Zhang Xuan walked all the way back to his big tent, and as soon as he arrived at the door of the tent, his soldiers stepped forward and said, "Mr. Wei is back!" ”

Zhang Xuan's spirits suddenly perked up, Wei Yunqi came back at the right time, he hurriedly walked to the big tent, and when he walked into the big tent, he saw Wei Yunqi sitting next to the charcoal basin, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, and his body shrunk into a ball.

"Sir, it looks like he's not freezing lightly!" Jang Hyun walked into the big tent with a smile.

Wei Yunqi took a sip of hot tea, relieved himself slightly, and said with a wry smile: "After staying in Hexi for a few years, I didn't learn to tolerate cold, but I was afraid of freezing, and I wanted to get into the quilt in winter, and I didn't want to go anywhere." ”

"When Mr. said this, I was too embarrassed to speak."

Wei Yunqi was stunned, he immediately understood the meaning of Zhang Xuan's words, and said with a smile: "I'm just talking, if there is really something, can I not go?" ”

Zhang Xuan sat down by the brazier and said to Wei Yunqi: "Has Mr. heard about what the marshal announced today?" ”

Wei Yunqi smiled, "I heard that the general will be stationed in Beihai County, congratulations!" ”

"Now not only Beihai County, but also Donglai County belongs to me." Zhang Xuan finally couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart and said.

"And this kind of good thing?"

Wei Yunqi was surprised and delighted, and asked puzzledly, "Could it be that General Qin is unwilling to take over?" ”

"I don't know the specific reason, just now the commander called me to go, allowed me to increase my troops to 5,000, and at the same time handed over Donglai County to me."

Wei Yunqi stood up and bowed deeply to Zhang Xuan, "I'm going to congratulate the general." ”

Although the two have not yet revealed Jang Hyun's ambitions, they both understand in their hearts what it means to garrison troops in Beihai County and Dongnae County.

Zhang Xuan sighed with emotion: "This is the opportunity that Zhang Dashuai gave me, but Dashuai also entrusted me with one thing." ”

Zhang Xuan looked back at Wei Yunqi, "I hope to help him." ”

He told Wei Yunqi in detail about Zhang Xutuo's entrustment to himself, and Wei Yunqi's brows slowly furrowed, "This matter is not easy to do!" ”

"I also know that things are not easy to do, but since Dashuai has spoken, how can I bear to refuse, and besides, Dashuai treats me well. He is in trouble now, how can I stand idly by, I am ready to appoint Pei Xingyan to garrison Donglai County. ”

Wei Yun was startled, he suddenly understood what Zhang Xuan meant. It seems that Jang Hyun is ready to abandon his principle of independence.

Wei Yunqi nodded silently, "The general wants me to go back to the capital, right?" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled faintly, "I can only ask Mr. for this matter." ”

In mid-November, the first heavy snow fell in the capital. Overnight, Luoyang was transformed into a snowy world, with a thick layer of snow covering palaces, houses, and roads, and the heavy snow that flew in the sky brought a touch of year-end tranquility and leisure to the capital of the Great Sui Empire.

In the afternoon of this day, a carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of Pei's Mansion, and the housekeeper who was directing Ding Ding to clear the snow in front of the gate hurriedly greeted him.

The door opened, and Wei Yunqi, wearing a muddy fur hat and a thick leather jacket, stepped out of the carriage. Rubbing his smile, he asked, "Steward Yang, do you still know me?" ”

"You're—"

The housekeeper suddenly recognized Wei Yunqi, "You are the county lieutenant of Wei!" ”

"I'm no longer a county lieutenant, is the old man in the house?"

"The master has just come back, or Mr. will wait a while, and I'll report it."

"I'm sorry to trouble Steward Yang."

The housekeeper knew that Wei Yunqi was a person that the master valued very much, and he used to come to the mansion often, so he hurriedly ran back to the mansion to report to the master.

Today, because of the heavy snowfall, all the officials have gone down in advance, and Pei Ju has just returned to the mansion. The study was warm as spring, he changed into comfortable clothes, and was sitting in front of the brazier reading leisurely.

At this time, the housekeeper reported outside the door: "Master." Mr. Wei came to visit! ”

Pei Ju was stunned, "Which Mr. Wei?" ”

"It's the former Wei County Lieutenant."

Pei Ju immediately reacted, it was Wei Yun who got up, but Wei Yunqi had become Zhang Xuan's staff, could it be that Zhang Xuan had something to find himself?

"Ask him to wait in the outer study, I'll be there soon!"

Pei Ju was not in a hurry to get up. He also has to sort out his thoughts, this is his habit, plan and then act, Wei Yun gets up to find himself, it must be Zhang Xuan's matter, so what will happen to Zhang Xuan?

Pei Ju paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, pondering Zhang Xuan's intention of sending Wei Yun up to find him.

Just yesterday, he got a report from his nephew Pei Renji, Zhang Xuan has appointed Pei Xingyan to garrison Donglai County, in terms of qualifications, Pei Xingyan is not as good as Shen Guang, in terms of confidants, Pei Xingyan cannot be compared with Wei Chigong, but Zhang Xuan let Pei Xingyan garrison Donglai County, which is undoubtedly for himself.

From this point, Pei Ju knew that Zhang Xuan had something to ask for himself, did he want to become a Beihai Tongshou?

Pei Ju still decided to meet Wei Yunqi first to see what he would ask, he put on a coat and walked to the outer study in a hurry

Wei Yunqi was sitting in Pei Ju's outer study drinking tea and waiting, this place he was already familiar with, but things changed with time, and his identity and mentality at this time were completely different from the past.

For a long time in the past, Wei Yunqi has been Pei Ju's successor, but Pei Ju finally chose Cui Junsu as his successor and gave up Wei Yunqi, on the one hand, Wei Yunqi is ten years older than Cui Junsu, and his energy and future are not as good as Cui Junsu.

But a more important reason is that Wei Yunqi was born in the Guan Shi clan, while Cui Junsu belonged to the Shandong Shi clan like Pei Ju.

On the premise that both people are excellent, the sense of regional identity is often the last weight, in fact, this sense of regional identity is the same in later generations, for example, when looking for a job, locals always have a little advantage over outsiders, and for example, when you first enter university, it is better to find a fellow villager than a classmate.

So Wei Yunqi finally chose his own path, at this time he came to see Pei Ju on behalf of Zhang Xuan, although he was still a little uneasy in his heart, but at least he didn't feel as forced as before.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps after Wei Yun got up, followed by Pei Juhe's laughter, "Yunqi, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Wei Yunqi hurriedly got up and saluted, "Yunqi see Pei Gong!" ”

"We're old friends, don't be so polite, please take a seat!"

Pei Ju smiled and asked Wei Yun to sit down, and ordered the maid to serve two more cups of new tea, he smiled very interestedly and asked, "I wonder if it is snowing over there in Shandong?" ”

"Not yet, but the river has started to freeze, and I guess it should snow in the next two days."

"How's the family?"

"My family is fine, this time I went back to Luoyang, I also wanted to take my wife and children to Shandong by the way, and leave them in Luoyang, I still don't feel at ease."

"This is as it should be, you are not an official of the imperial court, and the imperial court will not interfere with this."

Pei Ju asked with concern: "I remember that Yunqi is more afraid of winter, can you adapt to the winter in Shandong?" ”

"Thank you Pei Gong for your concern, the climate over there is not bad, much better than Hexi."

Maybe Wei Yunqi just said something unintentionally, but his unintentional remark made the atmosphere in the room a little awkward.

Wei Yunqi has been deposed in Hexi for many years, and with Pei Ju's ability, he can be transferred back to Beijing, or to the interior with a pleasant climate, or even to Wei Yunqi's hometown Guanzhong.

But Pei Ju didn't do this, it seemed to be fair and righteous, but in fact he gave up Wei Yunqi, both sides understood, but they didn't say it.

Pei Ju laughed dryly twice and asked, "I don't know how General Zhang is doing?" ”

Pei Ju turned the topic to business, he didn't want to dwell on the personal grudge with Wei Yunqi anymore.

"Didn't Pei Gong see Zhang Dashuai's battle report?"

Pei Ju smiled faintly, "I saw the battle report, Zhang Xutuo has fought well in the past few months, he killed three bandits in a row, the saint praised him greatly in the court, and Zhang Xuan's exploits ranked first in the battle report, I know all of this, I just want to ask him about other aspects, such as whether he gets along well with other generals, such as whether he is stationed in Beihai County and Donglai County, does he have any ideas, etc., just talk about it!" ”

Wei Yunqi's heart jumped suddenly, how could Pei Ju know that Zhang Xuan was stationed in Beihai County and Donglai County? Zhang Xutuo didn't report this matter to the imperial court! Just said that to prevent the resurgence of bandits, it was decided to divide the troops and garrison, it was as simple as that, but Pei Ju knew the details.

Wei Yunqi immediately realized that this must be Pei Renji's secret report to Pei Ju, no wonder Zhang Xuan wanted to promote Pei Xingyan to guard Donglai County, it really has a deep meaning!

At this time, Wei Yunqi had to admire Zhang Xuan's foresight.

He took out the letter written by Zhang Xuan to Pei Ju from his arms, put it on the table and said with a smile: "This is a handwritten letter written by General Zhang to Pei Gong, please take a look at Pei Gong." ”

Pei Ju smiled and pointed at Wei Yunqi, "Why didn't Yunqi take it out earlier, and still hide it, is there anything else to worry about?" ”

"Nope! I'm just afraid of disturbing Pei Gong's rest. ”

Pei Ju opened Zhang Xuan's letter and read it roughly, it turned out that Zhang Xuan was begging himself to intercede at the military department to help Zhang Xutuo, not that he wanted to be a general guard in Beihai, it seemed that he was thinking too much.

But on the other hand, Pei Ju understood the deep meaning of this letter, Zhang Xuan was willing to serve himself, otherwise wouldn't it be more convenient for him to beg Dou Qing.

Although Zhang Xuan did not say this explicitly, judging from his promotion of Pei Xingyan, he had already shown his attitude.

Pei Ju pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay!" I will do my best, Yunqi will go back and tell General Zhang that his business is my business. ”

(To be continued.) )