In the afternoon, Pei Ju rushed from Qinghe County to Beihai County, and he had just received an urgent letter from the imperial court, ordering him to return to Jiangdu immediately.

Pei Ju knew that this was because Li Yuan raised troops, and the situation was indeed urgent, and he had to change his plan to announce the decree in Qinghe County, and rushed directly to Beihai County to announce the decree to Zhang Xuan, although the details did not conform to the system, but Pei Ju also knew that under the current situation, the Son of Heaven would not blame himself for this little thing.

Beihai County Ya, under the observation of nearly 100 military generals and civil officials, Pei Ju officially read out the holy decree of the Son of Heaven to Zhang Xuan, and named Zhang Xuan as the general of the right Yiwei, the Duke of Qi, the opening of the palace with the three divisions, the ruling Shi Dafu Fu Festival, the bounty of 10,000 taels, and at the same time named Zhang Xuan's wife Lu Shi as the wife of the first product, and his son as the viscount of Gaotang County and the captain of the military cavalry.

At the end of the ceremony, Zhang Xuan invited Pei Ju to sit in the inner hall, Pei Ju said with a smile: "Originally, I wanted to give the general a decree in Qinghe County, but the Son of Heaven urged me to return to Jiangdu, so I had to come to Beihai County to announce the decree. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Does Pei Gong want to report to the Son of Heaven?" ”

"According to the regulations, I will reply to the Son of Heaven, but I personally want to know, where does the general plan to build the Duke of Qi Mansion?"

Zhang Xuan sighed and said: "Duke Pei can tell the Son of Heaven that I have no plans to build a mansion for the time being, if Duke Pei personally wants to know, I may build the Duke of Qi Mansion in Yecheng." ”

Pei Ju gave a thumbs up and praised: "The general is really far-sighted!" ”

"I said, this is the teaching of Pei Gong, if it weren't for Pei Gong's reminder, I originally planned to build a mansion in Qi County, and now I have decided to build a mansion in Yecheng."

Pei Ju sighed lightly, "I can help others, but I can't help myself, can General Zhang give me some advice?" ”

Zhang Xuan was really grateful to Pei Ju for helping him, and he also hoped that the Pei family would not suffer a heavy setback. Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Don't hide it from Gong Pei, I have set up a very powerful intelligence network in Jiangdu, and I have obtained accurate information, and various clues show that Jiangdu may have a mutiny in the next few months." I persuaded Pei Gong to stay in Qingzhou. ”

Pei Ju was taken aback, "The general refers to Yu Culture and?" ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "Yu Wenhua is just being used, the forces behind the scenes are the Guanlong nobles, and the masterminds should be Yuan Min and Yu Wen Zhihe, now the military power of the 100,000 Xiaoguo Army is in the hands of Yu Wenhuahe, unless the Son of Heaven can trap and kill Yu Wenhua and regain control of the Xiaoguo Army, otherwise the general trend has gone." ”

Pei Ju was gloomy. "At the beginning, many ministers dissuaded the Son of Heaven not to go to Jiangdu, but the result was either killed or degraded, and Zhao Cai, the general of the Right Waiting Guard, advised the Son of Heaven not to reuse Yu Wenhua, but the Son of Heaven did not listen, but accused him of being jealous and jealous, and demoted him to a commoner. Even the princes and nobles had to bow when they saw him, but he was humble and unusually humble in front of the Son of Heaven. Deeply favored by the Son of Heaven, no one can persuade the Son of Heaven. ”

"I just care about Pei Gong, and other people have nothing to do with me."

Pei Ju was moved in his heart, and bowed and said: "Thank you for the general's concern, and thank you for the general's kindness, but I have to return to Jiangdu." It's my destiny, but I'm very careful not to put myself in danger. ”

After a pause, Pei Ju asked cautiously: "Does General Zhang know about the marriage?" ”

Jang Hyun has already considered maturity. Even for the sake of merging the state, he couldn't refuse this marriage, he groaned for a moment and then asked with a smile: "I wonder if the girl who went on a blind date with me last time has already been married?" ”

Pei Ju was suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Our Pei family is planning to marry Zhizhi to the general. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "If she herself is unwilling, I won't force it." ”

Pei Ju smiled faintly, how could this kind of political marriage be considered to his wishes? Since Zhang Xuan has taken a fancy to her, it must be her

Bingzhou is known as the north king and south Pei Zhi said, this refers to the two major families of the state, the north is the Taiyuan Wang family, the south is the Hedong Pei family, the Pei family has many branches, but the main house of the family is in Wenxi County, so the Pei family is also known as Wenxi Pei.

Traces of the Pei family can be seen everywhere in Wenxi County, Pei's ancestral hall, Pei's family school, Pei's kindergarten, Pei's house, etc., mainly concentrated in the south of the county, almost occupying thirty percent of the land in the county.

Like other families, the Pei family's income mainly depends on manors and commerce, Pei's manors are all over Hedong, there are more than 20, and even Guanzhong has a manor covering an area of 5,000 acres, as for the shops, there are Pei family shops in Chang'an, Luoyang, Taiyuan, Jiangdu and other major cities, there are hundreds of large and small.

These estates and shops have brought a lot of wealth to the Pei family, and also made the Pei family have a lot of wealth to invest in education, so for hundreds of years, not only the children of the Pei family have produced many talents, but also countless protégés who have learned from the Pei family, and most of the state officials are protégés of the Wang family and the Pei family.

In addition, because Bingzhou is located at the junction of the two strategic regions of Hebei and Guanlong, this makes the two families of Pei and Wang become the balance point of the Guanlong aristocracy and the Shandong scholars, and it is also for this reason that the two families of Pei and Wang are deeply used by the emperor in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Pei Yun's mansion is located in Chengnan East Street, and Pei Ju's mansion across the street, since the Son of Heaven moved east to Jiangdu, the Pei clan living in Luoyang have returned to their ancestral land, Pei Yun's eldest son Pei Xuanqi also led his wife and children back to Wenxi County's father's mansion.

In the study, Pei Xuanqi was reading the letter from the head of the family, and ten days ago, he also received a letter from his father from Jiangdu, and his father decided to let Zhizhi marry Zhang Xuan as his wife, so that he had a psychological preparation, and this was the second time he proposed marriage to Zhang Xuan.

After the failure of the first marriage proposal, Pei Xuanqi broke off the idea of marrying Zhang Xuan, and wanted his daughter to marry as soon as possible.

At the beginning of the year, Pei Xuanqi took a fancy to Feng Jun, the second son of Feng Chongqing of Xihe County, Feng Jun was only eighteen years old, one year older than Zhizhi, and had been studying in Pei's family for five years.

The reason why Pei Xuanqi is in a hurry to get his daughter married is that there is another internal family reason that is difficult to explain, which has caused the relationship with her mother Wang to get worse and worse, and it has reached the point where they will quarrel when they meet.

Pei Xuanqi also knew that Zhizhi's biological mother died in vain after drinking the medicine sent by Wang, although there is no evidence for this kind of thing, but everyone understands it in their hearts, so Pei Xuanqi is also ashamed of his daughter, even if the daughter is extremely rude to her mother for a while, Pei Xuanqi will try to tolerate it, and a little punishment is enough.

Seeing that the relationship between their mother and daughter could no longer be reconciled, Pei Xuanqi could only let her daughter marry as soon as possible, and everyone would be safe without meeting.

But Pei Xuanqi didn't expect that after a few years, the marriage between his daughter and Zhang Xuan was mentioned again, but what made Pei Xuanqi very uncomfortable was that he actually married Zhang Xuan as his wife, when did the daughter of the Pei family encounter such grievances?

But Pei Xuanqi has no choice, this is a joint decision between his father and the head of the family, and today I received a letter from the head of the family, this marriage has been negotiated with Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Xuan's wife Lu is willing to accept the entry.

When he was groaning, his wife's voice sounded outside, "Is there something wrong with my lord?" ”

"Good wife, please come in!"

A gust of fragrant wind blew on his face, and his wife Wang, who was full of pearls, walked in, Wang is the daughter of the Taiyuan Wang family, and the two families of Pei Wang have been married for generations, and the relationship is very harmonious, although Pei Xuanqi does not like this wife very much.

Especially after his most beloved concubine, that is, Zhizhi's mother, died more than ten years ago, Pei Xuanqi once hated his wife Wang, but after all, they lived together for more than 20 years, and Wang also gave birth to two sons and a daughter, so Pei Xuanqi finally forgave his wife, and the relationship between the two was respectful again.

Wang sat down and said with a smile: "Is it that the Feng family has come to propose?" ”

Now Wang's biggest wish is to marry Zhizhi as soon as possible, preferably to marry a small civilian household, she is comfortable in her heart, although their mother and daughter have rarely met, but even if they meet by chance, her mood will be bad for a day, and if she marries out, she can never see each other, although Feng Jiaerlang has a good family background and looks polite, but his figure is half a head shorter than Pei Zhizhi, just by virtue of this, Wang is also willing Pei Zhizhi to marry Feng Jun, she is trying her best to promote this marriage.

Pei Xuanqi smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to marry into the Feng family!" ”

"Why? The Feng family is unwilling? Wang asked puzzled.

Pei Xuanqi raised the two letters in Yang's hand, "My father and the head of the family wrote to me and decided to let Zhi Zhi marry Zhang Xuan as his wife. ”

"Ahh Wang was stunned for a moment. (To be continued.) )