Chapter II. 238
Pei Ya felt the full force of Guo Xing stepping on his skull and the cold blade that was clinging to his throat, and finally closed his eyes helplessly, and said in a gloomy voice:
"The matter has come to this, what else does Pei have to say? I wanted Pei Ya to act all his life and strive for the word 'stability' first, but I didn't expect that in the end, he couldn't escape the yearning for fame and fortune; If it weren't for the jealousy of Yan Chongwu's military exploits and prestige, how could Pei do such a stupid thing? If you can honestly follow Shen Gui's advice before returning and make dumplings for your group of defeated soldiers, how can there be such a disaster today? It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, seeing that he is about to die in the enemy, Pei Mou shouldn't be ruthless at this time...... Hahahaha......"
Don't look at Pei Ya's previous performance as a little cowardly, but he had already stepped on one foot in the coffin at this time, but he didn't even say a word softly.
Of course, Pei Ya, who suddenly became hardened before he died, also surprised Guo Xing.
"Huh? I didn't see it, but your Governor Pei is still a good man who is soft on the outside and the inside. Well, since you don't have any last words to explain, Guo will send you on your way......"
Guo Xing didn't rush to do anything after speaking, but waited for a long time; But Pei Ya not only didn't say a word, but after listening to the 'verdict', he slowly closed his eyes. Looking at his appearance, he should have accepted his fate......
"Whoa......
After the sound of a blade splitting the wind, Pei Ya, who was waiting for death with his eyes closed, only to feel that his arms were loosened, and the feeling of being bound by the rope at his wrist immediately disappeared.
In this way, don't look at Pei Ya on the surface is still a heroic and heroic feeling who is willing to die, but in his heart, he secretly said that he was lucky: Lao Tzu bet on 'right' this time!
In fact, after Guo Xing intercepted the Li family's caravan, he had no intention of killing Pei Ya. It's all because he learned from a dart master captured by his subordinates about the major events that have happened in Fengjing City in the past few days.
In Guo Xing's view, the main reason that will lead to civil strife in Youbei is the first to bear the brunt of the dispute between Yan Day, the prince of the prison country, and the 'fruit of victory' with the commander of the Flying Bear Army.
Yan Chongwu led the army to fight such a battle of annihilation in which the weak defeated the strong, whether it was Yan Day, the prince of the prison country who was 'commanded by name', or the Flying Bear soldiers who experienced the bloody battle, for such a great battle that can be passed down for centuries, no party will want to let go easily. However, in the current situation, this battle feat seems to be a 'elixir immortal grass' that can make people soar in the day, and if swallowed in the stomach, it will become a poison that kills people.
For Yan Day, who was waiting to succeed to the throne, the ancestral tomb of his Yan family had been cleaned by himself and his brothers long before the Battle of Yanjiagou began; There are even many mischievous Pingbei soldiers who directly use the graves of the ancestors of the Yan family as dung pits for toilets!
With such an undying blood feud, how could Yan Tian be embarrassed to announce the world and ascend the throne as emperor before he caught himself as the culprit? Moreover, if he wants to be the emperor, he must first seize the military merits won by the bloody struggle of the Flying Bear soldiers; In this way, even if Yan Chongwu himself was willing to 'humble' him, how could the 50,000 Flying Bear soldiers be able to win?
And for Yan Chongwu himself, this matter is even more complicated. He himself has long been a marquis, and it is only natural that he will be crowned a duke after a battle. However, the 50,000 Flying Bear Army under his command is the only combatant soldier on the Youbei Third Road at present; Even if Yan Chongwu can make this 'almost heavenly' combat exploit extremely beautiful, it will inevitably make Yan Tian suspicious.
Or take a step back, even if Yan Chongwu is willing to give up his military exploits and military power, can he keep his whole body out?
Now, the life of Pei Ya, the governor of Zhongshan Road, is in his own hands. If you raise your hand and slaughter someone, it is just to vent your personal anger, and there is no other use value; However, if this Governor Pei is safely put back on Zhongshan Road, then the next situation on Youbei Third Road will immediately become more complicated.
As everyone knows, this Governor Pei Ya Pei is a hardcore protégé of the Son of Heaven, and he is a puppet governor that Yan Hunt used to replace Fu Ye; And now Yan Hunt's great cause has not been completed and unfortunately died, but this important chess piece, Pei Ya, is still alive. In this way, this puppet-like governor has room to flicker and move.
Now that the old master is dead, Pei Ya, who has no roots and no source, naturally urgently needs to find a new master to take refuge. But now the Youbei Third Road has become a pool of bottomless muddy water, and he, Pei Ya, the nominal governor of Zhongshan, should be pawned to which new master?
Of course, he Pei has a lot of choices, and the most orthodox and safest of them is naturally the biggest winner on the bright side - Prince Yan Day.
However, in this way, he has to face several thorny questions: Will Yan Day, who succeeded to the throne, trust him like his father? And those Zhongshan governors who originally belonged to the Guo family, how many of them are of the same mind as him Pei Ya? He accepted the deliberate arrangement of Yan Qinghong and Shen Gui earlier, and now he has gone back on his word, will he incur the other party's revenge? And if Yan Chongwu really plans to turn his face with Yan Day, then he, the governor of Zhongshan Road, will he dare to start an army with Yan Chongwu, a famous general in the world?
And the other way he faces is to take refuge in the evergreen tree above the Youbei Dynasty - Li Deng, the Prime Minister of Youbei. Of course, it is not so easy to devote yourself to the prime minister's disciples. The first is that Li Deng's attitude towards Yan Day, the successor to the throne, is still unclear. As everyone in the world knows, Li Dengqi is a businessman who only loves real profit and does not covet fame; If the two 'nephews' really reached any 'peace' agreement in private, the first victim at that time would be Governor Pei Yapei, who had just 'secretly invested in the pearl'.
If he, Pei Ya, really fulfilled his promise and took the risk of taking refuge with the second prince Yan Qinghong, the situation at that time would be even more complicated. Yan Qinghong is just a concubine of the second prince, and his mother Bao is still a foreign woman sent by Mobei and his relatives; Compared with Yan Tian, whether it is above the court or in the community, the prestige is very different; And if Pei Ya really secretly fell to Yan Qinghong, then Youbei Sanlu would suddenly fall into a chaotic situation in which the two princes competed for the throne.
No matter which path Pei Ya takes, Guo Xing can almost foresee: as long as he lets Pei Ya die, then no matter how he chooses, Youbei Sanlu will inevitably fall into a protracted chaos. At that time, whether it is Zhang Huangling, an incompetent person, or Yan Chongwu, the pillar of the country, they will be implicated and impacted.
As long as he returns to the Northern Yan Dynasty, reorganizes the Pingbei army, and then re-passes through the dangerous East Customs that has become a ruin, won't this Youbei Third Road become a fish on the chopping block? At that time, Mo said that it was the soul of more than 300,000 Northern Yan soldiers and civilians, and even the blood feud of his father's commander, could be avenged; Moreover, even the three heads with the vertical sons Yan Tian and Yan Chongwu, as well as the culprit Shen Gui, will become the most proud collection in his life! He wanted to cut off the heads of these three people with his own hands and make them into a set of exquisite drinking utensils, which he would play with and admire in the palm of his hand all day long, and repeatedly savor the wonderful taste of 'revenge'.
Every time he thought of this, the corners of Guo Xing's mouth would curl up with a cruel arc. Although he knew that this path was dangerous, he was still young and willing to try all kinds of possibilities. Now, he looked at Pei Ya, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog and had just been cut off by himself, as if he saw his hope for revenge:
"Pei Du, along the way, you and I have a very happy relationship; If we hadn't been each other's masters, we might have become good friends...... Hey, although you have a deep blood feud with Guo Mou, the royal family of the Three Roads of Youbei, Pei Ya neither participated in the War of the Two Norths nor participated in the Battle of Puhe, so you and I can also be said to have no grudges in the past and no enmity in recent days...... Now that our brothers and I are out of danger, why do we want to kill you, Brother Pei, an innocent person? Let's go...... Go back to your Zhongshan Road and be your governor of the road. Just wait for our Northern Yan army to visit the territory of Youbei again, you and I brothers, and then divide the winner openly! ”
No matter what Guo Xing thought in his heart, his words and expressions at this time still seemed extremely sincere; Even though Pei Ya was very defensive of him, his expression was still a little dazed in the face of such sincere words.
"Go ahead...... Go back and bring a good one to Prime Minister Li Cheng, and say that Guo will borrow these goods from his house for the time being; In the future, after Guo waved his army into Fengjing City, he would convert it into cash and return it to his old man's house. ”
Pei Ya carefully distinguished Guo Xing's expression, and saw that there was nothing unusual, so he cautiously asked:
"Does the young marshal really plan to let Pei live a certain way?"
"yes...... Didn't you make it all clear? …… Oh, by the way, the carriage we shared when we came was also given to your majesty to hurry...... But the coachman, Guo has no extra people here...... Hahahaha..."
After Guo Xing finished speaking, he put the knife into the sheath with a bang. Immediately, he summoned the carriage again, and then he no longer glanced at Pei Ya, but shouted loudly at the dozens of Pingbei Army brothers who kept scattering mosquitoes in the distance:
"The brothers are working hard, and then walk more than 100 miles, it is Donghu City in the Mobei grassland, let's rest there, eat good wine and meat with an open stomach, and after eating and drinking, find a few girls to go to bad luck!"
With the cheers one after another, these Northern Yan soldiers cheered up again, drove those 'prop' dart cars, and began to march in the direction of Donghu City......