose to surrender An Lushan.

Then Chen Xilie served as the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty for many years, and became the prime minister of An Lushan Dayan Kingdom.

pit this kind of person, Pei Min does not have the slightest sense of guilt in his heart.

Before Li Longji was rewarded, Pei Min went to visit his old friend in Chang'an.

The elder brother He Zhizhang is undoubtedly the first to bear the brunt.

No matter how his identity is changing, how grand Pei Min's power is.

For He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu, Pei Min has always had high respect, not forgetting that when he first entered Chang'an and was unfamiliar with the place, it was they who gave him a stable place to live, taught himself history and culture at the cocktail party again and again, and cultivated himself into an alcoholic.

Even if more than ten years have passed, Pei Min dare not forget their affection.

He Zhizhang also does not regard Pei Min as the high-flying western border marshal, just like the fledgling little brother who wore Gyeonggi with blood.

Knowing that Pei Min was coming to Chang'an, He Zhizhang ordered him to go down early and invited the best chef in Chang'an to prepare a banquet to entertain Pei Min.

The two brothers sat and drank together, without any identity barrier.

He Zhizhang is exactly sixty this year, his face is old, his sideburns are gray, and his expression is not as energetic as before.

Pei Min looked a little congested, and inexplicably remembered his father-in-law Xue Ne.

As a general, Xue Ne was so heroic in his early years, even if he was gray-haired, he still swept across the northern frontier, with the trend of destroying the withering and decaying, and stabilizing the situation in the West, but he still couldn't hide from the passage of time.

Pei Min and He Zhizhang raised their glasses of wine and drank it all.

Pei Min sighed: "It's a pity that Brother Zhang doesn't want to travel far, and with him at this moment, that's a blessing in life." ”

This time, Pei Min specially commanded Zhang Xu before he came, and asked him if he wanted to go together.

After all, there are not many opportunities for the three of them to get together for a drink.

It's just that Zhang Xu walked the world in his early years, traveled the mountains and rivers, sharpened his calligraphy for half his life, and felt tired and tired, and he was unwilling to move anymore.

And he has regarded the Liangzhou Congress Library as a career, and has devoted all his attention to the work of the library, and even gave up the wine that he never leaves for this.

rejected Pei Min's invitation, but asked him to accompany He Zhizhang to drink two more cups instead of him.

He Zhizhang said: "Brother Bogao has found his own way, and this elder brother is only happy for him, but he is just ...... I don't know if there's a chance for him to have a drink together. ”

When he said this, he was a little melancholy, and more nostalgic.

Pei Min couldn't help but ask, "Brother Zhang, but what's on your mind?" ”

From the beginning, he felt that He Zhizhang's feelings were a little abnormal.

I just thought that he was like Xue Ne in the past, a hero in the twilight, old, and sentimental.

But listening to what he said, Pei Min suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He Zhizhang didn't know what to say for a while, and sighed: "I originally wanted to talk about it later, but now I have to advance." ”

He shouted very cautiously: "Brother Pei! ”

"Promise my brother one thing. I said if, yes, if my brother had an accident, you should assume that you don't know, nothing happened. ”

Pei Min suddenly got up and said nervously: "How can this be agreed!" Brother, I Pei Min has a lot of friends, but you and Brother Zhang are like brothers and fathers to me. We have been friends for more than ten years, what are we talking about now? If something happens to you, how can I just ignore it? What do you think of me Pei Min? ”

He Zhizhang got up, walked closer step by step, and suddenly lifted his trousers and knelt down directly.

Pei Min was a little frightened, he didn't dare to help at all, and his first instinct instinctively knelt down.

He Zhizhang said: "Just beg your brother, I, He Zhizhang, have been accompanied by wine all my life, which is absurd, but I have my own ethics in my heart, and I am martyred with my body, and I want to do it!" But my brother is different, you and I are confidants, and my brother is not thinking about your future. In the face of the love that you and I have known for many years, what is the future? But the old brother can't help but think about Datang and the world. ”

"In this world, there can be no ten He Zhizhang, a hundred He Zhizhang, but there can't be no one Pei Jingyuan."

"If I let the world lose one Pei Jingyuan because of one He Zhizhang, even if I He Zhizhang die, I will not be able to atone for his sins."

"Brother Pei, my brother can't sleep day and night these days, and he doesn't even have the slightest taste for drinking. Forced to make this decision, if he didn't agree, the old brother would not get up today. ”

He was in tears, and he stood on the ground.

Pei Min knelt down and said, "Old brother, you are breaking my life, what can't you say well?" ”

As he spoke, he knelt down and helped He Zhizhang up.

But He Zhizhang seemed to have made up his mind, and he couldn't help him.

Pei Min didn't dare to push too hard, in case he was injured, but how could he be good?

Pei Min could only persuade one by one, but He Zhizhang knelt without saying a word.

This kind of silence made Pei Min even more desperate, and he understood that his old brother was using his life to force him to agree.