After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

Everything was quiet, except for the sound of footsteps and the turning of pages. The other people were originally responsible for handling Jing Zhaoyin's various documents, and needless to say their level of skill. Zhou Manchuan, who was already proficient in poetry, stayed with her in Tongzhou for more than half a year. Compared with Jing Zhaoyin's subordinate officials, he is also comparable.

Here she sat calmly and calmly. The heads of each family looked at her anxiously. They wanted to stand up several times, but then sat back down.

"Shang Shu Pei, I have arranged all the documents according to your instructions." Zhou Mancao walked to her side and said.

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran nodded, "Okay, thank you for your hard work. Prepare the firewood in the yard."

The servants on the side followed Pei Jiaoran's instructions and went to the public kitchen to bring two bundles of firewood. Place it in the center of the yard and pour oil on it.

"Burn it." Pei Jiaoran pointed to the document on the desk on the left with a calm expression, without any fluctuation in his tone.

"Pei Shangshu, you..."

Listening to the man's words, Pei Jiaoran didn't even look at him. He gave the order again.

The assistants who were responsible for sorting out the documents looked at each other for a moment, then threw the documents into the fire. Stacks of falling letterheads added fuel to the flames, and they shot up high in an instant. Snow-white pieces of paper fell into the flames one after another, were greedily devoured, and turned into ashes and floated out. There was still a corner of the letter that had not been swallowed up. It struggled for a while in the fire, but it was hard to find a trace.

At this time, the heads of the family who originally wanted to speak out all opened their eyes. Their lips and teeth were murmuring silently, as if words were stuck in their throats. Originally, they thought that this murderous butcher knife would fall on them, and the crime they committed would be bound to them forever and poison future generations. But the knife-wielders finally annihilated their crimes in flames.

The absence of these letters means that the shackles on the body have been removed. But now that the culprit has been eliminated, the survivors will naturally return to the road and continue to practice their gentlemanly style.

Everyone looked at Pei Jiaoran with complicated expressions. It is true that she must have a purpose behind it.

She was not wearing purple clothes, but a crimson skirt. The sky light enveloped his body, and his mind was lazy. She lowered her eyes, looking like a Bodhisattva with lowered eyebrows.

Yes, both the angry eyes of Vajra and the lowered eyebrows of Bodhisattva are compassion.

The letter was still burning, but Pei Jiaoran still didn't speak.

She seemed trapped in her own world.

Zhou Mancao walked towards her in time, using his body as a barrier. A piece of jade paper was placed on the case. Looking up at Zhou Mancao, Pei Jiaoran raised his hand and covered the paper with his sleeve.

In the past, Cao Mengde fought in the Battle of Guandu. A large number of letters were found in Yuan Benchu's minutes room and all the letters were burned on the spot. But he secretly kept a list of collaborators. This is what she arranged for Zhou Mancao to do.

It's easy to convict someone, but it's hard to see how the knife-wielder will bear the consequences afterwards.

There is a record of this matter in "Wei Lue", "Taizu sent people to search the Shaoji Office, but there was no general book. Yin Zhi Yan must have a plan, so he said: "This must be Zhao Boran." Chen Song's case Wei Wu Ji: After defeating Shao, he had to burn all the letters written by people in the army. If you ask people to search and read it to know whether it is there or not, it is not a way of appeasing people. I doubt this is true. '.

Cao Mengde is often given suspicious comments in history books. It can be seen that the burning of Xin after the Battle of Guandu was ultimately a personal show to win people's hearts. But if we dig deeper into this matter, it turns out that it's not Meng De who is sinister, but someone who wants to find a way out in troubled times and needs to be more prepared.

Pei Jiaoran gently twisted the jade paper in his sleeve.

That's right, Dugujun supported his troops and stood on his own, and the butcher's knife rolled over Chang'an City over and over again. It is understandable that he became a grassroots in order to survive. Everyone has desires, and the desire to survive and avoid crises are the instincts of survival, and they will naturally weigh the best choice. She burned the evidence of collaboration with the enemy, but left a list, not to resist the pressure of the imperial power. Instead, we must use the sincerity of destroying evidence to negotiate with these small and medium-sized aristocratic families in Chang'an.

At the same time, it gave Emperor Wei the result he needed most. The career of the rest has reached its peak. The reason why I don’t judge your sins now is not because of kindness. It's because you need these wallflowers to realize that the imperial court can continue to give you salaries, but that can only go so far. This means that future generations will not be able to be reused by the court.

For these families who are already struggling to survive. Use and reuse are two different things.

The fire gradually weakened, but hope gathered in everyone's eyes.

The sincerity of the other party is so obvious. If they don't understand, their lives will be in vain. After looking at each other, they stood up and bowed respectfully, then turned and left.

After watching several people leave, Pei Jiaoran laughed out loud. He moved his eyes to look at the pool of ash in the courtyard.

The breeze blew away the paper dust on the ground. The corner that survived the fire was blown to the case by the wind.

Glancing at the corner of the blackened paper, Pei Jiaoran said warmly: "Thank you for your hard work, everyone, please go back and rest."

"Here."

Seeing everyone leaving, Zhou Mancao said, "Tsk, aren't you afraid that these people will tell you?"

"Let's talk, there is no evidence. Besides, this is the result that His Majesty wants to see." Pei Jiaoran rolled up his shawl, "I'm just going with the flow."

After some careful consideration, she figured out what Emperor Wei was thinking. Since she is allowed to convict, it means that there is no need to kill too many people, just stop there.

It is an iron rule to punish those who commit treason, but at this level it is best to only stay on the first offender. The rest do not need to be held accountable, but they must be politically suppressed to serve as a warning to those who come after them.

Trying to figure out the true meaning behind this edict. Pei Jiaoran couldn't help but secretly scolded Emperor Wei for being cunning.

"Sigh, but I always feel that doing this can easily leave hidden dangers."

"That's why I want you to leave a list." Pei Jiaoran said, "Although we cooperate with each other, we must be careful."

"Can Shangshu Pei let me go back and rest for a few days?" Zhou Mancao asked with a smile.

She has been sent here by Pei Jiaoran in the past few days, secretly copying the directory in the name of sorting out documents. Basically, I haven't had much rest, and I am already extremely sleepy.

"Okay. You go back first, I have to go somewhere." Pei Jiaoran thought for a while and then said, "You can go to a restaurant to eat by yourself in the evening."

"Here." Zhou Mancao bowed politely, turned around and left.

After Zhou Mancao stepped out of Jingzhao Mansion, he was suddenly stopped by someone.

The visitor was wearing a purple robe and smiling, "Pei Shangshu, can you stay?"

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran looked him over and said, "I'm afraid not. Does Cui Situ have something important?"

The person coming is Cui Shao.

"Pei Shangshu is a talented person. He is the pillar of the country. He is far superior to everyone in the court. He strategizes and seizes power without blood, which is enough to make people look at him with admiration." Cui Shao said with a smile.

Hearing that Emperor Wei asked her to assist in the conviction of criminals, Cui Shao originally wanted to wait and see what would happen. He also secretly sent people to inquire about the situation and was careful to mention it. But when he heard that this young deputy secretary of the school did not punish everyone, nor did he treat the family members of the guilty officials harshly, he looked at him with admiration.

It goes without saying that it is normal for the children of aristocratic families to see the hidden plans and strategies behind them.

But if it were someone else from a poor family, I'm afraid they would have taken this opportunity to eradicate dissidents in the court. Not only was she not deceived by the temporary power, but she found another way out. Adjust her plan in time to make Chang'an's blood flow just right.

And just now he also saw the thick smoke rising from Jingzhao Mansion.

Pei Jiaoran suddenly smiled, "Situ is too flattering. I wonder what Situ has to do with Pei?"

She asked again.

Cui Shao said: "It's rare for me to have free time. Please invite Mr. Pei to go to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda to have a look and wash away the dirt."

Pei Jiaoran smiled when he heard that there was something in Cui Shao's words.

"Since it is Situ who invited me, I dare not refuse."