Pei Jun is sixty-one years old today, his appearance is young, only as forty, he is envied by many people, he himself is complacent, he really thinks that he is young, he has raised nearly 100 wives and concubines, and he is not restrained in sexual affairs, but it is precisely this seemingly young appearance that hurts him, but he does not know that after people reach the age of sixty, the body organs will accelerate aging, once the overdraft is excessive, the consequences of accidental illness will be much more serious.

This time Pei Jun is like this, the 100,000 Hedong Army was completely annihilated, in fact, it was not his first failure, the failure in Shuzhong that year, Cui Yuan fell, but he talked and laughed and didn't take it to heart, but this time he couldn't hold on, the reason is that his body's resistance has been greatly weakened, and years of fatigue and mental pressure and indulgence in sexual affairs are not something that a sixty-year-old man can bear.

So he fell ill, especially after learning that Hebei had an accident, the anxiety about the family made his illness even heavier, all kinds of famous doctors like a marquee, one by one, and one by one, no magical medical skills can make him dry wood in spring, all the doctors prescribed are similar prescription books: do not listen to worries, do not get close to women, intensive cultivation, and worship more gods and Buddhas.

Pei Jun was lying in an absolutely quiet room, there was no woman who served him, they were all old family members who had followed him for decades, and there was his long book Pei Mingkai, for ten days, he had served his father almost unclothed, and he was responsible for all the big and small things in the family.

The room was very warm by the charcoal basin, filled with a strong smell of medicine, Pei Mingkai was napping on the table, he was already exhausted, and Pei Jun was lying on the couch with his eyes closed, his face was sallow, his cheeks were sunken, and in just a few days, he seemed to be under magic. He aged rapidly, from a middle-aged man in his forties to an old man in his seventies and eighties, with loose skin, dull age spots, and a lot of hair falling out, like a messy grass, even he has always been proud of his beautiful hair. There are only a few sparse gray hairs left.

Syllable! The charcoal pot burst into a spark. There was a series of crackling sounds, Pei Mingkai suddenly woke up, he quickly got up and looked at his father, and found that he seemed to have signs of waking up, he looked at the hourglass in the corner of the house again, and knew that his father was about to wake up. \\\\\\

"Quick! Hurry up and get the medicine. He whispered orders to his family outside the door.

A moment later, a family member gently placed a bowl of just the right amount of warm medicine on the table. Pei Jun had opened his swollen eyes slightly, and Pei Mingkai hurriedly helped him up with his family. And put a soft mattress behind him. Pei Mingkai picked up the medicine bowl, took a sip, and whispered to his father: "Father, it's time to drink the medicine." ”

Pei Jun gently pushed his hand away, and said with difficulty: "Go get a pen and paper!" ”

Pei Mingkai was stunned, hurriedly put down the medicine bowl, and went to get the pen and paper, "Father, the pen and paper are here." ”

"Write a letter of succession to the head of the family."

Pei Jundi's voice was weak. But Pei Mingkai's hair stood on end in shock. At the most unexpected moment, my father suddenly wanted to announce the heir to the head of the family. He is the only one here, is his father going to do it, Pei Mingkai's heart is pounding! The ground throbbed violently.

"I said you write."

Pei Jun dictated intermittently, the content was very simple, only a few hundred words, but Pei Mingkai's heart seemed to sink into the abyss, in his pen, the three words behind the heir of the head of the family are not Pei Mingkai, nor Pei Mingyao but Pei Mingyuan, his fifth brother, who served as Sima in Longyou, is Zhang Huan's henchman.

Pei Mingkai closed his eyes in pain, he knew that this was his father's final decision, and it was impossible to change it, how many years he had been waiting for the position of the head of the Pei family was finally lost to him.

When writing the far word, his hand trembled violently, how eager he was to change this far word to Kai character, but his father wanted to sign it with his own eyes, so he had to grit his teeth and write down the three words Pei Mingyuan.

"Father, it's written." He put the letter in front of his father's eyes, Pei Jun looked at it, and then pointed to his neck with satisfaction, Pei Mingkai understood what his father meant, he no longer had the strength to sign, and he wanted to use his secret seal.

Pei Mingkai immediately took off the jade seal from his father's neck, and stamped the seal heavily at the bottom, and suddenly, a bold thought flashed in Pei Mingkai's mind, Yin! His heart jumped violently, his father used a seal, not a signature, and there was a loophole in it. ::First-Released UC eBook::

"Okay, go and hand it over to your fourth uncle." Pei Jun weakly commanded.

"Yes!" Pei Mingkai responded numbly, he didn't know how to get out of the room, the night wind was cold in the courtyard book, he was sober as soon as he read the book, this is an opportunity, it is his last chance to ascend to the position of the head of the family, but the risk is also huge, once his father knows that he tampered with the inheritance of the head of the family, then waiting for him is likely to be the most severe punishment of the family, and he will be executed in the family temple.

But the heir to the head of the family! When his younger brothers were still in infancy, he understood the importance of the head of the family, which is the respect that all people look up to, and now it is a key to the supreme power of the Tang Dynasty, and it is a fruit that he has been looking forward to for decades as the head of the family, just when Pei Mingyao was promoted to the heir of the head of the family, he did not give up fighting for this fruit that should have belonged to him, and now, this fruit has been declared no longer belonging to him, but it is so close to him, so close that it is within reach.

At this moment, Pei Mingkai's eyes shot an extremely vicious gaze, perhaps this was the first time he had such a gaze in thirty-eight years, and it was also the only time, he had always been a generous elder book, and he should not have such a gaze.

At this moment, the chief butler hurriedly ran from outside the door and said in a low voice: "Dagongshu, the Queen Mother is here." ”

"I see."

Pei Mingkai didn't expect the Queen Mother to come, he couldn't help but smile coldly, it was just the right time.

He immediately took the inheritance letter of the head of the family close to him and walked out quickly.

The Empress Dowager Cui Xiaofu, accompanied by more than a dozen guards and eunuchs, was anxiously waiting in the guest bar, when she suddenly saw Pei Mingkai coming in from outside, she immediately greeted her and said, "How is Xiangguo now?" Can you speak? ”

Pei Mingkai shook his head, "Father has already taken medicine and slept." I'm afraid I can't meet the Queen Mother, or I won't be able to wait for an hour, maybe my father will get up at night. ”

Cui Xiaofu's face showed embarrassment, now that the night is late, she must rush back before closing the palace gate, but her matter is also very urgent and cannot be delayed any longer.

Pei Mingkai saw it in his eyes. said to Cui Xiaofu: "Or ask the Queen Mother to leave a book." The minister showed it to his father, and then immediately replied to the queen mother. ”

Cui Xiaofu pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay! I write a book, if Xiangguo wakes up, you should report to him immediately. ”

"Please rest assured that the queen mother will never delay state affairs!"

Cui Xiaofu immediately wrote a letter asking Xiangguo to agree with Zhang Huan to immediately march into Hebei to fight against the combined forces of Hui and Khitan. After writing, she handed it to Pei Mingkai and said: "This matter is very important. You have to tell Sangkook. ”

Pei Mingkai sent the Queen Mother out of the house. Watching the Queen Mother's carriage disappear into the night, he looked at the letter in his hand, and his eyes showed a smug smile.

He turned around and went back to the inner house, did not go to see his father, but returned to his room first, and wrote another letter of inheritance from the head of the family with trembling hands, when he wrote down the three words Pei Mingkai again, the family affection of his father was already gone in his heart.

"Hasn't Father slept yet?" Pei Mingkai asked his father in a low voice, his voice unusually respectful.

Pei Jun consumes too much. A sickly blush appeared on his face. This is a big taboo that the doctor has repeatedly admonished, and he opened his eyes slightly. Weakly asked, "Is it the queen?" ”

Pei Mingkai turned his head and glared at his family fiercely, and scolded in a low voice: "Who let you say it!" ”

Several family members were so frightened that they didn't dare to say a word, Pei Mingkai snorted heavily, "You guys haven't gone out yet!" ”

Several family members rushed out as if they were amnesty, at this moment, only Pei Mingkai was left in the room, he glanced at his father's neck, but he was startled, Yuzhang was gone, he turned his mind, and immediately understood that his father was also guarding against him!

He sneered secretly, how long has he been back, and his father can't move, let alone give this jade medal that can mobilize the Pei family's army to his subordinates, he suddenly remembered something, swept the corner of his eyes, and sure enough, he found that the secret box under his father's pillow had traces of moving, and the direction of the lock just now was facing west, but now it was turning south, he was ecstatic in his heart, but his face was silent and said: "Father, please rest!" ”

"What did the Queen Mother say?" Pei Jun asked with a gasp.

"The Queen Mother didn't, didn't say anything, just came to visit her father's illness." Pei Mingkai stammered, obviously trying to hide something.

"Nonsense!" Pei Jun's voice suddenly became louder, and the blush on his face became extremely vivid.

"She doesn't come for nowhere, say! What happened? ”

Pei Jun had an ominous premonition in his heart, he struggled to sit up, but he was so weak that he didn't have any strength at all, Pei Mingkai suddenly pounced! knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "The child doesn't dare to say! His voice was so loud that people outside could hear it clearly.

Pei Jun gritted his teeth and shouted with the last bit of strength: "You say, what is she doing here?" ”

"She, she asked her father to agree to Zhang Huan's troops to Hebei, and he must send troops tonight." The first half of Pei Mingkaidi's sentence was very large, but the voice of the second half of the sentence suddenly became smaller.

"Why?" Pei Jun asked word by word, and a strange light suddenly shot out of his eyes, which was the anti-omen of a person's imminent death.

Pei Mingkai kowtowed heavily, his heart was crossed, and he said in a low voice and extremely clearly: "Father, the child heard the news that the second uncle was defeated in Handan and the whole army was annihilated, and the Hui Iron Cavalry had entered our own territory, Ye County. ”

Pei Jun's eyes suddenly became deep, if people will see a black hole before they die, then his eyes at this time are as deep as a bottomless black hole, Pei Jun's face turned from a bright red to a deathly gray in an instant, a touch of blood slowly flowed from the corner of his mouth, he slowly fell down, and went silently.

Pei Mingkai was screaming for a moment, but he quietly put his father's secret box into his arms, and his movements were so fast that people couldn't believe that he was actually a lame person.

On the second day of February in the second year of Yong'an, Pei Jun, the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, died suddenly of illness.