The Pei family is full of talents, from the central government to the localities, and there are countless high-ranking officials. Liu Mo said that he was going to Taiyuan Mansion to meet Taiyuan Yin Li Liang, who also served as a military weapons supervisor, but in fact, he rushed to Wenxi in Jiangzhou to meet the patriarch of the Pei clan.

It has been hundreds of years since Jiangzhou Wenxi Pei's family was divided into three branches and five rooms, and there were thousands of Pei's children alone, and the eunuchs were also extremely prosperous for a while. Therefore, the Hedong Hall, where the Pei family is located, is not a monopoly, but each branch sends people to attend it. is as expensive as today's Prime Minister Pei Guangting, and he can't make a decision in Hedong Hall.

And Pei Xiuzhen was able to occupy a seat among the thirteen people who had the right to speak in Hedong Hall, but thanks to the heroic name of his father Pei Sijian. Although Pei Sijian died but was the general of Ningyuan, Yizhou Xiu government Zuo Guoyi, but he was Pei Xingjian's younger brother, in the early years of the official worship of the Xiangdao marching chief Pei Xingjian conquered the Eastern Turks, and then from the general Li Xiaoyi to quell Xu Jingye's rebellion, in the last years of the martial arts, he as the head of the march from Wang Xiaojie to quell the rebellion of the Khitan Li Quanzhong and others, and died in the battle of Yingzhou. After the battle of Yingzhou, even sent heavy troops but were defeated one after another, and the corpses were piled up, Pei Sijian finally failed to even collect the bones, let alone posthumously give them away.

The people of the Pei clan naturally knew that this was all because the Empress Wu was first-class in internal fighting, incompetent in external warfare, and repeatedly self-destroyed the Great Wall and killed generals. However, during the reign of Empress Wu, even Pei Yan, who was born in Xima Pei, was killed, implicating his relatives, and the Pei clan was able to be affected not much during the entire Empress Wu years. Therefore, after Li Longji ascended the throne, Pei Sijian got a seat in Hedong Hall not long after he entered the office. With the strong support of the Pei family, it only took him fifteen years to go from the initial humble to the general of Yifu.

It's just that in the early years, he didn't Wenxi in Jiangzhou, but settled in Luoyang Jiaoye Square with his mother and two younger brothers. However, because of the death of his mother Li in the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, after he buried him, after serving filial piety for twenty-seven months, it would take time for him to recover, and Wenxi still had a lot of housework to deal with, so he left his younger brothers in Luoyang, and he took a group of retinue to Wenxi single, and this stay was more than half a year, and he happened to bump into this secret letter sent by Du Shiyi. The elders of the Pei clan, who were still in the Hedong Hall sect, gathered overnight, and everyone felt that the Daizhou affair was a hot potato, and only Pei Xiuzhen, who was nearly forty years old, was willing to come forward.

There are so many officials surnamed Pei in the two capitals, even if Du Shiyi has a good memory, he can only remember a few people, but he is not familiar with Pei Xiuzhen. Because of the relationship between the third senior brother Pei Ning, Pei Huang and Pei Kuan, who made friends with him, all belonged to Wu Pei from the south, except for Pei Guangting, most of the descendants of the Pei family in his middle family had a black eye. Because he saw that Pei Xiuzhen had only two days to rush over from Jiangzhou after receiving the letter, and the means were so sharp that the opponent was unaware, and at this moment he sincerely apologized, even if he was contemptuous of Pei Yuanshan and did not have much affection for Pei Guangting, he would never underestimate all the Pei children of the middle family, and immediately stepped forward and helped the person up with both hands

"Why is Brother Pei like this? Brother Pei rushed over without tireless and helped me capture the murderer, and I am already grateful. The Pei family has been loyal and martyred, and there are endless famous ministers, but now they are just a troublesome child. ”

The reputation of the family must be innocent and unblemished, which is the benchmark for today's famous family to live in the world. Not to mention that since the beginning of the founding of the country, Tang Taizong Li Shimin compiled the clan chronicles, he has always been wary of the family, and even now, Li Longji's suppression of the family has never been less. Now this situation, if it spreads, Pei Yuanshan will be far more unlucky, and even the reputation of the entire Zhongjia Pei family will be implicated

Therefore, Du Shiyi used the four words of "unscrupulous" to define the character, and Pei Xiuzhen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Straightening his waist, he smiled gratefully at Du Shiyi, but he lightly stretched his ape arm and took the Mo knife from the hand of the servant on the side, and turned the fifty or sixty pound Mo knife as if it were nothing, and suddenly straddled the shoulder of one of the injured prisoners, and shouted in a deep voice: "Who are you waiting for?" Why did you assassinate Du Envoy? ”

From the bottom of her heart, Du Shiyi didn't want to make a big deal about the assassination that was closed in Chang today. When he went from Luoyang to Chang'an to take the Jingzhao Mansion Examination, he encountered an overnight attack; When he was in Jiangnan, he met Liu Ximing's madness; If this incident spreads again, even the Son of Heaven may not be able to say that there will be nothing more than three sighs. Because of this, he didn't mean to stop Pei Xiuzhen's on-the-spot expenses, but was surprised that he looked away.

It turned out that the seemingly mighty servant was just a role equivalent to a sword guard, and Pei Xiuzhen was a master

The death and wounding of his companions, the leader was captured and gagged, but he was hit by a huge knife across his neck, although intellectually, the big man knew that no matter what he said, he would probably not be able to escape death, but he escaped death only aroused his desire to survive even more. Just in a flash of thought, he gritted his teeth and said: "I don't know anything, I was originally a ranger in Hedong, and he gave me a hundred yuan and hired me to act on behalf of the state."

Pei Xiuzhen frowned slightly, and after asking another person again, he got the same answer. At this time, his eyes fell on the leader who was gagged.

As soon as he arrived in Daizhou, he went to see Pei Yuanshan in the name of the messenger of the sect, and immediately took him down with lightning speed. Then, according to the news that Du Shiyi sent someone to tell him, he asked Pei Yuanshan what the appearance of the Chang'an people he was involved with, so in Shicai, the elite people he brought this time easily cut off all his henchmen in the name of Pei Yuanshan. Since all the doubts are now focused on this person, his gaze swept over the other party, and Mo Dao stretched out and suddenly picked it down, and it was a god to remove all its restraints to Yu Jingjing. But before the other party could make any moves, he turned the Mo knife, and the handle of the knife suddenly hit his shoulders, elbows, knees, ankles, etc.

"Whew"

The terrible cry of pain could be heard clearly even by the cloth ball. And Pei Xiuzhen asked coldly at this time: "I learned to bow horses at a young age, but what I am best at is foot combat under my fast knife, you don't want to play tricks If you don't tell the truth, then you will break your joints everywhere, and the next knife is your descendant Gen said, who is the one who supported you?" ”

As the servant beside him went to take down the cloth from this person's mouth, the leader originally wanted to take the opportunity to bite his tongue, but in the face of Pei Xiuzhen's fierce gaze, he instinctively gave birth to a trace of fear. I have the heart to clamp my legs, but my swelling knees can't even do this action. After weighing the pros and cons of saying and resisting, he finally sighed and said in a low voice: "It's Wang Gongzi." ”

Pei Xiuzhen immediately asked again without backing: "Which prince?" ”

"It's the Duke of Qiu, the eldest son of General Wang"

It turned out to be that cheating dad again, it seems that the effort he sent someone to put into Wang Shouzhen was really not in vain

Du Shiyi smiled, and her mood was suddenly very good. Sure enough, Pei Xiuzhen's face turned black for a while, and she asked angrily: "How did Wang Shouzhen know about Pei Yuanshan's dealings in Daizhou?" ”

This was immediately to the point. The leader who had suffered enough saw Pei Xiuzhen slightly raise the Mo knife in his hand, and the thick handle seemed to smash his joints and break his descendants anytime and anywhere, so he could only hurriedly shout: "Wang Gongzi doesn't know, he originally just sent me to Yunzhou to see if he could incite those mocking people to descend to the household, and see if he could make Du Yuanjun suffer any losses." Who knew that I was delayed in Daizhou for a few days, and the news of Du Yuanjun's transfer to Daizhou came because I happened to hear the inside story of Pei Yuanshan's embezzlement of the granary, and because he knew a lot of things in Pei Xiangguo's country, he regarded me as Pei Xiangguo's confidant, so

So the words came to an abrupt halt and were replaced by a heart-rending howl. Du Shiyi could see it clearly, at the moment when this guy confessed that he was a fake Pei Guangting's henchman, Pei Xiuzhen's face changed greatly, and the handle of the Mo knife actually smashed straight down, completely smashing his kneecaps. Even if he is a doctor with medical skills, this person will never want to stand up again for the rest of his life

As if the anger in her heart was temporarily vented, Pei Xiuzhen breathed a sigh of relief. Waving his hand to signal the servant to clean up the aftermath of the guy who was rolling in pain, he came to Du Shiyi with a Mo knife, and said in a deep voice: "Because my Pei clan is not a disciple of the Xiao clan colluded with outsiders, and almost put Du Zhijun in danger, if my Pei clan clan learns, it will definitely be heartbroken." If Du Envoy agrees, can these murderers be handed over to me for disposal? ”

Not to mention that Du Shiyi didn't plan to publicize today's events, even if he had the intention to make a fuss, he wouldn't be obsessed with getting along with the middle family Pei. Because in that case, Wang Maozhong may be at a loss for words, but the reputation of the Zhongjun Pei family is discredited, and there is a chance that Pei Guangting will be implicated. Although this result seems to be the elimination of an enemy at first glance, Du Shiyi knows that he is not the only enemy of Wang Maozhong, and Pei Guangting is not the only Xiangguo who looks at him unpleasantly in the court. The result of too much sudden progress is that there are more enemies of the Pei clan in the middle family, plus those invisible political enemies who are ready to rush forward anytime and anywhere.

Therefore, he just narrowed his eyes slightly and asked with a smile: "It's useless for me to keep these people, and it's okay to hand them over to Brother Pei." But I still dare to ask Brother Pei, is it until they are up, or is it ......"

"Since others deliberately frame Pei Xiangguo and disgrace the name of my Pei clan, if I don't chase and fight hard, don't you think that my Pei clan is cowardly and incompetent?" Pei Xiuzhen frowned suddenly, and then said in a deep voice, "Beimen Nu is just a small Goryeo child, relying on the Holy Grace to have today, after disposing of Pei Yuanshan, I will return to Chang'an immediately, and I will definitely represent the Pei family of the middle family and give Du Yuanjun a clear explanation."