"These are my sons and nephews, both literate and martial, all of them are young talents of the Pei family~" Pei Ju smiled and introduced Yang Yuanqing one by one, "This Pei Shiqing, the current head of Honglu Temple, is your father's subordinate." ”

Pei Shiqing was a young official about twenty years old, with a polite appearance and a gentle temperament, he stepped forward to give a salute, "Welcome General Yang to Pei's house as a guest." ”

Yang Yuanqing hurriedly returned the salute, "I'm really sorry, Yuanqing came here and disturbed everyone." ”

Pei Ju pulled the tallest young general over again, and said with a smile, "This is a rare young warrior in my Pei family, named Pei Xingyan, fourteen years old this year, one year younger than Xian's nephew, and his father was also a subordinate of your grandfather Yang Taifu." ”

It turned out that this was Pei Yuanqing in the romance, called Pei Xingyan, Yang Yuanqing smiled at him and nodded, Pei Xingyan saluted and said, "Brother Yang rides 'shè' unparalleled in the world, I don't know how the weapon is, the younger brother is brave, and I want to ask Brother Yang for advice or two." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Yuanqing's slight skills, how dare you say that you are unparalleled in the world, in the border army, there are many people who are ten times stronger than Yuanqing, and the Great Sui is even more hidden in the world, I just have the right time." ”

"The virtuous nephew is too modest, I saw it with my own eyes at the time, thirty arrows and fifty incense at night, it is estimated that not many people in the world can do it."

Pei Ju smiled, he saw Cheng Yanjin behind Yang Yuanqing again, and saw that he didn't look like an entourage, so he asked, "What is this ......?"

"This is my little brother, named Cheng Yanjin."

Cheng Yanjin already knew who Pei Ju was, he immediately hid his rudeness, pretended to be polite, and stepped forward to bow deeply, "Senior Cheng Yanjin, a native of Jeju Dong'a Turtledove Shop, is sixteen years old this year, see Uncle Pei!" ”

He specially emphasized that he was sixteen years old, in response to Yang Yuanqing calling him his little brother just now, and after listening to Pei Xingyan's introduction, he knew that Yang Yuanqing was actually one year younger than him.

He stroked his beard and laughed, "Good! You are also welcome to come to Pei's house as a guest, virtuous nephew, please! ”

"Uncle Shi, please!"

Everyone surrounded Yang Yuanqing and entered Pei's Mansion, but Cheng Yanjin followed behind with interest, he was very self-aware, and Yang Yuanqing was willing to take him to Pei's Mansion as a guest, how could he take the guests?

He walked as he walked...... When I looked around, I passed the atrium...... He suddenly found that behind a big tree, there was a young "NV", about fourteen or fifteen years old, who was secretly looking at Yang Yuanqing, the "NV" looked quite standard, but the eyebrows were slightly thicker, but he liked it very much, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Cheng Yanjin stepped forward and coughed, pretending to salute...... "This girl, the calf is polite." ”

The young "NV" is Pei You, she heard that Yang Yuanqing is here...... So she secretly peeked behind the tree, Yang Yuanqing walked forward, she moved back, but unexpectedly, there was another person behind her, which suddenly startled her, and she saw that there was a ...... behind her The black-faced man suddenly felt disgusted in his heart, stomped his foot, turned around and ran.

Cheng Biting Jin touched his nose, but he was not annoyed, but smiled, "This little lady, it's interesting."

The family banquet is located in the Songhe Hall of Pei Mansion, which is the place where Pei Mansion entertains distinguished guests, and today Pei Ju entertains Yang Yuan...... Qing can be described as painstaking, because Yang Yuanqing's status is not high, if he lets an important member of the Pei family accompany him, it will make him feel uncomfortable, because Pei Ju chose all the young men of the Pei family to accompany him, and he personally sat in charge and gave Yang Yuanqing courtesy.

Although the pine crane hall is the guest hall, it is very simple to arrange, the wall is painted snow white, the front hangs a picture of the pine flying crane of two zhang long and five feet wide, the pine is vigorous, the flying crane is like a fairy, there are calligraphy and paintings on both sides.

At the bottom of the hall are two rows of eighteen single couches, with a small "mén" on the side, which is covered by a screen, and is very simple and elegantly arranged.

Pei Ju is the master, sitting on the horizontal seat, the first one on the left is Yang Yuanqing, Cheng Yanjin is also a guest, and he is the second, but he himself refuses, he must sit at the end, and keeps saying that this is admiring the Pei family, and his intellectual interest not only makes Pei Ju like him very much, but even the other children of the Pei family also look at him very well.

The first person on the right is Pei Shiqing, although he is young and young, his seniority is very high, and Pei Ju is the same generation, Pei Xingyan sits next to Yang Yuanqing, he is actually just a branch of the Pei family, but because he is a rare young warrior of the Pei family, Pei Ju attaches great importance to him, so he asked him to accompany Yang Yuanqing.

Yang Yuanqing counted the seats, the children of the Pei family should be thirteen, but now there are only ten people, and there are three empty seats in the middle, I don't know which elder of the Pei family is coming, Pei Yun?

Pei Ju seemed to know Yang Yuanqing's thoughts, so he smiled slightly, "There are no elders today, there are still three seats, and there is another thing to thank you." ”

As soon as his voice fell, he saw three "NV" children walking out from behind the screen, Yang Yuanqing saw Pei Minqiu in the middle at a glance, she also combed her double ring to look at the fairy bun, two strands of hair floated down, and fell in front of "Xiong", she still did not apply powder, her skin was like crystal "yu", her thrush was like Yuandai, her eyes were like autumn water, her steps were light, there was a beauty of fireworks in the world, Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but compare Niuniu with her, both of them looked like ordinary beauty, but Niuniu was cheerful, lively, and well-behaved, but Pei Minqiu was quiet and gentle, as quiet as autumn water.

However, Pei Minqiu is still young, only twelve years old, and he is still a little young in his gestures.

The three young "NV" sat in turn, Pei Xi'er sat in the first place, Pei Minqiu sat in the second place, and Pei You in the third place, their seats are not arranged by age, if by age, Pei You is the oldest, and should sit first.

This is also Pei Ju's painstaking arrangement, of course he wants to recruit Yang Yuanqing as the son-in-law of the Pei family, but before talking to Yang Su, he didn't dare to be rash, so he wanted to take the opportunity of this banquet to let Yang Yuanqing and Pei Jiazhi's 'NV' have more contact, the Pei family's family education is extremely strict, this is already the limit of what Pei Ju can do, because it is related to the 'Yu' pot, so he invited all three 'NV'.

According to Pei Ju's thoughts, Pei Minqiu is gentle and quiet, down-to-earth and generous, and can better show the demeanor of the Pei family's "NV", but unfortunately she is young, and she is far from the age of talking about marriage.

The Pei family is the Han name "Mén", which is different from the Xianbei nobleman "nv" who married at the age of twelve or thirteen, the early marriage of the Xianbei "nv" son is a grassland nomadic tradition, and the Han "nv" son is slightly later, so as to avoid the early pregnancy of the "nv" son, the rule of the Pei family is that the "nv" son is married at the age of twenty-eight, that is, sixteen years old, Pei You is already sixteen years old, but she has already promised to marry the Taiyuan Wang family, and she will be married at the end of the year.

So Pei Ju set his eyes on Pei Xi'er, Pei Xi'er is fifteen years old this year, she has not yet allowed anyone, she is also Pei's family 'NV', and she looks very good, Pei Ju considered using her to envelop Yang Yuan...... Qing, Pei Minqiu is an alternate, sitting in the middle, as for Pei You, there is no need to think about it.

"General Yang, last time in Liren City, you volunteered to help my Pei family's 'NV' and maintain the reputation of my Pei family, and I officially thank you today."

Pei Ju gave the three grandsons "nv" a look "sè", the three "nv" got up at the same time, and Ying Ying saluted Yang Yuanqing, "Thank you General Yang for your help!" ”

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand embarrassedly and said to Pei Ju, "Uncle Shi, it's been so long, what do you always mention it for?" ”

Pei Ju smiled slightly, "But I haven't returned the money to you yet, and they haven't thanked you yet, so the matter has not passed."

Pei Shiqing also smiled and said, "This is the gift of the Pei family, General Yang can accept it with peace of mind!" ”

At this time, a team of "shi" and "nv" carried the dishes into the stream, one by one in front of everyone, the banquet began, the Pei family's dishes "jing" are light and light, the amount is not much, but the "sè" fragrance is complete, everyone has five or six dishes in front of them, the wine is the best Gaochang peach wine, Yang Jian rewarded the Pei family last year The guest hall was slightly lively, and the Pei family children whispered "jiāo" while eating, of course, this is not the Pei family tradition, the Pei family rule is that you are not allowed to speak during eating, But today's situation (the latest chapter of Wu Dong Qiankun 81zw) is special, in order not to be cold, Pei Ju specially asked Ye everyone to speak.

"General Yang, I heard that the Holy Lord has decided to make King Jin the crown prince, do you know?" Pei Ju asked Yang Yuanqing in a low voice.

There was obviously a tentative meaning in Pei Ju's tone, not to test the truth of the news, but to test the role of Yang Yuanqing in this matter, Yang Yuanqing had already heard Pei Ju's tentative meaning, he shook his head and smiled, "I'm just a border army, how can I know about this and the central affairs of the imperial court?" However, I think this is the right choice for the saint to become the crown prince. ”

Pei Ju smiled, "I also think so, the way to take trouble since ancient times is to be ruined!" ”

As soon as the conversation changed, Pei Ju said another thing that interested Yang Yuanqing, "Virtuous nephew, today the Holy Lord announced a news about your grandfather, do you know?" ”

Yang Yuanqing's "jing" was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "What news, please tell Uncle Shi." ”

"It's Guan Yao's reward for your grandfather, and the saint named your grandfather Shang Shuling, and he became the Duke of Chu."

Yang Yuanqing frowned, he didn't know much about the high-level power structure of the court, but from Pei Ju's tone, he felt that this official was not exciting, "Uncle Shi, is there anything wrong?" ”

Pei Ju shook his head slightly, "Mingsheng and secretly descend, Shangshu Ling is a very popular minister, and his status is the first among courtiers, but he has no real power, and he is far less powerful than Shangshu's left servant 'shè', virtuous nephew, with all due respect, your grandfather is a bit of a meritorious master." ”

In fact, this is what Pei Ju wants to tell Yang Yuanqing, he is hinting at Yang Yuanqing, the saint has begun to do something to Yang Su, Pei Ju is very clear about Yang Yuanqing's situation in the Yang family (the latest chapter of Wu Dong Qiankun 81zw), he also sent someone to investigate in advance, and found that the Yang family was very indifferent to Yang Yuanqing, which made Pei Ju very surprised, he didn't know what the Yang family thought, the family has a treasure 'yu', and he abandoned it like a chaff, is it because he is a concubine?

Yang Yuanqing was silent for a long time, and said lightly, "I think this is a good thing." ”

"Why?" Pei Ju was a little surprised.

"My grandfather is old and his body has collapsed, I hope he can live quietly and quietly, don't care about things anymore, the road of the Yang family should be walked by the children and grandchildren, I hope that my grandfather will not be a horse and cow for the Yang family again."

Pei Ju nodded, he heard Yang Yuanqing's disgust with the Yang family.

That's when "poof! When the sound came, I saw Cheng Biting Jin spraying wine all over the table, and a Pei family disciple was hurriedly wiping it for him, Pei Ju frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The disciple of the Pei family stood up, a little panicked, and said, "I don't know, this Cheng Xian brother asked me what kind of wine this is, and I told him that it was peach wine, and he sprayed it!" ”