Pei Qiu and the three of them strolled in the backyard of Yangshouyuan, which was different from the magnificent prince's mansion in the front yard, and the backyard was a large garden surrounded by water and mountains with towering ancient trees. Although it is difficult to see the scenery of flowers blooming and green trees in the middle of winter at this time, it is still a top-notch enjoyment to wander in the winding corridor pavilion and the rich natural garden.

Unconsciously, the attachés all retreated, and there were only three brothers in the garden, Pei Qiu, Pei Jiao, and Pei Du, who were walking along the winding stone road while whispering important words.

"Before returning to Beijing, I have already inspected the jade seal in Taiping Dao's hand." Pei Du looked at the red plums blooming on the side of the road and said in a voice that only the two brothers could hear.

"Is it true?" Pei Jiao asked urgently, he went to see Su Yingsleeve before, but he didn't even see the appearance of the jade seal.

"I guess so." Pei Du was a little unsure: "But after all, everyone has seen it from books, and I don't dare to play this package ticket." ”

"It's okay, you said it too, everyone is just hearsay." Pei Qiu shook his head slightly, and said disapprerovitically: "As long as we are sure that it is true, it can't be fake." ”

"That's what I mean, too." Pei Du nodded slightly and said, "So I have already negotiated the conditions with them, as long as the eldest brother nods, the two sides will officially form an alliance and work together." Taiping Dao handed over the jade seal to us and helped us take over the world. After the deed was completed, Youyan Liaodong was owned by Taiping Dao, and the two sides did not invade each other. ”

"They are very persistent, and they have to be Youyan." Pei Qiu laughed, this was almost no different from the conditions offered by the Holy Maiden at the beginning.

"What do you mean, promised them?" Pei Qiu looked at Pei Du fixedly.

Pei Du nodded and said in a deep voice: "Yes, since we are plotting the world, the 200,000 elite soldiers in Youyan are bound to go south." When the garrison is empty, Taiping Dao will definitely take advantage of the situation to attack Zhenbei Pass. Rather than being constrained by the enemy on his back and back, it is better to simply give them the land of Youyan generously. ”

Pei Qiu and Pei Jiao bowed their heads slightly when they heard this, and then listened to him continue: "And Taiping Dao has been nested in Liaodong for too long, and it has long been worn out, if they let them capture Youyan, they will naturally regain the courage of the past, and they will definitely take advantage of the situation to wave their troops south to make trouble for us." But if you don't use the sword soldiers to get the huge Youyan in your hands, those poor and crazy Taiping Taoists will only care about sharing the spoils and grabbing the land, how can they still have the heart to fight with us? When we settle down, they won't be able to set off the storm again. ”

Pei Du stood still, looked at the two brothers with burning eyes, and said, "At that time, let's follow the old story of Huang Fulie and bring them back to Liaodong." ”

"Well, that's good." Pei Qiu nodded, and seeing that Pei Jiao had no objections, he made up his mind and said to Pei Du: "Just do as you say, and agree to form an alliance with Taiping Dao." ”

"Yes." Pei Du replied in a low voice.

"In addition, since I have done the first year of junior high school, I will simply be generous and do it together with the fifteenth." Pei Qiu instructed again: "You can tell them that in order to show sincerity, this lord will immediately withdraw the main force of the border army to the south of the border wall, leaving only a little men and horses to make a show in Zhenbei Pass, and will not stop their people from secretly going south, as long as they send the jade seal to Luodu, they will immediately hand over Zhenbei Pass to them." ”

"What my brother said is very true." Pei Du's face was happy, his tiger, who had been nesting in Youyan for ten years, finally came to the moment of coming out of the mountain.

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By the time I had finished visiting the longevity garden with the valve owner, it was already dark. Pei Jiao returned to his residence to rest for a while, preparing to go to Pei Du's reception banquet later.

As soon as he got home, he saw Pei Yukou with a long black face, sweating and dancing his sword in the courtyard, and the sword qi was vertical and horizontal, cutting the flowers and trees on the side to pieces.

Pei Jiao also sank his face and entered the study without saying a word.

After a while, Pei Yukou really followed, touched the sweat on his face, and called 'father'.

"Why didn't you show up this afternoon?" Pei Jiao looked at his son with a gloomy expression.

"As soon as Pei Du meets, give me a dismount! How can I get up and be humiliated again? Pei Yukou gritted his teeth and said, "Over the years, no one has dared to tease me Pei Yukou like this!" ”

"You, you, you are too domineering, so you will be slapped in the face by your uncle in public today." Pei Jiao reprimanded him with hatred and steel.

"He made it clear that he wanted to stand up as soon as he came back, and I was just unlucky to run into it." Pei Yukou disagreed.

"Then why didn't he take me Liwei? Wouldn't it be better? Pei Jiao saw that his son was still stubborn, so he simply broke through: "It's not that you usually act too presumptuously, and you have done all those ugly things to Youyan thousands of miles away?" ”

"Ah......" Pei Yukou is a thief, and when he hears the ugly thing, he immediately thinks of the adultery between himself and his sister-in-law. After a toss by the land valve, the matter has long been rumored. Although the owner of the valve did not mention this matter because of his father's face, the eyes in the open and in the dark still made the father and son very unable to raise their heads.

That's why this time Pei Qiu's birthday, Pei Jiao's father and son will work so hard, just to show a good performance and turn the page on the previous ugly things.

"You're also thirty or forty years old, if you haven't grown up a little, you'll be eating and waiting for death in this life." Pei Jiao closed his eyes tiredly, and said with a sad look on his face: "Be cautious in the future, because my father is not in the capital, I am afraid that no one will be able to shelter you from the wind and rain." “

"Yes...... Yes? Pei Yukou was stunned when he heard this, raised his head suddenly, looked at Pei Jiao fixedly, and said: "My father is the commander of the Beijing camp, and he is responsible for the garrison of the Beijing Division, where will he go if he is not in Luo?" ”

"Well, who told you not to go to the longevity garden?" Pei Jiao closed his eyes and said slowly: "Just there, the valve owner agreed to Pei Du's proposal, and this valve has officially formed an alliance with Taiping Dao." ”

"Huh?" Pei Yukou opened his mouth wide, how could he have thought that such a major matter related to the life and death of this valve, the valve owner would not hold a meeting, so he made a decision in a few words. If he had known this, even if Pei Du and peed on his head, Pei Yukou would not have gone to Yangshouyuan.

You must know that as long as you can participate in this top secret, even if it is just to listen with your ears, he will become a pivotal core figure in the future valve. He only came back to his senses now, and knew why Pei Du humiliated himself for no reason, obviously because he felt that he was not qualified and smelled secrets, and deliberately provoked himself to take the initiative to dodge.

"Now you know the gap between yourself and others, right?" Pei Jiao sighed, he knew that Pei Yukou's heart was higher than the sky, and he was quite dissatisfied with Pei Du. But Pei Valve is different from other gate valves, not so much a valve and a family linked by blood relationship, but an army maintained by military law. Seeing that Pei Du is about to ascend to the throne, if Pei Yukou is still resentful like this, sooner or later he may lose his head......

"The child knows," Pei Yukou replied in a muffled voice, but he was still unconvinced: "But what does this have to do with my father's departure from Beijing?" ”

"Alas, why can't you understand such a simple truth?" Pei Jiao slapped the table and scolded: "The alliance was facilitated by Pei Du, and the 200,000 army was also brought out by Pei Du. Not only will the father give him this general of the chariot, but even the lord will probably give way to him soon. ”

"Ah, no, wouldn't it?" Pei Yukou's scalp tingled when he heard this, and he couldn't help but shudder: "The valve owner is not without a son, why don't you let Pei Yuqiu be the valve master, and let Pei Du take the position?" ”