Chapter 40: His Uncle......
Night falls!
The Sword Pavilion is brightly lit!
The blue light flashed, and a green steel sword stabbed out, pointing at the middle-aged swordsman's right shoulder, Pei Min didn't wait for the sword to move, his wrist shook and the sword was oblique, and the blade of the sword had been slashed towards the man's thigh. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info changes quickly, only in a blink of an eye.
The middle-aged swordsman reacted quickly, drew his sword to block, returned his hand to counterattack, and the double sword sword light Huo Huo had already dismantled five moves.
The middle-aged swordsman snorted lightly, his body was half-bowed, and the green blade in his hand turned into a ball of ruiguang, and he took Pei Min's waist directly.
Pei Min saw the opportunity, his right foot hit the ground, with the help of this kick, the strength of his whole body was gathered on the sword, and he stabbed obliquely, which was the sword in the tiger swordsmanship. The middle-aged man's expression changed greatly, and he couldn't avoid it, so he could only take this plan hard.
With a bang, the two swords struck each other, and the sound of the earthquake was endless.
The middle-aged swordsman looked bitter, took two steps back, and said, "Pei Zhongcheng's swordsmanship is rigid and soft, fast and fierce, and there are endless changes, Fang Yu is convinced!" ”
Pei Min said with a smile: "Brother Fang has won the award, your flowing water sword is endless, fast and slow in an orderly manner, and between transformations, there is no interruption, so that Pei has benefited a lot." ”
After half a month of challenge, Pei Min's strength has been recognized by the martial arts people in Chang'an, and there is no doubt that he has taken over the title of the first sword in Luo Lie Guanzhong, and there are few people in the city who are not satisfied with his challenge. Fang Yu is a member of the Longyou clan, five years ago, by chance, he learned a flowing water sword, and made a lot of fame, he originally entered the customs to challenge Luo Lie, but Luo Lie had already left the rivers and lakes, so he decided to challenge the stronger Pei Min. Although Pei Min is not from the rivers and lakes, he has never refused the challenge of the rivers and lakes, and it has long been spread in the rivers and lakes.
It's just that Fang Yu didn't expect Pei Min to be much more powerful than the rumors, his swordsmanship simulates the flow of water, and the speed and slowness change rapidly, but compared with the weirdness and unpredictability of Pei Min's swordsmanship, his changes are not worth a look at at all, and he is hardly at the same level.
Seeing Fang Yu away, Pei Min returned to the Sword Pavilion satisfied, as early as ten days ago, the dojo he had asked the housekeeper Ning Ze to decorate had been finished. In order to celebrate the completion of the renovation of his practice room, Pei Min also gave the dojo a special name: Sword Pavilion to enhance the style. For this reason, he also found Zhang Xu and asked for the word "Sword Pavilion", and asked Zheng Yongtai's son to carve a plaque for him, intending to hang it at the door. In the front, there is the "Sword Pavilion" of the grass saint Zhang Xu, and in the back, there is Li Longji's "Unparalleled in the World", plus his Pei Min's fame, the style is absolutely bursting.
Pei Min has been very nourished these days, there are things about Yushitai during the day, and there are people who challenge him from time to time in the evening.
In just over half a month, Pei Min's swordsmanship has improved by leaps and bounds, and his strength is almost the same as when he fought against Luo Lie that day.
Thinking that Fang Yu's previous moves seemed to have merit, he pondered in his heart to see if he could integrate them into his own swordsmanship. Just as he was thinking about it, Ning Ze sent news that Pei Guangting asked to see him.
Pei Min was stunned and said, "Invite him to the guest room, just say I'm bathing, and ask him to wait for a while." ”
Summer has quietly come, and the time to fight with Fang Yu is not long, but at this time, as long as you run a little, you will sweat, let alone fight. It is very rude to meet guests with sweat traces, Pei Min is both civil and military, and he still attaches great importance to Confucian etiquette.
After taking a shower first, Pei Min came to the living room.
There is no doubt that Pei Guangting came to thank him, and Pei Min's careful handling helped Pei Guangting a lot. Because Pei Guangting is the Simen Langzhong, he is responsible for the household registration investigation of the entry and exit of Chang'an City Gate and the confiscation of prohibited and ownerless things. The demeanor of the Chinese people with good face has existed since ancient times, and Li Longji attaches great importance to it. If Yu Shitai didn't ask about the impeachment of Pei Guangting, in order to prevent accidents, Pei Guangting, the Simenlangzhong, would definitely not be able to do it.
It was precisely because of the careful handling that Yushitai discovered that someone was maliciously framed. Pei Guangting handled things seriously and rigorously, cut off the smuggler's financial route, and deliberately made false accusations, and Yushitai also withdrew the investigation of Pei Guangting's accusations.
"I should have come to thank you earlier, but in order to welcome the arrival of the Tibetan envoys, Your Majesty specially told me not to lose the face of the Tang Dynasty, and arranged many things, I really can't leave, until today, I have taken time to come and thank you." Pei Guangting's thin eyebrows and beautiful eyes are very elegant, he is not good at words, and he is a little stiff when he says these compliments, but the heart of gratitude is expressed.
Pei Min smiled: "According to the seniority, you are my elder, and I should call you uncle." Uncle Ting...... It's too polite, and the little nephew can't bear it. ”
Pei Guangting looked at Pei Min, couldn't help but shook his head and said: "The main family has been really unpopular in recent years, and I have done too much ...... things with you" He and Pei Min have the same ancestor but different bloodlines, and he doesn't have much to say about many things, but it's a pity that he is forced to leave the main family by looking at such an outstanding clansman. Thinking of the rumor back then, I couldn't help but think in my heart: "Groundless wind may not be without a reason." ”
Pei Min shook his head and said, "Many things are uncontrollable by manpower. As far as I am concerned, they are elders, and I can ignore everything they have done to me, but my mother gave birth to me and raised me, and her kindness is greater than heaven, and I cannot tolerate my mother's humiliation and indifference. This is the bottom line, Uncle Ting doesn't have to worry about me. Am I fine now? Your Majesty is very important to me, I will make a little more contribution, and then I will ask Your Majesty to make my mother a lady of command, and see who dares to look down on her? It's just that I can't worship my father's father every year during Qingming, so I feel deeply sorry. ”
Pei Guangting was a filial piety, looking at Pei Min a little gloomy, thinking about his kindness to himself, he decided to go back and find time to talk to the steward to see if he could contribute.
Pei Min looked at Pei Guangting and suddenly thought of his father Pei Xingjian, and asked, "Uncle Ting, I don't know if there are any codexes in your mansion about Wen Xigong when he was in the Western Regions or something." Pei Xingjian is recognized as a Confucian handsome man in the Tang Dynasty, proficient in astronomy, calendars, and writing poems.
Pei Guangting didn't think about it and said: "There are a lot of them, there are humanistic memories, and some marching experiences or something, all of which are in my house, Pei ......" He didn't know what to call Pei Min for a while.
Pei Min saw his embarrassment and said, "Just call me Jingyuan!" ”
"Jingyuan is interested in these?"
Pei Min's eyes lit up and said: "I'm very interested, I'm not afraid to tell Uncle Ting the truth, my nephew thinks that Tubo came to my Tang Dynasty this time because it is not good, not with the intention of friendly exchanges between the two countries." They conspired with the Turks to conquer the Tang Dynasty, and they never stopped. Uncle Ting's father, Wen Xigong, shook the Western Regions twice and broke the Turks, and his nephew admired him for a long time, and wanted to see Wen Xigong's demeanor, and by the way, learn some knowledge about Tibet, Turks, and the Western Regions. ”
Pei Guangting was a little disagreeable, but he didn't say anything, just said: "That's the case, just go to my house quietly another day, it should be stored in the study, and I will go back to find it for you today." ”
Pei Min was more than happy, but he was inevitably a little sad in his heart, Pei Xingjian was such a hero, but his son was a kitten.
Since the arrival of the Tibetan envoys, everything in the Tang Dynasty seems to revolve around this group of envoys.
What Li Longji does every day is to feast the Tibetan envoys and let the minister lead them to appreciate the cultural customs of the Tang Dynasty.
Pei Min can understand Li Longji's mentality, after all, this is the first time he has been in contact with politics and diplomacy since he took power. The Tibetan envoy sent people to meet him as an emperor, which meant that he was recognized as an emperor. This Li Jiazaburo has a bit of blood in his bones, and his vanity has been greatly satisfied by being recognized by a powerful country.
Pei Min didn't go to pour cold water on Li Longji to sweep his interest, after all, he couldn't say that he knew the development of history, and knew that Tubo would start a war with the Tang Dynasty in the near future, and the northwest war situation, which had been calm for many years, would set off storms again, so he could only wait and see what happened.
Fortunately, receiving the envoy or anything is a matter of the Ministry of Rites, and Pei Min, as the middle prince of the imperial history, has nothing to do with him, out of sight and out of mind.
On this day, Pei Min was dealing with the official documents of Yushitai, and Xiao Song came up again.
"Zhongcheng!"
Pei Min looked at Xiao Song and said, "There are things that can't be handled?" As a servant of the imperial history, you must be self-determined and assertive, and you have to ask me about everything, what do you want? As a boss, Pei Min feels that it is necessary to reprimand subordinates who lack assertiveness sometimes.
Xiao Song bowed his head to be trained, and then said with a bitter face: "It's not that the subordinates don't have opinions, it's that this matter is too serious, and the subordinates can't take the master at all." ”
Pei Min said: "Say, what is the matter?" ”
Xiao Song took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "Just today, I received a secret report, saying that there is a great general Yang Ju secretly communicating with Tubo, which is a detailed work arranged by Tubo in my Tang Dynasty. The general Yang Ju helped Tubo collect tens of thousands of books, and planned to take advantage of the opportunity of Tubo's entry into Beijing to sell hundreds of books to Tubo, but I don't know whether this matter is true or not. As you know, the Tibetan envoys are now highly valued by His Majesty. In case of carelessness, the relationship between my Tang Dynasty and Tubo will be bad and cause war, but it is not good. ”
When Pei Min heard this, he also knew that the situation was serious, and he was wrong to blame Xiao Song, so he said in a low voice: "Do you know who reported it, and who is Yang Ju?" ”
Xiao Song bowed his head and said: "It's a person named Sun Zhou, who is a subordinate of Yang Ju's mansion." As for Yang Ju was the first general of the Left Guard, when Tubo came from afar to ask for relatives, Zhongzong ordered the general of the Left Guard Yang Ju to escort him, so he was promoted to the governor of Shanzhou, responsible for the military and political affairs of Shanzhou, and soon after he went to the court to request that Hexi Jiuqu be the princess's Tang Muyi, and give it to Tubo, Zhongzong agreed......"
"him, uncle......" Pei Min heard this, he was so angry that he couldn't help but scold directly, these days when he was fine, he had been studying Tubo, and he knew the location of Jiuqu in Hexi very clearly. Hexi Jiuqu is located in the southeast of Qinghai, where the water and grass are abundant, the land is fertile, it is a natural horse farm, and the Tang Dynasty is very close to the right and west of Liang. Giving the Jiuqu Land of Hexi to Tubo is equivalent to giving Tubo a piece of natural pasture, and at the same time, it also sends its own gateway out to meet the invasion of Tubo anytime and anywhere.