Qin Hao and Pei Lin have actually met several times, but they are all in the political hall, and it is the first time he has met Pei Lin in life.

At this time, Pei Lin did not wear his first-class court clothes, but wore a loose white thick robe, and his face did not have the majesty of the political hall, just like an ordinary retired old cadre, and his face was quite kind.

It was cold, a huge stove was lit in the living room, and there was no one to serve it, the old man was making tea with a teapot himself, and when he saw Qin Hao coming in, Pei Lin smiled and said: "I heard that you like to drink this kind of tea, and I also cook it for the first time, I don't know how it tastes, come, taste it." ”

As he spoke, Pei Lin took out two large tea bowls and filled them all himself.

Qin Hao hurriedly said: "How dare you, Lord Sikong has tormented the juniors." ”

Pei Lin smiled and said: "Old, old, when I see you, I think of Liu Wenjing back then, the same youthful spirit, the same talent, back then, he and I were friends who talked about everything, this world, sooner or later, it belongs to a young talent like you." ”

Qin Hao looked confused when he heard this, what kind of way is this? The first sentence of the opening sentence is to talk about Liu Wenjing? If you're not embarrassed, I'm embarrassed for you, okay, how can I take this?

Qin Hao had no choice but to bow and say: "How dare you, the younger generation is just lucky, and he has some cleverness, where can he be compared with Lu Guogong." ”

Pei Lin smiled and beckoned Qin Hao to drink tea, but listened to Pei Lin say: "The old man's life, a few years ago, it was also a beautiful time, one person was above 10,000 people, and now he has fallen into this field, but he also has time to think about some things that he has not thought about before." ”

"In the past, Liu Wenjing and I were also confidants and friends who talked about everything, and we also encouraged each other and supported each other, in that most difficult time, we relied on each other's encouragement to survive, but unfortunately, this person is sometimes so strange, you can share hardships and hardships, but you can't share wealth and prosperity, and finally become a mortal enemy by mistake, he has been dead for almost ten years, I have also missed him for ten years, and regretted it for nearly ten years."

Qin Hao was even more confused, what do you mean? Is Pei Lao Sikong's mental journey analysed? What does this have to do with me?

But I heard Pei Lin say: "In addition to Liu Wenjing, the old man regrets the most is that he has made you bad, there are no outsiders in this hall today, you and I might as well open the skylight and say something, in the matter of Luoyang, I did wear a lot of small shoes for you, and put a lot of stumbling blocks, I thought that if Chang'an had no place for me, I would go to Luoyang to raise an old man, and leave a root for my Pei's western family room, and there may not be no chance to see the light of day again in the future, but unfortunately I underestimated you." ”

Qin Hao was puzzled, today this Pei Lin wants to dig out his heart with himself?

I really didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in this person's gourd, Qin Hao simply drank tea with his head bored and didn't say a word, lest he be trapped.

Pei Lin said: "Alas! You must be wondering, why am I telling you this? ”

But I saw Pei Lin take out an object, and said: "This jade lion is carved by the best jade craftsman with a whole piece of fine Hetian mutton fat jade, Uncle Pei Jujing has been camping in the Western Regions for 20 years, and only such a piece of material is such a big material, I originally wanted to keep it as the heirloom of my Pei family's western family, but now that I am fighting with the Turks, and then sweeping the Western Regions in the future, this jade material is naturally not so unusual, so I will give it to you now." ”

Qin Hao was even more frightened at this time, this white jade lion is bigger than the jade seal, the whole body is smooth and greasy, crystal clear, no matter how you look at it, it is a rare treasure, its value may not be under the legendary jade cabbage, such a valuable thing to give yourself?

This is another office mansion and a white jade lion, so that Qin Hao has no bottom in his heart, as the saying goes, if you give courtesy, you must ask for something, could it be that this Pei Lin still has a place to find himself?

"Oh, Sikong quickly put it away, put it away quickly, such a valuable thing, the juniors dare not accept it, Sikong has nothing to do, just give it to the juniors, how can I give gifts to the juniors?"

Pei Lin smiled: "I used to be a powerful figure in the world, some things, but I can also see clearly, the sage's great expedition against the Turks, if defeated, maybe my Pei Lian's good days can last a few more years, if I win, I will revenge Liu Wenjing." ”

Qin Hao was secretly shocked, he didn't expect Pei Lin to see things quite clearly, in fact, according to the historical process, after Li Shimin's big victory, he finally didn't need to estimate Li Yuan's face, and directly found a trivial matter to clean up Pei Lian.

But the question is, what does this have to do with Lao Tzu? You bigwigs have been going on since the founding of the People's Republic of China until now, and you can't talk about the grievances and grievances between each other for three days and three nights. Li Shimin wants to kill you, Lao Tzu is already a humble gentleman if he doesn't fall into the well, okay.

But I heard Pei Lin say: "The old lady is dying, admit defeat to you, just ask you to raise your noble hand when the old man is unlucky, and don't make up for it again." ”

"In addition, the old man has a reluctant request, I Pei's west family room, since the old man is afraid that it will be completely declined, and I hope that after the old man dies, you can take care of one or two, I know that you are a person with clear grievances, the old man is against you, but you can recommend Pei Xingjian in the family room, the children of my west family room are ten times more talented than the other rooms, as long as they are not implicated by the old man, they must be the pillars of my Tang Dynasty in the future."

Qin Hao frowned and said, "Sikong is... Do you want to entrust the aftermath to your juniors? This one..... With all due respect to the juniors, you and I have no grace in the long days and have grievances in the near future, you are a lonely, and it seems that you can't support the juniors. ”

Pei Lin smiled and said: "Hehe, you kid is clever and smart, even the old man has suffered in your hands, not only has the talent of the heavens and latitudes, but also the saint and His Royal Highness the Prince, twenty years later, above this court, you will be the one who will hold the handle, the old man will ask you to be alone, why not?" ”

Qin Hao frowned and said, "This... ”

Pei Lin said: "If you agree, the Pei family will be your firm ally from now on, all the business, resources, and people of the Pei family can be at your disposal, and if you refuse, the old man will not do anything else in the rest of the days, and he will nail you to death, and there are still three catties of nails in the rotten ship, let alone the old man?" The move you used last time to break the net can be used, using the old man's life for half a year to exchange your future for forty years, but the old man earned it. ”

Qin Hao said depressedly: "Aren't you a scoundrel? ”

Pei Lin said with a smile: "The struggle between the court and the court sometimes depends on the victory and defeat of the tricks. ”

"Aren't you afraid that I won't keep my word?"

Pei Lin smiled again: "The court struggle may be a conspiracy or a trick, but it is a taboo in officialdom to be untrustworthy. ”

Qin Hao said depressedly: "You said so, how can I have a choice?" ”

With that, Qin Hao directly picked up the priceless white jade lion from the table, turned his head and left.