"Yes......"

Peng Pai gave Yang Qi a positive answer.

Yang Qi suddenly rushed forward, grabbed Peng Pai's arm, and hurriedly asked, "Where are the people?" ”

Peng Pai grinned and looked at a tent not far behind him.

Yang Qi let go of Peng Pai and quickly rushed towards the tent.

Peng Pai stroked the arm that was scratched by Yang Qi, shook his head and sighed, "I'm left alone again......"

Slowly walking back to the original place, a man squatted on the ground and began to drink.

"Quack quack...... You're really a loner, just like the miscellaneous family......"

Chen Lin didn't know when he arrived at Peng Pai's side, he carried a jar of wine in his hand, slowly sat down next to Peng Pai, and took out two oil paper bags from his arms.

The oiled paper bag was spread out, revealing the roast chicken and beef that were still steaming inside.

Chen Lin invited Peng Pai to say: "Try it, the miscellaneous family has its own ......"

Peng Pai was not polite, twisted a piece of beef, chewed it, and then nodded at Chen Lin: "It tastes good...... With your craft, you can definitely make money by going out and opening a braised shop. ”

Chen Lin tore off a piece of chicken thigh, stuffed it into his mouth, and said while chewing: "The craftsmanship of the miscellaneous family was learned from the imperial chef in the palace, in order to have a chance to please the emperor and climb up."

has served Zhao Guangyi for ten years, and the miscellaneous family has served enough. Serving others again? Miscellaneous families are unwilling. ”

Chen Lin obviously hated serving people from the bottom of her heart.

Peng Pai turned his head curiously and asked, "You don't want to serve people anymore, so why are you still staying in Yanjing City with a dead face?" What else can you do but serve people? ”

Chen Lin picked his teeth with his chicken paws, and it seemed that there were shreds of meat between his teeth, and then he pursed his lips and said with a gloomy smile: "Quack quack...... That's why the miscellaneous family came to you on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

Peng Pai just twisted the hand of the beef, squinted his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "You want to divide power from me." ”

Chen Lin didn't hide it, and nodded calmly, "That's what the miscellaneous family means." ”

Peng Pai instantly felt that the beef in his mouth was tasteless, he dropped the beef in his hand, clasped his hands around his chest, hunched his waist, and stared at Chen Lin with sharp eyes.

"I can have today, all because I worked hard to follow His Majesty as a cow and a horse."

Peng Pai said seriously.

Chen Lin nodded lightly, "The miscellaneous family knows ......"

Peng Pai said coldly: "You haven't made an inch, why do you pick peaches from me?" ”

The corners of Chen Lin's mouth hooked up a smile, looked at Peng Pai and said seriously: "Just rely on the miscellaneous family to save your life." ”

Peng Pai frowned and wondered, "Save me?" What do you mean? ”

Chen Lin patted the mud seal on the wine jar, sniffed the wine greedily, and said with emotion: "The daughter of Hong, who has been cellared for many years, this is a tribute from Ouchi, and it was specially brought by the miscellaneous family when they came over, do you want to taste it?" ”

Peng Pai's face darkened, and he said angrily: "Who has the leisure to drink with you?" Don't play crazy and stupid with me, tell me what you mean. ”

Chen Lin ignored Peng Pai's words, he took a sip of wine, squinted his eyes comfortably, and kept clicking his lips.

After a while, after satisfying Peng Pai's appetite, Chen Lin said faintly: "Your Majesty is now in the sky, just like the sun in the sky, no one can stop him from rising." And you Peng Pai is like cooking oil on fire, time is running out......"

Peng Pai subconsciously raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "What do you mean by this?" Although I Peng Pai came from a humble background, since I followed His Majesty, I have always been conscientious, loyal, and never made mistakes. Now that the Yan Kingdom has been established, and His Majesty is even stronger in his hands, who can harm me? ”

Chen Lin looked at Peng Pai seriously and said solemnly: "The one who harmed you Peng Pai is yourself." ”

The more Chen Lin said, the more confused Peng Pai became.

Looking at Chen Lin's face as an old god, Peng Pai sneered: "Pretending to be a god and making a ghost ......"

Chen Lin shook his head and said faintly: "The miscellaneous family didn't pretend to be a ghost...... Don't forget, what did the miscellaneous family do when they were in Bianjing. ”

Chen Lin pointed at Peng Pai and said seriously: "It's the same thing as you...... How long have you been in this business, and how long have you been in this business? The miscellaneous family has seen more things than you have seen.

Before Yan Yun recovered, what you Peng Pai had to do was to spy on the enemy's intelligence and secretly stir up the situation in the enemy country.

You have been doing these for many years, and you are quite proficient.

But now that Yanyun has been restored and the Yan Kingdom has been established, I am afraid that there will be no more foreign wars for many years to come.

What should you do at this time? Do you know? ”

Peng Pai stared at Chen Lin coldly and said, "I naturally know this, of course it is the supervision of hundreds of officials. ”

Chen Lin nodded, "Yes, supervise the hundred officials." This is easier said than done. As a supervisory authority, it is natural that you can't get too close to the hundred officials, and if you are not careful, you will bend the law for personal gain because of personal feelings.

As far as the miscellaneous family knows, you Peng Pai have a very close relationship with most of the upper-level officials in Yan Kingdom, right?

And those people under you are more or less close to most of the officials of Yan Kingdom, right? ”

Peng Pai frowned and said unhappily: "What do you mean by this?" Do you suspect that I am bending the law for personal gain, or do you suspect that some of my subordinates will bend the law for personal gain? ”

Chen Lin shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't be so impulsive, listen to me slowly." There should be no one under your command to bend the law for personal gain now, but that doesn't mean there won't be one in the future. At the beginning of the establishment of the Yan Kingdom, everything was in a time when everything was in ruins.

It's like planting a tree, everyone is working hard to plant trees, weeding and fertilizing, and it's not time to pick peaches yet.

At this time, there is naturally no possibility of any disagreement, and there is no possibility of bending the law for personal gain.

But once the peach tree grows, it's time to divide the peaches.

As a person who supervises other people's peach picking, do you think you can keep your heart?

What would you do with one or two of your relatives who picked one more peach, or one or two of your relatives who picked one or two more peaches?

And what should you do with your men? ”

Chen Lin's words are very inflammatory and reasonable.

Peng Pai was a little unsettled by what Chen Lin said, he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "These things you said can't happen in Yan Kingdom. I, Peng Pai, will remember the brotherhood, and plead with His Majesty to give me a lighter punishment. But I, Peng Pai, will never shield those who bend the law for personal gain. ”

"Plea for Your Majesty?"

Chen Lin smiled, "How many favors can you ask for in front of Your Majesty?" One or two, Your Majesty naturally won't care. But if it's ten, eight, or even eighty......

At that time, will you still have the face to intercede with Your Majesty?

Even if Your Majesty is benevolent, he will read the merits of your many years and grit his teeth to grant your plea.

Do you think the officials of Yan Kingdom will swallow their anger and pretend not to see it? ”

As Chen Lin said more and more, Peng Pai's face became more and more gloomy.

He had to admit that Chen Lin was right.

Human affection is the most untested.

Even though Yang Qi was kind and willing to forgive his brothers in his face, he was embarrassed to plead with Yang Qi again and again.

Chen Lin looked at Peng Pai and said quietly: "Don't look at you now mingling with those civil and military officials, and you are like brothers all day long. But when you really embark on the path of supervising the hundred officials, you are no different from the enemy with them.

You can't be merciful to them, and they can't leave you alive when they fight back.

You can guarantee that you won't have problems, but you can't guarantee that your people won't have problems.

And people like us, the most taboo thing is to make mistakes when doing errands.

If something goes wrong, not only will you be suspected of loyalty, but you will even be moved at any time.

If you think about falling leaves, and then think about Zhao Di, you should understand what will happen if something goes wrong. ”

Peng Pai looked at Chen Lin and shouted strongly: "I, Peng Pai, do errands, and I will never make mistakes." ”

When Chen Lin heard this, she smiled, and her smile was full of sarcasm.

After laughing, Chen Lin stared at Peng Pai coldly, "You won't make a mistake?" Quack Quack ...... From the time the miscellaneous family saw you to now, you have done at least two things wrong. ”

Peng Pai was stunned for a moment and denied: "Impossible! ”

"Impossible?"

Chen Lin asked with a smile: "The miscellaneous family asked you, when did you get the news that the miscellaneous family came to Yanjing City to spread the edict?" ”

Peng Pai frowned and didn't understand what Chen Lin meant by asking, but he still said truthfully: "Since you left Kaifeng Mansion, I received the news on the second day. ”

Chen Lin nodded, and then asked, "Then Your Majesty's family arrived in Yanjing City, when did you know about it?" ”

Peng Pai hesitated for a moment and said, "Ten days ago, ......"

Chen Lin smiled: "Then when did Your Majesty know about these two things?" ”

Peng Pai immediately lowered his head and was silent.

There are many things that Chen Linming no longer needs to say, Peng Pai roughly guessed something.

Chen Lin looked at Peng Pai, who lowered his head, and said with emotion: "We people, if you say it is good, it is a secret agent in the inner house, and if it is ugly, it is the eagle dog in the hands of Your Majesty."

As an eagle dog, the main accusation is to report what you hear and see to Your Majesty in a timely manner.

and do his best to do every errand assigned by His Majesty.

However, as eagle dogs, we are not qualified to decide anything for Your Majesty.

The Sacred Heart is dictatorial, which is the prerogative of the king.

Once we cross the line and decide something for the king, it is overstepping.

If a person can sit in the position of a king, the things he thinks about are far from being comparable to you and me.

Perhaps a trivial thing that you and I see is a shocking thing in the eyes of the king. ”

Chen Lin got up slowly, patted Peng Pai's shoulder, who was in a daze, and said quietly: "Peng Pai, you have overstepped your authority twice." Your Majesty is kind, maybe you don't care about it, but Your Majesty is not stupid, so you can naturally see it.

His Majesty doesn't need the surprises you have in store for him, what he needs is to be able to control everything.

Guess what, Your Majesty is seeing his wife and children now? ”

Peng Pai sat on the ground in a daze, unable to say a word.

Chen Lin laughed and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know how many people are inside, and I don't know that his child can already call Dad." The most important thing is that His Majesty did not know that the four maidens were coming, so there was no preparation at all.

Guess he will be embarrassed to see four mothers? ”

What Chen Lin said was like watching Yang Qi's jokes.

But when it fell on Peng Pai's ears, it was colder than frost.

"Goo~"

Peng Pai involuntarily sounded Zhao Di, who was far away in the south, and also remembered the fallen leaves blowing a cool breeze on Dongtou Island.

On qualifications, on merit.

The qualifications of the two in front of him are higher than him, although the credit is slightly inferior to him, but in Peng Pai's eyes, the two of them can be regarded as hard work.

But even so, neither of these two stayed by Yang Qi's side.

It's not that they don't want to stay, it's that they did something wrong and were expelled by Yang Qi.

Perhaps, what happened to the two of them now is what happened to me Peng Pai in the future?

Thinking of this, Peng Pai subconsciously looked at Chen Lin and said solemnly: "Having said so much, what power do you want to take away from me?" ”

Chen Linle smiled, "The miscellaneous family is not so ambitious, but they have done dirty things for half their lives, and they suddenly stopped doing it, and they are a little uncomfortable." The most important thing is that there is a group of people who are loyal to the Miscellaneous Family who also followed the Miscellaneous Family to the Yan Kingdom.

Even if the miscellaneous family doesn't think about themselves, they have to think about it.

They have been helping the miscellaneous family for ten years, and if they starve to death on the streets, it will be the sin of the miscellaneous family. ”

Peng Pai roared angrily: "What do you want? ”

Hearing Peng Pai's intention to compromise, Chen Lin said with a smile: "You are outside the master, and the miscellaneous family is inside." Supervise hundreds of officials, and do the dirty work for their own people, and the miscellaneous family has done it. Anyway, the miscellaneous family has already cut off children and grandchildren, and there are not so many worries and considerations.

You are responsible for overseeing the people, the soldiers, and the neighbors. You are more familiar with these things than miscellaneous people.

You must not offend people when you do it, and even if you offend, it is an outsider who offends. ”

After a pause, Chen Lin said again: "Don't worry, the miscellaneous family will not take a single soldier from you." Not only that, but the miscellaneous family can also give you a lot of good hands that you can use. ”

Peng Pai looked at Chen Lin uncertainly and asked, "Would you be so kind?" ”

Chen Lin was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Do you suspect that the miscellaneous family has ulterior motives?" ”

Peng Pai stood up and said coldly, "Isn't it? You can lurk by Zhao Guangyi's side for ten years, but there is no guarantee that you will not lurk by His Majesty's side for another ten years. After you said that, I do feel my own shortcomings.

I, Peng Pai, am not a person who covets power.

If Your Majesty wants to divide the power in my hands, I will not frown.

If you want to take power away from me with just a few words, no way.

The power in my hands was given by Your Majesty, and if you want to divide the power from me, you have to wait until Your Majesty has tested your loyalty. ”

Chen Lin pursed his mouth and said helplessly: "Why bother...... If Your Majesty had known about this, he would have agreed. ”

Peng Pai arched his hand at the place where Yang Qi was, and said, "Then wait until tomorrow to see Your Majesty, explain this matter to Your Majesty, and see if Your Majesty will agree!" ”

Chen Lin shook his head secretly.

It was at this time.

His Majesty, in the mouths of the two of them, had just lifted the curtain of the big tent.

When he saw the busy people inside, he was stunned.