Pei Yun knew that even though the crown prince Yang Yong was authorized by the emperor to allow him to meet with foreign officials who returned to Beijing to meet with him, he did not have the right to read Yang Guang's recital in advance, so when he went to the East Palace to meet Yang Yong, he only briefly reported to him that he had returned to Beijing on Yang Guang's order to calm down the situation of the Buddhist temple in Jiangnan to the emperor, and did not mention the discovery of the Taoist priest Pan Dan of Gao Yuan's faction sneaking to Jiangnan to contact Gao Qinglian and Li Jing's southward journey from the state.

After Yang Yong listened to Pei Yun's courtesy, he didn't ask him about more information, but only promised that he would arrange for him to meet the emperor as soon as possible, so he sent him away.

Because Pei Yun held the position of the capital secretary of the Jin Palace, and this time he returned to Beijing on the order of Yang Guang to present the chapter, so after leaving the East Palace, he went straight to the Jin Palace, wanting to settle in the Jin Palace.

Who knew that he had just lived in the west wing of the courtyard at the head of the Jin Dynasty's mansion under the arrangement of Yu Zan, and he saw the mansion Peng Yu Zan walking into the room with a smile and reporting to him: "Du Ji Room, now your old friend Ming Kerang is asking to see him outside the mansion gate." ”

Pei Yun received this report, and was secretly taken aback in his heart: although Ming Kerang was an official in Nanchen with him, but since Nan Chen fell and surrendered to Sui, he entered the East Palace and became a staff member next to the crown prince Yang Yong.

"There is Laoyu Mansion, please also ask the acting official to reply, and say that Pei Yun returned to Beijing on the order of King Jin, and before he received an audience from the emperor, it is not appropriate to meet others privately, and the next official will visit Brother Ming's mansion another day." Pei Yun sensitively noticed that Yu Zan had personally come to report the news of Minkerang's visit to him, so he got up and replied to Yu Zan with a smile.

"That's ......" Yu Zan hesitated for a moment, and suggested to Pei Yun, "Lao Er thinks it's okay to see Master Ming in the Duji Room......

"Oh?" Pei Yun's eyes rolled, and then he changed his words, "Then according to Yufu Peng's words, invite him into the mansion to meet." ”

Yu Zan agreed, and not long after leaving, he led Minke to Pei Yun's room, and when the two of them had finished their courtesy, they resigned and retired, and deliberately closed the door when they left.

Ming Kerang served as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites in the Southern Chen Dynasty, and Pei Yun had a very good personal relationship, this time he came to visit as an old friend, and he inevitably had a cold talk with Pei Yun, and greeted each other about the recent situation, after a bowl of tea, Fang asked Pei Yun tentatively: "Chongzhi, can you go to the East Palace to see the prince today?" ”

Pei Yun heard that he finally got to the point, nodded quietly, and asked him rhetorically: "Brother Ming, but I don't know when the prince will arrange for me to meet the emperor?" ”

"Hey, you don't need to ask me about this matter, you are returning to Beijing on the order of the King of Jin, presumably His Royal Highness will arrange it as soon as possible...... "Ming Kerang replied, looked at Pei Yun's face again, and asked tentatively, "Chong Zhi is so eager to see the emperor, but what special mission does he have?" ”

"Where is there any special mission, but it is just to be ordered by the King of Jin to show the emperor in person the process of quelling the rebellion in the Jiangnan Buddhist Temple, and the direction has been reported to His Royal Highness the Prince." Pei Yun was amused by Minkerang's eagerness to ask him about the reason for returning to Beijing, so he casually told him.

"Oh, that's the case, the foolish brother heard that Chongzhi returned to Beijing, and tonight he specially invited three or five old friends, and prepared a banquet at home, so as to catch the wind and wash the dust for Chongzhi, and hope that Chongzhi will appreciate the light when he arrives." Mink Jean glanced out the door and said with a smile.

"Thank you Brother Ming for your kindness, the king of Chong is alive, and he has not been summoned by the emperor yet, I'm afraid this matter is inappropriate." Pei Yun deliberately excused himself.

"Hey, although I haven't seen the emperor, today you have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the same." Minkerang waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "Besides, there are no others I invited, such as Xu Shanxin, Yao Cha and others, everyone wants to hear you talk about the current situation in Jiangnan, so don't excuse yourself." ”

"I remember that when I left Jingnan for Guangling two years ago, there was no such rule in the DPRK and China. But I don't know when the rules were changed, allowing officials who returned to Beijing from other places to meet in Jin could meet others privately before being summoned by the emperor? Pei Yun pretended to be surprised and asked Minke to give way.

Minkerang didn't expect Pei Yun to question him so bluntly, and he was a little speechless for a while, unable to answer. However, he immediately lowered his voice and said: "Now that the words have come to this point, as a close friend for many years, I will tell you the truth, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will also come to the humble house tonight." I advise you not to ask, but to be invited to the feast. ”

Seeing that Ming Kerang finally told the truth, Pei Yun was shocked, and was thinking about where he had revealed his flaws when he was in the East Palace, which aroused the prince's suspicion of his true intention to return to Beijing this time, and suddenly heard the voice of Yuzan outside the door: "Duji Room, the princess heard the news of your return to Beijing, and sent someone to invite you to the palace." ”

Pei Yun took the opportunity to hurriedly excuse himself from Ming Kerang and said: "I will ask Brother Ming to transfer the crown prince on behalf of Chongzhi, but if there is anything that needs to be done by Chongzhi, it will only be ...... tonight."

Mingke let Qing know that someone outside the room was eavesdropping on his conversation with Pei Yun, so he got up and arched his hand to him, and said: "I have brought His Highness's intentions, and it is inconvenient to talk about it here today, you and I will talk about it another day, and I will leave my brother." ”

After sending Minke away, Pei Yun and Yuzan returned to the dormitory, and asked him puzzledly, "When will the princess be summoned?" ”

Yu Zan told the truth: "The princess didn't send anyone here, so it was the old man who made the claim and took away Ming Kerang for the Duji Office." ”

Pei Yun asked puzzledly: "Just now, Mengyufu Peng personally came to spread the news, saying that when Ming Kerang came to visit, I wanted to excuse myself, why did Yufu Peng act like this?" ”

Yu Zan smiled and replied: "If Ming Kerang just came to discuss the old relationship with the Du Ji Room, Lao Er would never act like this, but he was so blatant as a lobbyist for someone, and wanted to entrap the Du Ji Room, Lao Er couldn't help but think about the Du Ji Room and scare him away for some reason." ”

Pei Yunwan didn't expect that the prince and Yang Guang in Chang'an City had gradually become incompatible, and the subordinates and servants of both sides were wary of each other to such an extent, and they intended to inquire more about Yuzan, and took into account that he was originally a subordinate of Nan Chen, and the time in Yang Guang's mansion was still short, so it was inconvenient to take the initiative to intervene in the dispute between the prince and Yang Guang's brothers, so he only expressed his attitude to Yuzan and said: "Thank you Yufu Peng." Please rest assured that Pei, as a subordinate of the Jin Prince's Mansion, will do his best to serve the prince, and there will be no second thoughts. ”

Yu Zan hurriedly bowed down and apologized: "If it weren't for the recent situation in Beijing, Lao Er would never dare to be so disrespectful to the Metropolitan Records Office. ”

"The situation in Beijing?" Pei Yun stared at Yu Zan and was secretly taken aback in his heart.