shark [rebirth]

Pei Heng didn't leave the mansion for three days, even though the world was turned upside down outside, he just stayed with Xu Jin in the mansion every step of the way.

A letter came from the palace every day, Hua Zhong, Lv Esa or Wen Ge brought the letter, Pei Heng glanced at it and put it aside.

Sun Zhuyi plotted against the old prince back then, betrayed the planned route of the old prince to go north to the eunuchs, and then covered up the evidence of the crime, creating the illusion that the old prince died in the palace, intending to provoke the monarch and his ministers and usurp military power, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Now that the Dongchuang incident happened, Pei Huan sent Sun Zhuyi to prison, and wanted all those involved in the old case.With a decree, the warriors of the three palaces took orders one after another. They left the imperial city on horseback and went to all directions to hunt down the people involved in the big case 12 years ago.

Sun Zhuyi must die.

He used to murder the old prince for military power and status, but now he is trying to use Xu Jin's demon power to save his life. The old and new grudges combined to offend Pei Heng thoroughly.While Pei Heng was furious, he felt that Sun Zhuyi was just a clown jumping on his feet, and there was another big hand behind the scenes pushing the huge gears to rotate slowly, disturbing the tide.

Facing Xu Jin, Pei Heng only explained a few words, and didn't mention Sun Zhuyi much after that.

To be fair, he would give it to Xu Jin, but he just didn't want Xu Jin to indulge in hatred before he understood love.

It was Sun Zhuyi who was the first to fall, and the whole family was in a mess.They were afraid that this matter would be the beginning of a fire, so they immediately activated the light and dark arrangements in various places, carefully managed and observed, not seeking to save Sun Zhuyi's life, but not sacrificing the entire Sun family.

Under the surname of Sun, there are too many people under the patronage, and the intertwined family marriages, guest disciples, and fellow party officials are too numerous to count.

What's more, the queen mother and queen are also members of the Sun family.

Pei Heng's affection for the former emperor's brother was devoted to Pei Huan's mother and son. The queen mother tactfully asked Pei Heng to let Sun's irrelevant people wait. Pei Heng smiled. Before he said a word, the whole world felt that he was Do you want to kill all the nine clans of the Sun family?

Pei Heng was noncommittal, and only replied to the Queen Mother that everything should be done according to the law, and that personal grievances would not interfere with the affairs of the DPRK and China.

He has given up military power for more than two years, and everyone usually regards him as idle and aloof from the world, but when it comes to major events, it seems that Pei Heng's opinion is higher than the law and the emperor's will.

The world is strange and strange.

On the fourth day, Yan Yunhou brought Young Master Gu to visit, and Young Master Gu lay limply by the table and looked at Xu Jinlin's post, blinking his big eyes: "You look much better than a few days ago, the prince really knows how to take care of people. "

Xu Jin put down his pen and smiled at him: "If you see Long Zhang these days, tell him not to worry."

Young Master Gu bent his eyes and smiled: "Master Longzhang is locked up at home, and it will take about three or four days before he can communicate with the outside world. I will look for him tomorrow."

Xu Jin has recovered now, and the sense of surrender that made him extremely resistant at first has almost dissipated. Pei Heng has no idea of ​​using him and controlling him, so the impact of the bond is very small.

Xu Jin naturally regards freedom as life, and would rather bend than bend, but if that prison was Pei Heng, he would be willing to be trapped for a lifetime.

Pei Heng and Yan Yunhou were playing chess in the court, and hibiscus flowers fell between the black and white pieces, and the flowers were endless, as if they were going to bloom forever.

A middle-aged man with the appearance of a literati came in with Jin Yu, and bowed when he saw the two of them: "My lord, my lord, Zhao Zhongheng, I don't know how to be a monk, in the name of Shangshu Sun, I'm here to give you something Your lord, it is good for your recovery."

He spoke euphemistically, he was sent by Sun Yongshang, and he seemed to have brought some good things, which could make up for the physical damage caused by this torture.

Xu Jin and Young Master Gu in the study both came out after hearing the sound, and Marquis Yan Yun looked at Zhao Zhongheng with great interest.

Pei Heng was not in the mood to play with the members of the Sun family and tacitly said that without raising his eyes, he took a black spot and said, "What's wrong with your body? Is this king needing tonic for confinement? Why don't you just say it."

Zhao Zhongheng was stunned for a moment, then accepted the fake politeness, and said respectfully: "It's two closing yuan talismans, which can help the spirit yuan recover. After all, making a contract is very exhausting. The prince and that Mr. Xu Jin may need it .”

Hearing this, Pei Heng raised his head to look at him, sizing up Zhao Zhongheng.

The closed yuan talisman is an ancient talisman that is almost lost, and there are very few people who can make this talisman.

Yan Yunhou praised with a smile that was not a smile: "This is sincere."

Since it was such a timely rain, Pei Heng definitely had no reason not to take it.

But Pei Heng called Zhao Zhongheng over, took the two talismans, and saw that they were both made of ivory and cinnabar, complicated and heavy.

He put one on the side of the chessboard, played with the other for a while, and then slid his fingertips across the hidden groove of the talisman, and immediately opened the talisman.

When Zhao Zhongheng was about to flatter him and praise him for knowing everything, Pei Heng flicked his fingers, and the talisman flashed towards Zhao Zhongheng with a shining halo, and went straight into his body.

The closing element talisman is a good remedy for those with damaged spirits, but it is a round of torture for those who are healthy.

Zhao Zhongheng was stunned in disbelief, the talisman aroused huge shocks in his whole body, he fell to the ground trembling and rolled several times in a row, and it took a while to get up, covered in cold sweat.

Pei Heng waited casually, took a panoramic view of his reaction, and then twisted another closed yuan talisman: "It seems that the thing is real, not bad, go back and report."

Zhao Zhongheng's face was pale, if he didn't have the ability of a cultivator, he would be a dead body.

Pei Heng was using him to test the talisman, and it was also a warning to the Sun family.

He was full of lingering fear, and when he didn't come back again, he looked complacent and retreated tremblingly.

Pei Heng stuffed the closed yuan talisman to Xu Jin, and touched Xu Jin's pale face these days: "Get well soon, I feel distressed every day looking at it."

Yan Yunhou shook his head with a smile, got up and brushed off his robe, and waved to Young Master Gu, who ran to him and was embraced by him.

"The court has made a decision to send envoys to northern Xinjiang next month to bring Lan Ya to Beijing. His Majesty will consider the candidates for the envoy these days." Hua Zhong lowered his head and smoothed Young Master Gu's long, soft, black hair.

Pei Heng was startled, and looked back at him: "In a blink of an eye... Lan Ya, yes, I'm old."

Pei Heng closed his eyes and thought, and said: "Luesa is definitely going, and I will tell His Majesty at the meeting in the future, you and I will go together."

Marquis Yan Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why don't you ask me first if I have time?"

Pei Heng smiled: "Sun Xiaoyi hasn't left in your territory yet? He should have moved to Shiwanda Mountain to cool off at this moment, and he would die of heat as soon as he went out on the road. You have to wait for him to leave before going back, no matter what, it will be spring next year. "

Yan Yunhou cupped his hands: "No one knows me better than the lord, so I will take the lord's blessing to go to the northern border, and I haven't been back for many years."

When the two mentioned northern Xinjiang, it was as if they were talking about their hometown.After seeing off Marquis Yan Yun, Xu Jin asked, "Lan Ya, is Lü Esa's younger sister?"

Pei Heng admired his memory very much, nodded and said: "In Luesa's tribe, the royal heirs are not prosperous, and Lan Ya is his younger sister after adopting him. The Anketu tribe regards Lan Ya as a real princess. Back then, Lan Ya was still a little girl when she fought in Outland, but now she has reached the age of marriage."

Xu Jin was silent for a while, and said: "Lan Ya is going to marry in the capital, is she a noble concubine?"

Pei Heng said: "Yes, when Lan Ya comes, she will be a noble concubine."

Seeing Xu Jin's pensive look, Pei Heng asked, "Why, what are you thinking about?"

Xu Jin asked suspiciously: "When you were in the capital, Sun Mengting was your younger sister. When you went to the north, Lan Ya was also the younger sister you took care of. Now they are all married to the emperor. When they quarrel, who do you help?"

Pei Heng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Meng Ting is the affection between the aristocratic family, Lan Ya...she is more like a family member, but no matter what, the affairs after marriage are their own family affairs, if it does not involve the court, who can control it?" To the emperor's harem?"

Sun Zhuyi beheaded the next day, Pei Heng did not go, and Xu Jin was not interested either.At the court meeting, An Guogong had a pretty face, but he couldn't express his sorrow for the rebels. Sun Yongshang was steady, and no one could see the state of the country's father.A ray of sunlight slanting into the hall divided the officials into two distinct ends.

When the dust settled in the evening, Pei Heng went to the palace to visit the Queen Mother.

Outside Yongci Palace, Sun Mengting was walking out. Before Shili rubbed shoulders, Pei Heng smiled and whispered: "Thank you for Xu Jin's righteous deed that day."

Sun Mengting smiled and looked up at the sun in the sky for a moment.The Sun family, Pei Heng, and even herself... She finally tasted the taste of "things are right and people are wrong": "My lord's words are serious, I... I just did what must be done."

Then rub shoulders.

As soon as my brother died on the execution ground, the queen mother was a little haggard, seeing Pei Heng coming, there was still sadness in her smile.After the late emperor left, although the Sun family intended to steal the power, the queen mother never interfered in the government affairs, balancing the entanglement between the former dynasty's relatives and the imperial power, and therefore Pei Heng respected her very much.

Sun Mengting's ability to become the queen of this generation without any criticism has nothing to do with the empress dowager's accumulated virtues in the past.

"It's June." The Empress Dowager Duanmei's face was half hidden in the mottled shadows, her expression was a little dazed, "Your Highness, Mrs. Sun..."

She wanted to say that the Sun family owed Pei Heng a lot, but Pei Heng cut it off and said: "The duty of a courtier is for the family and the country, and there is no personal grudge."

The queen mother paused, and sighed softly for a long time.This is a smart woman, the sun family is in full swing, she doesn't care about the government, but she knows it clearly in her heart, the sun shines at noon, and the west will sink next.

"My queen, take care."

Pei Heng bowed his hands and exited the Yongci Palace. The long shadows under the sunlight, looking from the gorgeous and dizzy light and shadow of the main hall, looked like black ink in the square on the white jade steps.

Pei Heng asked Pei Huan for orders as he said, and together with Yan Yunhou and Lu Esa went north with the mission to welcome the princess who was married for the first time in 60 years between Dayan and the tribes of northern Xinjiang.

The emperor agreed very simply, and after the court was over, Pei Heng went to thank him on purpose, Pei Huan said: "It's nothing else, you should go there to relax."

Pei Heng was relieved to hear that, it seemed that he was not bored for so many days in the palace.He made this trip not only for himself, but also to make Xu Jin feel at ease. After all, he had promised Xu Jin that he would have the opportunity to see the northern scenery together.

Ten days later, the welcoming mission set off, and the people of the capital watched along the streets as the highest-standard welcoming team came out of the city gate. Rao Yanyunhou, King Rui, and Lu Esa were extremely low-key, dressed in dark and heavily brocade embroidered uniforms of princes and admirals. Among the envoys who meander and hold festivals, the figures riding tall and handsome horses are also very conspicuous.

The three of them scattered back and forth in the team, but they still couldn't avoid being followed by the flower veils. Xu Jin smiled and looked at Pei Heng. Seeing his gloating appearance, Pei Heng leaned slightly and held his hand. Holding Xu Jin's hand out of the city, the women along the way who were about to throw flowers and handkerchiefs froze. After sighing, they immediately turned to Yan Yunhou and Lu Esa.

As expected, Yan Yunhou and Pei Heng have been friends for many years, with the same wit as Pei Heng, he grabbed Young Master Gu and pressed him into his arms.

The curtain of the carriage with brocade cover and tassel was lifted at the back, and a figure lightly jumped onto the accompanying horse beside the carriage, and caught up with several people in the belly of the horse. Princess Rouzhang dressed as a man.

Marquis Yan Yun bowed to Rou Zhang: "Master, you should also wear a bamboo hat, otherwise Admiral Lu will not be able to help you clean up the handkerchief if you throw it here."

Rou Zhang glanced at Luesa, whose body was covered with a brocade handkerchief, and smashed a large double-petalled rose in Marquis Yanyun: "Smelly men, raccoons of the same feather!"

Pei Heng laughed beside him and said, "My lord even scolded himself?"

Rou Zhang, who was disguised as a man, laughed angrily, and asked Pei Heng after a while: "Why don't you see that little girl in red at your house? I quite like her, didn't you bring her?"

Pei Heng smiled: "Although she is mischievous, she takes care of her family and doesn't like to go out when she is in the mansion."

Bai He stayed in the capital, in fact, to prevent changes in the Demon Sea.Long Zhang stubbornly and unyieldingly sent a message to Young Master Gu yesterday, saying that he would come after them if he had the chance to escape from the house.

The envoys to the north were mighty, and state officials along the way were all in fear.Among the envoys are Prince Rui, the former general of the Zhaowu Army, the prestigious Marquis of Yanyun who guards southern Xinjiang, the leader of the Three Palaces, Lu Esa, the royal family of the Anketu tribe who has the closest relationship with Dayan, and a noble and incomparable golden branch and jade leaf. The Rou Zhang Di Ji.

In this battle, it is said that Dayan devoted most of its national strength to the Northern Expedition, and some people must believe it.

But except for the elite king's army of one thousand cavalry, the eight hundred cavalry and the envoys, and Zhaowu Xuanjia who pulled out the battalion later, they didn't bring a single soldier.

The famous generals of the empire headed north hand in hand, bringing the most precious silk and satin jewels, and the tenderness of ten miles of red makeup. They wanted to welcome the most noble and beautiful princesses from the northern borders, and the little sisters who loved and cared for them in the old days to the Central Plains.

The envoys stationed at the official post all the way.When they reached the southern border of the Kemoqin Grassland, the team stopped again.

Luesa said, "This is the last day before we arrive in northern Xinjiang. We won't be on our way tonight. Let's all take a good rest."

The official post close to the border of the two countries was carefully built, but not large in scale, and Pei Heng and Xu Jin lived in one room.

Along the way, Pei Heng has been very concerned about Xu Jin's mood.

He could roughly judge that after Xu Jin learned that he was the one who made the contract, he didn't take it easy.But the Yaonu incident seriously touched Xu Jin's bottom line.Concern makes chaos, and Pei Heng can't calmly figure out Xu Jin's thoughts when he is anxious.

Pei Heng thought, he must mind.

But after nightfall, the official post courtyard became quiet.There was a yellow light in the room, and Pei Heng was thinking about the mission tomorrow, when Xu Jin entered the room and closed the door, pulling him to go to bed early.

He half embraced Pei Heng and fell into the bed tent, and the two chatted in whispers for a while.In the end Xu Jin seemed to have fallen asleep, and did not speak for a long time, Pei Heng tentatively asked in a low voice.

But Xu Jin didn't fall asleep, he seemed to think of something interesting suddenly, propped himself up in the dark, leaned over Pei Heng, lowered his head and whispered in his ear: "Cheng Yin, you are now me master."

Pei Heng's heart twitched at first, and he felt distressed when he mentioned the matter of the demon slave, but Xu Jin didn't sound sad, but had a hint of a smile on the contrary.

Pei Heng suspected that he had heard wrongly, raised his hand and patted Xu Jin's back, and was about to coax a few words in a low voice, when Xu Jin spoke again, this time the words were obviously interesting: "Master..."

These two words came out clearly from between his lips and teeth, and penetrated into Pei Heng's ears as closely as possible. The meaning had already changed, and it was completely charming and ambiguous.

Pei Heng's distressed heart was swept away, and a cluster of numbing flames swept up his back.

Hearing these two words came out of Xu Jin's mouth without hindrance, he knew that he had really overcome this level, so he felt relieved and annoyed that he was imitating bad habits.

Pei Heng pressed him beside him, and said in a low voice, gritting his teeth: "Sleep! How did you learn it every day!"

Xu Jin laughed softly, took advantage of the situation and hugged Pei Heng in the dark, pretending to be innocent and said: "Yes, master."