Chapter 22: Cousin

The next day.

Pei Tan lingered in the Fengyue place on Chang'an Street, and this kind of thing naturally spread quickly, and even in a small restaurant like Wangyue Tower, there were people talking about it.

"In the end, it is the son of the Pei family, even if he becomes an official, he still does not change the romantic habits of the son in his bones. I like poetry, wine and beauty. "There were three or four people at a table, chatting with great interest about the latest anecdotes.

"I heard that Pei Gongzi also wrote a poem to the Oiran of the drunken building, and he is worthy of being a talented and amorous man."

"I heard that Wei Xiangye is also here."

Someone whispered. Until I noticed that there was another person next to me, and that person didn't know how long he had been standing.

A few people turned their heads in surprise and saw a young girl holding a wine and smiling.

"Here comes your wine." The delicate girl smiled slightly and put the wine jug in her hand on the table.

The chatter couldn't help but look swayed.

But the girl had already turned around and walked away immediately, and her slender figure made a few eyes look at her stupidly.

"I heard that it's the cousin from the proprietress mother's house, but I didn't expect to look so smart."

……

When she arrived in the backyard, Jing Wan'er immediately met Zichan'er, who was also holding wine.

When Zi Chan'er saw Jing Wan'er coming out of the lobby, her face immediately changed.

She walked up quickly and asked, "What is the girl doing?" ”

Jing Wan'er looked at her and blinked, "I met Brother Chen just now, he can't get anything in his hand, let me help deliver a pot of wine to the guests." ”

Zi Chan'er's face turned pale: "How can an official send you to do things at will, I'll talk to him when I turn around." ”

Jing Wan'er looked at her, her eyes were as clear as water, until Zi Chan'er felt slightly uncomfortable, and then she said, "Are you afraid, I will be discovered." ”

Zi Chan'er was a little stunned, and she couldn't comfortably avoid Jing Wan'er's gaze.

Jing Wan'er's expression was not wavering, and she said lightly: "I understand your thoughts." ”

Zichan'er was forced to take her in, but she was here for a day, and she was a poisonous blade hanging from Zichan'er's neck.

How could Zichan'er not be afraid of her.

Jing Wan'er looked at her: "But have you ever thought that when someone finds out that you suddenly have one more person here, but this person doesn't do anything, this is the most suspicious?" ”

The best hiding is to leave no traces, and the more abnormal the flaw.

Zichan'er's expression became more and more uneasy, and she said in a low voice: "I already said that you are my mother's cousin. ”

Jing Wan'er smiled faintly: "Even if it's a cousin, she won't do nothing." ”

Zi Chan'er stared at her in a daze, obviously not knowing what Jing Wan'er meant.

Jing Wan'er simply said: "You should know best, even if you can stay until now, it means that no one in Chang'an City knows you, in other words, no one will know me." ”

Not to mention Chang'an Street, even in the palace, there are a few people who can recognize the face of a palace maid. Even if this palace maid walks past you, the next moment, you will not remember her appearance.

The palace maid is an existence that is all over the Daming Palace, but will never be paid special attention to.

Zichan'er seemed to be awakened all of a sudden, and she was stunned for a long time without speaking.

Jing Wan'er gently took the wine jug in Zichan'er's hand, "If you figure it out, I want you to do me a favor." ”

Zichan'er was subconsciously startled, and asked for a while, "What can I help you?" ”

Jing Wan'er's eyes were gloomy: "I want to send wine to the drunken love building." ”

At this time, outside Chang'an City, a hundred miles away, Pei Xian finally arrived at the location with his subordinates and saw the only inn on the desert road.

"This should be it." Pei Xian's face sank.

One of the Pei family guards who accompanied him said: "I heard that the secret guard who followed him made a mark at the place where the body was buried. ”

Otherwise, it is really not easy to find a buried person in this wilderness.

Pei Xian immediately dismounted and ordered: "Everyone scatter to look for it, pay attention to concealment." ”

In order to facilitate their Qiao Zhuang into a business trip, except for the occasional passing caravan in such a deserted place, it will not arouse suspicion, and any new face may be suspicious.

Especially the owner of this inn, since he can do something like selling women for glory, it is not uncommon for him to be bought by Zong Huo's people.

"Found it!"

A guard keenly spotted a visibly loose patch of soil on the ground.

Several people immediately started digging, and sure enough, it didn't take long to find the girl's body.

Because the Pei family's secret guards wanted to follow Zong Huo, they also buried the body in a hurry, and it is estimated that after the innkeeper found that his daughter's body was missing, he would not bother to find it, and even wanted to disappear.

Although several people were just guards, seeing such a young life being humiliated and killed, everyone felt compassion in their hearts.

Pei Xian said in a deep voice: "According to the instructions of the son, wrap the body in rosin, and we will take it back to Chang'an." ”

Wrapped in rosin to hide the smell of corpses, otherwise when passing by the Chang'an City Gate, even if they put on the faΓ§ade of Dali Temple, they may not be allowed to be let go by the guards of the Chang'an City Gate.

Several well-trained guards immediately took action, dug up the corpses, disposed of them, and put them in the carriages where they disguised their whereabouts.

"Let's go." Pei Xian did not delay for a moment and ordered, "You can't let Gongzi be alone in Chang'an." ”

Three horses and a cart rolled up smoke and dust on the road, and they hurried again in the direction of Chang'an.

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Speaking of Pei Tan, he was drunk in the past two days and was regarded as the most distinguished guest.

A beautiful woman plays the pipa in a gauze tent, accompanied by two graceful dancers.

"Pei Gongzi, you drink tea." Only those who know understand that what Pei Tan has been drinking in the past two days is not wine, but tea.

The charming drunken Lou Oiran handed the cup in both hands and sent it to Pei Tan.

Pei Tan got up slowly and said lightly: "Lose your company." ”

I saw him walk to the door of the box, stretch out his hand and lift the curtain, and paced down the stairs of the door.

People come and go in the drunken building.

Someone bumped into Pei to talk about it.

"Master Pei?" It was a smile that hit people.

Pei Tan saw that the other party was middle-aged and bearded, and he was full of bearing. His eyes suddenly moved, and he couldn't believe it: "...... Wei Xiangye? ”

The other party laughed, it was hearty, and the passers-by around all showed panic.

This is the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Xuanzhen.

Wei Xuanzhen turned around slowly, "I heard that Master Pei handled Zong Shangshu's case before, and Master Pei is really young and promising, and he is decisive in doing things. ”

Zong Huo's case made Pei Tan famous in Chang'an, and I heard that some people privately called him an incorruptible and honest man like Di Gong.

Comparing Pei Tan with Di Gong, who is famous in history, is already an exaggeration.

Pei Tan looked at Wei Xuanzhen, and said after a while: "I didn't expect to meet the prime minister here, and the lower official was rude." ”

Unexpectedly, Wei Xuanzhen's identity would also go to the drunken building in person. And his appearance has obviously made the drunken upstairs and even the bustard extremely afraid.

Pei Tan is now an official who worships the third grade, and in front of a prime minister like Wei Xuanzhen, it is nothing to say a word of lower officials.

Wei Xuanzhen looked at him with a smile, although he was from the Wei family and had the respect of the prime minister, but the Pei family was a century-old noble family, and the identity of the son of Pei Tan's descendants really wanted to stand in front of him, and he was not short of him.

"Master Pei, since you're here, why don't you have a drink with your own face?" Wei Xuanzhen invited.

Pei Tan's figure standing in the stairwell gradually paused, and looked at Wei Xuanzhen: "Xiangye invited, the lower officials don't dare to resign." ”

Wei Xuanzhen laughed again and beckoned to his entourage: "Send the wine upstairs." ”

He made a "please" gesture to Pei Tan, and Pei Tan had to turn around and go upstairs with him.

I don't even know if Wei Xuanzhen has been in the box upstairs all the time, but when he picked up the curtain and went in, it was next door to the box that Pei Tan had before.

"Does Master Pei often come to this drunken building?" Wei Xuanzhen asked seemingly casually.

Pei Tan said slowly: "It's just that I'm free recently." ”

Wei Xuanzhen smiled, stared at Pei Tan and said: "The affairs of Dali Temple are complicated, and it is not easy for experienced officials to accept it, so Master Pei should relax at the right time." ”

The demeanor is sincere, and it looks like the truth.

Pei Tan also pursed his lips lightly: "Thank you Wei Xiang." ”

At this time, the entourage had already brought the wine, and Wei Xuanzhen had already sat down. Pei Tan walked over slowly.

Fengyue place is full of people, it is difficult to have any secrets, of course, if it is a killer, he will not come to this place blind to kill people.

Therefore, those who like all kinds of customs on Chang'an Street are not only Xiangye with the identity of Wei Xuanzhen, but also many dignified nobles in the court.

Pei Tan was poured wine in front of him.

"Come, Ben Xiang and Master Pei have a drink." Wei Xuanzhen took the cup first.

Pei Tan stretched out his hand and touched the edge of the cup and slowly picked it up.

After the encounter, both of them drank it all. The prince of Chang'an may not be able to ride a horse and wield a sword, but he must not be able to know poetry, wine and beauty.

After a glass of wine, Pei Tan did not change his face.

The corners of Wei Xuanzhen's lips twitched, "Lord Pei is still so young, to be honest, when His Majesty decreed that Lord Pei should be appointed as the secretary of Dali Temple, there were still many surprised voices inside and outside the court. ”

After all, a place like Dali Temple has been treated by Di Gong and countless other Tang officials, and that place has long been covered with a veil.

And Zong Huo's case hit the wind, and it seems that God intended to let Pei Tanfu shock Chang'an as soon as he took office.

In this regard, Wei Xuanzhen, who is the head of all officials in the Tang Dynasty, is naturally clearer than everyone else.

He looked at Pei Tan's eyes narrowing slightly, as if he had a deep meaning.

But Pei Tan's expression was always as light as water, as if the person sitting opposite him was not the head of the hundred officials of the Tang Dynasty, but just an ordinary person.

Such a bearing, if it is not a prosperous family like the Pei family, it will never be cultivated.

Zong Huo's case illustrates this even more, if the person who is now in the position of Dali Temple Qing is anyone who has no family background, Zong Huo's death will definitely not become a hot topic in Chang'an City today.

In the past two days, the old bustard of the drunken building can be said to have a light on his face, and he is Pei Gongzi and Wei Xiangye, but as soon as this news spreads, her reputation of the drunken building will definitely be greatly boosted.

There are countless Qinglou Music Shops in Chang'an City, and everyone has a hidden signboard, and if you want to compete for fame, it is nothing more than to see which one you go to most often.

Lao Bustard even felt that after this battle, her drunken love building could become the first place in Chang'an.