The head of the Li cell pretended to be curious and asked, "Could it be that the elder brother refers to the second son of the Li family who is imprisoned in the dungeon today?"

Pei Zheng smiled innocently: "Isn't it? There are not many people who know the junior brother, and there are even fewer people who can take out a large amount of silver, and if you want to say that it is possible to give me the silver, there is only this one left." ”

A look of surprise appeared on the face of the head of the Li family: "But why did the second son of the Li family give the silver to the elder brother?

Pei Zheng replied in passing: "Of course it's ......"

As soon as he was halfway through his words, Pei Zheng paused, as if he had suddenly reacted, his confused eyes swept over the people present, and he waved his hands: "This can't be passed on, you have to keep your promises." ”

Li Jiaotou's eyes flashed, and he didn't continue to ask, lest Pei Zheng become suspicious, but gave him a chicken leg and greeted him warmly: "Brother, don't patronize and talk, the dishes are almost cold, come, eat more." ”

Then, while wincing, he said to the jailers who were sitting with him, "Brothers, eat, rest when you have eaten, and take duty when you are on duty." ”

The jailer, who had a quick response, immediately understood and secretly touched his colleagues on both sides with his elbow.

After a while, all the jailers understood what Cell Boss Li was thinking.

The jailers, who were originally decent, finished the rice in the bowl in three or two clicks, sandwiched a few bites of their favorite dishes, and barely filled their stomachs.

Except for a few large dishes on the table, there are fewer dishes on the table at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

"Bang Dang"

A jailer put down the dishes and chopsticks, got up and said to the head of the cell: "My lord, the little ones are full." ”

As soon as these words came out, it was as if the dominoes had been opened, and the sound of the dishes and chopsticks falling sounded one after another.

The jailers chattered and scrambled to say:

"My lord, the little one is going to patrol the cell. ”

"Adult, the little one will rest tomorrow, there will be a curfew when it's late, and I have to go home. ”

"Adult, the little one will go make Brother Pei's bed and prepare hot water. ”

After a while, the jailers were gone.

Pei Zheng looked at the empty table, his eyes straightened, and his face was full of confusion: "Why is there no one?"

Li Jiaotou stretched out his hand and put his hand on Pei Zheng's shoulder, pretending to be annoyed: "Why is there no one? Isn't the old brother still there? Leave them alone, let's continue." ”

Pei Zheng glanced sideways at the broad palm on his shoulder, remembering the rumors about picking up soap in the prison in his previous life, and shuddered for no reason.

Phew, Lao Tzu is still a virgin in this life.

Pei Zheng deliberately stood up to get the wine jug, and shook off Li Cell's hand with the momentum of getting up.

"Come, brother, drink. ”

This move is exactly what Li Prison wants, the two of them are staggered, and you have drunk several glasses back and forth.

The burgundy on Pei Zheng's face became more and more intense, and between his breaths, he was full of the smell of alcohol, and his eyelids drooped, as if he would be drunk and fall to the ground in the next moment.

Li Cellhead gently pushed Pei Zheng with his hand, and asked tentatively, "Is my brother drunk?"

Pei Zheng's body swayed for a moment, his eyes looked directly at Li Jiaotou, and his voice was rough: "I'm not drunk, come, drink again." ”

There was an inexplicable look in the eyes of the head of Li Cell, and he said with a smile: "Drink slowly, my brother likes to hear some interesting things in his life, I am really curious how the second son of the Li family can give my brother a large amount of silver, why don't you tell my brother to hear it?"

Pei Zheng's eyes were confused, and he shook his head and said, "No, the junior brother promised him not to tell outsiders." ”

Li Prison nodded in agreement: "The elder brother is unswerving and keeps his promise, which makes the elder brother admire, but it does not prevent the elder brother from sharing this matter with the elder brother." ”

Pei Zheng asked blankly, "Why?"

Li Jiaotou said with a look of hatred that iron is not made of steel: "What my brother promised is not to tell outsiders, but is my brother an outsider?

Pei Zheng muttered to himself: "This ......"

Li Cell's face was slightly gloomy: "The elder brother hesitated, didn't he never take the elder brother to heart?

Pei Zheng's hair stood up when he heard this, you dead, is Lao Tzu still sincere with you?

"Little brother has no such intention, don't misunderstand, brother," Pei Zheng hurriedly vetoed.

"The younger brother sees the elder brother as if he sees his own brother, and he feels very kind. ”

Li Jiaotou was overjoyed, and Chun Chun seduced him: "Think about the close relationship between you and your brother, will you hide this matter from your brother? ”

Pei Cheng hesitated: "But the little brother died five years ago." ”

Li Jiaotou's face turned dark, and he was already a little annoyed in his heart: "The elder brother originally thought that the elder brother was a person who values love and righteousness, but he didn't expect it to be the case, the elder brother refused to say it, and the elder brother didn't ask anything." ”

Seeing this, Pei Zheng hurriedly said: "Don't be angry, brother, just say it." ”

Cell Leader Li couldn't help but be a little speechless, he knew that he should have said this earlier.

Pei Zheng pretended to be worried, and deliberately emphasized: "The little brother told you, you can't tell others. ”

Li Prison Tou packed the ticket and said: "Don't worry, brother, my brother will definitely not spread it, God knows this matter, you know and I know, if a third person hears it from my brother's mouth, my brother is not a son of man." ”

Pei Zheng was reassured, looked around, made sure that no one was eavesdropping, and said in a low voice: "Don't hide it from my brother, the second son of the Li family asked me to help him pass the message, and after the matter is completed, give me a thousand taels." ”

One thousand taels?

Li Jiaotou took a breath of cool air, one thousand taels were converted into copper coins, that was one million, it really deserved to be the Li family, what a big deal.

After the shock, Li Jiaotou pretended not to believe it and said: "It's fake, there are 1,000 taels for sending a letter, is this Li family's silver blown by a strong wind?"

Pei Zheng said with confidence: "Brother, I don't understand, this is not an ordinary letter, this is a life-saving letter." ”

Li Jiaotou's expression moved slightly: "What do you say?"

Pei Zhengshen said mysteriously: "Brother doesn't know, the second son of the Li family committed a crime this time, it is not simple, he is suspected of poisoning the court's official and ceremonial department, and the Li family may not be able to protect him." ”

"The important thing is that he didn't know where he got the news, the Li family didn't think about protecting him at all, but wanted to abandon the car to protect the handsome, and give him an explanation to His Majesty and the court. ”

"This second son is in a hurry, you must know that once convicted, he will definitely die, in order to save his life, he wants to come and go, and is ready to ask his grandfather for help. ”

He was worried that by the time his grandfather learned about it, he would already have his head on the ground, so he begged and promised a heavy reward, and asked his younger brother to help him deliver the letter. ”

"The heavy reward is a thousand taels, brother, think about it, for a noble son like him, which is more important than the life of a thousand taels?"

Cell Leader Li couldn't help but worry about Pei Zheng: "My brother rushed to deliver the letter, and didn't say whether the other party believed it or not, what if the other party went back on his word and didn't give the silver?"

Pei Zheng was stunned when he heard this: "It's a matter of life and death for the second son of the Li family, how can the other party not give it?"

Li Cell Boss patiently explained: "The elder brother has said that the other party, and it is not the second son of the Li family who gives the money, who is willing to give money to a person who is very likely to die?"

Pei Zheng suddenly panicked: "Then what should I do?" The junior brother originally wanted to wait for Qiu Baihu to come back tomorrow and take me with him, and after getting back the silver, half of it was to be filial piety to Lord Zhou, the other half was given to Qiu Baihu, and the rest was used for living expenses. ”

The relationship is exposed, if it's just a general relationship, are you willing to honor half of it?

Li Prison Boss thought to himself secretly in his heart, and at the same time opened his mouth to comfort Pei Zheng: "Don't worry, brother, things may not be as bad as my brother said." ”

At this time, Pei Zheng looked very flustered, and said in a mournful tone: "That's a thousand taels, such a large sum of silver, it's a pity that it's gone." ”

As he spoke, Pei Zheng suddenly firmed: "No matter what, you must try it, what if the other party gives it?"

Li Cellhead pondered for a moment: "My brother has an idea, I don't know if I can help my brother." ”

Pei Zheng's eyes lit up and said, "Brother, come and listen." ”

Li Prison Boss said calmly: "Don't panic, brother, brother and ask you, if you send a letter to the past, what kind of credentials do you need to prove your identity?"

Pei Zheng was very cooperative: "The second son of the Li family gave the younger brother a piece of jade pendant, saying that his grandfather's military department squire Huangfu will understand when he sees it." ”

Li Prison nodded slightly: "Don't you have a handwritten letter or something?"

Pei Zheng shook his head: "The second son of the Li family said that the handwritten letter is easy to be intercepted by others, thus revealing his information, and in comparison, the oral message is safer." ”

"Then do you know where the Soldier's Mansion is?"

Pei Zheng scratched his head and said, "I don't know, Qiu Baihu should know." ”

"Then do you know how to meet the squire of the military department instead of being blocked by the housekeeper and not allowed to enter the palace?"

Pei Zheng shook his head: "I don't know, Qiu Baihu should know." ”

......

Li Cellhead asked a few questions one after another, and Pei Zheng's answer was the same, I don't know, but Qiu Baihu should know.

After a while, Pei Zheng couldn't help but ask, "What is my brother's strategy?"

Li Jiaotou said with a serious expression: "It's very simple, my brother will send someone to go for you first to probe the tone of the squire of the military department." ”

Pei Zheng hesitated: "I'm afraid this is not good." ”

Cell Boss Li pretended to be angry and said, "What, are you worried that my brother will plot to rob you of your silver?"

You're so obvious, who wouldn't be worried?

Pei Zheng complained silently, and denied it perfunctorily: "No, no, don't misunderstand, brother." ”

Li Prison Boss seemed to be angered by Pei Zheng's perfunctory attitude: "You just have this idea, brother, I have lived for decades, who doesn't call me helpful and moral?" Are you actually worried that brother, I will seek to rob you of your silver?"

Pei Zheng was slightly stunned, was the performance a little too much?

"Do you dare to make a bet with my brother? You give me all the messages from Yu Pei, and I will arrange this matter, whether it is successful or not, and I will give you a thousand taels within five days." ”

Pei Zheng opened his mouth slightly, almost thinking that he had misheard.

"Don't you dare to bet, right? Sure enough, I still don't believe in my brother, it's just that, the relationship between you and me ends here, and I don't need to be called brothers and sisters in the future." ”

Pei Zheng hurriedly said: "Bet and gamble, if the elder brother loses, the younger brother doesn't want a thousand taels, just take five hundred taels and give them to Lord Zhou." ”

Li Jiaotou patted his chest and said, "No problem. ”

Pei Zheng reluctantly took out a pale yellow jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Li Jiaotou.

Li took it with a satisfied expression.

......

A quarter of an hour later, under the deliberate drunkenness of Li's cell, Pei Zheng was drunkenly helped by two jailers to a dirt room and lay on the bed.

As soon as the door closed, Pei Zheng immediately opened his eyes, his eyes were clear, how could he still be half drunk?

In his previous life, his alcohol consumption was better than that of ordinary people, and in this life, the amount of alcohol was several times that of his previous life, and this little wine was not enough to make him drunk.

After all, his title of the god of wine in Xin'ancheng is not called in vain.

For some reason, Pei Zheng always felt that his luck in coming to Chang'an had changed a lot.

Just taking the incident just now, he has been thinking about how to get the silver promised by Li Yuan without a trace, but he didn't expect that Li Cell would take the initiative to crash into the door.

In order to let Li Cell enter the game, Pei Zheng pretended to be a real fool.

But it's worth it, and you can receive the money without showing up.

Even if it is only five hundred taels in the end, Pei Zheng thinks that if the risk is close to zero, it is completely acceptable.

Pei Zheng was almost not worried that Li Cell would deceive him, Zhou Qing was there, the fox was fake and the tiger was mighty, who could easily deceive him?

......

In another place, Li Jiaotou recruited a confidant and secretly ordered: "Take this jade pendant to the Shilang Mansion of the Ministry of War, and tell Huangfu Gao, the Shilang of the Ministry of War, that his grandson is in trouble and needs his help." ”

"Remember to remind him that whoever his grandson promised to send a letter to the past would receive a reward of three thousand taels. ”

If he didn't want to see his grandson die, he advised him not to ruin his grandson's reputation. ”

Huh, a thousand taels?

For these people, 10,000 taels is not too much, so why not point more?