"Stay away from those men. Sister-in-law, Aya tells you that there is no good thing in the world, all of them are unkind, but profit is the first, saying one thing and doing another. No one is worth it when you feel sorry for him. ”

Su Yu smiled and was silent. The emperor suddenly remembered something, beckoned, called his daughter to his side and said, "Chang'an is hot and humid in summer, and it is not a good place to live. Aya will take you to Cangshan to escape the summer in a few days, you can relax, nothing else, don't think about anything for the time being. ”

Su Yu had been to the old sage when he was a child, and knew that it was indeed a good place, and avoiding the heat here should also be good for the emperor's body.

"Aya will do it herself." She answered.

The emperor was very pleased, hesitated, and then cautiously asked something that he had been wanting to ask before.

"Sister-in-law, don't you want to be a princess again? My princess of the Pilgrimage. ”

Su Yu stared at the emperor and said, "When I came back in the morning, I just wanted to ask Aya when it was appropriate." ”

"As long as you want, it's right at any time."

The emperor's eyes flashed with the joy he tried to suppress, and he slowly shook his daughter's hand and said in a deep voice.

Chapter 63

There was no doubt that Pei Xiaoyuan had a clear and sharp mind, which was enough for him to be able to comprehend the meaning of her words.

However, in an instant, there should have been too many thoughts rushing towards him almost at the same time, and he only felt that his mind was chaotic and confused, until at last, the clear sound of her footsteps through the court gradually faded away, and completely disappeared in his ears, and in an instant, he woke up, his heart beat violently, and the person also jumped up from his seat, chased out, and her figure was already gone.

His figure froze, and his footsteps slowly stopped.

When he appeared in front of Han Kerang and told him that the person he had been ordered to find last night had entered the palace on his own, he looked no different than usual. The only thing is that I was really running around too much last night, and I didn't close my eyes for half a moment, so I was not in good spirits.

Han Kerang looked at him for a moment, his eyes showed concern, and said, "Your face doesn't look very good, are you too tired lately?" Don't take your youth seriously. Just like me, I was like you in my early years, going up the mountain to fight tigers, going down to the sea to catch dragons, and now ......"

He patted his increasingly shy waist and abdomen, and shook his head, "I didn't sleep all night last night to find someone, I can't stand it." It's best if it's okay. Fortunately, I will go home to rest, and if I don't go back, my wife at home is afraid that I will make trouble again. You don't have to push too hard—"

He looked left and right, his eyes fell on the head of his subordinate whose wound had not yet healed, leaned over, and said in a low voice: "This wound on your head was obtained from Your Majesty, right?" I have worked for Your Majesty for many years, and I know a little about Your Majesty's temperament. If you don't know how to relax and blindly do things with all your might, even if you are beaten with iron, you will not be able to stand the dispatch. There are some things that you can watch and do, and you can handle the degree well, Your Majesty is not a man-eating tiger, and he will not really do anything to you. ”

He kindly taught his subordinates what he had learned, patted him on the shoulder, and left.

Pei Xiaoyuan was reminded by Han Kerang, and only then did he remember that he was resting today, and he agreed with Li Xu, the king of Ning, Sun Xin'an, to take advantage of the time to go out of the city to teach him some riding and archery skills. However, last night in order to find her, the soldiers were chaotic, and he forgot about it.

He glanced at the rising sun, and knew that Li Yu and the others were probably already waiting at the agreed place at the moment, so he immediately gathered his mind and ordered his followers to go first, and he went back to the residence of the public first.

Because he had planned to stay for a long time in the future, his simple daily necessities were here, including the casual clothes he needed today, as well as bows, arrows and other weapons, and he hurried to find a woman's green oil cart parked on the side of the road outside the door, as well as a mule cart, which was loaded with boxes and other utensils. Seven or eight subordinates from the Cui Mansion were carrying things inside, and they couldn't help but be surprised and called a stop.

When the people of Cui's mansion saw him, they hurriedly came up to salute, saying that they were ordered to send something. At this time, there was a young woman inside who walked out while directing people to place things, she was wearing a red Luo shirt, wearing a bright blue long skirt with small clusters of flowers scattered with dots, and her face was painted with dignified and bright makeup, which was actually the royal lady Zhenfeng that she had seen in Cui's mansion yesterday. She was followed by Qingtou, who had been called in early in the morning to help.

Wang Zhenfeng saw Pei Xiaoyuan, stopped in the courtyard, and looked at it with a smile. Pei Xiaoyuan walked in. After the two greeted each other, Wang Zhenfeng explained that all the utensils were arranged by her aunt Cuifu Wang Niangzi, and she was ordered to follow and help settle them.

"My aunt ordered me to come and take a look, Lang Jun is still lacking here, and then go and buy it. Because I don't know Lang Jun's preferences, I don't dare to make my own decisions at will, so I was just asking Qingtou, Lang Jun, you are here. ”

Pei Xiaoyuan glanced around. Many of the things that have not had time to be brought in are still piled up in the courtyard, mostly some gold, silver and clay lacquered utensils, which look magnificent, and squeeze this small place even more narrow.

He smiled and said, "I don't know anything about this. If I had known about it yesterday, I would have told my aunt on the spot, so I didn't have to bother arranging this. If there is a lady of King Lao, take it back. ”

Wang Zhenfeng was stunned, followed his gaze, looked at the things around him, hesitated, and said, "These are all specially prepared by my aunt for Lang Jun, and no one has used them before." Lang Jun can't see any of them, I'll take them back, and keep the rest, how about it? ”

Pei Xiaoyuan didn't want to be too involved with his uncle Wang, and yesterday he was invited to come because he was discussing a ritual for his mother to do a sacrifice for his mother, and he couldn't refuse.

As for this lady of the Wang family, because her father was one of the eight hundred martyrs who died in battle with his father Pei Gu, she had a little more respect for her than others.

"I really don't need it. This house is not owned by me, it is just a public house, it is not a place to live for a long time, maybe it will change hands in a few days, and then it will be troublesome to move around, what is really missing, I will ask the little maid to prepare. I still bother the princess to move back and thank my aunt on my behalf. ”

Fortunately, this lady of the Wang family is quite smart, and she is not a person who is entangled, she should understand the meaning of his refusal, her eyes stayed on his face for a few breaths, and then nodded: "Since Pei Langjun said so, I will not force it." Then I'll take everything back with me. Only one thing, now the weather is getting hotter, I look at this house tide swamp, I am afraid of mosquitoes at night, there is one less bed tent in the house, I happen to bring one, it has been hung up, if Lang Jun does not give up, you may wish to keep it. ”

When Qingtou heard this, he couldn't help but feel depressed. Fortunately, his master treated everyone equally, and neither looked down on the account he borrowed money from, nor did he want the royal lady to bring it. I only listened to him: "My family's green head was prepared a few days ago, but it was too late to hang it." If you have the trouble of King Lao's wife, please also take it back. The kindness is appreciated. ”

Wang Zhenfeng was stunned, and then responded.

Qingtou was in good spirits for a while, and without anyone else's hands, he ran in and quickly removed the moon white tent that had just been hung. Wang Zhenfeng ordered all the utensils to be moved back to the mule cart one by one, along with the tent handed over by Qingtou.

Pei Xiaoyuan sent her out. She thanked her.

"I have great respect for Cui Niangzi, Pei Langjun can rest assured, I will help my aunt prepare for the sacrifice day carefully, Langjun can be busy, no need to remember."

Pei Xiaoyuan sincerely thanked him. Wang Zhenfeng said goodbye to him with a smile, boarded the car and left.

Pei Xiaoyuan saw the carriage leave, then turned around and entered, hurriedly changed his clothes, took a bow and arrows and left.

Qingtou suddenly chased out, "hey" as if he had something to say.

Pei Xiaoyuan knew that he was a little guy with a long tongue, and usually out of ten sentences, only one or two sentences were useful. Seeing that he had been delayed for a while because of what happened just now, he was afraid that Li Zhi and the others would be in a hurry, so how could they listen to his rap again when they had time, so they left the little guy and went.

He rode his horse to Guanghuamen in the north of the city, and sure enough, Li Yu and more than a dozen accompanying palace guards and Xi officials had already arrived. He was looking around, and suddenly, he saw Pei Xiaoyuan's riding shadow from a distance, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly lined up everyone and personally urged the horse to greet him. The two met under a wall outside the city gate, and Li Zhi dismounted and bowed, calling him master.

Pei Xiaoyuan turned over and dismounted to lift him up, explaining that he had something to do in the morning, so he missed the appointment, and he only arrived at this moment, telling him to wait for a long time.

Li Yu hurriedly said: "As long as the master comes, it doesn't matter how long I wait." If it weren't for the person sent by the master to tell me, I would still be worried that you would regret taking me as an apprentice and wouldn't want to come! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan smiled dumbly, looked at Li Xu, and saw that he was wearing a neat horse suit today, tightly tied with a thirteen belt of gold and jade ornaments on his waist, with a sword and bow hanging on it, and a quiver painted with gold flowers on his back waist, and leather boots on his feet.

This day, he taught Li Zhi some basic riding and archery kung fu, and found that Li Zhi not only learned hard, but also was smart, and could draw inferences from one another. Because he usually doesn't touch the sword much, after pulling the bow many times, his fingers and palms were sharpened red and swollen by the hard bowstring, if it wasn't for Pei Xiaoyuan's unintentional discovery, he himself would have been silent and meticulous. This made Pei Xiaoyuan impressed, and he loved this newly recruited apprentice even more. The master and apprentice stayed in the martial arts arena for a long time, and then led him out of the city to ride a horse, and ended today's teaching in the evening, and personally sent him back to the gate of King Ning's mansion.

Li Zhi was still very excited when he came back, and he was still unsatisfied, so he earnestly asked him to go in and eat. However, Pei Xiaoyuan already knew King Ning's intentions at this moment, how could he rashly step into the palace again, not to mention, he did have something else, and after resigning, he rode away and came to the Chen family restaurant.

This restaurant is not as famous as Chunfeng Building, located in the winding lane, elegant courtyard, but it does not occupy a large area, selling wine and food inside, and a few home-staying wine girls. Chang'an is more of this kind of nameless small restaurants all over the streets and alleys, and most of them are regular customers.

Today, Chengping asked him to come here to eat and drink, saying that he was entrusted by someone.

When Pei Xiaoyuan arrived, Chengping was already seated in a secluded room, not like he usually was, and there were no familiar Chen family sisters around him, so he was the only one sitting and drinking. Seeing Pei Xiaoyuan appear, he smiled, nodded, got up and walked out lightly, and personally guarded him outside.

Pei Xiaoyuan looked around, sat down in Cheng Fangcai's position, took a clean cup, poured a glass of wine from the pot, took a sip, and said lightly: "Come out." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a man came out from behind a tent in the corner of the room, fifty or sixty years of age, dressed in ordinary clothes, wearing a gray robe with a collar and an ordinary black belt. Because he no longer rode a horse and pulled a bow for a long time, his body gradually became bloated, but from the steadiness of his walking footsteps, it can be inferred that this person should have been a military general in the past.

When Feng Zhenping, a high-ranking official and Shangshu, sat opposite Pei Xiaoyuan, he poured a glass of wine, saluted the young man opposite, drank it all in one gulp, and then said with a smile: "Pei Erlangjun is a busy man now, and he is really grateful to come here to see my old side, so I will drink it first." ”

Pei Xiaoyuan didn't move, only smiled: "I heard that you gave the prince five thousand gold?" He recently had a gambling debt and borrowed money from me, and where could I borrow money from him, so he forced me to come. I also want to see what kind of wine it is, which can ask Feng Shangshu to pay 5,000 gold to ask me to come here. ”

Feng Zhenping's expression was not half ashamed, but became solemn, and said: "Don't say that it is only five thousand gold, as long as Pei Erlang Jun is willing to appreciate it, it will be fifty thousand, five hundred thousand, five million, or even more, there are so many." As long as I have it, I can give it up and share it with you. ”

When he said this, his tone was solemn, with a certain unbroken implication.

A smile appeared on Pei Xiaoyuan's lips: "What is the matter that can make Feng Shangshu make such a big capital?" Pei listened attentively. ”

Feng Zhenping no longer detoured, poured the wine again, turned to the northwest direction, sprinkled the wine on the ground, and after three glasses in a row, he knelt on the ground and solemnly kowtowed.

After finishing, he turned to Pei Xiaoyuan: "Just three glasses of wine, it is me who worships Ling Xianzun, and I also know that I am not qualified for this." The former things were my sins. I invited Pei Erlang Jun to come today, just to ask for sin. ”

"When the chaos was turbulent, I echoed many times with General Shenhu in the war, he regarded me as a friend, but I was wolf-hearted, not only deliberately delayed the dispatch of troops to rescue, causing the general to die for the country, and later accused the general of fighting for merit. Although I deserve to die, there is one word, I must let Lang Jun know that everything back then was not my original intention. Liu Ceye threatened me with the general trend of Chang'an. If I had only my life, it would be a big deal, but I have many relatives, and I cannot let my people, old and young, suffer because of me, and I have no choice but to do as he commands, and order—"

Feng Zhenping was emotional, and when he said this, he suddenly stopped, gasped for a while, and looked at the other side, but saw that the young man was holding the empty glass that he had drunk all the wine in his hand, slowly rotating and playing, his expression was calm, and there was no reaction that Feng Zhenping had expected.

"In fact, on that day, King Ding's vigorous rise, and his fortune was gathered in one, and there was no one to replace. I am a despicable villain, and I can't be as loyal and courageous as Ling Xianzun, and I will protect the prince wholeheartedly——"

Two lines of tears flowed from Feng Zhenping's eyes.

"For many years, I have been deeply repentant of what happened back then, which was never my intention, and I was coerced into doing it as a last resort. King Kang admired the Divine Tiger General even more. He has sighed in front of me more than once, hating himself for being too incompetent, unable to do his best for the general. ”

"Although the generals are gone, the heroic spirits will not be destroyed. However, to this day, Liu Ceye and Chen Sida and others are still in high positions and have authority by virtue of the crown prince, and the general has not yet been justified! It's just others, I don't believe it, Lang Jun is indifferent to this? ”

Pei Xiaoyuan put down the cup in his hand, looked at the person opposite, and seemed to smile: "How about I be indifferent?" What about righteous indignation? ”

Feng Zhenping wiped away his tears with his sleeve, got up, walked to Pei Xiaoyuan's side, and said in a low voice: "Pei Langjun, now that the court is in the court, you should see it clearly." The saint has only two sons, and a hundred years later, the crown prince will succeed to the throne, how can he tolerate you? The first one to be killed must be you. King Kang is different. He has long admired you, and when he learned that King Xin'an worshipped you as a teacher, he was envious. Today, if it weren't for his inconvenient identity, he would hate to go with me, and come here to pour a glass of wine for Lang Jun and you, so that he can express his heart. ”

"King Kang told me to change the word, in the future, if he is favored by the heavens, he is lucky to be able to take charge, the first thing to do is to correct the name of the Shenhu general, let him accompany the burial of the imperial tomb, and then build a temple, so that he will be worshiped by incense forever, and his name will be immortal. As for Pei Langjun himself, with the talent of the king, it is not a problem to pay homage to the marquis. ”

"I have come here today to see you with all sincerity. What I said is absolutely true, if there is half a lie, if I break my promise in the future, I will be destroyed by heaven and earth, and I will not die well! ”

In the end, word by word, he gritted his teeth and swore an oath.

After Pei Xiaoyuan listened, he was silent at first.

Feng Zhenping watched his expression on the side, speculating on the possibility of achieving the purpose of this trip.

Since the first day that Pei Jiazi entered Beijing and was reused by the saints, Feng Zhenping thought about how to win him over, or rather, temporarily.

It's just that I know that the hope for this move is not very great, and I am afraid of falling into the eyes of others, so I have been hesitant. It wasn't until after King Ning's Qujiang banquet that Feng Zhenping began to lose his breath. Even if he died of his favorite son, what made him most disturbing was Wang Zhang, who was going to marry his granddaughter to King Kang, and his attitude wavered.

Just a few days ago, when Feng Zhenping couldn't help but test Wang Zhang, he actually shirked his fate, saying that some time ago, a master showed his granddaughter's fate, saying that it was not good to discuss marriage this year, and he wanted to push the matter to next year.

Obviously, it is no secret that King Kang was disgusted by the emperor for his actions when the ship was sunk that day. Feng Zhenping suspects that Wang Zhang now wants to change course and reconcile with Liu Ceye – although this is not very likely, it is not entirely impossible. The Wang Liu family has no deep hatred, and some of them are just discord caused by the struggle for power in the past. What's more, between the two families, there is also a queen mother who can be used as a buffer.

If this speculation is true, once the Wang and Liu families join forces to support the crown prince, King Kang, who was already disgusted by the emperor, wants to ascend to the throne, and his hopes become very small.

In addition, just yesterday, Feng Zhenping heard that the crown princess's mother also wanted to use marriage to win over Pei Xiaoyuan, and even seemed to have been approved by the emperor. This made Feng Zhenping unable to sit still anymore.

Mo said that he just kowtowed to the dead person to apologize, even if he wanted him to kowtow to Pei Jiazi - if this could achieve his goal, Feng Zhenping would do it without hesitation.

He is now desperate to bring the son of the Pei family over first, and work with him to deal with the Liu family and the current prince.

As long as the Liu family is unstable, Wang Zhang will naturally obediently find King Kang again.

And Pei Jiazi, it is impossible for him not to know what role the Liu family played in the Battle of Beiyuan that year. The enmity between him and Liu Ceye will never be resolved. If he wants to bring down Liu Ceye, it will not hurt him to have an extra help like himself.

The one who will win the throne in the future will be either the crown prince or King Kang. Choose one of the two, as long as he is not stupid, who is more beneficial to him, he will know.

Of course, he may also have a third option, which is to plot trouble. But if there really is that day, it will be a chaos that Feng Zhenping can't ask for. He was originally a military general, but now although the emperor has slowly limited his power, in the locality, there are still some old departments who listen to his orders, and the more chaotic, the more useful he is. As stable as he was now, everything seemed to be walking under the nose of the saint in the Dao Palace, Feng Zhenping felt a kind of powerlessness as if his hands were slowly tied by ropes.

He stared closely at the young man in front of him, and after a while, he only heard him say lightly: "Prince Ashina collected five thousand gold from you, and it seems that there is no need to return it for the time being." Whatever you want to do, do it, and within my purview, I will not obstruct it. ”

Feng Zhenping was overjoyed in his heart, and said in a low voice: "If I take any action, I will definitely let you know in advance." ”

He bowed to the man in front of him, then stopped and turned and hurried away.

After a while, Cheng Ping entered again with a brisk step, poured a glass of wine for Pei Xiaoyuan, and served it with both hands.

Pei Xiaoyuan glanced at him and didn't take it immediately.

Seunghei stared at him, his eyes, which were usually smiling and groaning, shimmered with excitement like a beast about to pounce and bite its prey.

"Brother Junyan, I know you want revenge. However, whether it is the crown prince or King Kang, whoever succeeds to the throne in the end will not have a good result. ”

"Foolish brother advises you to make another plan as soon as possible."

"No matter what, I will help you, no matter what."

Cheng Ping slowly said these words in an unprecedentedly serious tone.

Pei Xiaoyuan looked at him for a moment, took the wine that Chengping had been holding in his hand, drank it all, and then, with a bang, put down the wine glass and patted him on the shoulder.

"Let's go back to bed early."

"I'm back, too."

He left Chengping and walked away.

This night was the earliest time Pei Xiaoyuan went home recently.