Pei Gonggui

Chapter 117 The crime 72

Jiang Yue's words were like a slender bamboo pole, stoking the almost extinguished cold fire of "Li Si" camp.The sparks in the middle gradually gave birth to light and heat, slowly illuminating Pei Jun's memory, and Pei Jun remembered Li Si's roar when he picked up Li Cunzhi's body and returned home—

"...You can't save my father even with such a person and Mr. Pei, so what kind of situation has become in this dynasty? If you count the judges, the cabinet and the emperor in the heavenly palace, all of them must be top-notch Stupid!"

"Why do corrupt officials fatten their pockets, but those who avenge justice have to die? Why does my father not live a good life all his life, but he even died a wronged death!"

It turned out that after the trajectory of fate turned around, they actually hibernated here and waited.Pei Jun suddenly realized at this moment: If he hadn't stopped Deng Zhun from hurting people like in his previous life, he wouldn't have rescued Qian Haiqing and became a teacher; Qian Haiqing would not be allowed to find a way to deal with the Tang family, so Qian Haiqing would not invite Li Cunzhi to Beijing.If Li Cunzhi hadn't entered Beijing to avenge Li Si and the people in the South, he would naturally not have died because of Yue Yue's lawsuit. In this way, if Li Si could not be released from prison, he would have died before the Yan people's uprising, and it was impossible for him to be returned by the court. It is even more impossible to incite villages and towns and lead uprisings to become the chief of Yanmin security.

And all of this stems from Pei Jun's first decision after opening his eyes in this life - to stop Deng Zhun and save Qian Haiqing.

Pei Jun's heart was cold, he took half a step back in a pretentious manner, supported the trees in the courtyard, and asked Jiang Yue with a cold breath: "Is the banner they played, 'Corrupt officials must die'?"

Jiang Yue frowned: "How do you know?"

——Because this is the banner played by the salt people's uprising in the previous life!

Pei Jun tried his best to suppress the palpitations in his heart, and answered Jiang Yue in a low voice: "If you think about what Li Si said in Yushitai at that time, you can guess it... Right now, the Yan people don't hate the emperor, they hate the emperor the most." It is the courtiers who set the New Deal. This banner is the most inciting, and Li Si is very smart."

He sat down at the stone table next to the tree, still wondering about the lines that are full of everything, but he heard Jiang Yue sitting beside him and said: "Pei Jun, I know that Xuan'er is seriously ill right now, maybe it's not the right time to say these things." ,Can……"

Seeing that he hesitated to speak, Pei Jun sighed as expected: "I probably know what you want to say, and you want to say that the opportunity is not to be missed."

"That's right." Jiang Yue frowned and looked at Jiang Xuan's room with people coming and going behind him, and said to Pei Jun in a low voice, "Jiang Zhan has always wanted to divide you and me, and if we don't fight back, he can divide you and me. People are transferred to the two places. If that’s the case, why don’t we take advantage of this opportunity? If I can go to the south to suppress the rebellion and meet Li Si, it would be a good thing for us.”

Pei Jun thought about what he said, nodded and said: "Yes. Jiang Zhan didn't know that we had helped Li Si, let alone that we had already arranged troops, horses and food everywhere. If you were sent to go out, you would not only be able to go out of Beijing to dispatch troops , and even persuade Li Si to join us."

"More than that." Seeing that he didn't veto it, Jiang Yue continued, "After I assemble the fiefdom to garrison troops and food, I can also contact Xiao Lin who is stationed in the North, forming a north-south trend, encircling the capital, and using the cabinet to propose strategies to cut down the feudal clan. With the title of "Qingjun side", he forced the cabinet to self-resolve, and then ordered Jiang Zhan to abdicate to the virtuous. Jiang Zhan is about to cut down the vassal, and the royal brothers have escaped from the capital. They will no longer support and protect him, let alone send troops for him. Yes, most of them are the Imperial City Division and the Imperial Army. The Imperial Army and the Imperial City Division are always good at defense, relying on long-term combat to consume foreign enemies—"

"Therefore, as long as we control the food and grass of the Fifth Battalion of Jingguan, and then cut off the way for reinforcements from all over the country to enter the capital, then Jiang Zhan's troops will be weak in follow-up, and naturally they will no longer be opponents for a strong attack." Thinking about the feasibility of this series of strategies, he finally nodded again, "In this case, I still need to stay in Beijing to continue to distract Cai, Zhang and Jiang Zhan, and to divide their forces. Gradually submit to you, so that when you return to Beijing, the resistance to becoming the ruler of the court will be less."

Jiang Yue said seriously: "Do you really think it's possible?"

Pei Jun sighed, raised his hand to tuck his hair behind his ears, and said softly: "Jiang Yue, we have prepared a lot, whether it is feasible or not, we have to do it to know. Right now Jiang Zhan is pressing the emperor every step of the way. , if you don't rebel, the freedom and honor and disgrace of the rest of your life will be like becoming a king, all depends on Jiang Zhan's eyes, and if you are not careful, you will even die. Therefore, even if you are not for the world now, you are for yourself We have to fight this one. If possible, it is best to unite several princes to fight together."

Jiang Yue sighed lightly: "How come I don't know? But the brothers are safe for the time being when they return to the fief. If they didn't see that my victory was in sight and I could share their share of the pie, how could they be willing to send troops to fight with me? "

Pei Jun shook his head solemnly, and asked Jiang Yue after careful consideration: "Then do you have the confidence to persuade Li Si, Xiao Lin and more people to support us?"

Jiang Yue said: "Back then, Xiao Lin and I had promised each other in the army that if one day we could change the world, we would help each other and fight hard. He would definitely help me, but as for Li Si, it was a gamble. It's..."

As soon as the words fell, there was a little silence between the two.They sat in the courtyard outside Pei Yan's house, and when they were quiet, they heard the voices of the doctor in the room urgently ordering the servants and the medicine boy.

Behind Pei Yan came Pei Yan sobbing faintly, and when he turned his head, he saw Mei Linyu standing beside Pei Yan and comforting her in a low voice.This scene caused him to be in a trance for a moment, and Jiang Xuan's gray and dead face lying in the coffin in his previous life appeared in his mind again, and he couldn't help shaking his head violently, closing his eyes and sighing.

Jiang Yue looked at him with concern: "What's wrong?"

Pei Jun slowly opened his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Just now when I hugged Xuan'er, I found that the soul bell on his body was gone. Jiang Yue, tell me, could this be God's will..."

"No, don't think about it." Jiang Yue interrupted him, "The theory of the soul bell is just a rumor, Xuan'er auspicious people have their own aura, and nothing will happen. If you are really worried..."

As he said, he untied the thing on his waist and handed it to Pei Jun, "Put this jade talisman on Xuan'er. It was given to me by my father when I was young, and it has been with me in and out of the battlefield for many years. If you can't protect peace, the gathered blood can also drive away the evil spirits waiting for you."

Pei Jun took it over and took a look, and saw that the little finger-length square jade talisman was engraved with the auspicious clouds of the Buddhist scriptures. The jade was warm and thick, and the corners had been rounded. He saw that it was Jiang Yue's possession for many years.He hurriedly wanted to return it to Jiang Yue, but the clinker Jiang Yue held his face and kissed him lightly while no one was looking around, then picked up the jade talisman, walked to Pei Yan outside the house, and softly asked Pei Yan to take it to Jiang Yue Xuan put it on.

Pei Yan held the jade talisman for a moment, only to hear that it was safe, so she hurriedly thanked Jiang Yue for the gift.Just at this time, the doctor in the room finished feeding Jiang Xuan the decoction to make acne, Pei Yan put on a white gown, covered her mouth and nose, and went into the room with the jade charm.

After a while, the doctor in the room came out to take a rest after working for a while, and the sound of Pei Yanrou coaxing Jiang Xuan to sleep sounded in the room.

Pei Yan sang passages of lithe West Gorge ditties, the soft voice drifted out of the window and into Pei Jun's ears, making him feel at home, the long-lost feeling, with Jiang Yue's silent company beside him .

That night, no one in Zhongyihou's mansion closed their eyes. At the time of the next day, the doctor was about to give Jiang Xuan the second sore medicine, when someone suddenly came from the palace, and it was reported outside the gate that officials above rank three would see him immediately.

Pei Jun guessed that the palace had also heard the news of the salt people's rebellion in the south, and now he wanted to see the important ministers to discuss how to deal with it, so he had to part ways with Jiang Yue, entered the palace in a sedan chair, and took a look around in the Qinghe Palace. Among the six, apart from Fang Mingjue's lack of rank and no right to come, Mr. Jiang, who took over as Minister of the Ministry of War, was still absent.

After a while, Yan Yuliang also arrived.Pei Jun couldn't help asking him where Mr. Jiang was, but Yan Yuliang said, "Mr. Jiang and his family have run away."

Pei Jun was stunned: "What about him? He ran away too?"

"That's not it!" Yan Yuliang patted the back of his hand, looked around, frowned and said in a low voice, "Mr. Jiang is one of the beneficiaries of King Cheng's sale of officials and nobles, and he has also won a lot of business for King Cheng. Cui Yu’s lesson from the past is right in front of him, so he is naturally worried about being implicated in this, and he is afraid of dying if he runs away at this juncture.” Speaking of this, he remembered and said: “By the way, Cai Yan came to the Ministry of Officials this morning to give him a rest, and he also brought After I issued the last order, what I want to mention is really Jiang Lao's case record, I guess I want to follow Jiang Lao to find out the file on your behalf of Jiang Erbao."

"Preserving the files is a minor matter. It's true that you want to smear me and secretly control the government." Pei Jun frowned and said, "It seems that the Cai family wants to bite out my crimes right now, so that they can get rid of me with the hands of the Zhang family."

Yan Yuliang was about to answer, but at this moment, he heard the bell of the imperial court, and the official of the ceremony reported: "The emperor is here!"

All the ministers knelt and saluted one after another, Jiang Zhan walked into the hall, walked to the imperial case and sat down without saying a word.He scanned the courtiers kneeling in the hall with his eyes, calmed his anger and said: "The salt people of Cangnan Road rebelled, have you heard?"

There was a gasp of surprise in the hall as it should be. Jiang Zhan heard it in his ears, and felt even more angry in his heart. He raised his hand and clenched the handle of Jinlong's chair and said: "The report said that the rebellion has been going on for many days. The leader is actually Li Si, the son of Li Cunzhi who sued the imperial court. This man has gathered more than ten thousand salt people, and he is still recruiting soldiers and horses, and has already begun to attack the city! Thankfully, I gave him a good house and fertile land, and gave him an official position. As soon as you go back, you will lead people to rebel! This is simply wolf-hearted, contemptuous of the Holy Spirit, and lawless! This crime deserves to be punished! Let the ministers come here today to discuss who will suppress this chaos."

Speaking of this, he looked down at the hall, and frowned suddenly: "Where are the people from the Ministry of War?"

The officials all around looked at the six queues, Pei Jun turned his eyes lightly when he heard the words, and suddenly stepped out ahead of Yan Yuliang: "Since the King Cheng case, Jiang Shangshu has been missing for three days, and the Ministry of Officials has sent people to look for it. "

"Missing?" Jiang Zhan narrowed his eyes and stared at Pei Jun, and then smiled coldly for a moment, but asked too much, "Since there is no one in the Ministry of War, let Shaofu Pei tell who is suitable?"

Hearing this, Yan Yuliang looked at Pei Jun worriedly, but he saw Pei Jun holding the wat board with neither joy nor anger, and said: "Reporting to the emperor, most of the powerful generals in the court are guarding at the border gates, and it will take time to call back. I think they should be called from the nearest place." Those who are available in the Cangnan Road area. For example, Han Taiqing, the guard of Yanling Gate, can—”

"Yanlingguan has already surrendered to the enemy." Jiang Zhan interrupted him with a raised voice, picked up a folder from the table and threw it in front of Pei Jun, sarcastically said, "Isn't Shaofu Pei good-looking? Is it true that I haven't heard such news, or Asking questions knowingly, ignoring the opportunity to fight, waiting to see the Yan people call to the capital?"

Pei Junyuan just answered casually and turned a deaf ear to Jiang Zhan's irony.Not indifferently, he bent down to pick up the booklet and read it, and found that although Jiang Zhan received the report later than Jiang Yue, he had more detailed news.For example, after Li Si assembled a few townsmen, he first went to Yanling Pass. With his own experience and the reputation of his father Li Cunzhi, he persuaded thousands of people under Han Taiqing's command to join the rebel army and give him great power.Han Taiqing has been guarding several passes in the southern land all year round, and he knows the strength of troops and defenses well. Under the sudden onslaught, several cities south of Yanling Pass are losing their defense one after another.

The army of the uprising is still growing, counting the time of correspondence exchange, I don't know what the situation is now.Pei Jun was thinking in his heart, but he only looked at Jiang Zhan persistently at Wen Zhe without saying a word, as if he already had the answer in his heart, but he didn't want to say it.

Jiang Yue stood among the few remaining people in the prince's line, glanced at the military generals, and one of the generals immediately came out and said: "Although the frontier generals are difficult to dispatch, there is still one person in Beijing who has experienced hundreds of battles." Returning from the border."

"Who?"

Jiang Zhan slightly raised his eyebrows and looked at the generals, only to see that old general Xiao took two steps forward with a limp, clasped his fists and lowered his head, and said, "Your Majesty, this old minister thinks that Jin Wangye Jiang Yue is well-mannered, resourceful, and kind. A good attack and a rare defeat are enough to lead an army to quell the rebellion in the south!"

Before Jiang Zhan could speak, Pei Jun hurriedly said: "No! General Xiao, the King of Jin is not yet fully recovered, so it is inappropriate to lead the army hastily. If the rebels defeat the imperial family, their morale will be greatly improved. The court cannot take this risk! "

Jiang Zhan saw this scene in his eyes, and immediately frowned: "Shaofu Pei, are you worried about the strength of the rebel army, or the safety of King Jin?"

For a moment, all the courtiers in the palace looked at Pei Jun, and among the princes, the princes and nephews all looked at Jiang Yue.

Pei Jun frowned and said nothing, Jiang Zhan continued: "In my opinion, Pei Shaofu is too worried. Since Jin Huangshu said that the resurrection was blessed by Jiang's ancestors, then I believe that Jin Huangshu must be With great blessings equal to the heavens, auspicious people and heavenly appearance, if you go to battle, you will be invincible and invincible!"

Zhang Ling in the cabinet got up when he heard the words, and was about to interrupt, but Jiang Zhan did not wait for him to say, and ordered: "I will pass on the decree to order Jiang Yue, the king of Jin, to be a general. In the future, lead the army to the south to suppress the rebellion, wipe out the rebellious people, and restore peace to the country!"

All the ministers in the hall shouted "My emperor is wise" for a moment, and as they knelt on the ground one after another, Jiang Yue and Pei Jun looked at each other, bowed their heads and said: "I will obey the emperor's decree, and I will not disgrace my order."

After coming down to court, Zhang Ling hurriedly caught up with Jiang Zhan, who was retreating from the court, and remonstrated solemnly: "Your Majesty, King Jin and Pei Jun are secretly in contact. It was just a show of playing hard to get, and they wanted to anger the emperor. The king goes out to fight. Once the king of Jin leaves the capital, he will have the opportunity to mobilize the troops that have been secretly planted over the years. If the time comes, he will contact the soldiers and horses to besiege the capital—"

"Who does he contact?" Jiang Zhan let go of Hu Li's arm beside him, and looked back at Zhang Ling, "Now the kings of Thailand have all fled back to their fiefs, and King Cheng is still in prison. No one among the royal relatives with soldiers and horses would dare Help him." After speaking, seeing that Zhang Ling wanted to persuade him again, he raised his hand impatiently to interrupt Zhang Ling, frowned and said viciously, "Besides, he won't come back alive."

Zhang Ling was stunned when he heard the words, and saw that he could no longer listen to any further persuasion, so he had no choice but to say in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please allow me to say the last sentence... The current situation in the court is treacherous. This is a military-government merger, and the plot is wrong. I don't know how it will disrupt the government. If..."

As Zhang Ling was speaking, he suddenly saw Hu Li beside Jiang Zhan listening seriously, and his heart skipped a beat.The next moment, he stepped forward to pull Jiang Zhan, walked forward a few steps, avoiding Hu Li, then leaned into Jiang Zhan's ear and whispered: "If there is a change in the palace one day..."

Speaking of which, he lowered his eyes to think, took off the jade ring on the little finger of his right hand, put it in Jiang Zhan's palm, and held Jiang Zhan's hand tightly again, slowly but firmly said: "When the time comes, if the emperor needs the help of the old minister, Just remember: the jade ring turns, loyalty and traitors are broken. As long as we believe in this, our Zhang family will do our best to be loyal to the king and serve the country, and we will never hesitate."

Jiang Zhan looked at Zhang Ling without knowing why, but only heard Zhang Ling say again: "The emperor must remember to keep this thing for himself, and never let others know about it. It is best not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary."

After Zhang Ling finished speaking, he closed his eyes and let out a long sigh. Finally, he took half a step back and said with a long bow, "Take care, Your Majesty, I...resign!"