"I came to clearly tell the Pei family that I am the daughter of the Pei family, but Ning'er is not, I hope the Pei family will not look for Ning'er in the future, my son, I will teach him well!"

Pei Minqiu's tone was very cold, and there was a hint of threat in the coldness, at this time, in her heart, the 10,000 Pei family was not worth her son, and she would never allow anyone to hurt her son, not even her mother's family.

Pei Minqiu's cold tone made Pei Ju very unhappy in his heart, he was a grandfather, how could a granddaughter talk to her grandfather like this, not allergic Qiu was a princess after all, Pei Ju didn't dare to turn his face and attack.

The smile on his face faded, and he said lightly: "Minqiu, if you have something to say, you are all a family, there is nothing to discuss, at least I am your grandfather, at least respect you should have." ”

Pei Minqiu also restrained the anger in his heart and sat down, "Okay! Then we'll talk openly and honestly. ”

"That's right!"

Pei Ju saw that she was willing to sit down and talk, and he was sure that he, an old Jiān cunning person, would be able to persuade his granddaughter as long as he was given the opportunity.

At this time, a maid walked up to the hall and served two cups of tea, Pei Ju picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly, trying to delay as much time as possible to let Min Qiu calm down first.

"This thing...... If you want to understand the crisis faced by the Pei family, I can't help it. ”

Pei Ju spoke very slowly, his voice was not high, and he was a little hoarse, which was a strategy for talking, and he used a serious tone to calm the other party.

Pei Minqiu finally calmed down, she was silent for a while, and said, "I don't know what crisis the Pei family has. But grandfather's purpose is to let Yuanqing ascend the throne, isn't that so? ”

Pei Ju didn't deny it, and nodded, "That's true!" ”

"This is actually not a bad thing, my grandfather has nothing to say about how to do it, but I don't understand why my grandfather let Ning'er do such a thing. How do you ask me to explain to Yuanqing? ”

Pei Ju was startled, and his face changed slightly, "Yuan Qing knows about this?" ”

"Does Yuan Qing know about this? I dare not say, but with his temper, if he knew about it. What will he do to the Pei family? Did grandfather think about this consequence? I don't understand, why do you have to hide the jade seal in the palace, why do you have to do it Ning'er? ”

Pei Ju sighed, "This is my grandfather's lack of thought for a while, and I regret it afterwards, Minqiu, I apologize to you for this matter, you can forgive your grandfather!" Next time I won't look for Ning'er again. ”

Pei Ju's apology did not make Pei Minqiu soften, she knew her grandfather very well, and she used her grandfather's old scheming to calculate. How could he not think it through, he was sure that he would hide it, and now he came to apologize, there was no sincerity at all, she couldn't help sneering in her heart.

However, Pei Minqiu is also the daughter of the Pei family after all. She just came to want an explanation, not to turn against her mother's family, and she didn't explicitly tell her grandfather that Yuanqing might have known about it, and since her grandfather had apologized, there was no need for her to pursue it further.

"That being the case. I told my grandfather that the three Pei family children who accompanied Ning Er to study in the Hongwen Pavilion would all leave, and Ning Er could no longer have any Pei family members around him, and in addition, within three years, Ning Er would not take a step into the Pei family, hoping that my grandfather would understand the seriousness of the problem. ”

Although Pei Minqiu didn't say it explicitly, Pei Ju still understood what she meant, and Yang Yuanqing knew about it, so Pei Minqiu began to make up for it with all his might.

He began to get nervous in his heart, and then he finally realized that he had done something stupid, and the entire Pei family would be unlucky.

Pei Ju broke out in a cold sweat on his back, but it was useless to blame himself at this time, he had to find a way to deal with it, he was thinking about countermeasures quickly in his mind, after all, Pei Ju had been immersed in officialdom for decades, he knew how to deal with this kind of crisis, as long as he could stop it in time, there was still room for reversal.

"Alright! Everything will be done according to what you say, no matter what you do, the Pei family will fully cooperate with you. ”

Grandfather's statement made Pei Minqiu quite satisfied, her heart softened, and she sighed and said: "I also hope that the Pei family can be good, after all, it is my mother's family, I hope that the Pei family can fully support Yuan Qing, and don't pull him back, let alone make any small moves in the back, Yuan Qing is a person who misses the old love, I believe he will not treat the Pei family badly." ”

"Minqiu, don't worry, the Pei family will not only not pull Yuanqing's hind legs, but also will not make you sad, the Pei family will become your strong backing, although the method is not appropriate this time, but the intentions are good, we all hope that Yuanqing can ascend the throne as soon as possible, and there will be no more accidents."

Since it came to this point, it wouldn't be interesting to talk any further, Pei Minqiu stood up and said, "Then that's it!" I'll go back first, I still have a lot of things to take care of. ”

"Go ahead!"

Pei Minqiu said goodbye and went down the hall, Pei Ju stood on the steps and watched her walk away, he was really a little anxious in his heart, he was indeed a little careless in this matter, and he should not easily move the important chess piece of Shizi.

Pei Ju now knows very well that what the Pei family has to do now is to make every effort to keep the status of Pei Minqiu and Yang Ning, and not to make any mistakes, let alone let the Shen family come out.

Pei Ju put his hands behind his back and fell into deep contemplation, what should he do? ……

Jingcheng is also located in the territory of Taiyuan County, in the southeast of Taiyuan County, in fact, it is a strategic passage of Taihang Mountain, from Jingcheng Pass of Taiyuan County in the west, to Tumen Pass of Hengshan County in the east, about hundreds of miles long, it is the most important strategic channel in Taihang Eight Mountains.

At this time, 30,000 Turkic cavalry had been blocked by 40,000 Sui troops in Jingcheng, and the Sui army deployed 20,000 troops in the east and west, with Li Jing being fully responsible.

In the afternoon of that day, Yang Yuanqing came to Jingcheng Pass under the escort of 3,000 cavalry, and Li Jing led dozens of generals to meet him.

"Humble Li Jing, see His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" Li Jing knelt down on one knee in front of Yang Yuanqing's horse.

"See His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" Dozens of generals saluted together.

Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted, and smiled at the generals: "The generals have worked hard. ”

Li Jing stepped forward and said, "Humble first, I will introduce the situation to His Highness." ”

"Don't worry, let's talk as we go!"

Yang Yuanqing beckoned to the generals, and dozens of generals surrounded him and walked towards Jingcheng Pass, while walking, Li Jing introduced: "Silent for more than a month, since five days ago, the Turkic army began to break through, they seem to be divided into two ways, one way failed to break through at Tumen Pass, and the other way wanted to rush out of Jingcheng, and was pressed back by our dense bows and crossbows. ”

"Didn't you contact about the surrender?" Yang Yuanqing asked again.

Speaking of surrender, a trace of anger flashed in Li Jing's eyes, and he said: "Half a month ago, I ordered a team of soldiers to escort Kai Cao to join the army to negotiate surrender with them, but the Turks killed them all and threw their heads out. ”

"They are so arrogant!" Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but get angry.

"Your Highness, they know that they are guilty of a great sin, so they refuse to surrender, we have scouts over the mountains and mountains to find out their situation, and find that he killed horses for food, and there are Turkic corpses everywhere that have froze to death and died of disease, it is estimated that less than half of them are left, and they are in a hurry to break through these days, and they think that they can no longer hold on."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Today is December 18, less than half a month before the New Year, I came to tell you that you must end the encirclement and suppression war before the New Year and wipe out all the Turkic army, so that the soldiers can easily celebrate the New Year." ”

"Obedience!"

At this time, everyone entered the Jingcheng Pass, here is the starting point to enter the Jingcheng, standing at the head of the city, facing the towering mountains, the magnificent Taihang Mountain stretches for thousands of miles, like a white dragon lying on the land of the Central Plains, in front of them, a winding mountain road leads to the depths of the Taihang Mountain.

Yang Yuanqing was already very familiar with this road, and at this time the mountain road was covered with snow, but there were still dots of black sè faintly exposed under the snow, that is, the Turkic soldiers who were killed by shè during the breakout, and a medium snow covered their corpses last night.

The city pass was full of Sui soldiers, not only that, but the Sui soldiers also built three fortifications under the city, which, together with the city, could accommodate 10,000 soldiers and block the breakthrough of the Turkic army at the same time.

On a mountain beam cliff three miles away, a beacon tower was built, from which you could see the situation of the well more than ten miles away, and the Sui army could be notified in time to prepare for war.

"Your Highness, please come in! The Turkic armies generally did not break through until night. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, followed Li Jing into the city tower, the city tower was temporarily changed into a military affairs hall, that is, the command center during the fierce battle, there was a sand table on the hall, several soldiers were marking the location of the Turkic army in front of the sand table, seeing Li Jing walking in with His Royal Highness the King of Chu, they were so frightened that they hurriedly retreated.

Yang Yuanqing walked to the sand table, the sand table is quite large, three zhang in length and width, including two large areas of land in Hedong and Hebei, and the well is painted red with cinnabar, which can be seen at a glance.

Li Jing picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the wide area with a red flag planted in the Jingcheng, "According to the information of the scouts, this should be the place where the Turks are entrenched, originally called Hanjia Village, it is a medium-sized village, more than eighty households, only seven or eight hunters escaped, and the rest were killed by the Turks, it is about forty miles away from the Jingcheng Pass, I heard that they also built fortifications to defend against the attack of the Sui army." ”

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and then asked, "If you are sleepy and don't fight, how much time will it take to trap them?" ”

"Based on their horses, it will take about three months, but now it is difficult for them to escape because of the heavy snow, but after the snow melts, they can escape over the mountains and mountains, so they must be wiped out in winter."

As soon as Li Jing's words fell, a soldier rushed out, "Chief Qiqi, there are three pillars of beacon smoke in the beacon tower. ”

Li Jing was stunned, why did the Turkic army attack during the day, he didn't have time to think about it, and immediately shouted: "Order the three armies, prepare for battle!" ”

Yang Yuanqing walked out of the city tower quickly, stood on the city wall and looked into the distance, and for the time being, he couldn't see any figure appearing, when a piercing jǐng bell rang out on the city's head, 'Dang! While! While! ’

In the midst of the jǐng report, groups of Sui soldiers in full armor rushed out of the camp tents, ready to meet them