"Red face trouble, red face trouble, you actually handed over the handle to the imperial brother for a woman, now it's okay, not only do you have nothing, but you have also become a wanted criminal, I want to see how you still fight with him for the world."

Obviously hated that iron could not become steel, but Pei Yingshi's demeanor was very leisurely, he held the wine cup in his hand and leaned on the Taishi chair and looked leisurely at Pei Qijun who was drinking with him opposite.

"When have you been like those ignorant people, short-sighted and philistine. Besides, how do you know that your cloud heart is not a red face? I advise you to hide her away, if Pei Gongcuo finds out one day, I'm afraid that your fate will not be as good as mine. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I have my own opinions. By the way, I heard that when the house was raided, the Xinwang Mansion had already been emptied, which made the royal brother angry, where did you hide your family? ”

Pei Qijun smiled: "This is the king's last trump card, keep it secret." ”

Pei Yingshi already had a little understanding in his heart, if he guessed correctly, his family should be hiding in Dongli. He secretly went to Dongli last year, indeed to find out the details of Pei Qijun, but not for Pei Gongcuo, but for himself. As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Only by understanding the strength of each opponent can he win in the final moments.

Pei Qijun has been hiding his head and tail when he left the east, and he has never been able to find any clues. There was a bonfire party in Bishui Qingping that day, and he wore a human skin mask and sat next to one of the bonfires. The presence of Hua Mian caught his attention, and his eyes had not left her since her appearance.

He saw her suddenly get up and walk towards a carriage, so he followed her gaze and saw Pei Qijun's somewhat gloomy figure in the dim light. He remembered that when he was young, he often took Li Xinyi to the lake for barbecue, and thought that he was missing Concubine Xinde. Then he saw Pei Qijun get into the carriage.

He didn't know who the person in the car was, but when he saw Hua Mian's unyielding appearance, he guessed that the person should be Ji Yunye.

After that, Hua Myanmar was molested, and Ling Yue was a hero to save the beauty. In fact, if Ling Yue didn't show up at that time, he would definitely make a move, but he would have to rub some oil. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hook the corners of his lips.

Pei Qijun snorted and said, "This king was raided, so you are so happy?" ”

Pei Yingshi retracted her thoughts, smiled in her eyes, and said, "What are your plans now?" ”

"Naturally, it's a step-by-step process." Pei Qijun took a sip of Pei Yingshi's newly obtained peach blossom brew and praised, "The more you drink this wine, the more you taste it, it's good, I like it." But then again, why do you keep changing your tastes lately? ”

Pei Yingshi smiled: "I'm looking for a kind of wine that will make people not drunk to the point of being unconscious, nor going crazy after drinking, but taking the initiative to give it to their arms." ”

Pei Qijun laughed: "I didn't expect to be a dignified king, and if you want a woman, you have to play tricks." However, isn't the one I gave you with a drunken drink that has this effect? ”

Pei Yingshi said in frustration: "Since I drank three glasses in a row, I have never touched that wine since I was drunk for two days." ”

Pei Qijun hated iron and said: "Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant, wouldn't it be good if you only let her drink one cup?" ”

Pei Ying was annoyed and said, "Who said it wasn't, I would be angry when I mentioned this." Let's not talk about that, let's talk about you. Now that you have no military power, how can you follow the rules? ”

Pei Qijun said disapprerovingly: "Do you think I haven't done anything all these years, just waiting to rebel with those helpless soldiers he allocated to me?" ”

Pei Yingshi raised her eyebrows slightly, leaned back and said, "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

"I have secretly trained 100,000 elite soldiers, and quite a few of them are enough to be ten at a time. They obey me as a person, not as a king. At the beginning of the recruitment, they chose to spare no effort to be loyal to me, how could they be treacherous because my position as vassal king was reduced? Even if I have nothing, they will do whatever I want. This is the power of faith. ”

As soon as these words came out, Pei Yingshi was a little surprised, although he knew that Pei Qijun had some ability and had already moved, but he didn't know that he had quietly recruited so many elite soldiers. There are only 50,000 people under his own command who can be entrusted with important tasks so far, and he has to be impressed at this moment.

He quipped, "Faith? What faith have you instilled in them? ”

Pei Qijun said with a radiant face: "I want to build a fair country for them without class differences, and put all opportunities for wealth and status in front of everyone equally. ”

Pei Ying said with relief: "So, all the people you recruited are from poor families? ”

"That's right, only these people who are at the bottom of society and have no ties to fame and fortune can work for me without hindrance and without hesitation."

"Makes sense." Pei Yingshi said with appreciation, "There is no cold family in the upper grade, and there is no powerful family in the lower grade." For thousands of years, officials and officials have protected each other, officials and businessmen colluded, and a few powerful people occupied most of the social wealth and almost all the high positions in the court, and those children of poor families, even if they were full of poetry and ambition, could only stand outside the high lintel and sigh. If you can really break the old system and open up a precedent for entering the ranks, it can be regarded as a meritorious achievement. ”

Pei Qijun said: "The eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, it's too early to say this." After all, the power of the family gate valve should not be underestimated, and the task is far from being achieved overnight. What's more, the top priority at the moment is how to disintegrate the forces in the DPRK and the military controlled by Pei Gongcuo, and draw in a part of the humerus power for my use. ”

Pei Yingshi groaned: "Well, it's hard to say, it's easy to say." ”

"Tell me about it." Pei Qijun changed his comfortable posture to listen to him.

"The cleverness of the imperial brother is that he is good at using women to consolidate his imperial power, and after he ascended the throne, all the concubines he accepted were the daughters of important ministers in the court, and in order to appease these courtiers, he has always divided the rain and dew equally in the harem, and he values harmony, never favors him, and does not punish at will." Pei Ying glanced at Pei Qijun meaningfully, "Even if Concubine Xinde Hongxing went out of the wall to cuckold him, I haven't seen any punishment from him." It can be seen that he does not leak. Therefore, it is not easy to divide his forces. ”

Pei Qijun's eyes filled with interest: "Go on." ”

Pei Yingshi poured herself a glass of water and wine, took a sip and continued: "It's better to start with his harem." ”

Pei Qijun's eyes lit up, and he frowned and stared at him for a long time, thinking about it a few times in his heart. A smart person doesn't need to be said by others, and one sentence is enough to make him feel enlightened. He had long wanted to win Li Zhihang's support, but he was an extremely difficult bone to gnaw. Before Pei Gongcuo took the throne, he still intended to marry Li Xinyi to himself, after all, he had a close relationship with the prince, and he was prosperous, he had a tree to be by, so why not do it. Since Pei Gongcuo ascended the throne, he was demoted to a fief and became a nominal vassal king, he changed his original attitude towards himself, resolutely stood on Pei Gongcuo's side and drew a line with himself, sternly refused to rebel, and said in the name of a courtier, who should be loyal to the king and serve the country, how can he disregard humanity for his own selfish desires.

He had originally given up starting with Li Zhihang, but now after being reminded by Pei Yingshi, he felt that this matter was feasible. The reason why Li Zhihang resolutely supports Pei Gongcuo is nothing more than that he is now like a fish in water, he is deeply respected, and his status has not been threatened. If he told him that Concubine Xinde had now been sent to the cold palace by the emperor because of her fornication with him, he would feel cold, and in order to leave a way out, he would probably consider cooperating with him.

He explained to Pei Ying: "I shouldn't show my head right now, why don't you be a lobbyist for me and persuade Li Zhihang?" ”

Pei Ying smiled lazily: "That old fox, do you think he will listen to you with your current situation?" Do you want to expose your strength to him? What's more, if you asked me to persuade him, wouldn't you put me in the open, if I became a waste before this chess piece was used, what would you do to fight with the imperial brother? ”

"This ...... What you say is true. So where do I start? ”

"Li Zhihang has his own loopholes to drill, but he can't be in a hurry, and he needs to think about it in the long run. Now I have another breakthrough, do you want to hear it? ”

Pei Qijun glanced at him and said, "If you have something to say, what is the sale?" ”

"The royal brother Xinna's noble person was originally the girl next to the queen mother, I asked people to check, she once had a childhood sweetheart's lover, who died suddenly a few months ago, and on the second day of his death, Pin'er was named a nobleman. Even if this matter is not done by the imperial brother, it must have nothing to do with him, you might as well put the 'truth' in front of Pin'er, if she has hatred for the imperial brother for this, you can remind her that sometimes it is a means of revenge to use all her skills to compete for favor. Once he begins to favor nobles, the balance of the harem is broken, and if there is any more turmoil, are you still afraid that the court will not be chaotic? After a pause, a smile appeared on the corner of Pei Yingshi's lips, "If the imperial brother can still maintain his consistent self-control, I don't know what Pin'er will do?" In fact, he hoped that Pei Gongcuo could not help himself, and in that case, he might be completely dead to him.

Woke up the person in the dream with a word, Pei Qijun suddenly admired with a twinkle in his eyes: "This plan is very wonderful, it is worthy of being the king of Duan, and it is really a good means." ”

Pei Yingshi said in a casual tone: "I think it is necessary for you to change your face, just because you enter and exit my mansion with such swagger, I am afraid that before you fish in troubled waters, both of us will become fish on someone else's knife." ”

Pei Yingshi smiled: "This is easy to say, isn't Yun Zhen good at the art of disguise, let her make me a handsome human skin mask another day." ”

"I don't think you need to be handsome, what you need most now is not to attract bees and butterflies, but to keep a low profile."

"Huh? It's really not my style to keep a low profile. When the words fell, he emphasized, "I am not swaggering in and out of your mansion, I am swaggering into your mansion." ”

"Then now you remember for me, from now on, you will no longer be welcome in the back-end palace, and there will be news through the secret sentinel."

"Well said, listen to you."

After this day, Pei Yingshi seriously thought about his situation. Now that Pei Gongcuo already knows that Hua Mian was captured by Pei Qijun, he is likely to secretly send people to investigate around. So, in order to prevent him from discovering clues within Pei Gongcuo's surveillance range, he placed Hua Mian in an ordinary house in Jiangcheng, while he still stood in Fengcheng, only occasionally disguised as a night trip to see her and returned quickly.

Jiangcheng is the border city of Dili in southern Xinjiang, bordering the wind city of Nanxiu, due to the harmonious relationship between the two countries, most of the residents here live in intermarriage, and the folk customs are very civilized. When Hua Mian arrived in Jiangcheng, it was like a fish entering the sea, fluttering happily.